In the midst of a vast queue of hundreds of thousands of laborers.

Quietly, four big men and a teenager were mixed in.

All five of them were dressed in the same coarse linen clothes as many laborers, with some patches on them.

There is no doubt that these people are Zhu Yunxi, who is determined to come to investigate secretly, and the four guards, including Song Zhong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Zhu Yunxi's face and hands were stained with some dust and sludge.

Try to make yourself look less conspicuous, after all, he is from a noble background, and under his pampering, he looks different from ordinary laborers.

It doesn't look like a person from a poor background.

But if you are clever, you can see the difference at a glance.

And Song Zhong and the others also dressed up as ordinary laborers, without the slightest appearance of brocade guards.

In this queue of hundreds of thousands of people, it looks unusually natural.

"Well, let's go to Gengchen's barracks to rest!"

Soon, Zhu Yunxi's queue came to the workers' station, where the barracks were set up using the sexagenary method.

A total of sixty barracks.

And each barracks stretches for ten miles, like a market town, with all kinds of commodities for sale, grain, grass, daily necessities, etc., everything.

Zhu Yunxi observed and found that this barracks was extremely perfect, and every three hundred steps, it was equipped with a deep well.

The wages for the construction of the bridge are even more daily, and the laborers can use their daily wages to buy food to eat.

It can be said that you don't have to worry about eating and drinking.

After a closer look, Zhu Yunxi didn't think there was anything wrong here, and even felt that this was already the limit of what Da Ming could do at the moment.

Workers should not be dissatisfied.

But after really integrating into the labor system, Zhu Yunxi found out that things were ...... Not as he imagined.

It is not a question of labor barracks, nor is it a question of labor treatment.

It's a question of where these workers come from!

……

Gengchen Camp.

Night, campfire.

Under the three jars of spirits bought by Zhu Yunxi, more than a dozen laborers began to chat.

It's not pleasant.

"Damn! In the court of this dog's day, we are soldiers in the guard and plough the land, and we don't need to do anything every day, and we can sleep with our wives in our arms. ”

"What kind of laborer do you want us to be!"

"I also removed all our guards, didn't say it at the beginning, can we all enjoy wealth and prosperity together?"

"Now we're uprooting our hometown, and we get a lot of money every day, but when will this damn bridge be repaired......

This is a military household.

In his original life, although he was poorer, he also had a mother-in-law.

There is also the income from the purchase of land by the imperial court.

The days suddenly became rich, and the daily life was simply not too wonderful.

Where is the motivation?

Even if the motivation to join the army is not great, I am plowing the fields every day, and it is good to be able to reap some results.

As a result, with the order of the imperial court, their military households were cut off at once, and the right to use the land was gone, so they could only be forced to build the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge.

Naturally, he was dissatisfied.

It can be said that he is full of complaints about the court.

Zhu Yunxi listened to it on the sidelines, and really felt that it was not a taste, not to mention that under the guard system, the military leaders would forcibly annex land in the future, which would make these military households miserable.

After all, it hasn't happened yet.

But the Ming court obviously sent so much money to buy land, and this military household officially became chic because of the days when the court bought land.

But in the mouth of this military household.

But he lifted it lightly, as if this thing was what he deserved.

Perhaps, this is Shengmien, fighting Mi Qiu...... When Zhu Yunxi went down to the bottom, he found that this world was not as simple as Zhu Yunxi thought.

What the people think is not as simple as what Zhu Yunxi thinks.

On the contrary, most of them are worried about their own small profits.

But this military household is not the one who makes Zhu Yunxi the most angry, what makes Zhu Yunxi the most angry is the domestic slave in the original big family.

"Who's to say it isn't? If you want me to say, this court is nosy! ”

"Although I used to say that I was a slave and maid of a big family, I looked humble, and occasionally I was punished by the master, but the work I did was light!"

"There is food and drink every day, and the big families have money, and the leakage every day is enough for us domestic slaves to eat with a mouthful of oil."

"Seeing that the days were just getting up, I was pulled over to work as a laborer."

"Alas! I really don't want to do it! You might as well continue to sell yourself into slavery! ”

These domestic slaves had no idea what was wrong with selling themselves into slavery.

On the contrary, I felt that because of the increasing amount of money from large families, life was just getting better, but I was forced to take on a debt.

I had to come to work and build the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge to pay off the debts of the original owner.

This so-called free body, they are really not that rare.

I don't feel the preciousness of freedom at all!

Under the catharsis of these two people, the gathering of these ten or twenty people suddenly turned into a grievance meeting.

I feel that I am too tired to be a laborer.

In the past, it was forced to do this kind of thing, and no one would do it.

Identity and status feel cheap, not to mention.

I'm still tired to death, but the problem is that they still have a lot of wealth in their families.

I feel that life is okay, and there is no need to do this kind of thing.

The dissatisfaction with the court is becoming more and more serious, and even those who originally had no opinion on the court will inevitably change their views under this complaint.

A cold light flickered in Song Zhong's eyes.

walked up to Zhu Yunxi, made a gesture, and asked Zhu Yunxi if he wanted to arrest all these people.

But Zhu Yunxi just waved his hand.

Quietly walked out of the barracks, with a solemn expression, he had not come to the bottom of this place before, and Zhu Yunxi could not see so many problems.

But now I really have an understanding.

only to find that although many of his previous policies seemed to be implemented very well, the local government was still implementing them in the form of mandatory orders.

It was not of the people's own free will at all.

This is the inertia of the times, even if Zhu Yunxi wants to blame the local government, it is difficult to blame anyone.

Because that's what everybody thinks!

Even the common people think so!

This is the limit of the times.

However, Zhu Yunxi discovered another crucial problem, he found that he was really good to the people after all, even to the point that it was too good!

Under the overabundance, the people lost their motivation.

Without new consumption stimulus, all people will not want to leave their homes, but just want to be in a safe place.

It looks like it's a peaceful place to live.

But in reality, it is a slow death.

"It's so merciful!" Zhu Yunxi silently reflected in his heart: "Even in his previous life, he put it in his pocket and emptied his pocket at the same time. ”

Emptying six pockets is not uncommon!

Even had to be saddled with decades of debt for this!

And only such a high debt can force the people to work hard and work hard to earn money.

It has become the driving force behind the struggle of the people.

But now Daming's problem is that he can only put money in his pocket, but he can't empty his pocket!

The people have lost their enterprising spirit.

Even settle for being a slave!

This is what makes Zhu Yunxi feel the most angry, but for the time being, Zhu Yunxi has no way to take this trend of thought, so he can only reverse it little by little.

Use public opinion to change the minds of slaves.

But the real imperative at the moment is to find a way to channel the emotions of hundreds of thousands of workers.

If this situation continues, it will not be a long-term solution!

Zhu Yunxi already sensed that something was wrong!

"Song Zhong! Go and check it out now! Let's see if someone is playing tricks behind this! ”

"No, there must be someone behind this!"

"Go find this person for Lonely!"

Zhu Yunxi's eyes were cold, he could see it, this seemed to be public opinion, but how could public opinion react so violently?

It can even be said that it has reached the point of deliberate transmission!

(End of chapter)