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Qin Chang was immediately startled when he saw Li Xiuyuan, and immediately stood up, a little frustrated.

"Since you can't do this, then you will listen to my dispatch, how about it?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Qin Chang was a little unwilling and said: "I can listen to your dispatch, but at least you have to show your ability to see how you can recruit people from these refugees to rescue people and save people? If you can do it, I will be careful to accept it, if you can't do it, you are only so capable, how can you convince me." ”

"Okay, you keep your eyes open. ”

Li Xiuyuan did not postpone it, and shouted to the refugees sitting on the city wall along the road: "My Li family recruits people for disaster relief, ten taels of silver a month, but anyone is willing to come?"

Ten taels?

Hearing this, some of the victims immediately raised their heads and looked at Li Xiuyuan in unison.

"I'll come, I'll come. ”

In the crowd, two voices immediately came, but it was Wang Ping and Zhu Yu, who took off their robes and pretended to be refugees and answered loudly.

"My house has been washed away, and I need money for emergencies, ten taels of silver a month, but really?" Wang Ping shouted.

"Nature is true. Li Xiuyuan said.

"Okay, that's me. ”

Ning Caichen, who was hiding in the corner, also rushed over, his face was a little red, obviously his acting skills were not good.

"If there are no people, I'll go somewhere else and shout, and when the recruitment is enough, I won't come here." Li Xiuyuan shouted.

As soon as these words came out, the people, who had been a little moved before, immediately hurriedly said, "I, this son, recruit me." ”

"Okay, count you in, come here. Li Xiuyuan nodded.

"Childe, recruit me, recruit me. Someone else shouted.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at it, "Are you a little older, have you done something?"

"Childe, although I'm a little older, I'm the best at doing things, and I do all kinds of tiring and hard work. The man in his forties said hurriedly.

Li Xiuyuan thought for a moment, "Okay, then count you as one." ”

"Thank you, owner. "The man was overjoyed.

"Recruit me, recruit me. ”

For a time, all the people in the vicinity who had the strength were enthusiastic.

Seeing this scene, that Qin Chang was dumbfounded, his mouth was worn out in the morning, and he couldn't recruit anyone, but Li Xiuyuan had only been there for a moment, and the refugees were surging, and they took the initiative to accept employment.

"Ten taels and one month, this Li Xiuyuan really dares to speak, where did he get so much money. A scholar next to him was also stunned.

Although he also thought about the attention of heavy recruitment, he didn't dare, because he didn't have a penny in his pocket, how could he dare to make such a big promise.

Qin Chang immediately understood when he heard this, he said: "This Li Xiuyuan is playing with fire and self-immolation, he doesn't have so much money at all, ten taels of silver a month's salary will definitely not be paid immediately, it will be paid after a month, and the disaster will subside after a month, no, it doesn't take a month, within ten days, there will definitely be ministers of the imperial court to come forward to provide disaster relief, and when the imperial court takes over, the real money naturally does not need to be cashed." ”

"This, this is also okay?" Several scholars next to him were dumbfounded.

"Hey, this Li Xiuyuan is really cunning, no wonder some people say that he is a son of a businessman, it is true, this means of doing business is really powerful. Qin Chang sighed and said, only feeling that he had lost unjustly.

"What? The proprietor won't pay the wages?"

At this time, a passing person who was about to hire a worker heard Qin Chang's words and immediately shouted.

As soon as these words were spoken, the people around Li Xiuyuan who were hired were stunned for a while.

"Yes, ten taels of silver a month, where can you afford it, you don't have a penny on you now, how can you hire us." ”

"That's it, that is, we must have been deceived, these people are poor scholars, they have no money, and they have ten taels of silver, but I don't think there is one or two pieces of silver. ”

"Phew, let's have a good time, and we hope to make some money and go back to repairing the house. ”

For a time, the hired people were disappointed, and they suddenly made a lot of noise.

Li Xiuyuan frowned, and glanced coldly at Qin Chang who was not far away.

Qin Chang's eyes flashed suddenly, and he didn't dare to look directly, he also understood that he had broken Li Xiuyuan's plan and ruined things.

This scholar is really not enough to succeed and more than to lose, he will only rely on his own little cleverness and bad things, but he can't do anything by himself, Li Xiuyuan said secretly in his heart.

He didn't go to this show to argue at this time, but immediately shouted angrily: "Who of you said that I, Li Xiuyuan, can't pay my salary, who said that?"

Look at me, all the people, and I will ask you, but none of them will come forward.

"You go and inquire, I'm the Li family in Guobei County, I'm the eldest young master of the Li family, don't say that the wages of your people are ten times more than the number of people, and my Li family can afford it. ”

After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he took out an ingot of gold from his arms and said: "This gold is worth two hundred taels of silver, which can pay the wages of twenty people, and the sum here is not more than fifty people, which is enough to pay half of the people's wages." ”

He showed the gold to the people.

Under that gaze, the gold shimmered, and it was not fake.

With that, he threw the gold into the city, and with the sound of falling water, it fell somewhere in the city.

"How can I put a small ingot of gold in my eyes, and I will throw it in the city, and tomorrow when the flood waters recedes, and you will follow me to clear the dredging, and whoever finds it will return to him. ”

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the crowd and shouted majestically: "Now who still suspects that I can't come forward with a mere ten taels of silver, my Li family doesn't hire such a person, let me leave now, and when the time comes, after a month, don't see others getting paid, and your eyes will be red." ”

The people who had been agitated before fell silent all of a sudden, and their eyes looked in the direction of the gold from time to time.

I was thinking about when I would find an opportunity to pick up the gold.

That's worth two hundred taels of silver.

If you find it, you'll be rich.

"Those who are willing to accept the employment of my Li family come over, and those who are unwilling to leave. Li Xiuyuan said.

As soon as he moved, most of the people around him followed, and none of them dared to say more, for fear of losing the job.

Whoever dares to throw away a piece of gold casually will look like he has no money.

Moreover, Li Xiuyuan's salary of ten taels of silver a month was enough to impress these poor people.

Don't think that in those novels, a chivalrous man throws ten taels or twenty taels of silver after eating a meal, and he doesn't need to find money, it's fake.

After coming to this world, Li Xiuyuan realized that the busyness of this ordinary person on weekdays is only a few dollars of silver, just take ordinary hawkers and sell rock sugar gourds to calculate, a string of one penny, two pennies, even if you cut the cost to earn fifty yuan a day, it is only a little more than one or two silver a month, this is still a good time for business.

A rough calculation of ten taels is enough for the hawker to earn for a year.

Therefore, Li Xiuyuan's salary of 11 taels and a month is enough to make the vast majority of the people excited, and no matter how high it is, it is easy to make the people suspicious.

As for those who are not impressed, they are wealthy people, and Li Xiuyuan does not plan to recruit this kind of person, and rich people can't endure hardships and can't do dirty work.

After Li Xiuyuan circled around the city wall, he recruited at least five or six hundred people.

And they are all strong men, old and weak, women and children, he did not recruit.

Although some healthy women also want to earn this salary, in addition to disaster relief this time, Li Xiuyuan also has another consideration that is not to let these strong men make trouble in the city.

Li Xiuyuan saw that the number of recruits was almost complete, and he began to arrange their division of labor in advance.

"Two hundred people were responsible for dredging, first clearing the main streets. ”

"Three hundred people are responsible for carrying the corpses in the city, no matter whose corpses belong to them or which one they belong to, once they are buried outside the city, there is no time for the family to claim them, and now that the weather is hot, I don't want the epidemic to happen. Li Xiuyuan said.

"The rest of the people are in charge of the security of the city and the management of the well water. ”

"Wang Ping, you go and look at the wells in the city, remember that the water source is very important, and the people should not be allowed to drink sewage, once the disease occurs, there will be no one in the city to heal, only one death. ”

"Zhu Yu, you are responsible for directing them to clear the dredging. ”

Ning Caichen said, "What about me?"

"I'm sorry for you to gather some healthy women to cook, there are a few rice shops in the city, although the rice is soaked in water, it can still be eaten, and all of them are taken. Li Xiuyuan said.

Ning Caichen said: "Don't ask for yourself, this, how about this if the store investigates it?"

"Then let the shopkeeper come to me. Li Xiuyuan said.

Ning Caichen nodded immediately when he heard this.

It seems that this is an extraordinary moment, and extraordinary means are needed.

After some deliberation, everything was determined, and it was known that the third watch would not end until midnight.

But in the middle of the night, there were bursts of weeping and wailing from the walls of the city and inside the city.

It is someone who worships his dead relatives and children.

The crying is heartbroken and moving.

But no matter how sad and sad the people are, they still have to live this day.

By the third day of the flood, the water in the city had almost dispersed, and although it was still there, it was enough for people to walk in the city.

Li Xiuyuan's previous instructions and arrangements worked, he first brought five or six hundred people into the city, the first thing was to find a place on high ground and the flood waters receded, make a fire to cook, and let the people who had endured hunger for several days have a full meal.

"Owner, the City God Temple in the city has not been flooded, you can go there to make a fire and cook. One of the people came running up to him and said.

"Okay, just go there. ”

Li Xiuyuan heard that the City God Temple was stunned for a moment, and then immediately took the victims over.

After entering the City God Temple, I found that except for the traces of flooding on the outer wall of the City God Temple, the inside was actually dry, as if it had not suffered from flooding.

"The city god has appeared, and there is no disaster here. Zhu Yu exclaimed.

"Brother Li, there is a well here, and the water in it is clean and not polluted. ”

Ning Caichen said happily, but saw that the water in a well in the City God Temple was extremely clear, without a little turbidity, such a well in the city, better than ten million gold.

"You are responsible for lighting a fire and cooking, and let the old and weak in the city enter the City God Temple to rest. Li Xiuyuan said.

A few nodded, indicating that it was no problem.