Chapter 1234 Fang Dianjun with zero EQ and Wu with full EQ
Chapter 1234 Fang Dianjun, who has zero EQ, and His Highness King Wu, who has full EQ (please subscribe and vote)
Modan suddenly became alert and asked cautiously.
"I wonder how many manpower you need, Cheng Changshi?"
"Not many, five hundred people." Cheng Chubi slapped his hand and shook it.
After hearing this, Modan breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said very proudly.
"Five hundred people... yes, I can give Cheng Changshi five hundred men for a month."
Changning Prefecture has two thousand canine soldiers, but those who really do not work or produce are only five hundred canine soldiers.
For such a thing, it is naturally impossible for Modan to use his military strength as a coolie.
As long as we select 500 people from the Changning people to deal with it for a few months, there will be no problem.
What's more, Cheng Changshi also said that he would not use his own money and food, so it is obvious that Cheng Changshi is responsible for the money and food of the five hundred people.
"One month, Mr. Cheng wants to build a road. This construction will take at least one or two years. How can one month be enough?"
Modan spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Cheng Changshi, there is nothing you can do if you lower your official position. We oxen people also need to farm. Besides, the law of the Tang Dynasty also stipulates that the corvee only lasts for twenty days a year."
"The official is willing to let them help Cheng Changshi for one month, which is already the limit."
Cheng Chubi touched his bare chin and smiled. "It seems that Governor Mo also has his own difficulties."
"I really have no choice but to be a low-ranking official. Please ask Cheng Changshi to be considerate."
"Okay, since you, Governor Mo, have talked about this, Mr. Cheng will naturally not make things difficult for you."
"Well, Cheng decided to recruit road builders in Changning Prefecture City in the name of the Governor's Office. Is this okay?"
Mo Dan rolled his eyes several times and nodded towards Cheng Chubi.
"Of course there is no problem. I am also an official of the imperial court. Since it is the order of the Grand Governor, I will naturally obey it."
"Well, since Governor Mo has agreed, then I'll ask the Governor for orders to go to Changning Prefecture to issue a notice later."
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After Governor Mo left, Cheng Lie came to Cheng Chubi's side and whispered.
"Third Young Master, just let him go like this? In fact, if you suppress him again..."
"Uncle Lie, it doesn't matter. I'm just like my father, I like to reason first."
"Since he agreed, it means that almost all Han people in Luzhou are farming."
"If you want to collect enough labor to build roads, you can only find these people who rely on the mountains to support you."
Cheng Chubi was quite sad. There was nothing we could do about it. Luzhou was considered a big city in southern Shu.
However, after all, the agricultural population still accounts for the majority. Except for doing part-time work during slack periods, these people are usually busy cultivating the fields.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Cheng Chubi focused on those people who had little land and mostly depended on the mountains.
The Hu people are not lazy, it's just their lifestyle that makes their livelihood quite miserable.
Cheng Chubi believed that as long as Mo Dan, the governor of Changning, did not stop him, Changning City, which only had 10,000 to 20,000 people, would have no problem recruiting hundreds of people who were willing to work hard in exchange for money.
As long as there are the first batch, other people will see that they can actually support their families by doing this kind of work.
I believe that in the future, more people will put down their bows, arrows and hatchets, pick up road construction tools, or become workers in cement factories.
The reason why I didn’t mention the cement factory is naturally because it hasn’t been seen yet, and everyone doesn’t know what cement is.
Cheng Chubi was not willing to explain too much to these people whose generation gap was too far apart. He would wait until the actual object was fired first.
Cheng Chubi stayed here for another day, waiting until Mo Dan arranged everything.
The governor Mo then led a hundred soldiers and followed Cheng Chubi on the road to Luzhou.
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Outside Luzhou, a restaurant with quite a nice view stands on the bank of the Yangtze River. At this moment, a handsome young man with a face as good as jade and delicate features is lazily leaning on the railing on the second floor.
Beside him, a tall and burly young man was feasting on food that had a different flavor from Guanzhong.
A young woman with fair features and a bit of beauty was playing the pipa and singing softly.
The tall and burly young man, it was Fang Jun, greased his mouth and raised his head.
He said to Li Ke, who was facing the Yangtze River and lazily looked like a boneless slug.
"Brother De, come here and have something to eat. The food here is much better than the one we ate at yesterday."
"No matter how strong you are, you can't do it as well as the cook in my house. Alas..."
Li Ke touched his belly and felt that his belly, which had been nurtured by Brother Chubi, was very hungry.
But when faced with these dishes, which are no less than one level behind Brother Chu Bi’s craftsmanship, I really feel that they are lackluster.
It's a pity that Brother Chu Bi went out to work, and what he brought with him was a cook who was impressed by Brother Chu Bi's skills.
Because Li Ke was lying on the couch because he was not acclimatized, he couldn't grab the cook who was dying of diarrhea and let him cook, right? That would be too inhumane.
"Sigh...Brother Chu Bi has been away for several days. It's really hard. I can't eat well. I'm not very interested in playing cards."
After hearing this, Brother Jun immediately became happy.
"It's true. Yesterday, brother, you beat my little brother and I didn't stop until he was almost old."
Li Ke is not willing to deal with this bully, why do I just like to be pretentious?
After listening to the pipa for a long time, the pipa singer asked again in her Sichuan Mandarin if she wanted to sing two more songs.
Fang Jun, who listened for a long time before understanding what she meant, couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Brother Weide, listen, this tone is really weird, it doesn't sound like our Guanzhong Mandarin at all..."
Although the pipa singer couldn't speak Guanzhong Mandarin, she could still understand Fang Jun's jokes.
I couldn't help but blush, feeling a little embarrassed, a little annoyed, and didn't know what to do.
Li Ke looked at the silly Fang Jun beside him, shook his head helplessly, and came to the somewhat pretty pipa singer.
He took out a small piece of silver from his arms and gave it to the pipa singer. Then he flirted, ahem... chatted with her in a low voice.
The pipa singer saw that this handsome young man, who seemed to be even better looking than herself, was so generous.
Moreover, he also talked to her, so naturally she would not refuse, but she was a little embarrassed to say so.
"My family only knows Shuzhong Mandarin, but I really can't speak Guanzhong Mandarin. The young master is laughing..."
Li Ke chuckled, leaned in front of the young lady, raised his eyebrows and said.
"What are you talking about, young lady? Your voice is so good. When you sing, it's like the sound of nature. Your Sichuan Mandarin is also very nice."
"And I really like your eyes, little sister. When you sing, your bright eyes flow, it's really moving..."
Fang Jun was eating, keeping his eyes on Brother Weide's actions, and walked over when he saw him.
Then he and the beautiful Pipa lady whom they called after entering the restaurant were chatting and laughing very quickly.