Liu Dutou took the people in the village to dig the pond. This work was much easier than digging the earth. All he had to do was clean up the soil and weeds and re-pave the bluestone, not to mention it was under the thatched shed.
As long as you can work without getting wet, it's a good job.
I don’t know who designed the winding ditch. Yun Zheng left a laborer to work every thirty steps. He was already trying his best to straighten the ditch. He found that these laborers were as silent as wood.
, I didn’t meet any of the legendary stubborn people, so I told Liu Dutou this doubt while I was resting.
Liu Dutou sneered and said: "Who dares? You are working for the army. Those military masters will not reason with you. If you chop a knife on your neck, you will have to listen to his reasoning. You might as well do your job properly."
After you're done, you won't necessarily die if you get exposed to the rain, but you will definitely die if you get a knife on your neck."
"That makes sense!" Yun Zheng raised his thumb and praised Liu Du, then asked: "I heard that today's officials are famous for their kindness, and they are most sympathetic to the people's difficulties. I also heard that every year only Tokyo
When it snows in Bianliang City, the officials will distribute salary money to the people in the city. Is this true?"
"It's true, boy. There aren't many such things. It's okay in Bianliang City, but it won't work here. To distribute money, first there needs to be money in the warehouse. Our warehouse is empty so rats can run away. Mr. County Lord
Even if we have the will, we can't do anything. What's more, we are in Bianzhou, next to Qinfeng Road, where wars happen almost every year. As long as there is a war, we have to spend a lot of money and food to support Qinfeng Road, so we have no choice but to live a hard life." Liu
Dutou gave a wry smile and squatted under the shed silently.
It seemed that this sentence touched a sore spot in Liu Du's head, so Yun Zheng changed the subject and started to talk to him about the hanging coffins of the Bo people, saying that he wanted to see how the Bo people put the coffins on the cliff.
"Those Bo people are full of food. When they are alive, they have no clothes and no food to eat. It is better to die. Money becomes more valuable. No matter how poor they are, they will sell their wives to the dead to buy a set of coffins, and then
Ask someone to use a rope to send it to the cliff. This damn thing is torturing the living people. If one dies, the whole family will be separated. What's so good to see."
Liu Dutou didn't expect that Yun Zheng would tell him this matter, so he looked at Yun Ye in surprise.
"In other people's eyes, it's just a simple matter of sending the dead and the coffin up, but in my opinion, this requires precise calculations and a strict set of craftsmanship. This is a very difficult thing to do. Think about it, Baizhang
On a high cliff, you have to put the person and the coffin halfway up the mountain. The dead person and the coffin are only three hundred kilograms, right? In addition, the weight of the two ropes is fifty or sixty kilograms. You have to lift the three to four hundred kilograms.
Or to put it down twenty or thirty feet, and to place it accurately on the pre-ordered wooden stakes, it requires a lot of skills. So I really want to see how those Bo people who don't know a word do it.
"
Yun Zheng was not telling lies about this. When he traveled here, he was very curious. Although he had seen the restoration process on TV, modern slings were still used. It was not counted. He could see it with his own eyes.
Very good.
"I've become stupid by reading. What's so good about this? It's easy for you to see. There are Bo people in prison. You can crush one to death with a sack at night and you'll see him in three days."
Liu Dutou's words made Yun Zheng's hair stand on end. He quickly waved his hands and said, "Then I'd better not read it. This is a sin. If I really do this, I will have to guard my head even if God thunders."
, to avoid being hacked to death.”
"Go away, he's just a Bo man, no one thinks he's a human being. Men are as lazy as pigs. They sit around the fire pit all day long and do nothing. Their livelihood depends entirely on women. When they give birth to a baby, the first thing they do is sell it.
, and then changed to drink. The county magistrate took pity on those women and strictly prohibited human trafficking. The population of this county has not increased for more than ten years. They were the cause of the disaster. The county magistrate who was harmed was actually rated as...
Zhongping, how can you be promoted with such political achievements? We must be ruthless in our governance. In my opinion, we can stop it by killing a few people."
Liu Dutou is actually a very good person. In his opinion, if a man cannot support his family and protect his wife and children, there is no need to live. Although Yun Zheng partially agrees with him, he has no idea about how to deal with it.
I still don’t agree with the method.
"Yunda, you have a lot of money now, and you don't worry about your brother being alone at home. How about this? You might as well spend some money to buy a maid and let her take care of your brother. With your character, this is a good deed.
, it can also save a good girl from suffering. What do you think?"
Yun Zheng immediately jumped up and said to Liu Dutou in horror: "You'd better spare me, I've only had enough to eat for a few days, now you have to be a master? Looking for a maid? What's the matter with you, Mr.
You're trying to get me a woman, I'm just fourteen years old this year."
Liu Dutou smiled lewdly and said: "You can already support a family at the age of fourteen, and you are a man. Living with a three or four year old brother is a hundred times better than these killers. I have enough food and clothing, and my brother supports me."
You are white and fat, buying a woman is nothing. Let me tell you, brother, I had a son when I was fourteen years old. Your family now lacks a woman, well, it lacks someone to wash and cook. Look at your clothes.
, the stitches on the top are too embarrassing."
"The law of the Song Dynasty stipulates that a woman who sells herself as a maid needs to be paid monthly wages. After five years, she will be released and go home. I can't afford it now." It's really nice to have such a person, and Yun Zheng is also a little moved, but thinking about it
According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, raising a maid is a very expensive matter, and I don't have the conditions now.
Liu Du, who was drinking water, squirted out the first sip of water. He coughed for a long time before regaining control. He stroked his chest and asked Yun Zheng: "Are you talking about the laws of the Song Dynasty? Why don't I know about it, brother? You buy people."
It's yours. If you like it, keep it at home. If you don't like it, sell it. Who said you have to pay wages every month?"
Yun Zheng couldn't tell Lao Liu that he knew these things from historical records. Isn't it like this?
Liu Dutou pulled Yun Zheng onto the ox cart. The laborers did their work without having to worry about it. After a while, the two of them arrived at Doushaguan. Old Liu ordered the ox cart and turned into the cross street. Yun Zheng had never been there before.
That place. It was the place where the military prostitutes from Douchuan were. It was a red light district, and he had no interest in even taking a look at it.
Along the way, numerous women dressed in black or colorful clothes were eager to say hello when they saw Liu Dutou. It seemed that this guy was a regular visitor here.