At dawn, the sound of gongs was heard throughout the camp where the people lived. Under the sound of the gongs, the people in the camp gathered one after another, with expressions of joy and expectation on their faces. The people
Not long after we gathered, the camp was already filled with the aroma of rice, and the aroma of meat buns was lingering everywhere.
There were porridge and meat buns, and everyone ate with a mouthful of delicious food.
Everyone just felt that their stomachs were extremely comfortable.
The feeling of being full is so comfortable.
After the people had eaten their fill, they saw that Fang Xuanling had arrived in person. He assigned the tasks level by level. Such distribution could ensure that each person had as many things as they could do in a day.
This is a contract arrangement.
If you finish it and finish it quickly, you can finish it earlier and still get money. If you finish it slowly, you have to keep doing it until you finish it and you will get money.
It is definitely impossible to cheat and cheat.
Fang Xuanling spent the entire morning wandering around the excavation section of the river to check the progress of the excavation. Today's scene was completely different from yesterday. It was full of enthusiasm. Every citizen was in high spirits, and there was no one who was unwilling to work.
They all want to finish their work earlier and receive their wages earlier.
Especially now, no one is wielding whips and no one is flogging.
Just patrol after assigning tasks.
Around noon, when Fang Xuanling was patrolling, he suddenly encountered someone who had fainted. As the people shouted, Fang Xuanling rushed over and pinched the person briefly to wake up the fainted person, and then shouted:
Doctors came to treat the fainted people.
The reason why I fainted was actually because I barely had breakfast.
Fang Xuanling frowned.
In the morning, everyone in the camp was provided with sufficient food. For each commoner, there were four large meat-filled buns and a bowl of porridge. It was impossible not to be full after such a meal.
Fang Xuanling asked: "Tell me, what's going on? Yesterday and today, I gave you enough food. You look like you are in your early forties, so you won't faint from hunger after eating."
The name of the person who fainted was Zhou Chuyi.
It is said that he was born in the new year.
When Zhou Chu faced Fang Xuanling, he did not dare to hide it and said quickly: "Reporting to the official, I don't blame anyone else but myself. I didn't have breakfast. I'm not in the way. If you stay up for a while, it will be noon again."
Come. By noon, I will eat enough to make sure I won’t faint again. Officer, please be kind and don’t drive me away. I can complete the task.”
At this moment, Zhou Chuyi was very panicked. He said: "Look at my task, I have completed almost half of it now. I will definitely be able to complete it before the sun sets in the afternoon. I can do the work, you believe me."
Today, on the first day of the week, I feel very happy.
Because there is food to eat and money to receive.
He doesn't want to be kicked out.
He wants to work.
If he loses his job, he may not be able to find a place where he can eat meat dumplings and meat. So when he fainted and woke up, he was very panicked, fearing that he would be kicked out because of his fainting.
Fang Xuanling saw Zhou Chuyi's appearance and said in a deep voice: "Why don't you have breakfast?"
Zhou Chuyi replied: "Master, I have two children with me, one is eight years old and the other is ten years old. These two children were recruited with their father. Their father is dead, and I will raise them."
The two of them. That's why they didn't have breakfast. Don't worry, I won't skip breakfast when I finish today's work and make money. Don't worry, I will work hard and won't be held back."
After Fang Xuanling heard this, she felt sad.
Especially what Zhou Chuyi said was that he adopted these two children. In the peaceful and prosperous times, adopting two children would not be a problem. But now, Zhou Chuyi himself has not enough to eat and has to raise two children.
Especially raising a child that was not her own, this deeply touched Fang Xuanling's heart.
Fang Xuanling waved her hand and said, "You go ahead and work. Take care of yourself."
When Zhou Chu heard it, he immediately became excited.
I am extremely grateful from my heart.
As soon as Zhou Chu made a plop, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."
Fang Xuanling walked in front, with a bitter look on his face. He lamented how difficult the people's livelihood was. It was not an easy task to make the people of the Sui Dynasty free from hunger and disease.
Zhou Chuyi knelt on the ground, still choking.
He was extremely grateful in his heart.
A man doesn't shed tears easily, but he hasn't reached the point where he is sad.
For a rough guy like Zhou Chuyi, it must be extremely uncomfortable when he thinks that if he is kicked out, his two children will have no food to eat. Now that he stays, he will have the opportunity to support his family.
"Old Zhou, he has left. Get up."
Someone who was familiar with Zhou Chuyi on the side reminded him and felt lucky for Zhou Chuyi.
Only then did Zhou Chuyi stand up.
Although his body is still a little weak, he has recovered at least, and it is almost noon, and it is almost time for dinner. On the first day of the week, he sat down and continued to dig the river without any hurry, waiting for the arrival of noon.
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On the river, the sound of a gong sounded.
All the people working on the river began to gather. However, this gathering was not a swarm of crowds or a chaotic rush forward, but each one began to line up.
This is arranged according to the distribution when tasks were previously assigned.
Each team has nearly 600 people.
Teams formed up one by one and headed towards the camp in an orderly manner. When everyone arrived at the camp, they lined up according to one-on-one teams to receive lunch meals.
Compared with the porridge and steamed buns in the morning, rice is served at noon. Although this rice is old rice and not good rice, for these people, being able to eat rice is like celebrating a new year.
Especially since everyone can eat meat, it’s even more exciting.
Such a situation makes countless people happy. These working people are all happy that they can eat meat and rice.
The time at noon is short after all.
After lunch, everyone rested for most of an hour, and then began to work on the river embankment again. Moreover, such work was done on their own initiative, because now it is not someone who drives you to do things, but you who do things on your own initiative.
If you can't finish it, you won't have money.
Once you're done, you'll get the money.
The river embankment is still in full swing and busy.
By the time it was announced in the afternoon, the first group of people with bows had already appeared. After they finished their work, they found their respective foremen, inspected the river channels they had dug, and finally received the money.
Since the application time in the afternoon, people have received money one after another and then returned to the camp to rest.
After you finish your work for the day, you can rest.
Such a situation spread quickly, especially around the river. There were some people waiting and watching. When these people found out that they could really receive money and have meat to eat, they all became excited.
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That’s how people are!
Everyone is suspicious.
That's why they left yesterday, but stayed to watch. Now they found that many people were heading towards the camp, hoping to work with them.
Fang Xuanling received the news and looked calm.
This is what he had expected. Once the first day of work is over, it will inevitably cause a shock and countless people will be excited and want to enter the camp again.
Fang Xuanling did not agree.
Those who stayed yesterday can enjoy benefits, but those who want to come today are not so easy.
Fang Xuanling immediately gave the order and asked people to notify the people outside the camp who wanted to come to work. Early tomorrow morning, come to the camp to accept the reorganization arrangements, then return to the team to have a meal, and then go to work with them. This is a lesson to those who left.
.These people who left came back as soon as they saw the benefits. After all, they were not as good as the first group of people.
After Fang Xuanling arranged everything, he returned to the camp and calculated the day's food, meat and labor expenses. In addition, Fang Xuanling also recorded all the length of the river dug today.
Everything is documented.
So that it can be verified.
The advantage of this is that even if you spend money, you can see real results.
Fang Xuanling compiled all the records, registered them, and then personally went to Wang Can's camp and reported: "National Preceptor, today, the length of the river excavated and the degree of application have been recorded.
, please ask the Imperial Master to take a look."
Wang Can took it and browsed it quickly. After returning the book to Fang Xuanling, he said in a deep voice: "More people will come tomorrow, and the excavation of the river will speed up. You are still fully responsible for this matter.
I hope to see a good result. I will provide all the food and money needed."
Fang Xuanling said: "Thank you so much, Imperial Master."
Fang Xuanling felt very at ease with Wang Can's full payment.
Wang Can continued: "The excavation of this Grand Canal cannot be completed overnight. I can't stay here forever. So you need to be fully responsible for the things here."
Fang Xuanling said: "This is no problem. With the respect of the Imperial Master, Fang Xuanling will definitely complete it safely."
"Report!"
At this moment, another attendant entered.
The attendant came to Wang Can and reported: "Master, there is a letter from the court. Please read it."
Wang Can took the letter in his hand and browsed it quickly. However, after reading it, he immediately frowned because the news recorded in this letter was about Yang Guang of Luoyang.
Yang Guang actually recruited many alchemists in Luoyang to study the way of immortality together.
This made Wang Can very confused.
Yang Guang actually believed in the warlock.
You know, Yang Guang has witnessed Wang Can's power with his own eyes. For ordinary warlocks, Yang Guang should look down on him. But now, Yang Guang is recruiting warlocks, which is very strange.
Wang Can put away the letter, looked at Fang Xuanling, and said, "Fang Xuanling, I'll leave the excavation of the river to you. There is something going on in Luoyang, and I will return immediately."
Fang Xuanling said: "Just go back, Imperial Master, I will arrange everything."
Wang Can nodded, made some arrangements, and left immediately after handing over the matter.