Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 173: Kill them so that we can have a good life

three days ago.

The first batch of official roads inside and outside the city built with cement in Kaifeng City were officially completed. Zhao Kuangyin personally inspected and delivered an important speech, affirming the contribution of the trading company, affirming Huang Ren's achievements in completing the work with quality and quantity as the contractor, and thanked all the laborers. Contribute to the construction of the motherland with blood and sweat, and then declare the project completed.

Among the more than [-] people, only about [-] chose to stay in Kaifeng City to find jobs. The vast majority of them had no parents and no families or careers.

There was an issue about corvee service. The money given by the court was too much. It actually reached 150 Wen per day. Later, when I inquired about it, I found out that Kaifeng is currently in a labor shortage. There is a shortage of people almost everywhere. 150 Wen is really the price of corvee service. , other work as intensive as road construction, less than [-] yuan a day, there is no one to do it.

Even a cold and aloof company like the Royal Merchant Company actually began to recruit people from society on a large scale after the cement plant was put into operation. You must know that in the past, they only wanted family members of the Forbidden Army and veterans. Although they were recruiting people from society. Temporary workers have no establishment and may be laid off at any time, but the cement factory's salary of [-] yuan a day is sufficient.

It is said that the work in this cement factory was so dirty, tiring, and painful that the family members of the Forbidden Army were not willing to work, so they were given the opportunity.

Three hundred coins!

Are these Kaifeng people mistaking money for money?They don't even do a job worth [-] yuan a day?
Mangzi is a rough man, he has no education, and he doesn't understand how the cement is made, but anyway, he feels that if he is given three hundred coins a day, let alone making cement, he will be happy even if he is allowed to eat shit.

He actually secretly applied for the job, and the person in charge touched his strong chest muscles, squeezed his biceps, and asked: "Can you endure hardship? Besides, the work in this cement factory is very dirty." ah."

"Yes, yes, I even picked up excrement in our village. As long as I make money, I can do anything."

Then, he was actually admitted.

After only working for three days, I feel that the cement worker is not that hard.

Use some broken tiles, slag, broken porcelain and other refractory materials, add a certain proportion of quicklime and plaster of paris, heat, grind, and grind them into powder to become cement.

Clothes, gloves, and even masks are distributed in the factory. The entire factory has a newly built super-large waterwheel. In order to divert the water, a waterfall was manually dug out to use to turn the waterwheel. The big waterwheel will They bring large grinding discs and grind large quantities of materials non-stop. All these workers have to do is to keep loading and unloading materials. The unloaded materials need to be processed and ground again, but he doesn’t know that. He didn't even care where the materials he grinded went.

He knew that making three hundred coins a day was a lot, and the cement factory actually took care of the food at noon and night, and there would even be a thick slice of meat on the food.

That big piece of meat tastes so delicious.

This job is indeed a bit hard, but in his opinion it is actually not bad. He harvests wheat for the landlord's family in the village, and the intensity is no less intense than it is now.

City people are so pretentious.

They were given so much money for this job, but they were still not willing to do it.

If only... I could become a city dweller.

If I could become a city dweller, even if it was a bit harder and tiring, but if I could save some money and buy a small house, and then give birth to a baby, wouldn't my baby... look down on what I'm doing now? This job?
So what will he do?Will he also wear a clean gown and do a very decent job?

Every time he thought about it, he couldn't help but be fascinated.

His Highness the King of Qin once personally promised that Kaifeng City will always welcome them. Now there are no household registration checks or road guides on the two capital roads. Everyone is welcome to enter the city at any time and leave the city at any time.

But it's a pity that he can't stay, because his old mother is still alive at home, and he also has a newly married daughter-in-law. Even if he wants to move to Kaifeng, he must at least go back and discuss it with them. Besides, he still has several acres of Susukino fields at home. Well, although there are very few, but now that spring plowing is around the corner, we can't just let it go unused.

In fact, most of these [-] workers are just like Mangzi. Among those who have not stayed in Kaifeng to work, there are very few who dislike Kaifeng.

In a total of more than half a month, each of them made at least two pounds of money. Everyone could not help but be attracted by the excitement and prosperity of Kaifeng City.

Then everyone went back to their respective homes and returned to their original form.

But the experience of half a month was deeply imprinted in their minds. After Mangzi went home and finished doing that with his wife, he couldn't help but kept mumbling when he hugged his wife: "Wait for me Let's go to Kaifeng to take care of our mother until she is old. Let's either sell this land or rent it out and let our son become a Kaifeng native. I asked about the rent of a room in the slums built by His Highness. Five hundred cash per month, I can make it back in less than two days by working in a cement factory."

"Don't dare to lie. We have no road guide and no household registration. If we secretly go to Kaifeng, the Li family will find out and they will have your legs broken."

Mangzi stood up immediately and shouted loudly: "Why? Who is he? I tell you, I have met His Highness King Qin. His Highness told us that Kaifeng will always welcome us, and His Highness will always welcome us." If he doesn't want our household registration, why won't his Li family let us leave? Can we only be his tenant farmers forever? Who is he? Is he older than the King of Qin? "

"To say such nonsense, the Li family has a knife in their hand."

"So what? I have it too. Here, it was given to me by His Highness the King of Qin."

As he spoke, he took out a gleaming steel knife.

It is said that these were eliminated by the Forbidden Army. I really can’t believe what kind of weapons the Forbidden Army are using now.

"Oh, you're going to die. Put it away quickly. Put it away. How can we use this?"

Just as we were chatting, suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves outside. A middle-aged man rode a horse and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Go to work, go to work, the county collects corvee, every family Do you hear that we have to contribute a little to build Xiangdong Water Conservancy?"

Mangzi looked out the window and saw that it was Dachengzi, the county official, who was specifically responsible for the corvee work in their villages. He couldn't help but spit hard.

Almost all the land in the east of the township belongs to the Li family. The benefits of repairing the water in the east of the township fall on the Li family, but they can't get any of it.

Of course, they have long been accustomed to it over the years. The Li family is a powerful person in the local area and has a very good relationship with all the gentlemen in the county. Every time they build roads, bridges, granaries, or even water conservancy projects, they are not always mobilized. These Guizhou leaders go to work for the Li family for free. It doesn't matter whether the land of the poor people is cultivated or not. Anyway, Mr. Li's land must have good harvests every year.

Pooh!
If you look at Dachengzi again, he is a piece of shit, and you know that he is a rotten person who wants to eat Naka.

Look at the county officials in Kaifeng Prefecture. They are all very good. Not only have they never encountered anyone involved in extortion, but they even promote service with a smile. It is said that Kaifeng is now enforced by Yushitai and Dongchang at the same time. In addition to It investigates corruption, investigates the unexplained origins of large amounts of property, and even accepts complaints from citizens. As long as a citizen complains about subordinate officials going to the East Factory, those subordinate officials will be skinned unless they die.

In comparison, this is nothing.

Then he rushed out and shouted: "How much do you pay per day?"

"Wages? Are you crazy? This is corvee! Do you dare to resist corvee? However, Li Dashan is kind-hearted. He said that he is willing to spend his own money to provide for you and others." There was silence in the crowd for a while.

But it was unexpected. One person took the courage to say: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin said that from now on, when the court recruits corvees, whether it is a government office or a county government, wages must be paid. In the areas of Liangjing and Sanlu, no daily wages are allowed. Less than eighty cents, and food and lodging must be provided.”

"Yes, that's right. His Highness the King of Qin said this himself. Which court or yamen of yours is greater than the King of Qin?"

"I just came back from doing corvee work for the King of Qin, and I was paid one hundred coins a day for food and lodging. Is your corvee better than what His Highness the King of Qin said?"

The Dachengzi was shocked, and in a rage, he drew out his sword and shouted: "Which bastard is talking? Come out! You are a dog-like thing, and you have entered Kaifeng City. Don't you know what your last name is?" ? Let me see who has such a big opinion against me? Why, under the emperor’s feet, do you still dare to rebel? Come on, let me see who dares to stand up and practice with grandpa..."

As he said this, he felt a sudden pain in his chest. As soon as he lowered his head, an arrow was inserted directly into him without knowing when.

"Fuck you, mother...you guys really dare to do it."

Then he dismounted his horse with a bang and fell to the ground motionless.

A young man with a bow and arrow on his back walked out of the crowd, killed his horse with a slash of his dagger, and said: "I came back to say goodbye to my parents. I will go back to Kaifeng tomorrow. The Chenji Saddlery Shop in the Development Zone agreed to recruit me as an apprentice. Before I left, I killed this bastard as a contribution to the villagers. If any of you are willing to go to Kaifeng with me, come up , let’s share the horse meat.”

As he spoke, he bled the horse neatly.

Mangzi knew this man, his name was Little Rabbit, and he was a dead man, but he was actually only 13 years old this year. He actually dared to kill people, and after killing people, he even divided the horse meat without changing his expression, which made Mangzi very angry for a while. It was a shock.

When he heard what he said, his blood immediately surged up. He was about to lift his legs and step forward to share the horse meat, but his wife held him tightly and prevented him from moving.

"Don't be impulsive. How old are you? Why are you still so immature and reckless? You think you are still fourteen or fifteen years old."

Mangzi hesitated for a while, then stopped and looked again. Only those who dared to stand up and share horse meat with him in public were only half-boys of his age. Almost all of them were 15. About years old.

These children didn't live their lives, so they just cut off the horse meat piece by piece and squatted on the ground to eat it until their mouths and faces were covered with blood, but they all smiled innocently.

Somehow, Mangzi actually felt a chill running through his body.

He shook his head, sighed, hugged his wife and went back to the house.

That night, almost no one slept.

However, before dawn, I saw a sudden fire outside. After a while, it became noisy again, and there were even people beating gongs.

Mangzi hurriedly went out to take a look, and saw a person on a tall horse wearing pure white armor, with a string of... people tied to a rope behind it?

They were all hammered to pieces.

"Mr. Li, what are you doing this late at night?"

The man on the horse snorted coldly, tapped his breastplate lightly, and swept Ma Shuo in front of the people one by one: "I heard that you bitches want to go to Kaifeng? How dare you kill my horse? I woke you up specially. , just to show you the consequences of betraying me! I don’t think any of you dare to leave? I’m giving you face, right? Let me tell you, the official road to Kaifeng has been blocked by the men a long time ago, no one can even think about it. Let’s go, if anyone leaves, they will suffer the consequences!”

Having said that, his clan soldiers actually poured kerosene directly on these injured children, and the fuel ignited the fire.

Listening to the screams of those half-grown men in the flames, Mr. Li laughed even more crazily.

In troubled times, people naturally don't care so much about laws. Even some powerful landowners will inevitably be infected with the increasingly cruel habits of soldiers since the five generations.

Under the sky-high firelight, harsh wails, and unruly laughter, everyone was silent, but no one lowered their heads and dared not look like before.

Mr. Li, however, did not notice these details.

"I know that you all have gained experience when you go to Kaifeng to do corvee service this time. Haha, His Highness the King of Qin even gave you weapons. Why, do you want to rebel by keeping the weapons? Haha, King Qin, he is also in Kaifeng King Qin, but here, I am the one who rules, do you understand?"

"Come on, come and collect their weapons from me. Anyone who dares to hide them secretly is a rebel traitor!"

As he said this, all of Mr. Li's henchmen took out their bags and collected them one by one. It was a coincidence that the first one landed in front of Mangzi.

"Where's the weapon? Take it out."

Mangzi didn't move, just looked at them with his neck stiffened.

He slapped Mangzi on the face: "I asked you to take it out and hide the military weapon secretly. Do you know what the crime is? According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, you can abandon the market."

Mangzi still cocked his neck and looked at them.

"Yahe? Mangzi, are you going to rebel?"

Then, Mangzi went back to the house, got the steel knife, and fiercely took out the sheath and killed him. With one blow, he chopped down a servant of the Li family.

"This sword was given by the King of Qin. The sword belongs to the man. Folks, think about the reason why the King of Qin gave you such weapons. His Highness the King of Qin wants to give us a good life. These dogs can't live a good life. Why can't they? They Why not allow it! If they don’t allow it, just fight with them!!!”

For a moment, the originally silent villagers actually rioted together. Countless weapons were taken out one after another, but they were not handed over, but were pulled out to kill people.

"The sword was given by the King of Qin. The sword is with the people, but the sword dies and the people die."

"Kill them. Only by killing them can we go to Kaifeng. Only by going to Kaifeng can we have a good life. Kill!"

(End of this chapter)