Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 96 Good things come again and again
After watching the fun and finishing the work, a group of soup chickens led hundreds of newly recruited workers by Yang Menglong and walked towards the health center in a high-spirited manner. Yang Menglong, who was also like a drowned chicken, walked in front with his head held high, like a crab. Domineering.The workers wanted to laugh inexplicably when they saw him. After so long, everyone also figured out the identity of this crab. They were surprised to learn that this crab turned out to be Qianhu from Wuyang Qianhusuo, the future supreme commander of Wuyang Guard. !But he had no airs at all, he was just a child who hadn't grown up yet. The military households didn't have the fear of Shangguan that they should have, and even dared to tease him and make some harmless jokes with him.Of course, don't speak ill of him behind his back, otherwise the angry military household will beat you into a pig's head before he can take action!
What a strange person.

Back at the Qianhu Office, Yang Menglong asked the new workers to gather at the grain drying yard and counted their heads. Fortunately, none of them were missing.He said loudly: "You must have seen that our Qianhu House has a lot of things to do now, such as digging wells, repairing canals, building water trucks, repairing houses, building bathhouses and repairing drainage ditches. Anyway, as long as you are willing to do it, you will not worry about finding them It’s time to work! Take your contract, and you have to fulfill the contract when you enter the guard, work hard, otherwise I will take the contract and go to the yamen to ask the county magistrate to judge and punish you severely!"

Everyone wanted to laugh. Isn't it just a matter of one sentence for a thousand households to repair a craftsman?It is really new to take the contract to the Yamen to sue.But this also proves that this contract really works, at least Master Qianhu acts according to the contract, as for them... Of course they have to act according to the contract!Chen Dingding, a Shanxi carpenter, pointed to a waterwheel being assembled not far away, and said, "Master Qianhu, I can do all these jobs, and I promise to do them quickly and well!"

Yang Menglong said: "That would be great, if you are willing to work hard, I will not treat you badly!"

When he said this, more than a dozen military households were pushing a wheelbarrow past the rice drying field. On the cart, a few slaughtered pigs were attracting swarms of flies, making everyone want to turn into flies. Already...do you really have meat tonight?Master Qianhu is really trustworthy!A blacksmith said worriedly: "But, what if we finish all these jobs? It's really hard to find work now!" This sentence spoke out the hearts of everyone, and everyone echoed and asked Yang Menglong to do more work. Schedule some work, or they won't have work when they're done.

Yang Menglong said: "After all the work is done, we still have to open up wasteland and build water canals, the houses in the guards have to be refurbished or even rebuilt, and the carpentry workshop and blacksmith workshop have to be expanded to build more waterwheels, and we will sell them to others if we can't use them up. , Earn a few small money to spend, are you still afraid that you won’t have work to do? Just don’t cry tired when the time comes!”

Everyone was delighted when they heard it. With so much work to do, why are they afraid of losing their jobs?The smarter person immediately thought of his fellow sufferers: "Sir, I have a few friends who are good at craftsmanship. Can I invite them to the guardhouse?"

Yang Menglong said: "No problem, but you have to sign a contract to ensure that all the people who come in are down-to-earth and willing to work. If you bring in those guys who like to be sneaky, I will never finish with you!"

Everyone kept patting their chests to ensure that the craftsmen or good family children they introduced were practical and capable craftsmen, and they would never bring in those dubious guys.Yang Menglong didn't talk nonsense, he said a few more words, and then asked several foremen to come over to pick people.Hundreds of people were divided into several groups according to their skills, and they were taken to workshops such as blacksmithing, carpentry, manufacturing, and tile making. The house, and some unskilled work, their arrival has effectively supplemented the already tense labor force of Wuyang Qianhu Office.

Today is a good day, a water truck has been put into operation, and two more wells have pumped water. Naturally, Yang Menglong couldn't be stingy on such a good day. He really bought a few fat pigs and slaughtered them for everyone to eat.The big pieces of oily fat meat and the sour pickled cabbage whet the appetite, and everyone's mouths were full of oil.The workers who just came in said they had good luck eating delicious pork, while the old military households of Wuyang Qianhu Office said that you were lucky to meet General Yang. If Zhang Qianhu was still alive, you would Not to mention pork, you can't even eat a single pig hair!
Yang Menglong went back to the thousand-household house and took a shower. Seeing that dinner was not ready, he ran to the backyard to see the progress of the school renovation.Among so many projects, this is the one that everyone is most concerned about. On the day he announced that he would convert the redundant houses of the Thousand Households into a school, the military households organized a construction team to work day and night, cleaning up debris, piercing through the walls, and erecting buildings. He was very busy building pillars to strengthen the roof.Yang Menglong saw with satisfaction that the renovation project was almost finished. A school that could accommodate two to three hundred students had begun to take shape, with some desks and stools, and portraits of Confucius and Mencius hung on the walls.The workers were squatting on the ground greedily feeding pieces of fat into their mouths. Seeing Yang Menglong coming, the foreman reluctantly put down the bowl and chopsticks and stood up. Salute: "My lord!"

Yang Menglong smiled and said, "Are you eating? Is the food to your liking?"

The foreman said: "The food is delicious, so delicious! To tell you the truth, the villain has lived such a big age, and he only ate meat once before the adult came to Wuyang. The adult has only been here for half a month. We have eaten meat three or four times, if we are still not satisfied, then we are too heartless!"

The workers all said with one voice that the foreman was right. They ate more meat these days than they did in the previous 30 to [-] years.

Yang Menglong said: "What is this? Everyone works hard to become rich together, and then eat meat every day until you get bored when you see meat!"

The foreman shook his head: "If I can really eat meat every day, I will definitely not be bothered. I will let go of my stomach and eat like crazy, even if I become fat!"

Yang Menglong pointed to the classroom: "Stop joking, how about it, how long will it take to get it done?"

The foreman said: "The decoration has been completed, now we have to wait for the carpentry shop to drive out the tables and stools...there is rushing work day and night, and the desks can be assembled in two days at most."

Yang Menglong said: "Great, you guys did a great job!"

The foreman smiled stupidly: "Yes, yes! The adults are willing to vacate the house as a school, let the dolls study, and provide free lunch. This kind of affection is too heavy. We can't repay it. The only thing we can do is to work hard. Let the dolls read the book early... By the way, my lord, I don't know if you have invited Mr.?"

Yang Menglong said: "Not yet, it's really not easy to find a gentleman who can read and write... But it doesn't matter, Miss Xiao is very talented, you can teach for a few days first, if I have time, I will teach the children as well." For two classes, you don’t have to worry at all.” But he grinned a few times in his heart: “Hey, I can finally slap the students’ palms as I like, punish them to stand in class, and even punish them to copy books seventeen or eight times!”

The workers didn't know how insidious this guy was. They heard that the school would start as soon as construction was completed, and they were all overjoyed.A few plasterers who just came to work in Qianhu Institute a few days ago were envious and boldly asked: "My lord, can I let my child go to school?"

Before Yang Menglong could speak, the plasterers in the Thousand Households Office shouted in disorder: "Don't even think about it! This is the benefit that the adults give to our military households in the guard, and only we military households can enjoy it. You outsiders Why share it!"

"That's right! This school is run by the adults of Qianhu with their own money. The tuition is free of charge and lunch is provided. Where can I find such a school? If an individual can send his or her own child, why don't you give the school a penny? Are you going to burst?"

The military households were furious, and they denounced the immoral behavior of these foreign craftsmen and defended their children's right to study. It was a bit aggressive.Hearing that you have to join the military to enjoy the right to free education, the foreign craftsmen were very discouraged, and they didn't have their own share!Want to send your kids to school?That's fine, enlist in the military.But, is it fun to join the military?Once enlisted in the military, the generations to come can only be poor soldiers!

The foreman raised his hand, asking everyone to accumulate some virtue. They all ate in the same pot, so there was no need to chase and fight, and it was almost enough.He smiled and said to Yang Menglong: "My lord, what is the name of this school?"

Yang Menglong said without hesitation: "Let's call it Baicaotang."

Everyone was puzzled: "Baicaotang?" Yang Menglong pointed to the lush flowers and trees in the yard, and everyone suddenly realized that the name was well chosen, and they flattered wildly, which made Yang Menglong very proud.

Not far away, someone was yelling: "Give me a bucket of mud!" It turned out that the plasterer who was in charge of repairing the clinic had already filled his stomach and started working again.As soon as the clinic opens, all military households can go there to see a doctor for free if they have a headache or brain fever. Naturally, everyone is very active and will not stop as long as it is not completely dark.Even those wimpy military doctors have completely changed their sex, holding ancestral medical books and prescriptions all day long, and forgetting to eat several times.The clinic is opening soon, and they're all terrified of screwing things up, and they're grinding their guns.Looking at the progress of the project, the tiles on the roof have been rebuilt, and the eaves are being plastered with mud. It will be completed in at most two days.

The waterwheel was running successfully, water came out of two wells, schools and clinics were about to open, and the most important thing was that the Zigong Salt Workers’ line was unexpectedly connected. If there is no accident, the engineering team needed to mine the Wuyang Salt Mine is in place. , today is really happy event again and again!Yang Menglong was in a great mood, humming a song and going back to dinner, he was still smiling until the meal.

(End of this chapter)