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Chapter 704 Popin

On the north side of Zhigu Village, from Wuqing to Huoyin and Tongzhou, many projects have been continuously rolled out with Guo Ning's arrival, and it looks more and more like a huge construction site.

In winter, the ground freezes, making construction difficult, but the people around Zhongdu are also idle, so the number of people who can respond to the recruitment is huge.The monthly salary given by the Marshal's Mansion is the full amount of [-] copper coins, and three meals are also included, custody, clothes and tools are distributed, and the clothes can be taken home.

Copper is expensive in the Kingdom of Jin, and the value of copper coins is very high. Ordinary people in the central capital can live on twenty Wen coins.The Marshal's Mansion issued such a condition that many poor people in Zhongdu would not even dare to think about it. Everyone was very excited, and everyone was full of energy when they started working.

Of course, there are also common people discussing in private, no wonder Marshal Guo made his fortune at sea again, and opened the treasury of Dajin.

Right now, the Dajin Kingdom is divided into two, and a puppet emperor has emerged on the Nanjing Road, and Marshal Guo has no spare energy to crusade.Looking at it again, it turns out that all the money has been spent lavishly. It is obvious that the marshal can force the people to do things with one order, but the marshal insists on paying money to hire them, which is simply generous and a bit silly.

Some people even took Guo Ning as an example and told their children that this was clearly a frontier soldier with his head tied to his trouser belt, and he didn't care about his next meal.We are decent people, and we can't waste money like this.

But more people are grateful to the Marshal's Mansion.After all, in the past few years, the city of Zhongdu has starved to death constantly. In the deep winter, more people died of starvation and freezing. If it weren't for Marshal Guo's charity in exchange for work, at least thousands of lives would have been lost!

At the end of November, the Marshal's Mansion issued an order saying that the monthly salary would be increased by [-]% if the construction deadline had to be met.Among the people, there were even some naive ones who made a special appointment to report to the place where the marshal was temporarily stationed, saying that everyone was grateful for the marshal's kindness and would naturally work hard.

Guo Ning received them with a good voice, and invited his wife to come out and accompany them to dinner.

After the meal, everyone bid farewell and got some copper coins and clothing materials. After asking, it turned out that there was a small ceremony in the mansion where the Marshal was staying that day. His close subordinates gathered together to pray for the marshal's son, Guo Jing.

The people felt more and more grateful. On the road and after returning to the camp, they were all talking about the marshal's favor.

Another senior Su Lao said that Marshal Guo’s single name is “Ning” and his eldest son’s single name is “Jing”. I have had a birthday in the past few years.Especially Mr. Guo Xiaolang, there is a sense of righteousness in this name, he must have future blessings, but if you have time in the future, you should often read a few Buddhist scriptures or Taoist scriptures, and do your best for the marshal's family.

The people immediately discovered that the extra [-]% of the salary was not a benefit that fell out of thin air, and it was really hard to get.Although there is a lot of money, the progress of the project and the requirements on the quality of the project are also much stricter.

Among so many people, there are naturally lazy characters mixed in, and it is inevitable that they will join together to complain, secretly spread some strange and gossip, and even passively sabotage their work, confronting the officials of Dinghailing.

As a result, as soon as this sign appeared, the relevant people were immediately severely punished.The crime of taking the lead was even higher, and several people were beaten to death with a big stick on the spot, and the group of people who participated actively were not well.

The common people only found out after inquiring about it in private, because of the huge scale of various projects, now Marshal Guo is under the command of a senior official in charge of government affairs to personally manage and control it.And the name of this senior official is familiar even to ordinary people. He is a notoriously ruthless character who is often scolded behind his back.

He was the Shangshu Youcheng of the dynasty and Yin Xuding of Daxing Mansion.

Prior to this, the new emperor's ascension to the throne, the change of the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhou Guogong as the auxiliary military minister in the central capital city were all arranged by the assassination of Chucai.After going through this journey, this always soft-handed government official has greatly improved his reputation. Just last month, Yira Chucai simply restored the old surname of Yelu, and from now on he will be known as Yelu Chucai. , and completely cut off from the old rules of the Dajin court.

There are newcomers rising, and naturally there are old people who seize the last chance to stand in line.

For example, Xu Ding completely changed his identity from an ally to a subordinate in a timely manner.A capable minister like him is exactly what Guo Ning urgently needs. Therefore, after Guo Ning returned to Zhongdu and took up the post of Zhou Guogong and Pingzhang, he once again knew Daxing Prefecture as Xu Ding, and asked him to transfer Jufan roads, warehouses, military camps, etc. around Zhongdu. Forts, docks and many other construction projects are managed.

This is not relegation, but great trust and reuse.

Because there are projects, there will be huge money and food expenditures, and a large number of strong men will gather.Considering that the strong men are still out of the land, they are managed according to the tribe.The difference between this kind of engineering team and an army capable of fighting is only military training and equipment. Back then, the Dajin Kingdom gathered hundreds of thousands of troops at Yehuling and Migukou, and half of them were temporary recruits.

Of course Xu Ding will not rebel, and he will not do things to buy people's hearts at all.

He set off from Zhongdu and went south. When he arrived in Tongzhou, he inspected the local camp where the road was widened. He encountered ruffians making trouble, and some lazy people responded.With an order on the spot, he dismissed all those who participated in the disturbance.Some rogues dared to play hard in front of Xu Ding, but they were given a higher punishment, and were beaten to death on the spot by the subordinate staff with a big stick.

The officers and men of Dinghai didn't feel that this move was too harsh, they only worried that the good government of the Marshal's Mansion would turn into a bad government, and the rest of the people would not do their best.As a result, after two or three days, it was discovered that with those unlucky guys as negative teaching materials, the common people were all active, using [-]% of the manpower to achieve [-]% of the results, and the monthly salary of the military government was actually less than before.

The only troublesome thing is that Xu Ding's reputation has become worse again.

Fortunately, Xu Ding and his son have always done practical things in the Dajin Dynasty.If you do practical things, you will inevitably offend others. If you offend others, you will be scolded, and you will be called a treacherous official. Xu Ding has long been used to it.

At this time, Xu Ding and his entourage are about to arrive at Zhigu Village.Today's weather is getting colder and colder. Even with the sun on your head, you don't feel much warmth.Before Xu Ding set off in the morning, he specially arranged hot soup for his subordinates, and he drank a big bowl himself.But by this time, the heat in the stomach had dissipated, and the cold wind near the sea seemed particularly harsh.

The road that a group of people passed was a section that had been widened, and the elbow-deep wheel marks on the old road were also filled with a mixture of gravel, loess, and lime, and the vehicle moved briskly.

There are still crowds of pedestrians on the road at this time.Some of them are merchants at a glance, and there are also people who are farming nearby. Some people are obviously frustrated and dissatisfied.

Xu Ding strictly controlled the construction sites he passed all the way, and he hadn't reached the surrounding area of ​​Zhigu Village at the moment. These people might be the officials in charge of the people who heard that Xu Ding was coming, and borrowed Xu Ding's name I drove away first.

As the servants walked, they also saw Xu Ding and his party.Their eyes are very complicated, and their emotions are even more mixed. Originally, they can earn 650 or even [-] yuan a month, and they don’t have to worry about food and clothing. They can work hard until the beginning of spring, and they can save a whole year’s food for one mouth at home. Come.

Such a good thing ended up being ruined by themselves.

Some people were depressed, walked with their heads down, and didn't speak, and some people didn't feel that they were lazy or did something wrong, and they pushed all the responsibilities to the top. They didn't dare to blame Guo Ning, and they didn't dare to blame the officials who managed them. Well, those officials are old soldiers who have retired from the Ding Navy, and they really dare to kill people as soon as they turn their faces.

So in the end it was Xu Ding who was scolded again, and some people beeped all the way, saying that the treacherous minister Xu Ding had slandered in front of Marshal Guo and framed Zhongliang and so on.

Poor Xu Ding is still more than ten miles away from Zhigu Village, and he didn't reach out to the construction sites at all?Even if he arrived at Zhigu Village, he had to hurry to see Guo Ning, how could he have time to deal with these things in a day or two?

At that moment, Jue stuck his neck and shouted: "They are scolding you! Master, we really can't listen to it!"

They urged their horses to go over, shouted and cursed, and lashed their whips at a few ugly-looking peasants, beating them to the point of crying.

Xu Ding really didn't care, he suppressed a smile and called Jue Cong back.

These people have grievances in their hearts, whether they are right or wrong, they have to wait until Xu Ding arrives to investigate slowly, and right now I really don't know what the twists and turns are.

In Xu Ding's view, Ding Haijun's team of officials drawn from the army has obvious advantages, that is, they are full of drive, and generally loyal and reliable.However, government affairs are different from military affairs. Many things are placed in the army. As long as there is an order, it can be promoted and made a fortune, but it can’t be done in the first place; Link responsibilities, to make detailed regulations, otherwise it will inevitably get twice the result with half the effort.

These things happen to be what Xu Ding is good at, and they are also the housekeeping skills that Xu Ding intends to show Guo Ning.

After walking for a few miles, the group saw a group of ant-like peasants, Arixi, and soldiers starting work beside the road.There were people running around the whole construction site, and some people were driving donkey carts, distributing pine torches along the road, and they seemed to be planning to grab some time in the evening.

Xu Ding stopped his horse and watched intently by the road for a long time.

An aide next to him asked, "Prime Minister, this place is huge, so it seems to be very important?"

Xu Ding nodded: "This place will be the Imperial College in the future."

"What?" The staff was taken aback.

(End of this chapter)