Back to the Three Kingdoms and become a python

"By the order of the prefect..."

The petty official shouted while beating the gong, and anyone who didn't understand would ask, and the petty official would explain it in detail. When he heard that he didn't have to pay for the food himself, and there were more pay, there were many followers. Also go and have a look, maybe you can see the demon dragon in person.

Chapter 1 Xu Shu's Favor

The rotation of Zhen's firm is a big event for the merchants in Hepu County, but it doesn't care much about the people at the bottom. On the contrary, the news of the recruitment of civilian husbands has aroused widespread concern in Hepu County.

Road construction has always been organized by the imperial court. In the past, the most common way for the imperial court to build roads was to replace taxes with work, that is to say, how much tax you have to pay this year, as long as you participate in road construction, the tax can be reduced Or reduction or exemption. In addition, this kind of road construction organized by the imperial court is almost always compulsory and directly recruited. Even in the busy farming season, as long as the imperial court gives an order, then you have to go. There is no reason for it.

And this time it is the road construction in Xishan Township. Although it is still announced by the imperial court, they can participate freely. This is the first time for the people of Hepu County. If it's not the court's speech, it will definitely be considered a scam.

After confirming that this was true, many people calculated in their minds that they would have to spend two to three hundred dollars a day just for meals, and one hundred dollars for processing money. Adding it up means that they can earn three or four hundred dollars a day. For this season Speaking of people, this kind of work is already quite good. After all, poor people still account for the majority, and there is no farm work in winter, so it is quite difficult to be idle and have no income.

The most important point is that it is Xishan Township who built the road.

There are more than a few hundred villages under the jurisdiction of Hepu County. If it used to be, Xishan Township was not well-known at all, and some people didn’t even know where it was. Few people saw Lin Bei outside, but the news spread out one after another. From the beginning, people in Xishan Township caught locusts, then the schools in Xishan Township recruited students aggressively, and then they went to Fushan to build schools, and then caught long-nosed beasts , Every thing makes people talk about it, and people gradually find that the life of Xishan people is getting better and better, and they are more energetic, which makes outsiders extremely envious.

Now Xishan Township is preparing to build roads, including food, lodging and wages. The treatment itself is already very attractive. In addition, many people want to see the legendary demon dragon in Xishan Township, so they are even more enthusiastic.

In the early morning of the second day, the Geng Drum had just sounded at Maoshi, that is, around five o'clock, and someone in Hepu County had already lit up the lights. These were people who were going to wait at the city gate early. Three thousand people, but there is a serious surplus of labor force this season, so let alone three thousand, even one or two more can be recruited.

Usually at this time, the city gate will not be opened, and it will only open at seven o'clock when the time comes, but today is obviously different, the city gate has already opened a corner, and there have been small officials guarding the city gate to restrain the coming people. .

The folk husbands who arrived early felt very lucky. Fortunately, they came early. If they came late, they might be full of people.

An Zhong held the paperwork and asked the people who arrived to come forward one by one. He first took a look at their health, and those with serious defects would not be accepted. In addition, although there was no such thing as child labor in this era, An Zhong was too young. Zhongzhi would not accept it either. If they were all qualified, An Zhongzhi would write down the name of the civilian husband and ask the civilian husband to put a red handprint on the document to pay the salary, which is like paying wages in modern times.

Xu Shu didn't know that there were so many people who were going to become civilian husbands. He didn't get up to wash up until halfway through the hour, and there were two other people with him. They just wanted to join in the fun and see if they could see the demon dragon. When the three of them came to the city gate, it happened to be Chen Shi, and they were startled.

"Why are there so many people?" Seeing the crowds of people in front of him, a businessman was startled. They were nearly twenty feet away from the city gate, but they were already blocked by people. However, the crowd in front of them was considered quiet, but Someone kept calling for the next one, presumably the recruiter.

This situation made Xu Shu very helpless. In the past, he was a knight-errant with a sword. If he wanted to squeeze, he would squeeze in. But if he really did, he would not be Xu Shu, so he could only follow behind the crowd obediently.

The friend next to me stood on tiptoe and looked towards the city gate, "It seems that hundreds of people have been recruited, and I don't know if it will be full by the time I wait. If we knew this, we should get up early .”

Xu Shu didn't speak, just waited quietly.

With the non-stop ringing of "next" and "next", Xu Shu could already see the officials in front of him. What he saw was An Zhongzhi, and An Zhongzhi's face was still very good. It gives people a more honest feeling. Although many people have been recruited at this time, there is no sign of impatience on An Zhongzhi's face. Xu Shu nodded secretly. Although he didn't know what kind of official An Zhongzhi was, he just relied on With this performance, Xu Shu also felt that Xishan Township was quite reliable.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw An Zhongzhi in front of him with a wry smile and said to the person in front of him: "My little brother, do you also want to be a civilian husband? I'm afraid you can't."

"Why not? I have great strength." Xu Shu heard a voice, which sounded a little immature, as if he was very young. Xu Shu couldn't help standing on tiptoe, but he didn't see that person at all.

But I heard someone in front of me laughing in a low voice: "Little baby, how old are you? Be like a man, this is road construction, heavy work, you little arms and legs, don't be hit by stones."

"I'm already ten years old, I'm very strong, why can't I do it?" the childish voice said anxiously.

An Zhong smiled bitterly and looked at the little doll in front of him. The little doll said he was ten years old, but An Zhong was very skeptical, because even if he stood on tiptoe and tried to raise his head and chest up, he was only four feet tall, that is, less than one meter tall. , and thin and bony, like a gust of wind can blow away, this kind of child is going to be a civilian husband to build roads?Can it break ground?

An Zhongzhi was not angry, and said softly: "Little brother, you are too young, go back and let your father or brother come."

"I don't have any adults in my family anymore. My lord, if I can stir things up, let me go. I don't need wages." The kid held his head up like a fighting cock, but his words revealed his weakness.

An Zhong was stunned, and suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Which of you know this little brother?"

At that moment, someone said: "Listen to this voice, it seems to be Ah Shui? My lord, I can recognize it."

"Oh, come here."

The crowd parted, the man came forward, looked at the little baby, nodded and said: "My lord, this is indeed Ah Shui." Then he said to Ah Shui: "Ah Shui, what are you doing here, why don't you go back quickly, so as not to collide with him?" grown ups."

An Zhong waved his hand straight: "It's okay, tell me about him."

"My lord, Ah Shui's father's surname is Zhang. He used to own a tofu shop, but three years ago, he and his wife died of a fever. Because of the treatment, the tofu shop was also sold and left only for Ah Shui. I bought a hut, and Ah Shui usually relies on our neighbors to help him."

"How old is Ah Shui?"

"It should be eight years old this year." The man thought for a while.

"Brother Dali, I am actually nine years old this year, and I am ten years old in falsehood." Ah Shui retorted with a flushed face.

An Zhong thought for a while, then looked at Ah Shui: "Zhang Ah Shui, right? Since you are so persistent, let me tell you first, this time it is road construction. During the road construction, I will take care of your food and accommodation, and you will be paid one dollar a day. Baiqian, if you agree, come here and press your fingerprints."

An Zhongzhi readily agreed, but Ah Shui was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Thank you, sir." He couldn't stop reading, then walked to the table, stood on tiptoe, and pressed his handprint with difficulty.

Seeing the whole incident, Xu Shu felt more fond of Xishan Township.

ps: The salary in the previous chapter was wrongly written, it was [-] renminbi, not [-] renminbi.

Chapter 1 Biogas digesters completed

In the morning, Lin Bei took a bath in Longtan.

Now the water in Longtan is not only exclusive to Lin Bei, the red jiao also likes water, except for preying, it spends almost all day and all night in the water.

Chijiao is not like Lin Bei, it is not picky at all, regardless of its size, it can eat frogs, rodents and birds, just like last night, this guy caught several fat toads and ran away. I went out to catch a few mountain rats, and every time I would throw the food to Lin Bei first, and let Lin Bei eat first. Unfortunately, Lin Bei could only thank him for his kindness, but he would definitely not dare to eat it.

Cui Lan and the others also woke up, and went to wash in the pool as usual, and then the Chijiao stood upright and began to attack, Lin Bei had to appease the irritable guy again.

"My lord, is my little lord ignorant of human affairs?" Cui Lan looked at Chi Jiao and asked.

Lin Bei nodded, hoping that the hunters would stay away from the red jiao. Without Lin Bei, the red jiao would definitely attack people. Its temper was as hot as its color.

"Oh." Cui Lan nodded to express her understanding, thinking that she would have to tell the hunters to stay away from this young adult for a while.

Today should be the last time to capture elephants. There are still five elephants left in the Elephant Valley. As long as we go again, we can catch all the elephants today. Find a nest for Chijiao.

Chijiao has no intelligence and is quite aggressive. There are quite a few people here in Lin Bei, such as Mrs. Bian and An Zhongzhi. They don't know about Chijiao. It would be bad to meet Chijiao when he came back, so Lin Bei planned to let Chijiao hide in the taro field.

Although he can't communicate with words, he can move it. Lin Bei pushes the red jiao into the taro field. If the red jiao wants to crawl out, then Lin Bei pushes it in again. After so many repetitions, the red jiao seems to understand Understanding Lin Bei's intentions, his body curled up for a while, and sank into the mud below, only his head was exposed, looking at Lin Bei motionlessly.

Lin Bei expressed his satisfaction. It seems that Chi Jiao is not as stupid as he imagined. This is a good thing.

In order to verify whether Chijiao really understood thoroughly, Lin Bei deliberately went out for a while, hid in the distance and watched secretly, Chijiao did not move for a long time, Lin Bei was completely relieved, and went to the school.

As soon as she arrived at the school, Mrs. Feng came to find her. She saluted Lin Bei first, and then said, "My lord, the shopkeeper of Zhen's Trading Company sent someone to bring the iron pipes and put them in the biogas tank."

Lin Bei was overjoyed, and hurried over, only to see a few craftsmen studying the iron pipe Lin Bei ordered.

This iron pipe is divided into two parts, one part is a hollow pipe, and the other is an iron plug.

In fact, the craftsmanship of ancient craftsmen should not be underestimated. For example, this biogas pipe Lin Bei thinks it is quite well done. The surface of the iron plug is covered with something. It is relatively soft and can be stuffed into the iron pipe. The sealing ability is quite good, because The craftsman tried plugging it into the water and blowing on the other side, and there was not a single bubble.

"But it's still a pity, this is not a valve." Lin Bei was still a little regretful, and at the same time worried, if there was too much methane in the biogas digester, would it cause the iron pipe to explode if the plug was forced in like this?Lin Bei is going to ask Mr. Bian to tell the craftsmen the idea of ​​the valve after Mr. Bian comes back, so that they can improve it. The craftsman should be able to improve it. After all, the technical content of the valve is very simple. You can use the twisted valve or move it left and right. valve.

When Lin Bei returned from Elephant Valley, another piece of good news came, that the buffalo hide had been sewn.

The sewn buffalo leather bag is quite large, requiring several people to carry it, and iron pipes have also been sewn onto the leather bag.