I have a backstage in Datang

Gu Tianya suddenly exhaled lightly, turned his head and smiled at Niu Lao Si, and said, "Niu Si brother, do you feel cold? If you think you can hold on, then brother wants to discuss something with you! Yes Regarding the construction of the post station, it needs to be well planned..."

What he said was very humble, and he didn't despise Niu Laosi because he was not smart. On the contrary, he was very respectful, clearly smelling like asking for instructions.

Niu Laosi was obviously very happy, and he grinned with a big mouth and honestly.

This silly man patted his chest vigorously, and kept expressing himself: "Brother, look, I'm strong! I'm not afraid of the cold, I can't freeze."

Gu Tianya nodded, looked at the soldiers inside and outside the courtyard again, and asked again: "Are you cold, brothers? Can you hold on?"

Hundreds of soldiers laughed and laughed, holding up torches and saying: "What is this cold? The northern border is called cold. Brother Gu, you don't have to care about everyone. We are all veterans in the army. It doesn't matter if we don't sleep all night. But you, your body is a bit weak, why don't you sit inside and warm yourself by the brazier."

Gu Tianya shook his head solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers suffer from the cold, how can I, a brother, go to warm up?"

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and suddenly they looked at Gu Tianya with more kindness.

On the contrary, the Goddess of War felt a little guilty at this moment, and suddenly pulled the corner of Gu Tianya's clothes lightly and said, "Why don't we discuss the matter tomorrow? It's too cold, so don't freeze to death."

After a pause, he said, "Soldiers can't freeze anymore."

However, Gu Tianya suddenly burst into arrogance, and suddenly chuckled and said: "Since I have been frozen, I can't suffer from the cold in vain. Although the weather is very cold, everyone's hearts are warm. Since everyone is looking forward to the station, then Let's start building this inn earlier..."

As he said that, he got up suddenly, looked towards the direction of the room, and said loudly: "Mother, I must ask you for help this time."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was a little surprised.

Only the Goddess of War's eyes flickered slightly, vaguely guessing something secretly.

She vaguely remembered that Gu Tianya had told her several times that no matter whether it was reading and writing or all kinds of knowledge, they seemed to be taught by Gu Tianya's mother, so Gu Tianya knew more than others.

Chapter 32 [Gu Tianya's Dreams and Wishes]

Under everyone's curious eyes, Gu Tianya's old lady came out.

In his left hand, he holds a box.

In the right hand, also holds a box.

The box in the left hand is small, about the size of an adult's fist, and the whole box is square, looking like a relatively regular cube.

As for the box held by the right hand, it is made of wood, and the box is not too big, it can hold a few books.

I saw the old lady walking all the way, handing the box to Gu Tianya with both hands at the same time, for some reason, she suddenly sighed softly, as if reluctantly said: "These are all things left by your father, you can save them in the future Try to use..."

Something left by Gu Tianya's father?

The two small ears of the Goddess of War instantly pricked up...

Unfortunately, Gu Tianya's old lady didn't say anything more.Gu Tianya nodded solemnly, and said softly, "Don't worry, the child never spoils things."

With that said, he took the two boxes in his hands.

The Goddess of War was full of curiosity, and couldn't help but put her little head on it. She blinked and blinked at the box on the left, and found a line of strange characters written on it.

Four squares should be Chinese characters.

But the way of writing is weird, and I always feel paradoxical.

The Goddess of War tried her best to read it for a long time, but in the end she could only recognize one of the characters.

For that word, read 'fen'.

There is another character behind the character '粉', which looks like the character 'pen' with strokes.

The two characters happen to be one in front of the other, and they should be pronounced as 'chalk' when they are coherent.

"Chalk... chalk?" the Goddess of War read out hesitantly, her little head was full of ignorance and confusion.

Except for these two characters, she could recognize them, and she didn't know the other characters at all. They looked like characters, but her eyes were darkened.

She couldn't help stretching out her hand to touch it, her eyes sparkled with incomparable curiosity, she stuttered and read again, and said, "Fan... chalk?"

Gu Tianya laughed at the side, nodded to encourage her and said: "Yes, you read it right, these two words are meant to make chalk!"

The Goddess of War's eyes lit up immediately, and she quickly poked her head again. She blinked and blinked at the small box, and asked impatiently, "There are words on it? It's a pity that I don't recognize them all. Do you recognize them?" of? Tell me what to read!"

Gu Tianya didn't seem to hesitate, he opened his mouth and read directly to her, saying: "Guangdong State-owned Chalk Factory."

The Goddess of War's eyes were obviously confused, and she said with a bewildered head, "What do you mean?"

Gu Tianya hesitated this time, and after a long time, he said softly: "I don't know, my mother doesn't want to say."

As he spoke, he looked at his old lady, with eager anticipation evident in his eyes.

The Goddess of War moved slightly in her heart, and quickly looked at Gu Tianya's old lady, and begged pitifully, "Can you please tell him, I feel that he is very eager to know."

It's a pity that old lady Gu Tianya shook her head, and said with a warm smile: "Let's talk about it when he grows up."

The Goddess of War was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "Tianya is already eighteen, isn't that considered grown up?"

In the end, the old lady still smiled warmly, and said again: "I didn't have a family! I didn't start a career! You don't have to ask, this matter is not negotiable. When will he let me have a grandson? When will I tell him everything. not now."

Although these words were very gentle, the tone was undeniably firm. Gu Tianya was obviously disappointed, but he still nodded and said respectfully: "Okay, I won't force you. When will you When you hugged your grandson, you were telling me everything."

However, the Goddess of War is impatient, and almost blurted out: "It's not easy to have a grandson? I can give birth to a big fat boy next year..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that there were people all around him, and his little face turned red as if on fire, and suddenly he became ashamed and ashamed.

Like an ostrich, she suddenly lowered her little head, and faltered and tried to explain: "I... what I just wanted to mean is that my aunt... as... as his elder, I will be the next year Help him check, let him marry a wife, and then his wife will give him a big fat boy, um, um, that's it, that's what I mean, do you believe me when I say that?"

After explaining for a long time, the voice became smaller and smaller, and finally it almost turned into a mosquito humming, because even she didn't believe this excuse.

Her face was even more reddened, and in a trance, she felt that everyone around her seemed to be secretly laughing at her. Under extreme embarrassment, she suddenly had a quick wit and quickly raised her head to look at Gu Tianya, then changed the subject and asked, "What are these two boxes for?" of?"

What are the two boxes for?

When Gu Tianya was asked such a question, he suddenly remembered that there was still business to do, so he quickly restrained his thoughts, opened the small box on the left and said, "This is filled with chalk, which can be used for writing and erasing very conveniently." , when my mother taught me to read and write, she used these chalks left by my father..."

As he spoke, he stood up and walked to a fence wall in the small courtyard. He saw a dark wooden board hanging on the fence wall, and he took a chalk and lightly drew a line on the wooden board.

Immediately, the black background and white strokes are very clear.

Only then did he explain carefully, and said with a smile: "Tonight we need to discuss how to build a post station. It is difficult to give everyone an intuitive impression just by talking about it, so I asked my mother for help and asked her to take out the chalk and let me use."

He stopped here, raised his hand and drew a box on the blackboard with a chalk, and smiled again: "Look, I drew a box first, what is this box for? We can Think of it as the gate of the station..."

As he spoke, he paused again, then picked up the chalk again, drew a white line along both sides of the box, and said with a smile: "Look at these two white lines again, they can be regarded as the lines on both sides of the gate of the post station." Two courtyard walls!"

A box, representing the gate?

Two white lines represent the courtyard wall?

Everyone stared at the blackboard, trying to understand what Gu Tianya meant.

Gu Tianya said again: "After finishing drawing the gate and the courtyard wall, you can then draw the various houses. By drawing strokes one by one, everyone can see what the inn will look like. If you feel that there is something wrong , directly rub it and then change it, do you think this method is very convenient? Is it suitable for everyone to discuss and change it together?"

It was only at this point that everyone suddenly realized that they all stared at the blackboard, and everyone was amazed, feeling very fresh.

Niu Laosi touched his forehead, and said firstly: "I want to build a stable, I wonder if it is possible?"

Gu Tianya laughed, and said: "Since it is a post station, of course there must be a stable. Not only must the stable be built, but it must also be very large. Brother Niu's suggestion is very good. I will mark the location of the stable first."

As he spoke, he picked up the chalk and drew a square on a spot on the blackboard.

Although the square frame was drawn very simply, everyone couldn't help but see the frame as a stable. Niu Lao Si laughed and said happily, "This stable is not bad. It's built not far from the gate. .”

Suddenly a soldier followed up and asked cautiously: "We need to be stationed in the station in the future, should we build some barracks?"

"Of course we need it!" Gu Tianya nodded quickly, and said encouragingly, "This big brother's suggestion is very good, and our inn planning has taken another step forward."

The pawn opened his mouth immediately, feeling that he also had a chance to show off.

With such a person taking the lead, the eyes of the other soldiers suddenly became hot, and in a blink of an eye, they began to make up their minds. However, Gu Tianya did not obey immediately this time, but chose to stand there and listen quietly.

He already has a well-thought-out plan for the post station, and he will not fully follow the suggestions of these soldiers. The so-called discussion is actually just to listen to everyone's ideas so that we can check for omissions and fill in vacancies...

It's a pity that these soldiers were too inexperienced to come up with good suggestions, so in the end it was up to Gu Tianya himself, the suggestions of the soldiers did not go beyond his imagination.

But he still listened to all the suggestions quietly, and didn't start writing again until everyone had finished speaking.

First, he drew a row of small boxes representing houses.

Next, he drew another small row of boxes to represent the market.

In the end, he continued to write and draw, filling the entire blackboard, explaining while drawing, and gradually, the layout of the entire station was clearly revealed, and everyone's faces showed a look of expectation.

The night was getting late, and the sky was getting colder, but everyone felt a fire in their hearts, wishing to build this inn early.

When it comes to building, there must be hands.

At this moment, Gu Tianya finally changed his tone and revealed his other purpose.

He said softly: "This station will have [-] soldiers stationed there, and it will have a thousand acres of fertile land, which will affect the surrounding area for [-] miles. Therefore, this project will be very large. We alone are definitely not enough, so we need to hire people to help."

"Brother Gu, we can do it ourselves!" The soldiers immediately yelled, expressing their attitude positively: "We don't need to hire people at all, we can build the post by ourselves. It's hard work at best, but it's much easier than fighting a war .”

Gu Tianya chuckled and nodded his approval, but he still didn't change his meaning, and continued: "It can be built, but it will be very slow. If you choose to hire people, then it will be a different speed."

Zhaoning spoke suddenly, hesitantly said: "Who do you want to hire to help?"

These words sounded like they were curious, but they were actually helping Gu Tianya find the steps.

Gu Tianya glanced at her, and said two words softly: "Poor!"

Although these two words were pronounced softly, Gu Tianya spoke firmly. He looked slowly at the night sky, as if muttering: "Not only do you need to hire people to build a house, but you also need to hire people in other places, such as the post station. That one thousand acres requires manpower for reclamation and cultivation, this is a good opportunity for many people to earn food for the winter..."

He seemed to be looking forward to the future, with a happy look on his face.

He seemed to get more and more excited as he thought about it, and gradually became excited, and said with joy: "You can imagine how many poor people will benefit from this opportunity. We hire them to work, and we can distribute copper coins or Food, after they earn money and food, they can feed the whole family without starving to death, how wonderful, Zhaoning said, right, how wonderful this is!"

He said happily, his tone full of excitement, he subconsciously grasped Zhaoning's hand with both hands, and kept saying: "From now on, we will never see the tragedy of Ayao's mother again. Died at home, we no longer have to see people like the fourth sister-in-law, who endured hunger to work and died exhausted in the ditch, Zhaoning, Zhaoning, just imagine, how good this is..."

Chapter 33 [Princess also has difficulties and suffering]

Zhaoning's eyes were soft, and he listened quietly to his longing. It was not until a long time passed that Zhaoning said softly, "If you hire someone to do the work, how much are you going to pay?"

"How about fifteen essays?"

Gu Tianya almost blurted out, very excitedly said: "Regardless of men, women, old or young, or whether they are adults or not, as long as they are hired to work for the post station, they will be paid fifteen Wen per day. Hey, fifteen Wen can buy five catties of grain , enough for a family to eat and drink for a day, enough for a family to eat and drink for a day."

Zhaoning's face was a little stiff for some reason.

It took another long time before she spoke again, her tone was vaguely difficult, and she said softly: "I remember that the Sun family in Miyun hired people to do the work, and adult men only gave ten Wen a day. It only takes three pennies."

Gu Tianya was startled, and subconsciously looked at Zhaoning.

He suddenly let go of Zhaoning's hand, and said bitterly, "May I tell you a story?"

Zhaoning was also taken aback, wondering what Gu Tianya's intentions were.

But Gu Tianya took a deep breath, and suddenly said: "Last year, it was also a cold winter. There was a family in the Liujia Village next door. They had no food or cooking for more than two days. There were four underage children in the family. Those who were able to work But only the mother herself, relying on the mother to work alone, can't support the four children at all, so she decided to sell herself and get money to buy food for the children!"

Zhaoning couldn't help but let out an 'ah', with sympathy in her eyes, and subconsciously asked anxiously: "How much did she sell herself for? Is it enough to feed her children?"

Gu Tianya's eyes suddenly turned red, and he continued: "It so happened that a wealthy businessman from Fan Yang took a caravan to Chang'an, and the caravan took a break when passing through Miyun County. The woman begged the caravan to buy her, and the two sides agreed. , the price is three hundred Wen, and the transaction is about to be successful. Unexpectedly, Sun’s fourth manager Sun suddenly appeared and said with a sneer, when this woman was working in my house, she only needed three Wen a day. That is to say, the poor are eager to save their lives with money, so they can buy her at a low price..."

Zhaoning couldn't help but let out another 'ah', anger suddenly appeared in his eyes, and cursed: "This Sun Si really deserves to die."

Gu Tianya sighed bitterly, and continued: "Businessmen have been chasing profit since ancient times. After hearing Sun Si's words, that caravan began to severely lower the price, and was only willing to pay fifty cents to buy a woman. After the woman begged bitterly, in the end it was I had no choice but to sell myself, and after more than ten days, the four children fell into starvation again and died..."

In fact, this story cannot be regarded as a story, because it has appeared many times throughout Hebei Road, so this story is a real reality.

Zhaoning is not that kind of stupid girl, she can understand why Gu Tianya told her this story.

In the story, Sun's steward, Sun Si, said to the caravan with a sneer: When this woman was working in my house, she only needed three Wen a day.

And just now, she once said to Gu Tianya: The Sun family hires common people to work, and women, the elderly and the weak only need three pennies.

Gu Tianya is using this story to tell her that she will end up in the same way as Sun.

Whether it is intentional or not, the end result is killing the poor.

……

After Gu Tianya finished telling the story, he watched Zhaoning quietly, and after a long time passed, he suddenly said, "You should understand this story."

"I know!"

Zhao Ning nodded without hesitation.

But she still looked very bad.

She seemed to be hesitating for a long time, then suddenly said softly: "I understand your story, I also understand that you want to use the opportunity of building a station to help the people, but, but..."

She hesitated again, and finally seemed to have made up her mind, and explained: "But there is one thing you may not know, the establishment of the post station is not as simple as you imagined, the court will not allocate money, The Detachment of Women needs to pay for it themselves.”