I did evil in the feudal land, but I was called a virtuous king

Li An smiled: "This is not enough."

"not enough?"

……

In the afternoon of the same day, as expected, people flocked to sign up to dig the canal.

In the evening, Tian Qi excitedly came over to report the progress to Li An: "Your Majesty, another ten thousand people applied for the canal digging job today."

"There are only [-] people, so what's enough for you?" Li An waved his hand indifferently, "Send them there first and work, and their children will settle down."

"Yes, my lord."

"There is also a very important point. We are recruiting workers, not arresting corvees. You warn the supervisors on the construction site not to beat and fine the people at will, let alone deduct the wages of the people.

If someone commits these two rules, he will be punished a hundred times! "

"My lord, the officials will definitely tell them."

"Go down."

Tian Qi stepped back, and Li An looked at Liu Yiyi with a smirk: "Yiyi, come and help me massage my waist. I've been busy all day, and I'm exhausted."

"My lord isn't going to Hongxingfang today?" Liu Yiyi pouted slightly.

"Jealous?" Li An teased, looking at Liu Yiyi with a smile.

"Slaves dare not be jealous of the lord." Liu Yiyi replied indifferently, increasing the strength in her hands.

"Yes, yes, it is right here, but press hard. Ah~~~ Transparent."

……

At the same time, in the streets and alleys of Qingshui County, the people crowded together, and the sound of stomach growling could be heard from time to time.

"Brother, why don't we dig the ditches too, there will be no porridge tonight, I'm starving."

"No, I don't believe that the prince really doesn't care about the life and death of us people. We will go and see tomorrow morning. If there is no porridge tomorrow morning, we will all kneel at the gate of the county government office and beg the prince. If it is impossible, we will go to the street. beg!"

"Why do you have to work hard when you have free meals? Are you stupid?"

Chapter 13

At noon the next day, the people still subconsciously took their bowls to the porridge shed to try their luck, but the porridge shed was empty.

"Brother, what should we do? Why don't we dig a canal, I really don't want to go hungry anymore."

"Look at your worthless appearance, everyone, go and kneel at the gate of the county government office with me, the prince will definitely reward us with porridge."

Someone takes the lead, and immediately someone follows.

After a while, the gate of the county government office was full of people kneeling.

The people cried and shouted: "My lord, please show kindness and give us a meal."

"Please, my lord."

"I can't live anymore..."

The people cried for a long time, and their voices became hoarse from crying.

But the gate of the county government office was still tightly closed, and not even a servant could be seen.

"Brother, is the county government off duty today?"

"I don't know either? Kneel for a while longer."

"But brother, I am in pain, Pollenget."

"Bah, why don't you feel pain? Your back hurts every day when you're sleeping with your wife!"

"Brother, how do you know?"

"How do you care about me knowing? Keep on howling, and use the voice that your old lady made when she died!"

"Brother, did you remember wrongly, my old lady is not dead?"

"Fuck, you have a lot of things to do, then you can use the voice of my old lady when she died."

"Oh hey."

"Are you laughing? Are you courting death?"

"Brother, I was wrong, don't hit me."

Just like that, the crying people at the gate of the county government started fighting for no reason.

Inside the county government office, Tian Qi came over anxiously: "My lord, there is a fight outside, why don't we open the door, or we may die!"

"It's okay, let them call, don't disturb my business." Li An didn't care at all, and continued to stand by the brazier.

Tian Qi looked up at the sky, the sun was scorching above his head, he wanted to take off some clothes, why did the prince light the fire in broad daylight?

The prince has a problem with his mind?

"It's almost there, Yiyi, help me put out the fire."

Hearing this, Liu Yiyi quickly picked up a basin of water and poured out the brazier.

Take out the charcoal that has not completely burned out and put it in the sun to bake. After a while, the water is evaporated to dryness.

Li An crushed the charcoal into powder, rubbed it with his fingers and observed it. The charcoal passed the test.

"My lord, what are you doing?" Tian Qi was like a curious baby.

"Don't inquire about things on the road." Li An made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Tian Qi shrank his neck, this prince is good everywhere, but his brain is a little convulsive...

After collecting the charcoal powder, Li An looked at Tian Qi: "The county government is not promoted these days, so don't be idle, go get me some saltpeter."

"What is saltpeter?"

"White, like white hair, the stone formed by that thing."

"Oh." Tian Qi nodded with a half understanding.

After walking a few steps in a daze, he looked back at Li An: "Where can I find the saltpeter?"

"Look in the latrine, if you can't find it in the latrine, dig the nitrate in the dung heap."

"Huh?" Tian Qi felt that Li An was playing tricks on him.

Li An was not idle either, he put on his clothes and went out with Liu Yiyi, Liu Qing and Wang Hu.

Let Tian Qi do the dirty work, and he will take Liu Yiyi and the others to find Sulfur, and walk around by the way.

……

Two days later, tens of thousands of people had to take the initiative to dig water canals.

For the past two days, the common people have been kneeling at the gate of the county government office, crying for their father and mother, but the main gate of the county government office is like a long holiday, and no one can be seen from the beginning to the end.

Knowing that cheating is useless, the common people had no choice but to hold up their bowls and continue to beg for food on the street.

Qingshui County seems to have returned to the scene when Li Anchu first arrived.

"Master, please do me a favor, give me a stutter." A commoner shouted feebly.

Suddenly, two black shadows covered him.

The people raised their heads excitedly, and they spoke with a little more strength: "Master, enjoy...eat, eat, eat..."

Looking at the two guards standing in front of them, the common people stuttered. Looking at the menacing smiles on their faces, it was obvious that the visitors were not kind.

A guard stretched his hand behind his back and took out something.

The people were so frightened that they quickly hugged their heads: "Don't hit me."

The imaginary fist did not land on him, and there was a piece of paper in front of him.

"Young man, are you looking for a job?" Wang Hu grinned, and the smile was a bit piercing.

"Ah?" The people were taken aback.

"What job?"

"The iron rice bowl of the state-owned enterprise, including food, lodging and distribution, one hundred literary per day." Wang Hu fooled him with what Li An taught him.

"The details are all in the document."

The common people stared at the documents, "Well, Mr. Jun, I can't read."

"I can't read, it's good to be illiterate." Wang Hu smiled even more sinisterly, grabbed the hands of the common people, and said to another guard: "Lao Liu, draw a bet!"

In this way, the people inexplicably put a charge on the document, and then they were thrown into a carriage.

On the carriage, there were quite a few other people with puzzled faces like him.

They are still thinking now, what was inexplicably drawn just now, it can't be a contract of sale, right?

In this way, a car of unknown people was sent to various construction sites of water conservancy projects.

As soon as it landed, a steamed bun and a hoe were stuffed into his hands.

"Hurry up and do it. The prince has ordered that the water conservancy project must be completed in two and a half months. Whether we can plant seeds on time in the second half of the year and whether we can eat depends on the water conservancy project."

Qingshui County.

Tian Qi followed Li An in an alley in the dark, looking at the guards who were busy arresting people everywhere, Li An had a sinister smile on his face, but Tian Qi had a sad expression on his face.

"My lord, if we forcibly send people to the construction site like this, I'm afraid it will be called a disorderly labor service!"

"Who dares to say that I'm a corvee? This king smashed his dog's head." Li An didn't care, "Who's corvee pays a hundred coins, three meals a day for food and shelter? Whoever wants to come and leave as soon as he wants ? There is no corporal punishment from the supervisor.”

"But the mouth grows on other people, this word will change if it is passed on." Tian Qi reminded.

"It's okay, don't we still have a labor contract in our hands?" Li An smiled and looked at the documents in his hand.

Isn't it just a document drawn by the common people inexplicably?

At this time, Wang Hu ran over to claim credit: "My lord, I have arrested another three hundred laborers!"

"Hey, can you talk? What is labor arrest? We are helping the lost and unemployed youth to assign jobs, and we are doing good deeds."

"Yes, yes, what the lord said is true." Wang Hu grinned and scratched the back of his head, but he refused to leave.

Li An gave Wang Hu a white look, "Okay, you've worked hard, I've invited you tonight's flower wine."

"Hey~" Wang Hu grinned, "My lord is grand."

Li An gave Wang Hu a blank look again, anyway, all the money they spent on drinking flowers and wine was credited to County Magistrate Tian, ​​so he was not at a disadvantage.

Not to mention inviting Wang Hu to drink flower wine, he won't feel bad if he invites three thousand guards to drink with him!

This is called pattern!

"Hurry up and continue to catch laborers. Except for children, those who are good at hands and feet, without disease or disaster, all of them will be thrown to the construction site. I can't deal with this group of unscrupulous people!"

Li An cursed and kicked Wang Hu's ass.

Tian Qi glanced at Li An speechlessly, didn't you say you were catching labor?

Five days later, Qingshui County was finally quiet.

The breeze blows, and the rustling of leaves can be heard from far away.

The houses on both sides of the street were all closed, and there was no one in sight for most of the day.

Only in the county government office, the sound of children reading aloud can be heard from time to time.

A man dressed as a Confucian scholar walked into the city slowly, looking at the scene on the street, he couldn't help frowning.

"The emperor sent me to investigate what the King of Southern Xinjiang was doing in Qingshui County. Why is there no one on the street? Where are the people from Qingshui County?" the Confucian scholar muttered to himself.

Chapter 14 The Emperor's Eyeliner

The Confucian scholar walked through the streets and alleys, wandering around and around, but still didn't see half a figure, and couldn't help frowning even more.

"I heard that there was a plague in Qingshui County before. Could it be that the plague has recurred?"

The Confucian scholar's face changed drastically in an instant, and he quickly covered his mouth and nose with a piece of cloth, and hurried towards the county government: "No, I have to go to the county government to have a look first, nothing can happen to the prince."

Anyone who is not stupid in the court knows that although Li An was sent to southern Xinjiang by the emperor, he is still the emperor's favorite prince.