The best survival in troubled times

"Forget it, then just step back and I will figure out the rest myself."

Pearl carefully planned it, not knowing what she could come up with.

Pearl finally had an idea.

After thinking of the idea, I felt a lot more at ease, and I went out to watch the people under the city digging this long trench with great enthusiasm.

When Hongyi saw Pearl coming out, she knew that Pearl should have figured it out.

"Have you figured out how to deal with them?"

"If you can stay, just stay. If you can't stay, just disappear. There's nothing I can do about it."

"As long as you can figure it out, this trench might be of some use."

The common people dug from morning to noon, and no one thought that the government would give them food.

When they came, they said they would give them food, but no one believed them.

Unexpectedly, at noon, we were actually given something to eat. Each person was given two large cakes. The large cakes were very solid and hard.

The people who dug the trenches looked at each other when they got the big cakes, but they didn't expect that there was actually something to eat.

Pearl stood on the city wall and looked at the people in the trench.

"You can rest assured that you can come to my place for two meals a day, two flatbreads for each meal, and ten coppers per person."

The people's eyes lit up when they heard this. When they came, no one expected that there would be food or money, but they didn't expect that it would be real.

"Do you have the final say in who you are?"

Some people asked weakly, and Pearl heard them very clearly.

"Of course I mean what I said. The county magistrate is not feeling well now and is sick, so I took charge of the county seat. My official position is much higher than that of the county magistrate. You just need to be obedient."

"I am here, men, women and children are welcome, but women can only get half of your wages and half of your food.

The children will get half of the woman's share. If you want family members to come, bring them tomorrow to register everyone.

Old people can come and let old people come. When old people come, they can do some light work and carry the soil far away, and they can get the same food and money as women. "

"really?"

The crowd was instantly excited. No one expected that this official actually kept his word.

I have never kept my word before. Could it be that after changing to another official, I really mean my word?

The common people talked quietly. Some people only ate a third of the handle and put away the rest, thinking that they could have several meals when they went home.

"You tell me whether the elderly and children will be allowed to come here tomorrow. If women are at home anyway, come here and do some work. You can get some money. The problem is whether you can get food."

"Let the children see if they can get it tomorrow. If they can get it, let the old man and the woman come."

Pearl stood on the city wall, looking at the people below and whispering.

"You made all that grain into this big cake and gave it all to them to eat. What will happen to the other people?"

"Those grains that have been stored for who knows how many years will be used to feed rats. Why don't you feed them when you can?"

Hongyi didn't say anything when he heard this, and he didn't agree or disagree.

When it was dark the next day, I looked at the people and they were much more positive than the first day.

There are indeed old people, women and children, but everyone must be registered.

Hold your own bamboo stick, and then represent what work you want to do before you can do it.

The woman didn't work so neatly in front of so many people, but she didn't work too slowly either. Pearl watched from the city wall.

"These women are pretty strong, not much weaker than men."

Pearl looked at the woman below, then glanced at Hongyi and the captain.

"Of course, women are no worse than men. If they are, maybe they have less endurance. Sometimes women are much more careful than men."

By noon, the women didn't know if they could get food. Everyone was uneasy, including the men.

But when he saw the soldiers coming with baskets of cakes, the man finally felt relieved.

Although these cakes are mixed with several kinds of grains and also contain some wheat bran, they are indeed cakes baked with oil, although the cakes are a bit hard.

Everyone was assigned two, some women were assigned two, and some women were assigned one. They looked at each other and felt it was strange.

"Why did he get two and we get one?"

Some soldiers standing nearby remembered clearly how much work the woman did and how much effort she exerted.

"Because he did as much as the man did, she got the food that the man deserved. If you do the same amount tomorrow, you will also get more of the food and the same ten dollars."

When the woman heard this, the crowd exploded. She didn't expect that if she worked more, she would be able to get more food and money.

When they were working in the afternoon, women worked hard, not much worse than men, although a little slower than men.

There was a woman who stopped what she was doing and worked hard. The sweat on her face dripped down drop by drop, and the sweat on her back had already soaked her clothes.

When work ended in the evening, men and women lined up and walked forward. Everyone received ten dollars and two pancakes, and a simple smile appeared on the woman's face.

The woman was holding money and her own cake, and everyone was very excited.

I never thought that I could still earn money and food with my own strength.

Food is very valuable nowadays. Looking at these pancakes, I know I can eat them for several days when I get home.

"We have to come early tomorrow, we have to take a good look, bring the elderly at home, and the children too. Everyone can work as much as possible and get some food. It seems that this adult is indeed much better than the previous one. "

Some people also thought about it: "It is said that the new official has three fires when he takes office. It seems that he is going to burn us and wants to bribe us."

Some men laughed when they heard the thump, and the laughter made it seem as if what the man said was wrong.

"What are you laughing laughing?"

The man was a little angry.

"The fire has hit you, haven't you noticed that everyone who works here is treated equally? We are not from the same village, but all the people who come here are the same. This official may be really different from other officials."

Some people also nodded and admitted that everyone took back the pancakes in the past two days. Looking at the pancakes placed on the table, every common person seemed to have seen the future.

"It would be great if we could keep working for him. If we get these cakes and money every day, our work at home will not be delayed."

"Don't think so, go early tomorrow, don't let others steal our job."

The man rested immediately after hearing this, thinking very much about it. Although he was tired, he felt energetic all over.

At dawn on the third day, more people came. Hongyi stood on the city wall and looked down. He didn't expect that so many people came without the need for police officers or soldiers to urge them.