The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 663 Lower Grassroots
Chang'an City has been full of gossip these days, but if someone asks who is the most famous, everyone will answer in unison: Li Dashan.

Yes, Li Muyun is indeed a bit hot during this time, if the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, is not counted.

After all, the ability to support thousands of disaster victims does not depend on the ups and downs, it needs the real "Kaiyuan Tongbao" to speak, even if you don't consider how much the monthly salary will be paid, just thousands of mouths will eat up a lot every day thing.

But even so, Li Muyun still had no intention of giving up. After recruiting those victims, he took in nearly [-] disabled soldiers, and built a large building in an inconspicuous col in Lishan Mountain, for these people live.

Of course, these people do not eat and live for free, they also have to be responsible for some work, such as raising pigs.

The piglets in Chang'an City were almost bought up by King Xiaoyao at once. According to incomplete statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Li Muyun bought no less than [-] piglets in Chang'an and its surrounding areas in less than half a month. plan to stop.

If you put aside the interests and interests, Li Muyun's actions are indeed admirable. There may be people who are richer than him in Datang, and there may be people who are more powerful than him, but he is the only person who can have such a big money.

So in the eyes of the common people, this Xiaoyao County King is a kind person and a great kind person.

In order to save the people, in order not to make the people feel guilty, they were asked to dig some completely useless ditches in the mountains, so as to dispel the guilt in the hearts of the victims, so that they can live a good life with peace of mind.

Yes, those ditches are useless in anyone's eyes, because you can't imagine what you can do with a ditch three feet deep and one foot wide in a mountain.

And the work of those victims is not limited to digging ditches, they also need to dig countless large pits, the depth of which can reach more than two feet, and the length and width have reached more than ten feet.

No one knew what these pits were for, and Lao Chen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, went to the ground to look at them, but he also couldn't figure out what the purpose of the big pits was.

In addition, Li Muyun ordered a large number of iron pipes more than ten feet long and one foot thick from Changsun Wuji. One end is big and the end is small. into the field.

Lao Li was living a comfortable life during this time. The creases on the old man's face were almost flattened by eating three dry meals a day, and he was happily walking around the world with his two little grandchildren all day long.

His job is very simple, as long as he marks the attendance of each person on a form, he stays in the shed next to the construction site every morning, asks someone for his name, and then finds it out on the paper and ticks it off.

When it's Mao's time, the old man will close the book that he never leaves. At this time, it will be useless even if someone comes, because he missed the time to go to work, and this day can only be counted as absenteeism.

The old man has a salary of [-] Wen per month, so he is still very responsible for recording this matter. No one can ask him for accommodation after missing the working time, even if they do, it will be useless.

But to be honest, the people in Datang were too simple. Lao Li recorded the entire month, but there were only more than [-] absenteeism incidents, and no one came to him afterwards.

Li Muyun was a little bored during this time, so he took Zai Muxin and Mu Yu to the construction site to wander around and inspect the work by the way.

In the previous life, I always saw grass-roots inspection work under the leadership, with a big belly and hands behind their backs, surrounded by a lot of people, looking very imposing.

But when he arrived at Li Muyun's place, nothing worked. After he came to the construction site, no one paid any attention to him. The workers were all working hard. Those who dug holes, carried soil, delivered water and food, everyone was busy. He turned a blind eye to him, the county king in casual clothes.

"The people are good people, that's... ah!" After walking around the construction site, Li Muyun sighed with some emotion.

"My lord, what is it?" Mu Xin asked curiously on the side.

"It's nothing!" Li Muyun shook his head.

From the beginning of life troubles to literacy, there are not many people on the construction site who have read books, and there are not even a few literate people, but it is precisely because of this that people don't think so much.

I went around the construction site, but I didn't find a single person who was lazy or a bully. Several thousand people can do this, and all of them are spontaneous, which is not easy.

Li Muyun can't imagine what the consequences would be if a group of scholars did the same thing here. Some people may want to command others, or some people may find ways to opportunistically. It is even more likely that some people will give up their jobs to flatter them when they see a big shot. .

But such simple people with excellent qualities are the people who live at the bottom. No one will really think about them, even if it is not for the country, even Li Er would not care about these people. It is said that these people are actually tools, and the labor force that squeezes them is the root.

However, the people of the Tang Dynasty have always had no desires and desires. All they want is to be able to survive. What is outstanding, what is the glory of the ancestors, these only exist in sleep, and after waking up, they still have to continue to eat and wear day.

Every time I look at those children who are only in their teens, carrying buckets that are almost as heavy as their own weight to deliver water to the mountain; Every time he sees those women in their twenties who are carrying young children on their backs to make food for the villagers on the mountain... Li Muyun feels that he should do something for them.

Just when Li Muyun was struggling with the gap between ordinary people and nobles, an old man came over with two cute little dolls: "This nobleman, I don't know who you are? If you have anything to say to the little old man !"

Li Muyun lowered his head, looked at the two little dolls running around with runny noses, put aside the unhappiness in his heart, and joked: "Oh, it's nothing, I just came up to take a look, the old man is letting the baby go?"

baby?Lao Li was stunned. He had only heard of herding sheep and cattle, but what was going on with herding babies? !
But since the nobleman asked, it’s not easy not to answer, so the old man laughed a few times and explained: "Hey, the nobleman can really joke, these two dolls are the grandsons of the old man, and the two sons and daughter-in-law are on the construction site , No one cares about the baby at home, so the old man can only bring it by himself."

"Oh!" Li Muyun nodded, then asked after a pause, "Is the old man satisfied with life here?"

Lao Lizheng didn't know Li Muyun, he just thought he was sent by the court to understand the situation, and immediately said loudly: "Satisfied, so satisfied! The king of Xiaoyao County loves us poor people. He gives three meals a day, two days There is a meal of meat, and we are paid wages. If anyone says that he is not satisfied, he will really lose his conscience! Tell me, don’t you!”

The last sentence Lao Li yelled to the fellows who were working around him. Immediately after the sound fell, there was a response from all around: "Yes, we have never lived such a life at home even in the good years."

Li Muyun nodded, he said that every time Zhengyi slaughtered more dogs, it seems that what he said was true, the common people thought of him every day after a month of full food, but look at the living ancestor in the palace, How many benefits have been shared from me for so many years, but in the end I still got a warning to break my leg.

Seeing that Li Muyun didn't speak, Li Zheng thought he didn't believe him, so he hurriedly took a step forward and explained: "My lord, the old man was originally Li Zheng in the village, he lived his whole life, and he never said a single lie, you must believe it ah."

"Well, I believe it, I believe it!" Li Muyun came back to his senses, comforted the old man and said, "I just came here to see if there is anything you need, and if there is anything dissatisfied."

"What's dissatisfied? Who dares! Although my old man is old, he can't rub the sand in his eyes. We people suffered a disaster and didn't hand over a grain to the court, but we haven't starved to death today. It is already a great blessing, not to mention that Prince Xiaoyao also gave us dry food, meat, and arranged a place to live, if anyone dares to be dissatisfied, I am afraid that God will not let him go."

The old man Lizheng was a little excited, just like what he said just now, this old guy seems to be really a person who doesn't rub the sand in his eyes.

But it was a coincidence that when the old man was swearing excitedly, the little doll who was playing at the same time ran over at some point, raised his head and said innocently: "Grandpa lied, you were clearly not satisfied a few days ago. The king is a prodigal son, if it is not cold, we should distribute firewood to every household!"

"Hahaha..." Li Muyun laughed out loud looking at the innocent little guy.

The old man Lizheng, with a face full of embarrassment, wanted to kick the boy but was a little bit reluctant, and if he didn't kick him, he would be so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger. Fortunately, Li Muyun laughed and said something for the boy: "Old man, Tongyan Wuji , don’t take it to heart, I won’t tell that guy Xiaoyao.”

The old man Lizheng sighed, and seemed to have resigned himself to his fate: "Hey..., the family is unfortunate, why did such a silly boy come out, but my lord, if you really know the king of Xiaoyao County, can you tell him , I really don’t need to distribute this firewood anymore, it’s really not cold this day, and even if it gets cold in the future, it’s enough to go to the mountains to pick up some branches every day, and there’s really no need to spend money on those things.”

Li Muyun pulled the aggrieved little baby over, patted the top of his head to comfort him, and said to Lizheng: "Old man, what you said is not right, you know, this Lishan is the royal garden, if it is inside The vegetation has been destroyed, that's a big deal, not to mention you guys, even that guy Li Muyun can't afford it!"

(End of this chapter)