Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 282 Finally, there is still a hardworking person!

Lin Rongyi's family was not idle after eating. Zhang Niang took the eldest daughter to the river to wash dishes in the cold water.

Lin Rongyi led his youngest daughter and youngest son to pick up branches and dead leaves along the river, preparing to build a temporary shack against the base of the city wall.

Although Nanjing is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still very cold after winter.

Under the bitter cold wind, all the disaster victims huddled together like arctic penguins to keep warm.

Relatively speaking, Lin Rongyi's family had a good time. After all, they built a simple shack through their own hard work.

But even so, Lin Rongyi, who was lying at the door, was shivering from the cold wind and didn't sleep well all night.

After finally surviving until the next morning, after eating a large bowl of hot porridge at the second emperor's grandson's porridge shop, the steward who came to lead the people was waiting at the gate of the city.

As soon as Lin Rong heard his name being called, he hurriedly handed over the note, and the steward glanced at it and circled it in the small notebook to confirm.

Afterwards, a dozen more people were gathered together, and they walked a few miles along the official road to a huge construction site.

"Old Liao, someone brought it to you, can you see how many are suitable for you?"

"If you can't do the work on your side, you can send it to another workshop to do something light."

"In short, the third emperor's grandson has sent a message. As long as people are not lazy, don't cheat, cheat, and don't dismiss them for any other reason, try to give them a decent chance to earn money and eat!"

As soon as Lin Rong heard this, his heart was moved again.

What Yi Niang said was right, the third grandson is indeed a good person, and he always thinks of the disaster victims like them.

However, what moved him the most was that the grandchildren of the Three Emperors were not giving unnecessary charity, but giving them the dignity of relying on strength to eat!

Lin Rongyi's lie leaked when he took the bricks thrown by Lao Liao, but Lao Liao did not expose him, but explained why he did this and why he did that while building the wall.

Lin Rong listened very carefully and learned quickly. It took only one morning to do the work well.

This made Lao Liao very happy, feeling that he had found a good apprentice.

Therefore, during lunch, he not only greeted Lin Rongyi warmly, but also took him to the cafeteria for dinner.

Lin Rongyi followed Lao Liao to a shanty built with simple wooden boards, and saw that it was full of tables and benches, and his eyes were as wide as a copper bell.

In his cognition, he never thought that there is such a thing as a canteen on the construction site.

Shouldn't this thing be like a porridge shed, just set up a cauldron on the ground, and then everyone gather around the cauldron to deal with it?
Lao Liao likes to see foreigners who have never seen the world, and he completely forgot the embarrassment of crying so badly when he ate in the cafeteria for the first time.

"Looking stupid?"

"This is the style of our Xuanwu Lake Construction Chamber of Commerce. Don't say that ordinary people's construction sites don't have canteens, even the court's construction sites don't see such things!"

"Only our grandson, the third emperor, has a kind heart and doesn't want us poor people to suffer, so he built a canteen for us to eat!"

Not long after, Lao Liao led Lin Rongyi to finish the meal, and joked with him with a smile.

"Little brother, you are lucky, you can eat cabbage tofu stew on the first day!"

Lin Rongyi just saw that the food in the cafeteria was so good, and he was very excited.But hearing Lao Liao's words, the excitement that had finally risen suddenly subsided.

Dare to have such good food not every day!

"Brother Liao, what do you usually eat?"

Old Liao Wenyan pointed to Caipendao.

"This is what I usually eat!"

"Uh...then you just said I was lucky..."

"I thought you guys usually eat worse than this, but it doesn't matter even if you are almost there. It's lucky if you can have a full stomach these days!"

Old Liao smiled when he heard this.

"On the construction site, pigs can be slaughtered every now and then, and big guys can eat braised pork!"

"Compared to braised pork, the sliced ​​meat in this cabbage tofu is not enough!"

Afterwards, Lao Liao was in high spirits, spitting and explaining the taste of braised pork to Lin Rongyi, and how delicious it was, which made Lin Rong so greedy that he could shed two feet long.

"Brother Xiaolin, do you want to work on our construction site?"

"As long as you can afford this hard work, we guarantee that you will be able to eat braised pork and earn hundreds of coins every day!"

"We've been thinking about it in our dreams, but I'm afraid that the grandson of the Three Emperors will think I'm stupid, and I won't be able to pass the three-day probationary period..."

When Lao Liao heard this, he immediately showed his fox tail.

"If you want to stand on the construction site, you have to ask a master. With a master to guide you, you will naturally learn to be a bricklayer, and you will naturally be able to stay!"

As soon as Lin Rong heard this, he rolled his eyes and understood. This old man who was ten years older than himself wanted to take an apprentice?

"Master, please be respected by apprentice!"

Lin Rongyi also simply kowtowed to Lao Liao immediately.

Lao Liao naturally accepted this apprentice with great joy, and after lunch, he took him to a house on the construction site to register, registered Lin Rongyi under his own name, and became his apprentice.

Because according to the rules established by the Three Emperors, the master has extra income for leading the apprentice, and can enjoy a quarter of the apprentice's salary as filial piety.

Therefore, people in the workshops and construction sites under the name of the third emperor's grandson are very keen to recruit apprentices, and never think about hiding their private affairs.

For example, the current Lao Liao, he can't wait to train Lin Rongyi into a qualified bricklayer in three to five days, and then rush to accept another apprentice.

Because the treacherous San Huangsun also set a rule, that is, each mature bricklayer can only accept one apprentice at a time, and only if this apprentice passes the assessment and becomes a qualified bricklayer, he can accept the second one!

Stimulated by this system, every craftsman puts all his energy into teaching his apprentices.

Because the more apprentices in the church, the higher their income.

Lao Liao now has more than a dozen apprentices, and even if he doesn't do anything every day, he can earn hundreds of Wenyin.

The money earned in a year can catch up with the county magistrate's salary!
On Lin Rongyi's side, they were on the right track, and Zhang Niang's side also skillfully pasted up matchboxes.

This job is light and easy, as long as you are quick in your hands and feet, you can earn tens of pennies a day, and you can get an extra liter of rice.

The two had been busy all day, and when they returned to the base of the city wall at night, each of them carried a liter of rice in their hands.

Lin Rongyi brought back a piece of discarded tarpaulin from the construction site and reorganized the shack.

Although the work on the construction site is very tiring, it is not moving bricks, mixing ash, or following the crowd to carry wood and push earth.

But whenever he felt that he was about to lose his hold and wanted to fall asleep, he couldn't help but look at the rising smoke.

This is their family's cooking smoke, and it is also their family's hope!
Yi Niang cooked porridge skillfully around the makeshift stove.Several children gathered around the stove, chatting and laughing while warming their hands.

Whenever Lin Rong sees this scene, his body will rise with infinite power.

Brother Liao is right, as long as you work hard with the third grandson, life will definitely get better!
The situation of Lin Rongyi's family is just a microcosm of all living beings.

But this microcosm is like a spark, bringing a glimmer of light to the desperate victims and rekindling their vision for the future.

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Qianqing Palace.

Lao Zhu has been paying attention to the victims outside the city all the time, and every day he will send people to investigate the number of victims and which states they come from.

But Lao Zhu was just investigating, and he really had no intention of punishing local officials in a short time.

He himself was born in poverty, so he knows the nature of these local officials too well.

Once he dares to punish the crime, other officials can confine the common people to death in their place of residence and let them starve to death in their place of origin.

Therefore, even if these erroneous officials are dealt with, the disaster victims outside the city must be dealt with first.

"Go and find out, what is Ni Sun busy with now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Wang De came to report just now, and the third grandson is now teaching at the school every day..." "Oh!"

Old Zhu sighed when he heard the words.

"What a chance to buy people's hearts, why doesn't this grandson know how to cherish it? Fortunately, the virtuousness and benevolence of that child Yunwen is widely spread in and outside the city. When he mentions the rebellious grandson, he is really resentful, and he can't wait to scold him. When the time comes, bring us all together..."

Qin Deshun also burst into a wry smile when he heard the words, the third emperor's grandson had indeed gone too far, the emperor had explicitly asked him to rescue the disaster, but he was so desperate that he didn't even bother to set up a porridge shed.

It just set up a few workshops and recruited some refugees as workers.

Therefore, whether it is the people in the capital or the officials in the court, they all say that the grandson of the third emperor only recognizes money and has no heart of benevolence and righteousness at all...

Although Qin Deshun also felt that Zhu Yunxi was a bit too much, he still said a few good words for him.

There is no other reason, his pension money is still saved in the grandson's chamber of commerce.

If the Three Emperors were really brought down, he, Qin Deshun, would be the first to starve to death!
"My lord, you are being too harsh..."

"Three emperors and grandsons are expected by everyone. If you buy people's hearts again and collude with civil and military officials, it will be your turn to have a headache, hehehe..."

Lao Zhu was taken aback when he heard this, and then he smiled wryly along with him.

"You old man can see clearly!"

"We are really a little greedy. We always feel that this kid can do better, and we don't want him to be compared by anyone."

"But you're right, it's even more commendable that our eldest grandson has acted so rashly."

"It's just that he has earned so much money, at least spend it!"

"It doesn't take much money to build a few porridge sheds, and we have secretly instructed Guancang that as long as he asks for food, he must do his best..."

"But this grandson is like an iron rooster, he is so stubborn!"

Qin Deshun could only laugh when he heard this. There is no explanation for this. The third emperor's grandson is really picky about spending money, and he was carved out of the same mold as the emperor.

This grandson must have earned 200 million yuan, so he didn't even build a palace. He squatted in a small building next to the Hope Academy all day, crowded with a group of students from the Imperial College.

I really don't know what he's thinking, even if he spends 10 taels of silver to build a palace for himself, there are still people who dare to make irresponsible remarks!

After Lao Zhu complained to Qin Deshun, he buried his head in the memorial again, and governed the huge empire through this memorial.

After more than ten days, Lao Zhu finally sorted out the cause of the disaster.

Simply put, there are natural disasters and man-made disasters.

The natural disaster is that the river water has indeed skyrocketed, flooding a lot of farmland.The man-made disaster is that the built dams have shrunk and failed to play their due protective role.

Moreover, when some prefectures and counties build embankments, they focus on building high places that are not prone to floods and other disasters. On the contrary, dikes and dams in potholes are very perfunctory.

Because the fields in the high places are held by wealthy households and officials, while the fields in the potholes are owned by ordinary people.

After Lao Zhu figured out these things, he directly made a list, intending to ask Xiao Nisun to patrol for him, and then he should be killed, those who should be skinned, those who should be hung up and bled, and those who should be bled.

Although the eldest grandson is still young, he shouldn't do such bloody things.

But as the grandson of the Ming emperor, he should shoulder the responsibility of holding up the umbrella of morality for the common people!

"Early tomorrow morning, send someone to call that grandson into the palace, and say that we want to send him an errand!"

"promise!"

"The servant will send someone to notify Wang De in a short while, and let Wang Deming urge the third emperor's grandson to enter the palace early."

After Lao Zhu explained this sentence, he yawned and went to sleep in the inner room.

Ever since the little Nisun moved out, Lao Zhu has had a good night's sleep.

It's just that I slept well, but my heart always felt empty, and I didn't even eat well.

But he also knew that when his grandson grew up and had his own ideas, it was impossible for him to stay with this old man like him all the time.

Therefore, he was left to fiddle around.

After Lao Zhu fell asleep, the entire imperial palace seemed to have been pressed the pause button, turning into a still picture scroll.

No one dared to move the picture scroll, only the biting cold wind whizzed unscrupulously.Not only was the picture scroll whistling, but it was also covered with a layer of plain silver.

When the entire imperial palace was covered with snow, Lao Zhu also woke up from the cold as a matter of course.

Although Lao Zhugui is the emperor, there is no brazier or other heating items in his bedroom.

One is that he wants to use this to stay awake and prevent himself from forgetting the sufferings of the people.The second is that he is born with great firepower, so he doesn't need such things at all.

Lao Zhu felt the chill of the night coming, he immediately got off the bed, put on a random piece of clothing, and walked to the gate of the palace with his shoes on.

When he saw the heavy snow fluttering outside, he didn't have any romantic thoughts in his heart, only endless sadness and despair.

Because these days, disaster victims have been pouring in one after another outside the city, and their number has reached tens of thousands.

This night of heavy snow, I don't know how many people will be buried!
As soon as Lao Zhu thought of this, he felt as if his heart was on fire, and he could no longer contain the killing intent in his heart.

He hated himself for being too merciful. He should have stripped all those greedy people out of the grass as soon as the disaster victims appeared!
Qin Deshun was also awakened by the cold wind. Seeing that His Majesty was dressed so thinly, he hurriedly picked up a large cloak and put it on.

"My lord, it's very cold at night, you..."

"roll!"

Lao Zhu tightened his thin clothes, and resolutely stepped into the heavy snow, stepping on footprints that were more important than moving forward.

The guards guarding the palace gate knelt on the ground in unison to salute when His Majesty appeared.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Open the palace gate!"

"promise!"

Lao Zhu walked out of the palace and stood in the snow at the gate of the palace, waiting for something like a sculpture, looking forward to something.

There was a fish-belly white light on the edge of the day, and the first figure appeared on the long street.

The two tigers rode a fat and strong war horse, yawning, and came to the palace to be on duty.

Everyone only knew that he was a celebrity in front of the emperor, but they didn't know that his job of guarding the chief was not so easy to do.

I'm so busy that I don't even have time to go home, so I can only sleep at the house of Widow Wang in Fentou Hutong...

Just when Erhu was secretly lamenting his difficulty, his eyelids twitched suddenly.

Because, at the gate of the palace, he unexpectedly saw a figure, a thin figure covered in snowflakes.

"This... this person should not be His Majesty, right?"

Although separated by a long distance, the two tigers stayed by Lao Zhu's side all the year round, and they have long been familiar with Lao Zhu's figure so much that they couldn't be more familiar.

Seeing this, the two tigers quickly clamped the horse's belly, and ran towards the gate of the palace.

"It's really the emperor!"

"My lord, when did you come out?"

Lao Zhu smelled the powdery smell coming from Erhu's body, so he knew that this guy had gone out to fool around again last night, and felt annoyed for no reason.

"go away!"

"Wash off the anger on your body and come back!"

Hearing this, Erhu hurriedly took a few steps back, then sniffed his own sleeves, he didn't flirt, how did the emperor smell it?
Erhu patted his clothes and sleeves indiscriminately, and when he saw that the emperor was dressed so thinly and didn't even have a cloak on his body, he immediately got mad at Qin Deshun who was behind him.

"Old Qin, what did you do? You didn't even mention putting on clothes for the emperor in such a cold day!"

Depressedly, Qin Deshun took out a cloak from behind, put the cloak on his arms, and spread his hands helplessly towards Erhu.

Seeing this, the two tigers immediately understood that it wasn't that Qin Deshun didn't take care of it, it was because his emperor didn't want to wear it.

Thinking of this, Er Hu felt his nose sore, and his eyes burst into tears.

The emperor is worried about the people, and deliberately uses this method to punish himself!

While Erhu was secretly feeling sad, a buggy creaked in the distance.

Qi Tai nimbly jumped down from the carriage, thinking triumphantly, it was snowing heavily today, and the officials must have come very late.

If he showed up so early, His Majesty would definitely praise him for his diligence!
Since Qi Tai acted as an agent for the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, he has been strict with himself every day, and he is full of thoughts on how to get rid of the word "acting" as soon as possible.

However, when he saw the direction of the palace gate and saw several people standing there, he was dumbfounded.

This is too cumbersome, is it still letting people live?

Qi Tai stepped forward full of complaints, and just as he wanted to see who this "Juan King" was, he suddenly saw Erhu standing beside him...

Qi Tai's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, could this person be His Majesty?
When Qi Tai was thinking this way, Erhu reminded him.

"Hurry up and pay your respects to His Majesty!"

Hearing this, Qi Tai quickly knelt down in the snow and kowtowed to Lao Zhu.

"My minister Qi Tai greets His Majesty, my emperor..."

"Free gift!"

"Finally there is still a diligent person!"

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　　The computer crashed today, and it took me a whole afternoon to fix it, sorry

　　
　
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