Water Margin people

Chapter 355
Outside Liangshan Po, nearly [-] people are digging with hoes in the dry river, and the soil pickers are constantly transporting the soil to the river bank to build embankments.

"Huang Tuanlian, when will this day be a head!"

Wearing coarse linen clothes, with tanned skin and calloused hands, He Tao looked at Huang An who was digging in front of him and asked, They have been working as coolies in Liangshan for more than half a year.

"How would I know!"

Huang An waved his hoe irritably.

Tuan Lian is a military commander, so he can still adapt to this kind of physical work, but He Tao's pampered envoys are different, and he can't bear the hardship at all.

"The people in Liangshan are cruel, I advise you not to think about running away!"

When Huang An suddenly said this, he knew that He Tao was thinking of running away again.

"A lot of civilians have come here during this time. Let's gather some people. There is no chance!"

He Tao said in a low voice, just a few days ago, Liangshanbo hired a large number of victims to help dig the river and repair the embankment, and now they are all mixed together on the construction site. The two of them just need to get together, gather some cronies, and it is not wrong to mix in the crowd and escape. Difficult thing.

"Where can you go? Jeju? What will you do if the people from Liangshan chase after you? It's easy to hide with open guns and hard to defend against. They are powerful and ruthless. Do you really think that Jeju is safe?"

Huang An opened his mouth and said, Liangshan is a den of bandits, assassination and sneak attacks will definitely be used, their escape is no different from courting death.

"Also, we don't have any cronies! Look at those Xiang soldiers, they have long been used to working in Liangshan, they don't listen to us anymore, and only those officers still want to escape. Are you conspiring with them?"

Huang An stopped his hoe and said, the treatment of Xiang soldiers in the state capital is average. Although the work here in Liang Shanbo is hard, ordinary Xiang soldiers don't care about it. They only care about whether they can eat enough, and Liang Shanbo feeds them every day. Give them wages as a ransom, and in two or three months, ordinary soldiers will be free. Who would take the risk to escape at this time? ?
"Then we just keep doing hard work like this?"

He Tao looked at his callused hands and said helplessly, ordinary soldiers can redeem themselves by working, because they are only worth ten pennies, but what about officers and officers?The youngest detainee has [-] guan, and the largest regiment trainer Huang An has [-] guan. If you rely on hard work to redeem yourself, you will not be able to redeem yourself in ten lifetimes.

"Let's wait for the family to redeem it. As long as the money is paid, Liang Shanbo will release him."

Huang An said, in the past half a year, apart from the fact that the Jeju government redeemed some disabled people to go back, the family members of other military officers also used money to redeem people to go back privately.

"It's been more than half a year!"

He Tao was depressed for a while, he is not a person without property, and it is not impossible to get [-] yuan, but there is no movement at home, which makes him suspect that his wife has embezzled the family property.

"Huang An, come up, your family has come to redeem you!"

Nine-tailed turtle Tao Zongwang stood on the embankment and looked down at Huang An and shouted, Tao Zongwang is now in charge of dredging the river.

Huang An didn't realize it at first, thinking that there was some dirty work to arrange for him, but when he heard that his family had come to redeem him, he stood there in a daze. Jealousy, resentment, anger... all kinds of emotions are mixed in it.

"Great! Great!"

Huang An threw the hoe and clenched his fists excitedly and shouted that he finally didn't have to suffer like this anymore.

"Huang Tuanlian!"

He Tao's face was half envious and half resentful.Envious that Huang An is free, he can go back to enjoy the big fish and meat, and resents his family for not saving him.

"Not coming up yet? Don't you want to leave!"

Tao Zongwang looked at the unmoving Huang An and shouted.

"I'm coming!"

Huang An scrambled and ran to the embankment.

"Supervisor Tao, I want to leave too. I have money, so I'll go back and get the money!"

He Tao couldn't take it anymore, even Huang An left, he could still stay there, if the family didn't send money, he would go back and get it himself!

When He Tao called out, the rest of the officers, big and small, rushed up and begged. They were all officials, and usually they were beautiful wives, beautiful concubines, rich clothes, and fine food, so they couldn't enjoy themselves.Nowadays, I do hard work every day, and it's miserable, who doesn't want to leave?Don't talk about some money, even if you go bankrupt, you are willing.

"No one offered money to redeem you, so why did you leave?"

Tao Zongwang looked at He Tao and said.

"Supervisor Tao, I have money at home, but no one brings it. I'll go back and get it!"

He Tao said quickly.

"The rules of the rivers and lakes, pay with one hand, and deliver with one hand. If you don't have money, you can continue to work. In another nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-three months, you will be free."

Tao Zongwang looked at He Tao and said, deducting food and lodging, and the usual wages for one month, He Qing wants [-] yuan to redeem himself, and he has only worked for seven months so far.

When He Tao heard that it was nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-three months old, He Tao felt his eyes darkened, and his heart burst into despair. The officers and officers next to him looked at He Tao and shook their heads. Only the moon can redeem the body, and it is bitter for a while.

"I beg Supervisor Tao, if you ask for money, I will give you whatever you want! It is no good for me to work here. I will go back and get the money. You can hire 1000 people to work for a year!"

He Tao knelt down and begged, and the rest of the people also begged. No one wanted to spend their entire lives on this construction site.

"Why are you so noisy? Don't you work hard? The construction period is very tight, but it's going to snow recently, and the river bed is frozen, so it's hard to dig."

Xu Guanzhong walked slowly with a smile.

"Military Master, these people want to go home and get money to redeem themselves!"

Tao Zongwang looked at Xu Guanzhong and said.

"The people who go back will send money by themselves? Isn't this on credit? Liangshan never accepts credit."

Xu Guanzhong shook his head.

"Man, I swear to God!"

He Tao had no other choice but to swear to the sky.

"It's not that I don't believe in you. It's just that the world is out of date, people's hearts are sinister, and even if you have an IOU, you can renege on it, not to mention your empty teeth."

Xu Guanzhong looked at He Tao and the others with a troubled expression.

"Hero, we are sincere! We will definitely take the money, and you will get a lot of money!"

He Tao and the others repeatedly assured that they had nothing but assurances at this time.

"Seeing how sincere you are, let's go back one by one. If someone doesn't bring the money, don't blame us."

Xu Guanzhong finally shook his head and said.

"Don't worry, a good man, whoever dares to break the contract, we will cut him into pieces!"

He Tao and others assured with one voice.

"Remember that you are an oath, go and discuss it yourself."

After Xu Guanzhong finished speaking, he left with Tao Zongwang.

"Military division, why do you cheapen these dog officials? Just let them work as coolies for a lifetime, and also taste what it feels like to be bullied."

Tao Zongwang looked at Xu Guanzhong and said.

"Brother Tao, we have no shortage of labor now. It is said that there are disaster victims coming from all over the country. Look at these people, they are not suitable for work. Why don't you exchange money and help the association solve the problem of money and food?"

Xu Guanzhong pointed to the disaster victims working on the river bed. These people are able to endure hardships. Men, women, old and young are all working together. These are the people who work.

"My brother is really amazing. Did my brother think of this day long ago? That's why he keeps these people to exchange money at any time?"

Tao Zongwang said with a smile.

"Ha ha!"

Xu Guanzhong also smiled. He was not sure if Sun Lei was a prophet, but the detention of these people for more than half a year did play a role.

(End of this chapter)