She only wants to do infrastructure construction

Chapter 39 The most active corvee registration in history

Corvettes have wages, and the price is not cheap, 200 renminbi a day, and even includes board and lodging...

As soon as the news came out, the sky would be turned upside down!
However, this is also a good thing. After all, it is not easy for ordinary people who can resist the temptation of slums and stick to the cultivated land in the past five years.

Seeing more and more people leaving the cultivated land, the county magistrates were also very panicked. If they became a bare-bones commander and would rule no one under their command, they would be ridiculed by their colleagues.

So when they saw the "paid corvee" edict, the county magistrates were surprised but excited.

It is hard to say whether the relief in the slums can help the 80 refugees in the slums, but this corvee service has really helped the people left behind.

The common people have gained real Bengbu, so the number of people going to the refugee camps this year should not increase, right?

As long as they can tie people to the fields, as long as they are not bare commanders, they are satisfied.

The county magistrates happily posted the news overnight, hoping that the common people could see it the next morning.

As a result, as soon as I went out, I ran into a large number of people.

Speaking of which, since a large number of ordinary people moved to the refugee camps, the entrance of the county government has not been this lively for a long time.

The county magistrate was a little surprised how these people were so well informed.

It took me a while to figure it out, it turned out that the concubine had a two-pronged approach, not only letting Yin Cui issue the documents, but also letting her own servants go home to report the news, so that the news was publicized in the shortest possible time, and there was no need for them to go door-to-door to notify.

At this time, the common people gathered in the county government have such a doubt, is it really paid for this corvee service?
Faced with the doubts of the common people, the county magistrate gave an affirmative answer.

"Yes, this is not a rumor, it is indeed a new rule set by the princess, whether it will be followed in the future is unknown, but this time it is really paid."

"!"

The common people were shocked and excitedly expressed that they would sign up immediately.

The magistrate of the county has been an official for so long, and this is the first time he has encountered such an active person in corvee service.

Usually, each household only uses one or two strong laborers for corvee service, but this time, everyone is actively fighting for it, even three-year-old children have to sign up.

The county magistrate looked at everyone speechlessly: "I understand your feelings very well, but it's very difficult for me to do this. What do you let a three-year-old child do? Playing in mud is an eyesore, right?"

"This... isn't it true that all the adults have gone, and there is no one to take care of the children at home." Everyone felt a little guilty.

"Then you can't take the concubine as a victim. Is it reasonable to hand in this list?" The county magistrate rolled his eyes at everyone and waved his hand: "I am the master. Children under the age of ten and old men under the age of 56 are not allowed to report."

"Ah..." Many old people in the crowd wailed.

"My lord, although I have reached my age, I am in good health, and I can still serve another two years of corvee."

"The same is true for adults and villains."

"My lord, you are very kind, let us go."

……

In Dachu, those under the age of ten and those over the age of 56 are exempt from corvee labor.

In modern times, 56 years old is still in the prime of life, but in ancient times, nutrition, environment and other aspects cannot keep up. "Life is rare in seventy years." Living to 56 years old is considered a very old age.

In the past, whenever it was time for corvee, even those who were not of age would try to get past it.

This was the only time when no one wanted to be exempted from corvee.

"My lord, when the number of corvees is not enough, all those who are over the age will be recruited. Please recruit us this time."

"Yes, as you said, it is unclear whether there will be such preferential treatment next time. Please see that we have been working hard to guard this land these years, let us go."

Seeing the pleadings from the crowd, the county magistrate shook his head helplessly, and it was the first time he understood what it meant to be rich enough to turn ghosts around.

The concubine uses this method, why worry about finding no one to work.

"Okay, you can only relax for two years at most. After all, your body is your own. If something happens during corvee service, the loss outweighs the gain."

In this way, nearly 20 people from the four counties rushed to Taihe City.

While they were rushing here, Li Yewu's "paid corvee" had already been heard by the four major families.

The four masters met in secret again, looking at the letter in their hands, they were speechless for a while.

"Didn't the princess want to cultivate the land when she got it? Why did she suddenly want to build a house?"

"Who knows what she is thinking, 200 Wen a day, huh, if all the 30 people in the county come here, I see how she can pay 200 Wen a day."

"I thought this girl was a formidable girl, but she was even more outrageous than Xiao Jiuxi. It seems that Taihezhou will never regain its former glory." The silent head of the Xu family sighed again.

Patriarch Liu, who was afraid of death, rarely agreed with Patriarch Xu.

But his heart was cold again, he would never admit it, these days his heart moved to seek refuge with the princess.

However, as soon as this incident happened, his heart of seeking refuge was instantly annihilated.

Forget it, he'd better live alone.

……

That day Li Yewu was still asleep, Zicui rushed in hastily.

"Master, master, it's not good, outside...outside...a lot of people are here!"

"There are bandits again?" Li Yewu got up in a jerk, eyes full of horror.

Zicui froze and smiled awkwardly: "Uh, it's not a bandit, but a craftsman that Dawang and the others found."

"So fast?" Li Yewu was a little surprised, this is only the third day of the holiday, right?
She also expected that this recruitment would not be completed in half a month.

"How many people came?"

She asked as she got out of bed and changed her clothes.

Zi Cui shook her head in embarrassment: "No... I don't know."

"I don't know?" Li Yewu was surprised: "What does this mean?"

"Because...you can't see the edge at a glance..."

……

Soon, Li Yewu knew what Zicui meant.

There are indeed many people who come, and there are countless people looking at the past.

Later, Cui Fuyin looked at the statistics of the number of people reported by the county government, and then confirmed that the total number of people who came this time was 20.

20 million!
Cui Fu Yin's old body trembled, even if it was to build the imperial mausoleum, it would not take so many people.

He glanced at Li Yewu worriedly, Madam, can she afford so much wages?
Li Yewu was not worried about this at all.

She accidentally blew up the imperial mausoleum and got 1000 million taels. After deducting the 624 million taels for repaying debts and buying back the land, there are still 376 million taels.

Besides, didn't Eunuch Qian send over 3 taels of pocket money later?

This is equivalent to having 379 million taels in your hand.

20 people, 200 taels a day, that is, 2 taels a day, only 60 taels a month.

Although it looks like a lot, there is an advantage in ancient times that the materials are basically free.

Building a house requires stones for the foundation, which are dug in the mountains.

The wood needed to build a house was cut in the mountains.

Except for labor costs, there are basically no other costs. It can be said that the construction of infrastructure has to be cheap in ancient times.

(End of this chapter)