Late Tang

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It is said that human life in troubled times is worthless, but in Li Jing's view, people are actually an equally precious resource in troubled times.Especially those craftsmen with skills are treasures among treasures.In this era, whether it is a blacksmith, a carpenter, or even a mason, they all become apprentices from elementary school to senior apprentices and finally become masters. If you want to become a teacher and then become a master with apprentices, you can't even think about it for ten years or even twenty years.

It is very easy for Li Jing to recruit soldiers. There are a lot of strong young people to choose from, and even some such as Zhang Chengzong who have been official officers or even military officers.Those young and strong recruits have been trained for half a year and a year, and they are basically in shape.But craftsmen are different. Although the status of a craftsman is humble, that skill cannot be learned in a short time.If Li Jing wants to train soldiers, he needs money and food, and even has his own workshop ordnance workshop, but all these require skilled craftsmen, and there must be a large number of them.

To plan ahead, Li Jing has to start preparing for the future now.Of course, he would not miss this opportunity today.

"Are there any craftsmen among you? It doesn't matter if you are a mason, a bricklayer, a blacksmith, a carpenter, a kiln maker, a potter, a tofu maker, a goldsmith, a silversmith, a coppersmith, a coppersmith, a potter, a paintmaker, a barrel maker, etc., as long as you have a skill Those who are craftsmen can stand up!" Li Jing smiled, trying to keep these refugees from being afraid. "Of course, as long as you are skilled and willing to serve the court and me, I can immediately pardon your crime of being a thief today, and pardon your whole family."

Fearful and cold, the hungry people who were shivering in the frost and dew at night could not help but look shocked when they heard this.On the originally chilling field, some people finally started whispering and whispering to each other.Soon, a person in the field stood up and said in a trembling voice: "Returning to the general, the younger one is a boatman, can it be counted?"

Li Jing took a look at the man who claimed to be a boatman. Under the light of the fire, he clearly saw that this man was about thirty years old, and his face was as black as coal.She was wrapped in a tattered and tattered rags that could no longer be seen, and she didn't even have a hat on her head. Her messy hair was hastily pulled into a bun, and a fork was inserted obliquely into it. branches.In the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, I didn't even have a pair of cloth shoes worth [-] to [-] Wen. Instead, I wore a pair of straw sandals with the toes exposed.

He stretched out his hand to draw this person in front of him, only to find that his face was bruised and purple from the cold.Li Jing asked a little strangely, since he was a boatman, how could he become a hungry person? You must know that Dengzhou is close to the sea, there are countless ports of various sizes, and there are more ships passing by.As a boatman, he should not end up fleeing famine and begging for food.

The man stood in front of Li Jing and blushed, and it took him a long time to reply: "Back to the general, the young Yuan Hong, 23 years old, is an onmyoji."

twenty three?Li Jing almost vomited on Yuan Hong's face, but with his rough and dark old face, he actually said that he was 23, 23 or so.But what makes Li Jing even more strange is the profession of Onmyoji. Li Jing really didn't know that there was such a profession in the boatman.Does it mean that going to sea requires an onmyoji to look at Feng Shui?

"General, the younger one grew up in a Taoist temple, and he did learn yin and yang and Fengshui from his master. If the younger one is needed, the general is willing to help."

"Don't worry, please explain clearly first, why did you, a Taoist priest, become some kind of onmyoji on a ship at sea?" Li Jing asked strangely.As soon as this question was asked, Yuan Hong's expression was a little nervous and puzzled, and he didn't know how to answer it for a while.Still Zhang Hong approached Li Jing and explained a few words in a low voice.It turns out that onmyojis don't just look at Fengshui, merchant ships that go out to sea almost always bring an onmyoji to go out to sea with the ship.However, asking an onmyoji is not to look at Feng Shui, but to ask them to observe the weather.It is said that the excellent and experienced onmyoji with the ship can observe and forecast the weather at sea carefully, and can make the ship avoid the storm in advance.Hearing this explanation, Li Jing couldn't help being a little embarrassed for his ignorance just now.But he looked at Yuan Hong still a little strange, if he is really such an onmyoji who can forecast the weather, how could he become a refugee?

Yuan Hong's dark face turned red: "The young one is an orphan adopted by the master since he was a child. He lives with the master in the Baiyun Temple. However, in recent years, the Buddhist temple has flourished, and our Baiyun Temple has become more and more cold. In the end, even the temple The stomachs of a few people can’t be filled. The master knows yin and yang and can observe the weather, so he took me to find a job as an onmyoji on the merchant ship in the port. Although the ship is hard, it can solve the livelihood of the two masters and apprentices However, the master ascended to the sky last month. Although I also learned some yin and yang techniques, I made wrong weather forecasts on the boat several times before, which caused heavy losses to the captain. After returning to the port, the captain no longer Hired me. I wanted to return to Baiyun Temple with the money I saved with my master in the past two years, but I was met by bandits on the way."

Li Jing thought that Onmyoji was also a good talent before, but after hearing that Master Yuan Hong hadn't made an accurate prediction even once after his death, his impression of Yuan Hong's ability was greatly reduced.

"General, I have learned more than [-]% of the master's skills. These two mistakes are really accidental. Under normal circumstances, I can accurately calculate the weather changes at sea within three days." Yuan Hong seemed to have seen Li Jing's intentions. Dissatisfied, I strongly recommend myself.

Zhang Hong also whispered at the side: "General, we happen to have a large ship right now, and we need such an onmyoji on board, why not keep him. Even half a bucket of water is worse than nothing. "

After thinking about it, Li Jing thought it was true, and if Yuan Hong was kept, it would still have the effect of buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars.Immediately nodded and said: "Okay, you can stay. From now on, you will have a monthly salary of four and a half horses and a half silk, plus full board and lodging, two liters of rice and two teaspoons of salt per day. If you perform well, there will be additional rewards!" "The standard salary of a common civilian husband is three feet of silk a day, which is equivalent to sixty Wen.Although Yuan Hong's level is not high, Li Jing still paid him twice the salary of a civilian husband, which can be regarded as the treatment of a skilled worker.

When Yuan Hong heard that Li Jing had finally accepted him, not only did he absolve him of guilt, he also gave him a monthly salary of four and a half horses of silk, and even had a ration of two liters of rice every day. wrong.He and his master ran for the caravan at sea for two years, and they only had money and food when they went to sea. Usually, they only had two porridge a day when they were not at sea. They worked for two years, but they saved ten money only.

When he was still wondering if he had heard it wrong, Zhang Hong had already appointed a young man to take him aside. After registering his name, he sent him an ID card with his name written on it. Card.Another young man immediately sent him two warm pancakes and a bowl of seaweed pork rib soup. After eating the golden pancakes and drinking the seaweed pork rib soup with a layer of lard floating in it, Yuan Hong felt like It's like dreaming.

Seeing Yuan Hong squatting on the side eating cakes and drinking soup, and smelling the tempting aroma blown by the wind, the other hungry people who were still waiting and hesitating finally couldn't wait any longer.

"I'm a blacksmith!"

"I can be a carpenter!"

"I am an apprentice blacksmith, and I have been studying under my master for three years."

"I'm a plasterer!"

......

One by one, people stood up and reported their abilities loudly.Li Jing took a rough look and found that there were dozens of them.It is said that craftsmen are hard to find, but it is unbelievable that there are so many craftsmen among a group of hungry people.Although after registration, it was found that among the total of 57 craftsmen, there were seven blacksmiths who were most in need, but six of them were apprentices who had not yet graduated from the master. old master.The others are also common craftsmen in the countryside, such as carpenters, masons, and bricklayers.

"General, I'm Ma Yazi, can I get paid to eat?" An old man in his fifties stood aside when he saw that the artisans who signed up had registered. asked.

"Ma Yazi? In addition to watching horses, do you also know how to raise horses?"

"Yes, I have dealt with horses for half my life. Not only can I watch horses, but I can also raise and feed horses. It's just that horses have minor illnesses and troubles, and I can cure them myself." Ma Yazi looked hopefully. With Li Jing.

"It's a talent!" Li Jing nodded, a guy who can look after horses, raise horses and even work as a veterinarian part-time, is a real talent.No matter how many such people there are, Li Jing can't be too many, so he accepted them with a wave of his hand.

In this way, there are several self-proclaimed skills in the back, including a trumpet player, a pig driver, a accountant and a gangster, a butcher, a shoemaker, and even a matchmaker and a midwife.For these people, Li Jing simply waved his hand and accepted them all.Zhang Hong registered one by one and counted them one by one. In the end, there were a total of 63 famous craftsmen selected.Li Jing also picked out their family members from the refugees. Together, there are 230 people, old and young.In addition to the 63 craftsmen, there are 31 young and strong men and 63 young and strong women.

"The artisans are grouped into a team of craftsmen individually, and the young and strong men form another team, and the young and strong women form a team together with the old and young. Divide them into three teams in total. Take them to have a hot meal first, and then give them a hot wash. Take a bath, change into clean clothes, and live in three courtyards." Li Jing instructed Cui Zhiyuan, a new staff member.

"Okay, I'll do it right away. As for the remaining hungry people, besides the 230 people we picked out, there are more than [-] registered people."

After pondering for a while, Li Jing said: "Let Zhang Chengye and Liu Shouqian each choose fifty strong and willing soldiers to join the household team, and let Liu Shouqian choose a hundred honest couples who are complete and capable of farming. Let them be the tenants of my Li family, and they will stay to help cultivate the 1000 mu of land of the Li family. Calculated in this way, it is estimated that we will accept five to six hundred people, and the remaining two to three hundred people, Let the other squires add up and assign them to each household as tenant servants."

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