back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 422
"This official, let's spare the little ones, the little ones also have difficulties!"

These villains knelt down to Lu Chengqi with a "plop", kowtowed and said tearfully.Lu Chengqi was unmoved at all, poor people must have something to hate, these evil officials have difficulties, is that the reason for them to oppress others at will?
However, they had some insight, following Gao Hao's attitude, they knew that Lu Chengqi was the real person in charge.But if they were smarter, they would be able to guess Lu Chengqi's identity pretty well.

Who is Gao Hao?eunuch.Who will the eunuch follow?A member of the royal family.Among the royal family of the Lu family today, there is only the young emperor, the only child. Isn't Lu Chengqi's identity clearly revealed!

Lu Chengqi ignored them, but went straight to the group of craftsmen who didn't know what happened.Lu Chengqi knelt down and asked softly, "Do you get paid to dig the streets here?"

These craftsmen seemed to understand what happened, and hurriedly said: "Officer, we are not bad, and we can get a consistent amount of money after we finish. If we put it in the past, we would not dare to think about it. The imperial court recruited us. We have to do it, how dare we talk about money..."

"Shhh, keep quiet, are you afraid that those officials and lords won't hear you?" Another craftsman noticed that he was not holding back, so he quickly poked him in the waist and reminded him.

Lu Chengqi smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, I have the biggest authority here, and they all have to listen to me. You just say it's okay, if there is any problem, I will make the decision for you!"

The craftsmen believed in Lu Chengqi's majesty just now.Those subordinate officials are so majestic, in the end even one of Lu Chengqi's servants was scared to the ground, and now he is still kneeling there, not knowing what to do.

A slightly younger craftsman asked tentatively, "Officer, what are you going to do with my father?"

Lu Chengqi turned his head slightly, and found the little craftsman hiding behind everyone, about the same age as Lu Chengqi, with dark skin and muscular body, he looked quite healthy.It's just that the clothes are thin, and in late autumn, they are only wearing linen short brown, and their lips are purple from the cold.

"That was your father just now?" Lu Chengqi asked.

The young man nodded and said: "My father is sick today, so he couldn't go to work. Those officials said that if we don't work, we will be beheaded if we miss the deadline. There is no other way, so my father can only come here." ..." After finishing speaking, Lu Chengqi noticed that tears started to flow from the corners of his eyes, and he was speechless for the rest of the sentence.

Lu Chengqi frowned, when did he stipulate the construction period?Even the Ministry of Industry has never submitted a memorial!Although he was very concerned about Chi Dao, he couldn't take the craftsman's life seriously just because of this!

Putting this question aside, Lu Chengqi asked again: "You said that you will have a consistent amount of money after you finish it. Is it a daily payment or a monthly payment?"

"The officials are joking, there is no such thing as a daily settlement or a monthly settlement! You can only get money after all the digging is completed." A middle-aged craftsman said with a wry smile while holding a hammer.

"Then how long have you been doing this?"

"I guess it's been two months?"

Lu Chengqi said in surprise: "For the past two months, you have no income, how can you survive?"

"I had some surplus food before, but if it's not enough, I asked my family to dig some wild vegetables and live on..."

Hearing this, Lu Chengqi fell silent.He clearly remembered that there was a decree before, that any craftsmen recruited in the future would no longer be allowed to work for the court for free, but had to be paid wages.The wages must be settled monthly, and must not be lower than the usual wages per person per month.

The money issued by the Ministry of Households is in full exchange for the usual money, which is equivalent to the usual amount of money in the market. For ordinary craftsman families, this amount of money is enough to cost the craftsman's family three months.

But now it seems that Lu Chengqi's will has not been implemented in place!At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are people who cheat like this. If it is farther away from Chang'an City, how much money can the craftsmen get?Maybe it's the same as before, nothing!
Lu Chengqi was angry for a while, and then powerless for a while.The darkness of the officialdom is like this, withholding layer after layer, and half of what is in the hands of craftsmen is the conscience of heaven and earth.

"Don't you know the imperial decree of the emperor? Since the Lantern Festival, all craftsmen recruited by the court can get wages, and the monthly payment is consistent!"

"Ah, there is such a thing, but that's not what the officials and lords said!" The craftsmen were taken aback. If they had a lot of money, why would they have thin clothes and no winter clothes?
"Why don't we know?"

"That's right, the official simply told us that we will have a lot of money after finishing the work, and we are very happy..."

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Listening to the craftsmen's words, Lu Chengqi understood that it was these evil officials who did it again!They dared to embezzle the craftsmen's wages for themselves, do they really think that no one knows!It's fine if it's someone else, after all, not everyone understands the significance of craftsmen to social progress.But as a reborn person, Lu Chengqi valued craftsmen the most.This time, Lu Chengqi was completely enraged.He gritted his teeth and said word by word: "You wait, I will seek justice for you!"

Just as I was about to get up, I felt someone behind me help me.After squatting for a long time, my legs are a little numb.Lu Chengqi didn't need to look to know that it was Gao Gao who supported him.

At this time, a voice said from behind: "Young Master Huang!"

Lu Chengqi turned his head and saw that it was a doctor from the Imperial Medical Bureau.Judging by the official uniform he was wearing, he should be Doctor Cheng'an from the sixth rank.He called Lu Chengqi Mr. Huang, so he was naturally taught by someone.Lu Chengqi was not interested in knowing these details, but asked, "What happened to the craftsman?"

Dr. Cheng An quickly said: "This person suffered from wind and cold. He was fine at first. He went to the pharmacy to have a look. He took a dose of decoction and healed up after three days of cultivation. The wind blew again today, and the evil cold entered his body again. The condition became more complicated. Fortunately, the treatment was timely, and I prescribed a prescription. When I got the medicine back, I decocted it and took a dose, and rested for half a month, and everything should be fine. But if I contract the wind and cold again, my life may be in danger.”

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said to Gao Gao: "He doesn't have any clothes, you go to Chengyifang and buy him a jacket."

Gao Hao received the order, turned around and left.Lu Chengqi waved his hand and called the young craftsman over: "You go and take care of your father, remember, he can't be exposed to the wind anymore. You, give him some money."

The imperial guard behind him quickly took out a silver coin and handed it to the boy.Although the young man is simple and not deeply involved in the world, but in this situation, he naturally understands that Lu Chengqi intends to help them.He took the silver coin, knelt down, and bowed to Lu Chengqi three times: "Grandfather, I will definitely pay back the stone if I have money in the future."

For some reason, Lu Chengqi liked the simplicity of this boy, maybe it was his eyes, maybe it was his clumsy movements, maybe it was his perseverance.After helping him up, he said softly: "After your father is healed, go to the Dashun Minbao Office and find a man named Zhang Yuanchong. He will bring you to me. If you want to repay me, remember my words."

The young man nodded, "Go, your father's medicine is almost ready, you feed him the medicine first. For the next fifteen days, remember not to let your father blow the wind. By the way, how many days will you have to take this medicine?"

Doctor Cheng An at the side quickly said: "After taking it for five days, the wind and cold will go away."

"Remember? Go..."

The boy turned around, wiped away his tears, and walked towards the foot shop.The people around Lu Chengqi all said that this young man was blessed, and he actually got the little emperor's blue eyes. It was really smoke from the ancestral grave, and there was a look of envy in their eyes...

(End of this chapter)