Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 133
Chai Lin asked: "Sister-in-law Gu, why are there so many people waiting for work near the pier?"

"Master Chai doesn't know that the locust plague and drought have continued in Qingzhou this year. It's fine if the government doesn't provide relief. Instead, the exploitation has intensified. The common people have no way to survive, and they have poured into our Dengzhou. They have the strength to occasionally do small jobs on the pier. They can barely make ends meet, and those who are old and weak can only starve to death." Mrs. Gu said.

When Chailin thought about the excavation of the big iron mine without machinery, it was all done by manpower, so the manpower required would be too much. The local workers in Cangzhou still had to pay four hundred yuan a month. live.

Chai Lin asked: "My new iron mine requires a lot of labor. I don't know how much these people have to work for a month."

"How much wages do you pay? These people are dying of hunger. I beg this person to take me in. I don't dare to ask for wages. I will work for those who stutter three meals a day. But it will definitely not work if you don't pay for a long time. You can do this first, and you can eat and pay. Live for a suitable job for two months, and stay if you do a good job, and you can start working for two to three hundred yuan a month." Mrs. Gu said.

Chai Lin nodded and said, "Xie Zhen and Jie Bao, your brothers are familiar with the locals. Arrange a yard near the pier for me to recruit workers. I just need to find a doctor to guard them. Don't get sick or plague."

Xie Bao said: "Don't worry, my brother and I are familiar with each other, so you can rest assured."

Chailin has always been in a hurry to do things. He borrowed two carriages from Mrs. Gu's shop, and rented a courtyard of more than ten houses from the side of the road next to the inn at a monthly rent of five taels of silver. The best feature of this house is that It’s just that the backyard is relatively large, and there are five or six acres of open space enclosed. The owner’s family has moved to the city, so there is no need for it here.

Xie Zhen went to find a local doctor, who was said to be good at it, but I don't know what the actual situation is, so he asked him to check.

Jie Bao drove the cart to buy firewood, rice, oil, salt, large iron pan, large wooden barrel, griddle for making pancakes, bundles of green onions, cabbage, radishes, and leftover beef bones from Mrs. Gu's shop.

Xie Zhen found a few masons with good hands and feet, and set up several large pots and two griddles.

Chai Lin and Chai Meng were looking for people in the refugee pile not far away. When these people saw two boss-like people, they immediately surrounded them to find work.

Chai Lin said: "Don't surround yourself. You need two female workers who can make pancakes, and you need to work quickly and diligently."

"I will do it, I will do it."

"I can do it too. I make pancakes the best."

Several women gathered around, shouting one by one.

"I didn't have any money for the first two months, so I had to take care of three meals a day. From the third month on, it's [-] copper coins a month, who wants to go." Chailin said.

"I, I, I." Many women shouted at the top of their voices.

People who have never experienced famine don't understand what it means to change children and eat. It is too difficult to starve to death.

Don't talk about three meals a day, even two meals a day are too crowded.

Looking at the crowd in Chailin, there are two women in their thirties who look more handsome and pleasing to the eye.

"It's just you two, come with me, the front yard is here, clean up tonight, and make pancakes tomorrow, let's talk about it first, if you don't do well, you will be fired." Chailin said.

"Yes, yes, I'm leaving now." The two women followed Chailin to the farmyard.

The kitchen in the backyard is relatively simple. There are five large pots built under the wooden shed, two small stoves, and two griddles.

A literate scout registered. Both of their native places are from Boxing County, Jinjia Village. The two are sister-in-law. The man in the family was arrested by the prefect of Murong because he couldn't pay the tax. He died standing in a wooden cage. Died of famine, life is more bitter than coptis.

The sister-in-law is Jin Cuihua, 28 years old, and the sister-in-law is Li Dani, 25 years old.

Chai Lin pointed to the firewood room and said, "There are firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar in it. The two of you cook something for yourself, and then boil water to take a bath. The small room next to it is where you two sleep. There are clean clothes prepared."

"It's a senior official, we know." Cuihua said.

After Chai Lin finished speaking, he went back to the front yard. The aunt and sister-in-law came to the firewood house and sat down on the ground. They hadn't had a full meal in three days. , Pickles are piled up like a mountain, and there is even beef in the big basin next to it.

Li Dani swallowed her saliva, and said, "The high official asked us to get something to eat. Let's make beef."

Cuihua scolded: "You girl is begging for death, isn't it? It's polite for a senior official to say that, don't we know ourselves? Cut half a cabbage, cook some sorghum rice, and add some pickles."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

The two washed their hands and faces, quickly made a meal and ate it. The meal was really delicious, and they didn't dare to eat too much. They only ate eight percent full and cleaned up neatly.It didn't take long for the two big pots of warm water to boil. The two lit candles in the room and took a bath in the big wooden barrel.There is even a fragrant soap, which is so smooth on the body.

Li Dani said: "Sister-in-law, why do you want us to take a bath and change clothes when you are looking for us to work? Could it be that you have taken a fancy to us? If the high officials accept us as concubines, should we follow or not?"

Cuihua was speechless for a while, and finally said: "It seems that this time the blow is too big, your brain has been broken. We are people who are fleeing, and our family is broken. With the beauty of the broken flowers and willows, it is enough to find something to eat alive." Now, you still fantasize about being the concubine of a high-ranking official, what a daydream."

The two washed off the mud and dirt, changed into brand new clothes and rested.

The next morning, just after dawn, the two got up.

Xie Zhen arranged: "Make breakfast for everyone first, rice porridge, pickled vegetables and boiled eggs, you two eat it in the same way. But I can tell you that the officials are kind, but they don't tolerate disorderly behavior. Anyone who dares to steal more Eating, once found, he will be fired immediately."

"Relieve the tube, don't worry, the two of us definitely dare not steal it."

Not to mention that these two worked very quickly. They made everyone's rice porridge, eggs, pickles, and then began to mix them with flour, sorghum noodles, and wheat flour to make a paste. One of them lit the fire and the other made pancakes.

The speed is very fast, and one pancake is cooked in less than 2 minutes. Use a bamboo stick to shovel it down, and then make the second one.

At the door, Jie Zhen had already started working, and moved a table there, next to freshly made fragrant pancakes and bundles of scallions.

The iron ore is recruiting workers, pancakes and scallions are enough, and there is no money for the first two months, and ten yuan a day from the third month onwards.

This price is not bad, but it is also very harsh, after all, two months for nothing.

Even so, it was soon full of people.

There were at least 80 people. Xie Zhenjiebao led more than a dozen big men to maintain order, a hired doctor was in charge of inspection, and two scouts who could write were in charge of registration.

　It will be delivered in the middle of the night, ask for a monthly ticket, and ask for a recommendation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)