Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 5
The road construction in the village does not require everyone to pay a penny, but they have to contribute, and the village is responsible for three meals a day and tool maintenance.Like it or not, it's settled.

Chai Jin was pleasantly surprised to find that the number of admiration points had soared by more than 4000, and almost every participant contributed five admiration points.After the East Village announcement, Chai Jin went to the West Village again.

Chai Jin picked up Chai Yong, Chai Meng, took five Zhuang Ding, and a group of eight rode to West Village on horseback.The rammed-earth roads in these days are very narrow, usually pedestrians, cattle and horses, and carriages.It is only more than three meters wide, and it can only stagger two carriages.The width of the designed new road is eight meters, which can accommodate four carriages in parallel.The crops in the farmland have been harvested, cabbage, carrots and other vegetables are growing in the vegetable field, and hardworking farmers carry wooden buckets to water and irrigate.

There is a large piece of cabbage with more than ten acres, and several strong men stepped on the overturned cart to water the cabbage.Chai Jin asked: "Whose cabbage is this, and it has grown so much?"

Chai Yong smiled and said: "Who else is there besides the high officials? This is the vegetable field on our farm. The two restaurants will occasionally come to pull vegetables."

Most of the peasant households seen along the way are in shabby clothes, obviously life is not very good.In addition, the tenants of Chai Jin’s family are very happy in comparison. They only charge [-]% of the land rent. The land is divided according to the degree of fertility. The landlord is more powerful and benevolent.

Xicun is a pure tenant, relatively poor, without even a decent village wall, the loess village wall is broken in some places, and low in other places.

Zhuang Ding, who was coming and going, stopped to greet Chai Jin one after another, and made way for him. The etiquette of Song people is still worth advocating.

Before reaching the gate of the village, I heard the heart-piercing cries of a woman.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thiant." a woman throws herself on the ground crying bitterly.

On the ground was a person covered by a broken straw mat. Chai Jin was worried that it might be a criminal case. He lifted the straw mat and saw a seven or eight-year-old child whose stomach had been eaten by wild beasts and whose neck had been bitten off. Oh, it's too bad.

It turned out that it was yesterday evening. The little girl played hide-and-seek with a few friends, but they couldn't find her after all.Get up early today and organize people to search again. I found it in a mountain col two miles away, and it has been eaten by wolves.Dozens of such tragedies happen every year, and people are used to it.Because this was the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the population was small but there were many wild animals, not only wolves, but also wild boars, leopards, and even tigers.

The child's mother was crying, and the child's father was beside him wiping his face with tears.

Chai Jin took out two taels of silver, handed it to the child's father, and said, "It's all my fault that the owner of the village is not managing well. From today onwards, I will find a way to solve this kind of thing completely. You take this money and do it for the child." Hereafter."

"No, no, high official, how can I blame you. It's all because the child is too playful. Tell her not to go out of the village at night. Who knows that something happened while playing hide-and-seek." The child's father said.

"The village wall was damaged, and I didn't repair it in time. Although I organized several hunts, the effect was too small. I will come here today to solve this matter." Chai Jin said.

The West Village Square is far less flat than the East Village, but again, there are a lot of people who come. There are more than 3000 people in the big village, and 800 people gathered in a short period of time, so that basically all the villagers can be notified.Chai Jin announced the same thing again, and the people were very happy.Marriage and childcare subsidies, children going to school, and road repairs are all great things. Chai Jin has reaped a lot, and the worship value of the technology factory has broken through the 1000 mark, reaching more than [-] worship points.

"Chai Meng, you are in charge of the wild animal prevention work in the West Village. Starting tonight, set up four checkpoints at critical intersections around the village. Each checkpoint has five people and one dog."

"Our weapons are not enough, there are only a dozen bows and arrows, and a dozen simple knives." Chai Meng said.

"Before you started your job, you started telling me about the difficulties. I will only give you ten people, five bows, and five simple knives. You can figure out the rest yourself." Chai Jin said.

Chai Meng scratched his head and said, "Don't worry, the owner, I won't be troubled. There are more than 700 households in the West Village, and dozens of hunting forks can still be found."

Of course, the duty point is not temporary, and it must be on duty throughout the winter and spring seasons.There are people on duty every day. There is no house, and the cheapest and warmest place is Diwozi. There is no warm winter in this year, and the cold wind is very strong in winter.

The so-called "diwozi" is very simple. A square hole is dug on the ground, about one meter deep, and a slope is left for the exit. The roof is built with planks and tiles, and a few beds can be placed in it, and a fireplace can be built.Of course, it is impossible to hide inside and sleep well while on duty at night.

At the gate of Diwozi, a bonfire should be lit all night long, and people and dogs around the bonfire are vigilant.Wolves are afraid of fire, and will not approach the village when they see people and dogs.

Preparations for the road construction project started today, and the designer in charge of the planning has already taken lime powder to draw the line and purchase stone and wood for bridge repair.Chaijiazhuang's Zhuang Ding organization is still very complete. According to the residential address, there is a group for every [-] households, with two team leaders and deputy leaders.The team leader went to the meeting alone to explain the precautions during the construction process.Each group set up three large pots to cook soup, stew, and sorghum rice.

This project is different from the previous ones. In the past, two meals were taken care of, but this time three meals a day were provided.Breakfast, lunch, and dinner again when it is getting dark, everyone goes home after work.There are fifteen hundred households in total, and I don't know how many will come tomorrow.According to Chai Jin's plan, there are 200 people, so there is no need to worry about this job.After all, there are only a dozen miles of rammed earth roads, which are simply widened, not highways.

In the evening, the Chai family guarded the barracks.When the guards came to the dining hall, they found that the owner was there. Everyone was talking and laughing, but suddenly they fell silent.

Chai Jin said: "Starting from today, as long as I am free, I will come to eat with you and train with you. Starting tonight, your food will be improved to a level that you can't even imagine."

"The owner can still invite us to eat eight bowls every day?" A guard laughed.

The so-called eight big bowls are hard dishes that rich people cook when they hold weddings, usually chicken, fish, meat and eggs.

Chai Yong scolded: "We have eaten well enough, and we still want to dream all day long."

Chai Jin said cheerfully: "You can pinch and count. Today is really eight big bowls."

The tables where the guards ate were all square tables, each with eight chairs, exactly eight people.

Two people at each table went to the kitchen to pick up the meal, and when they put it on the table, everyone's eyes were straight.There are eight large bowls on the tray, and the large black porcelain bowls are full of stewed radish with chicken.This kind of delicacy is usually only available to pregnant women.On the other guard's tray was a mountain of white flour steamed buns.

One bowl per person, exactly eight bowls.What I ate in the past, a pot of green vegetables, radishes or pickled vegetables, and sorghum rice was enough. Occasionally, there was meat for extra meals, and everyone would grab it. There has never been a bowl of meat for everyone like today.

Chai Jin picked up a bowl of vegetables and a steamed bun, and said, "There's only one bowl of vegetables, but there's enough soup, steamed buns, and pickles. Let's eat."

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