Wooden bridge over Lishui River.

The voice of County Magistrate Li Yulong was transmitted to the ears of every common people through the loudspeaker.

Now the magistrate of Dayong County has unintentionally gained a lot of popular support.

The people all know that the money they received today was given by the army sent by the imperial court. But Li Yulong, the county official, did not deduct even one tael of silver. This is much better than those county officials in the past.

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When Li Yulong gives his voice, Dayong County will still have great work.

The people became quiet one after another, waiting for the words of the county magistrate who had found an unprecedented way to become an official.

Li Yulong stood on the box and looked at the more than 1,500 pairs of eyes shining with expectation.

He then decided that the path he was about to choose was not wrong.

A sense of pride was rising in Li Yulong's heart.

Li Yulong cleared his throat, put one hand on his hips and held up a loudspeaker with the other.

"Folks, the army still has a few lives left. I hope the folks can help."

"Of course, the money and food will still be sufficient according to the previous amount."

Before Li Yulong finished speaking, the people below began to boil.

You can still get paid to work for the court.

Who wouldn’t want to do this?

Before Li Yulong could explain what kind of work he wanted to do, the people had already fully agreed.

"Your Majesty, let alone a few jobs, it's just a matter of one sentence for us to work until the end of the year."

"Yes, yes, it doesn't matter whether it's money or not, we are just willing to work for the imperial court."

"Shh! Keep your voice down, otherwise the court won't give you the money!"

"..."

With a smile on his face, Li Yulong raised his hand to signal the people to quiet down.

Then, he continued: "But these next tasks are not as easy as cutting down trees and digging canals for us. They are all hard work and require us to work hard and work hard."

"Just tell me, Lord County, just ask us to dig the hole on Tianmen Mountain. We will go up the mountain with rakes and hoes now!"

Li Yulong's expression immediately changed and he shook his head repeatedly: "I wouldn't dare!"

Li Yulong was the only one in Dayong County who knew that the emperor was in the army.

Moreover, Li Yulong also knew that the emperor was preparing to climb Tianmen Mountain in the near future to take a good look at the hole.

If there are no accidents, once the hole comes into the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, I am afraid that something will be repaired on the mountain.

If this group of people digs it out, the sky will really fall.

Li Yulong hurriedly explained: "Actually, it's nothing special. I just hope that everyone can clean up the Lishui River, our mother river in Dayong County, dig the river bed deeper, strengthen the dams on both sides of the river, and by the way,

Build a steel and concrete bridge over the Lishui River.

Of course this is one of them, just one of them.

The second is to open the mountain. The imperial court wants to build a cement factory here. Well, you don’t care what the cement factory is. As long as you know that after the cement factory is built, we will let Shimen County in the east build it along the Lishui River.

A cement road.”

Build rivers, build bridges, dig mountains, build factories, and build roads.

This is the trump card Zhu Yunxi has prepared for the people of Dayong County and the southwest.

Li Yulong said with certainty: "Well, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people will be needed to complete these tasks. And in the future, it will be half wages and half rations. This will not delay everyone's work and delay farming, leaving the family with no food.

You can also continue to make money.”

This time the place was completely boiling.

As soon as the county official opened his mouth, he asked tens of thousands of people to work together.

As for how to calculate the wages for this work, the people simply ignored it. After all, after setting an example this time, no one would think that the court could deny them wages later.

In fact, the people present have begun to think about the government.

"Your Majesty, if the court wants people to work, we people will definitely do it. But you said that tens of thousands of people will be needed this time, and we don't have enough people here."

"Yes, yes, even if we go home and bring others with us, it won't be enough."

"Your Majesty, do you want to talk to the imperial court? Don't let the imperial court hold you accountable if you are short of people."

"My lord, please take care of yourself."

Looking at the people in front of him who suddenly became so considerate, Li Yulong was so moved.

When did these common people stop fighting against me and started to care about their career?

Although Li Yulong was moved, he did not dare to forget the business and continue what was told by Daying.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I accept your thoughts and thank you all."

"However, we must do a good job in the matters assigned by the court. After all, the court has affection for us, and we cannot be unjust. This is not the temperament of us mediocre people, don't you think so?"

Li Yulong shouted and stopped.

And his words immediately caused a roar from the people present.

"That's right!"

"cant."

"We people in Dayong County are not cowards. The court takes care of our food and housing, pays us enough wages, and doesn't treat us badly at all. We can't let the court feel cold!"

"Yes! We can't let the imperial court feel cold!"

"I'll go home right now and drag my mother-in-law and baby over to work!"

The people have completely exploded.

Li Yulong suddenly couldn't laugh or cry: "Don't get excited, everyone. The government also knows that everyone has been very tired from work recently. This is not the next work and will have to wait for a while. The court is considerate of us and will rest for ten days.

Since everyone has just said that, what I mean... everyone has received their wages today. Those who should go home should go home, and those who should go to the city to buy things for the old ladies, mothers, and children at home should go to the city.

During the ten days since we have been home, let's work harder and see if there may be more people working, and invite them all to come back to work together.

The imperial court did not allow everyone to work hard. Everyone brought a person and gave them two taels of silver. It was free. There was no need to work. All you had to do was bring someone to work.

Ten days later, no matter how many people there are, we will keep them, and together we will do the work for the court, and let’s continue! Everyone said, is this okay?”

If it weren't for Daying's request, Li Yulong would have felt that he had heard wrong.

Whenever the court calls for people to come and do work, but the work has not yet been done, as long as the people are brought in, money must be given first.

What are these things called?

But when he thought that all the money was for the people of Dayong County under his rule, Li Yulong secretly expected that if these people could call out all the people in the mountains, preferably tens of thousands of people, then

It's really good to call one.

Anyway, the imperial court recently brought money and grain in batches by boat from the provincial capital, and he could see them clearly.

Since the money and food have been transported here, as the official of Dayong County, I have no reason to let the money and food be taken back.

As for the more than 1,500 people in Qiaotou, this time they were really in a state of excitement.

As long as he brings a person after ten days, the court will give him two taels of silver.

If you bring ten people with you, that would be a full twenty taels of silver!

What about a hundred people?

Don't dare to think, don't dare to think.

Everyone saw it, and there seemed to be piles of money in front of them, falling towards them.

The people were stunned by the snowflakes and silver all over the sky.

On the hill closest to the bridge where the silver hair is.

This side is the bridge and that side is the camp.

On the top of the mountain, the trees on the entire mountain had been cut down by the people, and several watchtowers and forts had been erected.

Trench trenches and artillery positions are clearly visible on the mountain.

On the watchtower at the top of the mountain.

Zhu Yunxi put away the telescope in his hand, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Beside him were Zhu Zhen, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Shangbing.

Zhu Yunxi spoke first: "What are you doing today?"

Zhu Zhen replied with a smile: "The old man took people out of the camp early in the morning. He said he wanted to go to the foot of Tianmen Mountain to see the cave. I think the old man will have to climb up the mountain sooner or later to have a look. Why don't we take the road up the mountain as a guide?

Let’s include it in the construction scope, so that the mountain road will not be rugged and it will be difficult for the old man to go up the mountain."
To be continued...