Chapter 101 Don’t Be Afraid of More People and Live More Lives

The next day, it was overcast and the wind was from the north.

Amid the howling wind, the entire city of Chang'an seemed to be recounting what happened in Pingkangfang.

For a poem, as long as someone knows a few words, he will try his best to find someone to ask and memorize it.

Ordinary people are still busy. No matter how good the poem is, it has nothing to do with them and cannot be used as food.

There are fewer woodcutters delivering firewood to the city every day. Under normal circumstances, it takes two to three days to collect firewood and then transport it to the city once.

Nowadays, it takes two to three days to collect firewood, and once it is transported, he no longer collects firewood, but helps to transport charcoal.

Most people in the city began to burn charcoal, which burned better than firewood.

Then small chimneys of mud were erected, and firewood was used to ignite the charcoal.

Light the soft firewood first, then put in a few chopped firewood. When the chopped firewood starts to burn, add the charcoal.

There is smoke in the morning and smoke in the afternoon. No one feels that the air is polluted.

"Song De, prepare to serve porridge." Li Yi, wearing thin cotton pants and a fur coat, stood outside feeling the biting cold wind and said to the steward.

"With the temple?" Song De asked.

There are many temples in the city, and activities are held every ten days. Women from Pingkangfang will participate, as well as literati.

The green and yellow are not connected with winter, so they give porridge, once every ten days, just to show off.

"No, ask them to help transport coal and collect coal. The disabled and sick will be free of charge. Others will be given work in exchange for relief."

Li Yi did not want to learn from temples. Temples treat scholars better than common people.

If any scholar gets ahead and something happens in the temple, he must express his sympathy.

Ordinary people who have no place to live in Chang'an can only ask for news every day.

Today, the temple in this square is offering porridge. Hurry up and queue up. We will change places tomorrow.

A bowl of porridge, even if it is thicker, can last for a day, but it is not enough for work. It is cold and the body consumes more calories.

"I know." Song De nodded.

Li Yi strolled to the side of the harvested rice fields.

After harvesting rice and crabs this year, it was too late to plant other crops.

He didn't even plan to plant. The rice fields were soaked in water, and some were covered with thin ice.

Just let it soak until next year, then add fertilizer and turn it over together, and then plant rice.

"Next year's forest frogs and crabs can be fully grown, but the production of Chinese cabbage is not high enough. Sinong Temple..."

Li Yi muttered to himself, wanting to blame Sinong Temple for not cultivating new seeds in time, but he felt that the problem was not the problem of one department of Sinong Temple.

Walking along the field ridge, there was a large group of people in front of them, using guillotines to chop straw, wheat straw, and bean straw.

Cut it into inch-by-inch pieces and use it with other ingredients to feed livestock.

Others weave curtains, or transport wheat straw and bean straw to Zhuangzi from other places, and then return with some millet.

As he watched others working, Li Chengqi arrived with a group of guards.

"Brother Yi, there are so many people here, but they come from other villages to do the work?" Li Chengqi discovered the situation.

Nearly a thousand people were working there, he wondered.

"They are all in hiding." Li Yi told the truth.

"Yinhu? Why did I come to you?" Li Chengqi looked bad when he heard about Yinhu. Yinhu couldn't collect taxes.

"Because I asked the steward to tell me that there is always work to do in the winter and we can build shacks. Naturally, we can't go to the cafeteria for food."

Li Yi told the reason.

"Yinhu people have no place of origin, and some of them live in other people's homes and rent it out. If they charge one stone for rent, they will keep half a stone.

Then he doesn't do any government work, and usually finds someone from the same clan to stay with him.

Others suffered disasters and became sick, so the land was sold.

The land is gone, what can we do to pay the rent? If we don’t want to play anymore, just change the place.

The people looking for work near Chang'an are naturally people who have lost their permanent property and are doing odd jobs here and there.

It's easy to handle in the summer, but difficult in the winter.

I am short of manpower, so cheap labor is available. "

Li Chengqi listened and recalled: "Is this so? Brother Wei always thought they were lazy."

Li Yi didn't want to talk about this issue anymore. How could the royal family know about the lives of the lower class.

"Brother Yi, why don't you ask them to transfer or re-naturalize." Li Chengqi thought of a good idea, at least he thought it was a good one.

"Then I'll be responsible for their business?" Li Yi asked.

"Uh!" Li Chengqi got stuck.

He changed the subject: "With so many people, when the weather gets colder, will they still have work to do?"

"I can find work for any number of people. In winter, I ask them to do darning for women, transport for men, and sell newspapers for children.

Anyone who knows how to engrave or is clever can engrave for me. I have good ink and I want to print newspapers.

Newspapers also make money, and there are more literate people in Chang'an than elsewhere.

I want to build a big paper-making workshop, but there is a shortage of people. "

Li Yi introduced the things to do in Zhuangzi in winter, and he was very busy.

"Is the newspaper Di Bao? Brother, I can get the details of Di Bao from various places." Li Chengqi naturally thought of Di Bao.

Li Yi was shocked. Can red-headed documents be printed out and shown to the people?

"No, this newspaper is different from the Di newspaper. It's an entertainment newspaper."

Li Yi quickly refused. Collecting information about the court and various places was considered a crime of espionage, right?

"When it is finished, I must let my brother see it first." Li Chengqi couldn't figure it out, so he pulled up Li Yi's sleeve and went to see the hermits at work.

In place of the guillotine, the hermits covered one hand with a wooden board with a mouth.

As soon as it is closed, the wooden board is clamped on a bundle of straw or wheat straw, and is sent forward until exactly one inch in length enters the guillotine.

The guillotine fell, and the straw was cut. The person holding the straw moved his hands behind each other, and then stuck again.

"Brother Yi, this piece of wood is slow and there is a slant on it. It's better to pick it off." Li Chengqi watched the grooms in the house cutting grass and gave Li Yi some advice.

"I'm afraid that if they get the guillotine, I have to treat them. If I go to someone else's place and get the guillotine, the owner won't care.

I am a doctor, should I just watch? Or ask them to find another doctor? Or pay me for treatment? I can still make some money. "

Of course Li Yi knows that slowness means safety.

If the finger is cut off, with his current ability, he can pick it up, but he can't use it after picking it up.

Moreover, it is very laborious to take the medicine, and it takes time and medicine.

The person delivering the straw guillotine, UU Reading www.uukanｓhu.net raised his head and was about to speak, when Li Yi pointed at the person about to drop the guillotine: "Don't move."

The man in charge of the guillotine stopped.

Li Yi said with a stern face: "What did I say? Why did I ask the supervisor to tell you? When the guillotine workers were working, they looked at the feeders. The feeders were distracted and the guillotines stopped immediately.

And you, what did the manager say? When you want to speak, let go of your hand and bring it to your side.

Do you still want to continue working at Zhuangzi? Ask me to find out again and leave Zhuangzi. "

The two people being trained were like quails, not daring to move. People doing the same work around them stopped one after another, and then they dared to watch the fun.

"What do you want to say?" Li Yi asked the person who wanted to speak.

The grown man almost cried and swallowed: "I want to say that Mr. Li is a kind person and is afraid that we will hurt our hands."

"Yeah!" Li Yi accepted the compliment and said gently: "So you must be more obedient and remember the safety regulations to avoid causing trouble to a good person like me."

Then he said: "But I thought of a way that won't hurt my hand and can hit it quickly."

He came to the side of the guillotine and said while gesticulating: "Make a long trough with the edge of the guillotine at one end. Put the straw into the trough and push it from behind.

The back pusher is a piece of wood with a pole. People hold the pole and push, which saves the time of adjusting the guillotine and does not have to worry about touching the hands.

Yes, just do it like this and find a craftsman to try it out. If it works well, everyone will use it. "

The eunuch Brown Yan who was following behind him turned around and ran away, looking for the craftsman to bring him boards and tools.

Li Chengqi stood there in shock, is this okay? As you talk, you think of a new way?

If it works, I can give it to the groom in the palace. I am so kind to my servants that I deliberately find a way for the groom.