Chapter 1452: Labor, Imperial Examination, and Background Questions

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Local people who have nothing to do for the time being are watching the excitement. Since the construction started the day before yesterday, they have to watch every day.

While watching, they also asked the people in Lijiazhuangzi if they wanted eggs and chickens. Buy more and it’s cheaper. The chickens have been raised for a whole winter and are fat.

People in Lijiazhuangzi usually buy them. Construction is carried out locally, and the people nearby should enjoy the benefits.

The coal and firewood used for cooking are even delivered by local people.

"Pay attention to safety, don't get out of shape, if you get hurt, it will affect the life of the whole family, and there are only two quarters of an hour left..."

Experienced skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Water under the Ministry of Works are in charge, and they don't get started easily.

The people in charge always run to the front to dig ditches, which is obviously incompetent.

The people working are tired, panting, and working hard.

Hold on a little longer, and start to change shifts. The aroma from the big pot next to them wafts out, and it smells hungry.

They need to work for four hours. When they are on duty, they have two quarters of an hour to eat after working for two hours, usually steamed buns.

They ate in turns, half of the people ate first, and the other half took turns after two quarters of an hour.

After four hours, they had time to eat slowly, and there were two taels of hot white wine with a concentration of more than 30 degrees.

After eating, they had half an hour to stroll around, and were not allowed to work. They digested the food and went back to the tent to sleep.

Lijiazhuangzi required two shifts, one shift lasting six hours. The workers ran out of energy while working, which made it easy for accidents.

Physical work, which kept the muscles tense, was less efficient.

The people who were going to take over got up half an hour ago, ate, and then slowly moved their bodies to avoid getting sick from eating too much.

When the time was up, the people in this shift put away the tools in their hands and washed their hands with a tired look on their faces.

In seven and a half hours, they exhausted their physical strength, and no one was lazy.

The people waiting nearby came over to put on coats for them. In early spring, they worked shirtless.

The soil they dug was damp, so they were given two taels of wine.

The people who took over signed in first, picked up the tools and started working under the torch.

All of them had shovels, pickaxes, hammers, and chisels. The only baskets were bamboo baskets. After filling two baskets, they would carry them on a shoulder pole and go.

There were also some people waiting on the side. They did not work, but just stayed there.

The people who were building the plank road above had to drill holes for blasting and load explosives. Generally, they would blast once in a batch.

If one or several people who did not blast or did not work went up, they would be sentenced to death.

"Bring me more soup first, I will soak the rice, drink after eating, and then eat steamed buns."

A man who only wore an outer coat and washed his hands took his enamel pot and said to the person serving the dishes.

He first went to get the rice, which was cooked with rice and millet.

The person serving the dishes brought two pieces of chicken and three spoonfuls of soup.

Others were similar. They all soaked the rice first. The soup of the old hen was oily and the soaked rice tasted delicious.

In another place, they would never ask for soup first. After drinking the soup, they would also eat all the dishes.

Lijiazhuangzi was responsible for logistics. Eat whatever you want. As long as you feel good, you can eat chicken as much as you want.

No one was paying attention to the meat. Only after eating the staple food could one have strength. They also had to eat wild vegetables with pickles.

The workers read the newspaper and understood that nutrition should be balanced, and eating only meat was not enough.

After a round of fighting, there was indeed a lot of meat in the pot, and the pot next to it was still stewing vegetables.

In addition, someone was changing the dressing and was accidentally injured. It was a flesh wound. Five nurses from Lijiazhuang took the apprentice to practice. Wrong, they were responsible for treatment.

Cleaning the wound, applying medicine, and bandaging.

Three days have passed, and no one has died. Everyone is very happy.

In the past, people always died while working. Some died of injuries, some died of exhaustion, and some died of eating unclean food.

Including lack of sleep, cold or hot weather.

Since Li Yi asked to do the project, as long as no tunnels were dug, there was basically no danger. The people who were in danger were the ones who cleared the duds.

In everyone's eyes, they were dead, and it didn't matter whether they died or not.

The people who cleared the duds also learned some survival skills. When they went to clear, they wore helmets and thick clothes.

And brought a water bag. After arriving at the place, they sprayed water inside.

Because some gunpowder wicks burn slowly, they burn quickly when they encounter wind, and then boom.

They spray water first, no matter what the reason is, I will take it out after it is wet.

The idea came from the craftsmen of Lijiazhuangzi. The craftsmen cherish the people who can remove the duds, and they will help if they can. If they are all killed, who will remove them in the future?

"In two days, the imperial examination should be advanced a few days, but it is too busy." The officials of the Ministry of Water Resources chatted with the people of Lijiazhuangzi.

The farmers got off work and replaced by new farmers.

He also drank and took a sip: "The host said the new festival, the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head."

The farmer said it casually, adding a festival, the host added it, this year Jingzhao Prefecture will celebrate it, and Datang will celebrate it in the future.

The imperial examination, the last day of the announcement, happened to be the second day of the second month.

The test lasted for four days, with ten current affairs policies, and the requirements were very strict.

There are also poems and fu. In the past, you either wrote poems or fu, and today you did the same.

Pasting scriptures is the simplest, just give a small range of things to recite in advance.

However, the Jinshi exam has additional math and calculation exams.

Those who take the Jinshi exam are required to be able to calculate, understand some Tang laws, memorize some content, and have a grasp of national affairs.

"It's too difficult. I failed the Jinshi exam twice because I was short of the current affairs policy. There were only a few questions at that time? Now there are ten."

The people in the Ministry of Water were impressed. He failed the Jinshi exam twice, but passed the third time in the calculation exam, so he was arranged to work in the Ministry of Works.

The farmer smiled: "Your Majesty and the prime minister are reduced according to the ability of my master, and used to assess others. You can't evaluate them based on my master's ability, right?"

"Master Li? Master Li should take all the subjects at once. If one word is not written well, he will not be allowed to pass."

The officials of the Ministry of Water Resources positioned Li Yi, all subjects, the content must be correct.

Then don't say the word is written wrong, even if the strokes look uncomfortable.

Pursue perfection, otherwise why should four prime ministers work for you all day? Do you still want face?

"Writing the current affairs policy in that way is prone to problems. Will the content be announced? Once announced..." The farmer winked, you know.

"Yes, after Master Li finishes writing, the current affairs policy will immediately become a national policy. It cannot be tested. Be careful not to let others know when you are calculating others."

The officials of the Ministry of Water Resources reacted quickly, and Li Yi could not answer the questions.

The farmer took another sip of wine and picked up a chicken head, which was not stewed but braised: "The owner can use the current affairs strategy for the imperial examination to deceive people."

"Huh?" The official was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously: "That's right, no, no, it's not called deception, the military is the way of deception!"

"So if you can, pretend you can't, if you use it, pretend you don't use it, if it's near, pretend it's far, if it's far, pretend it's near." The farmer continued.

"You have learned so many things now? You are a farmer, so you are..." The official was quite surprised.

"Actually, I don't want to talk about the past. Now everyone is learning. I was a slave.

When I was in the last family, I was always beaten, hungry and cold.

The owner didn't teach me to read. Later, the owner got unlucky and I was sold. The owner bought me.

I have no relatives. Li's farm is my home. If I don't study hard, I will drag this family down."

The farmer said calmly, not caring about his identity.

"Then have you ever thought about getting rid of slavery?" The official considered from the perspective of a slave.

"Is there a difference? If I am not a slave, can I leave the farm? I will die." The farmer was also surprised.

"I mean, if you have children in the future, if the children are affected by your place of origin..." The official talked about children.

Before he could finish, the farmer asked again: "Is there a difference?"

"No!" The official shook his head.