Chapter 929: Waterfall Navigation Rectification

On the Weishui River, fifty ships with a capacity of 100 dan were lined up.

A gangway was built on the shore where there were no wheels, and boxes of dried shrimp, shrimp, scallops, and shrimp paste were sent to the ships.

When one ship was full, it would leave, following the Weishui River to the Yellow River, and then upstream to the source.

At this time, at the Pujin Ferry, an iron chain floating bridge connected the two banks, and the boats were supporting the floating bridge.

At a fixed time every day, the iron chain in the middle would be opened to allow ships to travel on the river.

The Hukou Waterfall above was already boarding and disembarking ships, and the ships that were originally upstream of the waterfall were going a short distance upstream.

When I heard that the waterfall could be passed, I took some local products and rowed to the location and asked the price.

The price was different according to the size of the boat and the cargo loaded.

The cheapest small boat only cost ten coins to send it over, and it was more than ten miles away. Once it was on the track, it was pulled to the other end by livestock and then let down.

Even if you make a small raft yourself, it is still ten coins if you want to go over, and it can't be any lower.

The workers were hired from the local area to help pull the hand gourd. They depended on the waterfall for their livelihood.

In addition to the money for livestock feed, if there were no boats to travel, no one would be willing to work.

"I heard that the court sent a fleet to go there, I don't know if they will pay."

A man wearing a bamboo hat, who was staying below the Hukou Waterfall, looked at the river water rolling southward and said to others.

"Maybe they will pay us. It was agreed that no matter what kind of boat it was, we would be paid for our work."

The people who were busy weaving oil tree baskets did not even look at the baskets, but weaved the branches into them based on their feelings.

"A boat of 100 stones, one gets 100 coins, come with 100 boats, everyone will share, it's not a small amount."

Another boy who looked only 16 or 17 years old showed an expectant look on his face.

He was holding a newspaper in his hand. The newspaper was an early one with Chinese pinyin on it, and he was learning it.

When the Hukou Waterfall was impassable, the locals planted a few acres of thin fields on the mountain or the river beach. There were mulberry trees on the mountain and raised silkworms.

The boy was a shepherd, and his days passed one after another, like other children, he went to the river to catch fish and shrimp.

When the Hukou Waterfall was equipped, there would be work to do and he could make more money.

The locals had an idea, and the boy began to learn pinyin and read.

He asked the literate people who passed by occasionally, and tried his best to remember how to read it, and then spelled it himself.

Sometimes he forgot, or felt that his pronunciation was not accurate enough, so he could take time to go to the county government.

Many people in the government knew how to read, and they would teach him patiently when they asked for advice.

He couldn't be impatient. The people took the initiative to ask for progress, but the government officials ignored them, and the evaluation was over.

"Once the official navigation is open, a sum of money must be paid to Lijiazhuangzi every month. When the official ship arrives, it will naturally be officially open."

The man in the bamboo hat punctured the boy's fantasy. Even if there was a lot of money, it would not be all distributed to himself and others.

There were people from the county sitting at the waterfall to keep accounts.

Now it is settled every day, and when everyone has more money, it will be settled every month.

The settlement is settled every day because everyone has little income in winter and needs money.

With the money given for one day, you can buy some rice, so you don't have to mix so much bran and bran to eat.

There is another advantage of the beginning of spring, there are wild vegetables, and you can cook wild vegetables with rice to supplement vitamins. People don't understand, but it can satisfy hunger.

The helpers all agree that no matter whether they are paid daily or monthly, they will save the money except for the daily living expenses.

This is better than some areas in Africa at that time of Li Yi, usually they dare not pay on the day, and after the settlement on the day, people will take the money and go to work on the next day.

When the money is gone, they will come again.

Monthly settlement is actually similar, so many companies in Li Yi's country would rather spend more money and hire people from China to work.

Especially for projects that cannot delay working hours, basically only local people are responsible for simple things.

Local people who are motivated will follow and learn, and such people account for a very small proportion.

Li Yi's country, or including the current Datang, is the most hardworking nation in the world, without a doubt, and is not on par with others.

"It's right to give it to Lijiazhuangzi. With Lijiazhuangzi behind us, we can feel at ease.

While there is no work, go pick wild vegetables, wash them and throw them into the pot, and eat at noon."

The basket weaver put down a basket he had just made and took the lead to find wild vegetables.

On the bank of the waterfall, there is a large iron pot at each end, with coal or firewood burning underneath.

The water in the pot is well water. Don't drink the Yellow River water because there is too much sand.

The two pots belong to the court. Now they are in the subsidy stage. In the future, when tugboats come and go, part of the money withheld from Lijiazhuangzi will be taken out.

This morning, the person in charge bought two old hens with few eggs from a nearby village and stewed one in a pot.

For free soup, the workers and the people nearby who are ready to come to drink free soup will pick wild vegetables and put them in.

The chickens are chopped and thrown into the stew. Don't expect to eat chicken. The old hens are fat, so just drink the soup.

Bring your own food and have a meal with soup and free pickles.

No one needs to remind us to pick wild vegetables, we just pick them on our own initiative.

It is a national characteristic, and ordinary people cannot learn it.

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"Who introduced Ke Guang?" Bi Gou was also drinking soup, ginseng beard soup, which is made of ginseng beard and ginger.

It is summer now, he said he felt a little cold when sleeping at night, and felt cold in the stomach and shivered when basking in the sun during the day.

Give him some soup, mainly use ginger to drive away the cold.

Otherwise, he will have diarrhea if he basks in the sun.

He asked his subordinates at this moment, and he began to rectify the noodle industry of the Ministry of Revenue.

He specially called 30 noodle makers to come in for questioning, and after questioning them, he found someone.

"The person recommended by Xie Xin, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue." The office clerk gave the answer.

"Deduct 300 coins from him and tell him that if Ke Guang steals noodles home, his doctor will not work anymore." Bi Gou said with a sullen face.

"Yes."

"Whose man is Hou Li?" Bi Gou asked another one.

He asked one by one, deducting money from those who should be deducted and adjusting those who should be adjusted.

He was angry. As Li Yi said, as long as the workers were introduced, no one would hurry.

When kneading the noodles, they deliberately added more water, and then poured the water out.

And when making noodles, the so-called scraps were collected and thrown away.

In fact, the poured water was put into a bucket and taken away, and the scraps were also taken away.

The water was put back and boiled in a pot, and the noodles came out, and they could be scooped out and steamed in a pot.

Some people even brought whole wheat flour from outside and directly replaced part of the fine flour for making noodles.

Bi Gou was about to cry. No wonder his cost was so high. Who could afford to play like this?

"After everything is packed up, do it immediately according to Xiao Yi's instructions. Send noodles to every household and help them with their work.

Anyone who doesn't do a good job will be dismissed. Chang'an doesn't lack this much manpower. My Ministry of Revenue cannot let people laugh at me."

Bi Gou gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He picked up the bowl and drank it.

After drinking a bowl of soup, he smacked his lips. The ginseng aftertaste was actually a little sweet.