kingnovel Chapter 912 "Have you eaten?" and "Did you manage to snag a spot to go to Liaodong?&q
Chapter 912 "Have you eaten?" and "Did you manage to snag a spot to go to Liaodong?&q
"The master gave two instructions in total."
"First, we select people from each workshop, with at least ten people chosen from each workshop. As soon as the master's letter arrives, we send them to Liaodong."
"These ten people will stay in Liaodong for a full year, and then they will be replaced."
"It's not just Ningyang County, it's the same in Dengzhou Prefecture."
“Even the University of Terengganu had to select students to go there.”
"Secondly, although Liaodong is extremely cold and harsh, it is an untapped treasure trove, full of opportunities to make money and to become an official."
"If a family has many children and they are at risk of falling below the threshold for the progressive land tax, then the children can be sent to Liaodong to try their luck."
As soon as Chen Mo finished speaking, Liu Thirty-Two and the others immediately returned to their half-dead state.
make money?
To become an official?
I'm not really interested.
No matter how good that desolate place in Liaodong is, can it be better than our Ningyang County?
Besides, we're not cut out to be officials.
Although my family was extremely poor, we were not starving or freezing, and we could earn sixty coins a day at the workshop, so there was no need for us to suffer in Liaodong.
Chen Mo glanced at Liu Thirty-Two and the others, and continued, "The magistrate also said that there must be some stubborn people in our county who want to go to Liaodong to make a name for themselves, and we may not be able to stop them."
"However, things are different in Liaodong than in Ningyang and Dengzhou."
“Ningyang, Dengzhou, and even the whole of Shandong are not as teeming with tigers and wolves as Liaodong.”
"If any of your communes are going, let them team up and bring the weapons produced by our county's ironworks. Bring the muskets too. If you can solve a problem with a musket, don't use swords."
"As for the armor, the master has already asked Hu Buzheng to prepare the identities of the farm development Hundred Households for you in advance. After that, count the people who are going, fill in their names, and then report to the Thousand Households. After you arrive in Liaodong, you can collect the armor, crossbows and warhorses."
"..."
Seeing that Liu Sanshier and the others' eyes were getting brighter and brighter, Chen Mo couldn't help but scratch the back of his head.
What kind of people are these?
They have no interest in making money, nor in becoming officials.
But when it comes to murder and arson, these people become more enthusiastic than anyone else.
Are these the same "good people" who are usually so quiet you can't even fart after being hit three times?
Chen Mo's head ached more and more as he thought about it, and he couldn't help but shake his head slightly, saying, "You guys should all be normal."
“Our Ningyang County is home to the kind and virtuous people praised by the Duke of E.”
"Don't get all excited about murder and arson."
Liu Thirty-Two grinned and said, "Isn't it because our lord is always thinking about that Fenglang Juxu? The people of Ningyang County have received many favors from our lord. Even if we can't get him the title of Marquis of Champion, we must at least fulfill his dream of Fenglang Juxu."
Chen Mo's face immediately darkened: "Do you even know what 'sealing the wolf's lair' means?"
"Fenglangjuxu, to put it simply, means you go to the northern desert, kill your way to Hu Yuan's home, worship your own ancestors in Hu Yuan's ancestral hall, and show off how many Hu Yuan soldiers you killed."
"Hu Yuan is a commander of a million archers. If you do this, won't Hu Yuan fight you to the death?"
Liu Thirty-Two turned his head and exchanged glances with the group of club presidents, then clicked his tongue and said, "Go all out then."
"I don't believe Hu Yuan can put all his soldiers on that Langjuxu Mountain."
"At worst, we can sneak over there, kill all the Tartar soldiers at Langjuxu, and then return Langjuxu Mountain to the Tartars after the Lord and His Highness the Crown Prince have finished their ancestral rites."
"..."
Chen Mo couldn't help but reach out and rub his forehead.
Well, not only did I fail to stop these bastards, they actually got more and more outrageous.
How many people does Ningyang County have? Even if we filled them all up, we probably wouldn't have as many Tartar soldiers as the Langjuxu army.
And kill all the Tartar soldiers at Langjuxu?
When you make this claim, why don't you use your brains to think about why Krupp's Li Mingchen didn't seal the wolf's lair?
Don't you want to?
To put it bluntly, being able to intercept and kill Hu Yuan's concubines and ministers was already a stroke of luck.
If he were to lead troops to perform the Fenglangjuxu ritual, whether it would violate any taboos would be another matter. The key issue is that his title might have just been conferred, and he would have to choose someone from his close relatives to inherit it.
No.
We must write to the magistrate immediately to explain the situation; we absolutely cannot let these scoundrels act recklessly.
……
The bandits of Ningyang County were excitedly preparing to form a group to go to Liaodong to kill and burn, while the people of other places were preparing to go to Liaodong to make a fortune.
After all, not all prefectures and counties are called Ningyang County.
Although the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty was forcibly governed by Emperor Zhu, who set a daily wage of sixty copper coins.
But rules are rules, and reality is reality.
Even if the prefectures and counties in various places are willing to strictly implement the standard of sixty coins per day for labor, how could ordinary people possibly get a job that pays sixty coins?
Even if ordinary people could get their hands on the project, where would the local state and county treasuries have so much money and grain to carry out projects like road repairs and tree planting that don't generate immediate income?
Even if local governments and counties are to allocate funds to establish small workshops, they must first ensure that the products from these workshops can be sold before they can collect the funds to pay the workers.
Therefore, the bandits in Ningyang County didn't care much about the sixty coins a day, but the people in other places couldn't afford to be indifferent.
"Did you manage to snag a spot to go to Liaodong?"
The common way people greet each other has changed from "Have you eaten?" to asking if others have managed to snag a spot to go to Liaodong.
The difference between the two greetings lies in the fact that the greeting "Have you eaten?" carries concern for the other person, implying, "If you haven't eaten and are still hungry, I'd like to offer you something to eat."
This is a kind of compassion that shows concern for others even when one is hungry oneself.
The person being greeted will often say "I've already eaten" even if they're hungry.
When people are at their wits' end, with nowhere else to turn, they don't want to cause trouble for others, let alone take away their chance to survive.
The question, "Did you manage to snag a spot to go to Liaodong?" carries a deep sense of probing and speculation.
What are the quotas for going to Liaodong?
It's money and grain.
It is land.
It was an opportunity to get rich and fill one's stomach.
There were only a few spots available for the first batch of trips to Liaodong. If you guys managed to snag them, does that mean I won't get a chance?
Therefore, those who didn't manage to snag a spot to go to Liaodong often worry about whether others did.
Those who have already secured a spot to go to Liaodong will quietly make preparations for their trip, while also mysteriously asking others, "Have you secured a spot to go to Liaodong yet?"