Chapter 1162 Chapter 1162: Build a High Wall (Part 2) [Asking for monthly votes]
Shen Tang said: “Why can’t we do both?”
First he defrauded Cui Hui, and then sold Cui Mi at the same price.
She looked Cui Mi up and down, and said half threateningly, half jokingly: "After all, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are."
Failing to sell at a high price does not mean that there is no bid. If he was so poor, Shen Tang wouldn't mind "selling" Cui Mi at a low price.
Cui Mi trembled: "Sister Shen is so ruthless."
I originally set my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch.
Why can’t you see that you are deeply affectionate and unrepentant?
Shen Tang naturally didn’t believe Cui Mi’s lies.
Don’t have any illusions about the head of the family, can you have any filter for the son of the family? The two are essentially the same species, with the same origin. Shen Tang showed no mercy when squeezing Cui Mi, a free labor force.
“Cui Erlang, deal with these as soon as possible.”
If the government wants to resume operations, it needs people who can do the work.
Shen Tang didn’t expect Cui Mi to do anything alone.
She wrote a notice in her own hand and posted it at the city gate.
This notice did not attract attention at first.
There are not many households in this area, and there are very few literate people. No one came to apply for the job for three or four days. Just when Shen Tang was about to give up and go to the next county to recruit people, a frail scholar with patched clothes came to the door with an old man with white hair and beard. The two of them had sallow faces and thin muscles, and dry and white skin on their lips. They seemed to be shaking every step they took.
He was also weak when speaking, and his eyes turned green from hunger.
Seeing their embarrassment, Shen Tang felt kind-hearted and handed them two pancakes: "Eat something first to fill your stomach. Regardless of whether you apply for the job or not, the government will provide two meals for free."
“Thank you so much, County Magistrate.”
Weak scholars and old men were not polite.
Although the hunger in their bellies made them move urgently and eager to push the pancakes directly to their stomachs, they still tried to maintain a trace of grace in their movements. Shen Tang winked at Cui Mi again and motioned for him to bring them water. Cui Mi, a son of an aristocratic family, was able to do this kind of job of serving tea and water with ease, and there was no arrogance in his face.
He advised: "You two, please slow down, don't choke."
The frail scholar and the old man each ate three large cakes and drank two bowls of warm water before they stopped, feeling full in their stomachs.
Shen Tang then began to interview the two of them.
“You guys came here together? Do you know each other?”
The scholar's voice was as quiet as a mosquito, and he looked very shy and restrained: "Back to the county magistrate, the two grass people are my grandfather and grandson, and they are both local people."
The notice states that priority will be given to recruiting locals.
Shen Tang asked again: “Where do you live?”
The scholar was embarrassed and told him an address.
Shen Tang searched for the relevant location in his mind. If he remembered correctly, there was an old, collapsed house there. She had walked around before and had visited there, and knew that dozens of lonely old people lived there. The young people in the family either died in the war or were overwhelmed and went to make a living in other places. The house leaked and collapsed and no one repaired it.
Last summer was very windy and most of the houses collapsed.
Four old men were killed by a collapsed stone wall.
The county officials wanted to make repairs, but they had no money or anyone.
If you want to mobilize the people to help repair a repairs, they will not be able to make up. In the end, a group of men and women who are thirty or forty will help to clean up a few dangerous houses that barely live in people, and temporarily settle these people. Hearing that the grandfather and grandson lived there, Shen Tang asked, "I went there not long ago to check the population, but it seems I haven't seen you."
The scholar obviously knew this too.
He explained: "Aweng is old and frail, and the grassroots wanted to take him to live with his cousin in a neighboring county, but his cousin was not at home, and our only means were exhausted, so we had to come back."
Shen Tang nodded.
Did not pursue this point further.
When she went to get to know the population of the dilapidated housing area that day, a neighbor mentioned a pair of grandfathers and grandsons, and they should be referring to them.
Even if a cousin is not at home, it is also a refusal.
There is a high probability that the cousin is missing and refuses to join this poor relative. In the words of those old people, whose family is not living a tight life, where is the extra food to feed two mouths? It won't be long before they are driven back.
Shen Tang asked again: "Do you know the characters?"
The scholar nodded and said, "I know you."
When he was young, Aweng studied with a local private school for several years. He relied on these to ghostwrite letters to fellow villagers and write some couplets during the holidays in exchange for rice, flour, grain and oil. Even though it’s not much, it can still give the family a good meal. The scholar's enlightenment was also taught by Aweng. He studied for two years before moving to the only private school, read a few books, and could calculate accounts with an abacus.
Shen Tang asked his grandfather and grandson to write and take a look.
Basic reading and writing are no problem, and the abacus is also good.
Shen Tang nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, let's stay."
The scholar raised his head in disbelief, and his dull eyes suddenly burst into light: "Xian Cheng, is this all right?"
Shen Tang nodded: "Yeah."
But there are some ugly things to say up front.
She said: "Because the conditions of the county government are not good and there is no savings in the treasury, the monthly salary for the first year is only grain, which will provide you with three meals a day. During the holidays, you will be rewarded with rice, flour, grain and oil, but no money. In the second year, The economic situation of the county government has improved, and the monthly salary will make up for the money you deserve for your position. "
If you can accept this condition, you can start the job.
The scholar nodded fiercely: "The common people know it."
Their grandparents came here just for the three meals a day.
If the problem of food and clothing can be solved, and the two acres of thin farmland at home can be cleared out to grow some crops, I can barely survive this year.
The old man’s eyes were filled with muddy tears.
He led his grandson to salute Shen Tang and thank him.
Shen Tang said: "You don't have to go back to live. You can live in an empty house in the county government office. At least it won't leak."
Grandpa and grandson are extremely grateful.
In addition to the grandfather and grandson, Shen Tang also recruited a cook.
The cook is in her early forties, and most of her hair on her temples is gray. She has a large frame, is thin, and looks a bit skinny. Shen Tang took a fancy to her quickness in work and kept her here. Cui Mi couldn't help but sympathize with her after just a few days of hard work: "Sister Shen, you really don't want me to help you?"
Shen Tang said: "A member of the Cui family?"
Cui Mi said: "No, he is a classmate."
In troubled times, the mortality rate is high, and aristocratic families try their best to survive in order to ensure their continuation. However, except for the large sects, all other sects, regardless of their direct descendants, are small sects who cannot inherit much family property. Some of these sons of the small sect are working hard and hoping to achieve great things after the separation of the family, while others, like Cui Mi, just mess it up and enjoy life before the separation of the family. These bad classmates can win two of them.
Shen Tang refused without thinking.
“Farewell, the small temple cannot accommodate the big Buddha.”
Cui Mi said: "There are also people from common people."
No matter how bad it is, it is still much better than the people she has recruited these days.
"But, I really need some manpower." Shen Tang changed the topic, patted Cui Mi on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Come on, help me write a notice for a competition, I want to set up the arena. And I can borrow your Cui Erlang connections, Send out lots of them!”
Cui Mi: “???”
No, what kind of notice? ? ?
He didn’t understand why the topic suddenly jumped to the contest for marriage.
"But Sister Shen, marriage is a major event in life, how can we treat it so casually? Even those reckless knights, no one does this..." Contests for marriage are only available in Fangshi dialects.
To decide major life events so casually is beyond the scope of three views for people from aristocratic families who attach great importance to marriage and pay attention to being well-matched. Shen Tang said: "What does it mean to be treated casually? What I call it is to play the long game and catch the big fish. Isn't it that I am forced to have no choice? I can't recruit labor for so many days! If I don't compete with each other to recruit relatives, how can I be taken advantage of? A cow becomes a horse?”
Kang Guo’s success led Shen Tang to rely on the Wudan infrastructure model.
She is accustomed to the efficient work results of brave warriors, but she cannot tolerate the inefficient work mode of ordinary people. However, this remote and remote area lacks even ordinary young people, let alone brave warriors. Shen Tang must think of some way to attract brave warriors!
After much thought, she decided to use a honey trap!
Wu Youyong’s shell looks pretty good, and his hair is thick. Wearing a curtain hat can also add some atmosphere BUFF.
Shen Tang instructed Cui Mi to write a notice for him to compete in martial arts to recruit a bride.
Also asked him to paint a portrait of himself.
“How beautiful I am, so you can draw me.”
"As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Cui Erlang keeps saying that he likes me, so in your eyes, I should be something in the sky and nothing on the earth. Yes, just paint according to this standard! Use portraits to describe my beauty and use words to praise me. My beauty!" Shen Tang patted Cui Mi on the shoulder, approached and threatened him, "It's best to look like Concubine Mi in "The Legend of Luo Shen", I believe you!"
“Luo Shen Fu?”
Shen Tang said intoxicatedly: "Its shape is as graceful as a startling giant, as graceful as a swimming dragon. The autumn chrysanthemums are shining brightly, and the spring pines are gorgeous. They seem to be like the moon covered by light clouds, and fluttering like the snow in the flowing wind... I will follow you It’s said that Bai Yueguang is indispensable in writing romance novels without copying this paragraph!”
How much material is provided to describe classical beauties.
“Magnificent in appearance, quiet in appearance and leisurely in body.”
Shen Tang took out a small bronze mirror from his arms and continued to be intoxicated.
Cui Mi felt a little stuck in his mind: "What next?"
Shen Tang put away the small bronze mirror and stuffed it into his arms: "Oh, Cui Erlang is still too young. There are two things that many men in the world can't stand the most. One is a beauty in someone else's arms, and the other is being compared to others. You must be strong. If you compete in a martial arts competition, the winner will be able to win a beautiful woman. Only those who are brave enough to win will be willing to accept defeat and become my horse."
Cui Mi: "Being a cow or a horse?"
Seeing that he was not understanding, Shen Tang could only explain carefully: "We compete in martial arts to recruit a bride. If you win, you will be the groom. If you lose, you will have to pay the price. Is it not too much to be a part-time laborer for a month? Oh, by the way, write this string of characters in small letters." Click. The final interpretation rights belong to me.”
Cui Mi couldn’t figure out what he could do as a one-month short-time worker.
However, this move can indeed attract a lot of people.
He worriedly asked: "What if I lose in the contest to recruit a bride?"
Shen Tang said: "I defend the challenge, can I lose?"
Cui Mi: “…”
He recalled the scene he had seen before. The man in front of him was fighting through obstacles and destroying the world. It was indeed impossible to lose.
Shen Tang urged him: "Hurry up."
It would be better to give her the title of the most beautiful woman in such and such a place.
Shen Tang's saucy behavior also alarmed Cui Zhi.
Cui Zhizheng secretly observed how Shen Tang could make up for three years of bad debts, and waited and waited until a farce of a competition to recruit a bride occurred. Cui Mi also knew what was appropriate and did not publicize the matter throughout Qi State. The news was only passed among the rangers. At first no one believed it, but after hearing the fairy-like description, even those who were not interested became fascinated and joined in the fun one after another.
A confidant said: "This is a ridiculous move, but the effect is good. There is a shortage of young people in that place, isn't there someone who has left now?"
It’s useless just to go there.
Most of these young and strong men are bohemian rangers, the most rebellious and disobedient. Once they know that they are being played, Shen Zhongli will have a backlash! Her close aides felt that her military expedition was in danger and that she might not be able to end it. What if you accidentally lose in the competition to recruit a bride?
Cui Zhi doesn’t think Shen Tang will lose.
She is a Qi Yuanliang person, and she still has some strength.
only-
Cui Zhi closed his eyes and thought deeply: "Send someone to find out."
Perhaps we can use "Shen Zhongli" to test the reality of praying for good deeds.
The confidants nodded, that was exactly what he meant.
Cui Zhi also used the Cui family's connections to spread the news of "stunning beauties competing in martial arts to recruit brides", focusing on promoting the beauty's stunning appearance. Miao Ne, who was secretly paying close attention to Shen Tang's movements, also received the news. As a person from Kang State, she could see at a glance what her country's leader was planning, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
The hanging heart is finally relieved.
When she knew that Shen Tang had gone to a remote rural area to be the county magistrate, and that he needed people but no one and no money, Miao Na became a little worried and worried that Shen Tang would be unlucky in his career. I never expected that Shen Tang's path would be so wild.
How could a normal person come up with such a way to catch people?
【Compete with martial arts to recruit relatives, use martial arts to make friends. 】
【Winning or losing comes first, friendship comes second. 】
Shen Tang did not limit the period of competition in the ring to recruit a bride. As long as no one succeeds, the arena will always be here!
You can fight as soon as you step into the ring, you don’t even need to make a reservation.
In just a few days, half of the foreign population was indigenous.
Seeing more and more rangers approaching the same destination, and learning that they all came to compete in the arena to marry beauties, many rangers thought inwardly: "With so many people, will the competition be successful?"
“The arena is still there.”
“Alas, even if it is still there, there is little hope.”
He saw many people with stronger auras than himself.
There is no chance to compete with these people.
“But after coming, wouldn’t it be a pity not to see this concubine Mi?” Many people had this in mind and gave up the idea of evacuating.
No one thought that this would be a major stain in life.
Before the fight, a contract must be signed.
Shen Tang failed in the battle and was willing to admit defeat.
If she successfully defends the ring, the person fighting in the ring is willing to admit defeat.
The contest is over, and no one is allowed to kill. Considering that the sword has no eyes, if you are accidentally injured, you can only admit that you are unlucky and blame yourself for being inferior to others. Once the deed is signed, neither party can default!
Shen Tang was covered in white gauze, revealing a pair of beautiful smiling eyes.
“Heaven’s witness, there will be no regrets!”
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Hehehe, although it rained very heavily today, the good news is that Line 3 has been suspended due to road construction or other reasons, and only Line 2 and Line 1 are tested.
Shiitake waited from 8:30 to 12:40 to get into Section 3. It was hard to wait, but the result was good. On the second line, I finally pulled over and got 10 points deducted for exceeding 30cm. Long live 90 points (*^▽ ^*), passed Section 3 in one go.
The reason why I didn’t go to take the test for subject 4 on the same day was because it was too late to finish the exam. Subject 4 and subject 3 are not in the same place. I planned to check out the test sites and be sure to pass without any trouble.
PS: Thank God, the battle ended before the students took the college entrance examination and learned to drive.