Author: Soy Sauce Xuanzhu

The corvee was paid, and the price was as high as 200 wen a day, and even included food and accommodation...

As soon as this news came out, it was a big deal!

However, this can be considered a good thing. After all, it has not been easy for ordinary people to resist the temptation of slums and stick to the farmland in the past five years.

Seeing more and more people leaving the farmland, the county magistrates were also panicked. If they became mere commanders and had no people to rule, they would be ridiculed by their colleagues.

So when they saw the "paid corvee" order, the county magistrates were surprised and excited.

It is hard to say whether the slum relief can help the 800,000 refugees in the slums, but this corvee has actually helped the people left behind.

The common people have got a real Bengbu. There shouldn’t be an increase in the number of people going to refugee camps this year, right?

As long as they can tie people to the fields and are not mere commanders, they are satisfied.

The county magistrates happily posted the news overnight, hoping that the people would see it early the next morning.

As a result, as soon as I went out, I encountered a large number of people.

Speaking of which, ever since a large number of people moved to the refugee camps, the county government office gate has not been so lively for a long time.

The county magistrate was a little surprised at how well-informed these people were.

It took a while to figure out that it turned out that the princess had used a two-pronged approach. She not only asked Cui Fuyin to promulgate the document, but also asked her own servants to go home and report the news. The news was publicized in the shortest possible time, and there was no need for them to go door to door to inform.

At this time, the people who gathered at the county government office all had one question: Are they really being paid for the corvee service this time?

Faced with the doubts of the common people, the county magistrate gave an affirmative answer.

"Yes, this is not a rumor. It is indeed a new rule set by the princess. It is unclear whether it will be followed in the future, but this time I really paid."

"!"

The common people were shocked and excitedly expressed that they would sign up immediately.

The county magistrate has been an official for so long, and this is the first time he has encountered someone who is so active in serving as a corvee.

Normally, only one or two strong laborers per household are required to serve in corvee, but this time, no matter whether they are strong, weak, old or young, everyone is actively fighting for it, and even three-year-old children have to sign up.

The county magistrate looked at everyone speechlessly: "I understand your feelings very well, but it's very difficult for me to handle you like this. Why do you let a three-year-old child do it? Playing in the mud is an eyesore, right?"

"This...isn't it true that all the adults are gone and there is no one at home to take care of the children?" Everyone felt guilty.

"Then we can't take the princess as someone who has been taken advantage of. Is it fair to hand over this list?" The county magistrate rolled his eyes at everyone, waved his hand and said: "I make the decision. Children under ten years old and old men aged fifty-six cannot avenge.

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"Ah..." Many old people in the crowd wailed.

"Sir, although I have reached my age, I am still strong and can serve another two years of corvee service."

"The same is true for adults and villains."

"Sir, you are extremely gracious and let us go."

…

In Dachu, people under ten years old and over fifty-six years old are exempted from corvee service.

In modern times, fifty-six years old is still in the prime of life, but in ancient times, nutrition, environment and other aspects could not keep up. "Life is rare in seventy years." Living to fifty-six years old is already considered a very old age.

In the past, whenever it was time to do corvee work, even those under age would find ways to get past it.

This was the only time that no one wanted to be exempted from the corvee.

"Sir, when the number of corvees is not enough, all the overage ones will be recruited. Please recruit us this time too."

"Yes, as you said, we don't know whether we will get such preferential treatment next time. Please look at the fact that we have been working diligently to guard this land all these years, and let us go."

Seeing everyone's pleadings, the county magistrate shook his head helplessly, and for the first time he understood what it means to have money that can make people go around.

If the princess uses this method, why worry about finding someone to work for her?

"Okay, you can only relax it for two years at most. After all, your body is yours. If something happens while doing corvee service, the gain will outweigh the loss."

In this way, nearly 200,000 people from four counties rushed towards Taihe City in a mighty manner.

While they were rushing here, Li Yewu's "paid corvee" had also been spread to the ears of the four major families.

The four masters gathered in secret again, looking at the letter in their hands and feeling speechless for a moment.

"Didn't the princess want to cultivate the land when she got it? Why did she suddenly want to build a house?"

"Who knows what she is thinking, 200 Wen a day, haha, if all the 300,000 people in the county come here, I don't see how she can make 200 Wen a day."

"I thought this girl was powerful, but she was even more outrageous than Xiao Jiuxi. It seems that Taihezhou will never be able to regain its former glory." The silent head of the Xu family sighed again.

The head of the Liu family, who was afraid of death, rarely agreed with the head of the Xu family.

But his heart felt cold again. He would never admit that he had been tempted to seek refuge with the princess these days.

However, as soon as this incident came out, his surrender was instantly wiped out.

Forget it, he should just live alone.

…

That day, Li Yewu was still sleeping, and Zicui rushed in hastily.

"Master, master, it's bad, there are so many people coming outside...outside..."

"Are there bandits again?" Li Yewu jumped up with excitement, his eyes full of horror.

Zi Cui stiffened and smiled awkwardly: "Well, they're not bandits, they're the craftsmen Dawang and the others found."

"So fast?" Li Yewu was a little surprised. It was only the third day of vacation, right?

She also expected that the recruitment would take less than half a month to complete.

"How many people came?"

She asked as she got out of bed and changed her clothes.

Zi Cui shook her head awkwardly: "No... I don't know."

"I don't know?" Li Yewu was surprised: "What does this mean?"

"Because...you can't see the edge at a glance..."

…

Soon, Li Yewu knew what Zicui meant.

There are indeed many people coming, and there are countless people when you look at it.

Later, Cui Fuyin looked at the headcount statistics submitted by each county government and confirmed that the total number of people coming this time was 200,000.

200,000!

Mr. Cui Fuyin's body trembled. Even building the imperial mausoleum would not require so many people.

He glanced at Li Yewu with some worry, Madam, can she afford so much wages?

Li Yewu was not worried at all about this.

She accidentally blew up the imperial mausoleum and got 10 million taels. After deducting the 6.24 million taels for debt repayment and buying back the land, she still had 3.76 million taels left.

Furthermore, didn’t Eunuch Qian later send me 30,000 taels of pocket money?

This is equivalent to having 3.79 million taels on hand.

200,000 people, 200 wen per day, which is 20,000 taels per day, is only 600,000 taels of wages per month.

Although it looks like a lot, one advantage in ancient times is that the materials were basically free.

To build a house, you need to dig the foundation stones in the mountains.

The wood needed to build a house is cut in the mountains.

Except for labor costs, there are basically no other costs. It can be said that infrastructure construction has to be cheap in ancient times.
Chapter completed!