【Revised yesterday’s!】

Chapter 379 [Religious Ceremony]

A strange notice appeared in Mulan City.

This notice has been copied countless times and posted in all densely populated and most eye-catching places in Mulan City.

At the city gate, outside the various guild halls, next to the market...

Even the wall opposite the Governor's Office was secretly posted one night.

The content of this announcement itself is not too much, and the content is just recruiting craftsmen.

However, the number and conditions of recruitment caused a sensation in Mulan City!

There are 100 carpenters, 100 blacksmiths, and 500 construction craftsmen.

Although Mulan City was the capital of Nulin Province, there were more craftsmen than other areas, but after searching for such a large scale, I was afraid that most of the craftsmen in Mulan City would be collected in a moment.

In addition, several workers are recruited in the notice, and the workers' remuneration is also very attractive, indicating that food and accommodation are under control. In addition, there are ten copper coins every day. After all, you can get 300 copper coins every month!

You should know that in Mulan City, a laborer's monthly income was only more than one hundred copper coins, which was equivalent to double the price.

Although I asked to leave Mulan City and work in the north, from the notice, the place I went to was not too far away, and it was still in the Nulin Province.

Those who rely on hard work every day to make money to fill their stomachs? What are you afraid of if you are far away? Working for a year is equivalent to working hard for two years, so why not do it?

These people are not afraid of being taken to do the dangerous work of mining - miners have always been extremely dangerous. Mining that goes into the mountains and land is all about life. If they were not poor and had no way out, no one would be willing to do it no matter how much money they had - but fortunately, the notice clearly stated, it was within the Nulin Province.

Everyone knows that there are any mines in the territory of Nulin Province. There are only a few small loess hillsides to the north. Not to mention any minerals, even if they are dug for three to five years, they can only dig out a pile of loess.

Thinking of the fact that this group of people recruited carpenters, blacksmiths and construction craftsmen, the news spread, and the people in Mulan City were basically sure that this group of people would mostly build a city somewhere in the north.

The most important thing is that the number of coolies recruited on this notice is not specified. Who knows how many people are going to recruit? I am afraid that there will be no quota if I go too late.

...

There are four recruitment points outside the inner city of Mulan City, recruiting craftsmen in the city and laborers outside the city.

In the past few days, there have been a steady stream of people coming to apply for the recruitment. It is fine if a place in the city recruits craftsmen. However, the place outside the city recruits laborers is set up in the market outside the West City. There are still people watching in the first day or two, but from the third day, it becomes crowded with people, and the long flow of people almost squeezed out this small market.

In just one Mulan City, there are only a limited number of people who work as a coolie. In three or five days, nearly a thousand people were recruited, and almost all the hard worker workers in Mulan City were recruited. The direct result was that in the market outside Mulan City, cars and cargo were running, and even the staff of hiring porters became short of.

But Chen Daolin's group still seemed to be unsatisfied, and the recruitment momentum obviously did not mean to stop.

A few days later, even people from several small towns around Mulan City received news, and a large number of foreign strong laborers came to apply.

This will lead to different effects.

Chen Daolin and others recruited all the workers, and many businesses in Mulan City were obviously affected, and some people couldn't help but come forward to do some tricks.

However, Chen Daolin's bid was high, so these people had no choice but to elect one or two people to hand over the city's Governor's Mansion.

However, Chen Daolin used gold coins to open the joints of the Governor's Office in the city, and he obviously did not want to interfere in this matter.

After only half a month of trouble, the last strong laborers Chen Daolin recruited actually reached nearly 5,000!

Most of them heard the news of the generous rewards here and came from other places one after another during these days.

At this moment, the Governor's Mansion couldn't sit still!

Even though Governor Fiolo received Chen Daolin's money, the current development of things, a large amount of labor coming from small rural towns filled the city of Mulan.

Almost tens of thousands of people came to inquiries, and Chen Daolin and others had very strict standards for selecting labor. Those who were not strong enough, too weak or old were all shocked.

As a result, a large number of foreign populations were added to the city. These people stayed in Mulan City and always had to eat and sleep, which made the Mulan City chaotic. In a few days, more than ten security incidents occurred.

More importantly, Governor Fiolo found out that many strong laborers who came to apply for the recruitment were farmers in the countryside. When they heard that there were generous rewards, they became interested and did not even plant the land. Anyway, in the northwest, if they dig soil and cultivated for a year, they would not get much harvest, and they could only fill their stomachs.

This is equivalent to drawing a large number of farmers from the countryside and running out.

It is the spring plowing season every year. If a large number of farmers come out to work, the land will be abandoned, and the grain output will be affected by the end of the year and the agricultural tax will be greatly reduced. This is why he, the governor, is not in good shape, so how can he ignore it?

Finally, one night, a small official from the Governor's Mansion came to the hotel where Chen Daolin and others were staying. The person who was responsible for handling the matter was Baron Pierre. After this official expressed the concerns of Baron Pierre to Baron Pierre in obscure words, he received a certain promise from Baron Pierre and left with satisfaction.

"It seems that they have endured us to the limit."

In his room, Chen Daolin heard Baron Pierre talk to the officials of the Governor's Office tonight and smiled: "Okay, it's not good to make a big deal. Even if we go to the north, it's still the jurisdiction of the Nulin Province. In the future, we will have to deal with this Governor, and it's not easy to offend him. Anyway, the staff we need in the first stage are almost recruiting..."

After a pause, Chen Daolin glanced at Baron Pierre: "The matter of accepting the land..."

Although they stayed in Mulan City for many days, the large wasteland purchased from the Governor's House had already been asked by Baron Pierre's son Polomir to set out to receive it first.

After hearing Chen Daolin's question, the baron immediately said: "Polomir sent someone back last night and said that the things received there went smoothly. The Governor's Office sent officials to accompany him, and there was no stop in the local town. The contract was safe and the land was cut out."

"Okay, then prepare for it, we'll set out in three days!"

...

Three days later, Chen Daolin and a large group of people set off from Mulan City in a mighty manner.

The accompanying team consisted of hundreds of carts loaded with various cargoes.

In addition, Chen Daolin was a stronghold of a mercenary guild in Mulan City, and hired 200 mercenaries to set off. The task of these 200 mercenaries is to ensure the safety of the team and goods along the way, and also to maintain the order of so many people in case of any mistakes.

At this time, Chen Daolin's departure did not make Governor Fiolo in Mulan City relaxed. The Governor sent someone to find out the situation of Chen Daolin's team, but was stunned!

The Governor’s first thought was: I was deceived by this guy!!

It turns out that although Chen Daolin recruited five or six thousand people in Mulan City in more than half a month, the number of people in the team when he left was far more than five or six thousand! According to the description of the person who came back to report, there were at least tens of thousands of people in the team that Chen Daolin pulled away from Mulan City!!

Except for the five or six thousand craftsmen and laborers recruited, half of the team was filled with women, children and civilians!

This shocked Governor Fiolo!

As a province in the northwest region, Nulin Province was originally a vast land and sparsely populated area. Although Mulan City, the capital, is the largest city in Nulin Province, its population is only 100,000.

This time, Chen Daolin took away one-tenth of the city's population?!

The base of the population determines the taxation, the vitality of the city, and the reserve of labor. This is equivalent to letting Chen Daolin and his group take away one-tenth of their blood from Mulan City!

How can Governor Fiolo sit?!

After listening to his subordinates' careful report, the truth came to light.

It turned out that Chen Daolin and others had deliberately released news these days when they were recruiting personnel in Mulan City that they wanted to go to the north to build a city to settle down. In addition to the labor of craftsmen, the construction period of such a large project must last for a long time. In addition to the labor of labour, they also needed some other personnel.

For example, washing clothes, cooking, and ensuring logistics for a large number of workers always requires people to do it. Chen Daolin and other masters can't do it yourself, right?

In this way, this gap always needs to be overwhelmed. Some women are qualified to do things like washing and cooking without labor.

Moreover, Chen Daolin and others deliberately released the wind. After building an early city in the north, they would also open a textile farm, which also required some labor, which was acceptable to female workers.

In this way, the news spread among the recruited workers, and half of the workers simply joined the northbound team after considering it!

Five or six thousand strong laborers, plus half of them, brought their wives and children together, and the number of people in this team immediately exceeded 10,000!

Governor Fiolo sat in the Governor's Mansion, staring at the deputy officials beside him, stunned. Everyone looked at each other for a while, Governor Fiolo looked a little worried, frowned and said, "You guys say, these foreign guys won't cause any harm, right?"

A subordinate official thought about it and comforted him: "Sir, I don't think so. Although these people are from outside, they speak in the imperial accent and speak in a very decent manner, not like some evil person."

"But... I'll take tens of thousands of people to migrate... This matter cannot be taken lightly! What if something goes wrong..." An official was also a little scared and couldn't help but say, "Or what if they haven't walked far away, mobilize the patrol team in the city to rush over and stop them back?"

Before Fiolo could speak, the official who comforted him changed his face and retorted coldly: "Nonsense! A team of tens of thousands of people set out in a mighty way, how complicated the situation is! Besides, those guys have hired a large number of mercenaries to protect him along the way. If we rashly send troops to intercept... If we cause any misunderstandings and conflicts, there will be trouble! Besides, how many cavalry are there in Mulan City? There are only two hundred cavalry patrolling the city! If we send them to intercept, what reason? If we hold the legal documents issued by us, if we refuse to come back, what should the sent cavalry do? Forcibly arrested by force? Two hundred people arrested tens of thousands? If communication is not smooth, it will cause trouble... This will cause trouble!"

The official repeatedly spoke to Chen Daolin and others, but it was not that he was really kind-hearted, but that he had already received enough gold tickets and red envelopes from Ade.

When Fiolo heard this, his face hesitated and couldn't help but say, "But these people took away tens of thousands of people... and went to the north. They were going to do anything to commit treason, right?"

The official laughed and comforted: "Don't worry, Governor! Although the land bought by this group is a little remote, it is still the territory of our Nulin Province. Moreover, the left side of the place is close to the border of the Tulips Territory, and the north is not far from the military defense line of the Imperial border. If they dare to do something bad, we can transfer elite troops from the Tulips Private Army stationed on the border with a document to exterminate it! In this case, if you dare to do anything to commit rebellious crimes there, you will definitely be a broken mind. This matter is absolutely impossible!"

After hearing this, Fiolo thought about it in his mind. It was indeed the case and gradually calmed down.

Anyway, he has gained a lot of benefits in this matter and has made up for his own private pockets. As long as these outsiders pull away a large number of people, they will gather a crowd to rebel and do other things, he, the governor, is too lazy to care about it.

As for the laborers in Mulan City who were transferred so many times, the chambers of commerce in the city were full of complaints, and the Governor was too lazy to care about it.

...

The team of tens of thousands of people, who are also family, children, and children, are naturally very chaotic.

Chen Daolin handed over the power to command these workers to Montoya, and even the two hundred mercenaries hired to Montoya for command.

Montoya organized laborers into more than twenty teams, broke up the mercenaries and mixed them into each team, so he barely pulled up the team.

But even so, these workers who were carrying children and their families were carrying a lot of items. Many of them were like moving, carrying bags, bedding, pots, pans, and taxis, and some valuable belongings were taken on the way.

Moreover, the team of tens of thousands of people, unlike the army's strict discipline, spread out on the road in the wild and suddenly stretched out for several miles... This was the result of Montoya's efforts to drive away the mercenaries he hired.

It is conceivable that if you walk like this team for a few more days, it is not surprising that the team will continue to last for seven or eight miles!

From a distance, on the road in the remote suburbs of Mulan City, this vast team seemed like a fleeing refugee brigade!

Chen Daolin and others naturally rode horses and rode carriages, but the ordinary people of tens of thousands of people had no carriages to ride. Along the way, they could only measure the land with their own feet.

Although Chen Daolin's reward was a little higher, after walking for a day, there was no one in the team complaining. He was so tired that he felt a little regretful.

Even Chen Daolin knew that there were a small number of people in the team. Less than half a day after walking out, it was too hard to get on the road, so some people quietly left the team, walked back, and returned to Mulan City.

Chen Daolin had tried his best to slow down his journey. He left Mulan City in the morning and walked for a day. In the afternoon, he calculated the distance and had only walked twenty miles away.

Montoya, who was responsible for maintaining order along the way, was already exhausted and sweating profusely. The Holy Knight couldn't help but run to Chen Daolin and complained: "Sir, today is the first day, everyone is the most energetic, and they have only walked such a little road. Moreover... According to my experience, the speed of long-distance travel will only get slower and slower. According to this trend, we will reach our own territory, and we will probably have to walk for a month!"

Chen Daolin rode his horse and stopped by the roadside, standing on a small slope, looking down at the vast and loose team on the road, like a long dragon, but his face was very relaxed: "What are you afraid of if you walk slowly? What are you afraid of if you drag it longer? The longer the time, the greater the room for us to do something. I just want to keep these people's hearts together during the time I am rushing on this road. When I walk faster, I am not happy!"
To be continued...