Looking at a few horseback riding officials, walking with a team of entourage, Sun Sanlang held the shovel and looked curious. Father Sun on the side said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about work, what are you doing looking around!" ”

Sun Saburo said: "I'm tired, what's the point of taking a break." Daddy, I don't work so hard at home. ”

Daddy Sun said: "Do your own work, but no one will pay you!" Uncle Wu is staring at it over there, don't let people gossip! ”

Sun Sanlang turned around and saw that Uncle Wu was looking at him with sharper eyes, and hurriedly lowered his head to shovel soil.

Looking at the scene in full swing, Su Song said: "These people work hard, and they have never seen such intentions before when they recruited people to build canals and roads." Along the way, these people have done their best and have not been lazy. Sure enough, it's a good idea to send money. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Thirty wen a day, it looks inconspicuous, but as long as the cash is sent to the people, it will be very different." The most important thing now is to let the people in the yamen keep an eye on it, and the money must be sent in full! Rewards and punishments must be found from other places, and these thirty texts must not be deducted in any way! Whoever dares to deduct it will report directly to the camp and field affairs yamen, and must be severely punished! ”

Su Song nodded and did not speak. Although he started from the grassroots level like the pusher, Su Song was not familiar with the work of the grassroots officials and officials at the lower level, and he didn't feel the importance of Du Zhongxiao's attention to such details.

Du Zhongxiao used to be at the bottom of society, and he was more aware of the methods of grassroots officials and was willing to spend more energy. No matter how good the policy is, if the supervision is not effective, the grassroots officials can implement it in an absurd manner. Thirty wen a day for one person is really not much, but for the grassroots officials who directly manage it, mosquito legs are also meat, and as long as they pass through their hands, they have to scrape off the skin. Instead of directly sending money to the people who do the work, as long as they are given the power to decide how to distribute money and formulate rewards and punishments, these grassroots officials can play with it.

For example, if they don't find the money directly, they can make all kinds of deductions, and in the end, the money is inexplicably gone. Let them decide on rewards and punishments, and in the end, the people who worked hard paid less, and the money still came to them. Therefore, when working here, 30 wen a day must be paid every day, and when it comes to the end of the work, the payment cannot be delayed until dinner. The problem is that someone doesn't help, and the money always comes in anyway.

This problem has to be solved by Uncle Wu Liu. To put it simply, they were the foremen of the contractors of this era. The section of the road from the selected iron supervisor to the selected coal mine is about 100 li, and every five li is a section, and the contract is issued according to the section. The yamen set the time and set the standards for road construction. There is a certain reward for completing it at the specified time according to the quality, and the shorter the time, the higher the reward. The contractor fights for money from the reward and is also responsible for distributing the reward, and they manage the construction of the people under them. Good and bad, these people take responsibility. All the contractors are elected by the construction personnel according to the region, and everyone knows the roots. How they manage, the yamen does not ask.

There are various shortcomings of the contract system, and it is impossible to control direct construction, resulting in quality problems, material problems, and various problems. However, there is an advantage that cannot be refused, the management force is insufficient, and the construction team can be self-managed in this way to reduce management costs.

At present, the number of officials in the camp and field affairs yamen is insufficient, and the ability is insufficient, and in fact they are not able to manage the details of the construction, so they have to use this method. If the capacity of the yamen's team is sufficient, it is completely possible to supervise the construction without the contractor.

No matter what the era, it is difficult for ordinary people. It is also not easy to benefit the common people by doing things. The reason why it has been good governance since ancient times is because of simplicity. It is to collect less money, do less work, give the people time, and let them find ways to improve their lives on their own. Doing projects, giving jobs, even if it is giving money, if you are not careful, it will become an abuse of people's power.

Watching Du Zhongxiao and his entourage pass by, Uncle Wu Liu walked up to the people under him who were doing the work, and said, "This is the transportation judge of the camp and field affairs, and I came to see how your road is repaired today." This time, the camp took out a large amount of money, finished the work every day, and paid money every day, has there ever been before? If you don't work hard, how can you be worthy of the officials? Worthy of the imperial court! ”

A big man held his head and said, "Sixth uncle, it's only thirty wen a day." I went to Ruzhou City to do odd jobs, carrying porcelain for people, in addition to taking care of food, I also had to pay 40 wen. We contribute, the court pays money, and it is a matter of course, you don't need to say how cheap we make. ”

Everyone laughed together. In this era, the salary for odd jobs is about 100 wen a day. Prosperous places are higher, poor places are less, roughly the same. A family of several can only support itself if they can earn so much money by working. If you manage the rice, it will be about forty or fifty wen. There are fewer in the countryside, but thirty wen a day is not much.

Sixth Uncle Wu looked at everyone and said with a straight face: "Not to mention that the imperial court recruits people to do things, there was no such thing as sending money before." Let's just say that work, if you go out to work, if you can do it for two months in a row, will you be paid? O you, read the benefits of officials. I don't believe it, even if you go to Ruzhou City, you can get 900 wen a month to see if anyone hires you. I tell you, after the road is built, the iron warden still has a lot of work, and he will send it to those of us who lead the road construction. If you do a good job, I will lead it together in the future, and if you don't work hard, you will go your separate ways in the future. ”

Everyone giggled, knowing that Uncle Wu was telling the truth, and continued to work. The wages of odd jobs are not accurate, and they are higher than the normal ordinary wages at any time. Do it for two months in a row, and you have to do it separately.

Du Zhongxiao and Su Song returned to Ye County, and it was almost dusk. After resting at the Yamen and having dinner, Du Zhongxiao called Su Song and said to him: "The machine made in Yongcheng has been transported to Ye County for some days. A few days ago, I instructed Shichiro to bring a few people to repack them, and let's go over and have a look. It's a bulky machine, but it's useful. When the iron supervisor is built, we have iron, and we have people, and then we will change the deficiencies of this one and build a few again. ”

Su Song said: "I am busy these days, but I forgot about it. But what's the use of this machine? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's very useful." The biggest problem with that machine is that it is bulky, it can run on the road, but it can't pull goods. We are now building roads, and the roads will be rammed after they are repaired, which will cost people and labor. If the machine were to go all the way, it would save all that effort. ”

Su Song couldn't think of what this was used for, so together with Du Zhongxiao, he walked out of the city.

The machine is bulky, and it has a bulky use, so it can be used as a road roller. The road that is being built now, Du Zhongxiao has changed the standard, and he is building the road of the current world. The road is fishback-shaped, high in the middle, low on both sides, and flanked by drainage ditches. At the bottom of the roadbed are large boulders, and on top are small boulders, which are filled with sediment. The top is lime, and after the loess is tamped, a layer of coarse sand and gravel is paved, which is a gravel road.

The benefits of this type of road are endless, the roadbed is particularly durable and resistant to heavy vehicles. Maintenance only requires resurfacing the coarse sand of crushed stone, and the roadbed can be used for decades. The most important point is that there is no dust on dry days, and there is no water accumulation on rainy days, which can be used as the main road for transporting goods.

Outside the city, Tao Seventeen and Thirteen Lang were lying on the machine, driving back and forth abruptly. At this time, the wheels of the machine have been removed, and the front has been replaced with two huge mills, which is extremely spectacular.

When Su Song saw it, he said curiously: "Without wheels, with two grinders, you can still run!" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Replace it with two rollers, this machine is extremely heavy, and you can go to the road." One machine, I don't know how much manpower is saved! ”

Su Song nodded, not knowing what to say. The machine was used in such a way that it was far beyond my expectations. Such a few thousand catties of things pressed on the dirt road are naturally extremely hard, and they are stronger than rammed. But this machine costs a lot of money, and in the end, it becomes this purpose, and I always feel that something is wrong.