While he was talking, it was a fast horse coming from the direction of Rock Fort, and the knight was Shi Jin.

The news that Shi Jin personally came to deliver was naturally not idle - Zhao Hui came and brought what Dong Ce urgently needed.

Anyway, the content of the training during the three or five days was still standing in a military posture, and it didn't matter if Dong Ce was not here staring, he handed over the matter to Wang Tong and the others, and returned to Rock Fort.

Outside the south gate of the Rock Fort, a caravan was stopping here, but unlike the last time, the number of caravans was much smaller, only a carriage, a few ox carts, and a few courtyards.

Zhao Dahui sat on a chair, and there were two nursing homes standing behind him, drinking tea leisurely, and his demeanor was very leisurely. Li Gui accompanied him on the side, he was responsible for the allocation and introduction of materials, and Zhao Dahui was the interface relationship, and it was also right to accompany him. The two said a few words from time to time, and talked in detail very happily.

Remembering the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, Li Gui stood up and said, "When the adults are back." ”

Zhao Dahui also got up and said with a smile: "Your lord is really resolute, we have been walking the land of the Three Jin Dynasty for more than ten years, and I have never seen such a diligent official." ”

When it came to Dong Ce, Li Gui just smiled and said nothing.

As soon as Dong Ce pulled the reins of his horse, the war horse let out a Herodian neigh, slowly slowed down, and stopped in front of Zhao Dajun and others. He swept his gaze and saw dozens of ragged men standing behind Zhao Dahui reading > novel ybdu, and his eyes immediately lit up.

He turned over and dismounted, Zhao Dahui and Li Gui hurriedly came over and knelt down and kowtowed, one claimed to be a villain, and the other claimed to be a subordinate.

"Get up!" Dong Ce smiled, and helped Zhao Dacheng up with his own hands, and said with a smile: "I have to let you kowtow to me for your errands, and I really don't want to go." ”

Dong Ce's approachable attitude made Zhao Dahui, a businessman who had never had a good face in front of officials, a little flattered, and his heart was ironed, and he sighed again: "Look at what you said, my lord, it is the duty of a villain to serve an adult." Besides, adults are also bold and generous! ”

Dong Ce laughed: "I can't miss you." ”

He pointed to the dozen or so ragged men behind Zhao Dahui: "That's them?" ”

"Your Excellency." Zhao Dahui said with a smile: "There are sixteen in total, of which three plasterers and two carpenters are recruited from Ninglu Fort, and most of them have participated in those pier castles to the west of Xi'an Fort." The remaining eleven were blacksmiths, and all of them had been armed, three of them had been beaten with armor leaves, and one had been shot with a firecracker. Look at that one, he is still a craftsman, and it is said that the Ershan Wenjia on the body of Cao Wenshao, the current commander of Datong, was beaten by him. ”

Dong Ce raised his eyebrows: "There are still some origins." ”

He patted his chest, and his face was quite proud: "It's not the villain who brags, that is, me, for two, in such a short period of time, I can't find so many people!" There are not many people who can make fire gun armor leaves, and they are all very strict, not to mention the lonely shop, the villains who can be pry near the left of Datong Town have been bought. ”

"I'm sick of you." Dong Ce smiled.

Zhao Dahui turned around and shouted, "What are you still doing in a daze?" You thieves, why don't you come and see your lords? ”

Those craftsmen hurriedly came over and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Dong Ce.

Dong Ce swept over, they were all ragged, their faces were yellow and thin, their eyes were numb, and they looked like this, they were not much stronger than the homeless. This time, they were basically dragged by their families, sixteen craftsmen, plus more than 60 family members, their mothers-in-law and children also had vegetables, their hair was knotted, their faces were dirty, and they didn't know how long they hadn't been washed.

Dong Ce looked at it and felt a little emotion in his heart.

In later generations, these are all technical talents, especially those who participated in the construction of the castle, can draw drawings, although not a few but understand the data plasterers, can no longer be called craftsmen. In their own time, they could definitely make a good living with their craft, and they would even have the title of this master and that family. But under the artisan system of the Ming Dynasty, they were living like slaves. There is no personal freedom, the income is extremely Weibo and most of it is embezzled by the stewards, and it is not allowed to do it in other countries, artisans and military households, which can be said to be sympathetic, are one of the two most unlucky and pitiful groups of people in the Ming Dynasty.

The only one who is more unlucky and tragic than them may be the descendants of Zhang Shicheng and others, that is, the untouchable group of the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at them like this, you know that your life is very unsatisfactory, but this also increases Dong Ce's confidence a lot.

"Get up!" He said with a pleasant face: "From now on, you will serve under this official, and in the future, each craftsman will receive one stone of fine grain per month." ”

One stone of grain, one hundred and fifty-three catties and eight taels, one hundred and ninety-four catties in later generations, is enough for a family of four to eat for a month, although there is not much left, but at least there will be no hunger.

Hearing that so much grain was distributed every month, these craftsmen finally had a look in their eyes, with an expression of disbelief on their faces, looking at each other, and then at Dong Ce, after all, they were afraid of official authority, but they didn't dare to speak.

Dong Ce smiled: "If you have something to say, you can just say it." ”

After another stretch, an older craftsman came out, kowtowed first and apologized, and then said: "The villain is guilty of death, what the adults said, is it like this in the first month, or is it like this in the next month?" Think it's the norm? ”

"Naturally, it's like this every month. Not only that, but every New Year's Day, there is always some meat to be sent down. ”

Dong Ce said with a smile: "These monthly rations are your basic wages, and if the things that the official orders you to build in the future can be beaten out and built well, there will be another reward." The more things you build, the better, and the more money you get! ”

When all the craftsmen heard this, they all smiled and kowtowed to thank them.

In their opinion, this big official like Master Dong naturally has no reason that his words don't count, and it seems that he will never have to go hungry in the future.

"Your quarters and the loft chief have already been built in advance, so let's move the things!"

Dong Ce called Zhou Bo and Zhai Qingtong and asked them to lead these craftsmen to take a bath in Ganhe first, rub their bodies clean, and then ask Li Gui to take clean clothes, shoes and socks for them.

He attached great importance to these craftsmen, and had already built huts and shelters for them in the northwest corner of the city, relying on the ruins of the wall, and the next few ox carts were pulling their tools, iron felt, hammers, iron drills, bellows, and the like. Uncle Zhou also found someone to move in together.

"The identity of these people ......" Dong Ce looked at Zhao Dahui and said, "There is no problem, right?" ”

"No problem!" Zhao Dahui said with a smile: "Now they are all dead on the list of artisan households of the housekeepers, or they have become homeless. ”

Dong Ce nodded, turned around and gave Li Gui an order, and wrote a note.

After a while, Li Gui took a money bag over, Dong Ce turned it upside down, and handed the money bag to Zhao Dahui: "It's for you." ”

Zhao Dahui was sinking when he started, and he almost didn't hold it steady, he quickly opened the bag and took a look, and was immediately dazzled. The high-grade silver, the texture is delicate, the silver is snow-white, and the silver content is at least seventy percent or more! They are all small ingots of two or two, I am afraid that there will be as many as twenty or thirty, Zhao Da is an expert, this bag of silver is fifty taels of foundation!

He grabbed the money bag and said, "My lord, this, this is too much......

The last time I did business with Dong Ce, I sold so many farming cattle, and he only earned less than eighty taels in total, and this year, business is not easy to do!

He did do a little bit to get these craftsmen here this time, but he found all the petty officials who were not very ambitious, and it only cost more than 20 taels of silver, but Dong Ce gave him so much at once, which made him a little panicked.

"You deserve it." Dong Ce waved his hand: "You worked hard, and you sent people so quickly, the official has to thank you." Isn't it unkind that this official sent you to do something, but let you make no money? ”

"This ......" Zhao Dahui clenched the money bag in his hand, and was a little moved in his heart.

Not because of the money, but because of Dong Ce's attitude towards him, how can any official treat businessmen as human beings these days? He has also dealt with some officials, and what he has gained is nothing more than white eyes, disdain, instigation, and even blackmail. And Dong Ce treats him, what he can feel is that he attaches importance and fairness!

This Lord Dong is different from other officials, very different.

He suddenly patted his head: "Look at my memory, my lord, you asked people to send a letter yesterday, and the books entrusted to me to buy are all quite remote, and they can't be bought in a lonely store, and the villain has already gone to the bookstore in Datong Town to buy them. It's just that the villain asked an acquaintance who had been a bookstore, and he said that although other books were rare, they were not unsold, and there were always some martial artists who would buy them. We have a lot of generals here in Datong Town, and the business is not bad. However, the book "Illustrated Weapons of Weapons" is really unheard of and unseen. I'm afraid I can't buy this, so I ask the adults to atone for their sins. ”

"I don't blame you, I don't blame you, maybe the official remembered it wrong." Dong Ce waved his hand.

He doesn't remember exactly what year this book was published and distributed in large quantities, either Chongzhen for seven years or for eight years of revitalization, if anyone who is a bookstore has never heard of it, it may be that it has not been published yet.

"It's a pity." Dong Ce regretted that the book was rich in content, professional and operable, and it was of great benefit to himself.

"I also have to ask the shopkeeper Zhao to help me take a look, maybe the book of Jingshi will come out next year." Dong Ce said.

Zhao Dahui naturally agreed.

Zhao Dahui left, and left with great enthusiasm - Dong Ce asked him to continue to help find a craftsman, as long as the blacksmith, find a reward for giving him two taels of silver. If he can beat the nail leaf, three taels of silver; Those who can shoot firecrackers, five taels of silver!