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It is said that human life in troubled times is like mustard, but in Li Jing's view, people are actually just as valuable resources in troubled times. In particular, those craftsmen with skills are the treasures of treasures. In this era, whether it is a blacksmith or a carpenter, or even a mason bricklayer, it is from the junior apprentice and then the big apprentice to become a master, and the process experienced in the middle is counted in several years.

It is very easy for Li Jing to recruit soldiers, there are a large number of sturdy young people to choose from, and he can even pick some people like Zhang Chengzong who have been official officials or even officers. Those young men were recruited, and they had half a year of training, and they basically became shaped. But the craftsman is different, although the status of the craftsman is low, but the craft can not be learned in a short time. If Li Jing wants to train soldiers, he must have money and food, and even have his own workshop and ordnance workshop, but these require skilled craftsmen, and they must be a large number.

To prepare for a rainy day, Li Jing has to start preparing for the future now. Of course, he will not miss this opportunity today.

"Are there any craftsmen among you? It doesn't matter if you are a mason, bricklayer, blacksmith, carpenter, kiln, cylinder, tofu, goldsmith, silversmith, coppersmith, potter, lacquerer, coomer, etc., as long as you have a craft, you can all stand up! Li Jing smiled, trying not to be afraid of these homeless people. Of course, as long as you are skilled and willing to serve the court and me, you can be pardoned immediately for the sins of thieves today, and your whole family can be pardoned. ”

Frightened and cold, the hungry people, who were shivering in the frost and dew of the night, could not help but have a sense of shock in their eyes when they heard this. On the field that was originally slaughtered, people finally began to whisper and began to talk to each other. Soon, a person in the field stood up and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the general, the little one is a boatman, can it be counted?" ”

Li Jing glanced at the man who claimed to be a shipwright, and under the light of the fire, he could clearly see that this man was about thirty years old, and his face was like black charcoal. He was wrapped in a tattered shirt that had long been unable to see Mingtang, and he didn't even have a hat on his head, and his messy hair was hastily tied into a bun, and a forked branch was inserted diagonally on it. In the cold winter of Layue, there is not even a pair of cloth shoes of forty or fifty wen, and there is a pair of straw sandals with the toes and insteps all exposed on the feet.

Stretched out his hand to beckon this person to the front, only to find that this person's face was frozen and bruised. Li Jing asked a little strangely, since he is a shipwright, how can he become a hungry person, you must know that Dengzhou is close to the sea, there are countless large and small ports, and there are more ships coming and going. As a boatman, he should not fall into the fate of fleeing the famine and begging for food.

The man stood in front of Li Jing and squeaked and blushed, and it took a long time before he replied: "Back to the general, the little Yuan Hong, who is twenty-three years old this year, is an onmyoji. ”

Twenty-three? Li Jing almost vomited Yuan Hong's face, just his rough and dark old face, he actually said that he was twenty-three, thirty-two was about the same. However, what makes Li Jing even more strange is the profession of onmyoji, Li Jing really didn't know that there was such a business in the boatmen of Ludao in the past. Could it be that when you go to sea, you still need an onmyoji to see feng shui?

"General, the little one grew up in the Taoist temple, and he did learn Yin and Yang from the master to see Feng Shui, and the general is willing to serve if he needs the small one."

"Don't worry, you can make it clear first, how did you, a Taoist priest, run to the sea ship to be an onmyoji?" Li Jing asked strangely. As soon as this question was asked, Yuan Hong's expression was a little nervous and confused, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Zhang Hong, who was still on the side, approached Li Jing and explained a few words in a whisper. It turns out that Onmyoji doesn't just look at feng shui, almost all merchant ships that go to sea will bring an Onmyoji to go to sea with the ship. However, instead of looking at feng shui, ask them to observe the weather. It is said that an excellent and experienced onmyoji who can prepare to observe and predict the weather at sea can help the ship avoid the storm in advance. Hearing this explanation, Li Jing couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed about his ignorance just now. However, he looked at Yuan Hong and was still a little strange, if he was really such an onmyoji who could predict the weather, how could he become a homeless person?

Yuan Hong's black face turned rare red: "The little one is an orphan who was adopted by the master since he was a child, and he lives in the Baiyun Temple with the master, but in recent years, the Buddhist temple has flourished, and our Baiyun Temple has become more and more cold." In the end, even the stomachs of the few people in the audience couldn't be filled. The master knew yin and yang and could observe the heavens, so he took me with him to seek a job as an onmyoji on a merchant ship in the port. Although the ship is also hard, it can solve the livelihood of the master and apprentice. However, the master ascended to heaven last month, and although I also learned some yin and yang techniques, I had predicted the wrong weather several times in a row on the ship, which caused the owner to suffer heavy losses. When I got back to port, the owner stopped hiring me. I wanted to return to Baiyunguan with the money I had saved with my master in the past two years, but I was robbed halfway. ”

Li Jing used to think that Onmyoji was also a good talent, but after hearing that Master Yuan Hong didn't predict accurately once after his death, he couldn't help but have a great impression of Yuan Hong's ability.

"General, the little master who has learned more than ninety percent of his skills, these two mistakes are really accidents. Under normal circumstances, I can accurately calculate the weather changes at sea in three days. Yuan Hong seemed to see Li Jing's dissatisfaction and strongly recommended himself.

Zhang Hong also whispered on the side: "General, we happen to have a big ship right now, and we need such an onmyoji on the ship, so it's better to keep him." Even if it's half a bucket of water, it's better than nothing. ”

Li Jing thought about it, and if Yuan Hong was left, he would still have the effect of buying horse bones. nodded immediately and said: "Okay, you can stay, in the future, you will have a monthly salary of four and a half horses of silk per month, in addition to all board and lodging, two liters of rice and two spoonfuls of salt per day." If you perform well, you will be rewarded! "The standard wage of the most ordinary man is three feet of silk per day, which is equivalent to sixty yuan. Although Yuan Hong's level is not high, Li Jing still gave him twice the salary of the people, which can be regarded as the treatment of a skilled worker.

When Yuan Hong heard that Li Jing had finally accepted him, he not only absolved him of his guilt, but also gave him a monthly salary of four horses and a half of silk a month, and he could still have two liters of rice rations every day, and he was a little happy at the moment and suspected that he had heard it wrong. He and his master ran the caravan at sea for two years, and only when they went to sea did they have money and food, and when they didn't go to sea, they only had two meals of porridge a day, and they worked for two years, but they only saved ten yuan.

When he was still wondering if he had heard it wrong, Zhang Hong had already assigned a young man to come and take him aside, and after registering his name, he was given an identity card with his name written on it. Another young man immediately sent him two hot pancakes and a bowl of kelp pork rib soup, eating the golden pancakes and drinking the kelp pork rib soup with a layer of lard, Yuan Hong felt like he was dreaming.

There were other hungry people who were waiting and hesitating, and finally couldn't wait any longer when they saw Yuan Hong squatting on the side, eating cakes and drinking soup, smelling the tempting aroma blowing in the wind.

"I'm a blacksmith!"

"I can be a carpenter!"

"I am an apprentice blacksmith and have been studying under my master for three years."

"I'm a plasterer!"

One by one, they stood up and reported their skills loudly. Li Jing took a cursory look and saw that there were dozens of them. It is said that craftsmen are hard to find, but they don't think that there are so many craftsmen among a group of hungry people. Although it was found that among the fifty-seven craftsmen in total, seven were the blacksmiths who were most needed, six were apprentices who had not yet been apprenticed, and only one was a gray-haired master who could not hold a hammer with a hunched back. The others are also carpenters, masons, bricklayers and other craftsmen common in the countryside.

"General, I'm a horse, can I eat with a salary?" An old man in his fifties saw that after the craftsmen who had signed up had registered, they all stood aside and got the cake and soup to eat, and he couldn't help but stand up boldly and asked.

"Horse teeth? Do you raise horses in addition to watching them? ”

"Yes, I have been dealing with horses for half my life, not only can I watch horses, but I also have no problem raising horses and feeding them. It's just that the horse is usually a little sick and troublesome, and I can cure it myself. Ma Yazi looked at Li Jing with a look of hope.

"It's a talent!" Li Jing nodded, a guy who knows how to raise horses, can also work as a veterinarian, but he is a real talent. No matter how many people like this, Li Jing is not too many, so he accepted it with a wave of his hand.

In this way, there are several self-reporting skills, some of them blow trumpets, those who drive pigs, as well as tents and servants, butchers, shoemakers, and even a matchmaker and a midwife. For these people, Li Jing simply waved his hand and accepted them all. Zhang Hong's side registered them one by one, and according to statistics, there were sixty-three famous craftsmen selected at the bottom. Li Jing also singled out their families from the homeless people, and together there were 237 people of all ages, young and old. In addition to the sixty-three craftsmen, there were thirty-one young men and sixty-three young women.

"The craftsmen are organized into a team of craftsmen alone, the young men are formed into a team, and the young and old women are formed into a team, and they are divided into three teams. Take them to a hot meal first, then give them a hot bath, change into clean clothes, and live in three separate courtyards. Li Jing instructed Cui Zhiyuan, the new staff.

"Okay, I'll do it right away, what about the rest of the hungry people, in addition to the two hundred and thirty-seven people we picked out, there are more than 800 people registered."

Li Jing pondered for a while and said: "Let Zhang Chengye and Liu Shouqian each select fifty strong and willing soldiers to be thrown into the family team, and let Liu Shouqian pick a hundred honest couples who are complete and can cultivate from among them, and let them be the tenants of my Li family, and stay to help cultivate the more than 1,000 acres of land of the Li family." In this way, it is estimated that we will take in five to six hundred people, and the remaining two or three hundred people, and let the other squires divide them together to serve as tenant servants. ”

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