Even so, Han Du still had to bargain with himself.
How can such a person still have any kindness in his heart?
"As a county official, your Excellency must have some knowledge of the Nongsang issue." Han Du said with his head tilted, looking straight at Magistrate Zhou, studying his reaction.
County Magistrate Zhou heard this and did not answer Han Du's words, but just sneered.
Han Du knew that this was because Magistrate Zhou was dissatisfied with him and disdained to talk to him, but with just such a sneer, Han Du could hear Magistrate Zhou's rather complacent tone. Suddenly, I became more confident in my thoughts.
With a slight smile, Han Du continued, "The people working in farming can be divided into busy farming and slack farming. I won't say much about busy farming. It's just that the people are busy farming. But what about slack farming? People have nothing to do except doing corvee service for the court. La."
Han Du spoke in an exaggerated tone and spread his hands.
Magistrate Zhou frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What exactly do you want to say?"
"What I want to say is that I can spend money to hire people during their leisure time to mine coal mines. In this way, farming and labor will not be delayed, and the people can get an extra income, even if it is just a small amount. It's good to buy a few loads of rice. This is the benefit I leave to the people."
Han Du copied the model of migrant workers in later generations.
"You mean, you pay to hire people?" Magistrate Zhou's tone began to soften.
"Not bad." Han Du nodded in confirmation.
Magistrate Zhou lowered his head and thought deeply, pacing back and forth.
Han Du did not bother him and just let Magistrate Zhou think hard.
Magistrate Zhou thought for a long time, and he really couldn't think of whether there was any problem, or what was wrong, with Han Du paying to hire people. But after all, he had suffered a loss from Han Du. The last time Han Du bought Huangshan, didn't he think there was no problem? He thought he had made a fortune, but what happened? He almost lost his head because of this.
From that time on, Magistrate Zhou was very careful with Han Du, for fear of being tricked by Han Du again.
Although he wanted to reject Han Du directly, he was a little unwilling to do so.
After all, the cakes Han Du gave were quite big and looked delicious. There is one thing that Han Du did not say, that is, the people really have nothing to do during their leisure time.
During the slack period, the imperial court recruited civilians to repair water conservancy and repair roads. In fact, there is also a reason, that is, they are worried that people will gather and cause trouble when they have nothing to do.
If Han Du's method can increase some income for the people, let alone buy a few loads of rice, even if it can pull two feet of cloth, then it is good. It is better than doing nothing.
After thinking again and again, Magistrate Zhou finally nodded fiercely towards Han Du, "I can promise you to hire people to mine coal during the off-season, but you must also agree to one request."
"Please tell me." Han Du signaled to Magistrate Zhou that it was okay.
"You can only hire people from your own county to mine, and you can't hire anyone else." In Magistrate Zhou's view, as long as you hire people from the county. Then when the time comes, Han Du will not be afraid even if he is holding back some bad water. As long as he is still the county magistrate and raises his voice, these people will naturally come to his side. As for him not being the county magistrate, since he is no longer the county magistrate, what does the affairs in the county have to do with him, and Han Du should not try to trick him.
Originally, County Magistrate Zhou believed that his request was not excessive, and Han Du would definitely agree.
Unexpectedly, Han Du shook his head and refused, "This is impossible."
"Okay, I know you are not so kind." Magistrate Zhou was furious. Who is this Han Du? At this juncture, he actually wanted to harm him.
"Your Majesty, you misunderstood," Han Du reached out to hold down the emotional Magistrate Zhou and explained: "How many people are there in your jurisdiction? And how many people in the capital are waiting to use charcoal? People in the capital have used it. Will people around the capital use it? This does not include the various government agencies around. My lord, in the future, the amount of coal mined every day will be a huge number. With the few people in your county , let alone being mobilized, even if all men, women, old and young go into battle, it won’t be enough.”
"And if such a day comes, what will happen to the mulberry farming in the county? The mulberry farming is a big deal. If the mulberry farming is delayed, you will inevitably be punished by the court."
Magistrate Zhou felt that Han Du was right and was thinking about him. However, without any means to restrain Han Du, he really didn't dare to agree rashly.
Once bitten by a snake and afraid of well ropes for ten years, he always felt that there was something deeper in Han Du's words.
"Here, let me think about it again, think about it again..." In the end, County Magistrate Zhou still felt that this matter was not trivial and he needed to find someone to discuss it.
"It doesn't matter," Han Du didn't care. "That's what I said. You will tell me the result after you have thought about it. Today we should repair the road first, and then we will get down to business."
"That's right, that's right, let's build the road first." Although Magistrate Zhou did not directly agree to Han Du, his attitude towards Han Du was not as cold as before.
Next, Han Du discussed with several other county magistrates. Han Du mainly made the arrangements, and the others cooperated.
Han Du divided the 20,000 people into two parts, one part of 5,000 people, each group of ten people, and every ten groups of one team. Han Du divided them into 500 groups. There are thirty miles of road in total, so each group of people only needs to be responsible for a section that is ten feet long.
Then let the fifty craftsmen brought, each craftsman lead a team of people, and the craftsmen are responsible for teaching the people to stir and supervise the quality of the roads.
Another 15,000 people are responsible for digging sand and gravel at the selected site and transporting the sand, gravel and cement here and stacking it along the road. The 15,000 people were also divided into 500 groups, and each group was opposite to the group building the road. This is equivalent to using 30 people to secure various materials to serve the 10 people building the road.
After the arrangements were made, Han Du and several county magistrates set the table and presented the sacrifices. After a period of solemn sacrifice.
Han Du waved his arm and gave an order, and the vigorous road construction began.
At this time, if someone could stand in the sky and look down, they would find that the thirty-mile-long and three-foot-wide road outside the capital was densely covered with figures of civilians.
A touch of gray color began to appear from the figure of the civilian husband, and then grew rapidly as if it were alive.
In just three days, a new gray road appeared in front of us from scratch.
In the past few days, the close cooperation between them has brought Han Du and several county magistrates closer together.
Especially Magistrate Zhou, he has completely lost the sarcastic remarks he made when he saw Han Du a few days ago. From time to time, he would also stroke his beard and joke with Han Du.
Han Du has not gone home these days and lives in a simple work shed next to the road.
Early in the morning, Han Du rubbed his tired and tired eyes. As soon as he walked out of the work shed, he saw several county magistrates walking towards him.
Han Du was surprised, "Why are these people so early today?"
You must know that Han Du lives in a work shed on the spot, and these county magistrates all have official duties. They all have to return to their respective county offices before dark every day, so he has been there these days. He was the first to come.
Unexpectedly, Han Du took a fresh look today and asked, "Did something happen? Otherwise, these people wouldn't be so active."
"Good morning, gentlemen." Han Du stepped forward and greeted everyone.
"Hey, good morning, Mr. Han. Congratulations, Mr. Han."
Han Du was stunned and asked doubtfully, "Where does joy come from?"
"Master Han, the road has been built. Shouldn't we congratulate you?"
"Yes, building a road of thirty miles in three days has never been done since ancient times. It is simply a miraculous skill."
"Master Han is really amazing."
Several county magistrates were talking to Han Du one by one, and it was very lively.
But their words confused Han Du.
"My lords, wait a minute." Han Du quickly interrupted them. Seeing that everyone was quiet, Han Du frowned and asked, "My lords, are you saying that the road has been repaired?"
"It's done, it's done. We can really see that all the roads for thirty miles have been completed. We came to see Mr. Han just because we wanted to say goodbye to Mr. Han. After saying goodbye, we each took our husbands with us. gone back."
"But it's not right," Han Du frowned even more tightly, "When I got off work yesterday, I clearly saw that there was still a little bit that had not been repaired. How come I got up so early in the morning and repaired it?"
Faced with Han Du's questions, several county magistrates could not answer. According to Han Du, the road must not have been repaired yesterday, but when they brought the villagers here today, they clearly saw that the road had been completely repaired.
What on earth is going on? Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing why.
"That's because I mobilized civilian workers to repair this road overnight last night."
Magistrate Zhou walked toward the crowd with a red face.
"Yesterday, I saw that there was only a small section of the road left, so I summoned the men to complete the repairs overnight. At that time, Mr. Han had already fallen asleep from exhaustion. I couldn't bear to disturb you, so I didn't notify you."
Han Du was shocked after hearing this. My heart skipped a beat, this old man ruined my life!
How important is building roads?
In order to build this road, Han Du went to Lao Zhu to ask for money. Later, he went to the East Palace to find the prince before the matter was completed.
The construction of this road was something that both Lao Zhu and the prince were concerned about. It was completed yesterday. Only now did he realize that this was a major mistake.
What kind of behavior did this fall into the eyes of Lao Zhu? What is the nature of this?
To be serious, this can be regarded as dereliction of duty.
When the time comes, let alone credit, it will be considered good if you can get away with it.
Han Du suddenly came to his senses and ran towards the work shed. He wanted to submit a letter quickly.
