Xing Honglang kept his promise and sent cavalry to escort the saltsmiths back to the village.
Then Tie Niaofei spent some money to bribe a few soldiers guarding the entrance to the village. Those soldiers "took a nap" when they went to bed at night. When they woke up, they found the saltsmiths in the salt village, dragging their children with their daughters. Everyone fled, and there were only two people left in the whole village.
Craftsmen, due to low wages and hard life, were on the run throughout the entire Ming Dynasty, so it was not unusual for the entire village of saltworkers to escape.
The Salt Department didn't take it seriously at all. They only needed to report to the superiors how many saltsmiths had escaped from such and such village, and the matter was over.
The saltsmiths quickly fled to the deserted saltpeter pond, where they rebuilt huts, ate the food Xing Red Wolf sent them, dug out the salt fields again, and diverted the lake water from the saltpeter pond into the fields, happily Dry up the salt.
If Lao Zhang Fei was still active nearby, it would be quite dangerous for them to build a village in the wilderness like this. Once discovered by the rogue bandits, it would be a dead end. However, Lao Zhang Fei had been shot to death at Gudu Wharf, and the remaining thieves were heading north to find the unknown village. The muddy team went away, and these saltsmiths hid beside the saltpeter, which was quite safe.
At Gudu Wharf in the early morning, the hardworking people had already gotten up.
The old and weak women and children were busy cooking for everyone, but the young and strong men were sitting by the river doing nothing.
"Oh, I haven't had any work for several days."
"I started to panic again."
"The big cargo ship has been away for several days, and it's almost time to come back." A dock worker said: When the big cargo ship comes back, we will have the job of porters again. "
The only thing they can hope for now is that a large cargo ship will arrive quickly, and there will be job opportunities for them to move cargo.
I think working people, once they have no jobs, they will be worried about whether they can survive. This is really a sad thing. Even in modern times, many people still maintain this simplicity.
"I'm coming!"
A farmer pointed to the river in the north and shouted: "The cargo ship is coming again."
Sure enough, the war ship arrived with three more cargo ships.
The people on the dock immediately cheered loudly, and many people rushed to the shore, huddled shoulder to shoulder, and waved their hands crazily at the riverside.
"It's alive again!"
"At least I can move for three more days and earn nine kilograms of flour."
Amid everyone's expectations, the big ship docked. What's interesting is that this time there was a frail scholar standing on the bow. He was wearing a scribe's robe and carrying a small package. He was still reciting a poem: "Look, you see." At the ferry crossing, how many people are crossing the world.
Gao Chuwu, Xing Honglang, Zao Ying, Lao Nanfeng and others came to the river and smiled at the scholar:
"Ah? Isn't this Mr. Zhao? Why are you here?"
The person who came was Zhao Sheng, the lamplighter: "Tianzun said that I am a courageous scholar, so I was sent to Shanxi on a business trip to manage the construction of Gudu Wharf."
Xing Honglang smiled: "That's right. This matter is only suitable for Mr. Zhao. The other literati in the village are too timid."
Zhao Sheng let out a long sigh: "I don't want to be so brave. I was forced out."
At this time, a sailor had already put down a ladder on the side of the ship. Zhao Sheng climbed down from the ship along the ladder. With this movement, he began to breathe again: "I... brought... the ancient ferry drawn by Tianzun himself... Huh... wharf plan..."
Several leaders were startled: "Sir, your health is not very good. It's hard for you to come to Shanxi."
Zhao Sheng calmed down: "It's okay, I have medicine, I have... medicine..."
He took out the prescription, waved it to a few people, and chuckled: "The doctor said, this is called "Dingchuan Decoction". As long as I take it for a long time... I will be fine..."
It's okay to be illiterate in the fifth grade of high school. Xing Honglang, Zao Ying, and Lao Nanfeng were all literate. The three of them looked at the prescription and were shocked: "What the hell is written here? I can't understand it at all."
Let’s look at the dock diagram designed by Tianzun!
Everyone took out the dock plan and took a look. It was indeed a picture given by Heavenly Lord from the fairy world. It was exquisite and delicate, and every stroke and every stroke was clear. If you build according to this picture, you can't go wrong.
"Tianzun also painted a cement house." Gao Chuwu pointed at the picture and said, "But we don't have cement here in Shanxi."
Zhao Sheng smiled: "No need to worry about this. I also brought a few blue hats over to teach people here to make cement. Tianzun said that cement cannot withstand storage and transportation. Wherever we go from now on, it will Where to build the cement plant.”
Everyone: "That's it."
Zhao Sheng: "I just don't know if there are enough manpower at Gudu Wharf to handle these things."
Xing Honglang smiled and pointed at the group of people by the river who stretched their necks to look this way: "Look, those people are almost turning into geese looking forward to having work. Mr. Zhao, you are building a cement factory." As soon as you open your mouth to do something, I don’t know how many people will rush over to do it.”
Zhao Shengxiao: “That’s easy, I’ll go over and talk to them.
As soon as he pulled the hem of the scribe's robe, he planned to run over.
Everyone was sweating profusely and said tightly: "Don't run. Don't you know what your body is like? Walk slowly over."
Zhao Sheng: "But I'm in a hurry."
Everyone: "..."
People with asthma are impatient. How can they endure this?
Xing Honglang winked, and two blue hat technical workers jumped on the boat, specially to teach Shanxi people how to make cement. The two blue hats, one on the left and one on the right, lifted Zhao Sheng up, as if he was holding a hand. A guy who does bad things and will be thrown into a labor camp.
Zhao Sheng: "Hey, hey? Isn't this not good? Put me down."
The two blue hats walked as fast as flying, carrying Zhao Sheng and quickly ran to the people's side...
Soon, the people cheered: "There is work to do!"
"This cement factory worker, count me in."
"I'm going to dig lime right now!"
"I know where the clay is, let's dig it."
"Is it also three kilograms of flour a day?"
"What, after you learn how to make cement, the wages will be raised to the standard of a craftsman? The standard of a craftsman is higher than the wages of a porter? Wow, I want to learn this!
After a while, Gudu Wharf turned into a "Gaojiacun model", with large-scale construction and frantic construction...
After Zhao Sheng arranged everything, he quietly came to Lao Nanfeng and whispered: "Tianzun already knows that you have made great achievements and wants to reward you. He said that you seem to like the colorful world very much."
Old Nanfeng nodded fiercely: "I have been guarding the border for many years, but now I like the fireworks in the world."
Zhao Sheng waved to him: "Come with me, there is a special reward just for you in the cabin of the warship. Tianzun put it inside with his own hands.
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