Lin Feng took Gao Xiaoyu to the direction of Lianhua Mountain. He did not take a carriage but rode a horse. The road was very fast. Even though Lianhua Mountain was far away from the county seat, it only took Lin Feng a little more than a day to reach the mountains near Lianhua Mountain.
In this area, the road starts to get rough.
There are more and more mountain roads.
Because the mountain road was difficult to travel, Lin Feng and Gao Xiaoyu dismounted halfway, found a place to store their horses, and then walked to Lianhua Mountain.
After walking a short distance, we arrived at a nearby mountain road.
From here, the climb begins and the path becomes more rocky. It was precisely from here that people began to dig mountains and build roads, turning steep and difficult mountain roads into passable roads.
The original mountain road was to slowly climb up the mountain along the steep mountain. After climbing to the top, slowly descend the mountain again, and then climb several mountains in a row before finally reaching Lianhua Mountain.
It is difficult to transport salt on such mountain roads, so mountain roads were built. The simplest way is to dig a road around the mountain. Although the road is rugged, such a road around the mountain can facilitate transportation and walking.
This is the only way.
Lin Feng saw the people building roads.
Many people are working.
Precisely because there are so many people, the construction of this road is faster. Lin Feng walked closer and looked around. The people were working very seriously and hard, and no one was lazy.
Lin Feng came with Gao Xiaoyu now and changed into ordinary clothes.
Therefore, the identity cannot be seen.
After walking for a while, when it was almost noon, all the workers stopped, took their own bowls, went to the designated meal place to get some food, and then ate separately.
Lin Feng first went to the place where the meal was served and found that the food was pretty good. Then, he came back, glanced over, and saw a middle-aged man with a simple appearance and a strong build, sitting down not far away holding a large pottery bowl.
The man did not eat immediately. He took out an ordinary handkerchief from his clothes and put a piece of rough paper in the handkerchief. The man used chopsticks to pick out lumps of meat from the pottery bowl. The meat is very large and very fat, making it an excellent meat.
Almost all the fat meat was placed on the paper and carefully wrapped.
Then, he wrapped the handkerchief again.
Finally, the man put the package of meat in his arms and then picked up the bowl and started eating.
"Brother, what's your surname?"
Lin Feng knelt down next to the man and asked.
The middle-aged man looked up at Lin Feng, smiled naively, and replied, "My name is Huangshan."
Lin Feng asked: "Brother Huang, how about building roads in the mountains? I heard that many people can make money by working here. There are several brothers in my family who have nothing to do, so they all hesitate to do it. Don’t give it a try. But I’m worried about being deducted from my wages.”
As soon as Huangshan heard Lin Feng's words, he stopped eating, with a determined look on his face.
He even looked quite serious.
Huang Shandao: "For the construction of roads in the mountains, we have to thank our Lord Lin. He came to Guzang County as the county magistrate. He first exempted us from the corvee, and then he opened mountains and built roads here. The government opened mountains and built roads, and it was for asking We come to work and get paid every day.”
"For people in the past, we were forced to do the work by ourselves, and we had to bring our own dry food. We had to eat ourselves. Not only could we not do the farm work during the busy farming season at home, but we could not complete the work."
"We are now blessed by God, and we hope to have a good person like Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin has already said that for the first half month, wages will be settled every day. After half a month, wages will be paid every half month, so as not to Daily settlement takes time.”
After hearing this, Lin Feng nodded in his heart.
Huan Su's arrangement is more reasonable.
At the beginning, in order to give people peace of mind, it was best to settle accounts every day. After half a month, the government has gained credibility, and after everyone believes it, it can make settlements every half month. There are so many people doing things and settling accounts every day, which takes a lot of time.
Furthermore, food is also key.
Allowing the people to have meat to eat is the biggest propaganda.
Lin Feng asked again: "Brother Huang, you come here. The food is good. I saw that many people have meat to eat. How can you live there? So many people come from Guzang County. But they come from all directions in Guzang County, and it's not We can arrive there in a minute and a half. It takes a long time to go back and forth. If you can't go home, where will you stay?"
Originally, what Lin Feng and Huan Suzhi had discussed was actually just one meal.
Sooner or later, it doesn't matter at all.
When it comes to road construction, we really have to take care of food in the morning, noon and night, which consumes a lot of money. It's just that the journey from Guzang County to Lianhua Mountain is not a matter of seconds. Lin Feng rode his horse as fast as he could, and it took him more than a day.
What's more, the rest of the ordinary people can only rely on their own feet to travel.
Too much time is consumed.
Lin Feng is also concerned about this matter.
"That's easy."
Huangshan smiled naively and continued: "I have to thank Mr. Lin for this. He arranged a lot of tents here. At night, we can go directly to our respective residences and rest."
"Everyone lives together."
"Besides, you see, I picked out the meat just now for my son. He also came to work, but he didn't work in one place. When I go back, the little meat I have on my body can help him replenish himself."
"You don't know that a half-grown boy in the family can feed a poor man. At this time when the body is growing, no matter how much he eats, there is no way to be full. Now that roads are being built here in Guzang County, Mr. Lin is taking care of these things. He's half a boy, so I can give him a little more rice and steamed buns."
"Master Lin, he is a good man. "
Huang Shan had a look of gratitude on his face.
He looked even more pious and continued: "When we eat, we don't just care about lunch, but every meal here in the morning, noon and dinner."
"We are all poor, and we don't even have three meals a day at home, but Mr. Lin is so kind and righteous. At the beginning, he said that we would only have one lunch, and we would eat solid food in the morning and evening. But Mr. Huan, who is in charge, told us, He said that Mr. Lin considered that the villagers came from other places and it was not easy to go back and forth, and they all lived here. They could not survive on dry food in the morning and evening, so they had food in the morning and evening."
"In the morning, it's meat soup with steamed buns. At noon, it's really meat. There are lumps of meat with a lot of oil and meat."
"Many people don't eat meat on weekdays. It's good to eat steamed buns every day. It's a good thing to be full. Not only do we have rice to eat, but we also have steamed buns and meat to eat. It's great. In the evening , there are also steamed buns, steamed buns and broth.”
"I'm here in Huangshan, and I've gained some weight. I'm a little fatter."
Huang Shan chuckled and said: "Which brother here wouldn't be grateful to Lord Lin? In the past, countless people died when building roads and so on. Many people died of starvation and exhaustion. But we don't have such a situation, we can all eat full."
Lin Feng felt completely at ease after listening to Huang Shan's words.
Huan Suzhi arranged it very well.
From work, to food, to accommodation, Huan Suzhi has arranged everything, which is great.
"Brother, if you want your family to work, that's fine. But you have to do it earlier. There are so many of us working, and we can't keep adding more people. I'm afraid it won't be long before we don't need any more people. .”
"Yes, Lord Lin is a good man. If you want to work here, you can't be lazy or embarrass our Guzang County."
"When we do things, we must be more down-to-earth. We must not let down Mr. Lin."
Some of the people around were eating their meals with bright smiles on their faces.
The smile is extremely genuine.
The people are simple and honest, and they know whoever treats them well, and no one is a fool. Huan Suzhi recruited people to do things, arranged tents for rest, and arranged meals. All of this was done in the name of Lin Feng, so the people were serious and practical.
"Master Hou, why are you here? Why didn't you let me know?"
At this moment, Han Yan arrived.
Han Yan looked delighted and hurriedly came to Lin Feng's side, bowed and said in salute: "Master Lin, if you have anything to do, please just arrange it. Why are you here in person?"
The people around him all looked over.
Lord Lin!
This is the county magistrate Lin Feng.
This is Linfeng, the Marquis of Zhenguo.
The people around him started talking one after another, and their faces were filled with excitement and excitement.
