"Yes, sir." The green soldier turned around and replied.
"What's your name? Tell me why you volunteered to work here?" Kaifu Li expressed the question in his mind.
"Back to your lord, little Chen Side." Chen Side replied respectfully, and then said
"We all want to come here to work because we can get paid here."
"Just that one hundred coins?" Li Kaifu felt a little contemptuous in his heart. He didn't expect that his own soldiers would be so miserable.
Hearing Kaifu Li's words, Chen Side had mixed feelings in his heart: "What do you mean by 'just one hundred cents'? Isn't one hundred cents very little? You can buy a lot of rice. I only have one tael of silver and three dou of rice per month1" . But that's right, you are a general, so naturally you look down on this money..."
Although Chen Side had various emotions, he still had to say respectfully that he knew because he couldn't afford to offend him.
"Sir, they no longer pay wages by the day."
"Are there new tricks?" Li Kaifu thought to himself.
At this moment, a dark cloud floated across the sky.
A cool mountain breeze blew in, bringing out the slightest hint of autumn.
While Li Kaifu was thinking about it, Chen Side continued without any pause.
"Now every time a house is built, they give them two taels of silver. At the same time, for comparison, they ask us to find five people each and work as a team. It usually takes two days to arrive. It takes three days to build a 'house'. That means the daily wages are almost two hundred cash."
Chen Side's simple explanation of the situation naturally made the key point - as long as you work hard, your wages will increase.
"This is not right. How is it possible to build a house so quickly? You know it takes a lot of effort." Li Kaifu heard that it was all nonsense, so he asked questions.
"Sir, it's normal for you to be suspicious. If someone had said this to me before, I might have given him a slap in the face. But here, we have actually done it." Chen Side hurriedly argued.
"Not only that, there are also some people who work without a day's rest. I don't know if it's like they said, eating Brother Liu's food will make you feel more powerful."
"Nonsense, where can you eat rice that is not cooked with rice? Could it be that Zhang Liu's rice was 'changed'? It's not rice bought elsewhere. Don't spread those nonsense things in the future. "Li Kaifu shouted and cursed
"Yes, I know I was wrong, little one." Chen Side quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
"Well, that's right. What do you mean by contrast, and what's going on without rest?" Kaifu Li noticed these two words in Chen Side's previous words, and asked him.
"That's right, sir." Chen Side replied
"Brother Six put five of us into a group with a group leader; ten groups were grouped into one group with a group leader. Groups in the same group will be compared every five days. Groups that build more houses can get extra money."
"The first place team will receive one thousand coins, the second place will get 600 coins, and the third place will get 300 coins. The team leaders will also be awarded 200 coins, 100 coins, and 60 coins respectively. The last three Each of the famous gang members will be fined 60 yuan, 30 yuan and 20 yuan respectively, and the gang leader will also be fined the same amount." I saw Chen Side speaking slowly, afraid that there would be something missing.
As soon as Kaifu Li heard this, he couldn't wait to clap his hands and scream in admiration. However, he still suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to ask: "So, there is also a comparison between groups?"
"My lord is wise, indeed."
"We have a total of four groups here, and the groups will be compared for ten days. The first-place group will receive a reward of 100 yuan for everyone in the group, and the team leader who comes in last will be fined 5 yuan. Ten articles." Chen Side said one by one.
"It's amazing, it's really amazing..." After listening to Chen Side's explanation, Kaifu Li could no longer hold back his thoughts.
"So, I understand what you said about some people working without rest. But do you still have a holiday?" Li Kaifu asked again
"Yes, Sixth Brother has decided for us that if we work for five consecutive days, we can take two days of rest. If we don't take a rest, we will get an extra fifty cents as a reward for each of those two days. Therefore, many people choose not to take a rest. "Chen Side said with some emotion.
"With this kind of work, you're not here to work, you're just here to collect money. Even the landlord didn't say that you can take two days off after working for five days." Kaifu Li said with emotion.
"Now you understand why I said, Sixth Brother doesn't exploit us poor people like you do!" Li Aiming heard Li Kaifu's emotion and couldn't help but said to him
"It is undeniable that this kind of job is really attractive. It's no wonder that my brothers are willing to work so hard for him. But how long can he sustain spending money like this? I don't believe he really has gold and silver to squander. ." Li Kaifu replied angrily.
"Sixth Brother naturally has Sixth Brother's methods, it's just that you can't understand him." Li Aiming replied.
"Then tell me, what method will he use?" Li Kaifu asked angrily.
"You're such an interesting person, you ask me? Don't say I don't know, why should I tell you if I know?" Li Aiming replied with a somewhat annoyed but happy smile.
"I have to... I can't compare to you, you are the only one who is great." Kaifu Li felt like he had penetrated cotton with all his strength.
Therefore, Li Kaifu ignored Li Aiming.
"Sir, are we really leaving tomorrow?" Chen Side asked cautiously
"Yes, we will leave tomorrow. Don't you want to leave?" Li Kaifu asked angrily when he heard Chen Side's words.
"I don't dare. How could I not want to leave?" Chen Side quickly apologized and explained.
"You can leave if you want. Go and do your business!" Kaifu Li waved Chen Side to leave.
"Yes, sir." Chen Side knelt down to Li Kaifu and turned to leave. I saw a very slight sound coming from behind Chen Side.
"It seems that there will be no chance to surpass Li Dahe and the others in the future. It's really annoying. If only we can surpass them in two days, we will definitely surpass them."
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Li Kaifu continued to visit the building area, and then discovered that the reason why Chen Side and the others were able to build a house so quickly was because other Green Camp soldiers kept sending them bricks and wood materials.
Looking at the busy people, they all work one after another. Kaifu Li admired Zhang Rui but also couldn't help but worry.
"Zhang Rui is so thoughtful and can grasp people's hearts. Who would not work hard in this way? From small to large, you can imagine how elite his 'army' is. If this person can He must be a rare and capable person to be used by 'our Qing Dynasty'. But why did he become a rebel?" Thinking of this, Li Kaifu felt very sad.
"It seems that the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Ruide will be bloody and bloody."
