Everyone who works as a servant is a person with excellent vision. He can know what Wang Da is thinking at a glance. At that moment, he curled his lips and said, "What's the matter, can't you trust the path I show you?"
Wang Dalian shook his head and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare! It's just that the work of building embankments is too heavy. My two brothers are young and can't bear it!"
The servant sneered and said, "You know nothing! Do you know who arranged that job? It was Wu Ning Hou! Mr. Hou is famous for being kind to his subordinates! The food is sufficient and wages are not deducted. If you are sick, there will be a doctor to treat you! If it weren’t for the shortage of manpower now, where would it be for you outsiders with mud-legs to get their turn!”
When the officer mentioned Wu Ninghou, Wang Da immediately remembered what the old shopkeeper had repeatedly told him on the road, that is, "If Wu Ninghou's business is recruiting people, you must find a way to apply for it! As long as you enter, you will be destined to return to your hometown. I can also bring back a lot of money!"
So he stepped forward in surprise and said, "Master Cha, the embankment construction you mentioned was arranged by Wu Ninghou?"
The officer and the helper laughed together as soon as they saw his appearance. After laughing, the officer said to the helpers around him: "Did you see it? Did you see it? These bastards would dare to be serious with me! If it weren't for Mr. Hou's control now He must be strict and the rules are strong. He should have been beaten long ago to teach him a lesson!"
After saying that, he lowered his tone and said to Wang Da: "Although they say they are in the name of the inner palace, the real person who makes the decision is Wu Ninghou! I can guarantee that I will work under the Marquis. Immortal! You don’t want the most promising roots of your Wang family to die outside, right?”
Wang Da was overjoyed when he heard this. He bowed to the policeman repeatedly and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Cha, for your advice! I will definitely treat Mr. Chai to a good drink when I receive my salary in the future!"
The guard waved his hands impatiently and said, "Get out! Once you get your fucking wages, you won't know where to go to have fun, and you'll even have a drink with me!"
At this time, the scribe had already issued identity certificates to the three of them. Wang Da took the identity certificates and walked out of the shed diagonally opposite with a lot of gratitude.
When I entered the shed, I saw a man dressed as a eunuch sitting inside. Because he was alone, he was yawning out of boredom! When he saw Wang and the other three people coming in, he hurriedly sat up straight and said, "Are you looking for a job? Show us the certificate!"
After receiving the certificate, he complained about the names of the three brothers like the servant. After asking about the whole story, he said to Wang Zhengguo with great interest: "Wang Zhengguo, you said you have been studying for several years and you can write, but can you count? "
Wang Zhengguo bowed and said, "In response to your words, the teacher wants the students to develop on the right path of the imperial examination, but the students know that their families are poor and may not be able to support them, so they ask the teacher to teach them some economic knowledge. So there is no problem with reading, writing and arithmetic." !」
The eunuch narrowed his eyes when he heard someone calling him a nobleman, but he said: "You can't call me a nobleman. What kind of nobleman are we? But since you said you can write and count, then our family test you!"
Wang San was young and had never seen what a eunuch looked like, but he was a little confused by the behavior of the eunuch in front of him! But at any rate, I could still understand what he said. He hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Sir, please come up with the questions. Students, please do your best!"
The eunuch first picked up a poem by Bai Juyi and read it out for Wang Zhengguo to write silently. After seeing that he had written it down, several arithmetic questions were asked for him to calculate. Moreover, these arithmetic questions were all about calculating earthwork and land area. Wang Zhengguo also successfully calculated them.
Seeing that his result was correct, the eunuch said happily: "Well done! You can work with our family in the future! As for the salary, you have to talk to the boss before it can be decided. After all, you are still young! As for your two brothers ..."
Having said this, he looked Wang Da and Wang Er up and down, and took a special look at their arms and thighs before saying, "I see you guys are pretty good, and you don't have any special skills, so go dig in the soil!"
Wang Da was naturally overjoyed to find a place to work as soon as he arrived in Tianjin, and he agreed without hesitation. Wang San opened his mouth, wanting to speak but didn't. All this was seen by the eunuch, but he still smiled and said nothing, and directly sent Wang Da and Wang Er to the back of the shed to rest, while he took Wang Zhengguo to teach him how to make account books. It seemed like he was happy to have someone who could help!
By evening, the eunuch had recruited a total of seven people. He led these seven people through Tianjin City and walked towards the seaside. After more than an hour of contact, Wang Zhengguo already knew that the eunuch's surname was Li and his name was Li Fa. So he tentatively said: "Eunuch Li, thank you for teaching me so much this afternoon!"
Li Fa smiled and said, "Then how are you going to thank our family?"
When Wang Zhengguo heard this, he subconsciously turned around to look at his elder brother, but was stopped by Li Fa directly and said, "Don't look at your brother, just use your little head to think about it!"
Wang Zhengguo was originally an extremely smart person. Although reading may not necessarily make a person sophisticated, it could allow him to summarize useful things from limited information. So he quickly synthesized what the old shopkeeper taught him along the way and what he saw and heard, and whispered in a blissful voice: "How about this, Eunuch Li, when I get my salary, I will honor you for a month." wages!"
Li Fa smiled even brighter when he heard this! He nodded repeatedly and said, "You are indeed a clever little guy! But think about it again, why did our family teach you so many things this afternoon? If you can think of it, our family will give you a benefit!"
When he said this, Wang Zhengguo was a little confused! He also wanted to look at his elder brother subconsciously, but Li Fa directly pressed his head and said: "I told you not to look at your elder brother, let you think for yourself!"
At this time, Wang Zhengguo suddenly remembered that what Li Fa taught him the most in the afternoon was how to register and allocate people, and explain the rules here, so he blurted out: "Do you want me to register here for you tomorrow and follow the rules?"
Li Fa laughed and said, "The little guy is really smart, he guessed it right away!"
At this point he smiled, sighed and said: "This time the palace sent a few people from our family here, but such a big project is simply too busy! People who can contribute can always be found, but those who are most lacking are those People who can read, write, and calculate! But there are very few such people in Tianjin, and they already have their own bosses! There are also some people who are stupid in reading and feel that it is embarrassing to do things for the government, so our family is like this A few people are simply too busy! So we will spend one more day with you tomorrow. If you handle your errands properly, we will call your second brother to run errands for you. The wages will be the same as on the construction site, but it will be less. I suffered a lot!"
