Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Chapter 56: Honest villagers

As soon as Li Xin's voice fell, the audience was silent. After a while, Old Man Zhang trembled and said, "Two dry meals a day, and five cents back? The prince is not joking?"

Wang Gui frowned, and was about to say something, but Li Xin reached out and stopped him.

Li Xin shook his head slightly to signal to Wang Gui, but he smiled and said to Old Man Zhang: "Of course it is true. Why should I lie to everyone on this kind of thing?"

Old man Zhang squeezed out a smile and said, "Master, forgive me! It's not a little old man. I doubt the prince. It's just that we have never encountered such a thing..."

Li Xin's expression did not change at all, and he still smiled gently. Of course he can understand how unbelievable emotions these simple farmers face when facing the conditions he has set. Although paying two meals and paying wages is not a favorable condition in the eyes of future generations, it was already an excellent treatment in the Tang Dynasty.

Suddenly another person asked loudly below: "Is it really a meal? Can it really make us full?"

Li Xin turned to the dark and oppressive people in the audience and said with a serious face: "I guarantee in the name of King Chu that this is true. You can help me work better and make money when you are full. Why not? Why? All of you are too hungry to work. It's no good for me."

People began to whisper to each other, and many people's eyes began to shine with excitement and anticipation.

At this time, Old Man Zhang suddenly said: "No!"

Li Xin and the others were stunned. Wang Gui's already stretched brows frowned again.

"Then pay more." Li Xin said. He thought that the reason Zhang Laohan rejected this incident was because he felt that the salary was too low and unreasonable. He doesn't mind paying a little extra, as long as it is not excessive. He doesn't care about this little thing.

"Additional?" Old man Zhang showed a look of trepidation and said, "No, no, no! Lord, five cents a day is too high." After that, he turned to the folks off the stage and said, "Think about it, this year. In the drought, every household has a bad harvest and can only barely die from starvation. Nowadays, if you help the prince work, you can have a full meal. We still take the prince’s wages. Is this appropriate?"

He said in a deep voice: "People live for this bite of food. We are the prince’s farmer. It is natural and righteous to help with the work. Now the prince is still willing to give us two meals a day. Pay. Can you feel at ease?"

The following people quarreled for a while, and someone said loudly: "Yes, five cents is too much! We don't need money, as long as we have a bite to eat!"

Soon, this call became stronger. Everyone agrees that Li Xin is too benevolent and there is no need to pay for meals and pay.

These simple and lovely people!

Wang Gui's eyebrows softened, like a kind-eyed Maitreya Venerable. He peeked at Li Xin beside him, his eyes were a little moist.

Li Xin was also greatly moved. He just did something that he thought was normal, and he didn't expect to be so grateful to this simple group of people who have almost never felt the care.

"No, you help me work, I must pay wages, otherwise it is just to let you do white work? Just five texts, don't be polite to me." Li Xin said seriously.

He knew that this group of people in front of him were the most hard-working people in China, and they were the ultimate ship that truly carried China's civilization forward. Every time he saw them, he would feel a touch. He feels that they are like the most common and toughest weeds, which can take root and grow no matter where they are, even if there is a little sun and rain, they can be used to the extreme, until they become a lush pasture.

To such a group of pure and down-to-earth people, Li Xinshi can't show malice, and even hopes to do his best to make their lives better.

However, Zhang Laohan and the villagers could not accept such a large salary of five cents a day in any case. After talking or talking, Li Xin had to accept the offer from the villagers: a penny a day. Of course, two meals a day are indispensable.

Li Xin was a little bit dumbfounded.

He was originally a capitalist's idea. It was a bit like the work-for-work scheme that Roosevelt had made during the Great Depression in the United States: He hired these people to build a winery and create value for him. At the same time, he learned from these. Part of the value is divided into rewards for these villagers, whether it is food or salary, it is only a form.

In this way, he has made money and the lives of the villagers have also been improved. He does not need to drink porridge every day and spend the winter by starving, and he can even have a good year.

But he really did not expect that one day he would really meet a group of people who would think that the salary is too high.

If the disgusting capitalists of later generations came here, they would surely wake up from a dream, right? Isn't this a group of simple laborers sent to the door to be crushed?

I have to say that the moral values ​​of the people in the Tang Dynasty are really strong. Although it may seem a little stupid sometimes, it really touches people's hearts. As long as the master treats the people below it slightly, they will use their loyalty and hands in return thousands of times. What a simple idea this is.

Li Xin sighed and said, "Okay, OK, then do what you said."

The villagers cheered, as if they had achieved a great victory. After all, Li Xin couldn't figure out whether they were happy because they had food and money, or because they had defeated Li Xin's "excessive thinking" that he wanted to give them five cents a day.

Li Xin shook his head and said, "I'll add one more point."

People calmed down and looked at Li Xin expectantly, not knowing what he was going to say.

"For those of you who help me with my work, I can eat two meals a day. If you can't eat enough, you must tell Wang Gui that he will help you deal with it. It will definitely make you full! If you have a wife For children, you can come to the construction site by head every day, with two bowls per person per day." Li Xin held up two fingers.

No way, the villagers refused to accept wages anyway, and he could only give up part of the benefits in this form. Although the price of rice this year is higher than in previous years, in general, thanks to the measures taken to stabilize grain prices by opening official warehouses, the increase is not too great. It’s just a little more rice every day, which is not too much compared to the wages saved.

The common people can say "no" to wages, but there is no way to say no to filling their wives and children anyway.

Some villagers even cried. They can't believe that there is such a compassionate dealer in the world.

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