"Be careful, don't hit anyone, and don't hit yourself. You up there, who let you untie the rope? Do you think you can do it? Tie it up for me. "
The four officials who were on duty last night hired a car and dozed off all the way. When they arrived at the Drunken Immortal House in Lantian County, they saw the construction scene.
The original Drunken Immortal House was being demolished. On the second floor, there were people with ropes tied to their bodies, taking off the tiles in order.
Next to each person was a sliding rod with a groove that was cut open and pieced together with a bamboo pole.
The tiles were put on, and when they were released, the tiles would slide down. Below was a haystack. When one slid down, the people below would pick it up.
Even so, the tiles were still intact.
The four officials found it novel. In the past, the tiles were tied into bundles and hung down with ropes.
Now, they took one after another. It was much faster than that.
The four of them looked at each other and found that the arrangement of the minister was different.
One of them turned around and saw a person who didn't listen, so he brought his colleagues over.
"Li Family Zhuangzi's people?" An official asked.
"Yes, I'm Guan Xiaotan. Are you people from the Ministry of Personnel? The Drunken Immortal House was bought by my Dongzhu yesterday and is being demolished today.
I want to eat the Hui Da here. Go forward, there's a chef in Zhuangzi who is making all kinds of fried snacks.
Tell the minister that my Dongzhu will do what he says. There won't be any problems. "
Guan Xiaotan already knew the situation, but he didn't expect that Minister Cui would seriously send someone to take a look today.
"Why is the restaurant being demolished?" The official found that the task was completed, but he didn't want to rush back. He hadn't eaten yet, so he asked more.
"Build a bigger building and buy the land behind it, including that big pit. In the future, you will find that the Drunken Immortal House is more like a drunken immortal. "
Guan Xiaotan said. He took a few steps forward and pulled back a seven or eight year old child who ran in front.
The tiles that were removed were counted as wages. Not only did they offset the wages of removing the tiles, but they also offset the wages of removing the pillars behind.
The tiles were not bad, but they were very expensive.
The workers who took the tiles could sell them to others.
Especially when the roof tiles of other restaurants needed to be repaired, they would replace one of the broken ones.
These tiles were equivalent to the total cost of the demolition, which was a great bargain for the craftsmen.
The other commoners were hired by the craftsmen to wash the tiles. There was a lot of mud on the tiles and they were placed one by one. Once they encountered an external force, they would break.
When there was no mud, it would stick tightly and not shatter.
When tiling the roof, the old craftsmen worked very slowly and carefully sifted the mud to be applied.
Layer by layer, layer by layer, and the areas that were not pressed down were flattened with mud.
In this way, there was no gap between tile and tile, between tile and mud.
A good tiler is a good tiler. Even if a person jumps on top of it, they won't break it.
If he was fooling around, he could just smear some mud casually. When the time came, there would be no need for people to jump. The gap was big, and when it rained, the water would leak and wash away the mud and sand below.
When there was less sand, the tiles would fall off automatically.
Being a bricklayer was a technical job. Whoever hired a bricklayer not only had to pay him a salary, but also had to provide him with good food and drink.
The officials of the Ministry of Personnel obviously did not know much about this. They watched as the people around them carried wooden and ceramic basins to fetch water and scrub carefully.
An official asked, "After washing, the tiles are very heavy, right? The water has seeped into the tiles. "
"The sun is also very strong. When the water seeps in, you can see the gaps in some tiles. When the sun shines again, they will crack. This kind of tile is easy to pick out."
Guan Xiao Tan explained the washing process, which was also the selection process.
"Then we'll go and have something to eat first." The official who did not want to go back immediately pulled his companions and walked forward.
There were two iron pots in front of them. There was oil in the pots.
The craftsmen on Zhuangzi were frying the tiles. Balls of tiles were blown out.
The commoners could eat as much as they wanted, but they were not allowed to take it away.
Children were allowed to take a small ball after eating, but they had to register which family it belonged to.
When the four of them came closer, the person in charge of distributing the tiles saw them and asked, "Officials of the Ministry of Personnel?"
"Yes." The four of them smiled almost at the same time. They were all ninth-grade officials, the kind who were not qualified to attend the court.
"Minister Cui didn't come?" The person on Zhuangzi asked again.
"Minister Cui is busy with government affairs," the official answered with a smile. He did not say that a third-grade official like Minister Cui was not someone they could meet whenever they wanted.
Because Li Dongzhu on Zhuangzi was also a third-grade official. An official was still an official.
"I'll wrap it up for you. You can eat first and go back and tell Minister Cui." The person on Zhuangzi went to get the frozen meat stuffing.
He also took out a small pot and boiled egg soup with wild vegetables and eggs.
Not long after, the four officials from the Ministry of Personnel sat at the side and began to eat. The table and chairs were moved out from Zuixian Restaurant.
They had never eaten 'Turn Back' before. When they took a bite, the rich fragrance filled their mouths. It was delicious.
After drinking another mouthful of soup, they felt that there was no part of their body that was uncomfortable. The tiredness of staying up late disappeared.
While the four of them were eating, a group of carriages appeared.
There were small flags on the four-wheeled carriages. Each flag represented a big merchant in Chang 'an.
There were 20 carriages in the group, all of which were four-wheeled. It seemed that two-wheeled carriages were not qualified to enter the group.
"Who are they?" The low-ranking official who spoke just now asked.
"Merchants invited by Steward Song to come and mine those lands. Each piece is 400 mu." The person on Zhuangzi's side put down a plate of kimchi.
"Most of the officials in Lantian County have been arrested. Have they bought the land?" The official felt that there was a problem with the procedure.
"Mine first. Wait for the new official to take office and fill in the paperwork." The village lord said naturally.
"What if the new official doesn't give it to you?" Another official raised a serious question.
"My Dongzhu believes that the officials chosen by the Ministry of Personnel must be the best." The village lord said with a smile.
The four officials were speechless.
They were enlightened. Enlightened in the morning, enlightened in the evening. Enlightened in the evening.
Yes, there was nothing wrong with it. The officials were arranged by the Ministry of Personnel. Whoever did not cooperate would be held accountable by the Ministry of Personnel.
So the Ministry of Personnel still had to help straighten out the matters in Lantian County?
Who did the Ministry of Personnel offend?
"Why are you bullying the Ministry of Personnel?" The official complained.
"The Ministry of Personnel did not notice the situation before, which caused the problems in Lantian County. My Dongzhu will compensate the people. Why don't we ask the Ministry of Personnel to do it?"
The village lord retorted. Your Ministry of Personnel. Others might be afraid of you, but our Li Family Zhuangzi is not afraid.
The four officials lowered their heads to drink the soup. Aiya, only then did they realize that this wild vegetable soup was very fresh.
The carriages stopped and the doors opened. One by one, the merchants came down.
They watched the construction site together and waited for Song De to divide the land for them. Then, they wrote the paperwork and took out a small portion of the money.
One thousand coins per person. There was no need to take it all out immediately. As the project progressed, they would invest it again to prevent the merchants from losing their cash flow.
Song De held a large pile of blueprints and called out, "Everyone, let's eat first. There's no rush. We still need to find local helpers. Dongzhu said that the broker, Song Ji, can take care of it."
Song Ji stood beside Song De. He knew that the reward was coming. He helped to buy the Drunken Immortal Residence yesterday and received a lot of business today.
Hiring a worker meant a portion of money. Looking at the land, they would definitely need to hire many people.
He did not dare to take it all himself. He had to share it with others.
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