Chen Qing is the Marquis of the Left Middle, and Cao Ziping is the Marquis of the Right Middle.

The two Shangguans made such a fuss, what should they do?

"What are you still doing?"

"It doesn't matter how long you stand if you are well fed and clothed."

"Go find some clothes and come here, and find some good medicine for gold sores."

Chen Qing shouted loudly.

"promise."

Cao Ziping was not present, they could only obey Chen Qing's orders honestly.

"Old man, don't kneel down, get up quickly."

Chen Qing helped the craftsmen who were kneeling on the ground to get up.

"Grass people dare not stand up."

"I'll break the terracotta figurines, please punish me."

The craftsman buried his head and said in a heavy tone.

Chen Qing knew that they were afraid of being settled by Cao Ziping, so he immediately put on a straight face: "I am the general of the Shaofu Zuozhonghou, and I am the biggest here. I told you to stand up, are you going to disobey?"

"This……"

The craftsmen looked at each other before standing up tremblingly.

"It's just a pottery figurine, just mud and rubble."

"How can it be more important than people?"

Chen Qing took the old clothes handed over by the officials and put them on for the two older craftsmen.

"No, no."

Although it is worn by officials and it is still old, it is still many times stronger than the shabby sackcloth they wear.

The craftsmen repeatedly refused, in fear and fear.

"I let you wear it, you just put it on."

"Whoever dares to trouble you, report me Chen Qing's name."

Chen Qing cast a sideways glance at the surrounding officials of the general's young mansion, his eyes full of threats.

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.

"The grass people thank you for your kindness, and in the next life you will repay it with a grass ring!"

Two lines of hot tears welled up from the craftsman's eyes, washing out clear gullies on his ashen face.

The four of them knelt on the ground again, expressing their thanks in extremely sincere tones.

Chen Qing sighed deeply.

Just a few old clothes.

The quality of clothes in later generations is many times better than this, but no one picks them up when they are thrown in the trash.

But in Daqin, it is worthy of their solemn worship.

"Get up, don't just kneel down."

Chen Qing helped him up again.

"Old man, how long have you been working here?"

He casually asked a gossip, intending to make some connections before talking.

"Caomin...served here for three years, one month and eighteen days."

The craftsman slowly recalled and said.

"How many did you say?"

"Three years and one month?"

Chen Qing showed surprise: "I ask you, are you serving corvee? Why did it take so long?"

According to the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, adult men have to serve one month of corvee every year.

When constructing a large project, there will also be temporary corvee, which usually takes a long time.

But Chen Qing never expected that someone would serve corvee for as long as three years!

Judging by his age, there must be old and young in the family.

In this case, what should his parents, wife and children do?

Who will feed me!

The craftsmen lowered their heads silently, their eyes flushed, but they dared not say a word.

If you make a mistake, you will lose your head!

"It's fine if you don't say it."

Knowing his difficulty, Chen Qing sighed silently.

"I'll ask you again, are there many people like you here?"

"many!"

The craftsmen nodded without hesitation.

Chen Qing asked: "About what percentage?"

"Uh... more than [-]% is always there, and it's not sure if there are too many grassroots."

The two craftsmen answered hesitantly.

"Twenty percent..."

Chen Qing did some calculations, and based on 70 civilians, at least 10,000+ people are in the extended service.

After struggling briefly in his heart, he shouted at the officials: "Find out the registers of all the civilians who built the imperial mausoleum. Anyone who exceeds the period of corvee service should be returned home, and report to me after counting."

"grown ups……"

"I really don't have the patience to wait."

"Yes, the registers are neglected and lost a lot. It's not easy to sort them out!"

The officials complained one after another, but no one listened to his orders.

Although I don't know what Chen Qing is going to do, but it will not be a good thing.

No one wants to cause trouble for nothing, so they use many excuses to prevaricate.

"it is good!"

Chen Qing sneered.

play this with me, right?

I don't believe that without you Zhang butchers, you can still eat hairy pigs!

Chapter 45 The old guy doesn't talk about martial arts, he sneaks up on me, a time traveler

Chen Qing's eyes searched around for a while, and soon settled on the two pottery figurines on the ground.

He went up and down and smashed half of his arm.

The lower half of the terracotta warriors is solid and the upper half is hollow.

Although the ancients did not understand the principle of the center of gravity, skilled craftsmen never lack practical wisdom.

After Chen Qing broke off the wrist of his arm, a loudspeaker with a big front and a small back was completed.

He jumped into the car and shouted to the busy peasants and craftsmen not far away: "I am the Marquis of the Left of the Young Mansion, please stop what you are doing and come and listen to me."

After repeating several times in a row, the craftsmen carefully surrounded them.

"For grassroots, please refer to Lord Zuo Zhonghou."

No matter what officials they are, anyway, they are just civilians, so they just worship.

"I just took office today and came to inspect the imperial mausoleum."

"If you don't check, you don't know. If you check, you will be shocked."

"There are many omissions in Jiangzuo Shaofu's management of the registers of civilian husbands, resulting in many people who should have returned home staying here."

"I can't find the booklet, it doesn't matter."

"Anyone who has overdue corvee service, only needs three or more people to testify, explain the situation to the official, and immediately release him back to his hometown!"

Before the words were finished, the officials around turned pale and looked at Chen Qing tremblingly, as if the sky had fallen.

Does he know what he did?

The overdue service of civilian husbands was originally an act acquiesced by the first emperor and the court.

If you let people go, who will repair the imperial mausoleum?

If the emperor blames it, who can bear it!

"what!"

"Is it real or fake?"

"Shangguan...didn't he lie to us?"

The craftsmen raised their heads abruptly, with expressions of joy and disbelief in their eyes.

"Don't recognize me, don't you know Daqin's official uniform?"

Chen Qing tugged at his collar and shouted loudly.

"how?"

"None of you want to go home?"

Hearing the word 'going home', the folk husbands immediately became excited.

"My lord, I've overstayed my term for more than a year!"

"I am too!"

"My lord, I have been out for more than half a year!"

"All my fellow countrymen can testify, please let me go back, my lord!"

The crowd was raging, and everyone squeezed forward desperately, telling their grievances.

Chen Qing was also taken aback.

It's more than [-]%, I'm afraid it's half of it!

If they were all put back, that would be more than 30 people!

After thinking about it quickly in his mind, he decided not to act recklessly.

If they were all let go, the First Emperor would definitely not be able to spare him.

But at any rate, those who were overdue for a long time were sent home, and the rest of them also had hope.

"Don't worry, take your time."

Chen Qing looked serious: "How many workshops like yours are there nearby?"

The craftsmen became more courageous, and he gestured in a big circle: "My lord, there are all around, I can't count how many there are."

Chen Qing said impatiently: "Then go and run all the places you know. Anyone who has exceeded the deadline by more than one year will be called here."

"promise."

"promise."

The craftsmen immediately dispersed and ran down the mountain happily.

"Chen Zhonghou, do you know what will happen if you do this?"

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