Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

Because he didn't bring much, he arrived in Luoyang in more than two days. Yuchi Baoqi didn't send a report to Luoyang in advance.

Although this may cause Qin Huaidao and Qin Wuwei to be subject to considerable interrogation when they enter the city, Yuchi Baoqi wants to know what Ma Zhou is doing even more.

As a result, everyone in Yuchi Baoqi who arrived at the gate of Luoyang City was stunned.

A huge number of people, a huge number of people, blocked the city gate.

"Brother, may I ask why so many people gathered at the city gate?"

The middle-aged man looked at Yuchi Baoqi's human-like clothes and quickly saluted.

"Sir, we came here because we heard that there was someone recruiting workers in the city. All the strong men from our village came here."

Yuchi Baoqi was dumbfounded and quickly continued to ask.

"How long have you been recruiting workers? Don't you have to serve in the government? Can you still leave the village and come to Luoyang to work so freely?"

The man was also very patient and continued to chat with Yuchi Baoqi: "The recruitment was probably more than five months ago. We thought it was a scam or that we didn't recruit a few people, so they didn't come."

"Who knew there was one from our village who went there and sent a message back saying that working here would pay for the corvee, and the wages would be paid! He had one meal of thin food, two meals of dry food every day, and every meal was one meat and one vegetable! "

Yuchi Baoqi probably knew where his money went: "What about accommodation?"

The man also grinned: "Of course accommodation is provided. I heard that the man who recruited workers built a lot of shops."

Yuchi Baoqi finally understood the reason. Since the money was well spent on hiring people, nothing would happen.

Qin Huaidao had already finished communicating with the city gate and was preparing to go in with his people. When he saw Yuchi Baoqi from a distance, he quickly waved him over.

"It turns out you are the military master. Your friend is calling you over there. Come over quickly."

Yuchi Baoqi took out a five-tael banknote from his clothes and handed it to the man. There was no way this was the smallest amount for him.

The man had never seen a treasure note before, so he thought it was just a piece of beautiful paper. He couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

The neighbor from the village who came to work with him saw it and quickly asked him to put it away.

"I came to Luoyang to work part-time a few days ago. I heard that a new kind of treasure banknote came out in the capital, which can only be used as salary for officials. I guess it must be this one? Go ask He Da and look at it. What did you write?"

The two of them ran to find one of the few people in the village who knew a few words and let him have a look.

"This is indeed a treasure note of the Tang Dynasty written on it. Yours is worth five taels! It must be very rare when it looks so exquisite. Put it away quickly and don't let anyone see it."

He Da didn't have any bad intentions, but he was still jealous of why he didn't chat with that young man.

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Yuchi Baoqi quietly came to Luohe Pier and looked at the river near the pier, which was full of people and boats.

Yuchi Baoqi was stopped by someone, and the person looked at his clothes.

"This young master, are you looking for someone or working?"

"How can I register for work?"

The man took Yuchi Baoqi to the recruitment office. There was a guard standing by the stall with a knife.

"That's a guard, as you saw. After you sign the contract, you will be assigned a foreman. Do you know anyone who works here? You can go to the same foreman."

"Does this foreman get preferential treatment? Are there any differences between different foremen?"

"No. The foreman just looks at the workers he chooses and decides what to do."

Yuchi Baoqi gritted his teeth when he heard this: "His grandma arranged it so well, I can't even think about it!"

But he said: "That doesn't matter, no one I know is here."

The clerk at the stall read the deed aloud and asked Yuchi Baoqi if he understood it.

At this time, the guard next to him came over and read it again to confirm that Yuchi Baoqi understood.

The three parties pressed their fingerprints, and Yuchi Baoqi received his work badge. Just as a foreman passed by, Yuchi Baoqi was put into his work team.

"Young student, I see you are well dressed. How did you come to work here? Could it be that you are a scholar who failed the exam and wanted to offset the corvee?"

Yuchi Baoqi nodded: "Yes, I have spent all my money on studying. I don't have any money to redeem myself from the corvee, so I have to come here to work. It is finally a way to survive."

The foreman was quite talkative: "Then you work less, so you don't get tired. After all, scholars are not like us who are used to doing hard work. It just so happens that you can do some measuring work."

Yuchi Baoqi took the foreman's hand and shook it: "Thank you very much, brother."

Because Yuchi Baoqi was literate and knew how to measure. Being assigned a relatively leisurely job in the team, no one else had any objections.

After finally staying up until noon, it was time to eat.

Yuchi Baoqi looked at the meals delivered by the guards, and Yuchi Baoqi finally knew exactly where his money was spent.

A big bucket of pork and cabbage. Although it is brown rice, it is still new rice and it is very fragrant.

There is also a bucket of mustard pickles, which also contains minced meat.

"Didn't you say one dish and one meat? Why do both dishes have meat?"

The worker next to him chatted with Yuchi Baoqi: "We used to have one vegetable and one meat, but recently it's been cold and there's no other food. There's only cabbage. The man who hired the workers was afraid that we would get tired of it, so he gave us a change. Yesterday it was The braised pork and cabbage oil residue are so fragrant."

Yuchi Baoqi tastes a little salty, which is normal. After all, work consumes a lot of energy and water, so the more salt you eat, the better.

"Master Ma is here, please cheer up."

Ma Zhou and three or five craftsmen came over to inspect the morning's work to see if there was any cutting corners or carelessness.

As soon as I came over, I saw an acquaintance, and I was so frightened that I immediately ran back.

"Master Ma? Master Ma, we haven't accepted it yet!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Ma Zhou had no choice. I could only bite the bullet and walk over.

"Master Ma is so majestic. He has become a master."

The foreman quickly grabbed Yuchi Baoqi and said, "Stop talking, Mr. Ma is a good man."

Yuchi Baoqi laughed angrily: "He has become a good person, and what you eat from his grandma is all my money!"

Ma Zhou hurriedly came over to cheer him up: "Master Guo and others all know that you paid for it, and everyone who works knows it!"

Yuchi Baoqi put his hands on his hips: "I'm here to work too, why didn't I know?"

The foreman raised his hand weakly: "Well, Mr. Ma. I didn't have time. I started working as soon as I arrived. I didn't have time to do ideological education."

Yuchi Baoqi felt much better. It turned out that everyone knew that he paid for it, but they still refused to spare Ma Zhou.

"Tell me, you have burned 600 million taels. How many have you burned so far? When I came over to see, not even one of them has been built!"

Ma Zhou took the brochure from the craftsman's hand, pointed to the picture and said to Yuchi Baoqi: "This ship is the first ship. It was completed by the Zhoujiacun engineering team. Behind it is the fingerprint of the engineering team. This ship is the second ship. , look, there are handprints on the back. This is the third ship, too, full of handprints."

Yuchi Baoqi grabbed the booklet and flipped through it. Seeing that a total of 25 ships had been completed, she felt very happy.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Ma did a good job! There is no need to do more after this batch is completed, but we will continue to recruit people. If the people recruited are not available, they will build dormitories, and they will build other ships in the future."

Ma Zhou felt that he had passed the test, and he felt relieved, but then he became tense again.

"My lord, would you please take me to the boat to have a look? How about it?"

Yuchi Baoqi's arms were already beautiful: "Okay! Take a look! Take a walk!"