Xishan is not a steep mountain, with mostly gentle slopes, but it is still difficult to cut down trees and pull out branches.

It takes a lot of effort to cut down a tree, and it takes a lot of effort to pull out branches.

Women and children are mainly responsible for carrying shrubs and small branches. Those thick tree trunks still need to be carried by young and strong men.

When calculating the workload, the government officials and veterans disagreed.

The veterans looked down upon the workload of women and children, thinking that their workload was not worth three cents.

After all, in the military camp, taking the centurion as an example, his monthly military pay was only one hundred coins.

The centurion felt unbalanced as the ten cents short of these women and children doing such little work was as much as his military pay.

When Butcher Xu heard the centurion and Liu Yamen arguing over there, he walked over silently and listened for a while before speaking out: "The wages stipulated by Marquis Pingle should be whatever they are."

The centurion stopped talking when he heard this. No matter how brave he was and how unbalanced he was, he could not criticize Pinglehou in front of Pinglehou's father-in-law.

Liu Yamen didn't feel that he had won. After calming down, he asked the centurion: "Why do you think the salary is too high?"

The centurion didn't answer and walked away.

Butcher Xu shook his head at Liu Yamen. After the centurion and others had gone away, he said, "I heard that the military pay was stopped again last month."

Liu Yamen was startled at first and then sighed: "I'm not spending his money, why is he so anxious? It's because he thought that the wages paid out accounted for their share of military pay. Military pay is military pay, and wages are wages. It's completely Not relevant."

Tutu Xu did not comment on this, and just said calmly: "Brother, Chao'er asked me to observe these ten veterans, and you can also help me."

Liu Yamen came closer and asked, "Could it be that Chao'er wants to recruit these ruffians? If anyone finds out, Chao'er will be charged with one crime at a time."

Butcher Xu shook his head and said, "I don't know. Chao'er has always done things safely. If things go wrong, the county magistrate will check for him."

Liu Yamen stopped talking and continued to patrol. Those who broke the rules were pulled out. Li Zheng and the Yamen who were in charge came to pick them up. Then they drew a black cross on their faces. If the person who made the cross broke the rules again, he would be expelled from the construction site.

Before lunch, Butcher Xu put a cross on the five gangsters with his own hands, beat three of the arrogant gangsters, and sent them all home. His family, relatives and friends were implicated and subsequently embarrassed.

The centurion knocked on the big gong and shouted: "The food is ready! Let's eat!"

The common people on the mountain and down the mountain all looked towards the centurion, their eyes fell on the long row of earth stoves past the centurion, and they all swallowed their saliva.

Lu Changle has a good nose and bright eyes: "Aniang, brother, I can smell the aroma of steamed buns!"

"Steamed buns?" Mrs. Lu was surprised, "We actually have steamed buns to eat?"

Lu Changping was not as surprised as Lu Changle and his daughter. While he was pulling branches down the mountain, he ran to the earth stove for a walk.

He asked: "Auntie, Changle, should we line up separately or together?"

Lu Changle didn't understand and asked, "Brother, is there any explanation for this?"

As Lu Changping spoke, he observed the villagers running to find their own affairs, and urged: "I don't know whether to receive meals by individuals or by families. Look, they all ran to find Li Zheng! Changle, you run fast, Hurry to the line at Mrs. Xu’s place first! Auntie, Changle and I will go first!”

Ms. Lu was stunned for a moment and saw that everyone around her was running, and she started running too.

You run and I run, Xishan becomes more lively than ever.

The centurion banged the gong loudly in his hand, and shouted while banging: "Look for your respective stewards and line up in the order of first come, first served! Anyone who jumps in line will have a cross on his face!"

Originally, some people wanted to fish in troubled waters and jumped in line because of their own strength, but the centurion gave them up with just one word.

Everyone saw what happened to the five gangsters with crosses on their faces, and no one dared to challenge Mr. Xu's authority.

After waiting for the people to line up, Li Zheng, the steward, and the government servants and veterans announced that they would receive meals on an individual basis. The women and children would receive a bowl of gruel and a steamed bun, and the man who worked hard would receive two large steamed buns and a large bowl of gruel.

Lu Changle was ranked in the top ten. She took the steaming steamed buns and the bowl of porridge, but her vision was blurry for some reason.

The person in charge of making porridge shouted loudly: "Get the food and leave, don't delay other people!"

Lu Changle forced back his tears and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Mrs. Xu!"

Butcher Xu glanced at Lu Changle and said loudly: "Don't thank me. If you want to thank me, thank your majesty! Your majesty is so gracious that you are where you are today by conferring the title of Marquis Pingle!"

Therefore, everyone who received the steamed buns and porridge never forgot to shout: "Your Majesty's grace is so great!"

Amidst the chants of "Your Majesty's Majesty's grace" one after another, the centurion and other veterans had mixed feelings in their hearts.

After distributing food to the common people who were working, Butcher Xu led Liu Yamen, the centurion and others to the earthen stove, giving each person two large steamed buns and a large bowl of gruel.

Liu Yamen took a big bite of the steamed bun and his eyes lit up: "The ingredients for this big steamed bun are really strong!"

The centurion glanced at the big steamed bun that Liu Yamen had taken a bite of. He hesitated for a moment before lowering his head and biting it: Well, the ingredients used in this big steamed bun are too honest. It is made of real flour, not mixed with sand and gravel, and there is no trace of it at all. Chitting teeth.

A veteran exclaimed: "Boss, these big steamed buns don't hurt your teeth at all!"

The centurion's heart skipped a beat. Before he could scold his subordinate, he heard Butcher Xu ask: "The steamed buns you ate in the military camp are so irritating to your teeth? Is there sand in them?"

"Forehead……"

The veteran received the death stare from the centurion and was so frightened that he buried his head in pain and did not dare to say a word.

Butcher Xu noticed the centurion's death gaze, turned his body and stared directly at the centurion: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that we will sue you?"

The centurion said angrily: "One more thing is worse than one less thing. Mr. Xu, there is no need for you to inquire about these things."

Butcher Xu nodded and turned to talk to Liu Yamen: "Brother, half a day has passed. How much work is appropriate for a woman and a child?"

When Liu Yamen said this, he couldn't help but look at the centurion: "Well, let's just follow the workload of the little girl who thanked you at the beginning. I took a look and found that most people have the same workload as her. The amount is about the same.”

The centurion received Liu Yamen's gaze and turned his back silently.

Seeing this, Liu Yamen no longer had any scruples, "That little girl is very hardworking. She even did her mother-in-law's share. It is safer to use her as a standard."

Butcher Xu asked again: "Where are the men?"

Liu Yamen said: "Except for the five gangsters who were caught, everyone else's workload is about the same. As long as they are not lazy, I will give them five cents."

The centurion couldn't hold it back and said: "Just five pennies for a man who can breathe, and three pennies for a woman or child who can move!"

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