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Today, the Provincial Governor's Office is informing the citizens of Youzhou Province that they are recruiting workers for mining and logging.
If he worked for eight hours a day, he would get a hundred wen and one meal a day!
Because not many commoners could read, Lu Qing simply wrote the announcement in vernacular. As long as the commoners could understand it, it would be fine.
"My God, this can't be true, right?”
"A hundred copper coins? Doesn't that mean that you can get three thousand copper coins after working for a month? My goodness, that was three taels of silver!”
One had to know that in this day and age, the annual income of the commoners was only eight to nine thousand wen, and this was still the case when their jobs were relatively stable.
As long as Lu Qing worked for three months, he would be able to earn as much as he did in the past year! Would the commoners not be moved?
However, because of the distrust of officials since ancient times, the people of Youzhou did not dare to act.
But at this moment, an official suddenly shouted.
"As long as you are willing to work, after signing the contract, you can receive a month's salary in advance!”
After the official finished speaking, he immediately had people carry out boxes of silver.
In the end, someone couldn't hold back and went forward to try. In the end, he really received three taels of silver!
This time, the commoners were completely shocked. Countless people rushed forward, afraid that they would lose their seats if they were late.
In fact, they did not have to worry because not only mining, logging, and so on, but also building city walls, repairing houses, and so on required migrant workers.
As it came from modern times, Lu Qing knew where there were mines in Youzhou Province.
Be it gold ore, iron ore, copper ore, etc., everything was clear at a glance.
Therefore, after the commoners arrived, Lu Qing immediately announced the start of work.
In the No. 1 iron mine in Guangyang County, Liu Er was on his first day of work. He thought that it would be as tiring as doing corvee, and he would even be beaten and scolded.
But what he did not expect was that the soldiers in charge of watching over them were very kind. They would even take the initiative to let them rest when they saw that they were not feeling well.
This was simply unimaginable. Since when did it become so easy to work for the government?
At noon, just as everyone was busy working, a group of people suddenly pushed a cart over. The fragrance of the food directly entered everyone's nostrils.
"It's time to eat! Everyone, come and eat!"
A chef in a white apron shouted. He was mobilized from the army.
"What is it? Eat?"
In ancient times, there was no habit of eating lunch. However, Lu Qing was a modern person and was already used to eating lunch. Therefore, his army had always had three meals.
Seeing the workers 'confusion, the chef explained.
"Didn't you all read the provincial governor's announcement? One meal a day, hurry over and eat. The Provincial Governor had said before that people were made of iron and rice was made of steel. If they didn't have enough to eat, how could they work?”
As the cook lifted the white cloth on the cart, the surrounding commoners were stunned because there were buckets of food inside!
A bucket of rice, a bucket of mutton stewed with potatoes, a bucket of stir-fried vegetables, a bucket of Mapo tofu, and finally a bucket of seaweed egg soup!
There were even many ingredients that did not exist in this era, such as potatoes.
In the future, Lu Qing would promote all these things in Youzhou Province. After all, potatoes, sweet potatoes and corns were not to be missed.
"Gulp!"
The sound of people swallowing their saliva rose and fell. These delicacies that looked very delicious were really something that commoners like them could eat?
Looking at the hesitant commoners, the chef sighed helplessly. However, his eyes were filled with nostalgia. When they first followed the provincial governor, weren't they also in disbelief?
"Everyone, don't worry. This is all true! Our provincial governor has set a rule that everyone under him will have three meals a day!”
"You guys are considered good. If you were in the army, your three meals a day would be of this standard. Three dishes and one soup must have meat!”
The moment he said this, the entire place was in an uproar. Even many young and strong people were green with envy. They wanted to join the army! They wanted to die for the Provincial Governor.
If he could join the Provincial Governor's army, wouldn't he be able to eat such delicacies every day?
With the soldiers leading the way, the workers also started to get the food.
The chefs that Lu Qing had trained not only taught them many delicacies from the modern era, but they also did not have the problem of their hands shaking. Therefore, each of them received a large plate that would definitely fill them up.
However, at this moment, Chef realized that some people were not eating and wanted to bring them home.
"What are you guys doing?"
Chef asked curiously.
Liu Er scratched his head and said.
"I want to bring it back for my mother to eat. My family hasn't eaten meat for a few years.”
Hearing Liu Er's words, Chef sighed. He knew that he could not persuade him, so he could only pat Liu Er's shoulder and say.
"Trust me, it won't take long for the Provincial Governor to make all the citizens of Youzhou eat these things.”
Hearing Chef's words, Liu Er and the others 'eyes shone with hope. Would there really be such a day?
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