Make up for yesterday's Chapter 379: Religious Rituals A strange notice appears in Mulan City.
This notice has been copied in countless copies, and posted in the most conspicuous and conspicuous places in all the densely populated places in Mulan City.
At the gates of the city, outside the halls, beside the bazaar Even the wall opposite the Doge's Palace was secretly posted one night.
There is nothing inherently excessive about the content of this announcement, and the content is just a recruitment of craftsmen.
It's just that the number and conditions of this recruitment have caused a sensation in Mulan City 100 carpenters, 100 blacksmiths, 500 builders.
Originally, although Mulan City was the capital of Nulin Province, there were more craftsmen than other regions, but after such a large-scale collection, I was afraid that more than half of the craftsmen in Mulan City would be collected at once.
In addition, a number of laborers were recruited in this notice, and the remuneration of the laborers was also very attractive, indicating that they could be fed and sheltered, and in addition to the subsidy of ten copper plates per day, so that they could get three hundred copper plates per month You must know that in Mulan City, the original monthly income of a laborer is only more than 100 copper plates, which is equivalent to doubling the price.
Although he was asked to leave Mulan City to work in the north, it seemed from the notice that the place he was going to was not too far away, and it was still in Nulin Province after all.
Those who rely on hard work to eat every day, where they don't go to earn money to fill their stomachs, and they are afraid of working for a year, they are worth two years of hard work, why not These people are not afraid of being made to do those dangerous jobs of mining, miners have always been extremely dangerous, mining from the mountains into the ground, that is all to fight for their lives, if it is not for the poor and have no way out, no matter how much money there is, no one is willing to do it, but fortunately, this notice is written clearly, it is within the province of Nulin.
Everyone knows that in the territory of Nulin Province, where there are any mines, there are only a few small loess slopes in the north, not to mention what minerals, even if they dig for three or five years, they can only dig out a pile of loess.
Thinking that this group of people recruited carpenters, blacksmiths, and construction craftsmen, the news spread, and the people in Mulan City were basically certain that most of this group was going to build a walled city somewhere in the north.
The most important thing is that the number of these coolie laborers recruited on this notice is not indicated, and who knows how many people will recruit, but they are afraid that they will be too late and there will be no quota.
There are a total of four recruitment points set up inside and outside the city of Mulan, recruiting craftsmen in the city and laborers outside the city.
In the past few days, there has been an endless stream of people coming to apply, and one of the places in the city that recruits craftsmen is fine.
On the other hand, the place outside the city was set up in the market outside the west city, and for the first day or two there were people watching, but on the third day, it became crowded, and the long flow of people almost crowded the small market.
In just one Mulan City, the number of people who do hard labor is also limited, and in three or five days, nearly 1,000 people were recruited, which almost recruited all the people who did hard labor in Mulan City, and the direct result was that in the market outside Mulan City, there were carts and horses, goods and goods, and even the manpower to hire porters was in short supply.
But Chen Daolin's group still doesn't seem to be satisfied, and the momentum of recruitment obviously has no intention of stopping.
After a few more days, even the people in several small towns around Mulan City got the news that a large number of strong laborers from outside came to apply.
This time, the impact is different.
Chen Daolin and these people recruited all the laborers, and many businesses in Mulan City were obviously affected, and some people couldn't help but come forward to do some small tricks.
However, Chen Daolin's bid was high, and these people had no choice but to recommend one or two people to deliver a message to the governor's palace in the city.
But the officials in the governor's palace in the city were all connected by Chen Daolin with gold coins, and they were obviously unwilling to get involved in this matter.
It has been making trouble for more than half a month, and the number of strong laborers recruited by Chen Daolin in the end has reached nearly 5,000 Most of them had heard the news of the lucrative pay, and had come from other places one after another.
At this moment, the governor's palace could not sit still Even though Governor Fiolo had received Chen Daolin's money, the current development of events, a large number of laborers from the small towns in the countryside were flooded in Mulan City.
There were almost tens of thousands of people who came to the inquiry, and the criteria for selecting laborers by Chen Daolin and others were very strict, and those who were not strong enough, too weak or too old were all dismissed.
As a result, there is a large number of immigrants in the city.
These people stayed in Mulan City, always had to eat and sleep, and they made a miasma in Mulan City, and in a few days, more than a dozen public security incidents occurred.
More importantly, Governor Fiolo heard that there were many strong laborers who had come to apply, all of whom were farmers in the villages, and when they heard that there was a good pay, they were moved to not even plant the land, anyway, in this place in the northwest, if they plough the soil for a year, they will not have much harvest, and they can barely fill their stomachs.
This is equivalent to a large number of farmers from the countryside running away.
It is the spring ploughing season every year, and if a large number of peasants come out to work, causing the land to be wasted, and at the end of the year, the grain output will be affected, and the agricultural tax will be greatly reduced Finally, one night, a small official from the governor's palace came to the hotel where Chen Daolin and others stayed, and Chen Daolin's person in charge of the scene here was the Baron Pierre, who expressed the governor's concerns to Baron Pierre in cryptic words, and only left satisfactorily after receiving a certain degree of commitment from Baron Pierre.
"It seems that people have put up with us to the limit."
In his room, Chen Daolin smiled after listening to Baron Pierre's conversation with the officials of the Governor's Palace tonight: "Okay, it's not good if things are too big.
Even if we go to the north, we will still be under the jurisdiction of the province of Nulin, and we will have to deal with this governor in the future, and it will not be easy to offend him.
Anyway, we've almost recruited the manpower we needed for the first phase."
After a pause, Chen Daolin glanced at Baron Pierre: "The matter of receiving the land" Although they had been in Mulan City for a long time, the large wasteland they had purchased from the Doge's Palace had already been taken over by Boromir, the son of Baron Pierre.
The baron listened to Chen Daolin's question, and immediately said, "Bolomir sent someone back last night, saying that the matter received over there went well.
The governor's palace sent officials to accompany him, and the local towns did not stop them.
The contract and all the paperwork procedures have been secured, and the land has been demarcated. ” "Okay, then get ready, we'll leave in three days" Three days later, Chen Daolin set off from Mulan City with a large group of people.
The accompanying team was accompanied by hundreds of wagons, loaded with all kinds of goods.
In addition, Chen Daolin was the stronghold of a mercenary guild in Mulan City, and hired two hundred mercenaries to accompany him.
The task of these two hundred mercenaries is to ensure the safety of the team and goods along the way, in addition to maintaining order in order for so many people in case anything goes wrong.
At this time, Chen Daolin's departure did not ease the governor of Fiolo in Mulan City, who was sending people to find out the situation of Chen Daolin's team, but he was stunned The Governor's first thought was: Tricked by this guy It turned out that although Chen Daolin had recruited five or six thousand people in Mulan City for more than half a month, when he left, the number of people in the team was far more than five or six thousand, and according to the description of the people who came back to report, the team that Chen Daolin pulled away from Mulan City had at least tens of thousands of people In addition to the five or six thousand recruited artisan laborers, half of the team was actually women, children and civilians This shocked Governor Fiolo As a province in the northwest region, Nulin Province was originally vast and sparsely populated, and although the capital Mulan City was the largest city in Nulin Province, the population was only 100,000.
At this time, Chen Daolin pulled away a tenth of the city's population The base of the population determines the tax revenue, the vitality of the city, and the reserve of labor, etc., which is equivalent to letting Chen Daolin and his gang drain one-tenth of the blood from Mulan City This made Governor Fiolo how to sit still After listening to the careful reports of his subordinates, the truth surfaced.
It turned out that Chen Daolin and others were recruiting people in Mulan City these days, and they also deliberately released the news that they were going to the northern casting city to settle down, in addition to the need for craftsman labor, such a large project, the construction period must last for a long time, so in addition to the labor of workmanship, there is always a need for some other manpower.
For example, pulping laundry, cooking, ensuring logistics, etc., for a large number of laborers, it always needs to be done by people, and you can't let Chen Daolin and other masters do it themselves In this way, this gap always needs to be topped by someone.
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Laundry and cooking are jobs that do not require strong labor to do, and some women are enough to do it.
Moreover, Chen Daolin and others also deliberately let out the wind that after they built the early city in the north, they would also open a textile factory, and they also needed some laborers, and it was also acceptable for women to have laborers.
In this way, the news spread among the recruited laborers, and a small half of the laborers, after thinking about it, simply dragged their families and joined the team going north Five or six thousand strong laborers, and half of them brought their wives and children with them, and the number of this team suddenly exceeded 10,000 Governor Fiolo sat in the governor's palace and looked at several deputy officials beside him, dumbfounded.
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and the governor of Fiolo looked a little worried, frowned and said, "You say, these foreign guys won't cause any trouble."
One of the officials thought about it and comforted him: "My lord, I can't think about it."
Although these people are foreigners, they speak with accents, and their speech and demeanor are very decent, not like some kind of villain. ” "You can't take this matter lightly with tens of thousands of people to move, in case something goes wrong," an official was also a little afraid, and couldn't help but say: "Or, while they haven't gone far yet, mobilize the patrol team in the city to rush over and stop them back."
Before Fiolo could speak, the face of the official who had just spoken out to comfort him changed, and he retorted coldly: "The team of tens of thousands of people who are messing around is setting off, how complicated the situation is, and those guys have hired a large number of mercenaries to protect them along the way.
If we rashly send troops to intercept it, in case it causes any misunderstanding and conflict, it will cause trouble, let's talk about it, how many cavalry patrol the city in Mulan City, the cavalry patrolling the city is only two hundred horses, if we send to intercept it, what reason do people take the legal documents issued by us, if they refuse to come back, what should the cavalry sent to do?
This official has repeatedly spoken for Chen Daolin and others, not because he is really kind, but because he has already taken enough golden tickets and red envelopes from Ade.
When Fiolo heard this, his face hesitated, and he couldn't help but say: "But these people have dragged tens of thousands of people to the north, they won't be doing any treasonous crimes."
The official laughed and comforted: "Your Excellency, rest assured, although the land bought by this group is a little remote, it is still the territory of our Nulin Province.
And the left side of that place is close to the border of the Tulip family's territory, and the north side is not far from the military defense line of the imperial border, if they dare to do anything bad, we can transfer the elite from the Tulip family private army stationed on the border to extinguish this situation, if they dare to do anything rebellious there, it is definitely a bad brain.
It's impossible."
When Fiolo heard this, he thought about it in his heart, and he gradually settled down.
Anyway, in this matter, I took a lot of benefits, and I made up for my own private pockets.
And as long as these outsiders take away a large number of people, don't they go to gather people to rebel and do other things, and he, the governor who throws his hands, doesn't bother to care.
As for the labor in Mulan City being taken away so much, the chambers of commerce in the city complained, and the Governor didn't bother to take care of it.
The team of tens of thousands of people is dragging families and children with children, so it is naturally very chaotic.
Chen Daolin handed over the power to command these laborers to Montoya, and even the two hundred mercenaries hired by Montoya were also handed over to Montoya to command.
Montoya organized the laborers into more than twenty teams, and then broke up the mercenaries and mixed them into each team, and then reluctantly pulled the team up.
But even so, these laborers who dragged their children and daughters with their families also carried a lot of belongings with them, and many of them were like moving, carrying burdens, bedding, pots and pans, pulling their own taxis, and some valuable belongings, all of which were brought on the road.
Moreover, the team of tens of thousands of people, not like the disciplined group of the army, spread out on the main road in the field, and immediately stretched for several miles, which was still not far away, and there was also the result of Montoya's efforts to drive away with the hired mercenaries.
It is conceivable that it is not surprising that such a team will go for a few more days, but I am afraid that the team will stretch out for seven or eight miles From a distance, on the road on the outskirts of Mulan City, this mighty team seemed to be a brigade of fleeing refugees Chen Daolin and others naturally rode horses and cars, but these tens of thousands of ordinary people, where can they have carriages to sit on, and they can only rely on their own feet to measure the land along the way.
Although Chen Daolin's reward was higher, after a day of walking, some people in the team couldn't help but complain, tired and ruthless, and there was a faint feeling of regret in his heart.
Even Chen Daolin knew that there were a small number of people in the team, and within half a day of coming out, seeing that the journey was too hard, some people quietly broke away from the team, walked back, and returned to Mulan City.
Chen Daolin had slowed down the speed of his journey as much as possible, left Mulan City in the morning, walked for a day, and in the afternoon, calculated the distance, and only walked out of twenty miles.
Montoya, who was responsible for maintaining order along the way, was already tired and sweating.
The Holy Knight couldn't help but run to Chen Daolin's side and complained: "My lord, today is only the first day of departure, everyone's spirit is the fullest, and they have only walked such a little way, and according to my experience, the speed of long-distance travel will only get slower and slower, according to this trend, we rushed to our own territory, I am afraid that it will take a month."
Chen Daolin stopped on the side of the road, stood on a small slope, condescendingly looked at the mighty loose and loose team on the road, like a long dragon, but his face was very relaxed: "If you go slowly, you are afraid that it will take longer, and the longer you are afraid of it, the more room will be left for us to make a fuss."
I was just about to rush on this road, and I had a good time gathering the hearts of these people.
I'm not happy to go fast."
"Ugh" Looking at the incomprehensible eyes of the Holy Knight, Chen Daolin smiled faintly: "These people have migrated out with their families, relying on their own belongings, how much rations they can carry We have set the rules, every time food is provided, it is only provided to the recruited craftsmen themselves, and we don't care about the food and drink of their families."
These people rely on their own backs, how much food can they bring out, after a few days, the food they bring is gone, don't they have to rely on us to die At that time, we will slowly gather people's hearts, and when we reach the destination, these people have naturally developed a habit and obey our orders. ” Chen Daolin had already made a comprehensive plan, and most of the goods loaded on the hundreds of wagons in the team were carrying grain.
He looked at the sky and calculated the time, it was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still early before dark.
Chen Daolin called a few guides hired by the team, and after inquiring, he looked at the map again, looked up at the distance of the road, and simply pointed to the small hillside in front of the road, and ordered Montoya: "Pass the order, stop and rest when you walk to that hillside today I asked the guide, there is a stream next to the hillside, this season is just over the dry season, there is a water source just enough to camp and rest."
When we got there, we camped on the hillside, and you had the rest of the teams camp around the hillside. ” Montoya nodded, rode away, beckoned to the mercenaries, and passed on the orders one by one.
Fortunately, in the team he formed, several experienced mercenaries were added to each team as team leaders, and with these mercenaries who were used to trekking outside all year round, the order was well executed.
But even so, the team of tens of thousands of people is, in the final analysis, some ordinary people.
The line marched loosely, and it was not until it was dark that the last wave finally reached the bottom of the hillside.
That night, a procession of tens of thousands of people camped under this small hillside.
The hillside is actually a small dirt slope, there is no vegetation on it, and the highest point is only ten meters above the ground.
Chen Daolin camped on the hillside with his own people and built a bonfire.
Naturally, a seriously wounded man like Martin stayed in the carriage to rest.
Montoya, on the other hand, led a group of mercenaries and rode around the camp a few times, picked a few places, built a few bonfires at the edge of the camp, and sent mercenaries to guard them.
After all, this is the wild, and there are many wolves in the northwest wild, so choose a few places outside the camp to build a few bonfires, so you don't have to worry about wild beasts attacking at night.
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Most of the ordinary people who accompany the team are not blessed to enjoy the fire.
After all, there are so many people, if they all want to make a fire, I am afraid that the firewood they need will not be enough.
Fortunately, there is a stream at the foot of this hillside, although it is not wide and the water potential is not large, but with a clean water source, people take water for drinking, and replenish a lot of fresh water.
Chen Daolin naturally wouldn't drink this kind of water, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that people in the wild would not allow it, he would have liked to order all the people in the team to be forced not to drink raw water.
After all, with a large team of so many people, if drinking raw water causes some disease, it will be a big problem.
Unfortunately, this place is very desolate in the wilderness, and if you want to make a fire, you can't even get enough firewood, so in order to prevent the limited number of bonfires of wild beasts, you want to provide hot water for 10,000 people, and you still shake your head quickly.
Everyone walked for a day, although the distance was not far, but there were many people with their families, a lot of bags carried, as well as dry food and other belongings they carried, and they were naturally exhausted after a day's journey.
When it was dark, the camp was full of noisy noises, calling children and daughters, and it was bustling.
And at this time, all of a sudden, in the center of the campsite, on the hillside where Chen Daolin and the others were camping, the most blazing bonfire suddenly burst into flames On this big night, most of the camp was dark, and the hillside was located in the center of the camp, and it was high, and it was the most clear to see, and the flames rushed into the sky, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Fortunately, Montoya took those mercenaries around to maintain order, otherwise this sudden attack would have caused some fright.
The flame was bitter and attracted more and more people's attention, and for a while, even the noisy noise was weakened.
I saw the flames burst up, one, two After more than a dozen flames soared into the sky, they gradually subsided.
While everyone was in doubt, all of a sudden, a voice came from the hillside.
Chen Daolin's steady voice was full of energy, and he used a sound amplification magic to spread the sound throughout the camp: "Don't worry, everyone, this is our religious people's evening prayer, don't panic" After saying this three times, it seemed that there was a kind of majesty in this voice, and for a while, the whole camp fell silent, and occasionally a child of someone shouted, and immediately the adult covered his mouth.
Soon, on the hillside, it could be faintly seen that Chen Daolin and several others were standing in a circle around the fire.
Led by Chen Daolin, Barossa, Xia Xia, and the people of the Baron's family, Montoya, all wore a robe.
The style of this robe is very wide, and from a distance, it is particularly eye-catching next to the fire.
A long moan was heard, followed by a strange sound A female voice full of magnetic surnames began to sing The singing voice sounded to the standards of the Roland people, and it was really full of strange flavors, and the singing voice was long and tortuous, but it had a certain flavor that seemed to be awe-inspiring and sacred in the dark.
The singing voice is high and low, long and short, and everyone can't understand every word and word sung, but in this song, it is full of a flavor that people can't describe in words.
It seems that there is a strong religious atmosphere in the formality I know you must be amazed, how can such a character thing be done by someone like me hahahaha ` To be continued.
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