Three Kingdoms

Temporary workers.

This may be a very popular word in later generations of the Internet. After all, in the future, this team of temporary workers would be quite powerful. They could reach the sky, escape from the earth, take the blame and fight, resist and seal things. They were simply omnipotent beings.

In the Han Dynasty, temporary workers were not called temporary workers, but "big ones".

In the Tang Dynasty, the name was changed to "bad people".

Anyway, it has a long history and has been passed down through the ages.

It is like such an easy-to-use and easy-to-manage "big one" that can be used at any time to sit, lie down, beat people, or set fire to. Naturally, everyone is happy, but everything has two sides. This "big one" He' naturally has its drawbacks.

Since it is temporary, it is equivalent to being precarious, and it is equivalent to how much money you get for doing many things. Therefore, in order to complete the task, of course you have to fight bravely and work hard, but in the same way, in order to "complete" the task, you will also be sneaky. , and by the way, get some benefits for yourself.

There is indeed a "Wandering Taoist Priest" in Xiahou, but this Wandering Taoist Priest is not what Lu Hong is looking for...

But the temporary workers don't care. Anyway, the task is to find the "Wandering Taoist Priest". If you find it, you will get a bonus!

Get the money first!

"Is there really a wandering Taoist priest?" 』

"Really!" 』

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" 』

"I saw it with my own eyes, little one!" 』

"If something goes wrong, your life will be at stake!" ” Lu Hong was still not at ease and asked another question.

If you are an ordinary person, at this point, you will think about your own head, and then think about your family, children, etc., but what is a temporary worker? It's a swashbuckler! Who would work as a temporary worker if they could do a serious job? Well, who is the big one?

So when Lu Hong asked, these big men said without hesitation: "I dare to guarantee it with my life!" 』

"..." Lu Hong was silent for a moment, nodded and waved, "Reward!" 』

He took the reward money and went to enjoy himself happily. I have it today, I eat it today, but I don’t know if I can continue to be a grown-up tomorrow, so what? If you have money, grab it. If you have money, grab it. If you have chicken feathers, use them as arrows. If you pass Lu Hong, you won’t have the reward anymore!

Lu Hong's men came up and asked: "We are now..."

Now that Xia Hou is involved, should we investigate this matter or not?

Lu Hong was silent for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Check!" 』

……(` Pan)……

In fact, Lu Hong was looking in the wrong direction completely.

The other side.

Cai Yu was looking at the so-called "key points" with a sad face, muttering in a low voice, "What's going on with these nine truths and one falsehood?" If it is said to be nine shallow and one deep, I know it..."

"Hehehe...you are so bad..." A young lady seemed to have heard something about Cai Yu's "nine shallow and one deep", so she leaned over and reached out under Cai Yu's robe. , "I want to see how you are so shallow and deep, ah..."

Money is the courage of heroes.

Before Cai Yu, there was no windfall for a long time. Of course, he couldn't go to the sauna club in the Han Dynasty. Now that he has the windfall, he can't help but use his two, um, three legs to enter a high-end sauna club. Bathhouse...

"Don't make trouble, oh, don't... scratch..." Cai Yu swallowed, "I'm thinking about something..."

The young lady's eyes were as charming as silk, "You are with me...on the bed, still thinking about things...huh?" Am I important...or are things important? 』

"You are important. ” Cai Yu immediately replied, “By the way, let me ask you, if you want to tell a lie that everyone believes... what do you think is the best way to say it? 』

"Who are you trying to lie to?" ” The little lady seemed to be getting more excited, she came closer and lowered her voice, “Do I know you? 』

Cai Yu shook his head, "You probably don't know him." 』

Cai Yu himself is not a serious spy. In a sense, he is also a temporary worker. Who is the elder of Chang'an's third assistant, who can make some extra fun.

"That would be meaningless. "The little lady's hand seemed to move a few more times under her robe, causing Cai Yu to take a long breath, "Actually, if you want to avoid being exposed, it's actually very simple... just don't tell all lies, just say something. It really became..."

"Fake...real...haha, I understand!" ” Cai Yu suddenly burst out laughing, then turned around and hugged the young lady, throwing her down on the bed, cupping her mouth and stroking her hands.

The little lady chuckled, pushing her gently while still stroking her.

"Haha, let you know how powerful I am!" ” Cai Yu shouted, and then halfway through the movement, he suddenly got stuck, blinked, and asked, “By the way, you said before that I was the most powerful... Is this true or false?” 』

The young lady was also stunned for a moment, and then smiled coquettishly, "Of course it's true..."

"..." Cai Yu stared at the little lady, "I really want you to know this time that I am the most powerful!" 』

"Come on, come on, I'm afraid you won't succeed, ah, don't bite, haha, don't bite over there..."

……(/≧▽≦)/……

Rich people have many joys, while people without money often have only one sorrow.

Because there is no money.

Poor and humble couples suffer from everything.

Cai Yu is happy because he has a salary that is guaranteed to be paid regardless of drought or flood. No matter what the situation is, he can get it. Although he will not get rich or starve to death, and the key is that he still has considerable extra money to earn...

But for some handicraftsmen in Jizhou, this year's late autumn seems to have entered the cold winter ahead of schedule.

A large number of high-quality and low-priced items from Sanfu, Chang'an, flooded the market, and the handicraftsmen in Jizhou's current market had to bear the bitter consequences of bargaining. If you don’t lower the price, no one will buy it! For the same money, you can buy Guanzhong products that are good-looking and look good whether you keep them at home or take them out. Who doesn’t like them?

Then the local workshops in Jizhou became increasingly difficult. The workshops are struggling and orders are decreasing. In order to still obtain sufficient profits, one has to either increase production and sell at low prices. Another way is to lay off employees...

Of course, in the Han Dynasty, many handicraftsmen were temporary workers from beginning to end. There was no contract at all. Everything was verbal. No notice was given to terminate the contract until some people arrived with the finished goods. After going to the workshop, I realized that they had stopped accepting them a long time ago.

When you are extremely hungry, the sky is dark and your vision is blurry.

There is no longer any pain in the abdomen, perhaps it has become numb from the pain.

The emaciated body still had to drag a huge wooden bucket, lying next to the ditch to beat and starch the clothes hard.

The reflection in the water was broken, like it was all she could remember.

She had been young and lively before.

But she didn't know when she started to lose her liveliness. Maybe it was after her father's income began to decrease, or even no income at all.

Suddenly, she felt that her arms began to lose control, and then the leg on the same side began to twitch.

At the edge of the ditch, there was also a girl similar to her. Her thin body was like a few pieces of wood supporting the outer layer of robes.

The water is very cold.

She seemed to see her father coming back from outside still carrying the utensils he had worked so hard to make on his back, with a look of sadness on his face...

"Not sold..."

her mother said, wiping away tears.

Her father and brother lowered their heads and were silent for a long time.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow I will try again..."

Her father lowered his head.

"I'm going to the market to see if anyone is looking for day laborers..."

Her brother also said.

Short-term workers work for one day and are paid for one day, and the pay is pitifully low.

"But we don't even have money to buy food..." Mother's eyes were red and full of helpless tears, "How about I go find someone to borrow some..."

"Who has spare money these days..." Father lowered his head, "Besides, I've borrowed money before and haven't paid it back..."

Then there was an extremely oppressive silence.

"East of the city..."

"no! 』

Then there was another moment of silence.

The girl knows what "Chengdong" means. Because a little sister from her next door neighbor was taken to the east of the city and came back in exchange for a bag of rice.

A half-grown living person then turned into a bag of grain.

The family ate it with tears.

"I can work, I can help wash clothes..." the girl longed, "I don't eat much, not much, just a little bit, a little bit... Don't sell me, dad, mother, don't sell me... 』

The only response to her was her father's silence and her mother's tears.

"I'm going to the market to help people fight against things!" ” Her brother said, “You can make money, yes! 』

But the market is not open every day. Even if there is a market, there are still families like hers who are frantically scrambling for the share of the few temporary workers. Sometimes her brother is available, sometimes not, and she has to accept it. Lower pay than usual.

In order to prove herself and stay at home, she ate less and did more, and even wanted to chew her own hands and feet when she was extremely hungry!

Because at least there is still a layer of skin on the bones!

She struggled to lift the cone.

You have to wash three buckets every day to earn one dollar. If one of the clothes is not washed well, is torn, or is not clean, not only will you not get the money, but you will also be deducted.

After all, clothes are money, and they not only require a deposit, but also someone to guarantee them. If you are a refugee, not only do you have no money, you don't even have a fixed residence. Naturally, you have no one to sponsor you, and you cannot even do such a job, and you are not qualified.

Must...have to...wash...

She felt that the sky was getting darker and darker, and then the water seemed to be getting closer and closer.

She sank into the ditch.

The ditch is actually not deep.

But she didn't have the strength to stand up...

There seemed to be a sound, whether it was the water she was choking on or the screams of others.

The water is very cold.

But she seemed to feel like she was back as a child, like returning to her mother's arms.

"Damn it, clothes!" The clothes are flying away! ” The supervisor’s wife on the ditch screamed loudly, her voice was like a very sharp needle, piercing everything around her, “Quick! Go and get it back for me! clothing! Leave that damn girl alone! clothing! Quick, quick! 』

She opened her eyes, but couldn't see anything, no light, no sky, no earth. She tried hard to open her mouth, but no sound came out.

Even if a sound is made, no one will pay attention.

Because that piece of clothing flowing down the drain is more important than her.

She sank.

died.

……_(:　∠)_……

A carriage was swaying.

The laughter and laughter behind the fine veil on the carriage were conveyed.

"The food at Tianxianglou seems to be a little worse recently..."

"Well, it's a bit off. It's said that the spices in Guanzhong have run out and the new ones haven't arrived yet..."

"No wonder, these people really don't buy them in advance when they know they will run out?" 』

"That's right, since I don't have Western spices now, I feel like I can't survive!" Oh my gosh, I can’t even imagine meals without spices! Can I still enter? ! 』

"It's true. There are spices and there are no spices. They are completely different things. By the way, in the past few days... I have heard that... someone deliberately destroyed Zhuanghe and hoarded grain and grass in order to increase the selling price and make huge profits... this matter..."

"Destroy Zhuang He?" who? Have you done it? 』

"Who is so stupid?" If it is destroyed, how can we make money? 』

"That's right... However, I did ask someone to spread the word, saying that the grain and grass crops were affected by the disaster and the production was reduced... Didn't we all agree on this before? Why, maybe it was spread too far? 』

"have no idea. I just heard someone said that we sent people secretly to destroy the fields, and they were caught by someone, and we wanted to kill an entire village to silence them..."

"Hahaha, what a joke. The more fake it is, the more outrageous it is. If this really happened, I said, if it were real, I would be fine with some money. Why don't you kill someone? Don't you think it's troublesome?" Let me see, I am afraid that someone is behind this matter. Find a few people to check and find out who is spreading the rumors, and arrest them first. 』

"us? Let’s let the people from the county government do it. Do you have to do some work while taking our offerings for nothing all day long..."

"Yes, yes, just tell them to go!" 』

……ヽ()()……

Anyang County Magistrate slapped the table angrily, "How do you do things?" Um? I asked you to go to the countryside, conduct a thorough investigation, and handle the case properly, but you ended up complaining that you had a headache, and then you asked for sick leave! Is this the time to ask for leave? Still have a headache? ! Do you know there are people dead down there? Which is more important, life or headache? Um? ! 』

The disciple Cao lowered his head and murmured in his stomach, "It's not fucking important, your black gauze hat is the most important," but he didn't dare to say anything, he just kept saying yes.

The Anyang County Magistrate was tired of scolding and sat there panting, "Say, what should I do now?" ! 』

The disciple Cao continued to curse secretly. When he took the money, he smiled and didn't say what to do. Now that something happened, he had to ask what to do? If you and a few squires hadn't joined forces to cause trouble, why would there be fighting and looting due to lack of food now?

In fact, Anyang County was not affected by the disaster, there was no shortage of food and grass, and the harvest was pretty good.

But there is no shortage of Zhuanghe grain and grass. How can everyone make money when the price of grain is low?

So when something happened in Yingzhou, some people took the opportunity to cause trouble. On the one hand, there were rumors that money and food would be transferred to support Yingchuan. Because Yingchuan was hit by the disaster, the emperor had nothing to eat, so Anyang would naturally transfer food and grass there, and then Anyang Since the food and grass have been transferred, will there be less local food? Since there is less local food and grass, does it mean that it should be sold at a higher price?

After the results were circulated for a few days, many people believed it and started to make a fuss. Then the county issued a notice stating that the market was stable and grain prices were stable...

As a result, the people became more and more disbelieving. Those who had not gone to grab food now did so. Because some people said that the county's notice did not deny the mobilization of grain and grass to support Yuzhou Yingchuan, so this matter is true!

Those who were previously unwilling to accept high prices for grain are now forced to accept high prices. I even feel that if I can’t get a high-priced one now, the price will inevitably be higher in the future!

Originally, the county magistrate and the squire were all laughing, but unexpectedly things suddenly changed...

First, there were rumors that the price of food was so high because some people deliberately destroyed fields and crops, resulting in a poor harvest, so the price of food would be even higher!

So the looting became more and more intense. At first the county magistrate and the squire didn't care, but the nervousness of the people led to fights, pushing and fighting, and then people died.

Then there were rumors that the person sent to destroy the grain and grass was the squire himself. The squire colluded with the county magistrate to resell the grain and make huge profits!

Immediately, a gray-haired village elder ran to the county government office and accused the county magistrate. The county magistrate could only smile and said that there was no such thing and it was just a rumor. He immediately sent people to the countryside to investigate...

It would have been better if we didn't go down, but if we sent officials down, it would trigger a new conflict. After all, these officials are used to being arrogant and arrogant, so how can they endure any hardships after they go down? They put on a show, put on a show, and leave everything to temporary workers. He Ziran just took the chicken feathers and waved them around, asking for food and drink, which aroused more and more public resentment, and eventually evolved into resistance and armed fighting!

"How about..." Cao, my subordinate, secretly glanced at the county magistrate, "How about asking for some reinforcements?" County Lord, you know that my subordinates are just big men, and they can usually catch thieves, but in this situation... it's better to call for reinforcements..."

"no! ” The county magistrate puffed his beard and glared, “I can’t invite you! No help! "I just wrote a memorial a few days ago, saying that my place is healthy and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Now in the blink of an eye, I am asking for reinforcements. Isn't this a slap in the face?"

"No matter what you do, you have to calm down the situation now!" "The county magistrate said angrily, "Immediately! calm! Just want to calm down! 』

The disciple Cao Yi grinned, obviously he was cursing secretly in his heart, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "How about... if the county magistrate approves more expenses, I can recruit more senior people?" If there are more people, it will be easier if we encounter some trouble, right? 』

The county magistrate felt a pang of pain when he heard that it would cost money, but after thinking about it, he agreed.

Cao, his subordinate, excitedly went to the county magistrate with the money receipt approved by the county magistrate.

The county magistrate looked at the note and then at Menxia Cao. He said "Oh" and asked someone to withdraw the money, and then handed it over to Menxia Cao.

"This...the amount seems wrong..." Cao, the disciple, counted the amount and found that the money was 30% less.

"What's wrong?" ” The county magistrate said slowly, “For your sake, I will give you an extra 10%, otherwise... don’t think I don’t know that you are living on empty wages...”

"Hiss..." Menxia Cao swallowed.

"Is the number correct?" ” The county magistrate looked sideways at Cao Cao.

"Yes, that's right!" That's right! That's right! 』

Cao, the disciple at the door, responded repeatedly, and then left angrily with money in his arms. After arriving outside the county government office, Cao, the subordinate of the family, thought about it, found a remote place, poured out more than half of the money in the wallet, put it into his own pocket, and then picked up the wallet, which was obviously empty. , where did he go to the street to recruit people...

First of all, I wish all workers around the world a happy holiday!

In the 19th century, many countries such as the United States and Europe gradually developed from capitalism to the imperialist stage. In order to stimulate rapid economic development and extract more surplus value to maintain this high-speed capitalist machine, capitalists continued to increase labor hours. and labor-intensive methods to brutally exploit workers.

In the United States, workers have to work 14 to 16 hours a day, some even as long as 18 hours, but the wages are very low.

The supervisor of a shoe factory in Massachusetts once said this: "Let an 18-year-old boy with a strong body and a sound body work next to any machine here, and I can make his hair turn gray by the age of 22."

Heavy class oppression aroused great anger among the proletarians. They know that the only way to survive is to unite and fight against the capitalists through a strike movement.

The strike conditions proposed by the workers were to implement an eight-hour working day.

So, it’s good to have a holiday. Don’t listen to those nagging about blessings and patchwork. At least it’s a legal holiday!