"You are lucky and have been pardoned." A green-robed official announced in public in a brick kiln somewhere at the foot of Mangshan.

The hundreds of prisoners sitting on the ground were a little confused when they heard it.

They had been working for several years, and suddenly they left, and were at a loss.

"Before leaving, each person will receive a piece of money, a piece of silk, and a piece of wool cloth, and one day will be bigger." The green-robed official obviously did not want to say more, and after the announcement was made, he left directly.

The guards' faces became softer, no longer cursing or whipping. They brought jerky, vegetable soup, cheese, corn rice and other food, and even some wine. They only heard them say, "Eat and drink with open stomachs, not enough."

After seeing the fragrant food, the coolies in the brick field suddenly became vivid.

Under the heavy physical labor and strict discipline management, many of them were not only physically damaged, but also mentally hit them very much. In short, they were numb and not too far from the Walking Dead.

In the hard life, the only thing that makes them excited may be the occasional extra meals - generally speaking, when Luoyang urban construction requires a large number of bricks, each brick kiln will run at full speed, and extra meals will often be extra.

There were chewing sounds one after another, sucking sounds when drinking soup, and a soft sigh of satisfaction.

Someone was anxious to eat, and the food was piled up in his throat, so anxious that he quickly drank a few sips of the broth. After he recovered, he picked up the rice bowl and swallowed the meat voraciously.

No matter how good a man enters a brick kiln, he will have to peel off the skin even if he doesn't die. What's more, the strong among the prisoners have long been selected to be added to the imperial guards. Those who enter the brick kiln are weak soldiers with weak skills - perhaps they can't be called weak soldiers, but whether it is physical fitness or technical experience, they are definitely not of the best.

Not all of the people here are captives. In fact, there are many criminals, some of them even former officials.

The hard life has caused them to be extremely devastating, but they have family around them and their overall mental state is pretty good.

The dishes were served one by one. As expected, as I said before, it was enough!

Everyone was shaking their heads and shaking their heads in their meals and drinking, and gradually began to whisper, and the expressions on their faces became richer and richer.

"Everyone!" said a middle-aged guard suddenly, "Can you make a living after release?"

Everyone was eating and drinking and was stunned, and no one replied for a while.

"Looking at your bears, you know you have no livelihood." The guard laughed and said, "If you can't survive, you can still stay in the brick kiln."

Everyone was stunned now. Haven't they been released yet?

"Don't think too much." The guard smiled and said, "I'll give you four hundred dollars a month."

Everyone sighed and thought that the so-called release before was just to make fun of them.

In fact, 400 yuan a month is already good. Now that Henan is peaceful, grain and grain are constantly imported into the capital, the price of grain has stabilized at more than 30 yuan per dou (10.832 kilograms). This amount of money can be almost eleven or two dou of grain. It is more than enough to support one person, and it is okay to support two people.

Some people may say that when a martial artist is trained or going to war, he eats three liters of noodles a day (3.25 kilograms) and nine dou per month. This little money is enough to support a person a little more. But don’t compare it with ordinary people with martial artists.

This is not an army formed by hungry people. They are professional warriors and have a lot of training. They not only need three pounds, two or three taels of noodles every day, but also add salt to pickles, and eat vegetable soup with some oily flowers with cakes. Every once in a while, they also have to distribute jerky, cheese, fruits, and wine to adjust so that they can have the strength to train and fight.

As for ordinary people, even those who do physical work cannot meet this standard, and it is perfectly fine to cut it by half. In this world, not everyone has enough food to eat, and they are rumbled every day, but there are still many people who have to work.

So, 400 yuan a month is really good. If it weren’t for too many projects and really short of people, how could it be offered this price?

"If you want to stay and do it, come to me after you finish eating." The middle-aged guard said, "The court was very kind to you, Xu Er and others built a house near the brick kiln. They settled in Henan and Luoyang counties. They came to the kiln every day.

When I work, I will settle my wages every day. I can get money or food, but I advise you to wait until I get food."

Everyone lowered their heads and started eating and drinking. The guards didn't care, so they brought some food and sat down to eat and drink.

These prisoners and prisoners who are about to be released will naturally come to them if they are interested. If they do not have such intentions, they will not force them.

There are actually not many places for them to go. They either work in brick kilns that they call "bitter kilns", or they go to work as tenants to farm fields, and there is basically no other way.

As for the true intentions of the Shangguans, they definitely hope that these skilled workers will stay. Luoyang construction and immigration and reclamation have a huge demand for various building materials and iron tools. Correspondingly, there is also a huge demand for skilled workers and disciples. The production capacity is seriously insufficient by relying on the slack farmer to do odd jobs in the farming period.

In addition, brick kilns do not have any technical content. If people use it well, the number of bricks produced per month will also increase. Shao Sheng has been reforming agriculture for 20 years and can support a group of workers who are completely separated from agricultural production, so there is no great pressure.

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In a farm next to this brick kiln, the Minister of Justice Pei Zhi was in a surprise inspection.

It is said to be an inspection, but it is difficult for officials of this level to go on inspection unless they do not notify anyone in advance.

Pei Zhi notified in advance, so as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the farm, the officials came over.

Pei Zhi greeted the officials with expressionless expression, then looked up at the wooden sheds, prisons and other facilities, and walked in. The officials and guards followed one after another.

This is actually a pilot farm jointly organized by Sinong Temple and the Ministry of Justice. If the Ministry of Justice gets involved, you can know who is working here.

"Pei Xiang, please come here." The farm supervisor respectfully guided the way forward.

Pei Zhi nodded and entered the prison area.

The prison was cleaned very cleanly, and there was no stone, a fallen leaf, or a stain. The prisoners sat on the ground and stepped on sewing - no, they rubbed the hemp rope expressionlessly.

"I saw prisoners clearing ditches outside the city. Why don't these people go out to work?" Pei Zhi asked.

"Pei Xiang." The prison officer explained: "These are all thieves. They committed another incident during their sentence, so they were imprisoned."

In short, they were deprived of their right to serve their sentences outside the prison and instead worked in prison to reform them, and they could not see their families again.

Yes, since the Northern Dynasties, exiled prisoners can take their families on the road together if they want.

This is a disguised way of immigration to border migration to increase the population in remote areas.

At present, this farm is actually exploring how to survive in an uninhabited place, be familiar with its management methods, and lay a solid foundation for formal promotion.

Pei Zhi continued to walk forward slowly.

He walked through the long corridor. Both sides of the corridor were cells, made of wood, unpainted, and exuded a smell of logs.

The cell area is actually not small, with two rows of large bunk beds connected together, and prisoners sleep in two rows, with their heads facing their heads. There is no number on the bunk bed and there is no baffle in the middle. Therefore, theoretically, it is okay to sleep 40 people and 140 people.

There are towels, shoes, wooden bowls and other things on the bunk bed. There are boxes, bags, pockets, tools and all kinds of broken things you pick up.

There are also clothes, rice steamers, water bags, and other things to sew clothes on the walls of the cell.

It can be seen that the conditions in the prison are actually very good, after all, it is in Luoyang's most wise place.

After wandering around, Pei Zhi left the prison area, climbed a high tower in the yard, and looked at the cultivated farmland, orchard, and pasture in the distance.

"Whether the land reclaimed by the prisoner belongs to the prisoner, can it be strictly enforced?" Pei Zhi asked.

"It was executed." The supervisor immediately replied.

According to the negotiations between the Sinong Temple and the Ministry of Justice, in principle, the prisoners were driven to expand their territory in the wilderness and transform the natural environment, so that they began with survival and farming.

The cultivated fields,

All the grain, meat, fruits and vegetables produced in the fields are owned by the prisoners except for a small portion of them being paid to maintain the operation of the prison farm.

As long as the prisoners are not performing too badly, they can live outside the prison, build a wooden house or adobe house, no one will care about it. If the family members come with them, they can still live together.

After the sentence expires, you can officially settle in the local area. The property accumulated during the sentence can also be retained and you will become a good citizen from then on. After the population around the prison is large enough, it can be cancelled and officially converted into a village under the jurisdiction of the county and township.

Judging from its operating model, it is obviously prepared for the northwest and northeast directions. Since ancient times, exiles were basically placed in a certain village to allow them to live with ordinary people. But what if there is no one in the local area at all? Or even if there are people, they are vicious Hu people, what should I do?

Shao Sheng ordered the construction of a pioneer prison, and prisoners from all over the world were centralized to manage. If an enemy came, he would be moved into the prison, and he would be given weapons to defend against the enemy together. If nothing happened, he would farm outside the prison and become an ordinary person after the sentence expired.

As for whether the prisoners will rebel, it doesn't matter. They are scumbags, and they will suppress them if they rebel, and they will not feel sorry for killing them at all. What's more, they have property and hope, do they really want to rebel so much? The pioneer prisons have no taxes before they are officially revoked.

"Write a good example of the charter and submit it to the Ministry of Justice. The sage is more concerned about this matter.

Next year, you may have to send prisoners to Anton Mansion and build a pioneer prison." Pei Zhi got down the tower and said, "Write well, this is your opportunity."

"Xie Peixiang." The prisoner said in surprise.

When I sent prisoners to Andong Prefecture, there were hundreds of people. I heard that there were also exiled prisoners from Jingnan, Hangzhou, Fujian and other towns. There were really a lot of them, almost enough to build two prisons.

These people have a complex source, but there are almost no good people. They go to the uninhabited place to cultivate, and they may not be able to see people for a day, and they may even get lost and die in the wilderness. It is said that they are executing outside the prison, but in fact they are just leaving a small prison and entering a larger prison.
Chapter completed!