Fortunately, there is a tea horse farm where I can live, and I can barely live in peace.

Yesterday, Xu Kui saw a young official leading a group of people looking around the tea horse farm, and he was very worried that he would be kicked out.

Winter is about to begin in two to three months. If we lose our shelter from the cold, it will be difficult to survive this winter.

No matter what he was afraid of, the county magistrate had indeed spotted the tea horse farm and wanted to occupy it for use.

But the good thing is that the county government considered that the autumn harvest was approaching and did not requisition labor. Instead, it spent money to hire refugees living in the tea horse farm.

Xu Kui was naturally willing to do this work. One hundred dollars a day was quite generous.

At this time, he carried the wood and placed it outside the racecourse. After wiping his sweat, he was ready to start sawing.

Not far away, a lame man came over, knocked on the wood, and told the foreman: "After sawing, nail the old houses first. These houses must be cleaned out today, and the river patrolmen will be stationed tomorrow."

,Understand?"

"I understand, brother, don't worry, there won't be any delay."

"Build another row of dormitories over there. The foundations will be dug out tonight."

"So urgent?"

"Urgent. If you are willing to do it, I will process the money at night..."

When Xu Kui heard this, he hurriedly responded: "The villain is willing to do it, can I let the villain do it?"

"My brother is talking, but if you interrupt, I will tell you when I hire someone!"

Xu Kui hurriedly wanted to retreat.

"Wait a minute." The lame man said, "Come here."

Xu Kui was stunned.

"Come here, I have trouble with my legs and feet."

"Yes." Xu Kui stepped forward.

The lame man pinched his arm and asked, "How big is it?"

"twenty four."

"Can you swim?"

Xu Kui was stunned again and nodded stupidly.

"Are you afraid? My name is Kong Muxi, and I am from Xunjiangshui in Qingfu County."

"Yes, brother, the villain's name is Xu Kui."

"Yeah." Kong Muxi said, "I saw you yesterday, and you work hard."

"Hehe, it's okay."

"follow me."

Kong Muxi said, turned around and walked in the direction of Fu Jiang.

Xu Kui turned around and looked at the half-sawn wood, scratched his head, and followed.

"Brother, where are you going?"

"I can't tell you clearly. I'll know when we get there."

Xu Kui asked again: "If this work is finished, we people..."

"Have you seen the dock being built over there?" Kong Muxi asked: "At that time, we will have to build defenses on Yuokou Rock, and we won't be able to finish all this work in one winter?"

"No need for labor?"

"Hey, you're being very lenient. I'm looking forward to using labor, so I don't need to hire you, right?"

"no no."

"Have you seen the tiles over there?" Kong Muxi said, "The county captain specifically asked us to buy an extra batch, and then you will build row houses on the barren hills over there to house the refugees."

Xu Kui was overjoyed and said: "That's good. Thank you county magistrate for your kindness."

"I told you, help me light it, I can't see it."

"Yes Yes."

The two walked for a while and saw many people gathered by the river. Some people were doing vaulting on the ground, and some were swimming in the river. They also saw a few tables propped up there, and a few gentlemen were writing something with pens.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Kong Muxi said: "You don't know how to recruit river patrolmen."

"I think I heard someone say it this morning, but I didn't pay attention."

"Why didn't you pay attention?"

"Busy with work."

Kong Muxi glanced at him and said: "Three rations a month, two stones of monthly food, clothing in spring and winter, accommodation, food..."

"so much?!"

"You just think of it as joining the army, but our river patrolmen in Qingfu County are much better than ordinary Xiang soldiers."

Xu Kui hesitated for a moment and nodded heavily.

"Don't you discuss it with me?"

"No need. I'm almost starving to death. I just wanted to go over and join the army."

Kong Muxi raised his hand and said: "Go to the middle line and line up. Remember, it's the middle line. Don't line up wrong."

"Okay, thank you brother for the tip!"

Xu Kui thanked Kong Muxi again, strode towards the riverside, ran into the crowd, looked around, and lined up behind the middle row.

There were only about twenty people in front of him. After waiting for a long time, he gradually became anxious, thinking that if he couldn't be selected and delayed today's work, he wouldn't know how much money he would make less.

Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder.

Xu Kui turned around and saw a tall man.

"This brother..."

"Kong Muxi asked you to be in the middle? I saw it. He brought you here specially."

As the tall man spoke, he squeezed Xu Kui's arm and seemed to be thinking.

"yes."

"I see you are thin and small, but are you strong?"

"The little man is pretty strong."

"Come on, try to dance like him. How many times can you jump?"

Xu Kui turned around and took a look and saw a man standing on the ground, jumping up again, and then quickly fell down and jumped up again.

He glanced vaguely at the man in front of him, nodded, and followed the other man's example.

After dancing for fifty-six times, Xu Kui was so exhausted that he was sweating profusely and was unable to dance any more. He just waved his hands and shouted: "I can't do it anymore."

"Can you swim?"

"meeting."

The tall man once again showed a thoughtful expression, and finally nodded and said: "Well, you come with me. By the way, my name is Liu Jinsuo, and you will call me Liu Bantou from now on."

"Yes, Team Leader Liu."

Xu Kui walked a few steps, became a little confused again, and murmured: "But, Brother Kong said, let me line up here in the middle..."

Liu Jinsuo didn't say anything, he just said lightly: "The same thing."

Xu Kui then followed Liu Jinsuo to the desk in a daze, reported his name, place of origin, family and other information, and received a small sign.

"Tomorrow before midnight, we will go to the tea horse field to attend school. Do you understand?"

"clear."

Leader Liu nodded and said, "Don't be late."

"Yes." Xu Kui asked: "Can I still go to work today?"

"I don't care about you, go ahead, don't be late tomorrow."

…

Xu Kui was still a little confused.

He worked another whole day and received one hundred dollars.

But that night, he did not go to work anymore, but had a talk with his family principal, went to bed early, and rushed to the school field in front of the tea horse farm before dawn.

In the dim sky, there were two to three hundred people like him, gradually gathering...

Someone clicked on Xuzhou on the map and moved their finger westward along the Jinsha River.
To be continued...