Zhao Ning's eyes were soft and she listened quietly to his longing. It wasn't until a long time passed that Zhao Ning spoke softly: "If you hire someone to do the work, how much are you going to pay?"

"How about fifteen cents?"

Gu Tianya almost blurted out and said excitedly: "Regardless of men, women, old or young, or adults or not, as long as they are hired to work for the inn, they will be given fifteen cents per day. Hey, fifteen cents can buy five kilograms of grain.

, enough for a family to eat and drink for a day, enough for a family to eat and drink for a day."

Zhao Ning's face was a little stiff for some reason.

After another long time passed, she spoke again, with a vague tone of difficulty, and said softly: "I remember that the Miyun Sun family hired people to work, and adult men were only given ten cents a day. If they were women, the elderly and the weak, they would only be paid

All you need is three cents."

Gu Tianya was startled and looked at Zhao Ning subconsciously.

He suddenly let go of Zhao Ning's hand and said bitterly: "Can I tell you a story?"

Zhaoning was also stunned, wondering what Gu Tianya's intentions were.

But Gu Tianya took a deep breath and suddenly said: "Last year, it was the same cold winter. There was a family in Liujia Village next door who had been without food and cooking for more than two days. There were four underage children in the family, who could work.

But there was only the mother herself. She could not feed her four children by working alone, so she decided to sell herself to get money to buy food for her children!"

Zhao Ning couldn't help but let out an 'Ah', with sympathy in her eyes, and subconsciously asked urgently: "How much did she sell herself for? Is it enough to support her children?"

Gu Tianya's eyes suddenly turned red, and he continued: "There happened to be a wealthy businessman from Fan Yang who was going to Chang'an with a convoy. When passing through Miyun County, the convoy took a break. The woman begged the caravan to buy her, and the two sides negotiated.

, the price is 300 cents. Seeing that

The transaction was about to be successful, but unexpectedly, Sun's manager Sun Si suddenly appeared and said with a sneer, "When this woman was working in my house, she only needed three cents a day." The implication was that the poor were in a hurry to use money to save their lives.

You can buy her at a very low price..."

Zhao Ning couldn't help but said "Ah" again, anger suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he cursed: "This Sun Si really deserves to die."

Gu Tianya sighed bitterly and continued: "Since ancient times, merchants have been pursuing profits. After listening to Sun Si's words, the caravan began to lower the price severely and was only willing to pay fifty cents to buy the woman. After the woman begged hard, she finally agreed.

They had no choice but to sell themselves. Ten days later, the four children fell into hunger again and died..."

This story cannot actually be regarded as a story, because it has happened many times in Hebei Province, so this story is a real reality.

Zhao Ning is not that kind of stupid woman, she can understand why Gu Tianya tells this story to her.

In the story, the fourth steward of the Sun family sneered at the caravan and said: When this woman worked in my house, she only needed three cents a day.

Just now, she told Gu Tianya: Sun hired ordinary people to work, and women, the elderly and the weak only needed three cents.

Gu Tianya was using this story to tell her that if she did this, she would end up like Sun.

Whether it is intentional or not, the end result is to kill those poor people.

…

After Gu Tianya finished telling the story, he looked at Zhao Ning quietly. After a long time passed, he suddenly said: "You should understand this story."

"I understand!"

Zhao Ning nodded without hesitation.

But she still looked bad.

She seemed to hesitate for a long time, and suddenly said softly: "I understand your story, and I also understand that you want to use the opportunity of building a post station to help the people, but, but..."

She hesitated again, and finally seemed to have made up her mind, and explained: "But there is one thing you may not know yet. The establishment of the post station is not as simple as you think. The court will not allocate funds.

The Detachment of Women needs to pay for it themselves.”

Pay for yourself?

Not giving money from the court?

Gu Tianya was stunned immediately.

Zhao Ning seemed to be very apologetic. She looked at him cautiously and said softly: "Although my best friend's women's army is on one side, it doesn't have much money to spend in the army, so, so..."

"So what?" Gu Tianya was a little nervous.

Zhao Ning sighed, his eyes a little dodged and said: "The court's intention is to allow the Detachment of Women to use corvee labor."

Gu Tianya's face instantly turned pale.

Corvee!

This is the word that poor people are most afraid of hearing.

What is corvee?

Corvee means letting people work for free.

From ancient times to the present, corvee service has always existed in all dynasties, and it is still compulsory.

How many people died from exhaustion when building the Great Wall?

How many people died from exhaustion while digging the canal?

It is difficult for ordinary people to earn enough to eat and drink, and they are forced to participate in various corvee labor every year. Year after year, they struggle to survive, and they never see hope. They can only work as cows and horses from generation to generation.

It’s not until you’re exhausted that you feel relieved.

…

When Zhao Ning saw Gu Tianya's face pale, she felt extremely uncomfortable. She stretched out her hand to subconsciously hold Gu Tianya's hand, and explained apologetically: "The troubled times have just calmed down, the court has been established, and the treasury has always been empty, so I don't want to

It’s really difficult to handle this matter, even if my best friend tries to argue with her, it’s useless!”

She hesitated for a moment, then suddenly she had the courage to explain again: "Even if she goes to Chang'an City in person, even if she personally attends the morning court to argue with the ministers, the final outcome will still not change, and the court will not allocate money to

us……"

With these words, there is a slight danger of revealing his identity.

It's a pity that Gu Tianya didn't have the time to pay attention to this. At this moment, his mind was filled with the word "corvee".

His eyes seemed to have lost focus, and he looked up at the sky blankly, murmuring continuously: "If you don't give money, use corvee. If you don't give money, use corvee. Doesn't this mean that my good intentions will do the opposite?"

Has it become a bad thing? I originally wanted to take this opportunity to let everyone earn a bite to eat and drink, but in the end, it made them worse. If people starve to death, if people starve to death..."

Seeing him like this, Zhao Ning felt a pain in her heart. The first female war goddess of the Tang Dynasty suddenly made up her mind, stretched out her hand and held Gu Tianya's hand, and said loudly: "We don't need to do corvee work, we will hire it as you said."

People are specially employed to hire poor people and feed and drink them all, so that they can earn enough food for the winter and so that they will not freeze to death or starve to death."

However, Gu Tianya's face was still pale, and his eyes were unfocused as he murmured: "This is impossible, we don't have the ability."

Zhao Ning said loudly: "How is it impossible? I have a lot of skills! I can sell my private property and go to aristocratic families in exchange for a large amount of food. My private property is very valuable. Any aristocratic family wants to buy it. Gu Tianya, look up.

, you look at me, you remember, I, Zhao Ning, for your wish, for your dream, even if I sell all my property, I will only feel extremely happy..."

Everyone looked at this confession, but Gu Tianya seemed to be struck by thunder, as if he was suddenly awakened by someone, and suddenly shouted: "I thought of it, Tianchan, haha, Tianchan, Zhaoning, we have a solution

! If aristocratic families occupy the property of the former dynasty, the Detachment of Women can fine them. However, you must have enough courage to do this. After all, you are going to touch the interests of many aristocratic families..."

Zhao Ning was stunned at first, then a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly whispered: "My best friend, the most important thing is courage."
Chapter completed!