Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

Since the plan of paying by the basket has been approved, the next step is to adjust the threshold for recruiting workers. Liu Rusi waved her hand again and continued, "Since the wages are calculated by the basket, there are not too many restrictions on the people who come to sign up for the work. As long as the nose is taller than mine and they are not on crutches, men and women can come! Anyway, you earn as much as you work. What do you think?"

After hearing this, most people became excited. Who doesn't have a few people in their family? If they can't do so much, they can do less. Even if they can only dig ten baskets, that's still an extra thirty coins! Because it's beneficial, many people responded!

However, Liu Rusi smiled and added some thresholds: "However, everyone who comes to work must bring their own hoe or shovel, because we don't have enough tools here. It's best to bring your own basket. The basket in my hand is the standard. We won't accept any smaller than this! Of course, we welcome larger ones. Anyway, the price is the same~"

“Hahahaha…” There was a burst of laughter from the audience. Who would raise a child who would cause trouble for himself?

After the recruitment adjustments were completed, Liu Rusi immediately began to arrange how to supervise the work. The most suitable people were naturally the people brought by Chu Shiyu.

Liu Rusi didn't know whether these people would complain about being assigned by their beloved Prince Duan to dig the soil, but when she asked, "I want to select fifty people to supervise the work, who wants to go?"

"Me! Let me go!"

"You have so much strength, it would be a shame if you don't dig the soil! You should dig the soil! I'll supervise you!"

"Why should I dig the dirt just because I'm strong? I'm strong because I fight in battles! How about we choose based on military merit? I'm definitely in the top 50!"

Hundreds of people signed up enthusiastically, talking in a chaotic manner! If she hadn't been concerned about not bumping into her, she would probably have been surrounded!

"Quiet! Listen to me!" Liu Rusi shouted loudly, but her voice was drowned out and no one heard it for a while.

At this time, Chu Shiyu stood up and walked over without saying a word, just like the head teacher checking on the students' self-study. In a few moments, everything became quiet.

Liu Rusi sighed. Sometimes it is not enough to just have an idea. You also have to be able to keep calm. She quickly adjusted the selection method and shouted, "The supervisor needs to check the names, so we have to choose people who can read and write. Can everyone write?"

Many strong men retreated in embarrassment. Only those with more money at home could afford to educate their children. Most of those who joined the army were civilians, and those who were rich paid others to serve in their place...

Liu Rusi didn't expect that this standard would limit the number of people to only about ten.

"It will be enough if you can recognize a few characters, correct characters, and know how to write them!" Liu Rusi relaxed the conditions again.

Now many men breathed a sigh of relief and stood forward a little. Many people still recognized the simple words.

Liu Rusi was finally able to select fifty of them and once again lamented the importance of reading and literacy, and that Daxia's education still had a long way to go.

The task of supervision is quite simple. Ten people work in a group in the same area. The supervisor takes a branch in the open space nearby and draws the character "正" for the workers. They just need to remember which row belongs to whom and add a stroke when a full basket is poured into the cart. When the work is finished, a supervisor will come to count them.

When all arrangements were completed and work officially started, the woman who came at the beginning had successfully joined the working team.

No one looked at the woman with strange eyes, because many people pulled their own daughters over to the pillar at the height of Liu Rusi's nose tip to compare the height...

"You are better than I thought." Chu Shiyu said with admiration.

Although he was the one who proposed paying according to work, he did not expect that Liu Rusi could make everyone happy with this matter. Almost everyone was satisfied, and all the details were taken care of.

Liu Rusi smiled, then shook her head and said, "It's not a perfect approach either. We'll have to spend more money next time. For the same amount of work as yesterday, we'll have to pay 30% more."

Chu Shiyu laughed a few times and said, "But what we lack is not the wages. Our goal is to do as much as possible in these few days. What we lack is time and manpower. The current approach is most in line with our goal."

"Mom has always been awesome!" Little Qin Hao also praised.

After the construction team started working, Liu Rushi and his colleagues had some free time, but of course they only had free time in terms of the construction work.

When they had the conditions to study, Liu Rusi and Xiao Qinhao were equally eager to study. Doctor Ma was already waiting under an awning on the side, where three square tables were arranged to facilitate three different study groups.

Liu Rusi studied medicine with Doctor Ma, Xiao Qinhao and Chu Shiyu studied literature, and the maids who were originally in the inn were also transferred here today. Zhu Qing began to teach Caiyun and Meihong to read.

The white clouds are floating, and the soil and knowledge are surging away as time goes by.

It was almost dusk when several managers began to count the wages. Since there was a sequence of wages, some of them hurried to fill the baskets next to them before it was their turn.

Liu Rusi also participated in the statistics and seemingly inadvertently checked the team that the woman was in.

She looked at the group's results and exclaimed in surprise, "Zhao Hongfang scored 47 baskets! She's second in the group! She's better than many men!"

Zhao Hongfang looked a little embarrassed on her sunburned face. Many men in the same team who were not as good as her looked embarrassed. Even the first place guy looked a little unnatural as he only had four more baskets.

But the most embarrassing thing was the few people around who had ridiculed this woman but were not as good as her. They all looked around and some of them even blushed with embarrassment.

Liu Rusi didn't say anything more, as if she was just surprised by what she saw. She asked these people to settle their wages and went to the next team.

In the end, the person with the highest total score actually dug 81 baskets. He was the one who said before that he had not yet exerted his strength. His bear-like body shape and the affirmation of the supervisor proved that he was not cheating.

After all the wages were settled, Liu Rusi and Chu Shiyu analyzed today's results: "Today we hired more than 200 people than yesterday, but because there are many young girls and boys, the average wage for each person is still about 100 coins."

"Don't just count the money, you also have to look at the efficiency of the project. Today's progress is nearly double that of yesterday. You have to know that the people I brought with me still account for the majority."

Chu Shiyu smiled and said, "If the plan had not been changed, we would not have hired more than a hundred people today, and those who were hired would not have tried their best."

Liu Rusi also smiled and nodded. Everything has its pros and cons, and she would not be too harsh on herself.

"However, this also shows that my people did not try their best, otherwise the gap would not be so obvious." Chu Shiyu narrowed his eyes.

"Well, you can't blame them. After all, it's hard work." Liu Rusi thought to herself, although they are all working for you, they can't be lazy on the road. If someone doesn't be lazy while doing the physical work of digging, can he be considered a normal person?

Chu Shiyu was not really angry, he just didn't want to spend too much time on this matter. However, since Liu Rusi had already made adjustments, his side could not become a shortcoming.

"Well, I originally wanted to give the workers an extra month's salary, but why not arrange it the same way as for the common people? Let's follow your plan. The diggers will be paid according to their work, and the supervisors, dike builders, and cart pullers will be paid 100 coins per day."

Liu Rusi now has some understanding of these accompanying teams. In addition to Chu Shiyu's own guards, many of them are military personnel, and their salary is only five cents a month... She secretly calculated that if the people she brought with her were included, the thousand taels of silver could be covered by the daily salary.

But if they were to be paid according to work, Chu Shiyu had brought with him young and strong men who had been trained for many years. Any one of them could dig forty or fifty baskets, and there were even quite a few strong men who were as strong as bears.

"Do you have to pay for this part of the money? Lord Li's one thousand taels may not be enough." Liu Rusi asked hesitantly.

"I've said before that what we lack is not money. If spending money can lead to great success, I wouldn't hesitate even if it's a million taels, let alone a few hundred taels." Chu Shiyu couldn't help but find it funny. He realized today that she actually calculated the money so seriously, but she was obviously not greedy for money.

Rich people always speak in a generous manner, so Liu Rusi didn't say much, since he was the boss who made the decision anyway.

Chu Shiyu looked at Liu Rusi who was constantly calculating the accounts, and thought to himself, if she was greedy for money, that would be better, she wouldn't be like an immortal with no desires, making it difficult for him to start...

The next day, Chu Shiyu's request was quickly conveyed, and the team, which was already disciplined by orders, adjusted quickly.

It is obvious that Prince Duan's entourage are satisfied with the new remuneration method, and their state of mind after starting work is completely different!

Fortunately, we have purchased and mobilized enough tools and baskets in the past two days, otherwise they might fight over the shovel!

This is not difficult to understand. The monthly salary is only five cents. Even if Prince Duan said that they did not work hard in the first two days and only compensated them with one cent in total for the two days, it is still three times the usual salary!

And then they will be paid according to work, including today and there are five days left. As long as they work hard, earning two cents a day is not a dream!

The project continued in full swing, and several people continued to learn eagerly. Five days passed between hoes, paper and pens.

It had been exactly ten days since they arrived in Fubin City, and there was enough time to send people to notify the downstream to prepare. It was time to open the sluice gates to release the flood and test their results.

Chu Shiyu led Liu Rusi and others to stand on a high ground in the distance, from where they could clearly see the mouth of the canal dug for the project. Many people who participated in the canal digging also came to watch.

This kind of flood control channel will not be opened directly. A half-meter wide flat area is left between the river and the channel, and it is even modified and reinforced with large stones.

"Open the gate!"

“Back off!”

Loud voices came one after another from the upstream shore.

Everyone saw that the river seemed to be more turbulent, and when they got closer and had some reference points, they discovered that the water level had risen by half a foot!

The newly built dam was not high, but it soon took effect. The river water in front followed the guidance of the dam and flowed down, and soon found the open canal mouth! The rising river water easily flooded the flat land reinforced with earth and rocks, and then roared down to the wide empty canal!

The surging water swept over the fresh channel and soon reached the depression that had been dug into a small lake. This bone was obviously harder and the invading river water could not swallow it for a while.

As for the river bank outside the canal mouth, the water level on this side was slightly lower due to the sharing of the canal, and the remaining power was easily blocked by the embankment, and could no longer rush into the village at will as in previous years.

However, the river is a big river that runs through the territory of Daxia after all! The canal built in just seven days has too limited an impact on the overall situation. The river water a little further away still roars past with great momentum.

"Madam is right! In previous years, the Lord of the Great River did not bring disasters, but wanted to expand the territory!" The old man from Fujiang Village also stood nearby at some point.

Liu Rusi wanted to ask, what does this have to do with the Great River God? The old man knew that the rising water was the water released from the upstream reservoir, and the dam that blocked the water was also built by him recently...

But she just smiled and said nothing. She had neither the ability nor the interest to change other people's worldview.