Half-Yokai Cultivating the Path of Immortality Chapter 49: Hire people

Two days later.

On the second floor of the tea tavern, Lu Tong and Liu Blacksmith were drinking together.

"Lao Lu, can you really succeed in this business?"

Lu Tongtong: "Whether it succeeds or not is up to me. Do you know how to refine secret stones and pulse-setting stakes?"

Dense stones are stone slabs for paving roads, and pulse-fixing piles are iron piles driven into the ground. They all need to be refined by a weapon refiner.

"Of course, you don't know, my senior sister is of golden age!"

Lu Tong snorted and said: "Okay, if you are really good, you don't need to borrow Jin Ling's trademark! To be honest, don't spoil my big things."

Tiejiang Liu drank a lot of wine, and his eyes were already red, but now they are even redder.

"I said, I can do it! But, but..."

Lu Tong frowned.

Tiejiang Liu burped and finally continued: "But this is all strenuous work. It requires at least ten people to help, and you have to be strong!"

"Leave it to me."

When Lu Tong spoke, he kept an eye on the door.

When he saw a handsome monk coming in, he immediately shouted downstairs: "Brother Song, here!"

Song Yanbai quickly went upstairs, sat down, picked up the wine bottle, drank it in one gulp, and slammed it on the table.

"It's done!"

Lu Tong's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly: "Which piece of meat?"

"What?"

"Oh, what business?"

Song Yanbai took out a pass token, slapped it on the table, and said in a loud voice: "For the seventy-third section of the road leading to Hanshan City, we will provide dense stone slabs at one tael of silver each."

Lu Tong picked up the token.

The bronze token looks very ordinary, but it has an extremely alluring evil power.

He clutched the token tightly, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he could smell the smell of gold and silver.

"Brother Lu?"

Lu Tong opened his eyes.

Song Yanbai asked with a smile: "When will it start?"

"Now! Let's go out!"

……

Outside the customs.

There are fewer caravans outside Hukou Pass, and there are more country people with their families on the road.

Lu Tong rides on the back of the calf.

Song Yanbai and Liu Tiejiang each rode a borrowed black donkey.

"Brother Lu, what are you doing here?"

Lu Tong pointed to Blacksmith Liu, who was half asleep, and said, "Blacksmith Liu can refine secret stones, but he needs ten helpers."

"Can we hire people here? Why don't we go to Baolong Street."

Lu Tong shook his head, pointed ahead and said: "The people on Baolong Street are too expensive, these people are cheap."

In the tea tavern, there are people from all over the world.

Lu Tong heard a lot of news.

Last year when there was fog, Lu Tong and other half-demon were recruited to go up the mountain, while ordinary people were charged an extra portion of the city protection tax.

This year for road construction, another toll tax will be levied.

Many rural people cannot raise money, so they can only sell their land and risk their lives to open up wasteland outside the customs.

It is difficult to make a living, and there are wild monsters, bandit cultivators, evil cultivators, etc. outside the customs.

These people are betting their lives.

If fog occurs within three to five years, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but there will be no way back.

People who have nowhere to go are very cheap.

Lu Tong shook his head at the sleepy Liu Blacksmith, and said loudly: "Wake up! Hurry up and pick someone. Once you've picked someone, I'll go over and hire someone."

Blacksmith Liu shook his head, unable to wake up.

Lu Tong pulled him off the black donkey and said loudly: "Calf, hit him."

The little calf immediately lowered his head and knocked Blacksmith Liu into several somersaults.

Once a monk is injured, the energy and blood in his body will fluctuate, and his magic power will also fluctuate.

Tiejiang Liu was stimulated by the magic power and suddenly became much more awake. He shouted: "Lao Lu, you are crazy! Hey, where are you?"

Lu Tong said it again.

Tiejiang Liu shook his head repeatedly and said: "How can these clumsy farmers help?"

Lu Tong said coldly: "Old Liu, if they knew everything, they wouldn't need you! I don't have time to waste time here, can you do it?"

Tiejiang Liu froze in place, feeling that Lu Tong seemed to be a different person.

Lu Tong stared at him expressionlessly.

This opportunity is hard to come by, and it will be hard to find again after losing it. He must seize it!

But Blacksmith Liu obviously didn't realize this.

Lu Tong took a deep breath and said: "Old Liu, everyone in Yunying City knows Jin Ling and Yin Kun, but how many of them have heard of Tong Liu? This is my opportunity, and it is also yours!"

"Bullshit, you can't get a reputation as an weapon refiner with money."

Blacksmith Liu muttered.

However, he turned around obediently, looked at the tea and said: "The three ox carts in front are killing all the family members! There are also the father and son who have just come out of seclusion."

"Okay!"

……

Three bullock carts travel together.

On top of the car full of luggage, several people were sitting.

In the first car were an old man and an old woman.

On the second car is a family of four. The husband is burly, the son is strong, and the wife and daughter have their heads wrapped in thin cloth.

On the last one sat a young couple and two and a half grown men.

Lu Tong rode a calf and approached and asked: "Old man, are you going to open up wasteland?"

The old man's bronze face was covered with wrinkles. He nodded dully and said: "Well, let's go to the Old River Valley."

Lu Tong smiled and handed over the copper box of dry cigarettes and asked: "How far is the old valley from here?"

He doesn't smoke dry cigarettes, but there are a few regular customers in the teahouse who like to smoke, so he always has some on him.

The old man shook his head awkwardly and patted the yellow cloth bag on his waist.

"It's still two to three hundred miles away. The land over there is fertile and there is water..."

"Dad!"

The strong man on the second bullock cart suddenly said: "This little brother, we have to hurry up, sorry!"

Lu Tong looked at the expressions of the two men and immediately judged that the strong man was in charge here.

Move to the second bullock cart.

"Yunying City Liangyao Tea Tavern Lutong, brother, what do you call it?"

"Qi Yun."

Qi Yun is very defensive.

Lu Tong stopped probing and explained his purpose directly: "I want to hire some helpers. They will take care of food, housing, and wages. They are higher than those in Yunying City. Starting from three taels of silver, the more you work, the more you will get. Are you interested?"

Qi Yun glanced at his wife and asked cautiously: "What kind of work?"

“It’s not an easy job to work for a weapon refiner, but it’s better than clearing out wasteland.”

Qi Yun has not agreed yet.

The young man in the third car stood up and shouted: "Count me in, I'll go!"

Lu Tong glanced at him, then looked at Qi Yun and said: "Are you a family? You, your father, and that boy are considered full-time workers. The two and a half boys are considered part-time workers. If a woman can cook, she is considered one Full time."

Qi Yun was moved and asked: "How often do you pay wages?"

Lu Tong smiled ~IndoMTL.com~ took out five taels of silver and threw it out, saying: "Follow me."

On the way back, I met the father and son.

Lu Tong asked: "Are the three of you going out to open up wasteland?"

The three of them laughed at the same time. The oldest one rubbed his head and said, "No, go out and find your wife!"

Lu Tong choked on all the words he had prepared.

Why is it different from what I thought...

He laughed dryly and said: "You have to travel so far to find a wife?"

This time the youngest said: "We need men to open up wasteland outside the customs, so that we can find wives, and we don't even need betrothal gifts!"

The three of them laughed at the same time, looking very vulgar.

Lu Tong didn’t know what to say.

These three are chasing women out of seclusion, so they probably have no intention of making money.

"Do you want to work? Starting from thirty taels of silver a month, which is higher than Yunying City."

The oldest one shook his head and said: "No, no. Find a wife first. Find a wife and farm the land and have children together."

Really useless...

Lu Tong shook his head, threw out a handful of coins, and said, "I'll give you some gifts first. I hope you find your wife soon."

"Thank you, brother, where are you going? I'll treat you to a wedding banquet then!"

Lu Tong waved his hand and led Old Qi and his family back to Blacksmith Liu.

Tiejiang Liu asked: "Why didn't those three come?"

"Those three are responsible for big things, so we can't invite them. There aren't enough people so let Brother Song take over first. He can take over three of them alone."

Song Yanbai's face changed slightly.

He has tender skin and tender flesh, and has never done heavy work.

I want to say no but don’t know how to say it.

Lu Tong smiled, drove Niu Xiaozi to lead the way, and shouted loudly:

"Let's go, find a rocky mountain to work on!"