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Chapter 1040 Stupid and crude, but not stupid

In fact, the street sanitation environment in various parts of Daming was still very clean in the early days of the founding of the country. At that time, corresponding requirements were also formulated, and the archers of the Yamen Cha and the Inspection Department were responsible for it.

Feasible to today, all this has long been empty talk.

You must know that everything in this world is inseparable from the word "money and food". You can do things, but you have to spend money. How can I spare energy to work hard on municipal chores.

Let’s just talk about human and animal feces, which were originally collected by special personnel for generations, and then transported outside the city to be sold to military households farming in the surrounding areas. However, how many fields around the town are still owned by military households?
Those military settlements that originally belonged to the country have been almost eaten away by the hereditary generals' families, and the military households have also been reduced to their domestic slaves. They can't even eat enough. How can they pay for manure to fertilize the fields? .

Even if there are still some excrement households left, those generals who own a lot of farmland defaulted on their excrement payment and had to switch to other businesses to make a living. The excrement in the town is no longer collected and transported.

Therefore, as soon as Yongningbo Zhang Cheng's order was issued, there were many officials, gentry, soldiers, merchants and merchants in the city watching, but very few people took action. But later, when they saw that the governor's yamen and several major businesses in the city responded positively, they also took action one after another. stand up.

Now, although Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng allocated all the expenses needed for cleaning the town to the various yamen, military offices and merchants and rich gentry, he still had to continue to ensure the cleanliness of the town in the future.

Therefore, he issued another notice, saying that the establishment of a cleaning and transportation department will be responsible for cleaning and transporting garbage in the town. Punishment, which has certain enforcement powers.

Therefore, the newly established "Cleaning Department" will also be directly under the Zhenshuo Mansion, and the cleaning, transportation personnel, and law enforcement personnel will all enjoy monthly salaries, depending on their job responsibilities, or how much.

How glorious is it to have a job with a fixed monthly salary in this borderland in troubled times?

Even some battalion soldiers on the list were moved by it. If they were not afraid of the Shangguan's pursuit of the crime of fleeing from the army, they would all want to go to the Qingyun Department to earn a stable monthly salary.

Ordinarily, the salaries of the battalion soldiers must be much higher than the monthly salaries of the Qingyun Department, but they are seriously in arrears, and sometimes even cannot receive their salaries for several months in a row. Go to be a pawn, change some broken silver to make a living.

Therefore, as soon as the announcement of the establishment of the Qingyun Department was issued, it caused a sensation in the city. The Qingyun Department's office located in Taixinmen was almost flooded by the crowd, and the threshold in front of the door was almost broken.

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After two consecutive days of uninterrupted cleaning and cleaning, the town seemed to become brighter in a blink of an eye.

The people who were forced to clean up the rubbish in the streets and alleys seemed to feel these changes at the moment, and their enthusiasm was obviously more positive than yesterday.

Yongningbo Zhang Cheng just got off the Genglou, and was shocked by the scene in front of him.

I saw a large cart slowly approaching from the direction of the fourth archway in the north, but the cart that originally required two horses to pull it was now being pulled by a tall and broad man with human power.

Not only Zhang Cheng was amazed, even Zhang Chengfang, Liu Chengzu and others beside him were also amazed.

Yongningbo Zhang Cheng pointed to Changping Street in the north and asked, "Then is the person pulling the cart?"

Originally, Zhang Chengfang, who also saw that a person was pulling the cart, became suspicious after hearing Zhang Cheng's questioning, and replied: "It should be, it looks like a person."

"That's a cart drawn by two horses..."

Zhang Cheng stared at Changping Street in the north, and continued: "How can one person pull it up?"

"This... I'm afraid it weighs four or five hundred catties... how can one person pull it..." Liu Chengzu was also stunned by the supernatural power of the strong man pulling the cart.

After Zhang Chengfang looked at it carefully, he said: "Five hundred catties, maybe not. However, I'm afraid there are four hundred catties."

He went on to say: "Look at that guy's body, he's probably much stronger than Erdan Li."

Hearing the envy in his tone, Zhang Cheng couldn't help being moved, and ordered: "Cheng Fang, go and have a look, and call that man over to ask questions."

"Here!"

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Zhang Cheng waited for a long time before the strong man pulled the cart slowly to him, parked the cart beside the city gate of Changping Street, and followed Zhang Chengfang.

From a distance, the strong man was almost two heads taller than Zhang Chengfang, who had grown into a young man. Zhang Cheng reckoned that he was a head taller than himself.

Moreover, he is not only amazingly tall, but also has an extremely muscular figure. Both arms can catch up with the thickness of ordinary people's thighs, his old waist is like a bucket, and his big buttocks sway from side to side when walking.

Such a height, such a stature, at this time in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, is enough to be called a giant!
When the strong man came to about five steps in front of Zhang Cheng, he stopped according to Zhang Chengfang's instructions, but he didn't intend to bow down, and just stood there stupidly, staring at him with a pair of leopard eyes. Zhang Cheng.

The young general Zhang Chengfang saw that he dared to be so rude in front of his father, and couldn't help shouting angrily: "Bold, Uncle Yongning is here, why don't you quickly kneel down and salute!"

The strong man ignored his words at all, and just asked in a rough voice: "Where is the meat? You said that I will go with you, and I will give you meat."

"You idiot, the general is here, and if you don't kneel down, you're thinking about eating meat!"

Seeing that he was so rude in front of Zhang Cheng, Zhang Chengfang couldn't help but feel angry, and when she was about to continue scolding him, she saw Yongning Bo lightly raised his whip and waved it in the air, so he immediately fell silent.

It was only then that Zhang Cheng took a closer look at the reckless man in front of him, standing on the ground like a black iron tower. Judging by his height and shape, he was really much bigger than the stupid big man Li Erdan recruited in Dushibao.

"No wonder I can pull a cart weighing hundreds of catties by myself."

Yongningbo Zhang Cheng muttered to himself, then asked him: "Man, what is your name, but you are a military household in the town?"

But the reckless man didn't answer Zhang Cheng's questions, stared straight at Zhang Chengfang who was beside him, and asked in a rough voice: "Meat. When will you give me meat?"

Zhang Cheng felt puzzled, so he looked back at Zhang Chengfang, only to see him smiling and replied: "We saw that he refused to come, so we told him that there would be meat to eat when he came."

Uncle Yongning couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the words, and said to Zhang Chengfang with a straight face: "Why bother to lie to him, go to the butcher shop in front and cut a catty of sauced meat."

Zhang Chengfang immediately turned around in response and was about to go, but the reckless man shouted again: "You can't eat enough for a catty!"

Seeing the terrified look on the reckless man's face, Zhang Cheng immediately stopped Zhang Chengfang, and asked the reckless man, "Is three catties enough to eat?"

"hey-hey……"

The reckless man said with joy on his face, "Three catties is enough, I can eat him half full."

"Three catties...still...half full?"

Zhang Chengfang questioned from the side with a face of disbelief. He was about to say more, but seeing Zhang Cheng glanced at him again, he immediately stopped talking.

"Man, do you drink alcohol?"

"Hey...have a drink...have a drink..."

When Zhang Cheng heard the words, he immediately ordered Zhang Chengfang: "Go, five catties of sauced meat and two catties of shochu."

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Yongningbo Zhang Cheng saw the reckless man turn his head, his leopard eyes were as big as copper bells, he stared straight at Zhang Chengfang's back, as if he was afraid that he would run away.

"Man, when my people go to buy meat and wine for you, they won't run away, so you don't need to stare at me like this."

Zhang Cheng then said: "Come on, sit down here, let's chat and wait, okay?"

Hearing the sound, the reckless man turned his head and said to Zhang Cheng, "You are a high official and a good person."

As he spoke, he took a few steps forward and sat down on the ground in front of Zhang Cheng, raising a cloud of smoke and dust.

At this time, the guards also brought a chair and placed it behind Zhang Cheng. After he sat firmly on the chair, he asked again, "Man, you haven't told me my name yet?"

The reckless man's eyes were still staring at the direction Zhang Chengfang was going, and he replied casually: "My surname is Wu, and I don't have a name. I was born in Shenjingbao in the south of the city when I was young, but my family was poor. My father was ill and couldn't be cured. It's gone, and my mother remarried.

I came here to make a living because I couldn't get enough to eat in the village. People who knew me well in this town called me 'Wu Dahan', and some people who didn't have long eyes called me 'Stupid and Stupid'. "

At this time, he turned his head to look at Zhang Cheng again, and said: "You are a good official, you buy me wine and meat, no matter what you ask me to do. I will not be angry with you!"

Zhang Cheng saw that although his words were impolite, he felt straightforward and cute, so he was not angry, and asked him, "Since you can't get enough to eat in the city, why don't you join the army?"

"What?"

Wu Dahan showed a look of disdain when he heard the words, and said in a naive voice: "Being a soldier is not paid, and you have to do hard labor for the superior, so I will starve to death?"

As he spoke, he waved his big fan-like hands, and said: "It's better if I rely on my strength to enjoy myself, although I can't eat enough, I'm so hungry."

"Ha ha……"

Uncle Yongning Zhang Cheng laughed, and immediately asked: "Wu Dahan, would you like to join Benbo's army and go to battle to kill the enemy?"

Wu Dahan replied casually with a look of disdain: "I won't go, I can't get enough to serve as a soldier..."

After he finished speaking, he stood up abruptly, and Zhang Chengzhi felt as if a huge mountain suddenly appeared in front of him, unexpectedly safely covering his rather stalwart body in the shadow.

It turned out that Zhang Chengfang's figure appeared on Changping Street, and this Wu Dahan suddenly got up excitedly. From this point of view, he is still kissing flesh!
Zhang Chengfang brought back a full five catties of sauced mutton and two catties of shochu. Because he was afraid that the reckless man would not have enough to eat, he bought two extra big buns.

The reckless Wu Dahan was like a starved ghost reincarnated, he hurriedly took the wine, meat and steamed buns from Zhang Chengfang's hands, and just sat on the floor and ate and drank like no one else was around.

Not to mention how Yongning Bo, Zhang Cheng and others reacted. This rather strange scene also attracted many soldiers and civilians who transported garbage outside the city. There are many discussions and discussions from the crowd watching and pointing.

Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng saw that the man was very absorbed in eating, and he looked like no one else was there, so he couldn't help being surprised, he called his adoptive son Zhang Chengfang to him with a wink, and said softly: "Cheng Fang, go over there for a visit, see See what this man's background is. Then arrange someone to go to Xinghe Institute and Sanwei to check whether this man has been in the army, what is the background."

After understanding, Zhang Chengfang nodded slightly, and walked towards the crowd of onlookers in the distance.

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A while later, Zhang Chengfang came back from the crowd of onlookers. Wu Dahan, the reckless man, had already eaten up the five catties of sauced meat, and he drank the two catties of soju, leaving a little soju and a steamed bun. The steamed bun was put into his arms in two or three strokes, and he put it away.

Seeing that he had finished eating the meat and wine, Zhang Cheng waved his hand to Zhang Chengfang who was about to report, and saw Wu Dahan standing up straight in front of Zhang Cheng, staring at Zhang Cheng with big copper bell eyes.

Suddenly, there was a "plop", like a hill collapsing, which shocked the surrounding streets and alleys, and Wu Dahan, who was like a black iron tower, fell headfirst to the ground.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

He kowtowed five times in a row, then bowed his head and said in a low voice: "The villain Wu Dahan, I would like to follow Uncle Yongning to die. I don't want money, as long as I have enough food twice a day, my rotten life will be uncle from now on." General."

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Cheng was not at all surprised by his vote, but he was rather surprised that he knew that he was Yongning Bo, but he pretended to be stupid here.

"You're going to join Bember's army?"

Facing Zhang Cheng's inquiry, Wu Dahan's huge head shook like a rattle, and he hurriedly replied: "Yes. I would like to give this life to Uncle Yongning, just to let me eat enough every day. That's it."

As he spoke, he added: "I have a big appetite. In the past, the bosses thought I was too good to eat, so they didn't want me..."

Looking at Wu Dahan with a puzzled expression in front of him, Zhang Cheng smiled and said to him: "Don't be afraid if you can eat it, don't say that you can't eat Benbo alone, even if ten, hundreds, or thousands come over, Benbo won't be afraid." Affordable."

Seeing the joyful expression on Wu Dahan's face, Zhang Cheng asked with a serious face: "But Benbo doesn't support idlers. Although you are tall and mighty, you don't know whether you are worth it. If you really go to the battlefield, you are a coward." , what is the use of it?"

That Wu Dahan's face darkened when he heard the words, he glanced at the dozen or so guards around Zhang Cheng, and said suddenly: "Ordinary people can't get in even if they wait for a dozen or twenty, and the soldiers around the general can't get in together." It may not be my opponent."

The guards seemed to feel insulted when they heard the words, and all of them were filled with righteous indignation as if they were eager to try. As long as Zhang Cheng agreed, they would rush up and capture him.

Yongningbo Zhang Cheng didn't care about this, he smiled and looked at Zhang Chengfang who had just returned and hadn't reported it yet, seeing that he was also nodding secretly to himself, he guessed that what Wu Dahan said was not false.

Immediately, he said to Wu Dahan with a serious face: "Yes. If you follow Benbo, you will naturally not be hungry. However, if you join our brave army, you will not be able to desert, otherwise your head will fall to the ground and your head will be in a different place."

"I know, but as long as I'm full, my life belongs to Uncle Yongning, and I will never frown no matter whether there are mountains of swords or seas of fire."

Zhang Cheng nodded, and said, "Success, you follow Benbo to listen first."

As he spoke, he pointed to Zhang Chengfang and said to Wu Dahan, "His name is Zhang Chengfang. From now on, you will obey his military orders."

"Do not……"

When Wu Dahan heard the words, he shook his head like a rattle, and said, "I'll just follow Uncle, and only by following Uncle can I eat meat."

"what……"

Zhang Cheng was taken aback for a moment, and then he burst out laughing: "You're not stupid, you idiot!"

At this time, I heard that stupid and rude put forward another condition: "Uncle, I have one more thing..."

He pointed to the large cart parked by the gate of the city, and said to Zhang Cheng, "I have to transport this cart of rubbish out of the city. I have promised others, but I dare not fail to do so."

Uncle Yongning was very satisfied with his loyalty, he nodded and said: "Okay, a man should put loyalty first, and don't lose the word 'faith'."

As he spoke, he told Zhang Chengfang next to him: "Send two people to follow him, and wait for him to come to me after delivering the garbage."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)