Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

If the vassal king hadn't come to Jin this time, who the hell would I know about you, Lao Deng?

"You you you..." The King of Chu was so angry.

"What do you mean? You think I didn't go easy on you, don't you?" Prince Ji's eyes widened in anger.

"I'm going to fight you!" The King of Chu was so angry that he rushed forward with his fists raised.

The two men started fighting.

Prince Xin was looking around in front, trying to find a good place to put down his shovel and take a nap.

There was a sudden commotion behind him. He turned around and saw that the two princes were fighting. His face suddenly became gloomy.

He quickly ran a few steps and shouted, "Stop! Everyone, stop!"

"How can a prince fight with each other in public? It is a disgrace to the imperial court!"

"If you don't stop, I will report you and ask His Majesty to remove your fiefdoms!"

When the King of Shu heard this, he hurried over and took the King of Chu away.

"Forget it, brother, let's not bother with that little brat. It's not worth it to anger His Majesty! It's not worth it!"

As expected, they share a common hobby, a friendship of cricket fighting. The King of Shu was still a little worried about the King of Chu.

After all, Prince Xin is your Majesty's younger brother, so his words may really be useful.

Prince Ji was also pulled away by others.

Prince Xin was very dissatisfied with the two of them.

"A prince of his rank actually made a fool of himself in front of the people. This is simply a disgrace to the court!"

After saying that, he snorted coldly and walked away.

Soon, they arrived at the destination of this trip.

Due to the special personnel of the team, Cheng Yu, the Deputy Director of the Du Shui Si, was specially appointed to lead the team personally.

At this time, he pointed to the river ahead and spoke loudly.

"My Lords, digging a hundred meters south from here is our mission today. As for how well we accomplish this, it all depends on how well you perform!"

"I will be here with you all the time. If you have any questions, you can always come to me."

"Then, my lords, please begin now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone started working.

Wow, it was the chubby Prince Lu who was the first to swing the hoe.

It’s no wonder that people who play the piano often have quite strong hands.

He dug the hoe in too deep and it took him several tries to pull it out.

But Prince Xin had no idea that Prince Lu was so proactive because he felt he had no way out.

All his belongings were confiscated, his musical skills were not favored by His Majesty, and even the neighboring Prince Zhao and Prince Shen were treated better than him!

This canal digging work may be his last chance for a comeback.

After digging for more than ten times, he finally found some tricks, which is that he should not be too aggressive each time. If he cannot pull it out in one go, it will only waste more time.

After adjusting the strength and direction, his digging speed instantly increased a lot.

Just when he was feeling happy, two people suddenly came up to him with a grunt.

Prince Lu took a quick look and saw that they were Prince Zhao and Prince Shen.

King Zhao said while digging:

"Hey, isn't this Prince Lu? Why are you digging so slowly? People who eat two dishes are really not good enough! They have to look to us who eat four dishes to do the work! Hahahaha"

Prince Lu: ...

Prince Lu gritted his teeth secretly, and a scene kept playing in his mind. It was that in the next moment, he would give the old man Prince Zhao a hoe!

But in the end, reason triumphed over the devil of impulse, and the hoe fell on the ground again, not on King Zhao's head.

The King of Zhou and the King of Tang also started to dig, neither too slow nor too slow.

The King of Qin followed closely behind, pretending to do so.

The other princes were digging and fishing at the same time.

Prince Xin saw that all the princes had started to move.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes and complain: "What a bunch of idiots!"

After saying that, he turned around, found a large, flat rock, lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

Chapter 421 The Prince Digging a Ditch

The area where the princes worked was separated from the common people, but not far away so they could see each other.

Naturally, they were too lazy to care about the thousands of laborers, but the situation was different for the laborers.

How interesting it would be to see a prince doing hard labor!

It was just like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit - the first time.

The scene was no less than when Wang Sicong was moving bricks at the construction site and was watched by onlookers.

This made the laborers very busy. They couldn't stop working, and they couldn't help turning their heads to look, and they were talking about it.

"Hey, Ermao, look quickly, the fat prince in front is digging the canal very fast, and he is almost catching up with you!"

"Get lost! How can that snail be as fast as me? Believe it or not, he will be lying down in no time."

"Hey, Lao Wang, look, that old prince over there, he's holding the hoe upside down, and he's still hoeing there. Oh my god, I'm so happy, hahahaha!"

"Hey! Donkey Egg, did you see that? There seems to be a prince lying on the big bluestone over there!"

"You mean that young prince? He's so powerful. If it weren't for him, the old prince would have been beaten to death by the young prince!"

"Ah! The prince is fighting?"

"Of course not, the big cunt was hit so hard that it made a loud slapping sound!"

"Oh my! Why didn't you ask me to watch this great show? A fight between princes is such a big deal. I can go back and brag about it to Tiger Girl in my village for years!"

......

Seeing this new and exciting scene, many laborers forgot about their work.

The official sent by the Taiyuan Prefecture Water Conservancy Office to supervise the work felt a headache when he saw this scene, and he cracked the whip in his hand.

He pointed at the laborers who were just watching the fun and not doing any work and shouted.

"You! You! You! And all of you! What are you all standing there looking at? Have you finished your work? If you don't complete your mission today, don't even think about getting your wages! Get to work!"

After the epidemic gradually subsided, Zhu Youxiao asked the victims to rejoin the ranks of work-for-relief.

The Ming Dynasty does not support idle people.

There are now nearly 100,000 disaster victims outside the city.

Over the course of the day, we would have to consume more than 100,000 or 200,000 kilograms of grain, and we couldn't let them eat and live for free.

Even the princes were forced to work here, let alone these disaster victims.

Apart from the elderly, the weak, women and children, there are 50,000 to 60,000 men who can do heavy work. It is the right time to take advantage of the severe drought and the dry riverbed to dig canals and expand the river.

There are several large construction sites around Taiyuan City. The one in front of us stretches for three or four miles and employs nearly ten thousand laborers.

The officials sent by the Ministry of Works and the officials from the water conservancy departments of prefectures and counties were simply unable to handle the situation.

Fortunately, it was a famine year, and workers were paid for their work. If it had been the old corvée labor, I'm afraid these supervising officials would have been left with nothing left.

Even in the current situation, when there are too many people, there are bound to be some problems.

At this time, seeing the supervising official scolding them, some people couldn't help but say a few words back.

"Sir, we need to give people a break before hanging. We have been doing this since dawn, so it is reasonable to watch the fun and take a break. Please don't urge us to do it!"

"That's right! Let's take a break. Look, sir, the prince is doing the hard labor like us. How rare is that? Hahaha!"

"Yeah!"

......

Suddenly, dozens or even hundreds of people joined in the commotion.

"Are you guys planning a rebellion? You don't want the food and wages anymore, right? Humph!"

When the official saw this situation, he became a little nervous.

There were only him and the official from the Ministry of Industry not far away within a few hundred meters around. If something really happened, the two of them would not be able to suppress it.

After giving him a few words of instruction, he snorted coldly and went to inspect somewhere else.

When Cheng Yu, the Deputy Director of the Water Conservancy Department, saw this situation, he couldn't help but frown.

If this continues, the people will inevitably become lazy and slack.

There are so many civilians, but only dozens of officials are able to supervise them. This situation must be improved as soon as possible.

He looked at the prince's team and shook his head again.

The few people led by Prince Lu, who were the most powerful at the beginning, have now fallen down, and the rest are either lying or sitting on the ground, groaning and complaining.

Only the King of Zhou and the King of Tang were still digging at a leisurely pace, while the King of Qin was always one step behind the other two.

Cheng Yu looked at Prince Xin who was snoring on the bluestone, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

I secretly feel lucky that the current emperor came back to life and didn't let this kid really sit on the throne, otherwise the future of Ming Dynasty is unimaginable...

At this time, Prince Xin was wrestling with Duke Zhou by the beard and having a lot of fun, so he didn't care about anything else.

Anyway, he is here to eat melons, and it is impossible for him to work.

Not far away, Prince Lu sat on the ground, breathing heavily, wiping the sweat off his forehead, and looking at the three princes in front of him.

Two of them are nearly fifty years old, and one is already sixty years old, but they can still fight so hard. I am only thirty years old and I have given up. I am really ashamed of myself.

I looked at them, then at the bubbles on my hands, and I couldn't help but make up my mind to give it a try!

He untied his belt and wrapped it around his hands, gritted his teeth, got up and continued working!

"Fuck you, Zhu Changxun, you are really going to die!"

When King Zhao saw that this guy was getting aggressive again, he felt a headache.

His own health bar was almost gone, and he really didn't want to move at all.

Prince Shen was standing beside him, so tired that he was like a dead dog and was too lazy to even look at Prince Lu.

In this way, the princes spent a day of hard work in their own ways.

Cheng Yu came to the big bluestone very reluctantly.

"Lord Xin, Lord Xin, wake up!"

“It’s time to call it a day!”

Prince Xin woke up slowly and stretched.

"Um... huh... is it already evening?"

"This is really too late to sleep!"

He took a special look at the status of the princes digging the canal and couldn't help but smile bitterly. They had only completed three-fifths of the work.

Look at the princes again, more than half of them have been disabled.

"Master Cheng, I guess these princes can't go back."

Cheng Yu had a bitter look on his face. Although he did not think highly of Prince Xin, at least he did not hold him back.

Look at these princes, they have difficulty turning over, what can they do?

"The princes are of noble status. I don't know what to do at this moment. How about I go find some carriages to take the princes back?"

Prince Xin smiled and said, "We must not arrange it this way, otherwise they will not appreciate your majesty's good intentions."

"Think about it, why did His Majesty ask them to dig canals? Isn't it to let the princes experience the suffering of the people?"