Three Hundred and Forty-Six, Pay and You Will Gain

The long winter in the Northwest region was finally coming to an end. Ren Xiaosu saw the plants sprouting new sprouts beside the river, and also saw the dormant insects in the soil gradually waking up.

The spring flood is coming, and the thousands of miles of snow-capped mountains in the northwest will gradually melt, and the sunlight will turn the ice and snow into tens of thousands of streams, which will then converge from west to east and become swift rivers.

Some people say that the water comes from the sky and flows eastward without stopping.

The valley area, which has been dry for many months, will get the most water in spring, which is the best time for their farming and irrigation. At that time, the huge river water will fill up the gullies and turn the earthy yellow valleys into river beds. .

Ren Xiaosu wanted to lead the bandits to make enough bricks before the spring flood.

As soon as the spring flood brought the trees upstream, they could set up kilns to burn bricks.

Some people say why burn bricks so hard, just build some adobe houses, isn't everyone living like this all the time?

In the end, Ren Xiaosu said, why can barrier people live in brick houses, but we can't? And not only to build houses, but also to build fortifications.

Some refugees asked if they wanted to build a new barrier, Ren Xiaosu was taken aback for a moment, and he smiled and said that the wilderness would be fine, why did you circle everyone up.

Having said that, the refugees were all silent, but they all worked harder.

The bandits put down their guns, and one by one barefooted they were digging mud on the edge of the valley. Basket after basket of mud was dug up and made into adobes on the ground.

It is easy to think about digging mud, but it is difficult to do it. The bandits brought all the guns, not even a shovel, and they had to rely on their hands to dig mud.

The weather was cold, and the fierce bandits were as cold as their grandsons, but they still insisted on working.

"If you push them so hard, will they give up?" Yang Xiaojin asked.

"No," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile: "The more tired they are, the more they believe that all this is true, the more relaxed they are, and they will suspect that all this is false."

"Then they will find out one day," Yang Xiaojin said.

Ren Xiaosu turned his head and said seriously to Yang Xiaojin: "I want to build a home here. The idea was not so clear before, but when I saw them working, the idea gradually became clearer. Then I will give them An explanation."

This,

It was also the first step for Ren Xiaosu to train these bandits. He had to let these bandits, who were used to being lazy and robbing houses, change their habits.

Let them suffer here, and then build up a strange emotion called shared suffering.

After a tiring day, the bandits complained one after another, and even Jin Lan began to waver. He glanced at the mud on his hands and feet, and was almost weeping: "Why don't we go back and be bandits instead of working hard?" It’s a barrier, it’s too painful!”

"That's right," someone sat weakly on the edge of the river bed, looking up to the sky in a daze: "What are we trying to do?"

Jin Lan and Zhang Yiheng are now the captains of the first team and the second team respectively. Some people saw that the captain began to waver, and they became even more shaken.

At noon, some refugees from the settlement suddenly came over with baskets on their shoulders. They put the basket on the ground, and Jin Lan asked curiously, "My fellow, what is this?"

An honest refugee smiled embarrassedly and said: "Before you helped us dig the canal, you never had time to thank you. This is the cornbread you made yourself. It doesn't taste good. Don't dislike it."

Jin Lan was stunned for a moment, he didn't know how to deal with such a situation for a while, and suddenly cursed when he got to his mouth: "You are so polite, don't be polite to me, let it go, there are still people who need help with work Squeak."

Jin Lan looked like I didn't want to help you, but I just wanted to work, which stunned the refugees.

At this time, someone asked Jin Lan: "Captain, let's run, just tonight?"

As a result, Jin Lan hesitated and said: "Persist for another two days to see the situation, and it will not be too late to run after two days! You see, the villagers have given us corn buns, let's at least build a house for them!"

When work got off that night, everyone was spread out on the ground and didn't want to move. Ren Xiaosu came to the river and looked at the adobes sandwiched in the wooden boards: "Get up, come to get the bullets, everyone only recognizes the adobes they made, Ten yuan for one."

People are very strange, obviously this bullet belongs to them originally, and the bullet is not worth much, and they don't think much of it when they are working, but when they find out that they can exchange it, everyone is a little happy.

Jin Lan stood up and said, "Me! I made thirty adobe bricks today. The silt is too difficult to dig, otherwise I can make more!"

Ren Xiaosu nodded: "Well, I'll send you three bullets."

Jin Lan looked at the three yellow bullets in her palm, and felt an inexplicable sense of touch and accomplishment in her heart...

But these are obviously three ordinary bullets, what's going on?

This is what Ren Xiaosu came up with. If they just bury their heads in their work, these bandits will be frustrated because they can't see the "end" of "progress".

But when he breaks down the process into 100 bullets, and allows the bandits to measure their own results, it has a promising goal.

Jin Lan began to calculate at this moment, if she could get three bullets a day, she might be able to get four or even five bullets a day if she became proficient, and she would be able to get out of the sea of ​​suffering in less than a month.

How long is a month? Thinking about it this way, Jin Lan suddenly felt that she could persevere, and she would leave after a month at most, and it didn't waste much time.

At this time, he looked at the others, and when he suddenly saw that Zhang Yiheng only had two bullets in his hand, he laughed loudly: "You old boy can't do it, why do you only have two bullets?"

Zhang Yiheng's face was flushed red: "I'm not proficient, I will definitely have more than you tomorrow."

Then Zhang Yiheng looked around and saw that there were still people with no bullets in their hands. He was also happy: "I'm not the worst either!"

Ren Xiaosu didn't say anything either, neither criticized those who did less work, nor praised those who worked too much.

Jin Lan leaned forward with a smile: "Brother, look at me, I have worked the most today."

Ren Xiaosu said noncommittally: "You have to understand that I gave you this chance because you want to pass the assessment, not to do something for me."

After speaking, Ren Xiaosu turned and left.

Jin Lan stayed behind Ren Xiaosu for a while before saying in a daze, "Thank you brother for giving us this opportunity!"

"Thanks from Jin Lan, +1!"

Suddenly, Jin Lan turned her head and yelled: "It's not dark yet, you guys retreat first, I'll do it for a while!"

The bandits looked at each other, they had been tired all day and suddenly they had a little motivation, but Yang Xiaojin came at this time: "Don't work, wash your hands for me, get ready for class."