Beijing Nancheng, as a new urban area that was just planned, is also busy and is being built everywhere. The people around Beijing are also tempted to find work here. Even if they can do nothing, they can earn more than ten yuan a day by working hard. If they know the skills of bricklayers, it is not uncommon to earn dozens of yuan that day.

As soon as the sky was dawn, Wang Wu came out of the shack. After stretching his waist, he then reached out and touched the heavy cloth bag in his arms. The copper coins he had saved in the past half month were weighing several pounds. This made him sigh happily. It seemed that he would have to send someone to his house to send money in a few days. After all, it would be inconvenient and unsafe to carry so much money on his body.

"Get up! Get up quickly and get started!" Wang Wu walked out of the shack next to him, and then shouted everyone who was sleeping inside one by one.

These are all his brothers. They are from Wangjiazhuang dozens of miles south of Beijing. I heard that Beijing was recruiting workers before, so Wang Wu brought these brothers to work together. Because the weather was hot, they did not rent a house, but directly built a shack here to live here. Anyway, there were too many people and were not afraid of any danger.

As Wang Wu shouted, people came out of the shacks, rubbing their eyes and looking like they were not awake. This made Wang Wu curse angrily: "You don't listen to you when you want to go to bed early at night, and you also waste money to buy alcohol. You can't get up now. Don't blame the supervisor for scolding you if you don't have the energy to work then!"

"Brother Fifth, we just played for a while last night, and we will definitely not do it in the future!" At this time, someone smiled and defended that Wang Wu was the oldest among them, so they usually listened to Wang Wu's words, but they would indulge them once in a while.

Wang Wu is not an unreasonable person, and these are his own brothers, so he quickly asked everyone to sort out the things and check if there were any omissions, especially the money you earn must be brought with you. After all, these shacks are built casually, and no one cares about them during the day. You will definitely lose valuable things here.

After everyone checked, Wang Wu brought these dozen brothers to an open space not far from the shack. There was a well here, and the civilians living nearby would come to fetch water and wash. Although Wang Wu and the others didn't care whether it was clean or not, the weather was too hot now, and their bodies were sticky when they slept, so they all scrubbed it with water.

"Buns, hot big buns!" Just as Wang Wu and his friends were scrubbing, there were also bursts of hawking sounds not far away, and a scent came, which made Wang Wu and others very hungry. So they quickly scrubbed and followed the hawking sounds to a clearing field, which was filled with various vendors, mainly selling various breakfasts.

Wang Wu and the others do heavy physical strength, so they have to eat enough in the morning. Each of the dozen people needs a large bowl of porridge, and then they eat big meat buns. Among them, Wang Wu is tall and eats the most, but it doesn't matter. He works the most, so he earns more than others.

After they were full, Wang Wu and the others came to the construction site where they worked. The foreman was also issuing license plates. Each worker had to get one, and then they formed a team according to the foreman's requirements. Each team had different tasks and different wages. When the work was finished, they had to get the wages based on the license plate.

Wang Wu is very strong and is assigned to work of lifting mud. Don’t underestimate the work of lifting mud. Anyone who has worked on the construction site knows that a small piece of mud is definitely much heavier than a brick of the same size. Most people will exhaust their energy after lifting it a few times, so people who do this kind of work must have a lot of strength and their wages are more than those who sell coolies.

Of course, the most profitable thing on the construction site is technical work. Unfortunately, Wang Wu and others don’t understand anything, so they can only work hard. Of course, Wang Wu and the others are also secretly learning some wall plastering skills. Maybe they can make money easily with these skills in the future.

Wang Wu and his team have been working on this construction site for more than a month, and they don’t know what to build here, but now the foundation has been laid and the main building is under construction. I heard from the foreman that this place seems to be a school in the court, specifically used to train generals who fight on the battlefield, but they don’t know whether it is true or not?

However, Wang Wu didn't care about these things. He only knew that this was the construction site of the court. They only needed to work and could get their wages on time every day. After all, for them, only the wages they received were real, and everything else was false.

The weather is hot, and people like Wang Wu work very hard. Fortunately, there is free hot water on the construction site. If you are thirsty, you will get a lot of water. You also provide a big pot of rice at noon. Although it is not delicious, it can at least fill your stomach. The key is that it doesn’t cost money. So Wang Wu and the others are desperately filling their stomachs at noon, so that they can eat less at night.

After finally getting off work, Wang Wu and the others also lined up to get their wages with their license plates. Wang Wu and a dozen brothers of the family got together, queuing up while discussing which house to wait for dinner?

But at this moment, suddenly the team in front was in chaos and there were people clamoring, which made everyone stunned, and then they all raised their feet and looked forward.

I saw that when the foreman paid wages, the few people at the foreman were having a fierce dispute with the foreman. One of the big men turned red and shouted at the foreman: "I usually pay wages, but today I use this kind of paper to fool us. You are too unscrupulous!"

"What's the name? This is a treasure banknote, not a paper. Look at the face value on it, it's real, I'll give you a penny!" The foreman said with a arrogant look on his face.

"What a bullshit treasure money? Who doesn't know that it is the waste paper that the court fools the people. I don't want treasure money. Change it to copper coins!" The leading man shouted again, and at the same time stuffed the foreman some treasure money in his hand to the foreman.

When they heard that the foreman did not send out copper coins and sent paper, everyone surrounded him. At this time, they realized that the box around the foreman used to hold copper coins was replaced with stacks of exquisitely printed paper, which was probably the legendary treasure banknote. However, they have also heard of the infamous reputation of treasure banknotes. It would be good if the treasure banknotes could be exchanged for five hundred ci, and it might not even be able to exchange for two or three hundred ci. In other words, if they took the treasure banknotes, the wages would be equivalent to half of them.

"Foreman, this is not possible. Although we are rough people, we can't fool us with treasure money, right?" someone shouted again at this time.

"What a quarrel? This is the newly issued treasure banknote by the imperial court. Each one is exchanged in full. If you don't believe it, just take the treasure banknote to the bank outside Zhengyang Gate and directly exchange it into copper coins!" The foreman shouted impatiently again.

"Can it be exchanged for copper coins?" After hearing the foreman's words, the people below finally calmed down a little, but some people still didn't believe it. After all, the infamous reputation of Baochao has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Who knows whether the court would be lying to them again?

"Be honest with me. All the money I sent today are all such treasures. Do you want them?" The foreman said arrogantly again at this time. He was not afraid of these coolies causing trouble. After all, there are so many people in Beijing who come to work every day, so he is not afraid of not being able to recruit people.

When the foreman heard what he said, all the workers working were quiet, and they all knew their situation. If they really had to make trouble, the foreman would have to pay them a day's wages, but they wouldn't think about working again tomorrow.

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So in the end, everyone went back to line up honestly. Wang Wu was also muttering in a low voice. One of the brothers said, "Brother Wu, can we believe this kind of treasure money?"

"No one can tell this kind of thing, but the foreman said that the bank in Zhengyangmen can be exchanged. Let's wait and try it out. The whole thing is just a day's wage. If it cannot be exchanged, we have to change places to work tomorrow." Wang Wu thought for a while before speaking.

"Okay, we all listen to Brother Fifth!" Others also expressed their opinions that although it is not easy to find a place to work, they cannot just work without getting money.

However, Wang Wu and the others did not know that the same scene happened in the entire Nancheng as long as the construction site related to the court. They usually used copper coins to settle their wages, but today they were all replaced with new treasure money.
Chapter completed!