429 I really can’t take it anymore
Xiao Hanzheng’s men had been keeping an eye on Zhuo Zheng, so they knew about his recent situation.
“Zhuo Zheng isn’t having a good time in the canned food workshop,” he said with a smile.
“I deliberately arranged for a few big men in their dormitory to have loud voices, bad tempers, smelly feet, and other problems.”
He and the other three spies suffered in the stench of the dormitory every day. In the first few days, they couldn’t even eat and even vomited.
“He’s been asking to change dormitories every day, but I didn’t let him.
“A few days ago, they had a dispute with those big men and Zhuo Zheng and the others were taught a lesson.
“They still want to learn the canned food recipe every day, but they are all sent to cut and wash meat.
“Zhuo Zheng relied on his good looks and sweet mouth to persuade a manager to assign him to the lamb stew workshop.
“He thought he could steal the recipe for lamb and was happy for half a day.
“But after we went in, he found out that our seasoning recipe bags were all wrapped in advance and crushed into powder.
“They only throw the recipe bags into the washed mutton and stew it, then watch the fire until it’s done.
“The workshop has been stewing meat every day. It’s very hot. He only went to work for two days and couldn’t stand it anymore. He pretended to be sick and fled from work.
“Two days ago, he sneaked out to steal a formula bag in the middle of the night and was discovered by a burly man who woke up in the same dormitory as him. He couldn’t help but beat him up in anger and even told the manager.
“Zhuo Zheng refused to admit that he stole and even wanted to change the workshop, so I told the manager not to fire him yet. I transferred him to a place that specializes in slaughtering sheep and let him continue to suffer.”
Shi Qingluo could imagine Zhuo Zheng’s mental breakdown.
“No wonder he’s been looking for the steward to request to see me for the past few days,” she said, trying to hold back her laughter.
“Maybe he wants to switch to the soap workshop,” Xiao Hanzheng said.
It was obvious that Zhuo Zheng, that pretty boy, couldn’t take any hardship. It was already not bad that he could persist for a few days.
“Let’s wait for him to slaughter the sheep for a few days,” Shi Qingluo said with a smile.”If he wants to change, let him be.”
Did he think that he wouldn’t have to suffer if he went to the soap workshop? Naive.
If he were to burn the candles and stir the soap liquid every day, he would probably cry and say that he didn’t want to work after a few days.
“Alright,” Xiao Hanzheng sneered.
The two of them slept in each other’s arms.
Meanwhile, Zhuo Zheng, who they just mentioned, was called over by the steward to ask him to be prepared to kill the sheep in the middle of the night.
It was the same for the other people in the dormitory apart from him.
Zhuo Zheng and the other three spies wanted to break down.
They hadn’t learned anything since they came in, but they were tortured to the point that they wanted to escape immediately.
“Do you have any ideas to change to another workshop?” one of them asked.
The other person laughed bitterly.
“If there was a way to, I would have done so long ago. I wouldn’t have to suffer here.
“Zhuo Zheng, don’t you know the county magistrate’s wife? Can you tell her to transfer us to the soap workshop?”
It was impossible to steal the recipes from the canned food workshop.
The ingredients for the stew were all wrapped in cloth bags, and they were all in powdered form, so it was difficult to tell what was inside.
The most important step to keep the canned food from going bad was to seal it.
They were all done by Xiao Hanzheng’s trusted aides who did not let them touch it at all.
As long as they got close to the workshop, they would be driven away.
That was why they were prepared to give up.
It would be good if he could get the recipe for the soap.
Zhuo Zheng’s heart was filled with bitterness.
He had wanted to change locations for a long time, but Shi Qingluo had been busy and did not see him.
However, he still wanted to save his face in front of the two of them, so he could only force out a smile.
“She’s been busy these few days. I’ll find her and help us change to another workshop when she’s done.”
The two men smiled bitterly. “How many more days? ”
They were going crazy.
When the other big men heard their conversation, one of them snorted coldly, ” They’re all pretty boys who can’t bear hardships. Do they think that they won’t have to work hard in the soap workshop?
“And this isn’t hard at all. Farming under the sun every day, not having much harvest, and having to pay a lot of exorbitant taxes and taxes on top of not being able to have a full meal is then torturous. ”
He looked down on Zhuo Zheng and the others.
Now that they were working in the workshop, they could eat and drink to their fill every day. They didn’t have to eat and sleep in the open.
They could even get paid. In the past, they wouldn’t even dare to think about it.
They heard that starting next month, a uniform would be issued, and they could take turns to rest for five days every month, or rest together.
They would still receive one month worth of salary.
Among all the workshops in the northern border, the conditions and treatment here were definitely the best.
He and a burly man from the same village had come to the county to find work that day.
They had accidentally seen the workshop recruiting people and had wanted to give it a try. Who knew that they would actually be employed here?
The other people in the village were envious of them.
When he received his salary next month, he would buy some fabric for his parents, wife, and children to make clothes.
They also wanted to buy a few red headbands for their daughter.
They had previously envied the granddaughter of the clan leader for having a red headband.
With this thought, his heart burned with passion.
These pretty boys were actually not content.
They only wanted to be lazy all day long and even shamelessly wanted to steal the workshop’s secret.
“That’s right,” the other three men also said. “You guys, pretty boys who can’t take hardship, better get out of here and let someone who really needs the job do this job.
“Any family members who have to rely on you for financial support would starve to death.”
“Lazy cowards!”
Zhuo Zheng and the other three thought, these unruly people were simply an insult to the cultured class.
But since they couldn’t win against them, they could only endure it.
Last time, they couldn’t help but go up and argue with them.
Because their words were a little unpleasant, they were beaten up.
In addition, even though they had lived in the dormitory for so many days, they still couldn’t stand the stench in the dormitory.
That was why they wanted to change to a workshop and a dormitory as soon as possible.
They really couldn’t take it anymore.
Zhuo Zheng was also regretful. It wasn’t that easy to be a spy.
He shouldn’t have followed them to Heyang County.
After a few days, Shi Qingluo finally found time to meet Zhuo Zheng.
When she heard that he and his few friends wanted to exchange and go to the soap workshop, she agreed to help.
Then, the four of them moved out of their current dormitory as they wished and went to work in the soap workshop next door.
After another ten days, in King Jin’s residence in Northern City.
King Jin and Liang Mingyu were tasting the new canned food from Heyang County.
King Jin liked to eat red braised pork, and Liang Mingyu liked to eat braised pork with preserved vegetables.
There was also braised chicken, red braised pork ribs, Dongpo pig knuckle, and so on on the table.
King Jin ate a bowl of rice with the canned food and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.
“Shi Qingluo is really a talent. How did she think of making such delicious meat and then putting it in a clay pot? How could it be preserved for such a long time?”
Liang Mingyu finished three bowls of rice. “I don’t get it either. Why does she seem to know everything?
“These canned foods are so delicious. No wonder so many caravans went to Heyang County. Some people who like to eat also went to Heyang County, saying that they would line up to buy the canned food.”
The reason why canned food was only delivered today was because the spies had to line up early in the morning for several days before they could buy all the varieties.
King Jin also knew about this. “It seems that Heyang County will not be as underdeveloped and poor as it was before.”
It had to be said that Xiao Hanzheng was a talent.
After he arrived at Heyang County, he immediately took over the power of the county government, using both hard and soft tactics.
Then, he issued all kinds of government decrees and gradually revived the stagnant state of Heyang County.
He had received the latest news that Xiao Hanzheng had also set up a cooperative farming policy with the county government and the farmers.
This policy had made Xu Ziqin praise it endlessly.
When he tasted the canned meat made of pork and chicken, King Jin felt that the people would definitely earn a lot if they could raise the livestocks.
Also, the method of using a village as a collective community to breed them together was also very good.
Just as they were talking, a hidden guard walked in.
“Your Highness, this is a letter that Shi Qingluo asked me to pass to you.”
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