Chapter 37: Do it to the best of your ability
The Land God Temple in the east of the city is a fairly large temple, located at the foot of a low earthen ridge covering an area of about 100 feet square, less than a mile away from the east city gate.
There is an artificial river here that meanders nearby.
In this big world, demons and monsters often wreak havoc in the wilderness, and the various countries and regional forces of mankind naturally have many ways to deal with them.
In the Ming Dynasty, each town was surrounded by tall and complete city walls and a city defense formation.
In all official towns, more or less canals, or medium or large water diversion ditches, were built to meet the city's water needs.
Even in places where there is no way to draw water from outside due to environmental and geographical restrictions, many deep wells have been dug.
Most of the labor force collected by the government for corvée labor every year was used to clean and maintain rivers and ditches inside and outside the city.
Due to drastic climate changes in recent years, droughts have become increasingly severe in various regions, especially in the northwest region of the Ming Dynasty, where many rivers of all sizes have dried up.
Li Dingguo and his companions had just arrived at the land temple, and the small river beside it was left with only a thin layer of flowing water at the bottom of the river, like a mountain stream.
It looks like it will completely dry up in less than a month.
In the backyard of the land temple, there is a large deep well with abundant water, so the dozens of orphans and beggars who usually gather here will not have to worry about having no water to drink for the time being.
Looking at this dilapidated land temple that had long lost its scent of incense, Li Dingguo, who had lived here for three years, felt mixed emotions.
He first asked Tang Guangqiang and Cao Yongxiang to lead the young warriors to distribute the coarse cloth clothes and straw sandals they had just bought.
The six large buckets and several pancreases that had just been bought were distributed to the boys and girls in half.
"Everyone take turns to go to the well in the backyard, men and women separated, and go back to the room in batches to wash your body and change into new clothes."
He looked at the orphans and beggars in front of him and said loudly, "Most diseases are contracted due to poor hygiene."
"If you don't want to get sick in the future, you must strictly follow what I say!"
"I will bring people to help you build two large huts for men and women on the open space on both sides of the backyard of the land temple."
"From now on, no one is allowed to urinate or defecate anywhere! If you need to go to the toilet, remember to go to the toilet!"
"Did you hear that clearly?"
His tone was stern as he shouted at the little beggars.
"Got it, Boss!"...
He had a very high prestige among these orphans and beggars. He now intentionally aroused his full martial arts aura, scaring these little friends into responding repeatedly.
Li Dingguo waved at Tang Guangqiang and Cao Yongxiang, signaling them to take command and maintain order.
The boys and girls who received new clothes and straw sandals all had happy expressions on their faces.
Under the constant shouting of Tang Guangqiang and Cao Yongxiang, they were divided into two teams, one male and one female, and lined up at the well, taking turns to fetch water with wooden buckets and go back to their rooms to take a bath.
Two large side rooms with drainage outlets in the land temple were temporarily used as men's and women's bathrooms to avoid making a fool of themselves.
Seeing that everything was on track and in order, Li Dingguo directed the remaining nearly ten young warriors to start cleaning the land temple.
By the way, he collected some scattered wood, took it to the backyard, selected two suitable places, and asked these young warriors to dig holes and build two large huts.
These young warriors now have several hundred kilograms of strength in their bodies. As long as someone directs them, it is no problem for them to do these odd jobs. Li Dingguo, who comes from the Earth in the 21st century, knows the necessity of paying attention to hygiene better than anyone else, and he attaches more importance to it than anyone else.
He has his own plans, but he can't tell anyone now.
If you want to survive in the chaotic end of the dynasty and live a better life, you can't do it by yourself.
There are many things that you cannot stay out of even if you want to protect yourself and live a peaceful life.
In troubled times, the only thing you can rely on is your own brain and military force, and whether you have a loyal and reliable armed force under your command.
With a golden finger, I will definitely grow up quickly, so why should I be afraid of various challenges?
It is very necessary to standardize various good living habits in the team as soon as possible.
The initial stage of any grassroots entrepreneurship is the most difficult.
However, after forming a complete set of process routines and having a group of capable talents under your command, it will become easier and easier to develop and grow in the middle and late stages.
By the time everyone finished their work, it was already noon.
After taking a bath and changing into new clothes and straw sandals, the young boys and girls gathered again in the open space in the backyard of the land temple with joy on their faces.
"Tang Guangqiang, have you used up the sixteen taels of silver you had earlier?"
Li Dingguo asked Tang Guangqiang who came to his side.
"Boss, the money is not all gone yet."
Tang Guangqiang quickly replied, "But there's not much left, less than three hundred yuan."
"The main reason is that clothes are too expensive. Even if they are made of coarse cloth, most of the money we have is gone after we buy them."
He explained and grumbled.
"Well, with the remaining money, you can take a few people to the restaurant and buy two baskets of white flour buns so that everyone can have another full meal."
"We also need to buy some bowls, chopsticks, spoons, and two new large wooden barrels. Then we can go to the porridge stand next to the market and bring back two barrels of porridge!"
"If the rebels there ask, just say it was me, Li Dingguo, who wanted it."
The Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong has made such big moves recently, so there is no need to think too much. Li Dingguo also knows that his and Ai Nengqi's reputation has spread to the ears of all the rebel soldiers in the city.
For such a small issue, as long as he mentioned his name, those ordinary rebel soldiers would not dare to make things difficult for him.
The martial arts uniforms worn by young warriors like Tang Guangqiang are the obvious mark of their orphan camp.
"Hurry up, it's getting late. We have to rush back to the Wang Family Courtyard in the evening."
Li Dingguo waved his hand and said a few words at last, signaling Tang Guangqiang to take people to do the work as soon as possible.
"Okay, boss!"
Tang Guangqiang hurriedly gathered the ten young warriors again, took the remaining money, and hurriedly led the team out of the land temple and left quickly.
Even though the money given by the king was used up all at once, these young warriors had good personalities and were very open-minded.
Anyway, there is not much use for me to have this money now, so I will just spend it all.
(End of this chapter)
