Chapter 61: A Glimpse
"Stone!" Xu Chen shouted as soon as he rushed into the room where the stone was recuperating.
"Big brother, what about this!" Shi Lei called out as soon as he heard the voice of the eldest brother.
Looking at the stone's exposed chest and the reddish-brown scars on it, and then recalling the figure of the stone falling in front of him yesterday, Xu Chen's just raised worry turned into anger, and he slapped the stone's smirking face fiercely, but when he fell, he withdrew a little bit of strength.
A "pop" sounded, and the iron bull in the house, Zhou Kang and others were stunned.
"Do you know why I hit you?" Xu Chen said with an expressionless face and a cold tone.
"I don't know......" Shi Lei covered his reddened cheeks and muttered with a puzzled expression.
"I didn't tell you that the eldest brother was wrong before, so you can listen to me today, and all of you!" Xu Chen said to the teenagers in front of him, the teenagers were all brothers who had been in the sick workshop, and when they heard that the stone woke up, they came to visit, and when they saw what the eldest brother said, they all quieted down and listened to the eldest brother.
"You all remember one thing for me! There is only one human life, and if you die, you will never have it again, so no matter what you do in the future, think it out carefully for me and use your brain more! It doesn't matter if the mission fails, it would be good to find a way, but if your life is gone, not only will the mission not be completed, but the brothers will also be sad for you, avenge you, and may sacrifice more brothers. Remember, as long as you live, you have a chance! Your life is not mine, nor is it anyone's, your life belongs only to you!" Xu Chen's last sentence almost shouted.
Since coming to this strange world, Xu Chen has always felt a sense of loneliness, and only when he is with these teenagers can he have some sense of home. This is also the reason why he must let the big guys live together, military training or something is secondary, because only in this way can it be like a home, although the teenagers are ignorant, they also like this feeling of home very much.
These brothers are all family to Xu Chen, he can't tolerate even one person disappearing, he can be hostile to anyone for the sake of this family. So for Xu Chen, who is in this strange world, these brothers are all of his spiritual world, so he does not hesitate to instill some extreme ideas into these teenagers, just to let his family be safe......
"Now you know what's wrong, right?" Xu Chen turned his head to the stone after speaking.
"Hmm...... I shouldn't have rushed forward!" Shi Lei said with his head down and pouting.
"Stinky boy, dare you play tricks with Lao Tzu!" Xu Chen immediately became angry when he heard the stone's words.
"Did I ask you not to rush? If you don't rush, the other brothers don't want to rush, I want you to be more careful when you rush in the future, cooperate more with the brothers, don't always think about showing off alone, as long as you have high kung fu and great strength, right?" Xu Chen then reprimanded.
"Oh......" Shi replied dejectedly as he listened to his eldest brother's stern lesson.
"But...... They're all slow!" Stone added, still refraining.
"You're running fast, aren't you!" Xu Chen suddenly laughed when he heard this, bent down and picked up a dead wood branch on the ground, walked to the stone, and whipped it hard, and said while pumping it back: "You run! Aren't you running fast? I'll let you run fast!"
The poor stone's injury was just right, and he didn't have much strength on his body, struggling to dodge, and while hiding, he was still calling for help from everyone, "Third brother, help!" "Fourth brother, help me stop it, big brother is crazy!" "Brother Tai, help!" ......
Unfortunately, everyone consciously ignored the stone, and whenever he struggled to hide behind everyone, the teenagers would immediately get out of the way. So the poor little stone ran "fast" in the house under Xu Chen's chase......
The negotiations on Shimoyama Island have ended, and after each family has agreed on their share, they will hurry back, and from tomorrow, the craftsmen of each family will gather on Shimoyama Island to start the construction of the market town.
Xu Fan came to see Shi Lei, and saw that he was not in any major trouble except for some streaks on his body, so he was relieved.
Xu Chen then asked the teacher for instructions, saying that he wanted to stay on Changshan Island to help Peng Ze and them build their home, and he was also busy with the affairs of the warehouse, so he wanted to ask the teacher for a few days off.
Xu Fan also knew that his apprentice had been busy for so long, and now was also the time to harvest, so he naturally would not refuse. In this negotiation, Xu Chen also got a piece of land close to the lake because of his contribution to quelling the chaos, so he naturally had to plan carefully. Xu Fan told several disciples not to fall behind in their studies, and at the same time, they must go back before the fifteenth year, so that they can spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together. After speaking, Xu Fan went back to Yuzhang City.
At noon on this day, Xu Chen was going down to the mountain island to check the land he had been allocated, and Peng Ze, who was following him, showed an expression of wanting to say something.
"Big boss, now we are also our own people, if we have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it. Xu Chen said immediately after seeing Peng Ze's expression.
"How can there be any big boss now, just call me Peng Ze in the future!" Peng Ze said with a look of reminiscence, but also with a hint of relief and happiness.
"Okay!" Xu Chen nodded and said.
"Childe doesn't know, we were cheated by those people!" Peng Ze also quickly brought in his identity and looked at the problem from Xu Chen's standpoint.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Xu Chen.
"The land that Childe has allocated seems to be near the lake now, but now it is summer, and it is the time of the great lake's abundant water. In autumn and winter, the lake will reced, revealing a large area of meadows, which are lush and difficult to remove, and the land cannot be used to grow crops, and the crops suitable for planting in autumn and winter are scarce, so this meadow has no effect. The most important thing is that even in summer, the water level in this area is not very deep, and the big ships can't sail in at all, they can only pass small boats, and the freight is inconvenient, where will the business travelers come!"
After Xu Chen listened, he lowered his head and thought about it, this is inevitable, those family forces were completely lost by themselves this time, and no blatant revenge was already considered to be giving Wang Xian face, where could he not make a stumbling block for himself behind his back?
Xu Chen looked up, suddenly pointed to the looming land in the distance, and asked Peng Ze, "That's Duchang County on the other side, right?"
"Hui Gongzi, yes!" Peng Ze said without even looking at it.
"Can the meadows that emerge in autumn and winter extend all the way to Duchang County?" Xu Chen then asked.
"Yes!" Peng Ze didn't understand what Xu Chen meant, but he immediately replied.
"Then there will be no problem!" Xu Chen smiled and said.
"We can build a bridge over this meadow to Duchang County on the opposite side, and directly use cars and horses to connect Duchang County and even Xunyang County on the opposite side. At that time, the merchants on the opposite side do not have to take a long way to take a boat to go down to the island, and the business travelers on the island can also go directly to Xunyang County from here, avoiding the pain of boat and car fatigue, isn't it wonderful!"
"And we can also cooperate with the government to make this bridge private, collect fees from merchants who come and go, and build some inns, wine shops, and goods stores on this land, and make a lot of money! Xu Chen said one by one, at first it was just an outline, and then the more he thought about it, the more he perfected, and even Xu Chen thought that it was a straight road, why not add two rails to the bridge, and use the horse to build the world's first railway, so not only fresh and attractive, the speed and cargo capacity of freight are absolutely amazing. Anyway, it's not a big technical problem!
"This ......" Peng Ze was also shocked by Xu Chen's grand idea, but he quickly sobered up and realized the most critical problem, "Childe, this method is good, but this meadow is full of mud at the bottom of the lake, and it is not easy to lay the bridge pillars on it! And when the water level rises in summer, the bridge pillars will be eroded by the lake water, and it will be very easy to collapse!"
"You don't have to worry about this, just because others can't do it doesn't mean that my son can't help it!" Xu Chen thought of paying attention, and people became relaxed.
What kind of problem is these things, wait until you go back and burn the cement out, plus the steel bars, it is a real reinforced concrete, with this is afraid of his lake erosion?
Xu Chen, who was relaxed, wandered around Xiashan Island casually, ignoring Peng Ze, who was still meditating. These days, I have spent a lot of effort and wits with these big families, and finally won Changshan Island, and I will have a foundation in the future, and now I am waiting for the strength to slowly accumulate. Loosening the heartstrings that had been tense for many days and looking at the summer archipelago, Xu Chen realized that this island was so beautiful, the lakes and mountains in the distance, and the flocks of migratory birds flying overhead were so attractive.
And the one boarding on the pier in the distance, that's ...... Belle!!
To tell the truth, Xu Chen has been here for a few months, either in the big monk temple or in the small monk temple, and the dozens of teenagers in their family are not just a little monk temple!
The women Xu Chen has seen these days can count all the fingers, except for the little boy Lu Ying and the third leader Geng Yanqiu, who is in his twenties, he has really never seen a woman of the same age! What are you talking about? Isn't that the one you saw at the temple fair? You are teasing me! Not to mention those passerby-like faces, it is the shape of the body that rubs a ball of flesh that Xu Chen can't bear to look at directly......
As for the one in front of him, he was really the first girl of the same age that Xu Chen had seen since he came to this world, and he was also a beautiful and slender girl.
The girl is tall, about the same height as Xu Chen, with delicate facial features, a pair of bright big eyes on a melon seed face, and a long black and bright hair that is pulled into a bun on the top of her head, but there are still a few strands of green silk flying mischievously in the wind. The girl's skin was white, like snow, but not sickly white, white with pink.
melon seed face, big eyes, long hair to the waist, a pair of beautiful legs, of course, people cover it with snow-white long skirts, but this does not hinder Xu Chen's reverie. Okay! Xu Chen admitted that he was moved, and it was all his own dishes! Xu Chen couldn't help but take a few more looks.
As if sensing Xu Chen's gaze, the girl turned her head to look at Xu Chen, which made Xu Chen a little embarrassed to look away, but the corner of her eye kept staring at the girl.
I didn't look very carefully at a glance just now, but now when I look at it face to face, Xu Chen finds that the girl's face is really exquisite, and the more she looks at it, the more durable it becomes. It's just that the girl's eyes have a lingering sadness, which adds some different touches to this bright girl.
"What the hell is she sad about?" Xu Chen couldn't help but think in his heart.
The girl's boat started, and after glancing at Xu Chen, the girl turned around and entered the cabin, and only then did Xu Chen notice that there was a handsome young man with a sword beside the girl. The handsome young man was staring at Xu Chen tightly with sharp eyes at this moment, as if he was going to pierce Xu Chenshengsheng.
Xu Chen didn't bother to care about this bloody young man, he still stared directly at the place where the girl left, thinking about the shadow just now, a little stunned......
"Childe, the boat is gone!" Peng Ze's voice sounded abruptly in Xu Chen's ears.
"Ahh......h No, what kind of ship are you talking about?" Xu Chen, who had just said it, realized that he was out of shape, and hurriedly sloppily snorted.
"There are no boats, the scenery that Gongzi saw just now must be good!" Peng Ze smiled and said, how could he not know Xu Chen's demeanor, he also had the years of young Mu Ai. For his own son, Peng Ze's previous feeling was only awe, awe of Xu Chen's means and strength, just now Xu Chen's inadvertent exposure of a trace of youthful nature made Peng Ze feel that Xu Chen is more real, more can be approached, you must know that Xu Chen's expression just now is absolutely subconscious, it is impossible to be pretentious, because he has no need to show these in front of him.
"Yes, the scenery on the island just now is very beautiful! The mountains, the water, and the birds are all beautiful......!
“…… And that person!" This is what Xu Chen added in his heart, and I don't know if I can see you again in this life if I say goodbye today......