Everyone then arrived at Geng Yong's mansion by car.

The guest and the host sat down, and the maidservant brought tea.

Geng Yong drank with everyone.

It's the middle of summer, and the water lilies are in full bloom. The pool is breezy and slightly cool. For a while, the room was full of incense.

Compared with the cramped Lou Sang, it is not the same.

Putting down the teacup, Geng Yong said: "I will report to the museum, and more than half of the Dali Craftsman City has been supervised." In the houses on the shore, craftsmen and farmers have moved one after another. The mayor of the city and his subordinates are urgently needed to take care of the relocation and poldering. The lord is far away in Xiliang, and military affairs are already busy. Besides, it is 600 miles expedited, and it takes a lot of time to travel back and forth. Time waits for no man. Dali Craftsman City, who will hand it over, and you can have a good plan? ”

After looking at each other, Lou Sang Lingle hidden, got up and said: "The so-called 'if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools'." We are all Confucian disciples, and we have no communication with Momen. If you want to properly manage the city of craftsmen, you need to select among the craftsmen. ”

Licheng ordered Guo Zhi to also nod and said, "Le Gong is very good. The so-called 'Shinong industry and commerce, the stone people of the country', are indispensable. It is self-evident how important Baigong machinery is to Linxiang. Therefore, the lord set up a city in Dali Pavilion, and wanted to take advantage of feng shui and fire to do good things for good work. The best choice for the mayor of the city is a craftsman. can do more with less. ”

Seeing the city orders and chiefs, they all nodded. Geng Yong then asked, "Who will be available for the museum?" ”

Guan Ning said: "The lower official guarantees one person." ”

"Who?" Geng Yong asked hurriedly.

"It will be the orphan grandson of Su Gong, Su Yue." Guan Ning said.

"But the design of the saddle, Su Yue, who was greatly praised by the lord, Su Zidu?" Geng Yong asked with a smile.

"That's the man." Guan Ning replied with a smile.

Peeking at Geng Yong's face, Licheng made Guo Zhi shake his head and smile: "You Cheng also likes this person, so why do you need to ask me again." ”

was exposed by his colleagues, Geng Yong stroked his palms and laughed: "The so-called coincidence." I have a relationship with you! ”

Cui Yan, the chief of Nanguangyang, arched his hand and said: "The right is high and bright, and he is not authoritarian and arbitrary. The lord entrusts his people also. ”

All the city commanders and chiefs stood up and saluted.

Geng Yong also returned the salute with a smile.

This made everyone discuss and decided on the candidate for the mayor of Dali Craftsman City.

Su Yue in history is indeed a good work. He is also a famous figure in history.

In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), "Wang (Cao Cao, King of Wei) made Gongsu migrate to the beautiful pear, dug it, and the root wound was bleeding." The whiter it is, the king bows to himself and thinks it is ominous, and he falls ill. ”

South.

The huge bilge, dark and damp. Except for the infants, all Qiang people, young and old, were shackled and chained in the crowded cabins.

At a glance, there are no less than a thousand people.

This is only a medium-sized ship. It is said that the largest one can hold three thousand. Emperor Wu once built a large ship of Yuzhang that "can carry 10,000 people and raise the palace room on the boat". It shows the strength of shipbuilding at this time.

Don't worry about someone escaping. How can you swim to the shore in the vast river, wearing heavy shackles. Besides, everyone in the cabin was strung together by a long chain. The staircase leading from the bilge to the middle deck has also been removed. There is no door in and out, no way up and down. How to escape.

Scuttling a ship?

If the river is poured back, it can only kill itself.

After many days of sailing, the bilge was filled with the salty smell of algae and the strong body odor. A glimmer of light can be seen through the top of the hull, a thin slit left by the repair of the ship's planks. The ship hasn't sailed since last night. The faint sound of carriages and horses indicates that the ship has docked. But I don't know where it went.

"Mother, Mother?" A half-grown teenager called anxiously and concerned to the Qiang woman huddled in the corner.

"Chao'er......" The woman opened a slit in her eyes slightly. I saw that her lips were chapped and her eye sockets were deep. He seems to be seriously ill.

"Mother, it seems to be on the shore." The boy gently wiped his mother's forehead with a wisp of damp linen. is seriously ill, so that the already delicate mother has almost no weight. If he hadn't been sick and rushed to the doctor, he rushed to Beidi County to find the Qiang people and witch Zhu to exorcise ghosts for treatment, and he would not have been plundered by the Hu people.

"Chao'er doesn't seem to be worried at all." The mother heard a hint of relief in the boy's tone.

"It's been a long time since I boarded the ship on the south shore of the river. Such a long waterway must have entered a great river. Yesterday, listening to the words of the people outside the ship, it seems that they have reached the boundary of Youzhou. The young man said, "When my mother gets off the boat, she can find a doctor for her mother." ”

The mother struggled to sit up: "So, the thieves have sold us and the others to the Northlands. Is it to be sold to the Hu people? ”

"No, it won't." The young man shook his head: "Those who can have such a fleet must be Han wealthy businessmen." And take the big river and waterway, according to Er's expectations, it must be sold to the local Haoqiang in Youzhou. ”

"If the 100,000 people in the north are all sold to Youzhou. But I don't know who can take it in. This place is thousands of miles away from Fufeng, how can you see your father again in this life......" said the woman, but gradually fell silent.

"How can my father care about my mother and son! Otherwise, why would you leave your mother behind and marry someone else! The boy's eyes were full of anger.

"Can't be super... Thou shalt not hold a grudge against thy Father. The woman forced her last words to utter, and her back was against the plank, and her upper body slid limply to the ground. There was a thud and a bang on the forehead.

"Mother!" The boy who was dipping his sackcloth in water couldn't help but be shocked. Hurriedly used his hands and feet together and crawled towards his mother. It's a pity that my hands and feet were roasted, and I accidentally slipped and fell, and I couldn't afford to struggle for a while.

Then he was furious.

Go ahead!

The handcuffs snapped in response. The boy didn't have time to think about it, and he tore off the shackles again.

Breaking free from the shackles, the boy hurried to his mother. In the eyes that have always been inattentive to anyone, there was panic for the first time. Trembling fingers tried his mother's snort. He let out a sharp sigh. The mother is still alive.

Looking left and right, the so-called clansmen are all languishing. It's useless. Looking up at the high roof, there was nowhere to borrow. At a glance, I suddenly found several large stones used to hold the chains. Nowadays, the bilge, in addition to the watertight compartment, is loaded with stones to stabilize the hull. Hence the name ballast stone.

In order to carry more people, the ballast stones were discarded and the bilge was vacated. The Qiang people's old, weak, women and children are locked into strings and used as human ballast. In order to prevent the Qiang people from moving, the impact is stable. The chains were fastened to the ballast stones, which were arranged at neat intervals.

Looking up at the slit of the leaking light, the young man walked to the boulder, tried it, and suddenly exerted his strength.

The boulder was actually pushed. It's a pity that the copper rings on the front and back of the stone are wrapped with chains. The chains passed through the shackles of the clansmen. A little teenager, and if he can push the people of the boat.

The chains are not like shackles, they are very heavy. How can you break off.

Seeing that his mother was unconscious, the young man's heart became more and more anxious. One glance swept over, and the eyes lit up. The staircase to the mezzanine deck has been removed and the roof has been closed. But there is a ballast stone not far away. There are rings before and after the ballast stone, which are fixed for the rows of Qiang people. Left and right, but none. The boulder can move left and right!

The boy hurried over and pushed the boulder to the bottom of the exit. Even if you step on a boulder, you are short and still out of reach. Although you can touch it when you jump, you have nowhere to borrow it.

That's how it can be good.