Xingzhou, Wenshan Street at the south gate is a place where daily groceries gather, farm tools, household things are all over the place, shop after shop, goods are stacked, very prosperous and lively.

At the intersection of the two grocery stores, there is a small concave corner, and there is a pile of brick-sized stones piled on the ground, and an old man holds a firewood knife shell, knocks twice from time to time, making an aggressive sound like a wooden fish, and then shouts in a long tone: "Whetstone......

A young man was crouching on the ground, carefully rummaging through a pile of stones, touching this piece, and checking that piece, if it weren't for the long sword on his lap, the appearance was no different from that of an ordinary old peasant.

The man picked for a quarter of an hour, and finally hesitated in the face of five or six stones.

"Alas, why are you so hairy, and it takes so long to pick a whetstone, you dominate the place alone, and others don't want to choose goods."

When the man heard the old man's impatient voice, he finally picked up a stone and got up, smiled apologetically at the old man first, and then asked, "How much money?" ”

"Sanwen."

The man put the stone under his arm, took out three copper coins from his arms, and the old man took it, looked at it carefully in the sunlight, and said happily: "Xiande Tongbao?" ”

The man nodded, didn't say much, picked up the stone and turned to leave.

A short and sturdy man glanced at the yellow copper coin in the old man's hand, and then looked at the man who bought the whetstone, and suddenly shouted happily: "But Langzhong Cao Mu?" ”

The man was the ghost hand sword Cao Mu, seeing that someone called him, he looked at the sturdy man but couldn't remember who it was for a while, so he asked suspiciously: "...... are you?"

"A certain is Longzhou Ba Sanshi, I drank wine in the Trojan Horse Village back then, did you forget?"

Cao Mu hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and was ashamed.

Ba Sanshi laughed and said: "It's better to meet by chance, go, and drink a bowl." ”

Cao Mu hurriedly said: "Don't dare to let Brother Ba break the bank, it should be a certain accompaniment." ”

"Don't make all these foolish things, drink it and talk about it."

Ba Sanshi was familiar with Cao Mu and came to an ordinary restaurant, and when he entered the door, he shouted to cut half a cow's head meat, fry a few more snacks, and then choose a seat by the window to sit, and then asked with a smile: "Today's coincidence, there is beef to eat, last night I looked at the cow head brought back by the shopkeeper, by the way, hasn't my brother been in Langzhong, why did you come here?" ”

Cao Mu picked up the teapot on the table, first made a cup for Ba Sanshi, poured a cup himself, and drank it in one gulp, then wiped his mouth and said: "I did a case a year ago, and I planted it, and I came back from Fengzhou to receive the guilt." ”

"Fengzhou, guilty?"

Cao Mu told him about the pursuit and killing of the thief last year, and Ba Sanshi pointed at the point and reprimanded: "Say you, how solid you should be, you want to change so-and-so, you slipped with oil on the soles of your feet early, by the way, you went to Fengzhou to confess, why did you come back?" ”

Cao Mu sighed and said: "After the new stay in Fengzhou, he was young, but he also admired the heroic behavior of me, but he didn't put a certain person in prison, and only let a certain errand confess the crime, but a certain person who was used to it was careless, how could he stand the constraints of officialdom, and passed on his six-hand swordsmanship, and returned safely." ”

Ba Sanshi shook his head and kept saying: "It's a loss, it's a loss, how can the secret skills of the Sword Pavilion be taught to outsiders lightly." After speaking, he glanced at the gray and simple whetstone, a trace of disdain tugged at the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Brother Cao won't be ready to go into the mountain to practice swords." ”

"That's what I mean, I've heard that Xingzhou blue and white whetstone is fine and soft, and it's the most outstanding, so it's not just a good time to take a piece back."

"You, you, let my brother say what you say, you're young, but you're down, come and come, drink."

The shop came over with dishes, and Ba Sanshi beckoned a big bowl to drink, eat meat, and talk about some current affairs in the rivers and lakes during the banquet, which is nothing more than the shortcomings of the parents of each village, as well as the right and wrong.

Cao Mu listened with relish, raised a bowl from time to time to salute each other, and ate a table of wine for nearly two hours before resting, Cao Mu rushed to the account, carried the whetstone and Ba Sanshi to say goodbye, and returned to Langzhong.

Ba Sanshi was full of wine, and deliberately sent him out of the city, and saw Cao Mu striding westward, so he squinted his eyes thoughtfully.

Cao Mu traveled nearly twenty miles in one go, seeing that the sun was westward and the wine was surging, so he found a big bluestone on the left side of the road, jumped up, and lay on his back to prepare for sleep.

was in a daze, but heard a fast horse hurrying, coming from afar, hurriedly sat up, and crossed the sword to the knees.

The two fast horses arrived in an instant, and when the knight saw him, he hurriedly raised his voice and shouted: "Your Excellency is Langzhong Cao Mu?" ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Mu's mouth, thinking that what should have come was here after all, and stood in the wind at the moment, and said in a loud voice: "A certain family is exact, dare to ask Your Excellency who it is, what is it looking for?" ”

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In Fengzhou, because of a Jun order from Qin Yue, people on both sides of the Gudao River are boiling, lively and noisy, people hoe and dig shoulders, busy building dams to intercept the flow, and raising a long dust dragon.

This is the scene of digging a large reservoir.

The dam of the tributary river is simple and easy to do, just use green rattan or bamboo strips to weave a long cage, then stuff the stone to fill it, and finally fill the inside with a handful of thatch, and most of the river water will be intercepted. Zhuangzi, who had the conditions, also built a water wheel, stuck a good position on the channel, and squeaked the river water to the high branch canal to irrigate.

In May, the water source is still abundant, and no one has ever thought of intercepting all the water, but a river can't withstand you to store a little, I block one, and the downstream old river is shallow every day at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The most downstream is Hechi County, where the people are happily catching the river fresh, while anxiously building the dam thick and high, digging the pond deep and digging deeper, worried that after June, the river will really dry up and it will be a big trouble.

Qin Yue walked along the Gudao River, and when he came back, he went to Puhua Temple.

The two monks of Yongji Yongde joined forces to greet them.

Qin Yue walked around and looked at the flowers, glanced at the scenery in the temple, and said to the two monks: "This official no matter what Buddha you worship, as long as you teach people to be good, it is a good Buddha. ”

"Dare to ask the queen, but I don't know what we should do?"

Qin Yue patted the dust on the corner of his robe and said with a smile: "You don't need to contribute money, and you don't need to contribute, just tell every believer that it is right to prepare for drought and store more water." ”

"Good, staying in the heart of the people is really the blessing of Fengzhou, and the little monk will arrange it."

Qin Yue was very satisfied with Yongji's attitude, so after returning home, he gave another order: weave straw bags, 10,000 tasks per county.

Zeng Wu reminded dissatisfiedly: "With such fanfare, aren't you afraid that Xishu will prepare in advance?" ”

"This is a conspiracy, and it is clear that I am the master of the people after staying and fighting drought with all my might."

Qin Yue pointed to the sky and said with a smile: "Don't say it, this year's sun is more poisonous than in previous years." ”

Zeng Wu rolled his eyes, shook the sleeves of his robe, got up and left.

He and Qin Yue are in tune with everything, only when he is involved in the military, Zeng Wu is unhappy in his heart, is it not good for his wife to live a peaceful life, he wants to attack Shu, let Xiang Xun on the Xiangyang side fight, or meet with Cao Bin in Jiezhou, don't move Fengzhou A grass and a tree is the best.

It's only been a few years since I was born, is it easy for ordinary people?

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