Chapter 34: Fighting All Night

Du Dalei began to brag again: "That's certain, when I used to work as a car repairer in a 4S shop in Beijing, from the boss, manager, to the bottom staff, they all said that I was smart and could figure things out, and I could do it all if others couldn't fix the car." In less than two years, the boss promoted me to senior technician, and my salary increased by a large amount, which is much more than that of ordinary white-collar workers. ”

After blowing for a long time, no one paid attention to him, Zhao Zizhong turned around and left, the residents of the island couldn't understand what he said, Du Dalei was a little sneering, "Hey, there is no one to cheer, it would be good if the little master was too here, talking to these islanders, it is really 'playing the piano to the cow, and talking to the chicken and the duck'!" ”

The repaired road extended to the valley, and at this time, Wei Hongye, who had gone to the valley to check the terrain, hurriedly ran over with two guards, and said with a solemn face: "Old Zhao, we are in big trouble. He gasped for a moment, "There's a huge rock blocking the road in the narrow part of the valley ahead, and it must be cleared or no cars will get in." ”

Zhao Zi hurriedly asked, "Is the stone very big?" Is the texture hard or not? ”

"It is more than two meters high, with an area of about 30 square meters, and the texture is very hard, and the iron tools are useless at all.

Zhao Zizhong didn't speak, squatting on the ground and thinking. Du Dalei kept asking Wei Hongye about the specific situation, and he jumped straight up in a hurry. Boris saw that there was a situation here, and came over and listened.

After a while, Boris spoke: "I have an idea, let's listen to it." ”

He saw several people staring at him, took a stick, drew it on the ground, and said as he painted: "I used to read a book about how to mine and quarry in ancient times. There's a section about how to break a boulder. ”

Everyone listened to him and was very excited. "How?"

"Tell me about it."

"What are you drawing?"

Boris drew a circle on the ground, and he pointed to it and said, "This circle represents a boulder." He drew a lot of fine lines on the circle, "These are firewood, pile the wood on the boulder, burn it without stopping after igniting it, send people to watch the fire, add wood to it, and after burning it for a while, pour cold water on the boulder, and then light the fire and burn it again, and then splash water, and repeat it several times, and the stone will crack and become small pieces under the action of 'hot expansion and cold contraction', so that it will be easy to deal with." ”

Du Da Lei jumped up and kissed Boris on the face, "Hahaha, old Bao, you are so talented, I have to admit that you are still a little bit of IQ to catch up with me." ”

Boris wiped his face in disgust: "You dead glass, stay away from me in the future, and be in the mood to find Na Zhe." ”

Zhao Zi waved his hand again, "Okay, don't make trouble, let's try, let's find someone to pick up firewood first." ”

Accompanied by several guards, Wei Hongye walked to the other side of the valley with some old men, women, and children. Preparing to collect wood to burn boulders, Zhao Zizhong sent a carriage back to the dock to collect wooden barrels, tubs and other things that could hold water.

About an hour later, the carriage returned, filled with wooden barrels used to store fresh water on the ship, and one of the guards said: "Mr. Zhao, Steward Cui said that there are still many barrels, and if they are not enough, go back and get them." ”

"It's enough for the time being, you go back and tell Steward Cui and ask him to send all the people who have finished unloading." The guards hurried away.

Zhao Zizhong arranged for Fan Jinchun to be a supervisor here, so he took Du Dalei, Boris and some young people, took some wooden barrels, and walked towards the valley. Ten minutes later, we entered the valley. Smoke rose about a few hundred meters ahead, presumably burning stones.

Closer, flames soared into the air and heat hit. Wei Hongye led people to throw wood on the fire not far away. Zhao Zizhong led everyone to climb the mountain to bypass the fire, and said to Wei Hongye: "I will take people to the waterhole in the valley to fetch water, and you can continue to burn it." ”

Half an hour later, Zhao Zizhong brought people back with water, and Wei Hongye said: "We don't add firewood anymore, and we will splash water when the fire is gone." ”

Everyone watched as the fire grew smaller, and some ashes were blown up by the wind and flew in the air, with a lot of sparks in between. After waiting for a while, the wood was almost all burned, and Zhao Zizhong shouted: "Pour water!" He took the lead in carrying a bucket of water and splashed it on the boulder, and everyone followed, and for a while the water vapor was steaming, and the boulder made a 'click, click' sound. The water quickly ran out, and everyone ran to the waterhole to continue carrying water.

After splashing water several times, the temperature of the boulder gradually dropped, everyone was tired, some sat and panted, some simply lay on the ground, and after the water vapor dissipated, everyone leaned over to check the boulder. There are some cracks on the surface of the stone, but they are not very wide, and the widest part is about 2 centimeters.

Wei Hongye said: "We still have to continue to burn the fire, I think today we will simply take turns to work and burn it for one night." ”

Zhao Zi nodded and agreed, "Then find more people, and the residents of the island who are willing to participate are also welcome, and give more compensation." ”

There was no objection to this, so they called a guard and asked him to negotiate with the residents, telling them that if they worked overtime at night, they would be paid twice as much as during the day, but that the frail old people and children must go back, leaving only the young men and women.

When the inhabitants of the island heard the news, they all agreed. Everyone got up and went to pick up the wood. At this time, Cui Zhaorong came with dozens of people, Zhao Zizhong introduced the situation to them, Cui Zhaorong said: "Mr. Zhao, I think so, these people stay here to help, I will go back to the dock and mobilize the crew to work, but just give more money." Then some supplies were brought in, including ingredients for cooking, pots and bowls, spirits to keep out the cold, clothing, quilts, and tents. Bring some more money and pay the inhabitants of the island for today's payment. ”

Zhao Zizhong praised: "Steward Cui is very thoughtful, and he is worthy of being a capable person trusted by the head of the Cui family." Just do as you say, and bring some more barrels, for more barrels will not be enough. ”

Steward Cui went back to the dock to prepare, and everyone started to get busy again. Hu Yidao and Tian Renfeng have also been working with everyone, but after all, they are young and frail, and their strength has been exhausted, so they jointly carry a wooden barrel, moving little by little, slower than a snail.

When Du Dalei saw it, he felt a little sorry for these two boys, so he patted Zhao Zizhong's shoulder and pointed at the two of them. Zhao Zi looked at the past, thought for a while and said, "Old Wei, you can rest for a while, by the way, go teach those two boys to read some words, I think they really can't do it." ”

Wei Hongye hurriedly said: "I'm not tired yet, why don't you go and rest for a while." ”

Du Da Lei said with a seren: "Lao Wei, among the few of us, your physical strength is almost good, the boss is a scout, Lao Bao is as strong as a polar bear, me, not to mention, known as a humanoid small steel cannon, can you compare?" ”

Wei Hongye knew that he had good intentions, "Okay, can't I go?" I'll rest enough in a while, and I'll change you. He went up to the boys, helped them carry the bucket to the boulder, and took them to a quiet place, and wrote some words on the ground with a twig for them to study.

Before dark, Cui Zhaorong came back with a large group of men and horses, and also carried a large amount of supplies, he paid the islanders on the spot, telling them that they could come to work every day, some old people and children left happily, young men and women and some teenagers and older children stayed, ready to earn overtime pay.

Cui Zhaorong arranged for some people to cook, and took most of the people into the army of carrying water. After another two hours of drying, the meal was ready. Everyone was tired, and after a while, they started eating. Cui Zhaorong gave everyone some wine for everyone to drink to relieve their fatigue, and some islanders were drinking high alcohol for the first time and were so spicy that they couldn't do it.

After eating and resting for an hour, everyone started working again. Cui Zhaorong arranged for several women to set up a large pot and boil water to cook soup, and whoever felt cold would drink the soup to keep out the cold. After all, it's the end of September, and the temperature drops quickly at night.

Working until midnight, some people really couldn't hold on, Cui Zhaorong arranged for people to set up tents, and those who were tired and couldn't do it immediately got into the tent and fell asleep after a while.

Zhao Zizhong and Boris looked at the fire and threw a few pieces of wood over from time to time. Boris said: "It's a bit slow to burn like this, everyone is tired enough, and I don't think I can finish it in five days." The point is that the weather is getting colder and colder, and if we don't fix the house before winter, it's enough for us to drink a pot, and if there is *, it's good to blow it up. ”

Zhao Zizhong shouted 'ah', jumped up and ran. Boris was startled and hurried to catch up. Zhao Zizhong got into the tent and woke up Cui Zhaorong, who was sleeping. "Steward Cui, wake up, I have something important to ask you."

Cui Zhaorong sat up in a daze, not knowing what was going on for a while. After a while, he came to his senses and asked, "Mr. Zhao, what's wrong with you?" What's the matter? ”

"Steward Cui, I'm sorry to bother you, but I do have something important, I saw that there was a * on the list of supplies, but the weight was not written, I don't know how much?"

"Oh, this is prepared by the head of the house, saying that you should be able to use it, I haven't seen this thing before, I don't know what it is for?"

"It's definitely useful, I don't know how many?"

"There should be about ten barrels."

The next morning, most of the people went to bed, except for a few who watched the fire and threw some wood from time to time. Wei Hongye got out of the tent and saw Zhao Zizhong and Boris sitting on the ground, their eyes red and their faces haggard.

"You haven't slept all night, have you? Go sleep for a while, I'll come and see the fire. ”

Zhao Zizhong stood up with some excitement and grabbed *Ye's shoulder, "Old Wei, there is good news, we have *, which can be used to blow up stones!" ”

Wei Hongye was a little confused: "Is it really fake?" Where did it come from*? ”

"According to Cui Zhaorong, it was Cui Daoshu who sent someone to get it, and he didn't know the specific situation."

"This Xiao Qi is really powerful, and he is ready to do it quietly*, I guess he expected that we must be in need. Well, we goblins have *! ”