Chapter 46: Wilderness Trails
After trying to play a few mahjong games, several people around the table were attracted by this magical thing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At first, everyone used rice grains instead of copper coins for entertainment.
After a few laps, even Erniang and Sanniang, who were watching the excitement next to them, felt that it was not as refreshing to use rice grains as to settle accounts with money.
At the request of the old lady and Yan Shan, Yan Ming changed the gambling money from rice grains to copper coins.
Facing a group of old and weak people who had just learned to play mahjong, Yan Ming was ready to kill all sides and win some pocket money.
But who knows, a few two or five children who have just learned mahjong, playing cards, are very lucky. However, in the time of a stick of incense, the copper coins in Yan Ming's pocket were lost.
At this time, Yan Ming finally knew what it meant to have no father and son in a casino.
wanted to borrow money, Yan Shan's head shook like a rattle. Even the old lady of the Yan Chen family didn't give Yan Ming money, and let him find a way to go by himself.
On the other hand, Erniang and Sanniang, who had itchy hands for a long time, were even more eager to try, and they both took out their own small money bags.
Yan Ming looked at this posture and knew that it was useless for him to play no matter how much he wanted to.
After saying goodbye to a few elders and telling the old grandmother not to sit and play with this thing for a long time, he turned around and left.
Leaving the house, Yan Ming patted his head! Why don't you keep your hands dirty, they don't understand the rules anyway, so let's fool around with some money before we can talk about it.
I blame myself for being too real, and I told all the rules I knew, so I can't be so real next time. Yan Ming shook his head and sighed.
Yan Ping didn't know why Yan Ming sighed, and he also looked sad.
Since Yan Ming provided mahjong to several people in the family, it can be regarded as completely leaving Yan Shan in the house.
A few aunts and Yanshan play cards all day long, after all, the old lady is old, and her body is easy to get tired, and occasionally play with them, even if she doesn't play, she will sit on the side and watch the excitement with a smile.
The three aunts gradually found their way out of the door, colluding together, on the mahjong table, Yan Shan always lost more and won less, but he never got tired of it.
Since the construction of Hongyan Hall began, Yan Ming has rarely gone to the field again.
The lazy man Nameless has been taking care of the fields and has handled Yan Ming's land very well.
All the craftsmen didn't know why Yan Ming had to dig out thick pipelines that crisscrossed the ground.
There are also questions, Yan Ming said that it was a sewer.
The craftsmen didn't understand that even the imperial city of Chang'an also had several sewers. It's only a few feet in diameter, so you can let the water flow through.
Yan Ming didn't explain too much to them. Just tell the person who supervises the construction site that Hongyan Hall must be built in strict accordance with various standards.
Yan San was also dispatched by Yan Ming.
This guy seems to have sorted out the experience and interest in sorting out drawings in the woodworking workshop. Every drawing on the entire construction site must be collected by Yan San.
The area behind Maolingtun is under construction, and more and more workers and craftsmen are needed.
There are too many idle people, so naturally there will be some fart trouble.
In order to prevent a fishy pot of soup, Yan Ming asked the four of 'Ronghua Fugui' to come over to help.
The four of them are working here while taking care of the order of the surrounding area.
Several small fights were stopped by four people.
"Ancient and modern!" Yan Ming looked at the troublemakers who were cleaned up by the four of them and sighed.
"Go out for a walk, it's been a long time since I've been to the ground!" The construction of Hongyan Hall has just begun. However, the craftsmen sent by the emperor were indeed efficient.
In more than ten days, the prototype of the sewer has been built.
Yan Ming walked on the country road, with crops half knee-high on one side and his construction site on the other.
As we walked along, a plain spread out to form a high terrain in the north and low in the south. There is also a water, across the plain, like a jade belt, lingering in the meantime.
To the southeast, a trail winds its way to Chang'an, and on the other side, it is the road to Chang'an.
"Chang'an, what does that look like?" Yan Ming looked at the direction of Chang'an, and there was also a trace of yearning in his heart.
However, at this time, the throne of Chang'an City had just been handed over to Liu Xiaozhu. The Dou family has the Empress Dowager Dou, and the Tian family has the Empress Tian. The forces of both families are crowding towards the center of power.
At this time, Chang'an was not having a good time.
Yan Ming sighed and walked towards the path.
"Childe, this road is a small road to Chang'an, but the official family still takes the big road." Yan Ping said.
"Let's take a walk, the path is usually closer." Yan Ming said with a smile.
"It's a very close trail." Yan Ping said seriously: "It takes half a day to take the road to Chang'an. And this trail, when the foot is fast, can be reached in an hour and a half! β
Yan Ming was a little stunned, he was so close to Chang'an City.
No wonder Dongfang Shuo and Sima Xiangru would come to class when they had nothing to do.
Although Hongyan Hall is expanding now, the west wing of the Yan family has not changed, it is still the same, and the classes are still the same.
Yan Ming even found a few people among the craftsmen who were familiar with literature and ink and knew some scientific principles, and followed suit.
If Hongyantang wants to become bigger, some specialized talents are indispensable. Yan Ming is now short of resources at hand, so he has to find some smart ones to cultivate first.
"Helpβ" A woman's cry could be heard on the path.
"Little lady, although you are a little fatter, you are not as slender and cute as your little maid, and you can still enjoy my brothers!" A Lai Haohao's voice sounded.
"Lai Er, don't make trouble. Let's go to Maoling Yan's house to steal something and leave, this kind of trouble-making thing, it's better not to do it. Another man's voice rang out.
"you! On this trail, there are no bystanders, and it is getting late. Isn't that a good opportunity? Lai Er yelled.
Then, two or three voices laughed.
"You shameless!" The woman's voice came.
"Get out of here, your young lady is doing a good job, and you know how to protect the little girl. It's just that I'm a little fatter, and I don't like it. Lai Er's voice came.
Hearing these words, Yan Ming's eyebrows rose.
This is obviously taking advantage of the silence and no one in the wilderness, and a few disciples tried to insult the two weak women.
"Shut up, dead fat man, you make any more noise, Lao Tzu will kill first and then rape!" Lai Er yelled, and the other two people, including the person who had dissuaded Lai Er before, also shouted. It seems that he couldn't hold back and decided to go along with it.
"Paralyzed!" Yan Ming scolded, rolled up his sleeves, and rushed along the path.
Behind a clump of weeds in front of them, sure enough, three men intercepted the two women and were pulling and pulling. One guy still had a woodcutter in his hand, dangling it and threatening the two girls in front of him.
The fat girl stood in front of the thin girl, and although she trembled, she refused to retreat, just like that, between the three of them and the thin woman.
"Dead fat pig, chop you to death." It was Lai Er who was holding the knife. Seeing that the fat woman refused to let go, she waved the firewood knife in her hand and slashed at the woman.
"!" Yan Ming scolded angrily, and the whole person rushed over directly at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, jumping and kicking.
Even Yan Ping, who had practiced martial arts, was stunned by Yan Ming's agility.
"Bang!" Yan Ming's kick happened to hit Lai Er's chin, and the two of them lost their balance almost at the same time and fell to the ground.