Xiao Yi rode his horse slowly towards the woman, and Xiao Yi was also observing the woman when he passed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 It wasn't until he was in front of him that Xiao Yi saw clearly that this was not a woman, but a young girl.

But because he helped to get the old clothes, they were gray and dirty, and his originally beautiful face was also covered with dust. Xiao Yi was moved to see it, this woman was still busy, and she didn't seem to notice Xiao Yi's arrival.

It wasn't until everyone made way for Xiao Yi that Xiao Yi came to his eyes, and this woman discovered Xiao Yi. As soon as you notice it, you will immediately lose your face, and you should kneel down and salute. Xiao Yi also reacted quickly, and directly dismounted and helped his body up. The two looked at each other, but Xiao Yi found that this woman's appearance was actually a little beautiful, not as dirty as it looked from a distance.

The woman also looked at Xiao Yi, is this Lord Xiao Zongqi, although he is not very handsome, but he feels that he is resolute. Looking at it, it gives people a sense of steadiness, and I found that Xiao Yi was also looking at himself. The woman immediately exclaimed in her heart, lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Xiao Yi.

In fact, this look at each other was only for a moment, but the two of them seemed to have something in their hearts, but neither of them knew it very well.

"What's your name, is it among these dozens of households?" After Xiao Yi helped him up, he saw the woman lower her head, and felt that she was rude, and she couldn't look at the woman too much, which was impolite.

The woman took a dip, no longer had her previous fierceness, but gave Xiao Yi a quiet feeling, "The little woman's name is He Ping, and she came here with her family. ”

Xiao Yi nodded and said with a smile, "Look at your body and face, it seems that you have helped a lot, women and children can just help cook, and you don't have to work." Then he turned around and wanted to walk away.

"My lord! He Ping believes that we are building our future home, and the food will be handed over to us, but we can't usually watch you work and do nothing, and we must do what we can to help adults. He Ping suddenly opened his mouth behind Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi turned around, looked at He Ping's firm gaze, and nodded, "Okay, then the old man, the children, and the women will be handed over to you for the time being, and the work is more or less trivial, mainly to get the food of the brothers and the people." ”

He Ping showed a look of great joy, "Thank you for your heavy responsibility, He Ping will definitely let the brothers and the people drink hot porridge on time, eat enough and work well!" ”

Xiao Yi nodded, and Wang Dayong said with a smile, "Haha, Miss He, presumably your skills must be much better than Lao Huang and the others, and you can finally drink normal porridge!" ”

Hearing this, Huang Yang was furious, "What we do is not delicious? ”

Not only Wang Dayong, but also Shi Lu agreed, and even Liu Tong nodded again and again. Looking at the fight between these brothers, He Ping didn't answer, just pursed his lips and laughed, Xiao Yi looked over, and never thought that He Ping was so good-looking when he smiled.

Xiao Yi immediately looked around, and found that no one was paying attention, what was he thinking, and shook his head with a smile to find Liu Desheng.

When this fight started, everyone laughed, and the distance between everyone seemed to have narrowed a lot. Xiao Yi found Liu Desheng and the three of them who were sitting and drinking porridge, the three of them were just about to get up, Xiao Yi waved his hand to signal that he didn't have to get up, he took a bowl of porridge and sat in front of the three of them, drinking and opening his mouth to ask.

"Elder Liu, is it going well today?"

Liu Desheng said with a smile, "Smooth and smooth, the old people never thought that it would be so smooth, not only to build the coupon door hole in one afternoon, but also to lay the foundation of the east city wall." At this rate, the walls will be completed in less than five days. The other two also nodded again and again, saying that it was thanks to Xiao Yi's practice that everyone could work so hard.

Liu Desheng and the three of them all felt that Xiao Yi, the Shangguan, was very unusual, not like other Shangguan, who was arrogant and domineering, and was very approachable.

Usually eat and work with everyone, and there is no ambiguity at all, which is impossible for other officials.

And since following Xiao Yi, the three of them found that Xiao Yi really treats everyone equally, whether it is a strong man, or an old and young woman or a child, they all have three meals a day, and they are full. Now these three people have only been in the past few days, but they feel that they have been following Xiao Yi for a few years, and they can't do without this kind of life, and they are all doing their best to build this Tunpu as their own home.

Xiao Yi nodded and spoke again, "Okay!" Liu Lao, the three of you have some things for us to do, just let us rough people do it, you don't have to do everything yourself, just mention it to me if you need something, and mention it to Huang Yang when I'm not there, and I will definitely try my best to satisfy you. ”

Liu Desheng waved his hand again and again, saying that as long as the materials were sufficient, he didn't dare to ask for anything else. Seeing Xiao Yi turn to leave, Liu Desheng smiled and said to a craftsman behind him, "Old Liu, I'm really looking forward to what it will be like when we build this." ”

Lao Liu replied, "Yes, it is really rare for an adult to be such an official, we must build the best city to repay the adult." "Several people have made up their minds in their hearts.

Xiao Yi said it nicely, but he was in trouble in his heart, and he was in short supply of money.

Now the strong man eats three buckets of rice for three meals a day, and although the old and weak women and children eat less, they are better than the quantity. These rice noodles are enough for everyone to eat for half a month, it should be enough temporarily, but they can't always eat porridge, these people are malnourished, I don't know how long they haven't eaten meat, and occasionally they need to supplement some meat and fish, let Huang Yang buy some tomorrow.

Now there are more than 120 taels of silver left in hand, plus the stone bricks and other things bought before, this 120 taels should be used for the construction materials of the city, and I have enough everything now, only time.

On the second day, before everyone woke up, they smelled the fragrance of rice porridge wafting in, and when everyone opened their muddy eyes, their eyes immediately lit up.

"What smells so good!" "yes, I smell it, too."

A group of men, like the mother-in-law who had taken off her clothes, immediately surrounded her and looked at the thick and yellowed porridge in the pot. Xiao Yi walked over but frowned and asked, "What are these?" ”

"Back to my lord, this is a practice in the little girl's hometown, made with a mixture of various grains and rice and noodles, although it doesn't look very good, but it is very delicious." He Ping pulled her hair and replied.

Xiao Yi picked up a big spoon and tasted it carefully, and then his eyes lit up, "Well, this is indeed much better than just boiling white rice porridge on weekdays." "Besides, a spoonful of braised grains and grains is also a lot more nutritious, and it seems that women still have more experience in cooking.

He Ping immediately waved his hand, "The big guy is about to get up, it's time to eat!" Adults say it's delicious. ”

Everyone got up immediately, even Xiao Yi's subordinates were waiting for the porridge with bowls, and after a while, everyone continued to enter the construction of the city wall after they were full.

Shi Gang picked up a stone and said to Huang Yang, "Lao Huang, I don't feel like I've eaten enough, He Niangzi's porridge is much better than yours." ”

Huang Yang also nodded, and when he heard Shi Gang's second half of the sentence, he immediately punched it over, and scolded with a smile, "Get out, Lao Tzu is not a girl, just do it." Shi Gang laughed, and the two of them went back and forth to help carry the stones.

None of us was lazy, or helping to carry stones, or helping to carry sand and gravel back and forth in baskets, and all women and children could help was to do what they could, and when they were tired, they were cheering on the side, and the men who watched seemed to have inexhaustible strength.

In this way, the morning passed slowly, and the easternmost city wall gradually took shape, starting from the ticket gate hole built yesterday, and expanding to the side little by little.

First of all, it is built with rammed earth and tamped, with local loess or black soil, with ramming to fasten, layer by layer, each layer to a thickness of 15 centimeters, and finally in the outer bread bricks, this is the common building model of the Ming Dynasty rammed earth bricks.

In order to make the city wall strong and durable, Liu Desheng and the three of them did not make the wall of the city wall in a straight line, but the upper wall was retracted inward to become a "side foot". The thickness of the lower part of the city wall is estimated by Xiao to be about three meters, and the upper part is more than two meters.

Liu Desheng suggested that Xiao Yi should build a horse road inside the city wall, which is for people to climb the city wall. In ancient times, there was also a kind of military strategy that was the War Horse City.

The walls were built only on the outside, as in the other cities, but on the inside of the city they were not made walls but on slopes of earth. This was done to save bricks on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was mainly for people to climb to the top of the city from all sides of the city in times of war, instead of using local horse roads. In this way, the combat power and defense are stronger.

Xiao Yi naturally understood these truths, and even agreed to this approach. After Liu Desheng and the others finished building the eastern city wall, they were ready to implement this practice on the remaining three sides of the city wall.