According to Zhong Guan'er's drawings, the villains planned to dig a pool of water here for water storage. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" The craftsman named Jiang Ming held the drawings in one hand and pointed out the position on the drawings to Li Yongzhong under the lighting of the tung oil torch with the other, "Because Zhong Guan'er asked for a large difference in water flow, the villain thought that Zhong Guan'er was afraid that he would make a big water mill, so he took advantage of his leisure time in the past few days to go along a few wild streams to explore it." ”

"How?" Li Yongzhong took the drawings from Jiang Ming's hand, looked at them a few times, and handed them to him - this kind of drawings in the Ming Dynasty that can only be understood by imagination Li Yongzhong must say that he has never been used to it even if he has been reading it for many years - "You just have to let it go, but what I said before must not be the slightest mistake." Li Yongzhong squinted his eyes and glanced at the dark mountain shadows in the night, the continuous mountains under the deep sky were as silent as a coiled dragon, he withdrew his gaze and refocused his gaze on Jiang Ming's bronzed rough face.

"Zhong Guan'er rest assured. My old Jiang has been working for 20 years, and I have never missed the owner's business. Jiang Ming said confidently: "Today, the villain walked a few streams, and Zhongguan'er chose this place really well." We don't have to go through a lot of trouble, just stop the dam at the place between these two mountains, and then concoct it in the following places, the stream blocks the accumulation, and it becomes a big water on the top of Wubao, and the villain estimates that it is more than three times larger than the one used today! ”

"Good!" Li Yongzhong shouted loudly, "As long as this dam is completed on schedule, if it is as you say, I will not hesitate to reward it with money!" ”

Jiang Ming was overjoyed, made a deep gesture, straightened his waist, and decomposed several other places for Li Yongzhong: "If this Wu Fort is all dependent on soil and stone, it will not be completed in one or two years, but if Zhong Guan'er takes advantage of the mountain, he only needs to do it layer by layer like a terrace, I think it is extremely convenient, but Zhong Guan'er," he said with some concern: "If the road in this fort is really all hard surface?" It costs ......"

"Even if I do all the hard roads, how much will it cost?" Li Yongzhong disagreed-in the Ming Dynasty except for the bluestone slabs paved in the streets of the state capital and some county seats, most of the roads in the world were dirt roads, and the soil was covered in soil on sunny days, and mud was covered in mud on rainy days, and the increasingly low marching speed in the late Ming Dynasty was not only related to the continuous degeneration of the army's quality, but also had a lot to do with the bad road situation - "You don't need stone slabs to pave the road, go directly to the river beach to find some pebbles, and flatten it all the way with a stone grinder, which is also very good." ”

His method made Jiang Ming's eyes light up. "Zhongguan'er's method is really good, and the useless gravel in the stone yard can also be used for this purpose, although it is not as good as the slats, but it is convenient and cheap." Jiang Ming hurriedly called his apprentice and asked him to write down this method, and tomorrow he would pay attention to the gravel and other good students.

The two discussed for a while, such as how to arrange the houses, how to arrange the workshop, and the various empty spaces reserved - "Zhong Guan'er, the villain doesn't know whether to talk about it or not," Jiang Ming frowned, this upright craftsman had been holding back the problem for a few days, "Here and here, Zhong Guan'er is bent on making a slope, and the villain doesn't understand very well, this slope is not very convenient to walk, and Zhong Guan'er is here today, but I expect you to explain it to the villain." ”

Li Yongzhong laughed dryly twice, and only said: "I am useful." Then he didn't open his mouth anymore, poor Jiang Ming had a stomach full of questions, seeing him like this, he didn't dare to ask, and finally had to hold back by himself, which was really uncomfortable. But Li Yongzhong couldn't tell him about it - it was kept to facilitate the movement of artillery and other defending equipment in the future!

Wutong took a vacancy, came up and persuaded Li Yongzhong: "Zhong Guan'er, it's not early at this time, you have to go to the well field early in the morning, we sent a message to the county government two days ago, and we set to visit Huzhi County in the yamen the day after tomorrow, so it is better to settle it earlier." ”

"What time is this? Almost right? Only then did Li Yongzhong react, patted his hand a few times, shook his head and sighed helplessly: "This day is really a lot of things, it's rare to talk to Jiang Jiangtou, but I forgot the time." There was a cry of hunger in his belly, thinking that he was already hungry, but he didn't realize it when he was doing business.

"I'm tired and you didn't go to eat, now at this time, the man who has always come to the craftsman has put out the stove fire, so you come with me, Cao Jinliang and the others must be waiting for me to eat, so that's the case, just use some together." After he said to the craftsman gently, he took the lead and walked towards a large house that was now used as a dining place for guards, Jiang Ming was stunned, with a little disbelief, and cautiously inquired with Wutong: "This...... Didn't I hear me right? Zhong Guan'er invited me to have dinner with me? He rubbed his hands together uneasily, and muttered, "This is, what is the way to say, there is no such rule." ”

Wutong gave him relief: "You just have to go." He said with a smile: "My Zhong Guan'er is the best person, you didn't walk around with him much in the past, and you will know that Zhong Guan'er is the most sympathetic in the future." He was in the well field, and when he was busy, he took off his clothes without saying a word and worked with the water porter, and there was no more annoying style. ”

Hearing Wutong say this, Jiang Ming dared to believe it. He sighed and sighed, and said, "I Jiang Datou also walks a lot in eastern Sichuan, how many people haven't seen it?" How can we, the coolies who repair houses and build houses, be looked at squarely? Last time, I repaired the house of the landlord in the countryside, and ate brown rice without oil and salt for a month, and only the big cabbage was used as the next meal, and finally I had to deduct a hanging salary, saying that we ate a lot with food. Speaking of this, Jiang Ming couldn't help but feel sad, he glanced at Wutong with mixed feelings, and said: "Brother Wutong, you are in a blessed nest, I don't know the suffering of us who work hard." ”

The two of them were talking lively, and Li Yongzhong was in front of him to hear clearly. He smiled bitterly in his heart, Wutong is the son of the Li family, born to be a slave, although Li Qi treats him as eagerly as Li Yongbo, but he is also valued, and everything he wears since he was a child is fine, and everything he wears is fine, and everything is fine. He still remembers how old he was when he went to eat, he sitted, Wutong is also a small man, and he has to stand and serve, his hands and feet are a little slow, and the big girl who teaches next to him is a bamboo board knocked on Wutong's leg, from small to large, the bamboo board does not know how much it has broken!

In this way, Jiang Ming looked envious, saying that he fell into the blessed nest, Li Yongzhong didn't dare to think about what would happen if he was born in a poor family when he crossed back then...... Most likely, the grass on the grave is barren and vinely, and he will be tall now.

He suddenly felt a burning in his heart and lungs, and he was so hot that he couldn't breathe for a while, for himself, for himself and for such as Wutong, such as Jiang Ming, etc. The world is too dark, and it is said that the way of heaven is clear, but now, the blood is clearly soaked in the feet of the old men in the hall, and they are still listening to them sitting and talking about the Tao, talking about it! Perhaps only on a day when the sky is full of blood and the coal mountain is bleak, those gentlemen who are painted with cranes and unicorns on their patches do auspicious things know the taste of the world overturning and having nowhere to shout!

He walked all the way, thought all the way, and when he arrived at the place, his face was already gloomy and tight, and He Tai and Cao Jinliang, who came out to greet him, looked at each other, and they didn't know what was going on, so they could only be a little more careful and come up to talk to him. Li Yongzhong looked at Cao Jinliang, who had always been a lazy scoundrel in the past, and stretched his face a few times, and then looked at He Tai, who also looked like he didn't dare to ask, didn't dare to say what he wanted to say, and suddenly burst out laughing, and the depressed air that was full of anger suddenly disappeared.

After laughing, he waved his hand and said, "I'm not annoying anyone, I just have something on my mind, not anything else." He shouted backwards again: "Wutong, when are you going to talk about it?" ”

Wutong stuck out his tongue, he and this craftsman were actually very good at talking, and he almost forgot to get down to business. Walking two steps over, seeing Li Yongzhong's face, he suddenly didn't dare to make a mistake, and honestly followed him into the house, and when he arrived here, Jiang Ming had someone to entertain him, so he didn't have to worry about it anymore.

Cao Jinliang really didn't use rice, it was Wang Huanzhi, and he only used a small bowl of rice porridge, and he had to wait until Li Yongzhong arrived before he sat down at the dinner table, and then talked about him first, and said bitterly: "I know Zhong Guan'er's temperament, and I don't dare to call you, but this body is the top priority after all, Zhong Guan'er is young, you must know that if you will burn your body in the future, there will be no compensation." ”

Li Yongzhong was suddenly solemn when he said this, and replied to Wang Huan's way in a proper manner: "Not again." Wang Huanzhi shut up and didn't say anything. He has a very good relationship with Wang Huan, and if he seems to teach his nephew a lesson, Master Yan has never been afraid to talk about him.

After this answer, the atmosphere relaxed slightly. Cao Jinliang took the opportunity to ask the man to deliver the meal, because in the camp, the food is not fine, but it is just some large pieces of stewed meat, large bowls of steamed vegetables, and roasted white, and he does not talk about the rules of food.

"Originally, I thought that if we could build a village, and the brothers would be stationed here, and we would work hard in our spare time, train our troops and practice martial arts, then the scene would be very beautiful even if we think about it." He Tai finished a bowl of rice in a few bites, poured a large bowl of soup in one go, patted his stomach, and said with a little emotion: "I originally thought that this was just a pipe dream, but I didn't think that Zhong Guan'er would do it quietly." ”

Cao Jinliang was more gentle than him, but he was not too slow, he put down his chopsticks slowly, he glanced at He Tai sideways, sneered, and said lazily: "You are afraid that you are learning to learn from the bandit village in the middle of nowhere, you are stingy!" If you want to cultivate, you have to follow the rules, where to garrison troops, where to drill, where is grain and grass, where is the water source, where is to defend the city, you have to think of it everywhere, otherwise it is better not to repair. ”

He Tai didn't know how many times he went back and forth under Cao Jinliang, all of them lost more and won less, and he was a few points less in his heart, listening to him, although he thought that Cao Jinliang's words were really nonsense, he replied honestly: "Of course Cao Tou's words are right." However, the young man's temperament must be strong after all: "But how can the village in the world be so repaired?" If this is the case, it will be a serious pass defense city of the imperial court. ”