Chapter 6: The Trap
When he left the pavilion, Liu Yuan's expression was gloomy, he had long expected Liu Ji's scoundrel, but the matter of conscription did not allow him to be uncompromising.
Watching the three of them leave, Liu Ji got the method of construction, and he was in a good mood, and he praised Fan Xu: "You kid did a good job." ”
Fan Hao smiled, he touched his head and responded, "It's not Brother Ji that you taught me in advance." ”
"Hmph, this Liu Yuan, if it weren't for the intimidation of servitude, I'm afraid it would not be easy to get this method of construction." Lu Juan opened his mouth coldly, he turned to look at Liu Ji suspiciously, and asked, "Brother Ji, why do you ask for this method?" ”
"Yes, Brother Ji, I don't understand. Isn't it just a cistern, as for such a troublesome request? Fan Xu also echoed from the side, in his opinion, what is the use of this reservoir to benefit the people, it is better to drink wine.
"What do you two know?" Liu Ji scolded with a smile, and continued to explain: "I heard that Xiao Xiancheng is coming to Fengyi in the near future, if I offer this method, hehe, won't Xiao Xiancheng look down on me?" ”
"I see, Brother Ji is still sophisticated." Lu Juan and the others suddenly realized, and they laughed like sycophants.
Liu Ji took a breath and sighed: "Liu Yuan has some talents, if he can use them for me, it would be good." After a pause, he said, "Lu Xuan, you can lead someone to build a reservoir according to the law and see if it is feasible?" ”
"Okay, Brother Ji." Lu Juan responded, "Could it be that this Liu Yuan still dares to lie?" ”
"It's not a lie." Liu Ji is very convinced, "I need to know the details of the construction in order to gain Xiao Xiancheng's trust." Go ahead and come back and let me know in detail. ”
On the way back, the three of them were very silent, Liu Daniu was stopped by Liu Fang several times when he wanted to speak, and the two of them also knew that if Liu Yuan was not for the strong men in the village, how could he be so compromised? "No, I'm suffocating." Da Niu couldn't hold it back, and snorted: "Brother Yuan, let's go find the three elders, I don't believe the three elders and don't know right from wrong?" So saying, he turned around and wanted to go to Fengyi.
"Come back!" Liu Yuan's voice raised a lot, and his expression was serious, "What's the use of looking for the third elder?" The reservoir is a plan for the benefit of the people, Liu Ji is the pavilion chief, what is wrong with asking for it for the people? If I go to Fengyi to argue, it will only add to the laughter. ”
Liu Daniu was helpless and very aggrieved in his heart.
When he returned to Jingyang, Liu Yuan could see that the matter had come to this point, so what was the use of complaining? What about the power of the moment, it is better to slowly accumulate strength and prepare for the troubled times in the future. He returned home, opened the rice jar, and the surplus grain bottomed out, he sighed, grabbed a small handful, and boiled water for cooking. After lunch, he sat in the courtyard again, the spring planting has passed, and every household has little surplus food, if it is not solved, there may be hunger in the summer.
In the afternoon, he found Liu Fang and the others, and saw that they were still depressed, so he said in a deep voice: "Still aggrieved? He smiled and patted them on the shoulder, "Okay, it's over." Now there is not much food left in the village, and I want to go into the mountains to hunt. ”
"Hunting?" Both were amazed. There is a mountain inside and outside Jingyang, spring has arrived, everything is recovering, and wild beasts have also awakened from hibernation, which is a good season for hunting. "How to hunt? Brother Yuan, we don't have a blade. ”
"Yes, Brother Yuan, it's dangerous in the mountains, and it's not easy to hunt without iron weapons." Liu Fang reminded.
"Hehe, in this case, you go and chop some bamboo and come back." Liu Yuan smiled mysteriously, as if he had a way, he commanded.
When the two heard this, their eyes lit up, and then they left in a hurry. After a while, the two returned with two bundles of bamboo, Liu Yuan took one, he folded it, and saw that the bamboo was full of toughness, so he nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, just right." After speaking, he picked up the woodcutter and cleaned the bamboo leaves from the bamboo, "Remove the leaves first, be careful with the barbs, don't prick your hands." ”
Liu Fang and the others also took action, and the movements of the three of them were very sharp, and in a moment they removed all the bamboos, leaving only the bamboo poles three fingers thick. Liu Yuan said: "Cut these bamboo poles into three feet long. He picked up a long bamboo pole, roughly measured the length of three feet with his hands, and then picked up a wood-splitting knife and cut it off. Da Niu and Liu Fang also did what they said.
"Brother Yuan, it's all intercepted." The big cow wiped his sweat and asked, "Well, what are we doing, how do we hunt with this bamboo?" ”
"You're still so impatient, you'll find out later." Liu Yuan did not answer, but picked up a three-foot-long bamboo pole again, he cut one end of the bamboo pole into a sharp and slender conical barb, and said, "According to this appearance, all the bamboo poles are cut into barbs." ”
The three of them worked for a long time, the barbs are not easy to cut, and if they are not careful, they may hurt their hands, and they were busy for more than an hour before all the three-foot-long bamboo poles were cut. Liu Yuan tried the barb, and the sharp stabbing hand was very sharp, no less than a blade. He said with satisfaction: "It's sharp." Rest for both of you. ”
Da Niu sat on the ground, "This is much more tiring than farming." "He has a rough body, and it really makes it difficult for him to do this kind of delicate work.
After a short rest, Liu Yuan asked Da Niu and Liu Fang to find a few fist-thick logs and hemp ropes. Subsequently, the three of them cut all the logs into ten feet long, and Liu Yuan asked the two to lift out four logs to form a square, and then tie them together with hemp rope. As a result, a ten-foot square of logs immediately appeared in front of the three of them, and Liu Yuan said again: "Tie the remaining logs to the wooden square at a distance of one foot." ”
When the two heard this, they tied the logs in rows one by one, and the distance between each row was about one foot. When Liu Yuan saw that the wooden square had turned into a wooden row, he immediately picked up a sharpened bamboo thorn and tied it to the wooden row. He tried it with his hand again, and after the bamboo thorns were tied, it was firm, so he said, "Not bad." Da Niu and Liu Fang, tie the bamboo thorns to the bamboo row, remember, it must be firm, which can be related to whether you can hunt or not. ”
Since the First Emperor destroyed the blades of the Six Kingdoms and cast them into bronze statues, it is taboo to keep iron tools privately. Liu Yuan's hunting method is simple and primitive, that is, traps, and wooden rafts are used to fix bamboo thorns. As it grew dark, the three of them were busy, and all the sharp bamboo thorns were fixed on the wooden row.
"Brother Yuan, are you sure this thing can hunt?" The bull was skeptical.
"Da Niu, you kid still don't believe Brother Yuan?" Liu Fang patted Da Niu's head and pretended to be angry and said.
Da Niu smiled, "How could I not believe Brother Yuan." ”
"You two ......" Liu Yuan shook his head slightly, he looked at the sky, and then said: "Let's stop here today, and enter the mountain tomorrow." ”
At this time, Da Niu's stomach "gurgled", he touched his head, and said honestly: "Brother Yuan, I'm hungry." ”
"You, if you want to eat vegetable porridge, just say it." Liu Yuan was amused by the big cow, don't look at this strong man who is usually impulsive, but he also has a cuteness that is different from his appearance. In the evening, Liu Yuan made another pot of vegetable porridge, and the big cow drank it, life is so dull.
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