In the early spring of March and April, on the construction site of the Dongda Temple in the eastern suburbs of Yecheng, craftsmen from all over the country gathered together, and were in full swing to contribute to the Dongda Temple.

Gao Huan recently dispersed the dynasty and liked to take Yang Kan, Yang Xiuzhi and a few of them and Huiguang and others to the construction site of Dongda Temple together, he had never built a house, and the concept of the house was also very vague in the memory of his previous life, probably the kind that the family built a house when he was a child. However, the construction of Dongda Temple is terrible, Gao Huan asked Xu Mingzhi to order all the world's skilled craftsmen to gather in the eastern suburbs of Yecheng in the name of the Ministry of Industry, and what he wants is to build this unparalleled Daxiong Treasure Palace.

He now understands why these emperors are so happy, and they don't do anything if they are not in their positions. As long as you are in the seat of Qin Shi Huang, you will also build such a spectacle as the Great Wall. Therefore, he is very clear about what he wants to express with all his manpower and material resources at this moment, and he wants to leave his achievements in the world forever, so that future generations can admire and worship. This is what every ambitious emperor expects.

Seeing the craftsmen in and out of the construction site in full swing, Gao Huan himself was also very excited, and he also wanted to go in and help carry something or something. Yang Kan and Yang Xiuzhi followed, while Huiguang and Miaohua were far behind. It seems that the two of them can't finish the Buddhist scriptures, and Gao Huan doesn't understand these things at all in his heart, but for political purposes, he wants to make an appearance of being inspired by the Buddha in front of the courtiers and the people of the world, and sincerely believe in the gods and Buddhas. The ancients knew how to revere, revere ghosts and gods, revere imperial power, revere heaven and earth, and revere parents.

Gao Huan and everyone were walking and chatting, and suddenly they were attracted by a huge bell, which was about two meters high, and its gold-plated color looked golden in the sun. Gao Huan was very interested, so he asked Gao Zhongming to call the minister who supervised the work. An official wearing the construction official uniform of the Ministry of Industry ran over from a distance, and knelt down at Gao Huan before he got close: "Xu Da, the director of the Supervision Department of the Ministry of Works, greets the Prime Minister." ”

Gao Huan waved his hand to get him up, and asked, "Why is this big clock placed in the wind and sun on the construction site here?" Xu Da hurriedly replied: "Back to the prime minister, this big bell was placed here directly after the bellsmith of Nanliang finished casting. Gao Huan looked at this golden bell and liked it very much, so he walked closer to watch, and asked while looking, "Who of you knows how heavy this bell is?" Seeing that everyone was silent, Xu Da began to show his talent, and walked closer to Gao Huan and said flatteringly: "Back to the prime minister, this big bell is made of 800 catties of the best Jiangxi cooked copper refining and casting, you look at this pattern, and then look at this casting process, it is by no means the effect that ordinary casting craftsmen can achieve, that is, the prime minister, you can let us cast it." ”

Although Gao Huan didn't want to listen to the sycophants in the back, he still didn't reject it in his heart, and he didn't wear it for thousands of years. In his previous life, he was always unaccustomed to those hypocritical bureaucratic styles, and attacked them with anonymous posts on the Internet every day, but now he is the same group of people he hated at the beginning.

Gao Huan walked behind the bell and looked carefully at the patterns on this golden bell, indeed from the perspective of a modern person, the casting process in the Northern and Southern Dynasties can reach almost the same quality as the modern technology, which itself shows that our ancestors have a superb level of craftsmanship. But when he looked at it, he saw that there was a problem, and there were many messy mud handprints under the opening on the back of the big clock, as if someone had deliberately slapped them with dirty hands while playing around.

Gao Huan was a little angry and called Xu Da over and asked, "What's going on?" Who did this to you? Xu Da looked at the cold sweat on his spine, looking at Gao Huan's unhappy face, Xu Da was even more empty-hearted, and said that who the hell is making trouble for himself, is this thing something that can be touched? Seeing Gao Huan's stern look at himself, Xu Da said timidly: "This...... A little negligence didn't find out who was making trouble here? ”

Gao Huan felt that this handprint was upside down at this time, as if someone was lifting the big bell up, so he leaned over and lowered his head, as expected, there was a basket in this big clock, looking at the size that could hold an adult woman, there seemed to be something hidden in the basket. Gao Huan became more and more curious, so he beckoned to Gao Zhongming and said, "You go and call a few people to move this big bell away, I want to see what is inside." Gao Zhongming nodded, turned around and shouted to a few Praetorian Guard soldiers standing guard not far away: "You guys come here!" ”

Hearing this, four Praetorian Guard soldiers came over, and Gao Zhongming pointed to the golden bell and said, "You four lift this thing." Be careful, don't bump into it. Hearing this, the soldiers of the forbidden army went into battle together, rolled up their arms and sleeves, and the four of them stood in a good position and worked together, the big bell was stunned, even Gao Huan was dumbfounded, these four people's faces were flushed, and a low roar came out of their throats, but Ren Jiu couldn't move the big bell. Gao Zhongming stepped forward and said, "King, no, I'll call a dozen craftsmen to move this thing away." ”

This is also a way, but Gao Huan can not damage this big bell, this is specially made by the foundry master he invited from Nanliang for Dongda Temple, the materials are not rich at all, and it will be difficult to cast the second one if it is broken, so he waved his hand and said: "That's it, no matter him, you let them all retreat." So Gao Zhongming waved his hand at the four forbidden army soldiers, and the four of them saluted and then retreated stupidly.

Gao Huan wondered what was in the big clock, and who put it in. So I planned to observe in the dark the people waiting to put things to reappear. Gao Huan sent four guards of the Praetorian Guard to secretly watch the big clock, and he asked himself to set up a tent on a high platform not far from the construction site, drinking tea and waiting for news.

After a while, a soldier suddenly came running and reported that he had seen a man sneaking around the Admiralty, who didn't look like a good person. Gao Huan immediately came to the wood pile near Admiralty with Yang Kan and Yang Xiuzhi to watch, and sure enough, a tall man in patched clothes and pants was sneaking over to Admiralty with a baggage in his arms. The man saw that there was no one around, so he held the package in one hand, and lifted the golden bell up with the other, and the whole bell was lifted by him like a straw hat.

Everyone present was shocked by his actions and broke out in a cold sweat, especially Yang Xiuzhi and Gao Zhongming, whose mouths couldn't close in surprise. This is incredible, the four military men couldn't drag this big bell before, but now he raised it with one light hand, he is simply a strange man with infinite strength. I saw him put the burden into the basket, and then took out some miscellaneous items from it.

Gao Huan saw that he had been busy for a while and seemed to be done, and planned to buckle the big bell and leave. At this time, Gao Zhongming and the Praetorian Guards appeared in front of this man, and he saw that the man seemed to be startled by these people who suddenly appeared. Gao Zhongming stepped forward with a sword in his hand and scolded loudly: "Bold fanatics, don't you kneel down when you see the Prime Minister?!" The man seemed to be stunned, looked at Gao Huan and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Xiaomin greets the prime minister." ”

Gao Huan asked curiously, "What did you hide in this big bell just now, can you open it for us to take a look?" When the man heard this, he quickly knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "My lord spares my life, the villain is just because he is hungry, so he stole some steamed buns from the room and hid them here, so that he can take them out and eat them secretly when no one is there at night, please forgive me." “

Gao Zhongming corrected him very dissatisfied: "I told you that it was the Prime Minister, what is it called?" Gao Huan stepped in to stop Gao Zhongming's drinking, and asked gently, "Can't you eat enough here?" Why do you still need to steal steamed buns to eat? Will you open this bell for me to see, I promise not to punish you. In fact, he wanted to reconfirm how strong this man was.

The man knelt on the ground and raised his head, and the man really looked at Gao Huan and asked, "My lord...... Prime Minister, you really don't punish me? Gao Huan also looked at him sincerely, nodded and smiled, "I promise." Then the man turned around, drew the gourd as before, held up the bell with one hand, and dragged out a basket with the other. Now the people present are completely convinced! This Nima is too exaggerated, the Admiralty family, who can't move the four people, dragged it up with one hand and played with it, Gao Huanxin said Could it be that this is the legendary Hercules?

Looking at the things in the basket, Gao Huan and everyone couldn't cry or laugh, there were only some bits and pieces of sundries, food and clothing, and a broken rattle. What the hell is this? Gao Huan asked curiously, "You have some food here, why do you need to hide it?" The man seemed to have a good impression of the approachable Gao Huan, so he said a little embarrassedly: "Back to the prime minister's words, the villain has eaten a lot since he was a child, and he can eat four or five people's meals at a time. has been living a full and hungry life.

A few days ago, I saw an announcement at the gate of the city to recruit small workers in Todai Temple, and the small one felt a little strong, so he came to apply for a job. But every time the room gave me food was not enough for me to eat, I couldn't sleep hungry every day, so I ...... So the villain had the courage to go to the room and steal some steamed buns and hide them here, and I came over to eat some when I was hungry. Seeing him touch his belly and look silly, the people around him laughed.

He himself was embarrassed to touch the back of his head and giggle. Yang Kan came over at this time and said, "How do you feel when you hold up this bell?" The man replied, "No, I don't feel anything." Everyone stopped laughing when they heard this, this guy is really born with divine power. Yang Kan asked again, "What's your name?" Who? The man replied honestly: "The little one's name is Cheng Yanyin, a native of Hedong, and he lives in Wangjiadian in the east of the city. ”

Yang Kan then asked, "If I find you a place where you can eat every day, have clean clothes to wear, and have someone to serve you, would you like to go?" Everyone was very curious, what is this Yang Kan going to do, I saw Cheng Yanyin raise his head and said excitedly: "Is there such a good place in this world?" Suddenly, he lowered his head and shook his head, "If I don't go, you must lie to me." My mother said that the only place that can fill my grain tank is the grain depot of Emperor Laozi. ”

Yang Kan smiled, "It seems that your mother knows a lot, and she also knows that there is such a place as the emperor's grain depot, and the place I said is similar to the emperor's grain depot, are you willing to go." Cheng Yanyin raised his head and looked at him seriously and said, "You didn't lie to me? I just want to eat my stomach every day, and I don't want anyone to serve me. At this time, Yang Kan stroked his beard and smiled: "Haha, rest assured, the food there is definitely enough for you to eat, as long as you pass the assessment, I can let you eat white flour steamed buns with pickles every day, and I can also give you meat from time to time." ”

In the hundreds of years of melee between the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the people were either busy fighting or fleeing for their lives on weekdays. There is no time to grow food to feed the family, the really comfortable Jiangnan area because of the sparsely populated, the vast and sparsely populated area does not play a big role, so the whole country has been in a state of hunger for a long time, at that time, if anyone can eat small rice is considered a medium family, can eat white flour steamed buns are rich landlords. Ordinary people can only drink some wild vegetable porridge, which is really thin, and there is no trace of oil and water in the clear soup. (To be continued.) )