In February, the second dragon raised its head, and the ordinary people had to eat "drum pouting", that is, hand-rolled noodles, commonly known as "top door stick", ate the top door stick, put the door up, the evil spirit did not enter, and the whole year was peaceful.

Since last night, there have been horse-drawn carriages to deliver flour outside the city, and many of them can't help wiping their tears when they see it, they have long forgotten this custom, even if they remember who dares to hope for it, but some people think of it, and everyone's heart is warm.

Thousands of women worked together to roll noodles with noodles, and worked from midnight to dawn, finally making noodles for more than 10,000 people. The water in the pot on that side was already boiling, and the most unbelievable thing was that there were a few bones in each pot, boiling over high heat, and the soup was tinged with a faint white, and the aroma was fragrant. The children stared blankly, saliva flowing to their feet.

When it was finally time to start the meal, the noodles were put into the pot and a lot of green vegetable leaves were sprinkled, and they were cooked in a short time. People lined up in a neat line, looking forward to it. When the hot noodles are poured into the bowl, the eyes of men, women and children are red. Take a sip of piping hot soup and eat a bite of smooth noodles, and you'll be in paradise.

The aroma of noodles wafted far onto the main road and into the city. The curious merchants and the common people all crossed their feet to watch, and their eyes fell to the ground.

"God, is this a homeless person, how can you eat better than my family!"

"Damn, I didn't eat it for the New Year!"

"Who is such a loser, eating noodles for the homeless, and he will not live!"

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Faced with a wail, looking at a pair of envious, jealous and hateful eyes, the homeless people were unprecedentedly satisfied, and they couldn't help but puff up their chests and regain the glory of being a man.

Everyone was well fed, the women were tidying up, the bears and children were running and frolicking energetically, and the old people were sitting peacefully, enjoying the rising sun.

As for the young and strong man, he cheered up ten thousand times the spirit, strutted his head, and marched towards the Yantietang Canal. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and the real hard work has just begun.

A few days ago, they were broken up and divided into construction teams of 100 people, equipped with shovels, hemp rope, flat poles, bamboo baskets, and other tools. Each team selects a captain and ten squad leaders, who are responsible for directing and deploying. In addition, there were two men and a government official to serve as overseers.

Lei Qi, Wu Tiancheng, and Xu San, who were in charge, distributed the ten-mile-long canal equally in accordance with Tang Yi's regulations, and each construction team was responsible for a section. Everything is in order, and there will never be a situation where someone is tired half to death, and someone is lazy and slippery.

After everyone was in place, with Lei Qiyi's order, the construction officially began.

The salt pond has been abandoned for a long time, full of silt, overgrown with barren grass and trees, and thick fallen leaves are piled up on the ground. Put a torch on it and burn it off, and then start cleaning up. Those with shovels rushed forward, loading dead branches, leaves, soil, sand and gravel into bamboo baskets, and some people fell on their backs in the pointing position. Over and over again, the efficiency is amazing, and the old canal gradually reveals its original appearance.

Standing on a high place, it looks like a swarm of ants, working non-stop. Chen Menghe, Wei Liangfu, Tang Shunzhi, Wang Shimao, and of course Zhou Qinyun are all watching attentively.

Wang Shimao was the first to clap his hands and laugh: "I'm afraid there are five or six thousand people, like an arm, it's really amazing!" ”

Chen Menghe also kept nodding: "That's right, Tang Xian's nephew is really a talent, I think such a division of labor, how can there be a taste of the art of war, Mr. Jingchuan, what do you say?" ”

Tang Shunzhi bowed slightly, although he was reserved on the surface, he couldn't be happier in his heart. I remember that a few months ago, he taught Tang Yi the art of war, which made this kid half angry. Tang Yi said that the art of war in the past dynasties was all about strategy, not training, and they all wanted to learn Zhuge Liang's lupine scarf, and they all disappeared when they talked and laughed - it was nonsense at all.

There is nothing fancy about fighting a war, that is, more soldiers are better than fewer soldiers, soldiers are better than weak soldiers, accurate intelligence is better than vague, most wars are crushing, rather than hollowing out their minds to devise clever schemes, it is better to reorganize the army in a down-to-earth manner, meet the enemy with a dignified array, and be invincible and invincible.

You must know that Tang Shunzhi wrote "Wu Bian", and when he was writing the book, Mr. Jing Chuan inevitably had some romantic feelings of literati.

The part of using spies alone is divided into the names of the use room, the anti-room, the envoy room, the countryside room, the inner room, the dead room, the prisoner room, the leakage room, the unbelief room, the spy room, the inspection room, and so on, which are extremely complicated.

After all his efforts and racking his brains, it turned out to be worthless in Tang Yi's mouth, and Tang Shunzhi almost vomited blood in depression and died! However, he was magnanimous after all, and he knew that he was doing it behind closed doors, so he didn't blame Tang Yi. Witnessing the construction of these refugees today, Tang Shunzhi seemed to have an understanding in his heart. The same group of people, as long as they are properly arranged and well-trained, can exponentially burst out of strength.

Take the construction in front of us as an example, it took most of the day to clear out the ten-mile river, which was absolutely impossible to do without three or five days in the past. By extension, the army will be carefully divided, and the pikemen, musketeers, and sword and shield men will perform their duties and cooperate with each other, and the combat effectiveness of the outbreak will also be increased several times.

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Not to mention Tang Shunzhi's emotion, Zhou Qinyun looked at it slightly for a long time, and was very happy to see the rapid construction at first, but gradually calmed down, and finally shook his head.

"Tang Xiaoxianggong, although your method is good, but the most difficult thing to clean up in the old canal is the silted big stones, hundreds of catties of stones are buried in the silt, and the difficulty of excavation is unimaginable. The little woman thinks that you still can't repair the salt iron pond within half a year! ”

Half!

Listening to the ears of Tang Shunzhi, Chen Menghe and others, it was simply a thunderclap, and it exploded.

What are you kidding, the two-hundred-mile canal, it is good to be able to repair it in two or three years, but if you want to repair it in half a year, you are just a fool's dream!

Wang Shimao was so shocked that he kept picking his ears and asked exaggeratedly, "Cousin, you're not joking, are you?" ”

Tang Yi shook his head lightly: "How dare I joke, as the saying goes, the night is long and there are many dreams, and I still say more for half a year, I want to strive to build the canal before the peach blossom flood in May." If it is delayed for two or three years, Shen Liang and his gang will have 10,000 ways to obstruct the canal construction, how can I, Tang Yi, do a business with no return! ”

Indeed, at the banquet, Xu Ji threatened the businessmen present with a change of order and night, and indeed hit Tang Yi's vital point, and now Chen Menghe, the governor of Taicang, and even Wang Chen, who is the commander of military affairs, are on Tang Yi's side, but who knows if they will be transferred to another place in a year or two.

There is a weaving bureau and an inner court behind Shen Liang, and those eunuchs are not successful enough, but they are more than defeated, and they can't do anything. Tang Yi can impress Zhou Qinyun, the most advantageous weapon is the construction period, he guaranteed success within half a year, in exchange for an investment of 300,000 taels.

"Miss Zhou, and cousin, let's watch, the show is coming."

The people will be skeptical and look at each other in doubt.

Lei Qi took off his shirtlessness and led a group of refugees to swing shovels vigorously, and a diversion canal was quickly dug out, and the clear water of the Liu River quickly flowed into the old road of Yantietang. As the vegetation and debris on the surface of the ground were cleared, the mud and sand where the river passed were quickly carried away, and the large rocks located in the river were revealed one by one.

The erosion was almost done, and Lei Qi commanded the people to re-plug the gap.

At this moment, several groups of refugees came running with tall wooden shelves, fixed them by the river, and installed several sets of pulleys on top of the wooden frames, from which strong hemp ropes hung down. The refugees tied the stones with hemp ropes, and some people on the other side shook the rollers as if they were carrying water from a well, and the big stones were grabbed out.

Not to mention the people who witnessed this shocking scene, even the refugees who were working were stunned, they never thought that the work could be so easy, it was like a trick. With wooden frames and pulleys, they all became strong men one by one, and things that they couldn't even think of before were done in the blink of an eye.

The big guys were boiling and energetic, and almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, the canal was re-dug and a wide river channel appeared in front of everyone.

Zhou Qinyun looked at it in his eyes, and in his wonderful eyes, he was shining with brilliance and radiance. Tang Yi didn't say anything big at all, with this construction method, he could dig a canal for about three miles a day, even if other projects were added, before the Dragon Boat Festival, it was not an empty word to repair the salt and iron pond.

The Grand Canal is getting busier and more congested, some cargo ships are even delayed for ten days and half a month, mildew and deterioration occur from time to time, the salt and iron ponds are repaired, and how much you can earn from tolls alone, you can know with your toes!

"Tang prodigy, 300,000 taels, plus 20,000 stone of grain, this girl is out!" Zhou Qinyun said decisively.