"Master, this Deng Kui is really rude."

After leaving the well drilling site, Chen Guanyu said indignantly to Su Hao.

Su Hao smiled: "It's okay, he's just because he's too superstitious about what kind of gentleman he said." This person has a straightforward personality, what to say, I really like such people. ”

"This Huang Dian's official is too much, Deng Kui is disrespectful to you, and he doesn't care." The official Xu Zong commented.

Huang Ergou is a fast class warden, and his relationship with the workshop was not good in the past, and Xu Zong had no friendship with him. During this period of time, Su Hao showed outstanding talent in well exploration, and he was very kind to his subordinates, and Xu Zong had already regarded Su Hao as his own.

Su Hao said: "I think that Huang Dian seems to be a little afraid of that Deng Kui, do you feel this way?" ”

"That's right, I feel that way, Lao Dao." Chen Guanyu said, he squinted his eyes, as if recalling Deng Kui's image, and said while thinking: "This Deng Kui, when I first saw me, I felt a little terrible. I think...... This man must have seen blood. ”

"What, you said Deng Kui was a murderer?" Xu Zong asked in surprise.

Chen Guanyu shook his head and said, "It's not a murderer, but a ...... I felt like he was in the ranks. ”

Su Hao thought about it carefully, and also nodded: "Lao Chen, hearing you say this, I also feel a little similar." He was not only a soldier, but he should be the kind of person who had been on the battlefield, and he could exude a murderous aura when he stood there. ”

Xu Zong wondered: "Didn't he say that he was a countryman, why did he become a soldier again?" Could it be that he was a deserter? ”

Su Hao said: "No, if it was a deserter, he would definitely not dare to make such a mistake in front of the official." Looking at Huang Ergou's appearance, he should know his identity, but he didn't tell us clearly. ”

"Master, you just said that there will be no water in that well, but is it a success?" Xu Zong asked, he was thinking about the gambling match between Su Hao and Deng Kui, five taels of silver was certainly a lot of money, and the most important thing was Su Hao's face. If Su Hao loses, Huang Ergou will be proud in the future.

Su Hao shook his head and said: "No one is ten percent sure, but I still have eighty percent of the certainty." And slow ......"

As he spoke, the group came to a small hill, where it was unknown who had mined the stones, leaving a small section. Su Hao stopped, carefully observed the rock formations on the section, and after a while, he laughed hehehe: "I have at least ninety percent of the success now, that Deng Kui, it's a loss." ”

At the well drilling site, the craftsmen were still digging downward, and as the predetermined depth of 60 feet got closer and closer, the faces of the craftsmen became more and more ugly. Foreman Wang Qi went around the well by himself, and after ascending the well, he pulled Huang Ergou aside and said in a low voice: "Master Huang, the situation of this well is not good, maybe I really let that master tell you accurate." ”

"What, you say there's no water in this well?" Huang Ergou asked in surprise.

Wang begged and said: "There are still six or seven feet, but in the past, if there is water underneath, there should be some humidity in this place, but just now the villain went down to the well to see, and the bottom is all dry stone ballast, which really doesn't look like there is water." ”

"This ......" Huang Ergou gasped. Wang Qi said that this situation has been encountered in the past, and the final result is basically a waste well. Hearing that Su Hao's prophecy came true, Huang Ergou didn't know whether to be depressed or happy, and his mood was very complicated.

From the point of view of depression, it is not a big deal to dig a waste well by himself, the key is that Su Hao has already asserted that this is a waste well, but he did not listen. If it is finally confirmed that Su Hao is right, then he will be planted. Not to mention whether Su Hao will hold a grudge against him, at least when he mentions this matter in the future, he will inevitably be three points shorter.

In terms of happiness, that's a long story. Huang Ergou was able to dig wells in Guangfeng Township so smoothly, and more than half of the credit should be attributed to an old Mr. Tu who returned to his hometown to do business, that is, Deng Kui kept saying "Mr. My Family", and Deng Kui was one of the entourages of this old Mr. Tu. As Chen Guanyu judged, Mr. Tu Lao served in the army, and Deng Kui was an active soldier of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the wells were all provided by Mr. Tu, and the results of drilling wells were very good, Deng Kui and other soldiers were quite self-conscious, and they became more and more disdainful of Huang Ergou and other officials, and Huang Ergou was not less angry with them. If Su Hao and Deng Kui win the gambling match and can severely frustrate the arrogance of Mr. Tu and his party, then Huang Ergou is still very happy to see it. After all, Su Hao also represents the county government, and his victory is the victory of the county officials, including Huang Ergou.

Thinking of these thoughts in his heart, Huang Ergou would not show them on his face. He walked to Deng Kui's side, bowed down and said, "Master Deng, the situation is a little bad." Just now, Wang Qi told me that the well has been dug to more than 50 feet, but there is still a pile of dry stone ballast, and there is no moisture. Look, do you want to ask Mr. Tu to come over and have a look. ”

"What?" Deng Kui's heart sank, and his swarthy face suddenly became a little white. In fact, after making a bet with Su Hao just now, Deng Kui has always been suffering from gains and losses. He knew that although Mr. Tu's well exploration technique was magical, it also had a failure rate of half. If this well really fails, does he really want to lose five taels of silver to that arrogant scholar? It's a big loss of face, and I lost five taels of silver...... It's also a big deal for a soldier to be a soldier.

"I'm going to ask my husband to come and take a look." Deng Kui's face was gloomy, and he pulled his legs and ran towards the village.

After a while, an old gentleman with a gray beard and a slender figure walked out of the entrance of the village, and Deng Kui and several strong men in the same costume as him followed the old gentleman, and the group walked unhurriedly towards the well drilling site. Seeing this, Huang Ergou hurriedly stepped forward and saluted the old gentleman: "The villain greets Mr. Tu." ”

"Huang Dian, you don't have to be polite." The old gentleman Tu Wenhuan smiled gently, "I heard Deng Kui say that there is a bit of an accident in the well drilling here, what is going on?" ”

Huang Ergou said: "That's right, when Mr. Tu set this well, he told the villain that the well was 60 feet deep and could produce water." Now the depth of the well has reached 55 feet, but there is no moisture in the well. So the villain said to Deng Bingye that he wanted to ask the old gentleman to see if there was anything wrong. ”

"55 feet still wet?" Tu Wenhuan was also stunned. He walked quickly to the well, and just as a basket of muck was being hoisted up from the well, he reached into the basket and fished it out, and felt that although the gravel ballast was a little damp, it was still far from the standard of being able to produce water. He frowned, and asked Wang Qi, who came forward, "Foreman Wang, are you sure that you have dug 55 feet underneath?" ”

"If you go back to the master, you have indeed dug to 55 feet." Wang Qi replied.

"Then you don't have to dig anymore." Tu Wenhuan waved his hand dejectedly, he raised his eyes and looked around, and said in wonder: "This is strange, this should obviously have water." ”

"Sir, I think it's better to keep digging, there is no water at 60 feet, maybe there will be water at 70 feet." Deng Kui had a bad idea on the side.

Tu Wenhuan said: "How can the matter of digging a well be such a child's play? Dig further down and you'll find patches of rock, which is extremely expensive. The old man has lost his eyes, how can he let the craftsmen waste their efforts in vain? ”

"So, we're going to lose?" Deng Kui scratched his scalp and said.

"What lost?" Tu Wenhuan asked strangely.

Deng Kui hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and replied, "Sir, there is a scholar here just now, I heard that it is the master of the county government." At first, he said that the well he had chosen was in a good location, but then he went down to see it and said that there was no water here. The little one was not convinced, so he bet with him......"

As soon as the old man saw the muck hanging up, he knew that there was no water down there. He went down to the well to see, and naturally he was more sure. If you bet with him, won't you lose? Tu Wenhuan said with a smile.

"No, when the little one gambled with him, this well had just been drilled to a depth of 40 feet, and I couldn't tell if there was water or not." Deng Kui explained.

"As soon as he reached a depth of 40 feet, he dared to assert that there was no water?" Tu Wenhuan was surprised, "What did he say?" ”

What Su Hao said, Deng Kui didn't listen too seriously, Huang Ergou stepped forward and said to Tu Wenhuan: "Mr. Tu, my Master Su said that the rock structure under the well is different from what is shown on the ground, and he suspects that there is a fault in front of this, which blocks the water, so there is no water here." ”

"Is there such a master?" Tu Wenhuan said, "Dare to ask where this master is now, take the old man to visit him, the old man wants to ask him what a water blocking fault is." ”

"Look, Master Su, they're back!" One of the officials pointed his finger in front of him and shouted, and when everyone looked up, there were a few people walking towards him with a smile and a smile.