Relying on the skill of making maps can be successful, which Su Hao never imagined. He has always felt that he is a geology expert, surveying and mapping is just a side job for him, and prospecting is the main business. Who knows, I made a contour map that surpassed the times by mistake, and actually alarmed the military department's Shangshu, is this an unintentional insertion of willows and willows?

"Brother Chen, since Wang Shangshu values this map, why hasn't the junior brother heard any orders from the Ministry of War in the past six months?" Su Hao asked strangely. According to his thoughts, since Wang Yihe was interested in his map, he should send someone to summon him to Beijing, why did he keep ignoring it?

Chen Dao said with a smile: "In the past six months, the officials of the Ministry of Labor have made you miserable. Wang Shangshu has an order to let the officials of the Ministry of Ethics organize officials to refer to your method of cartography, so as to compile an outline of cartography. Dozens of wardens and scribes of the Ministry of Labor and Clerkship tossed for half a year, and everyone understood the essentials of cartography, but no one knew how to measure the elevation of the mountains. This time, the Ministry of War sent me to Yunnan with you, just to test your surveying and mapping methods with your own eyes. ”

Su Hao smiled dumbly, it turned out that those people in the military department were not convinced, and wanted to figure out the surveying and mapping methods themselves, but they tossed for half a year and had no result. The method that Su Hao taught to the soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion was gradually formed over the course of hundreds of years. Ancient China did not have the concept of trigonometric functions, and it is certainly hopeless to develop a set of geodetic techniques out of thin air.

Chen Dao's Staffing Division, whose full name is the Staffing and Clearing Division, is the department in charge of the national map, Chenghuang, Zhenxu, camp drills, martial arts, patrols, Guanjin, and other affairs in the military department. The military of the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the map, and there was a custom in the 26th year of Hongwu, requiring the whole country to rush and dangerous areas, and to draw a map and report it to the Ministry of War for the record. But at that time, the map book could mark the location, and it could not be compared with the contour map proposed by Su Hao.

"Brother Chen, if you just want to test the surveying and mapping skills of my surveying and mapping camp, why do you need to go to Yunnan? Just find a random place and give it a try. Su Hao said casually.

Chen Dao said: "That's the order of the military department, how can I change it without authorization, I'm a small principal?" However, if it is convenient, Brother Fool would like to see the skills of our brothers in the survey camp in advance. Let's stay at Qiaosheyi tonight, or we will stay for a day tomorrow and arrange for the soldiers of the survey camp to do a survey and mapping around Qiaosheyi, so that the foolish brother can open his eyes, how about it? ”

Chen Dao said it lightly, but Su Hao felt a slight pang in his heart. He knew that Chen Dao's suggestion would never be a whim, but had been arranged a long time ago. It is impossible for the military department to personally send someone to lead the team without testing the ability of the non-commissioned officers in advance. In case Su Hao is bragging, and the Kanyu camp can't actually do anything, then Chen Dao will accompany them to run thousands of miles to Yunnan, wouldn't it become a joke?

As for why you don't want to take the test before you set off for Toyoshi, there is a reason. The survey camp was trained in Fengcheng, and if the surveying and mapping exercises were done in Fengcheng, the soldiers were very familiar with the surrounding environment, and it was difficult to reflect the real level. Thinking more insidiously, if Su Hao wanted to cheat and measured the terrain of Fengcheng in advance, what could Chen Dao test?

For the test, Su Hao is not afraid. After half a year of training, especially after the field drill in Luoshan, the surveying and mapping capabilities have fully reached the standard, and there is no need to worry about any rigorous testing. Su Hao felt a little unhappy, because Chen Dao's mind was too meticulous, and he didn't say a word in advance and pulled the troops out, only to use Su Hao's casual words to draw out the requirement to conduct a test, which was obviously to prevent Su Hao or Jiangxi Dusi from cheating.

Chen Dao is such a dead fat man, he is happy all day long, he looks very kind, but he didn't expect that there are so many eyes. The Ministry of War sent him to lead the team to Yunnan, I'm afraid it's not just to help Su Hao and them lead the team, right?

Su Hao thought a lot in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. Since Chen Dao wants to play haha with him, he will also play haha with Chen Dao.

"Haha, if Brother Chen wants to see it, then the little brother will arrange it tomorrow, and it is just right for the soldiers to warm up. It's just that I don't know if a day's delay in the woodcutter will violate the orders of the military department. Su Hao said.

Chen Dao said: "Now is not wartime, the army is mobilized, how can there be no delay. To tell the truth, this test is just a pretext from a foolish brother. In fact, it is a foolish brother who is a northerner, and he is not used to the bumps of boats, so he wants to borrow a name so that he can rest for a day tomorrow. ”

Pretend, you pretend, Su Hao thought in his heart. However, Chen Dao wanted to pretend, and it was inconvenient for him to expose it, so he could only accompany Chen Dao to talk about him left and right.

In the evening, the fleet arrived at Qiaosheyi, north of Nanchang. Chen Dao ordered the fleet to anchor at the shore, Hao Tong and Deng Kui arranged for a few soldiers to stay on the side of the ship to guard the ship and the items on board, and then commanded the other sergeants to line up to go ashore.

Qiaosheyi is a small post house with not many guest rooms. After discussing with Su Hao, Chen Dao decided to let the soldiers set up tents in an open space outside the post house for the night, while the embroidery girls lived in the post house. Chen Dao and Su Hao, as officers, could enjoy the treatment of living in the post house, and Chen Dao's entourage and Chen Guanyu brought by Su Hao also lived in the post house.

The post keeper of the post house is called Yu Yi, a middle-aged man in his 40s, and his attitude is quite polite. But Su Hao could feel that he was polite, but he didn't look like he was honestly afraid. When Su Hao told Chen Dao about this feeling, Chen Dao smiled and said: "The guests who pass by every day at this Water Horse Post are either rich or expensive, we are two six-rank officials, can he put it in his eyes?" Change it a little bit, don't be impatient. ”

"I see." Su Hao understood. Yi Cheng's official position is indeed not high, he belongs to the minor officials who have not entered the stream, but he has seen countless big officials, like Su Hao, a six-grade martial arts position, in the eyes of Yi Cheng, it is really not enough. Chen Dao is a six-rank civil official and a Beijing official, and he has a bit of a deterrent effect on Yu Yi.

The housekeeper took Su Hao, Chen Dao and others to their respective rooms, and brought them water for them to wash. After the two finished washing, they regrouped with their respective entourage, and Su Hao asked, "Brother Chen, this post house should be in charge of food, right?" The little brother is really hungry, and I don't know when to eat. ”

Chen Dao said: "Of course, the post house has to take care of the food, and wait for me to call that Yu Yi to come over and ask." ”

It seemed that he knew that Chen Dao wanted to call himself, and without waiting for Chen Dao to bother, Yu Yi appeared, and he said to Su Hao and Chen Dao with a smile: "Two adults, there is something that the villain wants to report, the stove of the post was broken a few days ago, and he has not bothered to find Dr. Stove to repair it, so the food of the officials and merchants in the past cannot be supplied by the station." If the two adults don't dislike it, not far from the post house, there is a Wangjianglou restaurant, the food is very beautiful, so invite the two adults to eat there, how about it? ”

"What? Broken stove? Chen Dao's eyes widened and he asked, "You are here in the post house, and the stove has been broken for a few days, why don't you find someone to repair it?" Is there any reason to let officials go to restaurants for dinner? ”

Yu Yi replied unhurriedly: "Master Chen doesn't know anything, there is only one doctor of stove in my town, and his mother-in-law was sick a few days ago, and he went back to the countryside to take care of his mother-in-law, so he couldn't find anyone who repaired the stove." ”

Hearing that the stove was broken, Su Hao almost wanted to say that he would repair the stove. After thinking about it, he is now an official, and he went to help a post man repair the stove with a dirty hand, for fear that it would be insulting to Sven. He said: "Yu Yicheng, since your stove is broken and there is a restaurant next to it, you should go to the restaurant to order some meals and serve them to the guests, this is also your duty, right?" Wouldn't it be a mess to let the guests go to the restaurant by themselves? ”

Yu Yi said: "Su Baihu, it's not that the villain refuses to order food, it's really that the villain doesn't know what the taste of the two adults is, and he is afraid that the food he ordered will not be delicious." Although the two adults went to the restaurant for dinner, the cost of this meal was still paid by the station. Two adults, each can support five liters of rice, and those brothers outside can each count three liters of rice. ”

Su Hao was about to say something more, but Chen Dao stopped him and said to Yu Yi: "Yu Yicheng, then I'll go to dinner first, I'll wait for the due, you can calculate it together, and then pay when we leave." ”

"Yes!" Yu Yi bowed slightly and said.

Chen Dao pulled Su Hao out of the post station, and Su Hao said in surprise: "Brother Chen, why don't you let the post man arrange meals for us?" Looking at what he meant, it was clear that he was shirking responsibility. ”

Chen Dao said with a smile: "Since the old brother of the change can see that he is shirking, why bother to be strong? ”

Su Hao said: "This is his duty, how can there be a reason to push it." ”

Chen Daodao: "There are no surprises in this world. Yu Yicheng shirked in every possible way, there must be a reason for him. When you go out, you would rather offend a gentleman than a villain. This Yu Yicheng is just a villain. ”

"In this way, the damage to the stove was also made up by him to perfunctory me?" Su Hao asked.

Chen Daodao: "According to my humble opinion, I am afraid that this is indeed the case. The stove is broken, could it be that their own post guards are not eating? Presumably, Yu Yi was reluctant to receive us, so he made such an excuse. ”

Hearing Chen Dao say this, Su Hao was also helpless. He first went to Hao Tong and Deng Kui, and explained that he arranged for the soldiers to go to the town to buy rice and vegetables, and when they came back, they cooked and ate by themselves, and at the same time specially explained that they wanted to send a meal to the embroidery girls who lived in the post station. After explaining, Su Hao and Chen Dao went to the Wangjianglou restaurant that Yu Yi had said, and Chen Guanyu and Yu Yi's two entourages naturally followed.