Chapter 43 Not to be envied is mediocrity
"It's time to eat!"
Aunt Qiao's voice came out two miles, and the people who were working hurriedly wiped their sweat and ran over. After yesterday's experience, the big guys have learned to line up, even Wu Boyan, who just rushed over, he held a large porcelain bowl, stretched his neck and swallowed his saliva while stretching his neck.
"What are you doing, why does it smell so evil?"
Ma Biao, who followed him, said with a smile: "I ate mutton yesterday, and today is estimated to be about the same, I see that they caught a lot of fish!" ”
Wu Boyan shook his head: "Can you give it to us if you catch it?" The live fish in winter is worth a lot of money, maybe it will be sold on the market, and I will be satisfied if I can eat it dry. ”
Ma Biao didn't see it that way, "Brother Wu, we are good officials and generous, I don't think it will be bad." ”
Saying that, they also arrived in front of the stove, and Aunt Qiao led a dozen sturdy women to serve food and vegetables to everyone, while shouting.
"Today's boil is fish soup, just fished out of the ice hole, alive, not to mention how tender the meat is! Tell the big guy again, the leftover lamb bones I ate yesterday boiled for two hours, and I put them in the soup, hurry up and try it! ”
Wu Boyan suddenly widened his eyes, and saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth.
"Good fellow, is it really fish soup, and lamb bones? Isn't the fish and sheep fresh together, and now it's a blessing! ”
Wu Boyan said in surprise, it was finally his turn.
When Aunt Qiao saw the thin appearance, she deliberately scooped a fish head for him, but when she looked back, the rice in the pot was gone, and Aunt Qiao said slightly apologetically: "Wait a little longer, it will be fine soon!" ”
"No!" Wu Boyan saw the paste rice on the side of the pot at a glance, hurriedly reached out and grabbed a few pieces, and ran away. The aroma of the fish soup and the rice flavor of the rice paste are simply the best in the world.
Wu Boyan chewed on the delicious food, tears rolling in his eyes.
"It's so delicious, if I eat this every day, I'll do anything!"
"Hahaha, Brother Wu, why did you buy you for one meal?" Yue Zixuan sat opposite Wu Boyan with a smile, snatched a paste rice ga from his hand, and chewed it rattling.
Wu Boyan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Brother Yue, it's not that the younger brother said you, what is the meaning of bribery, what can be seen in a meal is the hearts of the people, Master Zhang treats us well, and it is appropriate to serve him!" ”
Yue Zixuan nodded: "You're right, our adults are not only good to everyone, but also have smart heads, I really didn't expect him to build the wall overnight, and he no longer has to be afraid of bandits!" ”
As soon as Yue Zixuan said this, not only him, but everyone showed a look of admiration.
Yesterday, Zhang Ke and Qiao Tieshan were discussing how to repair the wall, thousands of mouths, if there was no layer of protection, not to mention that bandits and bandits could enter and exit at will, even the beasts could not be guarded against. Building the wall is definitely the most urgent matter, but it is freezing and there are no building materials, so everyone is at a loss.
Zhang Ke was pacing back and forth on the ground, and suddenly he saw that there were a few children outside who were full of food and were building snowmen, and they were having fun. Seeing them, Zhang Ke's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Uncle Qiao, how about we say we also use snowdrift for a city?"
Qiao Tieshan almost climbed to the ground when he heard this, Zhang Ke didn't drive him crazy, he was afraid that building a city with snow would collapse with just one fart, who could he prevent!
Not to mention Qiao Tieshan's incredulous face, even others couldn't believe it.
"Uncle Qiao, I promise to surprise you!"
Zhang Ke was determined, he used wooden planks to make a mold, poured water into it, and it didn't take an hour to freeze into a big ice cube.
"It's done!" Zhang Ke said excitedly: "Xiaoxue, help help me up!" ”
Xiaoxue nodded hurriedly, lifted up the ice cube and stood on the ground, half a meter square, like a brick. Zhang Ke looked left and right, knocked it with his hand, and it was already frozen.
Zhang Ke suddenly grabbed an iron hammer, slammed his arms hard, and smashed it hard. Suddenly, ice crystals splashed everywhere, covering his neck and face. Xiaoxue ran over distressedly, threw down the ice chips, and said with a little complaint: "Brother Ke, look at the neck is all over, go back to the house to warm up." ”
Zhang Ke didn't hear it, frowned and squatted in front of the ice, carefully looked at the traces of the iron drill, it was more than three inches deep, and there were many cracks along the opening, and a large piece of ice could be broken off lightly. Zhang Ke stabbed with an iron drill again, and the ice completely cracked, and the ground was full of debris.
"No, no!"
"Brother Ke, what's not going to work?"
Zhang Ke smiled bitterly: "Xiaoxue, I want to use ice cubes to plug the gap in the wall, but the ice cubes are too brittle to prevent bandits." ”
Xiaoxue saw Zhang Ke so sad for the first time, and plucked up the courage to ask, "Brother Ke, is it very important?" ”
"Of course, if there is no wall, bandits and bandits will come in at any time, how can they live in Hewan Village, I am afraid that I will return to Daqing Fort in disgrace."
Xiaoxue frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Brother Ke, it doesn't seem to be difficult!" ”
"Isn't it difficult?" Zhang Ke's eyes suddenly widened, "Xiaoxue, do you have a way?" ”
Xiao Xue's face flushed, and she nodded vigorously: "I think about it, Brother Ke, you wait." ”
Xiaoxue turned around and ran into the house, took out a bundle of straw, set up the mold, scattered the straw into the mold, and then began to water. The rest of the process was similar to Zhang Ke's, and after waiting for another hour, the water froze again.
The two of them started to erect the ice cubes together, and Zhang Ke grabbed the iron drill and smashed it hard, and only a small amount of ice crystals flew out. Zhang Ke's eyes lit up suddenly, and after a few more smashes, only a few faint marks were left on the ice, and there was no cracking at all. Zhang Ke was still not at ease, so he picked up the hammer and smashed it hard, smashing five or six hammers in a row, which shook his wrist and shattered the ice cube just a small corner.
Zhang Ke was finally relieved, he threw the hammer and hugged Xiaoxue's waist.
"Xiaoxue, you are really my female Zhuge ah, how did you come up with such a good method?"
Xiao Xue's face blushed, and she said with a smile: "Brother Ke, what's so strange about this, people and mud people have to put some hemp knives, and if there are no hemp knives, they have to put straw." I pondered that the straw in the mud became stronger, and the ice was the same! Brother Ke, you can't think of it, you must have never seen and mud. ”
Zhang Ke's old face turned red, he had seen and mud, but it was cement!
"Xiaoxue, you have made a great contribution now, reward a kiss!" Zhang Ke lightly touched his red lips and said in the girl's ear: "Thank you!" ”
Zhang Ke turned around and left in a hurry, a foolish smile flashed on Xiao Xue's face: "I can finally help Brother Ke!" ”
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Zhang Ke called Qiao Tieshan and the others over, and said his own way, Qiao Tieshan slapped his thigh violently.
"I'm so confused, why didn't I think of such a simple way!"
Yue Zixuan also said: "My lord, should we immediately make ice bricks and block the city wall?" ”
"Don't bother!" Qiao Tieshan said with a smile: "Adding straw to the ice cubes can make it strong, and adding other things is the same. Let's cut down some trees immediately, like weaving a fence, with two layers inside and outside, leaving about a foot in the middle. Then we dug the river to get ice, put the ice in the middle to serve as a wall, put some notes in the gaps, and poured water. Wait for the freeze to be solid, and the city walls will be there! ”
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Yue Zixuan jumped three feet high excitedly, these people who came with him were hunted down, and they were most looking forward to a stable home. Build a city with ice, build as high as you want, and as thick as you want, at least this winter you can sit back and relax.
Zhang Ke also underestimated everyone's expectations for safety, they were not willing to give up even one night, and all the young men were divided into two groups, one to cut down trees, and the other to go to the river to get ice.
The rest of the old and weak women and children remained idle as long as they could move, and they braided the branches together and turned them into hedges, sealing the gaps in the walls.
The men shouted the trumpet, carried the heavy ice cubes over, put them on the foundation of the city wall, there were special people to water them regularly, they worked all night, more than a thousand people almost did not sleep, every time they made up a gap, Yue Zixuan would take an axe, keep knocking, and make the ice crystals splash, but this ice city is stronger than imagined, even if there is a little damage, as long as a bucket of water is poured, it will immediately look new.
When digging the river to take ice, there was an unexpected surprise, there were a lot of fat fish hidden under the ice, maybe it was too strict, these fish actually jumped out by themselves, Huzi led a group of teenagers to pick up fish by the river, and picked up more than 300 catties in one night, so there was a delicious fish soup.
After eating lunch, everyone is ready to make up all the city walls, and it is not good to sleep without a sense of security!
At this moment, a convoy came from outside the village, and it was Wan Baichuan who walked in front.
He started purchasing according to the list made by Zhang Ke, he didn't know that Qiao Gui had already started before him, in addition to food, he also bought a lot of daily necessities, and when he waited until Wan Baichuan bought it, the price had already risen.
The one hundred and eighty taels of silver in his hand were all spent, and he had to mortgage fifty acres of land, and finally made up enough money and sent it to Zhang Ke.
Seeing Hewan Village from afar, Wan Baichuan almost fainted. He was in charge of relocating the people in the village, and knew very well that a few days before the village was in ruins. In the blink of an eye, a tall city wall appeared, which looked even more majestic than Daqing Fort, and there were soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city wall, and there was a busy scene inside and outside the city, and everyone was busy.
Seeing this, it was far more uncomfortable than taking out the silver and the fields, and it made him crazy with jealousy!
He is not a fool, and it is not an easy thing to get these people to obey orders in such a short time!
Zhang Ke, this kid has clever means, and there is Wang Huazhen as a backer behind him, the time and place are favorable, and the people are all occupied, if he is allowed to show up, he will definitely find himself to settle accounts. Wan Baichuan's mind is full of scenes where Zhang Ke holds his baby son hostage and threatens himself, what will an outlaw do when he has power, isn't it obvious!
The more Wan Baichuan thinks about it, the more afraid he becomes, such a fierce enemy must be eliminated as much as possible, either you die or I live. Wan Baichuan gritted his teeth, and secretly calculated in his heart: "Zhang Erlang, don't think that if you have a backer, you won't dare to touch you, if you dare to leave Daqing Fort, you are looking for death!" ”
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