Since Huang Chengyan recognized Lin Bei and Wanghai City, he had to think about the problem from the standpoint of his in-laws, so he thought that Lin Bei was a loser.

Wanghai City is located in the extreme south of the Han Dynasty, except for the Wanghai people, there are no barbarians, do you need to build such a wide road? One zhang and two zhang can be walked, but now it has been built to five zhang, how much manpower, how much material resources and how much money do you have to waste? And this road still needs to be built for 400 miles.

"This road is so wide, but not many people walk, so much manpower and material resources are wasted, and it takes a long time, don't your family feel heartache?" Huang Chengyan asked the sergeant, Lin Bei's heart was not painful, he didn't know, he only knew that his heart was very painful now.

The sergeant looked at him strangely: "What's the heartache?" There are not many people who have contributed to this cement road in Haicheng, they are all built by indigenous slaves, and in addition, this road has been built for nearly two hundred miles in just ten moons, so how long does it take? ”

Although Huang Chengyan was heartbroken, he sensitively grasped the key words in the sergeant's words: indigenous slaves, and the moonlight.

Xu Shu didn't know that there were indigenous slaves in Wanghai City, so he didn't tell Huang Chengyan, so Huang Chengyan said suspiciously: "What is an indigenous slave?" ”

"It's the natives behind the Changshan Mountain Range, it seems to be the Pufeng tribe, right? Now that my Wanghai City has broken through the two tribes of the Pufeng tribe, I have captured nearly 6,000 natives and returned to mine and build roads, and this road is built by them, and I Wanghai people don't need to do this. ”

Capture the natives as slaves? Huang Chengyan was a little surprised, because this is very contrary to the orthodox Confucianism of the Han Dynasty today.

Since Emperor Wu deposed Confucianism in the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has been carried forward, and it is also the orthodox thought of the Han Dynasty today. This is only on the surface, and there are countless dark things in the secret, but even if everyone knows that there is a dark side, many people dare not violate the things on the bright side.

In terms of dealing with foreign peoples, Confucianism believes that it is the best policy to be with relatives, so the Han Dynasty had the famous Zhaojun out of the fortress. There are many women like Wang Zhaojun in the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, which is also a commonly recognized practice today, catching foreigners as slaves? This is contrary to the way of Confucius, there may be in secret, but in the open there is no dare to have it.

"Did your lord really capture the natives and come back as slaves?" Huang Chengyan confirmed it again.

"Of course, there are more than 6,000 natives." The sergeant replied in the affirmative.

Huang Chengyan suddenly didn't know what to say, Lin Bei's approach was obviously against the words of the sage, but what is Lin Bei's identity, this is the dragon god. And the saint is just a human being, who is right and who is wrong anyway, Huang Chengyan doesn't dare to evaluate, is the saint right? Is the dragon god wrong? If the saint is wrong, then won't everything he has learned have to be overthrown?

So Huang Chengyan could only not comment, and treated it as if he had not heard of it, which was also the smartest thing to do.

"By the way, little brother, just now you said that it only took ten months to build nearly two hundred miles of roads?"

"That's right. It really only took ten months. ”

Huang Chengyan is not heartbroken now, and it only took a month to build 200 miles of road. The people who use it are indigenous slaves, this seems to be acceptable, it seems that this dragon god is not a laborer, or although the people are labored, but the laborers are not Wanghai people.

A steam cart came from a distance, and the garrison sergeant beckoned. The steam cart stopped, and the sergeant defending the city said to the sergeant who was driving, "This Chengyan Gong is a distinguished guest, brother, let's take a ride." ”

The sergeant nodded: "Please get in the car, but please cover your mouth and nose, these cements are a little choking." ”

Huang Chengyan and Huang San got into the car. Suddenly feeling a pungent smell, Huang Chengyan coughed a few times: "What is this?" ”

"This is cement, and that's what we're going to use to build roads." The sergeant got back into the car.

"This road is made of cement?"

"Nature." The sergeant was a little unverbal and did not explain much.

Huang Chengyan has heard of building roads with stone slabs and clay, but he has never heard of building roads with cement, of course, he actually heard the word cement for the first time, and he wanted to ask again, but the smell of the car was very unpleasant, and there was some dust in his mouth, and Huang Chengyan could only hold the question in his heart.

The speed of the steam car is not slow, for Huang Chengyan, it is like a galloping wind, gradually, Huang Chengyan found the benefits of the road, this road is really good, the road surface is extremely smooth, and you can't feel any bumps at all, Huang Chengyan thought about it, even Luoyang City does not have such a good road, and then Huang Chengyan was curious, using indigenous people to build roads, and it only took ten months, can actually build such a good road? Are the indigenous craftsmen so good? Pufeng clan? It seems to be an uncivilized nation.

Although the road was smooth and the steam car was fast, it still took almost two hours to reach the end, and there was a narrow valley in front of it.

This narrow valley is surrounded by mountains on both sides, but it is the lowest here, and there were not many people in Ninan County before, so this place was not discovered until An Zhongzhi sent a sergeant to find this place, and after this is the forest.

Now that the road is being built here, there are already many steam cars parked here, and some people are removing the cement from the cars, and it is expected that Sergeant Haicheng will be watching from the sidelines.

"So these are the natives." Huang Chengyan said secretly.

The appearance of the aborigines and the Han people is really very different, thinner and darker, just like ink, and then, Huang Chengyan felt that something was not right, and looked carefully at the faces of these natives.

"These natives seem to be happy, don't they? Aren't you a slave? Why is this the way you look? ”

"It's time to eat!!" When Huang Chengyan was wondering, he heard someone banging on the gong and shouting to start the meal, the natives grinned, showing their big yellow teeth, and they were indeed smiling happily, and these natives were very well-behaved, and under the gaze of the surrounding sergeants, they lined up in a long line and slowly moved forward.

Lin Bei's figure came from the front, Huang Chengyan shouted, Lin Bei followed the prestige, and said with a smile: "Chengyan Gong is already here?" Have you eaten it? Lin Beishun asked.

Huang Chengyan really hadn't eaten in the morning, and when he heard Lin Bei ask, he felt really hungry, so he nodded and smiled: "It's true that I haven't eaten." ”

"Let's eat together."

Lin Bei crawled over, and Huang Chengyan saw a few men behind him, who were carrying the cauldron. The pot looked extremely heavy, and there was a big spoon in the pot, this spoon alone was bigger than Huang Chengyan, Huang Chengyan swallowed his saliva: "This is an adult's food?" ”

Lin Bei laughed and said, "Yes, scared, right?" I've eaten a lot, come and come. Sit down and give Cheng Yangong some food. ”

His own staff brought Huang Chengyan dishes and chopsticks, meat, fish, vegetables and vegetables, this kind of meal can already be regarded as good, but Huang Chengyan is more curious about what Lin Bei eats.

Lin Bei rolled up the big spoon with his tail and fished it in the cauldron a few times, his movements were extremely skillful, Huang Chengyan only vaguely saw that there was a lot of meat in the spoon, and he didn't see what kind of meat he had. Anyway, it was quite fragrant, and then he poured the meat in the spoon into his mouth, and this spoonful alone was estimated to be enough for more than ten people to eat, and it was extremely scary to eat.

"Eat, you have to build a road after eating." Lin Bei swallowed the meat before he said.

Huang Chengyan smiled bitterly, lowered his head and ate, but then, Huang Chengyan looked in the direction of those natives. The people of this land have two bowls, and they are all very large. Dozens of people sat around and ate happily and loudly, and they talked as they ate, but the sergeants didn't care, if they didn't know that they were slaves. Huang Chengyan really can't see it.

"My lord, why are these natives so happy? Didn't they get caught? Huang Chengyan was puzzled.

"I'm happy to have something to eat." Lin Bei said lightly, "Gong Chengyan should know that the Central Plains is in chaos now. Although these natives are slaves, but I Wanghaicheng did not deduct their diet, they only need to work every day to eat to their heart's content, so how can they not be happy? ”

Huang Chengyan didn't expect Lin Bei to say a lot, but thinking about it, Huang Chengyan also had to nod, the land of Jingxiang is also a rich area, but even in Jingzhou, there are many homeless people starving to death, not to mention the several states where the yellow scarves are raging, Huang Chengyan has also seen a lot of things about selling his sons and daughters in order to be full, if he can eat enough just by working, it is indeed something worth being happy about.

"The adult's words are really thought-provoking, the old man has been taught, the old man is still a little misunderstood, and now I know that although the adult has captured these natives, he has the grace to live, and the old man is ashamed."

Lin Bei smiled and said: "Don't be ashamed, I'm not as great as you think, I really just wanted to arrest them back as labor at the beginning, and I never thought that they would become like this, it was just an accident." ”

"Whether it's an accident or an intention, there is such a result, but it also shows the benevolence of adults, no wonder Yuan Zhi is extremely prevaricating to adults."

Capable and ambitious, plus a great identity, and now with a benevolent heart, Huang Chengyan finally understood why Xu Shu's talent was also dead set on this dragon god, and it was really worth following this adult.

"Don't boast, don't boast, don't let you eat well?" Lin Bei said with a smile.

Huang Chengyan smiled dumbly, and added another word in his heart: It's quite funny.

Lin Bei ate quickly, and Huang Chengyan had to speed up, but as soon as he was halfway through eating, Lin Bei drank the big pot in front of him and even drank the soup, and then smiled at Huang Chengyan: "Chengyan Gong, you eat slowly, I'll go to the front to take a look." ”

Huang Chengyan had food stuffed in his mouth and could only nod.

The natives also ate quickly, in two quarters of an hour, and then they began to work again, and they took down the cement and moved it to the front, and Huang Chengyan finally finished eating and followed.

Wanghai City road repair is very simple, that is, mix the cement and pour it into the mold groove of the road, and then scrape it flat with a scraper, everyone is used to it, but Huang Chengyan saw this way of building roads, even if he had been surprised countless times, but he was hit again, so it is also called road repair? Is this how the concrete road was built? It's too simple, isn't it?

Huang Chengyan found Lin Bei, Lin Bei was planning with some sergeants in the front about the road construction in the forest, where to repair, whether it is necessary to bypass the forest swamp, how far away from the river and so on, Huang Chengyan did not bother, and waited until the discussion was over, Huang Chengyan stepped forward.

"My lord, I just saw the aborigines building roads, but the cement roads in Wanghai City are all built like this?"

Lin Bei nodded: "Of course, it's all repaired like this, as long as the cement is enough, at most another month, four hundred miles of road can be repaired." ”

"What kind of artifact is this cement? It's so amazing that it makes it easy to build roads. "Huang Chengyan wants to know too much.

Lin Bei smiled, and just when Huang Chengyan thought he was going to say, Lin Bei blinked: "Well, I can't sue you for the time being." ”

Huang Chengyan didn't get angry, he just felt a little crying and laughing, this Dragon God's temperament was really straightforward, Huang Chengyan couldn't help asking, "Why?" ”

"Unless your daughter can marry Yuan Zhi, then I will become in-laws with your Huang family, so naturally I can sue you, do you want to know?" Lin Bei said with a smile.

Huang Chengyan suddenly smiled and said: "Xu Yuanzhi is a good talent, and Yueying is concerned about him, and the old man can't ask for it." ”

"You agree?" Lin Beiwei was stunned for a moment, and then asked with great joy.

"Such a good son-in-law, what reason does the old man have to refuse." Huang Chengyan said in his heart, not only is a good son-in-law rare, but this Dragon God Lord is also rare, he is not stupid, he will refuse this thing that is very beneficial to the Huang family.

Lin Beida laughed: "Okay, Lord Ben is very happy, by the way, Cheng Yangong, I heard that your daughter Yueying is a genius of the organ, not only that, but also quite dabbling in astronomy and geography, Lord Ben has some things that need her to make Zuò, why don't you let her come to Wanghai City, Lord Ben will allow her a vacant position, what do you think?" ”

Huang Chengyan's body was agitated: "The position of the commonplace? ”

"However, with Yueying's talent, the position of the commonplace will not be buried, and it should be." Lin Bei smiled lightly.

"Is that true?"

"Lord Ben is true of his word."

"However, my Yueying is a woman," Huang Chengyan was a little worried.

"Lord Ben is a meritocrat, Cheng Yangong must know, I look at Haicheng There is a captain named Cui Lan, who is comparable to the position of the marshal, with the talent of Yueying, why can't he be in the position of the commonplace?"

"So, the old man thanked my lord." Huang Chengyan was finally convinced, because it was a commonplace. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Let me say here that Sikong is one of the three princes, and he is in charge of water and soil engineering affairs, that is, building cities, dredging ditches, and building embankments.