It was already very late when Ye Xiaotian returned to the city, and he was delayed in the county government for a while, so when he returned home, the moon had already hung on the treetops.

The crescent moon hung on the branches, and the branches swayed gently in the wind, as if to tease the delicate crescent moon.

Zhao Wenyuan stood firmly under the tree with his hands behind his back, and the crescent moon was on his right shoulder.

A figure suddenly appeared under the faint moonlight, sneakily looking around, and quietly approached Zhao Wenyuan.

Zhao Wenyuan waited for the man to come closer, and chuckled: "Long Da is in charge? ”

The person who came covered the knife behind his elbow, hugged his fist to Zhao Wenyuan, and said in a rough voice: "Our big boss doesn't have time to see you, if you have anything to say to me, I will truthfully return to my eldest brother." ”

Zhao Wenyuan smiled, with a flick of his wrist, he "brushed" a painting, which could not be seen clearly under the moonlight, but it could be seen that it was a portrait.

Zhao Wenyuan said: "This portrait is a wanted document drawn by the Guiyang Criminal Prosecutor three years ago, and the person on it is the head of Long Da, and he looks exactly like you." Hehe, could it be that he is the twin brother of the dragon master? ”

The person who came was teased by Zhao Wenyuan, his face and beard were tangled, and a big black face became even darker, probably because his face was swollen and red, just because the night was too dark to see clearly.

Zhao Wenyuan tore up two of the three handfuls of the shadow figures, threw them away, and said to the visitor: "Long Da is in charge, although you are relieved, the official invited you to come to discuss important matters." Don't worry, this official is just a party, and it won't be the official's turn to arrest you. ”

The bearded man suddenly laughed, then lowered his voice again, and said in a voice full of care: "Long someone crisscrosses 100,000 mountains, comes without a trace, goes without a trace, who can help me?" Except for 'a swarm of bees'. There is no one in the whole of Guizhou who can be looked at by someone from my dragon, especially you eagle claws! Say, what are you looking for Long? ”

Zhao Wenyuan said with a smile: "I said that I want to cooperate with you in a big deal." ”

As if he had heard the funniest thing, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Officials and bandits cooperate in a big deal? Hahahaha...... I'm not dreaming, am I? ”

Zhao Wenyuan looked at him quietly, until his laughter gradually stopped, and then he said lightly: "Official, you can be a bandit." Bandits, you can also be an official. Officials and bandits. Why can't we cooperate? ”

The bearded man's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "What cooperation?" ”

Zhao Wenyuan said: "This official is a post officer, and whether it is official or civil, the official knows everything about the materials to and from him. If you know what cargo was on board, how many guards were on board, what weapons were equipped, what time of road was passed, how would you help you? ”

The beard was stunned. stared at Zhao Wenyuan tightly, and after a while to confirm that he was not joking, the beard hesitated: "You...... Will you tell me about this? ”

Zhao Wenyuan stretched out a hand and said, "Fifty percent!" What you have taken captive. After you realize it, you want to divide half of it. ”

The bearded man sneered: "Long someone fought to the death, and he wanted to share half of his hard-earned money?" Hello big appetite. ”

Zhao Wenyuan said neatly: "The business travelers who take the post road are very cunning. It's also very difficult. Did the big boss ever step on the plate and try his best to ambush, only to find that the car was full of worthless bargains. It's too troublesome to even transport it to the mountains, so you can only abandon it locally, carry your brother's corpse and escape? Or, the car is indeed hard goods, but unfortunately the idea is prickly, and the foot is painstaking, and many brothers are damaged, but they still can't get it, and in the end they can only run away? ”

The bearded man was silent.

Zhao Wenyuan said: "Know yourself and know your opponent, and win all battles." What would you do if there was a whistleblower from the official? ”

The beard gritted his teeth and said, "You officials, you are really more ruthless than us thieves!" Twenty percent! As long as you are sincere cooperation, I will give you two percent! ”

Zhao Wenyuan said: "Forty percent! It can't be less, do you think this official doesn't take risks? ”

The beard said: "Thirty percent, one percent can't be added anymore!" You only need to move your mouth, but I will bleed and sweat, I have so many brothers to feed, I can't compare to you. ”

Zhao Wenyuan's purpose is not to share the benefits from the thief, but if he doesn't bargain, it will inevitably arouse his vigilance, and now he will accept it when he sees it, Zhao Wenyuan said with a smile: "Success!" That's thirty percent. However, as a postman, this official also has the responsibility of protecting the road, you must pay attention, but you must not move any caravan sent by this post to escort and raise the banner of this post! ”

The bearded man said happily: "A word is a certainty!" ”

It was impossible for him to go to the road every day to rob, usually he made a deal, regardless of success or failure, he would immediately flee into the mountains, and then return to the post road to continue to beg for a life when the wind passed.

The two of them have their own needs, and it can be said that they hit it off. After discussing the contact information, the bearded man said suspiciously: "You are an official of the imperial court, why do you want to do such a thing?" ”

Zhao Wenyuan smiled and said, "What is the little money in the imperial court for?" For the sake of this post envoy, the official went up and down, I don't know how much money was spent, but he always had to find a way to get it back, right? ”

The beard narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "You're not afraid that the news will leak out, or Long will be caught by mistake and confess to you?" ”

Zhao Wenyuan smiled slyly and said, "This is the reason why I agreed with you that I will only communicate verbally every time." If the thief has no real evidence and bites casually, the official will be unlucky, and the official in the world will die a long time ago! ”

The beard looked Zhao Wenyuan up and down a few times, and sighed: "Long is just a thief, you officials are big thieves!" ”

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Although Ye Xiaotian had made sufficient investigations and plans in advance, he still made great adjustments according to the actual situation during the actual operation.

They used gunpowder to blast several huge openings in the rock wall, which were cleared by the agile saplings who climbed like apes, and dug out several huge pedestals where water wheels could be placed, while along several ridges, the men and horses of Gaoli and Li villages began to clear and excavate the waterways.

Except for the core part, all the materials used in the waterwheel can be made locally, and the large trees are cut from the mountains to make zuò on the spot, which saves a lot of time. When the waterwheel was set up to run smoothly, the craftsmen made adjustments according to the size of the water flow, and made several times more waterwheels than the original plan, and finally the waterwheels that drew water from the river reached as many as 16, and the waterwheels that transferred water to the cliff decreased in turn, and in order to ensure effective driving, the size of the waterwheel was also constantly reduced, so another layer was added.

The deserted Grand Canyon gradually unfolded into a magnificent scene, a line of huge waterwheels rising along the rolling river, swirling like windmills by the rapid current, and the river was swept into the air and poured into a volley of stone tanks.

The water tank is inclined down dozens of zhang on the cliff wall nearly eight zhang high, and on the artificial turbulence of dozens of zhang long, there are waterwheels slightly smaller than the bottom waterwheel, which send the water to a higher place like a relay. The wasted river water plummets down from the sky, forming several artificial waterfalls.

Seeing that this method was really feasible, Gaojiazhai let go of the control of the water of the Laodao River, and the tense situation of the two villages was greatly eased, and they went all out to devote themselves to the excavation of the ridge river.

Due to the fact that several parts are carried out at the same time, and there are sufficient manpower, and the manufacture of waterwheels is not a difficult task, and at the same time, in order to save emergencies, these waterwheels are not too concerned about quality, and the whole water transportation project is developing at a miraculous speed.

All the people on the entire construction site were like savages in the continuous days of crawling and rolling, but they were full of enthusiasm when they saw that success was imminent. Ye Xiaotian stood on a high place, happily looking at the alpine canal that was about to be put into use, full of joy.

Ye Xiaotian said diligently to Mao Zhixi: "Ha! It's a miracle, and I think as long as we keep up this speed, we can carry water tomorrow. ”

Mao Wenzhi held Ye Xiaotian's arm and said with a sad face: "Yes! Ouch, let me rest for a while, my legs are sore. ”

Ye Xiaotian said: "You kid has contributed a lot, others haven't shouted tired, you first complain about being tired." ”

Mao asked Zhidao: "No, big brother, my legs are sore...... It's not tiring. It's sour from the cracks in the bones, and it's going to rain heavily tomorrow. ”

Ye Xiaotian was stunned: "Will it rain heavily tomorrow?" ”

Ye Xiaotian looked up at the sky, there was no cloud, how could it be raining.

Mao asked Zhidao: "Ang! Didn't I tell you, when I was a child, I broke my leg by Wang Laocai, and since then, it will be sour when it rains. The heavier the rain, the more sour it becomes. I'm so sour that I can't walk anymore, and there will definitely be heavy rain tomorrow! ”

Ye Xiaotian was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Although I am also looking forward to the rain soon, I ...... The waterwheel is about to be put into use, this is what I have worked hard to build, I really want to see the scene of joy when the water is brought to Gaoli and Li villages, this rain, everyone will not be so happy. ”

Mao asked Zhi'an Zhidao: "What are you afraid of, this waterwheel has been built, and it can be used in the future." Besides, a rain can't solve the problem, unless there are several heavy rains in a row, otherwise the rain will wet the ground, and the land will be completely dry, what effect can it do? ”

Ye Xiaotian patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Li is such a reason, but there are some regrets." Forget it, no matter it, it's better to have rain than no rain, but if it rains tomorrow, it is not appropriate to continue construction in the rain, I quickly notify it, try to catch it today, it can't be finished, everyone will take a rest tomorrow, these days are not light. ”

Ye Xiaotian walked a few steps, and suddenly stood again, he suddenly remembered Xu Boyi, that guy was still "hunger strike and praying for rain", if this rain really fell, even if it couldn't solve the drought problem, it would also make Xu Boyi famous, wouldn't it be difficult to bring him down at that time?

"It's just a small punishment on him, but it has fulfilled his great reputation, isn't I cocooning myself?"

Thinking of Xu Boyi's triumphant and shameless face at that time, Ye Xiaotian's eyes rolled slightly......

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(To be continued......)