When Ye Chang returned to Wu Zepi, his project had already begun.

Although the others were not there, they had already assigned things yesterday, the leaders of each group went to work with their own people, the patrol group specially led people to check whether there was any danger, and Ye Dan took those old and weak to do a good job of logistics support. Therefore, when Ye Chang arrived, he only saw that the fire was everywhere in the valley, and the voices were boiling.

Setting fire to the mountain is the fastest way to open the road and reclaim the land at this time, because of the proper grouping and attention to safety, so in a morning's work, several roads deep in the valley have been burned out. Then, according to Ye Chang's idea, everyone took advantage of the tricks, sawed down the burned tree trunks, cut them one by one, and used the falcon to make them into small wooden rows, paving the ground where the embers had not been harvested, forming a relatively flat path.

On this trail, it is much more convenient for both pedestrians and cars.

"Eleven Lang, your method is really effective, it is only a morning's work, and it has already become like this!" Seeing him come back, Ye Dan said happily: "Originally, I thought it would take two or three days to achieve it, but it turned out to be done in the morning!" ”

"Sect Leader doesn't want to think about it, Eleven Lang is a Bodhisattva who can even be moved, but he is the second disciple of Sun Lao Immortal, so he naturally has some magical powers!" Ye Yan said with a smile on the side.

Ye Chang smiled and made a group gesture and thanked the neighbors who came to help.

The next progress was very fast as Ye Chang expected, it was only ten days of hard work, the situation in the valley had begun to take shape, and then it was digging foundations and ramming earth walls, these things were handed over to several groups of people to do in turn, which originally took four or five days to complete, but it was completed in one day. It was a little troublesome to put up the beams and lay the tiles, but it only took seven days to build the house.

Strange to say, on the night of Shangliang, Xiuwu County fell the first rain in more than two months, although the rain was not too big, but to a certain extent alleviated the drought, that is, the stream water was more abundant.

After this rain, the burned place began to green again, Ye Chang took advantage of the wet ground after the rain, and asked everyone to help, and opened a field of about two acres in a suitable place in the valley.

At this time, even if the main project is completed, the next construction of the water mill will not need so many people now. But Ye Chang didn't let everyone disperse, but began to open mountains and take stones to build roads.

At this time, the method of taking stones is to first take fire and burn them on the rocks, and then pour a large amount of cold water on the stones when they are extremely hot. Using the principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction, the rock is cracked, and then the stone is chiseled according to the crack. The process is difficult and cumbersome, but it is safer than using gunpowder. Ye Chang naturally knew the formula of gunpowder, and he even knew that the current era of the Dao was the time when the alchemy Taoists of the Tang Dynasty invented gunpowder. However, for the time being, he is not ready to take it out, because of this epoch-making tool, he does not have the strength to protect this formula for the time being.

There is no strength to protect yourself.

Ye Chang can imagine that after understanding the effect of gunpowder, whether it is the gate valve magnate behind the wealthy businessmen, the Li Tang clan, or even the border generals, they will not hesitate to tie him up and force him to hand over the formula. With a little vision, it will leave him alive and detain him to be tasked with improving the formula. Short-sightedly killed him directly - and all the people related to him who might know the recipe of the Dao, such a thing as extinguishing the mouth is not only done by the wicked.

"If you want to pave this road completely with gravel, it will take a lot of time." Seeing that it took ten days of hard work, and the road was only paved for about a mile, Ye Dan sighed.

"When there are fewer people, progress slows down. In fact, I build roads secondly, and the most important thing is in such a project, so that our villagers can learn how to co-ordinate. Since then, everyone has a brain, whether it is paving roads and bridges, or digging ditches to divert water. Ye Chang was not sad: "Only this kind of work is the most temperable." Putting this matter aside for the time being, the so-called sitting and eating nothing, now the money in my hands is a little inadequate, and I have to think of something to find some input. ”

Ye Dan puffed up when he said this, although Ye Chang spent a lot of money in the past 20 days, but others gave a lot, and he still had at least 30 yuan in his hand, and if he saved some money, it was enough to live a good life for two years. And now Ye Dan is a little superstitious about Ye Chang, and he always feels that someone will send money to Ye Chang one day.

"You'd better build the mountain gate first." Ye Dan pointed to the entrance of the valley: "Didn't you say that you want to build an archway gate and a water gate here?" ”

"I am interested in this, but the stone archway costs a lot of money, and it is too cheesy, I still build a wooden archway to make do with it first, and I have already drawn the drawing, just waiting for Uncle Kui's side to be free."

"He? The research water mill is almost faint, and only you, a loser, are willing to spend so much money to practice for him. ”

In Ye Chang's call, Ye Yan should be the most reliable carpenter in a short period of time, and Shui Huang can only rely on him, so he has prepared sufficient materials for him to practice. It's just that Ye Yan's talent in this area is really limited, and after studying for so long, the results are still blank.

Ye Chang was about to say more, when he suddenly saw a horse rushing towards this side. Although Wu Zepi also had mules and horses coming and going, there were not many people who drove horses and galloped like this, Ye Chang frowned, and for some reason in his heart, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Immediately, the figure of the person was a little familiar, and soon Ye Chang recognized it, looking for Yang Lin Xi.

It is said that Qin Qinshou has returned to his hometown in Qinyang to preside over the sale of folding fans to Chang'an, leaving only Lin Xitao here, whose main role is to keep in touch with Ye Chang. Ye Chang's heart jumped suddenly: Could it be that there was a mistake in his suggestion to Qin Qinshou, and he sent Lin Xiqi to ask for advice on how to deal with it?

Lin Xiqi came to him and immediately dismounted, bowing down and saying loudly: "Ye Langjun, Ye Langjun, Brother Ling has an accident!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ye Changxin suddenly grabbed in one place.

The "Brother Ling" that Lin Xiqi said must be referring to Ye Shu, what made Lin Xiqi so anxious to come here must not be a trivial matter!

Ye Shu is now in Chang'an, which is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the first good place, something happened there, no matter how resourceful Ye Chang is, he can't reach it.

"Get up, talk to me, what's going on?" Ye Chang pulled him up.

"This is the letter of the Lord." Lin Xiqi took out a letter and handed it to Ye Chang.

Ye Dan next to him stretched his neck and came over to probe his brain, what the letter said was a huge bad news, Ye Chang's brother Ye Shu had unfortunately died.

Seeing this, Ye Dan sighed, he turned his face to look at Ye Chang sideways, and found that Ye Chang's expression was still very calm. But when he looked at the letter again, he found that Ye Chang's hand was shaking quite violently.

He trembled so badly that he couldn't even read the words on the page. Ye Chang calmed down, took a breath, and picked up the letter again, but his hands were still shaking.

It stands to reason that he hasn't been with Ye Shu for a long time, and he shouldn't have had such a relationship. But maybe it was the consciousness of the real Ye Chang who remained in this body, or maybe he didn't expect that within a few months of this life, he would encounter the abnormal death of his relatives and he couldn't do anything about it, which reminded him of some of the pain of his previous life.

"Eleven Lang, don't be sad, the plan now is how to talk to your sister-in-law about this." Ye Dan was old after all, patted him on the shoulder behind him, sighed, and then took the letter from Ye Chang's hand.

After the letter was taken away, Ye Chang let out a long breath as if the burden on his body had been taken away. He sat straight on the floor, which was at odds with his usual image of a love of cleanliness.

The murder of Ye Shu is very simple to say, it is to die of being forced to die.

Qin Qinshou was very sorry in the letter, but he didn't say what it was that Ling forced Ye Shu to his death, but only said that it was Ling of the powerful, and as for who the powerful were, he didn't say a word. Although the Qin family is a big surname in Qinyang and has a certain influence in the local area, it can still only be regarded as a poor family compared to the real wang family. Therefore, when they arrived in Chang'an, their abilities were limited and they couldn't give Ye Chang much help.

didn't point out who did it, not intentionally to hide it, but to give Ye Chang a reminder very implicitly: the other party is very strong, so strong that he can't fight at all, so don't expect to be able to retaliate.

"Now your brother's body is still in the Qinglong Temple in Chang'an City, and the people of the Qin family are taking care of the aftermath. Qin Qinshou asked you, do you want to welcome your brother back, or does he choose an auspicious place to bury him? ”

Ye Chang didn't answer, he looked into the distance in a daze.

After realizing that he had come to this era, Ye Chang once set an ambition to let both those who care for him and the people he care for can live a good life. This is not too ambitious, but even such an ambition, not long after he set it, there was a serious setback.

Ye Shu doesn't talk much, and he is also a little cowardly, but Ye Chang can still deeply understand his brotherhood. Perhaps under the pressure of the clan, it was Ye Shu's guilt in his life to let him come to the three branches to act as his heir, but he really hoped that Ye Chang could live a better life.

When leaving, Ye Shu also told him to beware of Changzhi's plot.

But he never thought that Changzhi couldn't help Ye Chang, and he himself died in another country.

"Eleven Lang, Eleven Lang, you must mourn, now your three rooms, the long branch is rotten, two branches and three branches, just you are the one who supports the beam, you have to stabilize God." Seeing him like this, Ye Dan couldn't help but panic.

It's not just the third room, their Wu Ze Ye family's hopes can be said to be on Ye Chang, if Ye Chang has any accident, then the Ye family will not want to surpass the Liu family in one or two generations.

Ye Chang reluctantly raised his head, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Don't worry, uncle, don't worry." ”

Though he had said so, he did not stand up.

Lin Xitian next to him was a little anxious, he was irritable, not Qin Qinshou, and ordinary people couldn't suppress him. For Ye Chang, he also has some respect for him now, so he opened his mouth and said: "Isn't Ye Langjun an immortal, please be an immortal!" It's useless to sit here and cry, you can't cry your brother, and you can't cry to death your enemy."

Ye Chang's eyes suddenly lit up.

Immortals or something, he doesn't understand, but the various means of later generations, in this era, aren't they just immortal magic? No matter how powerful those powerful people are, with those means, they will eventually surpass them, and at that time, if they want to avenge their brother, isn't it a matter of effort?

"Eleven Lang, are you better?" Ye Dan also asked.

"It doesn't matter." Ye Chang rubbed his face vigorously, making his face look better: "What do I think now...... How do you tell my sister-in-law ......?"

Ye Shu's affairs can't be concealed if you want to, and there are several other people who went to Beijing with Ye Shu, so they will naturally ask someone to bring a message home. And according to the time, more than a month has passed now, and their service deadline is approaching, and they should also return to their hometown.

Fang is busy cleaning at home, she is an idle person, in the whole Wu Zepi, her house is the cleanest. Not only her small house, but also the surrounding public places, she will clean it every day.

When Ye Chang arrived in front of this small mansion, he stopped.

The house of the second branch is about half smaller than the third branch, Ye Shu's family lives a little crowded, in the past, Ye Chang didn't feel it, but today Ye Chang suddenly had a sigh.

Gently pull the knocker and there is a thumping sound. After a while, Ye Chang heard a childish voice and said hurriedly: "I'll open it, A-Niang, I'll open it!" ”

Because Ye Shu is not at home, these days, the Fang family has closed the door, and the scoundrels in the village do not put the Ye family in their eyes, but also take into account the name of Ye Chang now, but no one dares to come up to provoke. It was the little slave who came to open the door, and it took a great deal of effort for him to pull the latch open, and then open the door.

"It's Uncle, it's Uncle Eleven!" The slave shouted happily, and then frowned again: "I thought it was Daddy coming back, Auntie said that Daddy was coming back!" ”

Ye Chang's heart beat wildly again, he squatted down and touched the head of the slave: "Daddy won't be able to come back for a while, he asked people to say to the slave, you are the only man in the family, you have to be a family and protect Grandma and Xiaoniang." ”

Xiao Jinu's eyes rolled around, and he looked like an adult: "That's nature!" ”

"Bang!"

Before the words of the slave fell, there was a sound of an object falling to the ground next to him, Ye Chang raised his head and saw his sister-in-law Fang's face pale, her body was shaky, and she was standing there, like a weak willow in the wind.

"Sister-in-law...... Child! Ye Chang muttered.

Fang squatted down and picked up the fallen needlework, ignored Ye Chang, and didn't stand up for a long time. Ye Chang saw a drop of crystal water as big as a bean falling, dripping on the ground in front of her.

"I'll leave for Chang'an tomorrow." Ye Chang's dry voice sounded.

He had long known that the Dao Fang clan was intelligent, and it was by no means beyond the reach of ordinary women, but he never thought that she would be so smart. Just from what she said to Xiao Jinu, she noticed something unusual!

"You...... What's going on? ”

"My friend wrote to me that something had happened to my brother." After all, Ye Chang couldn't bear to tell Ye Shu's death directly.

"I know the truth...... Chang'an is by no means a good place...... I know the way, Chang'an...... Oh, my God! ”