"Zhao Guanren, what you said about repairing the canal is excellent. This matter has been said more than a dozen times over the years, but each time it has not been successful. Can it really be done this time? "In the northernmost village in the Xinghuaping area, the first household in the village looked sad.

"Cai Yuanwai, I heard that your daughter married to Mulanpi." Zhao Jiaren didn't ask hard.

“…… Both of my daughters are married to Mulanpi. "There is bitterness in the first household language of the surname Cai.

"Cai Yuanwai, I also heard that your family Saburo has not been married yet." Zhao Jiaren continued to detour tactics.

“…… But so. The first household surnamed Cai had a bitter voice.

"There are quite a few like you north of Mulanpi." Zhao Jiaren is still going around in circles.

"Alas......" the head of the Cai family sighed.

Zhao Jiaren smiled slightly and said loudly: "Don't sigh." If we wait to repair the north canal, we will only need to divert water. Cai Yuanwai really thinks that the in-laws over there in Mulan Pi will give you no water? ”

"Rely on me to repair the canal?" The first household surnamed Cai was stunned for a moment, and then sighed longer, "Hi...... Zhao Guanren, there are more people in Mulan Pi than us, and it is more convenient than us to build canals. To build a canal with us, we have to dig through the mountains and cut stones. It's much harder than Mulanpi. When Mulan Pi was repaired, the government also invited many high-ranking people. It will take me ten years to wait. ”

After talking about the difficulty of repairing the canal, the first household surnamed Cai couldn't continue, so he only shook his head again and again.

Zhao Jiaren persuaded: "People must help themselves, and then God will help them." We will dig the rocks and repair the canals. When there was only time left to ask for water, the local fathers and elders in Mulan Pi saw that we were so self-reliant, and they only needed to help each other after a little help. They will be happy to see it. If we are not self-reliant, and people think that we are unreliable, then we really have no future. ”

The first household surnamed Cai is also in his forties, and he was persuaded by a woolly doll to condescendingly persuade him, he was bored and couldn't hold his face. Seeing that Zhao Jiaren did not put on an official show, Cai Shouhu simply took Zhao Jiaren to the outside of the village. There is a small river passing by here. At one bend, a high wall of boulder blocked it. Cai Shouhu led Zhao Jiaren to climb the rock, pointed to the other side and said: "If this place can be opened, the stream from there can be collected with the stream from here." The fields in my village are not afraid of water shortage even on dry days, and they are not afraid of flooding on rainy days. But I waited for a long time, but I couldn't chisel it. ”

Zhao Jiaren stomped on the huge rock under his feet with his foot, feeling that his movements were like grasshoppers shaking a tree, and the rocks did not move at all. He asked, "If I can move this big stone, will Cai Yuan lead the people in the village to build the canal together?" ”

Cai Shouhu glanced at Zhao Jiaren, "If Zhao Daguan can do it, the old man will have to repair the canal after exhausting his belongings." ”

Although the title of 'Zhao Daguanren' was full of ridicule, Zhao Jiaren didn't care.

"A good man's spit is a nail. The matter of exhausting the belongings is a joke, but it still needs Cai Yuan's strong contribution. Zhao Jiaren resisted Cai Shouhu with words.

Cai Shouhu wanted to snort coldly, but he felt that Zhao Jiaren's doll was unreasonable, and he didn't even have the heart to snort coldly.

More than an hour later, Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Yong each carried a drill, the drill bit was pressed against the rock, and the crank of the drill was vigorously shaken. Even if the stone was hard enough, several holes were drilled at the insistence of the two of them.

After all, this is manual labor, Zhao Jiaren sweated and drilled a hole, and Zhao Yong completed three. Both of them have a headband wrapped around their heads, and at first glance they look like Japanese samurai in the movie. Perhaps it was during the Xiaoice period, and the hairband on the head was a common tradition in the Song Dynasty, and the Japanese learned to wrap the headband from China.

The subordinates of the two county lieutenants next to him were guarding the fire. Zhao Jiaren, the county lieutenant of the doll, is eccentric, does not put on an official show, and does not play official prestige. However, doing manual work by hand has gone beyond the level of weirdness and has entered the point of appalling. These two subordinates did not want to stand idly by, but were too frightened to participate. If you make a mistake, you will be scolded and punished by the county lieutenant.

Seeing that Zhao Jiaren finally stopped, his subordinates hurriedly came over and said cautiously: "County Lieutenant Zhao, if there is anything you want our brother to do, you can just give orders." ”

"We'll take turns drilling in a moment." Zhao Jiaren gasped and said. He and Zhao Yong moved the fire away first, extinguishing the sparks left on the ground. Spread a thick burlap mat over that position and sit cross-legged on the burlap mat. Winters are harder in the south than in the north, although the temperature is lower and the humidity is low. If there is a fire kang, it is very warm. Now, even if there is no ondol, the warm ground makes the two of them feel much more comfortable working in the field.

"We'll go now." The two subordinates hurriedly asked for help.

"Not now." Zhao Jiaren said. He rested for a moment, and then went to the brook to stir up the gunpowder that had been placed there. The explosive power of granular gunpowder is quite good, and if you want to detonate more effectively, you need a detonator. Theoretically, it is best to use a detonator for the detonator, but Zhao Jiaren didn't, so he could only be a guy like a cannon to make a detonator.

Feeling uneasy in his heart, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but think that as long as he had the opportunity, he would make an electric detonation. It is not difficult to detonate electrically, that is, to turn the fuse of the gunpowder core into a heating wire controlled by wires. As a doctor, you are always exposed to industrial injuries. In many medical cases, it is an industrial injury. The explosion in the fuse era is easy to kill, and a large factor is because the fuse is unreliable.

Zhao Jiaren was lucky, the detonator and explosives played well in the next blasting work, at least after the detonation, they exploded as expected. Two of his men shuddered at the loud noise.

After the explosion, they followed Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Yong to the vicinity of the blasting point. I saw Zhao Yong talking about the sledgehammer smashing at the blasting place, and the solid rock that was supposed to stand still under the hammer appeared after a few slams. After a few more blows, a large piece of rock shattered, and a large pit appeared on the rock.

Waiting for Zhao Yong to stop hammering rocks, Zhao Jiaren handed the punch in his hand to the two subordinates, "Come, I'll teach you how to use this thing." ”

After a while, Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Yong sat on a thick linen mat with residual heat, watching as the two subordinates unfamiliarly operated the drill to punch holes in the rock. Zhao Yong praised: "Childe, the craftsmanship of that Gusu Zhou blacksmith is really good. ”

Zhao Jiaren nodded, these sets of steel drills cost him a lot of money, but they basically reached a satisfactory level. Zhou's blacksmith's craftsmanship was no worse than 'twenty years later', and Zhao Jiaren felt that it was a great joy.

"Childe, your method is really good." Zhao Yong praised from the bottom of his heart.

"You've made a big contribution." Zhao Jiaren also praised it. Before seeing the American drama "Prison Break", Zhao Jiaren had heard of Hooker's Law at most, and knew nothing about its content. Even after watching "Prison Break", Zhao Jiaren only knows that digging a few holes in one place can make the entire wall easier to destroy. He can only do it according to this principle indiscriminately, as for whether the chisel is appropriate, Zhao Jiaren doesn't know at all. At this time, only Zhao Yong can be one with Zhao Jiaren.

Listening to Zhao Jiaren's praise, Zhao Yong was a little embarrassed. The third son, Zhao Jiaren, is approachable and will never ignore Zhao Yong's efforts. His efforts can always be recognized, and Zhao Yong likes to be with Zhao Jiaren very much. Zhao Jiaren's praise, how to listen to it doesn't make Zhao Yong feel unhappy.

At this moment, Cai Shouhu came over with his family and several villagers. From the moment Zhao Jiaren put on a hemp coat and sweated like rain to drill holes in the rocks, there were curious villagers who came to watch the excitement. When Zhao Jiaren began to use explosives, the frightened villagers immediately ran back to the village. Now there are far many villagers who watch the excitement, but Cai Shouhu is a few who come directly like this.

Looking at the big pit on the rock, Cai Shouhu wanted to speak and stopped. Sincerely, he never expected the county lieutenant to work without saying a word. Cai Shouhu is not a fool, he knows that it is really inconvenient for him to speak at this time. If it is a start, Zhao Jiaren will climb along the pole. This young county lieutenant really doesn't look like a good stubble, and Cai Shouhu doesn't dare to ask for trouble.

It's not appropriate to speak, it's not appropriate not to speak, Cai Shouhu spoke, "Zhao Guanren, I'll make you some tea and prepare something to eat." ”

"How much copper does it cost you to do this kind of stone-smashing work?" Zhao Jiaren asked Cai Shouhu.

Cai Shouhu saw that Zhao Jiaren really climbed the pole, and replied resignedly: "If you want to employ people, my family can send two people." ”

Zhao Jiaren hurriedly waved his hand, "You don't need to send someone." I ask you, how much does it cost you to spend a day smashing stones and moving stones? I don't work in vain, give money, give copper money. ”

After more than half an hour, Zhao Jiaren selected four people from the group of people who signed up, and looked at Mu Ne's honest strong labor. First, I taught them how to punch holes, but two of them were not clever enough and had no confidence at all. Zhao Jiaren picked four more people and found two of them who learned faster.

This group of twelve people began to work, four of the eight villagers punched holes, and Zhao Jiaren led Zhao Yong to prepare for blasting. They work on two sides, digging holes on one side and blasting them, while clearing stones and resting on the other side.

Small holes, small pits, large holes, large pits. Over the next two days, the excavation progressed very quickly. On the third day, Cai Shouhu led the elders in the village to the construction site to meet Zhao Jiaren, and after the meeting, Cai Shouhu first pointed to the elders, and then said to Zhao Jiaren: "Zhao Guanren, the old people in the village told me to dig a canal with you. Once this canal is completed, not only will our lives be better, but the village dolls will no longer have to worry about not being able to eat. Zhao Guanren, from today onwards, we will only listen to your orders. ”

Zhao Jiaren breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he didn't say hello, but went straight to the point, "That's it, very good." I'm going to pick four more people. On one side of the drilling, the other side uses a chisel to chisel off the stones that are easy to chisel off. It's a lot of work. ”

Five days later, instead of being blown away, the huge rock was dug out of a large hole. The people quickly built a small dam out of rocks and dirt and led the stream on the other side of the rock. After the two streams merged, the stream that looked like 'Chanjuan' at first became stronger, the boiling water seemed to be much more muddy, the width and volume of the stream also increased a lot, and the sound of the flowing water changed from gurgling to rumbling.

Zhao Jiaren did not participate in the celebration work, and he came out for a while this time. After spending another six days on the excavation work, it was necessary to hurry back to the work in Putian. Even if Zhao Jiaren is covered by Fuzhou Zhizhou, and Zuo Xiang Ding Danian is the backer. But you have to respect your immediate boss no matter what.

"Zhao Daguanren." This time, there was no ridicule in Cai Shouhu's title, "I hope you can come back as soon as possible." This is a thank you gift from our village, and we ask you to take it home. ”

The thank you gift is a roast suckling pig, and for Fujian people, this gift must not be called light.

Zhao Jiaren took the thank you gift and embarked on the return road back to the Xinghua Army. Hurry up and hurry, they only took one day to rush back to the Xinghua army. Before marching into Putian County, Zhao Jiaren gave two subordinates two denominations consistent with each other. "You two have worked hard. This pig should have been given to the two of them, but I want to give this pig to the Zhijun. I hope you will forgive me. ”

The two of them put it off for a while, and when they saw that Zhao Jiaren didn't mean anything else, they put the money in their arms. Then he lifted the roast suckling pig and followed Zhao Jiaren straight to the Zhijun Yamen.

Along the way, everyone looked at this gift that could not be considered a very thin gift, and even Zhijun was surprised when he saw this roast suckling pig. Zhao Jiaren stepped forward and saluted: "Pei Zhijun, this is a gift from Cai's shop in the Xinghua Army." ”