The granary was built very quickly, and it seems that this summer is very hot, so it must be completed as soon as possible before the summer heat arrives.

It is located at the border, and the winter is colder than that of the Central Plains, and the summer is also hotter than the Central Plains. Therefore, it is necessary to do what needs to be done in the hottest time, if the construction period is delayed until midsummer, then if you are not careful, someone on the construction site may suffer from heat stroke or even die.

This is not good for the county lord, although the county lord is paid, but the official makes a fuss about this matter, avoiding the important and trivial, saying that the county lord continued to rush to work because of the construction of houses, the requisition of local people, and the hot weather, resulting in the death of the hired worker. The guilt that sounds like a crime can be big or small, and compensation is inevitable, and maybe he will be punished for this incident.

In order to prevent cutting corners, Xining took a random time to see it in person.

As soon as she went out, she regretted it, it was too hot.

You must know that this is ancient times, you can't wear short skirts, you can wear long skirts, and there are two layers inside and out.

When you arrive at the construction site, even if you are wearing a hat, you can feel the sun shooting hot. This is still the summer solstice, and if you really go out in the summer heat, it will really heat people to death.

It is no wonder that the grain harvest of that year was poor, but the capital has surplus grain from previous years, and the problem is not big. It is to take advantage of the fact that the price of food has not risen yet, and buy more back.

On the construction site, they are rushing to work, and some people still hide in the shade under the trees to cool off.

When the foreman saw it, he immediately shouted for them all to get up and work.

Xining didn't stop it, after all, she wanted to see how this granary was built.

The granary is square in shape, covered with tiles, and the walls are made of fired red bricks. On the ground inside the granary, several layers of thick bluestone slabs are paved, and the terrain sits high. Grain is poured from the top of the silo until it is full.

There was a door left at the bottom, and when he took the grain, he opened the door, and the grain flowed out of it. When you have enough food, you can close the door.

Two workers were seen preparing something like lime, pouring thick water into it from time to time.

"What is this?" Hienin asked curiously.

Steward Xiao replied with a smile: "This is Jiangmi water, the north is called Jiangmi, and the south is called glutinous rice." Cook glutinous rice water, add lime and stir together to build a wall, and when the glutinous rice is dry, it will be extremely hard and difficult to collapse. ”

"It's still like this!" Xining turned and looked in the direction of the city gate.

Steward Xiao looked at it and quickly responded: "The city wall also uses this method." ”

Not only the city walls, but also the tombs should be used. At this time, the elder brother of the owner, the deceased son who was able to write and martial arts, and the outer wall of the place where he was lying should also use Jiangmi water.

Five hundred taels of silver, you can build a county lord's mansion, and now build three granaries. Steward Xiao knew that the silver would definitely not be spent, and if he cut corners, he would definitely be punished.

If the remaining silver is returned, the county lord will not allocate so much money in the future. So the best way is to work carefully, the city wall is to prevent the Huns, and the wall of this granary only needs to be anti-rat, and the granary wall of this Xiao steward is built as a city wall.

Okay, it's better to build a sturdy granary. You must know that the best way to attack and attack the city is to burn people's food. Such a strong granary, it is difficult to burn, and it is difficult to rob!

Xi Ning had an idea: "I wanted to see the city wall, but I didn't look at it carefully when I entered the city." ”

Want to see the city walls? This county lord still thought of a play.

But the county lord was full of interest, and he could only agree. Steward Xiao immediately called someone and asked someone to rush to the county magistrate Zhou, saying that the county lord wanted to visit the city wall. The man immediately rode to the county office.

Continuing to inspect the construction site, after a circle, Xining only felt sweaty all over. Hurriedly took the fan in the hand of Jing'er, who had been helping her fan all the time, took it into the hat tulle, and fanned herself.

The wind that can be fanned out is hot.

The people who went at this time also came back, holding the handwritten letter of the county magistrate of Zhou, and with this, they could go directly to the city guard and be introduced and received by the city guard. The reason is simple, the city guard is more familiar with the city wall than the county magistrate, and he is on duty there every day.

"Then go ahead!" Before getting into the car, Xining looked at the hot construction site.

That's not really hot, it's hot. "It's too hot in the afternoon, so it's still early in the morning until noon, and then the sun is not too hot," she said. ”

"Yes, county lord." Steward Xiao saluted.

And the foreman who saw him off next to him also saluted: "Thank you for the county shirt." ”

The ox cart traveled slowly, stopping once in between, and the driver asked the cow to drink.

Steward Xiao brought some ice bowls: "County Lord, eat something to cool off." ”

The ice bowl is made with ice shavings with boiled mung beans and sweet sugar water, and the ice is taken out of the ice cellar. When the water drips into ice in winter, pull the ice into a sealed ice cellar and close the door. When the door is opened in the summer, the ice energy is still there.

Just in time, she's dying of heat! Xining took the ice bowl, quickly picked up the small spoon and ate two bites, and immediately felt much better. Pull up the curtain, there is an ice shop diagonally opposite, and many people are buying ice bowls.

Everyone is buying ice, but she is still buying cotton clothes and charcoal.

There is no way, only she knows that this winter will be compared with the current summer. Let's plan ahead!

After Jing'er got the ice bowl, she got out of the car and sat in the front of the car to eat.

The water was drawn from the well and just poured into the drinking fountain. The cow buried its head in the "coo dong dong" and drank it in a big gulp, and even the cows and horses couldn't bear it on such a hot day.

Xining ate the ice bowl, looked out from the open car curtain, and asked curiously: "Is the water from the well here as good as the one in my house?" ”

Steward Xiao took the pu fan and fanned it vigorously, the county lord could eat it, but he didn't eat it but looked solemn: "The well in the house, the water is one of the best in the city." There are wells in almost every province, but not as many as in ours. ”

Xining thought for a while: "There are only three of us in the house!" ”

Steward Xiao responded: "The county lord has a good memory, and he really has three mouths." But most of the other houses only have one mouthful, and even some small houses don't have one mouthful, and you need to go out of the house to carry water to drink water. It is located in an arid area, and the well needs to be drilled very deep to have water, and some people who do not know how to drill the well are wrongly identified, and they cannot get a drop of water out of a single digger. In the whole city, there are four squares and ten streets, and there are only ten wells in total. ”

"In this way, it seems that the place where I live is really outstanding." Xining happily continued to eat the ice bowl. Eat quickly, the ice melts quickly.

After eating, Steward Xiao returned the bowl to the ice shop. And the oxen had drunk enough water and continued to the city gate.

When he arrived at the city gate, the city guard took the bamboo slips, and when he saw that it was the handwritten letter of the county magistrate Zhou, he immediately ran over from under the shade of the tree to salute and greet him.

Xining got out of the car: "It's weird to hide in the house, come out and breathe." If you want to see the city wall, you have to work. ”

"Where, where! The county lord came, and the officials were honored. The city guard muttered in his heart, on a hot day, he ran out to breathe. Breathable air?

Also look at the city wall, what is there to see about the city wall. Okay, the county lord is happy, then accompany and watch!