Xu Mingliang is right, these five points are indeed the most difficult to overcome in the whole post road, and it is time to take advantage of the beginning of the fortification and when the workers are full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm, they should be taken in one go.

However, these five points happen to be the key points to enter Lin County, either dangerous shoals or thousands of cliffs, the terrain is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not far from the winding mountain road leading to important villages and towns. If an enemy or puppet corpse enters Lin County, it will be the best place to block it.

Of course, this is just Xia Qiu's speculation, and we have to find a way to verify it.

Put away the map, Xia Qiu wanted to pick two good skills from the newcomer to protect Lord Lu closely.

Xu Mingliang didn't say a word, let the newcomers line up in the courtyard, and let Xia Qiu pick himself.

There are a total of fifty people, all of whom are temporarily recruited, and they will be placed in the post road to supervise the work after training. The qualifications are uneven, soft and not a few, and there are also strong ones, each of which is mixed.

Xia Qiu didn't pick the one that was satisfactory, so they all dispersed.

She glanced at Xu Mingming, "This time to recruit people, there is a lot of oil and water, right?" ”

Xu Mingliang sneered and said: "You can't hide anything from Sister Xia, your discerning eyes, our Qingshui Yamen, occasionally bumped into a dead fish and shrimp, so we should add food to ourselves." It's not enough to stuff your teeth, and you won't be able to look down on it. ”

"Don't go too far, take it easy." Xia Qiu pretended to be kind and reminded: "You and Lord Lu are both prosperous and lossy now, don't do anything like lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot." "Just his crooked thoughts, he still wants to fish in troubled waters under Lu Tingxiu's nose, but he is afraid that he will be sold and helps count the money.

"Sister Xie Xia reminded, I know." Xu Mingliang said attentively: "When are you free, I will invite you to drink." ”

"I won't drink the wine." Xia Qiu directly refused, "I still say the same thing, you did the errand beautifully, and the one that should belong to you will naturally come." ”

didn't do anything right, just thinking about the two fat differences between the county and the main book, no wonder Lu Tingxiu never promoted him, but his mind was impure and his ability was limited.

There was an urgent shortage of laborers for the construction of fortifications, and Lu Tingxiu hurriedly dealt with the official business at hand, planning to leave for Liangzhou tomorrow. When he went to Liangzhou, he had to make a detour to two of the construction points to check the progress of the construction period.

When I met the prefect, I naturally had to dress carefully, and it was still early to see that it was still early in the summer and autumn, and I planned to buy two outfits for Lu Ting.

Lu Tingxiu took Xia Qiu to Liangzhou, and the relationship between the two was revealed. Xia Qiu naturally couldn't let him drop the price, so he showed off his own dress, and even temporarily learned the rules of some high-ranking families, and walked with a bit of anticipation.

But Lu Tingxiu's face darkened, and he directly turned her away, "You are so high-profile, are you afraid that there will not be enough bandits on the road?" Went and changed my clothes. ”

He didn't take her to show her face, but as an attendant, he took care of his diet and daily life.

Man, what are they! Xia and Autumn were aggrieved, changed into simple men's clothes and set off again.

Lu Tingxiu left Wei Ge with Old Man Tu and took Xia Qiu to Liangzhou alone. I want to inspect the post road, and the road to Liangzhou is not easy to walk, so I specially hired a narrow-axle carriage in summer and autumn to make it safe.

The carriages and horses are simple, and the summer and autumn decorations are warm, not only covered with soft cushions but also prepared tea utensils and snacks.

Without the supervision of Old Man Tu, the two got into the car and hugged each other, and the carriage swayed in the direction of Liangzhou.

The weather was fine, the two of them were tired enough, Lu Tingxiu sat and read, and Xia Qiu shrank his body and slept on his thighs.

Lu Tingxiu lowered his head from time to time, looking at the sleeping summer and autumn with a smile, only feeling that the years were quiet and the people were beautiful and fragrant.

It was almost noon, passing through the mountains, and the carriage stopped at the foot of Wangniuling Mountain.

Not far away is a makeshift bamboo shed, where the yamen supervisors work and rest. At noon, on the steep mountain wall opposite, many middle-aged laborers tied ropes around their waists, slowly descended from the top of the cliff, used pickaxes to dig holes in the hard stone walls, and then buried black powder into the holes.

As a row of blast holes buried gunpowder, the laborers took refuge in a safe place, and then the sound of explosions followed.

Xia Qiu was awakened by the earth-shattering explosion, and Lu Tingxiu was no longer in the carriage.

Walking out of the carriage, Xia Qiu was shocked by the cliff opposite, and the post road carved out of the cliff for the carriage and horses to pass was as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Not to mention the difficulties of construction, the courage of the designers alone is appalling. She asked Xu Mingliang and said that the drawings of the post road were issued by the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court.

In fact, Xia Qiu didn't believe that unless the imperial court decided to build the post road a few years ago, and dared to have such an amazing design after many field trips, even if the Beijing officials dared to build a car behind closed doors, Lu Tingxiu would not dare to use it.

But for a long time, the imperial court had more than enough heart and strength to the turmoil in the southwest, and could only turn a blind eye, which led to the misery of the people in the southwest and the external turmoil.

Lin County used to belong to the three regardless of the zone, but it was the gateway to the southwest. Or the previous emperor had realized the importance of Lin County, so more than ten years ago, despite the opposition of the courtiers, Lin County was set up as a separate county, and then merged into the jurisdiction of Liangzhou.

It is said that it is under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou, but Linxian County retains the liuguan system, which can be regarded as breaking the hereditary local official system in the southwest and laying the lead for a complete solution to the turmoil in the southwest border.

Sending Houmen's son-in-law to Lin County for training, is the emperor too big and useless. Xia Qiu's suspicious gaze fell on Lu Tingxiu in the distance, and he became more and more sure that the construction of the post road was definitely not a temporary idea of the emperor, but had been planned for a long time.

Lu Tingxiu discussed the progress of the fortification with the stewards, and discussed it from time to time in the pergola.

Xia Qiu seemed to be bored wandering around, but in fact, he pricked up his ears to listen to the movement of the pergola.

Don't look at him as an official eunuch disciple who was born with a golden key and doesn't know the sufferings of the world, outsiders seem to be a gentleman who "why not eat minced meat", but in fact he has a unique view on the design of fortifications.

This made Xia Qiu quite surprised, this group of people seemed to be discussing, but in fact, Lu Tingxiu was making a decision to solve the problems encountered in the fortifications, but he was low-key and introverted, and his words were full of revelations, covering his edge and making others shine.

"Sister Xia, come and drink a bowl of water."

Liu Tong was transferred to duty earlier, and he was not qualified to participate in the deliberations, but his eyes were quite powerful, and he immediately ran over with a kettle to offer his courtesy.

Before Xia Qiu could speak, he had already introduced the situation of the fortifications endlessly, such as the laborers on the cliff, it was too troublesome to go up and down, three meals a day were solved on the cliff, some prisoners escaped at night, and the workers of the supervisors were arrested and returned.

After the gossip about the project, and talking about the village, Old Man Xia has rebuilt the house, and the whole family has changed their previous arrogance and is a man with their tails between their legs in the village.

When Xia Qiu impatiently sent him away, Lu Tingxiu was no longer in the pergola.

The man is gone!

Oops, many of the prisoners in the labor camp are Wu Tongxing's thugs, and they have long been dissatisfied with Lu Tingxiu.

Xia Qiu panicked, rushed to the pergola and asked the overseer, "What about Lord Lu?" ”

The overseer was stunned, "I went to the front with the chief laborer to inspect it." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden noisy and tumultuous sound from the front section.

Xia Qiu was busy running forward, and he didn't care about the rocks under his feet.