A few years ago, Tang Tong was called the city gate to lead the yamen to discuss matters, and the cabinet wanted to organize the military discipline of the city gates in the capital during the New Year's Festival, and strictly ordered the military department to go down to the city gates from time to time to inspect. Tang Tong didn't dare to take it lightly, and immediately announced that whether it was an officer or a soldier, everyone should be on duty during the day for training, and they should not slip and sleep at night.

In order to warn everyone that sometimes they come to raid the post at night, the city gate goes very often, which is the most important thing. Eating and practicing with the soldiers, Tang Tong's prestige among the soldiers is very high, and Tang Tong is worried about whether he will have strict military discipline and strict duty when he is not there. Tang Tong secretly hid not far from the city gate to observe, and found that there was no big difference from when he was there, this time he finally put his mind at ease, and he was not afraid of the military department to come to investigate and secretly visit.

The people from the military department did not come, but a big man came. One day, Mr. Bai, who was on duty, reported that Lord Hubu Shangshuxiong Weifu took a carriage out of Xidingmen and went in the direction of Guangji Bridge. Guangji Bridge toll for nearly half a year, about 50,000 people, cars and horses passing here, a day of tax steadily more than 220 taels, so a year of more than 80,000 tax silver, can the household not be red? Tang Tong's intention was two years later, but he didn't expect the household department to target it so quickly, this big week's financial officer is really a lot of ears and eyes, and he smells the smell of patina. Now Lord Shang of the military department wants to vomit blood, this is not something Tang Tong can manage, let them go dog eat dog. Tang Tong felt that this was the best opportunity to get close to the Great Zhou God of Wealth, so he rode out of Xidingmen in military uniform and chased in the direction of Guangji Bridge.

Soon came to the Guangji Bridge, only to see the toll officers and soldiers of the military department, not allowing a carriage to go over and argue. Tang Tong got off the horse and saw that it was Lord Xiong's carriage, but he didn't expect that the dignified second-class member was humiliated by a few unpopular officials. The reason is this, Lord Xiong is traveling for private matters this time, coupled with the checkpoint of the household department, he has also received bridge tolls from many officials who travel for private purposes, and his top boss Shang Chengjie has also suffered. These little officials know that if they let them go like this, it is equivalent to slapping the face of the secretary of the military department, and they will be scolded by their own book.

Mr. Xiong refused to pay the toll because it was within the purview of the household department. The two sides were at a stalemate, Tang Tong looked at a carriage with ten wen, four guards and a coachman, and there was a master and Xiong Shangshu in the car, a total of seven people, fourteen wen, Tang Tong turned around and paid the twenty-four wen bridge toll.

came to Xiong Shangshu, who was standing next to the carriage, and saluted: "Tang Tong, the commander of Xidingmen, has seen Lord Xiong!" Adults can go over.", although he has never formally dealt with the God of Wealth of the Great Zhou, he has also saluted when he was in the military department, but there were too many officials at that time, and his official position was too small, so he never entered his eyes.

Xiong Daoyun looked at Tang Tong, waved to the coachman and said, "You are the captain of the bun?"

Tang Tong replied respectfully, "Exactly!", seeing Xiong Shangshu walking with the carriage, he immediately went to lead the horse to catch up with Xiong Shangshu, "Let the lower official send the adult!".

After crossing the bridge and seeing the open road, Xiong Shangshu suddenly asked: "Such a wide road and bridge are all the credit of Tang Duwei, I don't know how much silver it costs?".

Tang Tong now completely understands the purpose of Xiong Dao's transportation here, and this road can no longer be saved. After thinking about it, he said slyly; "It's not me who takes care of the accounts, I heard that it cost 500,000 taels of silver.".

Xiong Shangshu saw that Tang Tongtong heard the word, he was very sleek, obviously he did it himself, how could he not know. So he said tentatively: "Last year, the household department was indeed short of money, and Cao Ge always wanted to be embarrassed to go to the military department, but he didn't expect that there was such a capable person as Tang in the military department.".

Tang Tong lowered his head and complimented, "Lord Xiong has won the prize!".

Xiong Shangshu just heard some things about Tang Tong, in order to confirm, "Lord Tang is from the Prince's Mansion?", his eyes were fixed on him, as if he wanted to see through his heart.

Tang Tong hurriedly waved his hands and saluted, "Xia Guan followed Chen Qin's powerful people in Xuanfu.".

Xiong Shangshu couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder he was picked off, doesn't Lord Tang feel wronged?".

Tang Tong didn't reveal his thoughts, and replied: "Lord Shang is good to me, it's not that my cronies can be promoted, I'm already very content.", Xiong Shangshu thought about it, and it was also good to be able to climb up in the officialdom of this faction.

As he spoke, he came to the bottom of a large mountain, and suddenly the carriage could not move. Xiong Shangshu pointed to the road ahead, "Lord Tang, can you introduce the hillside in front, how did you create a miracle?".

"Lord Xiong said and laughed, the road in front of the hillside is narrow, can not pass two carriages, such as the opening of the mountain project is too large, the local materials can only pass one side of the people and the carriage plus the other side of the people, the last carriage to put a sign with the word open, it is forbidden to pass. After arriving at the main road, the cars and horses on the other side passed, and only the cars and horses were not limited to people, and the problem of congestion was solved.", Tang Tong explained very specifically, this is not something that ordinary people can think of, and it is also showing off his achievements.

Xiong Daoyun couldn't help but appreciate, "When the outer city was built in the past, I also wanted to open a road from now on, but the project was too big and there was a landslide, how did you solve the landslide?".

Tang Tong patiently explained, "This is difficult to solve, I only build the mountain into a slope type, so that the probability of landslides is less, and then it is up to God not to send flash floods.".

Xiong Shangshu laughed when he heard this, "This road is made of grain!".

"When people are hungry, food is more useful than silver.", Tang Tong said with humor and was also very practical.

At this time, the carriage in front began to move forward, because there were too many carriages and horses in front, when Xiong Daoyun's carriage just arrived at the narrow pass, Tang Tong saw the soldiers on duty, and wanted to hang the open card on the second carriage in front, so he went up and took the card to hang on Xiong Shangshu's carriage, it was his own soldiers, and they also showed favor to Tang Tong, so that they did not have to wait for the next batch.

Seeing that there were still people building roads along the way, Xiong Daoyun asked incomprehensibly, "What's going on?".

"These are all volunteered to stay, and there are those who can't afford to pay the bridge toll and are working to offset the fee, and some of them stay while they are doing it, and they can't go hungry when they have a bowl of rice.".

Xiong Daoyun stroked his beard and admired it very much, "It's really yours!".

"People are different, as long as the person who can't eat enough has something to eat, he feels very satisfied, and besides, there is food and shelter here, it is heaven for these people.".

Xiong Daoyun asked a little worriedly: "If you cultivate it slowly like this, when will it be repaired?"

Tang Tong showed a very optimistic expression, "As long as I am on this day, I will urge them to do it, there will always be a successful day, what you want is perseverance.", and pointed to the mountain col below, "You see that many people have settled here, working here during the day, planting some melons, fruits and vegetables, picking up some dried fruits and wild vegetables, this is the public mountain, no one drives them away, but they are also free!".

Xiong Daoyun doesn't pay attention to these people, but cares about Tang Tong's strength, a kind of perseverance that does not admit defeat and perseveres to the end.

This narrow road is more than five miles, and it doesn't take long to reach the main road. The soldier on duty came over to get a sign and saluted Tang Tong, "Lord Duwei!", it seems that he doesn't know Xiong Shangshu.

Tang Tong saluted Xiong Daoran, "Lord Shangshu! The next official will not be sent far, and the adults will go all the way!".

At this time, a voice came, "Let's go to Fengkou Town and turn back, this master still has something to ask Tang Duwei.", the master sitting in the car, got out of the car and waited in front.

Xiong Shangshu immediately followed the master's words, "I'll go to the neighborhood to have a look, there is Lord Lao Tang and the master to talk!", after speaking, he flashed to the front and observed the surrounding situation with great interest.

Of the four guards who had been following the carriage, two were in front and two were standing in the back. Talking to Xiong Shangshu, I didn't think that there was a master sitting in the car, Xiong Shangshu was walking, and he was still sitting in the car. It seems that he is not a master, Tang Tong looked at him carefully, he was younger than Xiong Shangshu in his fifties, his face was thin and his spirit was slightly tired, Tang Tong seemed to have seen this person somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while. Even Xiong Shangshu dodged. It can only be a royal line. At this time, the coachman in front looked back and saw that he had no beard, he was a eunuch. So who is this man? A name poured into Tang Tong's heart, and he couldn't help but shudder, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

When the master saw Tang Tong approaching, he pointed to the narrow road behind him and said to him: "Tang Duwei, the household department wants to widen this road, what do you think?", his eyes were looking at Tang Tong's face, as if verifying the authenticity.

The two words that poured into my heart can only be suppressed, even if it is true, now I can only regard him as a master, Yu replied: "Don't look at only expanding by one-third, to build the mountain into a slope, the amount of work will be more than doubled, plus the fixed landslide-prone project, roughly equivalent to three or four times the amount of work to repair this section of the road, the problem is to start construction without affecting the traffic.".

The master stared at Tang Tong and asked, "Do you have any good opinions?".

Tang Tong had actually thought about this problem for a long time, and said confidently: "My idea is not too mature, and I can't start work in the whole section. The safest way is to divide into two groups from the two ends to meet and repair, if you want to speed up the division into four groups, the middle section plus two groups to repair the head, which may block the road, but it is much better than starting the whole section.".

The master praised it, "That's a good idea!".

At this time, the eight of them were already walking forward, and Tang Tong simply pretended to be confused, "This is the master's idea!" In this way, the household can justifiably take back the right to collect the toll on the road.".

The master was very surprised, "I really doubt that you are really a martial artist, and you have the mind of a literati.".

Tang Tong simply handed over his bottom, "I was originally a literati, passing by Xuanfu and being arrested as a soldier, after thirteen years of killing, the atmosphere of the literati has long been gone, and a civil and military person was mixed up in Xuanfu, ready to participate in next year's literary examination.".

The master suddenly understood and smiled and said, "Oh! Will you win?".

Tang Tong showed confidence, "I don't dare to say that I am in the first grade, I am still sure that I will enter the second grade, but I am worried that the examiners will see me as a martial artist, and they will all do so well in the exam, and their faces will not be able to hang up, and they will throw me to the top three.", Tang Tong said that he laughed first. Seeing that the master had a serious face, he immediately waved his hand again and said, "Master! I'm talking about playing, don't be today.".

The master also smiled and said, "I'm also listening to play.".

"Master, do you know? When I was arrested by the Xuanfu soldiers, the knife was on my neck, and others were so scared that I peed my pants, and I was scared out of my and pee.", seeing that the master's face was surprised, he paused for a while and said, "Because I had diarrhea that day.", Tang Tong hugged his belly and laughed after speaking.

The master thought it was funny and laughed along. The laughter stopped, Tang Tong continued: "Actually, now I am quite grateful to the soldier who captured me, it was he who made me a warrior with both blood and brains.".

The master asked curiously, "What happened to that person?".

"Dead! was killed by the Rouran cavalry with random arrows, and when he was buried, he pulled out twenty-seven arrows, drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times. Those who can survive are all spirits, full of blood!", Tang Tong said as tears overflowed.

The master saw that Tang Tong was crying, and he saw the other side of this martial artist. Yes, people will have feelings, he has never seen such a person, laughing and crying, looking down on life and life and death. Suddenly, I saw Tang Tong turn his head to face him, "Master, are you tired, get in the car!".

"What about you?", his tiredness was seen by him, and the master couldn't help but care about him.

Tang Tong was still wiping his eyes, "I'm used to beating, I can ride a horse if I want to be fast, and I can walk if I want to be slow, it's okay, you can get in the car!".

He really couldn't walk, so he asked the car to stop, Xiong Shangshu immediately came up to help him, and when he saw that the master didn't greet him, he didn't dare to go up, so he followed behind. Tang Tong led the horse to follow and let Xiong Shangshu ride the horse. Xiong Shangshu was also tired and got on the horse.