As soon as the matter was decided, everyone immediately saw the action of His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun.

All the officials of the southern tour were all sent to the twenty-six counties of Huiji County, and went to the front line to supervise and guide the progress of the construction of the ditch.

The most important thing is that they also make detailed records of the quality of the construction of the ditches and the progress of the excavation in each county, which will be summarized in front of His Royal Highness the Emperor Grandsun every day, and then announced on the bulletin board in front of the county guard every day.

All Localities: ......

Originally, I thought it didn't matter who was fast and who was slow, I could do it slowly, but the emperor's eldest grandson was so whole, who was embarrassed to fall behind?

This represents the face of the family!

Not only the head of the family is concerned, but even those clansmen who were forcibly pulled by the family to repair the ditch are also a little superior. If this is compared to other families, will the face of the family be left?

……

"The head of the family, the county guard has posted today's announcement on the progress of the canal repair, and so far our Long family's progress is still in the first place......

Qiantang County.

Different from other families, Long Li, the head of the Long family, rushed to Qiantang County in person on the first day of this task, took the clansmen to personally survey all the terrain on the ditch planning diagram, and immediately mobilized the clan's manpower to start it.

Therefore, in the past few days, the progress has been quite fast.

Long Li nodded calmly.

"Tell everyone to work harder this morning, and if you can exceed the progress, you will have more lunch at noon today-"

Long Li groaned slightly, and added.

"Half a bowl of pork per person, the broth tube is full! All section stewards will be rewarded with an additional five hundred each—"

"Yes!"

When the steward who came to report heard this, he instantly came to his senses, turned around and walked out quickly, lest he would run slowly, delay the construction period, and make everyone complain.

"Ah Weng, why should we fight for this first? This project has cost a lot of money, and in the past few days, in order to rush the work, we have paid tens of thousands of extra dollars, so I am afraid that our Long family will be injured......

Waiting for the steward to go down, these days, Long Ying, the eldest son who has been living in Qiantang County with Long Li, finally couldn't help but persuade.

"Moreover, I heard that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and our Long family is too popular, I am afraid that it will become the target of everyone......"

Hearing this, Long Li turned his head and glanced at it, this eldest son, who had always had a calm temperament, sighed slightly in his heart, compared with Long Ji, this child is a few points worse after all.

However, this kind of thing really can't be forced, in fact, in addition to a slight lack of vision and pattern, this kid is calm and cautious, and he can bend down, which is quite decent.

"Why are we fighting for this number one?"

Long Li put his hands behind his back and sighed softly.

"Because this is the only chance for our Long family to fall into the eyes of His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun, and this is also the only chance to help Long He. In terms of intimacy, we are not as good as the Yu family, in terms of family heritage, we are not as good as the Zhu family, the Zhang family, the Qing family, and the connections, we are not as good as the Yan family, the Zhao family, and the Xiong family......

Speaking of this, Long Li turned around, looked at his son, and said earnestly.

"Now, if the dragon is prosperous, the Long family is prosperous, and if the dragon can't open the situation in Xianyang, the Long family can't open the situation. How much can we help Long He today, how much can Long He repay the family in the future, Long He has been able to lead an army alone, and he will not come back in the future, this Long family will be yours sooner or later, I am paving the way for you......"

When Long Ying heard this, she couldn't help but feel ashamed, and bowed deeply to Long Li, and said apologetically.

"Owong, the child is stupid and doesn't understand your good intentions—"

Long Li nodded with some relief.

"This first, we must fight, not only to fight, but also to fight for beauty - a little floating wealth, don't be stingy, as long as it can enter the eyes of His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun, what do our Long family care about in the future?"

……

Compared with the Long family's proper and orderly scheduling, the Yu family has been dwarfed by it in the past few days.

Without Yu Tian, the old family master, the new head of the family, Yu Rang, could not integrate the power of the entire family head at all, and a few rooms were quite unconvinced by him, the head of the family, resulting in the entire Yu family, like a group of dragons without a leader, and no longer the grand occasion when Yu Tian was there.

Fortunately, Yu Tian left Huiji at the beginning, but went to Xianyang to seek another development, and did not break with the Yu family, so these days, as Yu Ji became the emperor's eldest grandson's wife, and became the first woman to conceive the emperor's eldest grandson's child, Yu Rang During this time, he continued to send people to Xianyang to visit Yu Tian and repair the unhappiness with Yu Tian at the beginning, which can be regarded as a small effect.

can also ask for one or two favors in front of the emperor's eldest grandson.

But the problem now is that the errand of His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun must be done well first.

Even if you can't compete for the first place, you can't be too ugly, after all, you lead the best lot in the entire Huiji County, and you still have the name of the emperor's eldest grandson's relatives on your head.

But—

When he thought of those strange voices in the family recently, he couldn't help but have a headache.

"Report - the head of the family, it's not good, you go and take a look, there is a problem with the lot that is responsible for the construction of the third room, the quality is not up to par, and the third room has already quarreled with the officials in charge of acceptance in the county......

Yu Rang: ......

"These idiots! It's stupid! ”

Yu Rang couldn't help but get up, scolded in a low voice, didn't even bother to take a sip of water, and hurried to the construction site again. This group of fools, with a small amount of eyes, really regard themselves as relatives of the emperor?

“…… My lord, do you take a closer look, the old man has been operating here for many years, and to say a rash word, I know better than you about this, this ditch we have built, whether it is the width, the depth, the hardness of the ramming on both sides, and the stones laid on it, are enough to meet the irrigation needs of the fields here, even if it is used for ten or eight years, there will never be any problems......"

In the distance, Yu Rang heard the stupid voice of his third uncle.

He couldn't help pinching his brows again, raised the horsewhip in his hand, and shook the whip in his hand fiercely, making a loud sound in the air.

The official in charge of accepting this ditch couldn't help frowning, but when he thought of the identity of the other party, he reluctantly suppressed the anger in his heart and tried his best to be pleasant.

"That's the rule, not only you, but the entire twenty-six counties of Huiji County, every ditch, is such a standard-"

Speaking of this, the official glanced at the Yu family steward, twisted his neck, and didn't even look at himself, and there was already a faint anger in his heart, and he choked quietly.

"If you Yu family feel that there is a problem and have objections, you might as well go to His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun to theorize......"

Speaking of this, the official's face was slightly cold, and he simply arched his hand at the steward.

"As for how you discuss with the emperor and the eldest grandson, and how to build, that's all your business, even if you are three points shallow, as long as His Royal Highness the emperor and grandson agree, there is nothing to say below......

After speaking, he waved his hand and took a few people to leave.

Yu Rang hurriedly jumped off the horse, walked a few steps quickly, stopped the official's place, and said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the people below are not sensible, let you bother, where is it not suitable, just say, I will arrange manpower immediately, and I will work and adjust overnight, and I will never delay the major ......events of His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun."

As he spoke, he bowed his hand again and again.

"Another day, the villain will come to the door to make amends......"

After speaking, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and glanced at the third uncle who was holding his neck there.

"Third uncle, don't come back yet, make amends to this adult......"

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that his third uncle, whose nose was not a nose and his face was not a face, snorted coldly, and walked away like this.

Yu Rang: ......

was so angry by this old guy that he almost vomited blood on the spot.

"He-he's old and confused, please don't meet him in general, please rest assured, in the future, here, I will be personally responsible, and I will rectify it overnight tonight, and I will never delay the construction period!"

As he spoke, he subconsciously reached out and took it into his arms, only to realize that he had been eating and living here for the past few days, and he didn't have any floating wealth on his body at all, so he could only slide down, take off the jade pendant around his waist, and stuff it quietly.

"Please forgive me for my sins......"

The official subconsciously glanced at the jade pendant in Yu Rang's hand, the luster was warm, the texture was delicate, the whole body was bright and transparent, soft and natural, and it was worth a lot of money at a glance.

There was a hint of excitement in his eyes.

However, he instantly retracted his mind and waved his hand with a serious face.

"Master Yu, there is no need to be so polite, our emperor's eldest grandson has his own rules, no one is allowed to take advantage of his work to accept private bribes, as long as you follow the rules and do things with your heart, I will naturally not bother with him......"

Yu Rang saw that the other party really didn't mean to accept it, so he could only laugh again and put away the jade pendant casually.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's the villain who is reckless......"

At this, he arched his hand with some humility.

"Then invite the adults to tea another day, you can rest assured, I will order everyone to return to work immediately......"

The official smiled and nodded, and turned to leave.

Looking at the county officials who had already gone away and the people sent by the emperor's eldest grandson, Yu Rang's face was very ugly, and he personally picked up Qin Du on the side and began to measure the indicators of this ditch.

This amount, the face is even more ugly.

He had obviously allocated enough money according to the specifications of the project, but this section of the ditch was still not up to standard, not only one foot shallower than the specified depth of the ditch, but even the width was half a meter narrower!

The third uncle, that idiot, he dared to hit the sloppy eyes of the emperor's eldest grandson!

Looking at the ditch that had been paved with bluestone, Yu Rang's face turned pale.

"Demolish and rebuild now! Immediately, immediately, overnight rework—"

As soon as Yu Rang's words came out, the clansmen around him who had been working for half a day were suddenly unhappy. An old man glanced at Yu Rang and stabbed him without yin or yang.

"Let the baby, are you kidding, we have just finished laying according to the requirements of the third brother, and you will let us tear it down and rebuild it when you turn around, you are playing with us——"

"That's it, that's it, it's not like this - you just want to be angry with the third uncle, and you can't play with us people, why don't you go to the third uncle to discuss it first......

“……”

Yu Rang looked at this group of people, so angry that his temples jumped suddenly, and finally took a deep breath and barely suppressed the anger in his heart.

These people are not in his room, but in the third uncle's room.

Therefore, without the nod from the third uncle's side, his words may not be good, he knows that he is useless here except for wasting saliva, so he can only turn around with a black face.

"I really thought that if I became the head of the house, I could take care of our three-room ...... at will"

Faintly, Yu Rang could still hear the voices behind him that did not shy away from him.

"Third uncle, this is not the time to be angry, you should know how important this matter is to our Yu family, if you evil the eldest grandson of the emperor because of this, whether it is for you and me, or for our Yu family, it will do all kinds of harm and no benefit......

The old man, who was called the third uncle by Yu Rang, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"Let the baby, it's not the third uncle, I rely on the old and sell the old, in the end, no matter what we say, it is also a close relative of His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun - what, build a ditch, just don't make money, do you really want to hollow out our Yu family's family? This ditch, even if it is three points narrower and a few feet shallower, can't it be used? ”

Speaking of this, the third uncle, who had gray hair, patted Yu Rang's shoulder in an old-fashioned manner.

"Let the baby, you think about it, His Royal Highness the Emperor is our relative, he is a big man on the top, he doesn't care about the money and food, but can he not let us poor relatives make a little more money......"

Yu Rang: ......

"Third uncle, this is not a question of making money or not, but I have promised His Highness in front of all the lords of the county that I will do my best to complete the tasks assigned by the emperor's eldest grandson with quality and quantity......"

However, before he finished speaking, he was picked up by his third uncle.

"It's just a beautiful word, who would really take it seriously? As long as the emperor's eldest grandson doesn't say it, even if the others know, they can only envy our Yu family's backstage for being hard enough - besides, you really think that the other families won't cut corners......"

Speaking of this, his third uncle also stretched out his dry palm and patted him on the shoulder affectionately.

"Let the baby, you are still young, you don't understand the sinister hearts of people, if you are really hollowed out by this project, do you think our Yu family can still stand in Huiji County? Silly boy, everything is false, the strength of your own family is the last word, remember, as the head of the family, no matter when, you must put the interests of the family first......"

Yu Rang: ......

If it weren't for the fact that this was the third uncle in his clan, he would really want to slap him in the face with a big ear.

He knew that arguing any longer would only be a waste of time, so he could only snort and turn around. (End of chapter)