"Can you really eat enough?" One man had the courage to ask.

"Yes. As long as you do the most and best work in this group, you will be the first to eat, and you will be able to eat first until you are full. ”

With that, you have to do it hard tomorrow.

"You take back the dishes and chopsticks you sent today and keep them, and you won't have to figure out how to do it yourself in the future."

On the first day of coming, I had a full meal and a bowl, and the servants were not surprised.

"Forty miles east from now on, you have only dug three miles of wall foundations." Wei Fangyun looked at the people around him, "Changqing, can you really do it?" ”

"Uncle, the approval has been given, and it is too late to regret it at this time." Meng Changqing said, "Besides, whether I can do it or not depends on you." When all the goods and servants arrive in time, it will be built. ”

Wei Fangyun sighed, and the white mist drifted away in the direction of the wind. "To tell you the truth, in such a short period of time, it is almost impossible to find 40,000 servants. As you can see, in the past two days, more than 5,000 people have been recruited from various counties, and half of them have been arrested. ”

Meng Changqing clasped his hands in front of him, "Does that uncle have any inferences, how many people can he give me?" ”

Wei Fangyun didn't answer, and Meng Changqing knew that he didn't have any bottom at all.

Meng Changqing continued: "If the construction period is delayed because of the lack of servants, at that time, either the wall will be destroyed and people will die, or the soldiers will build the wall with their bodies, what do you think, what will Your Majesty choose?" ”

"Wait three more days." Wei Fangyun made a decision, "If the difference in the number of servants is too great, all the soldiers who are not on duty in Hongjia County will be transferred." ”

"It's too risky." Meng Changqing said, "In case the Yan people have spies in Hongjia County, they may ignore Jiemaru's harassment and have to attack my Daliang, so Hongjia County is in danger." ”

Wei Fangyun: "Tell me your opinion." ”

"If it is necessary to transfer troops, you can adjust the troops in Weishan County.

Although the soldiers of Weishan Pass are resisting Jiemaru, and the follow-up troops must be replaced at any time, but at this moment, our location is very close to Weishan County, just across the city wall.

After the city wall on my side is raised, the soldiers can go directly to the foot of Weishan Pass along the city wall.

If Weishan Pass wants reinforcements, the soldiers will come and go in time. ”

Wei Fangyun also said: "Each county has a fixed number of troops, and they cannot be used until they are absolutely necessary. ”

"How dare Changqing let his uncle take such a big risk? If it is really a last resort, it must wait for the uncle to ask the court. ”

Meng Changqing bowed to Wei Fangyun, "Uncle, go to my county government and sit down." ”

"Lead the way."

Meng Changqing led him all the way over, "These tents are covered with the holes you dug?" ”

"Yes, uncle, watch your step."

Meng Changqing took the lantern in Xi Bei's hand, walked in front to lead the way, went down the steps, lifted the curtain, and quickly lit the candle inside.

Candlelight illuminates this small hole.

There is a curtain on the right hand side of the hole, and there is a charcoal basin that is about to go out in the corner of the left hand side, and in the middle is the desk made up of wooden boxes, and there are a lot of things on the table, which are really not neat, and in addition to a large number of pen and ink books, there is also an abacus on it.

On the wall behind the desk, there is a piece of paper.

There were dozens of small grids drawn on the paper, and inside the grids were patterns that he couldn't read.

Meng Changqing first went to the corner and added a few pieces of charcoal.

Wei Fangyun stood next to the curtain for a while, "This is your county office?" ”

"Just have a place to stay for the time being." Meng Changqing wiped the stool behind the desk with a cloth, "Uncle, please take a seat." ”

Wei Fangyun unbuttoned his cloak and sat down, "What is this?" He asked, pointing to the paper on the wall.

"It's a countdown I do, and from tomorrow onwards, every day that passes, I cross out a square."

Wei Fangyun nodded, "You have success, and you are willing to endure hardships."

Before you arrived in Liangzhou, I was worried that you might not be used to living in Liangzhou, but you are the son of General Meng. ”

Wei Fangyun looked at Meng Changqing in front of him, "You are willing to live in this wilderness, and you are willing to enclose the real Beishan County for Daliang, your heart is good, and I also hope that you can have enough luck to do this." ”

Meng Changqing took the teapot from the charcoal basin and poured a glass of water for Wei Fangyun.

Wei Fangyun took the cup and took a sip, and said to the soldiers by the door curtain: "Go and see if the goods are unloaded outside?" ”

The soldier led the order to go out, and Wei Fangyun said to Xi Bei on the other side of the curtain, "Brother Xi, you also come and sit down." ”

Xi Bei stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Wei speaks, I'm welcome." ”

"Why should your brother be polite." Wei Fangyun put down the cup in his hand and said to Meng Changqing, "I received a letter from the capital today. ”

"Family letters?" Meng Changqing couldn't help but ask.

"It's a letter from my wife." Wei Fangyun continued, "The letter mentioned that since you left Beijing, the Xiao family has posted to the mansion one after another, inviting my wife and daughter to enjoy the plum blossoms.

I'm just a five-grade official, and I'm a foreign officer, who can look down on my family in Beijing?

I had never received a post about a banquet before, but now it was the Xiao family who came to the door.

You should know better than me, the Xiao family is the concubine's mother's family, the queen has been dead for many years, and the harem has always respected the concubine, in recent years, many courtiers have speculated that the emperor wants to set up the concubine as the queen, and the master of the Xiao family is the uncle of the country.

How can such a person look up to me as a door? ”

Meng Changqing stood up and apologized, "Changqing has caused you trouble. ”

"Sit down and talk." Wei Fangyun's palm supported the table, "My wife has always been frail, and her children are filial and have to serve the sick in front of the bed, so the first few banquets, my wife shirked it, who expected the Xiao family to send a lot of medicinal materials, if my family repeatedly refused, it would be to offend the Xiao family." ”

Meng Changqing looked at Wei Fangyun, she couldn't figure out what the other party meant now.

With that, it was hard for her to tell which side this man was on.

"My wife had a hard time making a decision, so she planned to write to ask me, but on the day of the letter, the Xiao family, who had been coming to the door every day, suddenly did not come. She asked someone to go out to inquire, only to learn that the plum blossom banquet that the Xiao family had been preparing for many days was not held. Wei Fangyun asked Meng Changqing, "Do you know why?" ”

"I don't know."

Wei Fangyun inhaled, "You don't know, I don't know. The situation in the capital is unpredictable, if I rashly participate in it with my five-rank official position, I am afraid that the bones will not be stirred, but the emperor has issued a secret decree, and I am favored by your father, this Xiao family knows that it cannot afford to offend, and can only offend. ”

"Changqing is blessed by his uncle, this favor is really difficult to repay, if my uncle uses my place in the future, Changqing will never refuse."

"What to repay or not, I am repaying your father's kindness." Wei Fangyun said, "Now there are many courtiers like me, they still remember your father and brother's love for serving the country with their lives, and remember that you are the son of General Dingbei, but how long they can remember this love depends on you, Changqing." ”