"Young Master, Young Master!" Bafang lifted the curtain and rushed in, "Lord Wei personally sent the servant here." ”

Meng Changqing immediately walked out, "Go and greet each other." ”

She walked briskly all the way, just in time to meet Wei Fangyun, who was getting off the horse.

"Uncle!" Meng Changqing looked at the group of servants behind him, and there were about 5,000 people, but looking at the clothes of some of them, he knew that Wei Fangyun was completely helpless.

Sure enough, Wei Fangyun sighed before he got off the horse, "This time, I brought more than 5,000 people to you to take over the roster." ”

Meng Changqing shouted: "Captain Yang, come to pick up people." ”

"Uncle has worked hard, let's go to the county government and sit down."

"What kind of county official are you?" Wei Fangyun frowned deeply, "Let's go to the wall and have a look." ”

Hagifang came over with torches and led the way in front of his head.

Slowly approaching the city wall, Wei Fangyun noticed, "Why is no one working?" ”

"Rest for the evening shift today."

"Are you in time? Meng Changqing, don't be kidding! Wei Fangyun called her by name for the first time, "The servant is not enough, what are you doing for three shifts, and now it is even more suspended, what do you think?" How can national events be such child's play! ”

As he cursed, the soldiers standing on the wall immediately looked this way, "What man! ”

Bafang took two steps forward and replied loudly: "Lord Meng inspects the city wall, there is no need to ask. ”

Meng Changqing replied respectfully: "Your Excellency, you might as well take a look at this city wall first and see how long it is." ”

From Wei Fangyun's point of view, at a glance, he only saw that the city wall was submerged in the night, and he couldn't see the edge with his eyesight.

"How long?" Wei Fangyun asked.

"It's more than three miles."

Wei Fangyun turned around: "Lead my horse." ”

He wants to confirm it with his own eyes.

Wei Fangyun asked for a horse, and Bafang took Meng Changqing's horse with him.

The two got on their horses and looked along the city wall, Wei Fangyun estimated the distance all the way, ignoring Meng Changqing the whole time, until he confirmed that the length of the city wall was indeed more than three miles, and then his face eased.

"You have less than 10,000 servants, and it is not easy to build such a project in such a short period of time. But today is the twenty-second day of January, and the time for spring is getting closer and closer.

With your current speed, how can you guarantee that the city walls will be built before the Yan army attacks? ”

"Uncle." Meng Changqing reminded him, "I have never had this guarantee, I only promise to build the city wall within two months." ”

Wei Fangyun choked.

Meng Changqing continued: "The Yan army may attack at any time, but we only judge from the experience of previous years, they are unable to attack Daliang in winter.

If it is unfortunate that there is a day, I can only return to Yangmen County with people. ”

Wei Fangyun tightened the reins, drove the horse around, and returned to the back and forth, "There is really that day, there are soldiers to deal with it, even if it is said for two months, no matter what, I will give you two months." ”

"Thank you, uncle." Meng Changqing urged the horse to follow him.

"Evergreen." Wei Fangyun asked him, "Why can you build so fast with less than 10,000 people?" ”

Meng Changqing said: "I divide them into groups of about 50 people, and whichever group of people can work fast, they can eat first and eat openly."

Most of the first two groups of servants were born poor, and they did not have many opportunities to eat openly, so they were naturally willing to work hard. ”

Wei Fangyun listened to Meng Changqing's opinion even more, and he asked tentatively: "In this way, with the current number of servants, it is possible to build a city wall within two months?" ”

Meng Changqing replied to him, "No." ”

Wei Fangyun sighed, the horse under his crotch seemed to be able to sense the master's mood, and slowed down, "You are very smart, you don't need me to say more, you can see it."

In the whole of Liangzhou, all the servants who can be conscripted have been recruited, and those who want to spend money to be exempted from labor are all here, and today's batch is 5,162 people. All combined, less than fifteen thousand.

But if the counties forcibly levy it again, it will really be the officials forcing the people to rebel. ”

Wei Fangyun reached out and touched the city wall, the rough rammed earth wall passed by his fingertips, "I know, these are too different from the number of servants you have hired at the moment.

After I go back tonight, I will immediately ask the imperial court to ask the defenders of Weishan County to come over.

You have the ability and can endure hardships, and your uncle can't hold you back. ”

"Young Master!"

At this moment, I heard shouts from far and near.

Bafang rode after him, and only lowered his voice when he got closer, "Uncle, young master, go back and have a look, Captain Zhang brought thousands of people back." ”

"What!" Wei Fangyun rode his horse and came to the camp, and sure enough, he saw thousands of people standing in a noisy group.

Zhang Yuan shouted outside the crowd: "Separate men and women!" Standing together in the same county, in a row from a village or from a neighboring village, when the time comes, it will be better for you to be in a group, and people you know well will be in a group, isn't it? ”

Wei Fangyun stepped forward and asked Zhang Yuan, "Who are these people and where did they come from?" ”

Zhang Yuan was taken aback by him, "General Hui, these are people from various counties who have volunteered to build the city wall. ”

Meng Changqing dismounted without hurry or impatience, and walked over steadily.

It's only the first batch, what is excited, she can cast three bait.

"What's going on?" Wei Fangyun couldn't figure it out, he couldn't catch it, why did so many people come over voluntarily when he turned his head?

"General Hui, they heard from the servant who went back to talk about this matter, and they wanted to come to eat millet rice."

Wei Fangyun suddenly laughed heartily, and it happened that Meng Changqing walked next to him, and he slapped Meng Changqing on the back, almost slapping her head into the dirt.

As soon as he stood up, he heard Wei Fangyun say, "Okay! What a Meng Changqing! You have a way! I said why stop work, I see, I see! ”

Wei Fangyun turned his head, looked at Meng Changqing and nodded affirmatively: "I underestimated you, and you are worthy of being the son of General Dingbei." ”

"Uncle has won awards." Meng Changqing asked, "How many people are here?" ”

Zhang Yuan replied: "I counted before leaving Yangmen County, and there were a total of 5,874 people. ”

"Check it again, divide the group as soon as possible, and let the guards take them to dig the pit."

"Yes!"

On the same night, a farmhouse in Qianzengzhuang, Liangzhou.

Zeng Lao Niang was sighing, "When the woman goes to that kind of place, there is always some gossip, since you want to take her there, what will happen to the village at that time, just don't take it to heart." ”

"Mother, you don't know the situation over there." Zeng Laosan squatted in front of his mother, "Men and women are in charge separately, sleep separately, and they are not in the same place for work, so there is nothing to gossip about." ”

Mrs. Zeng didn't care what the third son said, she just looked at what Boss Zeng meant.

Until Boss Zeng said: "I have my own idea, I know it in my heart." ”

"What time will you leave tomorrow?" Zeng Lao Niang asked.

"Wake up early and leave."

"Then go to bed."

When he returned to the cubicle where the husband and wife slept, Boss Zeng found that his wife, who had been silent, had red eyes, "What's wrong?" Hungry? ”

Meizi took a deep breath and asked, "Did you think of those words just now, or did your mother tell you to say them?" ”

Zeng Boss was inexplicable: "What words?" (End of chapter)