After the maid left, Lin Piao looked at the thickness and color of the wonton wrappers and came to a conclusion.

"The wheat here is not very good, and the pasta is probably not very tasty, so I don't know if it's because of the product or the bad processing tools."

Fang Ming looked at it, thought about it, and seemed to be like this: "Maybe it's also the reason why I don't pay much attention to it, after all, wheat is expensive, and the husk is not so much, and the loss rate of rice polishing is too high." ”

Lin Piao nodded: "It's also possible." ”

They did not discuss the issue again and began to eat quietly.

It's true that the things here are more ordinary, but they usually eat too much polished rice and noodles, and it feels okay to suddenly eat such a meal that is a little rough and not rough, and there is a feeling of adjusting the taste and eating coarse grain rice.

After the meal, everyone gathered outside to discuss and plan, but the biggest problem was to gather people, whether they were craftsmen or craftsmen, although they brought a lot of people, but it would be better if they could find some local people who knew more about the local water and soil.

The magistrate and the other two county officials who accompanied them all said: "This matter has been notified, not to mention anything else, this is a dedication to Daning, and it is such a big matter as building a road, everyone is in a hurry to come, and it is estimated that they are all on their way to come. ”

Han Xiu nodded, and arranged things according to these processes, as long as it was something related to people, it was inevitable to talk about wages and costs in the end.

Han Xiu, the son of a man from a family, has been repeatedly checking how much a worker should be paid and how many pennies a day should be paid.

Although this money is a small amount of money to him, it is very important for the entire project, especially the estimated thousands of labors needed for the entire project.

But if you give too little, no one will want to do it, but if you give too much, it will not be good for the project.

Lin Piao then proposed: "If it is calculated by the head, I will talk about this first, if you say it wrong, don't be angry, although the people are simple, but in the end, the nature of people is to be comfortable and comfortable, according to the number of people, maybe in the end everyone will not be able to do things slowly with this money." ”

Han Xiu thought for a moment, knowing that Lin Piao had a point, when he and Shen Hong asked about this, Shen Hong didn't talk to him about this, but there was a big difference between him and Shen Hong himself, that is, the matter of repairing ditches was already urgent for the people in the south, and they did not need to be urged and would use all their strength to do this, but although it was hot in the local area, the overall climate was quite pleasant, and the people did not necessarily have this sense of urgency, but if it was too strict with the labor, it would become a matter of criticism. If you flog the people, you are no different from the tyrants of old times.

Lin Piao said: "It's better to set up a piecework person everywhere, doing hard work is unstable, the money is settled on the same day, how much you do, how much you move, how much money you take."

Han Xiu nodded, and it happened that they were not here either, so Han Xiu said frankly: "The person who uses it must be reliable, if it is handed over to others, and some false things are added to the daily count, it will be easy to go to the account." ”

Lin Piao nodded, knowing that it was the first time that Han Xiu had really come out to do this kind of practical thing, and he was very strict with the details, hoping to do things more perfectly.

In addition to recruiting local laborers, there is also the purchase of some tools and sand and gravel, but these do not need to be bothered by local officials, Han Xiu came out to do things, and his family gave a lot of support, these things were naturally contacted a long time ago, and even the price was very appropriate, and some of the nearest merchants were contacted, and they were mobilized back and forth.

It seemed to be done slowly, and I didn't see anything for the first two days, but as soon as the hands were raised, and the things were brought in, the work began in less than three days, with shovels, pickaxes, and dustpans, and no large tools, and in the face of the forces of nature, the crowd was like ants moving, and they were in a constant stream to the place they had planned.

Lin Piao asked people to put a big wood stove in the bamboo pavilion repaired in Zhizhou, with a large pot on it, which was used to boil hot water to make tea, so that passing laborers could rest in it and drink a sip of tea.

Lin Piao also asked people to set up a few simple small pavilions a few minutes away from the place of work to be used as temporary resting places.

The most important thing is that it is hot, and I am afraid that some people will have no place to rest due to heat stroke, and the situation will be serious and they will die of heat.

When Lin Piao and Fang Ming went to the scene to see, they stood on a slightly higher terrain, looking at the dense crowd of people below, Fang Ming was observing whether the position they were digging was offset, Lin Piao looked at it for a while and suddenly said: "Look at this scene, it doesn't look like digging the Grand Canal." ”

Although a mountain is not a river, is it the same scene when a river is dug up by manpower, like ants moving mountains, eating away at the land little by little?

Therefore, the ancients respected nature, respected the mountains, and looked up to the mountains, because manpower was too small, and they could only look up with admiring eyes, and did not dare to make any offense.

Fang Ming was silent for a while, and then snorted.

Will all of this turn out to be a miracle in the end?

No one knows.

But at least at the moment they really want to do something about it.

This thing seems to be difficult, but when it is really done, I find that it is not difficult, each shovel seems to be able to dig only a little, but there are enough people, at the end of the day, it can also be dug dozens of meters away, the people in front of it, the people in the back rammed the earth, ready for the follow-up work.

Everyone has a clear division of labor, divided into several pairs, and digests the matter well.

After doing this for more than ten days, Lin Piao went out early and returned late every day, although he wore a fence, he also tanned a little, and many people in the vicinity had nothing to do at home for the time being, so they came to do hard work, one to earn some subsidies, and the other to see Lin Piao.

Lin Piao is now famous, not to mention that the man wants to come to see him, it is the woman's brother, who comes to do some work of picking up stones and delivering tea, and he also wants to come to see Lin Piao when he mixes a few articles a day, sometimes Lin Piao finds that they are looking at themselves, and walks over to talk to them, they are very restrained and shy, and they are not even embarrassed to talk to Lin Piao.

They felt that Lin Piao was a role model for women and brothers in the world, and they admired him very much.

There are also some who came to help out and thanked Lin Piao by the way.

"I am in a village in the next county, my daughter-in-law used to flee from the south, and then on the way I heard that the people who fled outside Beijing can be given free food and shelter, so she ran all the way to save money, and stayed for a while to save money, she wanted to go home, and on the way the money was cheated away, just when she came to our village, we helped her, and then she went home to see it, and then she married here, my daughter-in-law said that you are her great benefactor, our whole family has come, one is to meet you, The other is that we heard that the road was a top priority, and we came to help. ”

Lin Piao didn't expect such an echo to appear here, and he was so moved that he didn't know what to say, looking at their simple and serious faces, he felt soft and agitated.

The road is being built here, once these things start, they are all automatic, and they don't need a lot of people to keep an eye on, and it is enough for Han Xiu to pay attention to some things that come and go, Lin Piao doesn't like to be idle because he is here, and he is only a construction worker, and he stands on a high place every day and is responsible for shouting and drinking, so he put forward the matter of the cooperative that he thought of before, and planned to implement it in the county where they are located first.

After Lin Piao told the county magistrate about this idea, the county magistrate looked at him with a magical expression, thought about it for a while, and did not dare to refuse: "Of course, this is a good thing, but there are so many disputes among the people, and I don't know if these things will work. ”

As soon as Lin Piao heard what he said, he knew that he didn't want to get into trouble in everything, and as a parent official who said such things, Lin Piao didn't want to be too verbose with him, so he directly mobilized manpower and asked people to be responsible for following him, and found a person who could have more voice and authority in a nearby village to accompany him and go to the countryside to talk about this matter in person.

Lin Piao was busy working here, with blue skies and white clouds every day, writing some scenery diaries by hand, waiting to save enough space to mail to Shen Hong.

The turmoil in Beijing did not stop for a moment.

Three days ago, poison was accidentally found in the emperor's food, and this incident caused an uproar in the imperial city, because the first emperor was suddenly poisoned when he was in the prime of life, and now someone has poisoned the little emperor.

Some ministers were very indignant: "Is this trying to cut off the Daning royal family and the inheritance of Daning?!" ”

"The five kings have already subjugated the law, why are there still people poisoning His Majesty, is it ......?"

"The Seven Kings are still young, and the two little Majesties are even younger, so their mother's family can't wait?"

The little emperor was originally ambitious and wanted to make a career, but when he was frightened by this incident, he immediately turned into a turtle with a shrunken head, and he was very frightened in his heart, especially because he didn't know who was trying to harm him, and his heart was up and down, and he always felt that it was Shen Hong.

Could it be because he enabled Bai Ruoxian?

This incident made him feel uncertain, but after pondering for a long time, he felt that if it was because he enabled Bai Ruoxian to do this to him, was it because he did it right?

If he made a mistake in every step, he would be nothing in Shen Hong's eyes, but it might be because he was on the right side that Shen Hong would treat him like this.

But how is he going to restrain Shen Hong?

He thought about it, and felt that Shen Hong had a weakness, that is, his sister-in-law, and as soon as his mind moved, his thoughts turned around in twists and turns, and if he could hold Lin Piao in his hands, then Shen Hong would not dare to touch him at all.

However, once this matter is not done well, it will make him die faster, especially since Lin Piao is now so famous in the world, if this matter is spread, he will not be able to hang it on his face.

The little emperor thought about it, and thought that in the past, he actually had a trace of reverence for the things Lin Piao had done, especially when he heard it in his ears, and felt that this brother was really the most powerful brother in the world, but now he did not expect that these powerful characters had become his enemies.

The little emperor was lying on the bed and heard the announcement outside: "The princess of the town has arrived." ”

The little emperor crawled and sat up: "Sister Huang! ”

Jingyang looked at him: "I think you're going to be scared, lying like this all day." ”

The little emperor sighed: "Sister Huang, I'm afraid. ”

"What are you afraid of? Who are you afraid of? What's the use of hiding in the palace all day long, you have to get out, you have to go to the court, now you are no longer a child, you are a role model in the world. ”

The little emperor said: "I'm afraid of Shen Hong's ......"

Jing Yang's eyes flickered for a moment, and he looked at him: "What are you afraid of him doing?" ”

The little emperor hesitated for a moment, but now Jingyang is the only relative he can talk to at the moment.

"Sister Huang, I suspect that Shen Hong killed Brother Huang."

Jingyang looked at him in surprise: "Why do you think so?" Shen Hong has done his best to Daning and the country, and has made immortal contributions, otherwise how could he sit in the position of first assistant at a young age? ”

The little emperor lowered his voice, approached Jingyang's side and said, "He likes his sister-in-law, and the imperial brother also likes his sister-in-law." ”

Jingyang looked at him in surprise: "Who told you this?" ”

The little emperor stopped talking, and sat on the dragon bed with his head bowed.

Jingyang looked at him and said seriously: "Now, I want to say something, you listen carefully, carefully remember in your heart, the world has never only belonged to the royal family, nor can an emperor do everything well, now the court has a large number of talents, and there are characters like Shen Hong, you are a good emperor, the seventh brother is a good prince, and the two little nephews will be crowned kings when they grow up, and nothing will go wrong, as long as you don't think about these messy things on the throne." ”

The little emperor was a little surprised: "But the imperial sister ......."

Jing Yang interrupted him: "No matter what Shen Hong is doing this for, the last people who will benefit are Daning and the people, he has no royal blood, it is impossible to rebel, and he does not have the heart to rebel, I know that you are afraid of him now, because he has the ability to rebel, but you have to remember one sentence, he still doesn't want to rebel now, but if the king forces the ministers to rebel, I am afraid that the ministers have to rebel, he does not have this ambition, but he has this arrogance." ”

Not to mention that Shen Hong has this arrogance, Lin Piao also has it, and the children raised by Lin Piao are all there, and they are not old rotten people who are easy to bully, and when they are reprimanded, they will tremble and kneel under the steps and break their heads.

If it really comes to this point, killing people without seeing blood, they will never be the first to die.

Jing Yang breathed quietly in her heart, she never understood what the imperial brother did wrong, provoked the fifth brother like this, and finally provoked such a thing, and now after hearing this, Jing Yang understood that the imperial brother took the wrong step.

He shouldn't have liked Lin Piao, he shouldn't have wanted to provoke Lin Piao knowing the relationship between Shen Hong and Lin Piao, and he could provoke Shen Hong to kill him, he would never just watch Lin Piao quietly and from afar.

Now that Daning is doing well, Shen Hong has made Daning prosperous, but he does not have too much selfishness and desire for power, nor does he make Daning a mess, but everywhere is becoming more and more organized.

Jingyang really couldn't imagine that there were so many things behind this, she thought that the second emperor brother would be smarter, but she didn't expect the second emperor brother to do these stupid things in the end.

After listening to Jingyang's words in a daze, the little emperor looked at her with a strange and incomprehensible look: "Imperial sister, what are you talking about, the more you want to get rid of him, I am the emperor, we are the imperial family, there is nothing in the world that does not belong to the emperor, and the courtiers must get rid of them if they have different intentions." ”

"If one has a different mind, he has to get rid of it, so what about hundreds, thousands, thousands? When everyone in the world stands up against you, will you still be the emperor of the world? ”

The little emperor was a little dumbfounded for a while: "Sister Huang, how can you grow up to destroy your own prestige." ”

Jing Yang saw that he couldn't make sense no matter what he said, so he flicked his sleeves: "Stupid thing." ”

He didn't want to say any more, and turned away.

She went out of the palace gate, thinking about this matter, in the end, the little emperor is still not smart enough, Shen Hong is not blind, he can also see that in the end, he still has to change.

What she wanted was for the country to be safe and sound, and she wanted the Chu dynasty to continue, but it didn't matter who sat on the throne, so after thinking about it, she changed her route halfway and went to the bedroom of the Seven Kings.

The Seven Kings' dormitory was shabby and did not have much decoration, but now that he was a candidate for the throne after all, his life was much better than before.

Jingyang walked in, he heard the sound of reading slowly, the seven kings were reading, he was the child born to the maid, the maid was beautiful and simple, she had heard of it in her early years, and was conceived after being favored by the emperor by chance, and then she gave birth to the child by a small position, and raised the child for □□ years.

Jingyang entered, and saw the Seven Kings sitting in front of the small desk reading a book, and now that the weather is hot, there is only a big bowl of mung bean soup on the table for him to cool off.

A thin layer of sweat had formed on his face, and he was still reading.

The maid beside him lazily fanned him: "Your Royal Highness, you still don't read, how tired you are, you can save a little effort and sweat a little less when you take a break." ”

Qiwang said: "If my sister is tired, go to the side to rest first, now that the Taifu can see it, and the ministers are always paying attention to the homework outside, I am not ashamed." ”

When the maidservant heard this, she said, "Then I'll rest first, I'll go to the side to drink a cup of tea first, and then I'll come over to fan your little highness later." ”

The Seven Kings nodded: "Okay, sister, let's go." ”

Seeing this, Jingyang did not make a complaint, but waited for the two to stop talking, and the maid stepped aside before stepping forward to reveal her figure.

The Seven Kings were very surprised when they saw him coming: "Sister Huang, why do you have time to come here today." ”

Jingyang smiled: "I happened to be passing by, thinking about it, I didn't expect you to work so hard." As she spoke, she glanced at the maid who had already sat aside, and the maid immediately stood up in a panic and came over to serve.

Jingyang didn't stay here for long, but said that he would bring some food and ice cheese later, chatted with the Seven Kings about his homework, and then left.

Jingyang's heart is complicated, can't you raise good seedlings in the midst of wealth and wealth? The imperial city is so prosperous that the children who grow up in it are basically not exposed to the sufferings of the world, but are more and more obsessed with the so-called royal majesty, but people like the seventh brother, who came from a humble background and have known the sufferings of the world since childhood, are humble and compassionate.

Jingyang was complicated in his heart, and he thought about this matter for a few times in his heart, and finally made a post to meet Shen Hong.

Jingyang saw Shen Hong, and got straight to the point without saying a few words.

"This palace has observed a lot, Your Majesty's heart is not good, and the Seven Kings are the ones who are more suitable to be emperors."