Southland

Xie Zhan knelt in front of him in his official uniform, greeting the holy decree, followed by his family and subordinates.

The sharp voice of the eunuch pierced people's ears uncomfortably.

With great difficulty, the eunuch read the long decree. Xie Zhan thanked the emperor as requested.

At this time, the housekeeper of the Xie Mansion hurriedly stepped forward to greet the eunuch.

Everyone present stood up one after another, with different expressions, more worried or uneasy or frightened.

The emperor specially issued an edict to reprimand him, and Xie Zhan accepted it calmly.

Look, he asked people to send 300,000 taels to the queen's mother's family, didn't he also do a matter of millions?

After reassuring his family and asking the housekeeper to entertain the eunuch, he returned to the outer study.

"Go and ask Mr. Jiang to come."

The scholar was ordered and went as fast as he could.

Xie Zhan returned to the room and slowly poured himself a cup of tea.

Jiang Boya was the advisor he invited out of the mountain to manage internal affairs. When he visited for the first time, Jiang Boya only smiled and did not answer the appreciation and solicitation he showed.

This year, after becoming the Lingnan Thorn History, he went again, but this time Jiang Boya went out, and he didn't see anyone.

The last time was when he came back from Shudi, he made a special detour to visit Jiang Boya again.

This time, Jiang Boya was finally moved by him, packed his bags, and went back to the south with him.

After returning to Nandi, he began to exercise the right to assassinate history, and Jiang Boya assisted him in sorting out the affairs of Lingnan and the personnel of the three counties.

At the end of last year, he had been traveling to visit celebrities and celebrities and recruit talents.

At that time, a small number of people accepted his recruitment, and after he became the Lingnan assassin, many came to him for fame and fortune.

These people were either appointed to suitable positions by him, or filled into the ranks of the subordinate officials of the Assassin's Mansion.

With the help of talent, he set out to restore the economy of the Southland.

The large-scale construction in Pingzhou cannot be concealed from people, and they can make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses according to the construction of Pingzhou, and build the southern land.

Xie Zhan asked the family to take out half of the three million taels that they had returned from the two belts of Shu County and Gusu and successively put them into the construction of the three counties in the south.

At the same time, let the four great families of the south cooperate with the government decrees.

As allies, Qiao Xitong, Hu Jiangyi, Liao Xuewang and others have also invested in Nandi one after another.

Millions of taels have been invested in the south, creating a lot of job opportunities for the people in the south.

The people of Nandi have really benefited, and the current Nandi may not be as good as Pingzhou, but it is much better than ordinary states and counties.

When Jiang Boya arrived, Xie Zhan was already sipping tea with a calm expression.

"Lord Xie, the emperor has issued a holy decree to reprimand you?"

"Expected, isn't it?" Xie Zhan said lightly, "Mr. Jiang, how about we talk about a game?" ”

Jiang Boya nodded, and then sat down across from him.

The two played chess and discussed political affairs.

"Mr. Jiang, it's really autumn now, and the wind and rain are coming." Xie Zhan sighed.

Regarding Pingzhou's plan, Jiang Boya also knew that he had left a son, so he smiled and said, "Lord Xie's trick is good to kill people with a knife." ”

Xie Zhan smiled lightly, for Pingzhou, he has done all the deployments that should be done, and then it depends on the other party's response.

Jiang Boya fell a white son, "If Pingzhou can't hold on, Lord Xie will be able to use this to eradicate a strong enemy." ”

Xie Zhan followed closely and put down a sunspot next to him, "If you survive it, then we will take this step and force Pingzhou to rebel." "Zuo Biography" has a saying that if the first disaster dies, the Son of Heaven can order the whole world to fight it together. ”

"Lord Xie, have you ever thought that if Pingzhou survives this crisis, it will inevitably come out on top, what about Nandi?" Pingzhou is facing both risks and opportunities.

Looking at the chess pieces that his side did not have an advantage in, Xie Zhan's brows furrowed.

Jiang Boya took a sip of the tea next to him, waiting for him to make a choice.

Pingzhou

The four counties of Pingzhou, of which Liaoxi County, Liaodong County, and Lelang County are bordering Xianbei to the north, and their walls need to be re-heightened and reinforced.

Before construction, Pingzhou directly pulled up a high-pitched canvas to block the construction site and isolate the sight of Xianbei people not far away.

As the day fell, the people began to work, and the people worked in groups of seven or eight people.

In the group on the very edge, seven or eight people are all veterans of work, and it didn't take long to prepare all the materials.

"Brother Chen, the lime mortar has been prepared in proportion."

Calling Brother Chen, he hummed, indicating that he understood.

The other team members looked left and right, and as long as they put the boiled glutinous rice soup in it, they stirred all the ingredients well and it was ready to use.

However, "What about glutinous rice soup?" ”

"The glutinous rice soup is not boiled." Brother Chen said.

The team members looked at each other, didn't they survive? So what's next?

At this time, someone came pushing a strangely shaped wheelbarrow with two bulging bags of marijuana on it.

"Isn't this coming?" Brother Chen stood up.

Minfu wanted to come forward to help unload the goods.

The man with the cart said no, only let them back a little, and then as soon as the car body overturned, the two sacks of goods were unloaded, and then pushed the empty cart away, and they had to continue to transport the goods.

The team members also took a few more glances at the strange-looking wheelbarrow.

"Brother Chen, what is this?"

"Whew, this new thing is called cement."

Hearing this, the people understood that this was probably made by the Seventh Engineer Institute again. In the past two years, many new things and new gadgets have appeared in Pingzhou, all of which came from the Seventh Institute of Technology.

"Come, come, lift to the side."

The people spontaneously went to carry a sack in pairs, but as soon as they got started, they realized, "Yo, the cement of this sack is still weirdly heavy." ”

Brother Chen asked them to open the sack, pour cement into the lime sand and gravel according to the ratio, and arranged for four more people to carry water.

"Brother Chen, don't we need glutinous rice soup?"

"No, switch to cement."

No wonder they didn't see the big pot of glutinous rice soup,

The people were working and chatting at the same time.

"Such a heavy two bags of cement, the eldest brother just now used that wheelbarrow to easily transport it alone."

"I don't know how much it costs, but if there is a wheelbarrow like this at home, it is very convenient to carry something."

"Indeed, isn't this a quick autumn harvest? If we use it to transport food, we don't have to bend over with pain in our shoulders. ”

After the cement and lime sand are dry mixed in proportion, pour water into it and stir.

It didn't take much effort to stir it.

The people found that mixing slurry with cement is much more convenient than glutinous rice soup.

They used to mix glutinous rice soup with lime mortar to glue the masonry of the city walls.

Gao Jinghe, as the master craftsman of the civil engineering construction workshop, will also be the master who is responsible for building the city wall in front of him. After he finished the work at hand, he began to make his rounds to check whether the craftsmanship of the little craftsmen he brought under his hands had passed.

Every time he passed a small craftsman, he would stop and watch. If the work in his hand is almost off, he will guide it, and if he has good work in his hand, he will stand for a while, then nod his head and continue to move forward.

The movement of Pingzhou to build the city gate and city wall this time was quite large, and it couldn't hide from the Xianbei sentries who lived nearby on the opposite side.

"Are the Southerners repairing their walls? And a curtain was drawn to prevent us, right? ”

"That's right, it's just a city wall, it's weird and mysterious."

The Xianbei sentry finally sneered, "I don't have much ability, but I have a lot of work." ”