Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 861
Xin'an County is the main road from Luoyang to Shanzhou and Jingzhaofu, and it is also the location of the ancient Hangu Pass.There used to be roads here, but they are uneven, especially the new carriages are extremely inconvenient.In order to facilitate transportation, Henan government is expanding roads.

Lu Zongyuan hid behind the stone, tightly covering his ears.After a while, there was a loud noise not far away, and black smoke rose.Lu Zongyuan spat, and said to Chen Xiaohui who was beside him: "Zhi Niang, this gunpowder is so powerful that it can explode even a huge stone slab. If there is no gunpowder, I don't know how to do this job."

Chen Xiaohui straightened up and stretched himself.Said: "Yes, if there is no gunpowder, how can such a wide road be opened in the mountains?"

After speaking, he turned around and looked at the road that opened.This is an absolute national trunk road, five feet wide, flat and straight.Under the roadbed are big stones, on top are small stones, and in the middle are medium stones.The top of the road is paved with fine gravel for easy walking.

After being caught, Chen Xiaohui and the others were quickly sentenced and sent to Xin'an County to build roads.Prisoners are at the forefront of the most dangerous, open mountains to build bridges, and level the ground for those who build roads behind.Every day, the rumble is rumbling, and the ears are almost deafened.

When the gunpowder smoke cleared, Lu Zongyuan and Chen Xiaohui took hammers and chisels and stepped forward to break the stones.

After working for a long time, I heard a whistle.Lu Zongyuan threw the hammer in his hand to the ground, raised his hand to look at it, and said, "Zhi Niang is bleeding again."

Chen Xiaohui put down the chisel, and said to Lu Zongyuan: "This time, I have caused my brother to suffer so much."

Lu Zongyuan smiled and said: "What are you talking about! It's our fate, what's wrong with you! Let's go and eat!"

After a while, all the workers gathered in front of the rice bucket.

The rice is millet brown rice, served with a radish stewed tofu, two bowls per person.

Due to the heavy physical work every day, Lu Zongyuan and Chen Xiaohui each served two bowls and squatted on the ground to eat deliciously.

When I was about to finish eating, I heard someone shouting: "Mr. Mo is here, today is really lucky!"

Seeing a member outside, he took a big stride and came here.There are two companions behind him, each with a burden, and follow closely behind.

When he came to the front, the officer stretched out his arms to signal everyone to be quiet, and said, "You have really worked hard to build the road. Although the road was built by the state, you have put in a lot of effort to build mountains and bridges every day. Today I will build a road." We ordered stewed meat and salted duck eggs, and everyone changed the taste. Each person has a piece of meat and two salted duck eggs, come up and get them."

All the prisoners cheered and gathered around Yuanwai Mo.

Chen Xiaohui and Lu Zongyuan hurriedly picked up the rice in the bowls to fill the meat.

Even though they are criminals, the prisoner's food is never deducted here. You don't need to grab too much food, and you can eat enough for every meal.There is no need for a special system to achieve this, as long as the food expenses are sufficient, and the prisoner's diet can be inspected in time.Prisoners don't eat well, mostly because the inspection system is not in place, and the higher authorities turn a blind eye.

Mo Yuanwai looked at the crowd, and walked slowly in front of Chen Xiaohui and Lu Zongyuan.

Chen Xiaohui looked up at Yuanwai Mo, and asked strangely, "Did Yuanwai have something to do with us?"

Member Mo said: "You two, are you using a fake club in Luoyang?"

Chen Xiaohui didn't know what Yuanwai Mo meant, so he just nodded.

Mo Yuanwai said: "I heard that you are a master of Danqing, and you can draw exactly like Huizi. It's not a bank, so you can't tell it at all. I don't know if it's true?"

Chen Xiaohui nodded, then shook his head: "It's not as good as Yuanwai said. If not, I wouldn't be here to open stones."

Mo Yuanwai sighed and said: "Although Xuan Xiang is a great man, he doesn't pay much attention to small things. It's a pity that such a stranger, but because of a trivial matter, he was punished here to open stones! It's nothing to do today, I'll take care of it." Prepare some thin wine and side dishes, how about treating you both?"

Chen Xiaohui was taken aback for a moment, and said, "The two of us are prisoners, can we go out for a drink?"

Mo Yuanwai said: "Others may not be able to, but now I am treating guests, and the guards will give me three points of noodles."

After hearing this, Chen Xiaohui couldn't help muttering: "Under Xuan Fu's rule, the management is extremely strict, is there such a thing?"

Mo Yuanwai's entourage laughed when they heard it: "My Yuanwai is a first-class benevolent person in this county. What can't be done? You are working outside, and the management is loose. What's so strange about Yuanwai inviting you to drink?" !"

According to the habits of this era, the management of prisoners is not strict.If it was in the Northern Song Dynasty, not to mention drinking, as a member of Mo Yuanwai, it would not be difficult to go out to eat and drink spicy food, and be happy and carefree.Now that it is like this, the people below are already worried about Wang Xiaolie's strict management.

Outside the gate of Changxia in Luoyang, Zhang Zeduan and Li Di stood under the big willow tree, looking at the post road, eager to see through.

Zhang Zeduan was overjoyed until several bullock carts appeared in sight.He said to Li Di: "Here we come, here we come. If my sister-in-law hadn't sent someone, how would we greet her?"

Saying that, the two of them walked out from under the willow tree together and faced the convoy.

The bullock cart stopped in front of the two, and a woman stepped down from it.Looking at Zhang Zeduan, he said, "Brother Zhang, I'm sorry to trouble you this time."

Zhang Zeduan laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter! Now that everything is going wrong for you, you should live in another place. Now that you're in Luoyang, you should relax."

The woman replied: "I hope. After passing Xiangyang, I hired these ox carts and arrived in Luoyang smoothly. Fortunately, there was no accident."

Li Di said: "Wang Taiwei's rule is different from other places, so it's safe to go all the way."

The woman is Li Qingzhao, and things have not gone well in the past two years.Last year, she remarried to Zhang Ruzhou, and then divorced. She spent nine days in prison, which was very difficult.At the end of last year, I heard that Zhang Zeduan was in Luoyang, so I came to join this old friend of my husband.

In today's world, it seems that the safest place is under Wang Xiaolie's rule.Not only is it better than those places where thieves are everywhere, even under Zhao Gou's rule.In the past few years, Li Qingzhao traveled with Zhao Gou and suffered too much.

As a family of officials and eunuchs, Li Qingzhao had quite a few relatives and friends.But because she remarried Zhang Ruzhou, her relationship with the Zhao family was not good, so she couldn't join her.Relatives in his own family, such as Qin Hui's wife is her cousin, and Li Qingzhao looked down on Qin Hui's behavior.The current Hanlin scholar Qi Chongli is related to his husband's family, and he had already helped him when he was released from prison.After all the calculations, he is now alone.

The reason why Zhang Zeduan was asked to help was because Li Qing took care of Luoyang and felt that he could live and work in Luoyang in peace and contentment.From all the way, he came here.

In the past year, Zhang Zeduan lived comfortably in the painting academy.The salary is enough to set up a family and start a career, and he usually paints, and Wang Xiaolie seldom interferes with the affairs of the painting academy.With Zhang Ze's current wealth, it is no problem to afford Li Qingzhao's daily life.

Of course, Li Qingzhao was born in a family of officials, and his father-in-law used to be a prime minister.No matter how poor you are, just selling a little stock at home is enough to make ends meet.

(End of this chapter)