The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 14 Dock Castle
Three watch lights and five watch chickens are when the boy is studying.

After feeding the black horse in the stable, Bai Gui packed his schoolbag and rushed towards the ancestral hall.

The Lu family is near the entrance of the village, and because it is a big family, it occupies a lot of land.

In the streets and alleys, you can still see the leftover torches from yesterday, and three or four villagers patrolling back and forth. When you reach the school, you can hear the noise in the official room where the officials discuss business in the east building, and the adjacent gentleman's bedroom is also lit.

"The walls of this castle need to be repaired and the wolves must be kept out, otherwise people will panic. We could patrol yesterday, but tomorrow, we can exhaust people to death. If there is a baby in your house, no matter if it's from your house or from the front house, who will it be?" I don't feel bad..."

Bailu Village is protected by a castle wall made of earth.

It's just that it has been in disrepair for a long time. There is a gap on the east side of the castle and a gap on the west side. If you kick it hard, the earthen wall will collapse.

"I don't think it's possible to build a fortress. It's freezing, so I can't dig the kiln soil..."

"Furthermore, the county clearly prohibits the construction of castles, whoever builds them will demolish them?"

Lu Zilin's voice was very, very loud.

If the fort was to be built, the apportioned money would have to be paid by the two big families of his family and the Bai family, and the other villagers would have to work hard and contribute a lot.

He is not afraid of spending money. This castle is built with local materials, and the manpower used is only for food. The castle is built for the village, and it is not built by a single family. No one would think about making money from it.

It's just that the kiln soil is now covered with frozen soil, which cannot be dug out.

The Guanzhong Plain belongs to the Loess Plateau in a broad sense, where the loess is fine, like flour.A cave dwelling was dug from the plateau, about ten meters above the surface. The soil was the kiln soil, not the humus soil on the surface. The soil would not be able to build a house. Once the house was built, grain and grass roots would easily germinate, and the wall would be destroyed.

Once the kiln soil is sieved with a dustpan, there is no need to steam the soil, just compact it.

Although the weather is cold and it is not easy to dig the kiln soil, it can still be done by using human power.

But the crux of the matter is, who dares to repair the bunker?

It is said that it is called Baozi, but it is actually the famous Wubao during the Southern and Northern Dynasties!

Wubao, also known as Wubi, was formed in the Tianfeng reign of Wang Mang and is a folk defensive building.At that time, there was a great famine in the north and the world was in turmoil, so the wealthy families built docks and camps one after another in order to protect themselves.Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, ordered the destruction of Wubao, but repeated prohibitions continued.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the north was lost, and the Wubao expanded and flooded. The aristocratic clans gathered clans and township parties, gathered in the forts, and guarded them according to danger, so as to avoid the robbers from Rongdi.

The fort in Bailu Village was built when the army invaded and caused chaos in the late Ming Dynasty, and was later destroyed by the Manchu government.

In order to maintain their rule, the Manchu and Qing government could not allow local governments to build docks. Whoever dares to build docks will be punished for treason!
"The new party in the south is making a lot of noise. The Qing Dynasty has not survived for a few years. I heard that there are people in Yaojiazhai who occupy the mountains and become kings. They have become bandits. Good guy, thirty guns, three hundred heroes... ..."

There was a rough and extremely suppressed sound.

They are all folks from the same clan, and the man who speaks does not have to worry about being reported.

"Do you dare to say that? The bandits in the south are making such a fuss, and there are also Nian troops in Anhui and Lu provinces! Boxers! The Raksha Kingdom invaded from the west, and Zuo Zongtang carried the coffin away? Judging by the amount, the days of this imperial court are still long..."

"Jiaxuan, you are the head of the patriarch, can you give us an accurate statement, whether to repair it or not?"

"This……"

The meeting room was silent for a long time.

When Bai Gui passed by, the sound of his footsteps was very soft, and there was snow on the ground, so the adults in the official room did not notice him.

He paused for a while, then shook his head, and walked away without saying much.

Bit humble!
There is no such thing as a reborn person who shows his power and offers advice and suggestions, and then everyone looks at him with admiration, accepting his head and worshiping him, and his prestige is unparalleled for a while.

Such a thing is possible, but highly unlikely.

Just like most children, it is difficult to convince their parents with reason.

Besides...

It seems to be a suggestion to build a fort or not, but if it is really surrounded by the government..., then it is a proper scapegoat.I didn't see that Lu Zilin, who had always wanted to compete with Bai Jiaxuan for the position of patriarch, wanted to let Bai Jiaxuan speak.

At this time, the Qing government was much more enlightened than when it first entered the customs, and its control over the people has also declined. It will not be punished as a crime of treason, but other charges are not easy to bear.

……

"Today, it seems that I am the first to arrive at the school, and I can be two quarters of an hour earlier than others."

Bai Gui felt much happier physically and mentally, and the feeling of drowsiness from getting up early was swept away.

Because it was just dawn, the light outside was not bright, and the school was pitch black.

I want to reshape the personality in this short period of time and let others change themselves.

This first small step is to be the first one to arrive at the morning school every day!

The style of writing in the north is not strong, and Bailu Village is a small village. No matter how strict the family education of the rich family is, there is no such thing as the introversion of the later generations.Bai Gui just regained the attitude of preparing for the college entrance examination in later generations.

He pushed open the door and walked in.

The school is located in the ancestral hall. Although there are some precious charcoal, candles and items left by the students in the school, the door is not locked.

As soon as it came, the husband's dormitory was here, and there was also a crippled old man guarding the porter.Secondly, although there are hundreds of families in Bailu Village, if someone dares to be a thief and steal things from the school, it will undoubtedly be a ground-breaking attack on Grandpa Tai Sui!
Gai is a Mongolian boy who can enter the school, and his family is quite wealthy.

Last but not least, this is where the ancestral hall is located.

Although Bailu Village is divided into two surnames, one surnamed Bai and one surnamed Lu, in fact, both families took Hu as their surname hundreds of years ago, and the village is not here, but near Zishui.After the flood, I moved to the hillside of Bailu Village. I met a snow-white Bailu walking out of the field. All disasters disappeared. Wherever it walked, all the toads, centipedes, scorpions and other pests in the valley died. The disaster-stricken crops produced food, the blind old lady regained her sight, and could spin on a spinning machine...

It is impossible for superstitious villagers to steal in front of their ancestors.

"Brother Zhou?"

"Why are you here?"

As soon as Bai Gui opened the door and went in, he saw Zhou Yuan who was sleeping with four desks in the corner, and immediately exclaimed, a little surprised.

"Ah..., it's you?" Zhou Yuan lit the lamp with a torch, put on his glasses again, and glared at Bai Gui angrily, "There's a wolf disaster outside, you say I'm from another village, dare to rush back ?"

Zhou Yuan's family is a big and rich family in Pangjia Village in Nanyuan.

The distance between Pangjia Village and Bailu Village is three or four miles, and it takes about half an hour to go back.

"This is also..."

Bai Gui came to a sudden realization, naturally he stayed in the school overnight when there was a wolf disaster.

"Actually, I have been staying in the school all the time." Zhou Yuan pointed to the quilt and yawned, "It's winter now, and it gets dark early, so I usually stay in the school, but you went back for a few days when you came. Two days."

"Everyone knows about it."

He added another sentence.

"Then do you know about the construction of the fort in Emen Village?" Bai Gui suddenly woke up. Zhou Yuan didn't stay in other people's homes in Bailu Village. Obviously, Bailu Village should have no close relatives or acquaintances of him. Will they go to the county to report this matter, let alone go to the county, go to the security chief to report the report, Bailu Village can't afford to go around.

"Look, it scares you, what kind of person can you be?"

Zhou Yuan's eyes widened. He didn't think that Bai Gui would think of him. He snorted disdainfully: "This is a matter in the hometown, which idiot can do this, and besides, the E family doesn't have to worry about food or drink. , There is also a textile factory in the city, not to mention making money every day, but it is also a master who is not short of money. How much money can the government reward? Not enough for a good meal."

(End of this chapter)