Dahan first prince

Chapter 102 The bastard!

August ends, September arrives.

The breath of the end of the year and the beginning of the year, also in this year's slightly bleak atmosphere, quietly descended on the land of Guanzhong.

A month ago, the country fields, which were still lush and full of crops, are now desolate as far as the eye can see.

Even the weeds and stalks in the fields have been collected by thrifty farmers to prepare for the weed tax that will be handed over to the national treasury in the coming year.

In addition, just after the autumn harvest, almost [-]% of the young people in Guanzhong followed the emperor Liu Bang to go to Guandong, which made the fertile land of Guanzhong less lively.

At the head of the village and in the countryside, there are mostly three or two elderly people holding broom fans, gathering under the trees to enjoy the cool air and chatting; around the old people, from time to time there are children with bare buttocks, passing by in groups of three or four.

In such a quiet, peaceful, and extremely comforting scene, a group of outsiders who suddenly appeared obviously attracted everyone's attention.

"Eh?"

"What is that?"

The old friend whispered in confusion, causing Zhang Bingji to turn his head slightly, and saw a group of strange people appearing on the straight road in the countryside.

"one two three four······"

Squinting his eyes and counting, Zhang Bing could not help but quietly retreat from his leisurely face.

As far as Zhang Bingji saw, this team consisted of 14 people!
Among them, there are ten prisoners with tattoos on their faces, shabby clothes, numb eyes, and chained together by a string of shackles.

In addition, there are two other soldiers who are dressed in red bunts and daggers around their waists, but have no armor.

As for the remaining two, their clothes were neater and cleaner, and they followed at the end leisurely, as if they were chatting about something.

"Prisoners, soldiers..."

Muttering to himself, Zhang Bingji couldn't help but slowly stand up from under the tree, his eyes fixed on the group of uninvited guests.

"A few days ago, I heard that His Majesty ordered the prince to repair the water conservancy before he set off on the expedition."

"Are these prisoners, or are they laborers who repair water conservancy?"

"Um·······"

"The two soldiers are serving as prisoners; and the two behind them are probably small officials with swords and pens..."

While Zhang Bingji was muttering to himself, he heard a soft cry from behind him that had obviously been deliberately suppressed, but was still full of anxiety.

"Straight!"

Following the sound, Zhang Bingji noticed that on the other side of the ten prisoners, there was half a person's height, one arm's width, and one person's length, and they were square and square. stone!

Looking down a little, you can see that under the "one" boulder, there is a half-foot-thick wooden plank.

Under the plank, there are dozens of rolling logs as thick as calves, slowly moving forward with the stones on the plank.

Almost every step he took, a prisoner would pick up a rolling log from behind the board and hand it to the prisoner in front of him.

In this way, the hand was passed forward, and the log that was originally at the last position was placed horizontally in front of the plank again, and was again crushed by the plank carrying the stones.

After such a cycle, the huge stone that obviously weighed thousands of catties was actually carried by dozens of rolling logs and a piece of wood, and it was slowly driving on the straight road.

When the stone moved a little before, Zhang Bingji finally understood: Why did my old friend call out the word "straight way" just now...

"stop!!!"

With an angry shout full of vicissitudes, before the group of strangers could react, Zhang Bingji turned around, picked up the dove stick that was leaning under the tree before, and walked forward angrily.

Hearing this life's yelling, the two soldiers turned sideways impatiently.

When he saw the dove stick in Zhang Bingji's hand, he couldn't help but widen his eyes suddenly!

But three breaths back and forth, the two soldiers looked at each other for a while, and then nodded in unison with serious faces.

run! ! !
Sure enough, the two soldiers jumped out three or five steps, and Zhang Bingji's brand-new dove staff with a faint solemn atmosphere swung it towards the place where the two soldiers stood with their swords a moment ago!
"Damn things!"

With an angry curse, he realized that his 'attack' was dodged by those two soldiers. Zhang Bingji did not continue to chase, but squatted down behind the square stone with his stick, full of distress Touch the straight road under your feet.

After a while, several old men who had been sitting with Zhang Bingji under the old tree also followed, and squatted beside Zhang Bingji, with expressions of pity on their faces.

"This straight road was only solidified and repaired half a month ago!"

"hateful!"

"His heart can be punished! His heart can be punished!!!"

Hearing the heartbroken and cursing of several old friends from the same village, and looking at the unrecognizable Zhidao that had been crushed by the rolling wood, Zhang Bingji's eyes suddenly burst out with a bit of murderous aura!
Standing up straight, he took a gloomy look at the distance, the two soldiers who were about to run away again, Zhang Bingji finally turned his head and looked at the two 'knives and pens'.

"come over!!!"

The angry shout made the two neatly dressed, who seemed to be officials, stunned for a moment.

After a while, Ye finally stepped forward still apprehensively, and bowed deeply to Zhang Bing.

"Junior wait, I have met the old man..."

"Humph!!!"

Without waiting for the two middle-aged officials to salute, Zhang Bingji let out another cold snort, and angrily smashed the ground under his feet with the dove stick in his hand.

"Um?!!"

Seeing that Zhang Bing's hair was as white as snow, but he was still vigorously smashing the dove stick in his hand, the two officials couldn't help shrinking their necks subconsciously.

After confirming that Zhang Bingji had no intention of swinging his stick, one of them stepped forward and cupped his hands nervously.

"I hope the boss will take care of it."

"The younger generation is waiting for this trip, and it is under the order of the prince to transport this stone brick twenty times to the Zhengguo Canal."

As he spoke, the middle-aged official bowed his head in embarrassment, and then bowed his hands flatteringly.

"As for the damage to the straight path here, the younger generation will send people to repair it in a few days."

"My lord thinks, is this possible?"

Seeing the obedient faces of the middle-aged officials, Zhang Bingji felt a little angry in his chest, and only looked at the straight road that was crushed by the rolling wood with distress, and then let out a muffled groan.

"it is good!"

"The old man is waiting here!"

He mercilessly dropped a harsh word, but he didn't see that Zhang Bing had any intention of leaving. Instead, he raised his head and stepped forward a little.

"go with!"

"Everyone is a dog, a dog who doesn't follow human affairs!!"

Gently waved the dove stick in his hand, and drove back the prisoners surrounding the stone. Only then did Zhang Bingji realize that the board was not a whole stone, but dozens of pieces of almost the same size. Stone bricks that are neatly stacked and obviously used for construction.

He stepped forward to look around, then turned around, looked at the deep pits that had been pressed out on the straight road, Zhang Bingji couldn't help but frown again.

"Where do these stone bricks come from?"

"Where is it going?"

Asked in a deep voice, before the middle-aged official opened his mouth, Zhang Bing himself pondered for a while.

"A few days ago, I heard that the prince is benevolent, loyal and filial, and treats the elderly with respect in Chang'an..."

"Today is the stone brick aisle..."

Muttering to himself, Zhang Bingji's eyes sharpened suddenly, and there was a little resentment in his eyes when he looked at the middle-aged official.

"You just said that you are following the order of the crown prince to send these stone bricks to Zheng Guoqu?"

"Humph!"

"Your Majesty has only been away from Beijing for three to five days, and the crown prince doesn't want to renovate the water conservancy. Could it be that he wants to build a palace in Weibei!!"

Hearing Zhang Bingji's words, the middle-aged official's face suddenly became anxious!
After a while, I don't know what I thought of, and I calmed down a little.

I saw the middle-aged official stepping forward, his tone of voice was full of the gentleness and humility of the younger generation towards the elders.

"Not so, not so..."

"These stone bricks were all transported to the Zhengguo Canal by the prince's younger generation, so that they can be used for laying the bottom and sides of the Zhengguo Canal to stabilize the river course."

As he spoke, the middle-aged official did not forget to turn his head slightly, and pouted in the direction of the ten prisoners.

"In a few days, the prince wants to go to the Zhengguo Canal in person, and drive these prisoners and official slaves into forced labor, so as to clear the blockage of the Zhengguo Canal..."

Hearing the official's words, Zhang Bing couldn't help but froze, and after a while, he let out a long "Oh~".

"So, the prince wants to build the Zhengguo Canal this time?"

Seeing the slight anger on Zhang Bing's face, the official nodded hurriedly as if he had been pardoned.

"Exactly..."

Hearing this, Zhang Bingji finally suppressed his angry expression a little, went back to the pile of stone bricks with a sullen face, and carefully looked at the dozens of stones.

"Um······"

"The length and width are about two feet, and the thickness is nearly five inches..."

"If the old man's prediction is correct, these stone bricks should be used for building a city?"

Seeing that Bingji Zhang was asking questions, but still not forgetting to slap the pile of stone bricks with his hands, the official couldn't help but hurried forward, and stood behind Bingji Zhang.

"Returning to the words of the old man, it is exactly."

"These stone bricks were originally cut and collected by the Shaofu for the purpose of building Chang'an."

"However, this time, according to His Majesty's edict, the crown prince ordered the Shaofu to send all the stone bricks stored in the Zhengguo Canal to the Zhengguo Canal."

"The Prince's meaning: The blockage of the Zhengguo Canal is all caused by the upstream soil flowing down the river and blocking the river channel downstream."

"So 20 stone bricks were laid on the bottom of the Zhengguo Canal to solidify the river mud in the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal, so as to prevent it from being swept downstream by water and blocking the canal again..."

After saying that, the official could not help lowering his head quietly, and bowed again.

But seeing that Zhang Bing had heard the words, there was finally a little approval on his face, and he just nodded with a sullen face.

"Ah."

"It looks like it."

"If it's really a big construction project, this old man will have to write a letter and hand it down to His Majesty in person!"

He raised his head full of complacency, and saw that Zhang Bing had smashed the dove stick in his hand twice again.

"If the book doesn't make sense, the old man should use the sticks bestowed by His Majesty on behalf of His Majesty and disdain his descendants!!!"

Hearing Zhang Bingji's words were horrifying, and if any other person uttered any of them, they might lead to death, the officials couldn't help lowering their heads in fear.

When Zhang Bingji turned around and looked at him with a sullen face, the official's heart was even more violent, and he was raised in his throat...
　"Law of the Second Year of Zhangjiashan Bamboo Bamboos of the Han Dynasty·Tian Lv": Entering a clearing of grass, three stones of grass, and two stones of grass.It is ordered that everyone should keep his own property at his age, but not into Chen, and those who do not follow the order will be fined four taels of gold.

　　Translation: The grass tax is collected in the unit of "area". For each hectare of land, three stones of grass (weeds) and two stones of grass (straw) need to be handed over.Be sure to use the fresh weeds and straws of the year, not Chen Chu and Chen Gao from previous years. Those who violate this law will be fined four taels of gold (96 baht in weight, about [-] yuan in total, worth two stones of corn)
　　
　
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