Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 17 The raccoon dog on a hill

"It's very inconvenient to go up the mountain from here, climb up and down."

"Although it's not too far to go to the Jinghe River, it's a bit far to carry water back and forth."

Li Shan took a branch and gestured to Zhu Wei and others beside him and said: "A few days ago, the third uncle at the east end of the village fell down while carrying water down the mountain, and sister-in-law Liu went climbing the mountain with a big basin to wash clothes and slipped for a while." wrestle."

"It's been like this for so many years..."

Zhu Wei scolded Qing Zhuang at the side after only half a sentence: "You idiot, listen carefully!"

In ancient times, it didn’t matter whether you chose a place to settle down or not, but you must be accompanied by water. Although Zhujiagou is not far from Jinghe River, there is no water source near the village. You need to climb to a stream halfway up Dongshan Mountain to carry water and do laundry. In order to take a bath, Li Shan has long wanted to build a diversion canal.

Just in time to build a new house, gather manpower, and before the spring plowing has started, the two hundred young men will dig a diversion canal, which will make water more convenient... Li Shan is not obsessed with cleanliness, but he can't stand not taking a bath for ten days and a half months.

"It can't be straight up and down, it has to be winding and winding, layer by layer, like a water dragon, entering from the west of the village and exiting from the east of the village..."

"Where are you going?"

"There is Sanli Village over there. There is a small river in their village, which goes directly to the Jing River. They couldn't wish for it." Li Shan clicked on the map on the ground, "If there are enough people, it would be better to dig a pool in the west of the village to store water."

"It's better to dig a few more canals, not too big, but it's better to build them with bluestone slabs, pass through the village, and every household can get water at the door, and then you don't have to carry water."

Outside the crowd, Wang Renbiao, who listened for a while, listened with great interest, and then interjected, "It looks like the Jiangnan layout."

"Oh, Brother Wang is here." Li Shan threw away the branches and said with a smile, "there are so many lakes in the south of the Yangtze River."

"With such a long distance, water will be diverted from the upper layer of the mountain to dig a big pond, and then diverted into the village. The big pond should also be dug at the east end of the village, otherwise there may be waterlogging, and it must be connected to the small river in the neighboring village." Wang Ren said used to Handling general affairs, he shook his head after a rough calculation: "Three hundred young adults with complete equipment will take at least half a year, and five hundred young adults will take three to four months."

Li Shan scratched his head, "Even if it doesn't work, it won't be long before spring plowing begins."

"Don't get in the way, take your time." Zhu Wei was determined to do this, "Da Lang, you can just take care of your own house."

Li Shan chatted a few words and led Wang Renbiao away, "I thought Brother Wang wouldn't come."

It has been seven or eight days since the meeting on the Lantern Festival. Li Shan didn't care whether Wang Renbiao would come, but he didn't expect to come after so long.

Wang Renbiao avoided answering, and only asked with a smile, "Brother Li is not going back to Lingnan?"

"I won't go back, it's pretty good here." Li Shan kicked the broken soil at his feet, "I need Brother Wang's help to build a new house...Here, this is the picture I drew."

Wang Renbiao took the paper and spread it out to look at it. The corners of his eyes couldn't help moving slightly. After a while, he sighed: "It's so meticulous, meticulous, and lifelike..."

"It's just graffiti." Li Shan participated in the sketch interest club in the university in his previous life. There is no way, every student must join at least one club.

Li Shan described Yangzhou and Suzhou gardens based on his memories of several class outings in his previous life. It’s a hodgepodge, there are shadows of Lion Forest, Humble Administrator’s Garden, and Canglang Pavilion.

"Brother Wang came today..."

Li Shan was about to talk about business, when Wang Renbiao suddenly interrupted: "May I meet Ling Ci?"

A while later, in the small main hall of the Li family, Wang Renbiao straightened his clothes and bowed solemnly, "Wang Renbiao of Qi County pays his respects to Mrs. Zhu."

Mrs. Zhu glanced at her son in surprise and called her "Ms. Zhu", obviously knowing the inside story.

Seeing his son nodding his head slightly, Mrs. Zhu stood up and returned the salute, and said loudly: "The king of Qi County is a branch of the Taiyuan Wang family, and the young master is a child of the Taiyuan Wang family?"

Wang Renbiao was a little surprised, not to mention a Lingnan woman, even ordinary people in Guanzhong only know that the Taiyuan Wang family is famous, and they can't tell the branches of the Taiyuan Wang family.

"My father, Yuyu, is in charge of Suizhou."

"The captain's son-in-law of Tong'an Chang Princess." Zhu blurted out.

Li Shan looked at his mother with surprised eyes, even a time traveler himself didn't know, how could you be so clear?

Wang Renbiao paused, then nodded, "Miss Zhu is very knowledgeable."

After a moment of silence, Mrs. Zhu asked softly, "Why did you come here?"

"Come here for Gewurztraminer." Wang Renbiao briefly talked about the Lantern Festival talk.

Mrs. Zhu immediately shook her head and said, "Twenty Guan, sell it to you, it is not acceptable to cooperate and share profits."

While talking, Mrs. Zhu cast a reproachful gaze on Li Shan, and cooperated to share profits... Once it became a climate, his son would be regarded as a businessman and it would be difficult for him to become an official.

Although Li Shan didn't know why Wang Renbiao chose to cooperate with him today instead of buying out the secret recipe, but this is what he wanted to see. He stepped forward and said softly, "In the name of Dongshan Temple."

Wang Renbiao immediately understood, "The other party is Wang's wife's natal Li family, and the father-in-law's family has been doing business in Chang'an for many years."

Mrs. Zhu hesitated for a while, then shook her head again, "Forget it, it's only twenty sticks."

"Thank you, Prince, for your kindness, but you should know that offending the wealthy family for this matter is not worth the loss."

Wang Renbiao lowered his head silently, and then spoke after a while, "I can't take out twenty punctures anymore."

Li Shan's eyes are weird, that day you thought the bid of [-] Guan was too low!

Whether it is the son of Taiyuan Wang's family or the son of Princess Tong'an Chang, it is only twenty guan, and it is estimated that it is only a few meals.

It has been seven days since he was kicked out of the house. Wang Renbiao is a young man with strong self-esteem. He refuses to accept money from the wealthy businessman Yue's family. The only two friends he has are not in Beijing. After deliberation, he still chooses Li Shan.

But I didn't expect that Li Shan's mother was such a temperamental woman, she refused for fear of hurting others.

Mrs. Zhu looked at Wang Renbiao with a sad face, thought for a while and asked, "But can't you tell me directly?"

"If there is any embarrassment, there is no need for twenty guns, the secret recipe."

This time, Li Shan didn't feel distressed. It was a good thing to be able to connect with Princess Tong'an through this line... He remembered that this was Li Yuan's direct sister, and she also had a daughter who was the concubine of Yang Guang's harem.

It doesn't matter if I send it to you... Wang Renbiao felt his nose sore, bowed his head and said: "Brother Li said frankly that day, and I don't want to hide it. On the night of Lantern Festival, I brought my wife..."

When Wang Renbiao finished speaking intermittently and vaguely, Li Shan was dumbfounded and was kicked out. Is it so miserable?

Oh, it must be a concubine, and Princess Anchang waited for her husband to go to another place to take up his post, and immediately drove the concubine out of the house.

Wang Renbiao looked at Li Shan with a wry smile, in his eyes... We are almost miserable!

"boom!"

Mrs. Zhu jumped up against the case, pointed at the halberd and cursed: "Such a poisonous woman has no regard for human relations..."

Wang Renbiao couldn't understand what was said later, and neither could Li Shan. They could only guess that it was Lingnan slang.

What Li Shan listened to was boring, but Wang Renbiao blushed when he heard it, and was so excited that he was about to speak up.

Zhu's scolding was obviously out of venting emotion, and in her opinion, Princess An and Li Dewu were the same.

After finally waiting for the mother's dry mouth to come to an end, Li Shan quickly interjected and said, "So, let's settle down and discuss the details with Brother Wang."

Mrs. Zhu nodded and was about to speak, when the young monk outside suddenly rushed into the door in a daze, pointing outside, "Auntie, Dalang, someone is looking for you."

Li Shan turned his head to look, ten steps away from the door, Wu Zhong in the green coat and cap was stretching his neck to peep inside.

(End of this chapter)