Poor family mother and son

The county magistrate of Shigang was frightened and trembling.

But Xiaobao said: "Xiangzi, if we don't pay, we are taking advantage of the public."

Xiangzi refused: "We didn't take it, but I bet the government didn't get the money either!"

The county magistrate of Shigang kowtowed as if he was pounding garlic: "Yong'an Gong Mingjian! The money is still in the county government office, and the subordinates have not embezzled it!"

Xiangzi: "What's wrong? Is it because I didn't have time to spend it, or is it counted as being in the county government's backyard?"

The backyard of the county government is the residence of the county magistrate.

Chu Qing ignored him, but asked Xiangzi, "Since the stone is so valuable, why didn't the county government send someone to watch it?"

"Then I don't know. I heard that the former supervisor of the quarry was a relative of the former magistrate. Isn't he dead? Now..." Xiangzi turned his head and asked the kneeling man: "Hello! , County Magistrate of Shigang, who is your family going to appoint as the supervisor?"

The magistrate of Shigang was almost scared to pee!
He had just been transferred to Yong'an Mansion not long ago. He was so busy visiting his superiors one by one that he could not care about managing county government affairs.

He actually wanted to get his second cousin and three nephews over, but he had to establish a good relationship with his superiors first before talking about this!

"Go ahead and talk about yourself, don't pay attention to him." Chu Qing said, and by the way, put a big chopsticks of stewed pork vermicelli into his bowl. Ever since sweet potato flour became available, stewed pork vermicelli has become Xiangzi's favorite.

After talking for a long time, I still haven't even said why I started fighting.

Xiangzi: “In the past, the quarrymen were all prisoners sent to Yun’an County, and nearby villages would not come to the quarry;

One is that the quarry does not recruit workers from outside, and the prisoners are used to quarry the stones, and they only need two meals of rough noodles a day, which is cheap;

The second is that the villagers are afraid of being implicated. What should they do if they encounter escaped prisoners and are deemed to be harboring or sheltering by the government? They are also afraid of being coerced by the escaped prisoners and hurting their family members;
But things are different now. The villagers want to build houses, but the only ones they can afford are mud and thatched houses. If it rains again or there is a strong wind, they will still have nowhere to live;

So everyone is eyeing the quarry, who can build a stone house without spending money, who is not tempted!
Also, it is said that the village chief heard that people in the city needed bricks and stones to repair houses, so he immediately mobilized the villagers to quarry and sell them. Food is so expensive now, how can we buy food if we don’t make money?

However, although the quarry is very large, how can the stone be so easy to mine?
The villagers didn't have many tools, so they couldn't cut stones from the mountain, so they could only divide them according to the large stones that the prisoners had brought down in the past;

But the big rocks are the only ones, and any village wants to monopolize them, especially Yunwu Village, they are close to the quarry, and they are also the first villages to have the idea of ​​quarrying;

But Yun'an Village was only a day or two behind them, so they used the name that the quarry belonged to Yong'an Mansion, and prevented people from Yunwu Village from quarrying;

Naturally, Yunwu Village didn't do it. They thought it was first come, first served. With such a large quarry, what is there to fight for?Let Yun'an Village go to the other side to pick;
Still the same sentence, no village has the ability to dig stones from the mountain, they can only pick up the big stones that have been dug out to divide, so Yun'an Village naturally won't do it;

As a result, Yun'an Village used the land boundary as an excuse to drive away Yunwu Village, and Yunwu Village threatened in turn, saying that Yun'an Village was guarding and stealing from the imperial court's quarry;
But at this time there is no fight, at most it's just a few people scolding each other. "

It is very difficult to dig mountains and rocks.

Before Chu Qing came into contact with the Jade Mine in Voss Country, all the impressions of ancient quarrying were limited to those scenes in TV dramas: workers holding hammers and chisels, beating on big stones.

But how those big rocks came from, Chu Qing never thought about it.

It wasn't until in Voss that I had a preliminary understanding of blasting the stones piece by piece by drilling holes and stuffing gunpowder.

It was also at that time that I realized that if there is no gunpowder, it is still necessary to use a hammer or a chisel to drill holes in the mountain, and then wait for the stone to crack itself due to its own weight and force.

If it can fall off, let it fall. If it can't fall off, continue hammering and chiseling to break the boulder into several pieces, and then use iron drills, crowbars, etc. to pry it loose and let it roll down.

After the boulders came down, they were hammered and chiseled for modification.

How can ordinary villagers own so many iron tools? The most valuable things in their homes are just a few hoes.

For example, when the Chu family went to the mountain to look for the heart stone, they directly blasted one of the mountain top stones on the top of the mountain, separated it from the other stones, and then transported it down by rolling.

It was also because the Chu family went to get stones, and the villagers in several villages discovered that the stones were really valuable, which made them want to keep them for themselves.

Xiangzi said: “At that time, they hid from our family for a while and did not come out, and our family did not know that they were digging illegally;

Later, when we walked forward, they all came out on the back, and once they came out, the competition became even stronger, because Yong'an Gong wanted stones, so it must be very popular in the city, and the price has to be raised;
At this time, most of the villagers stopped watching the small-scale scolding, because it was not a simple scolding, but related to the interests of the whole village;
So they scolded each other in groups, and then started fighting in groups;
It used to be a combination of punches and kicks, but now it has developed into beating with hoes, throwing stones and beating people like quarrying. Recently, two people in each of the two villages died in three consecutive days. "

"Oh," Chu Xinghai sighed: "You're stupid, you're wasting your time!"

Chu Qing understood what Xiao Haixing meant, and the Chu family all understood: while no one is watching, quarry the stones as soon as possible, the more the better, why waste time to fight?
Chu Qing said: "Little Starfish, do you want to go out with your adoptive mother to inspect the fiefdom?"

Chu Xinghai: "I want to! Let's go!"

It was so unambiguous that I jumped out of my chair.

In order to let Chu Yuan and Gan Lai stay with their son more, Chu Qing let the couple go with him, and at the same time told Zhuo Yao: "You stay and help Xiaobao."

Xiangzi wiped his mouth and followed suit. Chu Qing told him to eat until he was full. Xiangzi was serious and put two pancakes in his arms, then took the plate of pork stewed with vermicelli and directly shoveled it into his mouth, swallowing it like a whale.

The kneeling magistrate of Shigang County over there had a chance to stand up. His knees hurt from kneeling, and his forehead was covered with dirt. He asked Chu Qing for instructions: "I will follow my father-in-law...

Chu Qing just ignored him and never gave him a straight look from the beginning to the end.

Just because someone like him can talk to Mr. Yong'an?Chu Qing only asked Zhang Luo to bring a few dishes, and then took them away.

That's the end of the dinner.

Hurry up, otherwise Chu Qing doesn't know how to appease Zhang Erni and the others' worries.

When Gan came to leave, he kissed Yang Jiao's little cheek vigorously: "Daughter-in-law, I'll bring you delicious food when I come back!"

Yang Chen: "Okay!"

"I'll bring you delicious food too!" Chu Xinghai promised immediately. He found that when it came to flirting with girls, his skill points didn't seem to be full, and he was far behind his mother.

Junmao: "Sister, no!"

Yang Kai: "No!"

Chu Xinghai: "..."

Chu Yuan said to Junmao: "Wait for Uncle to bring you back something fun!"

Chu Xinghai immediately made another promise to Junmao: "Uncle, I'll bring you something fun too!"

Junmao: "Huh! Look at the performance!"

Yang Chen: "Hehehe.

On the way, Chu Xinghai chatted with Chu Qing: "Foster mother, I find that there is a kind of relative who is the most annoying. The nicer you treat him, the more he gets in trouble."

Chu Qing: "What kind of relative?"

Chu Xinghai: "Uncle!"

Early education!