At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 312 Crisis Flashes
Gao Bufan and Wei Zheng walked to the construction site on the left. Hundreds of craftsmen were busy in full swing, half of them were young and strong from Harry's department, who were helping out, lifting pillars and sawing wood, working very hard. .

"Master Gao, this is Master Jiao." Wei Zheng introduced a gray-haired man to Gao Bufan.

This Master Jiao was about 50 years old, dressed in a plain gray cloth, with an iron ruler stuck in the back of his waist, and an ink fountain hanging from his waist. "My humble Jiao Gui, I have met Mr. Gao!"

Gao Bufan nodded and said, "Master Jiao, you are welcome. When will this house be built?"

Jiao Gui probably thought that Gao Bufan thought the progress of the project was slow, so he frowned and said indifferently: "The soonest it will be the beginning of March next year. If the workmanship is not beautiful, it may be postponed. If Mr. Gao is in a hurry, you can ask Lu The chief steward dispatched another construction team, but the labor budget has to be doubled, and 20,000 taels is far from enough!"

Sure enough, capable people have tempers, but Gao Bufan didn't take it seriously, he still has a little tolerance for others, and said with a smile: "That's not necessary, slow work and meticulous work, master Jiao can follow his own steps I'm not in a hurry, by the way, it's the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it's almost the Chinese New Year, and everyone has to rush to work in this place where the birds don't shit. It's really hard work. Mr. Wei went back to buy fifty sheep from Harry's department Come back, cook some mutton soup to warm everyone’s stomachs, and add meat dishes to the artisans every five days, so that everyone can work hard.”

Wei Zheng immediately nodded in agreement.

Jiao Gui's complexion suddenly changed when he heard the words. In fact, if the project was based on the budget, it would be a loss. Although Lu Sanlang had already handed in the final payment and Fan Yang and Lu would bear the part that exceeded the budget, Jiao Dajiang was still not very happy. Seeing that Gao Bufan was so talkative and offered to add food to everyone, his complexion naturally looked good, and he cupped his hands and said: "I thank Mr. Gao for your generosity on everyone's behalf."

People are like this, if you respect him a foot, he will respect you in return. After that, Jiao Gui really became more enthusiastic, and personally took Gao Bufan to visit the construction site, and he answered every question, and he knew everything without saying anything.When those workers heard that they could eat mutton every five days, they were all shocked, and they worked harder, shouting loudly.

Not long after Gao Bufan finished his visit to the construction site, he was about to visit the Hari Department, when he saw a horse team coming from the lake, the leaders were Gao Shixiong and Gao Shiheng brothers, followed by more than [-] horsemen, it was Han Lao Shi, Liu Ying and other villagers in Liu'anli.

It is said that Han Laoshi, Liu Ying and others have now become the first guarding armed forces in the racecourse, and Brother Gao Shixiong has naturally become the leader of this armed force. Leading the team to practice patrols, and sitting up and down according to the set of the barracks, look at the stinking spirit of these two brothers, as if they are leading a million-dollar general.

At this time, Brother Gao Shixiong led the team and rushed to Gao Bufan and the others, rolled off the saddle, and shouted excitedly: "When did Boss Changqing arrive?"

"It's been a long time, are you hunting?" Gao Bufan asked Liu Gou'er when he saw a wild deer hanging on his horse.

Gao Shixiong rolled his eyes strangely and said: "It's nothing, I'm not a negligent person. We went to inspect the ranch. This is our territory within a radius of ten miles. We have to inspect it twice a day, and practice riding and archery by the way. Kung fu, the boy Gou'er has made great progress, and today he shot a passing wild deer to death."

Liu Gou'er triumphantly lifted the wild deer and lifted it over the top. Han Xiaoyun was full of envy. He was riding a horse very well now, but he could barely draw a bow on the horse, and even shot at the archery target standing thirty steps away. If you don't hit, let alone a fast-running beast.

Gao Bufan smiled and said, "That's right. In fact, it's not bad to go hunting occasionally. You don't need to practice every day. The combination of work and rest is better. Shooting a live target is better than shooting a dead target."

Gao Shiheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately patted his forehead and said, "Zhong, Boss Changqing is right. From now on, we will train and hunt every day."

Everyone immediately cheered in unison. Obviously, hunting is much more interesting than training, and everyone naturally loves hunting more.

Gao Bufan couldn't help crying and laughing. Fortunately, he didn't expect these two idiots to train him an elite army, otherwise he would have to vomit blood with anger. Ambition", pulled Gao Bufan aside from left to right, and then said eagerly: "Boss Changqing, our territory is so big, don't you think there are too few people?"

Gao Bu nodded, and followed the tone of the two of them: "It is indeed less!"

Gao Shixiong and Gao Shiheng looked at each other happily, and said in unison: "Then quickly increase the number of people."

"How much do you want to increase?" Gao Bufan asked back.

Gao Shixiong immediately said boldly: "Han Xin sends more troops, the better."

"Roll rough!"

Gao Shiheng scratched his head and said, "Boss Changqing, with the talents of our two brothers, it is no problem to lead one hundred and eighty thousand troops."

Gao Bufan rolled his eyes: "It's good if you can take ten or eight of them, and you can pay back one hundred and eighty thousand, while you go to cool off."

"Boss Changqing is too contemptuous of people. If there are enough cavalry, we two brothers will lead people out to patrol and be more majestic. When Xiren sees our strong soldiers and horses, naturally he will not dare to think about our racecourse. .” Gao Shixiong said.

Gao Bufan's heart moved, he frowned and asked, "Could it be that you met Xi Ren?"

Gao Shixiong and his brothers immediately nodded in unison and said, "I met it more than once!"

Gao Bufan looked at Wei Zheng, he couldn't trust these two idiots, it stands to reason that the Xiren tribe was scared away by the plague, so they shouldn't dare to turn around in a short time.

Wei Zheng nodded, and said solemnly: "Recently, there are indeed strange rangers haunting the vicinity. According to the confirmation of the members of the Hari tribe, they are indeed from the Chuli tribe of the Xi clan."

Gao Bufan was a little apprehensive, since there were spies from the Xi tribe, there was a high probability that these Xi tribe would move back after the beginning of spring, so he had to make preparations early.

"Boss Changqing, why don't we ask for some people from the clan? With the prestige of the younger generation of my brothers in the clan, we can guarantee that there will be a crowd of responders. It is absolutely no problem to gather 200 people." Gao Shixiong took a photo Said with chest.

Although Gao Bufan knew that this guy was bragging, it was an expedient measure. He wrote a letter and asked the patriarch Gao Shihong to ask for dozens of children from the Gao clan. The cost of a hundred rides is not a small amount, and I'm afraid that my little wealth is not enough, it seems that I still have to find a way to get more money.

(End of this chapter)