I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 144 Guo Yi's Fame Spreads to the World!
Liuhe Village Salt Field.

I have to say that Sun Yanming is indeed talented and learned.Although he was born as a censor, his management skills were discovered by Guo Yi.

Although the old salt farm has only been built for more than a month, it has inevitably become an old salt farm because of the construction of the new salt farm.

The location of the new salt field is located in the center of this large saline-alkali land, radiating in all directions in a spider web.

Because the king of Chu had already issued notices to the surrounding villages that wages should be paid off for the spring tax, Sun Yanming spared no effort in manpower and recruited a total of 2000 people from the surrounding villages.

The 2000 people were divided into several large groups.

One group went to open up and level the road. This is a large area of ​​saline-alkali land, and almost no one has stepped on it for thousands of years.Desolation is the main theme here.

Therefore, several roads have to be opened up for driving.Whether it is transporting salt out or rock carbon in, a good road is indispensable.

The second group, carrying the new Luoyang shovel, went to dig brine wells around.According to the construction drawings designed by Guo Yi, it spreads around in a spider web.They need to drill hundreds, or even thousands of brine wells.

The third group is to build brick kilns.Whether it is building a house or paving the ground and roads, a lot of bricks and stones are needed.

Ever since, five new cave dwellings have sprung up.Seven puffs of black smoke shot up to the sky, rising day and night, and could be seen from several miles away.

As for the fourth group, most of them were masons, and they were the main force in building the central house.The central houses are also arranged in a circle, a huge circle with a radius of several kilometers.

Because the construction site was too large and there were too many workers, His Royal Highness King Chu had to send subordinate staff here one after another to supervise the work.

As the chief officer, Sun Yanming even set an example, running around on this huge construction site all day long.

It is not only necessary to check the construction of the house, but also to check whether the pipelines that transport brine are qualified.

Because it was the beginning of summer, the weather was hot and the sun was scorching, which made him tanned.

At this time, the old servant at home suddenly sent a famous card: "Master, an old man in Ge clothes came from outside the salt field. He said he was an old friend and asked for a meeting!"

Famous assassin?

Sun Yanming looked at the famous thorn in the old servant's hand, and was very surprised.It seems that it has been a long time since I have seen a famous thorn...

It seems that after leaving Beijing.

old friend?He took the name card full of doubts, and opened it for a look.A familiar name came into view.

Pei Xi said!
Participate in political affairs, Mr. Pei!

How can it be?

He was startled immediately.

This is not the capital, but Jinghu North Road thousands of miles away!How could Mr. Pei come here?
Sun Yanming couldn't help frowning, then raised his head to look at the old servant, and asked: "You received the famous assassin yourself?"

"En." The old servant nodded hastily, and also said with doubts: "That person looks very familiar, he seems to have seen it somewhere!"

look familiar?

This is the old servant of the family, who followed him from the capital to this Jiangling Mansion, and later came to Liuhe Village in Zhangjia Town together.This person is not familiar with the place, how can he have any acquaintances?
Could it be that this thorn is real?
But why did Mr. Pei come all the way to Jiangling mansion?

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, by the way, the drought on Jingbei Road!
Mr. Pei must be the inspector sent by the imperial court!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly stood up straight, straightened his clothes, and urged impatiently: "Let's go! Go back!"

Seeing his anxious appearance, the old servant didn't dare to delay at all, and drove back in the mule cart.

The road hadn't been repaired yet, and it was extremely bumpy, but he didn't care about it at this time, and hurried back.

The periphery of the saltworks has already been surrounded by a wall more than ten miles wide.Outsiders are not allowed to enter.

The four elders in Ge Yi were stopped by the gatekeeper.They made a detour from the west, and the news of the construction of the saltworks in Liuhe Village had already spread over half of Jinghu North Road.

Moreover, in order to build the saltworks, more than 3000 people were recruited from the surrounding villages, and each person was paid [-] Wen a day.

During their journey, many people were talking about this matter, and the rumors were buzzing.

So, out of curiosity, they also wanted to go into the saltworks to see what happened?

As a result, after waiting for half an hour, the gate of the salt field was opened from the inside.Sun Yanming hurried out with the old servant.

"Hahaha!" Seeing him, the old man in Ge Yi burst out laughing immediately: "Sun Shengshen! It really is you old boy! Ah, hahaha!"

Sun Yanming was even more taken aback, and hurriedly cupped his hands and saluted: "Mr. Pei, it's really you who came! I thought, who is it?"

"What? You old man, you don't work as a speech officer in Beijing, but here you come as a salt official!"

Uh... Sun Yanming looked helpless after being teased by him, so he stretched out his hand and signaled: "Stop standing outside, please come inside!"

Pei Xidao was also polite, looked him up and down, turned around and walked in.

I saw a huge screen wall in front of the door, engraved with a couplet: Hengmei coldly pointed at thousands of husbands, bowed his head willingly as a ox!
When Pei Xidao saw it, his eyes widened in an instant, he read it twice unconsciously, and then praised loudly: "That's good! What a frowning brow coldly pointing at a thousand fingers, bowing his head and willingly being a bully! Old man Sun, you old boy, see you with your knowledge." up!"

In his opinion, this couplet is the best portrayal of Sun Yanming.

When he was a censor in the capital, he was a lonely and lofty person, he didn't get along with others, he didn't care about others, he was a rare clean person.

It is even more common to be accused by thousands of people.

But now, after being demoted from the capital, he came here again to be a salt official, working hard and doing his best.

Sun Yanming blushed from being praised, I can say, didn't I write this?

"Pei Xianggong is ridiculous! This is not written by someone, it is Guo Erlang who has nothing to do!"

Guo Erlang?
Pei Xidao was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked in puzzlement, "Guo Erlang?"

"Oh, it's the kid who wrote the art of looking at mountains and finding water!"

"What?" Pei Xidao was even more taken aback: "You mean, the person who wrote the art of looking at mountains and finding water, and created a new method of digging wells?"

Nowadays, Guo Yi's name has already spread throughout Jinghu North Road.Almost everyone knows that there is such an unworldly Confucian who saves the suffering.

But now, he seemed to hear something different: "This salt field, this..."

He didn't know how to ask.

Sun Yanming did not hide anything, and nodded in agreement: "This saltworks was built by him alone!"

This time, not only Pei Xidao, but even the young man in a shirt behind him was full of disbelief, what are you kidding?
In his opinion, to be able to write the art of looking at mountains and water, and to create a new method of digging wells is already an amazing talent!
Especially the mysterious and unpredictable technique of looking at mountains and searching for water has a success rate of up to [-]%!
It has been regarded as a divine book by countless people!

And the new well-drilling method was even passed on to the capital by his father Kuai Ma, and handed over to the current Holy Majesty.

If nothing else, it will soon be rolled out across the country.And Guo Yi's name will be known to the world.

But now, Sun Yanming told himself that the salt field in front of him was also done by Guo Yi!
(End of this chapter)