Villager of Daming

Chapter 181 Review of He Mingrou Rouge (first update)
On August [-]th, Chouzheng, the convoy from Xiaqiu Village set off for Xuancheng.

Yesterday, two yamen servants came to the village in the evening, holding a letter from the prefect of Song in their hands, telling the artisans of Xiaqiu Village that they decided to come over on August [-]th and go to Nanjing together.

The two yamen servants who delivered the letter could not enjoy the moon with their families, but they were very happy, much better than the yamen guards who also couldn't reunite.

When you go to Xiaqiu Village, you can eat, drink, and get things. You never come here empty-handed.

So before noon, the convoy brought people back, took the meat buns and soup in the water bag and other food, and immediately boarded the boat and rushed to Nanjing.

The people in charge of cooking have changed a batch, and they are going there to gain knowledge, and the others continue to stay in the village to do other things.

"Tell the other boats to drink and rush all the way. I didn't rest well yesterday. Take a sip of wine first."

The chief took out his own wine bag, which contained beer, and took out a thousand scrolls with the other hand.

There are shredded green onion, coriander, fried black bean sauce and garlic meat sauce in the thousand rolls, and ham strips as thick as chopsticks. This is a comfortable drink.

Others shouted, the artisans are welcome, in Xiaqiu Village, you don't need to worry about how much you eat, just work hard.

Sitting next to his father and elder brother, Wang Shu was still worried, fearing that he would be ridiculed when he arrived in Shangyuan County.

At the same time, he secretly regretted that if he knew that he would be transferred to such a good place, he should study hard.

When I was in school, I always felt that the things I learned were not difficult, as long as I worked hard, I could memorize them by reciting them hard.

Therefore, I always do other things at ordinary times, thinking that there are still a few days to work hard, and when the time comes, I find that I am too tired. As a result, my husband failed in the exam.

Thinking about it again, there is still time, and it will take a while to catch up with the ones that fell in front, and then...

He shook his head, trying to get rid of the bad memories of the past, and then regretted that he was going to Shangyuan County to study before showing off to his classmates.

Wang Shu, with all kinds of troubles, ate something dumbly, drank a sip of beer, and wrinkled his face, bitter!
Wang Yiqian took a sip of beer, but felt that the aftertaste was very sweet, and he was relieved of his heart troubles. He took the boss and took his place, so the third brother didn't have to worry about it anymore.

Wang Laolan was eating and drinking while drawing his fingers on his legs. He was calculating the approximate amount of concrete and bricks needed for the structure of a certain building behind the library.

He didn't understand it before, but he learned it later, and learned arithmetic with the children of Xiaqiu Village, and combined with the actual situation to see if he was right.

He is different from his younger brother Wang Shu. Wang Shu is required by his family to study, and he does not have a specific plan for the future.

And he studies to support his family. He has two children to support, and he has to work hard to get more wages.

He has been working with him since he was a child and knows that the more he knows a craft, the more he will have a way to survive. The more skilled the craft, the more money he will make.

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When the fleet entered the Yangtze River, the boatmen cheered up and adjusted the boats to avoid passing boats.

After eating the thousand rolls, the chief took a bite of the meat bun, and after swallowing it, he muttered to Hanhan next to him: "If only there was a direct road to Nanjing, it would be nice to go around by water."

Zhu Wentian continued to eat thousands of rolls and drink beer leisurely, turning his head slightly to look at Li Chang with those eyes.

The land roads are all mountains, so dig a road through the mountains from the village?The amount of work is scary, just like building a canal, building a canal...

Zhu Wentian stopped when he thought about eating suddenly, Canal?
He suddenly recalled a canal, Nanjing Rouge River.

The river next to the village is Huangchi River, Danyang Lake is connected to the east of Huangchi River, and Shijiu Lake is next to Danyang Lake.

In history, Zhu Yuanzhang started to build a 22-kilometer-long artificial canal [-] years later, the Yanzhi River connecting the Qinhuai River in Nanjing to Shijiu Lake.

At that time, tens of thousands of people were mobilized, and it took more than a year to complete the cultivation.

The Yanzhi River not only allows Xiaqiu Village to reach Nanjing at a faster speed, but also Ningguo Mansion and Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east to enter Nanjing through Shijiu Lake.

If you want to go to Nanjing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you have to go around a long way, especially the team that transports food.

The completion of the Yanzhi River made Nanjing more prosperous at once, and at the same time it was easier to transport things from the south to the north.

According to records, the local area is full of rocks. When repairing, a chisel was used to chisel out a gap in the rock, stuff hemp into it, pour tung oil, then set fire to it, and pour cold water after it was done.

This technique is a traditional skill in Chinese history. No matter how many big stones block the road to be built, they must be cleared away.

With a length of [-] kilometers, how long does it take to blow it up with gunpowder?The entire line is divided into small sections, and all construction sections are started together.

Use a drill to make a blast hole, put in a mixture of nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth, then react with mercury and nitric acid, and then add pure alcohol, this is gray mercury, and use it to detonate the former.

This is less troublesome than burning stones and splashing water. Why don't you try to make some after you arrive in Nanjing?
"Hanhan! Hanhan?" The chief's voice sounded, why is Hanhan so quiet today?
"Huh? Me, um! Hehehehe!" Zhu Wentian raised his head and responded with a smile.

"Eat! What do you put the thousand rolls in the water bag? Mix it up and drink it?" Li Chang pointed to Hanhan's hands.

Zhu Wentian had already stuffed one-third of the thousand scrolls into the water bag, and he was thinking about plugging the detonator.

He pulled it out and took a bite. When he touched the wine, the taste was not good, so he quickly swallowed it and took another bite to feel comfortable.

The head of the village took a worried look: "No rush, don't worry about anything, we'll talk about it when we get ashore."

He found that when Hanhan was distracted, something big would happen. Could it be that he said he wanted to build a road, but Hanhan really planned to dig a mountain?

That's not good, where can I find many people to work together?The business in Xiaqiu Village cannot support wages.

"En!" Zhu Wentian hummed, ate the thousand rolls in his hand, took another sip of wine, stopped touching the buns, and waited until Nanjing for dinner.

In the evening, when the fleet arrived at the pier, everyone moved their things and disembarked.

Wang Yiqian said to the third son: "Carry your things and go, if you can't carry them, carry them. Don't let your brother do it for you. There are other things!"

Wang Shu calmly took the sack, which contained his bedding and a few books. He didn't bring the Four Treasures of the Study, and Xiaqiu Village didn't lack these things. They opened a library.

Zhu Taisan negotiated the price with the drivers who came up, and other people who were dedicated to carrying the work did not come here, and saw a group of craftsmen here.

Wang Shu got off the boat with his own sack, and naturally put the sack beside a car. He was too smart to carry the sack by himself.

At this moment, he was still amazed by the looks of the girls in the courtyard on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and felt that he should be the one sitting there with girls accompanying him to study.

Fortunately, he is still aware of his family background, he has no money and cannot afford to go.

As the team moved forward, he continued to look around, is this Ying Tianfu?Sure enough, Ningguo County is more prosperous than Ningguo County, and the silk clothes I wear are a bit shabby.

Or people in Xiaqiu Village are good, rich, and wear silk and satin, how do they make money?

(End of this chapter)