The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 15 You won't be exhausted here, will you?

When we arrived at the Sukang Mausoleum in Zijinbao, it was already dark.The tomb of this prince has already been outlined, and a construction team has already entered the site.Yang Baochang arrived at the scene, and after communicating with the people above, he brought Ding Zhuang from the village to the designated accommodation area.

It is said to be a dormitory area, and there are only a few haystacks inside, not even a shack!Everyone has to sleep in this kind of place with nothing tonight.

"Third father, let's get more grass quickly, otherwise people will freeze to death if you sleep in the open air all night." Hearing that the security chief said that the arrangement for tonight is to sleep in the open, Song Yingkui hurriedly dragged third uncle to grab more grass.I thought that since the mausoleum was built for the palace, no matter what, there must be a place to live, right?It turned out to be survival in the wilderness, and the service of this corvee was also at the end of the day.

Taking the third uncle to snatch two large bales of grass, Song Yingkui found a small hillside that could block the wind, laid the grass, and could only sleep like this tonight.

It's still winter, and it's hard enough to rely on a pile of grass to keep out the cold.In the middle of the night, Song Yingkui, who was sleeping with his third father, was woken up by the cold.When I woke up, there were many people who couldn't stand the cold like me.

Someone picked up some firewood, got angry and gathered around the campfire until dawn.Song Yingkui hurried over.When they went out, the two of them only brought a thin mattress, how will they live in the future?
After daybreak, Yang Baochang put on a sheepskin coat and went to find someone to explain.After returning, assign work to everyone.Next, what the strong men of the Yang Family Fort had to do was to dig out a section of the grave that had been allocated.

The tombs of ordinary people cannot be dug too big, but the tombs of princes are different. Judging from the tasks assigned by Chief Yang Bao and other members of the construction team, Song Yingkui feels that this is going to hollow out Banla Mountain.

"Baochang, we have to find a place to live, right? We can't live in the open field all the time? It was so cold last night that many people couldn't sleep. If this continues, people will freeze to death here." In the team, a young man surnamed Wang reported the situation to Yang Shunan.

"It's necessary to find a place to live, but the construction period can't be delayed! How about this, take advantage of the free time at noon and evening, and each build their own shack." They are all from the village, and Yang Shunan doesn't want to treat everyone harshly.But the problem is that the people above have arranged the amount of tasks, and if they fail to complete the tasks within the specified time limit, the whole village will inevitably be punished. As the chief security officer, there is no way to arrange for people to take time to build a hut.

Taking advantage of the noon and evening time to build a shack by myself, how can everyone have the energy for a day's work?You really don't treat people as human beings.

After digging a hole all morning, at noon, the third uncle Song Xueliang said: "Kui Wa, I cook in a rice tank, why don't you dig a small kiln for us? Otherwise, people who are cold at night can't sleep."

"Save your energy, you will have to work hard in the afternoon! Let's cook the rice quickly and eat it later." When leaving home, the uncle and nephew carried two liters of millet on their backs, and the rest of the meal would be cooked with some salt.

"Will you be freezing in the open field at night?"

"Listen to me, we have a place to sleep at night, and it's warmer than the place others are looking for!"

Nephew said that there is a place to sleep at night?Where to sleep!Song Xueliang couldn't figure out what his nephew was up to.

After cooking in the evening, Song Yingkui said: "San Dae, clean up the pile of grass last night, and I will go to the distance to see if I can pick up some larger branches. Tonight we will sleep directly in the pit we dug during the day, where the wind does not blow, and it is much better than a kiln dug casually." During the day, Song Yingkui thought of a labor-saving way to sleep directly in the grave dug.

Given the conditions on the construction site and the tight schedule, we couldn't find a better shack.Now that people are digging holes, what if we use local materials and use the holes we dug to shelter from the wind first?
"The place where people are buried, is it appropriate for us to sleep in it?" Song Xueliang was shocked by his nephew's bold idea!
"Such a big pit, do you know where to bury someone? Don't worry, sleep with you!"

After finding a few larger branches and dragging them back to the construction site, Song Yingkui and his third uncle jumped into the hole dug during the day, spread the grass and branches, and went to sleep.

I woke up once in the middle of the night, and heard someone else's snoring in the dark.It seems that others have done the same thing as me.

After dawn, get up and have a look!Good guy, more than half of the strong men in the village ran to sleep in the grave.

Yang Baochang beat the gong and began to urge the young men to start a new day's work.

After digging the pit for five days in a row, the pit got bigger and bigger and deeper, and the work became more and more tiring.Song Yingkui felt that he couldn't stand it anymore.

Not to mention the tiredness of the work, the key is that the food is too bad, and the millet is boiled every now and then without any nutrition. Is this going to be bearable?After a few days, the third uncle, who was originally handsome, had sunken eye sockets, and he was severely malnourished.The third uncle is like this, and I must be similar.After serving this corvée, you won't die here from exhaustion, right?Before time travelling, I saw that corvée was told in the book that it was hard, but after all, I couldn't imagine how hard it was.Only after experiencing it for yourself will you know the extent of the suffering.

At home, no matter how hard life is, you can still find ways to get food, but here, you can only rely on hard work!The most exasperating thing is that after suffering so much, the work is meaningless.In Song Yingkui's view, building the royal tomb was a waste of labor.People build the Great Wall and open canals, at least they use their labor force to do their work. What is the use of building tombs?Therefore, an emperor who can use his precious labor to build the Great Wall and open canals is considered a good emperor among feudal emperors.But they seem to use labor to repair their own tombs?Grandma, there is really no one who treats people as people.

Just when Song Yingkui was cursing the evil feudal emperor in his heart, a gong suddenly sounded on the construction site!When is it not time to leave work?What are you knocking on the gong for?Song Yingkui climbed out of the tunnel very curiously, wanting to see what kind of moth was going to be fixed.

"Someone who can do carpentry comes here. The craftsman camp is short of people. As long as you can get the job, you can enter the carpenter camp and take care of the food!" The person who beat the gong shouted to the crowd who came around.

Find a carpenter and take care of the food?This is a good thing.Song Yingkui quickly jumped into the pit, pulled up the third uncle who was digging the pit, and ran to the place where the person who was knocking the gong was standing with the iron lift and the back strap.

"You two are carpenters?" The person who hit the gong questioned in disbelief when he saw that it was actually two young men running over.

"I'm a carpenter who has already become an apprentice. This is my third uncle who is learning carpentry and is about to become an apprentice!" Song Yingkui replied confidently.

"Are you a disciple? Will there be eighteen this year?"

"It's not eighteen, it's just sixteen! But you've got great skills, you've already become an apprentice!" At this time, you can't be modest, you have to seize the opportunity to fight hard.

"You are very capable, follow me and see how capable you are. Let me tell you, you can't brag about a carpenter's ability. You can see the truth under your hands. If you brag and deceive others, you will definitely need a whip!"

(End of this chapter)