first minister

Chapter 6 Do You Really Want To Die?

Walking in the dusty labor camp, Zhao Hongfei, the magistrate of Jiang'an County, regained the demeanor that a county lord should have when facing the subordinates, and said lightly: "Hu Yi, I ordered people to rush to work overnight to make these things for you. Don't let me, and the two adults, be disappointed!"

Manager Hu hurriedly said decisively: "Please rest assured, the county lord and all the adults, the little one is fully prepared, and will definitely live up to the entrustment."

"it is good!"

Zhao Hongfei nodded slightly, and pointed to a large pile of objects placed on the open space in front of him, "All the things you want are here, and I am here to watch. I hope you can surprise me! As long as you succeed, I will reward you a lot!"

Manager Hu was overjoyed, "Thank you for your kindness!"

Zhao Hongfei turned around and looked at Feng Xiuyun, the female official of Shanggongtai, and Zhang Dazhi, the general supervisor, Zhang Dazhi, "My lords, let's go to the next side to sit and have tea in the pergola, and see how he moves?"

Zhang Dazhi waved his hand, "You go, I'll take a look here."

This is the right taste, Zhao Hongfei didn't force it, and leaned over to take it, "Then Feng Shanggong please?"

Of course Feng Xiuyun didn't want to stand here and eat ashes, so she stepped out first.

Zhao Hongfei followed behind, seeing the swaying plumpness under the blue long skirt in front of him, he couldn't help feeling hot.

Those who are like this are just ordinary female officials in the palace who have nothing to take advantage of. Your Majesty is really blessed!
When he sat down in a newly built pergola not far away, Zhao Hongfei once again had the image of a gentleman sitting upright and not looking sideways.

On the other side, Manager Hu looked at the pile of things nervously, recalling Xia Jingyun's words that he had memorized countless times in his mind, and began to direct.

"Establish the wooden frame first."

He directed the crowd to erect the tall wooden frame on the half-built platform.

"Put this big wheel horizontally on the wooden frame."

Everyone worked together to put the seven-foot-long big reel horizontally on the wooden frame. This reel was no different from the usual well water puller, except that it was much bigger, and it was placed on the wooden frame. This scene made Zhang Dazhi thoughtful.

"Tie two more ropes."

As soon as Manager Hu's order came out, the busy people looked at him hesitantly, "My lord, where are you tied?"

Manager Hu was taken aback for a moment, quick witted, and immediately pretended to be self-confident: "Need to say? Where is the well water rope tied in your house?"

Everyone pondered for a while, and immediately understood, and tied two ropes to the two ends of the big wheel.

Then, they took the long rope and went down the slope to a place about fifty feet below.

Zhang Dazhi also stood aside with his hands behind his back, watching with interest.

"Put up two more stakes!"

Everyone obeyed and set up two wooden stakes.

"Then, tie one end of the rope to the stakes, and the distance should be the same as the distance above!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, ignoring the slander, someone ran up quickly, measured the distance between the two ropes above, and then came down again, adjusted the distance between the stakes, and tied the ropes.

Immediately the two ropes were in the air, pulling out the two tracks.

Manager Hu tugged heavily on the rope, and found that it was still motionless. He was overjoyed, and ordered someone to report to the county magistrate, and walked up to the high platform quickly.

When he went up, County Magistrate Zhao and Feng Xiuyun also came out.

"My lord, this set of pulleys is set up, and then we just need to put the cart with wheels on it, and use this wheel to pull the cart up like water!"

County magistrate Zhao turned his head and glanced at Feng Xiuyun, and said with a smile, "It seems a bit crude!"

Feng Xiuyun still had a cold and arrogant look, "If it works, you'll know if you try it."

"That's right. Hu Yi, then you can demonstrate it yourself!"

"As ordered!"

Manager Hu gave instructions to one of his attendants to bring down a special basket with two wheels. After he raised the flag, he filled the basket with soil and put it on the rope.

Then let two attendants stand next to the big wheel, ready to shake the wheel and pull the tackle up.

But at this moment, the attendant's complexion changed, and he quickly pulled Guanshi Hu aside, "My lord, that's not right, our rope is so tight that we can't shake it!"

Manager Hu was startled, turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw that the rope was tied to the big wheel and the other end to the stake, stretched straight, what the hell!
His thoughts turned sharply, and he hurriedly came to Magistrate Zhao, and slapped himself without saying a word, "My lord, damn it, I'm so nervous that I forgot to put something on, and I have to trouble my lord to wait a little longer."

County magistrate Zhao suddenly hesitated, but after saying that, he didn't have much to say, so he typed a few words, "Do it quickly, this time it will be done!"

The two went back to the arbor, and Manager Hu wiped off his sweat. He knew something was wrong, and he didn't know whether he had misremembered any steps or that bastard Xia Jingyun had dug a hole for him.

But now is not the time to worry about that, he looked at the device in front of him, and then at the scattered objects on the ground, there were actually a few turntables.

He was blessed to the heart, yes yes yes, Xia Jingyun also mentioned the turntable that day, how could he forget it!
"Move these two turntables down immediately."

A group of entourage followed a busy meal. After going down, the wooden stakes were removed, the turntable was installed, and the rope was tied to the turntable.

He rejoiced and said: "That's right. The rope at this end is long enough to wrap around the turntable, and the rope can be stretched straight. After placing the basket on it, you can use the big wheel to pull the basket up. This section of the road, laborers are carrying heavy loads, and it takes less than a cup of tea. If you use this, you may arrive in no time!"

Excitedly, he ran up to the high platform again and invited County Magistrate Zhao and Feng Xiuyun out.

County magistrate Zhao took a look, "Hu Yi, are you fully prepared this time?"

"Returning to my lord, it has been thoughtful, my lord, please wait and see! This thing will definitely greatly increase the speed of soil transportation, and the construction of this high platform will be completed on schedule. It will relieve my lord's worries, and congratulations to Concubine De!"

"Okay!" County Magistrate Zhao tapped his palm, "As long as you can do it, I will reward you a lot! Let's get started!"

"Yes!"

Manager Hu came to the wooden frame and stood still, looking at the people below who were getting ready.

Get promoted and get rich, just today!
He took a deep breath and waved the flag violently.

The person below immediately put the basket full of soil on it, and the person above immediately turned the wheel.

The supervisors all looked sideways, and the workers who resumed work also took the opportunity to be lazy, stopped their work, and looked around intently.

"Move! Move!"

Someone yelled, and sure enough, I saw the basket gradually rising with the pulling of the rope above.

On the high platform, County Magistrate Zhao also changed his expression, and subconsciously took a few steps forward.

If a basket of soil can be pulled up in this way, it will indeed save a lot of effort.

The most important thing is that there is no need to use any complicated devices. If dozens or hundreds of such pulleys are mounted on the rack, wouldn't it really be possible? !
Manager Hu was also very excited, as if he had seen the glory and wealth beckoning to him.

"Look! It's amazing!"

In the crowd, Xia Xiong couldn't help but nudged his cousin lightly with his elbow, looking shocked.

The corner of Xia Jingyun's mouth curled up, and he smiled disdainfully.

His smile seemed to have a magical power, and with this chuckle, the rising momentum of the basket suddenly stopped, and then it slid straight down.

Then, when everyone was caught off guard, it hit the turntable.

The basket is turned over and sprinkled.

Manager Hu's expression suddenly froze, and he quickly waved the flag to indicate that he would come again.

The followers below didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly filled another basket of soil, and continued to put the rope.

But the same situation happened again. This time, it even went up a few feet before sliding back to the original point again.

Manager Hu was completely panicked, and waved the flag again.

Then, the rope on the turntable below was gone.

The person who was turning the wheel on the top didn't know it, and shook it with all his strength, only to hear a crisp sound, the turntable below was directly pulled down, and the wooden frame above couldn't support it, fell down, rolled and fell down the soil slope, scared everyone to flee, and the field was in chaos!
"Hu Yi! Is this what you said was foolproof?"

Zhao County Magistrate's words were filled with gnashing of teeth and fury, which made Guanshi Hu quickly kneel down and kowtowed his head in fright, "I know my mistake, I know my mistake, please give this villain some time, it only takes one day, and this villain will definitely present a new method!"

County magistrate Zhao was furious, "Day after day! At such a critical moment, how can people like you have time to squander it! Are you a person you just tease at will when you are my official?"

"Boss Hu, I have a question I want to ask you."

At this time, Zhang Dazhi, the general supervisor who had been silently watching Steward Hu's installation of the entire fortification, said slowly, "I see that the drawings you presented have clearly marked all the details of the dimensions. It is obvious that you have a well-thought-out plan and have calculated the entire device. But why do you look so busy today, as if you don't know how these things are matched?"

Manager Hu shuddered, "It may be that the villain has never built it in detail, but just has an idea in his mind."

Magistrate Zhao narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, and stared at Guanshi Hu, "Hu Yi, do you believe what you say?"

Manager Hu couldn't help trembling, but he didn't speak.

Feng Xiuyun, a female official from Shanggongtai, suddenly took a step forward and shouted coldly, "Do you really want to die if you haven't revealed the real person who gave advice?"

The murderous aura completely crushed Guanshi Hu, and he fell to the ground, with despair in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)