Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 175
Chai Lin and Chai Meng walked quickly. When they came to the place, they saw a large stone bridge, arched bridge, bluestone bridge body, bluestone bridge deck, and stone lions inlaid on the bridge railings on both sides. It looks a bit similar in style. s.The main body has been completed, and fifty or sixty craftsmen are finishing it.

Chai Meng stepped forward and cupped his hands to a worker who was working: "Please ask this elder brother, we are here to find Tao Zongwang, is he at this construction site?"

"Oh, you are here to find the head potter, I will take you there." The worker threw away his shovel and led the two of them to the bridge, where a strong man was directing the craftsmen to work.

"Taotou, someone is looking for you." The craftsman went to work after finishing speaking.

Tao Zongwang looked up and saw two people coming, but they didn't know each other, so he hurriedly asked, "May I ask who you are?"

Chai Lin said: "We are from Chaijiazhuang, I am Chai Lin, and this is my brother Chai Meng."

I speak the dialect of my hometown, whether I get close to the people in my hometown, whether the water in my hometown is beautiful or not, and I did not expect to meet fellow villagers in the neighboring village more than 2000 miles away from home.

Tao Zongwang said excitedly: "It turned out to be Chaijiazhuang, Chai Daguan, and Brother Mengzi. I passed by Chaijiazhuang when I came home the year before last. There is no stool here. Let's go to the work shed."

There is a large canvas shed at the head of the bridge. The craftsmen are all nearby, and they have to go back at night, but there are so many tools and materials on the construction site that need to be guarded, so a large canvas tent was built, and there is a simple stove next to the tent. , There are several large pots on the stone, which are used by the workers to eat.

There are long tables and a few simple stools inside.

Tao Zongwang said: "The conditions here are simple, please don't dislike them."

Chai Lin said: "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Zongwang, you are welcome. Here is the letter your brother Tao Zongxing wrote to you. You should read the letter first."

Tao Zongwang read the letter twice and said: "The high officials want to build houses for quarries and iron mines, and they need a foreman. My brother recommended me, and the two of you traveled more than 2000 miles to invite me. I?"

"Yes, that's what happened. I went to your brother's place to order red bricks. When I was worried about not having a good foreman, your brother said, my brother is very proficient in building construction. You sent the letter by mail, and you thought it was not safe, the post office is too slow, and sometimes it is easy to lose, so I came here, I hope you can go back and take the lead in helping to build it. You can take two silver coins." Chailin said.

Tao Zongwang said: "I wanted to go back a long time ago. I have lived here enough. This daughter-in-law's family didn't take me seriously, they completely regarded me as a tool to make money."

Chai Meng said: "Just now when I went to your house to look for you, a young man opened the door and interrogated the two of us, and even treated the two of us as beggars and returned two steamed buns."

Tao Zongwang said angrily: "Go back, I'll beat him to death, this boy is as mean as that woman."

Chai Lin said: "Brother Zongwang calm down, we don't have the same knowledge as them. Come and see if the shovel and pickaxe made in my village are easy to use."

Chai Meng took down an engineering shovel from his back, and handed Tao Zongwang a pickaxe.

Tao Zongwang tapped, tried it, and said in surprise: "Good steel, Master Chai really paid for it. If you use such good steel to make tools, wouldn't it be more profitable to make steel knives?"

Chai Lin said: "This is for my farm's own use, and I don't sell it to others. If you want to do a good job, you must have good tools. This shovel is fine, but this cross pick is really good. It can dig hard ground, rot The ground, bone and stone can do everything, and it can be said that it is indestructible."

Tao Zongwang took it out, found a numb bone stone, brandished a cross pick and dug it up, it turned out to be as powerful as cutting tofu with a knife.

"I've never seen this pickaxe before. It's the first time I saw it. It's really easy to use. It can break mountains and crack rocks invincible." Tao Zongwang said.

Chai Meng praised and said: "This is designed by the owner of Chai Zhuang, and it is very easy to use. Thousands of workers rest and repair roads in autumn. They work very quickly with this cross pick, which is far better than ordinary hoes."

Tao Zongwang praised and said: "Master Chai is amazing. The tool he designed can be used at both ends, and it is heavy, which is really convenient."

Tao Zongwang asked again: "Master Chai, do you have a lot of work on your farm, can't you finish one job and lose work?"

The most feared thing in construction is to rest. If you only have half a year of work in a year, it will be troublesome, and you will not be able to get a bite to eat.

Chai Lin smiled and said: "Don't worry about not having work, but worry about too much work to keep you busy. In addition to the two mines, there are hundreds of houses to be built, and then there are paper workshops, pickle workshops, and wood workshops. , noodle mill and many other workshops are waiting to be built. This year, Chen Erdan in my village presided over the construction of three stone bridges, and he did a good job, but he couldn’t do it alone.”

Tao Zongwang said: "The officials from Chai came so far away, I shouldn't have put forward any conditions. But I have to say two conditions. If the officials agree, I will return to Cangzhou as soon as the bridge is completed. "

Chai Lin said: "Brother Zongwang, feel free to ask for any conditions, as long as I can do it, I will definitely agree."

Tao Zongwang said: "I have been in Gwangju for so many years and I have three close friends, one is Ou Peng and the other is Ma Lin. These two are so strong that they can build houses and bridges with knives and guns. The other is Jiang Jing. It's the accountant's master."

Chai Lin was overjoyed when he heard that, Ou Peng and Ma Lin were also considered talents, and it would be no problem to be a lieutenant general. As for Jiang Jing, it would be easier to settle down. Chaijiazhuang lacked accountants to settle accounts.

"No problem, no problem, it's too late to welcome, we can arrange work." Chailin said.

Tao Zongwang went out to call for help, and after a while Ou Peng and Ma Lin came. Both of them worked with Tao Zongwang, and Jiang Jing was the accountant of the contractor team.

Tao Zongwang said: "Three brothers, let me introduce to you a great man in my hometown of Cangzhou, the owner of Chaijiazhuang, Chai Lin, a famous man all over the world."

Ou Peng and Ma Lin were surprised: "But that official Chai Lin Chai who beat the tiger with a shovel and killed the harm on the cross slope?"

It turned out that it was Chai Lin who rescued Monk Ming Guangda. He traveled the world and made Chai Lin famous.

"Who else is there besides him? Our two Zhuangzi are less than twenty miles apart. We are the most righteous people and love to make friends with heroes in the world." Tao Zongwang said.

Chai Lin greeted the three brothers one by one.

Tao Zongwang introduced them one by one. One was Ou Peng, about 1.8 meters tall, with sword eyebrows and handsome eyes.With a strong body and well-developed muscles, he looks like a trainer at first glance.One is Ma Lin, who is a little shorter at about 1.7 meters 1.7. He is still wearing clean clothes on this construction site, holding a shovel in his hand, and carrying an iron flute on his back. This is a musician who has been delayed by life.The one next to him who looks weaker is Jiang Jing, who is about [-] meters tall and thin.

Tao Zongwang said: "Three brothers, we are tired of working here, and we are looking for another place. I made the decision and promised Master Chai to return to Cangzhou. You are willing to follow."

Ou Peng said: "Look at what you said, what kind of feelings do we brothers have, not to mention going back to your hometown, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire, we will follow."

"No problem, Mr. Chai's name has been heard for a long time, and there are many rumors in the world." Ma Lin said.

Jiang Jing thought for a long time, and said: "What did I do in the past? You also know that if I don't have martial arts and strength, I can only do accounts."

Chai Lin said: "Brother Jiang Jing, don't worry, you will still work as an accountant when you go. There is a new iron mine and a quarry in my village. Thousands of workers, starting wages, buying materials, and various expenses are just in need. A counting house."

Jiang Jing said happily: "Don't worry, brother, I dare not say anything else, I am a good accountant, and I never make mistakes in all kinds of accounts."

Chai Lin looked up at the sun, guessing it was around ten o'clock in the morning.

"The four brothers Zong Wang, Ou Peng, Ma Lin, and Jiang Jing traveled far away and didn't bring any presents, so Mengzi and I went to buy some food, how about treating you to dinner when we come back later?" Chailin said.

Tao Zongwang said: "Okay, then thank you brother. I only paid half of the wages for the construction of this bridge, and I don't know when the final payment will be settled."

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