As the top water conservancy expert in this era, he couldn't sit still at all if he didn't let Chen Yaozuo participate in the construction of the river near his own office. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBut at the end of the day, Chen Yaozuo is still an official. This river repair is an opportunity for Chen Yaozuo to show that he is old and strong, and maybe he will have the opportunity to enter the political hall again, so the more perfect it is, the better.

In addition to repairing the river, Chen Yaozuo also had to repair the wharf on the river and the surrounding roads. The wharf is used to load and unload goods, and at the same time it is also a pointer of the water level, which is not easy to do carefully. The stepping stones should be large and smooth, and each wharf should be neat and uniform, and the water level should not be deviated at a critical moment. With the addition of the river embankment and the surrounding roads, it will take a lot of boulders to build. It is said that it is a quarrying operation in Jiagu along the waterway, and the cost is really not small. If you can quarry near Guangwu Mountain, and have gunpowder as a sharp weapon, everything will be much more convenient.

For a while, Chen Yaozuo became ambitious. After doing so many projects, it is not the same as today, with sufficient money and food, and all kinds of technical means. This time, we must make an appearance and let the people inside and outside take a look.

Xu Ping can't stay long in Heyin, he still has to go to Mengzhou to complete the inspection of the last state on the road. Because Mengzhou is located in the northwest corner of Jingxi Road, it is not easy to go to any other place, and Wang Yong has not been here this year.

The Constitutional Division said that it was necessary to patrol the places every year, but in fact, there were always transit envoys and prisoners who were lazy, and some remote places were not inspected for many years. This kind of thing, anyway, send public officials to do a good job of paperwork, and the state and county don't dare to poke it into the court, and no one cares. However, this is Jingxi Road, and the Zhizhou there is Li Di, and Xu Ping still wants to go further, so he can't help but go.

After gossiping, Chen Yaozuo asked his subordinates to make soup cakes to eat, and sat and chatted with Xu Ping.

After seeing the gunpowder, Chen Yaozuo's attitude towards Xu Ping was obviously much more affectionate, and he lost the precautions and rustiness at the beginning.

Seeing that it was not early, Xu Ping said to Chen Yaozuo: "Xianggong, when it comes to building roads and embankments, in addition to using gunpowder, the bridge and road army also burn a kind of plaster, because it can be waterproof, called cement. They've built a little bit nearby, and if there's nothing going on in the afternoon, let's go over and have a look? If the river can be used, it is the best. ”

"Cement, I've heard of it, but I've been busy since I got here, and I can't take the time to look at it. Long Tu didn't have much time in Heyin, so it would be good to go over and have a look in the afternoon. ”

In fact, Chen Yaozuo didn't have time, but he wasn't interested in the bridge and road army, and he didn't believe that they had anything particularly useful. I have been an official for many years, and I have presided over the construction of water conservancy in many places, what do you not know? It wasn't until I saw the power of gunpowder in the morning that I realized that I was wrong, and these people from Yongzhou really had good things that they hadn't seen before.

At the foot of Guangwu Mountain, a small col facing the Yellow River beach, in front of a thatched hut at the head of the village, many people gathered around the donkey cart full of goods, and everyone was happy.

Sun Erlang jumped down from the donkey cart, took a small basket of oranges from the cart, clapped his hands and said loudly: "This time it's a good creation!" When Uncle Peng and I were loading our goods and about to leave the city, we happened to meet a guest who went to Luoyang on Jinghu Road to sell oranges, and we had such a small basket of oranges left, and they sold it to us cheaply because they were in a hurry to return to their hometowns. This thing is only produced in the south, and we are rare here, so we bring it back for everyone to try. Let's come forward and divide the money according to the cost! ”

A woman in her thirties said: "We have rare things in the north, and they are very expensive. Erlang, it's not easy for us to make a few dollars, so we don't dare to spend it indiscriminately. Tell me the truth, how much did this basket of oranges cost? ”

Sun Erlang touched his head embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from the sixth sister-in-law, I didn't spend money, I exchanged it for the pomegranate I brought." Originally, Uncle Peng and I wanted to leave a basket of pomegranates to make store money on the way back, but maybe which store likes to eat this bite and care about our meal of wine and meat. Who knew that when they met such a guest, they just took what they needed. ”

As soon as they heard something that didn't cost money, everyone laughed together, and a burly man said: "Erlang, you are an agent now, and you should have the mind of an agent." When leaving, we should ask for the name of the guest, and in the future, we will exchange our pomegranates for his oranges, is it not a good business? ”

Zhu Bo said and laughed, although our pomegranates are good, they are not rare, and there are good pomegranates produced in the south, how can there be customers who traffic them long distances? This time it was a coincidence, and I happened to meet such a customer, so I made this deal. Okay, don't stand here and gossip, everyone comes up and takes it home, so that the children can satisfy their cravings! ”

After listening to Sun Erlang's words, the people involved in this small trading club all sent people out and lined up to receive oranges. There were still people who were not here, and there were already children who liked to play and rushed to shout.

Oranges are shelf-stable fruits, and there are special oranges for sale in Jinghu Lake in Jiangnan, and the scale is not small. It is not uncommon for people to sell this southern fruit in this small country every winter, but in this small country place, it is the first time to see this southern fruit, and I feel that it is a novelty. After receiving the oranges, he asked Sun Erlang how to eat this fruit.

A short man tied his waist with a straw rope said: "In previous years, I used to beg for a few years in Zhengzhou City, and I saw that the people in their city ate oranges, all of them peeled and ate the flesh inside, which is actually similar to pomegranates." It's just that the clump is petal by petal, and it looks weird, and I don't know what it tastes like. ”

The sixth sister-in-law who spoke in front heard this, and said: "Brother Tang has been to a big place in Zhengzhou, and I want to say that it is good." ”

As he spoke, he grabbed his son who was watching from the side, carefully picked open an orange, and saw that it was indeed petal by petal, and the watery yellow was red again, and he lowered his head and said, "Weird!" ”

A cleave was taken and carefully fed to the child's mouth, looking at him without blinking.

The child took the orange in his mouth, and he didn't know whether to chew it or swallow it, he looked at his mother next to him, opened his mouth, and said vaguely: "This orange is a little sour and a little sweet, but it doesn't melt in the mouth!" ”

Everyone laughed together, and someone said, "How can you melt if you don't chew!" I chewed it and tasted it! ”

When the child saw that everyone was saying this, he bit hard, and juice squirted out of his mouth, which startled the sixth sister-in-law.

Seeing the six sisters-in-law in a hurry, everyone laughed together.

The child chewed the orange three times and swallowed it, smacked his mouth and tasted it for a while, and then said: "It's still sweet and sour, but the juice is poured too much, it's delicious." ”

With the first to take the lead, the people who received the oranges picked up and fed the children around them. Adults are reluctant to eat, no matter how greedy they are, they just take advantage of the time when children eat, choose a small petal and send it to their mouths, chew it slowly, and are reluctant to swallow it for a long time, enjoying the taste that has never been tasted.

Sun Erlang leaned on the side of the car, smiling and watching a group of adults and children share the oranges they brought back, very happy. (To be continued.) )