When the child finished eating the oranges one by one, the sixth sister-in-law looked at the remaining orange peels in her hands and couldn't help but exclaim: "Alas, Brother Tang, what to do with the remaining orange peels?" Is it OK to eat? ”

The short man touched the straw rope around his waist and smiled, "How can you eat that?" Just throw it away! ”

"This color is red, red, yellow and yellow so cute, what a pity to throw it away!"

The sixth sister-in-law said as she looked at the orange peel in her hand and hesitated for a moment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sun Erlang, who had been leaning on the side of the car and watching everyone make trouble, suddenly got up and whispered to everyone: "Don't make trouble, there are officials over there!" A lot of people don't know what to do. ”

The people are afraid of officials, and as soon as Sun Erlang's words came out, the crowd that was originally chaotic suddenly quieted down.

Seeing Xu Ping and Chen Yaozuo walking in front of the crowd from a distance, Sun Erlang clapped his hands: "It turned out to be the deputy envoy from a few months ago, this is a good person, he is a big official in the court, don't be afraid!" ”

Last time, Xu Ping stayed here for nearly a month, caught gambling, locked up the largest local household, and distributed the land to the poor people to manage by themselves, and even this small trading company was set up when he was there. Hearing that he was here again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere became lively again.

When he arrived not far from the mountain pass, Xu Ping saw a lot of people gathered in front of him, and said to Tan Hu: "Why is there a crowd gathering in front?" You go over and see if something is wrong? ”

Lu Fang said: "Officials don't need to worry, there is a small mountain col and a small village. This small col is at the northern exit of the chasm, closest to the fixed wharf, and it is naturally lively during this period of time. ”

Li Shen said: "In that small village, there is a trading cooperative, which is the best in the nearby townships, and there are idlers gathering there every day, just like a market. When the wharf is built, it is not possible to say that it will become a town. ”

Xu Ping nodded, only then did he understand.

There is Guangwu Mountain to the south nearby, and it is not easy to build a road, so it becomes the best route to split the gap between Guangwu Mountain. Waiting for the river to be completed, there is no need to worry about the gap gathering water when the water is large, and the road to Xingyang in the south is chosen here. In line with the principle that the closer to the road, the better, and the small pier on the south bank of the new river is also selected at the exit of the chasm.

The section of the model that Lu Fang led people to repair with cement is in this small wharf, and it is also the place where Xu Ping and Chen Yaozuo want to see.

Near the mouth of the chasm, Chen Yaozuo's guards stepped forward to separate the crowd, and the group of people arrived at the selected river.

At this time, the river has not been excavated, but in the place where it is scheduled to be the wharf, Lu Fang led people to build a small section of the embankment, all of which are made of large stones, and the joints are plastered with cement mortar in the middle, which is extremely smooth. When the river is excavated, from this small section of embankment to the middle of the river, the steps are not only the place where the workers walk when unloading, but also the indication of the water level in the river every day.

When he arrived at the top of the river embankment, Chen Yaozuo walked back and forth on the repaired stone platform, and asked Xu Ping puzzledly: "Long Tu, this is just a big stone paving, where is the cement you are talking about?" ”

Xu Ping pointed to the gap in the stone and said with a smile: "Xianggong, you see that what is filled between the stones is cement." This cement is not afraid of water, and it can withstand the wind and sun, and it is as hard as a stone, so it is a good thing. ”

Chen Yaozuo looked at it again and again, and finally shook his head: "No matter how good it is, how useful is it to fill the stone cracks?" Originally, the stone cracks could also be filled with mortar, but they were not as durable. ”

Xu Ping smiled, turned to Lu Fang and said, "Didn't you take someone to build a short section of canal?" Also show Chen Xianggong. ”

Lu Fang promised, took two people to the side, lifted the pile of straw spread on the ground, and said with a forked hand: "Xianggong, this small section of the canal is paved with cement, please refer to it!" ”

Chen Yaozuo stepped forward and saw that a small section of ditch had been dug out of the ground, all of which were tightly paved with cement, and it looked blue-gray and very detailed.

Stepping into the small ditch and stepping on it with his foot, Chen Yaozuo nodded: "Yes, it is indeed strong when you try it." ”

He bent down again and touched the four walls with his hands: "It's delicate enough, it should be waterproof." ”

Xu Ping smiled and said to Tan Hu: "Take someone to get a few buckets of water!" ”

Tan Hu promised, and after a while, he brought someone to carry four or five buckets of water and put them on the side of the small canal.

Chen Yaozuo came out of the small canal, Xu Ping ordered someone to pour the water in the bucket into it, and said to Chen Yaozuo: "Xianggong, and see if the water leak inside is leaky." ”

Bending down to look at it for a while, Chen Yaozuo shook his head: "How can you see this?" ”

Xu Ping wanted to say that he couldn't be in a hurry, wouldn't he see it after waiting for two days? On second thought, if you are exposed to the wind and sun outside, there will naturally be less water inside for two days. After thinking about it, he said to Lu Fang: "You take a few people and use shovels to hollow out all the sediment around this canal, and leave only a sink for Xianggong to see." ”

Lu Fang brought people, took an iron shovel, exhaled, and dug around the small canal.

Chen Yaozuo glared at the shovels in the hands of Lu Fang and the others, all of which were forged from good iron, and the blades were wrapped in stainless steel. After a while, he still couldn't help but sigh: "Long Tu, the bridge and road carriages are all this kind of iron tools?" ”

Xu Ping replied strangely: "Yes, they specialize in building bridges and paving roads, so they naturally have these in their hands." ”

"These iron tools are worth a lot of money!" Chen Yaozuo kept shaking his head. "If a man who comes to work has this kind of iron in his hands, what is it worth to dig a river! The banks of the Yellow River are full of mud and sand, where can you use how many days! ”

In this era, iron tools have been popularized, whether it is a government-run smelting field or a private iron smelter, the number is very considerable. But no matter how popular it is, it is far from the extent that iron is used in all tools. Many of the folk cultivated land still use wooden ploughs, not to mention the tools of shovels, which are very rare among the people. It is the official river repair, and most people still use wooden shovels.

Xu Ping has been making iron and steel by himself since he was in Yongzhou, making various tools, and there are some simple machinery for forging die-casting, and even simple grinding wheels for sharpening edges. Accustomed to this, he almost forgot that just these iron tools were far beyond the level of this era. The tools used by Lu Fang and these people were extremely normal in Xu Ping's eyes, and even felt very simple, but in Chen Yaozuo's eyes, they were very unbelievable. It's not that these things can't be made at the technical level of this era, but they can still be made, but the price is expensive, and it is impossible to spread them out and use them widely.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ping said to Chen Yaozuo: "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." Xianggong, the bridge and road army are specialized in building bridges and paving roads, and the utensils in their hands are naturally stronger than others, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of time? (To be continued.) )