Chapter 43: Meritorious Service Must Be Rewarded

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The monetary system of the Qin Dynasty had matured, and gold, a precious metal, was called "Shangcoin" at that time, and the unit of calculation was not "tael" but "eridium", and the net weight of each eridium was twenty taels.

Gold is not a currency in circulation, it is generally regarded as an important reward, followed by the noble or wealthy merchants who trade large sums of precious metals.

In this era, in addition to gold, which is the best hoof-style gold, copper coins are the mainstream currency. Nowadays, silver is not a type of currency in circulation, and silver is more often used as jewelry.

If you hear someone buying something and throwing out the so-called "a few taels of silver" seems awesome, then the buyer is definitely crossing! And it's the kind of second goods who come out and pretend to be forced after crossing without understanding the social system.

Lu Zhe is obviously not a second-class goods, and under Jiaojiao's blackmail, the compensation price given is twenty and a half taels of copper currency.

Looking at Jiao Hunt, who had already gone away, Lu Zhe's eyes blinked, and he didn't answer the flail to ask, "What compromise do you want to do?"

Yangzhou County is a big county, and the Jiao clan is a big clan in the local area, and Lu Zhe feels that cutting down such a large piece of pine forest and being extorted for twenty and a half taels is nothing. He even felt that Jiao Hunt wanted too little, and did not show the domineering spirit of the first clan of Yang Zhou.

Since he paid the money, Lu Zhe childishly increased the scope of felling, so that every day he could see the figures of the people dragging the trees back and forth, making a bit of a noise.

I don't know when Lu Dao started, there are a few more rumors in Yangzhou County, and all kinds of gossip are spreading the arrogance of the Jiao clan, Xiao He will always look at Lu Zhe with strange eyes after hearing those rumors, which clearly means that he feels that Lu Zhe is retaliating.

One day, Xu Yang took the time to come to Lu Zhe, and the first thing he said when he met was: "Virtuous brother, don't be like this again." ”

Lu Zhe, who didn't understand, looked a little silly: "What? Is it a bit too much? ”

"Huh? Chop? Xu Yang was a little bitter: "Don't get involved in the affairs of the Jiao family, no matter who profits, it will not be beneficial to outsiders." ”

Lu Zhe, who understood it, looked Xu Yang up and down a few times, and Xu Yang was uncomfortable before saying, "The second brother (Li Liang) asked you to come, right?" ”

Xu Yang bowed: "Yes." ”

"I know the way." Lu Zhe was a little unhappy: "Is there anything he won't ask himself?" I just let you come. ”

Xu Yangban lowered his face: "We are for your good." Why are you still like this? ”

Over there, Xiao He saw Xu Yang, who was as tall as a tower and had a sturdy figure for the first time, and he quietly asked the flail next to him to know that it was Lu Zhe's sworn brother. In a few words, he roughly understood Xu Yang's background from the mouth of the flail.

“…… If the second brother does this again in the future, you will beat him. Lu Zhe knew that Li Liang had a lot of thoughts, and he didn't feel disgusted, but he felt that there was no need to use ghost thoughts on his brother. He grinned: "The second brother asked the eldest brother to come over and remind him that it was a good way." He's cutting down trees and making planks, right? ”

Xu Yang felt that his brain power seemed to be a little insufficient, and asked in a daze, "What do you mean?" ”

Lu Zhe couldn't wait to kick Xu Yang a few times: "Big brother is too kind!" The second brother is a ghost, and he doesn't need to be in the right place, and calling the eldest brother over is to lay out the younger brother......"

Xu Yang shouted: "He dares!" Judging from this reaction, it is obvious that he is closer to Lu Zhe.

Lu Zhe, who was talking about himself, looked a little helpless: "He doesn't understand what to do after cutting down trees and making planks, so he wants to ...... when he asks his eldest brother to come over."

As soon as the call continued, Xu Yang listened a little funny and helpless.

The garrisons stationed in Yangzhou County were all assigned tasks, mostly repairing the city walls, paving bridges and roads, and apparently Xu Yang and Li Liang were also given the task of repairing the city walls.

The quick-witted Li Liangzhi said that Lu Zhe's brain is good, and strange methods can always complete some things with little effort, and out of trust, he will follow it, and he doesn't figure out what the purpose of doing it is halfway through. He himself was embarrassed to ask directly, and pushed Xu Yang out as a shield.

"Big brother, don't be in a hurry to go back today." Lu Zhe pointed to the busy Minyu: "Today happens to be the first day of pouring mud, and the eldest brother will know the Tao when he sees it." ”

On the edge of the city wall, after the foundation was laid, the wooden planks had been erected, and they were about two meters high and one and a half meters thick when they were exposed to the ground. Next to the wooden lattice, ropes were wrapped around the finished wooden frame, some strange knick-knacks lassoed the ropes, and a truck-like truck full of mud was piled up under the wooden frame.

Leading people to the side of the construction site, Lu Zhe pointed to the shelf and explained a lot, and Xu Yang immediately understood that the shelf was convenient for walking.

"Those ......" Xu Yang looked at the tool that held the rope: "What do you do?" ”

A lot of things can't be used just by saying, Lu Zhe took Xu Yang up, first asked Min Yu to put the hook on the bucket car, and then said to Xu Yang: "You pull the rope and see." ”

Xu Yang, who pulled the rope according to his words, easily lifted the bucket truck loaded with mud weighing 100 catties, and looked at the bucket truck that was shaking in the air and slowly rising, and was very surprised: "What a labor-saving appliance!" ”

"That's called a lifting wheel." Lu Zhe grinned and showed his tiger teeth: "With it, children can easily lift a hundred catties of things." "He looked very proud.

"Oooh!" Xu Yang was a little stunned: "Brother Wei seems to have seen it on the Great Wall, but it's just ...... It looks very different. ”

Lu Zhe was stunned at this time, he really didn't know when the crane had it.

Lu Zhe, who had no smug expression, introduced the uses of some tools to Xu Yang one by one, and he also asked Xu Yang to try each of them, but this time he was very modest.

After a visit, I saw the people pouring mud with weeds, wheat stalks, oil and other materials into the wooden grid, and then sealing them with wooden boards and sprinkling water on them, waiting to see some burnt ash brought by the people to pave the way......

"What do you need to burn ash after sprinkling water?"

Lu Zhe thought that Xu Yang would ask something, but he didn't expect to ask this. He touched his chin: "It's not cement, there's no lime component, so it can't solidify naturally." ”

Xu Yang was puzzled: "What are those?" What does it have to do with bedding ash? ”

Lu Zhe glanced at Xu Yang with a "I look down on you" look.

Xu Yang rubbed his hands and laughed twice.

"Since it can't solidify naturally, let's heat it by hand!" Lu Zhe glanced at the busy people: "You haven't noticed a little, haven't you seen that there are people punching holes in the city wall?" After the holes are drilled, some wooden stakes are driven in, and then a large oil slurry is poured into them to fix them, so that the new wall can be connected to the old wall. ”

Xu Yang was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't understand what all this was doing, and said worriedly: "Someone is already suing you for nonsense to the county order." ”

"Oh?" Lu Zhe was a little unconcerned: "So, I have to thank Jiao Hunt for blackmailing." You said that the things that the county order agreed to were made difficult by the Jiao clan later, isn't this a slap in the face of the county order? The two gangs fought, and I was cheaper in the end. ”

Xu Yang didn't say anything more, he was afraid that Lu Zhe would be involved in the battle in Yangzhou County, so he came here on this special trip, and he was relieved to see that he understood.

What he saw and heard on this day was very novel, and Xu Yang slowly understood after listening to Lu Zhe's explanation: "Is it really feasible?" ”

Lu Zhe is very sure: "This is inevitable!" ”

After thinking about it, Xu Yang was a little solemn: "Then I'll tell the captain of the school your method!" ”

Lu Zhe's eyes flashed, and he said happily: "Okay." ”

"Huh!" Xu Yang also smiled cheerfully: "Maybe you can change the five hundred masters." At that time, the virtuous brother will have the same official position as the brother. ”

"Huh?" Lu Zhe was surprised and asked, "This is okay!?" ”