When the well-armored army arrived at the shantytown, the wind roared and the wild sedge shook off the frost, as if a cloud of snow had fallen. Everyone was so shocked that they knelt on the ground in submission like a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix. Show respect.
This scene actually made Zheng Quchi feel like time was flowing and he returned to the scene when he first met Yu Wensheng in the camp.
An officer looked down at the crowd below and asked sharply: "Where is the person in charge of the city wall fortifications?"
The heart of those who were kneeling on the ground seemed to be strangled by an invisible force.
The county magistrate should have actively stepped forward to answer, but under the high pressure of the storm, he shrank shamefully.
His name was not called anyway, so he would never stand out.
Forced to have no choice, Yuan Sui and Yin from Jixia Academy looked at each other, seeing the uneasiness and nervousness in each other's eyes, and then put their hands forward.
Originally, according to ordinary times, the two of them were master craftsmen who had been invited by Fu County with numerous requests. They had a high status and did not have to kneel before officials like ordinary people.
But who can hold their own in front of the devil-like Yu Wensheng? With a fleeting look from his eyes, their knees weakened and they knelt down with a "pop".
Oh my god, the moment their eyes met, they seemed to see Wangchuan Huangquan waving to them.
Zheng Quchi swore that she definitely heard the clear "click" sound when her knees hit the ground, and she hissed with sore teeth, a kind of pain that screamed sympathy.
They are quite cruel to themselves.
"Yuan Sui (Yin Xiao) has met General Yu and Yuwen."
Yu Wensheng had a bloody look on his face, but his tone was as gentle as a parent looking down at him: "When will the wall from Guixuan Ridge to Xiya Mountain be repaired?"
A voice came to their ears, low and hoarse, and the breeze blew, but what it brought them was not like a spring breeze. Every word was like a soul-killing knife that could kill them.
Thump thump thump thump thump... This is whose heartbeat is overloaded, so loud that the people nearby can hear it.
Yuan Suisui unconsciously clenched the sand and stones on the ground: "This... Now the foundation of the city wall has been severely damaged by the barbarians. Although the fire is extinguished, trenching and rebuilding must be started again. This requires re-examination of the previous construction drawings..."
Yu Wensheng said lightly: "The original city wall drawings have been burned long ago, so you can re-plan a new design and come up with the dosage, materials, construction time and other arrangements."
But Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao were dumbfounded by his casual arrangement.
They thought that Yu Wensheng was just a layman, so he had no idea of the difficulties he would face. Can he re-plan and design the city wall just by shutting up his lips?
The two of them rushed to tell each other urgently.
"No, I'm not a general. You probably don't understand this very well. Firstly, the materials used to build the city wall are very important. Secondly, the complex terrain of Guixunling is not as flat as the plain area. If it is completely demolished and rebuilt, it will still take..."
"Difficult? How difficult can it be?" he asked.
The two hesitated for a moment and said, "It's still difficult for us to determine the situation."
"Since you arrived in Fu County, it was at least full term. In such a long period of time, it is difficult for you to even determine the situation on Guixan Ridge, is it?" Yu Wensheng's eyes were evilly cold and dark.
The two of them felt guilty, but they still argued forcefully: "It only takes half a month. We have already arranged the fortification plan. Once the construction officially starts, we can get a first glimpse of its full picture."
When Zheng Quchi listened to the two people's lies about the delay, he knew that they were probably novices in engineering projects.
Maybe they have craftsmanship and ability, but only for small or auxiliary fortifications. They know nothing about construction technology, construction materials, prefabricated components, labor organization, construction sites and off-site preparations for construction.
For Yu Wensheng, who is short of time and needs to complete the project as soon as possible, it is difficult for them to hand over a satisfactory "answer sheet" within the stipulated time.
In fact, she had seen it before.
These two master masons from Jixia University are basically half-baked.
The masons were responsible for quarrying and cutting shapes, and the laborers and some experienced masons carried out the construction. It seemed to be carried out in an orderly manner, but the efficiency was extremely slow.
Because the failure rate was extremely high, especially since the difficulties of the fortifications had not yet been overcome, they chose to start construction blindly.
The previous collapse of the city wall was caused by them not assessing the bearing capacity of the damaged city wall in advance and forcibly building a higher wall on the original foundation.
In addition, the mountain roads are difficult to navigate. How to solve the problem of transporting building materials?
If the city wall continues to be built with stones and no corresponding reinforcement is carried out, how to solve the problem of secondary collapse or loosening?
Problems such as these are imminent, but they can turn a blind eye and still only adopt the simplest traditional method, simple and rough pasting and copying on the old fortifications, only to complete the superficial tasks.
However, these estimates cannot be realized now. Even if they process it quickly, it will be difficult now.
Because she went to check and found that according to the construction methods decades ago, the mud-type adhesive needed enough time to solidify, but now that all aspects of the situation are approaching, they must use a stronger, stronger and faster-drying adhesive. Material.
Just as she was thinking about this, Yu Wensheng's eyes passed through the numerous figures and landed on her head. He issued an ultimatum to Sui Yuan and Yin Xiao.
Yu Wensheng chuckled, like a ghostly whisper falling into their ears.
"Then let's take half a month as the starting point. I hope to see you again next time, so we can see the initial results."
The wind was blowing and the biting air came unexpectedly, making people shudder.
Yuan followed Yin Xiao, his hands and feet were numb, and he couldn't stop nodding in response.
Yu Wensheng came and went like the wind, in a hurry, and in full view of everyone, Zheng Quchi never found a chance to talk to him until he led his troops to leave.
But she heard from people that all the government soldiers and garrisons in Guixuan Ridge were evacuated, and were replaced by the Iron-Blooded Qisu Army, which included cleaning up the corpses killed by the barbarians, counting the number of remaining craftsmen, mopping up the remnants, and deploying defenses.
This news is reassuring to others, but it also inevitably makes them feel constrained and wary.
Just because the government soldiers treat the fortifications with whips and urges, but it is different with the Qisu Army. I'm afraid they are harsh. With their hands trained for many years of cutting down enemies, wouldn't it be enough to just give them a whip? Kill them?
Scared, weak, pathetic.
But Zheng Quchi didn't think so much. At night, she planned to find Wei Yao first.
But he accidentally bumped into Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao. They were dressed very eye-catchingly, and everyone around them had to respectfully call them "Yuan Master" and "Yin Master" when they saw them.
They nodded arrogantly, but when there was no one around, they fell down and said, "What should I do? If I had known better, I wouldn't have come to this lousy place."
"That's right. I came here to build such a rotten city wall. It's a crude and inferior thing. I thought it would be enough to just build it into shape, but I didn't expect that Yu Wensheng would mess with it. He Yu Wensheng is really amazing. He has the ability. come."
"Okay, stop talking now, be careful if someone hears you, that's the living hell, you are not afraid of death."
"What do you think we should do now? Now that Yu Wensheng has intervened, this matter cannot be fooled away as easily as before."
"The time is so tight. Even if we redesign it, we don't have the time. Besides, Guixuan Ridge is rugged and dangerous, and it's not easy to walk. Let alone erecting a wall. It's just ridiculous for just the two of us."
"What kind of good craftsmen do you expect from Ye State? It's just you and me who are in bad luck. I think we can only find another way."
"You mean..."
"right."
After the two people exchanged glances that you understand and I understand, they left in a hurry. Zheng Quchi, who was hiding in the dark, listened for a long time and couldn't hear anything specific.
Think of another way, what secret method are they planning to use?
She couldn't figure it out for a moment and stopped thinking about it. She still had to find someone.
Zheng Quchi came to the camp of Qisu Army. The front was heavily guarded. She tried to go forward and make her appeal directly. As expected, no one paid any attention to her.
So she refused to give up and just wandered around the camp, like a wandering ghost without an owner.
It was late at night, her face was so dark, and her whereabouts were so sneaky... As expected, she was arrested as a suspect.
When she was escorted in front of Wei Yao like a captured chicken, he was stunned for a while, and then laughed like a fool, but he didn't know to save her arm that was about to be broken first.
"Brother Wei!" she yelled through gritted teeth.
Wei Yao then clenched his fists to stop laughing and gestured to the side: "Let her go, I know her."
The stern-looking defender immediately let go of her arm and retreated silently, but when he left, he still looked at her with scrutiny and suspicion.
Zheng Quchi felt like her back was about to be shot. She wanted to turn her head and prove to herself that she was really a good citizen, and you should never judge a person by his appearance.
"Why are you here? And you were caught as a spy?" Wei Yao asked with a smile.
She said angrily: "I have something important to do."
"Do you want to practice Jiu Jiu Jitsu? But I have been a little..."
Zheng Quchi quickly denied: "No, no, I do have something to ask Brother Wei for a favor, but it's not about practicing Jiu Jiu, it's like this..."
After telling Wei Yao about it, he looked at her speechless.
Zheng Quchi said seriously: "The city wall built before has its own shortcomings. Even if it is not blown up or burned down, it will not last for a few years."
Wei Yao saw that she was as big as a brat and was so funny that she couldn't help but wanted to touch her furry head, but Zheng Quchi quickly blocked her with his eyes and hands: "Don't touch my head all the time, I'm not tall." of."
oh.
He retracted his hand angrily.
He raised his arms and looked at her lazily with a smile: "Ah Qing, it's good for people to be ambitious, but as a person you still have to be down-to-earth and follow the steps step by step. How can you take off as soon as you arrive?"
"Why should I take off? Brother Wei, believe me. Although I am a carpenter, the job of a stonemason is not difficult. Really, believe me, just follow the current operations of Master Yuan and Master Yin, and you will never be able to repair the order." The city walls are full of General Yuwen." She sincerely advised him.
Wei Yao also sincerely advised her: "Look at the mountains as they are, it's as simple as walking across the river. This matter is now in the hands of the general, and I can't tolerate it. Besides, even if I ask the general to let you participate, Can you convince the crowd? Who will listen to you?"
Zheng Quchi knew early on that he would not agree. She understood that qualifications and experience were the only criteria for testing craftsmen. She was a newbie who changed careers from carpenter to stonemason. Unless Wei Yao was her father, she would not be able to faint. The head agreed to her request.
From the beginning, she just wanted to give it a try, to see if she could rely on her connections to parachute in and intervene in the city wall construction project, but obviously Wei Yao's background and connections were not strong enough.
But it doesn't matter, her real purpose is not this.
In psychology, when a person rejects you once, he will subconsciously apologize. At this time, if you make a request that is not too excessive, it will be difficult for him to refuse a second time.
"Brother Wei said, then I won't embarrass you about this matter, but can you let me borrow the kiln in the military workshop?"
"Huh? Kiln?"
"I know this place belongs to the government, and ordinary craftsmen are not allowed to enter, but I recently had an idea. I want to burn a material with strong adhesiveness, so I need to borrow an official kiln. Brother Wei, can you Can’t you help me?”
Wei Yao naturally has this kind of authority, but because of her extraordinary request, he also remembered the instability that still existed in her... He Guo Xizuo.
Thinking of the earth-moving tool she had built before, but it was used in the country of Ye, Wei Yao hesitated in her heart, and finally agreed: "Okay, I will send someone to tell you, but you can only do these things when you have free time, don't think about it. be lazy."
The last sentence was just a joke. He was worried that she would often run around and be gossiped about. If he withdrew his troops in the future, her reputation for being selfish, lazy and not doing her job would probably become notorious among the craftsmen.
"Of course, am I the kind of person who takes money and doesn't work?"
Before she left, she thought of something: "Brother Wei, is there a man named Liu Fengmian in your military camp?"
Wei Yao was startled.
He said nonchalantly: "Why do you ask?"
"When I was in the camp, General Yuwen sent a man named Liu Fengmian to bring me a message, but I never saw him again, so I was a little curious."
Wei Yao remembered that he was the one who kidnapped her from the camp, but he was wearing a mask to disguise himself, so "Sang Xuanqing" probably didn't recognize him.
But when he touched her clear and bright eyes, he felt a little guilty for no reason.
He touched his nose: "Oh, he is from our military camp. Recently... the general recently sent him on a mission, so he is not here."
Zheng Quchi frowned when he heard this: "What mission? Is it dangerous? He has bad eyesight. Did you send anyone to follow him?"
Somewhat surprised that she cared so much about the general whose pseudonym was "Liu Fengmian", Wei Yao thought about what "his eyesight is bad" meant, and replied without hesitation: "It's not dangerous."
Even if it is dangerous, it is only dangerous to others.
After learning about Liu Fengmian's whereabouts, Zheng Quchi was relieved. When she asked Adjutant Wang before, he looked like he had never heard of it, which made her think that Liu Fengmian had never worked in Yu Wensheng's camp.
After Zheng Quchi left the Qisu Army's garrison, a black shadow suddenly jumped out from the roadside, blocking her way, which startled her.
(End of chapter)
