Qin Feng is just a small ten-household man who has nothing to do with officials and has no interest in being an official.
However, Qin Feng admired Li Lang's bravery.
"As expected of the son of Prince Ming!"
Faced with Qin Feng's unprecedented praise, Li Lang suddenly felt proud: "I inherited my father's martial arts skills, and I am better than my master. My elder brother, Li Zhang, inherited my father's military commanding ability and has mastered the art of war." It’s reached a state of transcendence.”
"That means there's no chance!"
"Otherwise, my two brothers rushed to the battlefield and killed all the people in Beidi. How could we have been fighting for years?"
Qin Feng does not doubt the strength of Prince Ming's family, but so what? Emperor Liang was jealous, and the more capable he was, the more he had to be hidden away.
After all, his great achievements surpass his master!
Just when Qin Feng was lamenting what happened to Prince Ming's family, Li Lang suddenly said in a nonchalant manner: "Brother Qin, you are a person who can go directly to heaven now. Why don't you go talk to the saint and send me to the battlefield? How about making great achievements?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Feng's head shook like a rattle: "Don't hurt me!"
"Don't say nice words to help you. When I mention your family's name, the saint can kill me hundreds of times with his eyes."
"It's strange. There are so many princes in Kyoto, why is your family the only one that receives special attention from the saint?"
Hearing this, Li Lang's eyes flashed with sadness, and he sighed: "Don't mention it, it's a long story."
Qin Feng wanted to ask more questions, but Wu Wei happened to be back, so he had to stop talking.
Wu Wei seemed to have been awake all night, so he got off his horse and said with his fists in his hands: "Sir, Magistrate Chen is here. The supervisor will arrive in Changping County soon."
Qin Feng couldn't help but snorted: "That old ass knows how to look, otherwise I have to pay a visit."
Hearing this, Wu Wei couldn't help but snicker: "When Magistrate Chen heard it was you, he didn't dare to say anything, for fear that you would be unhappy and go to the state capital to stay for a few days. Although my subordinates only met Magistrate Chen in the living room , I couldn’t enter the backyard, but just walking in and out of the front yard, I saw several little maids.”
"She was said to be a little maid, but she was dressed in gold and silver, and she looked like she was filling a house for a concubine. My subordinates were more discerning, and when they inquired about it in the state capital, they found out, good guy, that Magistrate Chen is sixty years old, and he just got twelve more Concubine."
Qin Feng curled his lips, his face full of displeasure: "This old guy is actually in better shape than the young master!"
"But there are too many such things. We don't care and can't control them. We just need to take care of our own affairs."
"Go and pick up Qin Xiaofu and Zhao Yulong."
Wu Wei was about to take orders and leave, but saw Zhao Yulong coming on horseback.
"Brother Qin, the job is done. We only visited two counties and recruited five thousand strong civilians. Qin Xiaofu is holding the battle at the rear and we will arrive in a short time. If there are not enough manpower, I will go to other counties."
Five thousand? Enough!
Qin Feng waved his hand, indicating that Zhao Yulong and Wu Wei could rest after running around all day and night.
Not long after, Qin Xiaofu was seen leading a dense crowd heading this way.
Seeing such a crowd, Qin Feng was very satisfied: "This work efficiency is good. You can keep the remaining five thousand taels of silver."
Qin Xiaofu's eyes gleamed and he chuckled: "Master, my respect for you can be said to be like the overflowing of the Yellow River..."
Qin Feng glared at him: "You're a bastard, you idiot. I don't want to listen to your flattery. If you screen these 5,000 people, there will definitely be a lot of idle people among them. Those who are out of tune will be eliminated." , raised separately.”
Hearing this, Qin Xiaofu looked surprised: "Master, do you plan to kick these thorns out to avoid causing trouble?"
Qin Feng refused: "Of course not, I have my own use for these people."
Although Qin Xiaofu is cunning, lazy and greedy, he has one advantage that Qin Feng likes very much, that is, he is obedient.
No matter what Qin Feng asked him to do, he wouldn't ask any questions, he would just do it.
In a short time, nearly a thousand idlers were screened out.
It's said that he is a lazy person, how can this thing have any standards? It's all about guessing. If you see who looks evil or speaks in a mean-spirited way, you just pick it out.
Qin Feng asked these thousand laihan to stand by, and then divided the remaining 4,000 people into ten teams, each with 400 people. As soon as the ninth team arrived, they rushed to the location marked by Qin Feng in advance to temporarily station. Team 10, on the other hand, acted as temporary craftsmen and headed to the surrounding villages that had long been abandoned.
Remove the beams from the house and transport them back together.
When the beams piled up like a hill, Qin Feng turned around and got on the workshop carriage, took out the two sacks of iron nails he had prepared in advance, and threw them directly on the ground.
Since Qin Feng already knew the situation in Changping County, he would naturally make plans in advance.
These two sacks of iron nails are, to be precise, '匚'-shaped nails, specially used to connect wood. Although there is already iron in this era, and claws have also appeared, due to the situation of "more copper and less iron", the price of iron is much higher than the price of copper. Therefore, the use of claws is not common, and only some wealthy families Rich households would only use grab nails when building their houses. Otherwise, most of them were still constructed of falcon wood.
The Hayamo structure, which was highly praised by later generations and regarded as the crystallization of wisdom, has become a construction method that ordinary people can afford in this era.
But the despised nail-grabbing device is only a thing for the rich.
Times are like this, they go around in cycles.
In addition to grabbing nails, Qin Feng also prepared two drill bits in advance.
These are all produced by Tianjiying, and they are of high quality and low price.
Under the command of Qin Feng, ten teams of craftsmen began to build drilling equipment.
First, make a hole and dig a groove at one end of the beam wood.
Then, insert the auger bit into the bottom of the beam. In this way, a simple but practical drilling tool is created.
Transport the drilling tools to the pre-marked location for construction by teams one to nine.
Put up the beam with the drill bit, use the holes drilled in advance in the beam, and insert the wooden stick into it. Two to four people will grab the crossbar and rotate the wooden beam at the same time. Under the traction of the drill bit, the wooden beam will slow down. Slowly drill into the ground. After the wooden beams are deep enough, take out the spare beams and use the mortise and tenon grooves at both ends to connect them. In order to improve the sturdiness, fix them with grab nails and continue drilling down.
The length of the three beams has basically reached the limit.
One is that the beam is not strong enough, and if you drill further, it is likely to break the beam.
Secondly, the peasants are not strong enough. The deeper the beam is drilled, the greater the friction.
Therefore, the depth of the three beams was only used to measure groundwater moisture.
Take out the beams, and based on how wet they are, you can determine whether there is an aquifer underneath the land.
If the beams are relatively dry, abandon this location and move to the next location to continue the survey.
If the beams are wet, dig deep wells on the spot.
In this way, you will be able to find a suitable water source...
