East China Sea, Shamen, Tuoji Houkou Bay.
"The villain Zhang Laoshi, brought his apprentice Shui Sheng, Shan Gen has met the leader!" Soon, Yang Jiu, who has a slender waist and long legs, led a middle-aged man and two young people with tools to where Kang Lin and others stopped. Then, before they could put down the things they carried on their shoulders, the well digger Zhang Laoshi and his two apprentices took a step forward, knelt on the ground and began to kowtow to Kang Lin! For a moment, Xu Shi knelt down in a hurry, and Master Zhang Laoshi immediately had a big bump on his head, which made everyone laugh and cry!
"Master Zhang, you're welcome, please get up and talk, and these two little brothers, Kang is not some monster with three heads and six arms, don't be too nervous..." Kang Lin saw the well digger Zhang Laoshi and his two apprentices kneeling on the ground. Kowtowing, I felt happy at the moment, but then I thought about it, I was asking people to help dig a well, and it would be too rude to let people kneel on the ground and kowtow all the time, so I suppressed the smile on my face and said warmly, please The three of them stood up to talk, but Liu Laoliu saw that the three of them were hesitant and did not dare to get up to reply, so he also interrupted with a smile, and then the three of them stood up tremblingly and stood aside with hands tied, waiting for Kang Lin's inquiry.
"Today, Kang asked you to dig a well. Master Zhang, take a look around to see if you can dig a well nearby. Don't worry, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. If you dig one for me, I will not treat you badly if you have a water well that you can use. When the time comes, you can choose food, cloth, gold and silver..." Kang Lin has always believed in the simple truth that "there must be a brave man under a big reward", so no matter what No matter what you do, you don't like to use force to overwhelm others. In order to dig a qualified water well and irrigate the newly opened vegetable fields, this guy made an offer that Zhang Laoshi and others could not refuse. The purpose was to let them start early and start looking for a suitable place to dig a well.
"Okay, Sir, I'm going to explore aquatic and mountain roots right now, and bring out the things that are my master's, and let's show our abilities to the Leader!" With Kang Lin's promise, Zhang Laoshi, who was originally stooped, His body straightened up a lot in an instant. When it came to what he was good at, this guy was much more comfortable. He just made a confession and asked his apprentice to follow him and start exploring. This guy was holding a small box in his hand. Walking around, stopping and walking everywhere on the hillside, in the plains, and beside the stone walls, I soon found the right spot on the west side of the pond, close to the mountain. Next came the excavation work. The man first directed his apprentice to hit the mountain with a shovel and a pickaxe, dig, and open the working surface. Then he lit a blazing fire on it and burned the rocks. It was so hot that two apprentices were ordered to bring cold pond water and pour it on it!
After bursts of white smoke, accompanied by a "cracking" sound, it was difficult for even a shovel and pickaxe to crush the rocks. Obvious cracks began to appear on the excavated rocks, which made Kang Lin, a layman, even look at it. Incredible! Obviously, the ancients certainly could not speak the professional physics vocabulary of heat-expansion and contraction, but through their daily work, they had summed up the principles of heat-expansion and contraction, and passed it on orally to their descendants. , and this heating and watering to break stones is proof! When he thought of this, Kang Lin didn't say anything. Instead, he watched with more interest what they would do next. He wanted to see how these ancients drilled holes and wells in the mountains without pickaxes!
"Lord Leader, can you send a team of people to the villain? After all, we have to dig and transport, which will waste a lot of precious time. If someone is responsible for transporting rocks and soil, our speed will be much faster. I hope the leader Your Majesty, can you agree!" As if he saw Kang Lin's interest, Zhang Laoshi led his two apprentices to use shovels and pickaxes, and soon dug out the broken stones. Next, because they needed to use hammers and chisels, To excavate the deep mountain, the latter made a request to Kang Lin for more manpower. Kang Lin saw that the three of them had to dig and transport, which wasted a lot of precious time, so he nodded and agreed to his request, and ordered him to be present. The ten soldiers took off their military uniforms and began to help them transport the excavated rocks and soil. After a while, a hill of gravel was piled up near the small pit. Upon seeing this, Zhang Laoshi and others did not stop, grabbing the hammer in one hand and the chisel in the other. Regardless of the howling mountain wind, they jumped into the small pit shirtless. Inside, he began to hammer away at the rocks below.
"It looks like there won't be any water coming out of the well today! In this way, I will leave ten soldiers here to help. In addition, I will ask the kitchen to send you some ginger soup and strong wine. Call me when the water comes out. Come and take a look..." Another hour passed, Zhang Laoshi said to them. _o_m
Using the simple tools in his hand, Kang Lin was able to dig down less than two feet. Kang Lin was already a little impatient with waiting, so he asked Luo Er to bring nine soldiers to assist here, while he led Luo Da and Liu Lao Liu and others returned to the Hundred Household Hall. He still had a lot of things to do, and he couldn't just stay in the vegetable field and watch the fun!
"My lord, the goods we are going to Donghai Acropolis for sale this time include ten kerosene lamps, five pairs of eight-treasure glass bottles, fifty folding fans, twenty screens, fifty sets of Japanese lacquerware, and the items you brought back from Korea. Ten branches of century-old wild ginseng, a hundred furs, twenty kilograms of tiger bones..." Kang Lin returned to his pledge room and had his own servant. The maids brought him hot towels and tea for him to cleanse his face and drink. , after he washed his face and drank a cup of hot tea, Luo Da at the door reported that Yan Xiaosong, the official in charge of farming and commerce in the fleet, and Yan Shuwen had arrived. The guy immediately switched from lying down casually to sitting upright. , and ordered his soldiers to respectfully invite the people in! Yan Xiaosong is the holder of the highest academic degree in Chiyang, and is also the former's right-hand man in managing the fleet. Kang Lin can't help but show corresponding respect to him. Although this guy is not very smart, the principle of "buying a horse's bones with a thousand pounds" is still got it! Therefore, Yan Xiaosong's passionate report soon sounded in the signing room. Update without error@
"Very well, Shuwen, I can rest assured that you are doing the work! By the way, are the gifts for the big guys in the capital and my two sworn brothers also ready? If they are, then we can discuss them with Nituzhi Let’s send all the good pirate heads to the East China Sea together! Such a heavy gift, coupled with so many Japanese pirate heads, I should be promoted to a higher level. If I can guerrilla a hundred households and guerrilla a hundred households, how can I be a Samana? Deputy Qianhu sounds majestic, are you right, Mr. Shuwen?" After listening to Yan Xiaosong's report, Kang Lin nodded with satisfaction. Next, he asked the former whether the gifts used to bribe the senior officials of the capital had been prepared. Qi, if they are all ready, they will be shipped to Donghai City and handed over to their sworn brothers Liu Chongqi and Han Wu to help them find a bigger official position! To be honest, he went through a series of battles this time and captured a lot of Japanese pirate heads. The country has rules. If you lead an army of five hundred, your subordinates will be promoted to one level for every five real Japanese heads they kill; , it takes one head to kill a Northern captive or a Japanese pirate, two heads to kill a Liaodong female straight man, three heads to kill a Miaoman Dong, and an ordinary rebel can be promoted to one level with six heads. This time Kang Lin led his army to experience a series of During the battle, a total of no less than 80 real Japanese heads were captured. No matter what, he could be recommended as deputy Qianhu. At the same time, his subordinates could also produce several Baihu, general banners, and small banners recognized by the imperial court due to their merits. Therefore, Kang This time, in addition to handing over the nitrate-made heads of the real Japanese to the East China Sea Acropolis on merchant ships, Lin also prepared a large amount of precious calligraphy and painting gold and silver to use to cut off the joints. No matter what, he had to get himself a Samana mate. Qianhu Dangdang!
"Lord, the student has picked out a batch of high-quality treasures, calligraphy and paintings, and framed them and handed them over to Manager Liu Bin. As for the gold and silver, there is a gift list here. The leader can take a look at it. If they are similar, the student will Send people to load silver into the ship..."
"Well, let me see, the commander Gu Wentong has three hundred taels of platinum, the commander Weng Yuli has two hundred taels of platinum, the commander Hu Lian has two hundred taels of platinum, and other adults with duties in the capital each have One hundred taels for people, fifty taels for adults without official positions, experience department, affairs department, official head, and governor of town and governor. There are also 20 to 30 taels of filial piety. My sworn brother Liu Baihu, Han Zongqi With the benefit of fifty taels given as a gift there, the total here is two thousand taels of silver. Shuwen, tell me, am I a waste of money for spending such a huge price to get a job as a vice-president of a thousand households?" Yan Xiaosong took over. Kang Lin was handed the donation list and took a slow sip of tea. However, before the warm tea entered his stomach, he was so frightened by the amount on the gift list that he almost spit out the tea again! Two thousand taels of silver is not to buy a commanding officer, a commanding colleague, or a commanding envoy. I just want to be promoted to deputy 1,000 households. Does the price need to be so high? You know, so much money can be used to put thousands of dining tables in Hongbin Tower, but now, if he just wants to be promoted to a higher level, he has to pay such a high price, which makes Kang Linkang, who is extremely searching, The big boss's face turned green when he saw it. Unfortunately, Yan Xiaosong didn't seem to notice the constipation look on his leader's face and continued to talk to himself,
"My lord, as the saying goes, if you don't want to give up your children, you won't be able to trap the wolf! If you want to advance to the next level with military merit, I'm afraid it won't be easy. Only by using money to clear the way can there be a chance! Besides, the gifts of gold and silver we give are not just a hammer. For business, as long as the upper and lower links are opened up, there will be an army in the future.
You need to perform military duties, but you don’t need so much..."
"Well, I hope you are right. Those bastard officials will do things after receiving the money. Otherwise, I will personally lead the army to go ashore to their house to get the money back! If I don't kill them, their blood will flow into rivers, and their heads will be Go ahead, even if I, Kang Lin, am the son of a little mother!" After thinking again and again, Kang Lin decided to pay the money! After all, compared with external things such as being hungry and unable to eat, and being cold and unable to wear clothes, real rights are still more important. As long as he has the official position of Deputy Qianhu or even Chief Qianhu, Kang Lin can legitimately raise more banner troops. Occupy a larger territory! . @·No mistake first~~
