There was an extra person in the family who got along day and night. If he wanted to talk to the box without being discovered, Zhu Changan knew that he couldn't do it no matter what, so he had already thought of the wording of his answer.
"That's right, I'm practicing my lines in front of the landscaping box."
Zhu Changan explained with a smile, "I recently established a film and television company, and I plan to play a guest role in it."
Although it is a bit far-fetched, it makes sense.
"Landscaping box?" Fang Rou looked puzzled, "Isn't this a fish tank?"
"Well……"
Zhu Changan slapped his forehead, cursed "confused" in his mind, and hurriedly explained: "I plan to change this fish tank into a landscaping box."
Fang Rou lowered her head, as if she had done something wrong.
"Oh...that's it. Although the lady told you not to ask any more questions, I saw you talking to yourself in front of the box and I felt a little scared, so I couldn't help but ask."
"It's okay. If you have any questions, just ask me."
Zhu Changan calmly patted Xia Rou's shoulder. The touch was soft and boneless, and the girl's body fragrance hit his face, making people feel relaxed and happy.
Lest Fang Rou didn't believe it, Zhu Changan specially added: "I will take you to my company when I have time."
Fang Rou happily agreed: "Okay, Brother Chang'an, I like celebrities the most. I wonder which famous actors are in your company?"
Zhu Changan said sheepishly: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. My film and television company has just been established and there are not many contracted actors. Otherwise, I wouldn't be making guest appearances."
"Brother Chang'an can speak his lines so realistically in front of the fish tank, as if he is talking to a real person. I believe you will be a good actor in the future."
Fang Rou said with a serious look on her dark eyes.
"I'll do a magic trick for you."
Zhu Changan walked to the corner, took out a piece of coal from the woven bag and returned to the fish tank, "Look what is this in my hand?"
"coal."
Fang Rou looked puzzled, "You want to make such a dirty thing white?"
"Black coal briquettes are still dirty no matter how much you wash them. I don't have the ability to do that."
Zhu Changan imitated the magician's posture and made a few movements in front of Fang Rou, and then motioned Fang Rou to look into the fish tank: "Look at what's in the box again?"
"It's just a bare bottom of the tank, nothing." Fang Rou answered seriously.
"Then take a look."
Zhu Changan lowered his head, gently put the shiny black coal in his hand into the box, and placed it outside the south gate of Chang'an Town.
In Zhu Chang'an's eyes, a coal mountain taller than the city wall appeared out of thin air outside the city wall of Chang'an Town, which attracted the residents of the town to rush to the city wall to watch the excitement and talk about it.
"Wow... this dark mountain is so high, it seems to be more than ten feet tall!"
"The mountains of coal have fallen from the sky. Could it be that Tianzun wants us to mine them ourselves?"
"Hurry and report to the mayor and fifth master."
Zhu Changan turned to look at Fang Rou: "Can you still see this piece of coal?"
"Eh...is it really gone? Is there a hole under the fish tank?"
Fang Rou stepped forward with a curious look on her face and bent down to open the filter box at the bottom. She checked it carefully and found nothing unusual.
"It's amazing. Brother Chang'an, how did you do it? Why can't you find that piece of coal?"
Zhu Changan put his arm into the box, took out the piece of coal, and said mysteriously: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked. This is the real magic."
"It turns out that Brother Chang'an is hiding in the back hall not only practicing martial arts, but also practicing magic and lines. He is working too hard. Then I won't disturb you. If you need anything, call me."
Fang Rou was filled with admiration, she bowed sheepishly and quickly exited the back hall.
Inside the box.
After hearing the news, Zhu Renxia and the fifth person came to the south gate as quickly as possible, only to find that the "coal mountain" the villagers were talking about had disappeared.
Without even thinking about it, I knew it was taken back by Tianzun.
"Tianzun, why did you take back Meishan again?"
Zhu Renxia raised his head and asked.
Zhu Changan cleared his throat and said seriously: "I found that this coal mountain is too big and you still need to mine it yourself, so I took it back. After I break it, I will send it down to you."
Zhu Renxia clasped his fists and said, "Tianzun, please listen to this disciple."
Zhu Changan: "It's okay to just say it."
"After the disciple came back, he found that the villagers were a little lazy. I analyzed the reason with the Fifth Master. I think it is because of your protection, Tianzun, that everyone has food to eat, clothes to stretch out their hands, and there is food to eat and drink to drink. , even the donkey meat and bread can be eaten directly...
If things go on like this, the villagers will become idle and lazy day after day. Therefore, the disciple begged Tianzun to come down to Meishan and let the villagers do some menial chores besides practicing martial arts. Don't forget the nature of laborers. "
Zhu Changan thought for a while and felt that what Zhu Renxia said made sense, so he immediately put the piece of coal into the box again.
"In that case, let the villagers mine it themselves!"
Zhu Renxia reported again: "As the number of residents in Chang'an Town increases, the people have begun to have various demands. Disciples want to relax control over residents and allow some people to engage in the professions they are good at. For example, setting up tailor shops , blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, medicine shop, and even some restaurants, I wonder what Tianzun will do?"
People in Chang'an Town are now eating from a big pot.
All materials and houses are distributed uniformly, and children’s education is also free.
All men need to do is to practice patrolling, and women will sit idle and do nothing. Over time, they will definitely develop inertia, and more people will become idle.
Zhu Changan felt that what Zhu Renxia said made sense, and immediately nodded in agreement: "What you said makes sense. You and No. 5, Jiang Guangjun and the others can decide on the affairs of the town. There is no need to ask me for instructions on every detail."
"Remember, you, Zhu Renxia, are the lord of Chang'an Town, not me. When it's time to make the decision, you make a decisive decision."
Zhu Renxia was overjoyed and bowed in thanks: "Thank you, Heavenly Lord, for your trust."
Zhu Changan added: "Tonight I will help you expand the city, replenish the houses, and build a commercial street. You restrict the residents not to go out at night to avoid being injured. After I help you complete the expansion, you can implement the plan tomorrow. "
"Disciple, please obey your instructions."
Zhu Renxia agreed and immediately issued an order that everyone should stop working when the sun was setting. Except for Minzhuang who patrolled at night, no one else was allowed to go out without permission.
As night fell, residents after a busy day went home one after another and closed their doors in accordance with the mayor's instructions.
Zhu Changan began to help Changan Town expand its scale.
Since the area of the fish tank has increased by nearly a quarter, there is a lot of free space in the box, and construction can be carried out directly without relying on Zhu Renxia to move back and forth.
He still started from the corner, first dismantling the southwest corner, then disconnecting the northwest corner, and moved the entire west wall some distance to the west.
Then put the jade mahjong prepared in advance neatly, first increase the length of the south city wall, and then increase the length of the north city wall until the two corners are completely closed.
Minzhuang, who was patrolling on the city wall, could not see the shadow of Tianzun, but he could see huge stones falling from the sky, and finally built into a majestic and towering city wall, until finally the three walls were connected together.
"Tianzun is really powerful. It only took an hour to increase the area of our city by one-third. If we relied on manpower to build it, I'm afraid it would take two months if the whole village of 500 strong men worked together. It will take ten days to complete.”
The people were filled with emotion, but they didn't know that Chang'an Tianzun completed the expansion of the city wall in only half an hour.
The next task is to build a house.
Zhu Changan picked up a shovel and dug inside, first uprooting the trees in the target area, then leveling the rocky mounds, then tamping them flat with a shovel, and finally placed the villa model neatly inside.
Just like this, after an hour of busy work, eighty more houses appeared out of thin air inside the city walls of Chang'an Town.
A vacant space was left between the new houses and the old houses, which Zhu Changan used to build a "commercial street" for Chang'an Town.
Since all the house models purchased were courtyard houses and could not be directly used as facade houses along the street, Zhu Changan needed to process them.
He found a hand saw, and after half an hour of work, he successfully sawed twenty models into pieces, discarding the courtyard part and retaining the two-story wooden building, thus turning into a shop facing the street.
Finally, he placed the two-story wooden buildings without yards opposite each other, leaving a street in the middle that was large enough for two horses and carriages to drive side by side. The commercial street of Chang'an Town was successfully built in this way.
"Hehe... Not bad. Once there are merchants engaged in various businesses on this street, it will look more and more like a town."
Looking at Chang'an Town, which had expanded by one-third, Zhu Changan picked up a towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead, showing a pleased smile.
