Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

Nanchi

Xie Zhan, wearing official uniform, knelt in front and respectfully welcomed the imperial edict, followed by his family and servants.

The shrill voice of the eunuch who announced the decree was painful to the ears.

With great difficulty, the eunuch finished reading the long imperial edict.Xie Zhan followed the request and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

At this time, the steward of the Xie Mansion hurriedly stepped forward to greet the eunuch who was delivering the order.

Everyone present stood up one after another with different expressions, most of them were worried, uneasy or frightened.

The emperor specially issued a decree to reprimand him, and Xie Zhan accepted it calmly.

Look, he sent someone 30 taels to the queen's family, didn't he accomplish something worth millions?

After he comforted his family with a few words and asked the housekeeper to entertain the eunuch who announced the decree, he returned to the outer study.

"Go and invite Mr. Jiang."

The book boy got the order and went quickly.

Xie Zhan returned indoors and slowly poured himself a cup of tea.

Jiang Boya was his counselor who came out three times to manage internal affairs.When he first visited, Jiang Boya just smiled and didn't respond to his admiration and solicitation.

This year, after becoming the governor of Lingnan, he went there again, but this time Jiang Boya went out and he saw no one.

The last time was when he came back from Shu, he made a special detour to visit Jiang Boya.

This time, Jiang Boya was finally moved by him, packed his bags and returned to the Southland with him.

After returning to the south, he began to exercise his power as governor. Jiang Boya assisted him in sorting out the government affairs of Lingnan and the personnel of the three counties.

At the end of last year, he had been traveling around visiting celebrities and recruiting talented people.

At that time, a small number of people accepted his recruitment. After he became the governor of Lingnan, many people came to join him for fame and fortune.

These people were either appointed to suitable positions by him, or they were added to the official team of the governor's office.

With the help of talented people, he began to restore the Southland economy.

The large-scale construction in Pingzhou cannot be hidden from others. They can use their strengths and avoid weaknesses to build the South based on Pingzhou's construction.

Xie Zhan asked his family to use half of the 300 million taels brought back from Shu County and Suzhou to invest in the construction of the three counties in the south.

At the same time, let the four major families in the south cooperate with the government orders.

As allies, Qiao Xitong, Hu Jiangyi, Liao Xuewang and others also invested in Nandi.

Millions of taels were invested in the Southland one after another, creating many job opportunities for the people in the Southland.

The people of Nandi have really benefited from it. The current Nandi may not be as good as Pingzhou, but it is much better than ordinary states and counties.

When Jiang Boya arrived, Xie Zhan was already sipping tea with a calm expression.

"Thank you, sir, has the emperor issued an imperial edict to reprimand you?"

"It's expected, isn't it?" Xie Zhan said calmly, "Mr. Jiang, how about we talk about it?"

Jiang Boya nodded and sat opposite him.

The two played chess and discussed political affairs.

"Mr. Jiang, the autumn weather is really crisp now, and the storm is about to come." Xie Zhan sighed.

Regarding Pingzhou's plan, Jiang Boya also knew that after he missed a beat, he smiled and said, "Master Xie's trick of borrowing a sword to kill is good."

Xie Zhan smiled faintly. He had made all the arrangements that needed to be made for Pingzhou. Next, it depends on the other party's response.

Jiang Boya dropped a white stone, "If Pingzhou cannot survive, Master Xie can use this to eliminate a powerful enemy."

Xie Zhan immediately placed a sunspot next to him, "If we survive, then we will take this step and force Pingzhou to rebel. "Zuo Zhuan" says that the one who caused the disaster will die, and the emperor can order the world to fight together. Of."

"Sir Xie, have you ever thought about it, if Pingzhou survives this crisis, it will definitely come out on top, what about Southland?" What Pingzhou faces is both a risk and an opportunity.

Xie Zhan's brows furrowed as he looked at the chess pieces that his side didn't have an advantage over.

Jiang Boya picked up the tea next to him and took a sip, waiting for him to make his choice.

Pingzhou

The four counties of Pingzhou, including Liaoxi County, Liaodong County, and Lelang County, are all bordering Xianbei in the north, and their city walls need to be re-heightened and reinforced.

Before the construction, Pingzhou directly pulled up a nearly ten-foot-high canvas to block the construction site and cut off the Xianbei people not far away from exploring.

As soon as the sky dimmed, the peasants began to work. The peasants worked in groups of seven or eight.

The group at the far end, a group of seven or eight civilians, all experienced workers, had all the ingredients ready in a short time.

"Brother Chen, the lime mortar has been prepared in proportion."

The person who called Brother Chen said yes, indicating that he understood.

The other team members looked around and saw that as long as they put the cooked glutinous rice soup in it, they would stir all the ingredients evenly and it would be ready to use.

But, "Where's the glutinous rice soup?"

"The glutinous rice soup is not boiled." Brother Chen said.

The team members looked at each other in confusion, are you still having trouble?What's next?

At this time, someone pushed a strange-looking wheelbarrow over, with two bulging large sacks on it.

"Isn't this coming?" Brother Chen stood up.

The civilian husband wanted to step forward and help unload the goods.

The man pushing the cart said no, and only asked them to move away a little. Then the cart turned over, and the two sacks of goods were unloaded. Then he pushed the empty cart and left, and he had to continue transporting the goods.

The team members also took a few more glances at the strange-looking dump truck.

"Brother Chen, what is this?"

"Hey, this new thing is called cement."

After hearing this, the villagers understood that this was probably caused by Qigongyuan again.Many new things and gadgets that have appeared in Pingzhou in the past two years are all produced by Qigongyuan.

"Come on, come on, carry it to the side."

The villagers spontaneously went to carry a sack in pairs. Unexpectedly, once they got started, they discovered, "Hey, the cement in this sack is quite heavy."

Brother Chen asked them to open the sacks and pour cement into the lime sand and gravel in strict accordance with the proportion. He also arranged for four more people to carry water.

"Brother Chen, don't we need glutinous rice soup?"

"No need, use cement instead."

No wonder they didn't see the big pot for making glutinous rice soup.

The peasants chatted while working.

"The big brother just now transported these two heavy bags of cement easily by himself using the wheelbarrow."

"I don't know how much one costs. If you have a wheelbarrow like this at home, it will be very convenient for transporting something."

"Indeed, isn't it almost the autumn harvest? If we use it to transport food, we won't have to strain our shoulders or bend our backs."

After dry mixing the cement and lime sand in proportion, pour water into it and mix.

It didn't take much effort to stir it up.

Folks discovered that mixing cement with slurry was much more convenient than making glutinous rice soup.

They used to mix boiled glutinous rice soup with lime mortar to bond the masonry of the city wall.

As the master craftsman of the civil engineering workshop, Gao Jinghe was also the master craftsman responsible for building the city wall in front of him.Now that he had finished the work at hand, he began to patrol, checking whether the craftsmanship of the small craftsmen under him was up to standard.

Every time he passed a small craftsman, he would stop and watch.If the work on hand is not good enough, he will give some guidance. If the work is good, he will stand for a while, then nod and move forward.

There was quite a lot of noise in Pingzhou building the city gates and walls, and they couldn't hide it from the Xianbei sentries who lived nearby.

"The southerners are repairing their city wall? They have also pulled up a curtain to prevent us, right?"

"Yes, it's just a city wall. It's quite mysterious."

The Xianbei sentry finally sneered, "I'm not very capable, but I have a lot of hard work."