Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

The next day, the sun was shining brightly, and the workers got up one after another. The blown-up thatched shed was silent all night, and the canoe that was supporting it finally fell down.

Before Tong Ran got up, Wu Fuqiang rolled up his sleeves and called for someone to clean up the wreckage of the hut.

"Angkor, has the employer been found?" A man from Wujia Village next to him was absent-minded. He had just been busy for a while and asked Wu Fuqiang quietly.

Wu Fuqiang glanced at Gao Zhuo who was not far away, and he arranged government servants to patrol around, and the footsteps of the patrols came and went, like the echo of yesterday's explosion. "I don't know, let's concentrate on our work." Wu Fuqiang said.

"Angkor, don't be too diligent. I think if this shaft kiln is built again, it must be far away from it. This time we were lucky not to be bombed, but it may not be the next time." Another person said, this person is People from Xiaoshan Township also know them all.

Wu Fuqiang ignored him, picked up a fallen pillar, and turned to shoulder it: "Everyone who should be arrested has already been arrested, and the county magistrate will deal with it. What are you worrying about?"

"Angkor, that's not what you said."

"It's okay to carry the pillar, right? Give me a hand." Wu Fuqiang said.

The man had no choice but to swallow his words and picked up the other end of the pillar.

The burden on Wu Fuqiang's shoulders lightened, but his heart was still heavy.He looked at Tong Ran's yard again, the door was still closed, Gao Zhuo was waiting under the tree not far away, probably also waiting for Tong Ran.

"Wow."

"Hmm..." Tong Ran hummed subconsciously, and hugged the warm thing in her arms even tighter.

"Wow!"

"Hmm..." Tong Ran frowned, turned over and pressed down, and the things in her arms stopped.

When Tong Ran came back last night, the little tiger just woke up after approving the memorial. It opened its eyes, and Tong Ran fell down sullenly and wrapped it tightly in his arms.

The little tiger pressed his paws on his face, but he didn't respond. It showed the tip of its claws again, gestured twice, and finally retracted it.

Chu Jun went back to the Xuanzheng Hall, read the scriptures for two hours with a dark face, and fell asleep again.

He thought it was time for the little attendant to wake up, but this man was still holding him in his arms, sound asleep.

If I had known that two hours ago, I should have rewarded him with two paws.

Chu Jun, who was crushed under Tong Ran and couldn't move, thought angrily.

After another half an hour, Tong Ran fell into a light sleep, felt something under his body in a daze, opened his eyes, and saw that he had put the little tiger under him and fell asleep.

Tong Ran woke up instantly as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on her.

"I'm sorry, Zai Zai, I'm really sorry." Tong Ran hurriedly apologized.

The little tiger took a look at him, got up and shook his fur all over, flicked his tail, stepped on him and jumped off the bed.Tong Ran chased after him, and the little tiger jumped onto the table in the room without even looking at him. Tong Ran quickly picked up the teapot and poured tea for it.

The tea was already cold, so the little tiger slapped it away in disgust and ran to the door.

The door was closed, and it looked back at Tong Ran.

"Here we come." Tong Ran quickly stepped forward and opened the door. The little tiger was probably a little satisfied, and ran out with a soft call.

"My lord." As soon as Tong Ran appeared, Gao Zhuo immediately came up and bowed.

Tong Ran restrained her expression, and asked in a deep voice, "How's the situation?"

Gao Zhuo: "My lord, Mrs. Liu's hands and feet are a little dirty. She left early that day to bring home the stolen food, and was taken advantage of by Wu Facai's daughter-in-law. The two on duty should be completely innocent, and they don't know This plan. As for Wu Facai’s daughter-in-law, she admitted that she and Wu Facai did the matter, but refused to admit that there was a mastermind behind it.”

Tong Ran: "She wants to protect the people behind the scenes?"

Tong Ran had also dealt with Wu Facai's daughter-in-law when she was in Wujia Village. She was a self-proclaimed smart woman who liked to take advantage of petty advantages, so she probably had some opinions on herself.But if it was said that she used Wu Facai's life to cause trouble for him because of this point of view, Tong Ran would not believe it.

"My lord," Gao Zhuo said again, "I also feel that this matter is strange. I searched her home overnight. According to the neighbors, the only son of Wu Facai's family was sent back to his grandfather's home a few days ago."

Tong Ran: "Is it the one named...Wu Xiaobao?"

He had heard from the villagers that Wu Facai and his wife loved their only son very much, and their children were already old enough to help adults go to the fields, but this one in their family was still playful and didn't have to do anything.

Gao Zhuo: "Yes, I heard that they dote on this child very much. The humble official has already sent someone to his grandfather's house, and it's about time to come back."

Before Gao Zhuo finished speaking, a horse came galloping, the yamen servant got off the horse, ran over and said, "Master Tong, Lord Gao, my subordinates have gone to Wu Xiaobao's maternal ancestor's house, but he has never been there."

"It seems so." Tong Ran said.

Gao Zhuo seemed to have thought of something, and nodded.

Tong Ran's burning of mud to build roads will not hinder Wu Facai and his wife. Although they are a little dissatisfied with him, they don't have to make such a fuss.But if it is said that someone first lures them with money and then threatens Wu Xiaobao's safety, then it makes sense that they will do this.

"Gao Zhuo," Tong Ran said after a little thought, "find a way to find Wu Xiaobao."

"Yes." Gao Zhuoli clasped his hands together, got on his horse and left with the two yamen servants.

Tong Ran lowered his head, and there were sparse green grass on the ground, because the water source here is not very strong, so it doesn't grow well.A shadow on the grass shook, and Tong Ran looked for it, only to find that the little tiger had been at his feet all along.It looked up at him, its furry tiger head was like a ball.

"Brother is very busy today, you have to be obedient..." Tong Ranxu muttered for a while, then called Sang Le and asked him to take the little tiger to eat.He himself went to the hut.

The corpses in the hut have been transported away by Gaozhuo's men, and the workers are cleaning up the remains of the hut and shaft kiln.

"My lord." Wu Fuqiang said.

The others also arched their hands, staring at the ground with listless expressions.

"What's wrong? Why are you so depressed?" Tong Ran asked.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, and finally Wu Fuqiang said: "They just didn't sleep well, it's okay."

When Wu Fuqiang spoke, his eyes kept turning to the left, and Tong Ran knew it clearly.

The wreckage of the thatched hut has been cleaned up a bit, exposing the fragments of the shaft kiln pressed underneath.Tong Ran squatted down, picked up one piece and put it in a basket beside him, picked up another piece, and actually cleaned up the scene himself.

"My lord." Wu Fuqiang quickly grabbed his wrist, "I can't do it."

Tong Ran smiled, pulled his hand away, and picked up another fragment of the shaft kiln.Holding the fragments, he said, "The mastermind behind the scenes has not been caught yet, so if I tell you now that you don't have to worry, you probably won't believe it."

Those workers bowed their heads and did not speak.

Tong Ran put the newly found fragments into the bamboo basket: "I will investigate the case, but I will also repair this road."

After finishing speaking, Tong Ran said to Wu Fuqiang: "Angkor, help me?"

"Hey," Wu Fuqiang just woke up like a dream, and stepped forward to help Tong Ran clean up.

The little tiger reluctantly took a bite of the chicken leg given by Sang Le, and also saw the movement on the other side.It has good hearing, even if it is far away, Tong Ran can still hear Tong Ran clearly.He was terse.

Chu Jun was in the Xuanzheng Hall when the incident happened last night, and he knew nothing about the movement here. After he came out this morning, he caught many people's rustling conversations and made yesterday's incident clear.

From the conversation, it can be seen that Tong Ran calmed down the scene for the first time yesterday and found out the truth.

Now one of the key suspects is dead and the other is in the Yamen prison, and Tong Ran has ordered Gao Zhuo to find the missing Wu Xiaobao.The mastermind behind the scenes has not yet been identified, and the investigation of the case has encountered a bottleneck here. If there are no more clues, it would be a waste of time to spend here.

Tong Ran is not in charge of criminal cases, the cases need to be investigated, and the roads here need to be repaired, otherwise workers are hired but not used, and a lot of money in the county is wasted, which is dereliction of duty for a county magistrate.

Now his biggest task is to let these workers put down their worries and start working again.

Everyone cherishes their lives, coercion is useless, Tong Ran lowers his posture and takes the lead in doing it, which is also a way.

Tong Ran and Wu Fuqiang cleaned up the wreckage of the hut in silence, Yuan San also came to help when he came back from his work, and the other two yamen servants who were resting did not dare to neglect the county magistrate when they saw him working. came to help.

The workers surrounded the wreckage, and no one made a sound for a while.

The fragments of the shaft kiln were cleaned out little by little, ready to be carried away in bamboo baskets.There were a lot of pieces, so the yamen servant brought two shoulder poles, pointed at someone casually, and said, "Come and help, the poles won't explode, so why bother?"

The yamen servant's words were harsh, but it was the same reason. The man pursed his dry lips, and took the pole from the yamen servant.

One person moved, and the rest were too embarrassed to stick around.

More than a dozen people acted together, and the wreckage after the explosion was quickly cleaned up.Afterwards, Wu Fuqiang took people to rebuild a new thatched hut, and Tong Ran helped out, so he left to see the little tiger.

The little tiger had just had enough to eat and drink, and Sang Le stood guarding a foot away from it, while the little tiger lazily paced on the table for two steps, then lay down again, watching the construction of the hay shed in the distance.

"Zai Zai, are you full?" Tong Ran sat down at the table, and Sang Le immediately brought food for him.

The little tiger glanced at him, wagged its tail, and continued to look at the straw shed.

Tong Ran quickly finished his meal, moved the chair to the side, and said side by side with the little tiger: "Zai Zai, what are you looking at?"

The little tiger wagged its tail slowly, seemingly engrossed.

Tong Ran looked around. Sang Le packed up his dishes and left. The others were either patrolling nearby or building straw sheds ahead.Tong Ran leaned close to the little tiger's ear and whispered, "Zai Zai, don't be angry, okay?"

The little tiger moved a position and got down again.

Its tiger fur is still messy, can it be offset by an apology?It's unreasonable to even hug it to sleep again, it's impossible not to show him some color.

The little tiger slapped Tong Ran away with one paw.

A framework has been set up for the thatched shed in front, and this person didn't know to take a look.The little tiger squinted at Tong Ran, but suddenly something ran along its back, and the shaggy hair seemed to straighten out.

The little tiger lowered its raised head slowly, and its green eyes were about to close.

"Zai Zai, are you comfortable?"

"Wow!"

Tong Ran laughed lowly, the little brat was willing to yell at him, and seemed to have calmed down.In fact, it's not really angry, or else it would come over by itself, why doesn't it hide?

His cub is really a dishonest little tiger.

Tong Ran happily took the comb he had made two days ago to comb the little tiger's fur.

After coaxing the little tiger, Tong Ran returned to the construction site.The straw shed has been set up, followed by the shaft kiln.

The master who built the kiln had already arrived, and Tong Ran took out the blueprints to discuss with him. They modified the vertical kiln with a deeper kiln mouth, so that it is difficult for people to see the open flame outside, so they are not afraid of the previous dust explosion.

Tong Ran personally participated in the kiln-building work, and the construction site was very quiet, so everyone was not in the mood to chat when such a thing happened, but the work was done quickly, and the new shaft kiln was built before the sun went down.

While the shaft kiln was being built, a new batch of gravel and soil arrived at the same time.

This time, Tong Ran recruited four yamen servants and four workers to guard in shifts, and also arranged some people to patrol around the open space.He himself kept watch by the kiln until night, until the little tiger yawned on his lap, and then he carried it back to his small courtyard.

Tong Ran didn't sleep very deeply, and went to the vertical kiln again the next morning.

The vertical kiln was still burning, Tong Ran looked at the fire and said, "It's almost time, it will be extinguished in half an hour."

The two guards responded quickly.

Tong Ran asked about last night's situation again, and the two said that nothing special happened, and Tong Ran's heart was completely let go.

After the calcination is completed, the burnt gravel and mud go into the mill to be ground into a fine powder.

Workers brought well water and mixed it with fine powder, and a warm current poured into the eyebrows of Chu people present, and righteousness struck.As the inventor, Tong Ran was the most affected. Fortunately, he has already advanced to the Xuan level, and his refining ability has greatly increased. Now he can use a little mind to refine, and he can use it for two purposes.

The righteousness welcomed by others is not too great, so it is okay to accumulate it first and refine it later.

After mixing the powder well, Tong Ran told them to stop.

"My lord, is this cement?" Wu Fuqiang said, this thing is like water and mud, no wonder it is called cement, but looking at its soft appearance, Wu Fuqiang couldn't believe it when he said that it could be used to build roads.

However, he believed in Tong Ran and didn't say much, but the other workers couldn't help whispering.

Tong Ran naturally heard it. He glanced over and stopped whispering immediately.Tong Ran smiled and said, "How about we try to build a section of road now?"

The workers were doubting the purpose of this thing. Hearing what Tong Ran said, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and said, "Okay, sir, how do you do it?"

There used to be dirt roads in the first village of Jiuxiang under Xiaoguo County. These are the villagers' habit. When Tong Ran designed the new road, he didn't completely overthrow it. He just improved on it and added a road. The road to the third village of Straw Mushroom Township.

After the cement was successfully produced, Tong Ran recruited a group of new workers to build the cement road according to the drawings he had drawn in advance.

After the explosion, the road construction site and cement workshop were always patrolled by yamen servants, and petty theft like Liu Po ​​was caught once or twice, but major events like the explosion did not happen again.

The employer behind the previous incident was not caught. In order to calm people's minds, Tong Ran spent most of the time on the construction site with the workers.The conditions in Xiatou Village were not good, but Tong Ran didn't care too much. After all, he was an aid worker in Africa and had been to primitive tribes. This farming and civilized village was just a piece of cake, but his tiger cub felt uncomfortable.

Tong Ran also thought about getting it back, but as soon as there was such a sign, the little tiger would get angry and fight with Sapo. In the end, Tong Ran relented and kept it, and called Qiu'er to take care of its three days a day. meal.

"Wow!" In the morning, Tong Ran had already left the house, and the little tiger skillfully jumped onto the chair specially made for it, patting the wooden table with its paws, which meant that it was time to serve and it was hungry.

"Here we come." Qiu'er came out with roasted pork, "Yesterday, someone slaughtered a pig in the next village, so I rushed to buy it. Pork belly, is it delicious?"

The little tiger sniffed, it was okay.

However, its stomach growled unreservedly.

"Hahaha!" Qiu'er laughed.

The little tiger slammed the knife in the eye, and Qiu'er immediately fell silent.He has been taking care of the little tiger for three days, and has been scratched several times on his arms, so now that the tiger cub glared at him, he dared not talk or move like a conditioned reflex.

"Well, well, I won't laugh at you." Qiu'er begged for mercy.

The little tiger jumped on the roast meat, bit it, tore off one piece, and chewed it slowly.

Tong Ran is supervising the construction site. They are repairing the road from the county seat to the third village of Caogu Township. This road was designed by Tong Ran as the main road, and all the roads leading to other villages extend from this main road.

More than half of the main road has been repaired, and the workers are very skilled.Tong Ran had nothing to do when he arrived at the construction site. After greeting him, he sat down to read the documents sent by the county.

Tong Ran has not been back to the county yamen recently, Gao Zhuo is in the yamen, there will be no trouble, but many documents still need to be approved by him personally, Sang Le will send a batch every two days, and Tong Ran will send it to him after approval go back.

What Tong Ran is currently approving is the document sent the day before yesterday, and he can finish it with one more copy. Counting the time, Sang Le should send a new one.

When he made the last stroke, there was indeed the sound of horseshoes.

The county government's carriage ran ahead, followed by another, Tong Ran packed up the documents that had just been approved, the carriage stopped not far away, and a government servant stepped forward to lead the horse.

It was Sang Le who got off in the last car, and he was carrying a big wooden box, which contained documents.

The curtain of the previous carriage was also lifted, and it was Gou An who hadn't seen him for a long time came down.

Gou An has a higher rank than Sang Le, and Sang Le follows the rules and waits for him first.

He trotted up to Tong Ran, and bowed to him, "I'm paying my respects to Mr. Tong."

Tong Ran wondered, "Master Gou is healed?"

"It's much better." Gou An said, before he finished speaking, he coughed, his face flushed red.

Tong Ran said: "Since you are not feeling well, you should go home and rest."

"My lord, the next official is really worried about the road construction when I am sick, so I don't feel at ease if I don't come to persuade my lord!" Gou An said.

Sang Le was still holding the wooden box containing the paperwork. He stood behind Tong Ran with lowered eyebrows and narrowed eyes. When Gou An howled like this, he unconsciously glanced at him.

Yuan San, Wu Fuqiang and the others were working nearby, when they heard that a worker asked, "Who is this?"

The person from Xiaoguo County replied, "Gou An, a fellow magistrate from our county."

"Sounds like a good official, you Xiaoguo County are really blessed." The out-of-town workers praised.

Workers in Xiaoguo County: ...

They are very happy that their county is praised, but they have to admit that Gou An is a good official?They still don't want this luck.