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

Tong Ran glanced at him, and Gou An suddenly showed a look of concern for the country and the people, and he was really uncomfortable.

"What are you worried about? Let's hear it." Tong Ran said.

Gou An said: "My lord, when I was sick, I heard that the shaft kiln in the cement workshop was bombed and one person died. This is really appalling, and the murderer is still locked up in the yamen. Such a vicious person, I beg you to kill him as soon as possible." Kill to reassure the people."

"Xiaoguo County is as usual, and the construction site is running well. Why did Mr. Gou say that?" Tong Ran said.

Gou An arched his back a little more, and said: "This road has caused such a thing, it can be seen that it is unknown, there are already many rumors in the city, I hope you think twice, and don't build this unknown road again."

Tong Ran was fiddling with the teacup casually, but when he heard the words, his gaze came over: "The road is unknown. Sang Le, is there such a rumor?"

Sang Le often goes back to the city to know more about the situation in the city. "Reporting to my lord, this subordinate has heard it twice, and it's exactly what the beggar on the side of the road said, and it's uncountable to do."

Gou An's voice was not low, and the workers not far away heard it too and began to discuss it.

"The unknown road? You live in the county seat, have you heard of it?"

"I seem to have heard of it."

"Have you heard of it?"

"I don't remember, those beggars said something when they saw the sky, who knows!"

"Wu Fuqiang." Tong Ran said.

Wu Fuqiang put down his work and trotted over.

Tong Ran said: "You are familiar with these workers. Have the workers increased their righteousness these days because of road construction, the way of invention, and the way of conscientiousness?"

Wu Fuqiang: "Yes."

Tong Ran: "How many people have been raised, and how much has the most been raised?"

Wu Fuqiang: "Reporting to my lord, there are a total of 60 road construction workers. Except for two who were caught stealing, the remaining 58 people have increased during the road construction period. The small ones have the largest increase. Gather the seeds of righteousness."

Tong Ran asked again: "How many do you have?"

Wu Fuqiang: "Returning to the adults, the young ones are originally in the sixth stage of righteous thoughts."

Tong Ran: "During the road construction, it went up three steps?"

Wu Fuqiang: "Yes."

Tong Ran smiled: "Lord Gou, the righteousness of heaven and earth is only endowed with actions that benefit the country and the people. My workers have increased three levels of righteous thoughts because of road construction. If this is an ominous road that harms the country and the people, is it possible? "

"This..." Gou An was speechless for a while, if he refuted Tong Ran, he would be questioning the justice of heaven and earth.He could persuade Tong Ran to change his mind, but he couldn't say that God was blind.

"Master Tong is right. I have only been here for five days, and I have grown by half."

"Where are you now? I've been here since the beginning, and it's been a while and a half!"

"Let me tell you, I used to help others, not to mention losing money and time, and the increase was less than one level a year, but this time I came back to build roads, not only can I get wages, but my righteousness has increased by a full two levels!"

"Me too, me too. Master Tong's road is even approved by God, so why can't it be built?"

The workers were used to their loud voices, and they forgot to suppress them in the moment of excitement. What they said was clearly heard in Gou An's ears.

Gou An took a peek at Tong Ran, but Tong Ran didn't look at him, his tiger cub came here at some point, and Tong Ran was feeding it tea.

Gou An couldn't help wiping his forehead, it was covered with sweat.

"Master Gou, what else do you want to say?" Tong Ran said.

Gou An was full of words, but it was inappropriate to say anything, he twisted himself, and said: "No more, the officer is not feeling well, so I will take my leave first."

Tong Ran waved his hand and let him go.

After Gou An left, Tong Ran called Sang Le and whispered to him, "Tell Gao Zhuo to pay close attention to Gou An's every move, including the people he comes and goes with."

If Gou An hadn't come, Tong Ran wouldn't have suspected him, but what he said just now was sympathetic to the people and severely punished the criminals, not only contradictory, but also inconsistent with his usual behavior.Tong Ran heard that several logistics merchants in the city were dissatisfied with his road construction, and Gou An had a lot of contacts with the merchants, so it is not surprising that this matter has something to do with him.

It's just, will ordinary merchants do something that kills people?

Although Tong Ran asked Gao Zhuo to investigate, he still didn't fully believe his speculation.Anyway, let's wait until the evidence is found.

In the next few days, Gao Zhuo came to report several times. Gou An had a lot of contacts with those merchants, and it was the same as before he complained of illness.Gao Zhuo also sent people to check these merchants, but no suspicious person was found.

"My lord, Gou An has nothing to do today. It's just that I found out that the rumors among beggars came from his back kitchen. I don't know if the Liyao matter is related to him, but he does have the intention of obstructing your lord." Gao Zhuo reported.

"Understood," Tong Ran said, "keep watching. Arrange some people to go to the market to spread the word about the workers' uprightness. If he wants to thwart me with rumors, I will use rumors to face the truth."

"Yes, I'll do it for the humble job." Gao Zhuo bowed his hands and resigned.

Gao Zhuo was very efficient in handling affairs, and within two days, rumors spread in the county that the righteousness of the road workers was greatly improved.It happened that several workers were on vacation, and the neighbors came to ask curiously. Those workers were flattered and told a lot about the construction site.

"It can really increase righteousness!"

"A few days ago, who said that the road is unknown? It's not clear who can be upright, is God blind?"

"You can also believe what those beggars say. It's the first time I hear that the road is still unknown."

Tong Ran didn't expect that the effect of his trick was too good, and many people came to hear the news that day, and the hard work of the road builder suddenly became a sought-after food.

Taking advantage of the situation, Tong Ran picked some down-to-earth and hard-working people to come in. The morale of the road construction was unprecedentedly high, and soon the road was paved to the mountain in Caogu Township that separated the third village from the outside world.

"My lord, there is a mountain pass ahead." Wu Fuqiang said.According to Tong Ran's drawings, this road has to pass through the mountain. In the whole Dacheng, there is only one straight road built in the past. Hundreds of workers died during the construction. After all, it is necessary to dig a hole in the mountain to get out. It's not easy.

Some of the workers who knew about this were also panicked. It is true that the job pays a lot of money, is well paid, and can cultivate righteousness, but no one wants to put their lives in it.

Everyone looked at Tong Ran, anxiously waiting for his order.

"It's pretty fast. Let's all go back to rest today, and we will have a holiday for the next few days." Tong Ran said.

"Holiday?" Wu Fuqiang wondered.

"Ah," Tong Ran realized that she had used the wrong words, and quickly changed her words, "Xiu Mu, go back and rest for a few days."

The county magistrate, this is... so that they can recharge their energy before digging the mountain?

Tong Ran's voice was not suppressed, and the workers behind could hear it clearly. They looked at each other, how could they have a feeling that they were full and ready to go on the road.

"Then... when will you come back?" Wu Fuqiang asked again.

Tong Ran thought for a while and said, "I can't tell. I asked Mr. Fan to buy some things for me. It should arrive in two days. The shaft kiln explosion gave me some inspiration. I want to make an explosive The mountain exploded."

Blow up the mountain...?

The workers rubbed their eyes, rubbed their ears, and rubbed their ears. Is this Tong County Magistrate talking?Did he mean it literally when he said he blew up the mountain?

"Oh no." Tong Ran said again, "I can't do it by blowing up the mountain."

That's right, blowing up a person is enough, how can you blow up a mountain?The workers breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just blow a hole in the middle," Tong Ran added.

Blast a hole?Blow a hole in the mountain?Why did the county magistrate sound like he was talking about piercing his ears?

"Don't worry everyone, the wages for these few days will be paid as usual, and everyone will not be missed." Tong Ran said to the workers.

No one cared about money anymore, everyone was thinking about what Tong Ran said just now.Poke a hole in the mountain, no, no, blow a hole, so what should I do?Is it possible that Tong County magistrate also has a golden cudgel and 72 changes?

The explosion of the vertical kiln was an excuse, but Tong Ran really wanted to make explosives.He knows the theory of this thing, but he has never actually operated it. Before it can be used in practice, it has to be tested. Those ordinary workers are here, and if an accident happens, it will be troublesome, so he only keeps the people from the county government.

Originally, Tong Ran wanted to make something more powerful, but this thing had to be used. Let alone he might not be able to synthesize it, but if he did, something like this kind of extremely unstable thing that would explode at every turn would also too dangerous.There is no modern equipment here, Tong Ran thinks about it, and thinks it's better not to touch it.

In the end, he asked Fan Heng to help him get a lot of sulfur, saltpeter, etc., and planned to make traditional black gunpowder.

Tong Ran picked a place far away from human habitation and asked someone to build a house. He used it as a laboratory and came here every day to make gunpowder.

The yamen servants of the county government will come to take turns, but no one knows what the county magistrate is doing.

"Let me tell you, the county magistrate sent people to bring sulfur, saltpeter, etc., which are often used by alchemists to make elixir." One of the yamen servants said during a rest chat.

"I heard that alchemists can make immortality pills?"

"Nonsense, nonsense, which emperor have you seen become immortal?"

"That's not it."

"Magistrate Tong's items are always novel. Do you think he can refine the elixir of life?"

"What are you talking about? What is immortality?" A familiar voice suddenly interjected.

"grown ups!"

"Master Tong."

Tong Ran came suddenly, and the yamen servants stood at attention with tense faces.

"Don't be so nervous, you are discussing what I made?" Tong Ran laughed.

The yamen servants should be talking about it.

Tong Ran took out a piece of black gunpowder and said, "I'm making this, let's try it."

"How do we try?" asked a courageous yamen servant.

"Go dig a deep hole and find some big stones to put in it," Tong Ran said.

The servants went immediately.

Tong Ran washed his hands and went back to look at the little tiger.Because he had to make gunpowder every day, Tong Ran couldn't go home, so he borrowed a local house to live.The little tiger and the ball are in the room.

When Tong Ran entered the room, the little tiger was jumping out of bed and was about to go out for a walk. When he saw Tong Ran coming in, he was startled.

"Zai Zai," Tong Ran picked up the little tiger, "Did you hear my footsteps coming back, so you came to welcome me?"

"Wow!" She thought beautifully.

Tong Ran happily carried it out.

When the yamen servant came to report that the pit had been dug, Tong Ran went to the scene with the little tiger.He asked people to put a few meth into the pit, leaving the lead wires on the ground, and then asked everyone to retreat and hide in the bunker.

"What will happen?"

"So it's not the elixir of life."

"The county magistrate has long said to make explosives, explosives like shaft kilns!"

"It's really going to explode?"

"Hide well, hide well!" Tong Ran shouted.Everyone hid behind a tree or a big rock as promised, a full ten feet away from the deep pit.

Tong Ran personally held the torch and stepped forward, the tongue of flame scraped over the fuse, and sparks burst out, Tong Ran hurriedly turned and ran towards the bunker.

boom!

The ground seemed to shake, and while Tong Ran hid in the bunker, there were several loud noises in the pit.

"Exploded?"

"Like a shaft kiln?"

"You were not there that day at the vertical kiln, what do you know?"

"You're not here, what's your air? Brother Yuan, tell me, is it the same as that day in the vertical kiln?"

Yuan San carefully compared it with the vertical kiln and said: "It seems to be bigger."

"Even bigger?"

"The county magistrate is amazing!"

"There is hope for our mountain road."

The moment the explosives exploded, righteousness swept over like a whirlwind. Immediately after the explosion, Tong Ran closed his eyes and concentrated, unable to start refining on the spot.

He has never encountered such a ferocious righteousness after the Xuan stage, and even he who has greatly increased the refining speed can't handle it.This righteousness comes from the way of creation and invention, but it is subtly different from the previous one, it is more explosive and impatient.

As if he wanted to rush into Tong Ran's body all at once, he used all his strength to refine, but still felt powerless.

The little tiger squinted his green eyes. This invention of the little attendant is really terrifying. It is no wonder that his righteousness is fierce and urgent. If he hadn't been promoted to the Xuan rank, he might have died when he was hit by such a huge and violent energy. Here it is.

Tong Ran didn't dare to be distracted for a moment, he put all his perception into one place, and tried his best to refine the surging righteousness.

The refined righteousness was poured into the righteousness seed batch by batch, and the seed became restless, and the small buds on it seemed to fly up to more than ten centimeters, and even grew a few leaves.

Breakthrough.

The little tiger accurately sensed Tong Ran's state.

The irritable righteousness returned to calm, Tong Ran opened his eyes, and there seemed to be infinite energy flowing in his body.