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Luo Yong looked around and found that among his disciples, almost all of them are not free. If you want to say which one is more free and suitable for a long trip, Luo Yong thinks about it, and he himself is the most free and the most suitable for a long trip. up.

So Luo Yong went to the cement workshop and asked the workers if anyone would like to go with him to the side of Guannei Road, which may take several months.

The workers looked at each other, and then Luo Yong's disciples all stood up, and Lin Ersao's father also quickly stood up.

This old man is careful and prudent. Luo Yong had intentionally pulled him away and asked him to learn how to watch fire from his master who watched fire. Later, he also learned it. Since the end of last winter, he has also followed the cement-burning team to their stone. Several local places in the state earned a lot of money and improved the economic situation of the family.

He was very grateful to Luo Yong in his heart, so this time when Luo Yong said that he was going to Guan Nei Dao, he stood up without thinking.

After Mrs. Lin's father, a few more people stepped forward one after another. Among these people were masters with relatively high skills and ordinary workers.

And the two black men also stood up. In the minds of these two people, Luo Sanlang is their patron saint. As long as they are by Luo Sanlang's side, it doesn't matter where they go.

"Good." Luo Yong nodded and said, "Then let's set off in two days."

For those who did not stand up, Luo Yong is not dissatisfied, and now he has a deep understanding of the feeling of not wanting to travel far.If it hadn't been for him to think of the road construction and propose it himself, he might not have taken the lead at this time.

Luo Yong wanted to go out by himself, so he had to arrange things at home. He was definitely worried that only these children lived in such a big yard by themselves, so he went to the Xu family to discuss it.

Xu Erlang then asked his wife and Xu Sanlang's daughter-in-law to come and sleep in the Luo's yard at night, and help Luo Yong take care of Si Niang and the others. In this way, Luo Yong can feel at ease.

"Brother, can't I go too?" Si Niang said sullenly.

"If you go, who will take care of your younger brothers and sisters?" Luo Yong was helpless. The two of Liulang and Sevenniang were indeed a problem. Besides, he went out to build roads and was unfamiliar with the place. How could he take Siniang with him? Going out, if one accidentally loses him, where can he find it?

"It's not that there is still Wulang." Si Niang wanted to go out early in the morning to have a look outside, and this time Luo Yong was going out, so he really wanted to follow.

"Wu Lang is not going to go to school." Luo Yong explained the facts to him: "Although the Xu family is helping to take care of it, you also know that when their business is busy, sometimes there will inevitably be things that they can't take care of."

"Woo..." Si Niang was very wronged, she felt that being a sister was too much of a disadvantage, and she had to consider everything for her younger siblings.

"Sister, what's the matter with you?" Luo Yong went out after a while, and the two younger children saw their sister squatting in the corner whimpering, so they leaned over and asked softly.

"Go away." Si Niang didn't want to talk to these two at this time.

"Sister, do you have a stomachache?" Qiniang squatted not far in front of her, and said to her solemnly: "The aunt said that if the little lady has a stomachache, she should drink brown sugar water. Sister, do you want to drink brown sugar water?" ?”

Luo Siniang "..."

Liu Lang Qiniang watched their elder sister turn around on the spot, only leaving a view of their backs, and really couldn't figure out what happened.

When they found out that Luo Yong was going to travel far away, some of these two cried, sobbing and crying so much that it was a grievance. The second mother and the others went far away before, and then the aunt also went far away. I didn't come back again, and now brother also said that he was going to travel far away.

"Oh... brother, don't you want to go far away..."

The two little guys were sobbing and tearing at Luo Yong's clothes, crying so much that Luo Yong's eyes were a little sore. In his previous life, he was a person who traveled all over the Northeast and Northwest by himself. It's so hard to leave.

But the things that should be done must always be done, and the faraway places that should be traveled must still be traveled.

Building this road is what Luo Yong wants to do. He really can't do it. He just stays at home and asks his disciples and hired workers to leave his hometown for him and realize his ideas for him. .

If it is said that Luo Yong has lived as a human being in two lifetimes until now, what is the most profound truth that Luo Yong understands, and that is giving.

These two words that he disapproved or even disdained when he was young and rebellious, giving and gaining, perhaps the meaning of life lies in this.

Two days later, Luo Yong drove a donkey cart, together with a dozen of his disciples, and a dozen hired laborers, set foot on the road to Guannei Road.

The children of the Luo family were crying loudly in the crowd. They hadn’t seen them crying like this when Aunt Luo and Erniang Luo were sent away earlier. Maybe it was because there was still Luo Yong at home when the aunt and Erniang left. It's time for Luo Yong to leave.Maybe it's because in their ignorant impression, Luo Yong is the real head of the family, and he is their greatest support materially and emotionally.

"Cry so much, idiot, brother will be back in a few months." Luo Yong turned his head and smiled and waved at them, as if nothing happened.

"Wow wow wow!" The Luo family children were wronged and angry at the same time, crying and stomping their feet.

"Master is not willing to give up. If you don't want to go, don't go. Let's just go there." One of Luo Yong's disciples said to him.

"It's okay, let's go." Luo Yong smiled, and it really didn't look very sad.

From their Lishi County to Mengmenguan, most of the roads have been repaired on cement roads. There are occasional interruptions in the middle, and the problem is not too big.

Because the road conditions are very good, the group of them walked relatively easily. The financial situation of the families of Luo Yong’s disciples has also improved in the past two years. I bought a cow, but this time I didn't drive it out.

The process of passing Mengmen Pass was also relatively smooth, because they had arranged the waypoints in advance and made it clear the purpose of their trip. The soldiers guarding the pass were not in a difficult situation and let them go easily.

After crossing the Yellow River is the Guannei Road, Suizhou. The road they are going to build this time starts from here.

To build roads on other people's land, this road is not easy to build. In the past, Luo Yong and they were able to run cement factories everywhere in Shizhou, largely because of the support of Governor Hao.

This time when they came to Suizhou, Guannei Road, they naturally had to visit the governor of Suizhou first, and they had to obtain the consent of local officials for the road construction.

What if they disagree?Do you just turn around and go back?Some people in the crowd also raised such questions.

"If Suizhou doesn't want to build roads, we'll go to Neizhou." Luo Yong is not someone who will give up so easily. If Neizhou refuses to allow them to set up cement workshops to help local roads, then they will still You can go to Yanzhou, Lingzhou, and Longyou Road.

In fact, for someone who suddenly jumped out and offered to help build roads in his jurisdiction, which magistrate would refuse?

Besides, Luo Sanlang has registered with His Majesty the Emperor, and the voice of the people is very high. I haven't seen him come to Suizhou for two days, and the local people are faintly excited and agitated.

At this time, it is natural to show the image of a good local official who is diligent and caring for the people. Who would make himself feel uncomfortable at such a juncture.

The people of Suizhou were very happy when they heard that Luo Sanlang had brought his disciples here and wanted to set up a cement workshop on their side to help them build roads.

I heard that the emperor specially built a spacious and flat cement road from Chang'an City, just to make it easier for Luo Sanlang to enter the capital to meet the gods. As long as people who have passed the cement road have passed by, they will not say anything bad about it. Now they are in Suizhou. There is also a concrete road, how exciting this is, many people immediately went to sign up to work in their cement workshops.

However, the matter of road construction cannot be realized quickly by relying on such enthusiasm. This is a long and huge project.

Luo Yong and others first set up several points in Yanshui County, opposite to Mengmen Pass, and began to arrange the construction of cement workshops.For the points they selected, in addition to considering the distance between each point, they also tried to choose some places where it was convenient to use yellow mud.In addition, there are gypsum and lime powder that need to be used in the process of burning cement. Now is the time to start purchasing.

Luo Yong has been very busy these days. He lives in the village near the cement workshop he is in charge of every day, and he doesn't pay much attention to food and clothing.

If he saw a caravan passing by on the dirt road not far from their cement workshop, he would often go up and ask a few words.

"But you want to cross the Yellow River?"

"But you're going to Lishi County?"

"Are you going to Xipo Village?"

"Are you going to Xipo Village? That's great. Send me a letter back. I'm Luo Sanlang from Lishi. You can send this letter to Xu's guest house for me. Just give it to Luo Siniang. Please don't worry." .”