North and South groceries

Guo Xiaoke led his people to watch at the construction site day by day. At the beginning, they couldn't understand anything. As time went by, they gradually saw some tricks.

Like the arch bracket under the bridge deck, an arch structure was made at both ends of the cliff, and then they were pulled together with ropes.

How long and wide the two arc-shaped iron frames are to be, how many refined iron bars are used, the length, thickness and geometry of these refined iron bars have all been accurately calculated.

In the past few days, they are building a bridge deck, and the bridge deck also uses fine iron bars, and the position and density of the placement are very particular.

Guo Xiaoke also asked Hengzhi and others about the doorway here. They said that it first depends on the softness, hardness and toughness of the refined iron bars used, as well as the self-weight and load-bearing requirements of the bridge. To do a more detailed calculation, these things are not easy to copy, and the results calculated under different conditions will be different.

Guo Xiaoke knew that what they said was the truth, and none of the people under his command could learn arithmetic to this level. He should have brought a few arithmetic students from Chang'an back then.

I think back when Luo Yong was still working as an assistant teacher in Chang'an City, Guo Xiaoke was also in Chang'an City. That boy Luo Yong was really capable of making troubles, and he came up with very tricky questions. Many people in Chang'an City liked to talk about it. Guo Xiaoke felt that these Although the topic is indeed interesting, it is still useless in the end. Now that I think about it, it is his own shallow knowledge.

The Gobi Desert is not much better, but Guo Xiaoke and his soldiers have stayed here, as if a door to a new world has been opened. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined it. Bridges can still be built like this.

Not many days later, Tang Jian brought those gentlemen and students from Changle Academy to come.

The students of Changle Academy have relatively good math skills. After a day or two of familiarization, they quickly caught up with the rhythm, can speak, and can help. Next time, I will give them some refined iron Cement, maybe they can build a bridge by themselves, Guo Xiaoke is very jealous.

Guo Xiaoke also wanted to send some of his subordinates to Changle Academy to learn arithmetic, but Tang Jian had to nod for this matter.

Don't look at Guo Xiaoke who is now the boss of the Hexi area. What kind of person is this Tang Jian? He is born with a lot of talent and courage. As for the incident where he almost lost his head playing chess with the emperor, no one in Chang'an City knew about it. If Yu Chigong hadn't helped him carry that time, Tang Jian would have disappeared in this world by now.

Facing such a No. [-] person, Guo Xiaoke will naturally not be so stupid as to pretend to be a big boss in front of him. Although there was indeed a bit of unhappiness because of the sweet potato incident before, but those are trivial matters, and we should get along well now. get along.

These two people had a lot of emotion when they had a drink and chatted on the Gobi Desert. Thinking about the heroic spirit back then, how many years have passed now, and they have both reached this age.

Dean Tang and Guo Duhu were drinking and chatting on the Great Gobi, but Luo Yong didn't go this time, he had to stay in Changle County to look after the house.

Right now is the season when Hu merchants come and go frequently, and there are so many Kunlun people living in Changle County, if something happens, Luo Yong will not be able to explain it to Apu.

Qiao Junlin didn't go with Tang Jian and the others this time, there was no one in the academy, and there was no class, so he always practiced martial arts with the county guards in the past few days, and he went out early and returned late every day.

That night, when Qiao Junlin came back from outside, he saw Luo Yong sitting in the county government compound roasting corn with everyone, so he also picked a seat beside him and sat down.

This year's tender corn has been on the market for a while. Earlier, when the corn from each household hadn't matured, some farmers who were good at farming brought corn cobs to the city to sell.

At the time when it was the most expensive, a corn cob could be sold for two pennies, but it only took a few days, and then it quickly dropped to one penny. After a while, one penny can buy three or four.

People from the Changle county government like them went out to buy corn cobs, and they bought them in loads of loads. At night, these people lit braziers, and every household roasted corn in the yard.

Some of the corn cobs were smeared with maltose water, some were smeared with chili sauce, and some were just dipped in salt or sprinkled with spice powder. They were corn cobs bought with public money anyway. Day by day is to change the way to eat.

"It's only been a few days, and the corn will be old in a few days, and it won't taste good when roasted." Regarding the matter of eating roasted corn on the cob, everyone has accumulated experience in the past few years.

In the past two years in their Changle County, the price of corn was relatively expensive, and there was no food like this in their county government. In the past two years, there have been more people growing corn, and the price has come down. Now the dry corn kernels The price is cheaper than corn.

"After this year's autumn harvest, the price of this corn will probably drop even further." Luo Yong said to a middle-aged official who was roasting corn.

"It's better to be lower, I'm not saying that, the food price in this place is too high, even higher than in Chang'an City." A woman from Zhongyuan on the other side of the courtyard said.

"But the price of meat here is low." So these people talked about the price of food and meat.

"The price of meat is really low. Two days ago, I exchanged some beef jerky with the barbarian from the grassland. It was only a catty or two of corn, but I got that huge pile."

"You can't eat beef in Chang'an City."

"Whoever dares to kill a cow will be arrested by the government."

"I heard that there are also those who secretly slaughtered."

"There are, but the price is very expensive, and I can't afford it normally."

"..."

"Recently, there have been a lot of herdsmen entering the city."

"Last year, many people sold sheep here, and they got a good price. After the news spread, many herdsmen came here."

"It's not yet autumn, isn't it a bit early?"

"Who knows."

"It's not necessarily that they all come to sell sheep, and some come here specifically to exchange food."

"Why didn't you see them enter the city earlier?"

"There were also earlier, but they came less often. Last year, the imperial court set up the Anxi Protectorate on our side, and ordered Guo Xiaoke to sit in Gaochang. The Turkic people did not dare to invade. Originally, they went out from our area. After passing the Great Wall, they would be outside the customs. The checks at the customs are very strict, people inside are afraid to go out easily, and people outside are afraid to come in easily."

"Actually, even if the Great Wall comes out from here, it is also the territory of Yizhou, so those herdsmen who herd sheep outside the pass are also Tang people. Since they are Tang people, why can't they come to our side?"

"I heard that entering and exiting the border is not as difficult as it used to be."

"Isn't there an Anxi Protectorate outside? If those Turkic people want to fight, they must attack Gaochang first, and then take the Anxi Protectorate. It's not our turn for a while, so this Those who enter the customs are not as nervous as in the past."

"Besides, the herdsmen on the grasslands used to be afraid of entering the customs. They were afraid of being caught as slaves and coolies. In the past two years, more people have entered the customs. There are also many herdsmen working in Changle County. Those outside Seeing that people like them are living well in it, naturally they will not be afraid."

"It's much more cost-effective for them to go to the city to exchange some food and salt than to trade with those traders on the grassland."

"..."

Luo Yong also noticed that there are more and more people from outside the customs walking in the county recently, and now it is the season when Hu merchants come and go frequently, so it is necessary to pay special attention to security issues at this time.

One is to beware of some bandit organizations taking the opportunity to infiltrate the city to commit crimes, and the other is to prevent friction between the urban residents and the outside population due to language barriers and cultural differences. To be honest, there will definitely be some friction. Let things expand, so that timely attention and timely processing.

Luo Yong talked about this with Qiao Junlin, and Qiao Junlin told him that Guo Fenglai had already made arrangements. In addition to the daily patrols in the city and guards at the city gates, he also arranged for a team of people to patrol some villages outside.

In the past two years, the farmers around Changle County have probably earned some money because of the relationship between planting white daisy flowers. In addition, they went to the city to work during the slack season, and they were grinding needles at home on weekdays. People began to have savings.

I heard that many people in Dunhuang, Jinchang and other places are spreading the word that the people in Changle County are rich, and even the farmers outside the city are very rich.

There are so many rumors like this, I am afraid that some thieves will think about it, but ordinary Xiao Xiao is not afraid, after all, the folk customs here are relatively tough, and the farmers are not vegetarian, and the thieves are afraid of groups.

But no matter what, it's good to have more people. After all, population is productivity, and Changle County's population is too small.

While gnawing on roasted corn, County Magistrate Luo told the officials in the yard that when they were allowed to walk in the city during this time, they should pay attention to guiding them to the atmosphere in Changle County, and must make those outsiders feel They are very popular in Changle County, and they must not be exclusive, and the officials also promised well.

As a result, Luo Yong had just warned him the day before, and something happened in the evening of the second day.

It's not a big deal, even a Kunlun man fought with a Changle man over trivial matters.

The Changle man who fought this time is notoriously meticulous, which is relatively rare in Changle County, where everyone is generally a little mad, but this person is very delicate, so meticulous that he is stingy.

These days, children in every household in the city are eating roasted corn. The difference is that children from rich families eat more and more refined food, while children from poor families eat coarse food and less.

There were two children in this family, and he bought three or four corn cobs with a penny, but when he got home, he was only willing to give half a corn to each of the two children in the family, and the rest would be eaten the next day.

It takes half a bowl of water to melt a piece of maltose, and it takes several days in a row to smear a corn today and a corn tomorrow.

Many people in the city laughed at him, and he was used to it. Two days ago, someone made fun of him again. The Kunlun man who fought with him today was also there. Yes, laughing unscrupulously.

This stingy guy can't stand it anymore, it's okay to be laughed at by others, but even the Kunlun people want to laugh at him. This nigger doesn't even have a yard in the city, and he doesn't go to the workshop to work every day. Grinding those few needles at night, what's so great about him, that he dared to laugh at himself?

Then this evening, the Kunlun man bought maltose for his children after receiving the wages for grinding needles. Teach the Kunlun people a few words:

"You just grind those few needles all day long, and you don't earn much money, so why don't you want to save some, you know how to buy candy..."

The Kunlun man didn't realize that something was wrong at first, and he still laughed at him, but the words after that became more and more unpleasant, and he became a little angry, speaking his not-so-fluent Chinese, and quarreled with him, After arguing and arguing, the two started fighting.

If these two people can fight evenly, then that's fine, but this stingy man is stepping on the machine in the needle workshop. He is tall and strong, and he is also very strong. Although this Kunlun man is from a tribe, he is an individual Weak, he used to be a hindrance when he went hunting with others. After a few punches, he was bruised and swollen.

When Luo Yong arrived at the scene, a group of Kunlun people, a group of Changle people, and a group of guards were making a fuss. The most noisy group was the Kunlun people. They felt that their people were being bullied.

Luo Yong squeezed in there, and listened to these people talking about each other for a long time.Seeing this posture earlier, he thought it was a big deal. Anyway, it was because of this shit, but this matter still needs to be handled carefully, so as not to give people the impression that locals bully foreigners, otherwise the impact will be bad. .

"I know you must be feeling aggrieved right now, but there is one problem that you don't seem to have noticed." Luo Yong patted the angry Kunlun man on the shoulder and said to him.

"What?" the Kunlun man asked.

"If you used to meet a powerful enemy outside your own tribe, what would you usually do?" Luo Yong asked him.

"Hui tribe looking for someone." The Kunlun man replied.

"What if there is a conflict with someone in the tribe?" Luo Yong asked him again.

"Hit it." Need I say that?

"So you see." County Magistrate Luo said at this time: "In fact, you have already regarded Changle County as your own tribe, and when you had a dispute with Changle people, you didn't treat him as an enemy, did you?"

"..." The Kunlun man thought for a while, and it seems to be the case. Besides, there are so many guards in Changle County, even if the other party is so much stronger than him, he is not afraid of anything at all. The guards will definitely not watch him being beaten dead.

"It's normal for neighbors to have conflicts." Magistrate Luo nodded, expressing his understanding of what happened today.

Then he looked at the wound on the Kunlun man's face, turned his head and said to the stingy man, "You are too aggressive, remember to ask a doctor to come and take a look at him tomorrow, and you will pay for the medical expenses."

"Here." At this moment, the stingy man also knew that he had caused trouble this time, so he didn't dare to say anything, but he was very distressed about money, and if he had known earlier, he should have acted lightly.

"Shan, if you have nothing else to say, then let me go to the county government office." Luo County magistrate said.

"Ah?" Everyone was a little dumbfounded. Didn't they just say that conflicts between neighbors are normal?What are you going to the county government for?This is not a big deal. According to them, today's matter is not very serious.

"Stay one night in the prison of the county government to wake up your mind." County magistrate Luo said.

There is no rule without rules, and whoever dares to fight will have to go to jail. This rule cannot be broken, no matter whether they are Han people, Hu people or Kunlun people, it is the same.