Go to ancient times and engage in construction

At the time of July, the sun was already shining hotly on the earth. A four-wheeled carriage with two horses was running on the dirt road to Nanbu. When it reached Houpo Village, the four-wheeled carriage began to slow down. The dirt road next to Houpo Village, Zheng Yuming set up a checkpoint for rejecting horses here.

The reason why Nanbu set up checkpoints here is that there is no protection in Nanbu, and the dirt road next to the back slope is guarded. If the bad guys want to go to Nanbu, they have to climb the ditch, climb the slope and cross the river. Resisting horses can prevent and delay the bad guys, reducing large-scale bandits attack.

Juma Checkpoint does not charge for passing pedestrians and vehicles. It is closed at night, and a watchtower is built next to Juma for guards on duty at night.During the day, remove and leave a gap that can only pass through carriages, allowing pedestrians and carriages to pass.The guards will talk to pedestrians and car owners, and let them pass if they speak with a Dacheng accent. If not, they will have to check. The task of the guards is to check for suspicious persons.The on-duty guards are all members of the valley patrol team. These guards either have plum blossom marks on their foreheads or the word slave engraved on their faces.

The four-wheeled carriage slowed down and slowly passed through the gap. Because of the hot weather, the windows on the four-wheeled carriage were wide open. A thin and small nobleman in his 40s was sitting in the car. The nobles were already very familiar with them. When the carriage passed by, they saluted briefly one by one to the nobles on the carriage.

After the four-wheeled carriage slowly passed the gap between the horses, it let go of the speed and ran on the flat road. The road from the back slope to Nanbu has been repaired very flat and wide. Vehicles can also run fast in rainy days. The original dirt road has changed. Into gravel clay hard road.The finely crushed sand and gravel are dug up from the long river.

"Why does Director Chen run to Nanbu twice in three days?" A dark-skinned guard asked his companion with pockmarks on his face.

"It must have been for our lord's governor's mansion to find something to eat." Mazi's companion replied firmly.

"How could it be? He is the patriarch of the largest family in Dacheng. He came to see our lord every three days, just to find food in the governor's mansion?" The dark-skinned guard didn't believe it.

"Why not? Last year, the patriarch often came to the adults to ask for sweet potatoes. This year, we have a lot of fresh food in the valley and Nanbu, which has even attracted this adult to rush here in the hot weather." The pockmarked slave often followed Zheng Yuming to the south last year. At the port, I heard Zheng Yuming threaten Chen Meng, and if he asks for sweet potatoes again, he will not give Chen's sweet potato seedlings this year.

"Hee hee, we often enjoy what these adults want to eat." The dark guard suddenly laughed.

"Hush! Don't talk nonsense outside. Teacher Fan said that we should keep a low profile and let other nobles know that we eat better than them. They will definitely blame us." The pockmarked slave immediately warned his companions.

The dark-skinned man was only picked up for patrol in May this year, and he is not cautious enough when dealing with the outside world.As an old team member, Mazi Guard has the responsibility to teach new colleagues.

The dark slave shuddered, his eyes swept around, and he was relieved to find that there were no other people besides the checkpoint except his teammates.This dark-skinned slave entered the valley at the end of last year. It was the last batch of slaves Zheng and Chu bought at the slave market in Dacheng. A foreign civilian who made a contract with the valley.

Zheng Yuming trusts the slaves more than he trusts the civilians who have made a contract. For important tasks such as protecting the safety of the valley and the southern port, they all choose slaves.The patrols are heavy duty and hard work, but they are also treated first-rate.In addition to the monthly salary of four gold, the fresh vegetables grown in the valley are always given priority to the canteen where the soldiers and patrol members are.The life of the patrol team members is no worse than that of the little nobles in Dacheng in terms of food and clothing.

Chen Meng was lying on the seat, feeling the speed of the carriage. After the gravel road from Nanbu to the back slope was paved, every time the carriage drove on this road, Chen Meng's heart was soaring, the speed was so fast, Let him have the joy of a galloping horse on the grassland.Looking out of the car window, I can see the green trees on both sides of the road receding. These trees have not grown up yet, and some tree species have never been seen in Dacheng area. It is said that they are all transplanted from the valley.What Chen Meng envied the most outside the car window was the paddy fields that were divided into blocks one by one. The more paddy fields, the better the water conservancy construction in Nanbu.

After the repair of the road from Houpo to Nanbu, it used to take more than an hour for a mule cart, but now it only takes half an hour, and it only takes ten minutes for a fast horse. Chen Meng's two-horse four-wheeled carriage is as fast as a fast horse. About fifteen or six minutes later, the carriage slowed down and arrived at the entrance of the village. Before reaching the entrance of the village, an old man stopped in front of the carriage. After saluting, he handed the driver two cloth bags, which were tied behind the horse's butt Manure pickers, to prevent horses from pulling horse manure anywhere in the village.

"Little old man, I brought my own this time." The coachman took the reins of the horse and refused angrily.

The old man tilted his head and saw that the cloth bags were already tied behind the two horses' buttocks. He was not angry when he was contradicted by the coachman. He just bowed towards the four-wheeled carriage and ran back to the village entrance to sit under a big tree. He didn't look at Chen again. Meng's carriage just kept its eyes on the avenue, waiting for the next vehicle to arrive.

The old man is in his early fifties, this age is already considered an old man in this time and space, and he will be sent to the mountains in a famine year.In the past two years, the grain harvest in Nanbu has been bumper, and the family has no worries about food and clothing, so it is not too burdensome for the elderly. The elderly eat well and dress well, and their bodies are healthier than before.

Nanbu is short of labor force, so Zheng Yuming didn't let these old people who can do some light work idle. In addition to cleaning the sanitation kits in Nanbu Village for the elderly, he also publicized Nanbu's cleanliness system to villagers and outsiders to ensure that Nanbu has a a clean living environment.

For those vehicles entering the village, in order to prevent the animals from defecating at will, the old man has to squat at the entrance of the village and distribute cloth bags for carrying manure to the vehicles entering the village.These cloth bags are not given for free, you have to pay for them. If you don’t want to buy them, you can return them to the old man when you leave, and the old man will return the money for the cloth bags.

There are more than a dozen elderly people in their 50s who are members of the health brigade in Nanfang Village. They can receive two gold per month from the governor's office.The old men in the sanitation brigade cherish their job very much. One is to have income, and the other is to make them feel that they are useful to the village, and they are no longer just wasting food waste.

When Chen Meng first arrived in Nanbu, he was very puzzled by Zheng Yuming's obsession with cleanliness, but after visiting many times, he found that Nanbu was very clean. Bu Village has built two brick and tile changing rooms in a conspicuous place. There are two doors in the changing room. One door says male, and a figure of a man is drawn underneath. Silhouette of female characteristic curves.Failure to comply with health regulations is subject to fines.

The last few times, when Chen Meng returned to the territory from Nanbu, he always felt awkward. He only felt that the smell of livestock manure on his fief was extremely unpleasant, and the civilians who defecated everywhere were very glaring.Chen Meng is already considering whether to implement Nanbu's health rules and regulations in his fief.

"Governor Zheng! Governor Zheng! Come and meet me!" Chen Meng yelled at Zheng Yuming's office as soon as he entered the governor's gate.

"Director Chen, come and have a cup of tea." Before Chen Meng entered the governor's mansion, a guard notified Zheng Yuming. When Chen Meng yelled, Zheng Yuming was already standing in the corridor outside the office to welcome Chen Meng.

"Good! Good! The old man is thirsty." Chen Meng's eyes became slits with a smile. He likes Zheng Yuming's clear tea. It is very beautiful, the soup is green and bright, the aroma is high, and the taste is fresh and mellow. Every time I taste it, I feel like a gentleman.

Zheng Yuming looked at the Chen patriarch who closed his eyes and smelled the tea with his nose, a little funny.In the beginning, Chen Meng ran to Nanbu for sweet potatoes, later he often came to Nanbu for the four-wheeled carriage cooperation, and now he came here for tea and lunch at noon.Zheng Yuming is not used to drinking boiled ground tea soup. After picking the new tea leaves around the valley, he roasts them himself to make tea.The lunch vegetables in the governor's office are all varieties of the 21st century, and most of them should not appear here.

After Chen Meng sat down and drank a cup of tea, he took out a blueprint from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Zheng Yuming.

"Look, how good is this shape?" The drawing shows the appearance of a four-wheeled carriage, which is a tribute from Chen Shijing to the King of Wu.Chen Meng is also on the list of attendants who went to worship with his son Guangjin Kangdu.

"Well, yes, it's already very luxurious." Zheng Yuming took the blueprint and looked at it. The appearance of the vehicle is very gorgeous, which fits the status of King Wu.

"How are the preparations for Leyi in Nanbu going?" Chen Meng was praised by Zheng Yuming, with a slightly smug expression on his face. The business of the car dealership is doing well now, and orders have been lined up until the end of the year.

"Training." Zheng Yuming sighed.

There are too many things that can be used as tributes in the villa. If you just take them out, they are all rare treasures.Unexpectedly, Prince Guang was so impressed by Fan Jin's ventriloquism last year that he directly asked Nanbu's tribute to be replaced by music skills.Fan Jin was shocked when he heard this. He was convicted in Wu Wangdu because of his ventriloquism. What if this happens again this time and he is sentenced to death again?

Zheng Yuming didn't think Fan Jin's ventriloquist performance in Wu Wangdu would cause a sensation. He discussed with Chu Chaohui and decided to select a few slaves who knew a little about music and play modern Chinese-style music to show off. Earn some fame.Only when the wealth and fame are hidden, can the name be promoted. The nobles of this era worship celebrities.

Zheng Yuming learned guqin in primary school and junior high school.Zheng's mother and Zheng's father, like all Chinese parents who want their children to be successful, want their children to be multi-talented. Zheng Yuming and his sister have been sent to various interest classes by Zheng's mother since elementary school. The mother was fooled by Zheng Yuming's guqin tutor, thinking that her son had the hope of becoming a master of music, so she spent a lot of money to buy a guqin for her son. At that time, the Zheng family was just an ordinary worker's family. The whole family ate vegetarian dishes for a year.

Zheng Yuming, who was originally interested in guqin, began to dislike guqin. Although his guqin instructor always emphasized that Zheng Yuming was talented, under Zheng Yuming's resistance, he refused to take guqin lessons after he was admitted to high school.Zheng Yuming graduated from university and entered the society. Looking back on his childish behavior when he was young, he felt deeply sorry for his parents. This Guqin, which made Zheng's family vegetarian for a year, was brought to the flower and tree base by Zheng Yuming. In his spare time, Zheng Yuming would take it Play a few times.

With this foundation, Zheng Yuming pieced together a piece of music, and prepared to select some people in the valley to play it. When he didn't want to choose, he realized that none of the common people and slaves could play music.

Although Daqin has folk tunes and self-entertaining songs and dances, it cannot enter the hall of elegance, which is the ancestral temple and the imperial court.Ordinary people have neither the qualifications nor the ability to accept and appreciate, and have no chance to enter and participate in the music, songs and dances of the dignitaries and dignitaries.In the minds of the ruling class, music and dance are part of the ritual and are auxiliary tools for political hierarchical rule. It is an entertainer who performs exclusively for the nobles.

Except for Fan Jin and a few criminals in the valley, there are no slaves or commoners who are proficient in music. Music, like writing, is monopolized by the nobles.These selected criminals, like Fan Jin, turned out to be artists.

The performance team put together in this way is to catch the ducks on the shelves. Fortunately, this piece of music is not long, only six or seven minutes. There are still two months until September 7th. Rehearsals day and night, by then they should be proficient in playing.

Chen Meng drank tea at Zheng Yuming's office all morning, had lunch at the governor's mansion, took a nap, and did not go back by car until four o'clock in the afternoon.

As soon as Chen Meng left, several factory supervisors all came out of the wing room and lined up to report to Zheng Yuming's office.Most of these factory managers are slaves with plum blossom marks on their foreheads.

"My lord, the new boat of fifty gauge can be launched two months in advance." The wooden shipyard started construction of two wooden boats of twenty gauge and one wooden boat of fifty gauge at the same time.After receiving the news that he was going to Cannes for pilgrimage on September [-]th, Chu Chaohui ordered the shipyard to make every effort to build a large ship of fifty materials.The head of the shipyard is here today to report the good news.

"Well, let the financial department give bonuses to the workers." Zheng Yuming approved a note to the person in charge of the wooden boat.

The person in charge of the wooden boat took the approval slip and left with a happy face.

"The candidates for this addition to the guard team have been decided. Here is the list. Please take a look at it." Ma Ren handed over a blank sheet of paper, and he was temporarily selected to train guards in Nanbu.The four company commanders come to Nanbu in turn to lead the team, and they rotate every half a month.

Zheng Yuming took the white paper, looked at the list, and then looked at the family information of the people on the list, signed the paper, and handed it to Ma Ren to file in the archives room.

After Ma Ren left, Wu Da came in wiping his sweat.

"Brother, come and have a cup of herbal tea." Zheng Yuming picked up the tea pot and poured Wu Da a cup of tea.

"It's too hot today." Wu Da took the teacup and drank it down in one gulp. One cup didn't quench his thirst, and he poured two more cups before feeling satisfied. "Second brother, the house is rented out."

The houses Wu Da mentioned were shops and workshops that had been rebuilt after the fire. The shops that were rebuilt were all two-storey brick houses.Except for hotels and inns, which are run by the governor's office, other shops are leased out.Some shopkeepers and businessmen have sensed the business opportunities in Nanbu, and all the shops that are rented out are leased by them.

"Brother, don't work too hard, pay attention to your body." Zheng Yuming noticed that Wu Da had lost a lot of weight, but his spirit was much better than before.

"Hey! I'm happy to be busy for my brother." Wu Da cracked his lips and smiled. This kind of busy life is very meaningful, because its effect is very powerful, and Nanbu has a kind of change every day.

Zheng Yuming watched Wu Da leave, regretting that there were no people from Nanbu Village among the people who rented shops.

Today's Great Qin is similar to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States in the original time and space, and the status of merchants is also the same.During this period, merchants were not humble, and not everyone could do business, and those who did business were generally noble.The vassal states are separated, they need circulation, and need to communicate with each other. The monarchs welcome merchants, but they are also wary of merchants. The number of vehicles entering the country is limited. The more powerful and backed merchants are, the cheaper it is to travel across the country.Without connections, ordinary civilians cannot do business.

A small businessman like Wu Mu also has noble blood, understands some characters and noble etiquette, can be recognized by the nobles of Chu, and can sell cloth in Chu.Later, with the financial support of Zheng and Chu, the market of Chu State was really opened.

When the sun was setting, Huo Sizhong rushed in excitedly. "My lord, Master Chu's boat is back."

"Oh, has the boat passed Nanbu?" Zheng Yuming was overjoyed, stood up and went out. This was the second time Chu Chaohui went to Tang secretly.

"No, I came back to report when I saw the big boat." The wooden boat that Chu Chaohui used to go to Tang Dynasty was a big boat of twenty materials, and there was no bigger boat than this at Nanbu Wharf. As soon as it came, he knew that Chu Chaohui was on that boat.

The wooden boat that Chu Chaohui was on would not go ashore at Nanbu, and Zheng Yuming did not wait at the pier, and rode back to the valley with Huo Sizhong.When we returned to the valley, we did not dismount at the villa, and sailed directly to the pier in the west of the valley.When he arrived at the pier, he happened to see Chu Zhaohui getting ashore from the diving board.

"Chaohui, where's Wei Qing?" Wei Qing went with Chu Chaohui to Tang.

"I asked Wei Qing to go to Wudu City from Tang Dynasty, and then come back after seeing Yu Kui in Wuducheng." Chu Chaohui walked to Zheng Yuming's side and stared at him carefully.

If Chu Chaohui hadn't attracted people's attention because he was too tall, he really wanted to sneak into King Wu's capital and get a feel for the situation in the capital.

It took four or five days to go to Tang country from Nanbu, and Chu Chaohui stayed in Tang country for a few days, and the two separated for ten days.After Zheng Yuming finished asking Wei Qing, he obviously had many things to discuss and discuss, but under Chu Chaohui's greedy gaze, he didn't know what to say.

"You have to lend me your horse." Chu Zhaohui took the reins from Zheng Yuming and got on the horse. "Come! Come up!" Chu Zhaohui, who was sitting on the horse, smiled, and the afterglow of the setting sun made his face look extremely resolute.

As soon as Zheng Yuming's hand touched Chu Chaohui's, he was pulled onto the horse with a force, and he was pulled in front of him by Chu Chaohui.

"Yu Ming, sit down!" Chu Zhaohui put his mouth against Zheng Yuming's ear, and put his hands around Zheng Yuming's body to control the horse's reins.

Zheng Yuming felt his face was burning hot. He felt that he was stupid enough to pick up Chu Zhaohui and didn't expect to bring his horse.Now that the two of them rode together, Chu Zhaohui hugged him tightly. In this hot weather, Zheng Yuming felt like he was going to suffer from heat stroke.

Fortunately, Zheng Yuming didn't suffer from heatstroke, because Huo Sizhong found out that Zheng Yuming had forgotten to bring a mount for Chu Chaohui, so he kindly sent the horse here.

After dinner, the people in the valley lit mosquito repellent grass in an open space, lit a fire, and moved a small wooden bench to sit not far from the fire.It is here that the Valley Performance Team receives the guidance of Zheng Yuming.People in the valley will gather here to watch the performance team rehearse after dinner.

The instruments used in the music composed by Zheng Yuming include drums, guqin, erhu, flute, and Qiang.There is too much shortage of performers, only the drum and Qiang players are complete. No one can play the guqin, erhu, or flute. They need to be taught. The erhu is handed over to Fan Jin, and the flute is picked up by a young boy to practice. The guqin is taught by Zheng Yuming. An artist who has played Guzheng.The erhu and guqin are ready-made in the villa, and the erhu is the relic of Zheng Yuming's grandfather.The flutes and drums were made by craftsmen in the valley, and the qiang was obtained from the Ulsan government.

The rehearsals were carried out in short sections, and people in the valley could not hear the complete music. Even so, people listened with gusto, especially when Zheng Yuming was playing demonstrations, people listened with their ears up.Several girls in the valley stared at Zheng Yuming obsessively.

The performance team did not stop practicing until the end of Haishi. People in the empty field left reluctantly. The pile of mosquito repellent grass had been burned out, and the fire was extinguished. After a while, the valley became quiet.

Zheng Yuming went back to the villa, took a bucket of well water and poured it in the bathtub downstairs, and soaked a bottle of hot water into the bathtub. Without running water and electricity, he could only take a bath in the bathtub.There are three thermos bottles for hot water in the villa. The hot water used by Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui in the villa is supplied by thermos bottles.

After Zheng Yuming took a shower, he put on a pair of pants and wanted to go upstairs. As soon as he got out of the bathroom door, he was hugged by a tall black shadow.

"Yu Ming!" Chu Zhaohui was short of breath. When Zheng Yuming took a bath, he had already stood outside the bathroom and struggled for a long time. The feeling of being hugged in the evening could not disappear. He listened to Zheng Yuming's melodious guqin music on the second floor for a long time, and his mood became more and more surging.

When Zheng Yuming got out of the bathroom, he was suddenly embraced by Chu Chaohui, and before he could react, Chu Chaohui pressed him against the wall and kissed him.Chu Zhaohui's kiss was urgent, with strong desire in it, and Zheng Yuming's feeling of heat stroke came again.This time Zheng Yuming was still lucky, he still didn't suffer from heatstroke, because Mu Mu was barking at Chu Chaohui.

The movements of Chu Chaohui embracing Zheng Yuming, gnawing and licking, made Mu Mu think that Chu Chaohui was attacking his master, and Mu Mu dedicated his life to protecting his master. Gritting the hem of the gangster's trousers with his teeth, he dragged them back, with a 'chi' sound, the hem of the gangster's trousers was torn, and the two hugging each other were forced to separate.

After saving his master's personal safety, Mu Mu stayed by his side, and as long as the villain dared to come within five steps of his master, Mu Mu bared his teeth and threatened him. Facing Mu Mu's bravery, the villain finally retreated and returned to his room helplessly.

Wood felt that the master must have appreciated its bravery, because the master hugged it and laughed most of the night.