Chapter 163 Halfway Encounter
A few days later, Chao Gai led Dazhuang and others to build an official road in the south of Dongping Prefecture with shovels.
These days, the official roads are all rammed earth, and they have become bumpy after being washed by the rain in summer. They will also repair them when passing by the carriage of the Antong Escort Agency, but they have not been repaired on a large scale.
Today, more than a hundred soldiers from the village were holding shovels and hoes.
Take the broken sand of the skeleton stone from the field next to it, lay the bumpy roads, then flatten it with a ramming, and finally pull it back and forth with a stone grinder.
It’s easy to do the work of repairing and repairing, with hundreds of people building roads a day.
After working for several days, at noon that day, I had already built Jiuli Pavilion in Nancheng.
Generally, when I give it to someone, no matter how good my friend is, it’s time to part with me. There is a pavilion and a cart shop here.
Three mule carts came on the official road. The first two were carts that were pulling people, and the third was carts that transported goods.
More than a dozen strong men accompanied him were holding Park's sword.
There were two people sitting in the front car, a middle-aged man in his forties, with a moderate figure and a good look, and his black short beard was well maintained.
Next to it is a man in his thirties, with a thin figure, dressed up as a master and holding a goose feather fan in his hand.
The driver who drove the car was not ordinary. He was around thirty years old and had a strong figure. He was holding a big whip in his hand and a knife around his waist.
In the middle, there is a young beauty with elegant and elegant dressing. There are many books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones in the car, and there is a little maid next to it.
This middle-aged man was not someone else, but the prefect Cheng Wanli who came to take office. The master was the resourceful Master Wen. The two of them had been in the officialdom for more than ten years and had long been an old man in the officialdom.
Cheng Wanli pointed to the official on the way and said, "This is pretty good. I know we are coming to repair it specially."
Master Wen shook his head: "Unlike, the official roads in Dongping Mansion are still very good, but they just maintained the erosion of summer rain."
"The basic conditions of Dongping Prefecture are still very good. I hope we can make a big move here to benefit the people."
The carriage was moving slowly. Cheng Wanli lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw more than a hundred soldiers in front of him holding hoes and shovels to repair the road.
With a big banner on the side of the road, Dongping Prefecture was trained.
Cheng Wanli smiled: "It turns out that he is doing a face-saving project, so he must know that I came to show it specially."
Master Wen pointed to the big car shop on the roadside: "Shopkeeper, let's have a rest in our store. It's still a distance from the city."
"Okay, have some food by the way and let the mules and horses eat some forage."
I have been traveling dozens of miles and I am tired.
At the door of the store, the guy with a towel on his shoulder greeted him with a smile. Dear guests: "Are you going to be a top player or staying in a hotel?"
Cheng Wanli didn't say anything, and the master next to him arranged: "Get a tip and arrange for feeding mules and horses."
"Okay, what should I eat? We have lamb, roast goose, and seasonal vegetables."
Cheng Wanli’s food was simple, after all, it was also a small shop.
The waiter arranged for a few dishes of mutton and served a few seasonal vegetables.
The taste was pretty good, and the group finished eating.
Cheng Wanli called the shopkeeper over. The shopkeeper was not young, over fifty years old.
Cheng Wanli pointed at the rural soldiers who built the road on the road: "It's very hard for these rural soldiers to build roads, and they are the same in normal times?"
"You are right, you are the village soldiers of our Dongping Prefecture. They often patrol each county and come and go."
"Oh, so that's it. Who is Chao Gai, the troupe trainee?"
"The wealthy family in Yuncheng turned out that Chen Fuyin was appointed as the envoy of the Dongping delegation, to wipe out bandits, resettle refugees, take the lead in donating money and grain, support Chen Fuyin to open a porridge shed, set up a clothes wall, and do many good things. The people of Dongping Prefecture all praised him."
When Cheng Wanli heard this, he felt enlightened: "I have heard of the people who open a porridge shed. What does it mean to hang a clothes wall?"
"There is a wall outside the south city gate that has a lot of clothes hanging on it. People who don't wear clothes can get one, and people who have more clothes can hang a few. The villain washed a few old clothes and hung them on it a few days ago, but it was taken away by someone that day."
"The clothes need to be washed clean?"
"Yes, Chao Tuanlian said that whether it is new or old, it is okay to bring patches. Cleaning it up means respecting others."
"There are so many things to pay attention to, which is great."
On the table next to him, Cheng Wan'er looked up and saw the village soldiers on the road. The leader was a strong and burly man, shoveling soil and paving the road there.
Although he is a little older, he looks very comfortable and full of strength.
On the road, a group of woodcutters carrying firewood walked slowly, and suddenly rushed towards a carriage. The driver shouted, "Everyone can dodge, all dodge can dodge, and the horse is shocked."
The situation of pulling a cart is very stable, but at a very rare occasion, due to external factors, the horses are frightened and will run wildly uncontrollably, which is very dangerous at this time.
The woodcutters hurriedly dodged when they heard the shouts, but one of the woodcutters fell down while running and was about to be hit by a carriage.
Cheng Wan also covered her mouth in surprise, but she could do nothing.
Everyone exclaimed, it's over.
At this critical moment, the strong man suddenly stood up and grabbed the rear of the carriage tightly. The power was amazing, and it actually grabbed the carriage.
The coachman immediately got out of the car to comfort the horse, and the crisis was resolved.
The man comforted the coachman: "It's so dangerous to be careful next time."
The coachman smiled awkwardly and said, "It's strange, the horse suddenly went crazy. Fortunately, the team trained to help him, otherwise the villain would be in trouble."
Chao Gai waved his hand and said, "Stop watching, go do whatever you should do."
Everyone dispersed, Chao Gai continued to work, and the others dispersed.
Master Wen secretly praised in the inn: "This is a master, his martial arts are quite good."
The shopkeeper of the car shop praised: "This is Chao Tuanlian, who has excellent martial arts skills. I only heard that he could overturn a war horse before, but I have never seen it. Today I finally saw it with my own eyes."
Cheng Wanli didn't say anything and nodded. This is definitely a fierce man, but whether it can be used should be considered comprehensively.
After dinner, the group rested for a while and set off.
But Cheng Wanli had already remembered Chao Gai. What Cheng Wanli could not imagine was that his good daughter also secretly remembered Chao Gai. Her majestic and heroic figure grabbed the galloping carriage like a god. What a hero he was.
Cheng Wanli was very low-key and quietly took office. He did not let anyone receive him. He walked to the government office. When the third yamen runners saw the official documents, they realized that the prefect Cheng had arrived.
Cheng Wanli was in charge of Dongping Prefecture, which was an old man. He pulled and beat the yamen runners, and in a few days he took charge of the yamen.
The following are the Tongzhi, Tongzong, etc., which are harmonious on the surface, but they are erratic in secret, so it is still difficult to do work.
Chapter completed!