Legendary star: Signed to the Palace at the beginning

Chapter 129
He Tuo questioned: "My dear brother, if you mix the cement you invented with sand and spread a thin layer on the ground, can it be used as a road?"

Xiao Chuan looked at the three-inch-thick cement road and said confidently: "Brother Qifeng, don't worry, after the concrete mixed with cement and sand dries, the hardness will be no worse than that of bluestone. Just wait and see."

After the concrete pavement solidified and the health maintenance was over, Xiao Chuan asked Yu Juluo to bring a big hammer, and said to He Duo with a smile: "Brother Qifeng, try hitting the concrete pavement with the hammer to see if it can be broken? "

He Tuo readily agreed and smashed it down with a hammer.

"Boom!"

He Tuo's arms were numb from the shock, and he almost dropped the hammer. Looking at the concrete road, it was not damaged at all, but left a white crescent mark.

"Hahaha, Brother Xian, you didn't lie to Brother Yu, the cement road is really strong."

Yu Juluo, Dugu Cheng, and Yu Wenyan also smashed a few hammers with great interest, witnessing the firmness of the cement concrete road.

Xiao Chuan ordered someone to rush over to a carriage full of stones, and drove it on the concrete road for a certain distance. Except for two lines of dirty wheel marks left on the cement road, it was not damaged at all.

He Tuo was clever and said with emotion: "My dear brother, the invention of cement is too great. If we build cement roads all over Dazhou, it will be faster and smoother to transport troops or goods in the future."

Yu Wenyan also said: "Yes, with the cement road, I will not be bumpy in the carriage anymore."

He Tuo had a big brain hole, and said: "My dear brother, the cement road is so strong, is it faster to build walls and passes with cement than rammed earth and green bricks?"

Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "Brother Xifeng is really smart. Indeed, cement can be used not only to build city walls, but also houses, and even palaces."

Xiao Chuan let Dugu Cheng continue to increase the production of cement and bricks, and he and Yu Wenyan rode to Qujiang Pond on horseback.

The current Qujiang Village is not what it used to be. The ingenious villagers make Mingwa in the village, and the strong villagers go to the coal mine to dig coal. The living conditions have been greatly improved.

Xiao Chuan came to his fief first, and the villagers of Qujiang were rich, so they couldn't starve the people in his fief.

Now is the time when the crops are not harvested. If the people in the fiefdom are not found some work and earn some money, it will be difficult for the people to survive until the crops are harvested.

There are 2000 households in the fief, and there are more than [-] people including old and young.

Xiao Chuan asked the feudal clan boss to gather everyone together, and he stood on a big rock and said: "Fellows, I am Baron Wannian, and from now on you will be the common people of this baron's fiefdom."

The clan elder hurriedly led everyone to kneel on the ground, kowtowed upward and said: "I have seen your lordship before."

Xiao Chuan continued: "Okay, everyone, get up first, I have a job for you to do..."

Before Xiao Chuan could finish speaking, there was a lot of discussion below.

"I haven't had breakfast yet. As soon as the lordship comes, he will let us do hard work and not let anyone live!"

"This is not treating us ordinary people as human beings."

"God, please open your eyes and give us common people a way to survive."

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Xiao Dayong didn't like to listen anymore, he stared at the bull's eye and shouted: "What nonsense are you all talking about? The Sir is a very good man,..."

Xiao Chuan waved his hand and said, "Everyone, don't worry. When my lord has finished speaking, I won't let everyone work for nothing. Strong laborers pay twenty cents a day, women fifteen cents a day, old people and children ten cents a day." , and three full meals."

"My lord, is it true or not?"

"Sir, what are you doing? Count me in."

"Dig the canal, and now everyone will follow me to Qujiang Pond, where breakfast has been prepared for everyone."

"Okay, I'll trust my lord first, and then I'll go home and get the tools."

Xiao Chuan said: "You don't need to go home to get tools, my lord has already prepared them for you, as long as you go there."

Xiao Chuan, Yu Wenyan, and Xiao Dayong led the way on horseback. The clan elders directed several families with carts to pull the older ones, and the other people in the fief marched on foot.

Dozens of cauldrons have been set up by the Qujiang Pond, and Xiao Lizheng and his wife are cooking with dozens of women.

Golden millet porridge, white steamed buns, small pickles with sesame oil, made casually, and the stomachs of the people in the fief are full of shyness.

Xiao Lizheng was the most emotional. A few months ago, the villagers of Qujiang Village were like this.

Xiao Li was pulling his son to his side, and said: "Dayong, Sir is a good man, you must protect him well."

Although Xiao Dayong was reckless, he understood well, and said in a soft voice: "Aye, don't worry, if anyone harms the Lord, it is the king of heaven, I will screw his head off."

Yu Wenyan and Xiao Chuan stood side by side, tilting their heads and smiling, "Dugu Chuan, I didn't expect you to be so kind to ordinary people."

Xiao Chuan said alone: ​​"It's not good, just give them a way to survive."

Yu Wenyan sighed: "If all the officials in the world think so, there will be peace and prosperity."

Xiao Chuan said: "I have little power and can only help the people around me to change."

Yu Wenyan said: "Then you will become stronger, and you will be able to change the fate of more people."

Xiao Chuan said: "I'm afraid that if I do too well, I will end up being the master of high merit."

Yu Wenyan sighed, and said: "Oh, yes, it is dangerous to be too high-profile."

Xiao Chuan said with a smile: "So I'll just keep growing."

Yu Wenyan said: "I will be in danger in the future, can you come and save me?"

Xiao Chuan said: "Of course I can!"

Yu Wenyan blinked her big eyes and said, "Why?"

Xiao Chuan said: "We are brothers!"

Yu Wenyan was annoyed for a while, and said angrily: "Who wants to be a brother with you!"

After speaking, he turned and ran away.

Xiao Chuan was confused for a while, "How can you run away while talking? You don't look like a man, but it's pretty fun to watch Brother Yan walk a few steps!"

Xiao Chuan felt a chill in his heart, scratched his head, and said to himself: "Why should I care about whether a big man is good-looking or not?"

The job of digging the canal was handed over to Xiao Lizheng. Before leaving, Xiao Chuan once again told the wages to be settled every day, and the three meals should be enough for the common people.

Xiao Lizheng said: "My lord, don't worry, I have just had a full stomach for a few days, so I won't oppress the common people."

On the way home, Yu Wenyan said: "Dugu Chuan, a certain Aye has contacted Dangting county magistrate in charge of Chang'an city's government affairs, Mr. Xiao Nei Shi He Ruobi for you. You can go to him to choose some armor weapons for yourself."

Xiao Chuan asked curiously: "What do you, Aye, do? How can you actually get in touch with someone as big as He Ruobi?"

Yu Wenyan said dissatisfied: "Duguchuan, are you a brother with a certain person or do you want to be friends with me, Aye?"

Xiao Chuan hastily explained: "Of course I'm your brother, isn't it just a curiosity, if you don't want to say it, forget it."

Yu Wenyan's eyes darkened, and she said: "It's not convenient for me to tell you too much about my family now, and I will talk to you in detail when I have a chance in the future."

Xiao Chuan said: "Okay, I understand, who doesn't have any secrets yet."

Yu Wenyan raised her brows when she heard the words, and said, "Dugu Chuan, what secrets have you not told me? Did you go to the Hualou with He Tuo without telling me?"

(End of this chapter)