Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

In the afternoon, Tong Ran took the little tiger to see the house together.

The two small ones have only one entrance yard, although they are enough to live in, but there is no place big enough to build a yard, Tong Ran is not satisfied.

The third place to see is Deng Qi's original house.

Yu Xing took Tong Ran in, and a cobweb had already been woven inside, and the yard was overgrown with weeds.

"Deng Qi's house is one of the largest houses in Xiaoguo County. There are three entrances in total. It is enough for you to make landscaping and a courtyard." Yu Xing said.

Tong Ran looked around, but still thought it was too small.He suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Is the courtyard we just looked at just behind here?"

"Yes, yes," Yu Xing said, "The two houses are exactly opposite to each other."

"That's how it is," Tong Ran said, "I want both houses."

"Both?" Yu Xing was surprised, Tong Ran was alone, even if he had a tiger, he wouldn't need such a big yard.

"My little tiger likes to bask in the sun in the yard. I plan to open up the two houses and re-plan. I will use most of the land to repair the yard. It is best to build a small pond and raise some fish in it." Tong Ran said, " Rabbits and chickens can also be raised in the yard, and when the cubs grow up, it’s time to learn to hunt.”

Yu Xing was taken aback when he heard this, and lamented Tong Ran's doting on the tiger, and lamented that Tong Ran's little county magistrate was so rich.I haven't heard that he has been involved in corruption and bribery. Where did he get so much money?

Tong Ran made some calculations, the land price in Xiaoguo County is cheap, the design is done by him himself, and the workers are not expensive, so the 100 taels of gold rewarded by the emperor should still be surplus after the house is finished.

The little tiger walked a few steps in Deng Qi's house, scratching Tong Ran's trousers, there were dust cobwebs everywhere, and its paws were dirty.

Tong Ran happened to be saying those words when he picked it up, and the little tiger heard it too. Although it didn't need to learn to hunt, it was very pleased that the little attendant had such a heart, so it didn't care about the fact that he only planned to repair a bedroom. .

Anyway, it won't be there at night, so the little attendant can cuddle if he likes, at most ask him to comb himself again in the morning.

"Wow!" the little tiger called out to him.

"Cubs like it too, don't you?" Tong Ran hugged it and smiled broadly.

Deng Qi's house is for sale by the government, and the price is good, so Tong Ran took it without much haggling.The owner of another house offered a slightly higher price, Yu Xing acted as a lobbyist to negotiate the price, and the other party lowered the price a little, and Tong Ran readily paid the price.

It was New Year's Eve when the title deed was received, and the new house hadn't been renovated yet. Tong Ran, Little Tiger and Qiu'er were still celebrating the New Year in the small rented courtyard.

This is already the second New Year he has been here. The previous New Year was just before he took office as Tian Jian. At that time, the application was blocked and he really didn't want to spend the holidays. This time, he can relax.

The area where Tong Ran lives is an ordinary residential area, and the surrounding people know that the county magistrate lives in this small courtyard.Tong Ran has no airs. The neighbors around will greet him when they see him, and he often responds.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Tong Ran told Yuan San to turn away all the people who came to pay New Year's greetings, and he told Yuan San to warm up in the sun in the yard with the little tiger in his arms.

Outside the yard, there was the sound of children playing. The sleeping little tiger moved its ears, changed its position on Tong Ran's lap, and lay down again.There are many rules in the palace during the New Year's Eve, so it's hard to go to Tong Ran's place to steal a little leisure time, and the little tiger doesn't want to be disturbed by irrelevant people.

But Tong Ran couldn't stay idle, put the little tiger on a stool beside him, and went to the door.

The children outside the yard were playing games. They were all familiar with Tong Ran, and they were not cautious when they saw him coming, and wanted to drag him to play together.Tong Ran didn't go over, but just watched from the side.

After taking a look, he noticed the black stones in the hands of the children. The stones were black and shiny, which was very unusual.

"Huzi, what are you?" Tong Ran asked the child holding the black stone.

"Is this?" the child raised the stone and asked, "This is a black stone, I, Aye, brought it back."

"Can you show me?" Tong Ran said.

The child named Huzi handed over the stone, and other children came over curiously.

Huzi's hand was black, Tong Ran took the stone and took a closer look, then smelled it, it was really coal. "I remember that you Aye is a porter, but he brought this from outside?" Tong Ran asked Huzi.

"That's right." Huzi said, "I, Aye, went to Shanglang Mansion in Longyou Road a few days ago, where we also imitated Xiaoguo County by digging wells to irrigate the fields. There was a village that dug a well for a long time without water, Produce a pile of black stones!"

After Huzi finished speaking, he laughed, and the other children also laughed, but Tong Ran became serious: "How much have you dug? Do you have it in the whole village?"

"I don't know." Huzi shook his head, a little surprised at Tong Ran's nervousness.

Tong Ran thought it was useless to ask him, so she asked if she could see his parents.Fortunately, it was New Year's Eve, and his parents were not working at home, so Tong Ran saw him soon.

When Huzi's parents saw Tong Ran, they wanted to salute, but Tong Ran stopped him and asked about the coal in detail.

The couple only saw it by chance, and felt that the black stone was very special, so they took it back for children to play with, and they were not familiar with the situation at the other end of Shanglang Mansion.

"Can you give me this stone? How many do you have at home? I bought them all." Tong Ran said.

Huzi's parents looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally the man said: "My lord, just take it, this thing is for children to play with, it's worthless."

There was still a small basket at his house, but Tong Ran took it away and asked Qiu'er to give him two big strips of pork in exchange.

"Wow." Tong Ran dumped a basket of coal in the yard, and the little tiger was frightened and jumped away.

"Cai Zai, come here, don't rub it dirty." Tong Ran said.

"Wow!" Say it early!

The little tiger looked at the little black spot on his butt, then yelled at Tong Ran twice.

"I'll wash it for you later, good boy." Tong Ran patted the little tiger's head, then turned to ask Qiu'er to get the charcoal basin and firewood.

Tong Ran was making coal in the yard, and Huzi and a group of children were looking outside. They also wanted to know what the black stones they used to play with would be used for.When Tong Ran glanced over, they immediately turned their heads and pretended to be doing other things. Tong Ran smiled and let them go.

Qiu'er brought the charcoal basin and asked curiously, "I remember this stone was played by the children nearby. Brother Tong, what do you want it for?"

"Looking good." Tong Ran said.He added a few twigs to the charcoal basin, put a ball of dry grass on top, and was about to start a fire, only to realize that there were no matches here. "Get the fire," Tong Ran said again.

The ball went to the kitchen.

Because there are no matches yet, every household here will keep a few burning firewood in the stove. It doesn't need to be very prosperous, as long as there are sparks, it will be enough.If you move to a new house, the first thing you need to do is to light the fire in the house. It doesn’t matter whether you ask the neighbors for a fire to start it, or you can find a way yourself. In short, there must be a fire in the house, otherwise it will be a problem to eat and keep warm.

Tong Ran was in Donglaiwashe when he first came, and later he had the ball again. He didn't worry much about these trivial matters, so he always forgot that there were no matches here, and it was troublesome to make fire.

Qiu'er brought the kindling, and Tong Ran used it to ignite the dry grass, and put them into the charcoal basin together.When the fire in the charcoal basin was full, I threw a few small pieces of coal into it.It takes time to ignite coal, so throwing it in directly will burn faster. When the wood and hay are burned out, the coal will probably burn too.Of course, it also depends on personal skills. Tong Ran is not very skilled, so he simply used the simplest and rude method.

"Brother Tong, can this thing be burned?" Qiu'er asked.

"Not only can it burn, it is much more resistant to burning than wood, so a few small pieces can burn for an hour or two, and it can last longer if the fire is sealed, probably a whole night." Tong Ran said.

"Isn't that the same as charcoal?" Qiu'er said, "This stone is really amazing."

"It's not exactly the same." Tong Ran said.The discovery of coal drove the first industrial revolution, and the reason why the British began to use coal was because his trees burned less and less, so he had to find new fuels, which allowed coal to be discovered and used on a large scale.

Now Dacheng's wood reserves should be quite abundant. If we don't give a push, I don't know how long it will take for coal to become the main fuel.Although it is not very environmentally friendly, it is resistant to burning and has a high temperature. If you want to smelt better steel, you must use coal.

"Magistrate Tong burned that stone?" Several children outside looked at the movement in the courtyard and exchanged in low voices.

"Brother Qiu said it was like charcoal?"

"It's also black, and the charcoal is also black, and it still burns. It's pretty similar."

"Shh, Master Tong is here, let's go quickly."

Just as Tong Ran wanted to call them, the children dispersed in a flash.

Tong Ran shrugged and called out to the little tiger who had climbed onto the roof at some point: "Cub, come down."

The little tiger shook his tail, but did not respond.

Tong Ran knew that his son was very smart, so ignoring him was definitely not because he didn't understand, but because he didn't want to talk to him.

"Zai Zai, come down." Tong Ran's tone became stricter, and he shouted.

"Wow!" the little tiger roared.

It's easy to deal with him.Tong Ran went to the kitchen and brought out two pieces of meat, and shook the little tiger: "Cub come down, shall we have barbecue?"

"Wow wow wow!" I will not be fooled by you!

The little tiger's buttocks still had coals that had just been rubbed against them, it was a black mass, and it was so dirty.He didn't want to go down at all, because there were still piles of that stuff in the yard.

"Qiu'er, let's bake it ourselves and ignore that tiger." Tong Ran greeted Qiu'er.

Qiu'er went to get the bamboo skewers and started to barbecue. Tong Ran also took a skewer and roasted it leisurely, glancing at the roof from time to time.

The meat was very fragrant, and the children who were watching outside gathered together again.

"It's pork."

"It smells so good, I want to eat like that too."

"Impossible, Impossible, A Niang is cut into small pieces, even during Chinese New Year, you can't be so extravagant. I, Aye, said that."

"Would you like to try it?" Tong Ran's voice suddenly came from Yuanyuan.

The children were all taken aback, only to realize that their voice was too loud, which alarmed the county magistrate.

Huzi was the biggest among them, he stood up first and said, "Thank you magistrate, let's go home and eat."

"It doesn't matter," Tong Ran said, "Open the door and come in by yourself. The skewer in my hand is almost ready. I don't want to reward my family. Let it be eaten by you."

The children swallowed, the adults have taught them to be polite to the county magistrate and not to be presumptuous, but they never said that they should not eat the county magistrate's food.Children, look at me and I look at you. In the end, Huzi took the lead and bowed like an adult, "Then respect is worse than obedience, thank you county magistrate."

"Come in." Tong Ran smiled.

Huzi pushed open the courtyard door and led several children in one file at a time.

"This string is for you." Tong Ran handed out the string in his hand.

"Thank you, County Magistrate." Huzi cupped his hands, the children behind him followed suit, and the little girls blessed him less skillfully.

With Tong Ran's approval, Huzi, as the children's representative, reached out to get the skewers.

However, just as he stretched out his hand, something flashed, and the flesh disappeared.

"Woo——" the little tiger held the meat in its mouth, glared at Tong Ran with green eyes, and let out a threatening growl from its throat.

Tong Ran couldn't help laughing, and ordered Qiu'er to give the children a bunch of his roasted ones.The children took the skewers and looked at the little tiger again.Hearing that magistrate Tong's tiger cub was very fierce and would scratch people, they quickly thanked Tong Ran again and said goodbye in a hurry.

"Look, you still like to eat." Tong Ran smiled.

The little tiger was unable to speak with the meat in its mouth, but this did not prevent it from expressing its anger.In the past, the food that Tong Ran handed out was only for it, so why give it to those children today?Tong Ran is my attendant, how can they be able to eat Tong Ran's roast meat?

Tong Ran gave it a small basin, and the little tiger put the meat skewers in the basin and ate it slowly.

"Is it delicious?" Tong Ran teased it again.

"Wow!" The little tiger roared ferociously, and continued to eat meat.The grilled meat is still very fragrant.

Because the little tiger disliked the coal spots on his fur, Tong Ran gave it a bath without complaint after eating the barbecue.The little cub calmed down only when his body was smelling fragrant, but he never got close to those coals again, and he wouldn't let Tong Ran who had touched them touch it.

"Wow!"

"Okay, okay, shall I wash my hands?" Tong Ran fiddled with coal again before going to bed, but was blocked by the little tiger from sleeping, so he had to wash his hands again, and then changed all the clothes on his body The little tiger reluctantly let him go to bed.

"It's really a tigress." Tong Ran scratched its nose.

"Wow!" The little tiger roared dissatisfied.

After living so leisurely until the third day of junior high school, people from all walks of life couldn't escape, and Tong Ran's small courtyard was suddenly full of people.The yamen servants and civil servants from the county government came to Tong Ran's place to pay New Year's greetings in twos and threes, and Gao Zhuo also brought things over.In addition, the shopkeeper of Huai Tanglou brought two fresh fish, Yu Xing brought a can of good tea, and Tong Ran, some other merchants he didn't know, didn't see him.

Because Tong Ran only had Qiu'er at home, Sang Le and Yuan San were called to help by him early in the morning. When the guests left in the evening, Tong Ran asked them to stay and have dinner together.

Yuan San pushed that the children at home were still waiting for him, and left in a hurry.Sang Le stayed behind.

Sang Le was going to help the ball, but Tong Ran called her to a corner of the yard.

There was a small half box of coal collected from Huzi's house. Tong Ran gave a piece to Sang Le and said, "This is a new type of fuel dug out from the land of Shanglang Mansion. It burns at a higher temperature than charcoal, and the output is much higher. It’s also bigger. People in Shanglang Mansion probably don’t know yet, I can’t leave Zhidi, I want you to find out for me, where are these things distributed?”

Sang Le fiddled with the coal, and accidentally rubbed his hand black, but he didn't mind, he just said: "As the lord's close servant, if I'm found out, it might be wrong, why don't you discuss it with the magistrate first? If the magistrate is willing to come forward, maybe some more of this thing can be dug up and brought to Xiaoguo County?"

"No need." Tong Ran said, "Just go and check it out, don't disturb the people in the mansion, just find out which villages this thing was found in and how many there are."

Sang Le was still puzzled, according to Master Tong, such things seemed to be very useful, but Shanglang Mansion belonged to Longyou Dao, even the prefect of Zhuoyang Mansion and the governor of Dunan Dao could not interfere with the affairs of Shanglang Mansion.Even if you know where it is distributed and how much it can produce, you always have to discuss it with Shanglang Mansion. If they don't want to mine it, you have no choice but to let go.

But he didn't try to persuade him any more, he just bowed his hands and accepted the order.

In any case, he first asked Mr. Tong what he wanted to know.

Sang Le was sent out, and only Yuan San was with Tong Ran after the next year.He intends to promote another person, but he inspected the civil servants in the county government, but he didn't agree.It was a yamen servant named Sun Chi who was picked up from Xiatou Village last year. He was very capable, so Tong Ran referred him to him to handle the errand.Many things that Sang Le was responsible for before were also temporarily handed over to him.

Just after the Lantern Festival, there was a message from Zhuoyang Mansion that the magistrate wanted to inspect the county government offices.

After prefect Lu fell, his fellow prefect Yu Qing took over and became the new prefect of Zhuoyang Mansion.The last time Tong Ran asked Qiu'er to send a new chapter of "Journey to the West" to shopkeeper Li, shopkeeper Li also wrote him a letter, which mentioned this magistrate Yu.

After Yu Zhifu took office, he rectified the government office with thunderous means, and then rectified the chaotic stalls and vendors in Zhuoyang Mansion. Like Xiaoguo County, the area and time were also delineated, and the vendors were ordered to rent in advance and not to open their stalls anywhere. .

After the year passed, Tong Ran also thought that he might still make moves, but he didn't expect to come directly to his own land.

The last time Yu Qing came to give him something by order, but this time he came to investigate as his immediate boss. Tong Ran had to be tight-lipped and made arrangements for everything before he could rest assured.

Yu Qing's car arrived at noon, and Tong Ran, Gao Zhuo and others went out of the county government office to meet him.Yu Qing was dressed in an official uniform, his face was expressionless, and the movement of getting off the car was as agile as a warrior.

"I have met the prefect." Tong Ran cupped his hands and said, Gao Zhuo and others behind him also repeated in unison.

"Don't be too polite, let's go in." Yu Qing said.

Tong Ran turned sideways to let him go first, and followed him half a step behind.

Dacheng respected the left and entered the main hall. Tong Ran asked Yu Qing to sit in the upper seat on the left, and Sun Chi served tea.

"Don't be restrained, Master Tong and Gao, sit down." Yu Qing took the tea ceremony.

Tong Ran sat down on the right seat, Gao Zhuo sat down, and on the other side were several officials brought by Yu Qing, who were still standing.

Yu Qing took a sip of tea, and after everyone had sat down and stood still, he put down his teacup and said, "Master Tong, this is not the first time we have met, so I won't say too many polite words. I have just walked around the main road in Guo County, it is very good, I am here this time to discuss with you how to build concrete main roads throughout Zhuoyang Mansion."

Taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, the little tiger swaggered into the main hall.

The entire Zhuoyang Mansion is repaired?This magistrate surnamed Yu is a bit courageous.It found an empty armchair, jumped on it and sat down, its green eyes swept over the few people present.

"Why is there a tiger?" On the opposite side, the people brought by Yu Xing noticed the little tiger and asked in a low voice.

"You haven't heard of the magistrate Tong's adoption? He adopted it when he was still writing the storybook in Zhuoyang Mansion." Another person said.

"Do you want to drive out?"

"Don't, I heard that this tiger has been in the palace, and His Majesty even gave it something, so you can't see it."

"Been in the palace?" The man looked at the little tiger in a different way.

The little tiger glanced at those two people, licked his paws, they were discussing matters in the main hall, but they hid aside and whispered timidly, the rules of the Zhuoyang government office are really good.

"What are you talking about?" The two stopped, and Yu Qing asked with a glance.

The two immediately clasped their hands together and said: "Returning to the magistrate, Tong County Magistrate's tiger has come in, and we are discussing whether to drive it out."

"Have I spoken?" Yu Qing's eyes froze.

"No, no." The one who just answered swallowed, and his voice became lower.

"Magistrate Tong and I are discussing serious matters, but you are whispering aside. Prefect Lu may tolerate it, but I can't tolerate such a rule." Yu Qing said, "Come here, stick twenty, and drive out."

The yamen servant brought by Yu Qing from the government office immediately came in and escorted the two little officials away.

Yu Qing said to Tong Ran: "Borrow your place, such a person can't be punished."

A series of incidents came surging, and Tong Ran was also a little stunned, hurriedly said nothing had happened, and asked Yuan San to lead the people in the government office.

The little tiger licked the fur on his paws, and then on his body.

Talking about the Holy Majesty behind his back, it is easy for them to pay twenty sticks.But this Yu Zhifu is not bad, he is a rare and neat person.

As soon as this came out, all the slight noises in the hall disappeared, and only Yu Qing's voice said: "...Dunan Road is located at the intersection of various counties, and it is the land of Longxing. It has convenient transportation and prosperous trade since ancient times. Zhuo Yangfu is adjacent to Longyou in the west, Lingxi in the north, and the capital in the west. It also connects with the official road connecting Wanghai Road and Jiangliu Road. Promoting the trade volume of Zhuoyang Prefecture is also good for the transportation of surrounding prefectures and counties."

Tong Ran nodded: "Your Excellency is wise, transportation is the foundation of the people's livelihood and economy, if the road is repaired, Zhuoyang Mansion will definitely be more prosperous."

Yu Qing said: "That's the reason, then you have worked hard on the design of this road, just tell me what you need."

"Yes," Tong Ran cupped his hands. He was really in a bit of trouble. Building roads requires material resources and more manpower. He has already agreed to the county magistrate of Chongxian County to lend him skilled workers. Suddenly, Zhuoyang Mansion also said that they want to build roads. Where can he find it? So many reliable journeymen?

But before he could speak, someone came in from outside to report: "Master Tong, the magistrate of Chong County is also here, do you want to invite him in?"

The author has something to say: Huh, the five days and days are finally over, and my right shoulder is almost useless.I have to delay for two days, there will be no changes tomorrow.

Thank you Yingming for feeding mines, love~

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