Chapter 124 Building bridges and paving roads, looking for Lu Zhishen
Let’s talk about [Crossing Mouse] Zhang San, [Grass Snake] Li Si and more than 20 households that came with them settled in Dongxi Village. In just a few days, Several people got married. Although Zhao Zhen did not go, he asked Zhao Yuanli to send two golden melon seeds and a piece of fine cloth as congratulatory gifts.
On this day, Zhang San and Li Si came to the village to pay their respects. Zhao Zhen asked: "Brothers, have you settled down? Is there anything you need to do?"
The two of them replied: "Master, everything is fine. My brothers have settled down. After thinking about it for the past few days, the master is still wandering around and is not stable. Therefore, the two of us want to go to Cangzhou to find the master and invite him. Master, I wonder what the master will do when he settles here?"
Zhao Zhen said: "I am recruiting heroes from all over the world. I have heard of the name of the flower monk Lu Zhishen for a long time. I have a concubine named Jin Cuilian. Come on, Lu Tiha is still her savior. He beat Guanxi and made a big fuss in the wild boar forest. Unfortunately, he never met. "
"You two are also loyal, but the world is dangerous. You two are not good at martial arts and have insufficient experience in the world. I'm afraid you two are a little lacking. There is a good man in my village. People in the world call him Jinbaozi Yang Lin. , has been living in the green forest of Hebei and Shandong. How about I ask him to take you two to go north together?"
The two were overjoyed and said, "The owner is thoughtful and would like to go with Brother Yang Lin. "
Immediately, Zhao Zhen summoned Yang Lin and Bai Sheng. Zhao Zhen said: "Brother Yang Lin, I heard from Zhang San and Li Si that Lu Tiha is only in Lulin, Shandong, Hebei. Zhongcun Shen knows little about these two people in the world, so I have to go look for them. I also need to trouble Brother Bai Sheng to accompany me."
Yang Lin heard this and said: "Now that we know where Lu Tiha is, the four of us will set off today and investigate all the way. If we can find it, we will invite Master Lu."
Zhao Zhen said: "It's a pity that the weapons are not fully crafted."
Yang Lin said: "It doesn't matter, the weapons in hand are enough for use."
The four of them immediately packed up, each leading a horse, holding a plain knife, and a waist knife across his waist. Bai Sheng I also went to Ruan Xiaoer's camp to borrow a crossbow. The four of them took their money and horses and headed north.
After Yang Lin and the others left, Zhao Zhen only practiced martial arts in the village every day. The entire Liangshan Township is thriving.
On this day, Tang Dynasty was in Dongxi Village. I took a boat across the stream, met Zhao Zhen and bowed. Zhao Zhen asked: "What's going on today?"
Tang Tian said: "Master, I am indeed incompetent. I had to remind Zhang San and Li Si to think of some things."
Zhao Zhen asked curiously: "Oh? These two people have just arrived, but they actually have ideas? Come and listen."
Tang Wei said: "Master, we have been traveling by boat between the east and west villages since we were children. A few days ago, Zhang San and Li Si said in front of me that it would be great if there was a bridge to travel, instead of having to wait for the boat every day. I thought about it for two days and felt that what these two people were saying was that it would be much more convenient if there was a bridge. Now that the fog between the two villages has dissipated, the stream is only about 20 feet long. As for the transportation of salt from Xixi Village to Dongxi Village last time, if there was a bridge, it would take up to half an hour to carry a hundred pounds of salt on one's shoulders. That’s good. It only takes an hour to load and unload the ship. After thinking about it, it’s better to have this bridge.”
Zhao Zhen said: “That’s true, I’ll wait. It was all dark under the lamp, and the two of them discovered the problem as soon as they arrived. Then build a bridge, and it will be much easier to travel in the future."
Seeing Zhao Zhen's response, Tang Wei said: "The owner of the village. After listening to what Zhang San and Li Si said, I felt that I was not capable enough, so I wanted to hear more from the villagers if they had any other ideas. I asked many people, and the most common response was that there were no garrison troops in the village, and the villagers were uneasy. "
“The villagers have experienced wolf disasters. Although they have been cleaned up by the village owner, they still have lingering fears. They have to go with others when they leave the village to farm.”
Zhao Zhen said: "This matter is urgent. I will ask Brother Liu Tang to lead a team of people to garrison today. Is there a place in the village to settle it?"
Tang Wei said: "There is a spirit two or three miles outside the village. There is no Taoist priest to preside over the official palace, and it has been abandoned for a long time. In addition to the main hall, there are also thirty or twenty wing rooms. After some repairs, they can be used as barracks." Zhao Zhen said, "It's a good idea. Let Brother Tao Zongwang take some repairs. Now let's do it. Stayed in the village hall temporarily for two days. "
Seeing that Tang Wei was about to speak, Zhao Zhen said, "If there is anything else, tell me as soon as possible."
Tang Tian said: "Master, Zhu Yingchun and I have traveled all over Dongxi Village in the past few days. There is a big red leaf tree on the mountain, more than five feet high. Looking at it from a distance, children are like the hood of a car. There is only one tree in the whole mountain, or Say this is a different species.”
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "I have made arrangements in the past few days to go for a walk and see this big red leaf tree."
After Tang Zhen finished reporting, he saw that Zhao Zhen had no other instructions, so he went ahead. Resign.
Zhao Zhen called Liu Tang and Tao Zongwang and said, "Two brothers, Zhengtang Tang from Dongxi Village came to the village today to talk about these things. It's going to be a hard time for our brothers."
Liu Tang said: "I don't know what's going on?"
Zhao Zhen said: "The first thing is that Dongxi Village has never stationed troops. The villagers can't work hard, so they have to trouble Brother Liu Tang to lead people to garrison."
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Liu Tang said: "Master of the village, I will lead a team of rural soldiers to garrison today, but I don't know where the garrison is?"
Zhao Zhen said: "The second thing is about the garrison. First, temporarily place it in the village office. Please ask Brother Tao Zongwang to renovate the Lingguan Hall outside the village. There are twenty or thirty rooms there, and we will stay here permanently."
Liu Tang and Tao Zongwang both nodded in agreement. Zhao Zhen continued: "The other thing is to build a bridge over the stream to connect the two sides to facilitate travel. Can Brother Tao Zongwang build it?"
Tao Zongwang said: "I also built a bridge in my hometown. , only a few feet long. The distance between the two banks is probably more than 20 feet. It will take a long time to build it."
Zhao Zhen said: "How do you plan to repair it?"
Tao Zongwang said: "Master, I plan to pave the bottom of the river with stones in the direction of the bridge and build a long embankment 3 feet wide and more than 20 feet long. Then I will use straight stones to build bridge piers on the stone embankment. Just put up the stone slabs. The bridge piers are low on both sides and high in the middle, two feet apart, so that it is convenient for ships to shuttle under them."
Zhao Zhen heard this and said: "Otherwise, it's easy to say that these two feet long stone slabs are available. It takes a few days to mine it. This thing is heavy, how can it be installed?"
Tao Zongwang said: "This is easy to do. I have seen bridge builders use wooden rafts to transport stones to the bridge piers. When the tide rises, the buoyancy of the water can be used to lift the stones up with the winch and be installed. There are many stones in Gushu Tun, which were collected from the fields in the mountains and are now in use. ”
Zhao Zhen clapped his hands after hearing this. Let the two of them go down to prepare and go to Dongxi Village today. Zhao Zhen also tidied himself up and went to the east courtyard to practice martial arts. As for the trip to Dongxi Village, it will be arranged on the day when the bridge is opened.
(End of this chapter)