Lei Yuan sighed at Jiang Li's luck, but at this time, Jiang Li himself walked on the road angrily, letting Xin Ping shout behind him without slowing down.
After Lei Yuan placed his own General Left Mansion in Guangxin, he used the captured prisoners and manpower during the slack farming period to carry out large-scale construction.
The previous month, a newly built iron smelting yard with thousands of people was first established on the south side of Yushui. Then, in the mountains north of Guangxin City, a lime mine that was exposed on the surface and was easy to mine was found. Tao Wei and Xu Jian immediately mobilized a large number of people who had retreated from the iron smelting yard to build it.
These things have been done more than once in Yidu. They have digging water from the mine’s periphery, driving hammers and gravel with hydraulic power, and then laying continuous sites to divert water and irrigate, and exposing and other processes. Moreover, the craftsmen are concentrated and have plenty of manpower, so it took only half a month to complete the construction of the mine.
Nowadays, this mine can produce thousands of kilograms of raw and ripe lime every day. Lime is loaded on four-wheeled carts and transported to the mountains through hardwood tracks, and then transported to Guangxin City by a steady stream of trucks every day.
When ripe lime, clay and river sand are mixed together, they are original cement, which can not only pave roads, but also serve as materials for ramming walls. They are more firm and durable than ordinary ramming earth and less labor-based.
Thousands of people from the Lei family were stationed in Guangxin, and successor troops arrived in Jingzhou in the north, so the city itself was not likely to be attacked for the time being. After the construction of the Left General's Mansion and the arsenal, grain warehouse, and military camp fortress connecting the Left General's Mansion, the civilians turned to build roads.
Several streets in the city have been greatly widened, enough to accommodate four cattle and horses in parallel. In addition to drainage ditches on the side of the road, space is also left in sequence to plant street trees. The varieties of trees are not limited, and the thorns are usually used.
It was the hot afternoon, and the craftsmen involved in the construction were all hiding under the shade of freshly planted trees to rest for a while. After all, the weather in Jiaozhou was too hot, and Tao Wei and Xu Jian were both born in hardships and knew that they could not force the craftsmen to work in the scorching sun. So they extended the lunch break for an hour and provided salt water and herbal tea to the craftsmen.
Then Jiang Li broke through the craftsmen lying everywhere. He didn't pay attention to the weight of his feet at all. He ran all the way, and didn't know how many people he had stepped on.
The craftsmen cursed angrily, and some people threw the water scoop over and almost flew over Jiang Li's scalp. Some people stood up and planned to chase after him and beat him.
Fortunately, Xin Ping came from behind and apologized repeatedly along the way.
Xin Ping knew that craftsmen had a low status and often served as sinners and slaves, but under Lei Yuan's command, craftsmen were treated very well and their identities were different. For example, Xu Jian and Xu said that both brothers were craftsmen, and now they were promoted to officials of 600 stones. Even the craftsmen present at this moment had several people wearing ribbons representing their merits, and they could speak in front of Lei Yuan, which was quite a bit of a minor.
He was young and his uncles kept calling him. The craftsmen saw that he was sweet-mouthed, and then he and Jiang Li were dressed in the official costume. That was all.
Jiang Liquan did not notice the chaos behind him. He walked along the road for a while, turned to the right and arrived at a guest house affiliated to the General's Mansion.
The Zheng tribe and his group, together with Jiang Li's fiancée, lived here.
After being attacked by the barbarians around Lipu, Jiang Li left Du Gan and fifty soldiers to maintain their support in Lipu's counties and cities, and continued to do business and make money. Jiang Li and Xin Ping brought people from the Zheng tribe to Guangxin.
The scale of this tribe is really pitiful. Even the elderly, weak, women and children were less than 400. After entering this guest house, there were more than 100 soldiers who lived in the supervision. Wang Dong said that the Zheng family was in decline, which was not false. And the chief of such a tribe could call himself a great chief and was very respected in the local area, which also made Wang Dong's statement that the Zheng family was very famous in the Southern Yi community, and it was not false.
When Jiang Li broke into the guest house, the chief was sitting under the eaves and told his daughter what he wanted.
Jiang Li, who had only cared about Zheng's little girl, did not take this cheap father-in-law seriously. Only then did he realize that the chief looked dark-skinned and wrinkled like an old farmer, but he was also cunning, and he was definitely not an ignorant barbarian led by his daughter.
"Come on, I have something to ask you!" Jiang Li stood in front of the chief, pointed to an empty house nearby, and strided over.
When the girl from Zheng saw Jiang Li coming, she stood up with a smile on her face to greet her, but Jiang Li ignored him and spoke to her father with a stern expression. So the girl held her mouth and took a few steps away.
The Zheng family chief was not surprised and followed Jiang Li to stand in the house.
"The more I think about it, the more I feel it is strange. Your daughter knows me, right?" Jiang Li asked.
The chief narrowed his eyes and refused to answer for a moment.
Jiang Li said anxiously: "You can understand what I said, and you also say it very well. Don't pretend anymore!"
"I didn't say it well." The chief replied slowly, "It's not pretending to be fake."
"Xin Ping had told me about your Zheng family's past, but I didn't care at that time. Now I think that the Zheng family has such a reputation in the Nanyi tribe. If you want to surrender to my general, you should have a solution. Why should you marry your daughter to me?" Jiang Li said in a deep voice: "I am just a Du uncle! Do you know how old Du uncle is? Du uncle only brought a hundred soldiers, Du uncle, Qu Chief, Sima, and general!"
Before the chief answered, Xin Ping happened to arrive behind him. When he heard Jiang Li's question, he immediately laughed.
"Old Jiang, you..."
"Shut up! Get out!" Jiang Li turned around and yelled.
He is a warrior who has been through the battlefield for a long time and has no idea how many lives he lives. Although he has no majesty on weekdays, when he is really angry, his anger is terrifying.
Even though Xin Ping was smart, he was just a teenager after all. How could he withstand Jiang Li's scolding? He immediately turned pale and stepped out of the house in a few steps. His feet became weak and he sat down to the ground.
"Uncle Du is enough." The chief suddenly said.
"What?"
"Boss Jiang Du Bo has known the past of Zheng for a long time, but he didn't mind. Because in your opinion, no matter how brilliant the past of Zheng is, it is just a barbarian or a rebellious person. As a general of the Han family, you are willing to marry my daughter, so you have to be condescending."
The Dacheng spoke word by word. His pronunciation was very strange, but his attitude was very cautious and he was very obedient in using words. Maybe he had considered these words in advance.
Chapter completed!