Li Xia's tent is located on Shimen Mountain by the Bao River. From the mountain, you can see the six dams of Shanhe Weir.
On the way here, Han Chengxu and Li Yong deduced that Li Xia came here to repair water conservancy, and they had discussed a lot on the way.
At this time, when I saw the ant-like soldiers and workers on both sides of the Bao River, I was still shocked by Li Xia's handiwork.
Li Yong stood on the edge of the cliff with his hands behind his hands. He shook his head for a long time and only commented in four words.
"It's a complete mess."
Han Chengxu smiled bitterly and said, "It's quite remarkable."
Li Yong chuckled softly, showing his official authority as the chief registrar of Jingxian County, and said: "How can you tamp down the sacks when they are piled up like that?"
"Alang has no literati around him, so that's all he can do."
"In my opinion, the ground is wet and the road is slippery today. Let's give the laborers a rest. How about you and I come up with a charter and start work tomorrow?"
Han Chengxu nodded, looked up to the sky, and murmured: "I'm not familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong, and the sun doesn't rise, so I can't even see the yin and yang of the mountains..."
Li Yong knew as soon as he heard that Han Chengxu knew about water conservancy.
But he knows better...
Because he once worked under Wu Qian, and Wu Qian was the world's number one water conservancy minister.
Li Yong also used his skills and assigned people to plant flags on various hills to observe the wind in the valleys and plan where to build waterwheels.
Instead of being like a layman like Li Xia, digging channels everywhere and wasting manpower.
…
"Oh? I asked many local elders before I decided to divert the channel in this way."
"These people may know about water conservancy, but they don't know how to make overall plans. How about I just wait for a couple of days?"
Li Xia hurriedly said: "Mr. Han, Mr. Li just traveled across mountains and rivers to come here. It was too hard."
"It's not hard."
Han Chengxu smiled, raised his hand, and turned up his sleeves, revealing the thick cotton jacket underneath.
"Look, Alang, just before the New Year, the mistress and Qiaoer made a beige coat, which is warm and light..."
He was old and seemed a little chatty. He talked about his clothes and how the carriage was stable along the way.
"Recalling the days when I was a prisoner before I met Alang, it was not hard work. But this girl Qiaoer is too squeamish now, too squeamish."
Li Xia was looking at the wrinkles on Han Chengxu's face, and over there, Han Qiaoer had come out of Li Xia's tent with a pile of dirty clothes. Hearing this, he refused to obey: "Grandpa, you're talking nonsense, I'm not squeamish."
Han Chengxu stroked his beard and smiled, pulling Li Yong to look at the mountains and water.
Li Yong was full of official air just now, but when he arrived in front of Li Xia, he didn't say a word. He followed Han Chengxu for a few steps, looked back, and muttered to himself.
"The height has increased too quickly. Don't grow any taller..."
"What did Xiling say?"
"nothing."
"Let the young couple have a good time together..."
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Li Xia opened the curtain and walked into the tent, only to see Gao Mingyue kneeling on the carpet and wiping his armor.
After all, they are now husband and wife, and she is no longer as shy as she was before she got married when she saw Li Xia.
"How come your place isn't dirty or smelly at all? If my second brother didn't have his sister-in-law by his side, it would stink like hell."
"Because I have been competing alone since I was a child..." Li Xia said, "At that time, I had to clean up diligently and develop the habit of being strict with myself."
"I thought you were packing it up to hide the torn clothes."
"That's not true."
"You're really not hurt, are you?" Gao Mingyue opened her eyes wide.
"The inner armor is broken and the skin is scratched, everything is fine. Can you see with your own eyes?"
"Um?"
Li Xia had unbuttoned her clothes and took two steps forward.
Gao Mingyue blushed, and after a little panic, she forced herself to calm down. After all, she was her husband, so she couldn't let him scare away her.
Wherever I looked, I saw that there was indeed a small scar on his chest, which was already scabbed.
"The injury is really not serious." Li Xia took another step forward, "You can tell by touching it, the scar is very shallow."
The physique tempered by excessive self-discipline, as he lifted his robe, the diagonal lines from the broad shoulders to the waist were displayed in front of Gao Mingyue.
Her face was hot, and it was covered with flying clouds.
She knew that Li Xia was teasing her on purpose, so she tried her best to maintain her mistress' dignity.
"It's not like...it's not like I haven't touched you before."
It was as thin as a mosquito's moan, but it didn't have the momentum that Gao Mingyue wanted.
"I mean the scar." Li Xia said, "The new one, you really haven't touched it."
"What I said...is what I said..."
Gao Mingyue's face turned redder.
She now has her hair tied up in a bun, which is more charming than before. Her eyelashes are fluttering, as if she wants to look at him but dare not, adding a touch of tenderness.
Li Xia came forward again and lowered his head to look at her, but she was too shy to avoid it.
So he looked at her skin-like neck and saw that she was still hanging the silver chain he gave her.
Gao Mingyue felt Li Xia's breath touching her earlobe, and finally couldn't bear his aggressive approach, so she reached out and pushed him gently.
"It's broad daylight, don't... do this."
"Um?"
Gao Mingyue was shy and anxious.
"you are bullying me……"
Li Xia then hugged her and felt her softness.
Being truly embraced, Gao Mingyue relaxed and leaned against Li Xia's chest, feeling much calmer.
"Qiao'er will come in soon." Gao Mingyue said, "Well, I saw your camp... At night, Qiao'er and I slept together."
"what about me?"
"We can just make the bed on the floor rug."
"I also want to sleep on the floor."
"No way……"
Li Xia asked: "Are you afraid of me?"
"I'm not...well, I'm a little scared." Gao Mingyue said softly: "But more importantly, I still miss you very much..."
The two exchanged a few heartfelt words, and Han Qiaoer's voice came from outside the tent.
"Sister Gao, the clothes are hung up."
"Okay, just hang it up to disperse the moisture."
"I also took out the eggs, where should I put them to cook?"
"You come in..."
Here Gao Mingyue tied the skirt of Li Xia's clothes, and over there Han Qiaoer had opened the curtain and came in.
After not seeing her for more than a year, she has grown into a tall and graceful girl.
Perhaps because she was a little unfamiliar with Li Xia, or because she thought she had fallen on the hillside and was seen, after entering the tent, she did not rush to call Li Xia as soon as she saw him like before.
Han Qiaoer just put his hands behind his back and stood on tiptoe.
"What? Don't we recognize each other?"
It wasn't until Li Xia opened her mouth that she smiled coquettishly and ran to the stove to sit down.
"Brother Li."
"I've grown a lot taller."
"Yeah." Han Qiaoer nodded vigorously and looked at Li Xia, waiting for him to continue to praise.
Li Xia said: "It's all thanks to you that we were able to recapture Hanzhong this time. Fortunately, you memorized the information back then."
Han Qiaoer puffed up his cheeks, as if he was a little angry, but it passed away in a moment.
After all, she was extremely happy, and started chirping after a little bit of unfamiliarity was broken.
"Brother Li, we are very powerful in Junlian. The twenty-seven villages all obey Sister Gao and say that they recognize Pluto as the co-owner of Miao Yibo. We must be powerful...Brother Li, are you still wondering why Aunt Asha didn't cooperate with you?"
Shall we come together?"
Only then did Li Xia realize this, nodded and said, "Yes, why didn't she come?"
"Grandfather said that the newly appointed governor of Junlian must wait until his adoptive father is promoted to the pacification envoy of Tongchuan Prefecture before he can be recommended to us, so that Aunt Asha can stay in Junlian and secretly control the situation."
It's also difficult because Han Qiaoer has a good memory. She doesn't even know what the words mean, but she can memorize them word for word.
"Then, Aunt Asha asked my grandfather how to control the situation. My grandfather said, you don't have to interfere, but if anyone wants to interfere in the trade between Alang and Dali, just... When my grandfather said this, he kicked me out, but in fact I
I knew what he was going to say, but he treated me like a child."
Li Xia then smiled.
Han Qiaoer became annoyed again and said, "Brother Li, I'm just playful and I talk too much. Do I look stupid?"
Li Xia understood what she meant... She was sixteen years old and she didn't want to be treated as a child anymore.
"It's not about 'looking' stupid."
"Right." Han Qiaoer was quite happy.
She lowered her head to see the water on the stove boiling, and put the eggs in one by one.
Gao Mingyue looked sideways at Li Xia and seemed to say four words without making any sound, but Li Xia could understand them.
But he didn't nod immediately.
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That night.
"Qiaoer is asleep?"
"Um."
"are you coming?"
"don't want."
A faint whisper sounded in the tent, and Gao Mingyue finally leaned towards Li Xia and whispered, "Don't mess around."
"good."
"..."
"Wait until we get back to the city... okay? Well... wait until we get back to the city, okay?"
"Since she is living happily, it depends on what she wants when she grows up."
In the darkness, Li Xia's voice was calm and he said softly: "Now that we're talking about this, I have two things to tell you..."