Han Xiang

Chapter 93
At the end of July, Hefei began to harvest in summer and plant in autumn, and the city and outside the city were very busy.

In order to rush to grow and stockpile grain, Long Xiang went deep into farmers at the beginning of the year to visit and investigate. Finally, according to the climate and soil conditions in Huainan, he made a plan for continuous rice and wheat planting.

That is, after the rice is harvested, the fields are turned over and plowed immediately, composted at intervals of more than a month, and then wheat and corn are sown. When the wheat is harvested in the next spring, rice is planted again.

During the busy farming season, all young people in Hefei were mobilized.

The people who obtained the ID number went to cut rice and turn the fields outside the city, while the newly arrived refugees were arranged to build official warehouses in the city.

Due to the lack of conditions to produce cement and the bonding material between bricks, Longxiang chose to use traditional and simple yellow mud instead.

What's more, because the kiln was released this year, only bricks were fired and no tiles were fired, and the roof was replaced with dried straw in the season, which is equivalent to a suit and leather shoes with cloth shoes.

Long Xiang is not familiar with farming, but he is professional in civil engineering.

The official warehouse in Hefei participated in all processes from site selection, drawing design, foundation digging, brick laying, and roof capping.

Occasionally, Long Xiang personally went off to demonstrate the construction, and the people working nearby were speechless.

There is such a big gap between people. Long Sima can not only lead troops and manage politics, but even lay bricks and build houses better than civilian husbands. He deserves to be able to separate a party at a young age.

Lu Su followed the tour with great interest, and was quite shocked to see Long Xiang's proficiency in architecture.

During the time when he was the master, Lu Su got to know Long Xiang in detail.

Long Xiang's resume is simple. A cowherd boy from a soldier's family, he was taken care of by Qiao Rui after his parents died. Later, he inherited Long Yuan's two hundred loyal steps, struggled in the army camp for two years, and finally retreated to Hefei.

Long Xiang didn't have the opportunity to build a house at all, but he did it well, even better than the old mason. What Long Xiang did was incredible.

Asking is a god-man entrusting a dream, Long Xiang's reason is tried and tested.

Not only did Long Xiang test his skills, he showed an amazing talent in building houses, but what was even more powerful was his ability to control the construction site.

Longxiang divided more than a thousand civilian workers into more than a dozen groups, and each group was responsible for construction, material processing, material transportation, technical supervision, safety supervision, etc., and the busy construction site was well organized.

Most of the folks are unskilled 'small workers', and there is no uniform standard in the construction process. Long Xiang went back and forth to inspect several construction sites, and found new problems every time, and many of them made repeated mistakes.

After a few trips, Long Xiang's mouth was dry and he stood there with a headache.

Seeing this, Lu Su hurriedly handed over the water bag.

While Long Xiang was drinking water, Lu Su persuaded in a low voice: "These people are not craftsmen, they can build official warehouses as long as they can. Why are you so obsessed with exactly matching the drawings? It is better to build the warehouse as soon as possible, and the newly harvested rice will still be returned." Waiting to enter the warehouse”

"The warehouse must not be sloppy, and the quality of the project must be strictly controlled. Otherwise, in the event of strong winds and rain, or even earthquakes, the grain stored in it will be damaged, and the newly harvested rice needs to be dried. There should be plenty of time." Long Xiang looked serious.

Lu Su nodded helplessly: "Yunqi's starting point is good, but the people in Qianshou are less intelligent and difficult to tame, so it is difficult to do it overnight, unless there is a team of skilled craftsmen."

Long Xiang was greatly inspired by what he heard, and he thought that he wanted to do civil engineering in the Three Kingdoms, and he really needed to train a group of full-time masons and carpenters. When the population of Hefei increased in the future, he would carry out a large-scale "old city renovation". Don't worry about not having work to do.

"I plan to train a team of craftsmen, who will be responsible for the repairs and repairs in Hefei in normal times, and participate in the defense on the city walls during wartime. Anyway, moving bricks, laying bricks, and throwing bricks are similar, and directly implement militarized management. What does Zijing think?"

"The idea is very good, it should be implemented as soon as possible."

Seeing Lu Su's strong approval, Long Xiang solemnly ordered: "I asked Uncle Zhong to set up a craftsman camp, and asked Zijing to set the standard for the camp's food and salary. They must be paid like regular soldiers. Only when they have income can they be motivated."

Lu Su: "No problem, I think two criteria must be set, distinguishing between wartime and non-wartime."

"For the specific situation, Zijing and Uncle Zhong can discuss it."

Long Xiang is not entangled in salary standards, he believes that Lu Su and Feng Zhong will plan carefully.

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he planned to continue his patrol, but he suddenly remembered the threat from the south, so he called Lu Su again.

"By the way, Xiashou is busy outside the city right now, is there any movement from Zheng Bao's side?"

"Don't worry Yun Qi, this season is the harvest season, and Zheng Bao's own fields are also busy with the summer harvest, so he probably doesn't have time to wander around in other places, besides, there are ranger scouts around us."

"Da da da"

Before Lu Su could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the sound of horse hooves.

Long Xiang was also very vigilant and turned to look, only to see two people and two horses galloping from north to south.

The dust splashed by the horseshoes fell slowly, creating a salon on the streets of Hefei City.

"There are few horse races on the streets of Hefei. Could it be that something big happened in the north?"

Long Xiang frowned and said to himself.

Lu Su stroked his beard and didn't speak. When the two horses were approaching, he pointed to the leader and reminded:

"Yun Qi, it seems to be General Tang."

Long Xiang took two steps forward, only to feel a gust of wind, and the shadows of the two horses followed.

"call"

Tang Xi reined in the rein and got off the horse, pointing to the young man behind him and asked excitedly, "Yun Qi, who do you think he is?"

“Impressive, but not much”

Looking at the not-so-remarkable face of the visitor, Long Xiang squinted his eyes and shook his head lightly.

Tang Yu scratched his head, and reminded Long Xiang with a smile: "Last year we strayed into Qiao County, and he was one of the children who brought us food in the cowshed at night. His name was Xu Wei. Chief Xu asked him to come and find them we."

"Bo'an (Xu Ding)'s people?"

Long Xiang was taken aback: "Could it be that Cao Bing is looking for trouble? How are Bo'an and Xu Village doing now?"

Xu Wei clasped his fists and replied: "The chief and the village are all well. Not long after you left the village, there was indeed a group of Cao soldiers who came, but they did not trouble the village, but came to recruit us."

"Then you..." Long Xiang hesitated to speak.

Xu Wei shook his head lightly: "Although the second leader was interested at the time, he was rejected by the first leader. The first leader was worried that you would not make it to the place, so he sent me down south to confirm."

Long Xiang frowned after hearing this, Xu Chu wanted to vote but Xu Ding didn't agree?

I don't know if Cao Cao will be courteous and corporal to invite him, but Xu Ding sent people from thousands of miles to look for him, not only to confirm his safety, but also to find a way out for himself?
If the brothers from the Xu family can come, Long Xiang has the intelligence to play the role of Lu Su, and the force to play the role of Xu Chu, why worry about Zheng Bao?
"Thank you Bo'an for your concern. We are all well. The strong man Xu came from a long distance, so he must do his best to be a landlord."

Long Xiang clasped his fists and spoke politely, and then told Tang Yu: "Uncle Xi, take Mr. Xu for a stroll around the city, and prepare a good meal for guests at night."

"Okay, I'll take him to Lao Feng's house and let my younger siblings cook some delicious food." Tang Yu chuckled.

Xu Wei hastily declined: "General, don't bother. Since you are all safe and sound, I'd better go back to Qiao County as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)