Ma'am help, the general is in trouble again

Chapter 63 The Rising Undercurrent (two chapters in one)

"I saw that you were talking and laughing with Yu Wencheng's guard, Wei Yao."

A strange voice came from the darkness.

Zheng Quchi squinted, and then recognized the person.

"Don't follow me all the time, don't I need to sneak into the enemy camp? Naturally, this kind of false brotherhood has to be maintained from time to time."

For example, she and him are nothing more than a false partnership.

Shan Bian sized her up and stared at her for a moment, then said, "Yu Wencheng actually sent troops to garrison us, we can't sit still, I'll go tonight..."

She was surprised: "To assassinate Yu Wensheng?"

Shan Bian's pretentious face couldn't hold back at once, and he jumped to his feet: "What nonsense are you talking about. I went to assassinate Yu Wencheng because I thought my life was too long? I mean, this time the barbarians invaded, the mason and the mason There were a lot of labor casualties, in order not to delay the project, they will definitely recruit people from all over Ye Kingdom, we can arrange more people to mix in to cooperate with our destruction mission."

Seeing his despicable appearance, Zheng Quchi's eyes darkened, and he said casually, "Then I'll just wait and see."

But this time, Shan Bian didn't allow her to stay out of the matter, he put a palm on her shoulder: "We two will split up, I will arrange the personnel, and you will find a chance to kill Yuan's follower, Yin Xiao."

Zheng Quchi raised his head, his eyes widened: "Me?"

"Who is it not you? Haven't you been responsible for the assassination missions in the past?" Shan Bian looked downcastly. At this moment, he seemed to have revealed his usual disguise, and approached her and said, "Ruler, your recent The behavior is getting more and more strange, sometimes looking at you, it feels like a different person."

Zheng Quchi tried her best to restrain the subtle changes in facial expressions. She had actually anticipated the questioning and suspicion at this moment, so she was not too panicked.

"Are you familiar with me?" Zheng Quchi took a deep breath, and asked back aggressively: "Have you really gotten along with me? Have we talked about each other? How much do you think you know about me?"

Shan Bian was spittled all over her face by her, so she quickly let go of her and wiped her face: "Ruler, that's too much, it's as if I don't have any friendship with you, we have experienced a lot together anyway. Thrilling thing."

Zheng Quchi knew his pissing nature. Although he usually acted in gags and jokes, he was definitely not a simple person who was sent by the Mo family to coordinate tasks.

She didn't take it lightly, let alone trust him easily. She continued to output: "In the past, I was the one who assassinated, but now I don't even have a good weapon in order to sneak in. If you say I'm going to assassinate the original follower Yin Xiao, I'll take it." What are you going to assassinate, and grab the blade with your bare hands?"

Shan Bian couldn't stand her repeated questioning, and squeezed out an embarrassing and begging smile: "It's okay, I said something wrong, as long as you are willing to do it, I will leave the matter of weapons to me. Go prepare it for you, and I will even finalize the location, time and ambush location for you, all you need to do is..."

He twitched the corners of his mouth, met her quiet eyes, and said in a low voice, "Just kill yourself."

He must have arranged for her directly.

Can Zheng Quchi refuse at this time?
Of course not.

She replied with a fake smile: "Okay."

-

Fu County
The night is heavy, and the moon follows the shadow of the bow.

Lin Yuan, two figures kneeled straight in front of "Master Li".

"Please help us."

Master Li, who was dressed in a blue robe and a green fox fur coat, sat leisurely on the rocking chair. His head was still wrapped in a bandage, and his thick hair hung down at the nape of his neck. He said lightly: "People can only save themselves. nothing to you."

"You can, you must have a way, but you..."

Just as Yuan Sui was about to leave his mouth, he saw a gloomy black shadow enveloping him heavily. The huge shocking chill made the two of them stiffen, and the words they were about to utter were choked back into their throats.

They raised their eyes tremblingly, but saw a tower-like figure standing behind "Master Li" like a black god.

On that backlit face, only a pair of sharp eyes like thin blades were clearly gesturing on them.

"Master Li" rubbed his sickly forehead: "Be cautious in your words and deeds."

They gritted their teeth, but they were unwilling to leave like this. Yin Xiao knew that his identity could not be casually talked about, so he could only gently remind the other party: "Master Li, the two of us took such a big risk to cover up for you, to protect you." This layer of false identity is safe, now we are in trouble, I just ask you to point us in the wrong direction for the sake of fellow disciples, really, we only ask for this once, and we will never dare to disturb you easily in the future."

"Yes, if we hadn't encountered difficulties, we wouldn't have come here so late at night."

The two leaned down, put their foreheads on the backs of their hands, and spoke earnestly.

"Master Li" stopped shaking, and a lamp inside the gauze shone like frost on the steps of the courtyard, and sat quietly for a while.

He said, "What are you asking?"

When Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao heard this question, they were pleasantly surprised, straightened up quickly, and said: "Right now, Yu Wensheng wants me to wait half a month to build the prototype of the city wall, but the construction blueprint has long been burned, and it is impossible to restore it. Can use the current manpower and material resources to rebuild a city wall..."

They told the "Master Li" about the difficulties they encountered, and they felt that when everything was gathered together, it was a mess.

"What materials are currently being used?"

Yuan Suidao: "Stones and bonded soil, but these things are far from enough, and they need to be excavated and excavated vigorously by hand, and the bonded soil needs to be fired with chalk (lime) to prepare. Fuxian County has been frequently fortified recently, and there is no Therefore, it is very difficult to obtain enough bonded soil in a short period of time.”

Yin Xiao also said: "If we follow the previous method of building walls, in this kind of wet and cold weather, it will take many days to solidify the gaps, so it is best to build scaffolding to facilitate wall reinforcement and transportation..."

The two said each other, it was because there were far more difficulties than methods, it wasn't that they couldn't do anything, but that the order issued by Yu Wensheng was imminent, and there was no time for them to carry it out slowly.

"Master Li" got up and closed his clothes. He said: "Quarrying stones requires a lot of manpower and time-consuming transportation. It is better to use stone as the foundation and the famous loess mixed with sand and gravel in Fuxian County to build a wall." , can be rapidly prototyped."

"But the stone foundation is unstable and often loose."

"Purchasing a large amount of glutinous rice and mixing it with chalk (lime) to bond masonry can solve this problem."

After hearing this, they felt as if they had found a treasure, and immediately opened their spiritual platform, and they were deeply inspired.

"Thank you Master Li for your advice!"

In the dead of night, after Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao thanked each other and left, the silent man behind "Master Li" lowered his head: "Master, why do you want to help them?"

Teach them, isn't this tantamount to helping Yu Wensheng in disguise?

"Master Li" stepped into the room, lowering his eyebrows slightly. When the warmth accumulated by the charcoal fire in the room gradually dissipated the chill from his body, the color of his lips changed from lavender to light water: "Help? Know one, don't know the other."

The big man is not a pure layman, he said: "This method can indeed make the city wall strong."

Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao can be rated as master craftsmen, and the skills they have learned are not fake, so they can naturally tell whether what the master said is true or not.

He understands the "first", what is the "second"?
"It's a good idea, but do you think it can be done so easily?" He glanced faintly with willow-leaf eyes, faintly turning.

There are corresponding solutions to many things in this world, but some methods can be used, but it does not mean that they are suitable for everyone, and they may end up self-defeating.

To use the simplest analogy, for example, if a robber comes, you can kill it to solve it, but the strong should use it, and the weak should use it with caution.

The big man seemed to understand. He walked to the smoldering charcoal stove, turned the dial, and added a few pieces of charcoal again.

Then he turned around, knelt down guilty, and knocked his head heavily on the ground.

"Master, Saw Zi didn't find the second girl in the camp. On the contrary, he almost harmed you because of the delayed return date. Please punish me severely."

The alias "Master Li" was none other than Gongshu Jiruo. He changed his face, borrowed his identity, and returned to Fu County. He had always planned carefully, and the only unexpected mistake was this accident.

He stroked the wound on his forehead, still feeling the tingling pain: "It's okay, it's what I ordered you to do."

Saw raised his face: "Pinu heard that at that time, someone ignored the danger and took the risk to save the master when the rocks collapsed?"

"Well, someone did dig me out from under the ruins." Gongshu Jiruo untied the fox fur and put it beside the bed.

Saw lowered his eyes: "Which one is it? Can Saw recognize you?"

If Gongshu stood up, his fingers unconsciously caressed the position on the side of the waist, and the "Yanlin" tag that should have been hanging there was empty.

He unexpectedly remembered the face that remembered You Xin.

He has dark skin, fluffy and messy hair, small stature, small head, small face, and small hands, but he looks very energetic, dazzling like a ball of fireworks, full of vitality.

"It's not our people, and they are strangers to me."

Saw was startled.

Would a stranger do this?
"Then why did he..."

If Gongshu raised his eyes, he pressed his hand on the dark wall, and the candle behind the gauze curtain was cut off by the silk cover: "There is no need to delve into his affairs...but we will see him again soon."

If Gongshu rests safely.

Saw stood obediently against the wall, looking at his nose, nose, mouth, and heart, like a silent sculpture guarding his god in the dark.

-

The second snowfall since the beginning of winter, just like this, fell quietly and breathlessly in the morning.

In the shaded valley to the west of Fu County, a team of cloaked horses rode past like the wind, and finally they found their master in the wilderness and rocks.

They didn't even have time to rein in their horses, they jumped up and rushed over eagerly.

"Sima!"

The person who was seriously injured and was hunted down and fled for his life until he collapsed slowly opened his eyes when he heard the familiar shout.

He lingered sullenly between his brows, and his dark eyes swept across them quietly.

Immediately afterwards, without warning, he laughed wildly, and everyone who came to greet him was dumbfounded.

"Hahaha... Yu, Wen, Sheng! If I don't die, you and the Ye Kingdom behind you will never have peace!"

The person who came to meet him took off his hood, his face was full of anger and hatred: "After we received the news from Sima, we immediately sent someone to send a message to the nomadic barbarian. Now Yu Wensheng is probably in a state of desperation and has no intention of continuing to pursue Sima. In this way, we may not be able to successfully break through his defense and intercept, and come to meet Sima."

"Fortunately, there is only one Yu Wensheng in Ye Kingdom." The other subordinates felt sorry for him.

They brought clothes for Mo Ye, who was almost naked, and then put on the white bear cape. He turned his head and looked in the direction of Fuxian, his eyes were full of rebelliousness and vengeance.

"Wait." He raised one eyebrow high, and said every word in a sinister way like a curse: "Master will be back soon."

-

At dawn, the county sent officials to deliver more than a dozen "earth lifters" to Guijiaoling.

When Chu Chu first saw the "earth-moving device", the stonemasons gathered around to join in the fun were all amazed and curious, discussing its use and function.

Only Zheng Quchi was amazed when he saw the equipment he had made before being mass-produced.

She didn't feel that her rights had been violated, because the model was given to Mu Ke, the worker, and he gave her the corresponding "remuneration" in return.

It's just, don't they know that they need to change it and use it again?

This is an earth lifter. As the name suggests, its main function is to dump soil. Of course, it can also be used to move stones, but because the volume and weight of stones are different, it will be more suitable if its lifter is modified a little bit. .

More importantly, they didn't know how to install a wheel on it, wouldn't it be more convenient to carry and move it?
Forget it, she already has a general understanding of the abilities of these carpenters in Fu County.

They only understand conventional furniture and house construction, and have rarely dabbled in other things.

Seeing Mu Ke, a familiar worker, Zheng Quchi had a lot of people, so she was not in a hurry to say hello, but when she saw the mass-produced "Earth Lifter", she suddenly had an idea to make money.

She planned to design the 2.0 version of the "Earthmaker" when she was free, and then go to Mu Ke for an estimate, and ask him to help find a suitable "seller".

In this way, she, who is poor, can not only earn design fees, but also play a certain role in promoting the construction industry in Fu County, killing two birds with one stone.

When the "earth lifter" was delivered, Zheng Quchi guessed that construction was about to start.

She thought she would continue to move stones, but she didn't expect to be transferred to dig trenches.

I don't know what scale and thickness of the city wall Yuan Sui Yinxiao and the others planned to build, but seeing them again, Zheng Quchi found that the two were full of confidence, and asked them to dig a wider foundation ditch.

What kind of show operation is this?

Don't you think you don't have enough time?

She didn't bother to guess what they meant. After digging the soil all day, she was so tired that her limbs were weak and her waist and knees were sore.

The working people in ancient times were really miserable. After just one day of hard work, she would be treated like a kidney deficiency.

If she had been able to transmigrate into an emperor or some other rich person, she would have created machinery to replace cheap labor and liberate the hands of the poor.

It's a pity that what she traveled through was a low-level labor craftsman who was waiting to be liberated.

The worst thing is that other people can lie down after work, but she has to drag her tired body to find Weiyao, and rush to the official kiln overnight.

Wei Yao didn't talk nonsense, and took her to the official workshop in Fu County on horseback.

At this time, Zheng Quchi didn't know yet, but her move completely disrupted the precarious situation that was originally established into a pot of porridge.

(End of this chapter)