first minister

Chapter 4
The whip still landed on Xia Jingyun's body, but Xia Jingyun's eyes became agitated instantly after suffering from pain.

Because, that cry was the voice of the bearded supervisor he had been looking forward to all day.

The strong man holding the whip turned his head and looked in surprise, "Eh? Brother, aren't you on vacation? Why are you here?"

The bearded supervisor rushed over, panting and waved his hands, "I'll tell you about this later, I'll take this person away first."

As he spoke, he walked over and helped Xia Jingyun up, "Sir, let's talk somewhere else?"

Brawny:? ? ? ! ! !

Hearing this sir, Xia Jingyun knew that the matter was settled, and this first step was completely taken out.

He was extremely happy in his heart, but suppressed the joy on his face, and nodded weakly.

"Second brother, what is this?"

The strong man was almost dumbfounded when he heard that sir.

"Speak to you slowly in a while."

The bearded supervisor reached out to support Xia Jingyun, and walked slowly towards the two-story building not far away.

Seeing his cautious and slow-moving appearance, countless people on the entire construction site stared wide-eyed.

Not only the workers were stunned, but even the rest of the supervisors were dumbfounded, looking at the strange gesture of the second child who has always been the most violent and cruel.

The small building is not far away, even though Xia Jingyun's steps are not too big at the moment, it didn't take much effort to get there.

The bearded supervisor helped him into his room, sat down at the table, and said excitedly, "Sir, what a fortune teller! If it weren't for what you said, I would have been humiliated today. Thank you, sir!"

As he spoke, he stood up and made a bow. Xia Jingyun hurriedly got up to help him, but one of them lost his footing and fell to the ground.

The bearded supervisor hurriedly helped him up, saw his weak appearance, and slapped his forehead, "Look at my brain, sir, wait a moment, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is anything to eat, and bring it to my husband."

Xia Jingyun heaved a sigh of relief as he said that, he was not surprised by the change in the attitude of the bearded supervisor. Not to mention these uneducated men, even those young people around him who had studied in college before, chose to burn incense between career and work, and the temple was almost overwhelmed.

As long as his words come true, there is no suspense to subdue such a person.

Soon, the bearded supervisor turned back, took two large plates, put them on the table and apologized: "Sorry sir, there is nothing else to eat at the moment, only some leftovers from lunch, I put them away, you don't mind."

Xia Jingyun smelled the long-lost smell of meat, looked at the two plates of hearty leftovers in front of him, and said with a wry smile: "My lord was joking, do you think that for me now, I still have the right to care about this?"

The bearded supervisor also smiled, but hesitated to speak.

Xia Jingyun didn't dare to judge him now, so he took the initiative to say: "Treat the sinner to eat a little, replenish his physical strength, and then do a fortune-telling for the adults, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" The bearded supervisor nodded quickly when the words in his heart were spoken.

Xia Jingyun poured a cup of tea, drank the tea, and ate something slowly.

A person who has been hungry for a long time should not overeat, he has to eat slowly.

Unexpectedly, this kind of demeanor, in the eyes of the bearded supervisor, became a master again.

Being reduced to this situation, eating food is still so calm and elegant, it is worthy of being an expert who can see the secrets!

Forcibly resisting the urge to sweep away the things on the plate in front of him, Xia Jingyun smiled and said: "My lord, can the sinner take these things away? You know, I still have my father and brother here."

"It's okay, I'll find you two oiled paper bags."

"Thank you sir."

"Don't be polite, sir."

After wrapping up the things, Xia Jingyun said with a smile, "Master, do you need me to clean my hands first?"

"They're all rough guys, don't care about that!"

As he said that, the bearded supervisor hurriedly stretched out his hands, pulled up his sleeves, and exposed his wrists.

Just like a man and woman who know the taste by taste, they hurriedly put on a posture, waiting for the luck of the other half.

Xia Jingyun wiped his hands carefully on the sackcloth, put two fingers on his wrists, closed his eyes and meditated.

With the previous experience, the bearded supervisor didn't rush anymore, but just waited expectantly.

Five minutes later, Xia Jingyun flashed a flower in front of him, and a picture appeared.

He slowly opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Congratulations, my lord, everything has been safe in the last seven days, just remember to make a small gamble to enjoy yourself, and don't get on top, otherwise you may lose a lot of money."

The bearded supervisor nodded, and then he was a little dissatisfied, and laughed, "Sir, can you count some more time? For example, the next ten or eight years."

"Of course it can be counted." Xia Jingyun smiled, "However, there is a price for spying on the secrets of the sky. With my current body, I am afraid that I will die here suddenly if I can't count it once."

The bearded supervisor fell into deep thought, and seemed to have begun to suspect Xia Jingyun's intentions.

"My lord, don't worry. I've been sent here for a crime, so it's impossible for my lord to take the risk of doing something selfish. However, if my lord can do me a favor, the sinner might not be able to regain his freedom. Then I can do some divination for my lord."

The bearded supervisor suddenly became excited, "Sir, please tell me."

Xia Jingyun slowly stated his ultimate goal, "Last night, I tried to spy on the secrets and found a party, which may solve the current crisis. If my lord can take me to see the lord in charge and make a contribution, this matter will really turn around. At that time, my lord can also make a contribution. Wouldn't it be great?"

If other laborers said this, the tyrannical bearded supervisor might be whipped to death directly, but Xia Jingyun had a "miracle" in front of him, the bearded supervisor only pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "Okay, I will take you to see your lord right away!"

Xia Jingyun was overjoyed, and said again: "There is one more thing, my lord must consider."

"You said."

"As I said just now, there is a price to be paid for spying on the secrets of heaven. If I didn't know that my fate was not long, I wouldn't want to do that divination again. If my lord spread the news that I will be divination, there will be more dignitaries in the future. I can't refuse, and I want to tell my lord's fortune. Whether this body can bear it is a matter of two debates."

The bearded supervisor immediately understood, "Don't worry, God knows this matter, you know and I know!"

Xia Jingyun smiled and nodded, got up and followed the bearded supervisor and walked out.

The two climbed up to the second floor of the small building and came to the door of the labor factory manager. Looking at the guard at the door, they smiled humbly and said, "Guard Liu, I have something to ask to see you."

Liu Huwei was still arrogant, folded his arms, glanced at him expressionlessly, waited to turn around and entered the room, and quickly came out, pouted his chin, "Go in."

"Thank you, Guard Liu."

Looking at this scene, Xia Jingyun also understood better why these supervisors ignored the suggestions and suggestions of those workers.

"grown ups."

"What's the matter?"

Sitting in front of the table was a slightly fat middle-aged man in a brocade robe. When he heard the movement, he opened his mouth without raising his head.

"My lord, some laborers came to offer suggestions, saying that there is a way for us to speed up the soil transportation, complete the project on schedule, and complete the tasks above."

The chubby steward slowly raised his head, squinted at the bearded supervisor, and then shifted his gaze to Xia Jingyun behind him, his cold eyes paired with mustaches exuded a dangerous aura.

"If the method works, I will reward you, but if it doesn't work, both of you will die."

The bearded supervisor trembled, his throat rolled, and immediately remembered Xia Jingyun's miraculous prophecy, and he didn't regret it without begging for mercy.

The steward raised his eyebrows in surprise, and looked at Xia Jingyun, "What can you do? Tell me?"

Xia Jingyun said: "There is a tackle that can save manpower and transport a lot of earth at one time, which is just suitable for us to move earth from a low place to a high place. If it is used, I preliminarily estimate that it can at least double the current speed."

Talking about Xia Jingyun's method of transporting the earth with the tackle briefly.

The steward sounded reliable, and became interested, "What do you need specifically, do you have a plan?"

Xia Jingyun said, "Do you have a pen and paper? I'll write it down for you."

The steward immediately asked someone to fetch a pen and paper, and asked Xia Jingyun to sit down.

About half an hour later, Xia Jingyun handed a few drawings with various objects and related instructions to the steward, "As long as you have all the tools, you can see the effect in two hours at most."

The steward took a closer look, nodded slightly, and asked a few more questions, "Go down and wait for the letter. Your work will be temporarily excused today."

Xia Jingyun and the bearded supervisor retreated together, and he quietly rubbed his sore wrists, thanks to the ten years of hard work on writing brushes from the Children's Palace, otherwise it would be ridiculous to fall at the last level.

After coming out, he saluted the bearded supervisor, "Thank you, sir, for taking this risk with me."

The bearded supervisor was still a little worried, "Sir, is your method effective?"

Xia Jingyun smiled confidently, "What the Immortal taught is where the secret lies, how can it not work."

In the labor field, the strong man who had suggested cooperation to Xia Yunfei saw Xia Jingyun and the bearded supervisor come back in full length. He couldn't help feeling a little regretful. Could it be that this kid had some adventures? If he had known why he was talking too much today!
What surprised him even more was still to come. The bearded supervisor led Xia Jingyun to find the supervisor who was on duty for him today. After saying a few words, Xia Jingyun was helped to rest under the shade of a tree!
Why!
The man suddenly felt that the soil in his hand was heavier.

Snapped!
"What are you dawdling in! Hurry up!"

The whip danced again, and everyone couldn't care less about envy, and hurriedly got busy again.

Finally, when the gong sounded at sunset, everyone rushed to the shack again, and Xia Jingyun had already received a cornbread and a bowl of thick porridge in advance.

Seeing his father and brother approaching, he hurriedly waved his hand.

"Gao Yang, are you alright?"

Both uncle and father asked with concern, Xia Jingyun smiled and shook his head, "I'm fine."

He took out the oiled paper bag from his pocket and said loudly: "This is a gift from the supervisor, you can eat it."

Uncle, father, and Xia Yunfei all stared straight at once, and Xia Yunfei immediately looked around vigilantly.

Xia Jingyun smiled and said loudly: "Eat at ease, the supervisor is right next to him, who would dare to snatch the things he rewarded, are you willing to risk your life for a meal?"

As he said this, he was also secretly wary of the troubles around him.

Fortunately, although the people around were extremely greedy, there was indeed a shack where the supervisor eats not far away, and the other party had Xia Yunfei who was not easy to mess with at first sight, and no one dared to try it rashly when he couldn't win with one blow.

I could only sniff my nose as hard as I could, hoping to smell some fragrance, and closed my eyes to imagine that what I was chewing in my mouth was not cornbread.

Xia Jingyun couldn't help it, firstly, his family didn't have enough to eat this little thing, and secondly, it was rewarded to him by the supervisor, so what right did he have to distribute this kind of thing to everyone, so what if it caused a riot?
So just take care of your own family.

What's more, for this little thing, the three of Xia's family can just eat enough.

After many days, everyone in the Xia family finally ate a full meal of meat and fish, and it seemed that they really saw the hope of survival.

Xia Mingxiong looked at Xia Jingyun, "Gao Yang, is it true what you said yesterday?"

Xia Jingyun nodded and said with a smile: "Well, we can all survive, and if we're lucky, it's not impossible to get out of trouble."

As soon as these words came out, the will to survive was ignited in the eyes of the two fathers who had decided to sacrifice themselves yesterday to let the younger generation live alone.

Xia Yunfei sucked the oil on his hands and smiled silently.

If that's the case, he doesn't have to work so hard and only eats one cornbread a day.

Really hungry!
Not far from the labor camp is Jiang'an County. The labor camp manager rode a horse into the city gate and arrived at the county government office in the city.

Standing still at the entrance of the county government office, he reached out and pressed the paper in his arms, took a deep breath, and walked in.

(End of this chapter)