Situ Chen also held his forehead and couldn't laugh or cry at the increasingly crooked remarks. This was too fake.

He is not so worried that Jia She will be feared by his father in the future. If his father knows the evolution of this rumor, he will laugh for a long time.

"Those who wanted to establish prestige were killed by lightning, but Enhou's prestige was established."

Jia Amnesty smiled helplessly when he heard Situ Chen's words.

There are many ways to establish prestige, such as relying on word of mouth.Although the accumulation of prestige through word of mouth will be slower, but the effect is the most stable.And relying on rumors, there will always be someone waiting to see the joke, or even deliberately finding fault to make a joke.

"Forget it, let's take a step at a time. In a place of faith, being put on such a mysterious hat may not necessarily be a bad thing."

Even if one of them is sacrificed, everyone will be happy.

Listening to Jia She's enlightening himself, Situ Chen nodded, it's really not a bad thing to spread such rumors.At the very least, when someone wants to make trouble to stop the road construction, they have to carefully consider whether they can withstand the lightning strike.

If you don't want to be struck by lightning, quickly cooperate with the officers and soldiers to build the road.

After unfolding the map, Situ Chen patted Jia Amnesty's calf and motioned Jia Amnesty to sit up.Jia Amnesty responded, then sat up cross-legged and asked, "Does your lord have any new ideas?"

I don't have any new ideas, but I think the next village I will visit should be pretty good.

Up ahead is a Miao village.The Miao people are warm and hospitable, and when they arrive at the place, what they see is not a hoe raised high, but a welcome ox horn wine.

Jia Amnesty had heard about the Miao people's voodoo before, although he didn't quite believe it, but he was also somewhat defensive.Situ Chen took a look at Jia She, and said with a smile that Jia She really should be more careful.

"In case Enhou is bewitched by a little girl who admires you, this king can only give you more gold, silver and jewelry without an antidote. I wish you... hey..."

Situ Chen was kicked by Jia She before he finished speaking.

"I've been bewitched, I've been bewitched, this time it's alright." After saying that, Situ Chen rolled up the map and handed it to Liu Yu for safekeeping, and then he rode a person with a high pillow lying in the carriage like Jia She did before. take a nap.

"Bah, there's no one who curses himself." After Jia She finished speaking, he lay back down again.

If Situ Chen got hit by a Gu, he didn't have any antidote to help Situ Chen get rid of the Gu.Forcibly take Situ Chen back, in case Situ Chen suddenly suffers from a poisoning attack, tell him what to do if he is on the way.If he left Situ Chen alone, he would definitely be hacked to pieces by His Majesty the Emperor when he returned.

I heard that Gu is put in wine, so it is still possible not to drink without drinking.Alcohol unless absolutely necessary.

For example, if Jia Amnesty didn't drink the ox horn wine handed over by the head of the village, he wouldn't be able to enter the village.

After Situ Chen drank it all in one gulp, Jia Amnesty followed suit with the horns in both hands.

Taking some soldiers with them, Situ Chen and Jia Amnesty also accepted the kind invitation of the head of the village to sit in the village.

It was heard that distinguished guests came to the village, and they were still two high-ranking officials. Almost the entire village surrounded the road leading to the patriarch's house.

The patriarch of the village introduced the situation in the village to Situ Chen and Jia She. Gradually, Situ Chen and Jia She began to relax their nerves and listened carefully to how the village made wine and how to sell money.

Hearing the sound of forging silver, Jia Amnesty suggested going over to have a look.

"The patriarch is here, you need about ten days to finish those jewelry. Isn't that girl Qiao'er throwing the hydrangea half a month later? It's still too late." After glancing at the patriarch, the silversmith continued to beat the silver bars with his head down.

The patriarch bowed his hands in embarrassment, and introduced to Situ Chen and Jia Shen that this silversmith was Hua Qing, his nephew from afar, and his craftsmanship was well-known in all villages.In a few days, his daughter will throw a hydrangea ball to choose a husband, and there is still part of the dowry left unfinished.

The daughter is going to get married soon, but the dowry has not been finished yet. There are usually two situations.

One is that the daughter is not taken seriously at all, and the dowry can be dealt with casually and it will be over.The other is that they attach great importance to their daughters, wishing to bring everything they can to their daughters to their in-laws, lest the in-laws despise their daughters.

The patriarch's daughter obviously belongs to the latter, and the favored one.

"I only have this girl in my life, how can I not spoil her? I'm so spoiled that I want to go to heaven, oh..."

Although the tone of the patriarch's words was a bit worried, there was no such meaning in his demeanor.It is full of the feeling of "My girl, although I am worried, but I just spoil her like this, and I am happy".

Seeing that the patriarch was in good spirits, Jia Amnesty asked the patriarch's age curiously.

"Your age this year?"

"The little one is 58 this year, and the little girl is [-] this year..."

I only had a daughter at the age of 42, no wonder it hurts like an eyeball.If it were him, if he could still have a daughter like Yingchun in this life, he would definitely want the stars not to give the moon pain.

Jia She glanced at Situ Chen and saw that Situ Chen was staring at an iron plate full of holes. He picked up the iron plate and looked at it and said, "The holes on this board are of different thicknesses. They should be used for wire drawing. of."

The thinnest one is about the size of a human hair. This technique is truly ingenious.

"Do you have ready-made silverware for sale here?" Jia Amnesty said as he put the iron plate back.

Hua Qing didn't react at first, but seeing that the patriarch was very respectful to these two people, remembering that someone said that the governor and the governor had to pass by the village when building roads, she immediately figured out the identities of Jia She and Situ Chen .

It is such a great honor for the governor and the governor to find his silverware.

"Yes, yes, please in your room, please in your room..."

It should be said that there are not many silverware in the homes of ordinary people, but silverware in the home of silversmiths has silver bowls, chopsticks, silver pots and cups, and all kinds of silverware.Apart from the most common silver bracelets, what Jia Amnesty saw the most were silver combs.

Seeing that Jia She seemed very interested in silver combs, the patriarch immediately introduced to Jia She the benefits of using a silver comb to comb his hair frequently.In addition to dredging the meridians and relieving the headache, the patriarch also took the smooth handle of the silver comb and scraped his cheeks twice.

"Using a silver comb to shave my face like this every day can reduce wrinkles. I also soak the silver comb in hot water to wash my hair, and then use the silver comb to comb my hair after washing. It seems that the small one is already 58, and there is no white hair at all."

The patriarch said and took off his headdress to reveal a head of black hair to prove what he said was true.

Jia Amnesty felt that it was a pity that the patriarch was so eloquent that he did not go into business.Since this silver comb is so good, if you don't buy two, I'm sorry that the patriarch introduced the spittle stars that have been sprayed for so long.

"It's an honor for the governor to be chosen by him. How can he take money from the governor? You and the officers and soldiers can help the people build roads. In the future, all the money we earn will be equivalent to your giving. Now we can't take the money. ..."

They are also the leaders of the same village, why is there such a big gap?Seeing that the patriarch is so knowledgeable about current affairs, Situ Chen's favorability for him has increased a lot.

Because silverware can be tested for drugs, Situchen brought a lot of silverware, but Situchen did not have a silver comb.Thinking of Jia Amnesty saying that his hair was greasy, Situ Chen immediately handed out 100 taels of silver notes to the patriarch.

Even as a dowry for his daughter.

100 taels of silver was an incomparably huge number for the common people, so the patriarch accepted Situ Chen's silver bill with half push and half push.When leaving the silversmith's shop, Jia Amnesty also left the silver ingots rejected by the previous village head to Hua Qing.

The old man has a good way of making money, and never takes advantage of what he shouldn't.

After staying at the silversmith's for a long time, he prepared to eat at the patriarch's house.After sitting down, Situ Chen asked if the patriarch's daughter didn't come, but the patriarch didn't take this matter to heart at all, as if it was strange that the only daughter came back for dinner on time.

"She must have gone to the mountains to collect herbs, and she won't come back until she's hungry."

Those who are fathers are not in a hurry, what are they outsiders worrying about.After eating for a while, Jia She and the patriarch talked about letting the villagers build roads with the officers and soldiers.

Villagers participate in road construction, and in the future, they can cherish the difficult road even more. At the same time, it can speed up the speed of road construction and complete it as soon as possible.

Now is the time when we are not busy, the patriarch immediately agreed to Jia She's proposal, and first discussed a feasible plan.

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But it's still important to eat first.

Miao people have the habit of smoking bacon.In addition to pork, both pig heads and pig feet can be smeared with salt and spices and marinated in a large vat for a few days, then hung high on the stove and smoked slowly with fireworks.A pig killed at the end of the year can be eaten for a year.

The bacon has been smoked for a year and a half, and it has become a black lump.When eating, scrape off the outer layer, leaving half lean and half fat bacon.Cut into thin slices, it looks crystal clear.

"After the road is repaired, in addition to selling silverware, I think this bacon is also unique, and it should be very popular in restaurants."

What will happen in the future, no matter how beautiful the fantasy is, it is not as good as focusing on the present, and repairing the road as soon as possible is the business.Just as they were about to start discussing and arranging for the villagers to help build the road, a young man came in and whispered something to the patriarch.Then the patriarch said that what the young man told him just now was that Hua Lang on the east side of the village planned to have a banquet for the governor and the governor in the evening.

The hospitality of the Hmong people is not something that can be said without proof.No matter which family in the village has guests, and no matter how many guests come, every household in the village will take turns to invite them to their homes and entertain them warmly.And the guests who are invited cannot refuse with excuses, otherwise they will be considered as contemptuous.

Hua Lang is the richest person in the village. He plans to entertain Situ Chen and Jia She at night, and at the same time let other people in the village bring out their own good things to entertain the officers and soldiers stationed at the gate of the village.

Enthusiasm is hard to refuse, and after Situ Chen agreed, he asked Liu Yu and a few soldiers to talk to the soldiers outside the stockade and make some preparations.

There was an episode, and soon the topic turned back to road construction.What the patriarch meant was to divide the young and strong labor force in the stockade into three groups, and one group worked like this for a day to cooperate with the officers and soldiers.

After all, they are not as well-trained as officers and soldiers. If they continue to do it, they may not be able to bear it, and the work at home will be wasted.

"What the patriarch said is very reasonable, let's do what the patriarch said..."

After the decision was made, the patriarch asked his family members to inform everyone that they would gather for a meeting in the open space of the stockade.

The patriarch's proposal was quite reasonable, so after the unanimous vote passed, the patriarch went to Hualang's house to report to Situ Chen and Jia Shen about their situation here.

There was no change from the result of the previous discussion. The patriarch asked Hua Lang to entertain the two adults and then returned home.

Hualang's family is indeed richer, as can be seen from his 15-year-old daughter's silver jewelry.Hua Lang is in poor health, and like the patriarch, he has only one daughter.However, Hua Lang's daughter, Hua Xiu, is not engaged yet. What Hua Lang means is that she wants to recruit a son-in-law who will marry her.

At the mention of engagement, Hwarang's daughter blushed and ran away quickly.

For some reason, Jia She always felt that Hualang's daughter left not because of shyness, but as if she was very dissatisfied with the candidate proposed by her father.

Jia She didn't find it strange that the little girl was spoiled and spoiled.

Exploded mountain quarrying is used as the bottom roadbed, and a layer of mellow soil that has been fried with fire is laid on it, and then the mellow soil is smashed with rammed stones, which will greatly reduce the impact of insects or weeds on the road. Destruction extends the life of the road.After the foundation is laid, a layer of hard floor bricks fired with red clay is laid on it.

Even if you are pulling a cart full of gold, silver and jewels, this road is completely sufficient.There are ditches built for drainage on both sides of the road. Even if it is pouring rain, there is no need to worry too much about the road being soaked.

The repaired road surface is smooth and clean. After seeing it, the villagers said that after repairing all the roads they were responsible for, they should also repair the roads in the village according to the method of road repairing by officers and soldiers.

Because of the help of the young and strong labor force in the village, the speed of road construction has been greatly improved.The road was originally planned to be repaired in 20 days, but it took only [-] days to repair it.

Standing on the repaired road, the patriarch hesitated to speak, and after thinking for a long time, he still spoke his mind.His daughter is going to get married in three days, and I hope the two adults can stay for another three days for a wedding...

If you respect me one foot, I will pay you back one foot.Because the patriarch has always been very cooperative with the road construction, Situ Chen and Jia She didn't mind staying for three more days to satisfy the patriarch's request.

After all, even if these three days were added, it would be five days earlier than the original plan.

"Okay, Enhou and I will stay for three more days to watch Ling'ai and my wife get married." Situ Chen and Jia She stayed here for three more days, and the soldiers in hand couldn't waste these three days with them .

So Situ Chen asked two-thirds of the soldiers to continue to the next village according to the plan on the map, and they rushed to that village three days later.

The patriarch's daughter said she was getting married, but in fact she recruited a son-in-law to join her family. In fact, the groom had already been settled.Throwing the hydrangea is just a formality to let the daughter have a fun time.

The people in the village also knew it well, and they waited for the bride to throw the hydrangea balls to start the banquet.

Huaqiao is dressed up, standing on the stage with a hydrangea in her hand.After a few glances in the crowd, she saw her future husband-in-law, and when she saw that it was almost time, she threw the hydrangea out.

The one who received the hydrangea was the groom, and he was hurriedly taken to change his clothes.

Because it is a door-to-door son-in-law, it is a little different from the traditional wedding.But at this time, it is enough to be festive and lively, and the process is all meaning.

Miao people don't have a saying that men and women sit at different seats at seven years old. After the banquet is lively, many people start to walk around and chat.

"Can you tell me what the capital looks like?"

Jia Amnesty turned his head and saw a little girl between him and Situ Chen, after a while he recognized that it was Hua Lang's daughter Hua Xiu.

Probably because her father said that they were officials from the capital, and they began to yearn for the capital.

Seeing that the little girl was about the same age as his niece, Situ Chen didn't have any malicious intentions, so he asked Hua Xiu to sit aside, and he and Jia She could talk about whatever came to mind.

"I...can I treat you to dinner tonight? I, the wine I brew is very delicious..."

Huaxiu blushed again, Situ Chen and Jia Amnesty looked at each other, and asked Jia Amnesty what he thought.

"I originally planned to leave in a while, but now the two of us can't refuse. But after we visit your house tonight, we have to leave no matter what."

Jia Amnesty guessed that Hualang saw that the road was about to be repaired, smelled the smell of silver, and wanted to sell the wine brewed at home.I was afraid that my request would be rejected, so I asked my daughter to come and explain.

To be the richest man in the village, his mind is more flexible than ordinary people.

In the evening, Jia Amnesty and Situ Chen went to the appointment on time.Hua Lang rested early because he was not feeling well, and only Hua Xiu entertained Situ Chen and Jia She.

"My lord, this is rose wine, this is plum wine..."

Hua Xiu was holding a jug and poured a cup for Liu Yu as well.

The wine cup is only slightly larger than the belly of a thumb, and the size is just a matter of taste.It doesn't matter if you drink two more cups, it won't affect your journey at all.

Jia Amnesty and Situ Chen didn't doubt that a 15-year-old girl could have any malicious thoughts, and drank the wine in the wine cup in one gulp.

"Well, the taste is really unique."

Since the two had never had such a drink, they really thought it was pretty good.After being praised, Huaxiu had to go personally to fetch two altars for Jia Amnesty and Situ Chen to drink on the way.

This time I went out and came back again, holding a hemp rope as thick as a thumb instead of a wine jar in my hand, and there were several strong servants behind me.

Only then did Jia Amnesty understand Hua Xiu's true intentions.All wine tasting is fake, the real intention is to keep him and Situ Chen here...

"I didn't expect you girl to look so cute and have such vicious thoughts! What kind of medicine did you put in the wine!"

Jia Amnesty already felt that his whole body was getting weak, and Liu Yu had already fallen to the ground.

"The tendons are loose... But this one is also hit by the Gu passed on to me by my mother. Don't worry, as long as you listen to me, it won't hurt your body."

Huaxiu is unwilling to stay in the mountains, and wants Situ Chen to take her to the capital to be a princess.

"Bah! You're dreaming!"

Situ Chen blushed and spat.Hua Xiu was not angry, and directly asked the servants to tie up Situ Chen and Jia She.

"I'll give you time to think about it for a stick of incense. If you don't have sex with me, you will become a fool after the incense burns out. Just shout when you think about it, and I'll be at the door."

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