Chapter 336 Finalizing the Dayuling Route

"Iron, Iron Ox?" Old Mrs. Su looked at the ragged and skinny disaster victim in front of her and did not dare to recognize him.

"Aunt!" Tie Niu excitedly pulled the old lady's hand, "I didn't expect to see you here again!"

"Tie Niu, it's really you!" The old lady touched Tie Niu's face. "Poor thing, how did you end up in such a mess?"

Tie Niu is about the same age as Sanlang. In the past, when he went back to his mother's house to visit his parents, Tie Niu would always run around with a snotty nose, chasing after his three children.

"Hebei and Henan provinces both suffered from frost disasters and lost their land, so we came to Lingnan to reclaim wasteland!" Qin Tieniu explained his purpose.

When Su Ying left, she took them with her and bought some food, clothes and daily necessities and brought them back to Huanggou Village.

"Alas, I didn't expect Qin Fangcheng to end up like this. Spoiling a child is like killing him! I advised him not to spoil the child too much, but he didn't listen. Now..."

After listening to Qin Tieniu's story about the misfortunes in Qin Jiuniang's family, the old lady sighed.

Qin Jiuniang has messed up the Su family over the past year. Qin Fangcheng has been smart all his life, but his children are as stupid as donkeys and have not learned any smartness at all.

"Grandma, Shi Yan and Chen Yan have resigned from their jobs in Tong County and returned to their hometown in Xingyang to visit their grandfather Qin." Su Ying said.

"Gone?" Old Mrs. Su was very surprised, but after thinking about it, it made sense.

There are only two helpless old people left, so it is understandable that they go looking for something.

"I sent letters to my hometown in Xingyang, my second uncle, and my father-in-law. Grandfather Qin took me in and temporarily settled me in the old house in Chang'an." Su Ying said halfway.

The old lady looked at Su Ying, "That's good! I hope they can return to Chang'an safely, alas!"

I just hope these two grandsons won’t be reckless or impulsive.

At Su's house, Qin Tieniu and several of his fellow villagers were treated to a hearty meal, and then settled into the shacks where the Zhou and Song families had previously lived.

They sent a lot of food, clothes, farm tools, etc., and also borrowed oxen.

Take advantage of this time to reclaim the wasteland, and after the beans are harvested, it will be time to plant winter wheat.

Qin Tieniu only thought that the Su family was doing well in Lingnan, but now he learned that the Su family was not only pardoned but also promoted.

Even the girl in front of him was a ninth-rank manager of Lingnan Brocade Works. He felt it was a fairy tale that a woman could actually be an official, and an official in a foreign post at that!

She is as close as possible to the Su family. She has met the three brothers of the Su family, but no one of Su Ying's generation has ever met them.

It turns out that Su Ying is the eldest daughter of Dalang of the Su family! Look at her, her father is an official, and her daughter is also an official!

This is good, at least in this area, there are people to protect them and they don’t have to worry about being bullied.

"Sir! Your letter!" Su Laoer returned to the post station and the postman handed him a letter.

Su Laoer recognized the handwriting; it was from his niece Su Ying. Thinking it was about Dayuling, he quickly opened the letter.

He read ten lines at a glance, but he didn't expect that something had happened to the Yue family.

"Oh!" Su Laoer could only sigh helplessly after seeing this.

My father-in-law was smart all his life, but he didn't know how to raise children. He ruined the two children he raised with great difficulty.

After seeing his two sons quit their jobs and return to their hometown in Xingyang to look for someone, Su Laoer felt relieved, thinking that his sons had grown up and become sensible.

But when he saw Su Ying worried that the two brothers would go to Henan Prefecture to cause trouble, his heart skipped a beat.

He hurriedly asked the postman, "When did the letter arrive?"

"It arrived at noon the day before yesterday," the postman replied, "the day you went into the mountains."

"Has anyone come to look for me these two days?" Su Laoer asked again.

"Yes, yesterday two gentlemen came to ask if you were there. I went into the mountains to investigate, and the two gentlemen left."

The postman was secretly surprised and asked, "How did the lord know that someone was looking for him?"

"Oh!" Su Laoer sighed after hearing this.

Su Ying asked him to persuade the two brothers not to be impulsive.

Unfortunately, due to some coincidence, we missed each other and were unable to meet. After crossing Dayuling Mountain, we reached the Ganjiang River.

When we reached the ferry, there was no boat and we couldn't catch up.

I can only pray to God that these two brothers are rational and not impulsive, otherwise, they will be in trouble again!

The governor of Henan Province is a third-rank official, and the Su family cannot afford to offend him!

He wrote a letter to his brother in Chang'an that night to let him be mentally prepared.

I just regret that I have no background and don’t even have a useful person to send. I can only watch the situation develop.

The Ministry of Works has responded to Dayuling’s report and has approved it.

At the same time, an official document was also issued to Feng Xu, the envoy of Lingnan, urging him to do his utmost to cooperate with Su Buqing, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Works, in the construction of Dayuling.

When Feng Xu received the official document, he thought he was dazzled.

Not only was the reply so quick, but who was Su Buqing, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Works? I remember his name was Su Bucheng in the last report. Where did this Su Buqing come from?

The imperial court actually went crazy and built Dayuling Mountain!

Feng Xu deeply doubted whether he had been away from Chang'an for too long. Chang'an had switched to a new mode and became so unfamiliar!

After some wild thoughts, he quickly sent an official document to the local prefecture, requesting the government to assign personnel to follow the orders of Su Yuanwailang, and the civilians in the villages around Dayuling could be recruited at any time.

As for what happens down there, he can't control it, nor is he too lazy to care.

It was late at night, and the lights in Su Laoer's room were on as he summarized the investigation data and information.

Dayuling Mountain is 2,238 feet high (746 meters above sea level), and the two water transport terminals of Ganjiang River and Pearl River are 80 miles apart.

What he needs to do now is to dig through Dayuling Mountain and connect the two ends.

After running for more than a month, they mapped out the water transport points of the North and South Ridges of Dayuling Mountain and several rivers.

The current post road is in Beiling, where the mountains are high, the slopes are steep, and there are rugged rocks. Construction is difficult and time-consuming.

Su Laoer listened to Su Ying's suggestion and focused on the Nanling side, where the slope was gentle, there were relatively few rocks, and more soil, making construction much easier.

He took a charcoal pen and connected the lines one by one on the sketch, then made revisions.

After waiting until dawn, we finally decided on the Dayuling route.

When the postman brought in hot water, he discovered that the official had not slept at all and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Inform all the adults that we will come to the council after breakfast!" Su Laoer covered his face with a hot handkerchief to dispel the fatigue of the night.

"Yes, sir!" The postman notified the officials who participated in the construction of Dayuling Mountain one by one.

The officials thought that they were just pretending and going through the motions, but they didn't realize that they were being treated like beasts of burden by Su Laoer every day.

They either went into the mountains to survey, or went to the rivers to transport grain, or went to the villages to mobilize people. No one could be lazy.

My waist and legs ached, and I was told about the parliament early in the morning. I pounded the bed in anger and took a long time to get up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after more than a month of unremitting efforts, all the data was compiled last night, and I drew a route last night. Let's all review it together!"

Su Laoer unfolded the sketch.

Everyone yawned, glanced at the drawings indifferently, and suddenly froze.

"Sir Su, where is this line located? Why does it look so unfamiliar?" someone asked.

The road on the map is not the familiar Beiling Trail, but a completely unfamiliar new road. I don’t remember this road.

"Nanling!" Su Laoer replied.

"Nanling? There's no road in Nanling!" Everyone was puzzled. Wasn't the road widened? How could there be a road in Nanling?

"I decided to build a new road in Nanling!" Su Laoer said solemnly.