The officers, who had already felt dizzy from hunger, howled a few times at the top of their lungs, then all collapsed to the ground, dizzy and dazed.
I'm so tired and hungry, I really can't take it anymore.
"what to do!!?"
The few people who were shouting until their mouths were dry looked at each other.
"Wait, if the Imperial Envoy sees that we haven't returned, he will definitely send someone to question us."
"That's all I can do..."
.......
"Oh!!"
Prefect Deng sneered, "That's all Qu Yutang is capable of."
"You really think highly of him."
As soon as he entered Qianhuang City, he hid in the post station and dared not show his head.
Now, officers have been sent out to secretly investigate the situation in Qianhuang City.
Did Qu Yutang really not know or was he pretending not to know?
When an imperial envoy enters a city, how can the prefect of that city not have someone keep an eye on him?!
Which prefecture chief didn't know about his little tricks?
Governor Deng frowned.
"wrong!!"
"What's wrong?!" Master Li looked at Magistrate Deng in confusion.
When the gatekeeper told him that the imperial envoy's men pretended to be ordinary people and made trouble at the prefectural yamen, he was completely devastated.
If you want to inspect the people's conditions, just inspect the people's conditions carefully. There is no problem in helping the people transport soil and do some work.
How did this guy end up causing a case by directing and acting himself?
What? We still need to see the case-handling ability of Governor Deng?
Governor Deng narrowed his eyes.
"Qu Yutang is not that stupid. He did it on purpose."
"Then what does he want to do by doing this!?" Master Li was confused and puzzled.
"That depends on when Qu Yutang comes to find me."
Magistrate Deng curled the corners of his lips.
He suspected that this was Qu Yutang's attempt to stimulate discussion.
He also caught the officers who went to the training ground to peek.
The group of officials who went to the palace were also arrested.
Those who caused trouble at the prefectural government office were also arrested.
The police officers who were sneaking around the city and inquiring about things were also regarded as spies by the people and sent to jail.
Now, the only people left by Qu Yutang's side were the ones working at the city gate...
Qu Yutang knew that these people would be caught if they came out in disguise to gather information, but he still sent them out.
Was it to test whether he dared to kill these officials, so as to determine whether he had the intention to rebel?
Governor Deng thought about it and stood up.
"Go find King Qianhuang."
......
"Your Highness, Qu Yutang is making so many small moves, he must be trying to take advantage of this situation."
After Magistrate Deng finished his report, he gave his own brief summary.
Chen Yong knocked lightly on the table, glanced at the drawings sent by the Ministry of Industry on the table, and his head pounded.
"Let him do what he wants. Let him toss around for a few days. I'll see him again when I'm free."
"Those officers who don't work will be locked up in the cells if they are caught, but those who work will be left alone."
"They only have one meal a day in the cell, and the coarse grains are enough to keep them alive. Let's kill their hostility."
If you dare to act like an official and yell at him when you get to his territory, that won't work.
"Yes." Magistrate Deng responded with a smile, his eyes fell on the drawing in front of Shen Yong, and he pursed his lips and said nothing.
The drawings have been revised several times, and the people in the Ministry of Industry have almost lost all the hair on their heads due to the revisions.
Unfortunately, no matter how many changes were made, none of them were to King Qianhuang's liking.
Shen Yong frowned and looked at the drawings on the table.
"The temperature in Qianhuang City is extremely low in the winter, so we must provide a kang for the newly built houses."
"It's not warm enough to sleep by relying solely on the heat from the brazier."
"Yes." Magistrate Deng nodded repeatedly, "We have already ordered people to begin construction according to the prince's instructions."
"It will be finished tomorrow morning. Your Highness, please come and check if there are any problems."
He had never heard of the term "kang", and no one in Qianhuang City understood it.
In winter, everyone relies on stoves and braziers to keep warm. Those with better conditions will also get a few hot water bottles to keep warm.
Wealthier families will also have maids to take care of the family.
He employed a foot warmer in his house.
The servant's hot body is much warmer than those little girls.
In the freezing cold weather, even with two servants stuffed into the quilt, I still felt hot sleeping inside.
The maid was not so lucky. In the middle of the night, her feet were colder than his.
Shen Yong nodded and said, "Let's try it out tomorrow morning."
He had never slept on a kang before. As he was from the south, he used to rely on shaking himself in the winter.
I've only heard that people in the north have kangs in winter, which are connected to a stove or furnace.
The firewood is burning, hot water can be boiled in the stove, and the kang will soon become warm.
So he asked the Ministry of Works to draw a blueprint based on his own imagination and started construction.
He had no idea what the specific results would be.
After leaving the prefectural office, Prefect Deng immediately went to see the kang that the workers had built.
He was also very curious about how warm the kang must be.
It is only the end of August now. By the time all the soldiers' houses with kangs are repaired, it will probably be around October or November.
It was just beginning to get cold at that time, so the kang came in handy.
........
At the city gate...
"My dear fellows, you are so awesome."
Tiedan squatted beside the ditch, looking at the tired policeman in the ditch with his eyes shining. His clothes were soaked.
"We've finished three carts so quickly. If we work hard to get two more, we can go back and eat big meat buns."
"You are the most capable officers I have ever met. You are so fast."
Tiedan glanced at the soil that was pressed down hard by him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
These three carts of mud were equivalent to the seven or eight carts of mud that he and his friends had pulled before.
I have to say that these people are quite capable.
"No...I can't do that anymore!" One of the thin officers, with pale lips, slumped on the ground.
"I'm almost fainting from hunger. I can't hold on any longer."
Another officer, who was a bit fatter, gasped for breath with his mouth wide open, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand.
"It's already noon, I can smell the aroma of rice."
The others sniffed and followed suit.
"It smells so good. Let's go eat first. What if it's gone later?"
"Yeah, what are we going to eat after we finish eating? I'm starving."
“Oh~~ I can’t take it anymore…”
“…”
The chief officer glanced at his slightly trembling hands, pursed his lips and swallowed hard.
Damn, this soil is extremely difficult to shovel.
Also, the cart was like an invincible hole, and no matter how much mud was thrown at it for a long time, there was no peak.
Now the mud on the three-wheeled cart looks flat and doesn't seem to be very full.
But it doesn’t matter. It’s good enough to be able to make a three-wheeled vehicle.
Seeing that these people wanted to quit, Tiedan immediately started to make big promises.
"Sir, you don't know, the later we go back, the more delicious food there will be left."
"Grandma Zhang knows you're digging in the dirt, so she'll definitely leave you some thick rice porridge."
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