The construction project of the rain praying altar was much larger than Chen Sheng expected.

The main reason is that his concept of the data of twenty-four feet in area and three feet in height is too vague!

It wasn't until the foreman hired by Chen Shou directed his uncles at home to take ropes one foot long and start laying out the ropes around a wasteland bag in the center of the farm... that he suddenly realized what the hell.

One foot is more than three meters long!

The length and width are twenty-four feet each, which is a square with a length and width of about eighty meters!

That is 640 square meters, as big as one and a half basketball courts!

In addition, it is three feet tall, which means it is more than ten meters tall.

Although the second floor occupies only half of the first floor, the third floor only takes up half of the second floor.

But that’s also ten meters high!

Not to mention the need to dig and compact the soil!

With this amount of work, even if we get twenty or thirty excavators, it will probably take several days to complete!

What’s more, manpower?

Even if the guys from the Chen Family, a trader, have at least three or four levels of bone forging, and are strong laborers who can carry three to four hundred kilograms of weight and still walk like flying, it is definitely not something they can do in one night!

When "Sheng·Liberal Arts student·Mathematics was taught by a physical education teacher·Chen" realized how big a project this was, he was completely stunned... He even began to doubt that such a big project was done just for these 100 acres of land.

, is it worth it?

On the contrary, the guys from the Hongshang Chen family were not at all intimidated by the huge amount of work.

They were holding shovels, hoes and other tools, and gathered in small groups, laughing and joking like "I have been exposed to wind and sand all my life, and this is the first time I have to deal with fields."

Of course they are not blind. Of course they can also see things that Chen Sheng can see.

It's just that compared to putting your head in your waistband to sell goods, apart from being a bit tiring, this job is really not that difficult.

And they understand one thing better: the Chen family and his son are doing all these things just to get them a bite to eat!

They saw these things in their eyes and remembered them in their hearts.

As a family, they will not be pretentious with the Chen family and his son.

When their efforts are needed, they won’t even say no!

…

Chen Sheng is not sure whether he can do this job... If it takes a month or two to do it, then there is no need!

But soon, he heard that Chen Shou had invited the foreman to say that the specifications of this waste earth bag were not far different from those of the earth platform. It could be transformed into the specifications of the earth platform with some repairs. With their family's labor, it could be completed in two or three days.

hour.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief...Thank you to Brother Huang Tubao for your selfless contribution. When everything is done, I will set up a tablet to honor you as the God of the Earth.

That night.

The 100th clerk of the Chen family, a businessman, lit a bonfire and worked overtime to repair the earthbags.

They first dug up the steep wasteland bag from above, which was fifteen or six meters high but only about forty meters long and wide, and pushed the excess soil down.

When you dig to a height of about ten meters, you get off the earth bag and spread the soil bit by bit into the entire soil platform space where the line is placed...

Chen Sheng did not go home, so he built a shack randomly next to the construction site and made formation flags on the spot using various kinds of cloth brought with him.

There are twenty-eight star formation flags and sixty-four hexagram flags, each with slight differences. No one else can help, so he has to make it himself... Quan should accompany these uncles who stay up all night.

.

I was just a little worried that Qing Niang would be worried about him if he didn't go home tonight.

In the past, she wouldn't go to bed unless he went to bed at home.

It was only at this moment that he suddenly realized that unknowingly, it was no longer just Qing Niang who couldn't let go of him, he couldn't let Qing Niang go either.

…

midnight.

A violent sound of horse hooves quickly came from far to near.

Chen Sheng, who was dozing in the shack, was awakened by it. He crawled out of the shack on his hands and knees and looked in the direction where the sound of horse hooves came from. He saw a horse coming through the night, it was Chen Dao!

"Second Master, eldest son?"

He rushed into the construction site, reined in his horse and shouted.

When Chen Sheng saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "Uncle Dao, what happened?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Shou, shirtless and covered in dirt, jumped out of nowhere, grabbed the reins of Chen Dao's mount, and asked urgently: "Dao, are those bandits here?"

Chen Dao jumped off the horse and said quickly but without panic: "Here we go, running to Changjiazhuang!"

Chen Shou: "Changjiazhuang?"

Chen Sheng: "How many people are here?"

The father and son spoke at the same time, but the content was completely different.

Chen Dao: "There are about two to three hundred people and more than thirty riders!"

Chen Sheng lost his voice and said: "These people still have war horses?"

Chen Dao shook his head and said: "They are just rogue horses pulling carts, not war horses."

'A horse is also a horse. There is a big difference whether there is a horse or not!'

Chen Sheng thought to himself, feeling troubled.

Chen Shou also felt that this matter was difficult to handle. After scratching his scalp irritably, he turned his attention to Chen Sheng: "Bad boy, what do you think we should do?"

Chen Shenghaoxuan didn't give him a roll of his eyes. He thought to himself that you are really a father. You are a great man when nothing happens, but a weakling when something happens: "Dad, how many people are there in Changjiazhuang? Are there any village heroes?"

"No!"

Chen Shou replied without thinking: "Changjiazhuang is only a stone's throw away from the county seat. In the past, there were no worries about bandits and bandits plundering us, so we did not form village heroes."

Just as Chen Sheng was about to speak, a voice interrupted: "Although Changjiazhuang has no village brave, but with Changwei and Chang Junhou there, the village will not be easily destroyed by rogue bandits!"

It's Chen Hu.

Chen Sheng asked hurriedly: "Second uncle, who is Chang Wei?"

Chen Shou said: "How could I have forgotten that guy... That guy used to be a soldier in the Yangzhou Bolang Army. Seven years ago, he accompanied the army to invade the land of Baiyue. He accumulated five hundred merits and became a fake military prince.

, but it’s a pity that he was a bad-tempered and tough man, so he was unable to achieve the position of military prince, so he had to be wounded and take off his armor. After that, he led troops in the county, but in the end he returned to the field in anger because of a quarrel with the superior!"

He paused and concluded: "All in all, he is a man with real abilities, but a very bad temper and a lack of social skills!"

"Um?"

Chen Sheng gave Chen Shou a strange look.

Chen Hu understood and said with a smile: "Your father also had the idea of ​​getting that guy to join the caravan back then, but he visited him three times, but he still didn't get a good look from him."

Chen Sheng said "Oh" in a long tone and asked again: "Second uncle, how many people are there in Changjiazhuang?"

Chen Hu looked at Chen Shou and saw that his face was slumped and silent, so he said: "Changjiazhuang is a big village. In terms of people and power, it is only lower than Wangjiazhuang... there are at least four to five hundred households!"

Chen Sheng: "Huh?"

Chen Hu explained: "Dalang, the outside of the city is not as good as the inside of the county. Our farm with twenty or thirty households is a serious farm. If Wangjiazhuang and Changjiazhuang were not close to the county seat, it would be difficult for them to have four to five hundred households.

Man."

Chen Sheng immediately realized that farmers in this era are still tied to the cultivated land, and the cultivated land in a region is limited, so the number of farmers that the farmland can support is naturally limited. What do they live on when they get together?

You can't walk hundreds of miles every day to plow the fields, right?

But four to five hundred households... is enough!

"Dad, please tell the uncles to put down their work and drink water and rest on the spot!"

Chen Sheng said quickly: "Uncle Dao, you go to Changzhuang and keep an eye on it. When the gang of bandits are about to attack Changjiazhuang, you come back immediately and inform us... Tell all uncles, don't think of saving yourself.

The situation is not right, retreat immediately!"

Chen Dao smiled: "The eldest son is overly worried. The hundreds of thousands of dog soldiers in northern Xinjiang have never left us and fifteen brothers behind. These rogue bandits are nothing!"

When Chen Sheng heard this, he quickly grabbed his arm, shook his head seriously and said: "Uncle Dao, it's not that my nephew doesn't believe in your abilities, but that the jade objects don't touch the earthen pots. You have just arrived home, and you haven't even been there for a few days."

It’s a comfortable day, not to mention breaking anyone’s skin, even if it’s a little oily skin, it’s not worth it!”

Infected by his solemnity, Chen Dao slowly suppressed the smile on his face, nodded solemnly and said: "Don't worry, Da Lang, I will wait for fifteen people to go, and fifteen people will definitely return!"

Only then did Chen Sheng let go of his wrist with satisfaction. He really believed in Chen Dao's ability and he was also really afraid that they would be careless because of their excellent ability.

"Then we will wait for your summons here!"

Chen Dao nodded, and after saying hello to Chen Shou and Chen Hu, he quickly got on his horse, turned the horse's head and rushed into the night.

After he left, Chen Shoucai said: "Die Duzi, what on earth do you think?"

Chen Sheng said: "The lips are dead... Oh, you haven't heard of this truth. To put it simply, our village and Changjiazhuang live next to each other. If even Changjiazhuang was poisoned by those gangsters, our village

Can I still get it?"

"Don't stop pointing to our signboard to scare away these gangsters. If they are really afraid of us, then before they attack Changjiazhuang, they should at least give us a message to avoid unnecessary trouble.

misunderstanding!"

"Have you received a message from that group of bandits?"

"In this case, instead of waiting for them to overthrow the Changjiazhuang and then come to attack our family, it is better to take advantage of the time when they are inextricably linked to the Changjiazhuang to give them a cold blow. Even if they cannot kill them, they must still

Make them afraid, so that when they hear the name of our merchant Chen family in the future, they will go around and not dare to take any chances with our family!"

Chen Shou and Chen Hu looked at each other, then shook their heads and said, "I understand the truth, but you are still a little immature. These gangsters are all shameless and lifeless masters. You point at a

Killing them with a knife will make them timid, I'm afraid it won't be that easy!"

Chen Sheng said without hesitation: "That's easier, kill them all, and there won't be any future troubles!"

The Taiping Road branch incident in Chen County made him realize a very profound truth: if a conflict arises and is not resolved, it will remain a conflict!

Now there is a conflict between their family and that group of bandits that cannot be resolved peacefully. Even if they avoid it this time, it will be difficult to avoid it next time. Even if they avoid it next time, they will not be able to avoid it the next time...

...unless their family dismisses all the tenants on the farm and allows all the crops in the more than 100 acres to wither and yield no harvest!

It's so late, he's not sleeping with his wife at home, why is he dragging so many uncles to work hard in the wilderness?

Is it to make all the crops in this hundred acres of land wither so as not to attract the attention of those hungry mad dogs?

Since we can't avoid it and we can't let our own interests be damaged, we can only say sorry to those crazy dogs.

After Chen Shou and Chen Hu looked at each other again, Chen Shou spoke: "Second brother, could you please go home and fetch all the brothers' things? You can't go to war with people with iron balls and hoes."

When Chen Hu heard this, he instinctively looked at Chen Sheng. Chen Sheng understood, shook his head and said: "You can't bring Uncle Thirteen and the others into this matter... But if you are along the way, please take my nephew's sword, but don't disturb Qing Qing.

Mother, if she knew that you were going to get the sword, she would have guessed that something happened here, and she wouldn’t have to worry to death if she was alone at home!"

Chen Hu: Protruding!

You two are really brothers and sisters!

…

Chen Hu cursed and went looking for a horse.

After he left, Chen Shoucai whispered dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean, little kid? Is it possible that in your heart, uncles like you are not as important as those gangs of roosters and dog thieves under Old Thirteen?"

Chen Sheng glanced at him helplessly and sighed: "Dad, although your brain is indeed not very good, you can't really pretend it doesn't exist!"

Chen Shou was stunned for a moment, then he raised his hand as big as a cattail leaf fan and threw it at Chen Sheng's forehead: "You traitor, how dare you go around the corner and scold your father?"

Chen Sheng was on guard and took a step back to avoid his big slap: "That's right. Think about it for yourself. What did you say? Did it go over your head?"

Chen Shou was stunned again, scratched his head and said, "Then why do you think so?"

Chen Sheng pointed to the stars in the sky tiredly: "Where do you think Uncle Thirteen can go to call for help at this time?"

Chen Shou thought about it and smiled awkwardly: "That's right... Hahaha, aren't I afraid that you, a weakling, can't tell the difference between what is light and what is serious?"

Chen Sheng: "Haha..."

In fact, wrong timing is only one factor.

Another factor is that the Tiger Hall is in a critical period of forming internal centripetal force. It cannot be dragged into a tough battle that has nothing to do with the interests of the Tiger Hall, otherwise it will fall apart!

Not only will it not have any positive effect by then, it may also have a negative impact on their fight against that group of bandits.

The subsequent negative impacts will be overwhelming!

Therefore, inviting the Tiger Hall to participate in this battle is purely harmful and has no benefit!

But what Chen Shou said is indeed a problem.

The purpose of protecting the farm is to obtain food.

Procuring food is to protect people's lives.

In order to protect the farm, he lost his life.

A bit suspicious of putting the cart before the horse...

Thinking of this, Chen Sheng quickly followed Chen Shou and asked in a low voice: "Dad, how did you deal with the unruly bandits in the past when you were selling goods? Is there anyone who can do both?

How to kill all the bandits without hurting anyone?"

Chen Shou said without thinking: "It must be possible, but it's not suitable for now."

Chen Sheng: "Why is it useless?"

Chen Shou glanced at him: "Then tell me, how can we quietly get around these bandits at the stall where they are robbing their homes and kill them one by one?"

Chen Sheng: A special tactic? That is indeed a bit unsuitable.

Um?

etc!

Why doesn't it work?

Chen Sheng glanced around at his uncles who were covered in mud and staggering around.

These men don’t look like good people!

Chen Sheng's eyes lit up and he grabbed Chen Shou in front of him: "Dad, please take a few uncles to the village and ask the tenants to borrow clothes... No, we will buy them, thirty yuan for each piece of clothes, and wait until we finish the work

, return the clothes to them!”

Those thirty horses are not only worth this amount of money, right?

What, the horse belongs to that group of bandits?

Nonsense!
Chapter completed!