Chai Lin and Chai Meng and others were quick to play. When they arrived at the place, they saw a large stone bridge, an arched bridge, a bluestone bridge body, a bluestone bridge deck, and stone lions were inlaid on both sides of the bridge railings. The style looked a bit like Zhaozhou Bridge. The main body had been completed, and fifty or sixty craftsmen were finishing it.

Chai Meng walked up and bowed to a worker who was working and said, "I'm sorry, ask this brother, we are here to find Tao Zongwang, can he be on this construction site?"

"Oh, you are here to find the potter, I'll take you there." The worker left his shovel and took the two of them to the bridge. A strong man was commanding the craftsman to work.

"Tao Tou, someone is looking for you." The craftsman went to work hard after he said that.

Tao Zongwang looked up and saw that the two of them came, but they didn't know each other, so he hurriedly asked, "Who are you two?"

Chai Lin said: "We are from Chaijiazhuang, I am Chai Lin, this is my brother Chai Meng."

As soon as I opened my mouth, I saw my hometown dialect, whether I was close to my hometown people, whether I was beautiful or not. I was more than 2,000 miles away from home, but I didn’t expect to meet a fellow villager from a neighboring village.

Tao Zongwang said excitedly: "It turns out that it is Chaijiazhuang, Chai Daguanren, and Mengzi brothers. When I returned home the next year before yesterday, I passed by Chaijiazhuang. There is no stool here, so let's go to the shed."

There is a large canvas shed at the bridgehead. The craftsmen are nearby and have to go back tonight. However, there are so many tools and materials on the construction site that need to be guarded, so there is a large canvas tent built, and there is a simple kitchen next to the tent. A stone carries a few large pots, which are used by workers for meals.

There are long tables inside and a few simple stools.

Tao Zongwang said: "The conditions here are simple, so please don't dislike me."

Chai Lin said: "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Zongwang is polite. Here is the letter your brother Tao Zongxing wrote to you, you can read the letter first."

Tao Zongwang read the letter twice and said, "The great official wanted to build a quarry and an iron mine, and needed a foreman, so my brother recommended me, and then the two of them ran more than two thousand miles to invite me?"

"Yes, that's it. I went to your brother to make red bricks. When I was worried about not having a good foreman, your brother said, "My younger brother is very proficient in building buildings. I originally planned to let the mail shop mail you a letter. But I thought it was not safe. The mail shop was too slow and sometimes it was easy to lose it, so I came here and hoped that you could go back and take the lead in helping with the construction. The wages were easy, how could you get one or two hundred taels of silver in a year?" Chai Lin said.

Tao Zongwang said: "I wanted to go back long ago. I have lived here enough. The wife and her family didn't take me seriously. They completely regarded me as a tool to make money."

Chai Meng said, "Just just now, a servant opened the door and interrogated me. He actually treated me as beggars and gave them two steamed buns."

Tao Zongwang said angrily: "Go back, I will beat him to death. This servant is as sarcastic as that woman."

Chai Lin said: "Brother Zong Wang calm down, we won't be as familiar with them. Come and see if the shovels and pickaxes made in my village are easy to use."

Chai Meng took off an engineer shovel from his back and handed it to Tao Zongwang.

Tao Zongwang knocked, tried it, and said in surprise: "Good steel, the owner of the Chai Manor really made a fortune. If he used such good steel to make tools, wouldn't it be more profitable if he made a steel knife?"

Chai Lin said: "This is my own use in my house and it is not sold to the public. If you want to do a good job, you must have good tools. It's not enough to let this shovel, but this pickaxe is really good. It's digging hard, rotten, and sesame bones and stones, and it's invincible."

Tao Zongwang took it out, found a skeleton stone, waved a pickaxe and dug it up, it was as powerful as cutting tofu with a knife.

"I have never seen this pickaxe. The first time I saw it, it is really easy to use. It is invincible to open mountains and crack stones," said Tao Zongwang.

Chai Meng praised: "This is designed by the owner of Chai and is very useful. In autumn, thousands of workers use this kind of pickaxe to work quickly on the road, which is far better than ordinary hoes."

Tao Zongwang praised: "The Master Chai Zhuang is amazing. The tool he designed can be used at both ends, and it is heavy, which is really convenient."

Tao Zongwang asked again: "Master Chai, how much work is there in your village? You won't finish a single job, right?"

The most feared thing about working in construction is resting. If you only have half a year of work, it will be troublesome and you can’t make a living.

Chai Lin smiled and said, "Don't worry about not having a living, but worry about having too much work to be busy. In addition to the two mines, there are hundreds of houses to be built, and there are also papermaking workshops, pickle shops, wood shops, noodles mills and many other workshops waiting to be built. This year, Chen Erdan, in my village, presided over the construction of three stone bridges, which was very good, but he couldn't be busy alone."

Tao Zongwang said: "I shouldn't have asked for any conditions when I came from Daguan Chai, but I had no choice but to say two conditions. If the Daguan agrees, I will return to Cangzhou immediately as soon as the bridge is completed."

Chai Lin said: "Brother Zongwang has any conditions. I will definitely agree as long as I can do it."

Tao Zongwang said: "I have been in Guangzhou for so many years, and I have three loyal friends, one named Ou Peng and the other named Ma Lin. These two are very powerful, and they can't even say that they use knives to make guns when repairing houses and building bridges. The other is Jiang Jing, the master of the accountant."

Chai Lin was overjoyed when he heard this. Ou Peng and Ma Lin were also considered talented. It would be fine to be a deputy general. As for Jiang Jing, he would be better settled. Chaijiazhuang lacked a accountant.

"No problem, no problem, welcome to you, you can arrange work," said Chai Lin.

Tao Zongwang went out to call for someone, but soon Ou Peng and Ma Lin came. Both of them worked with Tao Zongwang, and Jiang Jing was the accountant of the contract team.

Tao Zongwang introduced: "Three brothers, let me introduce to you an amazing big man from my hometown Cangzhou, the owner of Chaijiazhuang, Chai Lin, and a big man all over the world."

Ou Peng and Ma Lin said in surprise: "But the official Chai Lin and Chai who slid the shovel and beat the tiger and eliminated the damage on the cross slope?"

It turned out that Chai Lin saved the monk Ming Guang, and he traveled around the world and made Chai Lin famous.

"Who else is there except him? Our two villages are less than twenty miles apart. They are the most righteous and love to make friends with heroes in the world." Tao Zongwang said.

Chai Lin greeted the three brothers one by one and greeted him.

Tao Zongwang introduced one by one, one was Ou Peng, who was about 1.8 meters tall, with sword-browed eyebrows and eyes. He was strong and muscular. He looked like a trainer at first glance. The other was Ma Lin, who was slightly shorter, about 1.75 meters short, and was wearing very clean on the construction site. He held a shovel in his hand and an iron flute on his back. This was a musician who was delayed by life. Jiang Jing, who looked weak next to him, was about 1.7 meters tall and thin.

Tao Zongwang said: "Three brothers, we are tired of doing it here, and we are rushing to change places. I made the decision to agree to the owner of Chai Zhuang to return to Cangzhou. You can be willing to follow."

Ou Peng said: "Look at what you said, what kind of relationship are our brothers? Don't say that we are going back to your hometown, we will follow us even if we are in the sea of ​​swords and fire."

"No problem, I have heard of the name of Master Chai, and there are many rumors in the world." Ma Lin said.

Jiang Jing thought a lot and said, "What did I do when I went over? You also know that I have no martial arts and no strength, and I can only calculate and keep accounts."

Chai Lin said: "Brother Jiang Jing, don't worry. You will still be in the accounting department when you go. A new iron ore and a quarry have been opened in my village. Thousands of workers have to start wages, buy materials, and all kinds of expenses. I need an accounting department."

Jiang Jing said happily: "Brother, don't worry, I dare not say anything else. I am a good at accounting, and I never bring any wrong accounts."

Chai Lin looked up at the sun, and thought it was around 10 o'clock in the morning.

"The four brothers Zong Wang, Ou Peng, Ma Lin and Jiang Jing are far away and don't bring any gifts. So Mengzi and I will buy some food. How about coming back to treat you to dinner later?" Chai Lin said.

Tao Zongwang said: "Okay, thank you brother. I only gave half of the wages to repair this bridge, and I don't know when the final payment will be settled."
Chapter completed!