After leaving the well drilling site, Chen Guanyu said angrily to Su Hao.
Su Hao smiled and said: "It's okay, he is just too superstitious about the Mr. So-and-so he was talking about. This person has a straightforward personality and will say whatever he wants. I quite like this kind of person."
"This Huang Dianli went too far. Deng Kui made rude remarks to you, but he didn't care." Yamen Xu Zong commented.
Huang Ergou was a clerk in Kuaiban, and his relationship with the factory was not very good in the past. Xu Zong had no friendship with him. During this period, Su Hao showed outstanding talents in well exploration and was very kind to his subordinates. Xu Zong
Zong had already regarded Su Hao as one of his own.
Su Hao said: "I think Huang Dianli seems a little afraid of Deng Kui. Do you feel this way?"
"Yes, I feel the same way," said Chen Guanyu. He squinted his eyes as if he was recalling the image of Deng Kui. As he thought about it, he said: "This Deng Kui, when he first saw me, I felt a little...
A terrible feeling. I feel...this person must have seen blood."
"What, you said Deng Kui was a murderer?" Xu Zong asked in shock.
Chen Guanyu shook his head and said: "It's not a murderer, but... I think he looks like a member of the army."
Su Hao thought about it carefully, nodded and said: "Old Chen, after hearing what you said, I feel a bit similar. Not only is he a soldier, but he should also be the kind of person who has been on the battlefield. Standing there, he is like
It can exude a murderous aura."
Xu Zong wondered: "Didn't he say that he was a countryman? Why did he become a soldier again? Could it be that he was a deserter who deserted?"
Su Hao said: "No, if he is a deserter, he will definitely not dare to make such a mistake in front of the official. Looking at Huang Ergou's appearance, he should know his identity, but he just did not tell us clearly."
"Master, you just said that there will be no water in that well, is there any chance of success?" Xu Zong asked, he was thinking about the gambling match between Su Hao and Deng Kui. Five taels of silver is certainly a large amount, but the most important thing is that
There is a matter of face for Su Hao. If Su Hao loses, Huang Ergou will be proud of himself in the future.
Su Hao shook his head and said: "No one is 100% sure, but I still have 80% chance. Wait a minute..."
When they were talking about this, they happened to walk to a small hill where someone had quarried stones and left a small section. Su Hao stopped and carefully observed the rock formations on the section. After a while,
, he chuckled: "Now I have at least a 99% chance. That Deng Kui will definitely lose."
At the well-drilling site, the craftsmen were still digging hard. As the planned depth of 60 feet got closer and closer, the faces of the craftsmen became more and more ugly. The foreman Wang Qi went around the well by himself and climbed up the well.
After that, he pulled Huang Ergoo aside and whispered: "Master Huang, the situation of this well is not good. Maybe I really let that master tell me."
"What, you said there is no water in this well?" Huang Ergou asked in surprise.
Wang Qi said: "There are still six or seven feet now. However, if there is water underneath, there should be some moisture in this place. But just now I went down the well to take a look. There are dry stones underneath. It really doesn't look like this."
It looks like water.”
"This..." Huang Ergou took a breath. The situation Wang Qi mentioned has been encountered in the past, and the final result was basically a ruined well. Hearing that Su Hao's prediction came true,
Huang Ergou didn't know whether to be depressed or happy, and his mood was very complicated.
From a depressing point of view, it is not a big deal to dig an abandoned well by myself. The key is that Su Hao had already asserted that it was an abandoned well before, but he did not listen. If Su Hao was finally proved to be correct, then he would be in trouble.
Not to mention whether Su Hao would hold a grudge against him, at least when he mentioned this matter in the future, he would definitely be three points shorter.
From a happy point of view, it’s a long story. The success of Huang Ergou’s well digging in Guangfeng Township should be attributed to an old Mr. Tu who came back to his hometown to do business, which is what Deng Kui kept saying as “my husband”.
, Deng Kui was one of the followers of Mr. Tu. As Chen Guanyu judged, Mr. Tu served in the military, and Deng Kui was an active soldier of the Ming Dynasty.
Since the well locations were provided by Mr. Tu and the results of drilling the wells were very good, Deng Kui and other soldiers were quite proud of themselves and became more and more disdainful of Huang Ergou and other government officials. Huang Ergou also suffered from their abuse.
Angry. If Su Hao and Deng Kui win the gambling match and can severely dampen the arrogance of Mr. Tu and his party, then Huang Ergou will be very happy to see it. After all, Su Hao represents the county government, and his victory
, which is the victory of the county officials, including Huang Ergou.
Huang Ergou was thinking these thoughts in his heart, but he would not show them on his face. He walked to Deng Kui's side, bowed and said: "Master Deng Bing, the situation is not good. Just now the beggar Wang told me that there is
We have excavated more than 50 feet, but there is still a pile of dry stone ballast with no moisture. Look, do you want to invite Mr. Tu to come over and take a look?"
"What?" Deng Kui's heart sank, and his dark face suddenly turned a little pale. In fact, after the bet with Su Hao just now, Deng Kui had been worrying about gains and losses. He knew that Mr. Tu's well-exploring skills
Although it is magical, there is still a half failure rate. If the well really fails, does he really have to lose five taels of silver to that arrogant scholar? Losing face is a big deal, losing five taels of silver... For a person
For those who serve in the military, it is also a big deal.
"I'm going to ask my husband to come and take a look." Deng Kui said with a gloomy face and ran towards the village.
After a while, an old man with a gray beard and a slender figure walked out of the village entrance. Deng Kui and several strong men in the same clothes as him followed the old man. The group of people walked slowly towards the well.
Huang Ergou came to the construction site. Upon seeing this, Huang Ergou hurriedly stepped forward to greet the old man, saluted the old man and said, "I would like to say hello to Mr. Tu."
"Huang Dianli, you don't have to be polite." The old man Tu Wenhuan smiled gently, "I heard from Deng Kui that something went wrong in the well digging here. What happened?"
Huang Ergou said: "It's like this. When Mr. Tu ordered this well, he told the villain that the well was 60 feet deep and could produce water. Now the well depth has reached 55 feet, but there is no moisture under the well. So the villain
I told Mr. Deng Bing that I would like to invite the old gentleman to come and see if I did anything wrong."
"There's no moisture at 55 feet?" Tu Wenhuan was also stunned. He walked quickly to the well, and there happened to be a basket of dregs being hoisted up from the well. He reached into the basket and grabbed a handful, and felt that although the gravel was
There was a little bit of moisture, but it was still far from the standard of being able to produce water. He frowned and asked Wang Qi, who came forward: "Foreman Wang, are you sure you have dug down to 55 feet?"
"Sir, I did dig to 55 feet," Wang Qi replied.
"Then there's no need to dig anymore." Tu Wenhuan waved his hands dejectedly. He raised his eyes and looked around, and said in confusion: "This is strange, there should be water here."
"Sir, I think we should continue digging. There is no water at 60 feet, and there may be water at 70 feet." Deng Kui had a bad idea at the side.
Tu Wenhuan said: "How can digging a well be such a child's play? If you dig deeper, you will find patches of rocks, which will cost a lot of money. I made a mistake, how can I let the craftsmen waste their efforts again?"
"So, we lose?" Deng Kui said, scratching his scalp.
"What did you lose?" Tu Wenhuan asked strangely.
Deng Kui hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and replied: "Sir, a scholar came here just now. I heard he was a master from some county government office. He said at first that the well location chosen by him was excellent, but then he went down to take a look.
He glanced at it and said there was no water here. I was not convinced, so I bet with him..."
"As soon as I saw the dirt hanging up, I knew there was no water below. He went down to the well to take a look, so he was more sure. If you bet with him, wouldn't you lose?" Tu Wenhuan said with a smile.
"No, when I bet with him, the well had just been drilled to a depth of 40 feet, and I couldn't see whether there was water or not," Deng Kui explained.
"As soon as we reached a depth of 40 feet, he dared to say that there was no water?" Tu Wenhuan was surprised, "How did he say that?"
Deng Kui didn't hear what Su Hao said very clearly. Huang Ergou stepped forward and said to Tu Wenhuan: "Mr. Tu, my Master Su said that the structure of the rock formations underground is different from that on the ground. He suspects that here,
There is some kind of fault in front that blocks the water, so there is no water here."
"How could there be such a master?" Tu Wenhuan said, "May I ask where this master is now? Take me to see him quickly. I want to ask him what a water-blocking fault is."
"Look, Mr. Su and the others are back!" One of the government officials pointed in front of him and shouted. When everyone looked up, they saw that several people were walking towards them, talking and laughing.