Chapter 371: Don't ask about family matters, everything is complicated
Li Siye looked at the carving knife and chisel in his hand. The edge of the knife was like a concave crescent moon, and the blade was very thin. As expected, if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. Basically, every Tang army has a sharp knife at their waist.
Although the knife is not as convenient as this crescent carving knife, it is enough for dealing with wood.
These big men have a lot of free time. As long as they are not fighting or farming, they usually drink wine and cause trouble everywhere. They have enough time to fight with wood. With this in mind, he asked the hawker: "Here
Is there a big business that you want to do?"
The hawker showed a hesitant look. The other party was an official. How could he, a hawker, dare to do business with an official? If he was not careful, he would go to jail.
"How dare you, General? A small person can only make a living, but a big business can't earn a living."
"Well, how about I give you a job to make ends meet?"
The hawker knew that he might not be able to turn down the business he was forced to offer, so he could only agree with a smile: "The official is giving me an errand. I am very grateful, but it depends on the errand."
"Okay, put the stall away and follow me to your house."
The vendor rolled up the sheep felt, packed his tools, and wooden bowls and carried them on his back. He followed Li Siye's personal troops, but he felt at a loss. It is said that once you enter the Hou family, it is as deep as the sea. This official has five or six people behind him.
As a follower, I must be a high-ranking official. I have a good family background and I will definitely not be a slave in a wealthy family!
The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became, with his head drooping like a wilted eggplant. When he followed the team to the official's residence, he saw the six characters "Shule Guarding Envoy's Mansion" written on the forehead of the middle gate, and he immediately fell in love.
Taking a deep breath, he became even more reluctant to take a step forward.
Yan Xiaosi's face was cold and solemn, like a ferocious warrior figurine. He stretched out his hand to make an invitation gesture and pointed to the side door: "Please!"
The hawker took two steps back in fear, waved his hands hurriedly and said: "Master, officer, you have to tell me what the errand is before I dare to go in! Otherwise, I will definitely refuse to go in!"
As soon as Li Siye stepped across the threshold, he turned around and was stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter. It turned out that the other party had misunderstood him and blamed him for not speaking clearly beforehand. He walked over and waved Yan Xiaosi away and said to the vendor: "I'll call you."
I came here so that you can teach the craftsmanship of carving wooden bowls to the soldiers of Shule Army's Sixth Battalion, Two Guards, Seventh Tun Fort, and Nine Beacons."
The hawker is a businessman after all, and the next words came out of his mouth: "What will I eat in the future if I teach them?"
He knew he had made a mistake and quickly covered his mouth.
Li Siye laughed loudly after hearing this, pointed at the hawker and said: "They are soldiers, and they will not change their profession because of a bowl like yours. Besides, I have six thousand soldiers in Shule Town. I'm afraid you will have to eat these six thousand bowls in your life."
If they can't do it, if you teach them all, I'll give you twenty guan."
Yan Xiaosi and the soldiers all laughed contemptuously at the vendor, as if they had heard a joke more ridiculous than unfounded worries.
The vendor froze in place and thought, seeming to consider the pros and cons of this matter. The skill of carving bowls does not seem to be a unique skill. Teaching others may not necessarily starve him to death, but if he offends the Shule garrison, he can still survive in this place.
Go down?
He bowed to Li Siye and said, "General Li has some missions, so why should I come into the house and bother you? If you ask me to do anything, just ask me. I should do my best."
Li Siye stroked his beard and said, "Well, since you don't want to enter the government, Yan Xiaosi, take him to stay in Shule City Hall for a while. I will pass on the military orders someday, and you can teach them in the army."
The hawker finally felt relieved, crossed his hands and said sincerely: "Here!"
Li Siye ignored him and turned back to the mansion. Since he was of another type who was illiterate in writing, he had to call Feng Changqing over and ask him to issue a document to the entire army, ordering everyone including the Tibetan camp to follow suit.
Come to the bowl-carving instructor to learn the technique and get rid of the unhygienic habit of using douchi as tableware as soon as possible.
After Feng Changqing finished writing, he read the content again, checked that there were no typos or taboo words, and then transcribed it again. The work was as neat as a printed version.
Li Siye held it and read it while nodding his tongue. People in the Tang Dynasty from the Li family down to Wang Xizhi's calligraphy were very fond of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Feng Changqing's proclamation has quite that flavor, and the writing is neat and rigorous in couplets. He is really a talent.
Feng Changqing stood on the ground with his hands behind his back, crossed his hands towards Li Siye and said: "Chang Qing, I would like to ask the general to send me the Ji Li Drum Cart. I want to fill in the corners of that map."
Li Siye could understand that Feng Changqing regarded the map as a work, so he naturally wanted it to be perfect, and even incomplete items were unacceptable to him.
He held his chin and pondered: "Chang Qing, don't touch up the corners of this map yet. I will assign you twenty people from Yan Xiaosi's command, and you will take them to survey all the grasslands within Shule Town.
Nail wooden stakes in units of ten miles to summarize the area and distribution range of pastures in Shule Town. You can also circle the outline on the map you drew, or draw it separately by copying it."
Feng Changqing regarded this new goal as a challenge, and at the same time he did not forget his old goal. He deliberately emphasized this point in his reply: "Please rest assured, General Li, Chang Qing can draw two pictures at once and call the copied old picture
It is the zoning and defense map of Shule Town, and the new map is called the grassland distribution map of Shule Town."
"Good, good," Li Siye praised repeatedly. This idea is very close to the rigorous scientific thinking of modern people. Feng Changqing may be addicted to drawing maps, but this is a good thing for Li Siye, which will help him use practical methodology to gradually change
Shule’s current predicament. “I’m very pleased that you have such perseverance.”
"Since the general agreed, my subordinates will leave tomorrow."
"Okay, let's hit the road."
After Feng Changqing bowed and crossed his hands, he slowly exited the main hall. Li Siye was infected by the enthusiasm that just overflowed from him. He stood on the steps of the main hall with his head held high and high-spirited, as if there were infinite possibilities ahead for me to display my ambitions.
There were more helpers in the courtyard of the mansion, and they began to clean and tidy up under the command of Madam Wu and Madam Chen. Every corner of the courtyard wall had to be repaired, and the mansion had to give off a brand new atmosphere.
He said to himself: "Didn't I clean it when I just moved in? Why do I have to clean it up again?"
He doesn't care about any corner of his home. All he thinks about is Shule Town and even Qixi in the future.
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Taoist priest Zhao Zheng once again visited Shule City. Unfortunately, the city area was too small and there was not much room for choice. If it were in Chang'an, he would probably have spent several months choosing a site, but here in Bianguan Town,
There are so few options to choose from that it's almost either/or.
Fortunately, the Western Region doesn't pay much attention to public affairs. The two places with excellent Feng Shui are still empty and serve as free-range breeding pens for shepherds. One of them was close to the market. He followed Li Siye's instructions and had no choice but to choose the other one and walk there himself.
Take the preliminary measurements with a big stride.
"How many acres should be circled? Ten acres, or fifteen acres. Is fifteen acres too greedy? No matter what, first measure fifteen acres, then ten acres, and see which one General Li can accept."
After he completed the measurement, he excitedly went to Ambassador Li's residence. The concierge recognized the Taoist priest and knew that he was now General Li's retainer, so he let him in.
General Li was meeting with Shule Town Gongshe's craftsman responsible for repairing the city wall in his mansion, so he had no choice but to wait by the stone lantern outside the pavilion.
Li Siye sat cross-legged in front of the desk, raised his head and asked the craftsman who was in charge of the project: "How many craftsmen are there in Shule City who can take charge of the project?"
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