As the top water conservancy expert in this era, he couldn't sit still if he didn't let Chen Yaozuo participate. But after all, Chen Yaozuo was still an official. This time the river repair was an opportunity for Chen Yaozuo to show that he was getting stronger and stronger. Maybe he would have the opportunity to enter the Political Affairs Hall again, so the more perfect you do, the better.

In addition to repairing the river, Chen Yaozuo also needs to repair the docks on the river and the surrounding roads. The docks are used to load and unload goods, and at the same time they are also pointers for water levels. It is not easy to make it carefully. The steps must be large and flat, and the docks must be uniform and cannot be reported at critical moments. In addition, the river embankment and the surrounding roads require a large number of huge rocks to be built. It is said that it is a waterway to carry out the Jiagu quarry transportation, which is really a lot of cost. If you can quarre near Guangwu Mountain and have gunpowder, everything will be much more convenient.

For a time, Chen Yaozuo became ambitious. He had done so many projects, but he was not as good as today. He had enough money and food and was equipped with all kinds of technical means. This time, he must make a move and let people from inside to outside take a look.

Xu Ping couldn't stay in Heyin for too long, so he had to go to Mengzhou to complete the inspection of the last state of this road. Because Mengzhou is located in the northwest corner of Jingxi Road, it is not easy to go to any other place, and Wang Yong hasn't been here yet this year.

The Xianshi said that he had to patrol the places every year, but in fact, there were always transshipments and some prisoners who were lazy in the prison. Some remote places had no one to patrol for many years. In this case, public officials were sent to prepare documents, and the prefectures and counties were not brave enough to get into the court, and no one would care about it. However, this is Jingxi Road, and the magistrate there is Li Di, and Xu Ping was still thinking about going further, so he had to go.

After talking about gossip, Chen Yaozuo asked his subordinates to make soup cakes and sat with Xu Ping to chat.

After seeing gunpowder, Chen Yaozuo's attitude towards Xu Ping became much more intimate, and he no longer had the initial precautions and rusty.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Ping said to Chen Yaozuo: "My husband, when it comes to building roads and river embankments, in addition to using gunpowder, the bridge and road army also burned a kind of plaster, because it is good at waterproofing, which is called cement. They built a short section nearby. If there is nothing to do in the afternoon, let's go and take a look? If the river can be used, it is the best."

"Cement, I have also heard of it. But after I got here, I was busy and couldn't get out of here to see it. Longtu couldn't stay in Heyin for much time, so it would be nice to go over and take a look together in the afternoon."

In fact, Chen Yaozuo was not unable to take time, but was not interested in the Bridge Road and Xiangjun, and did not believe that they had anything particularly useful. He had been an official for many years and had been in charge of the construction of water conservancy in many places. What do you don’t know? It was not until the morning when I saw the power of gunpowder that I realized that I was wrong. These people from Yongzhou really had good things that I had never seen before.

At the foot of Guangwu Mountain, a small valley next to the Yellow River beach gathered in front of a thatched hut at the entrance of the village, and everyone was happy.

Sun Erlang jumped out of the donkey cart, carried a small basket of oranges from the cart, clapped his hands and said loudly: "This time, good luck! When Uncle Peng Er and I packed the goods and were about to leave the city, we happened to meet a customer who sold oranges from Jinghu Road to Luoyang. There was such a small basket of oranges left. Because we were in a hurry to return to our hometown, we sold them to us at a cheap price. This thing is only produced in the south, and we are rare here, so we will bring it back for everyone to try. Come up and share it according to the capital!"

A woman in her thirties said: "We are rare in the north, and I think it's expensive. Erlang, it's not easy for us to make a few dollars, so we dare not spend it randomly. To be honest, how much does this basket of oranges cost?"

Sun Erlang touched his head embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't spend money, I exchanged it for the pomegranate I brought. Originally, Uncle Peng and I thought of keeping a basket of pomegranates on the way back to make a store. Maybe which store likes to eat this bite and cares about our meal of wine and meat. Who knew that when we met such a customer, they just happened to get what we needed."

When they heard that it was something that was not expensive, everyone laughed together. A burly man said, "Erang, you are an agent now and should have the intention of an agent. When you leave, you should ask the customer's name and exchange our pomegranate for his oranges in the future. Isn't it a good business?"

"Brother Zhu was joking. Although our pomegranates are good, they are not rare. There are good pomegranates in the south. How could there be long-distance trafficking of customers? This time it happened that they happened to meet such a customer and made this deal. OK, don't stand here and gossip. Everyone came up and took them home, so that the children could satisfy their cravings!"

After hearing Sun Erlang's words, the families involved in this small business club sent people out and lined up to pick up oranges. There were still people who were not here, and there were children who liked to play and shouted.

Oranges are storage-resistant fruits. There are special oranges sold in Jinghu, Jiangnan, and the scale is quite large. It is not uncommon for big cities in the north to sell them every winter, but this is the first time I saw this southern fruit in this small countryside, and I felt it was very novel. After receiving the oranges, I asked Sun Erlang how to eat the fruit.

A short man tied his waist with a straw rope said, "In previous years, I have been seeking a life in Zhengzhou City for several years. Seeing that people in the city eat oranges, they peeled the flesh inside, which is actually similar to pomegranates. However, the flesh is very strange and I don't know how it tastes."

The sixth sister-in-law who was speaking in front heard this and said, "Brother Tang has been to the big place in Zhengzhou, I want to say it well."

As he said that, he grabbed the son who was watching from the side, carefully opened an orange, and saw that it was indeed a piece of petal inside, with red watery yellow and red. He lowered his head and said, "Strange!"

He took a petal and fed it carefully into the child's mouth, looking at him without blinking.

The child held the orange in his mouth, not knowing whether he should chew or swallow it. He looked at the mother beside him, opened his mouth, and said vaguely: "The orange is a bit sour and sweet, but it doesn't melt in his mouth!"

Everyone laughed together, and someone said, "How come you melt if you don't chew it! You chew it and taste it!"

Seeing everyone saying this, the child bite hard and juice sprayed out of his mouth, which scared Liu's sister-in-law.

Everyone saw that Liu Xiaojie was in a hurry and burst into laughter.

The child chewed the oranges in a few seconds and swallowed them. He smacked his lips and savored them for a while before saying, "It's still sour and sweet, but it's a lot of juice, which is quite delicious."

With the first person to take the lead, the people who received the oranges ate one after another and feed the children around them. However, the adults were reluctant to eat them. No matter how hungry they were, they just took advantage of the time when the children were eating, and chose a small piece to send them to their mouths, chewed them slowly, and couldn't bear to swallow them for a long time, enjoying the taste that they had never tasted before.

Sun Erlang leaned against the car and smiled and watched a group of adults and children share the oranges they brought back. He was very happy. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!