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Chapter 370 Eastern Front

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    During the month of road construction, Zhao Ran clearly felt the rapid growth of merit power in his body.

    This growth comes from two aspects. One is the increase in the total amount absorbed every day, which is equivalent to nearly 20% of the original amount.  Zhao Ran believes that this should be the increase brought about by incorporating more than a thousand people along the road into the road network.

    Second, the originally absorbed merit power is more solid and mellow, and the growth of this part is very large, which is equivalent to nearly 50% more than before.

    Through careful comparison, Zhao Ran gained a clear understanding of the cultivation of merit power.  When this kind of practice cannot obtain merit power, it has no progress at all. No matter how good you are placed next to the spiritual spring and spiritual eye, it will not have half the effect on your cultivation.  But once a huge amount of merit power is harvested, the refining speed is so fast that it cannot be measured by common sense.

    There are two possible ways to harvest merit power. One is to expand coverage and strive to allow more people to contribute merit power to themselves; the other is to dig deeper and allow people who have contributed merit power to continue to contribute more merit power.  .

    The connection of the northwest line provided Zhao Ran with a total merit bonus of 60% to 70%, further accelerating his cultivation speed. This shows that building roads and bridges is indeed a good method of cultivation.

    Since it was so effective, Zhao Ran would definitely not stop there, and he turned his attention to the Eastern Front Project.

    Construction of the northwest line started in May and ended in early June, nearly two months ahead of the originally expected completion date. Moreover, the civilian team recruited by Junshan Temple was far from tired. If it were to be disbanded, wouldn't it be a waste of time and manpower?

    So Zhao Ran took advantage of the completion ceremony of the northwest line project to propose his own plan to Kong County Magistrate - to open a road eastward from Junshan area and connect Qingkou Jiji.

    Qingkouji is a market town in the easternmost part of Guyang County, adjacent to Jianzhou in Baoning Prefecture.  There are two small rivers nearby, one is Zitong River and the other is Xiaotong River.  If you go south along the Zitong River, you can reach Tongchuan Prefecture. If you take a boat along the Xiaotong River, you can reach Baoning Prefecture.

    Although the two small rivers cannot carry large boats, in mountainous areas like northern Sichuan, it is quite difficult to find rivers that can carry small boats. Therefore, Qingkouji has become an important market town in the eastern part of Guyang County.

    In the past, to get from Junshan to Qingkou Town, you had to walk 50 to 60 miles on a mountain road, turn onto the official road and then arrive at Guyang County, and then follow the official road east from Guyang County to Qingkou.  The whole journey takes about three days.

    If the route from Junshan Temple to Qingkou Town can be opened, the road distance will be about 70 miles, and Qingkou Town can be reached in one day.

    The construction project of this road is called the east line project by Zhao Ran. The road can be built from the northeast or the southeast. The purpose is to bypass Mount Jundu and extend to Qingdao on the east side of Jundu Mountain.  Kou Town.

    Zhao Ran chose the northeast direction. After crossing the Chongma River Bridge, he built a fifty-mile arc road northeast, bypassing Mount Jundu and then turning east to reach Qingkou Town.  The reason is very simple. After bypassing Jundu Mountain, the terrain becomes slightly gentler, which is not only conducive to construction, but most importantly, the villages in this area.

    The closer to Qingkou Town, the more villages there are. There are nine villages on the entire route with a population of 2,000.  For Zhao Ran, these people are his cultivation resources and his merit power. How could he give them up?

    The biggest question now is whether the road can be fully connected in more than two months.  More than 20,000 acres of rice fields in the Junshan area are planted with single late rice. The rice harvest is probably in mid-September, but before the end of August, people must be withdrawn no matter what to prepare for the autumn harvest. This is the basis of people's livelihood.  , We cannot shake our fundamentals just to build roads.

    The key factor affecting road construction is not manpower. Zhao Ran can also continue to conduct a second round of recruitment in the Junshan area by spreading money to expand the team of civilians to more than 2,000 people.  Anyway, if the meat rots in the pot and the money is scattered in the Junshan area, Zhao Ran can also reap a lot of merit.

    The problem is that the thirty miles of road near Qingkou Town involves occupying the land of five large households. This will take time to discuss.  If we wait until everything is settled over there before starting work, I'm afraid time will be delayed.

    Zhao Ran weighed it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and made a decision, repair it!  First build out the fifty miles in the direction of Junshan. This will take more than a month. Use this time to go door to door to negotiate in the direction of Qingkou Town. If you can't reach an agreement, throw money at it. If you still can't reach an agreement, don't blame Zhao Ran for taking out "  The "immortal master" method comes!

    According to Zhao Ran's arrangement, Jin Jiu launched the second round of recruitment in the entire Junshan area: each strong man will be provided with two meals a day, and an additional ten cents will be paid. Women, children, teenagers, etc. Anyone who can help can also apply, and the same package will be provided every day.  Two meals, extra money.

    As soon as this policy was announced, the entire Junshan area was in a sensation. Anyway, idleness is idle. If you go there, you will have food to eat, not to mention wages.?But not?

    ¡° Even as soon as the Wang family in the village held a wedding banquet, the groom came rushing to sign up, and by the way, he also dragged his new wife over.

    "Isn't this Simu? If you don't enjoy your bride and live a new life for a few days, why are you here to join in the fun?" Zhao Ran asked with a smile.

    Wang Simu rolled up his sleeves and said in a rough voice: "The Immortal Master wants to build the road. I have nothing to do with you. I only have this strength. As long as the Immortal Master doesn't dislike it. My woman is also very capable. She can help with washing clothes and doing things."  Rice is an expert!"

    Zhao Ran nodded and asked the bride: "Where is the little lady from?"

    The bride hurriedly lowered her head and said, "My little wife is gathering at Qingkou."

    Zhao Ran said: "If you marry our Junshan, your life will become more prosperous and harmonious in the future. You must answer the call from the temple and have more children!"

    Wang Simu agreed with a naive smile, but the bride turned red with embarrassment.

    Zhao Ran turned around and said to Qu Fenghe: "The newlyweds are worthy of commendation. Write them down and your wages will be doubled!"

    In just three days, Jin Jiu and others recruited more than 2,000 people, bringing the total number of civilians for the entire project to more than 4,000 - half of the people in the Junshan area came.

    It was almost evening, Qu Fenghe was sitting on the table in front of the temple, holding an abacus in his left hand and collecting bamboo chips handed by the villagers in his right hand. There was a long queue of people in front of his table.  Shopkeeper Jin from Jinji Store stood behind him, correcting his fingering of the beads from time to time.

    After a crackling sound of abacus rolling, Qu Fenghe's lazy voice sounded: "Aunt Niu, your family has one long chip and two short chips, sixteen cents, put it away, and you won't acknowledge it when you leave the counter."  A waiter from Jinji Shop ordered sixteen cents and stuffed it into Aunt Niu's hand at the table. There was a trace of joy in the woman's tired eyes, and she carefully held the money and left.

    "Uncle Zhang, your family has three long chips and nine short chipshuh? Why are there so many? I remember that there are only three people in your familyOh, I saved up for three days and collected them together. That's a total of fifty-seven coins.  !¡±

    "Hey? Liu Dazhuang, you are bullying me because I am young, are you trying to fool me? What kind of magic symbols are on these two short chips? Can you please draw something similar next time when you draw by yourself? I'll teach you to be a good boy.  This is the Gen Fire Talisman, and the two strokes in the middle are bent to the left Okay, I'll spare you for today, but next time I come back, I'll forfeit three days of your wages! Do you understand?"

    The project is progressing very quickly. In seven days, the road has been built for ten miles. It is expected that in another month, it will enter the direction of Qingkou Town.  But in these seven days, Zhao Ran only reached an agreement with one house. He spent two hundred taels of silver and simply bought their barren mountain directly to solve the problem.

    As for the other four households, although they were smiling and polite, when it came to opening a road, they refused to agree.

    Although County Magistrate Kong also issued an official document, it was only a persuasive admonition and not mandatory - he had neither the power nor the strength.

    So Zhao Ran has been very worried these past two days.  Just as he was scribbling on the paper to see if he could change the route, Zhong Sanlang trotted in and said breathlessly: "Miao Zhu! Immortal Master! There is a Taoist priest outside the door who wants to see Miao Zhu"

    Zhao Ran was displeased and scolded: "I've told you before, we in the Taoist sect should be indifferent and natural in everything, and we shouldn't be impetuous. Look at your hurried look, how can you have the Taoist spirit? Take care of your breath.  Let¡¯s talk about it later! Remember in the future, try not to talk when walking, it will hurt your vitality Okay, let¡¯s talk, who wants to see me? "

    "Heythe Taoist priest said he was a Taoist walking sect, and he also said he was a senior fellow from Miao Zhu"

    "Ouch! Why didn't you tell me earlier!" Zhao Ran threw down his pen and ran out in a hurry, shouting as he ran, "Senior brother! You miss me so much!"

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