Chapter 10: Lifelong Occupation

After listening to this, Ding Sheng pondered for a while and said slowly, "The owner and the military division are very thoughtful, but since they trust me, I'm not polite. I have no objection to Houshan and Qianzhai, but I have an idea about the right side of the stockade."

Xiao Yan smiled and encouraged, "Uncle Ding, but it's okay. I came to you today to listen to your opinion."

Ding Sheng couldn't help but feel a trace of relief when he heard Xiao Yan's words: "This reed on the right is swinging. His downstream is Dongting Lake in front of our village, and the upstream is a small tributary of Xiangshui. Xiangshui is rising in summer and autumn! There is water in this reed, and the water flows along the reeds to Dongting Lake. In winter and spring, there is little water in the Xiangjiang River. This tributary is close to drying up. This reed has become a swamp. We can raise the downstream reed outlet by about one foot in early spring, so that we can keep the beginning of the year round. In the end, there is water, but the water level is not too high. It is not easy to walk either by boat or by people.

This is Xiao Yan and Yang Tai looking at each other. At the same time, they thought that this is a dam. Is the amount of work too large?

Just as he was about to speak, Ding Sheng seemed to see their doubts and then said, "I used to be a fisherman, in the wind and rain, and sometimes I may not be fruitful. Since I came to the stockade, I have been optimistic about this place. I wanted to have the opportunity to build a dam here to raise fish, which can benefit the protection of the water village, and also supplement the water village. Some of the supply, who knew that before it could be implemented, it was suppressed by the officers and soldiers. Today, when the owner of the village mentioned this, I said it by the way. In fact, it is very simple to build this dam. Now there is no water in the reeds in early spring. We just need to pile up the mud in the downstream.

Yang Tai interrupted: "Master Dingzhai, can the mud in this reeds be right? Even if it is piled up, the water level rises in the rainy season, won't it collapse as soon as it rushes?"

Ding Sheng said confidently, "The military division doesn't know that we slowly raised the mud into a slope from the inside. After it is built, the mud is full of reed roots. Since the rainy season, it will sprout overnight. The reed roots in the embankment are crisscrossed and firmly fixed here. If If you feel unsafe, put some wooden stakes in the embankment in advance for fixing. After the reed grows, there will be no problem. Moreover, I have seen that place many times. Although this reed is large, the whole outlet is only one hundred feet wide, and 200 brothers can be completed in half a month.

Xiao Yan and Mrs. Yang were very happy to hear this at this time: "Uncle Ding's proposal is really good. Originally, Brother Yang and I always felt bad about this place. After Uncle Ding's words, it immediately solved a big problem. My little nephew thanked Uncle Ding first."

Ding Sheng waved his hand in a hurry and said, "The owner doesn't have to be polite. I have a suggestion."

Xiao Yan wanted to see Ding Sheng with new eyes and said, "Uncle Ding has anything to say." Ding Sheng thought for a moment and said, "I think the military master just said that the construction of the wall can leave a distance of dozens of feet between the wall and the reeds. Around our Dongting Lake are full of wild thorns, that is, strong and thorny, not tall and does not affect the sight. If it is planted under the wall, even if someone can come from the reeds and temporarily block this thorn, we can still take some precautions in advance.

At this point, Ding Sheng looked at Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan looked at Ding Sheng and didn't say anything. Mrs. Yang looked at Xiao Yan, who was full of smile and said, "Master Dingzhai has made great contributions to Shuizhai. At this time, this reed can match 100,000 soldiers."

Xiao Yan listened to Mrs. Yang and clapped his hands and said, "Okay, that's it. Uncle Ding, don't bother the two masters. Uncle Ding will be responsible for this place. If there is anything in it, you can contact me and Brother Yang at any time. We are going to see the brothers now. We have been working hard for a month, so I can comfort them."

Yang Tai nodded. Ding Sheng heard Xiao Yan put him in charge of this area, and couldn't help but be grateful and said, "Thank you for your trust. Ding will try his best."

Xiao Yan nodded. At this time, the three of them were in a good mood. They pointed all the way and walked to the back village. This Lianshui Village itself is not very big, but it occupies dozens of mu of land. After a while, he came to Houzhai and saw that Fat Fish and Fat Dragon were leading people to practice. Xiao Yan nodded and said to Mrs. Yang, "Brother, you see, these people will be more reborn within a month."

Ding Sheng answered, "At first, the brothers were reluctant, but now they are all convinced. It's better to be a military division. Now they are all smaller tigers. In addition, Fat Fish and Fat Dragon really didn't take them seriously before. Now look, they are all good hands. If they are soldiers, they may be generals in the future.

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but stop talking. I am a bandit. How can I want to be an officer and army? Xiao Yan understood Ding Sheng's meaning: "Uncle Ding doesn't have to worry about it. If it weren't for the incompetence of the officials, how could he let the golden dog do whatever he wanted? It's not okay to beat the golden dog as a soldier. It's a set of tricks to bully the common people. It's not that no one wants to eat this meal to live."

At this time, Ding Sheng looked at Xiao Yan and said, "This is a child who is only 17 or 18 years old. Why is he so mature and sophisticated? Why didn't I see it before?"

I can't help sighing and saying, "The owner of the village is right." Yang Tai was also a little sad when she heard this.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little depressing. Although Xiao Yan came from later generations, he also knew that as a man who did not worship heroes, so he said, "Brother Yang, Uncle Ding, prosperous times are bandits. Killing the rich and helping the poor are also bandits. In troubled times, they are bandits, intercepting the rich and helping the poor. They are all good men. We are worldless for bandits. We can start from There is no way. We should not only kill the rich and help the poor, but also stop the golden dogs and beat them back to their hometown. This is the way of survival. Although we die, we still have no regret it. Although we are not officials, what we do is what they can't do. Only those corrupt officials and traitors will defile us as bandits, and the people in the world will see clearly. Who is the hot-blooded man and who is the hero of the world.

Xiao Yan seems to have never had the opportunity to say this much since he traveled. At this time, he seems to be more and more excited: "Qinhuang and Han Wu slightly lost literary talent, Tang Zong and Song Zu are slightly inferior **, and several romantic figures still look at today."

After saying that, Xiao Yan was really shocked and almost put out the thick Chengji four sweats. Yang Tai and Ding Sheng looked at Xiao Yan with a look that they didn't seem to know. Ding Sheng was thinking that he didn't see this boy reading at ordinary times. Why? Confused.

Yang Tai's heart was even more surging, and a good man should be like this. The two suddenly felt as if they had seen light in the dark. Suddenly, I felt that being a bandit still seemed to be a promising career, worth pursuing for the rest of my life.