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"Knowing the past..."
After muttering low and darkly, Ji Xubai woke up from his sleep.
It was still dark before dawn, and the supervisor, Mr. Feng, could be heard shouting and cursing from outside the damp room, "Are you all still sleeping? Get up and work quickly!"
Accompanied by the sound of swearing, Ji Xubai squinted and got up from the wooden bed. The big house where he slept had dozens of wooden beds. When he heard Master Feng's voice, one by one rolled out of the bed like carps.
Ji Xubai put on his off-white cotton and linen shirt and went out with the exiled prisoners.
After the Ji family arrived in Bei Ge, they were separated. The area where Ji Xubai was located was in the corner of Bei Ge. These masters in charge were thinking of ways to torture the prisoners every day, especially the more noble people who were exiled to Come here, the more humiliating you are to death.
In the past few days, they had another whim, saying that they wanted to dig a stone-stepped road up the mountain across the neighboring city. These master craftsmen said it was easy, but the mountain was extremely high. If this project was really done, there would be no need to talk. It will also take two years to complete.
When going up the mountain to work, Ji Xubai surveyed the terrain a little. He was familiar with geography and could see that this mountain was not easy to dig.
Even if it is really dug out, the people in this area will only be left with endless troubles.
For the sake of the lives of so many people, Ji Xubai reminded Mr. Feng, but Mr. Feng sneered and slapped him on the back with a whip, "The young master from Beicheng is amazing. Do you think this is still the case?" Are you the one who calls the shots? What do I want to do, and you, a prisoner, have to tell me what to do? Go and do your work!"
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, probably no one would have believed that Ji Xubai, who once suffered even the slightest loss, had to endure this whipping in the face of an unreasonable master.
He knew that he would have to roll around in this mud day and night in the future. No matter what, he had to survive.
But there were some principled things that he couldn't agree with. This mountain couldn't be cut open.
But these master craftsmen have made up their minds to chisel it. If this continues, it will not only waste energy and time, but also regret it when someone is killed in the future.
Therefore, Ji Xubai took advantage of his rest time at night to draw an engineering drawing. The people on top had good intentions. If a road could be dug here directly to the neighboring city, it would be good for the development of Beige. But this road cannot start from this mountain.
Ji Xubai's idea is very simple. The mountain cannot be moved, but a waterway can be dug under the mountain. If a mountain river flows out along the winding mountain shape and passes through the neighboring city, it will not only be safe, but more importantly, it will save time and convenience.
What he has to do now is how to tell the officials in charge of Beige his thoughts.
Thinking carefully about it, this was just a small step, but Ji Xubai knew very well that if he couldn't take this step, all his ideas would turn into bubbles.
He also knows that it will be difficult, but he will do it just because he has the idea in his heart that he must get out.
After finishing the drawing, Ji Xubai remembered something, picked up the letter placed by his pillow, opened the page with the jade sign, and wrote a few lines -
“I was thinking about how you hate me.
I'm a little unhappy thinking about who you won't cry for in the future.
I also thought about whether the child would look like me or you when he was born.
think,
you. "
Ji Xubai paused in holding the pen, then slowly and vigorously crossed out the last two words.
He closed the letter, put it under the pillow, and closed his eyes. He knew that one day would come soon.
These masterminds are changing their tricks every day to trample people to pieces, but he won't just die like this.
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