"Brother-in-law has too many things to think about."
"Alas." Xiao Qingqing let out a sigh of relief, with an adult-like look on her face.
In the evening, Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui also came back, and the two girls brought another thick stack of orders.
"Master, there are so many more."
Zhang Yang looked through the orders one after another. Most of them belonged to the powerful families in Chang'an City.
The two of them sat opposite each other, holding each other's arms and relaxing. They were exhausted from the day's work.
Xiaohui's knuckles were still tied with gauze.
After the two of them relaxed their limbs, they continued to lie down, not wanting to move.
Li Yue saw that her husband also had a sad look on his face, and whispered: "You can rest for the next two months."
Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui both turned to look.
"The property has been distributed, and our family doesn't have so many things to do anymore."
"Yeah." They responded at the same time, feeling deeply tired.
However, after Lishan divided many industries this year, the village is indeed much more relaxed.
The production and system of Lishan Village are moving closer to refinement.
The work is not as heavy as before, when we had to take care of many factories.
Zhang Yang asked Li Fu and Li Ming to wrap these orders in oil paper and send them to the factory.
While making production operations as refined as possible, we must also ensure that Lishan's income does not decline.
Zhang Yang walked into his library and spread out a picture. Lishan would be able to sell many things in the future.
The pendulum clock was just an unexpected gain. In fact, Lishan did not want to sell the pendulum clock.
From now on, Lishan's main production will be all transportation related to steam engines and trains, which will generate huge profits.
This is a layout map of the Guanzhong Railway.
Guanzhong is 800 miles away from Qinchuan, and the flat roads are suitable for building railways. If the Yellow River canal can be opened, the railway can be laid all the way to Luoyang, completely breaking through the shackles of Hangu Pass, and directly connecting the entire Central Plains.
Because it is impossible for the railway to cross the Qinling Mountains from the south of Guanzhong, and there is only such a road, Tongguan is particularly important.
"Brother-in-law, Yan Liben's drawings have been sent."
Dongyang held a roll of paper in front of him.
Laying out the map, there is a railway. This railway passes through the junction of Weinan, Lantian and Xinfeng counties, which is the new technology institute to be built in Lishan.
In this way, various resources in Lishan can be easily transported to construction sites.
The railway is no longer designed with Lishan as the center, but with the Technical Institute as the core, surrounding Chang'an City, leading to Jingyang and Longyou to the west of Chang'an City, and to the Hexi Corridor.
The other one starts from Chang'an City and connects to the Yellow River in the east.
Turning over a page, Zhang Yang saw the plan on the second page. This railway will continue to be laid out according to the original layout. The construction period is planned to be completed within three months. The first section between Lishan and Chang'an is a small test.
After a busy summer, Lishan has stored a lot of railway tracks.
Xin An ran over quickly, "Dad, everything is ready."
"Yes." Zhang Yang stood up, touched his son's head and warned, "You learn to write from Aunt Dongyang."
Zhang Yang took the basket from his son. There was a food box in the basket, a pot of wine, some beef with soy sauce, cut radishes, and some garlic.
It was nightfall in the village, and all the villagers in the factory had gone home.
There are some pendulum clock components placed at the door of every household. In order to cope with this order, Li Tai mobilized the whole village, and every household was also rushing to work.
Zhang Yang carried the basket and walked through the rooms until he reached the factory.
There are not so many people in the factory now, and a room in the factory still has lights on.
From a distance, I saw two figures busy from the window. When I walked into the factory, I could still smell the unique smell of metal and tung oil.
Walking past the lathes one after another, Zhang Yang pushed open the old wooden door and saw Yan Liben and Master Jiang under the light.
"Are you here?" Master Jiang, whose beard and hair were all white, said with a smile.
"I thought you two hadn't eaten yet, so I brought some food over." Zhang Yang opened the food box and took out the soy beef and radish.
The radish is raw, just cut and salted.
Another piece of garlic.
Zhang Yang took out the bowl and chopsticks and poured out the wine.
Yan Liben sighed: "The county prince does not have to be like this."
"It's okay, you're working hard too, drink some wine to relieve your fatigue."
Hearing this, Yan Liben looked ashamed. In fact, the county prince had always known that he was sending news to His Majesty.
Lishan has never been secretive about this.
Yan Liben sat upright with his hands on his knees, "I have always been ashamed of the county prince."
Zhang Yang clinked the wine bowls with him, "It doesn't matter, you are doing things for His Majesty, and I know you can't help yourself. If you don't do this for Your Majesty, I won't get Master Yan to help me. From a certain point of view,
, you are sandwiched between me and His Majesty, but Lishan and you are mutually beneficial."
The voices inside the house were a little hazy when heard from outside.
The prince was dressed in black and stood outside the wall, listening to the conversation inside the room. The night wind was a bit cold, and his black clothes blended into the dark night. From a distance, it was impossible to realize that there was an old man standing here.
The conversation in the room continued.
Yan Liben put down the wine bowl in his hand, "But...even if I sent so many technical keys, the Ministry of Industry still has not made any progress."
Listening to the words, Master Jiang took a bite of garlic and beef, grinning and shaking his head.
Zhang Yang explained: "The gap between Lishan and the outside world is getting wider and wider. It's like a child who can only add, subtract, multiply and divide. He doesn't understand derivative geometry. Their knowledge accumulation is too lacking."
Yan Liben couldn't help but nod, "I thought that the Ministry of Industry was unwilling to spend huge costs and energy on reconstruction. If they wanted to keep up with Lishan's footsteps, they would have to start from scratch and break up the structure of the Ministry of Industry.
Many people will leave when they come.”
Master Yan used to be the Minister of Industry. He has a better understanding of this aspect and is more able to feel that in addition to technical issues, there are also interests.
Those officials in the Ministry of Industry who hold high positions are denying themselves if they want to overturn the current casting technology in the government.
They absolutely cannot do this kind of thing.
They still use ancient forging methods, or use casting instead of forging.
In fact, the casting of Lishan is very simple. Now Lishan has used a blast furnace, mixed with borax during forging, and added iron ore powder during firing.
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "I have seen Master Yan's railway plan, it is very good."
Yan Liben sighed: "Actually, the county magistrate has already planned it, I just perfected it."
Master Jiang said with a smile: "With all the skills this boy has, you can stay in Lishan for a few more years. When the old man passes away, you can take over here."
"Old man, you must not say that."
Master Jiang smiled heartily again, "This Lishan is great. The children in this Lishan are very strong."
Zhang Yang held up the wine bowl and said, "You will live a few more years."
"Old man, I was right about these tricks at the beginning. You have a lot of hidden abilities and will never show them to others easily."
Yan Liben sighed, "Lishan is really good."
After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Yang saw that the two technical masters from Lishan were already drunk, and said with a smile: "You two should take a rest early, and I will go back first."
Yan Liben chewed beef and said with a smile: "You are also a good boy."
Zhang Yang stood up and said: "I am indeed a good person, and I am the only good person in the world."
After that, he walked out of the factory.
With his eyes in a trance, he saw another figure standing in the moonlight.
Zhang Yang took a closer look and said in surprise: "Your Majesty?"
"Xian Hou, the night in Lishan Mountain is so beautiful."
"Don't you always take a break?"
"Nowadays, Lishan lacks people who can deal with the court." Wang Gonggong walked slowly, but his steps were still steady. "Although I am old, I can help Lishan with some chores."
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Then it will be hard work."
The prince could not help but nod, "Well, the county lord is indeed a good man."
"It's not a good habit for the prince to eavesdrop on people's speech."
"No intention, no intention to hear it."
He goes further and further away.
Zhang Yang stood where he was. He probably didn't hear it accidentally. Maybe the old man heard it from beginning to end.
There are no good people in this world, even the emperor is a bad person.
I yelled and cursed in my heart.
The night wind blew, and when there were a few fallen leaves on the mountain road home, Zhang Yang remembered that it was autumn again.
Subconsciously I touched the stubble on my chin, feeling like a middle-aged man.
Counting the days, I am turning thirty.
All the way to the top of the mountain, Zhang Yang shouted in the distance: "My youth is over! Go to hell, Khan!"
Thinking about the day when he turns thirty, Zhang Yang hesitates whether to celebrate properly.
Finally I gave up and slept with my wife in my arms all night.
In the morning, Zhang Yang ran around Lishan Mountain as usual and returned home to prepare meals for the children.
An An sat aside and asked, hungry, "Dad, are the buns ready?"
Zhang Yang opened the cage and took a look, "Well, it's almost over."
The whole family woke up. Dongyang liked to read when he got up early. After washing, he sat by the Huaqing Pool and read with a book in hand.
Li Yue gave Dongyang a pair of glasses because this girl has the worst eyesight.
Qinghe and Gaoyang got up the latest.
There was a lot of excitement at Huaqing Pool. When the food was on the table, Zhang Yang shouted: "Eat."
The children then sat down at the dining table one by one, eating their morning meals. The word "eat" is the most useful word. No matter how busy you are, you must put down what you are doing to eat.
Li Yue glanced at her husband from time to time and ate the buns slowly. She always felt that her husband was acting weird today and was acting weird last night.
Zhang Yang drank tea and asked puzzledly: "What's wrong?"
Withdrawing his gaze, Li Yue frowned and said, "It's nothing."
Zhang Yang put some dried chrysanthemums into the tea, "Well, I've been feeling a little angry lately."
Today another truckload of documents arrived. These are the soil and water records of various places from this summer to the beginning of autumn.
Zhang Yang personally put these documents into a cart and pulled them up the mountain with a hemp rope.
I think that my middle-aged life will be like this, which is actually quite good.
Zhang Yang rubbed the stubble on his chin, but still found it difficult to accept the idea of growing a beard. Like Tian Khan, leaving a wide section of chin was inconvenient for living habits and inconvenient for personal hygiene.
In autumn, the water in Huaqing Pool becomes clearer.
Li Yue and her two aunts were washing clothes by the pool. Now it was free time for the younger brothers and sisters.
Zhang Yang put down the paperwork in his hand and thought about whether to arrange morning exercises for the children.
I was hesitating in my mind when I picked up another document. The county magistrate of Weinan County recorded the water level of the Yellow River. From this summer to autumn, the water level dropped another half foot, which is about twenty centimeters.
When the autumn rains come in Guanzhong, the water level of the Yellow River will rise again.
"Dad, the palace's decree has come."
Zhang Yang's eyes were still on the document, "What is the decree?"
Xiao Qingqing handed Huang Juan in her hand.
"Well, where is the person who delivered the decree? Why is it in your hands?"
She smiled contemptuously, "Those eunuchs who delivered the order ran away when they saw Xiong Da abandoning the order. They were really cowardly, and they asked for their daughter to be brought up."
That's right, Wang Gonggong now lives in Lishan.
The eunuch who delivered the order was carefully arranged by the palace. It is normal for strangers to be scared away by Xiong Da when they approach Lishan Mountain.
The size of this guy would scare anyone who looks at him.
Opening up the emperor's will, the above words are also very simple. The emperor also wants three thousand artillery pieces.
He wrote a letter to reply to. Lishan could not build 3,000 cannons at present, so he directly rejected the emperor's request. Then he stamped his official seal of Zuo Cheng, the Minister of Economic Affairs, and handed it to his daughter, "Is the eunuch who delivered the order still there?"
"Standing outside the village waiting for a reply?"
"Send this document over."
"Um."
Xiao Qingqing left with the document in her arms. She rode Xiong Da quickly down the mountain until she arrived in front of the village, where she saw three eunuchs who were so frightened that they were shaking like chaff.
As soon as they saw the big bear, they ran away quickly, falling down and rolling and crawling along the way.
Xiao Qingqing chased them all the way, "Stop running! I'll give you the paperwork."
These eunuchs couldn't care less about this and ran all the way without looking back.
Making Xiong Da stop, Xiao Qingqing climbed off the bear's back and threw the documents towards them.
Seeing that Xiong Da didn't come forward, the eunuchs walked back tremblingly, tentatively trying to pick up the documents on the ground.
Finally picked it up and left as if running for his life.
Xiao Qingqing stood there and looked at Xiong Da, "Xiong Da, you don't look scary at all."
The bear was squatting on the ground, looking left and right.
Looking around there are some flowers and plants, sitting on the ground picking flowers.
Pedestrians passing by saw such a beautiful little girl, especially her clothes and her fat, round face.
They smiled when they saw the beautiful scene.
Then he saw a bear half as tall as a man next to the girl, so he quickly withdrew his gaze and left quickly.
Xiao Qingqing made a garland and put it on Xiong Da's head, "Well, it looks much better this way."
She climbed onto the bear's back and said, "Go home."
Xiong Da walked lazily towards home.
When I returned to the mountain, I saw my father still reading the documents. Xiao Qingqing also picked up a book and frowned at it, "Dad, their handwriting is not good-looking either."
Zhang Yang whispered: "Because you usually write in regular script and have also learned simplified Chinese, you will feel that their handwriting is not good-looking."
"People outside are indeed ignorant."
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "My daughter is more like an immortal than an immortal."
"Hehe." Xiao Qingqing grinned, "Dad is an immortal, so I am an immortal too. People outside are all mortals, and their understanding of everything in the world is ignorant."
"Well, you have to stay sober and determined. This world is stupid. If you stay in this world for a long time, you will easily become stupid."