Chapter 78 The battle for destiny! The wind rises and falls in the Yingxia
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In the small deep-water port, there is already a young man in his twenties waiting here with the crowd. Although he does not look outstanding, there is a hint of calmness and competence in his demeanor.
As soon as he saw Wang Shouzhe coming ashore, he immediately led the crowd to greet him, raised his hands to Wang Shouzhe and said, "Wang Gui has met the master of the family."
There was a hint of excitement in his voice.
That's right.
This young man is Wang Gui, the boy who grew up with Wang Shouzhe.
After Wang Shouzhe got married, he was no longer suitable to stay in the yard. Wang Shouzhe simply sent him out to prepare a secret production base and organize the construction and production.
As a companion who grew up together, and as a descendant of the Wang family, one can imagine Wang Gui's loyalty. No one can look down on him even if he is working outside.
Now, he is the big manager here, and he can be regarded as indirectly taking over the overall situation here from Wang Shouzhe.
"No need to be polite."
Wang Shouzhe was also very happy to see Wang Gui.
He glanced at Wang Gui and found that compared to the previous exchange, Wang Gui's aura was obviously much more stable and condensed. It was obvious that he had made a new breakthrough in Wang's Xuanyuan Jue.
There was a slight smile on his face, and he praised: "It seems that you have been practicing hard recently, and you have broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining Realm. But you have to keep up your efforts and strive to cultivate to the Lingtai Realm as soon as possible, so that you can give it to your children.
Accumulate more resources for the future.”
"Yes, Master."
When the child was mentioned, Wang Gui also showed a happy smile.
In the early years, Wang Gui still thought about Wang Mei.
But as Wang Mei's strength and status became higher and higher, her temperament was definitely beyond his control, so he gradually gave up.
In the end, Wang Shouzhe acted as a matchmaker and allowed Wang Gui to marry a sideline woman from the Yingxiu Lu family who had cultivation qualifications.
In the past six or seven years, the couple has given birth to two children. The older one is already taking classes in the ethnic education school, while the younger one has not yet been weaned, and his wife is still taking care of him at home.
"Master, please come inside."
After greetings, Wang Gui walked inside to welcome Wang Shouzhe.
He lowered his head, half a step behind Wang Shouzhe, and answered some questions raised by Wang Shouzhe from time to time.
Obviously, as the chief manager of the secret production base, he is very attentive, answers every question, and is proficient in business.
Although Wang Shouzhe last visited this secret base eight or nine months ago in front of the Zifu Academy. But with his control, everything that happened in this secret base could not be hidden from him.
's eyes and ears.
After passing through the corridor, your eyes suddenly open up.
This is a canyon.
This canyon was originally semi-natural. After Wang's continuous excavation, development, and site leveling, its scale has become larger and larger, and it has become more and more industrial.
Many cavities have also been dug out in some of the mountains on both sides to store raw materials and finished products that are afraid of water. There are even many rock chambers used to live in.
In the open space, there are many large storage buildings built against the mountains, where mountains of raw materials are stored.
The most important thing is that there are several large kilns standing in the canyon.
The kiln burns coal.
In this world, coal is not valuable, because apart from being used in kilns and forging, coal is not very useful.
In winter, common people use charcoal for heating, and aristocratic families will use high-quality smokeless charcoal.
But in fact, if coal is used to centrally heat the water in the boiler, and then the hot water is circulated through pipes and radiators to form heating, the heating effect will be much better than that of a charcoal-burning stove.
Wang Shouzhe had ordered the craftsmen to build a set of small boiler earth heating equipment in their spare time and test it in his house.
Otherwise, in this winter, the climate is always humid and biting, which would not be very comfortable.
Although the Lingtai realm monks have long been extraordinary in physique, and their ability to withstand cold and heat is also extraordinary. But if you can make yourself more comfortable, why not be more comfortable?
Let’s not talk about gossip for now.
Now this secret base is producing "cement" almost day and night. Several cement furnaces have been burning for many years, alternating day and night without stopping.
Speaking of which, the cement production process is actually not complicated.
You only need to grind limestone, iron slag and clay into powder, then mix them in proportion, then calcine them at high temperature in a coal kiln, and finally grind them into powder again, which is clinker.
Subsequently, clinker is mixed with a certain proportion of gypsum powder to form ordinary cement.
This is the so-called two-grinding and one-forging process.
The prices of raw materials such as limestone, iron slag, clay, coal and gypsum powder are extremely cheap, as if they can be bought anywhere.
After processing, the market price of cement can reach half of that of food crops, and the huge profits can be imagined.
Moreover, before the raw materials are transported to this processing base, limestone, iron slag, etc. have been ground into powder in advance, and only subsequent processing such as calcining is required.
The only pity is the production volume.
Even though the Lu family, the Liu family, the Gongsun family, and the Wang family have all contributed to production, up to now, the total annual production of the entire cement system can only reach 100,000 tons.
One hundred thousand tons sounds like a lot, but compared to the earth, this output is really too behind.
Wang Shouzhe vaguely remembered that before he traveled through China, the average annual cement consumption per capita in China was about one and a half tons. The difference was so huge that it was like clouds and mud.
Nothing can be done.
The current cement production technology is still very backward in all aspects, especially in the mining and grinding of raw materials. Most of the technology methods are relatively primitive, and for the time being, animal-powered winch gear milling vehicles are used.
But even so, the in-law alliance's total annual turnover in cement has exceeded 200,000 gold.
Moreover, all raw materials are owned by our own industry and are produced in the area under our jurisdiction. They are usually not sold, so the cost is extremely low.
In recent years, after "cement" became famous, sales have been getting better and better, and demand simply exceeds supply.
Now, the entire in-law alliance is planning to increase production, and plans to put the water-powered winch grinding truck into actual production within this year and next.
It is expected that within ten years, the output will be increased five times, and the total annual turnover will exceed one million dry gold.
Leave aside the cement item.
Foreign glass products are also the main products of this production base.
Most glass products are small glasses, bottles, plates, small jars and other products. Generally speaking, the process is actually much simpler than firing ordinary porcelain. However, the price of glass products is more expensive than ordinary porcelain. Several times more.
The raw material of glass products is also very simple, just quartz sand.
Under the banner of imported products from overseas, these "exquisite" glass products have gradually become popular among many families. In just a few years, the Wang family and the alliance of in-laws have made a lot of money, more than selling cement. More profitable.
If Wang Shouzhe hadn't needed to continuously expand cement production capacity to pave the way for future overseas development and city construction plans, he would have really wanted to stop cement and specialize in the production of glass.
It's a pity that he knows that technology must be accumulated bit by bit. For the future, cement production and research and development must continue.
Wang Shouzhe himself does not have the energy or time to participate in these specific research and development processes, as well as the research and development of production processes. All he can do is provide some directional guidance and inspiration.
Fortunately, there are many talented craftsmen in the world who are smart and willing to work hard, so all his ideas can be turned into reality.
Of course, the production base and R&D base are separate.
This is just a production base, Wang's real R&D base is not here.
Later.
Wang Shouzhe "walked around" the production base as if he was inspecting, and said he would stay in the production base for a few days to guide the next work and so on.
Soon, the news "spread" throughout the entire production base.
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Deep in this production base, there is a hidden secret room.
The secret room is not big, but the internal facilities are complete. Anyone who lives here will not have to go out for ten days and a half. It is not a problem at all. If you are a Xuanwu monk, it is not a problem.
now.
On the Arhat couch in the secret room, a tall old man was sitting cross-legged.
It can be seen that he is already quite old, and there are many wrinkles on his face, showing the vicissitudes of life, but his aura is still as strong as a mountain, with a majestic demeanor that can calm people's hearts.
Especially those eyebrows and eyes are as deep as a deep pool.
Even if he was wearing simple clothes, he could not hide the fact that he had a distinguished status.
Wang Shouzhe sat cross-legged across from him, made a pot of tea with him personally, and said with an apologetic expression: "Ancestor Zhou Bo, I have wronged you in the past six months."
Yes, this old man with extraordinary bearing is Wang Zhoubo, ancestor of the Longzuo Wang family.
He has been living in seclusion in this production base for nearly half a year.
"Your arrangements are very thorough. Not only do you have third-level spiritual meat to eat every day, but you also include the elixirs used for my cultivation." Ancestor Zhou Bo smiled heartily, "This has greatly improved my recent cultivation.
It's a small improvement, so what can I feel wronged about? Just treat it as a retreat."
"Furthermore, Zhou Xuan is my cousin. He and the family he created were killed in such a way. Now I have the opportunity to avenge him, which is what I want. That Huangfu family is as cunning as a fox, no matter how much he does for this
There’s no such thing as too much preparation.”
"The Huangfu family is indeed very cautious." Wang Shouzhe said while drinking the spirit tea. "It is obvious that they themselves were involved with the Yinsha Sect, but they were able to make the accounts almost flawless. In the end, the branch line took the blame, and the main line was unscathed.
The fact that the Huangfu family has been able to stand in Changning Guard for five hundred years is definitely not a fluke."
"If you want to hunt such a fox, you have to make careful calculations. Fortunately, years of planning are finally bearing fruit."
When Patriarch Zhou Bo heard this, his heart moved: "Shou Zhe, do you think that the other party will soon be unable to bear it any longer?"
"We moved the former Ma Huangfu clan down, and killed the secret disciples of the Yinsha Sect, and then cut off the two arms of the Heavenly Man Huangfu clan." Wang Shouzhe analyzed eloquently, "And we buy
Removing all the fixed assets of the former Ma Huangfu family is equivalent to strangling the neck of Huangfu Ranch. In addition, our overt and covert support for the ancestors of Beichen to attack the Heavenly Realm is also a big threat to them."
"All these things have already made the Huangfu family furious. He didn't take action before, but he was just enduring in secret and waiting for the opportunity. But just yesterday, senior brother Fang Youan and others from Zifu Academy presided over the disaster relief and had completed their merits and returned to the school.
Xiahou Hongde, the palace and city guard, also took the imperial chariot to go to Longzuo County to report on his duties. This trip lasted for as little as ten days and as long as a month."
"This is the best opportunity for the Huangfu family to take action. Once you miss it, it will be difficult to find such a good opportunity again." Wang Shouzhe said calmly, "And I personally came to the secret production base to sit for a few days, which was the last piece of fragrance thrown out.
bait."
"What if the other party doesn't bite the hook?" Ancestor Zhou Bo asked.
"They don't take the bait under such circumstances. Once Xiahou City Shou comes back to report his duties, they will not dare to take action for at least three years. After all, the Cloud-Piercing Cannon that Xiahou City Shou gave me was not for nothing." Wang Shouzhe said with a smile, "And
The longer they delay, the stronger the Wang family's in-law alliance will become. If they delay further, maybe Beichen's ancestors will successfully attack the Heavenly Realm. They can't afford to delay~~"
"Shouzhe, you really calculated the other party's death." Ancestor Zhou Bo sighed with emotion, "If Zhou Xuan had such calculations as yours, he wouldn't have ended up like that."
"Oh~ I can't help it, I was forced out." Wang Shouzhe said with emotion, "As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years. The Huangfu family is like a poisonous snake, waiting in secret.
I don't know when they will jump out and bite you. Why do I, the Wang family, live so peacefully? Instead of doing everything possible to guard against them, it is better to hold the initiative in my own hands."
Wang Shouzhe was also filled with emotion. If it weren't for the heavy burden on his shoulders, he wouldn't be willing to think about it every day. How good would it be to practice peacefully and play with the children?
It's a pity that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.
In any world, you can't just be quiet if you want to be. If you want to be truly powerful, you can only take the initiative to control your destiny.
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That night.
The main residence of the Weihuangfu family in Changning.
In the study room, the gorgeous palace lantern inlaid with spiritual stones was emitting bright white light, illuminating the entire room as bright as day.
Huangfu Jinhuan was sitting in front of a large ancient wooden desk, opening a secret letter.
The secret letter was sealed with fire paint and printed with a special seal that could prevent forgery. The signature was outlined in the shape of a fish with simple lines, which seemed to be some kind of special code name.
When Huangfu Jinhuan opened the envelope, he was still a little careless.
However, after just a few glances, his eyes lit up, and the more he looked, the more excited he became. After a while, he was so excited that he slapped the secret letter on the table and stood up directly.
"Okay~Okay~Okay! What a God-given opportunity, what a God-given opportunity!"
These days, he has been frustrated to death.
The masters of the Yinsha Sect who were secretly dealing with each other and the Huangfu branch were all wiped out. Even the fixed assets of the former Ma Huangfu family fell into the hands of the Wang family.
The reputation of the dignified Tianren Huangfu family has plummeted in the Changning Guards, and the forces that once cooperated with them have also adopted a conservative attitude towards them, quite a bit at arm's length. Even those small ninth-grade families who usually visit very diligently, now
One by one they disappeared without a trace.
The main gate of the main house, which was once bustling with people, has become deserted.
Everything seems to indicate that the once glorious Tianren family is gradually declining.
But how could others know that Huangfu was not without the ability to fight back. He was just waiting for a good opportunity to fight back.
Now, this opportunity has come.
Huangfu Jinhuan couldn't wait to see Patriarch Hua Ye and report this rare good news. The hidden stakes he had laid so hard finally came into play.
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A few days later.
It was a dark and windy night for a month.
The water flow under Luoying Gorge was rapid, and the water waves kept hitting the cliff, making a "papapapa" sound. The steep wind blew from the top of the cliff, and when it was blocked by the gaps between the treetops and the rocks, the wind sound changed.
I had to whimper, just like a ghost crying.
And in this ghostly atmosphere, at the top of the cliff where only falcons can land, according to legend, three masked men appeared at some point.
The leader stood with his hands behind his back.
Although his face was covered, his iconic red hair clearly revealed his identity, and even a blind person could recognize that he was Hua Ye, the ancestor of the Tianren Huangfu family.
It can be seen how perfunctory he was in covering up his face this time. Or perhaps, his heart was full of confidence that he would win. The masking was just a formality.
"Jinning, Jinyu." Ancestor Hua Ye looked down at the production base in the canyon, with a hint of passion and contempt in his voice, "According to intelligence, in this secret production base of the Wang family alliance, there are people all year round.
A Lingtai realm monk from the alliance takes turns to be in charge. The person in charge now is Chen Junyao from the Chen family in Donggang."
Ancestor Junyao is the second ancestor of the Donggang Chen family. Because he is still relatively young, he has not even reached the middle stage of the Lingtai realm. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is already a powerful ancestor.
But in the eyes of the Celestial Family, a mere junior Lingtai person is really not a person.
No wonder there is a hint of contempt in Patriarch Hua Ye's tone when he talks about it.
He continued: "In addition, Wang Shouzhe secretly came to take charge. This is a God-given opportunity. If you control Wang Shouzhe first, and then take down some major production managers, you can temporarily control this production base.
Find out the secrets of cement and glass production as quickly as possible."
"Yes, ancestor."
The other two masked old men answered seriously.
Their hair is all grayish white, and their voices also have a hint of old age, as if they are older than the ancestor Hua Ye.
These two old men, one named Huangfu Jinning and the other Huangfu Jinyu, are both ancestors of the Tianren Huangfu family with the Jin character.
The Celestial Family is different from the eighth- and ninth-grade families.
The heritage of an established seventh-grade family is extremely terrifying and unfathomable.
These two ancestors of the Jin generation are of the same generation as Huangfu Jinyuan, who separated and established a family in Qianma Town.
They were once the pillars of the Tianren Huangfu family, and even Huangfu Jinning served as the head of the family for decades.
But now, they are all old. Shouyuan only has ten or twenty years left, and there is no hope of reaching the realm of heaven and human beings, so he has already retreated to the second line and become the family elder.
Under normal circumstances, they would live out their lives in the family until their lifespan is exhausted.
This is the normal succession of a family of gods and humans.
After all, the life span of a cultivator in the Heavenly Realm is nearly four hundred years. Under normal circumstances, the Heavenly Family will have its ancestors replaced every two hundred years.
Except for a few lucky people of direct lineage, most people are not qualified to become the seeds of heavenly beings, or even have the opportunity to reach the realm of heavenly beings.
Even people like Huangfu Jinyuan, who had better qualifications, had no choice but to split up their families and worked hard all their lives, but in the end they still had no chance to reach the realm of heaven and humanity.
On the contrary, the Beichen ancestor of the Xu family in Changning had excellent luck and had the opportunity to reach the realm of heaven and human beings.
"Jinning, Jinyu." Ancestor Hua Ye looked up at the starry sky and said with emotion, "I also know that you have been a little wronged in this life. If the Huangfu family is a Zifu family, you may not have the chance to become a heavenly being.
."
If they were raised as celestial beings from childhood, Huangfu Jinning and Huangfu Jinyu would have at least a 30% chance of entering the celestial realm.
As for the deceased former founder of the Ma Huangfu clan, Huangfu Jinyuan, there was at least a 60-70% chance of it, which was no less favorable than the ancestor Hua Ye. However, under the surging trend, what can this do?
"But how is the road to the Purple Mansion unusual? Now there is an excellent opportunity in front of us, the Huangfu family. You must fight for an opportunity for your children and grandchildren."
"Ancestor, we understand." Huangfu Jinning and Huangfu Jinyu looked firm, their eyes shining brightly, "For the future of the Huangfu family, we will do our best to live up to our ancestor's trust."
"Go ahead~" Ancestor Hua Ye waved his hand calmly and confidently, "I do calculations mentally but not carelessly, and I have my ancestor here to take charge."
"This will happen."
As the voice fell.
"boom!"
At the bottom of Luoying Gorge, a torrent hit the cliff and splashed water seven to eight feet high.