Zhao Fujin, Xiaohu, and Shi Jingxuan were all a little surprised when they heard Erya's words. Zhao Fujin couldn't help but be surprised in his heart at first: "The lady of the owner! The business of this waterway is not easy. We are confident that we can fight on the dry road, but this waterway is controlled by the trough gang from south to north, and even the imperial court sailors may not be able to take advantage of them if they really want to fight. Although our Wang family can get a face from our colleagues in the business world, it has not yet reached the point where we can help those lawless and reckless people who never put human life in their eyes to give face. ”

Xiaohu also said: "What Steward Zhao said is reasonable, and there is another point, if we rent out the ship ourselves, we will also recruit crew and sailors." Those people are basically unruly, don't put our ship into their hands when the time comes, it will become theirs, and I am afraid it will take a lot of trouble to come back. ”

Although Shi Jingxuan was also surprised, he only stood aside quietly and did not say anything to put forward any opinions, because he was only in charge of internal affairs.

Zhao Fujin said that the second girl understands, it is nothing more than that the trough gang has occupied all the waterways of the entire Damin Dynasty, and no one else can share a cent. She had also heard that the ships of the trough gang sometimes refused to give way to the government's boats, but the people of the government had nothing to do with them, so they could only admit that they were unlucky. It would be very difficult for her ship to solicit water transport business as well. The trough gang does not sell the face of the Wang family, and makes trouble and trouble everywhere, so that all merchants dare not rent the Wang family's boats.

It can be said that all merchants grit their teeth against the Groove Gang, but they are helpless against them. Erya feels that she is just as helpless at the moment, but she doesn't hate it. Because the Wang family takes a sea trip except for a few years, other water transportation basically does not go, and the Wang family and the trough gang are almost no intersection places. But if she really wants to be ruthless. But it's not that the groove gang can't be quietly disintegrated. As long as the cement avenue is popularized; As long as the steam engine is developed as soon as possible, the rail car will be popularized; Water transport will be phased out automatically. Isn't the water transport of later generations looking forward to the face of train freight, plane freight, and high-speed freight?

As for what his own man Xiaohu said, there is nothing to worry about for Erya, the loss of control of the right to use does exist, but it is not inevitable, as long as the measures are appropriate, it will not happen.

It's just that it seems a little early to say all this now, "Let's fix the ship first and then make plans!" ”

Zhao Fujin replied: "Those boats." It is said that it can be repaired within a year. Most of the boats we bought from Mr. Qi were introduced by Mr. Qi to be repaired in the same shipyard. However, because I was the first ship to choose. The damage was not very large, so the shipyard put our ship in the first place to be repaired. It is estimated that I will be able to pick up the ship in August or September next year! ”

"Then we'll talk about it again in August or September next year." Erya said with a gesture in her hand to ask Zhao Fujin to open the second group of cars.

Because after the carriage is loaded, it will be locked by the steward and affixed with a special seal. Such a seal can only be opened by the steward. Now he also needs to look at it before he can open it.

Zhao Fujin opened the back door of the car. While explaining: "These four cars are extra-wide flat woolen flannel woven by their latest technology, and it is said that the shape is better than the previous woolen fabric." Because the price is relatively high, I didn't buy too much. ”

Er Ya looked at the flat flannel under the tarpaulin, and was secretly surprised, but she didn't expect that the textile industry over there was so developed, and it could weave such a wide and thick cloth. However, this kind of woolen fabric is more suitable for making a version coat than the previous tweed, and it can add another coat fabric to its own garment factory.

After Er Ya finished reading the woolen material, she looked at the dozen or so carriages placed in another place with some curiosity. Zhao Fujin saw the lady of the owner looking at these cars. He explained: "The lady of the proprietor! Those cars are full of stuff for you personally, so. Put it in another place. Some of them are machinery that you may be interested in, some are olive oil that you specifically asked for, and some may be small things that will be used in the bag factory, I would like to give you a look at how to use them, all of them are packed in small bags, and there are two cars of what kind of resin, which was specially given to you by the person you commissioned to make amber. ”

Erya's eyes lit up, and she asked urgently: "Can I give you the secret technique of making amber?" ”

Zhao Fujin shook his head, "Didn't give it to me!" However, I heard Chen Xin and them say that the people you commissioned at the beginning have asked someone to teach them how to make amber, and they are all very good, and they don't need to write it on paper. ”

"It's better that way! I wasted resin during the test. ”

This resin and the secret technique of making it, Erya is not here to make amber, but to make sunglasses.

The resin left by the foreigners in the past thought that it would be heated and melted, and then poured into the mold to set it, and it could be made into sunglasses lenses. But when I did it, I realized that it was a big mistake, the finished product was full of bubbles and white mist, and none of the more than 100 made it successful, and so many scarce resins were wasted in vain.

Erya was secretly annoyed in her heart, but she didn't give up. It wasn't until he saw a merchant from overseas selling transparent and clear artificial amber that Erya's mind immediately turned to the amber craftsman who would make such a fake amber. He immediately offered to take money to buy the other party's production process, but he didn't expect that the person who sold the amber was also entrusted by someone else to sell it on his behalf, and he would not make such a good amber himself. However, they promised Erya that they would help her buy this production process after returning to China, and then bring it to Erya.

Because most of those businessmen from overseas were introduced by the previous foreigners (that is, Mr. Lyon, who took care of Chen Xin's children). Because they knew each other well, they entrusted them with the craftsmanship to be handed over to Mr. Lyon, or to the children raised by Lyon's side. At the same time, they were also entrusted with collecting more resins that could be used to make amber, and then they would be entrusted to Mr. Leon or the children of the Wang family.

There is no way to entrust them with those distant businessmen who can only come once in a few years, and Erya does not have much hope for them. But she still gave her goods to the other party according to the price she had agreed with the other party before. After that, she didn't remember this incident as a major event, and when she occasionally remembered it, she also meditated in her heart, hoping that the other party would keep her faith for the sake of God they believed.

I didn't expect such a surprise to be enjoyable, Erya was a little impatient and wanted to make sunglasses immediately, but the kids inside were still chatting excitedly about the interesting things of life overseas, and she had to be patient with her impetuousness, and reached out to check these things that were said to be her own.

Xiaohu and Shi Jingxuan continued to be busy handing over the goods, while Erya opened the carriages loaded with machinery, wanting to see if there were good things that they could use.

These things are really useful, there are more advanced knitting machines than home-made, and there are machines that look like seaming machines? And a shoe machine that looks like a pedal? There are still several kinds of machines that Er Ya can't see what they are, so he can only wait for those boys to give a good explanation to himself when they are free.

But in a pile of bits and pieces, Er Ya pulled out two packs of zippers made of copper, a pack of buckles made of copper, two packs of gold-plated Western-style belts of different sizes and styles, a pack of clips made of copper, and a pack of delicate nail clippers

Looking at these things that are both strange and familiar, Erya's tears are about to fall. That's right! It was at this time that industry began to rise in Western countries, as if the first industrial revolution was also in this time period. It was also from this time that the rapid development of the Western economy, science and technology, etc., soon left the Eastern countries far behind, and the large country of the Han people, which had always been ahead of the world, fell asleep in the glory of the past.

Xiaohu, who was busy over there, came over to help his daughter-in-law, but saw her daughter-in-law looking at the things in the carriage with tears in her eyes. Surprised, he asked, "Daughter-in-law!" Why are you still crying? ”

Erya wiped her tears embarrassedly and replied with a smile: "I didn't cry!" It's just that these little things brought back by Steward Zhao this time are so good that I burst into tears when I was excited. ”

Although Xiaohu didn't believe his daughter-in-law's excuse very much, he didn't continue to ask, but just reached out to help take down some small pieces. All the contents of the carriages are to be vacated to-evening, and these carriages are all hired, and the coachmen will rest here for the night, and they will leave for their return early to-morrow morning.

It is another day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and this year's harvest celebration and grand party are beyond the excitement of previous years. Chen Xin, Zhang Motan, these boys who came back from the ocean have temporarily added several programs. There are trumpets and tubes; There are those who play the cello and violin; some play the harp; There is a xylophone that is similar to a piano. There are soloists, there are ensembles, in short, this new way of playing and instruments has made everyone crazy. Except for those who had to go home for the vigil and left, all those who stayed in town were all real night-reveling, putting on shows, setting off fireworks, and chatting.

After the seventh day of the first lunar month, those who should return began to say goodbye to everyone one after another. Those who should stay and do things have also packed up their crazy hearts, settled down, and started to do things.

Chen Xin and the others also officially used the knowledge they had learned in the past ten years to repay the place where they lived in their childhood after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

In the past, the crude algebra, geometry, physics and other textbooks written by Erya with the help of some books left by foreigners have all been eliminated, and they are replaced by real mature teaching textbooks in the West brought back by Chen Xin and them. However, it is all translated into Chinese by Chen Xin and them! In addition, foreign languages, natural sciences, chemistry and other existing overseas departments have been added.

At this time, science was basically mature, and it was no longer an ignorant era when the earth was rounded and would be executed, so Erya was also relieved that they would translate all overseas disciplines to teach. She only wanted to give the children in her school such an education, and selected excellent grades to study abroad in a steady stream, so as not to let this country that was about to sleep completely disconnected from overseas, and never thought of popularizing these disciplines or allowing the imperial court to accept such scientific knowledge. Therefore, she did not care about any objections or impeachments from the courtiers.

Director Shi has no opinion on this, and strongly supports it, he has seen how important these are to the expansion of children's thinking in the simple geometry, algebra, and physics disciplines written by Erya before. He was able to bring out so many outstanding students, and it was inseparable from the enlightenment education of these subjects. (To be continued.) )