Back in the house, Qiu Chen calmed his thoughts, put Lin Xianniang's affairs aside for the time being, and first picked up two copies of the mansion to look at. Di copy, similar to the internal reference, includes all the things that form the written text in the court, such as personnel changes, policy adjustments and promulgations, and of course, all kinds of words that praise merit and virtue. These two copies are copies of the residence during the Chinese New Year, and naturally there are a lot of articles singing praises to virtue, accounting for almost the vast majority of the content of the copy. This kind of thing is the most boring, Qiu Chen swept it away, and his eyes were fixed on the New Year's reward, among which there were several personnel changes in the household department and the Ministry of Industry, but the news of the four princes being crowned kings at the same time was still the most eye-catching, even Qiu Chen was no exception.

Just now, Qiu Chen had already heard Qin Li give her a brief description of the names of the four princes, and the copy of the palace should be a little more detailed, showing the birth years of the four princes, their births, their biological mothers, and the most important thing is the merits of the four princes.

Qiu Chen's gaze swept over the contents of the names of the eldest prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince, and the most stumbling down on the second prince Yang Jingyong and the content under his name--

The third son Yong, the first year of Invesco, his mother Zhaorong Tang, died in the sixth year of Invesco, and he was good at writing Danqing...... The battle to destroy Beirong, Yong dispatched grain and grass, and the system was in a good way, until the first battle to destroy Rong, the disaster of hundreds of years in the north of the country...... Nanzhili disaster, mediocre and hidden, dispatching vertically and horizontally, properly resettled, until the catastrophe is no catastrophe, and all surnames are helped...... Therefore, the king of Yong!

Qiu Chen's gaze swept over the short lines of words, and he didn't find a single word about the description of the wife and concubine of Yang Jingyong, the king of Yong, and smiled bitterly with the scroll. Why did she do such a stupid thing, not to mention that there was no mention of the wife and concubine of Yongwang Yang Jingyong on the palace copy, that is, it was mentioned that she could copy the palace, that is, she could only get royal approval and the concubines, as for those concubines, they would not be recognized at all, so they would naturally not be included. Not to mention the concubine, it is a complete plaything, not even a slave, let alone being brought to the fore.

Lin Xianniang's family background was given by Yang Jingyu, the king of Qi, so she can be a concubine at best, right? It's not as good as a big girl in a room!

Putting down the copy, Qiu Chen remembered the letter sent by Qin Zheng in hindsight, took it out of his sleeve pocket, took a knife to remove the fire paint from the seal, and then took out a small note from the bamboo tube.

The note was unfolded, and the clear and upright fly-headed small block appeared in front of her eyes, which was Qin Zheng's handwriting.

Qin Zheng's content first greeted him well, and then as soon as the topic changed, he directly talked about Man'er being taken away by Old Man Mu.

Qin Zheng said, '...... The master boy had lived in the Nanyi ethnic group for a long time, picked up medicines, caught poisonous insects, and walked out of the mountains after more than ten years, all the way north to Beijing, just to complete a trust from his ancestors, and found me in the capital...... According to the master, there are abundant treasures in the deep mountains and old forests of Nanyi, many of which are not seen anywhere else...... This time, the master was able to take Xiaojie south, which just shows that the master is optimistic about Aman and sincerely arranges for him...... Now the master and Xiaojie have arrived in Huai, and will take a boat to the south in the near future...... And peace of mind! ’

And he said, 'Lin don't worry, everything is safe!' ’

After reading this simple letter, Qiu Chen felt that his throat was choked and he spit out a long breath, and he was really relieved. Qin Zheng can know so well the itinerary of Old Man Mu and Aman, he must have followed people along the way to protect him, and with his arrangement, it is much better than Old Man Mu who is unreliable!

As for Lin Xianniang, Qin Zheng just mentioned it, and Qiu Chen didn't think about it anymore. After all, she doesn't have much affection for Lin Xianniang, knowing that she is okay, it is enough, as for what life she will live in the future, whether she can achieve prosperity and wealth, it is Lin Xianniang's own choice, she can't manage it, and she won't pay attention to it anymore.

took Qin Zheng's letter and read it carefully, Qiu Chen was reluctant to burn it, and put it in a small box in the kang cabinet. More than a dozen notes have accumulated in the small box, and all of them are Qin Zheng's notes!

After putting the small box away, Qiu Chen relaxed and picked up the copy again.

"The third son Yong, the mother Zhaorong Tang...... In the battle to destroy Beirong, the grain and grass were dispatched, and the system was well-organized...... Nanzhili disaster, mediocre and hidden, dispatching vertically and horizontally, and properly relocating ......" just now I only paid attention to whether there was any news about the backyard of King Yong, and I didn't look at some introductions seriously. Putting aside those mixed thoughts and looking at it again, Qiu Chen suddenly found that this newly promoted King Yong had participated in the battle to destroy Beirong in Northern Xinjiang before; Later, it provided relief and appeased the victims of the disaster in Nanzhili...... Anyang Mansion is located in Nanzhili, and Anyang also happened to be flooded with plague last year...... This King Yong came all the way, and he actually followed Qin Zheng, the Marquis of Jingbei...... Oh, Qin Zheng also told her before that the Wei clan of Empress Yuan and the current Empress Xu clan were trying to win him over, and he even did not hesitate to hurt himself in order to avoid these...... It turned out that she had always thought that Qin Zheng wanted to completely avoid the battle for the heir, but she didn't expect that this person had already become a member of the Yongwang family...... She didn't believe it, such a King Yong had been by Qin Zheng's side, whether Qin Zheng was the commander of an army or a minister, he would not know the existence of King Yong. Since he knows the Dao, but has come all the way, then Qin Zheng is estimated to have been in the Yongwang family for a long time, right? It's no wonder that he refuses to collude with Wei and Xu.

From here, Qiu Chen couldn't help but contact the newly baked Yongwang Ye. Compared with the two major families of the Yuan and the present, King Yong's biological mother is just a second-grade Zhaorong, and she is several levels behind the queen! What's more, the Tang clan ...... The low-key almost didn't do anything, and he rarely made a sound in the court, and it was quiet as if it didn't exist, compared to the maternal Wei family of the Yuan Dynasty, and the current Dingnan Hou Xu family, they are too different...... If such a person is as silent as before, and does not participate in the dispute, it is better to say, if he participates in the seizure of the heir, it is likely to summon the collective attack of the Wei and Xu families.

Tang ...... It should be the Tang family from which Tang Yanzhang was born...... So, according to Wu, what role did Tang Wenyong, who was a side branch, play in this? Yongwang, Tang Wenyong, Qin Zheng...... Tang Wenyong is a related figure between King Yong and Qin Zheng, right? It is no wonder that he can get to where he is today with the identity of a side branch of the Tang family. Once she asked Tang Wenyong's grade, Tang Wenyong said that it was from the third grade, after this relief and cowpox, Tang Wenyong should really be promoted to the knighthood, but I don't know what official the emperor of the Dao Emperor will give Tang Wenyong...... Second grade? Or is it a product?

Hey, why didn't Tang Wenyong be mentioned in the newspaper? Anyway, it shouldn't be...... Even if Qin Zheng is the chief official in charge of the relief, and it is not Tang Wenyong's turn to show his face, the matter of cowpox should also be expressed, right? …… However, she has been copying the mansion for more than half a year, and she has never seen anything related to Tang Wenyong...... Forget it, the officialdom and power struggle in this are not something that she can understand as a science student and a researcher. She only needs to determine the direction of the wind in the court, so that she can smoothly avoid some interests.

Thinking of this, Qiu Chen couldn't help but sigh again.

Now, Yang Jingyong has been named King Yong, and he has changed his previous low-key, which can be regarded as rushing into the battle for succession, right? Qin Zheng is also counted as a ...... I only hope that the struggle for imperial power between them will not implicate their family. Alas, sure enough, it's not so simple to have your back against the mountain!

After reading Qin Zheng's letter, he was somewhat worried about Man'er, but Qiu Chen was a little more worried about the court situation and the struggle for the throne......

Sighing, putting away the copy and letters, Qiu Chen shook his head, as if he had shaken off the troubles in his head, got up and put on his cloak and went straight to the east across the courtyard.

Since she agreed to arrange a job for her eldest grandson Lichuan by the third grandmother, she still has to go over to talk to Yang Shumeng, and also inform Lin Zi, who is in charge of the soap-making workshop...... Soap making is divided into several main processes of raw material processing, concentration, shaping, packaging and packaging. Qiu Chen subconsciously didn't want Liu Lichuan to come into contact with the first two processes that were closer to the production process, so he pondered while walking, and entered the East Cross Courtyard, Qiu Chen had basically determined, let Liu Lichuan go to the packaging process. This process does not involve the manufacturing process, and it needs to move and lift some hard work, so let Liu Lichuan work here for a while, observe carefully, and make sure that he is really working hard, and then talk about other things!

Because of the addition of shower gel and shampoo, there is a shortage of people in the manufacturing workshop, and I originally planned to add people, but because it has just passed the Lantern Festival, the recruitment plan has not yet been implemented, and now Qiu Chen is talking to Lin Zi about Lichuan, although Lichuan is two years younger than Lin Zi, but he is an ordinary guy who grew up, and they have both studied in Liu's private school, the relationship between the two is not bad, plus Lin Zi also understands Lichuan's temperament, simple but somewhat stubborn, before Lichuan himself thought about missing the opportunity for the Lin family's initial recruitment, and now he can wake up and turn back, Lin Zi is only happy for Lichuan, so he naturally accepts it.

Qiu Chen explained the matter, looked at the work of each workshop in the workshop, and turned back from the East Cross Courtyard.

Early in the morning of the second day, before the hour, the third grandmother led the Lichuan to the Lin family. Qiu Chen personally went out of Lu to pick up the third grandmother, handed over the standing pass to Lin Zi who came to work, accompanied the third grandmother to talk for a while, and sent Lu away. Turning back, Qiu Chen didn't want to go back to the house, so he went to the backyard kiln.

"Madam, look, this is the glass that was burned yesterday, what, the small one has seen it in the light test, it is almost deformed, and the decolorization is much better......" As soon as he entered the kiln room, Jia Liang held a palm-sized glass to report the good news to Qiu Chen. The joy and pride on that face Qiu Chen was very familiar, once when they were in the laboratory, when there was a breakthrough in research, this kind of sincere and pure joy would appear on everyone's faces.

Qiu Chen was infected by Jialiang, and he also brought a touch of surprise, and took the glass while responding, came to the light at the door of the house, and looked at it carefully.

Sure enough, the transparency of the glass has been very good, and the decolorization process has also been greatly improved, and the original green glass can hardly see the green, and it has become colorless and transparent. After perspective, the refractive index is much more uniform, as Jialiang said, there is still some slight deformation around the periphery, but there is almost no deformation in the middle of the glass.

This means that decolorized optical glass is introduced. Of course, this is still the basic process of glass, and if you really want to make optical glass, you also need to study and calculate the refractive index of glass and many other conditions, so as to get accurate lenses, which can be used to make optical instruments such as microscopes and telescopes.

Nodding his head again and again, Qiu Chen praised: "It's really good, if we continue to do this, we will soon be able to make perfect glass." ”

After speaking, Qiu Chen looked at Jialiang, whose face was pale and his eyes were red, and he knew that he had almost not slept last night in order to make this piece of glass, and secretly praised it in his heart, and said with a smile: "You didn't sleep much last night, did you?" Now that you've done that, you can just improve the process a little bit, and you can rest and rest...... Well, you take two days off to replenish your spirits, and then try to succeed in one fell swoop. ”

Jia Liang is only seventeen years old, he is silent and steady on weekdays, hard-working and tenacious, he doesn't look like a teenager, but when he heard Qiu Chen's praise, he showed a touch of shyness, hanging his head and rubbing his hands, scratching his head, with a smile on his face, but showing a bit of the simplicity and honesty of a teenager.

It just so happened that the kiln had not been lit yet, so Qiu Chen directly took Jialiang back to the room to rest. She took this piece of glass of the best quality, and silently began to ponder, the glass is made, and there will be continuous cutting needs in the future, there is not even glass here, and naturally there is no glass knife to cut glass...... She'd have to figure out how to get a glass knife.

The blade of modern knives used to cut glass is made of artificial zircon, that is, synthetic diamond, and there is nowhere to find it at this time, but natural diamond is relatively easy to find. I bought a pair of red gold bracelets inlaid with diamonds in Zhengding City before. It's just that the pair of bracelets is very well made, and she is going to make a dowry for Man'er, if the diamond is dismantled, it will be worth the loss. Besides, the diamond on the bracelet is a bit big...... In fact, a glass knife is enough to use a dingding diamond, but it is useless when it is big.

This plan is on the agenda, but there is no need to rush too much, after all, it will take some time to make qualified glass.

What's more, the production and use of optical glass requires not only cutting, but also grinding and polishing...... The latter two can refer to jade carving...... You have to ask for advice and ponder about this.

Standing in the kiln room, holding a piece of glass close to optical quality, Yufeng came over, and she realized that it was already noon, and the children were out of school, and she wanted her to go back to lunch together.

Qiu Chen looked at the glass in his hand, shook his head with a smile, put the glass down, closed the doors and windows of the kiln room, and returned to the Sanjin Courtyard.

On the eighteenth day of the lunar month, Lin Xu set off to return to Anyang City. The school opened on the 21st, followed by the exam after the holiday, Lin Xu really had to study hard to meet the township exam in August in the fall.

Sending Lin Xu away, Qiu Chen began to ponder the glass greenhouse.

In the past, Jialiang tried to make glass, tried again and again, and accumulated a large number of glass that was not enough for optical standards, which was not enough to make optical instruments, but it was enough as ordinary architectural glass. Qiu Chen pondered it, using these to build a small glass greenhouse in the backyard, she was not used to grow flowers, but to grow out-of-season vegetables. After eating cabbage, turnips and dried vegetables and pickles for a few months, I really miss the fresh vegetables that are fresh and fresh.

There is glass, there is wood, and it is not difficult to find a carpenter, yes, Qiu Chen thought of it and began to act. It just so happened that the old carpenter who had renovated the windows of the school had not left yet, so he directly transferred from the school to the backyard of the Lin family.

The glass greenhouse here started, and Qiu Chen put his hand away. Called Daxing and Manchu over, and together with Yang Shumeng, they discussed the cultivation of several Zhuangzi.

The Zhuangzi in Qingshui Town is already familiar with it, and the tenant farmers have basically collected it, and the planting in autumn last year is relatively timely, so there is basically no need to worry about the beginning of spring this year. The key is the four newly bought Zhuangzi, because of the flood and plague, there is a large shortage of personnel, and the land is also very serious, and it is much more laborious to re-cultivate and sow seeds than to mature the fields.

Speaking of which, Daxing, who had been appeasing and relieving tenant farmers in a few Zhuangzi years ago, was heavy-faced.

Qiu Chen thought about it and said slowly: "Well, the biggest problem of these Zhuangzi is that the population is not enough and the labor force is insufficient...... The land is seriously abandoned and the population is underpopulated...... In this way, this year, several of our Zhuangzi do not rent tenants, only recruit long-term workers to open up the wasteland and cultivate, raise it for a year, the wasteland is reclaimed, the fertility is also saved, and then the tenant rent will be rented in the autumn or the spring of next year, and it will be easier for the tenant farmers to cultivate after taking over, and their harvest will be good, and our returns will be guaranteed. ”

Daxing and Manchu were a little surprised, and Qi Qi looked at Qiu Chen with wide eyes, waiting for her to continue.

Qiu Chen paused, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Just like the original Zhuangzi, if you want to open up the wasteland, you need to buy farm tools and livestock, as well as a large amount of manure...... At the same time as purchasing these, it is necessary to start recruiting laborers, well, according to the number of acres of land cultivated, and to take care of food and housing...... You can also rest the vacant houses and build some more houses, and if you are young and strong and bring your family to move in, we can resettle them...... Next, it is the crops to be planted this year, let's investigate the soil quality again, discuss it and then decide......"

If there is no accident, after the glass greenhouse is built, the potatoes sent by Yun Jichen can be planted. It is now the second half of the first month, and the potatoes are generally harvested in three months according to the start of planting in early February. Several Zhuangzi had to recruit people, open up wasteland, accumulate fertilizer, and so on, and after three months, they were just in time, but the number of potatoes was less.

And corn...... It's just that there are too few corn seeds, and it is obvious that there is no way to plant them on a large scale this year. Qiu Chen estimates that after one season of potato cultivation in greenhouses, some of the planting can be expanded. Corn will not be planted until at least next year. Although it is inevitable that there will be some difficulties this year, as long as we survive this year, with potatoes and corn added next year, those Zhuangzi will at least have to worry about food and clothing.

This model, in fact, has been used in Zhuangzi in Qingshui Town before, and it has begun to invest a lot, but the long-term benefits are obvious. This has also been verified in the Zhuangzi in Qingshui Town.

Daxing and Manchu glanced at each other, and Daxing said: "Our four Zhuangzi have a lot of acres, if we buy livestock and farm tools according to the previous example, it is a big investment." ”

Qiu Chen smiled: "There's no need to rush this, and you can't rush it." We have invested too much, and we are afraid that there will not be enough manpower, so we don't have to rush to reclaim the wasteland all at once, but we must ensure that we can plant a little bit of land reclamation, and if we have an output as soon as possible, it will be easier and easier in the future. ”

Daxing pondered and nodded. But the hoards were silent. He is not a member of the Lin family, but he was hired to temporarily take care of the Lin family's small Zhuangzi in Qingshui Town, so he didn't want to express his opinion at this time.

Seeing that Daxing had approved, Qiu Chen asked Daxing to retreat first.

Instead, Qiu Chen said to Man Ho: "Brother Man Hoard, there are more acres of land over there, and one person can't take care of it." You also know that there is no other person at home...... I wondered if you could go over and take care of a Zhuangzi, and the treatment would be the same as here, except that according to the number of acres of land cultivated, you would be paid 10% of the harvest in a normal year. ”

"This ......" To be honest, Qiu Chen's proposal is not unimpressed, as a man in the prime of life, he also hopes that he can do something, earn more money, and make his family richer. However, after all, the Zhuangzi newly bought by the Lin family is relatively far away, and the nearest Zhuangzi in Qinghe County is also 100 miles away from Liujiaao, as long as it passes, it is impossible to go home often to take care of it...... Therefore, he inevitably hesitated a little.

Qiu Chen smiled and said: "Brother Man Hoard doesn't need to answer in a hurry, if it is really in the past, Brother Man Hoard will have to live over there, especially in the spring, when he is busy with recruiting people, it is estimated that he will not be able to come back once a month, you go home and discuss with your uncle and Aunt Lan Ying, and after you have discussed it, you can hear back to me." ”

This matter is indeed not easy to refuse all at once, and Man Ho also promised to go home to discuss and leave the Lin family.

The four big Zhuangzi are full of hoarding, and he alone is obviously not enough. Although Daxing is comprehensive, there are many things to do, so Qiu Chen doesn't want him to be tied to a certain Zhuangzi, it is best for each Zhuangzi to arrange a Zhuangzi to manage it, and Daxing is the best to dispatch in the middle.

Qiu Chen sat in the small flower hall and pondered silently, he didn't have a clue for a long time, so he simply put his hand away for the time being, and decided to follow Daxing to Zhuangzi to see the situation. Perhaps, you will meet the right person to manage Zhuangzi on the street!

Man Ho went back to discuss and did not encounter any obstacles, Man Ho Niang Wang had some concerns, but Man Ho Dad and Lan Ying fully supported. Manchu's father may be considering his son to do a career, but Lan Ying said bluntly: "Our family can get to this point, but it is all pulled by Begonia, and now Begonia has a difficult matter, we just throw away our own fields and do not plant, and we have to help Begonia take care of Zhuangzi first." ”

As a result, Wang's hesitation was completely ignored, and Man Ho came to the Lin family early the next morning to reply to Qiu Chen, and he was invited to go to Xinzhuangzi, anywhere.

Qiu Chen was not particularly surprised by this result, and soon signed an employment deed with Manchu, and hired Manchu as the steward of Zhuangzi in Qinghe County, and the employment period was set at three years after negotiation between the two parties. At the end of the three-year period, if Man Ho is still willing to manage Zhuangzi, Qiu Chen will also renew.

After the contract was signed, Qiu Chen paid two taels of silver, and asked Manho to go over to see the situation, repair the house, and buy farm tools and livestock after settling down...... In order to ensure the safety of Manhoard, Qiu Chen discussed with Qin Li and asked Zeng Daniu and Shen Hu to go with him, and of course, Daxing also followed. The first four Zhuangzi surveys and reliefs were all greatly promoted, and the head situation is relatively familiar, led by him, at least the trust of those local villagers will be higher.

After Daxing and Man Ho set off with Shen Hu and Zeng Daniu, Qiu Chen found Zhao Jiu.

Manpower is the biggest and most critical problem, and now at a time when there is a shortage of food and clothing, it is undoubtedly a good time to collect concentrated population. Qiu Chen asked Zhao Jiu to rush to Hui County and Yishui County to collect the population, the young and strong are the best, and if there is no young and strong, the women and half-sized children with relatively strong bodies can also be used. There are many tasks in ploughing the fields, and when a woman is done well, she is no less efficient than a man.