Ou Yeqiu's first words when he saw Jia Jiu were: "Senior sister, will you start making iron ships now?" ”

Jia Jiu replied, "How is it possible? The iron ship was heavy, and ordinary sails could not allow him to sail freely on the rivers and seas. Moreover, now that the salt and iron official camp is in the camp, if the iron boat is taken out now, the imperial court is afraid that there will be another reason for us to come to us. Therefore, I am not going to embark on the iron ship business until the power problem is solved. ”

"Power?" Ou Yehua only understood half of it, but he could probably guess that it was about the same function as a sail.

"Senior sister, but you have a manuscript?"

Jia Jiu smashed out another booklet and said, "Let's get a small one out first." Here are the drawings. But ......"

"But what?"

Jia Jiu replied, "We need a clean new workshop. ”

"Clean? New workshop? ”

Ouyehu was dumbfounded.

How can there be a blacksmith that is not dirty? Isn't dust and gravel the norm? If there is no dust and no gravel, is it still an iron furnace?

Jia Jiu gestured with his chin: "Turn it from behind." ”

Ou Yehua opened the back request and looked at it, and smiled angrily: "Senior sister, even the people's dining tables are not so clean, right?" Look at what you say on this, you need big tiles, glass windows, and even clean them thoroughly twice every ten years! It must be spotless. Is this still the land of iron? ”

Ou Yehu has been in Sword Forge Valley for so many years, and he has never seen an iron furnace without a trace of dust. In his mind, the iron furnace should be a place with a large amount of ore piled up on the side, and sparks and dust in the wind.

Jia Jiu said: "Don't be stupid, if there is a little more dust on this cylinder." In the end, the engine will be flawed, it won't take a few hits to blow up, and the flying pieces of iron will be enough to cut a person's head in half! ”

"Then there is this new workshop. Is it possible to make that, you say, engine? ”

"How is that possible? Who can eat a bite to become fat! We can only start from the basics, let's say make a good bearing. ”

Jia Jiu and Ou Yehua nested in the Sword Forge Valley like this.

Ou Yehua thinks that Jia Jiu's requirements are simply inexplicable, but Jia Jiu is very insistent, believing that a clean environment is the primary condition for safe production. For all kinds of things like this and that, bits and pieces, the two of them quarreled a lot, but even if the two of them quarreled badly. But many things were still done according to Jia Jiu's requirements.

Because it is obviously the same structure, the bearings made by Ouyeel are not as smooth as those taken out by Jia Jiu. But Jia Jiu still insisted. Only bearings that can rotate for a quarter of an hour are qualified!

The two of them were wasted in the Valley of the Sword.

Then, unconsciously, there was an additional foundry room with bright windows in the Sword Casting Valley, and unconsciously. Ou Yehu is the same as Jia Jiu. Every time I enter and leave the foundry, I change my clothes and put on special clothes.

At the beginning, all the silver-clothed Daozi candidates didn't think about it, but then gradually word came out that Jia Jiu was just a different place of confinement.

In this regard, Dao Ling never explained, and Jia Jiu nested in the Sword Casting Valley, making himself disgraced every day, and he didn't have time to listen to others' chirps.

It was under this background that Princess Changle came to Yuqing Mountain.

The two people who met again were taken aback by each other's appearance.

Princess Changle lost a lot of weight. The two eyes were originally big, but now they are thin. is getting bigger and bigger, and Princess Changle's current spirit is even more infiltrating.

Jia Jiu, on the other hand, became dark and thin. Even before meeting Princess Changle, Jia Jiu had already groomed himself, but the calluses on his hands really revealed the hardships of his days.

When Jia Jiu saw Princess Changle, he immediately stretched out his hand to take the pulse of Princess Changle.

Princess Changle said faintly: "In this world, maybe you are the only one who will worry about my body." ”

Jia Jiu frowned and said, "What happened?" ”

Princess Changle shook her head and said, "What else can I do?" That's not all. You, on the other hand, are much more energetic now, not as depressed as you used to be. ”

Jia Jiu said: "Don't change the topic. Tell me, what's going on. ”

Princess Changle quietly watched Jia Jiu staring at her eyes, and tears suddenly rolled down her eyes. Princess Changle hurriedly wiped the tears from her face and said, "I'm fine." ”

Jia Jiu said: "If there were no things, you wouldn't be like this." ”

Princess Changle said: "Aren't you afraid that I'm lying to you?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "I believe in you." If you lie to me, it's me who mistrusted people, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

Princess Changle said: "You are still like this. But it's because you're such a person that I don't look down on anyone else. ”

Jia Jiu frowned and said, "Someone forced you to marry?" ”

Princess Changle nodded and said, "Yes." My father asked me to choose a suitable one among Concubine Wu and Concubine Zhou's maiden sons and nephews. ”

Jia Jiu said: "The Emperor didn't say anything? ”

"If the emperor's grandfather has a statement, I don't have to be in a dilemma."

"Where's the Queen?"

Princess Changle said: "You don't know, the queen mother has no brothers, and she is not close to her mother's family. He only wants his two sons to be good, and he doesn't care who I marry. ”

"However, if you marry the Wu family or the Zhou family, then the power of Concubine Wu or Concubine Zhou will increase greatly......"

Princess Changle shook her head and said, "You probably don't know that the two imperial brothers were found guilty by their father before, and they were both grounded. ”

Jia Jiu's heart jumped, and he was a little incredulous: "The two highnesses have been grounded? ”

"Yes."

"Does the queen mother have any indications?"

"I don't know the temper of the queen mother. If only he didn't hide and steal the fun. ”

Jia Jiu said: "If the queen mother really did this, or the people in the palace thought that the queen mother did this, then the queen mother's position is afraid to be unstable." ”

Princess Changle was stunned for a moment and said, "Nine girls." How can you say that? The queen mother gave birth to two princes! ”

Jia Jiu said: "But once the above two princes are grounded, among the princes, these two princes will be the elder." What's more, they occupy a concubine again, wouldn't they be a little more justifiable than those princes who came out? I'm afraid that if something happens to these two princes, Long live's eyes will fall on the heads of these two princes. ”

Jia Jiu almost said that the emperor was afraid that he would suspect that the queen and his two sons were thinking about the chairs under their hips.

Princess Changle thought for a moment and said, "Not really." However, the queen mother is stubborn, and I am afraid that she will not be able to listen to the persuasion of others. ”

Jia Jiu said: "I'm afraid it's not the queen who can't listen to the persuasion." Rather, there was no one to remind him at all. ”

Princess Changle was stunned for a moment, and was about to refute, but she remembered that she had indeed not been honest with the queen. Inevitably, it's another meal.

There are very few people in the palace who will say such things openly. Even Princess Changle herself knows very well that his father, the Emperor, has been fighting for power with the Emperor Taishang for so many years, and he has never monopolized power. So. Today's emperors place a high value on the power in their hands. Even if it is the prince and the queen, if they commit a taboo, falling out of favor is a matter of blink of an eye.

It's a pity that this kind of thing can't be said explicitly in the palace.

Princess Changle originally thought that the queen mother's indifference to her marriage was because he wanted to divert her attention from herself, but now it seems that the queen mother's thoughts are not as deep as this.

Come to think of it. Princess Changle breathed a sigh of relief.

If the queen's brain is flooded again, then she may still have a chance.

Seeing Princess Changle relaxed. Jia Jiu finally spoke again: "In addition to this, you specially went to Yuqing Mountain, and even asked to live on Yuqing Mountain, there should be something else, right?" ”

Princess Changle hesitated for a moment and said, "Spinning machine." ”

"What?"

Princess Changle said: "Your father already knows about the new spinning machine and loom. My father wanted me to get my hands on this new spinning machine and loom. ”

Jia Jiu said: "Yes." You live on Yuqing Mountain for a few days, and I'll draw you the drawings. ”

Princess Changle was dumbfounded: "You really just gave it to me?" ”

"What, you don't?"

"Yes, of course." Princess Changle said, "With this, I think it will be much easier for my father to change his mind." By the way, this drawing, will you give it to the Lin family. ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Don't worry, if the Lin family wants to get a new spinning machine and loom, they must also buy it from Daomen." ”

"Really? And the machine you gave to the Daomen is also like this? ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Princess Changle said: "Aren't you afraid that after the imperial court gets the drawings, it will also sell this kind of machine?" ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Even if it is the same drawing, I can guarantee that what I make will be better than what I made in the imperial court." Even if the imperial court sells this kind of machine all over the world, it will not cause the slightest damage to me and the Daomen. Moreover, the imperial court made a large number of new spinning machines and looms, which was not my heart's wish. ”

Princess Changle was stunned and smiled: "That's what I said." You are such a person, and if you don't have that confidence, you are not you. ”

Since Princess Changle was reluctant to say it, of course Jia Jiu would not be reluctant.

In the following days, Princess Changle and Jia Jiu seemed to have returned to the past, at that time, when Princess Changle came to live in Jia's house, what attitude did Jia Jiu use to treat Princess Changle, and on Yuqing Mountain, Jia Jiu still treated Princess Changle with what attitude.

However, Princess Changle is becoming more and more silent day by day. When Princess Changle left, Ou Yeqi, who had been nesting in the Sword Forge Valley, came out.

"Do you know why Princess Changle came out?"

Jia Jiu replied: "If something happens to my family, I'm afraid that my family will send the obituary to the mountain first, so that I can rush home to mourn." So, it can't be something in my family. And what is related to Princess Changle, and what can make Princess Changle come to Yuqing Mountain is nothing more than salt and fertilizer. ”

"You're not worried?"

Ouyehu did not deny it.

Jia Jiu replied: "Then tell me, what did the imperial court do?" ”

Ou Yehua said: "The imperial court has taken over the salt and fertilizer workshops in the hands of several princesses as state-owned, and even the Lin family has been forced to hand over the relevant industries under the pressure of the imperial court. ”

"Did the court give any compensation?"

"Yes. Lin Ruhai has been posthumously crowned as the Duke of the Kingdom. The three males of the Lin family all won knighthoods. ”

"Anything else?"

"The imperial court kept producing salt and fertilizer, but more than half of it was sold to the Song and Jin kingdoms, and the rest, although the imperial court said that it was hoarded, was actually sold by the courtiers below."

"So, will the price of salt go down?"

"Yes. The price of salt has fallen by half. ”

"That's good."

"You don't ask what the officials did? Doesn't ask how much the family has done in it? ”

Jia Jiu glanced at Ou Yeqi and said, "This is something that you teachers need to consider. I don't know those officials, and I don't know the family even better. ”

Ou Yehua said: "I really don't know if there are any other things in this world that can move you. ”

Jia Jiu replied, "Yes." If something happens to my family, I'm going to be in a mess. If the imperial court does something stupid that endangers the people or even causes the death or maiming of tens of thousands of people, I will not be able to sit still. ”

Ou Yehua said: "The imperial court completely holds the salt and fertilizer in your hands, don't you have a word?" Aren't you afraid that they will use salt and fertilizer indiscriminately, and eventually cause great harm to the land? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Salt fertilizer can indeed promote grain production, but it is still the old method that can really make the land develop in a long-term cycle. Salt fertilizer, after all, is just a supplement. If you use too much, or just use salt to save trouble......"

"What will happen?"

"The land will become more and more barren, and eventually, it will all turn into sand."

"What!" Ou Yehua said: "Since it is this kind of harmful thing, why are you and why are you ......?"

"Why do you want to get it, do you?" Jia Jiu glanced at Ou Yehu lightly and said, "This is a person." When I was young, I didn't know how to cherish it, I exchanged my health and life for money, and when I was old, I worked hard to maintain it, even if it was a thousand dollars, even if it was good to live an extra moment. The same is true for this salt fertilizer. I make salt fertilizer, but because I need a few things. With these few things, it would not be a problem to burn the Xuange of the Shattered Island. ”

"You're going to burn the Shattered Island Xuange?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

As soon as the words came out, Ou Yehua knew that he had asked something stupid.

Over the years, Daqi has always been under the shadow of the broken island. Everyone in Daqi knows that as long as the people of the broken island are willing, they can turn Daqi into a sea of fire at any time. Therefore, the people of Broken Island are arrogant, and the people of Great Qi cannot raise their heads in front of any member of the Broken Island envoys.

Ou Yehua thinks to himself that if he changes himself, he will not be willing to watch his home country being threatened, let alone being held to his neck with a knife.

Thinking that he would no longer have to suffer from the idleness of the Shattered Island from now on, Ou Yeqi was also much more relaxed.

He suddenly reacted and said, "No, you said 'a few things', do you have more than one weapon in your hand that can burn the Shattered Island Xuange?" ”

Jia Jiu replied, "Yes." ”

"Isn't it good to make only one?"

Jia Jiu said: "I like to show one hand and hide the other. (To be continued.) )