Dong Shulan's arrival gave Fu Xiaoguan an unexpected surprise.

He was really happy, this was the first woman he liked in this world. He originally planned to go to Beijing to see her at the end of the year, when everything was on the right track, but he didn't expect her to come.

The three of them talked a lot, and the shyness or reserve when they first met gradually let go, and they returned to the state they were in when they wrote a letter.

It's like an old friend I haven't seen for years, casual and comfortable.

Yu Wenyun's temperament is more open than Dong Shulan, she understands Dong Shulan's status in Fu Xiaoguan's heart better, and she also knows how to deal with it better, and she has never revealed the slightest bit of her identity as a princess.

Only in this way can we coexist peacefully, and only in this way can we carry each other with Bai Shou in the future.

The atmosphere was warm and harmonious, with occasional whispers of joy, Fu Xiaoguan felt that this was the second peak of his life at this moment - the highest peak was of course the night of candles in the cave room.

After dinner, Dong Shulan and Yu Wenyun went to clean up, said goodbye to Fu Xiaoguan, and went to the room to rest.

Fu Xiaoguan called Zhang Ce, and the two chatted for a long time.

The cement in the back mountain of Xishan is constantly output, the waterwheel has increased by three, and the customized iron mill in Yao County has also been installed, which is better than the previous stone mill, but it needs to be pulled by a few more cows, otherwise it will turn too slowly.

The brick kiln in charge of the bricklayer Tang Lin went a little wrong, and the heavy rain washed away a lot of bricks and tile embryos that had not yet been fired, and then Tang Lin recruited some bricklayers, and now they can basically supply the construction needs of Wangjia Village and Xishan.

Construction in Xishan and Wangjia Village was halted yesterday because the rice was ripe and had to be put into the warehouse as soon as possible, which is estimated to take three to five days.

The flower seeds that the young master once sent down are growing very well, except for Wangjia Village, other places are about to bloom, and Wangjia Village has replanted them once, and it will be some days later.

The first workshop in Xishan has been built, and even the ground is made of cement according to the instructions of the young master, and now everyone knows that cement is very magical and very good.

At present, there is no good way to produce the winery, only when the new winery is built, the masters are doing various experiments in technology, and the stability of the wine yield and degree has improved, but I don't know what the use of the wine that the young master has hidden under the West Mountain is for.

In addition, Feng Laosi sent someone back the news that he found iron ore deposits in Fenglin Mountain, and his analysis with many stonemasons and blacksmiths was that this mineral deposit was very large, very big, but there was a problem, Fenglin Mountain was a mountain, this mineral was hidden in the mountains, buried in a mountain called Broken Soul Mountain, it was very troublesome to mine, they did not come back, saying that they wanted to think of a way.

In addition, Feng Laosi also said with a letter that if the young master really wants to mine the ore here, it is best to recruit some people from the Foundry Bureau, they have a very good method of smelting ore and smelting iron, if a smelter is directly established under the Broken Soul Mountain, it will save a lot of labor, and if the ore is transported out of it, it is a hundred times more difficult than the mountain behind the West Mountain.

Fu Xiaoguan listened very carefully, occasionally wrote down with charcoal on a piece of paper, and when Zhang Ce finished talking about the matter, he frowned and thought for a long time.

Mainly thinking about this iron mine, looking at the map on the table, he roughly knew where the difficulty of mining this mineral deposit was.

First of all, there is traffic, there is no road into the mountain, you have to open a road.

The second is that he originally wanted to transport the ore out for processing, and now it seems that Feng Laosi's suggestion is right, so what is the terrain of that place? Is it suitable to build a factory? If it suits, he wants to put the smelting and manufacturing plants in the mountains.

Third, it is people, which requires a lot of people, and the labor force in Linjiang Prefecture is basically limited to the farmland, if they are allowed to give up the farmland and go to the mountains, this is probably unacceptable to them who have been farming for generations.

This is also because science and technology have not been developed, farmers rely on their own hands to farm, and even ploughing cattle have not yet been popularized in every household, the production efficiency is extremely low, and the labor force cannot be released.

After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to wait for Feng Laosi to come back, but the recruitment of personnel can be carried out now.

"Steward Zhang, when the farming is done in the past two days, call all the patriarchs to come to Xishan to meet."

"Okay."

Zhang Ce left the inner courtyard, Fu Xiaoguan was still looking at the map of Fenglin Mountain, Dong Shulan and Yu Wenyun walked out.

Chunxiu brought tea to cook for them, looked at these two girls, and thought to herself that the young master is really capable, such a beautiful two girls came to Xishan for him, and I didn't know which one would be the future master of Fu Mansion.

"You didn't take a break?" Yu Wenyun stretched lazily and asked.

Fu Xiaoguan's eyes fell on Yu Wenyun's body, especially at the moment of stretching, he seemed to be even more proud than Dong Shulan's.

Yu Wenyun seemed to feel the heat of that gaze, and suddenly blushed, Fu Xiaoguan smiled and said, "I was quite sleepy, but with you here, I am refreshed again." ”

Dong Shulan threw him another roll of the eye, this guy became more and more presumptuous.

She picked up the map on the stone table, looked at it, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"There's an iron ore deposit in there, and I'm wondering how to dig it out."

Yu Wenyun looked at Fu Xiaoguan in amazement: "Mining? Have you gotten the approval? ”

"Now that the approval is available, the problem now is that I need a lot of workers, and I have to find a way to dig up some craftsmen from the Foundry Bureau."

"Oh......"

"What's the use of mining this iron ore? Look at this map, the terrain is very complicated, if you want to open the road into the mountain, this project is very huge, and the mining of a mineral deposit, the early opening of the mountain and digging holes and so on takes a long time, so there will not be much profit. ”

Dong Shulan quickly analyzed the economic benefits here, Fu Xiaoguan smiled, and said: "Mining is only the first step, and it is definitely not possible to make money, but if these iron ores are smelted and forged into various tools, it will be valuable." ”

"In this way, you will need more professionals, this part of the people is basically in the hands of the state, and there is no problem for the folk blacksmith to make farm tools and kitchen knives or something, but this thing is not widely sold, unless you can make armor and weapons that are better than the foundry bureau - you don't think so, right?"

Fu Xiaoguan really thinks so.

He not only had to build the armor and weapons of the soldiers, but also the armor of the war horses, and he remembered very well how terrifying the combat effectiveness of the heavy armored cavalry of the world was!

As for the gunners, it will take longer.

"Or ...... Shall I help you get some craftsmen? Yu Wenyun asked cautiously.

"Can you get it?"

"I'll try."