Min Yuanqi's attitude is still quite flat...... As expected, he only hugged his fists and said to Min Qiande: "The little nephew came today to ask the second uncle for help." ”

Min Qiande said in a deep voice: "You mean Yang Shida's trouble? Anyway, although you did this recklessly, the truth is correct. I can ask a few people with a face to make peace, Li Kecheng is useless, my Min family is deeply rooted in Dahewei, but it is not so easy to mess with. In the future, as long as you don't mess with him, he will never trouble you again. If it goes on for a long time, I'm afraid you won't be able to make up for it. ”

Although Min Qiande was slightly dissatisfied with Min Yuanqi's recklessness, he still protected this cousin quite a lot, and planned to take this matter on himself.

Min Yuanqi was moved for a while, the second uncle in front of him didn't hum or ha, he really had to deal with things when he encountered them, and he was good.

"Second uncle doesn't have to be like this......" Min Yuanqi said with a smile: "Yang Shida is a fart, and let him jump for a few days, and I will clean him up after a while." There is a big event right now, and I want to ask the second uncle to help. ”

"What's the matter?" Min Qiande said suspiciously: "You don't want to poke any more leaks, I'm old, and you are the only one who has outstanding martial arts skills and courage in the clan, the second uncle used to look down on you, and I feel that you are undecided, and even a little cowardly, this time you dare to do it with Yang Shida, but it is good, and I will point to you to support the lintel of the Min family in the future...... This world is in chaos, and there is no big one in our family to come up, and the younger generations will have a hard time in the future...... Yuan Zhi, Yuan Jin, Yuan Zhong are all gone, they can only look at you. ”

When he spoke, Min Qiande's face was also ugly and tight, there were dozens of young and strong children of the Min family, but there were more than a dozen people who became the general banner of the small banner, among which there were famous names in front of them, Min Yuanzhi was the son of Min Qiande, two years younger than Min Yuanqi, he had no official position, he wanted to study and progress when he was young, and his martial arts were very usual, I am afraid that he really can't count on it.

Min Yuanqi knew the temperament of his second uncle, and when he looked at Wen Tun, he knew a lot in his heart, and he also made a decision at a critical time...... For example, Min Qianli died of illness suddenly, Min Qiande immediately took over, without hesitation, if it weren't for the second uncle who came up at a critical time, the situation of the Min family would be worse than now.

This is the habit and responsibility of the children of the big family, and if you enjoy the benefits within the clan, you have to repay the family......

At that moment, Min Yuanqi said his plan to dry salt, and when he spoke, Min Qiande didn't say a word, just sat upright, his face was extremely solemn...... Min Yuanqi also ignored it, finished the conversation, and finally said: "It takes five big jobs to build the reservoir and the pond, at least ten small workers, and the rest of the heavy work, I can do it with the remnants of the 100 households under the banner." Even so, a big worker has two cents of silver a day, a small worker has five cents, a daily wage of at least one or two and a half cents, and a labor of at least 20 days, the salary will be dozens of taels. In addition, at least 100 people do the work, a few stones of grain every day, more than 100 taels of money and grain, at least 300 taels of money, and now I also take the flag soldiers to practice martial arts in case of rogue bandits, the money and food are not handed, I want to ask the second uncle to allocate a few craftsmen to my 100 households, and I can save some is some ......"

This is the goal of Min Yuanqi today, whether it is a private household, a stove household, a military household, a craftsman household, and a happy household, etc., these are all set by Taizu when the country was founded, and the demarcation is the music household, and the descendants are all happy households in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and the military households are also, stove households, and artisan households.

The military households fled in difficulty, and the happy households and the artisan households were no better, especially the artisan households, whose status was even lower than that of the military households, with lower food, heavier work, and worse treatment, and was almost the lowest level of the Ming class.

The blacksmiths, carpenters, silversmiths, and bricklayers of the households are divided into large and small workers, and the cost of labor and food is not low.

However, if you use artisan households, you can hardly pay them without paying, and you don't even have to feed them with food, which is the gap.

"It's a small thing." Min Qiande said without hesitation: "You can just give food to the craftsman, but you have really saved a lot of money and food, Yuan Qi, you are not only strong in martial arts, but now your mind is much brighter." ”

Min Qiande was greatly pleased, and Min Yuanqi also smiled undisciplinedly.

"After a while, I will ask five artisan households to go over, which is almost enough, saving you dozens of taels of silver." Min Qiande pondered for a moment, and then continued: "But is the method of drying salt feasible?" I know that Xuan Hu Gong wanted to change frying to drying back then, but it didn't work out. ”

"That matter is that Xuanhu Gong is at odds, the movement is too big, and the involvement is too deep. Now I am doing it in my own hundred households, and my income is limited, and we are biased here, and there will be no big salt merchants and powerful people in the eye, so it doesn't matter much. ”

"It turns out that this is the truth, according to what Yuan Qi said, this matter has a lot to do." Min Qiande was greatly admired, originally he had a square face with thick eyebrows, a pair of big eyes that were bright, quite serious, a purple complexion, and a beautiful beard and chest, Min Yuanqi felt that his second uncle could play the second master Guan without makeup, but now Min Qiande's eyes were shining, and the expression on his face was extremely anxious, it was like a different person in an instant.

"You're going to do it." Min Qiande said: "Our Min family's ancestral hall, clan studies, and clan fields have all been dilapidated over the years. Even the furniture has been sold a lot, and the inside bag has come up. If you are really good at hair growth, the opportunity for my Min family to turn over is here. ”

This is also an inevitable thing, and Min Yuanqi is not very disgusted, so he got up and promised at the moment.

Min Qiande said: "You don't have to rush to leave tonight, and Yuan Zhi, Yuan Xiu and a few of them will go back after drinking." ”

"Everything you have to do must be resolute," Min Yuanqi said with a smile: "It's best not to delay for a day." ”

Min Qiande is used to being a military attache of the guard, things here drag on for ten days and half a month are commonplace, and there is a look of surprise in his eyes at the moment, although this nephew is a close branch, but Min Qiande's previous attention is really not much, before he felt that Min Yuanqi was skilled in bows and horses, and martial arts, after Yang Shida's matter came out, he also felt that Min Yuanqi was quite bold, and then there was a matter of drying salt, which shows that he is scheming and flexible, and at this time he refused to be invited, and he acted quite decisively and firmly, and was not disturbed by foreign objects...... Min Qiande nodded with considerable satisfaction, walked up to Min Yuanqi, and said in a deep voice: "You have to do it, everything has me, I wish you had a great future, and the old tree of my Min family can have new branches." ”

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After going back and forth for more than 30 miles, it was almost dark when Min Yuanqi returned to the Hundred Households.

It's not that the donkey is slow, several donkeys are male donkeys in the prime of life, and they are very stubborn and hateful, but the speed of running is not slow. It's just that on the return trip, Min Yuanqi took nearly 30 craftsmen and their relatives and families to walk together, among these people, there are old and young, many are emaciated, their physique is extremely poor, and it is difficult to walk long distances, and these craftsmen also have to bring their own tools, from rulers to ink fountains to hammers, bricklaying knives, and then to large and small saws, chisels, planers and other things, as well as blacksmiths' sledgehammers, pliers, files, etc., all have to be carried to walk, and this speed is seriously slowed down.

Min Qiande really had a heart, not only helped Min Yuanqi find a few carpenters and bricklayers, but even found a blacksmith to come over.

Dozens of people walked in a row, and only in the evening did they enter a hundred villages.

The village suddenly became a sensation, Min Yuanqi said that he wanted to build a drying pond to dry salt, and the people of the hundred households were suspicious, and as soon as these craftsmen came in, everyone understood in their hearts that Min Baihu was not talking, but really going to do a big job.

The craftsmen followed and waited outside the official hall of the hundred households, and many banner soldiers and their families gathered.

Min Yuanqi was not in a hurry, and only said to Han Sen, who rushed over after hearing the news: "I bother Han Zongqi to find a few empty houses and resettle these craftsmen and their families. ”

"That's easy." Han Sen said with a smile: "There are more than 20 rooms in the east, and they were built for the guest soldiers when they were prepared, although they have fallen into disrepair in the year, I will find some people to strengthen the walls and cover some straw, and it will be possible to hold these balls for living." ”

Han Sen's words were quite disdainful of the craftsmen, those craftsmen were not squeaky or expressionless, but Min Yuanqi saw that there was a young and sturdy craftsman with a look of dissatisfaction, and his eyebrows moved a few times, but he was pulled by another middle-aged man next to him, and the two of them lowered their heads.

"Well, Mr. Han worked hard."

Min Yuanqi nodded, but he began to move his body with the person who volunteered to train.

Since it is said that the morning and evening classes are not available, unless they can't come back, the evening classes cannot be abolished.

Practicing gunnery at night, Min Yuanqi pulled out a big gun and felt the weight...... It weighs about seven or eight pounds, which is heavier than an ordinary spear.

The body of the gun is made of thick wood, said to be thick wood, Min Yuanqi does not know which kind of tree it is, only knows that this is the finest wood for making guns, standard hardwood, slightly elastic, not rotten and undefeated, as long as it is carefully maintained after making a gun, it will still be as good as new after decades.

The materials used to make guns are the first to use thick wood, the second to use the wood, the wood is slightly soft, elastic enough and the hardness is insufficient, so it ranks second.

In fact, whether it is thick wood, sandalwood, or cow tendon wood, tea wood, or white wax rod, no matter what kind of wood, to choose its strongest and intact wood segment, long straight and strong, this is the most basic condition, and then look at no sections, scars, can not be soft, can not be hard to no elasticity at all, a spear, if carefully manufactured in the heyday, from the creation of the gun head, the production of red tassels, the selection of the gun barrel, and the end of the gun, the price is also expensive.

If you are perfunctory and foolish, a long wooden rod with an iron spear head is still a long spear, but the effect of using it is two different things.

The large guns in the treasury of the official hall were all made of high-quality thick wood or composite wood, and the heads were also very well-made, and the bottom of each gun was made of iron, so this gun was slightly heavier than the ordinary folk guns and inferior guns.

Although the guns are good, the number is somewhat insufficient, but fortunately, the food hidden in the military family's house may not have a stone, and there are always spears or big knives.

The guns hidden by military households are a few points worse than those hidden in the arsenal of the official hall, and the wooden rods are not necessarily good, the maintenance may not be good, and the workmanship of the head and tail of the gun may not be qualified.