When autumn comes on September 8, I will kill a hundred flowers after the flowers bloom, and the incense array will penetrate Chang'an, and the city will be full of golden armor.

When I went, it was still green in July, but when I returned, it was already late autumn.

The mountains and forests are dyed, the chrysanthemums in the fields are in full bloom, the red and yellow are intertwined, the sky is high and the earth is wide, and the scenery is picturesque.

The autumn grain harvest has long since ended, but the quiet town of Qinghe is still bustling.

Although it is a leisure time, the villagers who have tasted the joy of the harvest are not only actively accumulating fertilizer in the cultivated land, but this year, people who go up to the mountains to pick wild grapes and various medicinal herbs and wild fruits are constantly transporting their harvests to the sugar and wine workshops and pharmaceutical factories every day, and they are happy to exchange for golden coins one by one.

Not only Qinghe Town, but even all the towns in the entire Pheasant County know that Qinghe Town buys a large number of various mountain goods, so there are many businessmen who drive the cattle and horse convoys to buy mountain freight in various places and send them over, so Qinghe Town, which was not lively in previous years, is particularly busy after the autumn this year, several workshops are busy every day, but fortunately, all the workshops have been expanded this year, the sugar mill and the brewery, and the oil mill are all separated, and the helpers and manpower have also increased a lot, so that there is no chaos.

In addition, this year's pottery workshop has more than tripled in size, two large kilns and one small kiln have been built along the hillside, thanks to the availability of forging steel, and the improved use of link-driven foot-operated blank drawing machines to make a full six, and a large number of vases and jars are being produced every day in preparation for the production and holding of tea tree oil, wine and grape vinegar.

In addition to the ordinary pottery bottles, the Shui family also bought the Guanyin soil mine in Zhongxiang County next door, transported a large amount of Guanyin soil, and Zhao Qing also arranged for someone to send a few refined coal and wool, now Qinghe Town can be said to have sufficient materials, so the pottery workshop is still making a large number of exquisite porcelain bottles, and when the time comes, the porcelain bottles are used to hold Qinghe wine, which is also worthy of such an expensive price, and at the same time, it can also open the grade of Qinghe wine and ordinary wine, at least in the packaging This piece can kill all the wine.

At the same time, some women in the town who are more skilled in spinning and knitting sweaters have been summoned to form the Qinghe Garment Workshop, which specializes in knitting scarves, sweaters, sweaters, hats, gloves and other cold clothing.

The woodworking workshop has also expanded a lot, and the helpers have recruited more than 10 of them, and the sound of knives and axes and sawing wood is constant every day, in addition to stepping up the production of agricultural tools such as the plough and the cocoon cart, the apprentices and helpers are making standard wooden boxes for transporting sugar, wine and vinegar, and there are wooden lattices inside, a box of twelve bottles, which is convenient for transportation and prevents the original use of hemp rope and straw rope from being tied and scattered and broken.

The paper mill has been rebuilt, but it has been moved two miles downstream from Qinghe Town, where several huge pools of clay brick lime have been made to soak the bamboo, and to prepare for the mass production of bamboo pulp paper, which is also being made.

Paper is no longer a rare thing in Daqin, because Xianyang has now opened a large paper mill on the edge of the Wei River, specializing in the production of hemp pulp paper, because of the simple production and cheap price, it has long begun to be popular among the official and scholar classes.

Therefore, today's Qinghe Town is full of huge newly built workshops, every day are ox carts and carriages, the people are full of excitement, Chen Xu last year envisioned the construction of Qinghe Town into a preliminary industrial township planning has been basically realized, and with the large-scale production of these workshops, coupled with the summer and autumn grain continuous harvest, the life of the whole Qinghe Town seems to be rich in an instant.

When Chen Xu returned to Qinghe Town, it was also the most lively time in Qinghe Town.

"Ridian is back~"

Someone saw the figure of Chen Xu and others, and couldn't help shouting with joy, and suddenly the entire Qinghe Town was alarmed, and countless people put down their work and ran out to greet them, and in an instant, thousands of people blocked the road, and all of them greeted and saluted enthusiastically, looking at the young man on the horse, and burst into cheers, expressing excitement and gratitude from the heart.

"Good, good, everyone!" Chen Xu rode on a horse and was surrounded by a crowd and walked forward slowly, while smiling and constantly greeting along the road.

"Look at it, I made a porcelain bottle that holds Qinghe's fine wine!" The potter Takagawa squeezed up from the crowd as if offering treasures, holding two exquisite bottles in his hands.

"Well, yes, yes!" Chen Xu took it in his hand and looked at it and couldn't help but praise it repeatedly, the snow-white and smooth porcelain bottle was written with glaze Qinghe wine is an ancient seal, the font is vigorous and powerful, these words are still Chen Xu in Wancheng to ask a famous writer to write, bring back and let the potter engrave on the pottery blank one by one, and then fill in the glaze to fire it, and the bottom of each bottle is also engraved with the words of the twenty-eighth year of the first emperor, the standard vintage wine packaging.

"Ridian, this year's new candy has also been made!" Lu Gen, the director of the sugar and wine workshop, also squeezed in with a tube of candy and presented it to Chen Xu.

"Lidian, the steel sword we made with the method of frying steel!" The hemp pole of the blacksmith shop almost poked Chen Xu's body with a bright sword in excitement, and Chen Xu was so frightened that he scattered all the candy in his hand.

But when he took the brand-new sword and looked at it, he praised the hemp rod viciously.

This sword is three feet long and three inches wide, but the thickness is less than half of the bronze sword, the sword body is straight and smooth, the tentacles are cold, the blade looks unusually sharp after the blade is opened, and there are cascading patterns formed after forging, the hilt is made of sheep's horns, and it is also wrapped with dense fine twine, which is well-made and completely different from ordinary bronze greatsword at a glance, and there is a feeling of hair standing upside down in the hand.

"Look at this sword!" After Chen Xu finished reading it, he handed the sword to Wang Wu and the others to watch.

"Sharp, so sharp!" After Wang Wu and the others saw it, they couldn't help but be amazed.

"Hehe, I said at the beginning, the new steel is refined, and it can definitely create a weapon comparable to the Boundless Big Brother Meteorite Sword, you still don't believe it, this kind of sword is not only sharp, but also tough to break, if my Great Qin soldiers can assemble it on a large scale, killing the enemy is like chopping melons and vegetables." Chen Xu said proudly.

"By the way, Ridian, we have also made the horseshoe you mentioned last time, do you want to take a look?" After being praised by Chen Xu, Ma Zhu said even more excitedly.

"Really, let's go, let's go and see!" Chen Xu was immediately interested when he heard this, and after letting the villagers disperse, he led a group of people to drive straight to the blacksmith shop.

Today's blacksmith shop has also expanded several times, in addition to opening an additional iron-making furnace, the coal furnace for iron-making has also been specially designed and built, at this time Gong Chuan Sheng and a few helpers are wearing thick labor protection clothes to make iron, the furnace fire is red, you can feel a heat wave coming from afar, and there is a strong smell of sulfur and carbon in the air.

After Chen Xu dismounted, he frowned and said to the hemp pole: "Didn't I tell you, the public loses and wins because of lung disease, and there is no need to smelt copper and iron yourself!" ”

Ma Zhu smiled bitterly and said: "Lidian, it was his own request, this method of iron-making is difficult to master, and the steel that is accidentally smelted will not meet the standard, he is not at ease!" ”

After more than half a year, the public loss is no longer the original state of the black sick seedling, the body is a lot stronger, and the complexion is also very good, after seeing Chen Xu, he hurriedly ran over to salute, and he also had to kowtow, and he was very excited.

His life was saved by Chen Xu, and now he is still deeply used, not only does he have money and food every month, but he also really gives him a young and beautiful mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law is also very obedient and gentle to him, and he eats and drinks every day, this change from hell to heaven makes him really can't find any way to express it except for gratitude.

"I told you last time, you don't need to do this kind of thing yourself, you just need to be guided!" Chen Xu criticized.

"Lidian rest assured, I'm in good health now, and my lung disease is no longer a big problem, not to mention that this place is ventilated everywhere, unlike the previous copper and iron workshops, where smoke and dust are everywhere!" Say it quickly if you lose or lose.

"Or do you still have to pay attention to your body, is there still a lack of clothing and food at home?"

"No short, no short!" Gong Chuan shook his head again and again, and then said with a slightly shy blushing face: "Lidian, my mother-in-law is pregnant with a baby, I want to invite the adults to my house for a meal to express my gratitude!" ”

Chen Xu said with a smile on his face: "Hehe, it seems that your body has indeed recovered, it's okay to eat, let's talk about it in a few days, take me to see the horseshoe you built first." ”

"Okay, my lord, come with me!" Gong Shengsheng took Chen Xu and his group into the huge pergola, and took out a few semicircular iron bars in the shape of horseshoe in a wooden box, the front was slightly upturned, and there were six small holes on it.

"Ridian, this is a nail specially used to drive horseshoe!" He also found a few slender iron nails from the box.

"How? Have you ever tried nailing it to a horse's hooves? Chen Xu asked after reading it.

"Lidian, the effect is very good, but after nailing it, these nail heads are difficult to shear, and they are slightly uneven, but it will be good if they wear out for a few days!" Ma Pole hurriedly said.

"My lord, this is a miracle-like invention, although the horse's hooves are hard, but the wear is also very bad, especially the war horse, I heard that a fierce war, almost three to fifty percent of the horse's hooves will be damaged resulting in permanent damage, can only become a field horse and a horse used to plough the field and pull goods, but even so, when using it has to be cultivated for a long time, but with this iron palm, the horse's hooves are no longer afraid of wear and tear, and even the hard mountains and gravel deserts can run like flying, so that horses can be used for five years, eight years or even ten years......" When I said that I was going to win, I was very excited.

"Hey, you still know horses? What did you do before? Chen Xu suddenly became curious.

"Lord Hui, I used to be a horseman who raised horses for the secretary of Chu State, and after the Chu State was gone, I was implicated and sold as a slave!" The public loses and wins.

Talent!

Chen Xu had to be impressed by this guy.

A horseman who raised horses was able to become a senior technician in a copper and iron workshop, which is simply a typical talent who does a fine job, and it seems that he saved a person by unintentional actions, and he really picked up a treasure.