Early the next morning, He Zhiyuan woke up and found that there were snowflakes floating in the sky, and there was a thick layer of snow on the ground everywhere outside the house. xiaoshuo9999.

At this time, he had no intention of enjoying the snow, and some of the victims in Hejia Town were still freezing in their shacks. What needs to be solved urgently now is the heating problem, as well as the heating of tens of thousands of people on the construction site. Fortunately, after this snowfall, the land was frozen, and the construction site was about to stop, and the people could go home.

After breakfast, He Zhiyuan first went to the state office to find Han Si in the workshop. It turned out that these things were all looking for Lord Liang, but today Lord Liang's family came to Juzhou, and it is estimated that he has a lot of family affairs to deal with. Besides, this kind of trivial matter, there is no need to find Lord Liang, Han Si can find an official to handle it.

When he arrived at the signing room of the worker's household, Han Si saw that He Zhiyuan was coming, and hurriedly got up and saluted, and greeted warmly: "He Gongzi, you are a great hero in the whole state." There must be something to find before the snow on this cold day, right? Actually, you can send someone to say hello. ”

He Zhiyuan also saluted: "Secretary Han is too polite, looking for you this time is a big matter related to the people of the whole state." ”

After hearing this, Han Si ordered the official to serve tea, and said with a straight face: "What's the big deal?" As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it. ”

"Does Secretary Han know where the coal used in our state comes from?" He Zhiyuan took the tea handed by the official and asked while drinking.

"All the coal in our state is supplied by the Yizhou coal mine. He Gongzi is ready to purchase a large amount of coal? ”

He Zhiyuan replied: "Yes, the weather is getting colder and colder, and most of the victims in the state are still living in shacks, so I want to buy a batch of coal and sell it to them at a low price for heating for the winter." ”

After hearing him say this, Han Si shook his head and said: "He Gongzi, this move is absolutely impossible, the poisonous gas in the coal can only be used in a well-ventilated place, and it can be used for indoor heating, if it is not done well, it will kill people, and the people don't use it much for cooking now." ”

Of course, He Zhiyuan knew that burning coal indoors, with poor indoor ventilation and insufficient combustion, would lead to carbon monoxide poisoning, and even in later generations in rural areas, such tragedies often occurred in winter.

He Zhiyuan replied: "I know that burning coal will produce poisonous gas, but there are solutions, and I have designed a coal-burning stove that can solve the problem of toxic gas." ”

After hearing this, Han Si Yan smiled heartily: "I know what Gongzi He is looking for, do you need those craftsmen?" ”

He Zhiyuan also laughed and replied: "It's still Han Si who understands me, this time I need a craftsman who can cast and a craftsman who can burn tiles." ”

"It's easy to do, I'll arrange it right away."

"Thank you, Mr. Han, this time the matter is urgent, I still go to the craftsman to tell them how to make this stove, and then make it in large quantities when the trial production is successful."

"On such a cold day, you want to go in person?" Han asked in surprise.

"It's because it's cold that things are urgent."

Subsequently, Han Siyi found an office and went to a village not far from the city with He Zhiyuan to find an old blacksmith in his sixties who could cast.

After talking with the old blacksmith, I learned that the old blacksmith's surname was Liu, and his three sons all went to work in the ironworks, and there were several minor grandchildren in addition to his daughters.

After that, He Zhiyuan told the blacksmith Liu in detail about the style of the stove to be cast, and the blacksmith Liu said: "It is not difficult to cast this furnace, and it will take less than two days to cast the clay fan, but I can't do it alone." ”

"You mean you need a helper?" The office asked first.

"Yes, now the men in the village are not at home, they are all out of conscription, or they go to work in the workshop, and there are some people left who can't go out in the village."

He Zhiyuan knew that what Blacksmith Liu said was the truth, and now there were almost no idlers in the villages of the whole state. It was precisely because he considered that the ironworks were busy that he wanted to find another craftsman to do this simple work, but he did not expect that there was also a shortage of labor in the village.

"What kind of helper do you need? Can a tiler-burning craftsman do it? Then the officer asked.

The old blacksmith thought for a moment and said, "It's all right, it's better than nothing." ”

He Zhiyuan understood the thoughts of this official, and said in his heart that this official looked not very old, but his mind was very flexible. Now there are more than a dozen apprentices of He Zhiyuan, but they all have their own things to do. There are still ten months left until next year's township exam, and he still hasn't had a child. In ancient times, a student from a wealthy family like him did not have a child by his side to serve, which was too disrespectful. So he had the idea of accepting this as a child.

"We're going to go to Lincun to find Wang Bricklayer in a while, why don't you two join forces?" The priest said.

"Okay, that's fine. If he doesn't have a helper, I'll be a helper. Blacksmith Liu said happily.

Coming out of Blacksmith Liu's side, the two of them came to Lincun to find the bricklayer Wang, the situation was similar to Blacksmith Liu, he was also an old man in his sixties, and he couldn't do it alone. In this way, the two craftsmen just teamed up and helped each other, and the problem was solved.

When the stove was arranged, the two of them rode into the city in a carriage in the snow.

The two sat in the same carriage, and He Zhiyuan looked at the young official with a hint of shyness on his face. may feel that He Zhiyuan, who is younger than him in front of him, but his identity and status are higher than him, and he has a sense of coercion in his heart, so he doesn't say much along the way, but this young man is definitely not the kind of person who is silent.

Yes, He Zhiyuan first broke the silence and asked: "Yan Ban, it doesn't look very old, I don't know what to call it in the future?" ”

Yan Ban was immediately flattered, and replied a little nervously: "Yes, under the name Ji Hai, the word Huiwen, you can just call me Xiao Yan." ”

He Zhiyuan thought to himself, I am not younger than you, is it appropriate to call you Xiao Yan? But how did he know, in the eyes of Yan Guan in front of him,

He Zhiyuan was like his elder, making him feel uncomfortable.

"How many years have you been studying in Yan Ban?" He Zhiyuan saw that he was uncomfortable, and asked more and more with a pleasant face.

"After ten years of studying, there are many brothers in the family, I am the eldest, I stopped studying just after the exam, and my father entrusted the opportunity to come to the state government workshop to be a white official." Maybe He Zhiyuan's kind and pleasant attitude relaxed his nervous mood, so he became talkative.

"I don't think you're very flexible, don't you think it's a pity if you don't read it?"

Yan Jihai said helplessly: "I also want to study for another two years to take the exam, but the family has a large population, and I need to make money for my three younger brothers to study." ”

"You can't make much money as a clerk, do you?" He Zhiyuan knew that a young ordinary official like him did not have much salary.

"It's only 800 wen a month, just enough to eat, and I can't leave a few copper plates. My father said that I was too thin to do physical work, so I could only come to the state government to work as a clerk. It would be good to wait a few years to get through it. Yan Jihai said honestly.

The so-called boiling out is not that the salary has risen, but that he has become familiar with the yamen, and then he becomes a little bit of a brain, knows more people, and can help the villagers do something, so he has a little more gray income.

He Zhiyuan asked him: "Why didn't you go to the vocational and technical college to register, if you can graduate there, you can still have an additional identity." ”

Yan Jihai said with some annoyance: "It's too late to go, and I didn't report it." ”

He Zhiyuan thought to himself, this kid is real, the head of the vocational and technical college is right in front of him, haven't you thought about fighting for a chance to go to school for yourself? Such a child is reassuring.

However, Tong is the identity of a subordinate, and generally only a slave will be a child. Although the officials are not officials, they are much higher than the people's nationality. In the eyes of the common people, that is a person who can do things, and a person who can talk to the official. Standing in front of relatives and friends, it is also very beautiful. If you want to directly say that he wants to be a child for himself, he is definitely unwilling, and his father will not be willing, isn't this pushing other people's children into the fire? So He Zhiyuan decided to put it another way.

"Yan Ban, I think you have a flexible mind and are realistic. In the future, he is a person who can do great things, and it would be a pity to be a clerk in the yamen for a lifetime. It's better to be my apprentice, run errands with me in the future, and help me do something. In your spare time, I will guide you to read more and give you three taels of silver a month. If you read well, in a few years, I will give you an additional identity, and you can go directly to the township examination, are you willing? ”

Hearing this, Yan Jihai thought in his heart, if you don't want such a good thing, you will be a fool! Wang Zhixue became his apprentice, and it didn't take long for him to have the status of a student. Anyone who reads the identity of a child knows this, so being He Gongzi's apprentice is a good thing that many people can't think of.

Yes, Yan Jihai immediately said: "Yes, yes!" ”

(End of chapter)

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