Xiang Kang expected that only two days had passed, and Yu Jian once again went to Shiling Pavilion to find Xiang Kang, and told Xiang Kang that he had decided to move to Shiling Pavilion, and asked Xiang Kang to help him buy land and build a house, and asked Xiang Kang to help him rent a few houses to live in temporarily.

"Brother, Duke Yu, do you still need to find it? Forgot that my old house has been empty for years? Although the place there is not big, it is still clean, and there is a well in the yard, if Yu Gong can see it, just move in and live, and you don't have to give a penny of rent! ”

Listening to Feng Zhong's bold laugh and answer, Xiang Kang and Yu Jian were of course not very happy, so they hurriedly asked Feng Zhong to lead the way, and went straight to the Feng family's old mansion to check the situation of the house. Not to mention the result, because Feng Zhong's family has always been well-off, the Feng family's old house is really clean and solid, although the area is not as large as the Yu family's residence in Yanjiting, but the Yu family is only temporarily living after all, and most of the servants of the Yu family also stay in Yanjiting to watch the family and farm, and there is no problem for the Yu family to live temporarily. Therefore, Yu Jian decided to rent the Feng family's old mansion on the spot, and despite Feng Zhong's excuse, he insisted on stuffing a large amount of rent into Feng Zhong's hands.

Or after Yu Jian said goodbye and returned to Yan Jiting to prepare for the move, Feng Zhongcai poked Xiang Kang with his elbow, and sneered with a wryly smile: "Brother, don't you thank me soon?" Gong Yu moves his family here, and you and Sister Yu have the opportunity to drill into the woods, hurry up and make some moves, I can wait to hold my son. ”

Xiang Kang, who is still struggling with whether he should marry Yu Miaoge, heard a wry smile, so he could only divert the topic and said, "Big brother, how about we go to Chen Yuan's wine shop for a drink?" I have something to say about the blacksmith's shop, and I'd like to discuss it with you. ”

Feng Zhong agreed, and on the way to the wine shop, he asked Xiang Kang what he wanted to discuss with him about the blacksmith shop, and Xiang Kang, who had already thought of good words, replied: "Big brother, I want to expand our blacksmith shop a little, recruit more apprentices to build ironware, and also expand the site, build a few more iron-making furnaces, and build more furnaces to make coke, so that we can make more ironware and sell it to make money, what do you think?" ”

"Yes, yes, but all of this costs money, huh?" Feng Zhong said: "We were just cheated out of sixty knives by that puppet surnamed Fan, and we lost a lot of money, because of the Yu family's affairs, the iron craft has been abnormal during this time, you and I are short of money, what do you do these things?" ”

"I want to bring the Yu family in, what do you think?" Xiang Kang said: "Let the Yu family pay us to do these things, and the money earned is three or three cents, what do you think?" ”

As mentioned above, because the scale is too small and the output is too small, although the blacksmith shop jointly opened by Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong has been doing prosperous business, it has not made too much money, just let Xiang Kang have a little spare money in his hands and can use it on his own, so that the old Feng family can see wine and meat on the dinner table every day. So after Feng Zhong thought about it a little, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Okay, as long as the Yu family is willing to pay, let's let him join the gang." I can see that Yu Gong is not too critical of money, and with such a person, there is no need to worry about conflicts in money. ”

"Then it's settled." Xiang Kang replied: "I will go to Yu Gong's side to say that he has been very interested in the blacksmith shop we opened before, and it is definitely not a big problem to persuade him to join the gang. Iron ore sand and Nirvana please contact you, try to find as many people as possible to supply, in addition, I have to trouble you to help me find more apprentices in Dongxiang, preferably young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty, young and strong to move iron. ”

Feng Zhong continued to agree, patting his chest and promising that he would be able to find more ore and coal suppliers, and also took over the matter of hiring apprentices - of course, if Feng Zhong knew that Xiang Kang wanted to use these apprentices as a source of future soldiers, Feng Zhong would definitely not dare to agree so easily.

"Big brother, you have to worry about finding an apprentice, don't look for a pawn who will be drafted in the third round." Xiang Kang told again: "The first two rounds of soldiers who were recruited to the border have not come back until now, if the imperial court suddenly sends a third round of soldiers, we will pay money and food to train the third round of soldiers, and then we will not be able to cry." ”

Referring to the frequency of the conscription of the pit father's conscription after Qin II ascended the throne, Feng Zhong, who had offended countless villagers for this matter, suddenly looked a little gloomy, nodded, and said: "Or brother, you have to think carefully, I will pay attention when looking for someone." Alas, I hope I don't recruit any more soldiers, and if I continue to recruit like this, it will soon be my turn. ”

On that day, Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong agreed on various details of the entry of the Layu family at the wine shop in Shiling Pavilion, and dispersed happily. Then the Yu family's actions were also very fast, and the next day they sent some servants to clean the Feng family's old house that had been idle for several years, and then within a few days, the old Yu family really drove the carriage and ox cart, pulling the money, grain and furniture to move the family to the Shiling Pavilion, Xiang Kang was duty-bound, and he could only take the Xiang family's children and the apprentices of the blacksmith shop to help, and he was busy tossing for a long time, and finally helped the old Yu family live in the Feng family's old house.

Then, of course, he persuaded Yu Jian to pay for the move, and the result was also not as Xiang Kang expected, Yu Jian, who had broken a fortune some time ago, was in a hurry to recover his losses, and he had long coveted the booming business of the blacksmith shop in Shiling Pavilion, and almost without any consideration, he decided how to make a decision, and promised to invest 300 gold in shares. Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly took the slip to prepare to write the partnership agreement, but Yu Jian stopped Xiang Kang with a smile and said, "Xiang Gongzi, it will be a family soon, what else do you need to write?" Can the old man not know who you are, and can he worry that you hacked the old man's money? ”

mentioned his confused relationship with Yu Miaoge, Xiang Kang, who really liked Yu Miaoge's little girl in his heart, was inevitably a little embarrassed, and Yu Gong said to himself: "Xiang Gongzi, maybe your two uncles haven't told you yet, right?" They quietly went to Yanji Pavilion a few days ago, and decided the matter for you, on July 26 this year, you and Miao Ge officially got married, and then you will be the old man's virtuous son-in-law. ”

Knowing that the two uncles and mothers were well-intentioned, and knowing that if he insisted on refusing, he would definitely break Yu Miaoge's heart, so he had no choice, Xiang Kang could only leave the table and bow to Yu Jian, and said helplessly respectfully: "Son-in-law Xiang Kang, I have seen my uncle." ”

Yu Jian laughed, quickly picked up Xiang Kang personally, patted Xiang Kang on the shoulder and said: "The eldest daughter of the old man, I will hand it over to you, Miao Ge's child is gentle and virtuous, you have to treat her well." ”

"I'd rather marry that naughty little daughter of yours." Xiang Kang groaned in his heart, and said secretly: "God is simply deliberately manipulating me, I know that what I like is Yu Ji's naughty little girl, why did you give me a better Yu Miaoge?" Although Yu Miaoge must be a good daughter-in-law, I am still willing to marry that little girl who is not gentle and virtuous enough! God, you're deliberately playing tricks on me! ”

"Oh my God?"

After accidentally mentioning this term, Xiang Kang suddenly thought of an important question in his heart, and said secretly: "I remember that it was said in the history books that when Chen Sheng raised troops, in order to make his subordinates awe him and follow him, he pretended to be a ghost and made a fish belly book, and also asked Wu Guangxue to shout what is the king of Chuxing Chen Sheng." When Liu Bang raised his army, Leng said that he killed a white snake and was the son of the White Emperor, and he was the son of the Red Emperor, so the gods did not dare to seek revenge on him. Even Xiang Yu's idiot is a natural vision, what kind of double pupils do I have, I don't have anything, what do I compare with them? ”

"No, people in this era are too superstitious about ghosts and gods, so I have to find a way to pretend to be a ghost, so that others will think that I am different, otherwise after the army is raised in the future, it will be too much of a loss to deal with these gods and gods."

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With the Yu family's large investment, the originally small Shilingting blacksmith shop soon expanded its site, built several new charcoal-smelting furnaces and steel-making furnaces, and also bought more coal to smelt coke, and bought more iron ore to be used to smelt strip steel. And after these were ready, under Feng Zhong's hard work, the twenty newly recruited young apprentices also lived in the newly built simple thatched hut, ready to receive training from Xiang Kang, and the scale of the blacksmith shop in Shiling Pavilion also reached as many as thirty.

After the twenty apprentices arrived, Xiang Kang bought some wine and meat out of his own pocket to entertain and buy the new apprentices, and the banquet lasted until the evening. However, just as the thirty new and old apprentices were about to go back to the grass room to sleep, Xiang Kang stood in front of the burning stove, first beckoned everyone to stand on the opposite side of the stove, and then said: "Everyone, from tomorrow onwards, we will be a family eating in a pot, you can rest assured, as long as I, Xiang Kang, have a bite to eat, I will never let you go hungry." But you also have to work hard to make iron, and make more ironware for our blacksmith shop for money, otherwise, we will sit on the mountain no matter how much we have the old book, understand? ”

"Understood."

The new and old apprentices nodded one after another, and Xiang Kang said again: "Also, if you behave well, I will teach him my secret method of being a cadre in the future, so that he can set up his own door and open a blacksmith shop in the future." But if you don't behave well, you just want to eat and be lazy all day long, stealing and playing tricks, I will immediately sweep him out of the house, and I will not show mercy, we serve the Lingting Blacksmith Shop, and we will definitely not raise idlers and lazy people, do you understand? ”

"Understood." The old and new apprentices agreed.

"Very well, let's all go back and rest. Go to bed early and start working tomorrow. ”

Xiang Kang waved the hand that had been hidden in his sleeve, and took the opportunity to sprinkle the rosin powder in his hand into the burning stove in front of him, and then the red light rose violently, suddenly reflecting Xiang Kang's whole body brightly, looking through the stove, it seemed that Xiang Kang's whole body was emitting red light. The new and old apprentices, who had been poisoned and brainwashed by feudal superstition since childhood, were also in an uproar, and they all pointed at Xiang Kang and exclaimed: "Xiang Gongzi, what's wrong with you?" Why does the body shine? ”

"Shine, shine what?" In fact, standing in Xiang Kang's position, he could also see the light shining on some apprentices who were standing closer to the stove, but Xiang Kang pretended not to know, and just asked with a surprised face: "What kind of light do I put on my body?" ”

"Red light! Xiang Gongzi, you are shining red light! Several of the apprentices replied with a scream.

"Nonsense, I'm not a god, what light will I put on my body?" Xiang Kang pretended to scold, and then ordered: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and go to sleep." ”

According to Xiang Kang's instructions, more than thirty new and old apprentices obediently went to sleep in the grass house, but the news that Xiang Kang would emit red light quickly spread in the area of Shiling Pavilion, and the thirty or so blacksmith apprentices could all testify that they saw it with their own eyes and said everything, anyway, they felt that Xiang Kang was very different. As a result, even Feng Zhong and the children of the Xiang family ran to Xiang Kang to inquire about the situation, but Xiang Kang bit the bullet and said that there was no such thing, and kept emphasizing: "Don't listen to those apprentices' nonsense, it's their eyes that are dazzling, how can a person's body emit red light?" ”

"It's not strange for one person to see dazzling eyes, it can't be that all thirty or so people are dazzling, right?" Feng Zhong and everyone in the Xiang family were strange in their hearts, and they all pondered: "Could it be that Xiang Kang, this kid, is the reincarnation of some kind of god?" Otherwise, how could he know so many things we don't know, and be so smart and capable? ”

Xiang Kang's pretending to be a ghost, and also created a chance for himself to meet Yu Jiao's little girl again, after hearing this rumor, he couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and after moving to Shiling Pavilion, Yu Yao's little girl, who had been deliberately avoiding Xiang Kang, played a sign to go out to play, and quietly ran to the blacksmith shop to check the situation. However, it is a pity that because the little girl's appearance and figure are too different, her appearance was soon discovered by the apprentice in the blacksmith shop, and after reporting to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang also quickly ran out of the door, met his sweetheart and future sister-in-law, and pulled the little girl to a secluded place in the distance to talk.

"Little sister, what are you doing here?"

Xiang Kang's eyes were full of joy and joy, his face was full of happy smiles, his eyes were blazing, how he looked like he wanted to swallow Yu Jiao's little girl in one gulp. The little girl was a little weak by Xiang Kang's greedy gaze, and subconsciously shook off Xiang Kang's claws, took a step back, and warned: "What do you want to do?" I can remind you that you and my sister are about to get married, don't worry about me anymore. ”

"I didn't want to do anything?" Xiang Kang smiled bitterly and said, "I just saw you coming, and came out to say a few words to you." ”

"And what do you want to say?" The little girl asked.

"I ......." When the words came to his lips, Xiang Kang realized that he actually had nothing to say, and only said after a while: "I just want to tell you that I can't bear to make your sister sad, so I agreed to marry her." ”

In fact, Yu Jiao, who had long known Xiang Kang's thoughts, lowered her head, and only said after a while: "Forget me, it is impossible for me to be with you." ”

"But I can't forget it, what should I do?" Xiang Kang asked with a wry smile.

The little girl lowered her head and said in a hesitant voice: "If you can't forget, you have to forget, don't forget, you have already married my sister." ”

Xiang Kang stopped talking, just silently looked at the little girl in front of him who was really loved by him, the little girl secretly looked up, saw Xiang Kang's affectionate gaze, her pretty face couldn't help but blush, silently turned around and walked back and forth, and walked faster and faster, and her heart became more and more contradictory, and said secretly: "He, why is he so strange?" Obviously, my sister is much better than me, why is she obsessed with me? I ......, do I really not like him at all? ”