"If we cut wood to make iron, that's the same way." Zhang Mingliang looked at the surrounding environment and found that whether it was hills or mountains, dense forests were almost everywhere, and only a few places could see gaps, which could be caused by alpine people cutting down or because of mountain fires.

You must know that there are many kinds of wood in the Eastern Domain, countless and innumerable, and the reserves are huge, the cubic amount of timber on the island in the later generations is equal to the total amount of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces, and the small island of more than 30,000 square kilometers reaches this kind of timber reserves, which shows how high its forest coverage rate is.

"It's not easy." Zhang Zhong said at this time: "We have considered it together, cutting timber, it takes a lot of labor, Fujian Road is not difficult, anyway, it is a densely populated place, set a price, and have their own people to cut it in exchange for money." Here, we have to open up wasteland, farm land, build houses, build roads, and then we have to hire a lot of people to cut wood, which is not worth it to spend a lot of labor to do. ”

"I see." Zhang Mingliang is also a veteran of business, and he knows what Zhang Zhong means by what he said.

To cut down a large number of wooden villages and remake them into charcoal, the whole process requires at least a few thousand labors. To cut wood in the mountains, there must be roads, which is the cost of going up to the sky.

It is not like coal mining, there are one or two fixed lines, and the cost of coal mining and coking is much lower than that of logging, and the manpower used is much less.

Chopping wood deep in the mountains has always been one of the most expensive human activities, and it costs a lot of money to cut a large log and bring it out.

During the Xuanzong period of the Great Wei Dynasty, in order to rebuild the Xuanshu Hall of the Beijing Division, the golden silk nanmu was harvested from the Huguang Mountain, and the big wood hugged by several people was cut down from the mountain and transported to the Beijing Division, each tree took half a year or even longer, and the money spent on each wood was also very amazing, and the final reimbursement of each wood was more than 200,000 yuan.

Here in the Eastern Domain, if the periphery is cut down, it has to be cut down into the mountains, and the cost paid is indeed too high.

"The water, fire and charcoal method is also a good choice." Zhang Mingliang said in a deep voice: "The northerners have used it, and we in Fujian have been using charcoal to make iron, so we don't know much about this method." However, even the northerner mine owners may not use this method to do this. To be honest, I don't know how the prince knows this method, is it Fu Muzhi's opinion? In addition to the raw materials, the drum machine is also very important, and it can also be drained with water, which is suitable for the Eastern Domain. Then there's the blast furnace, which I have some experience with. ”

Sun Rulan said in a deep voice: "We don't know the specific details yet, so we can only do what is in front of us first." ”

Zhang Mingliang smiled and said, "Sun Dutou is loyal to his duties and admires." ”

At this time, everyone gradually dispersed, Sun Rulan looked around, and suddenly said to Zhang Mingming: "Proprietor Zhang, in fact, we are also panicked in our hearts, but we all feel in private that everyone has come to this point, and we can't give up no matter what." ”

Zhang Mingming's heart jumped suddenly, and he said, "What are Sun Dutou's plans?" ”

"Nope." Sun Rulan said expressionlessly: "We all hope that the prince can get better, if we can make the prince get better, now I cut off my head, I frowned, it was not raised by my father." ”

"Sun Dutou's loyalty is admirable."

Zhang Mingliang seems to be a drowning person, and he wants to touch a life-saving straw, but Sun Rulan obviously refuses to say any more, but this attitude seems to be explaining that the officers and soldiers of the government army, especially the middle and high-level military attachés, are estimated to have other ideas.

If the prince is fine, even if he is seriously ill, the whole island should not think that anyone can replace the position of Nan'an Hou.

And if the prince is not governed, then either everyone will become a mass of scattered sand and disperse, or they will be ruled by people sent by the imperial court...... This is something that the people of the island do not want in any way.

If you send a virtuous minister and a good person in the future, or a person with a good fortune in the clan, if you send the son of King Zhao, or send an official like Wang Yue of Jianzhou, everything on the island might as well be ruined by pirates.

As for the conduct of the current Great Wei officials, there are not many people on the island who trust them.

Zhang Mingliang thought for a while, and only felt that the army had the greatest possibility of supporting Qin Dongyang, and it was also the most realistic candidate.

Li Yi's prestige is enough, but he is only a civilian official and will not be supported by the army.

Qin Dongyang himself is young, well-known on Fujian Road, and the first general in the army, gentle and benevolent, calm and calm, similar to his style as a general.

After such a person fights a big war against pirates, his current official position will also rise to the top because of his great achievements, and when everyone swears allegiance, it is the pattern that the Great Wei sent officials to the island, which is also a pattern of being hollowed out.

This is the best way to gather people's hearts and minds so that they can be kept alive and everything that exists on the island can be preserved.

I just don't know if Qin Dongyang himself knows?

It is estimated that most of it is concealed, and only after Xu Zixian is confirmed that he will be incurred, the matter of the promotion will be announced in the army.

There aren't many people involved, but most of them are in key positions.

Zhang Mingliang didn't feel much hope for this matter, the situation and pressure that this group of people would face in the future, I am afraid that they themselves would not be able to think of it, and Qin Dongyang would not be able to withstand it, the identity, experience, and status of Xu Zixian, the Marquis of Nan'an, are by no means ordinary people can replicate success.

"It's better for the prince to get better." Whether it is for the future of the island, or for himself, for the safety of his family, Zhang Mingliang lay on the ground and kowtowed to the north to pray according to the recent popular customs.

Look at Sun Rulan and the others, these guys even brought incense, and the soldiers and craftsmen of the government bowed their heads to worship the incense and prayed silently.

……

When Zhang Mingliang and others were prospecting for ore in the central and northern edges, Xu Zixian was lying on the bed, feeling a splitting headache and a sore body, and he couldn't get out of bed at all.

From a martial artist who can hold a strong bow and even crack a tiger and leopard, to a warrior who can only lie in bed, recuperate from morning to night, and drink the medicinal soup that has been boiled out every day, every time he drinks the soup, he seems to be a tortured patient, this contrast is really big.

Xu Zixian wasn't too worried about himself, he felt that his illness was almost under control.

But he also knew that it was also very likely that the disease was under control, and although he was not suffering from a high fever, he had a low-grade fever every day, with headaches, and soreness and weakness, which were quite obvious signs.

If the fever really subsides, Xu Zixian is likely to support his sick body and ride around the island on horseback, but now it is obviously impossible to do it.

It is not beneficial to the people to lie in the carriage and parade, and there are many people who can see him every day in the retreat of the other courtyard, and there will be no rumors that Nan Anhou has died of illness, which is a devastating blow to the people's hearts.

But Xu Zixian has no way to further stabilize people's hearts, the government army is still preparing for war, and many things are still going on under the schedule.

For example, the hydraulic oil pressing machine is still debugged every day by left-behind personnel.

There are less than 10 days left for the cotton harvest and less than half a month for the beans, and further processing is required after the harvest.

Cotton is easy to do, seed cotton into lint is manual work, beans are squeezed for oil, and soon after storage, you can start to carry out it, and the commissioning and testing of the machine are urgent.

Xu Zixian was very anxious, and every morning when he woke up, he wanted to stand up, too many places needed him, too many people also needed him.

The pirates may come to Penghu at any time within ten days, and if he does not come forward to take charge, this battle is not optimistic.

"Don't worry, the condition is still stable." Chen Changnian and the three medical officers checked their pulses separately, and then they all retreated, their faces were very calm, but they were not happy.

It's been a few days, and Nan Anhou's state can only be said to be stable at best, without deterioration, but it can't be said to be better.

"Mr. Chen and gentlemen, is there any better way?"

Xiuniang is inconvenient to come forward, in addition to serving Xu Zixian these days, Xiaomei is also responsible for some things in and out of the house.

Chen Changnian and several others showed shame on their faces, everyone was silent for a moment, and Chen Changnian resolutely said: "If it is another patient, it is difficult for me to say it directly, because it is a prince and the overall situation is involved, so I will wait or say it directly, whether the prince is better or not, it is not in the treatment of the decoction and me, but only in my own body." It will take time, unless we can find the right medicine to heal, but I don't specialize in epidemics, I am good at surgery, and when the prince found me, it was the regimental training soldier who asked me to heal the injured......"

The rest of the medical officers, most of them mainly focus on surgery or orthopedics, traditional Chinese medicine sub-specialties, Dafangmai is adult internal medicine, Xiaofangmai is pediatric internal medicine, in addition to orthopedics, surgery, gynecology, and wind, in fact, Dafangmai is the extension of Dafangmai, oral and dental departments, miscellaneous, obstetrics, ophthalmology, acupuncture, Zhu You and other departments.

Of course, there were also medical officers in the Eastern Domain, majoring in the Dafang Pulse, but when they were looking for doctors, most of the famous doctors were proficient in surgery and orthopedics, and they considered that the treatment of children was related to the hearts of the people, so they searched for many famous doctors who were proficient in the small Fang Mai.

When he felt that the plague on the island should not be taken lightly, he focused on finding a famous doctor who was proficient in the Dafang Pulse, but among the famous doctors who were proficient in the Dafang Pulse, there were not many masters who had studied the plague and could prescribe the right medicine, and it was difficult to find it in a short time.

"No wonder Mr. Chen and all the gentlemen." Xu Zixian was also extremely disappointed in his heart, but these doctors at least calmly admitted that they were powerless and did not deceive, and this attitude is still worthy of recognition.

Xu Zi closed his eyes and rested first, half lying on the bed, he could only do this for many days, his face was still a little flushed, his body had no physical strength, and it was quite difficult to stand up by himself.

This confirms the judgment that young people or middle-aged people do not have an advantage after the epidemic infection, and of course, they can eventually get rid of the disease, and most of the people who are cured are young and middle-aged, and most of the children die young, and most of the old people can't survive.

Xu Zixian felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, and the doctors withdrew with shame, but Xu Zixian knew that even after hundreds of years, it was not uncommon for a flu to take hundreds of lives.

In an era when heart transplantation is already possible, human beings still can't help the flu, which is not a joke, but a cruel reality.

"Little sister, don't worry," Xu Zi opened his eyes first, and said to the little sister with red eyes: "As long as my illness does not worsen, the summary is that it can get better......"

"I have sent additional manpower to Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Xinghuajun, Shaowujun, and Jianzhou to find famous doctors who can cure the epidemic, whether it is with a lot of money or tying people up, in short, as long as it is a famous doctor who treats the epidemic, it is to bring me back."

The little sister's handsome face actually has a trace of heroism, and the decisiveness of speaking and acting are not as decisive as fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, which is the change brought about by the power of the back house and Nan'anjiu, and it can be regarded as a microcosm of the drastic changes in the Nan'anhou Mansion.

Even if he was seriously ill, Xu Zixian couldn't help laughing, he said: "Little sister, there are always people who don't want to come, are they really forcibly tied?" ”

"Really, I didn't accompany them afterwards, they can't really embarrass a little woman who is eager to save her brother."

"That's good. There will always be fakes, liars," Xu Zixian said helplessly: "You are so fanfare and get a bunch of fake doctors, it's really enough to make jokes." ”

The little sister's eyes turned red again, and she said: "Big brother, you always take care of others, the way you are now, even if you destroy the Eastern Domain, the Nan'an Hou Mansion will also be destroyed, it will be worth saving you back!" ”

The little sister said murderously again: "If anyone dares to lie to me, he will tie his hands behind his back, throw them into the sea, and ask him to swim back to Fuzhou by himself." ”

Xu Zixian felt a chill on his body, and felt that the little sister had really changed, and he felt that what the little sister was saying now was not angry, she would not only do it, but she would definitely do it!

Suddenly, Xu Zixian was quite worried about Wei Yi's future, and this friend and brother were afraid that he would become a standard wife in the future.

Although there has never been a bad thing such as enslaving women to the extreme, women can also read and write, and women have never forbidden women to go out, nor have they encouraged women to keep widows and festivals, and there is no chastity archway in the whole Great Wei to commend women for keeping festivals. When Taizu founded the country, he once said that only countries where men are incompetent and lose power and humiliate the country will focus on such things as forcing women to observe festivals. There are Taizu's words, since then no one in the past dynasties dared to break this opening, because in the Great Wei, the status of women is not lower than that of the previous dynasty, but the status of the women of the clan has declined, because there are princesses of the former Tang Dynasty to interfere in the government affairs, the lessons of the troubled dynasty, this dynasty does not give the right to open the house to the women of the clan, after marrying, to respect Weng Gu with the younger generation, and not like the former Tang Dynasty, the princess of the clan is married, and the in-laws have to pay tribute to the princess.

There are not many famous women of the Great Wei clan, even if they are famous, they are also famous for their literary talents or filial piety, which is also the result of a kind of public opinion control, even if some clan girls are naturally smart and understand the way of military and political affairs, under this system, they can only be annihilated.

"In the future, you and Yanke will become relatives, I will get Yanke to the Eastern Domain, and you little couple will help me again," Xu Zixian said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Little sister, you are much more effective than my ordinary subordinates." ”

The little sister nodded and said, "I know that the eldest brother is going to see Jin Jian, so I will call him over." ”

"Tell him not to go into the house again, and talk through the window as well."

The little sister nodded, pushed the door and went out, and after a while, Jin Jian, who was wearing a round-necked blue robe, arrived outside.

Xu Zixian was closing his eyes again, and the sound of talking outside seemed to come from the water, buzzing non-stop. He knew that it was Jin Jian who was talking to Lin Shaozong, and at the same time, Gao Shi came.

Tian Heng was also coming, and Xu Zixian wrote a note by himself, strictly ordering him to stay in Penghu and not to come over without authorization.

The three generals among the young tooth generals, Gao Shilai is now the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, and his performance is quite outstanding. Tian Heng served as the commander of the Navy Battalion, and he was also a middle and high-level military attache at the deputy level cultivated by Liu Yi.

Jin Jian presided over the military intelligence Cao, and he was the least famous of the three, but everyone knew that he was the henchman of Xu Zixian's henchmen and the most powerful one.

But Jin Jian has always been very low-key, and the rest of the dozens of generals are either appointed as deputy commanders or as heads, Jin Jian picked a few deputies who are any of his own, and set up a military intelligence shelf, and has been doing things silently for the past two years, and never doing anything to show his face.

Prior to this, there had been no achievements in the military situation in all major events, which also made people gradually lose interest in this mysterious department, but I felt that it might be Xu Zi's department that was used to spy on the outside world and his own people by the way.

Later, with the Security Division, less attention was paid to the military intelligence.

Gao Shilai came to guard voluntarily, and there were several military attachés who were born as young generals with him, and they were on duty inside and outside the Jingshe courtyard with Lin Shaozong and others, and in the hot weather, everyone wore armor and patrolled, and took turns to stand on duty.

This is a group of murderous guards, armed to the teeth, they are not in a good mood, and it can even be said that they are quite hot. In fact, except for the second sister, these guys all stared at each other with red eyes when they saw each other.

Every evening, Li Yi and others would rush over to visit, they were very busy, Xu Zixian did not allow them to enter the ward, these people were the pillars of the Eastern Domain, they were all infected with the epidemic, and the construction of the entire island was finished.

Li Yi and the others will greet them in the study, briefly report the day's itinerary with Xu Zi, and then go out to see the doctor's pulse and discuss the condition with the doctor.

Every day is like this, Li Yi and the others come with hope, and then leave full of disappointment.

Jin Jian's footsteps were heard outside, and then he walked into the bedroom.

Xu Zixian said helplessly: "Didn't you just say that you should be asked to talk outside?" ”

Jin Jian said in a deep voice: "What I say, I have to be careful to be heard." ”

This young spy leader has become more and more mature and sophisticated, and he is becoming more and more familiar with his business.

Xu Zixian didn't say anything, Jin Jian would unfold the notepad with the deerskin cover in his hand, and then report the latest intelligence of the military intelligence department.