Luan Qianhu took Shang Yongxin back, and Lu Yuan didn't care about what Luan Qianhu would do to Shang Yongxin.

Lu Yuan believes that if Luan Qianhu is more interested in the future, he should turn a blind eye to what he does, otherwise he can only be eliminated by himself in advance.

The field soldiers of the mighty army were once again disbanded and returned.

On New Year's Eve, Qingquan Village is finally in danger, and it is quiet again.

On the 28th day of the lunar month.

The main persons in charge of all aspects of Qingquanzhai came to the Yamen of the General Flag Officer one after another to hold a year-end summary meeting.

Caiyi, who is responsible for the civil management of the entire Qingquan Village, reported the latest number of displaced people who have moved to Qingquan Village and the current population statistics of Qingquan Village.

Uncle Fei and Shen Guangzu each reported on the training progress of their respective companies.

Tang Xin, on the other hand, reported on the discipline violations of the entire army.

In general.

The population of Qingquan Village as a whole has been increasing.

However, there has not yet been a large-scale migration of displaced people to Qingquan Village, after all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not yet sacked Shandong, and the thieves have not wandered in this area, so there are not many displaced people.

Therefore, the civil management of Qingquan Village is not too difficult now, the total population is still not more than 1,000, and the crime has not yet occurred, so Lu Yuan does not have to work the judiciary.

As for the mighty army, there has not been a serious disturbance and bullying of the people, which also makes Lu Yuan very satisfied.

He was not reassured that his army had been truly disciplined.

Because most of the residents in Qingquan Village are relatives and friends of these field soldiers, it is normal that these field soldiers have not had serious incidents of bullying the people.

As for the progress of the training, Lu Yuan was also very satisfied, because the current mighty army was able to maintain the prescribed array to carry out combat missions and obey orders.

Lu Yuan already planned to find an opportunity for his army to find an opportunity to conduct actual combat training before encountering the Manchu Eight Banners again after the year.

Next.

It was Zuo Tiejian who reported on the operation of the entire Chunfeng Iron and Steel Plant, Chunfeng Machinery Company and Chunfeng Chemical Company.

What Lu Yuan didn't expect was that iron ore was still not enough.

Because Lu Yuan did not let the steel mill stop the rhythm of smelting, the blast furnace has been increasing, and the demand for iron ore in the entire steel mill is increasing.

However, due to the small number of workers in the mining group and the fact that today's mining equipment is not very good, the mining speed is still very slow.

As a result, the iron ore output of the entire mining area still cannot meet the demand of the steel plant.

"Now we need to add about 3,000 catties of iron ore every month to meet the smelting needs of the current steel plant, and the steel demand of machinery companies continues to increase, which means that the demand for iron ore will be more and more in the future."

Left Iron Arm said.

Lu Yuan nodded: "Iron ore does not necessarily have to be mined by ourselves, if necessary, we can buy iron ore by means of buying and selling, in addition, there are not enough people, the population of the entire Qingquan Village is not more than 1,000, except for the elderly and children, and the use of women, there are only hundreds of people." ”

"But the number of people increases, food consumption will also increase, uncle, I inquired, the grain output of the entire Qingquan Village in previous years is not enough to eat even the original twenty-four military households, in the event of a famine they have to dig wild vegetables to survive, now we are not only twenty-four military households, the entire Qingquan Village has more than 100 households, these people now rely on the food bought with silver, the department store is basically sold at a low price, and can not make a profit, if more people, once you can't buy food, there will be a famine in Qingquan Village."

Caiyi, who was in charge of the civil affairs of Qingquan Village, stood up and said, now she is used to sitting with Lu Yuan and others, don't look at her as only thirteen years old, but she is the most educated among the people present except for Lu Yuan, and sometimes she is very thoughtful.

"Qingquan Village has to have its own grain, and it must produce enough food for everyone in Qingquan Village to eat, and it is best to hoard some food, but the geographical situation of Qingquan Village determines that she is not suitable for growing food, maybe the introduction of cold-resistant and high-yield crops can, I asked Xiao Chunlai to send someone to the south or to Haojing further away to inquire if there is any drought-tolerant and high-yield extra food."

Lu Yuan proposed his own method, of course, what he really wanted was to expand the territory in the fastest time, isn't there a lot of good land in Shuiyang Village, since Shang Yongxin dared to provoke himself, then don't blame himself for a land reform in his Shuiyang Village when the time comes.

Everyone didn't say anything, after all, it was Lu Yuan's own money to buy food, except for Caiyi, who was quite worried about Lu Yuan's house, the others didn't have too much anxiety, in their opinion, if Qingquan Village really couldn't support so many people, it would be a big deal for them to return to Qingqing.

After the year-end meeting, Lu Yuan summed up three problems.

First, iron ore is still in short supply, and more than 3,000 catties of iron ore must be purchased every month.

Second, the labor force is still in a state of shortage.

Third, Qingquanzhai's agriculture has not been developed, and the increasing demand for grain has led to Lu Yuan's financial deficit in Qingquanzhai.

But anyway.

The year always has to pass.

Lu Yuan returned to Linqingzhou with these questions.

"Childe, I came back with the eyes of the Zhang family and said that the Zhang family seems to be in good shape now, and there is no reason to say anything because of the death of Dou Ding and Xie San, that Zhang Heng is only on the side of Xuejiannu now, it seems that he is preparing to follow his father to do business outside the customs in the future."

As soon as Lu Yuan entered the city, Tu Dazhu first took Lu Yuan into an inn, and then secretly reported the relevant news he had heard.

Lu Yuan nodded after hearing this, and was quite indignant in his heart, this Zhang family is no different from those eight Jin merchants, it really brought the four words of business and business to the fullest, and completely ignored that Jiannu is now a threat to his own country.

"In addition, there is a person named Fan Zaishen who came to Zhang's house and mentioned you, saying that he wanted to ruin your family."

After Tu Dazhu said this, Lu Yuan raised his head suddenly, and then sneered again: "It seems that this guy remembers the revenge I used to smash him, he wants to destroy my family, and I also want his family to be ruined." ”

After getting Tu Dazhu's report, Lu Yuan's thoughts became heavier, and now that he thinks about it, he seems to have been too reckless at the beginning, and directly humiliated the Fan family in order to get the opportunity to trade with the Zheng family, but now it has caused himself and the Fan family to form a bond so quickly.

But Lu Yuan didn't regret it, after all, he didn't plan to become friends with the Fan family who was a thief, of course, he didn't really think that the Zheng family was a good family, but he would rather be friends with the Zheng family for the time being than with the Fan family.

"Lu Lang!"

Just as Lu Yuan was thinking about these things, a call came from in front of the gate of the Lu family, and then he looked up and saw a beautiful shadow.