When Xu Zizhen came ashore from the river, there was a forest in front of him, a white mountain range stretched in front of him, the terrain was low in the south and high in the north, according to Le Chi, as long as he climbed the mountain peak in the north, the terrain in the past became lower and lower, so Xu Zizhen had an idea of going north in his heart.

It's a very immature and risky idea, but in the current bad weather, it is the most suitable and worthwhile idea.

Not far in front of is a vacant lot, neatly stacked with a lot of wood, this is also one of the countless timber yards of Hongji firm, the dozen or so men are not standing or sitting now, all of them are standing there with their waists slightly bent, their faces are a little embarrassed, Xu Zizhen glanced at them, smiled and beckoned: "Sit down and talk, save your back pain." ”

The men sat around with a smile, and Xu Zizhen pointed to the hill-like wood and asked, "Which wood is the most durable?" It's not easy to break. ”

This is the right question, everyone on the scene can give him an answer except Xu Zizhen, and those men immediately rushed to answer, but they were interrupted by Xu Zizhen waving his hand as soon as he spoke.

"Don't tell me, I don't understand this."

The men looked at each other, not knowing what he meant.

Xu Zizhen continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, help me do some small work, I want such a long and narrow wooden strip, put it on the fire and roast it, and bend it a little......" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and drew a rough appearance on the snow.

No one could understand what he had drawn, it was almost more than three feet long, and the size of the feet was wide, and if it weren't for the upturned front, it would look like a spanking board in the yamen.

"Mr. Xu, what are you doing here?" A man asked curiously.

Xu Zizhen asked rhetorically: "We call this a sleigh there, haven't you used it?" ”

The men shook their heads in unison: "No, I haven't seen it, what's the use?" ”

Xu Zizhen doesn't know when the sleigh appeared, but the place of origin seems to be in Switzerland, and it is estimated that it has not been passed on at this time from the year Marco Polo came to China.

"Let's help do it first, and we'll know if it's useful." Xu Zizhen said with a smile, and took out a stack of gold leaves from his arms, "This work is not in vain, one piece per person, each help me make a hundred of these boards, how about it?" ”

The men were a sensation, they usually get money according to the work they do, and they take four or five taels of silver every month, but this gold leaf has a few taels, and one tael of gold is worth sixty or seventy taels of silver, isn't it just a hundred boards, and you can make it with your eyes closed.

"it!"

The men agreed in unison, and their heads were like chickens pecking rice, and even the old man Le Chi had his eyes lit up.

Xu Zizhen scolded with a smile: "Lao Tzu made money for you, and you still scolded me? ”

The men burst into laughter, and then they dispersed, and after picking up the wood, they began to do it, and I have to say that these are really connoisseurs, and the thick wood is finely cut into boards in their hands, and then cut into long strips, and neatly stacked aside.

The old man looked at it for a long time, kept rubbing his hands, and finally couldn't help it after holding it for a long time, and leaned in front of Xu Zizhen and said, "That...... Sanshun, you said that you want to bake this job or I come, I can do it, what do you think? ”

Xu Zizhen shook his head, Le Chi looked disappointed, and was about to go back to sit down, but he heard Xu Zizhen say: "What I want must be made more meticulously, there can be no cracks and cracks, Uncle Le Chi, you are tired, be a supervisor for me." As he spoke, he smiled and shoved two gold leaves into the old man's hand.

Le Qi only felt a shock all over his body, at this time he was holding two gold leaves in his hand, which were clearly two elixirs, which suddenly filled his whole body with strength, at this moment he was not dazzled, his legs and feet were not wooden, and he stood up and said excitedly: "Don't worry Sanshun, I will definitely keep an eye on them to ensure that what you want is done properly and there will be no mistakes!" ”

After the old man finished speaking, he trotted over to supervise the work, leaving Xu Zizhen alone to sit here bored and roast the fire, and after more than half an hour, Bu Fen and others crossed the river in an assault boat, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw these dozen men chopping wood in full swing.

Xu Zizhen was not in a hurry to say anything, he only beckoned them to sit down and roast and drink, there were fewer assault boats, and it took a few round-trips to carry everyone in the Shenji Battalion over, and they sat in a large area.

Tang Lun and He Liangliang saw the warped board made over there and immediately became interested, and went over to see, there were more than a dozen teenagers from the science and engineering department who went over together, and after watching the meeting, their hands itched, and they were busy working together, so that the speed was a lot faster, and the two thousand sleds that Xu Zizhen expected to be done until dark had all been done shortly after noon, and there were many more.

"Alright, I'll teach you how to play with this thing." Xu Zizhen clapped his hands and stood in the middle, everyone hula came around, looking curiously, even Gao Pujun couldn't help but come over.

Xu Zizhen picked up a sled, trotted forward, found a relatively smooth slope and stood still, put the sled on the ground, first stood on one leg, and then kicked the ground with the other leg, bent forward slightly, and suddenly rushed down the slope.

I saw that I needed to walk on the snow road for a while, but Xu Zizhen rushed down in the blink of an eye, and when he came down, his face did not change color and he did not panting, and his feet hit horizontally, and he stopped steadily after making a snowflake.

"How's that, do you see?" Xu Zizhen jumped off the sleigh, feeling a little regretful, what a good natural snow resort, if there were three fools in the sled, Samoyed Husky and Alaskan Malamute would be more perfect.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then there was an uproar.

"Ouch, so fast!"

"Lao Xu, you're really fucking good at playing!"

"This thing is good, climbing to the top of the mountain and sliding down is like a cavalry."

Xu Zizhen smiled and let them make trouble, and after a while, he stretched out his hand and pressed it: "Okay, one hand, practice before dark, and start early tomorrow morning." ”

Whether it is a horse thief or a bandit, most of them live around the desert area, and it is the first time in their lives to see such a large snow-capped mountain, not to mention this strange thing made by Xu Zizhen, what is it called a sled?

So a large group of rough men were like children, one of them took one, and found a vacant place to practice, some of them got started quickly, and some of them fell several times in a row, but none of them complained, and they all had a lot of fun.

Gao Pujun looked at them with bright eyes, and seemed to be a little eager to try, but his enthusiasm was extinguished by Xu Zizhen's words.

"Pujun, you take that group of boys back to North Suzhou Port, just wait for my good news there."