Chapter Eighty-Six: Beginning to Dig a Well

Huang Yukun was very happy to see his cousin coming. took my cousin's hand and went into the house. Asked, "Cousin, why are you here?" I'm about to arrange for someone to find you. ”

My cousin said, "Oh, if I don't come again, the sky will fall." I didn't expect you to become like this here now, no wonder your two brothers have to take care of things for you. When Huang Yukun heard this, he thought that his cousin was here to be a lobbyist. He said, "Cousin, they asked you to come?" ”

"Nope. They sent to me and told me that I should not associate with you again. When I asked, I found out that you had people beat them, and it was said that they were beaten very hard. They said that this matter is not over, and they are going to spend money, and they have to go to the government to sue you. I don't worry about you. You know that they have a relationship with the prefect, and I am afraid that you will suffer, so I came to persuade you. It's better to admit your mistake. After all, it's a family. My cousin said. Huang Yukun laughed when he heard this, and said, "Sister, you don't have to worry, I'm not afraid of them now." They can't do anything to me, if it weren't for my parents, this time they came, I wouldn't let them go back. Seeing Huang Yukun's tone of voice and demeanor when he spoke, his cousin didn't believe that this was the original cousin, and said, "Yukun, I just came here because I was worried about you." As long as you feel okay. ”

Huang Yukun said: "Don't hide it from my cousin, if you talk about using money, they will sell all their homes, and they can't compare to our little finger; If we say, if we use our relationship, the emperor will reward us with a bronze medal; If it is moving, Li Zicheng's army has been defeated by us. Are we afraid of them? They have lost their own people, they feel that they have no face, and they find face for themselves, if they really have this ability, they will not send you any letters. You say, don't you? ”

My cousin said, "I'm so happy to see you like this." Tell me how you got to do this. Huang Yukun said: "These things, let's talk about them slowly at night." Didn't I say that I would have arranged for someone to go to you, do you know why? ”

"Why?" Cousin asked.

"I'm getting married. I would like to invite you to come over. Huang Yukun said.

My cousin took Huang Yukun's hand and said, "It's a good thing, let's talk about it carefully, why didn't you tell me earlier, I'll come over and help you." ”

The sisters chatted in the house until noon, but people kept coming in to ask for work. My cousin knew that this cousin was no longer the same cousin she used to be. The cousin said that she wanted to meet this future brother-in-law. Huang Yukun asked people to find Zhang Zhimu.

Zhang Zhimu heard Huang Yukun's introduction and knew that this was the cousin who helped Huang Yukun, and hurriedly said: "Thank you cousin for helping Yukun back then, if you didn't help back then, Yukun's mother and son would have been too miserable." My cousin's impression of Zhang Zhimu is also very good, because there are still things at home, my cousin can't stay longer, so I have to go back immediately, and said to Huang Yukun: "I didn't know your situation here before I came, and when I go home and arrange things at home, I will come over to help you prepare for marriage." ”

Zhang Zhimu sent a four-wheeled carriage to send his cousin home, and of course, the food purchased by the north and south also pulled a cart back.

After Chen Yufeng heard Zhang Zhimu talk about the Huang family, he said: "In a short period of time, no official in Shanxi will be able to grasp our big handle, and they will not dare to touch us. But we have to guard against them coming to the dark, they still have some silver after all. Be careful. The main thing in this matter is to consider the grandmother, otherwise it would not be so troublesome. Zhang Zhimu said: "When the matter between me and Yukun is finished, I will go to see King Jin." After the relationship is done in this way, there will be no worries. By the way, I also want to get my hands on that smelter. ”

While talking, the two came to the iron furnace, Zhang Zhimu saw that the workers were busy in full swing, and suddenly found that the workers were not wearing masks. Zhang Zhimu called Li Dong over. Zhang Zhimu asked Li Dong: "Can you tell me why you left the smelting plant and went home?" In fact, Zhang Zhimu had already heard Li Yunhe say this. Li Dong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Zhang Zhimu to ask about this, and with a serious face, he replied: "At the beginning, due to my good technology, I was promoted to the head of the stove very early, responsible for a large furnace, because my furnace produces a lot of iron, and saves materials." I didn't get any less rewards and made a lot of money. But I know that no matter how much money I earn in the smelter, I don't have the life to spend it, and those people in the smelter will cough up blood and die at the age of thirty or forty. I told a few good brothers that we had to pretend to be sick before we could get out, otherwise good people would not be able to do without the smelter. So I pretended to cough up blood and pretended to be sick, plus I used to do a good job, and my popularity was okay. As a result, they paid me my wages and let me out. So I went home, opened a blacksmith's shop, and caused a lot of trouble. It seems that if there should be a disaster, you can't avoid this and that. Zhang Zhimu then asked: "Do you know what kind of disease the workers who cough up blood have?" Li Dong said, "I don't know." Zhang Zhimu said: "I don't know, then I will tell you today that their disease is silicosis, that is, their lungs are blocked by the dust particles that are sucked in and turned into hard stones." So he coughed up blood and died. Do you also want our workers to cough up blood and die? Li Dong's face was a little unbearable. muttered in my heart, usually this master is polite to everyone, what's wrong today. He hurriedly said, "No, no, how could I want my brother to be sick?" "Then why don't you wear any masks for workers, so that the dust and toxic exhaust fumes are directly inhaled into the lungs?" When Li Dong heard that it was for this, he said: "The workers all said that they brought that thing, and it was hard to get angry, so they didn't bring it." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "After that, coughing up blood, it won't be difficult to get out of the air, right?" Li Dong was speechless all of a sudden. Zhang Zhimu said: "In the past, when the company did not have regulations, it was not counted, but now that there are regulations, you do not implement them, which is irresponsible for the health of workers, and take the company's regulations as a child's play." You have to be responsible for this. Correct it right now, and as for how to deal with your mistakes today, we will study and decide. Li Dong hurried over and asked the workers to put on their masks. In fact, these workers are all poor and afraid, they don't wear masks, one is to wear them will not breathe evenly, but some people are reluctant to wear new masks.

However, when Zhang Zhimu came to Li Yunhe's side, his mood was much better. According to Zhang Zhimu's requirements, Li Yunhe has begun to cast steel pipes with an inner diameter of three inches and a wall thickness of one and a half and a half and two zhang in inner diameter. Li Yunhe said: "Now the problem of big sand hole has been solved, as long as the sand mold is dry, the effect is much better." It is now in mass production, but the steel spring carriage has been discontinued. Zhang Zhimu said: "Now I am raiding these steel pipes, in addition, all kinds of joints, tee joints, valve switches, and radiators I said must be rushed out at the same time." This winter, we're going to have heating in all rooms. The tools I drew for you should also be arranged for someone to do it, don't do everything yourself, I see that you have a few people under you, and you can take on some things independently. Li Yunhe said: "Things have been assigned, some are already making molds, and some are improving on the drawings." After learning this mapping method, it can be of great use. In the past, you had to get something out to know right or wrong, but now there are some things that you know right or wrong as soon as you draw them. Don't worry, these things can't be delayed. Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't fall into it, I still have important things for you to do." Also, what about the people from the south? Li Yunhe said: "It's all right, it took a little effort to speak at first, but now it's okay." Those people have good brains, tell a little, you can learn a lot, and then you can get some of this in the future. I think in the future, these people will be even more incredible. ”

Leaving Li Yunhe, Zhang Zhimu said to Chen Yufeng: "If only I had two more Li Yunhe." Chen Yufeng said: "Come on, if you have one, burn high incense." Zhang Zhimu said: "Those brothers, they are tired from being busy building houses. But it's time to take it easy. I look at these kids, they are willing to go to the theater when they have nothing to do, and they are energetic again. Chen Yufeng said: "It's okay, just do what you have to do." Zhang Zhimu said: "The personnel are divided into two parts, one part is to engage in farmland and water conservancy construction; The other part is digging a well with me. The fields we bought were all hillside, which could not hold water, and when there was rain, the soil would be eroded. I think they will all be changed to horizontal terraces, and when the wells are drilled, they can be completely watered. While repairing the terraces, it is necessary to keep the canals. We have precious water here, and some places can use bamboo tubes to deliver water. I have asked the kiln to burn some cylinder pipes that can send water, and the canal can use the cylinder pipes to go underground, which can save a lot of water. Chen Yufeng said: "These are all right, but if you dig a well on this post, the well must be very deep, if you go up to draw water, it will be too difficult, people use that little water is nothing, but watering the ground is a lot of water, have you thought about it." Zhang Zhimu said: "I have thought about it. Uncle Chen, why don't you say our kiln gang doesn't have too tall trees? Chen Yufeng asked, "Why do you say?" Zhang Zhimu said: "Because the wind is too strong on our post, the trees are too high to live." Just because the wind is strong, I want to use the fan to lift water. Chen Yufeng smiled and said, "You can still make new things, I want to see how you use the wind to carry water." "Haven't all the things I said come true? Just wait and see! ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "First level out the ten tilts of the ground, to turn deep, I want to plant rubber grass immediately." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "It's just to erase pencil words." You're going to plant ten tilts of rubber grass? Zhang Zhimu said: "This rubber is not just a little bit of a function, with it we can first make a rubber wheel carriage." That's when you know what comfort is! ”

Chen Yufeng was responsible for leading people to level the land, and Zhang Zhimu personally led people to level a large area around the selected well location, and then tamped it with stone piers and put a layer of sand on it. Call the stonemason, Zhang Zhimu said that my well, made into a zhang opening, the wall of the well should be built into eight sides, and all of them must be built with stone strips to bite each other, as for how deep this well is, it is not easy to say now, in short, it must be made into a deep well, even if it is dry elsewhere, this well will also produce water, so you stonemasons, now you must start to beat stone strips according to the size. He also brought Lu Qi and asked him to arrange people to make a big wooden board at the wellhead seat to set aside the wellhead seat, so that when the well was excavated, the personnel would step on the plank outside the well, and the well would not collapse. and asked Lu Qi to order a wheel for backup.

Mr. Ouyang was invited to choose the auspicious time and began to dig the well.

However, then a problem came. Huang Yukun's cousin came over to help.

When he came, he brought his two sons with him. asked Huang Yukun to arrange things to do, not only to arrange things to do, but also to arrange a person to take care of. Because when she came last time, Huang Yukun told her that different positions here have different salaries, so this time when people came, they didn't want to get more wages in vain, so they must arrange a position. Huang Yukun was embarrassed at this time, because this was her cousin's business, and her cousin also said that she had made a guarantee with her family, and Yukun's sister would definitely be able to help her do it. Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, how can these things happen in any dynasty and generation! Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to come and ask his cousin in person what job he wanted to arrange for his son. My cousin was a little angry when she heard this, and said, "How do I know what kind of work you have here, how can I arrange it." Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to ask the two cousins who came: "What are your specialties, I can arrange a job that suits you." The two children were really children, and one said, "We don't have any special skills, so what does my uncle arrange." Zhang Zhimu said: "Then let the two of you go to be the shopkeeper now, can you do it?" "When my cousin over there heard that he was the shopkeeper, how much money did he have to earn? But his two sons, knowing that their confidants were half a pound or eight taels, scratched their heads and said, "We can't do it." The cousin over there glared angrily. Zhang Zhimu said: "If you like to do business, Mr. Lu will immediately set up a study class, that is, to learn to do business, you are both literate, you should go to study and study." Then I'll arrange it for you. Both children said, "Great." "My cousin also did it.

Zhang Zhimu has been drilling at the well construction site for the past few days, personally directing the workers to dig the well, and the well was soon two zhang deep, Zhang Zhimu began to ask Lu Qi to prepare bamboo pipes and blowers like iron-making furnaces. Zhang Zhimu stretched the bamboo pipe all the way to the bottom of the well this time, because he knew that the carbon dioxide and other gases exhaled by people were relatively heavy and easy to sink to the bottom of the well, so that the air pumped out from the bottom of the well with a blower would easily extract the carbon dioxide and other harmful gases, and fresh air would enter from the wellhead. In the future, if you blast with black **, the smoke will be easy to pull out.

Zhang Zhimu has been busy, and suddenly found that many large sheds have been set up in the open space of the kiln. Zhang Zhimu asked Lu Chengxiang, who was busy: "What is this for?" Lu Chengxiang looked at Zhang Zhimu strangely and said, "What are you doing?" Your own marriage, and ask me what this is for, it is all for you to marry your daughter-in-law. Zhang Zhimu said: "Then we don't need so many places, our restaurant is very big." Lu Chengxiang said: "Oh, my God." Do you know who you are? You are the master of the kiln, now there is no need to talk about this kiln and Xiurong, I am afraid that the whole Shanxi knows that you are going to get married, those big businessmen, which one does not want to take this opportunity to show his face, so I can get to know you. You'll have to wait and see, I don't think these sheds are enough. This time, Zhang Zhimu felt that his wedding was definitely not such a simple thing as a reasonable ceremony to sleep with Huang Yukun in the future, and this time he had to play a big game. At the same time, I admire Lu Chengxiang very much, this person is full of energy, busy from morning to night every day, and I don't notice that he is tired. It felt like his mind was spinning all the time, as if he didn't need to rest.