As soon as Li Feibai opened his eyes in the morning, he made proper arrangements for today's itinerary.

The county order must be visited, but when he comes back from Kaifeng but does not go to meet the county order, what will the county order think?

Okay, you Li Feibai, do you think that you have made a great contribution by bringing back 22,000 taels of silver from the political envoy Yamen, and you don't take my dignified Qipin county order in your eyes?

In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, lest the two of them have a bad heart, they have to be put in the first place when they meet the county order.

The second is to visit Deng Bao.

Deng Bao has a treasure in his name, and he is also a treasure in reality. A person who can make a firearm that the Ordnance Bureau can't make, such a person is not a treasure, what kind of person is a treasure.

There is a misunderstanding between the two, and Li Feibai really hates this kind of corrupt official who doesn't care about the life and death of the people and only reaps benefits for himself. But Ma Kun has already explained that Deng Bao did this, not for the sake of enjoyment, but for the purpose of studying the firecracker, which is understandable. Even if Deng Bao made money for the sake of enjoyment, as long as Deng Bao had the intention of making fire, he would not remember the villain and spare Deng Bao this time.

He had already thought about it, and after meeting Zhao Xuefei, he would go to see Deng Bao, and he would have to get drunk at noon and make Deng Bao a friend.

When he finished washing, he went downstairs to the courtyard, and saw that the stone table was empty, there was no food, and there was no trace of Hou Yanmin. In his heart, Hou Yanmin didn't know that he was back, and he was sleeping in the house at this time.

He didn't rush to call Hou Yanmin, but came to the fire room and cooked breakfast himself. brought things to the stone table, but still didn't see Hou Yanmin come down. He went upstairs and knocked on a few more doors, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Sun has already left the mountain, don't get up quickly." ”

There was no movement inside, and the door creaked open.

Li Feibai's heart sank, and he also said that something happened to Hou Yanmin. Pushing open the door and looking in, there was no trace of Hou Yanmin in the room, the bed was neatly folded, and there were four small paintings one foot square pressed under the paperweight on the table.

He hurriedly went up to look at it, and saw four small paintings, the first of which was an old man sitting in a room with a young girl talking. The second painting is the spittle of the girl, but the old man is at a loss. The third painting shows a girl pacing around the house, holding her cheeks in her hands, as if thinking about something. In the fourth, two men each ride a horse towards the mountains.

Li Feibai read it once and knew the meaning of the painting. Secretly said: "I don't know if I'm pretending to be illiterate, whether it's a blessing or a curse." What can be explained in one sentence, but the little girl is so tired that she can only explain it clearly by drawing four pictures. ”

It turned out that before he went to Kaifeng City, he asked Hou Yanmin to tell his father how to make stone carvings to complete the orders placed by Daxing with quality and quantity. The meaning of the four paintings is that Hou Yanmin told Li Daning how to make stone carvings according to what he confessed. I don't know if Hou Yanmin can't explain it clearly, or Li Daning can't understand it, speaking of which, Li Daning is at a loss for how to make stone carvings. Hou Yanmin had no choice but to rush to Xiapan Village with Li Daning and arrange it personally.

After reading the four paintings, Li Feibai calculated, about ten days have passed, and he has not seen Hou Yanmin return, and he doesn't know if he has encountered any trouble.

He immediately decided that today's itinerary had to change. The county order still has to be seen, and Deng Bao is also going to visit, but he can't drink alcohol. After the two things are done, ride a fast horse, and still be able to reach Wangwu Township before dark. After a night's rest, I can rush to Xiapan Village tomorrow to see how the stone carving factory is doing?

If the stone carving factory has not yet started, production must be arranged as soon as possible. More than ten days have passed, and if you don't do it as soon as possible, I'm afraid you won't be able to deliver it on time. The stone carving business is his first business, and he must not delay it, so as not to smash the signboard.

When he finished eating and went out, Tang Zilan and Wang Yaojian also arrived.

Li Feibai thought that he had made an appointment to let Tang Yin come to Li Ji Stone Carving Shop to find him, but he was afraid that Tang Yin would not find it when he came, so he specially told the two of them not to pick up the signboard first, wait for the cellar to be dug up, and the bank will do it, and then it will not be too late to take off the signboard.

After chatting with the two of them for a few more words, he said goodbye and left, and after walking two steps, a powerful man suddenly stepped forward and asked, "But Li Feibai, Master Li?" ”

Li Feibai looked up and down three times to confirm that he didn't know each other, and then said, "Are you?" ”

The man said, "I am a craftsman from Kaifeng." After a pause, he said: "It was Zhang Shenzheng who sent us, saying that following the adults has a bright future!" ”

Li Feibai wanted to do business, and what he lacked most was craftsmen, so he was overjoyed: "How many people are here?" ”

The man said: "More than 100 people came, and there were nearly 800 people with children and daughters. ”

Li Feibai said: "Where are you now?" ”

The man said: "The inn in the city costs money, so what is it bad to have that spare money, so I set up a tent outside the city and wait for the adults to arrange errands!" ”

At this time, just as Yang Zhen came here, Li Feibai beckoned and said, "Brother Yang, come with me out of the city." Then he said to the man, "Take me to your place." ”

The three of them went out of the city and came to the moat in the north of the city, and from a distance, they could see more than 100 tents on the embankment, large and small, all kinds of tents, and the only thing in common was that they were very dilapidated.

Li Feibai said to the craftsman: "You call all the craftsmen over!" When the craftsman went to call someone, he took out a few silver tickets, counted exactly two thousand taels, and said to Yang Zhen, "Each craftsman will be given ten taels of silver in a while." The rest of the money went to the city to rent a few inns and let them stay for the time being. ”

After thinking about it, he said, "In the evening, you gather all the craftsmen together for a meal. Bring Nav with him, let him pick some craftsmen who can be used, and go to the glassworks first. ”

Yang Zhen wrote down the things one by one and said, "Please rest assured, I will definitely do it." ”

Li Feibai didn't say anything more, and when all the craftsmen arrived in front of him, he asked, "Is there a blacksmith inside?" ”

At this time, several craftsmen raised their hands.

Li Feibai said again: "Are there any craftsmen who particularly like to study and are interested in refining pills and other things?" ”

At this time, several craftsmen raised their hands.

Li Feibai counted them, a total of thirteen people, and said, "You come with me!" He said to the craftsman who went to find him before, "The other craftsmen are under your command for the time being, and you will follow Lord Yang to get the silver and go to the city inn to live." ”

As soon as the craftsman heard it, he only arrived in Jiyuan, he didn't do a single job, he didn't make a little effort, not only did he have a silver collar but he could also go to live in an inn where he had never lived, and they all sighed that Zhang Shenzheng really didn't lie to them, and he met a good employer today, and he must work hard in the future.

When Li Feibai went to the city, he adjusted today's itinerary again. Originally, he was going to see Zhao Xuefei first, and then visit Deng Bao. Now that the time has been delayed, Zhao Xuefei has been promoted to the office office, and he is waiting in the yamen, so it is better to visit Deng Bao first.

He originally planned to have a long talk with Deng Bao and have a good chat about the long guns and short guns, because the time was urgent, and he had to rush to Wangwu Township before dark, so he could only make a long story short and let Deng Bao use it for himself in the shortest time.

Li Feibai hurried and trotted all the way to Deng Bao's door.

Those who watched the excitement saw that more than a dozen people were coming fiercely, and knew that it was someone who was looking for trouble with Deng Bao, so they hurriedly flashed out of the way, and found a vantage point to wait to see the show.