Cheng Qi remembered that his little brother-in-law's surname was Xia, and his name was Li. The ancestor went to sea to win a rich and famous fortune when the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty feuded the South China Sea. Later, he returned to his hometown, and by the time of Xia Li's grandfather, he had become a famous rich man in Wucheng County. Xia Li studied as a teenager and had a literary name. But the luck of science and technology did not go well, and when he was middle-aged, he donated a loose official who was not sent, in the words of Cheng Qi's world, it was called "getting a red top". The current business of Xia Daguan is a land and water wharf, which belongs to the logistics industry mentioned in later generations, and there are dozens of warehouses in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Although Xia Daguan is not surnamed Ximen, he was born with a good skin when he was a teenager, and he is a famous prodigal scribe in Huzhou Mansion - since ancient times, literati are not romantic, are they still called literati? There are many things that do not interfere with flowers and harm the women of good families. After inheriting the family business, he relented for a few years, but because Zhu Qian (that is, Zhu Rui's fourth sister, Cheng Qi's fourth aunt) only gave birth to a daughter, he used this as an excuse to start being restless again. His pair of precious sons were born to an outer room, but because the Zhu family is also a prosperous family, Xia Daguan didn't dare to go too far and bring the outer room home, but only brought his sons back after the sons were born, and bought a house for the woman in Wucheng County to settle in.

Over the years, Zhu Qian has been dedicated to praying to God and worshiping Buddha, and has not stayed in his own home all year round. Xia Daguan was unrestrained, so the beautiful maids in the family were also unlucky. Fortunately, Xia Daguan already had a pair of sons, and he didn't want to make more of the grievances of the wealthy family, so he did his homework in place, and he has not added any more cousins and cousins to Cheng Qi.

After chatting casually with her brother-in-law for two or three sentences, Zhu Rui also found an excuse to leave, leaving only her son to listen to his uncle's teachings. In fact, after Cheng Qi meditated on the impression of the previous owner of his body on this uncle, he felt that it seemed that it was difficult to learn any useful life lessons from him.

"You're recovering well, aren't you?"

"Thanksgiving to my uncle, there's nothing in the way."

"In the future, I will do less dangerous things, and my family will not be able to bear it. Your mother was scared, she lost weight, and she lost a lot of hair. You are the only child in the family, so you have to think more about your parents. ”

After Xia Daguan said the great truth of "a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall", suddenly the conversation changed, and Cheng Qi was almost thrown out of the car by this drifting corner: "You are also old, it's time to talk about a family business." ”

"Huh?" Cheng Qi's head seemed to hit the wall, and he didn't quite understand how his uncle's thinking jumped so fast.

Xia Daguan said: "You kid, you are really stupid to read. Your father is too, isn't he in a hurry to hold his grandson at all? But it doesn't matter. My uncle-in-law will tell you a kiss and keep you satisfied. ”

Cheng Qi blushed all of a sudden, and stammered, "This ...... This...... I'm still young. ”

"It's eighteen." Xia Daguan was very dissatisfied: "Do you have to wait until twenty-eight?" Your sister is right, she didn't listen to her if she got married early, and she was dragged into an old girl, what kind of man did she marry...... A business that licks blood on the head of a knife. ”

Cheng Qi stuck out his tongue, this old man is not satisfied with his son-in-law, but he can't spread his temper to me.

In a blink of an eye, Xia Daguan was kind again: "Ah Qi." The girl that my uncle-in-law told you is gentle and considerate, and her family background is innocent. I have also read books, and you are a talented woman - by the way, their family only has two daughters, and if you marry her, their family's wealth will be half of yours in the future. It's not pretty much yet. ”

Cheng Qi shrank back: "Uncle, it's a little early...... I think it's important to focus on your studies at the moment. ”

"There is no delay in studying and starting a family." Xia Daguan waved his hand: "That girl is also seventeen or eighteen years old, as old as you." You set a kiss, go to Kaifeng to study together, you do your learning, she will serve you to live, and you can also add fragrance to your red sleeves and read at night, isn't it beautiful. ”

"Then it's better to hire a maid." Cheng Qi said silently in his heart: "Uncle...... I think it's still too hasty, I ......"

Xia Daguan looked at him in every possible way, but he was a little regretful: "People value you a lot, and they also praised you after hearing about your rescue." But the other party said that a family of women begged for hundreds of families. People in Jiaxing are also well-known people, and it is impossible to hang themselves from a tree. If you can't decide now, don't regret it in the future. ”

I don't know what's going on, Cheng Qi is now Wang Ba eating scales - iron-hearted. Without hesitation, he stood up and said: "Uncle, I still think it's too early to talk about kissing, my nephew still wants to study hard in the past few years, and then talk about starting a family after he starts a business." ”

Seeing that the people said it so thoroughly, Xia Daguan could only shake his head, "Nao", although he didn't blame him for not knowing how to lift, but he still regretted it.

Cheng Qi left the study to find his mother, found a maid serving tea and asked for the way, and was going around in the corridor with nine curves and eighteen bends, when he was about to get lost, he bumped into the Xia family brothers. As soon as they saw their cousin, they immediately became affectionate: "Cousin, you came just in time, we just came up with an interesting thing and want someone to see it." ”

I couldn't help but say, the brothers drove Cheng Qi to a secluded place, Cheng Qi looked left and right, and saw that this seemed to be a corner of the manor, surrounded by a row of green trees, an empty sandy land in the middle, there were a few tile houses inside, and some carriage parts were piled up in the corners, which seemed to be the Xia family's garage.

"What did you guys come up with?" Cheng Qi heard Xia Yusi complain more than once about the unscrupulous work of this pair of living treasures, but he felt that after all, there were people in this world who wanted to engage in science, although Cheng Qi had no talent in science and engineering in his last life and this life, but maybe this pair of living treasures had it.

"You look, I'm sure you haven't seen it."

Xia Neyan, one of the twins, ran to the door of a tiled house, took out the key, and opened the copper lock on the door with an excited face. Cheng Qi looked at the two brothers, and secretly felt a little excited in his heart: "Isn't it time to witness history?" ”

"Cousin, look at it!" Xia Neyan opened the door: "This is our latest masterpiece!" A brand new DC motor! ”

Cheng Qi's eyes widened, looking at a black bulky guy in front of him, wrapped with a lot of tape and copper pipes: "This is an electric motor?" ”

"Of course, we tried, and with a lever, we could easily lift four axles up – if you design a pulley block, you can completely replace a steam engine!" Xia Zhuoxing's face was full of pride: "If it can be a little bigger, then it is no problem to use it as a locomotive!" ”

Cheng Qi walked over and curiously touched this stupid, thick and black thing: "How does it supply energy?" Where is the power supply? ”

"In terms of power, we are now using dry batteries that we make ourselves." Xia Neyan pointed to a few bucket-like things on the ground: "Well, but they can only provide very little electricity, if you want to carry the train away, it is estimated that at least a few hundred of these dry batteries." ”

"I think it's at least a few thousand."

"A thousand at most!"

The two brothers quarreled, and Cheng Qi couldn't help crying and laughing: the efficiency of this workmanship is too low! According to them, even if only 999 dry batteries are used, it is estimated that a special carriage will be needed to stack them.

"Looks like there's a lot of room for improvement on your device." Cheng Qi patted the iron shell: "It's just that I don't understand this, I can't help you, and I can't come up with any ideas." ”

Unexpectedly, the two brothers were excited all of a sudden: "Cousin...... As long as you say yes, it's okay. You are the seed of reading in the family, and if you say yes, my sister will not say that we are not doing our job properly. ”

"Yes, my sister said when we met that we don't study, and we won't be productive in the future. Cousin, as long as you say that we are useful, my sister will not talk about us again in the future. ”

Only then did Cheng Qi realize that even in this time and space, everything is inferior, only reading is high, and it is still a popular saying that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

He touched the heads of the twin brothers: "It's okay! I'll leave it to Sister Yusi. You will improve it well, and in the future you will definitely make the best electric motor in the whole Song! ”

The brothers clenched their fists as if they were vows: "We will definitely make the best electric motor!" The best! ”