[I'm late for something.] It's only been one chapter now, and the next one will be a little later. 】

Listening to the sound of the person next to the pillow getting out of bed, Yan Suxin was awakened. There was still a familiar smell around, but half of the bed was empty. He opened his eyes in a daze, bent his elbows and stood up, looking at the majestic back of Airo who was standing in front of the window.

"Up?" Han Gang heard the movement behind him, turned his head, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

Su Xin was happy all night, and although her half-squinted eyes were obviously tired, she had a charm that was difficult to describe. She dragged the futon to cover her chest, her cloudy hair hanging down from the pillow. But the exposed jade arms are white and delicate, although they are slender but not explicit. And under the brocade quilt, the delicate body that is coming over from the side is undulating, reflecting a curve that makes the mouth dry.

Han Gang walked over, sat on the edge of the bed, turned Su Xin's body over, and leaned against his chest. During the movement, the futon covering his chest dragged down, and a pair of plump pavilions as pure as jade stood upright in the air

In the wing room of the county government, Han Gang made people change it to a hot kang. The brazier, which was inconvenient to use and often suffocated in winter, was removed, and the room was much warmer than in the old days.

Yan Suxin is still not used to the intimacy during the day. Although it was only himself and Han Gang in the room, the sunlight had already penetrated through the slightly open window, and together with the cold air, it stimulated the delicate skin that was exposed.

"Official!" Su Xin twisted her body and said slightly, "It's dawn, you still have to do business." ”

"The business has been arranged for a long time. It's almost the New Year, and there won't be anything big. Han Gang chuckled lightly and gently bit Su Xin's sensitive earlobe.

In the past few months, the pillow has been empty, and in the past ten days, Han Gang has been singing every night, and his wife and concubine are all wet with rain and dew. But he woke up in the morning and was still in good spirits. Since his wife and children arrived by his side, Han Gang has not been as urgent as before in handling official affairs in government affairs, which not only relieved himself, but also made the officials in the yamen breathe a sigh of relief. On the one hand, Han Gang wants to spend more time with his family, and on the other hand, it is also the main reason that the preparations are basically done, just waiting for the show to start.

It's almost time for the New Year. Although this year's year does not look right, next year is likely to be even worse, and the vast majority of the people are starting to save. Originally, he would buy three or five horses of silk to make new clothes for the whole family, but now he only buys them for the children of the family; Those who are ready to buy sheep and fish for a fattening year are now buying cheaper pork and dog meat. Thinking about it in this way, there will inevitably be some depression in the market, and only food prices remain high.

"Isn't there something else?" Su Xinzhi said that most of her husband's energy is now focused on disaster prevention and relief. Otherwise, with a mere land of hundreds of miles, with Han Gang's talents, why would he be so busy?

"What are you doing now?" Han Gang saw through the intention of the beautiful woman in his arms to divert the target, and with a slight force on the soft chest that Ying Ying was holding, he blocked all the words she still wanted to say in his throat.

With a fair-skinned delicate body and slender legs, I feel shy when I look at it, let alone being groped inch by inch in broad daylight. But she didn't dare to object to this, let alone object, so she could only close her eyes and be at the mercy of Han Gang.

A slightly rough palm kneaded hard in his chest, pain mixed with pleasure. Immediately, a feeling of satiety filled the whole body, Su Xin groaned between her noses, and her hands hugged the hot Ailang. After a fierce battle, Han Gang got up and freshened up with his concubine in his arms.

When it was time for breakfast, the family sat together. Han Gang and Wang Yi sat side by side, and there were no elders in the family, even if Zhou Nan, Su Xin, and Yun Niang were concubines, they all sat down to eat together.

Drinking gruel, Han Gang sandwiched a piece of sake lees quail as a side dish, which tasted sweet and delicious, with a faint aroma of wine, which was much better than the common pickles at this time. He ate two more pieces and praised Yan Suxin: "Suxin's craftsmanship is really getting better and better." ”

Yan Suxin was still a little embarrassed because of what happened this morning, and lowered her head, listening to Han Gang praise herself, then she raised her head and said, "It's not me, it's Nanniang who did it." ”

"Oh? Craftsmanship has soared! Han Gang looked over with a little surprise, Zhou Nanqin's calligraphy and painting were not bad, and singing and dancing were a must, but she was not good at cooking, and the teaching workshop would not teach her these things. In the past, when she went to the kitchen, her ability to waste ingredients was amazing, and then she was not allowed to cook.

"Shibei should be impressed for three days!" Wang Yi made a joke about Zhou Nan.

The former Oiran blushed and said in a low voice: "It was Sister Su Xin who taught the slave family by hand." ”

Su Xin smiled: "It's Nanniang who is smart, and she will be able to teach it!" ”

"Sister Su Xin also taught me to do it, change mine next time." Yun Niang also said in the style of offering treasures.

Talking and laughing during the meal, there is no discord between the wives and concubines, and the relationship is not bad, which is what Han Gang wants to see. A pair of children can already crawl and walk, and they are taken care of as the most precious treasures in the house. There are women and children, and this is a family.

also sandwiched a few pieces of wine lees quail and ate it, Wang Yi asked Han Gang: "Official, do you want to go out of the city today?" ”

Han Gang nodded: "Today we are going to review the Baojia of all townships, the school field outside the city has been prepared for three days, and in the evening, we will reward the Baoding who participated in the school parade, and I may have to come back later." ”

The winter life of the people of Hakuba is not rest. After the implementation of the armor protection law, the baoding in various places had to conduct drills every month, and in the winter, they had to carry out military training for many days in a row, practicing bows, guns and sticks, and small-scale battle formations. These matters are mainly the responsibility of the county lieutenant. However, it is necessary for the magistrate himself to participate in the supervision and also participate in the review.

"Baojia's proofreading still needs to be done, isn't it to save money and food recently?" Wang Yi asked strangely.

"You can't save this money. Even if it takes up other expenses, Kaifeng Mansion can make up for it. Han Gang sighed again, "Not to mention preventing thieves from taking advantage of the situation to cause chaos, as long as the disaster does not subside, all the townships and villages in Baima County must always be ready to contribute." ”

Coming out of the inner courtyard is Han Gang's workplace. The main official affairs are still settled in the official hall of the three halls. If the case is to be tried, the severity of the case is to be tried

After two months of running-in, the county's government affairs are on the right track. The officials are all familiar with Han Gang's style of acting, and for Han Gang, they all know who is worthy and who is unbearable.

Zhu Li is a useful person, but Han Gang usually handles official business, but he assigns Hu Er to do it. Although among the officials of the county government, Hu Er's strength is far inferior to Zhu Li, and he is also respectful to Zhu Li on weekdays. But he and Zhu Li are obviously not on the same path, so he has Han Gang's support either explicitly or covertly. However, this partiality is based on the general fairness of the decision, and Han Gang will not destroy the more important fairness in order to maintain the balance.

When Han Gang arrived at the official hall, Jing Sixteen, who was in charge of sinking the well, was already guarding the door.

After sitting down, Han Gang ordered someone to summon him in and said, "How is the situation over there?" ”

Jing Sixteen replied respectfully: "If you go back to the county, you have now chiseled to fifteen zhang." However, the rocks are breaking in the past two days, and it will be slower, but after the pass, you will be able to see water. ”

Han Gang nodded when he heard this, this progress was quite satisfactory to him. He asked again: "Then what is the matter with your coming to the county government today?" ”

"Yu Xianzun." Well 161 arched his hand, "Now the well is getting deeper and deeper, and the original fifty Nanzhu approved by the county is no longer enough, and I also ask the county to allocate another fifty to protect the well wall." ”

Nanzhu, also known as moso bamboo. It is not produced in Baima County, and it is rare in Henan, mainly in the south of the Yangtze River. In the daily life of Shudi, there are many places where Nanzhu is used. For example, for iron smelting, charcoal is used in the south, charcoal is mostly used in the north, and bamboo charcoal is used in Shudi. Fushun supervised the digging of salt wells, and bamboo or Nanzhu was also an indispensable raw material.

Fortunately, Baima County is close to the Yellow River, and the embankment in this section is even known as the Golden Embankment. In order to repair the embankment, of course, all kinds of materials are indispensable. Giant bamboos with roots as thick as sea bowls are used as reserve materials for flood control, so they can also be found in warehouses in Hakuba Prefecture.

It is an iron law that reserves cannot be used for no reason, whether in this life or in the next. However, in order to dig a deep well, Han Gang didn't care about these rules, anyway, with his qualifications, he didn't need to worry about attacks in this regard, and the excuse was very sufficient. It's just that the investment he approved is not small—although fifty giant bamboos is not much, it is already a quarter of the inventory—but he didn't expect to add more.

"Well, I still have one hundred and fifty Nanzhu here, and I'll give them all to you." Han Gang doesn't care how to explain after the reserves are exhausted, there is always a way to make up for it, the key is still in the well, "But you have to remember that if this bamboo can be replaced by other wood as much as possible, it really can't be used." There is no room for waste. ”

Jing Sixteen hurriedly kowtowed and promised: "Don't worry, the villain understands." ”

The tools used to drill deep-water wells are similar in principle to percussion drills. In fact, it is to lift an iron hammer that is erected and one person high and weighs dozens of pounds, let it fall freely, and shatter the stone slab that blocks the front.

According to Jing 16, this kind of heavy hammer is called a round blade, and it is a unique tool of Shudi Yanjing. In order to build the circle blade mentioned by Jing Sixteen, it took six days for the blacksmith in the city to do so. The hole drilled by the blade is only slightly larger than the mouth of the bowl, and it is necessary to use Nanzhu as a sleeve to protect the wall from collapsing - but such a narrow well would be troublesome to lift water if it could not flow freely.

Han Gang is very interested in this method of opening wells, since salt wells and water wells can be drilled in this way, then oil wells should also be able to be drilled. Han Gang remembered that in later generations, there was a large oil field in Baima County, that is, near Huaxian County. Perhaps, under Han Gang's feet, there was black gold flowing. As long as you can drive the well to a depth of three to five thousand meters, you can probably see black oil spraying into the sky.

Han Gang smiled self-deprecatingly, and the idea of joking ended here. Before his interest, his more important work was disaster relief.

If you really want to dig oil fields, it is more appropriate to go to Yanzhou [Yan'an]. Yanzhou stone liquid is the raw material of the famous fierce fire oil, and the lamp oil used by the people of Yanyan Road and even Guanzhong has many uses this oozing oil. Minerals that have already been exposed are naturally easier to mine than minerals that are hidden underground.