A copy of "Jiajing Qinzhou Chronicles" was flipped through in Xu Xiake's hands, which Yu Guozhen borrowed from Qinzhou City, and he borrowed it from Xu Xiake to read.

Xu Xiake always felt that at the dinner party when Yu Guozhen first met that day, this young man actually had the answer in his chest, but he didn't say it, and Xu Xiake was embarrassed to ask in detail.

He is nearly 30 years older than Yu Guozhen, and he has the heart of "sensitive, studious and not ashamed to ask" as Confucius said, so it can be seen that Yu Guozhen intends to let him solve his doubts, so naturally he will not ask questions.

So in the next few days, Xu Xiake wandered around Xinxiang during the day, and read the "Jiajing Qinzhou Chronicles" at night. During the day today, I went to Shiluotong to watch the life and customs of the local people, and after I came back, I corroborated the content of the "Qinzhou Chronicles" one by one to see if the things contained in the Qinzhou Chronicles were true.

He flipped to the volume of customs in the "Qinzhou Chronicles", slowly read it, and when he saw the end, he was stunned for a moment.

"Comment: Yu Guan Yu Qin, its remote place is at the end of the sea, far away to Middle Earth, the politics and religion of the ancestors have not been reconciled, how the people are wild and the customs are different. In the past, "Du's General Dictionary? Sequence? "Frontier Defense" says that there are many kinds of Yidi in ancient China, there are nests of dwellings, there are burials without sealing trees, and there are hand group foods, which cannot be overcome......"

He read this text again and again, and on the side of this text, he also saw a string of small characters, which should be Yu Guozhen's annotation: "Yidi remains the same, but China has changed." ”

This annotation, the handwriting is quite new, Xu Xiake's eyes wandered over this text repeatedly, and he vaguely felt that he had thought of something, but he thought about it. But I can't grasp that point.

"Ming said that when I go to Luo Dong again, maybe I can see something on their side, right?" He thought to himself.

At this time, it is already the beginning of September, and it is the most suitable weather of the year in Qinzhou. In the past, there was no heavy exercise at noon, but now it has changed. Xu Xiake took his servants and said to Yu Guozhen, politely refused Yu Guozhen's escort, and directly crossed the river to Shiluotong. Yu Guozhen didn't care too much about his relationship with Shi Luotong. With Jiang'an's marriage and Yu Guozhen's firecracker, the two sides have become closer, and there are also a large number of people who help in Xinxiang to make money.

Yu Guozhen has been away from Xinxiang for more than ten days, and there are indeed some planned things to start doing, such as Xinxiang's waterway system.

"What do you think of this, little officials?"

Lei Wangcheng presented the drawings in his hand to Yu Guozhen, although he was old. Accepting new things is fast, and now this drawing is completely drawn according to Yu Guozhen's requirements.

"This is the Ming Road, this is the sewer, the Ming Road is marked with a black line, the sewer is marked with a red line, and the whole waterway is made of masonry and cement. Wastewater is precipitated in this pond, filtered and then discharged into the Yuhong River through this reserved swamp. Every fifty zhang. There is a sewer outlet, so even if it rains heavily, the road will not be flooded......"

Lei Wangcheng said in detail one by one, Yu Guozhen looked at what he was pointing at, nodded again and again, and was very happy in his heart. This Lei clan is worthy of being the architectural family that built the Old Summer Palace in later generations, and accepted some of Yu Guozhen's ideas in a short period of time. And it is combined with the traditional Chinese architectural style, to simplify the complex, the whole waterway system cleverly uses the drop of the terrain, so that the water in the reservoir at the high place can enter the new Xiangzhai in a steady stream. It also passes through the hidden waterway for the residents of Xinxiangzhai to use.

The sewer system is even more ingenious. Yu Guozhen knows that the sewer is important for hygiene, and the kiln area is constantly expanding, and one kiln after another is being built, including the porcelain kiln - squatting pit flush toilet, which will be Yu Guozhen's next plan, and the sewer is equipped with a squatting pit, and life will be greatly convenient.

"How much does it cost?" After reading it, Yu Guozhen asked.

"The labor cost of the entire waterway system is 30 wen per worker, a total of about 11,000 taels."

This 11,000 taels does not include the cost of materials, although these materials are all produced by Xinxiang, but the raw materials and labor must also be converted into silver taels. Lei Wangcheng estimated that all of this would cost a total of 30,000 taels of silver - a huge amount. Therefore, he was a little worried, afraid that the plan he had set would be vetoed by Yu Guozhen.

He knew that after the completion of this system, this village would no longer be a village, and the size of a town, living in the village, would no longer be the current scale of a few hundred people, but enough for five thousand people to live!

Moreover, his system can still be expanded, and if the village is expanded in the future, only a few more water towers need to be built on the nearby hill to solve this problem.

"All of them add up, it's about 30,000 taels, and you still need to maintain ...... every year" Yu Guozhen frowned slightly: "Okay, let's build it first, what about the money...... Not a problem! ”

He said that money is not a problem, in fact, money has become a big problem for him.

The amount of silver spent on the construction of a new Xiangzhai this time, including the silver spent on the last time to destroy Zhang Da Scarla, has been as high as 120,000 taels!

Wumai Xiushen Novel 5200 Although Yu Guozhen has accumulated some belongings in Xiang'an in the past three years, before coming here, in addition to the batch of gold he grabbed from Zhuangzi outside Nanjing, what he had accumulated was 150,000 taels, if it weren't for the raid on the Xihai Islands and the looting of nearly 50,000 taels of property from the pirate's nest, then this waterway construction would be enough for him to have to use that batch of gold.

Xinxiang's current property is not enough to support the huge expenditure required for its development. Taking the muslin cloth as an example, at present, the muslin cloth has officially started production, and it is only 12 days, with six water wheels and 18 looms, and the total output is only about 1,000 horses. This kind of fine gauze is sold for a lot compared to ordinary cotton cloth, but a horse is only sold for six silver coins at most, a thousand horses...... It is only worth 600 taels of silver, and after deducting the purchase of cotton and labor expenses, the net profit is about 500 taels. This profit seems to be terrifyingly large, and when converted into a month, the net income is more than 1,000 taels, which is still pitifully small compared to Xinxiang's monthly expenditure of 10,000 taels.

In addition, Xinxiang does not have any income in the rest of the industry.

"So when can the construction of this waterway begin?" Lei Wangcheng asked.

"Now that the planning has been made, after the things on the kiln side are completed, the preliminary works can be built!" Yu Guozhen said: "Strive to complete the main project before June next year." ”

After a busy day, in the evening, Yu Guozhen was about to rest, but someone came to report: "That Mr. Xu has not returned." ”

"Huh?" Yu Guozhen was slightly stunned.

Xu Xiake said that he was going to Shi Luotong, in terms of time, he should also come back at this time, if he was going to live in Shi Luotong, he should have said hello before.

Maybe he changed his mind on the fly.

Yu Guozhen didn't take it too seriously, he felt that around Xinxiang, Xu Xiake should be safe.

However, at this time, Xu Xiake was far from being safe as he imagined, and he and his servants were tied tightly and thrown next to a fire.

He looked a little wilted, and that was because he had been beaten.

"You ...... What kind of characters are you, I am a guest of Yu Gongzi of Xinxiangzhai, and I am also a guest of Lord Shiluo Huangtong! He shouted hard: "If it's just a misunderstanding, please let me go and send someone to send me back to Xinxiang, otherwise I won't return until night, and the lord of Yu Zhai will definitely send someone to find me!" ”

The few people around the fire could hear his voice, and laughed one by one, and in words he did not understand, they did not know what they were saying to each other. Xu Xiake only felt furious in his heart, and from the eyes of these people, what he saw was completely ill-intentioned.

It's as if they were lambs to the slaughter!

"Who are you?" He asked again.

One of the people was probably impatient with the question, and came up to him and slapped him, causing blood to ooze from the corners of his mouth. Then, the man with an angry face pointed at Xu Xiake and said something, judging from his appearance, he should have scolded loudly.

"I'm waiting with you, no grudges and no hatred......" Xu Xiake opened his mouth to explain, but he took another slap in the face, this time he understood completely, so he closed his mouth and let the man scold without saying anything.

After a while, the man scolded more and more angrily, and even took out the small dagger on his waist, seeing that he was about to give Xu Xiake a look, and at this time, a person came out of a wooden house and stopped the person in a deep voice.

The one who came out was dressed in the same way, with his hair scattered, tied up with a cloth belt at random, and he didn't tie a turban. The clothes on his body were silk, quite gorgeous, and he slowly walked in front of Xu Xiake, who looked at him without much fear.

"Han people, you are not small." The man said slowly.

Hearing that he could speak Chinese, although with a strong Qinzhou native accent, but he could always understand it, Xu Xiake was overjoyed, and hurriedly begged: "I am a scholar, and I am a guest of the prince of Xinxiangzhai Yu and the lord of Shi Luotong Huangtong, because I am greedy for the scenery, I have strayed into your land, and I ask Your Excellency to raise your noble hand and let me go." ”

The people of Hatong sneered twice: "Xinxiangzhai, Shi Luodong...... If you weren't their guest, we wouldn't have arrested you, but some time ago, I heard that the people of Shi Luo were accompanying you to wander around, and now we finally have a chance to bring you to us! ”

As soon as these words entered his ears, Xu Xiake was stunned in his heart, the other party was actually coming for him!

"I have not offended Your Excellency...... Why did you bring me here? He has traveled north and south, and he has also experienced countless dangers, so he can barely maintain his composure: "If Your Excellency has anything to tell me to the lord of Shiluo Huang Zhai, or the lord of Xinxiang Village Yu Zhai, I will be happy to serve." ”

"Jiān deceit, Han Chinese!" The man laughed, "Lie to me and let you go!" ”

The man next to him who was angry before scolded angrily again, obviously, this man can also understand Chinese, and he just deliberately pretended not to understand Xu Xiake's words!

Xu Xiake was even more uneasy in his heart, these people had already premeditated, and what they wanted was by no means ordinary!

(To be continued)