After descending the mountain, he took his horse and went around the hill, and soon saw a ruined village. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The village is full of low wooden houses, and the roofs look dark from a distance due to the long-term wind, snow and rain.

These wooden huts resembling nests are very small, and most of them are half-pit, half-house structures. This saves building materials and increases the temperature inside the house with the help of the underground temperature. The last time Shen Jia saw a house with this structure, it was when he went to Xinjiang on a business trip, and he saw a photo of the nest when Xinjiang was built in the fifties and sixties of the last century.

Being able to see it with his own eyes today, Shen Jia couldn't help but go in to see what was going on, but his head almost hit the door beam. Most of the doors in the village had been kicked and broken, and you could see inside, the only regret was that the sun was shining outside, but it was dark inside.

Most of the bodies have been buried, but black-red blood stains can still be faintly visible on the ground. Shen Jia walked around these simple houses, and thought to himself that he might also use this simple house structure in the future, so he didn't want to miss this opportunity to take a closer look.

There was a layer of white powder crystals on the wooden wall near the ground on the outside of the room, Shen Jia walked over cautiously, collected a little with his hands, tasted it, and spit it it out. That's right, the taste is very bitter, and if I guessed correctly, this should be saltpeter crystals formed by condensation at low temperatures.

What saltpeter can do, Shen Jia naturally knows, especially for his current situation, saltpeter is really important. There are many saltpeter mines in China, but the vast majority of high-grade ones are in Xinjiang, Shanxi and Sichuan. Saltpeter is scarce elsewhere in China and is almost impossible to obtain directly in nature.

Chile in South America also has high-grade saltpeter mines, which have not been discovered by Western colonists at this time, but at present, Shen Jia has no ability to expand to Chile, so he can only resort to these local methods in front of him.

Qu Xiaojia looked at Shen Jia's inexplicable excitement and looked dazed. Qu Xiaoyi is a heroic woman, she can't see Shen Jia's greed for money to dig treasures under the old house, and said with a pout: "As for it, a little wall frost is rare like this, if you are given a mountain wall frost, this eyeball will not fall out." ”

Wall frost is fire nitrate, also known as earth nitrate, that is, potassium nitrate. Shen Jia stood up excitedly, grabbed Qu Xiaoyi's arm and said, "Good girl, tell me where there is still wall frost." ”

Qu Xiaoyi looked embarrassed, he didn't expect the young man in front of him to be so reckless, grabbing his arm in front of so many people.

Qu Xiaojia looked vigilant, as if Shen Jia had any more bad intentions, he would immediately go up to stop him.

When Shen Jia saw Qu Xiaoyi's face crimson, he knew that he was too reckless, he let go of his hand and said: "Miss Xiaoyi, the wall frost is actually called saltpeter, I have been looking for it everywhere for the past two days, and I have been dreaming about it, so I lost my temper for a while, and I ask Miss Xiaoyi to forgive me." ”

After that, Shen Jia bowed down and admitted that he was serious and sincere. Qu Xiaoyi saw that Shen Jia's expression did not seem to be fake, so he returned to his original state.

Qu Xiaoyi said with a hint of shyness in the corners of his eyes: "My brother and I went hunting in the mountains, and we stayed in a cave overnight, and a large number of similar wall frosts were found at the bottom of the cave, but I don't know if it's true or not." ”

"I wonder how far away it is?"

Qu Xiaojia took over and said, "It will take about ten miles or so. ”

Shen Jia has a rough idea in his heart, and it is estimated that he may need to enter Houjin's sphere of influence. Shen Jia nodded and thanked the two siblings, and asked where the three of their children had gone.

Qu Xiaoyi blew the whistle he made, and saw three restrained children flash out of the back of the room, all with yellow muscles and thin faces, messy hair, and panic in their eyes.

Shen Jia knew that the three children might have witnessed the slaughter of their relatives, and were frightened by the scene at that time. Shen Jia was once an orphan herself, and she was no stranger to this feeling of losing her parents. He walked over, hugged one of the girls, and said, "If you tell me your name, I'll give you something to eat." ”

This thin little girl looked frightened, and involuntarily looked at Qu Xiaoyi, Qu Xiaoyi nodded slightly, and the little girl said slowly in a crisp childish voice: "My name is Lin Xiaoya." ”

Shen Jia couldn't help but pretend to be an old man in his previous life and said, "What a good boy." ”

Shen Jia took out a small bag of treasured biscuits from her pocket and asked the little girl to take them back and distribute them to the other two children.

Qu Xiaoyi had been watching coldly at first, she didn't believe the young man in front of her in her heart, and always thought that this young man was no different from the dog officials she had seen in the past. But the young man was holding Lin Xiaoya just now, and the look of pity and slight pain in his eyes seemed to imply that he was not the kind of person he imagined.

Except for some furs, the Qu brothers and sisters are almost destitute. While everyone was chatting outside with the three children, they went into the house to pack up their belongings for a while. Shen Jia walked over, took the luggage of the brother and sister, and threw it directly into the basket on the mule horse. Shen Jia beckoned the other two boys over, chatted for a while, and then asked about their backgrounds.

These two boys, like most poor families in this era, have very simple names, one is called Yang Wuyi, and the other is called Li Chuliu.

Shen Jia didn't ask much about the story behind this, these children have just lost their relatives now, and their minds are extremely sensitive, so it's better not to ask casually. The way of thinking of modern people is that it is easy to treat some originally heavy things as games, and they can't help but sprout the idea of laughing. This kind of thing Shen Jia has encountered many times, and he is now trying to keep a certain amount of silence on some things as much as possible to avoid arousing the disgust of others.

On the way, Shen Jia asked some of the Qu brothers and sisters about magnesite, and the two brothers and sisters' eyes widened and they looked questioning. It wasn't until Shen Jia mentioned the production of refractory materials that the Qu siblings told him where the local people often went to collect the materials.

Shen Jia was secretly proud in his heart that he had made a lot of money today, and he had two local living maps, so he would no longer have to look dark in his eyes to do things in the future.

Under the guidance of Qu Xiaojia, Shen Jia found an undeveloped clay mine in a hidden place at the foot of the mountain, and after a simple test, it was found that it was colloidal clay, which made Shen Jia overjoyed. Regardless of the strange eyes of others, Shen Jia ordered several sergeants to pack a small bag each and put it on horseback.

Qu Xiaoyi pouted at his brother Nunu, and then glanced at Shen Jia. Qu Xiaojia is an honest person, but he was slightly curious about Shen Jia, and he didn't pay attention to his sister's disdainful eyes.

Shen Jia rode on his horse, bowed his head and pondered, there was still a shortage of coal and iron ore. The coal mine has a large West Open-pit Mine on the south bank of the Hunhe River on the southwest side of Fushun, which was developed in 1914 in the previous life, and the location can be determined by itself. As for the iron ore, let's make sure slowly, I'm afraid the transportation of the iron mine will not be so convenient.

Today's harvest is good, it seems that you can try to make cement by soil method, but the detailed data of this ratio still needs to be explored many times.

The journey back to the city was safe, and after arriving home, Shen Jia arranged for the Qu brothers and sisters, and didn't care about going to see Wen Qing, so he immediately ordered the guards to find the potter Wang Erhu.

signed a contract with a group of craftsmen before, and Wang Erhu was one of them. Wang Erhu has a cheerful personality, dares to do things, and seems to have a high influence among this group of craftsmen, so Shen Jia did not hesitate to make Wang Erhu the person in charge of this group of craftsmen. It is impossible for him to focus on everything, find the right person to do the right thing, this is what he has to do.

explained to Wang Erhu what he wanted to do, Wang Erhu listened to it, but his face was still at a loss. Shen Jia didn't care about explaining Wang Erhu's confusion and said: "You go to build a few more kilns first, arrange manpower, and do experiments in batches with different ratios, just take the best experimental results, and you can help me find a suitable masonry, I will be of great use." ”

After Wang Erhu had a few full meals, he also recovered his spirits and responded loudly that there was no problem, and Shen Jia asked Wang Erhu to hurry up and prepare.

It was not safe inside or outside the city, and Shen Jia had been letting Wen Qing stay at home as much as possible for the past two days. At this time, after finishing the matter at hand, Shen Jia thought about going to the backyard to see Wen Qing.

When I arrived in the backyard, I found two fair-eyed maids beside Wen Qing outside. These two maids, one is called Ruyi and the other is called Jixiang, which He Shixian snatched from the Tartar harem, saying that it was a meeting gift for Wen Qing.

When He Shixian was leaving, he smiled at Shen Jia, which made Shen Jia's neck cold. Could it be that Uncle He has taken a fancy to Wen Qing, this girl is not easy to mess with.

Shen Jia cautiously knocked on He Shixian's side, and when he asked about the purpose, He Shixian was furious, and slapped Shen Jia on the back of the head, and scolded in his mouth: "You kid, why are you all such dirty thoughts in your head, is Lao Tzu so colorful?" ”

Shen Jia hurriedly said to forgive, He Shixian grabbed his collar and shouted: "Treat the Qing girl well, I plan to recognize her as my goddaughter when I am free, Lao Tzu, I originally had a daughter in my life, and I think about it, it will be a Qing girl." ”

Shen Jia was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt bad, Uncle He likes to shoot people, coupled with Wen Qing, who loves to beat people, these two violent maniacs collide together, and their lives will not be easy in the future.

Just when Shen Jia was still thinking about things, the maid Ruyi had already informed the house that Shen Jia had arrived.

"Shen Jia, how about you come in and help me see this?" A gentle voice came from inside the house, mixed with a hint of shyness.

Shen Jia was puzzled in his heart, this is not like Wen Qing's style, shouldn't Wen Qing have a straightforward and bright tone. Shen Jia pushed open the door and walked into the room vigilantly, only to see Wen Qing holding her head and looking down at a ball of cloth on the table.

"Senior sister, what are you doing here?"

Wen Qing looked up and suddenly saw the red marks on Shen Jia's face, and asked with a smile, "Who slapped you, why are you swollen?" ”

Shen Jia had a bitter face, so he had to tell Wen Qing what happened today.

"Let you see the beauty, call you a girl, get retribution, I'll call that girl to the back house later, I'll see her."

"Senior sister, this little girl has a big temper, almost with you... , No, she's wild, you have to be careful. ”

"you, do you think everyone is the same as you, the old man stared at people in a daze, don't talk about this, come here, help this girl see, how about this boxer I designed?"

Shen Jia almost fainted, he thought that Wen Qing was to blame him for not taking her out to play in the past two days, but he didn't expect that he just let him appreciate and appreciate his handiwork.

Shen Jia hurriedly walked over and saw a pair of moon-white boxers sewn from cotton cloth on the table. Shen Jia looked puzzled and looked up at Wen Qing, who was also staring at Shen Jia with a crimson face. After looking at each other, Wen Qing said heartily: "I wanted to change some underwear a few days ago, so I had to go to ask Wu Shihan for advice, but she gave me some bandeau and trouser waist, let me tell you, it is a piece of cloth used to wrap my body." ”

Shen Jia looked embarrassed when he heard this, and said with a crooked mouth: "Senior sister, why are you telling me this, I am a big man, you just told me this kind of private words." ”

", I told you this to trust you and take care of you." Wen Qing finally returned to his original state, his eyebrows furrowed, and his phoenix eyes glared at him.

"I'll tell you straight, I don't think you will change it in the future, you try my craft first. I think maybe you could open a cloakstore and sell this kind of stuff, what do you think? But before you do, you'll have to put it on and give me a review. ”

Shen Jia looked down at the boxer trousers on the table, which were sewn with cotton thread, and it did take a lot of thought, but the one who did it seemed to be a novice, and the stitches were sometimes sparse and dense, and sometimes squeezed together like folds. Shen Jia only glanced at it, but his face was already reluctant.

Wen Qing had already seen Shen Jia's face, and immediately said angrily: ", I've spent so long making this thing, just don't want to wear it, I don't want to give it yet." "After saying that, the quick action should be put away.

Shen Jia was even quicker, grabbed it, and said with a smile in a blink of an eye: "Senior sister, what are you talking about, of course I understand that you are good to me, this is what you did with your own hands, I am very moved, you see that my eyes are wet, I don't believe you come and take a look." ”

"Get out, get out of here, and tell me how it feels when you try it on."

Wen Qing pretended to be angry and turned away, but her eyes were full of smiles.