"Xiao Yi, look at the weathered gravel chips here, if you want to climb up, don't think about it. www.biquge.info I don't know how deep this valley is, or I'll go down first to find out, and if it's not dangerous, I'll call you down. ”

Qu Xiaoyi said with a crying voice: "No, don't mess around, you give me the dagger, I don't seem to have so many gravel chips here, you let me try it." ”

Shen Jia couldn't think of any way, and the dead horse was regarded as a live horse doctor, so he had to hand the dagger to Qu Xiaoyi.

Qu Xiaoyi was busy on the right side for a long time, Shen Jia was really impatient, so he asked: "Xiaoyi, if you can't do it, don't be busy, save some energy, if you are tired and prostrate, it is impossible for me to carry you in this place." ”

Qu Xiaoyi didn't answer, and Shen Jia seemed to feel that Qu Xiaoyi was sobbing behind his back. After waiting for a while, Qu Xiaoyi turned around, her eyelashes were covered with crystal tears, and her face was covered with dust.

Qu Xiaoyi was a little tired, she gritted her teeth and said, "Shen Jia, come here, I have chiseled a few holes here, do you want to take a look?" ”

Shen Jia moved slowly almost close to Qu Xiaoyi's body. The intimate contact of her body made Qu Xiaoyi's face flushed, and she pinned her head to the side in shame. Looking at the delicate Qu Xiaoyi, Shen Jia almost wanted to take a peck, but he couldn't help it, he didn't want to be so slight.

Finally reached the right, Shen Jia climbed the rock with one hand, looking into the distance, he saw that there seemed to be a huge rock platform on the horizon. Shen Jia turned back to Qu Xiaoyi and said, "Let's find a way to get around to that platform, you follow me, pay attention to safety." ”

The two of them were on a slope with a slope of more than 60 degrees, and it was necessary to borrow points to get from the horizontal line to the boulder platform in front of them. On the right is the newly collapsed rock mass, and although the slope is steep, fortunately the weathering is not so severe.

Shen Jia tried his best to make use of some of the existing footholds, and then chiseled some foot sockets, and then Shen Jia's body was tightly attached to the inclined plane, moving forward little by little. Qu Xiaoyi also followed Shen Jia's example.

The two of them moved cautiously, and it took about ten minutes before they finally reached the vicinity of the rock platform. However, Shen Jia was disappointed to find that his position was more than two meters lower than the platform. The rock wall of the platform is almost at a ninety degree angle, the stone wall is smooth and hard, and the dagger cannot dig any cavities at all. Shen Jia took a closer look, but he didn't find any leverage points that could climb.

Shen Jia was a little discouraged, he simply leaned his back against the rock wall, breathing heavily, and scolding the wild boar for saying that he wanted to pluck the skin and cramp. Thankfully, there is some space here, and you can barely stand two people.

"Shen Jia, hurry up, what's wrong with you?"

"Xiao Yi, don't think about it, this rock wall is too high, I can't reach it."

"Then let me try!"

Hearing Qu Xiaoyi speak, Shen Jia suddenly remembered something, and he hurriedly said: "I almost forgot your long legs, God really sent you here for a reason." ”

Shen Jia squatted down and motioned for Qu Xiaoyi to stand on his shoulder. Qu Xiaoyi also understood Shen Jia's intentions at this time, but she refused, and said while waving her hand: "How can a woman stand on a man's head, this is going to be spread, I don't want to be a man, you are also unlucky." ”

"Xiao Yi, in the wilderness here, how can there be any outsiders, hurry up, your body is a little lighter than mine, if I stand on your shoulder, you may not be able to lift me."

Qu Xiaoyi hesitated for a long time, and finally carefully held on to the stone wall and slowly stood on Shen Jia's shoulder. Shen Jia gritted his teeth and exerted his strength, and slowly pushed Qu Xiaoyi up.

"Is it enough?"

"Reach, you get a little taller, I'll climb up."

Shen Jia tried to stand up straight, and soon felt his shoulders loosen, and Qu Xiaoyi went up.

After Qu Xiaoyi came up, he untied his strap, tied it to Shen Jia's belt, and then slowly threw it down. Soon, Qu Xiaoyi felt that the other end of the belt was being stressed, and she hurriedly grabbed it tightly. Shen Jia's voice soon came from below: "I'm going to climb up, you use some force, don't let go." ”

Shen Jia grabbed the belt and pedaled diagonally on the stone wall, his hands were sore, and he finally climbed onto the platform with great effort.

Qu Xiaoyi on the platform was also tired and half dead, because the sash was untied, and his coat was also a mess. The two simply lay on their backs on the ground, looking at the blue sky and white clouds while panting and laughing.

"Xiao Yi, you said that if I fell just now, would you miss me?"

"Bah, isn't it bad enough today? Say all that kind of thing. ”

Shen Jia sat up and grabbed Qu Xiaoyi's hands, only to find that Qu's palms were red and swollen by the belt. Shen Jia felt a pain in his heart, and gently stroked and asked, "Does it still hurt?" ”

Qu Xiaoyi nodded, tears instantly filled his eyes, and his eyes were blurred. Shen Jia hurriedly said: "Xiao Yi, don't cry, aren't we safe, we should be happy." ”

Shen Jia raised her hand and gently wiped away Qu Xiaoyi's tears, Qu Xiaoyi didn't hide, she sat up and gently snuggled in Shen Jia's arms.

"Hey, Lord Shen!"

Qu Xiaoyi hurriedly pushed Shen Jia and quickly jumped out of Shen Jia's arms.

Nima's, Shen Jia scolded angrily in his heart, it was hard to be able to play with Qu Xiaoyi, and there was always Wei Liangyu, who was not open-eyed, who would squeeze over. It's just strange, where did these cowards come from?

Shen Jia looked around, there was no one, so he looked up, but found a soldier standing on the ledge more than ten meters above his head. The gang of cowards probably found a path and detoured here.

"Wei Liangyu, how long the fuck have you been watching me? Lao Tzu picks up girls have been seen by you. ”

Everyone laughed, Wei Liangyu naturally would not answer such a boring question.

Soon a basket of ore was put down on it, and Shen Jia first asked Qu Xiaoyi to go up, but Qu Xiaoyi refused, saying that he wanted to let Shen Jia go up first, so Shen Jia had to coax and trick Qu Xiaoyi into going up.

After the two of them got on the ledge, Shen Jia found that there was another path here, and they could return to the original place. Only then did Shen Jia relax and feel comfortable. Qu Xiaoyi's clothes had already been torn apart by rubble, and Shen Jia's coat was similar. In order not to make it difficult for Qu Xiaoyi to be caught in the man's pile, Shen Jia still took off his coat and draped it on Qu Xiaoyi's body.

The wild boar had been killed, and the blood was bleeding all over the ground, because the oxidation had become somewhat black. Shen Jia walked over and kicked the wild boar and said, "Everyone clean up, let's go to the coal mine for a ride, and by the way, take this wild boar with you, if you don't stew it today, it's hard to understand the hatred in my heart." ”

Wild boars die for too long, blood congeals in the blood vessels, and the pork will turn sour. After Shen Jia and his party went down the mountain, they immediately found a clear pool of water and began to kill pigs for meat. Many of these people used to be farmers, and the pigs were naturally cooked, and after a while, a large number of pigs were taken out of the water and thrown to the ground.

Pigs were rarely eaten in ancient times, and most of the time they were thrown away or fed to dogs. Seeing Shen Jia staring at the pig with interest, the people next to him were a little puzzled.

"Wei Liangyu, tell everyone to wash these pigs in water and put them in a basket to take them back."

"Ah, my lord, no one eats these pickled things, could it be that your special hobby is not?" Wei Liangyu inquired cautiously, unable to hide his strange expression.

"Damn, if you think nonsense, don't think about eating meat tonight, I'll be of great use to this."

Hearing Shen Jia say that it is useful for pigs to go into the water, Wei Liangyu hurriedly found someone to clean it.

Wild boars have a lot of meat and little fat, and when you think about it, only the pigs are almost all fat. Shen Jia plans to synthesize glycerin, fat is an essential ingredient, and of course, to do the job, he will need some baking soda or lime.

There are a lot of limes, and people in the Ming Dynasty are still very good at making this thing, and Yu Qian's "Lime Yin" is even more well-known.

With lime, fats can be broken down to make soap, and the waste material produced in the soap making process is glycerin water. The lime is then used to remove impurities and distilled to produce pure glycerin. Soap made from lime does not dissolve in water and is useless, while soap made from baking soda is a good everyday item. It's just that baking soda production is really troublesome, and Shen Jia can't take care of this now, and the most important thing at present is glycerin.

The people put the cleaned pork on the mule horses and hurried towards the mine. Fushun Coal Mine is mainly located on the south bank of the Hunhe River, and after walking about fifteen miles, everyone saw an endless stream of coal transportation teams in the direction of Fushun.

After inquiring about the specific road of the coal mine, everyone pulled their horses and walked forward, and soon came to a mine. This is an open-pit coal mine, and the center of the mine has been sunken more than ten meters deep, and a group of laborers are desperately digging around the coal seam. Shen Jia wanted to walk in and take a look, but was stopped by the soldiers guarding next to him. Shen Jia asked Wei Liangyu to show the token, and then entered the coal mine.

There is already less than two feet of water in the middle of the mining area, and there is no pump in ancient times, and the coal seam excavation can only go to this point.

Shen Jia remembered that the Newcomen steam engine was actually born to solve this problem. Although the Newcomen steam engine was the first generation of steam engines, it was used even in the nineteenth century because of its safety and simplicity.

Shen Jia's notebook contains a detailed schematic diagram of the Newcomen steam engine, and perhaps some craftsmen can try it out, and it may be more useful to get an automatic stamping machine than to pump water from a coal mine. There are many coal mines in Fushun, and the water is too deep to change places, and such high-level machinery is not needed for the time being.

In the future, it will be too slow to make ordnance, armor, muskets, etc., purely by hand, and maybe the modified Newcomen steam engine will be much more efficient.

Shen Jia carefully observed the road in and out again, and found that it was more convenient, so he was much more relieved. Continuing to walk outside, there were some makeshift shacks, and some women saw Shen Jia coming, and hurriedly brought the bare-bottomed children into the house, and at the same time, the women were embarrassed to retract their heads.

The vast majority of those who can work in the coal mines are proletarians or bankrupts. After casually looking at a few of them, Shen Jia found that most of them were poorly dressed. Because they had no clothes, some women blushed and could only hide at home and dare not go out. The vast majority of children wear only a long blouse that covers their bare lower body as much as possible.

I casually entered a shack, and it was dark and rumbling. After Shen Jia waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness inside, he found that there was not even a decent quilt in this house by the faint light. Not to mention any furniture objects in the house, if you have to describe it, it can only be said that it is a house with four walls.

Shen Jia was shocked by the poverty of these people, on the way home, he was silent all the way, Qu Xiaoyi also sensed that Shen Jia was in a bad mood, and she followed Shen Jia silently all the way.

When he was about to arrive in Fushun City, Shen Jia's mood was only slightly better, and he didn't have the ability to change these things yet. Since it was impossible to change the overall pattern, Shen Jia decided to promote some details, such as increasing jobs, moderately making labor clothes to distribute to outstanding workers, increasing food rations, and so on.

At the same time, Shen Jia decided to attract Mongolian laborers, and although this would be criticized by the ministers of the DPRK and China, Shen Jia decided to give the Mongols some job opportunities.

Under the situation of the confrontation between the two major forces of the Ming court and the Later Jin, in order to enhance their own strength and prevent the Mongol surrender from flowing into the enemy's hands, the Ming court and the Later Jin launched a competition for the Mongol surrender. For example, Yuan Yingtai advocated the complete acceptance of Mongolian refugees without selection, which led to most of the generals under his command, such as He Shixian and Hou Shilu, who were appeased according to this strategy, so it led to the historical defeat of Liaoshen.

However, Fu Guo, the head of Liaodong, resolutely resisted the resettlement of the Mongols and refused to pay them. His reason is very strong, that is, the surrender order issued by the imperial court was directed against the Houjin and not the Mongols, and the Mongols were not credible, and recruiting them was tantamount to opening the door to thieves. In addition, the Ming court "the people's strength has been exhausted", and the Ming court no longer has the financial resources to settle a large number of Mongol descendants.

Liaodong officials disagreed with the Mongols, which also led to a lot of discussion among the generals, and even led to court discussions. Cui Jingrong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, shouted: "For the sake of the present, only those who have been collected will be scattered and placed, and those who will refuse to be in the future will not be deaf!"

During the same period, the Han people outside the Guan, due to war, climate and other reasons, moved to the Guannai one after another, resulting in the soldiers of the Ming army even being a little embarrassed.

Shen Jia had been thinking about this for a long time, and he really didn't want to touch this powder keg. However, judging from Wei Liangyu's recruitment situation for many days, it may be difficult to rely solely on Hermes-Epitek here, especially in terms of labor.

Shen Jia knew that the historical Later Jin used a more flexible and pragmatic policy, and they chose to trust the Mongols with their families first, and at the same time resolutely cracked down on those Mongols who had evil and false intentions. In addition, the Later Jin also controlled Mongolia through marriages, oaths and other strategies. In the end, through a series of means, the Later Jin gained great help in the confrontation between the Ming Court and the Later Jin outside the border, and finally achieved this political victory without gunpowder.

Since he has to go toe-to-toe with the enemy, Shen Jia doesn't mind borrowing some of the good ideas of the Tartars to solve some of the current problems.

Extracting limestone, iron ore, and coal requires labor, and as long as the army controls it properly, and controls the weapons and tools, these Mongols should be good as coolies.

As for the army that is still recruiting, Shen Jia is a little depressed, he misses the political commissar in his previous life very much, they can rely on their three-inch tongue to agitate a group of sheep into a howling wolf to pounce on the enemy, but unfortunately he has no such person who can help transform these Mongolian refugees.