In the small courtyard of the hundred households, Huang Deshan left, but Tian Fangjun did not leave, this Tian family's shop shopkeeper has more eyes than the seemingly loyal but treacherous Huang Deshan, but the strange relationship between Miss Tian and this hundred households makes Tian Fangjun very puzzled.

After Tian Xiuxiu left with the white flute paper, within a few days, there were three consecutive pigeon letters from the family, all of which asked Tian Fangjun to have a good relationship with Xiao Baihu, even if there were more IOUs in the shops where the hundred households were located, as long as the Ximen Baihu approved, all of them could be credited.

No matter how much goods there are in the shop, there is not much money, but the appearance of white flute paper has made the Tian family, who have been in the northwest business community for several generations, see the risks inside, and see the huge business opportunities.

Xiao Ye's paper price to the Tian family was not high, or even very low, which made several principals in the Tian family accept the saltpeter, sulfur, lead and copper supplied to Shiguantun every year.

The Tian family controls a large number of mines, and it is not a problem to mine materials, but they are rarely involved in copper and iron smelting workshops.

Inside and out, it is simply too cost-effective to exchange this kind of white paper with less valuable mineral materials.

The Huang family, who is good at reselling, has no mines, but the copper and iron workshops are very famous, and there are many children in the local officials in the court.

"Ximen Baihu, the Tartars are fierce and rampant, it is inevitable to suffer some losses, and the risks on the grassland are changeable, as long as you can return, it will be lucky," Tian Fang Jun glanced at the back of Huang Deshan leaving, smiled and comforted a few words, and arched his hand.

"Silk cotton coat, my Tian family can take over all ten taels of a piece, fifteen taels is too high, this is what Miss Tian means, I hope hundreds of households understand," he got Tian Xiuxiu's instructions, and he could only bargain hard, "Of course, if hundreds of households are willing to join hands with the Tian family to operate silk cotton coats, fifteen taels and one piece is okay,"

This kind of bundling business, Xiao Ye will not participate in it, according to him, someone in the Tian family is having a bad idea.

"Hehe, ten taels and one piece is fine, but the Tian family's business, I will not interfere in it, and I will not in the future," Xiao Ye sat on the chair, picked up the hot tea on the table, glanced at the shopkeeper, and sipped slowly, "The transaction of white flute paper, I only recognize Miss Tian, please ask the Tian shopkeeper to inform the Tian family of this, I will ignore the other people's coming,"

The meaning of his words, Tian Fangjun frowned and understood, Shiguantun Hundred Households, other Tian family members did not recognize it, so they recognized Tian Xiuxiu, if other Tian family members wanted to take the credit of Tian Xiuxiu, don't blame him Xiao Ye turned his face and didn't recognize people.

What happened to the Huang family in the hundred households, Tian Fangjun also heard the rumors, and he didn't dare to agree easily, so he could only retreat with a promise.

In the cash cabinet in charge of Uncle Kun, now there is a large amount of cash, Xiao Ye is very hard-waisted, and for the two shopkeepers who came to explore the news, they are neither humble nor arrogant to give face, and it is appropriate to be a little impatient.

Washed his face and changed his clothes, extinguished the oil lamp, and wore a green robe, Xiao Ye, went to Yang Tianshou's house alone, the smell of lime in the house was too strong, and he had to spend it in the military house tonight.

The news of the marriage of the 28th day of the first month of the first month of the hundred households had already been spread in Tunli, and Wang Dali was also busy for several days, and he couldn't do anything else, but pointed to a few carpenters, comparing the boudoir bed of Miss Tian's family, and made a new bed for the hundred households; The new chairs, desks, and kang cabinets were also made into a set, and they were carefully brushed three times with the varnish provided by the Huang family.

At his father-in-law's house, Xiao Ye saw her little sister, who was cutting window paper with Mei'er, the big red one, and when she saw Xiao Ye coming in, Mei'er, whose ears had been bent for a while, blushed with shame, lowered her head and pulled Hanjuan to the inner room.

After giving a salute to his father-in-law, Xiao Ye sat on the kang, put his arm on the small table in the middle of the kang, squinted at the oil lamp on the table, and did not say a word for a long time. After more than ten days of running, his delicate face was tired and a little more old.

Yang Tianshou held the teacup, drank the tea and didn't see Xiao Ye speak, and put down the teacup very strangely, "Boy, what's wrong again?" What he is most worried about now is what will happen on the mountain before Mei'er's wedding.

"In the battle with the Tartar Tower Shuanghu, our sergeants did not suffer many casualties, but they alarmed the Tartars, and there will inevitably be a big conflict next year," Xiao Ye pinched his eyebrows and groaned. "But Shiguantun's troops are weak, and I am afraid that they will not be able to deal with it,"

"The Tartar is powerful, and your sergeant doesn't have too much grief after returning to the mountain, and there are two more tablets in the side hall of the Land Temple, Xiao boy, the old man is not an outsider, why hide it," Yang Tianshou snorted lightly and said unhappily.

There are less than half of the sergeants in the personal guards, Lei Xiaoqing's whole team is uncertain, and Yang Tianshou, who is well-informed, already has a feeling in his heart.

"Oh, father-in-law Mingjian, it's the kid who is too worried," Xiao Ye grinned, "There was a Tartar to deter Shiguan in the front, and Jiang Jie looked at him coldly, just waiting to find my shortcomings, the kid had to guard against it,"

The concept of family and country, like ordinary people, has not yet seen a shadow in Xiao Ye's mind, at this time, in the Ming Dynasty, people think the most, in addition to the family, is their own home, and the third place is the imperial court. As for the safety of the country, that is a hundred years later.

"You train the troops strictly, and treat the sergeants well, you are an officer's material, but the official career is dangerous, you still have to act carefully," did not complain that Xiao Ye did not report the army, but Yang Tianshou was a little worried about his future situation.

Sending troops without an order is a big crime, even if the Tian family can't do it because of a business accident, but who knows if it will be known by the Gravel Fort in the future, Jiang Jie is not a fool.

"It's okay, I already have a countermeasure," Xiao Ye smiled faintly, then changed the topic and discussed marriage with his father-in-law. When it came to this topic, Yang Tianshou gushed endlessly, which made Xiao Ye a little unbearable.

"Song Shi Puji has a question in "Five Lantern Huiyuan, Dingshan Weisu Mountain Lord": 'What happened when the bull head did not see the four ancestors?' The teacher said: 'Start a family and start a business. He said, 'What will happen after you see it?' The teacher said: "Start a business and start a family," Yang Tianshou pulled Xiao Ye and chatted, talking about allusions.

"You are in a difficult situation, so you start a business, it can be regarded as a fate, although there will be ups and downs in the future, but I can still help the old man," Yang Tianshou glanced at the teacup lightly, and Xiao Ye hurriedly added hot tea.

"Therefore, it doesn't matter if you are cunning outside the three holes, or you can train to protect yourself," Yang Tianshou's soft eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, "You must not enter without an order in the side wall, and commit crimes wantonly, this is the bottom line of the old man, I hope you remember,"

What are you doing on the grassland, that is the territory of the Tartars, he Yang Tianshou only turned his eyes open, and he couldn't see it, and the nostrils of the Ming literati were facing the sky; But it can only be limited to Shiguantun, if you lead troops to break into the border wall, or bring more than the number of sergeants into the side wall, then you will become Yang Tianshou's enemy.

For the loyalty of the imperial court, Xiao Ye couldn't understand Yang Tianshou's persistence.

Thinking about the gravel fort where Jiang Jie was, it was still outside the side wall, Xiao Ye readily agreed, "The kid wrote it down,"

Xiao Ye and Yang Tianshou were chatting in the house, and in the inner rooms of the two shops of Huang and Tian, there were also oil lamps lit up; The two shopkeepers who were in charge of monitoring the movements of Ximen Baihu were writing secret letters to their respective families.

"Ximen Baifang went out of the grassland for eleven days, and there were rumors in the Tashuang Lake area, and there were battles with the Tartars, and there were twelve casualties, and there were no strange faces when they came back. Judging by the time distance, the gathering place of those Persians should be in the area of Tashuang Lake in the northeast, which is a land rich in water and grass for the Mongols."

"The materials in and out of the mill were low iron ore, carbon, wood, sulphur, saltpeter, lead, copper, cowhide, and even some wheat, so the yellow plaster ingredients were quite cumbersome, the proportions were unknown, or there were obscure practices,"

Huang Deshan, who was focused on Xiao Ye, finally came to the conclusion, "Yellow plaster is the livelihood that Shiguantun relies on, and it takes labor and materials, and it is better to grab the formula than to control the output, and there may be changes; In addition, Ximen Baihu exchanged a large number of silk cotton shirts and handed them over to the Tian family to operate. ”

And Tian Fangjun, who was sitting under the oil lamp, saw it more carefully than Huang Deshan, "Ximen Baifang went out of the grassland, according to the time distance, it should be in the northeast north of Tashuang Lake, there were more than ten casualties on this trip, but the harvest was quite large, the number of war horses was ominous, more than a dozen bags of silk cotton coats, the white paper was ominous, and a number of others,"

The war horses brought back by Xiao Ye and his entourage were seen by the careful Tian Fangjun, and he actually saw something strange, but he couldn't see what was in the bags on the back of the horses.

"I didn't see the Sergeant Shiguantun replenish the fire guns and handguns, it seems that in view of the pressure of the Gravel Fort, the Ximen Baihu gave up the fire gun trade, which is a pity,"

"Judging from the level of trust of the Persians in Ximen Baihu, it is not recommended to meddle recklessly," Until now, Tian Fangjun has not been found, what materials Xiao Ye took out and traded with the Persians.

A few sturdy and dexterous carrier pigeons quietly flew out of the two shops and disappeared into the southern sky at night.

In the early hours of the morning, Xiao Ye came out of the military house next to the mill and turned into the mill. Outside, Wang Hu's team had already pulled out a cordon, and Xiaoqi Wang Meng also led the team to guard everywhere on the mountain.

Hao Yongliang took nine sergeants and poured two carts of charcoal into the stone mill in the center of the mill, and quietly withdrew.

Xiao Ye stood beside the stone mill, looking at the grinding eyes the size of the basin in astonishment, and he suddenly found that this swarthy grinding eyes were like a deep hole with no bottom in sight.

People still have to burp when they are full, but Shi Mo, a big-bellied man, can't see the slightest movement. In the past, there was something to fill in the grinding eye, and the lower plate of the stone mill had to rotate rapidly for a while before disappearing, but now it rotates slightly, and the charcoal is poured into it and it is gone.

Under the flickering light of the torch, Xiao Ye waited for a while, but did not see a blue light flashing at the button of the grinding plate, looked left and right, and found that the stone platform at the lower part of the stone mill had widened a little.

Originally, no matter how good the sun was during the day, the stone mill was only a day, outdated, and there was no chance of accumulation. But now there is no movement at all in the stone mill, which makes Xiao Ye very confused.

He took out the tape measure he had asked for from Wang Dali, measured the stone platform up and down, left and right, and realized that the stone platform had been doubled compared to the time when he was in the gravel fort, six feet long and three feet high, and the stone mill on the upper part was also several times thicker.

"It can't be that there is not enough coal, right?" Xiao Ye, who was a little anxious, picked up the bamboo basket on the ground.

I did it myself, and poured two large baskets of charcoal into the grinding eye, and Xiao Ye, who was covered in smoke and dust, saw the familiar blue light flashing at the button, but the lower plate of the stone mill still rotated slowly for a moment, and there was no movement.

Putting his ear close to the stone mill plate, the faint humming sound came from him, and he could only watch and wait; If there is an accident in the stone mill, his foothold in Shiguantun will be gone.

Fortunately, after the time of the two teas, the buzzing disappeared, and the small pattern at the grinding button slowly lit up, and only the silk cotton coat was spinning out of thin air in the pattern, and the other items were still pitch black.

Pressing the button, after a crisp sound, the long and wide box under the stone platform slid out, and the fluffy and soft silk cotton coat appeared in Xiao Ye's field of vision.

Taking out ten silk coats, the box retracted silently, and the pattern that disappeared again made Xiao Ye sigh, stood for a long time, and walked out of the mill with a large cloth bag.

A personal guard team of 12 people in his hands, plus 5 small flags and 47 people, 59 people have a total of 70 firearms in their hands, and there are too few revolvers, and there are not enough earth-shaking thunders, etc., everything is a matter of raw materials.

The abnormality of the stone mill made Xiao Ye very nervous, stood at the door of the mill and pondered for a while, handed the bag to a personal guard sergeant, and asked him to hand over the things to Uncle Kun, but he got into the mill himself.

With a wave of his hand, the five guards followed the hundred households into the mill.

Bags of stones dug back from Bailong Lake, black stones, were thrown into the stone grinding by the guards, and more than 2,000 catties of stones of different sizes were like being thrown into a bottomless cave, and they couldn't even hear a sound, and were swallowed up by the grinding eyes of the basin.

Another 1,500 catties of coal, put into the grinding eyes, Xiao Ye saw the blue light light up, and then waved his hand to drive the panting guards out of the mill.

Sure enough, Xiao Ye, who was listening closely, was already smiling and squinting with surprise on his face when he heard the slight humming sound of the stone mill.

What made him even happier was that in the shining pattern again, the thirteenth picture appeared, "Water purification collector, what's it?" When he was happy, his face collapsed again. Next to the name in block letters in the pattern, the words "iron, aluminum, scandium" made him have a headache.

The thirteenth picture dimmed, and he did not see it again for a long time afterward; I happened to find some "scandium", which can be regarded as his blessing.

You must try something new, Xiao Ye pondered for a moment, reached out and pressed the button, and took out two small tubes with calves thick and two feet long from the box under the stone platform.

Out of the mill, Xiao Ye found a remote barren grassland, opened a small tube, and pulled out a large piece of light black "cloth" with a square of one zhang square, on which the keel was orderly, and it was easy to unfold a huge umbrella, which was just a handle; However, there is a fist-sized hole in the center of the umbrella.

According to the hints on the pattern, Xiao Ye asked the guards to put the "umbrella" upside down on the barren grass, with the mouth of the umbrella facing upwards, and he stood aside to check it. The two guards also came up, staring back and forth at the excitement.

Touching the silky and cool "fabric", in a few breaths, fine water droplets are attached; The water droplets are getting bigger and bigger, and the hole in the middle of the umbrella, the dripping water droplets, converge into a thin stream of water, trickling down on the grass and snow.

The clever guard lowered his head and stretched out his palm, and soon received some running water, and the clear and pure water in his palm made him can't help but stick out his tongue and lick it, smashing his mouth and saying, "Baihu, this water can be drunk,"

Xiao Ye looked at the guard's big black hand, and smiled with a frown.

After the test, a water purification collector, half an hour's time, can collect about ten catties of condensation, very clean, this is still because the moisture on the mountain is too heavy, Xiao Ye asked the guards to put away the "umbrella", striding towards the hundred households; By this time, it was already getting dark.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first month, a new object was added to the dowry gift of the Yang family from Ximen Baihu, a water purification collector, which was soon installed in Yang Tianshou's small courtyard, and the dew made tea, which was a good thing that ordinary people could not enjoy.

The remaining water purification collector, Xiao Ye placed it in the hundred households, this thing is very useful in the mountains, but he subconsciously still feels that it will play a greater role in the future.