It is said that man will conquer heaven, but now it seems that this is not the case. Many times, when we think we are in control of the future, we often inadvertently find that we have been in control of the future.

Regarding Feng Xian's plan to enter the officialdom, I feel quite helpless. I know that he doesn't just want to get ahead, he wants to do his best to change the current predicament of the people, not that he is great, just because he wants to change. As he himself said, whenever he thinks of those hungry and cold children, he can't help but feel compassion. Come to think of it, it has a lot to do with his own experience.

Anyway, it's good that he can have such thoughts, at least the one I see him is not as unbearable as the history books say.

In many cases, history has its own accidents, and maybe a certain accidental moment, as long as I grasp the opportunity, can change history.

Recently, I've been talking to a few tailors about the design of a garment. We rented a storefront in Fucheng and hung some of the gorgeous clothing styles we designed in the storefront, attracting a group of dignitaries to come to our tailors to make clothes, so that we had an additional source of income. For the money earned, in addition to the taxes paid, the remaining half goes to the tailor, and the half goes into the village inventory. Of course, this is only one of the ways.

Because I know how to cook, I know how to cook most of the dishes in almost all the Manchu and Han banquets, so I specially trained a few chefs, and then rented a larger shop as an inn for merchants and pedestrians to drink tea and eat.

Sometimes, there would be begging people in the inn to beg for food, and in order to deal with it, I made a rule: if I met a beggar, I would come forward and ask if I would like to stay and find an errand, and if I wanted to, I would put it away, and if I didn't want to, I would give him some food and send him away.

In just two or three months, our business has grown, and we continue to plan to open branches. Some of the inns in the city were closed because we robbed them of their business, and they couldn't make ends meet every day, and their business was bleak. Although they feel helpless, they don't dare to come to our bad luck, firstly, there is no one in the entire county who does not know who the boss behind these inns is, and secondly, there is Zhang Yang, who is not a driver for us to do the backstage, so our business is very prosperous. However, in order to take care of the future life of these business losers, I bought their stores for twice the price and used them to open a branch.

In order to make better use of the resources at hand, I used my knowledge to study the method of making reinforced concrete, and through practice, the construction workers mastered the technology of building multi-storey buildings. Therefore, we added a second floor to the original store, but unfortunately we could not add the third floor because the foundation was not good, and it was easy to collapse if it was built too high. But even so, this has caused great concern in the world.

In addition to the three financial routes of clothing, catering, and accommodation, we also opened a weapons shop, named Bailian Shenbing. Three weapons made of pure steel are sold every three months, namely knives, guns, and swords, and because the quality of these weapons is very good, they can be sharpened like clay, and they have a beautiful appearance and fine patterns, so each one can be described as priceless. Some martial arts people would rather go bankrupt than buy one. Although I sigh in my heart about the behavior of these people, I can also understand it, and it is inevitable that all warriors love divine weapons and sharp weapons.

For Zhang Yang's friend, we can't treat it badly, so we first instructed Li Craftsman to cast an alloy knife made of the same material as us, that is, the Seven Star Knife, and then planned to take it as a birthday gift to Zhang Yang.

But he said that although the business has become bigger, we still haven't left Huocun, because this is our foundation, and those businesses in the city are far less important than here. Since we had mastered the reinforced concrete technology, we began to build the reinforced concrete city wall, and at this time the smelting staff had already reached the scale of hundreds of people, and the productivity could fully meet the needs of the construction of the city wall, so I entrusted them all to the management of Li Jiangren.

It seems a little difficult to let him do the management work, but in fact, he doesn't need to manage it at all, because I have formulated the daily work rules of these craftsmen, and they only need to do it according to the regulations. The daily task of Li craftsmen is to supervise their work process, and it is enough to give some guidance where the technology is not in place. As for the handling of the relationship between each other, it is up to me to take care of it personally.

The business in the city, I am completely in charge of Qin Yi, he is more stable in his work, and he is also more intelligent, and I am very relieved to be in charge of him and Feng Xian. I handed over the responsibility of commanding the village militia to Li Su, who has recently become very arrogant when getting along with people, and is no longer accustomed to scheming with people and engaging in those meaningless verbal disputes, which is a manifestation of his maturity. Bong Xian and I both wanted him to continue his efforts, so we decided to reuse it for him.

Our business has entered the orbit, if nothing else, it is an inevitable trend to get bigger and bigger. However, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck. The situation in this world can never be static, and when changes come, whether we have enough ability to deal with them will be the key to continuing to survive in the future.

On the day of Zhang Yang's birthday, Feng Xian and I rode on a mount, with a congratulatory gift, followed by Li Su and Wei Xu, and went to Jinyang Mansion. It's October now, and suddenly I remember that my birthday has long passed. By the way, I don't know what Bongseon's birthday is.

I couldn't help but ask Feng Xian, "Brother, what day is your birthday, has it passed?" ”

Feng Xian replied: "August 29 has passed. ”

I couldn't help but laugh and said, "Huh? It's a coincidence, it's the same day as me, no wonder our personalities are so similar. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help laughing and said: "Hehe, yes, it seems that this is the fate of you and my brother!" ”

At this time, Wei Xu on the side suddenly said: "It can't be such a coincidence, hey, if you hadn't been too busy and forgot about it before, everyone would have been able to celebrate your birthday with the two of you." ”

I smiled and said, "It's okay, it's the same next year, when the time comes, I will make a big cake according to our custom, and then share it with everyone to eat, so that everyone can be happy." ”

Wei Xu couldn't help but ask again: "What kind of cake is it?" ”

I said, "Cake is a dessert made with eggs, flour and cream, and it can be used as a festive food for the birthday boy to give to the guests on their birthdays. ”

Wei Xu nodded and said, "Oh, I see, it must be delicious, I want to taste it." ”

At this time, Li Su on the side suddenly smiled and said, "Indeed, it sounds strange and delicious." ”

Wei Xu looked at him with some surprise and said, "Huh? Why don't you run me today? ”

Li Su said, "Isn't this bad? ”

Wei Xu grinned and said, "Okay, you look more pleasing to the eye." ”

When Li Su heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "I just feel that I am already an adult, and I shouldn't worry too much about dolls like you, otherwise it will be too ungraceful; Besides, we are also a militia captain, so we have to be a bit gentlemanly. ”

Wei Xu said: "Here it is again, you are afraid that you have said this dozens of times, and you are not too tired to panic." ”

But I said that the mount I sat on was also a good horse, a purebred Dawan sweat blood horse, covered in silver and white, Qin Yi used a weapon to exchange with a wrangler who loved to collect peerless divine weapons, and I named it Bai Ling. This horse has a gentle temperament and rarely spills, which I like very much.