After more than a month of trekking and going through all kinds of hardships and dangers, Lu Xiuer's convoy finally came to Pingyu City. When the convoy first arrived in Ningxia, it met a squad of soldiers specially sent by Su Hao to greet them, and under the protection and guidance of these soldiers, the convoy did not attract the attention of the Bibai army and other troops, and arrived at Pingyu City safely.

"Miss Lu, look, that's Pingyu City. By the way, look, it's our General Su who is riding a horse to welcome you. Yin Guoxian, the small flag officer in charge of the response, pointed ahead and said to Lu Xiu'er.

"Brother!" Lu Xiu'er also saw Su Hao riding a horse, and couldn't help but smile, and trotted all the way to meet him.

"Xiu'er!" Su Hao jumped off the horse, stretched out his arms and hugged Lu Xiu'er, who couldn't stop her feet, and hugged her in place for several circles.

Lu Xiu'er smiled, happy and shy, she smashed Su Hao's back with her fist, shouting: "Let me go down, someone is watching, brother......"

"Haha, what are some people afraid of, we are a legal husband and wife, and we have been certified by the emperor." Su Hao smiled and put Lu Xiu'er down, and at the same time touched her face affectionately, and said, "Why have you lost weight, your face is pointy." ”

"Lost weight?" Lu Xiu'er was embarrassed to caress the place that was touched by Su Hao, and said shyly: "Why don't I feel it." ”

In fact, Su Hao also knew why Lu Xiuer was emaciated, she escorted supplies from thousands of miles away, and the hardships on the road can be imagined. Because these materials were given to Su Hao, Lu Xiuer would definitely be exhausted, for fear that something would go wrong, so that she would be strange instead of losing weight.

"Xiu'er, thank you for your hard work, this errand didn't need you to come in person." Su Hao said.

"I do." Lu Xiu'er said, after all, she felt a little ashamed to reveal her heart like this. Hurriedly covered up and said: "How fun this northwest border pass is, I've never been there, I just want to come and have a fun." ”

"Well, when you rest for a few days, I'll take you out of the customs and go to the grassland to play." Su Hao promised.

At this time, Xiao Ruxun also rode over, and Su Hao hurriedly introduced him and Lu Xiu'er. Xiao Ruxun smiled and said: "This is my brother and sister, the eldest brother came in a hurry, and he didn't bring any greeting gifts, so he will make up for it another day." ”

"Thank you, Brother Xiao." Lu Xiuer bowed. Said.

At this time, Xu Guangqi and Su Xiaohu led the convoy to catch up, and after everyone saw each other, Xiao Ruxun pointed to the convoy and asked, "These are all transported by you from the capital, what kind of treasures are they?" ”

Xu Guangqi glanced at Su Hao, and saw that Su Hao had no objections, so he replied: "Back to General Xiao, this car is full of ordnance from the survey camp, mainly some firearms. ”

"Oh. Firearms ......" Xiao Ruxun seemed to be a little disappointed, and then said: "Firearms are good, they are also useful for defense. ”

Su Hao said: "Brother Xiao's words, the younger brother doesn't like to hear it. Can't firearms be used in attacks? ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "Brother Su has never seen the Tatar cavalry, they are riding on horses, coming and going like the wind, and firearms can't help them at all." Only when defending the city. With guns and artillery, it is quite capable of defeating the enemy. ”

Su Hao smiled: "I'm afraid Brother Xiao is an old experience, and Junior Brother won't argue with you now." In the future, if you have the opportunity, the younger brother will let you see how firearms can be used to attack and meet the enemy. ”

"Then I'll wait and see if I'm a brother." Xiao Ruxun also responded with a smile.

Su Hao led Lu Xiu'er and his entourage into Pingyu City, unloaded all kinds of materials they brought, and arranged for sentries to be strictly guarded. The porters and guards completed their tasks, received their salaries, and left Pingyu City in groups to return to the capital, needless to say.

Yang Shulan heard that Su Hao's fiancée was coming, so she made a special trip to visit, Lu Xiuer was innocent and innocent, which won Yang Shulan's favor. Cheng Yi and Lu Xiuer were already best friends as early as in Jiangxi, and when they saw each other at this time, they were naturally very affectionate. As for Ge Ling, she was originally a crazy girl, and she and Lu Xiuer hit it off at first sight, and they were quite speculative after chatting a few words. Since then, these four women have been inseparable every day, but they have left Su Hao aside.

Su Hao played with Lu Xiu'er for two days, and then pulled Xu Guangqi, Hao Qing and others to start busy. In addition to producing coal, Pingyu is also an important source of high-quality silica, and Su Hao has long been playing the idea of these silica.

"Brother Hao, how about you look at these stones?"

Su Hao put a few pieces of silica he had mined in front of Hao Qing and asked.

"This is a fine glazed stone!" Hao Qing's eyes lit up, "Before we met General Su, we used this kind of glazed stone to refine glaze, and later we used the kind of quartz stone that General Su said. However, in Hao's opinion, in order to refine high-quality glaze, you have to use this kind of glazed stone. ”

Of course, Su Hao knew that the quality of silica produced in Pingyu City was better than that of ordinary quartz, and in later generations, silica here was an important glass raw material. He has been waiting for Hao Qing to arrive, just to give full play to Hao Qing's expertise and build a temporary glass factory in Pingyu City.

"What, General Su wants to make glass in Pingyu?" Hao Qing fiddled with the silica in his hand and asked in surprise.

"That's exactly what I mean." Su Hao said.

"What's the use of making it?" Hao Qing asked.

Su Hao's factory in Liangxiang, Beijing, now also produces a large amount of glass, which has earned Su Hao a lot of profits. But if it was said that a glass factory was to be built in Pingyu City, Hao Qing didn't understand. Glass is a thing, mainly for civilian use, due to the difficulty of transportation, the closer the production area is to the place of sale, the higher the profit. This place in Pingyu City is a military tun, there are no residents, and the military households do not have a high income and little purchasing power, so Su Hao has set up a factory here to make glass, what is the point?

Su Hao smiled: "I won't talk about this first, I only ask you to be able to burn large pieces of transparent glass, the larger the better." ”

Hao Qing frowned and said, "This stumped me. It is not difficult to burn the glass, but to spread it into large pieces, you need some tools and familiar craftsmen. General Su did not say it explicitly before, because Hao did not bring the tools in hand, and those glass craftsmen did not come with the car. ”

Su Hao said: "I didn't make it clear, the large piece of glass I want is different from the requirements made in our factory." These glasses don't have to be so flat, and it doesn't matter if the thickness is uneven, as long as they can be made, what do you think? ”

Hao Qing had always known that Su Hao had strange ideas, but this time he didn't know what he was going to think about. Since Su Hao was reluctant to say, it was inconvenient for him to ask in detail. However, Su Hao lowered the requirements for glass, and the difficulty of Hao Qing's words did not exist. To put it bluntly, Su Hao just needs him to flatten the liquid glass into a large piece of glass, as for whether the thickness is uniform, there is no requirement, such glass can be made by any apprentice.

The glass production process is not complicated, and the auxiliary materials required are also very simple, and they can be found locally. The abundant high-quality silica resources outside Pingyu City have solved the problem of the main source of raw materials for glass, and the coal mine that has just been put into operation also provides energy security for firing glass.

Su Hao found another idle military camp in Pingyu City, and let Hao Qing build a glass factory there. A large amount of silica, coal, limestone, soda ash, etc. were transported from all over the place, and Hao Qing built a stove and produced the first batch of transparent glass for Su Hao in a few days. According to Su Hao's requirements, each piece of glass is at least one foot square, and Hao Qing, out of the instinct of an excellent craftsman, still made these glasses as decently as possible, without turning them into haha mirrors.

"Okay, Brother Hao, just do it like this, I'll find some more sergeants for you to help, and you can make as many of these glasses as possible." Su Hao said with joy in his heart.

"General Su has orders, Hao just do his best." Hao Qing agreed.

Su Hao took the first batch of glass pieces provided by Hao Qing, led Xiong Minfan and a few personal soldiers, and went out of Pingyu City and came to a military camp. When the sentry of Juntun saw that it was Su Hao and others coming, he was full of smiles, and while giving up his seat to Su Hao and others, he asked his companions to run into Jintun to report the news.

In a few moments, more than a dozen people came out of the military tun, and the leader was Hu Zixin, who had a conflict with Su Hao, and this military tun was where Hu Xinxin's Baihu was stationed. In response to Su Hao's words, they did not know each other, and after that conflict, as Su Hao and Xiao Ruxun befriended, the border army of the Pingyu Institute also became harmonious with the soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion. Xiong Minfan was invited to take his subordinates to participate in several competitions initiated by Hu Xinzi, and everyone met friends with martial arts, and gradually became friends with each other.

"General Su, why do you have time to come and walk around my hundred households today?" Hu Xinxin asked while saluting Su Hao.

Su Hao said with a smile: "Why, the daughter-in-law married the door, the matchmaker threw it out of the wall, Su Mou came to your hundred households to help you survey the well a few days ago, and you didn't complain." Now that this well has been drilled, there is no need for Su, right? ”

It turned out that after Su Hao found a coal mine for Xiao Ruxun, he used his geological expertise to survey the wells of various military tuns under Pingyu to help them solve the problem of taking water for irrigation. Due to the decline in the water level of the Yellow River in recent years, it has become more and more difficult for military households in Pingyu to divert water for irrigation, and the results of drilling wells on the spot are not good because of the lack of methods. As soon as Su Hao made a move, all kinds of problems were naturally solved, and now every hundred households have one or two good wells, and the military households don't have to go far to draft water and farm the land.

"General Su's words are a slap in the face of my old Hu. I Lao Hu just didn't dare to disturb General Su's drive, if General Su was free, he would come to my hundred households every day to play, and I would be happy. Hu said with a smile.

"You're right, Su also wants to come out every day to play, but he can't be idle. Don't talk nonsense, Su came today because he wanted to ask Hu Baihu for help. If this can be done, a few of my girls will be able to eat fresh leeks in winter. Su Hao said to Hu confidently with a grin. (To be continued......)

PS: This seems to be the fourth watch today, right? Hehehehe, seeing that the orange character is so good, is it okay for everyone to give some applause.