The news from Fang Mengjin and Cheng Yi made Su Hao feel extremely depressed.

Su Hao first found Fang Mengjin and hinted to him that he intended to accept Han Qian as his wife. Fang Mengjin was noncommittal about this at first, and then came back to tell Su Hao that Han Zhixian was quite annoyed by the previous incident and did not want to talk about this marriage for the time being.

"Master Fang, what does this 'temporary' mean?" Su Hao grasped the flaw in Fang Mengjin's words and asked.

Fang Mengjin sneered: "Change, you are so smart, can't you understand the mystery in Han Zhixian's words?" ”

"I can't figure it out." Su Hao replied honestly, these vassal and elegant scholars all like to play a little mystery, as a science and engineering man, how can he have the ability to understand it.

Fang Mengjin said: "Miss Han's matter, you are unkind, you have to let him fall into injustice." Han Zhixian did not refuse you, out of cherishing you as a talent. As for whether you are a talent or not, it depends on what you have achieved when you go to the border this time. ”

Han Wen's attitude was like this, and the meaning of Han Qian that came from Cheng Yi made Su Hao even more incomprehensible. According to Cheng Yi, when she went to tell Han Qian about this, Han Qian just cried silently, but refused to say a word. Cheng Yi analyzed that it must have been Su Hao's refusal of Han Wen's proposal before, which hurt Han Qian's heart, and if she wants the girl to forget about it, I am afraid she can only wait for a while.

Speaking of which, the conclusion is the same, that is, Yang Gendi's fantasy plan to get married before Su Hao went to Yunnan can be regarded as a failure. This is also a relief for Su Hao, he still feels that he is under 18 years old, not enough to be able to get married. Now Han Wen and Han Qian don't want to agree to this marriage right away, no matter how anxious Yang Gendi is, it will be in vain.

In the rest of the days, Su Hao was not idle. In fact, he has been very busy since he crossed over, and now that he knows that he is about to be transferred to Yunnan, he is even busier, thinking about settling some important things before leaving.

The first thing, of course, is the repair of the reservoir. Fan Lai, the prefect of Nanchang, is also a thousand facts, and after receiving the materials submitted by Fengcheng County, he reported to the Jiangxi Political Department without delay. The Chief Political Secretary and the Nanchang Prefecture sent a special envoy to inspect the Luoshan area of Fengcheng County, listened to the report made by Su Hao and Ma Yu on the construction of the reservoir, and determined that the plan was feasible. Shortly thereafter, 50,000 taels of silver jointly raised by the Buzheng Department and the Nanchang Prefecture were allocated to the Fengcheng County Ya.

As soon as the silver arrived, the construction of the reservoir began. Winter is the slack season, which is suitable for conscription and labor. More than 10,000 young and middle-aged people were requisitioned and transferred from all townships in the county to Luoshan and began a vigorous winter repair water conservancy campaign. One-third of the officials in the county government were sent to the scene to command, and Ma Yu and other 1,000 academy students were spent day and night on the construction site, responsible for comprehensive technical guidance.

As an advocate of the reservoir, Su Hao was very busy during the period when the project was just started, and after the construction of the reservoir was basically on the right track, he was a little more relaxed and was able to do some things of his own.

The second thing that Su Hao is busy with is the business matters of Su's firm.

Several coal mines excavated in Xuanfeng Township have been dug up to the coal-bearing seams, and tens of thousands of catties of coal have been dug out of the ground every time. Some of this coal is used to burn lime, cement and other products, and the other part is sold to urban and rural residents for fuel.

Su Xiaohu led him to open a coal shop in Nanchang, specializing in selling raw coal and honeycomb coal produced by Su's Commercial Bank. Due to the large coal output and good quality of the coal of Su's commercial bank, Su Xiaohu's coal bank soon monopolized the coal supply in Nanchang City, and some small officials and tycoons had to go to Su Xiaohu to open the back door and say some good things to him when they wanted to buy coal.

In addition to coal, Su's firm also sells high-tech products such as phosphate rock powder, glazed ware, and kitchen knives made of high-manganese steel. In order to avoid the spread of high manganese steel and bring trouble to themselves, this word is strictly controlled within the Su family firm, and it is only said that this is a better steel, and the kitchen knives and farm tools created are much more durable than other homes, and of course, the price is also quite considerable.

It was also during this period that the yellow explosives jointly developed by Chen Guanyu and Luo Yuqing were successfully tested. This is an explosive made by absorbing nitroglycerin from wood chips and diatomaceous earth, and its performance is very stable and can withstand normal collisions. However, after ignition with a fuse, a violent explosion will occur, which is several times more powerful than traditional black powder.

After the yellow explosives were developed, Su Hao sold some to the reservoir construction site for quarrying, and commissioned the Hao father and son to make grenades that were easy to carry and detonate for their own self-defense. Imitating the detonation method of grenades in later generations, Su Hao asked Hao Yizong to design a flintlock device on the grenade, as long as he knocked on something hard, he could hit a spark and ignite the fuse. In normal times, this flintlock device is locked with a pin, and no matter how it is hit, it will not lead to accidental explosion.

The manufacture of flintlock pistols was also very smooth, Su Hao asked Hao Yizong and his son to make a total of 20 flintlock pistols, and made a large number of bullets wrapped in oil paper, and armed himself and several relatives. Hao Tong and Deng Kui got 6 of the guns, which can be regarded as Su Hao's completion of what Tu Wenhuan entrusted at the beginning.

Time flew by, and when it was almost the end of the year, the official document of the Ministry of War finally arrived. Along with the official document, there was also a director of the military department, named Chen Dao. The Jiangxi Metropolitan Division specially sent a commander surnamed Zhong to accompany Chen Dao to Fengcheng and read the order to Su Hao.

Needless to say, the core content of the order Su Hao understood, that is, the survey camp was required to complete all preparations within five days, and then leave Fengcheng and go to Yunnan to listen to it. The order specifically stated that Chen Dao, the head of the military department, was responsible for the marching route and supplies along the way.

"Director Chen, do you have to go to Yunnan with your subordinates?"

After sending Zhong Yan away, Su Hao asked Chen Dao who stayed in surprise.

Chen Dao is a middle-aged fat man with a smile and a good body. Hearing Su Hao's question, he first waved his hand and said: "Su Baihu is polite, Su Baihu is a sixth grade, Chen Dao is also a sixth grade, you and I are of the same grade, this belongs to the next word, but you must not mention it again." ”

"Uh...... Director Chen is the head of the Ministry of War, how can he be commensurate with an ordinary hundred households like me? Isn't that rude? Su Hao said.

"Alas, what is the head of the military department, I am also in the military department." Chen Dao said, "That's it, I'm a few years older, just ask for a big one, and Su Baihu can just call me Brother Chen." As for what I call Su Baihu...... I don't know if Su Baihu can have a table? ”

"The younger brother has a table called "Change." Su Hao said.

"Well, then I'll call you a good brother who has changed, what do you think?" Chen Dao said.

Su Hao arched his hand and said: "Brother Chen is easy to approach, Hao admires it to the fullest, and the matter of calling it depends on Brother Chen." ”

After describing the titles of the two sides, Chen Dao said: "This time, the Ministry of War sent me to give an order, in fact, the main reason is to let me accompany you to Yunnan. Whatever you say is responsible, that's all false, I'm just exploring the road for you, arranging the reception of the post stations along the way, and sending you to Yunnan safely, and I can hand over the errand. ”

"With Brother Chen at the helm along the way, the younger brother will be down-to-earth." Su Hao said. Of course, he didn't believe that Chen Dao's role would be as simple as he said, but Chen Dao refused to say it directly, so Su Hao didn't ask more.

That night, Su Hao set up a table of wine in the best restaurant in Fengcheng County to entertain Chen Dao and his two entourages. In addition to Hao Tong and Deng Kui, there were also Zhixian Hanwen and Master Fang Mengjin. Chen Dao's six products and Su Hao's six products are completely different things, as a six-grade Beijing official, Han Wen has to rush to stammer.

The atmosphere at the wine table is very harmonious, Chen Dao is a very easy-going and funny person, because he has been in the capital for a long time, he has been somewhat contaminated with some poor mouths in the capital, and he is also unscrupulous when he talks about some jokes about the imperial court. As a magistrate, Han Wen dared to be so presumptuous, he could only accompany the smiling face on the side, and he didn't dare to say too much.

Full of wine and food, Su Hao and Han Wen sent Chen Dao and his party to the mansion to rest, and when they came out, Han Wen and Su Hao walked together, and he asked Su Hao: "Change, why are you making more and more trouble in this matter, this military department has transferred a hundred battalions, is it worth sending a director to accompany you?" ”

Su Hao said: "When the students first saw this Chen Principal, they were also surprised, but after thinking about it for a while, they couldn't think of the reason. Director Chen himself refused to speak out, so the students could only wait and see what happened. ”

Han Wendao: "Judging from the experience of this county, there must be something strange in this matter, change it, you must be very careful in this trip, put away your past temper, and don't let Director Chen have a dislike for you." ”

Su Hao asked: "County Zun, do you think that this Chief Chen was sent by the Ministry of War to test me?" ”

Han Wen shook his head and said, "I don't think so, although you have some talent, you are not worthy of being sent by the Ministry of War to take the entrance examination." It may also be that the Ministry of War originally wanted to send Director Chen to Yunnan to inspect the border passes, and he was just catching up with you, so he happened to go there together. I thought too much about it, but I went astray. ”

"Well, that's quite a possibility." Su Hao responded.

After saying this, the two of them were silent, and after a while, Su Hao said: "County Zun, the student is going to Yunnan in the near future, in the past, the student was young and ignorant, and he did something that made the county Zun unhappy, and I ask the county to forgive me." ”

Han Wen turned his head to look at Su Hao, and a smile appeared on his face. He patted Su Hao on the shoulder and said, "Change, go to Yunnan now, and hope to go early and return early." You know, I'm thinking about you. ”

"The advice of the county respect, change it to heart." Su Hao replied respectfully.