Chapter 155: Brewing (6)

An immature white-eyed wolf.

This sentence is specific to Xiaobai's body, it seems to be a little inappropriate, Xiaobai is now six or seven months old, his body is already quite strong, and the color of his coat is not pure snow white, but white with a light yellow, when angry, the white hair on his body will be fluffy, making it appear more robust and mighty.

So far, as long as Yang Yi or Qing Niang are present, it has no tendency to attack people, and Qing Niang is particularly close, and Qing Niang is the only one who can make it wag its tail, not even Yang Yi, so Qing Niang is often very proud.

If the wolf is raised from a young age, in fact, it can also be raised, Yang Yi has seen a documentary on TV before: a girl raised a wolf and named it Green, when Green grew up, the girl couldn't bear to let it live in the reinforced concrete city, so she took the wolf named Green to the grassland and released it.

Later, the girl was worried that Green would not be able to adapt to life in the wild, so she went to the grassland again to look for it, and found that Green had lived with the same kind on the grassland, but when Green saw the girl who raised her again, she still ran over happily and played intimately with the girl in front of the camera, as if she were a relative.

Now Xiaobai and Qing Niang, also like relatives, the first day to Forrest Gump, Qing Niang took it to play in the woods, a snake just poked its head, Xiao Bai desperately pounced on it and bitten, that fierce, as if the snake offended the goddess in its heart.

Now that Xiaobai is by Qingniang's side, Yang Yi is not only no longer worried, but more relieved.

The next day, Qing Niang let it go to the forest alone to play, but soon after it brought back a rabbit to Qing Niang, and won Qing Niang's praise, it wagged its tail, a triumphant look, and Yang Yi laughed.

There is a shortage of living materials on the mountain, and after coming here, Yang Yi has not eaten a meal of meat, and now it is good, after finishing work, Yang Yi happily took a dagger and personally went to the stream to wash the rabbit; This night, the tempting smell of meat wafted from the "Tao Yuanming" house, which made the two hundred soldiers salivate, Yang Yi and Su Qing were very easy-going to them, but Xiaobai, who was squatting in front of the door, was not accommodating to them, and as a result, none of them dared to come to beg for meat.

After enjoying the fragrant rabbit meat, Thirteen Niang drew drawings under the lamp, writing and calculating from time to time, Ming'er assisted by the side, and helped serve tea and pour water by the way; Qing Niang spread out the paper and began to write her "Qing Niang's Wanderings" in beautiful letters; Outside the simple thatched hut, the night breeze blows softly, with the fragrance of the leaves on the mountain, the moonlight is sprinkled on the stream of the valley, as if the starlight floats a little bit, Xiaobai dutifully guards in front of the door, sometimes looks at the moon on the top of the mountain for a long time, but as if he is afraid of disturbing the Qingniang them, he does not lead the neck to snort.

Yang Yi went to the stream for a long swim before coming back in the pine breeze and moon, Ming'er hurriedly took out a dry towel to help him wipe the water stains on his hair, and then carefully combed his hair in a bun.

"Ming'er, help me rub my shoulders, I've been cutting down trees for a long time, and I'm sour!"

"You deserve it, who let your uncle be strong? The dignified Lord Zhizhou, who went to cut down trees with ordinary soldiers, was not afraid of other people's jokes, ah! Lady, you don't persuade your uncle to him! ”

Listening to Ming'er's complaints, Thirteen Niang raised her head from between the drawings and said with a smile: "Ming'er, you probably forgot what the official said when he entered Huanzhou City on the first day!" ”

"The blue wisps of the long road are enlightened by the mountains and forests." Qing Niang interjected with a smile.

Ming'er said a little embarrassed: "I've heard it, but people don't know what my uncle means by this." ”

Yang Yi patted her buttocks lightly, and said with a smile: "The blue wisps of the long road are to enlighten the mountains and forests; It means driving a broken firewood cart, wearing rotten clothes, going to the mountains and forests to cut wood, describing the hardships of starting a business...... Well, I'm really told by this crow's mouth, and now I'm really going to the mountains to cut wood! ”

Poof!

The three beauties in the room were amused, and for a while the flowers bloomed in the dark night, and the fragrance was scattered, and the thirteen niangs looked at him with a vein, and there was a joy and pride on their faces as his mother.

Qing Niang simply put down her laughter, leaned on Yang Yi's lap and said: "If you ask who is the best Zhizhou in the world, Qing Niang thinks...... Well, Brother Yang, who do you think is the best Zhizhou in the world? ”

Yang Yi sniffed, first looked up at the moon, and then said in a magnetic baritone: "Qing Niang, your question has put me in a dilemma; On the one hand, my character requires me to be humble, so it is inconvenient for me to say the name of this person; On the other hand, my character requires me to be honest, so I have to say the person's name; If you're not mistaken, then I want to thank you for keeping me humble and honest. ”

Howl!

Outside the house, Xiaobai's howl at Yue Chang suddenly came, and this guy didn't seem to be able to listen to it anymore!

The three beauties in the room all laughed and lay down, and even Ming'er, the girl, didn't know what to fall into Yang Zhizhou's arms, and her fragrant shoulders twitched for a while, almost out of breath.

A light like a bean hut, you can hear the night cry of mountain birds, in fact, you don't have to be a mansion Huayu, as long as there is laughter, living in a hut is also a kind of warmth.

Yang Yi patted Ming'er's fragrant shoulder, stroked Qingniang's hair, looked at Thirteen Niang and smiled, everything was self-evident.

"Official, according to the current progress, the salt will be available in ten days at most, how do the officials plan to sell it?" Thirteen Niang asked very casually, so casually that she didn't even raise her head, which showed that she was very confident in Yang Yi.

Yang Yi took the tea swing handed by Ming'er, took a sip, and replied casually: "There is no need to think about this, the imperial court has a Chinese law, the merchants transport the grain to the border gates, and the imperial court prescribes the corresponding amount of salt to them, allowing them to sell it on their own, I will report to the imperial court when the time comes, and after the merchant transports the grain, just transport the salt directly from here." ”

When Thirteen Niang heard this, she stopped her pen again, and said with some disapproval: "Have the officials thought about it, Huanzhou is located on the border, the road is rugged and difficult to walk, and the merchants have no choice but to transport grain for salt, so they will have to transport salt back from here to sell, it will cost a lot, so they may not be willing?" ”

Thirteen Niang thought well, for example, it turned out that after the merchants in Jiangnan transported grain from Jiangnan to the border gate, they could easily go back with a few pieces of salt, and then sell salt from Jiangnan to the mainland.

Now let them transport grain over, and then transport salt back from here for a long way to sell, which will cost a lot of transportation costs, how can it be easier than taking the salt and going back to the south of the Yangtze River to get salt? If this is the case, the businessman will not want to.

"The lady is extremely worried, I plan to let the imperial court take care of Huanzhou, the merchant only needs to transport half of the grain, and half can be replaced by silver money, and he can sell the same amount of salt as before, so that the transportation cost of the merchant can basically be offset! Come to think of it, they'll be able to accept it. ”

"Brother Yang's method is good!" Qing Niang lay on his lap, raised her little face, and asked with blinking eyes: "Brother Yang, who do you say is the smartest person in the world?" ”

"Qing Niang, you're naughty again! I am always faced with a dilemma, on the one hand, my character requires me to be humble......"

"Card ......"

From the third day, under the command of Thirteen Niang, starting from the side of the salt well, the sergeant of the Xiang soldier drove the wooden stakes with thick bowls into the rocks, each of which was about a zhang apart, and a flattened hardwood strip was erected on it as a rail; The wooden stakes are divided into two rows, the width distance is three feet, in order to ensure that the width is consistent, each erection of a wooden rail, Thirteen Niang will take a hard ruler to measure it personally.

That's right, it's similar to the train tracks of later generations, except that wooden piles are used instead of sleepers, and wooden rails are used instead of rails, and it's not a train that has to pass anyway, it's just a small wooden rail car, which can support it.

Wooden piles are only driven every other zhang, which is much easier than paving with gravel.

There are trees on the mountain, cut it down, as for the carpenter, there is no need to look for it, the box army of the Great Song Dynasty is not a combat unit, to put it bluntly, they are a group of craftsmen and coolies, the main work in peacetime is to build bridges and pave roads, build walls and repair cities, on carpentry work, they are very proficient, the technical requirements for erecting two wooden rails are not high, they can be completely competent.

Ming'er, the "assistant engineer", is responsible for directing the craftsmen to build the rail car, which is simpler, a wooden box with no cap on the top, two axles on the bottom, and four wheels on the axle, of course, in order to prevent the rail car from sliding off the track, the wheels are also designed to be like train wheels.

How do you get a railcar full of salt to go?

There were no electric motors, no diesel engines, and there were rocks everywhere under the tracks, and even cows and horses could not walk, and they couldn't even get a horse-drawn cart.

It is not difficult, Yang Yi asked people to lay a few wooden stakes on the top of the slope, and fixed a gear winch on the top of the slope, with a small gear with a large gear, so that one or two people can easily pull a cart of salt to the slope by shaking the winch at the top of the slope.

As for the downhill slope? Fools know it!

Yang Yi leaned under the tree and chewed on the grass stem, fully realizing the superiority of being a Zhizhou; Anyway, these two hundred guys, Thirteen Niang and Ming'er are more clever in command, anyway, it makes Thirteen Niang idle She is even more uncomfortable, so Yang Zhizhou simply chewed the grass stalks in the shade of the tree, while humming a little tune:

Son, dressed in flowers, comes here every spring; I asked the swallow why you came, and the swallow said that spring is the most beautiful here.

Son, tell you, next year it will be more beautiful here, and we will build a big factory...... Yang Yi suddenly felt that the person who wrote the lyrics was simply ...... It's speechless, just imagine, you built a big factory, black smoke is rising, swallows fly by, are dizzy, and even roast off half of their body hair, will it think this is more beautiful?

Nonsense! A song that has been sung for decades in later generations is so nonsense...... Well, Lord Zhizhou is probably a little bored, leaning under the tree and competing with a children's song.

"Brother Yang, what are you doing!" Qing Niang came out of the forest, with fine sweat on her forehead, and a peeled spring bamboo shoot in her hand, which is said to taste good when cooked!

"Oh, it's Qing Niang! I'm thinking about the lyrics! ”

"Yikes! Brother Yang has a new work, hurry up and recite it! ”

The little girl was very excited, Yang Yi knew that she had misunderstood, Song Ci is also lyrics, and you can sing it on the word card, in order not to sweep the little girl's interest, Yang Yi then recited softly:

The thatched eaves are low, and the grass is green on the stream.

White-haired Weng Yuan, drunk Wu Yin is flattering.

The eldest child hoes the beans in the east of Xidong, and the child is weaving chicken coops; The favorite child scoundrel, the head of the stream lies on the lotus bed.

"Ah, good words, that's good! Brother Yang, but you haven't reached the crown yet, and it's a little early to use white hair! ”

"I'll look to the future, can't I?"

"That's it! Uh-huh! Brother Yang, are you tired? Ready to go into hiding? ”

"Nonsense, who's going to go into hiding? What nonsense! ”

“……”

(To be continued)