"Am I cold-blooded?"

"Didn't I come to this age to save them?"

"Do I have to shout slogans and make others sacrifice for it?"

A row of stilted wooden houses was erected in the bay of the Tianxin River, which was the future wharf warehouse, and is now used as a temporary residence by Li Xi. As soon as he woke up, the faces of the six teenagers he had killed before were turning in Li Xian's heart, which made him feel such a feeling.

That's right, six. Three on the first day, no on the second day, and another one on the third day, gold will make people crazy after all, this young man has no teacher, and stuffed the gold into the chrysanthemum, not walking to show the shape, I really can't see it. On the fourth day, perhaps frightened, he hid the gold on the bank of the stream, and secretly took it at night and tried to escape, but was denounced by the boys of the same team. On the fifth day, he may have been wronged, he had never dug up a dog's head gold, and that day he suddenly found a piece, and he didn't know if he wanted to taste it or swallow it in his mouth, but he was pounced on by two people on the same team. Li Shi was not there at the time, Jia Hao and Wu Ya had a dispute, Wu Ya said that he should be killed, Jia Hao saw the pitiful appearance of the young man, and felt that the crime was not to death. Li Shi's judgment is very simple, Jia Hao and Wu Ya are on duty in the afternoon and afternoon, it will be the afternoon, Wu Ya said to kill, and he will do it according to Wu Ya's opinion.

But when it was time to kill, Wu Ya regretted it again, and he also recalled that the young man most likely just wanted to gnaw, just like he did at the beginning. Li Xi told him that since there was no definite conclusion, the previous decision could not be overturned at will. The killing was decided by Wu Ya's opinion, and he warned Jia and Wu that when they could decide the life and death of others with one word, they should take responsibility for their own choice.

At that time, Li Xian wanted to let these more than ten homeless teenagers be forged by him and become a warning and model for those who came after. It's not easy for him to deal with the villagers, and he doesn't have that scruple in his heart about these homeless teenagers.

Looking back now, did I also use my power to achieve things? What makes Li Xianxiao entangled is this.

Then he was relieved, he gave those teenagers a choice, this is an honest contract transaction, if they themselves don't take their own lives seriously, he is at the mercy of tools, and he has a clear conscience.

Only six were lost, and the result was better than Li Xi expected. Now these homeless teenagers have treated gold sand as ordinary sand. A slap also gave a sweet date, and then Li Shi announced that when they were sincere, this gold would also have their share, which immediately boosted the mood of the teenagers who were on the verge of collapse, and at the same time made the six teenagers worthless.

Li Xian's decision, Guan Tian and the others have no objection, after all, they are people who dig for gold with their own hands, there is no special treatment, they can't be suppressed just by killing people, and hiding gold privately is a trivial matter, and they are afraid of revealing secrets.

"But why don't you make it clear first?"

Guan Fengsheng felt that the six graves piled up near the creek were particularly eye-catching, and it was always difficult for him to accept that there were so many lives around him suddenly.

"Without these six graves, there will be more graves in the future."

Li Shi's answer made Guan Fengsheng stunned for a while.

Seeing that these fifteen teenagers had been trained and formed, Li Xi took in the second group of people, that is, those children who still had parents in the mine, a total of more than thirty. I also made an oath in advance, with the existence of those six graves, and the guarantee that I can share the gold in the future, the training of this group of people will be much easier, and there is finally no incident that makes Li Xian have to grit his teeth and be ruthless.

From the homeless teenagers who came to Hewan, to now a gold panning team of more than 60 people has been stabilized, and nearly half a month has passed. The big thing besides the gold should also be seen, and Li Xi came to the foot of the Cockscomb Mountain on the opposite side of the riverbank, where a row of simple huts had been built, and a pillar of green smoke went straight into the blue sky.

This is the place where Tian Dayou discovered the iron ore, the mine is not large, it is all open-pit limonite, and it can be mined in less than a year at the mining speed of the previous mine in Fengtian Village. Originally, there was a gold mine and a new reclamation field, Guan Tian and others didn't care much about this iron mine, but Li Shi insisted on building a kiln here, but it was for his real career. Therefore, Guan Tian and the others directly moved all the things from the Fengtian Village mine here, and regarded this as a future blacksmith shop.

"Fourth brother, this is the real money-making business!"

Except for seeing a killing, Wu Yaluo Wu Tantou never went up the mountain again, so he squatted by his newly built kiln and tossed, and when he saw Li Xi coming, he greeted him excitedly, and handed over a green thing.

"Is this because the quartz material was not selected well, or the lead yellow was not left enough?"

Li Xian weighed the thing that was as colored as a beer bottle, and his brows furrowed.

It's a very old-fashioned trick to cross the crowd and burn glass, and Li Shi's big business is this. But unlike the general traversal, when he was a reporter, he had an in-depth interview with the craft glass factory and had a deeper understanding of the firing technology of this glass.

In order to burn transparent optical glass, there are three key conditions, one is to have suitable refractory materials, preferably refractory bricks that reach the steelmaking level. The second is to use quartz sand with high purity, which is a bit difficult in China, so it can only be selected, powdered and calcined for general quartz sand. The third is the addition of lead oxide, the glass industry in ancient China basically only produced glass, but did not grasp the role of lead oxide. Lead oxide is called lead yellow here, which is not a rarity and is easy to buy. In addition to the raw materials, the production also has to be constantly stirred, so the glass furnace also needs a new design.

While Li Xi led the teenagers to pan for gold in the mountains, he asked Wu Yaluo to set up a house in the iron mine at the foot of the mountain and began to study the firing of optical glass. Half a month has passed, and it doesn't seem like much progress has been made.

"Even if you use this jade glass as a thing, you can sell it."

Wu Yaluo is very satisfied, from a charcoal burner, to a "brick" who studies refractory bricks, and now he has become a glass craftsman, which is like a carp jumping on the dragon gate.

"How much silver can it sell? Without a good painter, a glass bottle can't be sold for a tael of silver......"

Li Xi was very annoyed by this guy's lack of progress. The reason why he chose glass as the starting point of his career is that this thing is not eye-catching in the current Kangxi Dynasty, and there is a glass workshop in the capital, but it is all reprocessing. At present, there are only a few places in China that can produce glass, and the quality is very inferior, especially optical glass, which is not produced, only foreign goods.

There are a lot of foreign goods coming in, and the price is not low, and the people have accepted this thing as a high-end luxury product, and the market is big enough. Another reason is that this thing is a basic industry, and you can get a lot of benefits by climbing out of this technology tree.

"According to the instructions of the fourth brother, we are all crushed with hand selection of quartz materials, not all pure particles are not used, it seems that it is the problem of lead yellow and refractory brick erosion. I think we should study the refractory bricks again, it is best to make a small pot, the feeding can be less, and the proportion of lead yellow can be tested one by one. ”

The one who spoke was Wu Yaluo's son Wu Chong, in his early twenties, who was originally just a simple charcoal worker, but after his own Lao Tzu was brought into a new field by Li Shi, his progress was faster than his Lao Tzu, and what Li Shi was about to say was understood by him.

"Well, yes, Wu Zhong will come to study this glass, Wu Tantou, you continue to work on refractory bricks."

Li Shi's words immediately made Wu Yaluo depressed, and he had to be used as a brick...... But he immediately cheered up again, and his son was named to be in charge of the glass matter, and he sat down firmly when the Wu family presided over the matter, and there was this glass business, and the gold ...... That's all trifles.

"In the future, Zhuangzi will also open a supplementary school to teach adults to read and write, and Wu Chongke must participate in it when the time comes."

Hearing Li Shi's words, Wu Chong nodded hurriedly, he also knew that Li Shi had "Heavenly Creations", and I heard that there was a lot of knowledge on it, and he couldn't learn it if he wasn't literate.

"This jade glass...... You can make some bits and pieces first, try the trade route, and I'll let Uncle Guan and those people from the rice stove make the mold. ”

Seriously, this progress is not too slow, it is now the middle of May, I heard that the Qincha has been on the road, the mine must be sealed, Guan Fengsheng's furnace workers, and the blacksmiths brought by Mead are running out of work, and they should all be used for this.

Following Li Shi to avoid his son and others, Wu Yaluo asked Li Shi: "Fourth brother, we have been discussing the division of that part, but now there is a matter of land reclamation and glass, and you have also taken a look at this iron mine, I am afraid that there will be iron-making and iron-making in the future, so this division, we have been scratching our heads, and we can't think of any good regulations." What the hell is your idea, just take it out. ”

"Half a month, you discuss it for another half a month, and there is still no good charter, so I will announce it directly."

In the spirit of Mingzhuo, Li Xi wants them to quarrel again, and the distribution of benefits is not a trivial matter, and it is necessary to leave enough time to communicate. And he still needs time to continue forging his boys, and he has to rely on them as swords.

I wanted to go up the mountain, but I was stopped by the villagers, saying that the Peng family was looking for it.

Thinking that he was talking about the fields in Fengtian Village, Li Shixing rushed back, but what he saw was a group of martial artists with swords and guns. The person at the head, with a thick beard and big eyes with copper bells, if it weren't for a small braid, he really thought it was Zhang Fei.

"Peng Hu, he is a martial artist, the general manager of the county, he followed Li Zhixian to the village last time, and he is also a member of the Peng family in the west."

It was Liu Xingchun who received this person, and he whispered in Li Xian's ear to explain the background.

"He's here to ask for donations."

The last sentence made Li Xian frown, I thought that with Li Zhushou covering, no one in the county should trouble him, but I didn't expect that there would still be people who came to fight the autumn breeze?

"Little Brother Li, at such a young age, you can speak on behalf of a village, you have the ability, haha...... Last time, I passed by with the county magistrate, and I was too anxious to chase Yang Chun, and I didn't say hello to you, this time we have to be affectionate. ”

Peng Hu's voice is also very rough, although he speaks politely, but his tone and look at Li Shi's eyes don't take Li Xi seriously.

"As the general manager of this county, it is incumbent on our family to organize the villagers to prevent thieves, and a few days ago we had to report that Yang Chun was active in Huanglao Nanshan in the west, and our family was ordered by the county lord to investigate."

Peng Hu didn't say what he meant directly, but he talked about Yang Chun, which shocked Li Xian's heart, is this Yang Chun still jumping? But...... What does it have to do with yourself?

"Huh? Didn't Master Li tell you? Oh, you're young, so these things are naturally not clear. At present, our family wants to take their subordinates into the mountains, and it is not okay not to prepare enough food and grass, this is to come to the door to cooperate with Brother Li. ”

Peng Hu grinned in nondescript official words, stretched out his hand bluntly, and heard Li Xi angry and laughed, co-pay!? Think you're an officer and soldier?

Li Shi suppressed his anger and barely coped: "This ...... Mr. Peng Lian, I remember that our village is not practicing Yongyin every year? ”

Peng Hu hummed in surprise, and Tongling's eyes widened.

"Fourth brother, the silver is just a standing fee, and now Lian Yong wants to enter the mountain, according to the custom, the nearby villagers have to take a helper."

Liu Xingchun hurriedly explained in his ear, Li Shi's anger was lowered, the temperature increased again, and he put on a smiling face.

"Peng Lian is always dedicated to the people, the kid naturally has to help, there is now a lot of money of twenty taels of silver, it is to prepare the money for opening the canal, but it is important to suppress bandits, this money Peng is not too little, just take it first."

Li Shi has no soldiers in his hands and no name on his body, but it is not good to entangle with this stunned martial artist, so he has to endure and send things away.

"Twenty taels!? Ha ha...... We really don't have too little! ”

Peng Hu looked up and smiled.

"There are 200 brothers in our family, and each of them has a penny of silver, and they can't even drink enough water. Brother Li, you are cultivating the field here, and the leakage is a lot of silver, why, do you look down on us so much? ”

Peng Hu twisted his face and gestured two fingers.

"Two hundred taels!"

He twisted his thick eyebrows and pressed his head over.

"If you really want to let our family do business, then you Fengtian Village will have to have ten people follow me! By the way, aren't you still thinking about selling your land in Fengtian Village? That's a business worth a thousand taels of silver, so don't ask for trouble......"

With his movements, the more than ten men behind him also held their arms, and took a step forward with cold eyes, looking at his posture, the so-called "trouble" is not just as simple as not being able to sell the field.