Yang Meng's matter of building a Lisu mountain city was also known to the old man in Kunming, this thing is worth it, Tang Meiyi's identity is clear to the old man, with Tang Meiyi, this mountain city is the backyard of the Yang family, and it is worth it no matter how much it costs!

Yang Meng wanted to send Tang Meiyi out of the manor, but Lian'er was very dissatisfied, Tang Meiyi didn't have a temper in the manor, and listened to Lian'er's command, without Tang Meiyi, Lian'er's wife, there would be one less good helper.

The newcomer Wei Zhiqing also has a good errand, a woman disguises herself as a man and follows Yang Meng as a scholar, and after all, Lian'er is the one who suffers the most this time. Now only Ma Qinglian, a little girl, is following her, but this girl is not a person from the back house, and now Lian'er has become a lonely person.

"Master, leave Mei Yi behind! Otherwise, you will take a few more concubines, otherwise how can you stay in this empty house? ”

This little girl is atmospheric, in order to find a few for herself, she is not jealous, and she pries Yang Meng to take a concubine.

"Let's talk about that later! The thin horse that your father gave me will give me a reward, Qinglian is still young, and you can send these mountain girls in the back house at will, just forget about the concubine! ”

Of the three women in the back house, two are married, and the only one Tang Meiyi is now also used by herself, and Ma Qinglian, who is to be determined later, is also a means for Yang Meng to curb Ma Qinghu, thinking about these women of his own, Yang Meng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Hmmm! If there is a suitable one in the future, bring it back, I have passed the customs here, so I will keep it in the back house! ”

Lian'er also made a big promise, and she had another unspeakable reason for Yang Meng's concubine, that is, she couldn't cope with her husband, and Tang Meiyi left. The rest of Wei Zhiqing is not a stamina either. Don't look for a few next home. It's yourself who is unlucky.

"Little slippery."

"Third master, Steward Ding sent a message there, saying that someone from Xishan is here."

Yang Meng fights with Lian'er. Feeling. Scold. When she was pretty, Xiao Qinglian hurriedly ran in, it was news from Xishan.

"How many more days are you going to go?"

Guarding her husband for more than half a month, and for the first time in more than a year, Lian'er asked with some reluctance.

"Maybe! Qinglian, let Mrs. Zhiqing dress up. Get ready for your clothes, this time I'm going to Kunming. ”

When he came out of the back house to the main hall of the manor, it was none other than his eldest brother Pan Gui.

"Brother Gui, but the matter of Xishan Academy?"

Pan Gui came in a hurry to designate that it is not a trivial matter, as long as it is not a troublesome matter, it is fine!

"Third, happy event! The method of removing smoke and filtering water at the iron factory has been completed! ”

Pan Gui has a lot of dust on his body, which is not an ordinary thing for him, it seems that this Pan family is young. In the West Mountain, there is no less effort.

"Good! I'll leave later, I'll go over and take a look. The errand I arranged for you to go to sea. Is my father-in-law on board? ”

"Hmmm! He said that he would wait for the return of Patrick's and sons' fleet, but listening to the old man's tone, the matter was already done. ”

For going to sea to do business, Pan Gui is also eager to try, maritime businessman! There are really not too many realms in the Qing Dynasty.

"Now that you have eyebrows over there, you go back to hand over the affairs of Xishan, and go to Minghu Academy to learn foreign literature and Western geography and charts. Don't put down your fists and feet in your hands, the sea is not stable, these days I will also choose some skilled water guards for you, you have nothing to do and go to Minghu to practice more.

On the side of the medical hall, the young and promising Lang Zhong brought a few more, and there was a good one to take care of on the road. The use of foreign guns and artillery must also be familiar with Wei Huozi, and foreign guns must be practiced well.

I still have Milicone's revolver there, so take it with you! In short, in a word, be prepared! ”

For sending Pan Gui to the sea, Yang Meng is also hanging in his heart! The current sea route is not very safe, I am afraid that he will never go back!

"I know the way, you can rest assured, third child! Although my body has lost some weight, a few strong men are not my opponents, and they are all over the world! I can't hold myself back when I think about it. ”

"They're letting you! Take care of yourself, you will come a few more times over there Lian'er, and if you leave, I'm afraid that Lian'er will be unhappy again. I am calculating the time, in the past few months, you should also pay more attention to your family's family members, find a few people who can replace you, and support the façade of the Pan family in Yunnan. ”

Lin Zexu is coming, and I don't know if there is a chance to send my eldest brother, Yang Meng can only say what he needs to say in advance.

"If you want to be busy, you can be busy, and I will arrange the family members here in Yiliang."

After more than a year of tempering, without the Huahua World of Guangzhou City, Pan Gui's temperament is also much calmer, what he learned from reading in the past can now be used, he is in his twenties and went to the sea to experience, and the task given to him by his father-in-law is also completed.

Within three generations of the Pan and Yang families, they are all hardcore relatives, and they also need Pan Gui to become talented, otherwise the Pan family will have no backbone and will fall, which will also be a blow to the Yang family.

After arranging Pan Gui's affairs, Yang Meng took Wei Zhiqing, who was dressed in men's clothes, and headed for Xishan, this time they took the waterway, and Yang Meng wanted to see the waterway from Dianchi Lake to Yiliang on the spot.

"Third master, why do you want to take the waterway? Wouldn't it be more convenient to travel by land? ”

For this man who is much younger than herself, Wei Zhiqing can't feel her age at all when she is with him, and in the face of Yang Meng, she always feels that she is the younger one.

"This is related to foreign affairs, the waterway is a good passage, but with our small boats, there is no advantage, I want to see the width and depth of this waterway, if it is really not possible, we will build our own cargo ships.

If this waterway can't be used, you can only use a train, but whether this train can be completed depends on Lin Zexu's attitude, if he doesn't nod, the train and the railway can't be built. ”

The shipyard in Guangzhou introduced a Milican shipbuilder, which was an opportunity, once the Xishan Iron Works resumed production, the export of goods became a problem again, and the cost of freight and goods was about the same.

After seeing the opium barge in England, Yang Meng had the confidence to build his own barge. Barges and barges are the same, as long as there are blueprints, small wooden barges. Yunnan can build it now.

Now the only conundrum. It's a tugboat. If the Guangzhou side succeeds in building a steamer, then its own barge will have a place to fight.

"Master, you know so much, Zhiqing is ashamed of herself."

In those days in Yiliang, not only Yang Meng learned things from Wei Zhiqing, but Wei Zhiqing also learned a lot from Yang Meng. But Wei Zhiqing admires his insight very much, as long as there is something, he can basically say it.

"There's more you don't know! Tonight will give you an insight. ”

Being indecent can be regarded as what her own man is very good at, and Wei Zhiqing can't even think about sleeping together, but since she followed Yang Meng, she has done this skinless and faceless livelihood more than ten times.

A few small boats, with the assistance of the guards, took most of the day to reach Xishan. Yang Meng was not very satisfied with this speed, if it was a ship carrying goods. It should be an hour or two.

Got off the boat at the end of the West Valley, the appearance of the West Mountain has changed a lot in a month, the original blast furnaces have been covered by brick and stone houses, and these houses that cover the blast furnace are dragging a long tail and walking up the mountain.

"My lord, this is the result of our month, on the third day after you left, we came up with a method, and it took nearly a month to complete, and we tried it a few times a few days ago, and the effect was perfect."

Ge Shiyang has lost a lot of weight these days, and it seems that Xishan Academy has put a lot of pressure on him.

"Master Ge, you've been very busy lately! Isn't it useless what I gave you? ”

Ge Shiyang is a general under his command, although he is a European and a burly man, but he is not young, in case he dies in Xishan, where can he find such a loyal foreigner?

"It's very useful, my pressure has been much less, it's just that I haven't slept much in the past few days experimenting with smoke filtering methods."

"That's not a good thing! You have a lot of things to do, you can't boil like this, I'll get a few cooks from Yiliang to come over and make some medicinal food for you, remember! Eat often. ”

"Xie Lu, Lord Xie's care, let's go see a new method of smoke filtration!"

Ge Shiyang made a gesture of please, Yang Meng pulled Wei Zhiqing, and walked towards the iron factory, looking at the behemoths, Wei Zhiqing had been suppressed.

"My lord, let's use this blast furnace as an explanation!

You can see the building that surrounds the blast furnace, which is learned from the construction of the church, and the conical roof is better able to absorb smoke. And the long tail behind this building is a passage for smoke filtering.

The huts next to the flue, some of them go in and out to clean the flue, and most of the huts have a leather air drum. We used the air drum in reverse, changing the blowing to suction, so that the smoke and dust from the blast furnace could enter the flue smoothly.

The most important point is that we have turned the smoke into a commodity, that is, ink, which was very popular in the Qing Dynasty, and the craftsmen have estimated that the best tobacco materials selected by the Xishan Iron Works in a month are the output of some ink mills in a year. We also used these cigarettes to make some ink.

In the smoke and dust of coke refining, we also obtained coal paste, which is also very good when added to the raw materials for ink making, but it is a pity that coal paste is toxic.

Our method of filtering smoke is called ink making and smoke removal. ”

After Ge Shiyang finished explaining, Yang Meng took a closer look, they got this new thing, it looked very good, but he still had a lot of questions.

"Master Ge, this blast furnace needs to be rebuilt frequently, is it convenient to cover it in a house? And then there is the process of production, will there be no gas poisoning? ”

Ge Shiyang couldn't answer the questions Yang Meng asked, he turned around and asked the others, and then he answered.

"Rebuilding a blast furnace is more cumbersome, but it doesn't cost much. There have been gas poisonings before, but there are no dead people, so we will be careful about this in the future. ”

"Hmmm! Be careful, try to kill as few people as possible, in the process of filtering smoke, there can be no people in the flue, and you can make a leather air drum outside the blast furnace, so that the effect will be better.

There are also those air drums on the flue, let people study it, see if it can be combined with the steam engine, and make some machine air drums, which not only saves effort, but also has greater suction power of the air drum. ”

Yang Meng's opinions, Ge Shiyang still found someone to discuss before replying.

"Lord Lord, you are so knowledgeable, this method was not thought of by us, and you have opened another door for us."

"Sensei! Bring me the ink and see it. Master Ge, you did a good job today, one person counts the short, the other counts the long, discuss it, and your pressure will be reduced a lot. ”

After a few laughs, Yang Meng planned to see if the ink was fine, whether it could be used, Wei Zhiqing beside him had the final say, in those days of practicing calligraphy, Wei Zhiqing was more particular about using ink, and should be an expert.

"My lord, according to the grade of the selected cigarettes, we have also made five kinds of ink, this is special selection, this is first-class, and these three are medium-grade, second-class, and ink-filled with coal paste."

Five large pieces of ink were carried up with the table, the pen, ink, paper and inkstones were all ready, and Yang Meng waved his hand at Wei Zhiqing behind him.

"Try it!"

After Wei Zhiqing tried them one by one, she also had the answer.

"Third master, the color of the specially selected ink and the coal paste ink is the best, and the coal paste ink is even better, on par with the ordinary good ink. The first grade ink and medium ink, the ink color is still good, and the ink waiting for this time is a little rough.

The raw materials of these inks are very good, but the ingredients are less than those of other inks, and if there is a secret recipe, the color of this ink can be further improved. ”

"Good! How much does it cost? ”

"Lord Lord, most of our inks are ordinary materials, the cost is very low, except for coal paste ink, other inks are the same ingredients, plus labor, only one-tenth of the purchase price of the cheapest goods on the market."

"Hmmm! Let people get a few recipes, special and first-class made good ink, medium and second-class according to the lowest price on the market.

See what other uses are used for inferior cigarettes, and if you can, you don't need to be inferior.

Don't produce coal paste ink if it's poisonous, bring me the coal paste and I'll take a look. You can find a way to use coal paste, and this Xishan Academy will follow this model in the future.

Whether it's iron, copper or mining, the scraps have to find a use for me. ”

This method of making ink and removing smoke also opened a way of thinking for Yang Meng, it is not impossible to turn waste into treasure, but it is just not careful. A way to hide the smoke can lead to a business, and this environmental protection is not unprofitable!

Thinking of this, Yang Meng's thoughts came again.

"Master Ge, is there any use for the leftover residue of this iron smelting? Find him and use everything in the ironworks. Even slag can be used to pave roads. ”

"Lord Lord, we will continue to explore, a batch of steel has come out these days, I asked the craftsmen to beat a few steel knives, and the performance is not bad."

As soon as he heard the steel, Yang Meng's eyes also lit up, good things come in pairs! (To be continued......)