After dealing with the affairs in Kyoto, Lin Ruan quietly returned to the northern frontier.

It's just that she hasn't been in a good mood.

Xiao Jingchen knew that she was not happy, so he accompanied her to Matou Mountain.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and the appearance of Matou Mountain has changed greatly.

Rows of barracks and shacks had been almost erected, and a large area of the hill opposite the lime mine had been bulldozed, and the craftsmen had made several wooden stakes to reinforce the excavated area to prevent the landslide.

Ma Xianling said excitedly: "The preliminary preparations have been almost done, and we will be able to mine as soon as spring next year." ”

After Lin Ruan saw the scene here, the breath that had been blocked in his heart also dispersed a lot. "Ma County Order, thank you for your hard work."

These days, the Ma County Order is basically guarded here in Matou Mountain. Fortunately, there are usually no major events in Chongguan County, and he is not guarding the county government, so there is no big problem.

"I don't dare to say bitterness, compared to what these people do, the lower officials have hardly made much contribution."

Lin Ruan smiled, "You don't have to be modest, if it weren't for people watching here in person, the progress wouldn't be so fast." Merit is meritorious, and no one can deny it. ”

Ma Xianling is also in a good mood, and in the past few years of serving in Chongguan County, he finally saw a glimmer of hope.

They stayed at the foot of Matou Mountain for a day, and the next day, they rode back to Chongguan County, and along the way they also went to see the people's reclamation.

The people of Chongguan County are really hardworking, and in less than a month, a lot of new land has been reclaimed.

It's already this weather, and there are still many busy figures in the fields.

Lin Ruan deliberately stopped and persuaded those people to go home: "Don't be in a hurry about the reclamation of the famine, it's cold, everyone go back quickly." ”

But the people who reclaimed the land said: "When you go home, you are just idle, and it is colder to be idle at home, but it is warmer to come out to work." If you cultivate more land, you will be able to produce more grain next year. ”

Lin Ruan looked at the wounds on the frozen hands of those people, and felt quite uncomfortable.

All kinds of resources are scarce in northern Xinjiang, even trees are scarce, and heating for the people is a problem.

Thinking of the coal mines near Matou Mountain, Lin Ruan decided to organize people to dig coal, and with coal, the people could have a better winter life.

Without further ado, Lin Ruan returned to the county and began to act.

Regarding coal mines, in fact, there were records of mining in ancient times, and there are records about mining in "Heavenly Creations". Lin Ruan doesn't know much about coal mining, but it's all mining, and the mining methods of lime mines are actually similar, but coal mines need to pay attention to the gas poison gas in the mine.

Modern mining technology is so advanced that it can't avoid gas explosions, so Lin Ruan Ke doesn't care about it at all. After finding some people with coal mining experience to come over and study together, and after formulating a mining plan, Lin Ruan handed over the matter to Ma County.

Ma Xian Ling is a very executive person, and immediately took people to the vicinity of Matou Mountain.

The lime mine and the coal mine are not far away, so there is no need for any preparatory work on the coal mine, and once the location is determined, mining begins.

Within two days, truckloads of black and shiny coal were transported from Matou Mountain to Chongguan County.

Chongguan County is poor, and it is basically impossible to expect the people to pay for coal.

Lin Nguyen proposed the method of exchanging work for coal. Each family receives coal as needed, and then in the coming year, they will come to work for the yamen.

What do you do? Naturally, it is reclamation, building houses, digging rivers and canals.

Lin Ruan proposed an immigration plan to the imperial court, and when the immigrants came, they couldn't let them reclaim the land by themselves. Who wants to come without land and houses as bait? Do people come to live on the Gobi Desert?

Farming needs water sources, but there is little rain in northern Xinjiang, so you have to find another way to find the water you need for farming.

Lin Ruan set his sights on the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Snow accumulates on the snow-capped mountains all year round, but in the summer, the snow melts and gathers into a river, which flows far away and does not pass through Chongguan County.

Things are dead, but people are alive.

If the mountain doesn't come, I'll go to the mountain. If the river doesn't go in front of my house, then lead it over. It is nothing more than spending more effort, and the working people lack everything, but they do not lack strength. If you can't dig in one year, can you still dig in two years?

This method of exchanging work for coal has been highly accepted by the people of Chongguan County, and when everyone receives coal, they are not very greedy, and they all receive it according to their own needs.

Soon, bursts of white smoke rose from the chimneys of every house.

That's the people igniting coal.

With coal, the people of northern Xinjiang are extremely comfortable this winter, and in previous years, a large number of elderly people would die in winter, but this year it did not happen again.

All the people are extremely grateful to Lin Ruan, and the changes now are brought by Lin Ruan.

Lin Ruan has only been in Northern Xinjiang for three or four months, and their lives have already undergone a lot of changes, which makes them can't help but start looking forward to next year.

Because the princess said that next year she will provide them with seeds and technology for free to teach them how to grow melons, fruits and grains.

The princess is very powerful, and what she said will definitely come true.

The good days of their northern Xinjiang are really here!

Lin Ruan, who carried the expectations of the people of Chongguan County, also knew how heavy the burden was on his body, and he did not dare to be idle for a moment.

After solving the problem of people's heating, she began to be busy with the matter of tossing cement.

It's a technical job, and it takes a lot of experimentation to succeed.

The day before the heavy snowfall, craftsmen sent from Kyoto arrived in Shigeki Prefecture.

It happened that the heavy snow closed the road, so Lin Ruan let them rest for a few days.

When they had rested, the road to Matou Mountain was also pressed out by coal trucks.

Lin Nguyen personally took the craftsmen to Matou Mountain, where he began to study how to make cement.

In modern times, cement is a very cheap building material, and a bag of cement only costs a dozen yuan.

But in ancient times, cement was too rare, and it took a lot of effort to solve the problem of raw materials. There is also a firing process, which needs to be explored step by step.

Lin Ruan threw himself at the foot of Matou Mountain, and tossed with the craftsmen for nearly a month before finally making the cement that Lin Ruan wanted.

When Xiao Jingchen took Xiuzhou to pick her up at the foot of Matou Mountain, Lin Ruan suddenly remembered that it was going to be the New Year.

Lin Ruan patted his head: "Look at me so busy all day that I forgot about my days." Take a walk, pack your things, and go back to the county for the New Year. ”

When he returned to the county, Lin Ruan was taken aback by the gifts piled up in his house.

"Green Calyx, where did you get so many things?"

"Back to the princess, these are New Year's gifts from the people of Chongguan County. The slaves and maidservants refused to accept it, and the people did not leave, and they came every day, but there was really no way, so they took it upon themselves to take it first. ”