Qu Xiaobai scolded: "This little bastard, even if it's hunting, you have to wait until the snow is clear, right?" This day, I'm just afraid that he didn't meet a rabbit, but a tiger! ”

Luoluo didn't dare to speak much, so she was so smart that she closed her mouth, thinking that even if the little young master could come back with all his beard and tail this time, he was afraid that he would have to suffer from his wife's family law.

After Qu Xiaobai washed up, finished his breakfast step by step, and drank the bitter medicine soup, Xin Qingjun and Chen Xiang came over to talk back and talked about the situation of yesterday's settlement.

According to Qu Xiaobai's request, these people were placed in a new courtyard one mile away from Xinzhuang. There is a large courtyard wall on the periphery of the yard, and there are rows of single-family houses with yards, which are neat and clean and beautiful, and each household has an independent yard, and the courtyard is complete, even if there are seven or eight people in the family, they can live down.

If the population is really large, it is divided into two adjacent courtyards, which is no different from living in one courtyard.

The rice, vegetables, and vegetables used by each family for the winter have also been distributed, and the money for the settlement family will be calculated today and distributed together.

These people have just arrived, and before they start working, they are already living a better life than before, and they are naturally full of energy.

Chen Xiang actually only knew that he was going to mine the mine, and he didn't know anything about the specific content, but now that it was snowing and the weather was so cold, there were some things that he couldn't do.

Qu Xiaobai laughed at him: "What, shopkeeper Chen, are you still afraid that these people don't have a job?" ”

Chen Xiang also laughed: "That's not it, Hengzhu has already got the food this winter, and I'm not afraid of starvation, isn't it better to have a winter of leisure time for nothing?" ”

"Then I'm going to disappoint Shopkeeper Chen, the work has already been prepared, just wait for you to start work."

"That's a good dare, everyone can't wait."

Qu Xiaobai teased him: "Why is it your reason for both horizontal and vertical?" After all, it's a businessman's mouth. ”

You laughed back and forth, and for a while, the anxiety caused by Yang Ling's departure from Chen Zui and his failure to return was much lighter.

Xin Qingjun is Yang Ling's confidant, Qu Xiaobai has always avoided him in everything, and there is no taboo against him when talking to Chen Xiang. When Qu Xiaobai said that when he got down to business, only Xin Qingjun and Chen Xiang were left in the house, and even Luoluo was sent out.

Qu Xiaobai said: "Shopkeeper Chen...... Forget it, it's not appropriate to call you Shopkeeper Chen now, you will be in charge of the mine in the future, so let's call you Director Chen. ”

Chen Xiang is indispensable: "It's just a title, it doesn't matter, even if the little housewife calls me by my name, it's nothing." ”

The title of "little housewife" has spread far and wide, and Chen Xiang has just learned it.

Qu Xiaobai said: "Iron smelting will cause serious pollution to the environment, we all live under the mine, if the environment is polluted, it will also have an impact on our body, so, after Chen is drunk, let's first study the distribution of some iron ore, and then decide where to build the smelting base." ”

Chen Xiang is an expert in iron smelting, he understands better than Xin Qingjun, nods, and said, "The little master is worried. In fact, many of us don't live long, and we don't know what the reason is, I analyze the reason for this gold mine, although some people are also aware of it, but no one says it, after all, who will block their own way to their wealth? ”

He raised his head: "Listen to the little master, is this pollution controllable?" ”

Qu Xiaobai shook his head: "With the current technical means, it is not very controllable. We can only try to stay away from densely populated places, of course, in this way, the cost will climb a lot, even several times, but even so, we can't do anything to fool people. ”

When Chen Xiang heard this, he immediately stood up and clasped his fists: "The little master's move is benevolent and righteous, which makes Chen Xiang admire!" ”

Qu Xiaobai said: "You took many of you, dragged your family and brought your mouth to run, if I send them to death, will you still call them people?" I didn't do anything righteous or righteous, but I just did my duty. ”

Xin Qingjun nodded, "But even if it's this duty, no number of people can do it." ”

"Regardless of others, let's take care of ourselves. Now, one thing is certain, our base will not be built nearby, it will be far away from here, so we will build roads. ”

Qu Xiaobai picked up the pen, drew a few strokes on the paper, and pushed it to Chen Xiang to see.

Chen Xiang looked at what she painted, there were only two long strips, "This is the ......" He didn't feel that it was the road.

"It's called an orbit. Ferric. ”

She drew a cross-section of the railroad track, marked the data, and said: "If it is feasible, I plan to build these two tracks, this kind of track, can only run special cars, the wheels are the same as the rails, preferably, they are also iron, the wheels should run on this kind of track, it will be less time-saving and labor-saving than running on the dirt road." ”

Qu Xiaobai also thought about the problem of power, it is impossible to build an engine or something like that, that kind is too high-end, and the actual process does not allow it. Animals such as mules and horses can only be used.

But in that case, it is a question of whether the car will be able to move smoothly on the tracks.

After thinking about it, he put forward another idea: "Of course, this is just my preliminary idea, whether it can be realized or not, I don't dare to pack a ticket, there is another kind of pavement here, which is paved with lime." I know that the lime calcination process here is relatively backward, and the quality of the lime burned is not good, so I will find some ways to improve the process, but the premise is to find a limestone mine for experiments. Either way, it needs to be tested, and I haven't done it before, so I don't know if it will succeed, so now our task is to study road construction and make smelting equipment. ”

Needless to say, Chen said Qu Xiaobai's respect, after all, the things she said were very novel and high-end for him, who was good at smelting, but for Xin Qingjun, looking at Qu Xiaobai now was tantamount to watching a monster.

The first thing she came to the fore should be her design talent in clothing, those clothes designed by her hands, beautiful, practical, and more suitable for the human body.

This may not be a strange thing, after all, it is not too difficult.

It's no surprise that she will do business, and many people will do business.

She knows the advanced bookkeeping methods, and she has all kinds of management codex on her desk, which is not surprising, after all, it is all about doing business.

But when the lord was seriously injured, she was able to write a medical book that even Yun Buxian and Dong Lang felt profound, and even proposed a secret technique for hypnosis!

Although it is not particularly perfect, Dong Lang did use this incomplete record to awaken the memory of the Lord!

She explained that it was because she had an old friend, a doctor, who had read some medical books with him. Such a far-fetched explanation is too deceptive.

Even if these were nothing, the surveyors she had drawn, the mine maps she had drawn up the mountain to survey and draw, and the ideas she had now put forward for the railroad and lime roads, were things he couldn't even think of!

An ordinary peasant girl?

He wants to believe this statement again, and he is the one!

However, even if he sees through some things, he knows that there is a powerful relationship in them, and even if he dies in his stomach, these things cannot be said.

Xin Qingjun pursed his dry lips and spit out a few words with difficulty: "Okay, Zixuzhuang will fully support the little master's road construction plan." ”

Qu Xiaobai said with a smile: "I have to borrow money from Zixuzhuang again, and the previous account has not been cleared and a new account has been added, and I am under a lot of pressure." ”

Chen Xiang felt strange: "The little housewife and the lord are a family, what kind of loan do you mention?" ”

Xin Qingjun smiled and shook his head, and after a while, he said, "Actually, has the little housewife ever considered cooperating with Zixuzhuang?" After all, this is a big project, even if Zixuzhuang joins, it is a very difficult project. ”

"Still don't, Qingjun, thank you for your kindness. Developing a mine is a very risky thing, in case one day the imperial court reaches out, Zixuzhuang can be used as a way out, but if it also joins in, it will be completely smashed inside. ”

Qu Xiaobai did not shy away from Xin Qingjun, and put the stakes clearly in front of him.

Zixuzhuang is taken care of by Xin Qingjun, speaking of which, he is more familiar with Zixuzhuang's business than Yang Ling.

Qu Xiaobai said the refinement problem again, and before he knew it, it was already noon, and when he pushed the door, the snow outside was two fingers thicker, and the goose feathers and snow in the sky were blowing one after another, and there was no sign of stopping.

Qu Xiaobai was faintly worried, "Qingjun, Director Chen, is there really no problem with Chen drunk in this weather?" ”

Chen Xiang patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, little master, Chen Zui is skilled, and he is also clever, I guess, most of them are hunting in the mountains." ”

"Originally, I wanted to pick up the wind for you personally, but he didn't come down at this old age, and I couldn't settle down in my heart. It was so cold and it was snowing. ”

I don't know if I remembered something, but the voice behind me gradually became smaller, and my expression darkened.

Xin Qingjun saw Qu Xiaobai's thoughts at a glance, and comforted her: "Don't worry, I've already sent a shadow guard to follow, and nothing will happen." And he also has a shadow guard by his side. ”

Qu Xiaobai was very keenly aware that Xin Qingjun's last sentence had some other meaning, and she raised her eyebrows: "He has other shadow guards?" ”

In other words, he has other forces?

Xin Qingjun didn't answer, just looked at the heavy snow outside the door, and said, "The air conditioning is blowing, the little housewife should go back to the house to warm up." ”

Qu Xiaobai is as kind as a stream, "Auntie is going to set up a meal, let's go together." ”

Coming out of the study and returning to the main house, Qu Xiaobai thought, if Yang Ling has other forces, and he has started to activate other forces, what does this mean?

She looked out the porch. The gloomy sky, I thought, the sky has changed, it's really cold.

At noon, Zhang's made a copper shabu-shabu, this kind of pot is naturally the more people eat, the more interesting it is, Qu Xiaobai because of pregnancy, the amount of food has grown, and he has eaten a lot of shabu-shabu and sweet potato slices, etc., after eating, rubbing his round stomach, and asking Xin Qingjun and Chen Xiang: "Do you have nothing important in the afternoon?" ”