Inside the steaming room.

Qin Huaidao leaned back against the big wooden barrel and closed his eyes to recuperate, while feeling He'er's press, the hundred bones were Shutai, even the bones were crispy, He'er wiped his tears, and pretended to smile and said: "Young master, no one is bullying, the slave maid is happy, by the way, Princess Yuzhang often comes after leaving the expedition, they say that the young master will marry Princess Yuzhang, is it true?" ”

As he spoke, his hand movements stopped, and his teary eyes were full of nervousness.

Qin Huaidao felt He'er's nervousness, guessed in his heart, and said bluntly: "He'er, it's true, the holy order is hard to disobey, what do you think of Princess Yuzhang?" ”

"The princess is very good, her status is noble, her personality is gentle, she is knowledgeable and courteous, and it is good for us subordinates, she will enter the mansion in the future and become the mistress of this mansion, and our life will be better." He'er hurriedly said, but her voice was a little shaky, full of worry and confusion.

Qin Huaidao affirmed the guess in his heart, grabbed He'er's hand and said with a smile: "No matter who becomes the mistress of this mansion in the future, you will always be the young master, unless you don't want to." ”

"He'er has taken care of the young master all his life." After getting the promise, He'er smiled, the worry in her heart disappeared, and the whole person was full of vitality, and the method unloaded some kind of baggage.

"Don't cry, the bitter face won't look good, come, help your young master change his clothes." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, got up, stepped out of the bucket, put on clean new clothes with the help of He'er, rubbed He'er's head, touched his head to kill, and said softly: "Don't think nonsense, I'll take you in a few years." ”

"Got it, Young Master Xie!" He'er got such a straightforward promise, and her heart was as sweet as honey, her face was red, and she lowered her head, hoping to find a crack to get into.

"Let's go, let's eat."

"Woohoo!"

The two walked out of the room and came to the restaurant, the shopkeeper and Xue Rengui and his wife were there, everyone sat together, and after three rounds of drinking, Qin Huaidao looked at Jia Youcai: "Uncle Jia, you can talk first." ”

"Young master, Fan Yang Lu's found coal mines in Qi County north of Tongguan, north of Weinan and Chencang, and is vigorously digging, the price is slightly lower than ours, in recent months, our coal has not been sold, it is piled up in Qinjiazhuang, fortunately, the young master has returned, and the people in Qinjiazhuang are panicking."

"Can't sell anymore?" Qin Huaidao stopped his speed, and the specific locations that Jia Youcai just mentioned immediately appeared in his mind, which were farther away than Tongchuan, and asked curiously: "Uncle Jia, it is not easy to transport the place you just mentioned to Chang'an, the cost is high, and the Fanyang Lu family sells it expensively." ”

"Not really, but they just sell it cheaply, for fifteen pennies." Jia Youcai said resentfully.

"This is a malicious price reduction, trying to force us out of the game, so as to achieve the purpose of monopoly, and then increase the price in the future, since this is the case, then don't sell it, just keep it for your own use." Qin Huaidao said nonchalantly.

Jia Youcai didn't know what monopoly was, so he panicked when he heard that he didn't sell it, and hurriedly said: "Yes, without this livelihood, what should I do if Qinjiazhuang eats with two thousand people?" ”

"Don't worry, I'll figure it out." Qin Huaidao said indifferently, selling honeycomb coal was an expedient measure, the profit was low, and it was hard, so he just took the opportunity to cancel it, and asked rhetorically: "Is there still food?" ”

"There is still a lot of food, but everyone panics if they can't make money."

As long as there is food, Qin Huaidao looked at Liu Shi: "Sister-in-law, has the fairy fruit been sold?" ”

"It sold out two months earlier."

"It's hard work, the store is temporarily closed, He'er, calculate the accounts of the fairy fruit for me separately, and show me the accounts of Qinjiazhuang, what is the current situation in Qinjiazhuang?" Qin Huaidao said and looked at Jia Youcai again.

"The honeycomb coal can't be sold, so the old man simply let everyone stop, but the green bricks, tiles, cement and lime that the young master explained before he left did not stop, and the warehouse could not be loaded, so two more were built, and the straw stopped trading, and everyone was looking forward to the return of the young master every day, and the fish pond was also deserted waiting for the young master to take the idea."

Qin Huaidao pondered for a moment and advised: "Uncle Jia, you remember, there are more openings in the upper reaches of the fish pond, bringing in the river water, and the openings are covered with bamboo nets to prevent fish from running, and the pond base with middle partitions also has more openings, which are also covered with bamboo nets, and the same is true for the most downstream, with only one purpose, to let the water circulate, circulate, and plug it during the dry season to avoid the reduction of pond water." ”

"It's easy, and it can be done quickly." Jia Youcai solemnly agreed.

"After that, we purchase grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, carp, herring and other fry and put them in, and each pond puts in 1,000 fry of each type." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Jia Youcai was worried that he wouldn't be able to remember, so he hurriedly went to get a pen and paper, Qin Huaidao waited patiently, grass carp cleared the weeds in the pond, silver carp and bighead carp were water purifiers, carp and herring ate snails and mussels, these fish live in different water layers, do not interfere with each other, and can complement each other, so they can give full play to the maximum role of the pool water, but these are too troublesome to explain, it is difficult to say more, let everyone do it.

Not long after, Jia Youcai came back in a hurry, Qin Huaidao waited for the other party to write it down and continued: "Raise another thousand ducks in the pond, a thousand acres of water, no problem, find a vacant land to build a house for the ducks to rest at night, in addition, plant some willows in the pond base, it doesn't take too much." ”

Ducks are active, constantly floating on the water surface, grooming, playing, on the one hand, can directly press the air into the water, duck manure not only has a large amount of organic matter that has not been absorbed, but also contains more than 30% crude protein, are the best bait for fish, even if it can not be directly eaten by pond fish duck dung, can also be decomposed by bacteria, release inorganic salts, become a source of nutrition for plankton, promote the reproduction of plankton, provide bait for silver carp and bighead carp.

Ducks are also omnivorous poultry, which can timely ingest dead fish floating in fish ponds and the shedding of fish body lesions, thereby reducing the spread of pathogens, and ducks can devour many fish predators, such as water centipedes;

Ducks can also remove moss and algae that grow due to incomplete pond clearing; There are flocks of ducks in the fish ponds, and harmful water birds do not dare to land on the surface of the water at will; Ducks swim and wash their feathers, so that the duck parasites and dander fall off in the water, for fish to eat, and reduce the infection of the duck itself.

The duck is big and has duck eggs, and it is also a delicacy to turn around and pickle it, and then make it into a roast duck, which is another kind of business, it can be said that raising ducks has great benefits for fish farming, as for willows, willow bark is also of great benefit to fish skin diseases, but it is also too troublesome to explain.

Jia Youcai didn't ask much, and wrote it down carefully.

Qin Huaidao finished the meal in two bites, and saw that Jia Youcai had also recorded about the same, so he took a brush and paper, and drew a proposed architectural drawing on it, Tianzi grid, two floors up and down, with stairs, a small courtyard at the door, and a kitchen and toilet at the back, draw a few more to form a row, and then mark the data and push it to Jia Youcai.

Jia Youcai's eyes lit up and asked, "Young master, should you be in the room?" ”

"Yes, what I promised to everyone at the beginning cannot be broken." Qin Huaidao said and took out another piece of paper, drew a topographic map of Qinjiazhuang, marked it on it, and explained: "Uncle Jia, these marked places are gentle slopes, no one uses them, it is the most suitable to build a house, you are not afraid to enter the house when it rains, the kitchen and toilet are built in the back, one floor high, build a drainage canal for everyone to use, use cement for the drainage canal to prevent leakage, and concentrate it here." ”

As he spoke, Qin Huaidao pointed to a low place and added: "Dig a septic tank, no one is allowed to defecate indiscriminately in the future, but it is not hygienic in Qinjiazhuang." ”

"What is a septic tank?" Jia Youcai was a little confused.

Qin Huaidao drew a sketch of the septic tank again, and explained after marking the size: "There are three grids in total, the middle partition wall is built with bricks, the height of the opening must be according to the size, and there can be no mistakes, the board is laid on it, and then to the concrete, the concrete is made of sand, cement and small stones mixed together, each row is a septic tank, build several rows, repair a few, separate columns, unify one is not enough, and the manure is concentrated for fertilizer." ”

"Write it down and you'll do it later." Jia Youcai hurriedly agreed, his heart was full of joy, he could finally build a house, and Qinjiazhuang was waiting for it.

"Recently, there have been a lot of things, go to Qinjiazhuang in a few days to have a look, by the way, the people of Zhaojia Village treat them equally, let them build near the cave where they live, one set per household, and the salary will not be given, and it will be deducted from the house payment in the future, and He'er will go back and calculate the cost of each set."

"How many couples have been newly married recently, how do you count?"

"Even if you divide the family, you can recover the cost and not lose it."

"Understood, then the entire Qinjiazhuang has to build 2,000 sets, will it be too much?" Jia Youcai was a little worried.

"You're worried about not having enough materials, or are you?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"The materials are enough, but not enough to do it yourself, but the house is not profitable, and I am afraid that there will not be enough people to build so many people, and the speed will be slower."

"Don't worry about manpower problems, everyone is in a hurry to live in a new house, and they will definitely work hard, in addition, build a cement road from the top of the mountain to the exit of Qinjiazhuang, and be able to run heavy carriages." Qin Huaidao said and drew a winding line on the topographic map, and advised: "No houses can be built near the top of the mountain for 100 meters, and trees cannot be cut down, and it will be of great use to keep them in the future." ”

"The young master can rest assured, and the guarantee is foolproof." Jia Youcai swore and promised.

"Do you still have any silver?"

"And a few more, which will last for a while."

Qin Huaidao nodded, looked at Xue Rengui and said with a smile: "Brother Xue, tell me about your side of the matter." ”

"Two things, first, not long after you set out on the expedition, a group of people touched into Qinjiazhuang, and were completely wiped out by the team of protecting the village, looking at the weapons and the last time, I am afraid that it was also done by the Taiyuan Wang family, I heard that the Taiyuan Wang family was copied by General Xu Shijie, who was transferred by the saint, and I don't know if it is true or false."

"The Taiyuan royal family is involved in rebellion, and it is true."

"Great, these bastards deserve it, and there is one more thing, in the past three months, there have always been people trying to enter Qinjiazhuang to explore the technology of firing green bricks, tiles and coke, and it is not possible to seal the village, and they have been killed repeatedly, and there are people who have bribed the people of Qinjiazhuang to find out the news." Xue Rengui continued.

Qin Huaidao's heart jumped when he heard that he had bought Qin Jiazhuang, and asked, "Can someone betray?" ”

"There are three, fortunately, the core firing technology is mastered by the guards of the house, every time I burn, I am very careful, no one is allowed to approach, and I don't know if it is leaked, Uncle Jia is worried about leaking, and the person in charge of firing is not allowed to come out in Qinjiazhuang, and I am worried about resentment after a long time."

"What about the betrayer?" Qin Huaidao's face sank, there were always white-eyed wolves that could not be raised.

Xue Rengui glanced at Jia Youcai.

Jia Youcai smiled bitterly: "They are all descendants of the old brothers, they can't be ruthless, and they haven't caused substantial damage, so they will be beaten and over." ”

"How can you not follow the rules that were promised at the beginning?" Qin Huaidao's eyes were cold, and he looked at Jia Youcai and explained solemnly: "There are no rules, no standing, otherwise everyone will follow suit in the future, and it will be annoying, and it must be dealt with seriously. ”

Jia Youcai hesitated, but nodded and agreed: "I'll do it when I turn around." ”

"Uncle Jia, favors can't be abused, if you maintain the three of them, it will hurt more people's hearts, rules are rules, you are also an old soldier, you should know the importance of rules, in the future, this kind of thing will be handled by Brother Xue, and if someone betrays the interests of Qinjiazhuang, the whole family will be killed."

"Whoa!" Jia Youcai and Xue Rengui felt Qin Huaidao's anger and murderous intent, and hurriedly agreed.

Qin Huaidao does not have to kill people, but must use heavy codes to prevent it from happening, in the face of interests, human nature cannot stand the test, there will be more technologies in Qinjiazhuang in the future, if it is leaked, the loss will be great, and asked with a cold face: "Brother Xue, is there anything else?" ”

"Some people peep outside the village, and if they don't enter the village, it will be difficult to punish them ruthlessly, and the name is not right, and there are also hidden dangers of exposure." Xue Rengui added.

"Then build a wall to enclose the entire Qinjiazhuang, you can hire people from other villages to repair it, and use bricks, cement, lime and sand to mix it to make a binder, just like building a house, at the same time."

"Remembered." Jia Youcai agreed.

Qin Huaidao pondered for a moment, feeling that there was nothing important, so he looked at Xue Rengui: "Brother Xue, the training of the Zhuang protection team can't be pulled down, in addition, you can secretly recruit about a hundred people, the standard is the same, as a reserve team, the training will be handed over to you, I have a lot of use." ”

"Rest assured, guaranteed to complete the task."

After the main thing was discussed, Qin Huaidao signaled everyone to get busy, and took He'er to the study, He'er brought a thick stack of account books, Qin Huaidao flipped through the pages one by one, so that he knew in his heart, and found that Qinjiazhuang had a lot of expenses, and there were about 20,000 yuan of silver left, but each one was a necessary expense, but the fairy fruit made a profit of more than 100,000 yuan.

Closing the account book, Qin Huaidao told He'er: "Go back and give Brother Xue 10,000 yuan in dividends, this is what was said in advance, it can't be delayed any longer, and Brother Xue should also have his own house in Chang'an." ”

"It'll be done in a while, don't worry, young master, but you can't sell honeycomb coal, how will we live in the house in the future?" Ha'er asked worriedly.

"Winemaking, I brewed a lot last time, several people in the house are skilled, you arrange someone to purchase wine and come back for processing, you must keep it secret, and after brewing, take it to the East Market shop to sell, and let my sister-in-law be responsible for sales, a small jar of ten."

"Whether it's too expensive, I'm afraid no one cares." Ha'er reminded.

"It doesn't matter if no one buys it, at least the popularity is out, the name is Zhenguan drunk, the saint has promised, only sell small altars, no one is limited to buying one altar, and the daily limit is fifty altars, not more."

"Why is that?" He'er's face was full of surprise, others can't wait to sell more, why are they still restricted?

Qin Huaidao didn't like to explain what hunger marketing was, he was troublesome, and said with a smile: "Just do it, your young master has his own considerations, and he is worried that someone will rob him crazy, so the shop will arrange two guards to protect him." ”

"Remembered." He'er hurriedly agreed, thinking that Qin Huaidao was different every time he made a move, but in the end it turned out to be right, so he didn't bother to ask.

"There is another thing, vacate more empty rooms in the house, come back this time and bring a lot of wool and cowhide, go back to make wool clothes and cowhide boots to sell, and another box of income, you take the time to find a house nearby to make a workshop, and turn around to transfer those little sisters in Qinjiazhuang to make clothes and shoes inside."

"Cowhide boots are good, but what can wool do?"

"Go back and tell you what to do, prepare first, your young master is tired, sleep first, and put the account book away." Qin Huaidao said and left, returned to his bedroom and fell asleep.

After days of traveling, the carriage and horses were tiring, and the tired bones were falling apart.

The next morning, Qin Huaidao woke up, full of blood and resurrection, all comfortable, and saw He'er sitting by the window doing female red, the sun was just right, coming in from the window, falling on He'er's fair face, lustrous and holy, his expression was quiet, focused, and his long eyelashes blinked, opening and closing, as if he was smiling.

Looking at this scene, Qin Huaidao had a primitive impulse, hating to hold the other party in his arms and pity, and he also knew that He'er would not refuse at all, and even rejoice, but when he thought that the other party was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and his body bones had not yet grown, he couldn't bring disaster to him, so he suppressed his thoughts.

Maybe it was because she heard the movement, He'er turned around and smiled, like a flower blooming in the warm sun, elegant, fragrant, refreshing, and the shallow smile at the corner of her mouth was even more intoxicating, and she couldn't indulge in it.

Qin Huaidao looked at this scene and couldn't help but murmur softly: "Take a handful of sunshine to make wine, I'm laughing, look at you laughing, one cup to the white clouds, one cup to the rest of your life." ”

"Young master, what did you say?" He'er looked pleasantly surprised.

"Nothing, nonsense." Qin Huaidao got up with a smile.

He'er hurriedly came up to help change clothes, her heart was full of suspicions, and it didn't look like a poem, but it was so beautiful to listen to, and she liked it tightly in her heart, this was the first time the young master said this kind of thing to herself, and the rest of his life was respected? Isn't it going to ...... Oh, ashamed of himself, while saying: "Young master, can I write it down?" ”

"Whatever you like." Qin Huaidao smiled indifferently, it wasn't copied, there was no guilt, and it wasn't a good sentence, just talking nonsense, don't worry about passing it on.

"Young Master Xie." He'er is overjoyed, like a treasure.

"Hurry up the matter of brewing wine and finding a house, I'll be on duty when I eat something, is there anything going on in the house?" Qin Huaidao asked casually, while opening his hand to cooperate, he let He'er put on the three-grade official uniform sent by the imperial court yesterday to herself.

"Remember, it must be done today, there is nothing to do in the house, Uncle Jia and Brother Xue didn't come back last night, they should be busy in Qinjiazhuang, and the one who sells wine also told her sister-in-law that she will clean up and prepare." He'er hurriedly said.

After getting dressed, Qin Huaidao ate something and came to the Supervision Mansion.

The guard at the gate recognized Qin Huaidao and hurriedly saluted, shouting excitedly: "I've seen the Protector of the Kingdom!" ”

The Divine Decree was given yesterday and has already been preached. Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "It's hard work, let's call me my lord, what happened to the Supervision Mansion during this time?" ”

"Back to my lord, there is nothing to do recently, my brothers are idle and panicked, and I look forward to the return of my lord every day, now that I am fine, if there is anything my lord, just ask." A guard hurriedly said.

Qin Huaidao looked at the plaque and said with a smile: "Go and replace the plaque with two pieces of silver, change it to the Inspection Division, the quality is according to the standard, and a few of you will take it to drink." ”

"Thank you!" Several people hurried to salute with joy.

Entering the gate, the courtyard grass on the guard is practicing, looking at the momentum is good, it can be seen that this time has not fallen, walk to the office hall, the room is also clean, and before leaving, there is no difference, let people take the recent account book to look through, there is no big problem.

The three hundred people in the Supervision Mansion have been idle for about five months, and they should also find something to do, otherwise the people's hearts will be unstable, but the only thing that can be done at present is to repair the road, but it is to bring back 20,000 captives for road repair, but there are thousands of things, where is it so easy, Qin Huaidao brought a pen and paper to list the plan.

The first is to raise money, the captives are temporarily imprisoned in Beiya, once they are transferred to eat and live are problems, no silver is not good, silver is not good, you have to make an investment budget first, how much is the total investment, how much is expected to be profitable, how much dividends are distributed every year, you have to be clear, otherwise no one invests.

The total investment involves how long the journey is, this is currently unknown, I can't calculate, but you can first budget how much you need to invest in a thousand meters, the stone can be smashed, the imperial court just has a holy decree, the raw materials do not need money, the biggest expense is cement, labor and accommodation

Horse-drawn carriages are generally piled very high, the road is narrow and it is difficult to give way, the double carriageway is at least eight meters wide, according to the calculation of 15 centimeters, one thousand meters is 12,000 square meters, and each side needs more than 400 kilograms of cement, which is almost 5 million kilograms of cement.

A kiln can burn about two tons of cement, the cost is less than 500 yuan, the cement input is 2,400 guan, labor, accommodation is also about the same, the investment cost of one kilometer is expected to be no more than 5,000 guan, Chang'an to Hanzhong is almost 300 kilometers, the total investment is about 1.5 million guan.

Qin Huaidao then calculates the income, once it is opened, there must be a lot of goods between the two places, basically long-distance, only a small number of short distances, an average carriage charges 20 wen tolls, plus the caravan accommodation and meals on the way, the small income of 100,000 yuan a year is not a big problem, and the income of 500,000 yuan in 20 years is not small.

What's more, I was going to build roads and transport gypsum out, which happened to be saved, and cement could earn more in the future.

Therefore, this account is not a loss.

You can do it without losing money.

Qin Huaidao re-calculated, and after making sure that it was safe, he burned the manuscript paper so that it could not be seen, just when the three brothers of the Cheng family and the two brothers of Wei Chi came over, talking and laughing, and full of spirit, Qin Huaidao quipped: "The promotion is different, this is majestic." ”

"Qin Shangshu, Lord Qin, Lord Protector, the little ones are polite." Everyone laughed and laughed, while making a fuss.

"Don't be funny, it's definitely not good to come together, let's talk about it." Qin Huaidao interrupted.

Cheng Chumo shouted with a sad face: "Brother Qin is too hurtful to say this, Wanhualou, brother, I am the east, let's not get drunk and not return." ”

"The land of fireworks, don't go." Qin Huaidao directly refused.

"No, no, brother." Cheng Chu smiled silently.

Everyone rushed up, even pulling and dragging, and forced Qin Huaidao to go out, the brothers had a heart, Qin Huaidao was not too refusal, he was not gregarious, so he had to compromise, and admonished: "It's okay to drink, you can't mess around, it will be troublesome if it reaches the ears of the saint." ”

"Don't worry, let's drink and listen to music, and never come nonsense, otherwise Princess Yuzhang will be finished with our brothers." Yu Chi Baolin said with a smile.

"There's a conspiracy to look at you." Qin Huaidao felt that something was wrong.

"Hahaha!"

The group laughed happily and pulled Qin Huaidao into the carriage.