Chapter 153: Special Dowry (Medium)

With the passage of time day by day, the process of manufacturing cement in Pengxi County cement plant is becoming more and more exquisite, the task of the cement plant is now to keep improving, summarize experience, improve the cement production process, and the new rules - new work process, workers also need a stage of adaptation, Li Yang plans to take advantage of the winter to lay a good foundation for the cement plant, and wait for the spring to warm up the cement plant officially mass production

After having cement on hand, Li Yang pondered the road at home again in the past two days, and the roads built before were all old methods, which were nothing more than laying two layers of stone foundation on the ground first, and then tamping the soil - tamping in the tamping until it could not be tamped, and the road surface that was repaired before could be held for about three years, and the rain soaked in the ruts and the influence of natural factors, so that the originally smooth road surface became potholed and uneven

The production method used in this road construction is different from the previous one, after the roadbed is removed, a layer of lime is sprinkled on the surface, and then a layer of larger limestone and pebbles is laid on top of the lime, and after the paving, a layer of smaller pebbles is paved on top of the cobblestones, and the surface of the road is a mixture of sand-cement-lime and water, and finally the road surface is compacted and flattened with stone rollers

The width of the road leading to the villages in Alan County is 6 meters, the width of the main road leading to Taizhou City from Alan County is 8 meters, the surface of the road is a small arc, if you don't look carefully, it is a plane, when it rains - the rain will be discharged along the arc of the road surface, the road as a whole belongs to semi-concrete, its advantage is that it is easy to maintain, as long as the roadbed is laid down if it is broken and repaired

If you build a pure cement road not to mention the cost of production, it can not meet the cement supply, now the output of the cement plant is estimated at about 400,000 catties a month, and the 400,000 catties of cement may be dried up in a few days to build a cement road, and the cement pavement will gradually crack with the sinking of the geology, even if it is repaired, it is not beautiful

Li Yang according to his own ideas in the manor, built a road about 20 meters long to practice hands, and the whole construction process of the mountain view of the road chief have been involved, the view of the mountain chief also put forward some of their own views on the road repair, and so the weather is warm up The head of the mountain view will lead everyone to repair the road according to this method, Li Yang is estimated to have to go out for half a year, before leaving he has to arrange all the things at home

Saying that he went out, he remembered one thing: Have you made the incense and sweat medicine of the mountain road?

Guanshan Dao Chief: After making it, the incense can only come up with half a pillar of incense, and the sweat medicine can put people in half an hour at most

Li Yang: You haven't used much of this incense and sweat medicine before

Guanshan: The owner, you have wronged the poor

Li Yang: Then why do you know so much about incense and sweat medicine?

Guanshan: Don't you know, anyone who refines medicine must first try the medicine, this incense and sweat medicine have been used by themselves, otherwise how can you know so clearly

Li Yang: "Haha" It turns out that this is the case, can you make the antidote?

Guanshan: There is no need for an antidote to incense and sweat medicine, and he will wake up after the strength of the medicine, and it is okay to splash people directly with water to wake them up

Li Yang: How long does the incense and sweat medicine last?

Mountain view: about two hours

Li Yang: The time is a bit short, can you make the medicine last a little longer?

Guanshan: Then you have to increase the amount of medicine

Li Yang: It's best to make the person who is recruited like a dead pig, the kind that can't wake up no matter how you scream

Guanshan: This is not very difficult

The trip to Shaoxing is now everything is ready only to owe the east wind, this trip I have to pick a few bold and careful-trustworthy people, and it has to be usually not very inconspicuous, even if it is away for a few months, it will not be noticed, so Li Yang came to the station of Maple Village with a pot of wine, Kang Ze and Ze Nuo are taking the brothers of Maple Village to carry out a killing drill, and a burst of shouts of killing followed by "Ha-Ha-kill"

When Li Yang lifted the curtain and entered the tent, Hengqi sat in front of the copywriter and looked up: Ah-brother, why are you here

Li Yang gestured the wine jug towards Hengqi: "Uncle, there's nothing to do today, I'll come and see you."

Hengqi hurriedly beckoned to him: Come-come-sit

After Li Yang took his seat, he casually put the pot of wine he brought on the table, Hengqi picked up the pot of wine, tore open the wine seal, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it vigorously: Well, yes - if I guess correctly, this is rice wine that has been sealed for five years

Li Yang: Uncle, you are amazing, just smell it and know what kind of wine this is-admire-admire

Hengqi looked like he was smiling: You kid is poor, this is wine and flattery, what do you kid ask me to do, say something

Li Yang: Uncle can't hide anything from you

Hengqi: Hurry up and say something

Li Yang: When my uncle was in Maple Tree Village before, the brothers never did the business of tying meat tickets

Hengqi became serious all of a sudden: Why did you suddenly ask about this, the Hongting brothers have been very peaceful since they came down the mountain, you honestly told me that it was not the official family, and you wanted to find our brothers' accounts

Li Yang: No-no, I just asked

Hengqi: Alas, wait a minute-you kid shouldn't have no money in his hands, and you're going to do the business of tying up meat tickets, we can't do Hongting's tricky business

Li Yang: Uncle, you see what you think of me, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, I just can't do the business of tying meat tickets if I don't have money

Hengqi: No, there must be something wrong with you kid, or you can come to me on purpose

Li Yang: Brother-in-law, you still know me, in fact, it's not a big deal, it's just that I have to go out for five or six months recently, I want to bring a few brothers who have seen battles with fierce faces, these people must be believed, no matter what situation they encounter, they can keep their mouths shut

Hengqi: I have people, but I don't know how much you want to bring

Li Yang pondered for a while: 10 good skills are enough

Hengqi: Okay, then I'll let Kang Ze and Zeno accompany you

Li Yang: Uncle, you have to find me a letter

Hengqi: Don't worry, I have a lot of brothers who have not spit out half a word under the torture and coercion of the official army

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Yang invited a few of them and a few responsible persons to the conference hall as usual, and he had to arrange all the things at home first, even though he was a little worried about his family, but he had to go out in person to do what he wanted to do this time, because the success of this matter was related to the rise and fall of the Li family and the development of the next few years

During my absence, Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui took the idea of family affairs, and the head of Guanshan was responsible for repairing roads, cleaning up rivers and canals, repairing drainage canals, and some construction matters, and Li Song was in charge of business matters, and Li Song was in charge of the business affairs, and Li Song was responsible for the monthly income of the workers and the militia group

In the first half of the year, the militia will also conduct a large-scale battle formation exercise, with the senior deputy team leader and the deputy patriarch of the Yuan to formulate the specific training content, the foundry workshop, the salt field, the breeding farm, the cement factory, the coal mine, the brick kiln as always, and the spring ploughing of the manor and the villages will be in charge of the big cow and the second cow

The coastal fortress is the top priority this year, and if there is any need on Brother Long's side, try to meet him as much as possible, and strive to complete the construction of the coastal fortress this year, and let Master Cao and Master Xu build 5 three-sail warships

As soon as the family affairs were arranged, Li Yang and Kangze-Zenuo-Tieguier and a group of 10 people drove 5 carriages on the road, this trip Li Yang brought 2,000 taels of silver and 5,000 catties of refined salt, his planned route was from Alan County through the national capital Yufeng City, in Hangzhou Mansion had long heard that there were rich businessmen gathered there, it was a trade gathering place between Zhejiang and the south and Jiangguo, and the intersection of Hangzhou Mansion - Yanzhou Mansion - Huzhou Mansion and the South was rich in cotton and silk

The weaving industry and silk textile industry in Hangzhou are even more handful in Zhejiang, and the place suitable for planting cotton in Zhejiang is so small on the map, Li Song has been to Hangzhou several times to order some cotton from cotton farmers, and only after inquiring did he know that the land that can grow cotton is obtained by local cloth merchants, and cotton-silk-cotton-silk-brocade has long been monopolized by local cloth merchants

In the territory of Guangde Mansion in the south from Yuling Pass, and then go to the northeast to detour to Changzhou Mansion, and in the south of Changzhou Mansion is the famous Taihu Lake, there has been a saying in the market that "the beautiful scenery of Taihu Lake is the world-Suzhou beauty shocks the Quartet" Taihu Lake is also very special, it is in the middle of Changzhou Mansion - Suzhou Mansion and Zhejiang Huzhou Mansion, there is a small island in the lake called Xianglan Island

Although the area of the island is not large, but you can see the three mansions at a glance, the four treasures of Taihu Lake - whitebait - white shrimp - horn fish - mackerel that is even more famous all over the world, if you have not eaten such a thing to Taihu Lake, then you are in vain, in Changzhou and Suzhou to take a boat back to Huzhou in Zhejiang, you can also take a land route from Suzhou to return to Jiaxing in Zhejiang, and Huzhou and Jiaxing can be the destination of this trip to Shaoxing

This is like Li Yang and his entourage set off from Alan County in early February, walked to play a game, played all the way from winter to summer, and in mid-May, a group of people did not feel that they came to Shaoxing Mansion, and the first thing Li Yang did in Shaoxing City was to spend 500 taels of silver to buy an inconspicuous house, and the group should do the business of this trip after they have a foothold

Kang Ze took a few people to reconnoiter the layout and street direction of Shaoxing City, Ze Nuo took the rest of his brothers to inquire about Niu Yongnian's residence, and it only took one day for Kang Ze to find out the layout of Shaoxing City

During the day, Kang Ze and Ze Nuo took the brothers to stare at Niu Yongnian, and Li Yang found one of the largest chess houses in the city, "Xuanyun Pavilion", to drink tea and watch chess, and the people who came here to drink tea and play chess were all children of Shaoxing City, and there were also some scholars who chanted poems here, and the advantage of the chess house is that as long as you drink a bowl of tea here, you can stay here for a day regardless of whether it is good tea or bad tea

Li Yang looked at the tea card hanging on the wall, the good guy has a lot of tea, the cheapest 20 Wen Yuan a bowl - then 40 Wen Qian - 60 Wen Qian - 80 Wen Yuan, every 20 Wen Yuan rose until 200 Wen Yuan a bowl, this person relied on clothes and horses to saddle out of the house with a face, so he asked his buddy for a bowl of 100 Wen Yuan tea, originally thinking of staying here to see the excitement

But I don't want these gentlemen to talk about it with people who are full of poetry and books, it's quite interesting, up to astronomy and geography - middle to statecraft - down to the things in the couple's room, isn't it whose girl is good-looking and not married, I feel that there seems to be nothing in this world that they don't know, listening to the people who are full of money talking about the things in the couple's room, Li Yang can't help but want to laugh when he hears it

In our hometown, isn't that what people often say about meat jokes, this gentleman and scholars are quite willing to listen to meat jokes, and the hottest topic is Shaoxing guard Niu Yongnian, a few days ago in the Qinglou because of a dust woman and the general judgment of the son of the big fight, Niu Yongnian also threatened to redeem the dust woman and marry home as a concubine, this matter in Shaoxing City is well known

It is said that the woman in the dust is a beautiful woman, I really didn't see that this Xuanyun Pavilion is still a place where Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a little inquired only to know that the green building they just said is called Baicui Building, I didn't think that I would sell a fool and there was an unexpected gain, so that night we came to Baicui Building, as soon as we entered Baicui Building, our group was shocked by the scene inside

Baicui Lou can be described as a song and dance, can come to this people to have fun that is really not rich or expensive, just into the Baicui Lou guy will be respectful - warm welcome: a few guest officers look at the eyes, you are the first time to come to our Baicui Building

Li Yang: It's really the first time we've been here

Man: Do you want to drink, or do you want to have some fun, officer?

Li Yang glanced at the brothers: I like Jing, find me a private room, my brothers, you can find some fun for them, and if you serve well, the reward will be less

As he spoke, he took out two taels of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the man's hand, and the man saw that Li Yang made a mistake and knew that this was a nobleman, so he led the group to a side room on the second floor, not to mention that the decoration of Baicui Building was quite luxurious, and when he saw the liquor license, he sighed in his heart, the cheapest pot of wine cost 500 yuan, followed by 800 yuan a pot, the most expensive pot cost two taels of silver, and even the cheapest appetizer cost 400 yuan

Li Yang ordered ten pots of one tael of silver and a pot of peach incense and a few plates of appetizers, at this time the brothers' minds were all on the girls downstairs, Li Yang shook his head helplessly when he saw this, and asked Kang Ze Ze Nuo to take the brothers downstairs to find some fun, these uncompetitive guys hugged and kissed the women as soon as they arrived downstairs, the scene was like a wolf rushing into the chicken coop, so Li Yang was surprised that Tie Gui'er actually went down with them

"Tie Gui'er, why don't you go down with them and have some fun?"

Tie Gui'er: Engong, I won't go down, Tie Gui'er is here to drink with you

Li Yang nodded with satisfaction: Okay, Tie Gui'er, let's have a few drinks

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Niu Yongnian to come to Baicui Building, as soon as he entered Baicui Building, Li Yang saw him upstairs, but he did not notice that Li Yang was upstairs, and the guy led Niu Yongnian and his party to a side room on the second floor, and there were more than a dozen soldiers guarding the door, until late at night, our group left, Niu Yongnian never left the room, and it cost me nearly 200 taels of silver today

The old saying is true, I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf, Li Yang and his party in Baicui Building have been here for five days in a row, and Niu Yongnian also comes to Baicui Building every day, and the guy arranged the same room and girl for him, that girl should be the rumored woman in the dust, so Li Yang made a sophisticated plan and decided to attack Niu Yongnian in Baicui Building tonight

As usual, Li Yang found a room on the second floor and asked Kang Ze to take the brothers down to have some fun, but today's fun is not to drink flower wine with the wind and dust woman, but to borrow the treasure land of Baicui Building to start the gambling game, Kang Ze sat in the village and lost more than 1,000 taels of silver in a row after opening more than a dozen in a row, which made many dignitaries and nobles participate in the gambling game, and Baicui Lou also became lively

"Big-Big-Big" "Small-Small-Small"

The shouting sound is heard clearly on the second floor, as the saying goes, ten gambles and nine cheats are not wrong at all, gamblers as soon as Kang Ze began to fish back the book, that is, more than a dozen Kang Ze took back the lost silver, and there were many gamblers who won a lot of silver, and it was normal to bet on this thing to win if there was a loss, but some people did not believe in evil and actually bet on a dozen big ones in a row, and the result was a dozen small ones in a row

Hearing the noisy noise downstairs, Niu Yongnian walked out of the wing room and glanced downstairs: What is so noisy downstairs

Guard: The gambling game downstairs of the general has opened more than a dozen in a row, and the few on the left must have at least tens of thousands of taels of silver if they lose

Niu Yongnian: There is such a thing

Seeing that the guards are all staring at the gambling game downstairs: leave two people here to guard, and you should also go down and have some fun

Li Yang asked Tie Gui to go out and stare at the guy, if the guy sends wine to Niu Yongnian's house, you can find a way to bring the wine, Tie Gui'er will wait on the stairs according to what Li Yang said, as long as the guy sends something upstairs, he will ask if it was sent to Niu Yongnian's house

Until a guy sent wine upstairs, he was stopped by Tie Gui'er first: Is this wine for General Niu's house?

Man: yes- that's right

Tie Gui'er: My general said that he didn't want anyone to go up and disturb him, just give me the wine

Then Tie Gui'er stuffed two taels of silver into the man's hand: This is the reward given to you by my general

Seeing this, the guy thanked him one after another, so Tie Gui'er brought the wine sent to Niu Yongnian's house to Li Yang's house, Li Yang put some sweat medicine in the wine, and asked Tie Gui'er to send the wine to Niu Yongnian, when Tie Gui'er came to Niu Yongnian's house with the wine, the two guards were staring at the gambling game downstairs with all their attention, and saw Tie Gui'er holding the wine and let him in without thinking much

The gambling game opened twenty times in a row, shocking all the guests present, for the time being, winning or losing is the business of these soldiers, Kang Ze just set up a gambling game, and several guards also won dozens of taels of silver, seeing that the brothers below won the money The guards guarding the upstairs were a little stunned, and they wanted to see the situation upstairs when they turned back downstairs, so the two came downstairs to participate in the gambling game

At the beginning, the two had to look upstairs from time to time, but after playing a few games, they won some money and left this matter behind, the time was almost up, Li Yang took Ze Nuo to Niu Yongnian's house, he first knocked on the door a few times and saw that there was no movement inside, so he gave Ze Nuo a look into the house, and when Ze Nuo pushed the door open and the group entered the wing, they saw Niu Yongnian and a woman sleeping naked like a dead pig

Li Yang went up and slapped Niu Yongnian twice, but he didn't wake up, Guanshan Dao Chang's medicine is amazing, so several people dragged Niu Yongnian from the bed together, dragged him to the window, and threw Niu Yongnian down the window to the carriage downstairs, and the brothers who were guarding downstairs covered Niu Yongnian with some straw and drove the carriage away

After succeeding, Li Yang hurriedly checked out and left Baicui Building while people were not paying attention, and when he left, he made a look at Kang Ze, Kang Ze understood that the last gamble opened a small one, and the guests had gains and losses, but Kang Ze did win more than 1,000 taels of silver, and the brothers also retreated as soon as the gambling game ended

Early the next morning, Li Yang asked people to put Niu Yongnian into a dung bucket with a sandwich, and it was a cart that pulled more than a dozen buckets of dung, and the place where the carriage went was even more smelly and disgusting, and the pedestrians on the street began to dodge far away, for fear that the feces would weigh on them, and the soldiers on duty when they left the city wanted to check the passing vehicles, just when the soldiers were ready to check

Li Yang made a vomiting appearance in the back, and vomited out what he had eaten in the morning: I, Cao, what should be so stinky in this car

The people who were about to go out of the city also vomited when they saw this, and even the soldiers on duty couldn't help but want to vomit when they saw this, so the soldiers impatiently waved their hands and let go, "Hurry up-go", so that our group left Shaoxing City smoothly with Niu Yongnian