Chapter 900: My Youth Is Over

"Brother-in-law has too much to think about."

"Ugh." Xiao Qingqing breathed a sigh of helplessness, with a look of adult-like sorrow.

In the evening, Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui also returned, and the two girls brought a thick stack of orders.

"Master, there are so many."

Zhang Yang looked at the orders one by one, most of them were from the powerful families in Chang'an City.

The two of them sat opposite each other, pressing their arms and relaxing, exhausted from the day's work.

Xiaohui's knuckles are still tied with gauze.

After the two of them relaxed their limbs, they continued to lie down, not wanting to move.

Li Yue saw that her husband was also sad, and said in a low voice: "You can rest in the next two months." ”

Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui both turned their heads to look.

"The industry has been sent out, and our family doesn't have so much to do."

"Hmm." They answered at the same time, also deeply tired.

However, this year, after Lishan divided many industries, the village was indeed much easier.

The production and system of Lishan Village are moving closer to refinement.

The work is not as heavy as before, and I used to have to take care of many factories.

Zhang Yang asked Li Fu and Li Ming to wrap these orders in oiled paper and send them to the factory.

While refining the production operations as much as possible, it is also necessary to ensure that the income of Lishan does not decline.

Zhang Yang walked into his library and spread out a picture, there are many things that can be sold in Lishan in the future.

The pendulum clock was just a windfall, but in fact, Lishan didn't want to sell the pendulum clock.

In the future, Lishan's main production was steam engines and all the transportation related to trains, which were huge profits.

This is a layout map of the Guanzhong Railway.

Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan in Guanzhong, the flat road is suitable for the construction of the railway, if you can open up the Yellow River moat, the railway can be paved all the way to Luoyang, completely break through the shackles of Hangu Pass, and connect the entire Central Plains directly.

Because it is impossible for the railway to cross the Qinling Mountains from the south of Guanzhong, there is only such a road, and Tongguan is particularly important.

"Brother-in-law, Yan Liben's drawings have been sent."

Dongyang held a roll of paper in front of him.

Rolling out the map, it is a railway, which passes through the junction of Weinan, Lantian and Xinfeng counties, that is, the new technology institute to be built in Lishan.

In this way, Lishan's resources can be easily transported to the building site.

The railway is no longer designed with Lishan as the center, but with the technical institute as the core, around Chang'an City, a road leading to Jingyang and Longyou to the west of Chang'an City, until the Hexi Corridor.

The other starts from the city of Chang'an and connects to the Yellow River to the east.

Turning the page, Zhang Yang saw the second page of the plan, the railway continued to derive according to the original laying, the construction plan was completed within three months, and the first section of Lishan and Chang'an was a small test.

After a busy summer, Lishan has saved a lot of railroad tracks.

"Dad, it's all ready." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Yang stood up, touched his son's head, and admonished: "You follow Aunt Dongyang to learn to write." ”

Zhang Yang took the basket in his son's hand, and in the basket was a food box, as well as a pot of wine, some sauced beef, and chopped radish, and some garlic.

It was nightfall in the village, and the villagers in the factory had gone home.

In order to cope with this order, Li Tai mobilized the whole village, and every household was also rushing to work.

Zhang Yang carried the basket through the rooms until he walked to the factory.

At this moment, there are no more people in the factory, and a house in the factory is still lit.

From a distance, I could see two figures busy from the window, and when I walked into the factory, I could smell the unique smell of metal and tung oil.

Walking past the lathes, Zhang Yang pushed open the old wooden door, and saw Yan Liben and Master Jiang under the lights.

"You're here?" Master Jiang's hair was white and he smiled.

"Thinking that the two of you haven't eaten yet, I'll bring some food and bring it over." Zhang Yang opened the food box and brought out the sauced beef and radish.

The radish is raw, but it is salted after being cut.

And another garlic.

Zhang Yang took out the dishes and chopsticks and poured out the wine.

Yan Liben sighed: "The county marquis doesn't have to be like this. ”

"It's okay, you're working hard, drink some wine to relieve your fatigue."

Hearing this, Yan Liben's face was ashamed, in fact, the county marquis always knew that he was sending news to His Majesty.

And in this regard, Lishan has never concealed himself.

Yan Liben sat upright, his hands on his knees, "The old man has always been ashamed of the county marquis. ”

Zhang Yang touched the wine bowl with him, "It's okay, you are doing things for Your Majesty, I know that you can't help yourself, if you don't do this for Your Majesty, I won't get the help of Master Yan to help, from a certain point of view, you are sandwiched between me and Your Majesty, but Lishan and you are mutually beneficial." ”

The sound of the words inside the house was a little hazy when heard from outside.

The prince was dressed in black, standing outside the wall, listening to the conversation in the house, the wind was a little cold at night, his black clothes blended into the night, and from a distance, he didn't realize that there was an old man standing here.

The conversation in the room continued.

Yan Liben put down the wine bowl in his hand, "Can ...... Even if the old man sent so many technical keys, the Ministry of Industry still did not make progress. ”

Listening to the words, Master Jiang ate a mouthful of garlic, grinned and shook his head while eating beef.

Zhang Yang explained: "The gap between Lishan and the outside world is getting wider and wider, and this is like a child who can only add, subtract, multiply and divide, and does not understand derivative geometry, and their knowledge accumulation is too scarce. ”

Yan Li couldn't help nodding, "The old man thinks that the Ministry of Industry is unwilling to spend huge costs and energy to rebuild, if they want to keep up with the footsteps of Lishan, they can only learn from scratch and break up the structure of the Ministry of Industry, so that many people will leave." ”

Yan Dajiang used to be a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, and he has a better understanding of this insight, and he can better feel that in addition to technical issues, there are also interests involved.

Those officials in high positions in the Ministry of Industry want to overthrow the current casting technology in the court, that is, they are denying themselves.

They can't do this kind of thing.

They are still forging with ancient ones, or forging instead of forging.

In fact, the casting of Lishan is very simple, and now Lishan has been using a blast furnace, and borax is mixed into the forging, and iron ore powder is added during casting.

Zhang Yang bowed his head and said: "I have seen Yan Dajiang's railway planning, which is very good. ”

Yan Liben sighed: "In fact, the county marquis has already planned, and the old man has perfected it. ”

Master Jiang said with a smile: "This kid has the ability, you stay in Lishan for a few more years, and when the old man passes away, you can take over here." ”

"Don't say that, old man."

Master Jiang smiled heartily again, "This Lishan is good, the children of this Lishan are all strong." ”

Zhang Yang held the wine bowl and said, "You have to live a few more years." ”

"At the beginning, the old man and I were not wrong with this pair of tricks, you kid has the ability to hide a body, and he never shows it easily in front of others."

Yan Liben sighed, "Lishan is really good. ”

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Yang saw that the two technical masters in Lishan were already drunk, and said with a smile: "The two of you rest early, I'll go back first." ”

Yan Liben chewed beef in his mouth and smiled: "You are also a good boy. ”

Zhang Yang got up and said: "I am indeed a good person, and I am the only good person in the world." ”

With that, step out of the factory.

In a trance, I saw another figure standing in the moonlight.

Zhang Yang took a closer look and said in surprise: "Prince? ”

"County marquis, the night in this Lishan is really good."

"Don't you always rest?"

"Now there is a shortage of people in Lishan who are dealing with the DPRK and China." Wang Gonggong walked very slowly, but his steps were still steady, "Although the old slave is old, he can help Lishan do some idle chores." ”

Zhang Yang arched his hand and said, "Then there is labor." ”

The prince couldn't help but nod, "Well, the county marquis is indeed a good person." ”

"It's not a good habit for a prince to eavesdrop on people's speeches."

"Unintentionally, unintentionally heard."

He went farther and farther.

Zhang Yang stood in place, most of the time he didn't overhear it, maybe this old man heard it from the beginning to the end.

There are no good people in this world, even the emperor is a bad person.

I scolded in my heart.

The night breeze blew, and when there were a few more fallen leaves on the mountain road home, Zhang Yang remembered that it was another autumn.

subconsciously touched the stubble on his chin, and there was a feeling that he was middle-aged.

Counting the days, I am considered to be thirty years old.

Walking all the way to the top of the mountain, Zhang Yang shouted into the distance: "My youth is over!" your god Khan! ”

Thinking about the day he turned thirty, Zhang Yang hesitated whether to celebrate.

In the end, I gave up and slept like this all night with my daughter-in-law in my arms.

In the morning, Zhang Yang, as usual, ran around Lishan and returned home to prepare meals for the children.

Carefully sat on the side and was hungry, "Daddy, are the buns cooked?" ”

Zhang Yang opened the cage and looked at it, "Well, it's almost there." ”

When the whole family woke up, Dongyang liked to read books when he got up early, and after washing, he sat by the Huaqing Pool and watched with a book in his hand.

Li Yue gave Dongyang a pair of glasses, because this girl's eyesight is the worst.

Qinghe and Gaoyang are the latest.

Huaqing was lively by the pool, and when the meal was served, Zhang Yang shouted: "Eat." ”

The children then sat down at the table in turn, eating their morning meal, and the word "eating" was the most effective, no matter how busy they were, they had to put down what they were doing to eat.

Li Yue's eyes looked at her husband from time to time, eating steamed buns slowly and methodically, and she always felt that her husband was weird today and weird last night.

Zhang Yang drank tea and was puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

Retracting his gaze, Li Yue frowned and said, "It's nothing." ”

Zhang Yang put some dried chrysanthemums in the tea, "Well, it's been a little hot recently." ”

Today, another truckload of paperwork arrived, which is a record of the water and soil from this summer to the beginning of autumn.

Zhang Yang personally put these documents into a cart and pulled them up the mountain with a hemp rope.

Thinking about the middle-aged life in the future, it's actually quite good.

Zhang Yang rubbed the stubble on his chin, but it was still difficult to accept the fact that he had a beard, like Tian Khan, leaving a wide section of his chin, which was inconvenient for living habits and personal hygiene.

In autumn, the water in Huaqing Pond is clearer.

Li Yue and her two aunts were washing clothes by the pool, and it was time for their younger siblings to be free.

Zhang Yang put down the paperwork in his hand and thought about whether to arrange morning exercises for the children.

I was hesitating in my heart, and then I picked up another volume of paperwork, and the county magistrate of Weinan County recorded the water level of the Yellow River, and from summer to autumn this year, the water level dropped by half a foot, only about 20 centimeters.

As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival rain comes, the water level of the Yellow River will rise again.

"Daddy, the will of the palace has come."

Zhang Yang's gaze was still on the paperwork, "What will?" ”

Xiao Qingqing handed Huang Juan in his hand.

"Well, what about the herald? How in your hands. ”

She smiled contemptuously, "The eunuchs who delivered the decree ran away when they saw Xiong Da drop the decree, they were really cowardly, and they asked their daughter to send it up." ”

It is also said that the prince now lives in Lishan.

The eunuch who delivered the decree was arranged by the palace heart, and it was normal for the living people to be close to Lishan and be scared away by Xiong Da.

Anyone who looks at this guy's size is stunned.

Open the emperor's will, the above words are also very simple, the emperor also wants three thousand cannons.

wrote a document to reply, and now Lishan can't make 3,000 cannons, so he directly rejected the emperor's request, and then stamped his Shangshu Zuo Chengguan seal and handed it to his daughter, "Is the eunuch who passed the decree still there?" ”

"What about standing outside the village waiting for a reply?"

"Send this paperwork."

"Hmm."

Xiao Qingqing left with the paperwork, and she rode the bear down the mountain as fast as she could, until she reached the front of the village, and saw the three eunuchs who were trembling like chaff in fright.

As soon as they saw the bear, they ran away quickly, and after falling down all the way, they even rolled and climbed.

Xiao Qingqing chased them all the way, "Don't run!" Give you paperwork. ”

These eunuchs still don't care about this, and they don't look back all the way.

Letting Xiong Da stop, Xiao Qingqing climbed off the bear's back and threw the paperwork at them.

Seeing that Xiong Da didn't step forward, the eunuchs walked back tremblingly, tentatively trying to pick up the paperwork on the ground.

Finally, pick it up and leave like a run for your life.

Xiao Qingqing stood in place and looked at Xiong Da, "Xiong Da, you don't look scary." ”

The bear squatted on the ground, looking left and right.

Looking at the surrounding flowers, I sat on the ground and picked flowers.

Passers-by saw such a beautiful little girl, especially her clothes and chubby round face, which was very good-looking.

They smiled when they saw the beautiful scene.

Seeing a bear half a man tall beside this girl, he quickly withdrew his gaze and walked away quickly.

Xiao Qingqing braided a wreath and put it on Xiong Da's head, "Well, this looks much better." ”

She climbed on the bear's back and said, "Go home." ”

Xiong Da walked lazily and walked home.

When he returned to the mountain, he saw that his father was still looking at the paperwork, Xiao Qingqing also picked up a book, frowned and looked at it, "Daddy, their handwriting is not good." ”

Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "Because you usually write in italics, and you have also learned simplified Chinese, you will feel that their words are not good-looking." ”

"People out there are really fools."

Zhang Yang smiled: "My daughter is more like an immortal than an immortal. ”

"Hee-hee." Xiao Qingqing grinned, "Daddy is an immortal, then I am also an immortal, the outside world is a mortal, and their cognition of everything in the world is ignorant." ”

"Well, you have to keep this sober and firm, this world is stupid, and after a long time in this world, you are easy to become stupid."