The next day, Zhang Yifan left for Liujia Village.

Because Zhu Jingjing was pregnant, Queen Ma sent someone from the palace to serve, so she didn't let her come out, and she was relieved to raise a baby in the Horse Mansion. Zhang Yifan took Zhu Wu and other guards back to his hometown alone.

It is already the end of the twelfth year of Hongwu, here in Yingtianfu, the weather is quite cold, but fortunately, there is no snow, but the north wind is howling.

This made Zhang Yifan, who had just returned from living in Xiangshan County for three years, a little uncomfortable. It's also a rich man, and from beginning to end, it's all very warm mink clothes.

After leaving Nanjing City and driving a horse on the official road, Zhang Yifan found that outside Nanjing City, it was basically the same as three years ago, and there was not much change. At least the buildings and the like, there are no noticeable changes.

If passers-by say that it should be the reason for this cold winter wax moon, there are relatively few people.

No, this phenomenon made Zhu Wudu, who was following behind, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Horse, why do I feel that the Beijing division is not as lively as our Xiangshan County!"

In this regard, Zhang Yifan just smiled, and said with a pity like gold: "Cold!"

There is no winter in Xiangshan County at all, only summer and autumn, and there are few in late autumn.

The official road leading to Liujia Village is already made of cement. The group quickly rushed to Liujia Village.

Zhu Wu saw Liujia Village in the distance, and shouted loudly with hot air: "Donkey, the changes in Liujia Village seem to be a lot bigger!"

Zhang Yifan nodded when he heard this, he hadn't seen him for three years, and now the Liujia Village in front of Zhang Yifan is already bigger than he remembered, and cement houses have been built in many places.

At this time, it was almost noon, and the village was full of smoke, which was very smoky.

Looking at this scene, Zhang Yifan couldn't help blurting out: "Ambiguous distant village, smoke in the ruins!"

"Good poems, good poems, the poems of the horses are so good!" When Zhu Wu and the others heard this, they immediately clapped their ass.

Zhang Yifan listened, he didn't bother to pay attention to these big bosses, this is Tao Yuanming's, who dares to take it for himself?

However, he was also in a good mood, because he remembered that in the past, Liujia Village was poor and only ate two meals a day, but now looking at this cooking smoke, most of the people in the village should have three meals.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yifan couldn't help but think a little about the acquaintances in the village, I don't know how they are doing?

So, as soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, he immediately increased the horse's speed and went to Liujia Village.

When he was about to arrive at the entrance of the village, Zhang Yifan suddenly found that there was a long queue at the entrance of the village, and he was immediately curious.

This side of the village entrance is his former home, which was changed to village social studies before leaving. Next door is Daddy Niu's house, and then there is Tian Dazhuang's house......

How can there be a queue at the entrance of this village?

Zhang Yifan saw that this team was not in the social science row, but had to go over!

What's going on?

Zhu Wu behind him saw it, but laughed and said, "Don Ma, the matchmaker of the Shangda Niu and Erniu families has lined up in such a long line, hahaha......

When the other attendants heard this, they all burst out laughing.

Da Niu and Er Niu followed Zhang Yifan south, one was in charge of Yantian and the other was in charge of cement. Zhang Yifan came back, and they naturally came back with him.

Because Zhang Yifan wanted to visit relatives in the city first, he sent the two of them back to Liujia Village first. Unexpectedly, the matchmaker heard the wind and lined up at his doorstep, which is really popular!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yifan also smiled.

I think back then, Niu Da and Niu Er, they were just two little kids behind them. His father has been worried, and the money he gave his two sons to marry his daughter-in-law is about to make his father worried.

Now......

Zhang Yifan was in a good mood, so he drove the horse over.

At this time, there were very few pedestrians on the official road, and Zhang Yifan and his party were more conspicuous. One by one, riding a tall horse, it is obvious that they are either rich or expensive.

Before Zhang Yifan arrived, he recognized Zhang Yifan as coming. Suddenly, an exclamation rang out: "The colt is back, the colt is back......

This

shouted, and suddenly it was like a big stone that smashed into the pond of Liujia Village, and it exploded in one fell swoop.

And in every house there were people rushing out of the house, shouting, "Where are the horses?"

The social science at the entrance of the village is also an adult with a group of children.

Liujia Village, which seemed to be only a lonely row of people just now, was full of people at once. The originally quiet Liujia Village was really noisy, and it was lively and soaring into the sky.

I saw that the people of Liujia Village all flocked to the entrance of the village. Men, women, young and old, all of them.

Some of them even hold chopsticks, or spoons, or so on. Or, the clothes on the body are thin, and they don't put on a coat at all, and they rush out directly.

What everyone has in common is that they all have a look of surprise on their faces!

Zhang Yifan rode on a horse and swept over at a glance, basically they all knew each other, Zheng Jingxue, who taught, Tian's sister-in-law who held a child, and Brother Tian, who grew a beard......

In the end, the entrance of the village, in a very short time, was crowded with people all at once.

All the people were looking at Zhang Yifan, looking at Zhang Yifan, and everyone's faces were full of joy.

Unconsciously, although there were many people standing at the entrance of the village, the sound gradually became quieter, and finally it reached the point of silence.

Zhang Yifan looked at all this, and suddenly felt very moved in his heart, and hurriedly said loudly: "Uncles and aunts, it's too cold outside, don't freeze. Let's all go back, and I'll see you later!"

Hearing this, the young people of Liujia Village shouted loudly that it was not cold. However, Liu Wu and the others had already arrived, and immediately shouted loudly to drive the people back.

After a while, here at the entrance of the village, there were only three people left, such as Zheng Jingxue and the Niu family, Tian Dazhuang and Liu Wu.

Zhang Yifan got off the horse and didn't go to Niu's house, there were too many matchmakers, so he went to social studies, that is, he talked in his old house.

It can be clearly seen that this old house as a social science has become more beautiful and the conditions are better.

A group of children, all dressed in cotton clothes and cotton pants, thick, did not freeze, and looked at Zhang Yifan curiously.

There are a few that Zhang Yifan still knows, but he can't recognize a large part of them. The child has not seen each other for three years, and the changes are great.

A few people finally went to the gentleman's study on the second floor to talk.

The crowd was too crowded, and only one of Zhu Wu and other guards followed in, and the other guards and Niu Da and Niu Er were talking outside.

Zheng Jingxue introduced the situation of social studies in Liujia Village, and Liu Wu introduced the situation in Liujia Village, which are all related to Zhang Yifan, which can be regarded as a report.

On the social science side, all the school-age children in Liujia Village have come to school, and most of them are still working hard, and a few of them are good seedlings of learning.

On the side of Liujia Village, the most important thing is the cement workshop, which generates income for Liujia Village, and the annual dividends are very considerable. It is also for this reason that Liujia Village has eliminated the singles, not to mention the widows, and even the widows are gone, and they are still the kind that are eliminated by inserting the door upside down.

The population of the village has increased a lot in the past three years, which can be seen from the expansion of Liujia Village.

Father Niu said with a smile: "As soon as the two boys in the family came back, I heard that there was no mother-in-law yet, you see, these ten villages and eight towns, and even matchmakers from the city rushed to my house to propose marriage for these two boys!"

Just look at the way he smiles from ear to ear, you can see how happy he is!

Liu Wu also said with a smile: "Niu Da and Niu Er follow the horses, they are the two most promising boys in our Liujia Village, who has daughters, they are not all rushing to marry!"

Hearing this, Father Niu suddenly got up from his seat and was about to kowtow to Zhang Yifan and said, "If there were no horses, there would be nothing now......

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he hurriedly stopped him and didn't dare to let him kneel.

If it weren't for the villagers of Liujia Village, the original owner would have starved to death a long time ago, and he would not be where he is today.

After Liu Wu followed the persuasion, he told Zhang Yifan that the money for the cement workshop and the share of the concubine and the princess were kept, and he was going to take the account book to report to Zhang Yifan in detail

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Zhang Yifan also stopped him and said to him: "I am going to build a courtyard on that hill, and I will keep the money and go back to the village to buy cement, and hire someone to repair the house, which will also cost money."

As soon as he heard this, Liu Wu immediately said that several families still wanted to go to the hill to repair houses, but they were all stopped by him. As long as Zhang Yifan repairs the house, the whole village can immediately let go of everything and stick to Zhang Yifan's side first.

After talking for a long time, Liu Wu took Niu Dad and Tian Dazhuang and others away to prepare lunch for Zhang Yifan.

After Zheng Jingxue was left in the room, he hesitated for a moment, and finally said to Zhang Yifan: "Don Ma, there are already charters on the social science side, and the village is rich, so I don't have to worry about Mr. to teach. Look, can I do things with you?"

Everything about the horses in Xiangshan County, he naturally heard about it. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, he could imagine it. After seeing Niu Da and Niu Er come back to chat, he regretted it a little, if he asked to follow the horse south, maybe now it would be a different situation.

In the two nights after Niu Da Niu Er came back, he actually had insomnia.

Zheng Jingxue's father was an official of the Ming Dynasty, and he himself used to be a prisoner of the Guozijian, so at this level, he was better than Niu Da Niu Er.

When Niu Da and Niu Er left, one was thin and the other was simple, but now, he is already an extraordinary talker, and at first glance he is a capable person.

This situation made him feel a little unbalanced in his heart, and naturally he didn't want to teach in this Liujia Village for the rest of his life, even if the conditions here were good, he didn't want to, so he wanted to achieve something.

But take the initiative to say this kind of thing, and if you are a little thin-skinned, you really don't dare. Zheng Jingxue also hesitated for a moment before he spoke.

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he smiled and said to him, "The first thing I want to do when I come back this time is to prepare to set up another glass factory. Let me tell you, this glass factory does not say how much money it makes, but the use of this glass alone is a matter of concern to future generations. If you're willing, you'll be in charge of the glass factory and I'll give you a stake, how about it?"

Zheng Jingxue didn't know what glass was, but he could hear that Zhang Yifan attached great importance to this glass factory, and even said things related to future generations, so he was excited and hurriedly said, "The horse trusts me so much, I will definitely do this well!" I don't want shares or anything!"

Based on his father's lesson, he didn't want to be an official anyway. Therefore, what kind of glass factory asked him to be in charge, then he couldn't be more willing.

Zhang Yifan heard his awakening and said with a smile, "You are my enlightenment teacher, I will definitely not treat you badly. Doing a good job in this glass factory can ensure that your children and grandchildren will have no worries about food and clothing. When I get back, I'll straighten out the shares, and I'll give you specific shares."

Although the father-in-law didn't want it, but those princes and princesses, he promised to give them, so he had to settle this matter before deciding how many shares to give Zheng Jingxue. At this time, he can't give out much directly.

After all, my father-in-law is too capable of giving birth, and he has too many children, so he comes to rush to ask for them, and he doesn't know how much will be left in the end.

But one thing is clear, the control must be in your own hands.

Zhang Yifan prepared, and after he went back, he notified the families to hold a meeting and settle the matter.

At this time, when Zheng Jingxue heard his words, he could still ensure that his children and grandchildren would have no worries about food and clothing, and he was immediately excited and wanted to do it immediately.

After Zhang Yifan chatted with him for a while, Tian Dazhuang came to inform him that it was time for lunch.

So, the group went to Tian Dazhuang's house for dinner.

Needless to say, Zhang Yifan can see that although the houses in which each family lives are still the houses built when he left, the things in them are better than when he left, I don't know how much.

A large sumptuous table, the kind made of two tables, is full of chicken, duck, fish and meat dishes.

Liu Wu and the others were a little cautious at first, but as soon as they drank the wine, they let go.

Zhang Yifan is a little unaccustomed to it, it is so cold, and the door is open.

Although, there was a stove under the table, burning charcoal, and resting on it

It's warm, but when the door is open, sometimes there is still a cold wind pouring in. Unlike his Horse Mansion, it is divided into front and back, with curtains blocking it, and the cold wind can't blow into the inner room.

He didn't feel this three years ago. When I came back after three years in Xiangshan County, it felt a little obvious.

However, Zhang Yifan also understands that this is because the house is heated with carbon, and if the doors and windows are closed in winter, carbon monoxide poisoning may occur.

Although the ancestors did not know what carbon monoxide was, they knew that if they did so, they might kill people, so they passed down the habit of opening the door.

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the heat dies in summer and the cold dies in winter, which is a little different from the long-term cold in the north. In the north, the fire kang has been there since ancient times, but there has been no one in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

When eating lunch, Zhang Yifan thought of this problem and couldn't help but start thinking about how to improve this problem.

But at this time, he is the focus, and it is not suitable to think about things. And after lunch, he went to walk around the house again, and it was almost dark before he rushed back to Nanjing.

Zhang Yifan didn't like procrastination, so he decided to hurry up and solve the matter of the shares one by one. Unexpectedly, he thought too much!