"Dad, you're back? What do you think? Did it go well? ”

After Ning Qingxi saw that the team that Ning Changrong had brought out to buy came back, he hurriedly brought a pot of water over.

Ning Changrong took the water poured by his daughter, and said while drinking: "There are fewer and fewer caravans passing by this way. Chang Yuan had already occupied Taizhou Mansion, and many people did not dare to come over to do business, and the imperial court sent people to publicize Chang Yuan and them as powerful ghosts who ate human flesh, and merchants did not dare to cooperate with them. ”

"What then? Shall we go directly to Taizhou Mansion to buy? Is the glass you brought out sold? ”

Ning Changrong put down the water bowl in his hand, "How much money can the merchant on that road have?" Rich people don't bring it with them, isn't this robbery? ”

Ning Qingxi's mind turned, "Then let's go to Taizhou Mansion to buy it, right?" Or go to the south, and then you can save a lot of money and silver, so you don't have to worry about food. ”

The more Ning Qingxi thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good, "Seriously, Dad, if it really doesn't work, let's go directly to the south, many prefectures in the south are originally high-yielding areas, and there are no rebels over there for the time being, so we just need to be careful of the distance to the south on the way." ”

Ning Changrong shook his head, "No, don't go so far until you have to, we are separated from the south by a river, and it is not safe to take both water and land routes." Don't you look at the south now that there is no man-made rebellion, it seems safe, but in fact, many people must have been ready to move, and there are eggs under the nest? It is impossible to tell how many people colluded with the rebels in the north. ”

"There are a lot of sparsely populated places on this road, and safety cannot be guaranteed at all, it's okay when you go, you can go on the road with a light car, and when you come back, there is money and food, and even the military rations of the imperial court will be robbed, let alone us. When the time comes, won't you make a wedding dress for someone else? Maybe even take your life into it. ”

"Besides, we're going to sell glasses, and we're going to be 100 percent targeted. For the time being, we don't have enough manpower to resist the covetousness of some people. ”

Ning Qingxi sighed, yes, even if there was no rebellion in this ancient world, the law and order were not very good.

Even if they had a crossbow, there was a danger of overturning.

In the end, their team is too small, and if there are enough people and everyone is armed with crossbows, it will be enough to resist most of the crisis.

But to pull up a team of people, you still need enough food.

Ning Changrong rubbed his daughter's face, "Everything is difficult at the beginning, when your father and I were the contractor, we also led the two of us at the beginning, and we did it little by little, don't worry, take your time." ”

"But now we are stuck in a dead circle, there is enough food to be able to include more people, but the problem is that there is no one to protect the food team, and we can't bring back the food we buy."

After Wang Xiujuan instructed Ning Daniu to take people to put the things they had just bought, she saw the two father and daughter talking for a long time, and came over and asked, "What's wrong?" Didn't this trip go well? ”

Ning Qingxi rubbed his hair and buried his head in Wang Xiujuan's arms. "Milk."

Wang Xiujuan hugged her granddaughter distressedly, "What's the matter?" His eyes looked at Ning Changrong.

Ning Changrong chuckled, "It's okay, your granddaughter just wants to eat a big fat person in one go." ”

Ning Changrong told Wang Xiujuan what the two of them had just said.

Wang Xiujuan put her hands on Ning Qingxi's shoulders, "It's okay, why are you worried about so much?" If we can't go to the south, then we won't go for the time being, and we will develop slowly little by little, and we don't need to find so many people to come in at once, so we won't need so much food. And what can't you eat on this mountain? How can a living person suffocate urine? ”

"As for the construction of the city, in fact, it is to give us a place to make a circle of tall walls, with the cement you burn, and the movable pulley that you and your uncle Sun made can save a lot of effort, and there is no need for so many people, now the most important thing is that the firing of this cement has to keep up, you go and think about whether there is a more convenient way to transport limestone and clay, we can't keep up with the burning."

Ning Changrong also helped on the side, "Yes, girl, I will leave this aspect of studying things to you, your father and your grandmother will not know, as for the matter of food, leave it to me." Let's divide labor and work together, you will take care of your part, and Dad will definitely not let you down. ”

His daughter is just too worried, busy researching every day, how to speed up the efficiency of the construction on the construction site, and also cares about his side of things.

But a person's energy is limited, don't overwork, fall down and be in trouble.

Wang Xiujuan touched her granddaughter's little face, "Your father is right, we have a good division of work, you are responsible for your own piece, your milk is responsible for logistics, and your father is responsible for finding people and food." You don't have to worry so much, how can you put everything on your shoulders? We are a family, and the division of labor and cooperation can be efficient. Your dad and your grandmother haven't gotten to the point where they can't move when they're old. ”

Ning Qingxi felt warm in her heart after hearing this, and couldn't help but reach out and pull her father over, and the three of them hugged each other.

Luckily, their family came through together.

It feels good to have something to rely on.

……

"Uncle Sun, is the wheelbarrow ready?"

"It's done, you can try it."

Carpenter Sun pushed a wheelbarrow from the side of the house.

In fact, some of them also used this thing when they went to support the conscription, but the wheelbarrow used for the conscription did not have the two legs in front, and if it was used, the person had to carry the two bars in front, otherwise the wheelbarrow would be easy to overturn.

With the addition of the two bars in front and the two legs just under it, the car will not fall even if no one helps it.

Ning Qingxi also led people to find a special kind of bark in the forest, and wrapped the bark on wooden wheels, which can make the wheels of the wheelbarrow last longer and relieve some pressure.

She also made some changes to the gears on the unicycle to make it smoother to push.

Ning Qingxi put some things in the wheelbarrow and tried to push it around, which felt quite good and more labor-saving.

"Uncle Sun, I feel that your craftsmanship is getting better and better. The car is ready for production. When the time comes, my second uncle and they will be able to come back with more clay limestone. ”

"Hahaha, since I met you little girl, Uncle Sun has opened his eyes, and your drawings and ideas can be used as carpenters' heirlooms."

Ning Qingxi put down the cart in his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "What is this, study more, think more, and think about how to make life more convenient, and you can figure it out." I don't need those drawings either, you can keep them as you like them. ”

Carpenter Sun's smiling face suddenly became serious, "Xixi, is what you said true?" Are you really willing to keep those drawings for your Uncle Sun to pass on to the family? ”

(End of chapter)