Wang Gang is still the first time to come to Zhang Yueer's workshop, although the location is chosen by him, but the design and supervision of the construction are all completed by Zhang Yueer himself, Mi Zhen pouted along the way, ignoring Wang Gang, and I don't know if he is still angry about yesterday's events, or the shadow puppet show is not good-looking, Wang Gang really wants to say a word, a famous quote for future generations.

Ask, we don't dare to say.

When he came to the small courtyard of the workshop, Wang Gang first went to the market to take a look, and said that he hadn't seen Fan Chong for a long time, and threw him in the market, which was really embarrassing for him, maybe Zhang Yue'er was in a good mood and followed Wang Gang to the market. The merchants they met along the way all knelt down and saluted. It can be seen that along the way, whether it is the people of Jinyang or the businessmen of Bingzhou, they all have a lot of respect for Zhang Yue'er, and Zhang Yue'er also gently returns the salute, and sometimes says a few words, and understands Wang Gang more.

Often the sentence "I have seen the state pastor" is gone, which makes Wang Gang quite embarrassed.

"They are very close to you," Wang Gang asked in a low voice.

"Yes, maybe it's because I came to Jinyang when I was very young, and most of them know me," Zhang Yue'er said happily.

Suddenly, my eyes lit up, and I ran two steps quickly.

"Libo, buy a sweet gourd"

It turned out that Zhang Yue'er saw an old man selling sugar gourds, the old man was almost old, his hair was gray, his body was also a little rickety, he was wearing black cotton clothes, carrying a wooden stick on his shoulder, the top of the wooden stick was wrapped in straw, and it was full of sugar gourds.

"Xiao Yue'er, I really haven't seen you for many years, and you've grown into a big girl" Li Bo cracked his mouth and smiled, revealing the only remaining front tooth.

"Yes, Li Niang is okay"

"Gone, left last spring" Li Bo said with a smile, he didn't show too much sadness about his wife's departure, but comforted Zhang Yue'er with a smile, and then took a string of sugar gourds from it and handed it to Zhang Yue'er.

This is actually the etiquette of the people, when someone asks about the deceased relatives, they will show a smile. There will be less guilt in your heart when you ask in this way, and everyone will not be so embarrassed to talk about other things. If the expression is very sad, then the person asking should also show a sad expression, which will only increase the trouble, of course, these details are only known to the elderly.

Zhang Yue'er silently took the sugar gourd, took out a handful of copper coins, and handed it to Li Bo. Li Bo took out two of them and said with a smile.

"Enough, enough, just mean it"

Zhang Yue'er smiled and no longer shirked, said goodbye to Li Bo, and caught up with Wang Gang in the distance.

Wang Gang was talking to Zhang Yue'er about something, and when he turned around, no one was there. saw Zhang Yue'er holding a string of sugar gourds and running over from a distance, shaking her head helplessly.

"How old are you, you still eat this, and it will damage your wife's image," Wang Gang said pretending to be unhappy.

"I saw an acquaintance, when I was a child, I and Red Sleeves often bought his sweet gourd to eat, and when I saw him today, I went to see him, he gave me one, and I can't help it" Zhang Yue'er said with a calm face, I don't know if it's Wang Gang's words, or because of Li Niang's matter.

After speaking, he handed the sugar gourd to Wu Zhao, who was following Wang Gang, and said. "Wu Zhao, let's give it to you"

But Wang Gang snatched it up, put it directly in his mouth and bit it, and said inarticulately.

"Children with a sweet tooth have bad teeth, so give it to me"

The two looked at each other, speechless for a while. He Ze just said that you can't eat it when you're old, and you can't eat it when you're young now, so you should eat it yourself.

At this moment, he saw Fan Chong coming over, followed by a small official of Shang Cao, which made Wang Gang embarrassed for a while, the image of the great minister of this state is not all ruined. Hurriedly handed the sugar gourd in his hand to Wu Zhao behind him.

Wu Zhao also glanced at it with disgust, and the sugar gourd that had been bitten was also entangled in his heart for a while, and finally he couldn't resist the temptation of the sugar gourd, and ate it with a sigh.

"Why is the general free to come to the market," Fan Chong asked with a salute.

"I'm going to the workshop, take a look here, since I've met you, tell me about the current market situation, and I'll go to see it again," Wang Gang said.

Fan Chong waved his hand to a few small officials behind him, and waited for the little officials to walk away before he spoke.

"Now 420 houses have been built in the market, and 80 more are under construction, leaving only 6,000 men and 200 craftsmen. The number of businesses that have moved in is 316. Fan Chong replied.

"How many copper coins are left in the account," Wang Gang asked again.

"There are still 360 million yuan, more than 50,000 loads of grain" Speaking of copper coins, Fan Chong was also distressed for a while, although he was a person who was relatively numb to money, but in just half a month, he used more than 300 million yuan, which is really a lot.

"That's okay, wait for you to go to Fenyang with me, there are still some copper coins over there, which will be directly transferred to the Zhenbei General's Mansion for management, and the General's Mansion has not had a penny until now, and the army's financial expenditure will be transferred from the General's Mansion in the future" Wang Gang said.

Now Wang Gang's management is a little chaotic, mainly due to lack of manpower, and the state government is good to say, Song Kuan is in charge, the army on the market side is in charge of Fan Chong, and the money has always been in his own hands, Wang Gang wants to find someone to replace Fan Chong, so that Fan Chong can use his main mind on the military.

"Okay, but the general's mansion hasn't started yet, so the money and grain are there," Fan Chong asked.

"Let's put it in the barracks first, there are many workshops built on the side of the barracks, and they are all empty."

Fan Chong nodded and asked again.

"How does the general plan to dispose of the mines in Fenyang" Fan Chong asked the core question, which is also the most important thing for Wang Gang to find him, Wang Gang has not been able to make up his mind, although there are many minerals in Fenyang, but the road transportation is inconvenient, and a lot of manpower and material resources are required. If you want to transport the ore to the nearest Ningwu Pass, it will be at least 400 miles. It's easy to arouse suspicion from others. If you leave it alone, it's too wasteful.

"Let's go and see it first, I've already arranged for someone to dredge the Fenshui, but it will take at least two years to use it."

Wang Gang also sighed helplessly.

"The general can also build an iron-smelting workshop in Fenyang County, which will save a lot of effort in transportation."

Wang Gang's eyes suddenly lit up and he became interested.

"This method can be tried, there is a special skill called the side bow is iron smelting, Wu summons you to find him, and then wait for me at the West City Gate in a while, bring the things with you, be prepared"

Wu Zhao said yes and left. What Wang Gang said must be an exchange device.

After dealing with the affairs of the market, Wang Gang followed Zhang Yue'er to the courtyard of the workshop. The courtyard is very similar to General Anton's Mansion in Luoyang, and it is also a pattern of three entrances and seven courtyards, but there are fewer pavilions and rockeries. I entered through the side door, so I didn't see too many.

When I arrived at the house in the backyard, I saw Mi Zhen constantly pulling the leaves of a green bamboo, and a piece had been thrown on the ground, which made people quite speechless.