People know that Wansan has 10,000 taels of silver. But people have never seen Wan San take silver from home.

10,000 taels of silver, 1,000 catties, you have to use a trailer to transport it back.

Wan San, as usual, went home empty-handed, not to mention 10,000 taels of silver, and didn't even have a blanket on his shoulders, which disappointed the neighbors in Northeast Tai Village.

"Lao Wan, don't you bury the silver outside, right?"

An old man went straight and said, "It's not as safe outside as this tunzi." ”

Northeast Taicun is the location of Beiping's iron smelting, so the security is indeed better.

"What do you think about every day?"

"What do you think will happen? I don't want to open my eyes. ”

I believe this.

The neighbors in Beiping City will be robbed, but Northeast Taiwan Village will not, and as for the thieves, don't say that there is no in Beiping, let alone Northeast Taiwan Village.

"The silver is in the factory."

"Why don't you take it back?" The old man pretended to look left and right, then leaned forward and whispered: "In case the noble person regrets it one day, it will be too late for you to cry." ”

"Hmph."

Wan San sneered twice, ignored the old man, left the big locust tree, and went back to his home.

The mother-in-law of the family, knowing that the head of the family would come back for one day every ten years, cooked a meal with her daughter-in-law, and also drank wine.

And a kid, a girl.

A family of five eats around a table.

There are eggs on Table Hill.

If he doesn't eat it, every time he takes a sip of wine, he will sandwich a fennel bean.

Fennel beans are broad beans.

Similar to peas, but the two are different.

Broad beans were imported into China during Zhang Sai's envoy to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, and according to legend, they were brought back to China by Zhang Sai.

"Tomorrow Tie'er's father will come back, you let your daughter-in-law kill the chickens in the house, and you will go to the town to get a pot of good wine."

Tie'er is the nickname of the grandson.

When Wansan was young, he had five children.

Three daughters and two sons.

In the previous dynasty, because he couldn't eat enough, he died of a daughter, and later starved to death of a daughter and died of illness.

Hurry up and marry the eldest daughter and eat her in-laws' food.

Only one old man remained.

Later, all of a sudden, the years were too peaceful, and the officials were still those officials, and they became kind, and their craftsmen were also free.

Although he still has to serve with the government every year, when he is not serving, he can rely on his craft to support his family.

The days are getting better day by day.

told the old man about his daughter-in-law and gave birth to two babies.

I brought a group of apprentices with me.

Gradually, there were more blacksmiths in Northeast Tai Village, and there were fewer and fewer local jobs, and those who were able to go out to roam.

Many people have made a job in the iron field, and when the old man saw this, he wanted to go out and break through, but Wansan did not stop him.

The old man is young, and he should go out and fight.

As for the month when the government wants craftsmen to serve, Wan San will go to serve by himself.

The old man was so angry that he not only established his foothold, but also rented an iron-striking shop and sold some ironware in the city every day.

Wan San doesn't say it, but he has always been very proud in his heart.

"This wine is not enough for you? The imperial court should continue to ban alcohol. ”

The old woman dissatisfied.

What kind of wine do the common people drink.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court issued a ban on alcohol, and I don't know why, but a few years ago, the imperial court released the prohibition again.

Wan San likes to drink the most, when he was poor in the past, he naturally couldn't afford to drink, and then he drank a few glasses a month.

Later, the imperial court banned alcohol.

After the imperial court was released again, Wansan changed it to a drink every few days.

Nowadays, it is a must-drink every night.

After working in the factory, I have a few sips in the evening, and when I go home from vacation every ten years, I drink a few more cups.

When the young woman heard that her husband was coming back, she was glad and curious, but she was too embarrassed to ask her father-in-law, and she did not have the heart to eat, but sat quietly beside her mother-in-law, as she had been in the kitchen.

When guests came to the house, she and her mother-in-law ate in the kitchen.

In the past, when her father-in-law's apprentices were still there, she also stayed in the kitchen with her mother-in-law to eat.

Later, my father-in-law went to the factory, and my father-in-law's apprentices also went to the factory, and the house was a lot more deserted, but it was a little boring.

Knowing that her daughter-in-law was a stuffy gourd road, the old woman was also a little surprised, complained a little, and then asked.

"Okay, how can I come back."

"I sent him a letter that I had brought with me."

"You don't understand, don't ask about some things outside."

Wan San waved his hand impatiently.

The next day.

A swarthy man appeared in Northeast Tai Village.

"Tiewa is back."

"Uncle."

"Iron Baby."

……

After seeing his daughter-in-law, seeing his children, and having a meal with his father at night, the old man was a little overwhelmed by alcohol, and the black-faced man who had worked all day and drank a lot of wine at night was still in good spirits.

"Dad, you only asked me to come back in your letter, I thought something happened at home, and I put down all the work in my hand, and everything was fine at home."

"What the hell is going on, urging so urgently."

"Don't open your shop, come back and work in the factory with me."

The black-faced man was stunned, looking at his father for a long time and couldn't come back.

Not only did he know what happened to his father and the nobles, but he also knew about 10,000 taels of silver, but his father never said to let him come back, and he didn't want to come back.

Shop.

It was he who managed to save money and took a lot of effort to rent it from others.

For that shop.

He didn't know how much effort he had shed.

"I don't."

"The wings are stiff, aren't they?" Wan San squinted his eyes and had a good posture.

The black-faced man was silent.

Glancing at the tendon flesh on his son's body, Wan San retracted his hand again, and he didn't hurt when he hit him, but in the end his hand hurt.

"The nobleman wants to build an iron-smelting factory."

"I see, my father wants me to work in the noble ironworks? But that's different from a steam engine factory. Didn't Dad say you can't put your eggs in one basket? Why did you change your mind again. ”

"It was before, it's now, you know."

The son mentioned this obscure matter, which made Wansan a little angry.

He was embarrassed in his heart, and felt that he was sorry for the apprentices at the beginning, so he didn't want to mention it too much.

A son is always a son, and no matter how close the apprentice relationship is, it is only half a son.

Your dignity is powerful.

If one day turns around, won't the whole family be wiped out.

So Wan San never mentioned letting his son come back.

But after being in contact with the little nobleman for a long time, Wansan no longer doubts that other nobles have not been in contact with Wansan, but the little nobleman is a good person.

If it was just that, Wan San wouldn't let his son come back.

"The little nobleman has set up a coke refinery."

"I've heard of it."

"The coke produced by the coke refinery is not only of better quality than the outside, but also has a lower cost than the outside."

"The little nobleman will not only build a coke refinery here with us, but also build it in the whole of Beiping in the future." Wan San paused for a moment, his face rising with melancholy.

"The coke workshops in Beiping City, no matter which craft they are, will only be closed, and these people will either go back to farming, change careers to find work, or come to work in the coke refinery."

The black-faced man understood his father's troubles, and he also knew why his father was in a hurry to let him come back.

My father was worried that the ironworks would be like the coke forest refinery, and all the blacksmiths would lose their livelihood.

But the black-faced man didn't believe it.

For thousands of years, our ancestors have done this, how can a little nobleman cut off their way of life if he half an iron-smelting factory?

"You don't believe me?"

"Can't think of it."

The black-faced man said honestly.

Wan San is angry and wants to hit people again.

He sometimes didn't understand what the little nobleman said, but every sentence was kept in his heart.

For example, what does a factory do, the first unlucky thing is the workshop.

He didn't understand before.

Now that he saw the coke refinery and saw with his own eyes what the little nobleman said, he understood the meaning of the little nobleman's words.

According to the explanation of the little nobleman.

No matter how many people are used in farming, the yield will have its own fixed number and will not change.

But the factory is not, in a specific environment, for example, compared with a small workshop, the more people invested in the factory, the larger the production line, not only the output will increase, but the cost will also decrease.

So the coke refinery didn't have to worry about sales, because he was able to steal all the work of the small workshops.

Now that the little nobleman wants to set up an iron-smelting factory, it also prompted Wansan to make up his mind to call Mi'er back, and take advantage of the opportunity of the formation of the iron-smelting plant to have a good errand.

"Believe it or not, you do what I say, or Lao Tzu will break your legs."

If you can't learn the big truth of the little nobles, you can only convince people with "etiquette".

The black-faced man's face is even darker.

Now my father is much older, and he can't move people, and when he used to learn the craft from his father, it was called ruthless

Not only beat the apprentice hard, but also beat the son even harder.

The two fathers and sons parted unhappily.

The two children slept, and the black-faced man rolled into his daughter-in-law's bed.

For a while.

The woman asked why her father-in-law had called him back.

After listening to this, there was silence for a while, and the woman said softly: "You said to take us there, but the houses in the city are expensive." ”

"Father has money now."

"My father-in-law asked you to come back, but you didn't listen, can he give you money?"

The black-faced man stopped talking.

"The children are older and miss their father, and I miss you too, and I don't want to be separated." The woman buried her head in the arms of the black-faced man.

"My father has been in charge of the house all his life and has never done anything wrong, and it is also my father's credit that you can have today, so why should you disobey him."

The daughter-in-law stays at home all year round.

Nowadays, China Heavy Industry is famous, and many people in Northeast Taiwan Village have also gone to work there, saying that their father-in-law has a high status in the factory.

So she thinks that her father-in-law is better than her husband, and what he says will naturally not be wrong.

The man hesitated.

Not to mention anything else, my father can earn 10,000 taels of silver, and even if he sells his whole body, it will not be worth a fraction.

The lady knew that she had persuaded her husband and persuaded: "Father-in-law can still hold a grudge against you, and tomorrow you admit your mistake to your father, and your father-in-law will naturally be happy and forget about tonight's unpleasantness." ”

The next day.

Wan San, who got up before dawn and wanted to rush to the factory, had a very ugly face, and his son was disobedient when he was older, which made him sulk all night.

But when he saw that his son had also risen, he hesitated at the door.

"What to do!"

Wan San shouted.

The black-faced man repeated what his daughter-in-law had explained yesterday.

It turned out to be a change of mind.

Wan San showed a smile at this time.

"You go back and turn the shop in your hand out, and I'll touch the noble person today."

"What does the father want to tell the nobles about the son?"

The black-faced man was flattered.

"Naturally, if you want to mention it, you have to give up your old face." For the sake of his son's future, Wan San wants to go to the nobleman to ask for personal favors.

(End of chapter)