Gu Rumei rarely went home, so she stayed in her hometown for a few more days.

Qin Di and Yan Xue continued westward to Dukou City to inspect the production of the steel plant.

Zhang Zhenye, the director of the factory, led them to inspect the iron-making furnaces, steel-making furnaces, coking plants, coal mines, and iron ore mining sites, introducing them all the way, and at the same time kept exclaiming: "When I first came to the ferry, I didn't expect that a steel plant could be built here! Now the steel plant is running smoothly, and the annual output has increased to 30,000 tons, accounting for half of China's country. Mr. Qin, how do you know that there is magnetite here?"

Qin Di smiled slightly: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed!" This kind of thing can't be explained, so it's better not to say anything.

Zhang Zhenye shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "The steel plant has been completed, and I have fulfilled your entrustment, which can be regarded as fulfilling my mission." Look, when will you hire a successor?"

Qin Di said: "You choose your successor! Try it for two years first, and if you are satisfied, you can retire! I came here this time to fulfill the promise I made to you." ”

"What promise?"

"At the beginning, I promised that as long as the steel plant was built, I would give you a reward of 50,000 oceans. Now I've doubled my prize money and brought 100,000 oceans!"

Zhang Zhenye was taken aback: "Ah, doubled, thank you, Mr. Qin, for being so generous! However, just give me a check, can you really give me the ocean?"

Qin Di said with a smile: "Of course it's the ocean! I finally transported it from the Demon Capital!"

Zhang Zhenye couldn't cry or laugh: "It's such a long way, why don't you bring a check?"

Qin Di smiled: "That's different, how can the check be shocked by the ocean?"

In fact, he robbed a large amount of gold and silver, and it was difficult to deposit it directly in the bank, so taking it out as a reward can be regarded as a way of money laundering.

Zhang Zhenye returned to the office and saw the rolls of the ocean in a wooden box, and he was both happy and helpless. He was a bad old man, but he didn't dare to travel thousands of miles to return to his hometown with silver dollars, so he had to have someone send them to a local bank for accounting.

Qin Di asked, "Mr. Zhang, where are you from?" Are there any capable juniors in the family?"

Zhang Zhenye replied in a deep voice: "I am a native of Puzhou, Shanxi, my father is a branch of Jin merchants, and my ancestors can be traced back to Zhang Siwei in the Ming Dynasty, and my father's family background is no longer good. My father tried his best to send me to stay abroad, and my brothers only went to private school. However, I have a son and a nephew, both of whom are not bad, graduated from Tsinghua University ......"

"Why don't you invite them here and teach them by word and deed to succeed them as managers of the steel plant?"

"Mr. Qin, since you say so, I want to try. ”

"Write to them and ask them to come. I'm going to build other factories in the future, but I'm short of manpower!"

"What else do you want to build?"

"I'm still thinking about it, I'll tell you when I think about it. ”

For Qin Di, the easiest way is to dismantle the bankrupt factory from the United States and then ship it to China to resume production, but this has to be discussed with Old John to see what suitable objects can be found.

There are many bankrupt factories in the United States, but not many are suitable for resuming production in China.

After a while, Zhang Zhenye said: "Mr. Qin, after the steel plant was put into operation, several warlords in Sichuan sent people to find me, and the Nanjing government also sent people to ask for a piece of the pie from us. In accordance with your instructions, I sent a sum of money to Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui every year, and then paid taxes to the Nanjing government normally, and in addition to that, I also promised to supply steel to the rest of the warlords, and did not give them gifts. ”

In fact, these warlords also take the steel to resell, and they do not have the ability to further process it.

Qin Di nodded and said, "From now on, Mr. Nanjing's power will become more and more powerful, and the power of the Sichuan warlords will gradually decline, and in two years, it will be the world of the Central Army." No matter what side of the force comes from, as long as it is Chinese, we will treat everyone equally and sell steel normally. If the Japanese come, don't bother with them. ”

"I see, we are far away in western Sichuan, and the Japanese can't reach it. ”

Qin Di wanted Old John to find a gun factory to send it over, but this matter never came to pass. The key point is that he has misgivings, fearing that it will attract too much attention from the Nanjing government, and that the production of weapons will inevitably be related to the state apparatus and cannot be in the hands of private individuals, so it has been delayed again and again, and no progress has been made.

Qin Di and Yan Xue stayed in Dukou City for three days, but turned east, called Gu Rumei, and left Sichuan.

When they passed through Wuchang, they got off the boat to rest.

At this time, Qin Di suddenly saw a lot of people surrounding the woods on the riverbank.

He walked over to inspect and found that the bodies of "Yang Gongzi" and "He Chong" had been discovered, and police were exploring the site.

There was a lot of talk around the people.

"These policemen are so strange, what's so nice about two white bones?"

"You can't find the living, what kind of dead people do you care? Such white bones, mass graves are everywhere!"

"Hehe, you're lonely and unheard, aren't you? I heard that the police station is looking for the son of Commander Yang of Sichuan! Yang Gongzi got off the boat in Wuchang and has disappeared since then!"

"Really, what does Yang Gongzi have to do with Bai Gu? How many years has he been missing?"

"It's only been two or three years. A few days ago, a flash flood broke out, washed out a white bone, the bone is more peculiar, the finger joints, particularly thick, some elders said that the deceased should have practiced the 'iron sand palm', and some people according to the white bone left side of the tooth missing three, think he is missing He Chong. Later, Commander Yang found out and sent someone to investigate thoroughly!"

Qin Di didn't expect that there were still people who remembered He Chong's lack of a few teeth in these years.

Regardless of the fact that three years have passed, even if Yang Sen is determined to find out, it will not be an easy task. In this era, there is no DNA technology, Yang Gongzi is pampered, there is no lack of arms or legs, even if the bones are found, there are no clothes and jewelry to identify, can Yang Sen still be able to recognize his relatives with blood?

Besides, with Qin Di's current strength, even if he is discovered by the other party, as long as the news has not spread, he has a solution.

It's really not good, just desperately bear the curse of heaven and just kill Yang Sen! Or let him be half-paralyzed and delirious! When it comes to the safety of the Qin family, what kind of heavenly punishment does it matter?

Therefore, he did not take the matter to heart.

Yan Xue knew that Qin Di had killed Yang Gongzi back then, but she was also a master of the sixth level of qi refining, and her mentality had changed a lot. She has completed her university education, and followed Qin Di to the north and south, completely opening her eyes, no longer the cute little girl she used to be, but a mature woman.

She is about the same age as Gu Rumei, both are 22 years old, but because she is a cultivator, she looks like she is only sixteen or seventeen years old.

Qin Di's appearance is also very young, at the age of 33, he looks only in his early 20s. Because of this, outsiders call him "Qin Da Shao". Otherwise, he should have upgraded to "Uncle Qin" a long time ago.