When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan worked hard to train fifty-six people, Zhang Wang’s family was all anxious. The two children ran away with so many people. I heard the people who stayed at Yaowang Mountain said, yes. Xiangshan, Zhang Zhong didn't go to look for him personally, arranged for someone to bring his own letter to the past.
Zhang Zhong, who returned to the Yamen, still did what he should do. There was no distraction because the seven counties would send people to set up state capitals after the Chinese New Year. That was already a matter of the court and had little to do with him. , The new governor can't deal with him, if it is someone mentioned from elsewhere, he should also be thanked.
Compared with Zhang Zhong’s calmness, people elsewhere can no longer continue to be as stable as before. Kuai Ma in the capital ran to various places in Datang, and people immediately had to report the situation in NSW to various places. Others specifically collected some information from the Zhang family and sent the information to their respective masters.
The Zhang family had already caused quite a stir when it turned a county into Shangxian. This time it even joined the seven counties to form a prefecture, which is even more frightening. Zhang Wang’s family also sent someone to visit Zhang Zhong. Brought a lot of gifts.
Now Zhang Zhong is no longer the one who wanted to elope. He received the guests from the Wang family well and had a good conversation, but he did not agree to the proposal to take his family to see in the capital. When he sent people away, He also brought a lot of things, including two tricycles.
Li Xun also rushed back. After inquiring about it, I heard that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had gone to Xiangshan. They only thought that they wanted to hunt in the winter. After thinking about it, they decided to stay next to the Yamen, in case something new comes out. As for things, the Zhang family will definitely look for him. He is also waiting for the propeller to be made and installed on the ship that is being restructured.
The old man in Shuiyun was not idle either. After reading the propeller, he took out the copied nature book again. After reading it from beginning to end several times, he came to the academy and asked someone to copy it. Prepare to take this book as a subject that college students must learn.
Even if it is not very orthodox, you can learn this thing to make a propeller. Naturally, this kind of weapon can not be underestimated. After thinking about it, the old man checked the student's household registration and found that there are no people from other countries, so he was relieved. .
Liu Zhirou did not leave, and took a group of people from the Ministry of Industry to study there, and they gave a lot of good steel. They also transferred some craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and a lot of people from the Military Equipment Supervisor. .
Things looked simple and just like that, but it was difficult to figure out the truth. I made some parts one by one, and after putting them together, I used some oil that is usually used for the axles of the horse and wagons. Find a ship to install and test. I tried it and found it really worked.
"I only know it, but I don't know why, what is the reason for this thing?" Liu Zhirou exclaimed after knowing that the imitation propeller is also useful.
Liu Feitong also followed here, watching the things being made, and thinking of what he heard that day, and asked Liu Zhirou: "Uncle, when can I learn this thing? You are such an official, don't you let him? When the yamen accepted me, they accepted me? And the problem of the twisted plow, I won't let them pay any more."
"Haha" Liu Zhirou smiled helplessly, "It's not a barrel, don't say the Zhang family is very capable, even if it is an ordinary county magistrate, people will not listen to what I say, I will let Bi Laoshang write a letter for a while. Letter and ask to see if they are willing to let you pass, if they really pass, they must be obedient when they go to the place."
Liu Zhirou also has no good way. This distant nephew belongs to the kind of eight-bars that can't be hit. But the family came here to help, and he also took a half of the genealogy. For him, it was nothing more than a mouthful to eat, not to mention. This nephew is also honest at ordinary times, and only appears clever when he encounters strange things.
The Zhang family went to a letter last time and wanted to see each other, but was politely rejected. If the nephew can go there and learn something, he can get him into the Ministry of Engineering in the future and he can also do something.
Thinking like this, the two people headed for the academy.
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When a few heavy snowfalls fell, the New Year came before us. Two days after the New Year, almost everyone is preparing for the New Year.
The shipping stopped, but people were not idle. There were no ships going and the ice in the river. Especially when they saw the people who made money in the cold storage at the dock, they all came up with the idea of ice. At this time, they planed it out and dug the cellar. Go in, and you can sell it next summer.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also returned with people. They only returned to Yamen on the day of the new year. The fifty-six people have changed a lot, each with firm eyesight, and the muscle masses on their bodies are different from the original ones.
At first glance, it feels unusual. Fifty-six people are really exhausted. Even if they are on the mountain during the day, they will find a flat ground training queue. This is in the morning, and swimming in the afternoon. The large and small ponds in Fragrant Mountain are not. Less, there are rivers passing through.
When the ice froze later, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not give up their swimming training. They smashed the ice, cleaned it up, and moved on the shore before swimming for a few laps. This can’t be soaked in the water for that long in the afternoon. Time, as long as half an hour in the water is enough.
Waiting for the end of the New Year, the training will continue, not much practice at this time, there will be no one available at the critical moment.
Amidst the festive busyness, the thirty finally arrived. The two families have been together this year, but they have not returned to Zhuangzi. Someone also needs to guard the New Year in the yamen, especially if there are many firecrackers. Hurry up and save it.
The dealers of the two families also knew this, sent a lot of things, and took a lot of things back.
Accompanied by the crackling of firecrackers, the family had a New Year’s Eve dinner. Zhang Zhong ate it in a hurry, and took the servants to visit some people’s homes. In the past half month, he has not been idle, and brought someone to the county middle school. It has become a tradition for people who are living in a bad life to give things away, a bag of noodles, a bag of rice, a barrel of oil, or a dozen catties of pork.
Zhang Zhong didn’t forget that the other six counties around him had people send things away. As for whether those county magistrates would deliver things from house to house like he did, it didn’t matter. In the end, the six county magistrates also followed him. , Sending things to the people, in exchange for the people’s smiles and respectful eyes, made them feel a different mood.
"Xiaobao, when will I be able to leave next year? Do I need to prepare something?" Wang Juan asked Zhang Xiaobao who was eating watermelon seeds while following the night watch.
Zhang Xiaobao struggled to eat a melon seed, pondered and said: "It will be about a month later, and a month after the Chinese New Year, and you will be able to leave. Take it along the road to sell it, and also pull two boats of medical stones. There is more land and less people, so let's make a few more.
When you get there, you can eat bananas vigorously. What kind of fruit is there? I don't know if anyone has planted coffee or something from other places. "
"It shouldn't be. Can we plant the seeds of some of our crops over there?" Wang Juan has never seen what bananas look like since he arrived here. He heard Zhang Xiaobaoti, licked his lower lip and picked it up. A smashed walnut ate into his mouth.
"It doesn't matter if he can plant it or not, let me tell you that cotton can be planted. The specific place has not been determined yet. I have to wait for the assistant to help him and see where he will harm my dad. Go, what excuse do you use?"
A map appeared in Zhang Xiaobao's mind, and he pondered over there, what to do where he got there, and he had to consider some local factors.
Wang Juan also had a picture in his mind. It was not a map, but a picture of playing on the beach. Sitting under a coconut tree, listening to the sound of the sea tide, looking at the blue sky and sea, seagulls are flying, and the red sun is hanging. There, holding a large lobster in both hands and gnawing.
"It is said that there is a lot of silver in Japan. When we get there, we will do more trade with them, get the silver back, sell things, and not sell the technology. What special products are there in Japan? Then we will make ships and go shopping in Southeast Asia. , Bring back some good things, especially corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, what else? Think about it."
The picture in Wang Juan's mind changed again. The big lobster in his hand disappeared and replaced by a bag of potato chips.
Zhang Xiaobao picked up another melon seed and said, "Aren't those things all from Southeast Asia? It seems to be in Africa. Will our ship dare to go there? Let's trade with Japan first, and see if we can find some other places along the coast. What's not included, animals are included.
It is estimated that there will be a lot of messy stalls waiting to be dealt with when you arrive, especially with the people living in the mountainous area over there. You must coordinate the relationship and not be hostile. You can give them something, such as food, and then slow down. Slowly teach them some knowledge. "
"Is it a fusion?" Wang Juan gave up his plan to go directly to the sea, and asked about ethnic issues, which is not easy to handle.
"It's not a fusion, it's that they have been treated as a family in their hearts. Everyone is living a good life. If the benefits are distributed as much as possible, there will be less conflicts. They should have a lot of good handicrafts and specialty products to help them sell. Buying things elsewhere and selling them to them, as long as they respect their national culture and their totems, they will not care who rules."
Zhang Xiaobao had thought about this a long time ago. Under normal circumstances, ethnic minorities are unfriendly to the outside world. It is nothing more than poor use of resources and poverty. Psychologically, there is a mentality that outsiders will make them poorer.
Send things first to show friendship, and then a little bit of teaching, so that they can see the outside world, naturally they will have a broad mind, and they will be willing to try to live a better life and yearn for a more prosperous place.
Wang Juan also agrees with this approach. "I don’t know what they are like here, what is the house they live in? What to eat? Lie a few doctors to follow along to see if you can find good medicinal materials, and learn from the locals. Learn, some earthwork is more useful."