"This Miss Ling is so talented?" After Ling Qingyu left, a woman touched the gold bracelet and said with a smile.
"Auntie, don't mess around, that's my husband's savior, and my husband respects it very much!" Qin Yuanxiang straightened his face and said. And it's General Yang's unmarried wife, but her husband has told her so, and she can't say it even if she is killed.
"But looking at her like that, she should be very rich. Why doesn't she have a maid by her side, instead she follows a man?" Another woman asked suspiciously.
"You care so much about her! Anyway, I'll be in a hurry with whoever you say is wrong with her!" Qin Yuanxiang raised her voice unconsciously, and said. The husband who was finally recovered, don't be pissed off by you!
Li Yan and Mu Guiyun opened the door to the front yard and directly set up a running water mat, so that the people from the army didn't have to run around, and they all ate and drank together. It was so lively.
Ling Qingyu poked his head at the door, then shrank back, and said to Yan San: "Let's go for a walk."
Yan San put his arms around her waist and turned over from the wall. After walking several streets, it seemed that he could hear the commotion over there.
If his status is correct, he can also appear there in a fair manner, and play with those people, damn the Great Zhou court! Ling Qingyu kicked the stones on the street bitterly.
Yan San stretched out his hand to hold her hand, and the warmth of the palm passed over. Ling Qingyu looked at him sideways, and his heart slowly calmed down, and walked along the street to his home.
Back in his yard, Yang Zhao also just came back on horseback, Ling Qingyu was surprised and said, "Why did you come back so early? Don't make trouble in the bridal chamber?"
"It's fine for them to make trouble." Yang Zhao threw the reins of the horse to the guards, pulled Ling Qingyu into the courtyard door, and said, "Qingyu, next time you come here, we will get married, okay?"
"This," Ling Qingyu's face turned slightly red, and his eyes turned around to those people who were obviously doing other things but their ears were pricked up, and said, "I have to think about it."
Yang Zhao's eyes dimmed slightly, and he said, "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry."
"But I'm in a hurry. I want ten miles of red makeup and a bride price of ten thousand gold! Before I come back next time, you have to prepare it for me!" Ling Qingyu laughed.
"Okay!" Yang Zhao was overjoyed and responded loudly, then hugged her up and said, "I will definitely give you the best wedding!"
At the end of March, the fields near Heishuiguan had been planted and the weather began to warm up. Ling Qingyu figured that Cheng Jia should have left, and left Shifang to continue making medicine in Dai County, so he set off for Shizhou slowly. and go.
The Ling family's stronghold in Shizhou is located in the middle of the Luliang Mountains, surrounded by mountains and ravines, with iron mines on one side and coal fields not far away.
Shizhou used to produce iron, but it was only on a small scale, but Ling Qingyu had invested in coal mines here in his previous life, knowing that Luliang is rich in iron and coal mines, and the mines are of high quality, so he asked Yang Zhao to buy it here soil of.
However, Ling Qingyu really didn't expect that this place would be built like this by them.
The carriage also stopped on the official road and was resisted. It climbed up from the bottom of the vast Luliang Mountain. The whole road was full of forests. Wild roe deer and pheasants ran all over the ground. In the valley inside the dense forest, a In the large forge, the iron ore on one side and the coal mine on the other side are continuously sent over, where they are forged into weapons and armor.
"How about the head of the house?" Guan Xiao asked proudly.
"I didn't expect that." Ling Qingyu nodded with emotion, a lot of people is good! Seven thousand people are several times more than the number of people in the Lingjia Village back then, no wonder the effect can be seen so quickly.
"I wanted to recruit more iron households, but I'm afraid that the secret will be leaked." Guan Xiao said.
"Let's take a look, is this comparable to the output of Lingjia Village?" Guan Xiao asked with a fine steel knife.
"You know better than me whether weapons are good or not? Do you have anyone here who is good at making ordnance?" Thinking of what Huang Jing said, Ling Qingyu asked.
"General Yang wants to come over to five hundred military craftsmen to specialize in forging weapons. These were improved by referring to the batch of weapons in Lingjia Village. I see, it's almost done." Guan Xiao said. There are also some iron smelters in Dazhou that use coal as fuel, but it is far less efficient than the method proposed by the master, and the furnace used by Huangjing also saves a lot of fuel. These technologies can not only improve the quality of refined steel, but also It also saves manpower and material resources. It can be said that the weapons and equipment produced here are the best in the entire Zhou Dynasty, let alone those from the Liao Kingdom and the Dangxiang people.
"Is anyone familiar with gunpowder?" Ling Qingyu asked looking at the weapons and equipment piled up in the warehouse.
"Do you want to be in charge?" Guan Xiao hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly said: "You want to get the one you made on the island?"
"Huang Jing and the others have been experimenting for a long time, and there are always some key points that they can't grasp. If there are talents in this field, I want to bring two of them there. I will bring them back after the production method is out." Ling Qingyu nodded.
"Alright, it's really not easy to get that kind of thing here." Guan Xiao nodded.
After seeing the situation here, Ling Qingyu is relieved. The output here is much higher than that of Lingjia Village, and the quality does not seem to be bad now, so the equipment on Meng Su and Du Ming's side is completely guaranteed. You can renew all the equipment in the Black Water Pass.
Ling Qingyu stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the lively scene in the valley below. The wind blew up her cloak and hair, which made her feel a little rustling. Guan Xiao stepped behind her and looked at her silently. The scale here is huge. , the output is large, but the cost is also very high. The food is sent by the Ling family, and the military salary is paid by the Ling family, not to mention the utensils. Although the imperial court does not care about coal mining and there is no tax, but iron ore has to pay some In total, it costs millions of taels of silver a year, and all the output here is provided free of charge to the troops led by Yang Zhao.
"By the way, Li Yan and Mu Guiyun are married." Ling Qingyu walked down and said with a smile.
"Huh? No one notified me?" Guan Xiao was surprised.
"Well, remember to blackmail them the next time you meet them." Ling Qingyu laughed. The transport of weapons here depends on horses and manpower. Usually, the two sides bring their own people to get them. Looking at the situation in the warehouse, people may come soon.
"When is the head of the family going to marry the general?" Guan Xiao asked, touching his head.
"Well, next time I come over, remember to arrange a time to drink." Ling Qingyu smiled.
"That's natural!"
After only staying in the mine for two days, Guan Xiao was asked to pick a good person and send them to Hangzhou, so Ling Qingyu left Shizhou, planning to meet up with Han Bian in Pingyao and go to the two lakes together.
Pingyao at this time is not as magnificent as Pingyao in later generations, but the county is still very large, clean and tidy, making people very comfortable.
The inns in Pingyao also have separate yards. Looking at the familiar layout, Ling Qingyu wondered if these inns belonged to the same company? If it is true, a very good information network can be established, and anyone who goes there can be tracked.
After dealing with the letter and sending out the written letter, Ling Qingyu stretched his waist and said, "Yan San, let's go out for a walk."
It was already the beginning of April, and the places in Pingyao were also very attractive, and there were also street snacks. This time Ling Qingyu brought Su Mu and Xie Sanlang with him.
"I said, head of the family, what other hobbies do you have besides money and food?" Xie Sanlang asked while eating a sand cake in his hand.
Ling Qingyu also held a piece of sand cake in his hand and ate it while replying: "You brat, you still dislike me if I have to eat it for you, don't you?"
"Isn't everyone's ladies like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? Why don't you know both?" Xie Sanlang asked after changing a cold cake.
"Who said I can't do it, then there is no chance to do it." Ling Qingyu glared at him and said, you brat, you can't keep your mouth shut when you eat something
"If there is a chance, there is a chance, Sanlang, I am the most eager to learn, why don't you teach me how to draw?" Xie Sanlang raised his head and said with bright eyes.
"You learn to draw?" Ling Qingyu looked him up and down, and said, "Just tell me, what do you want to do!"
"That," Xie Sanlang rubbed his head and said with a smile, "then the little flower in the village said that she wanted some embroidery patterns and asked me if I could draw."
"Painting? The kind with embroidery?" Seeing Xie Sanlang nodding, Ling Qingyu stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said: "Well, after your Japan, there is one thing that is very developed, called manga, why don't I teach you how to draw manga?" .”
Xie Sanlang instinctively felt that something was wrong, as long as the head of the family had this kind of expression, someone would be unlucky in all likelihood, but this time, it was 100% unlucky for him! Quickly said: "It's still not necessary, the head of the house is so busy, I just go to the shop and buy some."
Seeing Xie Sanlang running away, Ling Qingyu asked Sum: "Does he dislike me?"
"Sum is willing to learn." Sum's eyes were also bright, and he said.
"You're a good boy, forget it." Touching Sum's golden hair, Ling Qingyu sighed and said, such a cute child feels too guilty to be bullied, but it's better to bully Xie Sanlang.
"But your voice is so good, I'll make a song for you when I go back tonight, and you learn to sing it for me?" Seeing that Su Mu's face suddenly became lonely, Ling Qingyu said hastily.
"Okay!" Sum was happy again, obediently followed behind, and continued to watch Ling Qingyu eat and drink.
Back at the inn at night, Ling Qingyu couldn't fit anymore, so he taught Su Mu to sing Xu Song's Broken Bridge and Remnant Snow while doing digestion exercises in the yard.
Broken-winged butterfly with no flowers
never see fade
The eaves of the small bridge under the night in the south of the Yangtze River
I can't understand the wilderness of Saibei
The season of plum blossoms because of loneliness ****
After the return of spring, it will soon disappear
Leave me alone to enjoy the fireworks flying all over the sky
After swaying, it drifts away with the wind
Has it ever snowed on the Broken Bridge
i look at the lake
cold moon in water
Melt with fingertips
I remember your face again
if there is no chance to see you again
The willow curtain of the Baidi weeps several times
Su Mu's voice is very beautiful, high-pitched when singing this song, but when she sings this song, her voice is hoarse and sexy, which immediately fascinates Ling Qingyu.
"Good song! Good voice!" After the song was over, a greeting came from the gate of the courtyard.
Ling Qingyu turned around, and there were two people standing at the door, Han Bian and Cheng Jia!
Why is he here