Infrastructure masters in the red building

When Wang Erlang and others saw the mud, sand and rocks rolling down, their first reaction was to rush out to escape immediately.

But Jia Fang is still deep in the safe hole.As soon as a few people hesitated, the best escape opportunity was missed, and the way out was instantly blocked, so they had to turn around and rush to the depths of the safety hole together.

Fortunately, several people were wearing safety helmets, even if they were hit by debris, they would not be seriously injured for a while.

All the stone walls near the entrance of the cave collapsed for a moment, and the torches in the grooves on the stone wall were all buried in the earth and rocks in an instant.But at this moment, the depths of this safe hole are shining brightly, guiding Wang Erlang and others.

Wang Erlang, covered in dirt, rushed to Jia Fang's side, and just called out "Jia Sanye", and immediately found that there was a very handsome young man opposite Jia Fang, with a smile in his eyes, looking at Jia Fang intently.

Both Jia Fang and the young man were clean, free of dirt and rocks.Wang Erlang looked up, and sure enough, he saw the arched dome more than ten feet above his head, and there was no sign of collapse.

Wang Erlang was secretly wondering who the young man was and where he came from, when a team member beside him suddenly shouted: "Look, Shibi!"

The smooth mirror-like stone wall in the depths of the original cave disappeared at this moment.The place where the stone wall is now is a flat road, and bright light shines from a distance, illuminating the originally dark and gloomy cave.The arched dome has no barriers, and it extends to the distance in one piece.

——This cave, which was originally intended to be a "safe house", has now become a passage leading to nowhere?

I don't know how long it took, but the rumbling in my ears finally disappeared.When Wang Erlang and others looked back, they saw that a large area had collapsed in the direction of the entrance of their own cave, and a bright blue sky was exposed at the entrance of the cave.At the entrance of the cave, there are piles of gravel about Zhang Xu high.

Outside the cave, there was a sound of exclamation.The villagers of Taoyuan Village all noticed the strange situation on the side of the safety hole, and fearing that someone would be trapped, they immediately rushed towards this side.

Zhao Wuguang's voice was the loudest: "Captain Wang, Captain Wang, are you in there? How many people are there, are you all safe?"

Soon Wang Erlang responded: "Captain Zhao, I am here, and Mr. Jia is also here... We are all fine."

"However, big guys, come here quickly... Come here quickly to see something incredible!"

When Wang Erlang said this, his voice trembled, almost frightening everyone, thinking that Jia Fang and Wang Erlang were in danger in the cave.

Zhao Wuguang rushed up to the pile of rubble blocking the entrance of the cave, and stood on the pile of rubble, his mouth opened wide, at a loss as to what to say.

More and more people followed Zhao Wuguang and rushed up the rubble pile together.Looking at the scene in front of them, they were all at a loss.

There is clearly a bright avenue in front of him, leading to nowhere under the arched dome.The light on the opposite side was dazzling, and the situation in the distance could not be seen clearly, but gradually, a few figures could be discerned from the light--there were more and more figures, and it was obvious that someone was coming over there.

Zhao Wuguang rushed in, rushed to Wang Erlang and Jia Fang, and asked loudly: "Master Jia, what do you say, please give the order."

Zhao Wuguang was full of doubts about whether these people who came over were friends or enemies, and whether they should take up arms to resist.

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang turned to the handsome young man in front of him, pointed at Zhao Wuguang and Wang Erlang and said, "Ziheng, these are the two inspection captains of Taoyuan Village, Captain Zhao and Captain Wang. Two, these are my friends. He is, he is..."

Jia Fang hesitated whether to mention Shui Xian's title, at this time Shui Xian reported his family name: "My name is Shui Xian."

As soon as the words fell, a few figures appeared behind Shui Xian, only the old boy's voice was heard asking in doubt: "My lord?"

Zhao Wuguang and Wang Erlang looked at each other, unable to hide the astonishment in their eyes.They were all thinking: Who is our third master Jia who has been friends with all day long!

Unexpectedly, Shui Xian, the "prince", had no airs at all. He nodded to Wang and Zhao, and called: "Captain."

He called the people behind him and introduced them one by one: "This is the technical expert of our copper mine and smelter, old boy. This is Ren Jing, who is in charge of commercial affairs, and may be equivalent to the director of your investment promotion office here." Bar……"

Old Tong and shopkeeper Ren stepped forward, and after paying respects to Jia Fang, they curiously looked at the world in front of them, the huge hole that had collapsed out of thin air, and then turned their eyes to the clothes on Zhao Wuguang and the others.

The old boy muttered a few words, and took off the waistcoat he was wearing, as if he felt that the warmth here was unbearable.

People from both sides were greeting each other at a loss, another person rushed up the pile of rubble at the entrance of Taoyuan Village, and said loudly, "Why is no one calling me for such a big matter?"

This is no one else, it is naturally the "curious baby" Gui Xiaxue.

He rushed directly down the pile of rubble, did not go to Jia Fang's side to greet him, but rushed straight to the stone wall in the cave, searched along the smooth stone wall, and actually found a place for him, about an inch wide, a deep black gap.

This gap spreads from the stone wall to the dome and the ground. If this gap is extended into the space, it will be a complete plane.

Jia Fang looked at Gui Xiaxue like this, and hurried to catch up, and said, "...Did you find anything?"

He originally wanted to say that there used to be a stone wall at this location, but later the stone wall became like frosted glass, and then disappeared altogether.But he himself was confused about the truth and reason of this matter, he was afraid that he would mislead Gui Xiaxue if he said it, so he changed his words when it came to his lips.

Gui Xiaxue, however, moved his hand back and forth near the black gap, as if he was trying to feel if there was any difference in being in two spaces.After trying it with his hands, Gui Xiaxue simply stretched out his feet and jumped back and forth on both sides, seemingly having a good time.

But Jia Fang heard him muttering: "Folding space...is it folded so that it has no effect on people?"

At this time, Shui Xian also came to Jia Fang and asked Jia Fang, "Is this Teacher Gui?"

Gui Xiaxue stopped jumping, and grinned at Shuixian: "You've heard of me too?"

Shui Xian immediately saluted: "I have heard about the name for a long time, and many craftsmen under my command have also heard of Teacher Gui's name, and admire him very much. They all said that they have many technical problems and want to ask Teacher Gui for advice, but they only regret that they have no chance to know."

Gui Xiaxue was so comfortable being flattered by Shui Xian, he raised his face and smiled and said, "Thank you, thank you."

After he finished laughing, he returned the salute to Shuixian, and said honestly: "I still have to thank you. That mercury thermometer helped me a lot, and I still don't understand how you managed to make a vacuum. ...you must teach me!"

Seeing that Gui Xiaxue and Shui Xian were no different when they met, Jia Fang was more or less relieved that he was still in the same way as he used to "get to the bottom of it".

Shui Xian turned to look at him, smiled and said nothing.

For a while, this safe hole turned out to be a meeting between the North and the South.

The villagers in Taoyuan Village heard Jia Fang talk about "folding space", and Gui Xiaxue even did a special research, so although they were surprised, they were not surprised by that.

But the craftsmen at Shuixian, including the old boy, were all astonished and exclaimed repeatedly.Only the shopkeeper Ren knew the inside story because he had helped Shui Xian manage the palace's affairs for many years, so he guessed that the principle of this place should be similar to that of Shui Xian's small garden.

The villagers of Taoyuanzhai joined forces at this time to quickly remove the fallen earth and rocks from the entrance of the cave.Someone else found iron and wood and made simple brackets to support the entrance of the cave to prevent further collapse.

They have already done these so well that they hardly need special guidance.Shui Xian watched from the side, and praised again and again.

Gui Xiaxue met his opponent, and started arguing with a young craftsman under Shui Xian's command.Jia Fang leaned over and listened, and the two were actually arguing about the principle of "folding space".

The little craftsman under Shui Xian blushed and said loudly: "Unless this is a miracle..."

Many people think this way: otherwise, how could it be possible?

But Gui Xiaxue took out a piece of chalk from his pocket, wrote the calculation formula on the ground, and began to deduce: "Who said it must be a miracle? I will show you the calculation!"

He figured it out by himself, but encountered a difficult problem, he couldn't figure it out, and a knot formed between his brows.Turning around, I saw the young craftsman pointing to a long piece of calculation formula on the ground, and said, "You actually know these things?"

The young man's eyes were full of eagerness: "Old iron, you teach me!"

Gui Xiaxue scratched his head: "This...you wait, I will deduce it first, and I will teach you right away..."

Jia placed behind these two people and couldn't help laughing, but he heard Shui Xian's voice next to his ears: "So, what's going on?"

Jia Fang thought about this for a long time, but there was one thing he didn't understand, so he quickly asked, "How did you happen to be right across from me just now?"

According to Shui Xian, he just discovered a "warm hole" there.Warm caves specifically refer to dry caves that are warm in winter and cool in summer, and are generally used as warehouses or even staff dormitories.

But today Shuixian felt a little strange for some reason, so he ran to the newly discovered warm cave.According to what he said, it was also facing a smooth stone wall at that time, and it was completely opaque.Unlike Jia Fang, Shui Xian couldn't see Jia Fang at all at that time.

"At that time, I just seemed to hear your voice vaguely, and I thought to myself that I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought it would be great if I reached out my hand, so I tried to reach out..."

Jia thought at ease: This kind of tacit understanding is really amazing.

So he expressed his guess: "I think it's because I have removed the partition between our two gardens."

"It may be a bit complicated to say this, but I just built a yard in the garden over there that broke through all the partitions." Jia Fang explained in vain, and the logic behind this is really confusing.

Unexpectedly, Shui Xian said with a smile: "But the fact is that your Taoyuan village has opened up a road, which leads directly to my copper mine!"

Jia Fang nodded, and couldn't help being elated: The location of this passage is so good.This area of ​​Shuixian is a copper mine in name, but actually it contains copper and iron, and there are many other associated mines, such as magnetite and tungsten ores.In addition, all his smelting and foundries are built near here.

For Taoyuan Village, this means that the resources that have been elusive for many years will one day become close at hand.

He was beaming all by himself, and Shui Xian just smiled gently beside him, and asked casually: "The place in my garden is called 'sit with whom', how about yours?"

Just as Jia Fang was about to say the words "Qiu Shuang Zhai", he paused for a moment and suddenly remembered something, couldn't help laughing loudly, and said, "So it is, so it is."

He finally remembered that the Qiushuangzhai he had just built had four big characters on the inscription: Tongjian Qiufeng, Tongjian Qiufeng...

Seeing that Jia Fang was talking happily, Shui Xian just smiled leisurely and didn't say much.

In the evening, the Taoyuan Village Investment Promotion Office took the lead in hosting a banquet for Shui Xian and other friends from the north.Laotong, Ren Jing, and several leading craftsmen from Baigongfang were all invited.

The reason why the China Merchants Office took the lead in the banquet was mainly because this organization had already realized how important the sudden appearance of this passage was to the development of Taoyuan Village.

The other party can provide all kinds of materials that Taoyuan Village is in short supply, and at the same time, it will definitely be a large market for Taoyuan Village to export various commodities.

So at this banquet, both the host and the guest chatted happily.But Jia Fang just sat aside with Shui Xian, head to head, whispering.

"You mean, you took the "Picture of Misty Rain" that hung in Daoxiang Village and hung it in Qiushuangzhai, and then you entered the cave directly from Qiushuangzhai, and after that, you opened a connection to me. The 'partition' from here?"

"That's true!" Jia Fang recalled his trajectory today.

"Then... if you want to use the 'shrinking ground whip' in Daoxiang Village in the future, won't you be able to?"

Jia Fang woke up suddenly: "Why didn't I expect—"

He stood up abruptly, and said to everyone seated: "Talk first, I'll come as soon as I go."

Unexpectedly, Shui Xian also followed: "I will go with you."

The rest of the people drank a lot of Taoyuan Village's specialty rice wine, and they were all slightly tipsy at the moment, not many people noticed that Jia Fang and Shui Xian left the banquet.

Jia Fang stepped quickly and went straight to the Xianliang Temple.Shui Xian's pace was not slow at all, and he followed behind him nonchalantly.

When they arrived at the Xianliang Temple, Jia Fang took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and grabbed Shui Xian's sleeve, the eyes of both of them went dark at the same time, and they had already stepped into the ground whip.

After walking 33 steps, Jia Fang stepped into the main house of Daoxiang Village.

It was late at night, and there were no lights in the courtyard of Daoxiang Village. The room was dark, but there was a bright moonlight outside, shining in through the window lattice.

Jia Fang hurriedly opened the door, took out a box of safety matches from his purse, took one and rubbed it lightly, the flame rose, and he quickly lit an oil lamp.

A little light like beans struggled to shake, slowly illuminating the whole main house.

Shui Xian was standing in front of the nave of the main room at the moment, silently admiring the couplets and paintings, and couldn't help chanting softly: "Fei Changfang can't shrink from lovesickness, Nuwa's can't help but hate the sky... When I came last time, I didn’t pay much attention to this couplet.”

Jia Fang leaned over, said "Huh", and said, "Why are you back again?"

He even reached out and rubbed his eyes, and when he opened it again, he still saw Mi Xiangyang's "Picture of Misty Rain" hanging in its original position.

Jia Fang couldn't help but leaned over and took a light with an oil lamp to confirm whether it was authentic.

"Strange, I obviously moved it to Qiushuangzhai. There I hung it on the west wall, and then I went back to Taoyuanzhai and opened the way to your side...but why did it came back?"

Jia Fang lowered his head and pondered: "Could it be that Shuangwen saw that I took the painting from Daoxiang Village to Qiushuangzhai, so he made the decision to take it back for me? Ordinarily not! She won't enter Daoxiang Village in a leisurely manner."

Shui Xian thought for a while but said: "I think it might be like this: this picture of misty rain is the key to the 'shrinking ground whip' in your garden. You take it to Qiushuangzhai, and you open the 'partition' of Qiushuangzhai ——So you went to Taoyuanzhai and witnessed the disappearance of the "barrier" between us. From then on, "Tongjian Qiufeng" leads to "sit with whom", so the mission of Qiushuangzhai is completed."

"So this painting came back naturally." Shui Xian concluded.

Jia Fang nodded, blew out the lamp, and said, "That makes sense. I'll come back tomorrow, and I'll know once I confirm with Shuangwen."

After the lights were turned off, only the moonlight was left in Daoxiang Village, pouring inside and outside the house like water.

"But breaking through this 'partition' today is of great help to us. In the future, we can do too much." Jia Fang sighed with emotion.

Unexpectedly, Shui Xian was beside him at the moment. Hearing this, he turned around, faced Jia Fang, stretched out his hand, and gently held his cheek.

Jia Fang held his breath for a while, all he could see was the movement of the eyes of the people in front of him, like a sea, boundless, gradually surrounding him.

Shui Xian's voice was low and hoarse: "Yes, in the future... there are really too many things that can be done."

The next day, the Taoyuanzhai Investment Promotion Office and the Xiaoyuan Industrial Park delegation began to negotiate various cooperation projects.

Just as Jia Fang and Shui Xian predicted, there are many opportunities for cooperation projects between the two parties.The railroad tracks, boilers, copper pipes... all kinds of industrial products produced by Taoyuan Village. The people in Xiaoyuan heard that Taoyuan Village supplies all kinds of agricultural and sideline products, and they were really happy and silly.

"Finally it's a good time to play the Teeth Ceremony—" Xiaoyuan's delegation said.

With Jia Fang and Shui Xian present, the basic agreement of mutual benefit between the two parties will be finalized first, and then each person in charge will discuss it one by one.

It’s easy to say here in Taoyuan Village that all kinds of agricultural and sideline products are supplied on a daily basis. For example, Taoyuan Village will supply two pigs, twenty chickens, and one thousand eggs to Xiaoyuan from now on... Others include vegetables, condiments, etc. , billed semi-monthly.

However, Xiaoyuan supplies Taoyuanzhai with large items. Xiaoyuan needs to confirm the size and specifications and start production immediately, and it will not be shipped so quickly.

"Why don't you guys figure out your priorities first and tell us what you need most?" Shopkeeper Ren asked.

What do you need most? ——The people in Taoyuanzhai looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Copper rails!"

It should be called steel rails now—Xiaoyuan’s smelting plant has already produced solid, compressive and rust-resistant fine steel, which is a perfect material for the rails.

And what people in Taoyuan Village are thinking about is that after the section of the track of "Taoyuan-Wuyuan" was destroyed by bandits, there is still not enough steel material to be found, so iron wood is still used as the track for a long section Material.

Over time, the disadvantages of wood gradually emerged.The villagers in Taoyuanzhai are eager to find substitutes with sufficient strength as soon as possible to replace all these wooden rails, so as to reduce their maintenance and replacement workload.

"That's good! Let's discuss it here and give you a delivery date as soon as possible." Shopkeeper Ren left a sentence.

Two days later, the plenipotentiary representative of the Xiaoyuan Industrial Park sent a reply: "Two months later, the first steel rail will arrive in Taoyuan Village. If necessary, our people can also help you with construction—our people Very good at installation.”

Shopkeeper Ren said that the Xiaoyuan Industrial Park, mines, smelters, living and rest areas, and the new employee village where their families live are all connected by rails.So they have laid hundreds of tracks and have a great track record of success.

The Taoyuanzhai Merchants Office was puzzled: "Then your supply should be abundant? Why do you have to wait two months to deliver the goods?"

The two parties had checked the size and diameter of the track in advance—it was exactly the same.

This is also normal, because the idea of ​​orbits originated from Jia Fang's head.Whether it is Baigongfang or Taoyuanzhai, they come from the same source, and the sizes are naturally completely uniform.

Shopkeeper Ren smiled and said: "Because I have a saying that if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. In order to allow Xiaoyuan and your office to cooperate better, I have already decided that we will work together in our warehouse and your office. Between the precious places, a track should be built first, so that the goods from the small garden can be transported to your precious place more quickly."

The people in Taoyuan Village couldn't help but feel a little moved when they heard this: In order to do business with Taoyuan Village, the other party is willing to spend this money to build a track?

——This sincerity seems to be really sufficient!

The people from the Investment Promotion Office of Taoyuan Village discussed it and agreed: "It makes sense, sharpening the knife is not the same as chopping firewood!"

The news spread in Taoyuan Village, and many people went to the "Safe Cave" to watch the excitement.Of course, laymen are mostly watching the excitement, and many experts are running to see the doorway, thinking about how the other party lays the track.

But the people in Taoyuanzhai soon realized that the other end of the "safety hole" was too cold, and they needed to wear more clothes to withstand the cold on the other side.

After a while, the opposite track has been laid into the "safety hole".

At this moment, news came that made the entire Taoyuan village boil: It's snowing in Xiaoyuan!

More than half of the population of Taoyuan Village has never seen snow.Hearing that there is such a wonderful scene as "snowing", they immediately applied collectively and went to the opposite side of the tunnel in groups to visit.

The inspection team specially set up several posts to count the number of "exit" people in Taoyuan Village, and remind everyone to wear enough clothes.

Not many villagers in Taoyuanzhai have "enough" clothes.They put on the quilts at home one after another.Looking around, everyone is covered with colorful quilts - especially eye-catching in the snow.

"Ow—"

This is when the natives of Taoyuan Village finally saw the legendary snow.

"Oh ah ah—"

This is when the new immigrants from Yujiang saw snowflakes that were hundreds of times bigger than what they had imagined.

"Ooooo la la la—"

They went out of the tunnel together, looked at the snowflakes all over the sky, and sang excitedly.

In the midst of this song, among the falling snowflakes, the workers of Xiaoyuan tapped on the other side of the tunnel, and hung a large plaque on the stone wall, which read: "Taoyuan——Xiaoyuan Railway, Xiaoyuan garden section."