Infrastructure masters in the red building

Jia put it aside, watching the shopkeeper Shao (now he should be called "Old Shao") slowly walking towards Taoyuan Village, with the same surprise and disbelief on his face as he had at the beginning.Jia Fang knew that Lao Shao had already put aside the idea of ​​leaving this world completely at this moment.

The Taoyuan Village in front of me is a completely different place from the bustling and noisy capital city.

Old Shao seemed to have seen something, and strode forward.Some villagers in Taoyuan Village saw him wanting to ask questions, but when they saw Jia Fang following Lao Shao, they immediately stopped asking, and let Lao Shao walk quickly to the drying field at the entrance of the village and reached out to grab a handful of rice.

"Champa Rice... This is Champa Rice!"

Old Shao's hand holding the rice trembled slightly, and then he put a handful of rice directly to his nose and smelled it vigorously. When he raised his head again, Lao Shao had tears in his eyes: "I have never seen such good Champa rice in my life." , never seen in my life..."

At this time, Village Chief Tao came over and greeted Jia Fang: "Third Lord, is this the good way you said?"

Village head Tao looked at Lao Shao: This one doesn't look like a crop handle.

Jia Fang nodded: "Yes, this is the one I told you about, Lao Shao, known as 'Bai Gu Chang'. Once the rice produced in Taoyuan Village is in his hands, he will know how good it is."

"Taste a hundred grains! That's too powerful, the old man is disrespectful." The outspoken Village Chief Tao hurriedly bowed his hands to Lao Shao.

Unexpectedly, Lao Shao didn't care about these things. He looked up at the villagers who were throwing rice seedlings in the field outside the village, pointed and asked, "Is this planting... late rice?"

Village head Tao and Jia Fang nodded together: "Exactly!"

"Two crops of rice a year," Lao Shao looked at the picturesque countryside and finally sighed, "This... this is really a fairyland!"

But Jia Fang leaned over and asked Lao Shao, "Old Shao, do you think three crops of rice can be grown here?"

At present, Taoyuan Village grows one season of Champa rice and one season of late rice every year, and the harvest is quite impressive.But Jia Fang felt that the climate here was very warm, so he still wanted to explore the possibility of three-season rice.

Now Taoyuan Village is rich in production, but what if he wants to settle more people on his own land in the future?

Lao Shao is known as "tasting a hundred grains". He is not a good cropper. He must know nothing about transplanting seedlings, irrigation and fertilization, but he is more knowledgeable and has been to many places. They also know what kind of rice can be planted in what season.

Jia Fang thought secretly, since Lao Shao can no longer be the shopkeeper of the grain store, why not let him change his role and let him become a rice seed expert, researching hybrid rice and so on?Maybe it can feed the people of the whole country earlier?

So he intentionally asked this question: "Currently, the yield of the field here is about [-] catties per mu. Do you think there is a way to increase the yield?"

Before Lao Shao could answer, Village Chief Tao had already rushed to answer: "Third Master, you have already said it. They are called 'Baiguchang'. What you said must be nothing to worry about."

Unexpectedly, Lao Shao shook his head and said, "No, this... I can't answer any of this master's questions."

Jia Fang and Village Chief Tao got stuck together.

Old Shao continued: "...But I am willing to try."

Now that you are determined to abandon the past and start from scratch, why not use what you know to do something more for this fairyland-like place?

Jia Fang gave a high-five clap, and Village Chief Tao held up his arms: "That's great!"

It was decided now that Lao Shao was willing to stay in this village as a technical consultant.According to what Village Chief Tao said, there is a market every ten days in the town near the village, and there are rice seeds exchanged in various places in the market.In addition, not far from the village, there are wild rice in uncultivated valleys.

Jia Fang: Very good start.Maybe in this world in the future, there will be a grandfather Shao Longping?

It was his idea to bring Lao Shao to Taoyuan Village.After all, Shuixian encountered difficulties when he settled shopkeeper Shao of "Baiguchang" earlier: it was a piece of cake for Shuixian to arrange for shopkeeper Shao's family to protect the safety of their family.Shopkeeper Shao must have known this himself.

But shopkeeper Shao still wanted to commit suicide, mainly because his reputation was completely ruined, and he couldn't continue to do what he had been doing all his life, so he naturally felt that there was no interest in life.

But to put him in a brand new environment and give him a brand new task, it is better to have some challenges, and Lao Shao will naturally ignite hope for life.

That's why Jia Fang volunteered to take over the task of resettling Lao Shao from Shui Xian.It's just that Lao Shao's family can't see each other for the time being. After waiting three to five months, they should be able to arrange slowly and bring Lao Shao's family over.

When Jia Fang came to Taoyuan Village this time, in addition to resettling Lao Shao, he also had a task to see how the "water pump" made by Baigongfang was being used by Taoyuan Village.

Last time, in order to "apology" to Shuixian, he took out the design drawing of the manual water pump and handed it to Baigongfang.The craftsmen of Baigongfang made a mold of clay, roughly burned it, and it turned out to be usable. So far, everyone knows the principle of the pneumatic water pump.

Immediately started plastic mold casting in Baigongfang, made two types of water pumps, a copper-nickel one was given to Jia Fang, and he was taken to Taoyuan Village, and a bronze one was also cast, which was better because the material was relatively cheap , The casting is fast, Baigongfang cast dozens of them in one go.

Jia Fang "transported" the cupronickel water pump to Taoyuan Village and taught the villagers how to use it.The water pump suddenly became a recreation project in the village - all the children in the village, big and small, competed to play with the water pump, using all their strength to hold the handle and shake it up and down, and other children gathered around the water pump. At the water mouth, I watched the clear river water rushing up from the canal at the bottom of the position and pouring into the higher paddy field.

"It's easy to use!" The villagers said together, the effect is great.Especially the transformation of children's curiosity into labor is really cool.

When Lao Shao saw this, he was completely dumbfounded: "Why, why can the water flow from bottom to top and in the opposite direction when you shake this handle?"

Jia Fang encouraged him: "If you want to try it, you can do it too."

So Lao Shao fought for a long time with a group of young children in Taoyuan Village for the handle of the water pump, and he finally got it. In front of the paddy field, pumping water for irrigation.

Old Shao couldn't help sighing: "It really is a fairyland!"

Even the water can flow backwards. If it's not a fairyland, where is this?

Jia Fang heard Lao Shao's emotion with his own ears, and his heart was completely relieved: In this way, he can go to Shui Xian on business.Lao Shao no longer wants to seek death, and seems to be planning to completely forget the first half of his life and start a new life.

Jia Fang confidently entrusted Lao Shao to the care of Village Chief Tao—so far, Lao Shao became the first population with a foreign surname added to Taoyuan Village in recent years.

Jia Fang returned to Rongguo Mansion and received news from Mrs. Shi that Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan ordered him to set off tomorrow to the refugee camp built on Gyeonggi East Road.

As soon as the news arrived in the mansion, the Rong Mansion took action together to prepare things for Jia Fang to go out—in fact, they were summer clothes, medicines and other things that Mrs. Shi prepared for Jia Daishan, and Jia Fang was not cared about.

But Jia Fang found an opportunity to go to Baigongfang. Firstly, he was in urgent need of a water pump, and secondly, he had to send a message to Shuixian: "Baiguchang" had been properly arranged.

Never thought that Shuixian was waiting for him at Baigongfang.

"I just heard that Duke Rongguo summoned you to Liuminying on the East Road. You should be able to use the pumps." Shui Xian said, "But there are still a few that they are still finishing. Wait until tomorrow, tomorrow you will leave the city through the East Gate." I will ask Che Jia to wait for you directly outside the east gate."

Jia Fang: ...that's too thoughtful.

"Also, this is for you." Shui Xian pushed an envelope in front of Jia Fang.

Full of curiosity, Jia Fang opened the envelope and saw that it was a banknote. When Jia Fang saw the number on it, he was so frightened that he pushed the envelope back with the banknote.

"This... is this too much?"

There was actually a silver note with a denomination of 8 taels in that envelope.

"You deserve it." Without batting an eye, Shui Xian pushed the bank note back to Jia Fang, "You paid 20 shi of old rice, and Ruhai and I each got 16 shi of new rice. 8 taels of 'gold and silver rice', the total price is about [-] taels. You deserve [-] taels."

Jia Fang pushed it back again with a loud bang, and said, "You can't count that way. At least [-] to [-] shi of those 'gold and silver rice' were bought by you Wanqinglou, and you spent tens of thousands of taels in vain. This loss can't be blamed on you." Carry it alone."

Shui Xian pushed the envelope back again: "But my Wan Qing Building became a 'Zhuang Scholar Fan' as soon as it changed hands, and this small amount of money was earned back in the blink of an eye."

Jia Fang: ...You are cruel.

One hundred thousand stones of rice and 8 taels of silver, this was something he never expected - but this incident made him realize a truth: useful resources can play a greater role in the hands of the right people.He believed that he would become a person who was good at using various resources, so he took the envelope pushed back by Shui Xian and stuffed it into his arms.

When he was about to leave, he almost bumped into shopkeeper Ren who was about to come in.

Shopkeeper Ren looked curiously at Jia Fang's leaving figure, and asked, "Why did Mr. Jia leave in such a hurry?"

The corners of Shui Xian's mouth rose, probably because he was in a good mood, and replied: "The money in my arms is a little hot."

Shopkeeper Ren: ...?

But shopkeeper Ren recalled the situation on the books, and said: "If Mr. Jia can not withdraw these silver taels from the books, then our pressure will indeed be less."

"I'd rather he accept the 8 taels without hesitation." Shui Xian obviously prefers the "two settlements" approach, "That way I can feel more at ease."

The shopkeeper, who has always been shrewd, suddenly felt that his brain was not enough at this time-why was he not at ease?

He followed the owner's brain circuit for a long time, and finally asked in a low voice: "The copper rail... Are you planning to use it in several mines and docks?"

Shui Xian nodded: "The convenience of the copper rail affects me far more than the price of the tens of thousands of shi grains, not to mention the water pump. Even this time, the grain store directly donated a batch of grain to the refugee camps on the East and West Roads. , but soon the copper rails will be used both in the mine and the wharf, and this loss is nothing to me. Now my only worry is..."

"First the copper rails, and then the water pump... It can be used for huge profits, but it is taken out without any scruples." Shui Xian's eyes focused on the distance, and the corners of his mouth slowly returned to their original shape, "If he really doesn't If you are willing to accept the 8 taels, there is definitely a real problem."

——What's wrong with this?

"Young man from the government, you are used to being rich and honored, so maybe this money is nothing in front of Mr. Jia?" Shopkeeper Ren held back for a long time, trying to come up with such an explanation.

"Old Ren, you might as well think back to the first time he came to Baigongfang to drink tea, and the first time he came to Wanqinglou to eat. Does he seem to be used to rich people?" Shui Xian said to Ren Jing, who was perfunctory. Asked very dissatisfied.

No matter how "human" the shopkeeper Ren is, he is blind at this moment.

"In my opinion, if he really doesn't care about money at all, then he is a real born person, and he never thought about living in this world for a long time."

Jia Fang was completely unaware of Shui Xian's discussions behind his back.Early the next morning, he took half a carload of things that Mrs. Shi had solemnly handed over to him, and went out together with the nursing home arranged for him by Zhao Cheng and Jia Amnesty.

At this time, the price of food in the city has completely dropped.There was a long queue at the official warehouse, and those small food stores that had not been sealed up were all hanging water signs that were exactly the same as the official price.

The five major grain stores were seized together, and the experience of paying grain for loans made all the other grain stores in the city terrified, but after the rain yesterday, no one dared to complain, and honestly lowered the price to open the door. A hundred grains to taste" scolded two sentences.

Jia released the east gate, waiting for him were two carts from Baigongfang.Jia Fang took a brief inventory and found that there were about fifty bronze-cast piston pumps inside, which filled the two carts to the brim—this was far beyond his expectations.Thinking that the craftsmen might have rushed to work overnight, Jia Fang was full of gratitude in his heart.

After the heavy rain yesterday, this was what the refugee camp needed most.

Sure enough, Jia Fang traveled thirty miles out of the city, and met someone sent by Jia Daishan, who led him to a refugee camp set up in a nearby county.

The refugee camp on the East Road has just begun to resettle the refugees, and yesterday's rain was caught off guard, and Jia Fang saw a chaotic scene:

Now that the sun has come out, some refugees are pulling ropes to dry clothes, and the shelter is realized.Standing in front of the refugee camp, looking around, the first impression is that it is colorful and messy.Compared with the Xiluliu private camp that Jia Fang saw at the beginning, this is extremely lacking in the sense of uniform rules.

However, the refugee camps that have been carefully planned in advance are now full of puddles one after another. The earthen nests that have just been excavated have directly turned into pools of water. The puddles marched, making the water in these earthen nests turbid.

The refugees were obviously in a bad mood.Most of the people were waiting for the relief officials to set up the porridge sheds, and some people were furious because they had nowhere to sleep after the heavy rain yesterday, and even challenged the government servants in the refugee camp: "It's not that everyone in the West Road has enough to eat." Eat food, have a clean place to live, how did you get here, that’s it?”

And the east road has just started to be built, and the foundation is not worse than the west road at 01:30. It seems that these refugees have heard how good the refugee camps on the west road are, and complain if they are not satisfied.

Jia felt relieved: After so many days of operation on the West Road, gradually there are rules and regulations, and the refugees are willing to contribute, and they can be twisted together.The more chaotic the east road is, the more dissatisfied the refugees will be, and the more dissatisfied they will be, the less they can cooperate to improve it.It's just a vicious circle.

Finally, a group of people who looked like refugees came over, each carrying a farm tool, and began to dig ditches at the places designated by the refugees to stay, trying to divert the water from the dug earthen nests through the ditches.

"Which brainless thing came up with the idea of ​​digging this dirt nest?" A refugee took off the hoe on his shoulder, and angrily knocked the hoe into the loess in front of him.

Jia Fang: ...this "thing" is right in front of you.

To be honest, he originally proposed the "earth nest" as a temporary residence, mainly because of the cold weather earlier, the drought continued, and the weather conditions would not rain.In the current state of the Donglu camp, it is actually better to build temporary tents-of course, with the heavy rain like yesterday, there will be some problems with any temporary buildings.

"I'm really blind. After listening to the government's nonsense, I have no food, no place to live, and work..." The refugee raised his hoe again while emitting negative energy loudly, and drew a line in the air. arc.It seems that only by expressing the resentment in his heart in this way can he have the energy to work.

The rest of the refugees who got the farm tools were more or less affected by this emotion. They either cursed or worked silently on the sidelines, with resentment showing on their faces from time to time.

Suddenly, the vagrant with a loud voice stopped the hoe in his hand, turned his head, and shouted from a distance: "Hey, little stutter——"

Jia Fang was shocked: ... a little stammer?

In the distance, a thin figure of a young man really came over.

Jia Fang stared dumbfounded at the young man walking in front of him, wondering if he should salute.

The fourth prince was barefoot at the moment, with his trouser legs rolled up above his knees, and he was stepping on the mud and rocks all the way. When he saw Jia Fang, he greeted Jia Fang with a gentle smile, then turned his face to look at the refugee with a loud voice, and asked: "What... what's the matter?"

The refugee didn't realize that he was facing Tianhuang nobles at this moment, pointing to a small section of drainage canal they had just dug, and said, "Is this the right person we are digging now?"

The fourth prince nodded, and answered with difficulty: "Yes, yes, yes, yes..."

The refugee pointed to the earth nest next to it: "It's so far away, how can you scoop out the stagnant water inside... You little devil, don't you want to coax us!"

Jia Anxin lighted the wax silently for this outspoken guy, thinking, you'd better never know who the other party is.

The fourth prince gesticulated for a while and said, "This is the most economical..."

What he meant was that by digging a drainage channel like this, it would be close to the earth nests everywhere, and it would be more convenient to drain water.

But this reminded Jia Fang of his mission on this trip, so Jia Fang took a step forward and said to the refugees: "You just follow the four...follow this person's instructions to dig, and the problem of drainage is on me."