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After the beginning of winter, Da Zhuang returned to Nanbu from Chengkang, the capital of Wu, and brought a private letter from Yu Kui.

The words on the secret letter were written with edible white vinegar, and there was no trace after drying. Chu Zhaohui sprayed the carrot peel extract to see the red writing on the letter paper.

There were only a few words on the letter paper, and Yu Kui told Zheng and Chu in the letter that among the two major powers in Wu Wangting, he had already called Dr. Jiang Zuo's disciple brother and brother, and this disciple promised to recommend Jiang Kui to Dr. Jiang at the end of the year.As for the aristocratic power of General Hussars, they have high requirements on the status and status of the disciples. Most of the disciples hired are from extraordinary backgrounds. Because of his identity, he has not been able to get close to the confidants of the Hussar General.Yu Kui has only one comment on Wu Tai Zi Zhao, that is, Prince Zhao is not as good as Prince Guang.

Yu Kui doesn't think highly of Gong Ziguang, thinking that Gong Ziguang doesn't want to make progress, but just wants to live his carefree life in a corner.However, among Yu Kui's negative comments, he still praised Young Master Guang for his tolerance. He trusted Wei Shen, so he was very reassured about Wei Shen and never doubted him.Wei Shen's vision is not broad, but his management ability is very strong. Only relying on Wei Shen's assistance, the young master lived a stable life in Dacheng for nine years.Under Wei Shen's painstaking management, Dacheng's power has been stabilized.Yu Kui's evaluation of Prince Zhao made Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui understand that Prince Zhao is narrow-minded.

The journey from Dacheng to Wuducheng would take three or four days. Because Yu Kui was carrying fragile porcelain, he was extremely worried about walking on the road, and it took him six days to arrive.After arriving in the capital city of Wu, Yu Kui did not go to sell porcelain first, but scouted around for news, found out about Dr. Jiang and General Hussar's confidantes, and gave a pair of porcelain vases as gifts to one of Dr. Jiang's more valued retainers. After getting on the line, he used Dr. Jiang's influence to gain a firm foothold in the capital and sold porcelain.Now I am calling my brother like a brother with this doorman.Yu Kui sent Da Zhuang back this time, first to report on the activities, and second, Zheng and Chu needed to find a treasure as a meeting gift for meeting Dr. Jiang. Dr. Jiang was very greedy for money. Must be very precious.

Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui asked Yu Kui and Da Zhuang about their time in the capital, and learned that the two had sold out their porcelain and bought a residence in Dacheng. The residence was very luxurious and cost a lot of money. Porcelain payment.

"My lord, Mr. Yu's family spends too much money." Da Zhuang was very dissatisfied with Yu Kui's behavior of not treating money as money. The porcelain brought this time, excluding a pair of porcelain vases as gifts, was sold for a total of 2 More than ten thousand gold.After Yu Kui got the money, he immediately bought a mansion and bought his servant Meiji. Every day in the mansion, he entertained guests with delicious food, wine, songs, dances, and the expenses made Da Zhuang tremble with distress.Because before departure, Chu Chaohui asked him to obey Yu Kui's command, Da Zhuang had to secretly persuade Yu Kui not to spend too much money, but to save money for his family.Yu Kui just laughed it off and remained the same.Feeling unwell, Da Zhuang made a small report to his master when he returned to the valley.

"Going out for more than two months this time, it's hard work! You go down and have a good rest, and I will send you to Cannes in two days." Zheng Yuming only praised Da Zhuang for comforting him, and did not comment on Yu Kui's lavishness. Before leaving, he gave Da Zhuang another sweet date. "In the valley, I trust you father and son the most. Yu Kui's activities in Cannes are very important. I can only feel relieved when I send you!" The implication is that Da Zhuang was sent to help them keep an eye on Yu Kui.

"Da Zhuang will definitely do things well for my lord." When Da Zhuang heard Zheng Yuming's trust in him, he felt a surge of enthusiasm rushing to his head, and only wanted to repay his master with his own body.

"The matter of you and Yu Kui in Cannes is a secret, and you can't tell anyone." Chu Chaohui was actually not worried that Da Zhuang would leak the secret to the slaves, because the slaves had no channel to leak the secret, but in order to cultivate Da Zhuang's awareness of secrecy, Chu Chaohui warned again and again.

"Da Zhuang knows! Da Zhuang won't tell anyone." Da Zhuang solemnly swore: "My father won't tell me either!"

"Your father has moved into a new house, you should go home and have a look." Zheng Yuming told Da Zhuang the good news.

"My lord! Da Zhuang is leaving!" Da Zhuang's face was full of excitement. Although he knew that his family would be the first slave with a house in the valley, he was still excited when it really happened.

When Da Zhuang came out of the villa, he went to the valley blacksmith factory to find his father.Big Daddy is instructing apprentices in front of the newly built blast furnace.There are two master craftsmen in the blacksmith factory, Da Zhuang is one of them, and the other is an exiled sinner.The people in charge of the iron factory are these two master masters, Da Zhuang Daddy is the leader, and the criminal craftsman is the deputy.

This sinner is not a blacksmith, but a jeweler who makes jewelry. In addition to producing some necessary tools, the iron factory in the valley mainly makes weapons. Jewelers are exquisite in craftsmanship. Jewelers are needed to make bows, arrows and metal armor. The craft is improved, and the items produced are more useful.

Every handicraft industry in this time and space adopts the method of family inheritance to pass on skills.In order to streamline industrial production, Zheng Yuming tried to change this inheritance, and divided the masters in the valley into six grades. Each grade has different remuneration. The higher the grade, the remuneration will be doubled.

Fan Jin once calculated the accounts for the masters. If the skill level reaches the sixth level, the annual remuneration income of the master is equivalent to the land tax income of a village in Nanbu for two years. As soon as the calculation result came out, the craftsmen in the valley boiled. The masters are scrambling to lead the apprentices, and the apprentices are desperately learning the art.Several master masters in the valley are now at the first level, and the grade assessment is calculated by scoring. When an apprentice becomes a craftsman, he will add a point to his master. If the number of points reaches the standard, the first-level master becomes a master. There are two levels of master masters, and after apprentices become craftsmen, they can accept apprentices after working for one year, and craftsmen can strive for the position of first-level master masters.The level assessment of master masters gives craftsmen a clear goal to strive for.

When Dad Zhuang saw his son coming in, wrinkles appeared on his face.However, because he was teaching his apprentice, Da Zhuang just waved his hand at his son, signaling his son to wait for a while, and go back together when he got off work.

The blast furnace had to be staffed day and night, and the guards worked in three shifts. Da Zhuang waited for the shift craftsmen to arrive, and then took his son back to his new tile-roofed house.

The new tile-roofed house consists of two two-story buildings plus two auxiliary rooms, and a yard of moderate size. The yard is also made of bricks, and a well has been dug in the yard.The sewer was built under the house, and a septic tank was built behind the house. The first floor of the two buildings was paved with floor tiles, and the second floor was paved with wooden boards.The structure of the whole house is weird, but after you live in it, you feel very comfortable.

"Da Zhuang, you can build a shed over the wall to raise chickens, ducks and pigs, and you can grow some vegetables here." Dad Da Zhuang took his son to climb upstairs to the corridor overlooking his yard, pointing to the yard and talking about his plan .

"Daddy, you're going to work in the iron factory, and I'm going to help the adults outside the valley. Who will raise chickens and ducks, and who will grow vegetables?" Da Zhuang first followed his father's wild thoughts, and then thought of practical problems.

"Carpenter Ge has a 15-year-old second girl. He wants to marry our family. He has asked Teacher Fan to talk to me. I went to see his second girl. She looks good. Now I'm waiting for your opinion. What do you think? Okay, father will invite someone to propose marriage at the end of this year, and you will get married next year. After you get married, you can raise chickens, ducks and grow vegetables at home." Da Zhuang has a plan in mind, and this plan is waiting for his son to nod .

"Teacher Fan hasn't got married yet, so why did he start making coal?" Hearing his father talk about his lifelong event, Da Zhuang was a little embarrassed to answer, so he brought the topic to Fan Jin, who turned out to be an entertainer. Adrift, never married.

"Teacher Fan and Carpenter Ge's eldest daughter are married! We will get married after the winter solstice."

"How many daughters does Carpenter Ge have?" Da Zhuang was stunned. Is he going to be brother-in-law with Fan Jincheng?

"A total of five daughters, two died on the road to exile, and now there are three more." This Carpenter Ge is a professional householder.

"Then has his little daughter found someone else? Is he married to Gongsun Carpenter's family?" Da Zhuang deeply felt that Carpenter Ge had a very bright mind, so he married his daughter to the real estate class first, and he could find a wife only after he had a house.His family, Gongsun Jiang, and Fan Jin were the first three to own a house.

"His little daughter is too young, only eight years old." Da Zhuang gave his son a white look. "Carpenter Ge's daughters are all good-looking. You can go and see them tomorrow. If you are satisfied, make a decision first. We have a woman to take care of our family, so our family is like a family!"

"It would be great if my younger sister and younger brother lived to this day." Da Zhuang looked at the brand new furniture in the house with moist eyes.

"Da Zhuang, do things well for the adults, everything we have is bestowed by the adults!" Da Zhuang's eyes are red when he thinks of his dead children, and his current life makes Da Zhuang feel grateful to his master all the time.

Da Zhuang only stayed in the valley for three days. Three days later, he escorted a batch of porcelain and took a glass ashtray from the villa to Wudu.Porcelain was sold for Yu Kui to use as activity funds, and the glass ashtray was for Yu Kui as a gift to Dr. Jiang as a meeting gift. Of course, the name of the treasure cannot be called an ashtray, it must be called a white jade flawless glazed plate.

After Da Zhuang left, it snowed heavily in Dacheng, and the temperature dropped below zero.Except for the vast expanse of whiteness, few people walk outside.Zheng Yuming grew up in the Yangtze River Delta and has long been used to the cold weather, while Chu Chaohui has lived in the tropics for a long time and is not used to this kind of damp and cold.Even though Chu Chaohui was not used to this kind of weather, he still took the slave soldiers to keep training in the field. Excellent soldiers must adapt to any weather.

A lot of cotton was bought in autumn. The slaves in the valley each made a cotton coat and each was assigned a quilt. In this early winter, the slaves did not suffer from the cold.

The food and clothing of the slaves in the valley is guaranteed, and the life of the villagers in Nanbu Village is even better. In addition to enough food at home, they also have money and silk from work in their hands. They used to buy sackcloth for the winter, but now they all bought cotton to make cotton clothes. They used to be reluctant to buy fish. , Now it is January and will buy several times.Because Nanbu villagers have a strong demand for daily necessities, pork, chickens and ducks from surrounding villages are sold to Nanbu, and shopkeepers brave the heavy snow to go to Nanbu Wharf to make profits.The Changhe River did not freeze due to the cold, and there were still many boats to Nanbu. The Nanbu Wharf did not suffer from the cold weather this year, but was busy in the cold winter.

But in this vibrant village, the number of refugees coming to Nanbu on wooden merchant boats gradually increased. Not long after, Yu Kui sent important news from the capital, Wu Wang Tingyi Ji, made a big move.