The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

Jiang Ziyan came back after sending Dr. Xu away, and saw that the old man had returned to the state he had been in the past few days.It seems that the brain is not very clear, and people are a little dull.

"What did Doctor Xu say?"

Jiang Ziyan said: "Doctor Xu said that this old man's foundation is too bad, and he can live until now, all thanks to his tenacious willpower. And you can't eat too much good food at one time, the body can't stand it, so you can only eat it little by little. improve."

"Physical problems can be cured, I'm afraid he also has problems here. And it's getting worse than the past few days." Jiang Ziyan pointed to the temple on his finger.

In fact, Lin Zhao also felt that just now, the old man seemed to be delirious occasionally.

To be precise, it should be delirious for a long time, and occasionally wake up for a while.

Judging by his reaction just now, it really seemed like he knew him.

"Take care of him these few days and don't let anyone get close. I always feel that he is very important, and I'm afraid there is something big behind it."

"I understand this, don't worry."

"When he wakes up, remember to send someone to call me."

"it is good."

Lin Zhao went to the yamen again in the afternoon, and now there are many things in the yamen, so it would be good if he could go away for half a day.

As for Jiang Ziyan, since Zhou Xing came here, the burden on his shoulders has been relaxed a lot. Now Zhou Xing is helping to take care of the weaving workshop. He is watching the old man at home every day, and he does not need him for the cement factory. Don't worry, it's more leisurely than in the past.

On the contrary, Tiancheng Clothes Shop in Beijing had some problems.

But it's not a problem of quality, it's purely because the new style of clothes is so popular that many ladies and wives from aristocratic families came to order, the order volume suddenly increased several times, and there was simply not enough manpower.

So the date of delivery can only be postponed, and the procrastination has caused dissatisfaction among many people.

Shopkeeper Chen had no choice but to call the shots and recruit a few tailors to sew custom-made clothes together.

He wrote a special letter to Jiang Ziyan to explain it. Generally speaking, he did a good job, but there are some details that need special attention.

In addition, the number of orders for clothes has increased greatly, and the amount of cloth required has also increased greatly.

The weaving workshop is extremely busy, but because of the improvement of the loom, the efficiency is now much faster than before.But even so, the quantity of cloth woven is still in short supply.

Jiang Ziyan took the time to call Zhou Xing over, and said, "There are not enough weavers in the weaving workshop now, do you want to recruit some more?"

Zhou Xing is now in charge of the accounts of the entire weaving workshop. If he wants to recruit people again, the cost will definitely increase and the money will be more, so he called Zhou Xing over to ask his opinion.

Zhou Xing thought for a while, and made a suggestion, "Mr. Lang, those apprentices in the weaving workshop have already learned well. Several of them have already learned how to weave by hand."

This Jiang Ziyan knew, after all, the little girl named Chi Jing was already learning weaving when he went to see it years ago.

"I have seen that the quality of the cloth they weave is not bad, but the speed is not fast enough. You can select some of them with good craftsmanship to join the ranks of formal weaving. You can also come up with an incentive strategy. If any of them If the cloth is selected and can be sold, another reward will be given to them. This will also encourage them to study better."

Jiang Ziyan felt that Zhou Xing's proposal was very good, so he agreed immediately.

The current period is just a transitional period. When the girls' skills come up, the weaving workshop will not have to worry about the shortage of manpower.At that time, the second batch of apprentices will be recruited and batch after batch of professional technical personnel will be trained.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ziyan suddenly had an idea, he wanted to open an academy.However, it is not an academy for reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but an academy for cultivating technical talents.

Because of the continuous natural and man-made disasters in the Great Wei Dynasty in recent years, the treasury was empty, and the lives of the people were very difficult.

If you can learn some skills through the academy, such as setting up civil engineering and recruiting some talents in this field to be teachers, you can be a professional technical talent to guide you when you encounter things like road and bridge construction in the future.

There is also about agriculture, regardless of knowledge, as long as you understand agricultural planting conditions and have rich experience, you can come to teach.

It is also possible to recruit some talents related to woodworking machinery, and to impart experience in woodworking.Before, Jiang Ziyan had always wanted to improve the carriage and add a shock absorber. This was a good opportunity.

The more Jiang Ziyan thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. Of course, the premise is to obtain the support of the government.

In the past, his goal in life was to get rich, but now that he has earned so much money, he also wants to do what he can, hoping to help others.

In the evening, he told Lin Zhao about this idea, and Lin Zhao was very supportive.He has always known that Jiang Ziyan has a lot of weird ideas in his mind, such as he can make mines/pipes, cement, and the farm tool flail that he vacated when he was in Linzhou.

He never asked why he knew so many things that others didn't know.What he likes is always him, so he will support his ideas, no matter why.What's more, this is still a good thing that benefits the country and the people, but this matter should not be rushed, and it must be done slowly.

It was already mid-April when the second phase of the project was almost halfway under construction.

During that period, the old man's spirit was not very good, he was always muddled, and his sobriety time was short, so he was raised in Lin Zhao's house all the time.

Another thing happened during this period, that is, the peach blossoms in the ten-mile peach forest in Taohua County next door are extremely rare and scattered this year.

Lin Zhao had heard this matter mentioned before when he was chatting with the county lieutenant, but he didn't expect it to be resolved after so long.

Whether this matter is big or small, most of the economic income of the entire Taohua County depends on the peach trees here every year.Peach trees not only bloom peach blossoms, but also bear fruit.

This peach can produce a large number of peaches every year, and people in this Taohua County can live affluently.But this year's peach blossoms are so sluggish, the subsequent peach production will definitely be reduced, which will definitely affect the tax revenue of the entire county.

After thinking of many ways to no avail, the county magistrate of Taohua County was in a hurry, so he had to write to the Ministry of Industry to ask for help.

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of large and small civil engineering, water conservancy and agricultural technical guidance in the world. It sent a special person to solve this matter, but it was still useless.

"I heard that the peach blossoms are starting to wither before they reach their flowering stage," Jiang Ziyan said.

He only found out by listening to the chatter of the neighbors around him, but he was really curious as to what caused the always prosperous peach forest to become like this this year.

Lin Zhao said: "I've also heard about this matter. I received a letter from my grandfather today, saying that the Ministry of Industry specifically reported this matter to the emperor in the court."

Although Lin Zhao was not in the court, Lord Rong would ask Steward Chen to transcribe every detail of what happened in the court to Lin Zhao every day.This matter was mentioned in the letters of the past two days.

"Could it be some kind of disease and insect pest? The peach blossoms withered before flowering, maybe they were bitten by insects."

"I don't know. The people sent by the Ministry of Industry have looked at it, but still can't find out why. Do you still understand this?"

Jiang Ziyan paused, "I don't understand." But his encyclopedia also has agricultural knowledge about many plants, which might come in handy.

But this obviously cannot tell Lin Zhao that no matter how enlightened he is, he is still an ancient man, if he is not complete, he will be regarded as a monster, so don't take risks.

Just ten days after April, Jiang Ziyan remembered what Zhang Qiu said earlier that he was going to take the martial arts exam.

The time for the martial arts champion exam is in late April, and there are less than fifteen days left.

Zhang Qiu has been living in Jiang Ziyan's mansion for the past few years, and there is another person added to the mansion, and this room is still not enough.

When Zhou Xing lived here before, the servants in charge of cleaning the rooms in the mansion came to ask Housekeeper Wei if he wanted to clean up an empty house for later use.

What did Butler Wei say at the time?

He glanced at the door of Zhuo Feng's room, and then said firmly: "No, it's fine for them to live together."

Xiaofeng, Grandpa Wei can only help you so far.

So Zhang Qiu lived in the place where Zhou Xing lived before, which was Feng Ke's room.

Feng Ke was forced to continue living in the same house with Zhuo Feng.

……

Zhang Qiu has been thinking about being the champion of martial arts for a long time. He has stayed in the military camp before, and he is very confident whether it is riding or infantry.He has even read a lot of the martial arts art of war that will be tested later.

If you ride and shoot six arrows, you can pass the third grade.As for the eighty-step distance, the nine-for-two pass, or the thirty-step distance, the six-for-three is also considered a pass.

Zhang Qiu is fine.He has solid basic skills, a strong body, natural strength, and can lift hundreds of catties in weightlifting.

So this martial arts champion exam is very advantageous for him.

But there is one point that is his weakness, because in this year's martial arts exam, in addition to writing the seven essentials of martial arts by heart, he also has to write an additional essay on the art of war.

It is equivalent to the category of culture class.

How could Zhang Qiu know how to write this thing? It would be great if he could silently write out the seven essentials of the martial arts, let alone write the theory of military tactics.

Zhang Qiu was in a hurry, and then Feng Ke gave him a trick, asking him to consult Mr. Ming Yuan who lived in the West Courtyard.

Zhang Qiu was surprised, let him ask the world's great scholars for advice like a scumbag in his studies?I'm afraid this is not humiliating the great Confucianism.

Besides, he felt that Mr. Ming Yuan, a person with such profound knowledge, would talk a lot all day long, and he probably wouldn't be able to understand even if he was told.

Zhang Qiu was a little timid and didn't dare to ask for advice.

This sentence is like a scumbag in elementary school going to a professor at a famous university for advice, but he stops there.

Then after two days of studying in distress, Zhang Qiu gave up his insistence.

Bringing the book on the art of war and strategy, I went to Mr. Ming Yuan.

At this time, Mr. Ming Yuan was answering questions for several scholars who came to ask for advice.

Zhang Qiu waited outside for a while, and then went in after they finished.

Several scholars all admired Mr. Ming Yuan's knowledge and came to learn about him. The scholars have a certain pride.For Mr. Ming Yuan, whom they admired, that was quite a maintenance.

Mr. Mingyuan was getting old, and after a lecture on learning for a while, he went to the inner room to drink tea and rest for a while.

When Zhang Qiu came over, several scholars hadn't left yet. They saw Zhang Qiu came in with a beard and a tall figure, holding a book in his hand.

Zhang Qiu asked the servant who was serving Mr. Ming Yuan beside him, "Where is Mr.?"

The servants knew that he had a good relationship with Jiang Ziyan, so they respected him very much, "What's the matter, Mr. Zhang? Mr. Zhang was tired from the lecture just now, and he was drinking tea and resting inside."

Zhang Qiu casually found a place to sit down, and said, "Let me ask Mr. how to write policy questions. Forget it, I'll wait here. I'll ask after Mr. rests."

What he said was very casual, and with his burly image, he didn't look like a scholar at all. Please ask Mr. Ce to ask how to write it with a book, but anyone who has studied a little will know what he is asking. A rather low-level question.

Isn't this insulting their idol, Mr. Ming Yuan?

So one of the scholars sarcastically said: "Don't force yourself if you don't have the material for reading. Mr. is not suitable for communicating with stupid people. I'm afraid it will pollute his old man's ears."

"What Shao Hua said is that you don't even know how to write policy questions, so hurry up and learn the basic courses, so don't waste the time of Mr. and the old man."

Although Zhang Qiu was a bit rude and acted recklessly, no matter how stupid he was, he could tell that the other party was mocking him.