Farming and teaching across different worlds

Data, and then go back to improve the drawings.

He went back and forth to find five places, and finally determined the place 200 meters away from the entrance of the village through the geological survey of these five places.

This place is the most suitable place to build a bridge that Ji Xiuran found after investigating for so long.

After the measurement, the location was determined. The width of the river is 110.8 feet, which is 36.9 meters in conversion.

The span of "Xianqiao" is 37.02, the data is not much different, and the data of these bridges can also be copied.

With accurate data, Ji Xiuran calculated based on these data, the total materials used to build the bridge were about 2800 tons of stone.

Converted down, it takes almost 300 taels of silver.

As for those iron parts, Ji Xiuran was in a bit of a dilemma. The imperial court strictly controlled the iron wares, so he couldn't get such a large amount of iron wares.

I can only think of other ways to replace it. Even without these iron tools, Ji Xiuran can still build the bridge, but the time for the finished product to stand upright should not be so long.

In fact, he never thought about building a bridge that can stand for thousands of years and leave a name in history.

Even if it can only last for two or three hundred years after completion, he is very satisfied.

But even if the 300 taels needed for the stone material, he couldn't get it out in a short time, so Ji Xiuran could only sigh regretfully, and put the blueprint on the shelf for the time being.

Wait until he finds a way to make money before thinking about it.

Moreover, the construction of the bridge was a matter for the entire village, so he naturally had to consider the opinions of the village.

Shi Jingchen has been busy with him for a while and knows his plan.

But when he knew that he had to stop because of the money, he also fell silent.

300 taels of silver is also a huge sum of money for him.

His previous plan to sell reclining chairs was shelved because he was busy with Ji Xiuran's affairs during this period of time.

Now that he's done with his work, he's starting his own plan again, maybe after this wave of reclining chairs are sold out.

The money earned can solve part of Ji Xiuran's difficulties, and he can continue to earn the rest.

He believed that with faith, things would always work out.

Chapter 17

Ji Xiuran received a letter from Li Wen, saying that before the few of them went to the state academy to study, they would gather for the last time.

Ji Xiuran happened to be fine, so he went to the county with Shi Jingchen.

He didn't bring anything else, only ten boxes of candies, and besides giving them to a few classmates and teachers, he also brought some more, ready to use them to open up sales.

When Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen walked to the river, they saw that Uncle Li, who was on the ferry, was already waiting there.

The boat of Uncle Li’s family is Qingshan Village, the only means of transportation across the river.

Each person returns a penny, and through this, he earns some money to supplement his family.

He will sail the boat at regular intervals except when the market starts, and he will not sail the boat at other times. If you want to cross the river, you must make an agreement with him in advance.

Tell him when you come back, and he will wait on the other side when the time comes.

If there is no one there, just stand on the opposite bank and roar twice.

Yesterday, Shi Jingchen had agreed with Uncle Li in advance that he would use a boat today, and now Uncle Li would come to wait for them in advance.

"Xiu Ran and Er Niu are going to the county?" Uncle Li habitually greeted the two of them.

"Well, I have something to do in the county," Ji Xiuran responded casually,

Shi Jingchen was holding something in his hand next to him, and he also looked at him attentively, so as to avoid accidents due to his unaccustomed to being a boat.

"Xiu Ran is a man of great ability. He must have important things to do when he goes to the county."

Uncle Li laughed and teased Ji Xiuran.

Uncle Li watched Ji Xiuran grow up, and he is also the only scholar in Qingshan Village.

Being able to pass the examination of scholar, Uncle Li's face also felt radiant, and the usually rigorous person couldn't help but joked with Ji Xiuran.

"It's just a reunion with some classmates." Ji Xiuran responded with a smile.

When others treat him kindly, he naturally responds in the same way.

While talking, the boat reached the other side, and Shi Jingchen took out two coins and handed it to Uncle Li.

Uncle Li put on a tiger's face and refused to accept anything.

In the end, Ji Xiuran had no choice but to take out a handful of candy and stuff it into his hand, asking him to take it back and give it to his grandson.

Uncle Li still wanted to decline, but Ji Xiuran pretended to be serious and said: "You are like this, how dare we bother you old man in the future."

When it came to this point, Uncle Li had no choice but to accept it.

The two of them continued on their way to rent an ox cart from Lao Du's house in the opposite village.

It was half an hour's journey from here to the town, and Ji Xiuran's body couldn't stand the walk.

So every time they go to the county seat.They all rented cars from Lao Du's house, not from the town.

Lao Du also knew acquaintances, and knew that they needed a car, so he set up the car and came out in a short while.

Sitting on the bullock cart and looking at the scenery on both sides, Ji Xiuran leaned on Shi Jingchen to feel the rare peaceful moment.

But after a while, he didn't feel so comfortable.

Although this road is not particularly difficult to walk, there are always some potholes on the dirt road.

Every time when passing through these potholes, the bullock cart would bump a bit, and Ji Xiuran felt a little numb in his butt when he got down a few times.

Suppressing the discomfort, sitting on the bullock cart, I have no time to feel the surrounding scenery.

After two hours of bumping, they finally arrived at the county seat, and they drove the ox cart to an inn.

They will stay in the county for two days this time, and they have to find a place to live first.

The small courtyard that Ji Xiuran rented together before had already been rented out when he left, so this time he went to the city, he could only find an inn to live in.

In order to save money, the two lived in the same room.

This inn is relatively clean and the price is very reasonable, so there are more people staying here, and Li Wen and others also live here.

As soon as Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen put their things in the room, Li Wen and the others came to look for them.

Li Wen started yelling before he entered the door: "Xiu Ran, you are finally here. We've arrived a long time ago, so you and Liu Xiang are the only ones missing."

While talking, he walked in from the door, Wang Shuo and Lu Yunze walked in behind him with light smiles on their faces.

Ji Xiuran came over to greet everyone, let them sit down at the table, and refuted Li Wen's joke:

"The time set in your letter is today, so it stands to reason that Jun is not late." Ji Xiuran gave him a sideways look.

Seeing that Li Wen was choked speechless by Ji Xiuran, the others laughed unkindly.

Seeing him like this, Ji Xiuran didn't say anything more, and gave them the candy he had brought. They had candy in their mouths, so they didn't have time to talk about anything else.

After a few people tasted it, Ji Xiuran asked them what they thought of this new food.

The relatively calm Lu Yunze said: "It's very fresh to eat, and the fruity taste is somewhat interesting." It seems that he likes it more.

Li Wen, on the other hand, ate and called it delicious. He seemed to like it very much, and the others nodded in agreement.

Although Wang Shuo has not been very interested, but seeing everyone eating happily, he couldn't help picking up a hand-drawn candy and said, "I think the patterns on this candy are more interesting."

Ji Xiuran quite agrees with his point of view, the pattern on this candy is indeed its major selling point.

In this way, except for those who really don't like sweets, most people can accept it.

Ji Xiuran pushed the candy box in front of several people, let them continue to eat, and then asked: "Who among you can contact Zeng Junhui?"

Zeng Junhui was the partner he had thought of before, but Ji Xiuran looked down upon this sloppy, rich kid.

So he has no friendship with this person, and now he can only find someone through these classmates.

Lu Yunze and Zeng Junhui used to be at the same table, so they were familiar with each other. Hearing Ji Xiuran's question, he nodded in response: "I can give it a try, but we can go to Piaoxiang Building later, and we can ask the shopkeeper to help pass the message. But why are you looking for brother Zeng?"

Ji Xiuran smiled and said: "Nothing else, I just want to treat him to candies."

After eating candy, I am not afraid that he will not take the bait.

Several people waited until the afternoon, but Liu Xiang still hadn't appeared.

Lu Yunze then suggested: "Why don't we go to Piaoxiang Building first and sit down, let the owner of the inn help us pay attention, if Brother Liu arrives, let him go directly to Piaoxiang Building to find us."

Several other people agreed with this arrangement, so they got up and walked towards Piaoxiang Building.

Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen also walked behind together, Ji Xiuran looked at the surrounding shops while walking.

This street is a relatively prosperous street in the county, and there are many shops selling daily necessities on the street.

Ji Xiuran took a look and found that although there were many shops, the items they sold were relatively simple.

Ji Xiuran has a general understanding of the market situation here.

When the few people reached Piaoxiang Building, there were not many people in the building, and there were still vacant boxes, so Lu Yunze stepped forward and asked for one from the shopkeeper.

We went up to the private room on the second floor together, and after the refreshments came, the few of them started eating, chatting and waiting for others.

"Do you know that the small courtyard we rented before was robbed crazy this year, and the rent has doubled."

Li Wen, who was well-informed, first started to talk about the interesting news he knew.

Wang Shuo took a sip of tea and said, "Isn't this what should be done?"

Ji Xiuran nodded. At this time, people's thinking is still relatively superstitious, and those who have candidates believe in it even more.

Otherwise, those restaurants called Zhuangyuanlou and Jidilou would have such a good business.

For a candidate in a small courtyard, it's such a good start to pass all the exams once.

Those who want to be lucky will definitely roll up their sleeves and grab a seat.

And the landlord will also increase the rent in due course, which was all thought of when they left the small courtyard.

Several people chatted for a while, but Liu Xiang still hadn't appeared.