Chapter 50

open well

After the spring planting was over, the entire Yanyun Villa came alive.

Those tenants chose flat land to repair their houses at the foot of the mountain. They moved to Yanyun Villa and farmed by themselves. They worked in the field with great interest every day, and even fed two chickens and ducks. The low flat wooden house smoked every day.Constantly, but somewhat at ease.

Qin Jun went to take a look once in a while, and followed the guards to check the traps on the side mountain. She finally got rid of the two big troubles, but there were endless troubles. She could maintain her livelihood and safety, but there were still countless troubles waiting for her.Solve worry.

Half a month has passed, and there is still no letter from Jindi, and it is not known when there will be progress on the salt sticking matter.

The people's private production of salt violated the laws and regulations. All kinds of interests are intricate, and the matter of salt and iron is the national policy. Even though Qin Jun is a princess, she dare not challenge the laws of Qin and Zhou.

The matter of making salt must be kept secret.

"The mechanism is complete." Ji Si came back from the side mountain and handed a cup of warm tea into Qin Jun's hand. Seeing her in a daze, she pressed the warm cup against Qin Jun's cheek.

Qin Jun came back to her senses: "What's wrong?"

Ji Si narrowed her eyes slightly: "The season has changed, master, don't get caught in the cold."

Qin Jun nodded, the summer heat has dropped, but there is no vicious sun in Yanyun Villa, "It's a good place to escape the summer heat."

Qin Jun drank tea, thought for a while and said to Ji Si, "Is there a letter from the palace?"

Ji Si shook her head.

Qin Jun frowned: "I don't know what's going on with Jindi."

Ji Si got up, went to the yard to take care of the flowers and plants, and said, "Since the princess chooses to hide from the world, why don't you leave those things behind?"

"Escape from the world?" Qin Jun, why did she come to escape from the world? The peace of the king is almost exhausted, and she also agreed to restore the country for the sixth princess.

Qin Jun got up, sighed and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this first."

"Jin Xiu!" Qin Jun raised her voice.

Jin Xiu appeared quietly, followed Qin Jun into the inner hall, and cleaned her face to change her face, "Princess, you want to go back to the palace?"

Qin Jun shook her head and said: "The summer heat has fallen, and the water in the village is not enough. Let's go to the government to buy some iron and make iron tools to dig wells."

Jin Xiu said: "Why don't you invite workers to do it?"

Qin Jun said: "We are landlords. We need to dig and plow fields for spring plowing and autumn harvesting. Who borrows farm tools from others?"

Jinxiu's heart is reasonable, not to mention that she has no objection to Qin Jun's decision, so she stopped asking more questions and worked carefully. After a while, Mr. He appeared in the wing room. Qin Jun was dressed in men's clothing, holding a folding fan to cover his face, and walked out of the villa with Ji Si.

When they arrived in Jiangbei, the two went straight to Yan Tiesi.

Ji Si explained her intentions, but before she finished speaking, the people from Yantiesi stopped the door.

"Go back to the palace and find the prince and walk through the back door?" Ji Si said.

Qin Jun didn't get angry after eating a cold shoulder. She nodded to signal Ji Si to steer the horse, and said in a low voice, "Go to the Jiangzhou County Mansion. Li Yuechuan works there."

This matter should not alarm Li Yezhen, Qin Jun grabbed her chin, and twirled the mole hair on her cheek with familiar movements.

Ji Si nodded, clamped her horse's legs and went to the county government.When they arrived at the door, Qin Jun led the horse and stood aside like a domestic servant, while Ji Si handed the concierge a greeting card engraved with Li's characters.

With her face covered, Ji Si said to the guard, "Please inform my uncle."

"Are you from the Li family?" the porter asked, dressed in iron armor and with a sword on his waist, holding a greeting card.

Ji Si nodded: "The new maid who went to the palace."

This person did not doubt him, one of them went to pass the news, and came back from time to time, only to say that Li Xiaowei went to lead the troops to train, "If there is something urgent in the palace, the younger one will ride a horse to report."

Qin Jun couldn't speak, so Ji Si pointed to Qin Jun and said, "Please tell the soldiers where to go. My servant happened to be riding a horse."

Qin Jun: "..."

The two left the government and took a horse together to the suburbs.

"The uncle has led the army for six years, and six years ago he was guarding the border with the prince and repelling the Yuan people. Why is he just a school captain?" Ji Si asked as he rode his horse.

Qin Jun was half nestled in her arms, pushed a branch above her head, and said, "Six years ago, the Li family army suffered heavy casualties at the Hengshan station. It seems that they lost their fighting spirit."

Ji Si smiled lowly: "It's said that Qin and Zhou were unscrupulous generals, but I don't think so. It's just that the prince has a bad temper and hates the prince's death."

Qin Jun groaned, "After the prince's elder brother left, my grandfather didn't want to go into this muddy water anymore."

Not far away, Li Yuechuan was leading the troops in training. He was demonstrating his archery skills. He drew a bow and shot an arrow. He hit a dummy's head a hundred meters away with a single strike, which immediately aroused cheers.

Seeing this scene, Qin Jun couldn't help being in a daze. Jiangbei's troops were not many, but Li Yuechuan looked like they were in good shape.

In fact, except for the soldiers of the king's government in various places, the generals usually change their defenses every three to five years. Li Yuechuan, because Li Yezhen had been a school lieutenant in Jiangbei for six years, did not change defenses with the Jiangzhou Army, nor was he promoted.In 2010, someone else should have found a way out and became the governor of Capital.

Qin Zhou was mainly governed by culture, and suffered a loss when the Yuan people came to commit crimes six years ago. Qin Bian ordered all his sons to practice martial arts with the army.

Qin Jun got off her horse and stood aside. Outside the captain's camp, she took Qin Jun and Ji Si's soldiers to pass on. Li Yuechuan put on armor and came striding forward.

Li Yu couldn't help but look at Qin Jun, "Jun'er?"

Qin Jun grinned, knowing that the former empress was good at changing appearances, the Li family and his son should know about it, so she said, "Uncle."

Li Yuechuan nodded and wiped his sweat with the sweat towel around his neck. The smoker, Qin Jun, stood a little far away, "How is everything going on in the village, do you feel comfortable living there?"

Qin Jun smiled and nodded. Seeing that there were no outsiders on the left and right, she directly explained her intention of coming, and said, "Uncle, I came here to borrow your connections and ask for a document for buying and selling pig iron."

Li Yuechuan: "Iron is not a problem, how much do you want?"

Qin Jun smiled and said, "A few hundred catties is feasible?"

Li Yuechuan: "What are you using it for?"

Qin Jun said: "There is a shortage of water on the mountain, so get some iron to dig wells and make some plows."

Li Yuechuan called Qin Jun to station in the tent in the outskirts, spread paper and ink and wrote a document to dredge the Yantie Division, saying: "The matter of Yantie is not a trivial matter. You take the document and give it to the Yantie Division.I won't stop you anymore, if you buy too much, you will inevitably cause trouble."

The imperial court was afraid of using iron to make weapons for rebellion. Every year, pig iron was distributed in various places. Generally, there were more quotas in military camps. Weapons were essential for marching and fighting, but the use of iron by the people was strictly controlled.

Qin Jun took the document, smiled, and asked Ji Si to fetch the basket, which contained the cakes that the chef of the villa had prepared for Qin Jun to satisfy his hunger on the road, "Look at the exquisite craftsmanship of these cakes, bring them to uncle.”

Li Yuechuan poked his head and said, "It's not unusual, I think it's specially made for you, Jun'er can keep it."

With short hands, Qin Jun couldn't take it for nothing, so he pushed the food box forward and said, "Uncle take it back and give it to my cousins and nephews. Jun'er still has to buy iron, so I left first."

Li Yuechuan shook his head, "Why is this so, it's better for Jun'er to move back to the palace, so I can..."

"By the way," Qin Jun interrupted Li Yuechuan, "does uncle know how my cousin is doing?"

Li Yue preached: "I only know that he leads troops in Jindi. I guess the imperial court may want him to take over Jindi and order General Ji to go elsewhere."

Qin Jun pondered for a moment and said, "Should I change the general?"

Li Yuechuan made tea to Qin Jun, saying: "Jindi is special, and it depends on the arrangement of the court."

Qin Jun: "Then how is the Jindi exile incident handled?"

The corners of Li Yuechuan's eyes were piled up, and he said with a smile: "The negotiations between the two countries will be difficult to conclude for a while, just look at the court, the worst is just a war, what are you afraid of?"

Qin Jun: "..."

Leaving the school camp in the outskirts, Qin Jun and Ji Si went to the Yantie Department to buy iron together. The Yantie envoy saw the document and readily wrote a note to Qin Jun. Qin Jun took the note and went to the Military Defense Department.The people looked Qin Jun up and down and registered the origin of his surname.

Ji Si: "My surname is He, a Capital businessman who went back to his hometown and lives in Yanyun Villa."

Seeing that Ji Si didn't hide her demeanor even though she covered her face, the envoy of Bingfang Si was agitated, and said to Ji Si, "Who is the girl?"

"It's just a lowly slave in the house." Ji Si said with a smile, "My young master suffers from a mouth disease and it's hard to speak. Can the official hurry up?"

The envoy glanced at Qin Jun, suppressed the urge to gag, shook the token in his hand, and ordered: "Ten taels of silver to clear it."

Qin Jun: "..."

Ji Si said softly, "My young master was recommended by Captain Li."

The Secretary of Bingfang smiled: "Since the surname is not Li, what are you talking about? Girls, the Chinese books in your hands are official irons. Even Li Xiaowei will be accused of selling official irons., who will take the risk?"

Qin Jun: "..."

Qin Jun tugged at Ji Si's sleeve, and Ji Si could only smile and be real gyp obediently.

When we arrived at the warehouse, the person guarding the warehouse also looked bored. Qin Jun already had experience and offered to hand over two taels of silver. The man opened the warehouse door and helped Qin Jun take out hundreds of catties of pig iron and pile them on the ground outside the warehouse..

The guards of the warehouse re-locked the iron warehouse, and Qin Jun and Ji Si looked at each other in blank dismay.

Ji Si: "How will the iron be transported away?"

The man stretched out his right hand and rubbed his fingers towards Ji Si.

Qin Jun: "..."

Ji Si counted two slings of copper coins and handed them over.

The warehouse guard said: "Go to the market to find a few coolies, and you can use them for a few pennies."

Qin Jun almost yelled at her, but she endured it.

Ji Si smiled coldly: "You go."

The warehouseman flipped a note of Byakugan, "Why—"

Before the words finished, the man felt a chill on his neck, Qin Jun's hand was empty, and the folding fan was in Ji Si's hand, pressing it against the neck of the servant guarding the library gate.

Qin Jun: "..."

"It's inconvenient for me to leave the Patriarch, please trouble me." Ji Si said with a smile.

Qin Jun: "..."

The gatekeeper nodded and ran away.

A quarter of an hour later, the gatekeeper turned pale and called for three or five coolies to help Qin Jun and Ji Si transport the pig iron to Jiangbei to cross the river, board a boat to cross the river, and transport them back to the village together.

Qin Jun finished removing her make-up, steamed her wet hair, and said, "Let the guards in the mansion go to Jiangbei and Bingzhou to find some good well diggers and blacksmiths, and invite them to the village to forge iron."

More than 700 catties of pig iron were piled up on the open space in the backyard. Qin Jun ordered Ji Si to draw some blueprints, so that the craftsmen could forge the iron according to the blueprints.

Ji Si is good at painting, and from time to time, a chisel in the shape of a beak will lie on the rice paper under the candle lamp.

Qin Jun said in surprise, "This is it!"

Ji Si laughed: "It's like a rice pounding utensil, but it's not made of iron, and it's not so sharp."

Qin Jun's hair was half dry, and she sat down next to Ji Si, and made up another drawing, motioning to Ji Si to look at it: "If you make the tip blunt or flat, look!"

Qin Jun showed the painting to Ji Si's eyes. There were not many production tools, so she asked, "Have you seen this?"

Ji Si looked at it carefully and shook her head.

"It's called a file." Qin Jun leaned on the desk and drew a handle for the file, "Hold it in your hand and it can be used to polish steel. This is the way arrow tips and blades are made, but everyone uses a stone grinder.With this, grinding iron can get twice the result with half the effort.”

Ji Si looked at it for a while, then smiled knowingly, and said, "Sinking a well requires such a fine tool?"

"It's used to sharpen the cone, which is convenient for breaking rocks." Qin Jun said, "There are many mountains and rocks in the southwest, so these tools can break the ground and open wells."

The tools for digging wells in ancient times were simple, and more manpower was used to dig out the soil bit by bit. The well dug deeper and deeper. Finally, a wheel had to be repaired at the head of the well, and a rope was tied to the body to carry a wooden bucket. While digging soil, the well was dug.The excavated gravel is transported out of the ground with rollers and well ropes like water.

Qin Jun asked, "How did the well in the villa be opened?"

Ji Si said: "It should be dug by manpower with a shovel. A deep well will take at least half a year."

Qin Jun sighed, "I can't afford to wait half a year."

Ji Si got up and said, "Tomorrow, I will go to the well digger."

Qin Jun nodded, put away the drawings, "Go to sleep."

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