The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 829 Learning to ride a horse

Because of the early departure, it was only three quarters before the group arrived at Zhangjiayi, the first station heading north.

Zhang Ping'an, Chun Lin and the others came out in a hurry. The two of them had already arrived at Zhangjiayi with their respective motorcades yesterday evening.

This time, apart from Zhang Ping'an and Chun Lin, Su Yunduo also picked Liu Yuhu's three masters and apprentices from Yujiefang, and Gong Jie, one of the apprentices brought by Mr. Zeng from the old winery, from the winery. Follow them to the North.

Su Yunduo had long planned to build a wine shop in Beidi.

First, in order to reduce labor costs, labor in the Northland is much cheaper than that in the capital area. If you hire one worker in the capital, you can hire two or even three workers in the Northland.

The second is to reduce transportation loss. Although every time the wine is sent to the north and northwest, it is escorted by soldiers sent by the imperial court. Because of the long distance, there will always be such and such situations. The loss rate of the least loss is nearly [-]%, and the most It was almost lost due to improper emergency response in the case of flash floods.

Even the time when Lu Jinkang led the escort, the loss was nearly three floors.

Such a high loss, even if the loss has nothing to do with the efficiency of the winery, still makes Su Yunduo feel very painful. After all, in this era of low industry, it is not easy to purify water and wine.

The time when Lu Jinkang led the escort, although the main reason was that the original leader was unable to make the trip because of a sudden family accident, there were other reasons.

The Holy Lord deliberately asked Lu Jinkang to find out the reason for such a large loss and the solution.

Although Lu Jinkang's escort successfully avoided the avalanche, the thousands of miles away from the capital to the northern Xinjiang was not just an avalanche.

The final conclusion is that building a winery in the Northland can not only reduce production costs, but also reduce transportation losses. If a winery is really built in the Northland, it can also boost the economy of one side. .

The Holy One intends to hand over the matter of building a brewery in the north to the Tai Hospital, but it has been three years since Su Yunduo's distillery purified medical liquor, and the purification workshop of the Tai Hospital is still in the experimental stage and there are many accidents. He couldn't accept this task at all, so he had no choice but to give up.

But this time the Holy One intervened directly, taking a sum of money from his own private treasury and giving it to Su Yunduo to invest in the winery in Beidi.

Even with the support of the Duke of Zhen Guo, Su Yunduo did not intend to build a winery in the Northland alone, so even if the Holy Majesty did not take action, she would recruit the Holy Majesty to join the group, and if the Holy Majesty took the initiative to take the initiative, it just saved her tongue, so she secretly said Steal fun.

Ever since he decided to develop in the north, Su Yunduo had several more projects in his hands. It was the time when a lot of funds were needed, and the funds from the Holy Spirit greatly relieved the pressure on funds.

After several years of experience, today's Zhang Pingan already has the temperament of an executive. With the addition of Gong Jie, Su Yunduo believes that the winery in Beidi will soon rise from the ground.

The three masters and apprentices Liu Yuhu went to Geshan Village for technical exchanges to enrich the technical strength of Geshan Village Bath Products Workshop to ensure the product quality of Geshan Village Bath Products Workshop and expand the production capacity of Geshan Village Bath Products Workshop if possible.

The bath products of Yujiefang originated in Geshan Village, but it has been vigorously developed in Yujiefang in Yangjiaji.

Although the bath products workshop in Geshan Village continued to produce bath products and almost monopolized the Northland bath products market, since Tongshan took Liu Yuhu and other backbones to the capital, the bath products workshop in Geshan Village seemed a little weak in succession.

The formula used is the same as Yujiefang, but the products produced are far inferior to Yujiefang. This makes the old doctor Kong very worried. Most of them wrote to Su Yunduo to discuss, hoping that Su Yunduo can transfer people from Yujiefang to feed Geshan Village workshop, otherwise it can only be purchased from Yujiefang and put into the Beidi market.

If this is the case, the toiletries will also fall into the same predicament as medical liquor.

Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity of personally going to the North, Su Yunduo specially recruited Tongshan, Lin Zhuangtou, and Jiang Haizi to the Zhen Guogong's mansion for discussion, and finally decided that Liu Yuhu would take the two young The technical backbone went to Geshan Village, apparently for technical exchanges, but actually to enrich the technical strength of Geshan Village's bathing workshop.

The Liu Donglin family has all gone to the capital now, and Geshan Village has no family members other than the clansmen. Liu Yuhu will not stay long when he returns to Geshan Village this time, and the two young technical backbones will stay in Geshan Village for a long time. Yun Duo specially asked Tongshan to pick two young backbones who were not married yet.

Seeing Su Yunduo today, I was a little worried. The two children brought by Liu Yuhu looked a bit younger. Can they really support the workshop in Geshan Village if they stay in Geshan Village?
After getting along with each other all the way, Su Yunduo gradually felt relieved, after all, Tongshan knows the people of Yujiefang better than Su Yunduo!

After the three parties met at Zhangjiayi, they didn't stop at Zhangjiayi. They ate some food in a hurry and embarked on the long journey to the North under the setting sun in summer.

This year, from south to north, it seems a bit dry. Although there have been thunderstorms unique to summer along the way, generally speaking, there are still more sunny days.

but!Even though there are few thunderstorms and floods that are common in summer, the team still encountered various situations, large and small.

Seeing the wear and tear of the convoy gradually increasing along the way, Su Yunduo's determination to build a winery in Beidi was strengthened.

When traveling in summer, people and horses are prone to fatigue and heatstroke.

Even though the winter in the Northland is extremely severe and the summer is short, the temperature in midsummer is not low, especially at noon when the sun is high. Even if you sit in a carriage and make ice with saltpeter, it still feels unbearably hot. Not to mention the people and horses outside in the scorching sun.

After a few days, both humans and horses suffered from heat stroke.

Even if Su Yunduo made the maid and woman beside her boil a lot of herbal tea every day, it was still hard to resist the intrusion of the heat.

Although both Lu Jinkang and Su Yunduo wished they could grow their wings and fly to the city of Mud City, they still had to consider the reality.

When another coachman almost overturned a carriage full of medical liquor, Su Yunduo felt that he could no longer drive blindly like this.

"I can't go on like this. I just arrived in Taicheng, and I lost a lot of white wine. People and horses suffered from heatstroke one after another, so I had to adjust my itinerary." After resting at the scheduled post, Su Yunduo arranged for people to brew herbal tea for everyone, and at the same time Talk to Lu Jinkang.

Naturally, Lu Jinkang had already discovered the problem. He himself, the people around him, and even the escorting sergeants were fine, but those coachmen were basically ordinary people with low heat resistance. Besides, the horses pulling the carts were only ordinary horses, so they couldn't compete with theirs. War horses rival.

He had already discussed with Ning Zhongping and others just now, and he planned to start an hour earlier every day, take advantage of the early morning cool off to hurry, and rest when the temperature rises.

As for where to rest, it is best to have a station. If there is no station, just find a cooler place to rest on the spot, and continue on the road after the hottest time of the day.

Departing early and staying overnight for a lunch break, although it is still hard work, it can avoid the high temperature.

After a few days of trial, it not only reduced the number of people suffering from heat stroke, but also did not delay the itinerary, and it was even slightly improved compared to the expected itinerary.

For Su Yunduo, the heat is not terrible. After all, saltpeter is used to make ice in the carriage. What is terrible is sitting in the bumpy carriage all day doing nothing, even if there are sisters Zi Niao and Zi Lian and Bai Tao. Interrupting from time to time, after a few days, she still felt an indescribable boredom. She felt that if she continued like this, her bones would either be broken or broken before she reached Beidi.

This day, Zi Tiao and Zi Lian rode happily for an hour before returning to the carriage. Su Yunduo was very envious and regretted that he had never learned how to ride a horse.

He drove around and looked around, just in time to see his mare following Lu Jinkang step by step, and naturally felt even more annoyed.

The mare was called "Flying Snow", which was given to her by Lu Jinkang for her birthday. It was all white and seemed docile, but its foot strength was not inferior to that of Lu Jinkang's black horse named "Lightning".

"Flying Snow" has been with Su Yunduo for two and a half years, but Su Yunduo has never learned how to ride a horse, but Su Yunduo's birthday is in winter, the weather is cold, every winter is the busiest time for Su Yunduo, and he can't get out at all. Time to learn to ride a horse.

When he had time, he was pregnant and Lu Jinkang was not in the capital, so Su Yunduo has not had the opportunity to learn how to ride a horse.

Of course, these are all excuses. It's not true that Su Yunduo has no chance to learn how to ride a horse. Every time Lu Jinkang proposes to teach her, she always finds various reasons to delay her.

In fact, Su Yunduo always finds reasons to procrastinate because she had a bad horse riding experience in her previous life, and she has a deep shadow on horse riding in her heart.

But Su Yunduo is really upset at this moment, and she is still the owner of Kangyun Ranch, can she really avoid riding a horse in her future life?
Naturally it cannot be avoided!
The Kangyun Ranch covers a vast area, so it would be a lot of trouble to use a horse-drawn cart to patrol around!
Silently staring at the heroic Lu Jinkang riding on the back of "Lightning", Su Yunduo tried his best to convince himself that riding a horse is not terrible. If he continues to let the shadow in his heart judge him, then it is truly terrible.

Lu Jinkang keenly sensed the gaze from behind him, and knew without turning his head that it must be Su Yunduo. He lightly reined in the reins, and "Lightning" slowed down. "Lightning" followed the carriage slowly.

Seeing that Su Yunduo's eyes were fixed on "Feixue", Lu Jinkang had a guess in his heart: "There is no sun today, and there is still a bit of wind, do you want to get on the horse and ride for a while? Don't worry, 'Feixue' is the most docile. And me!"

Su Yunduo struggled a little in her heart, and when she came back to her senses, she suddenly found that she had been helped by Lu Jinkang onto "Flying Snow", and her pretty face suddenly turned pale.

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you for a ride first!" Lu Jinkang saw the fear in Su Yunduo's eyes, turned over and got on "Flying Snow", holding Su Yunduo firmly in his arms, and gently clamped his legs Urging "Flying Snow" to move forward slowly, while softly comforting Su Yunduo who was stiff.

Lu Jinkang really didn't understand why the always bold Su Yunduo was so afraid of riding a horse.

He once asked Su Chengzhi and Su Zexuan about this matter quietly, but neither of them provided him with any useful clues.

Leaning in Lu Jinkang's generous arms, listening to his strong heartbeat, Su Yunduo gradually relaxed.

Lu Jinkang held the rein tightly and held Su Yunduo's cold little hand tightly. While explaining to her the essentials of riding and controlling a horse, he quietly handed over the rein in his hand to Su Yunduo, inadvertently taking the initiative to control the horse. The power was handed over to Su Yunduo.

"Very good...the lady did a great job...yes, just lightly pull the rein like this...Come on, try to control 'Feixue' to go left and right, very good!" After that, Lu Jinkang could not stop talking all the way. Praise Su Yunduo freely.

Su Yunduo pursed her lips, from being stiff to relaxed, after an hour, she finally gained some confidence.

Lu Jinkang felt that Su Yunduo had basically learned how to control the horse, and quietly jumped from the slow-moving "Feixue" onto the back of "Lightning" who was walking side by side.

Su Yunduo felt that his back was suddenly empty, and he couldn't help but panic, the movements of his hands changed shape and gave "Feixue" wrong instructions, "Feixue" screamed and increased the speed.

Suddenly losing Lu Jinkang's support, the horse suddenly accelerated again, causing Su Yunduo to scream again and again in a panic. Unexpectedly, "Feixue" misunderstood Su Yunduo again, and the speed increased again.

Su Yunduo swayed from side to side on the galloping horse, as if he was about to fall off the horse at any moment.

Luckily, Lu Jinkang was prepared. As soon as "Flying Snow" started, he discovered the problem. With a pinch of his legs, he drove "Lightning" to follow. How should Su Yunduo control the horse?

After all, Su Yunduo is not that kind of delicate woman. After losing control for a short time, she gradually calmed down, and her ears began to receive Lu Jinkang's instructions clearly, and followed Lu Jinkang's reminders to operate. But it gradually slowed down.

When Su Yunduo regained his senses, only the couple and the two handsome horses, one black and one white, were left in the world.

"How does it feel?" Lu Jinkang asked with a smile seeing that Su Yunduo's movements of controlling the horse became more and more proficient.

Su Yunduo gave Lu Jinkang a hard look, this man left "Feixue" without saying a word, how dare he still have the face to ask!

Just now Su Yunduo was really frightened by the sudden acceleration of "Flying Snow", and she was about to lose her wits. For a moment, she felt that she might have to confess here today. Fortunately, everything is safe now, hum, she will never ride a horse again !

At this moment, Su Yunduo's body and mind can be regarded as completely returning to their original positions. It seems that riding on horseback is not as scary as imagined before, and the sight is so wide, the world is so free, how can it be compared to sitting in a carriage?

Haha, she actually learned how to ride a horse!
Su Yunduo couldn't help being a little proud. It must have only been an hour since she was carried on the horse by Lu Jinkang to now being able to control the rein and drive "Flying Snow". It turns out that she is very talented in horseback riding.

At this moment, Su Yunduo has completely forgotten the frightening experience he had before.

Looking at Su Yunduo who was sitting on horseback in high spirits, Lu Jinkang couldn't help but secretly shook his head, boasting a lot in his mouth, but in his heart he was already worried about the pain Su Yunduo was about to face.

(End of this chapter)