Fallen Genius

The water in the small river was not in a hurry, but there were many stones in the riverbed, and the horse walked very slowly. However, after the meal, Fu Shubao still came to the foot of Longmai Mountain.The road leading to the mountain had been cut off, and some miners were standing at the foot of the mountain with sad faces. When they saw the young master and housekeeper Nie Ji approaching, they immediately surrounded them, accusing the Tian family of being disgusting.The Tian family has indeed done a great job, not only the mines cannot be transported out, but even these mining industries are not allowed to pass.

"Master, what should we do?" Butler Nie Ji had already learned how to be clever, so he didn't mention any more money, Master Qian.

"Go up the mountain and have a look." Fu Shubao was as calm as before, as if such an unsolvable problem was not a problem at all in his eyes.

"Hey..." Steward Nie Ji sighed softly, followed the young master's ass up the mountain.

Zhan Lu, the mine manager, is a strong man in his early thirties, with a stocky build and a simple face, and he is quite straightforward.As early as five years ago, Master Duoqian had taken a fancy to him and promoted him to be the mine manager.For more than five years, Zhan Lu has been doing his best in the mine of Longmai Mountain, and he can be regarded as a loyal servant of the Fu family.In addition, Zhan Lu is still a strong man with spiritual strength, and the mine guard team trained by him is not weak at all. This is why the members of the Tian family only dare to break the road up and down their own field and dare not go up the mountain to cause trouble.

"Zhan Lu has met the young master," Zhan Lu personally waited on Fu Shubao to get off his horse, while talking, "I'm afraid the matter of the Tian family's broken road can't be resolved in three or two days. Originally, besides this, I have one very important thing. I want to tell the young master, but it is inconvenient to send a letter, now that the young master is here, I just say it."

"An important thing?" Fu Shubao asked with some doubts, "Is it more important than the Tian family's broken road?"

"It's more important than that. It's inconvenient to talk about it here. The young master comes with me." Zhan Lu said in a low voice.

Feeling strange, Fu Shubao still followed Zhan Lu to an empty space. Nie Ji and a group of slaves were going to follow, but he stopped him.

After looking around, Fu Shubao finally said, "Tell me about something important."

Zhan Lu replied: "Yesterday, a few mining workers accidentally dug out the entrance of a cave while mining. I took a few loyal mine guards to check it out. The cave was not very big. At first we thought it was an ancient cave. The tomb of a wrestler or the secret training place of a wrestler, but after a careful search, no signs of anyone's activities were found in it, and no utensils were found in it."

Hearing this, Fu Shubao laughed dumbfoundedly and said, "Brother Zhan Lu, what you mean by important thing is that you found a broken mountain cave that looks mysterious but contains nothing? It's normal for you to have caves on the mountain. You guys have to be so nervous." ?"

Zhan Lu lowered his voice, "Master, there are no ordinary things in the cave, but there is one very strange thing."

"Uh, what is it?" Fu Shubao's heart moved slightly.

"Master, I won't be able to tell for a while, you just come and see with me." Zhan Lu turned around and was about to lead the way.

"There's no rush, let's go look after the iron ore transportation issue is dealt with first." Fu Shubao stopped Zhan Lu.

Zhan Lu said with a surprised expression: "The Tian family has cut off the road for transporting ore. We have to build a road from the back mountain, or we can only negotiate with the Tian family. There is no other way to think about it. If we can not go If you pass through the Tian family's territory, the master did that a few years ago, so is it possible that the young master has other methods?" The implication is that the son can solve the problem that the master's outstanding example of a profiteer can't solve. OK?

"You all come here." Fu Shubao walked directly to the edge of the mine.The mountain in front of Longmai Mountain is steep. Although it is halfway up the mountain, the road down the mountain seems to have nine turns and eighteen turns, which is very troublesome.The edge of the mine is a cliff that goes straight down. Standing on it, you can have a panoramic view of the bottom of the mountain.The small river that runs through Tianjia's wheat field is just under the cliff.

"Master, what solution did you think of?" He also stood on the cliff and looked down, but Butler Nie Ji didn't see anything.

Fu Shubao smiled lightly, and pointed to the small river passing through the wheat field of the Tian family: "Have you seen that small river? We went up the mountain from there. That river belongs to the imperial court of the Xiu Kingdom, and the Tian family dare not go on that river." It's a fuss, and we just happen to use that river."

Zhan Lu shook his head, with a wry smile on his face, "Young master, the Tian family dare not make fuss about that river, that's because this river not only irrigates the fields they are going up and down, but also the fields of several villages downstream need this river The river is irrigated, so we can’t make a fuss about this river. It’s autumn now, and the river is shallow. Once it’s the spring plowing season, the water in this river can flood to my waist. Therefore, the mining industry is transported from the river. Not realistic."

"That's right," Butler Nie Ji couldn't help interjecting, "I don't know how to use the river that the young master said?"

Fu Shubao said with a smile: "What I said about using that river is just to transport some materials from the river to the mine on the mountain. Who said you should transport mines from the river?" Tu Qiu continued: "Didn't that old dog Tian Feng clamor for our mine to fly over from the sky? Let's fly over from the sky."

Fly from the sky?

Zhan Lu, Nie Ji, the four maids and a large group of servants were all stunned on the spot, looking at the young master with a strange look, could it be... the young master has lost his mind?

Facing everyone's questioning eyes, Fu Shubao smiled without hesitation, "The way I said is to build two ropeways on this cliff, one end is under our feet, and the other end is on the opposite mound. We install an iron box car on each cableway, slide down after loading the iron ore, and pull it up after unloading the iron ore. In this way, we not only save the trouble and cost of transporting the ore by animal power, but also Improving the speed and volume of transportation will serve multiple purposes.”

Just now, dozens of house slaves were still wondering if the young master had suffered from some kind of insanity. In a blink of an eye, the young master's understatement cleared the fog that covered their eyes, allowing them to see a piece of golden sunshine.

"Master, what kind of cableway?" Zhan Lu had worked in the mine for several years, but it was the first time Zhan Lu heard of such a method of transporting mines. He vaguely felt that the master's method was feasible, but he didn't fully understand it. The young master just said something After he finished, he asked anxiously.

You know, the way to transport mines in this world is nothing more than manpower and animal power. Xiuguo's government-run iron mining industry is nothing more than more people and more animals plus a wider road. How can there be such a ropeway as the young master said? And the way of the iron box car?

"Of course it's a cableway built with iron cables. According to my visual inspection, the straight-line distance from our iron mine to the mound at the foot of the mountain is only about 1000 meters. There is no problem with erecting two iron cables." After a pause, Fu Shubao continued: " Butler Nie, you go to the Lord of Hucheng to buy the mound and the surrounding wasteland, and then come to the mine. I will give you a list, and you can buy parts and hire craftsmen according to the list. We will be able to build the cableway in a month, at most half a month, while Zhanlu will continue to mine, hoard the iron ore, and transport the ore down the mountain immediately after the cableway is established."

"Master, buying land is not a trivial matter, it is a huge expense, can your idea work?" Butler Nie Ji asked a little apprehensively.Be careful sailing for thousands of years, as the senior old housekeeper of Fu's mansion, he should pay more attention to this matter and consider it carefully.

"You guy, do you really want to feed the pigs?" Fu Shubao frowned slightly.

"The old slave will do it right away!" Now he said to leave, butler Nie Ji didn't dare to delay for a moment.

Even something as complicated as a comprehensive refiner can be made, so will there be any problems with this technically unskilled cableway?Butler Nie Ji obviously worried too much, and should have been attacked by the young master.The four maids who knew the magic of the young master would not make such a low-level mistake. They just looked at the butler Nie Ji who was running away with a smile, and each looked gloating.

"Brother Zhan Lu, let's go to the cave you mentioned now, and I will draw the construction diagram of the cableway later." Building a cableway to transport ore is not something that can be done right away, and Fu Shubao's interest soon shifted to Zhan Lu. Above the cave that Lu mentioned.

"Okay, come with me, young master." Zhan Lu turned around and led the way.

The cave discovered by the miners is a new mining site in the mine. The location is relatively remote. The front is a dense virgin forest, but the back is a steep mountain wall, which is unattainable.Because of the discovery of the cave, the subsequent mining plan was forced to stop. At the entrance of the cave, ores and fallen trees were piled up in a mess, which looked very messy.

Remove a pile of branches covering the entrance of the cave, and a dark cave entrance is exposed.The height and width of the leaves are about one meter, and people need to stoop to go in.Standing at the mouth of the cave, you can't see what's inside the cave.

After lighting the torch, Zhan Lu burrowed into the cave. After two steps forward, he turned around and said, "Master, come in, this is here."

Fu Shubao hesitated and said: "Are you sure there is no danger inside?" It is not the young master's style to venture into the cave casually.

Zhan Lu chuckled, "Everything about me is bestowed by the master, that is, the young master. Even if there is a danger of losing my head, I, Zhan Lu, will lose it first. Don't worry, young master, I'm here."

Fu Shubao didn't hesitate any more, he also got into the cave with a cat waist, and followed Zhan Lu to move forward.

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