Huanxi Farm: Pick up a husband for farming

Chapter 356
Another round of monsoons blew across the fields on the outskirts of the city, bringing peace to all things, including the peace of the people of the world.

The Khitan tribe took the lead in violating the "Hundred Years of Friendship" agreement, resenting Dayan's unfulfilled promise and the declining subsidy silver.

In the ninth month of Jiazheng X, the Khitan tribe dispatched [-] fine cavalry to directly attack Dayan's [-] infantry who were stationed at the frontier Langzhou. The above personnel really started the first battle between the Khitan tribe on the border and the Great Yan Dynasty.

In the same year, when the news came back to the capital, Emperor Jiazheng was furious, and directly ordered the [-] troops originally stationed in Langzhou to attack Khitan and the surrounding foreign tribes.

At the same time, Qin Nan, the general of Fubei, was appointed to set off from Suzhou, and directly led the three armed forces with a total of 50 troops to march to the border to lead the war.

And late June was the day when Junli left Jiangcheng. He and the [-] advance troops from the Suzhou and Hangzhou prefectures rushed to Langzhou, but they just encountered that surprise attack.

The news about Rongshui was cut off here, and then it was just heard that the general who besieged the Khitan tribe's [-] pursuers in the poor mountains and rivers was rewarded and directly became the captain.

After hearing such a deed, Rong Shui was sure that it was Junli who did it, but the person he got from Huchangzhai was not Junli.

Huchangzhai was not an ordinary bandit village in the past. Before the old village owner went to the mountain, he was still highly respected and had some reputation in the Jianghu. Obtaining the title of the Eighteenth Han in the Green Forest, the information obtained through inquiring is the fastest and most accurate.

It is reasonable to say that Junli has been away from Jiangcheng for several months, but this news is all over... It just happened to catch up with the Khitan surprise attack, so... where is he all this time?Is there any danger?

Cheng Qijun and Xiaomeng entered Rongshui's room, and the daily homework was to remind Rongshui to eat in the past. In the past two days, Rongshui had a lot of things to think about, and without Mrs. Li's supervision, he often forgot the meal time It is also a normal thing, so this task naturally falls on the people who serve around.

"Second Miss... hurry up and have dinner, after a while Uncle Jiu said that he has something to report."

Rong Shui got up his spirits. In fact, although he didn't start to do anything in the past few days, he was sick with worry and his body couldn't take it anymore.

Cheng Qijun silently observed everything about Rong Shui's fatigue, but she didn't say anything, she couldn't help at all, she was a little anxious, and she really hoped that if she had the ability to worry about Rong Shui It would be great if everything was done.

Rongshui ran out of food, and Wen Yongjiu was summoned. I haven't seen him for a few days, but he went to the mine again.

Wen Yongjiu saw that Rongshui was visiting according to the rules, so he said directly: "Boss Rong, a few days ago I was at the mine urging the workers to speed up the collection of raw iron, and at the same time inspecting their work in opening up new mines. Worrying."

He has been working with Huchangzhai in the mine for the past few days, and put on the agenda what Rongshui said before to expand the scope of mining. After a few days of busy work, he has finally achieved some results.

After all, there are abundant deposits of iron mines on the mine, and they have also figured out the specific landmark locations of the mine veins. As long as they are fully staffed and funded, they can prepare for the mining of new landmarks at any time.

But when it comes to this, it actually depends on Rongshui not blindly mining a large amount of mineral veins after he first discovered them. If the frantic mining was exhausted at that time, it may take a lot of effort to search for them now in a hurry.

Once the war started, the imperial court had confiscated a large amount of raw iron casting weapons as expected. Most of the mines in various counties and prefectures complained that they could not finish the quota. A large number of goods can solve the urgent need.

Of course, I also thought of these things. Hearing all this reported by Wen Yongjiu is good news.

Said: "Uncle Jiu, thank you for your hard work. When will the new mine start to be mined? What is the output?"

Wen Yongjiu replied: "It is expected to start next month. As for the output...it is expected to reach one-third of the original total output."

After hearing this, Rong Shui calculated silently in his heart, and frowned for a while, obviously not satisfied with such an answer.

Wen Yongjiu checked his words and expressions, so he said again: "Does the boss feel that it is not enough? To be honest, after observing the mine for the past few days, I found that there is no shortage of ore veins in our mine, and iron ore raw stone resources abound, but only the number of people If it’s not enough, if you can’t excavate and build a factory, if you can recruit a group of workers, I believe the output can be doubled!”

The problem of insufficient number of people is originally an old problem left over from the Rong family mine. Previously, nearly a hundred workers in Huchangzhai excavated together, which was able to maintain the normal operation and output of the mine, but because more than a year ago, the The reason why the imperial court wanted to recruit troops to expand its armaments.

Rongshui appealed to a large number of young and strong people from Huchangzhai to be recruited into the army for training. At that time, the mine had lost nearly half of its people. Afterwards, Wen Yongjiu was in charge of recruiting workers, one after another. A group of workers were recruited at the foot of the mountain, but the number did not reach the previous standard, and it could only barely guarantee the operation.

And now these people are also charged with the task of building new mines and increasing production, so... this is really difficult.

After hearing what Wen Yongjiu said, Rong Shui thought to himself, could it be that he encountered the modern social problems of "employment shortage" and "labor shortage"?
So he laughed and said: "The problem of insufficient manpower in the mine was indeed difficult to solve before, because the new roads in Jiangcheng were opened up, and many laborers from poor families went out to find a living, and the orphans, old, sick and disabled left behind could not provide for the needs at all. It is used by mines for young and middle-aged labor.”

Wen Yongjiu agrees, Rongshui's in-depth and precise analysis of the reasons for each problem is indeed very convincing.

But seeing that she didn't look anxious, instead she looked indifferent, Wen Yongjiu thought, could it be that Rongshui already has a solution?

Rong Shui continued: "But this is not a problem now, Uncle Jiu, just for two days, you go to the gate of the city to post a few notices for recruiting workers, and send someone there to answer questions and solve problems for those who come to consult. People understand the treatment and work content, method and time of our Rongjia mine.”

There was nothing special about this recruitment method, and Wen Yongjiu didn't understand the reason.

So he asked with some doubts: "Mr. Rong's family...I posted such an announcement years ago. I thought they would return to their hometowns to seek work when the year was approaching, but who knew that these people were only willing to work as part-time workers. Many left the mine shortly after the year."

Rong Shui didn't say much, she knew that with Wen Yongjiu's keenness, she would definitely discover her intentions, so she just said: "Uncle Jiu, don't worry about it, it's only around the end of the month, and there will definitely be many people who will come to inquire , and then willing to work in our mine.”

The matter of recruiting manpower is imminent. Rong Shui knows that the handover quota stipulated by the imperial court is only the beginning. In the end, the mine may even become a property of the imperial court, and a meager monthly subsidy is given to only produce iron for the battlefield.

Although things haven't reached that point yet, unless our army can make a quick decision, it will definitely be like this.

A quick victory is extremely trivial. Although Rong Shui is in Jiangcheng, he has a better understanding of the situation at the border.

Dayan's enemy, the Fanbang United Tribe, is not just one, but this war has been brewing for a long time. All parties are eyeing the Central Plains, and no one does not want to take it for themselves, especially in recent decades, the Khitan, which has been blessed and subsidized by Dayan's blessing, It is the biggest wolf ambition.

The "Hundred Years Contract" signed by Emperor Gaozong back then, although it solved the foreign troubles at that time, it has raised a hungry wolf for Dayan until now.

After Rongshui gave Wenyong the nine mines, he thought about going to the street. These days, he has been searching for the turbulent times in his head, what kind of business is the best, or what kind of business will not be affected by the war. influences.

It's just that I haven't got any clues yet, why don't I go to the suburbs of the city first to see if I can get any inspiration.

Cheng Qijun has been following Rongshui step by step, the two people's backs are one in front of the other, very much like Junli who loved Rongshui in the past.

Of course, Cheng Qijun didn't know it, only when Rongshui sensed the people behind him did he feel such small emotions.

Cheng Qijun asked Rong Shui, and said, "Is Second Miss going out? You wait first!"

Rong Shui turned around strangely, not knowing what else Cheng Qijun had to do.

Cheng Qijun turned back into the house again, he didn't know what to tell Xiaomeng, only to see Xiaomeng hurried to get something out, Cheng Qijun took it and came to his side.

Putting on a coat for her, with a straight and serious face, he said, "Second Miss, you are always so busy that you forget to take care of your body, but how can you take good care of your body like this?"

Rong Shui is like a disobedient little girl who has been taught by an adult at this time, she just made a mistake... Cheng Qijun, a young and mature person... can be more nagging than Junli.

Rong Shui thought that Cheng Qijun didn't see it, stuck out his tongue a little, and made a playful grimace, expressing the speechlessness in his heart.

However, she didn't know that this scene had already been seen by Cheng Qijunquan.

Cheng Qijun looked at Rongshui, who moved delicately and cutely. Her facial features became lively when she was playful, and she lost her usual cold and unearthly fairy posture. His heart was so soft that he really wanted to protect such Rongshui in himself. under the wings of... However, he actually does not have such qualifications.

Covering the longing in his eyes, Rong Shui has already walked away after regaining consciousness, taking away the fragrance on his body.

(End of this chapter)