The next day, Yingwang Village mobilized the whole village. Except for those who were old and could not walk, they all went up the mountain to pick tea seeds. After a while, many women came back with bamboo baskets on their backs. After weighing and registering the picked tea seeds, they returned to the mountain to continue picking...

As noon approached, the empty room was full of tea seeds. Qian Xiaoxing asked Uncle Xu to arrange for someone to start drying the tea seeds. In a moment, all the open spaces that could be dried were already full of tea seeds.

Qian Xiaoxing looked at the other open spaces, and thought that it would be great if he could make a piece of cement floor. Why hasn't the cement been burned yet?

Qian Xiaoxing asked Xu Liang and asked. Xu Liang replied that it would be boiled in the first kiln after two days. Qian Xiaoxing had to wait patiently for another two days.

Qian Xiaoxing asked Si Yingying about planting pearls again. Si Yingying replied that she had already picked up hundreds of them. Everyone had dug up the river and took them all. If you want more, you can only search for them upstream and downstream. However, there is no manpower to find them at present. They have gone up the mountain to pick tea seeds, and the matter of digging the pond can only be temporarily put on hold.

Qian Xiaoxing then felt that there were too few people and not enough. There were more than 800 people in the village, and those who could move around had work. At present, the main focus was on building the river channel. It would be basically done after more than ten days to dig the river channel in the next ten days, but the construction of the embankment still required a lot of manpower, so it seemed that we could only take it slowly.

Qian Xiaoxing felt the fulfillment of life for the first time. Although there are more things to be busy every day, everything is so exciting. Qian Xiaoxing is confident that he can build Yingwang Village into the richest village in the world.

Two days later, Xu Liang transported the first batch of cement from the lime kiln. Qian Xiaoxing saw that the cement was black and had no idea, so he could only say it after the test.

So I used cement with different proportions of water, sand and stone, surrounded it with wood chips, and made some cement blocks, and recorded the proportions one by one, hoping to find the most suitable proportion to make the cement block the strongest.

Xu Liang looked at Qian Xiaoxing in confusion and heard Qian Xiaoxing say that the cement block would slowly become harder. He asked in confusion: "Master Qian, why can lime and clay be harder when it is mixed and cooked?"

Qian Xiaoxing thought about it and didn't know the principle, so he could only laugh: "This is very profound. For example, when a man sees a woman without wearing clothes, his little brother will become hard, which is difficult to explain."

Xu Liang nodded without comment, it was indeed mysterious.

"Ryozi, how old are you this year?" Qian Xiaoxing suddenly asked.

Xu Liang straightened his chest and said, "Mr. Qian, I'm seventeen."

Qian Xiaoxing remembered that he was seventeen years old in ancient times and was almost ready to get married. He smiled and said, "Do you miss a wife?"

Xu Liang blushed and nodded. Qian Xiaoxing asked again: "I like that girl, I will match you up."

"No need to bother Mr. Qian, I can handle this myself." Xu Liang replied confidently.

Qian Xiaoxing looked at Xu Liang. Although he was a little thin, it was really not easy to arrange the cement boiling work at a young age. He patted his shoulder and said, "Hehe, good, I'm not wrong with you. I'm two years older than you, so I'll call me Brother Qian from now on."

"Okay, Manager Qian."

"Um?"

"Okay, Brother Qian."

"You go back and continue to boil cement. Don't be afraid of too much. The more you burn, the better. If you don't have enough money, come to me to collect it. However, you have to register the expenses. You can't spend them randomly."

Xu Liang started with this cement-burning work and was worried that he would not be able to complete it. However, with Qian Xiaoxing's financial support, he would have fewer difficulties. Now he would be full of confidence in doing it and replied: "I understand, Brother Qian, don't worry."

"Well, I'm optimistic about you, come on!" Qian Xiaoxing thought that having subordinates would save effort and just move his mouth, so he would train some capable subordinates first.

Two days later, the tea seeds were piled up in several small houses. Uncle Xu came to report that there were too many picks and there was no time to dry them, and the piles were all rotten.

Qian Xiaoxing hurriedly asked Uncle Xu to lead the way to check it out. Sure enough, because the temperature of the pile was too high, some of it began to rot. He hurriedly asked someone to transport it elsewhere, spread the tea seeds evenly, and then ordered to stop picking the tea seeds first.

Taking advantage of this time to stop picking, it is necessary to do a good job of planting pearls, and arrange some people to continue picking up river clams, and some people start planting pearls.

It is actually not difficult to plant pearls. You just need to find a few river clams to open them, cut off the meat on the inner wall, and then cut it into a piece the size of rice grains. After stretching the mouth of the river clam, use a small bamboo stick to open the inner wall of the river clam and stuff the cut meat in it.

Qian Xiaoxing demonstrated several of them. One river clam can be stuffed into two or three dozen on both sides, but you must be careful when the river clam is injured, and the river clam will easily die.

About a thousand river clams were picked up, and Qian Xiaoxing arranged for everyone to plant pearl seeds, and then drill holes on the triangle at the tail of the river clams and string them together with ropes. Although there was no pond, they were temporarily released into the river.

After three days of busy work, all the river clams were ready. Everyone thought that if they could really grow pearls, wouldn’t it be the same as growing money in the fields? It would be difficult not to get rich.

Even if you can't plant it, there is no loss. It's just a matter of spending some effort. This is really a business without capital. Everyone is looking forward to planting pearls. Although they know that they will get something for at least half a year, they often come to see it, looking forward to the day of harvest.

A few days later, the cement blocks had hardened. Qian Xiaoxing picked up the big stone and smashed it over in turn. He found that 40% of the cement and 60% of the sand were the strongest. He immediately called Uncle Xu and planned to make several cement drying yards first, which could be used to dry tea seeds.

Uncle Xu and Qian Xiaoxing checked the terrain. The terrain that was basically flat has been reclaimed into farmland. They can only open barren mountains and pour cement after leveling. Although each piece is not large in area, it can be opened a lot, which makes up for the shortcomings.

The sand and stones dug in the river, mixed with cement and water, were sent to the hillside one by one. Anyway, they were just used as a drying yard, and the requirements were not high. As long as the terrain was not too tilted, it would be okay. Qian Xiaoxing used wood chips to make cement brushes, teaching everyone how to level the concrete. When the brushes passed, the fine cement floated on the surface, smooth and flat.

Everyone has seen the cement blocks tested by Qian Xiaoxing, and they are very surprised to see that the hardened cement blocks are almost as hard as stones. However, Qian Xiaoxing brought them too many surprises. When they heard that they were going to build a drying yard and to dry tea seeds, they spontaneously came to work, and everyone's work enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.

Qian Xiaoxing remembers that the cement floor should not be exposed to the sun, otherwise it would be prone to cracking, so he asked the villagers to find straw to spread it on and send someone to sprinkle water to maintain it from time to time.

Qian Xiaoxing saw that everyone didn’t have wages and worked so happily. Thinking about it, the farmers in ancient times were honest and would not be like modern times, and everything was in line with interests.

When the cement drying yard came to an end, mushroom cultivation began to make Qian Xiaoxing busy again. There are two ways to plant mushrooms: basswood planting and material cultivation. Because the materials require plastic bags and the process is complicated, Qian Xiaoxing chose basswood. Although it would waste some wood, there are more wood in the mountains, and basswood planting can be harvested many times, which is more cost-effective.

The two jars of mushroom seeds have all turned white. Qian Xiaoxing arranged for the villagers to cut down many trees, all of which are the trees that mushrooms usually like to grow. Then he found a piece of open space to arrange them one by one. After about forty or fifty, Qian Xiaoxing asked them to dig holes in the trees. Qian Xiaoxing put a little mushroom seed in each hole. After all, he arranged someone to build a pergola, which cannot be exposed to the sun.

The villagers built a pergola with thatch and wood. Looking at the mushroom seeds sowed by Qian Xiaoxing, it seemed to be similar to growing crops. The only difference is that the crops are planted in the field, and the mushroom is planted in wood. Although it sounds simple, why did no one grow it before? Everyone was curious and worried that villagers often came over to see if the mushrooms grew.

These days, Si Yingying and Jia Ling have been following Qian Xiaoxing and carefully watching Qian Xiaoxing do this and that. Jia Ling often asks Qian Xiaoxing why, but Qian Xiaoxing doesn't tell her, who told her not to care about her. Jia Ling was so angry that she was depressed.

Finally one day, Qian Xiaoxing took Jia Ling to the drying yard to check. After Jia Ling saw that the cement was hardened, she actually asked Qian Xiaoxing how to make this cement. After being turned away by Qian Xiaoxing, her eyes turned red and she cursed: "Bad guy, why did I offend you? I just ignore you when I talk to you."

Seeing that Jia Ling had been withstood for so many days, Qian Xiaoxing finally couldn't help it. He felt a little joy after victory and replied: "Don't you care about me? Do you don't like me? Why do you compromise and ask me this and that."

These days, Jia Ling looked at Qian Xiaoxing's strange ideas. He originally thought that Qian Xiaoxing was just a big hooligan, but now he seems to have something. He is very interested in these things. However, Qian Xiaoxing doesn't tell him that he was so angry that he never wanted to pay attention to him again. But when he saw it, he couldn't help asking, but he was rejected by Qian Xiaoxing. It seems that he has a lot of conflicts with him. If he doesn't resolve it, Qian Xiaoxing will ignore him.

Jia Ling asked sadly: "Then how do you tell me?"

Qian Xiaoxing thought for a while and said, "Then do you care about me?"

"I, I miss you, okay." Jia Ling replied helplessly.

"Do you like me?" Qian Xiaoxing asked again.

"I...I..." Jia Ling gritted her teeth, not knowing what to say. In her heart, she was unwilling to admit that she liked her, but seeing Qian Xiaoxing's appearance, she ignored her if she didn't say she liked him, which was very embarrassing.

"If you don't say it, forget it, I'll leave." Qian Xiaoxing stood up and turned around to leave.

Jia Ling thought about saying that she liked it, but she would like it. Anyway, she lied to him first, and hurriedly said, "Then even if I like you, tell me quickly."

Qian Xiaoxing glanced at Jia Ling and knew that she might be perfunctory and lie, but at least it has made progress compared to before. The so-called truth is both false and false, and then it will be enough to make false and true.

Seeing that Jia Ling had compromised, Qian Xiaoxing told Jia Ling about the recipe. Jia Ling heard that limestone and clay could burn cement. She couldn't believe that her idea must be very complicated and had to use a lot of materials.

"You don't believe it. Next time I take you to the cement kiln to take a look." Qian Xiaoxing thought about the beautiful scenery along the way to the cement factory. It was interesting to have fun with her.

"Okay," Jia Ling really doesn't believe it. The so-called seeing is true, and I really want to see it with my own eyes.

After hearing Jia Ling's agreement, Qian Xiaoxing really wanted to plan this trip carefully to get the relationship closer. However, he couldn't think of an idea, so he said, "I'll take you there in a few days if I have time."

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