Shangrao Dehu Villa.

Xin Qiji, who is fifty years old, has lived here for eight years since he took off his black hat in the ninth year of Chunxi and was fucked to the end.

Eight years have passed! The flowers bloom and fall, and in a blink of an eye, it is early winter again.

Two years ago, the death of his senior friend Han Yuanji, made Xin Qiji feel more lonely when he chose to live in Shangrao. He was more or less because Han Yuanji lived in Shangrao, so he decided to live in Shangrao. Xin Qiji's villa with the lake and the Han Mansion were across the lake. The close interaction between the two can be seen in the harmony of poetry.

The most famous poem is "Lu Longyin·Shou Nanjian Shangshu" written by Xin Qiji in the 11th year of Chunxi (1184). It is a long poem written for Han Yuanji, and the poem says:

The skyma came from the south when crossing the river, how many people were really good at it? The elders of Chang'an, the storm in Xinting are still pitiful. Yifu and others, Shenzhou Shenlu, have been looking back!

It is considered that the army is full of fame and fortune, and the real Confucianism is true, and whether it is public knowledge. What's more, there are articles, mountains, mountains, and wine. When the year comes, the world will be rectified, and the husband will live for a long life.

Han Yuanji came from Cheng Yi's sect. He was a student of Cheng Yi's disciple Yin Ying. He served as the Minister of Personnel. Lu Zuqian was his son-in-law, Lu You had a close relationship with him, and Zhu Xi was a disciple of Cheng's sect. However, in Han Yuanji's last years, the most important confidant of his juniors was Xin Qiji.

Unfortunately, Han Wonji passed away!

In late autumn last year, Chen Liang came and left again. Now Chen Liang is far away in Chameng. It is said that there, Chen Liang has almost become a powerful figure, and is famous for Annan and Zhenwax. He is also a show of his talent! Unfortunately, my old friends are thousands of miles apart, so they can only remember the time when they drink and sing.

As for Chen Liang's letter to invite him to Taiwan, Xin Qiji is no longer the boy who once said to the south to return alone. Although he was not without impulse, he could only sigh for a long time. It was impossible for Chen Liang to cross the sea alone.

The government did not attack the Northern Expedition but took Taiwan first. This move was hard to understand at first, but now it seems that this move was a great reward. In Xin Qiji's view, the gold mine fell second, and the most commendable thing was to get a new grain plant - sweet potato. The sweet potato produced 3,000 kilograms per year. With this high-yield sweet potato, the people of the Song Dynasty will no longer be hungry!

Later, there were glass mirrors made in Taiwan that became popular in Shangrao. Now, there are many glass mirrors in Xin Qiji's home. Moreover, Xin Qiji also planned to replace all window paper with glass. As for soap and matches, they are already within the normal range of use in Xinfu.

Days are so dull, day by day, day by day, and another winter is here to meet, and abide by pastoral life.

It can eliminate the wind and rain! Even though we are still ambitious, we can't resist the rain and wind blowing year after year. Now the white hair is growing. Time is really a killing knife! Xin Qiji sighed in his heart.

Xin Qiji couldn't help but chant:

When I was drunk, I looked at the sword with a lamp, and dreamed of blowing the horns and camps. I was divided into 800 miles of fire under my command, and I heard the sound of fifty strings. I lit the soldiers on the battlefield.

The horse made Lu Feifei, the bow was as fast as a thunderbolt. It was shocking. It resolved the affairs of the king and won the reputation of his life. Poor white happened!

I thought about galloping on the battlefield and struggling, but unfortunately I can only stay in the lake now, "but I used ten thousand words to exchange for the boss's book on planting trees." Alas!

Xin Qiji was a little confused on this day.

Just when Xin Qiji was thinking about something, a new poem was about to come out, the imperial edict arrived.

It’s not counting after receiving the imperial edict. In addition to the imperial edict, there is also a long attachment to prove that Yongping mining and copper smelting. The name “Wugang Development Holding Company” is a bit strange, but when it comes to “Xihua Construction Company” and “Taisong Hai Trade Company”, they all have the word “company”, which seems very fashionable. However, can you really dig out astronomical copper ore?

After receiving the imperial edict and reading the attachment, Xin Qiji was a little hesitant. It happened that Xin Qiji had some interactions with local professionals, so of course he had to listen to the opinions of professionals.

Xin Qiji was in Shangrao, and the ones he had dated were Li Ziyonghe, the official of the smelting department, who brought up Li Zhengzhi, the official of the smelting and smelting money. Of course, these two people never knew about the Yongping Copper Mine. Let's listen to what they said, it would be not too late to do the area.

The next day, Li Ziyong and Li Zhengzhi were invited to Xin Mansion.

Faced with Xin Qiji's problem, the two of them looked at me and I couldn't believe that Yongping could produce 10 million kilograms of copper materials a year.

"Mr. Xin, the year when Qianshan Farm produces the most copper, even for two years, the main road produces only 960,000 kilograms of copper. In recent years, the copper mines are completely damaged. The mining is further downward, and the mining is blocked by rocks. It consumes people's energy and is limited. I am worried about this matter!"

Li Ziyong has been working as a lieutenant in the office of Kengyeguan for nearly thirty years, so he naturally knows the copper production in Qianshan. If there are still endless copper mines underground, he can't believe it easily. Moreover, copper mining in Qianshan has always been blocked by rocks. Even if he can dig down through the cracks of the rocks, it will be a huge challenge. It is already very impressive to produce one million kilograms a year. As for the output of ten million kilograms, dream!

Li Zhengzhi also echoed:

"That year, it was possible to produce 960,000 kilograms of copper, which mobilized tens of thousands of people, not 100,000, and there were 70,000 to 80,000. So many people were digging, smelting, and transporting day and night, and then it was refined. Twenty thousand people had to produce more than 7 million kilograms of copper a year, which was a fool."

The two Li Li were not optimistic, which made Xin Qiji a little discouraged, but Xin Qiji was not a person who gave up easily. He was waiting for the person Lu Jiuyuan's letter to arrive. This letter was passed on after the imperial envoy issued the imperial edict, and its transmission level was really high.

On the third day, Fu Ziyun, Fugui and Yuan Fu arrived.

This group of people brought a special gift to Xin Qiji: sweet potatoes and sweet potato flour, and a piece of zinc metal.

Fu Ziyun said:

"I heard that Lord Jiaxuan was paying attention to farming and specially asked Xiaosheng to bring some special products in the special zone, which are sweet potatoes, and this is sweet potato flour made from sweet potatoes. In a few days, there will be sweet potato seeds coming."

"Thank you so much!"

"This is what Mr. Mao asked Xiaosheng to bring, it is a piece of zinc."

Fu Ziyun then handed over a piece of off-white and metallic luster. Xin Qiji took it and felt heavy, like lead but not lead, it was lighter than lead and harder than lead.

"How to say this? XIN?"

Fu Ziyun explained immediately:

"Its name is 'zinc', next to the golden character, and on the right is the character 'Xin' of Master Xin, which is metal zinc. Mr. Mao said that this zinc is magical. Perhaps this magical zinc is destined to be destined to be with Master Xin, so his mentor and Mr. Mao thought of going together, saying that only Master Xin can be the president of the Wumin Company and can smoothly smelting copper and zinc. Now it seems that even the official family is optimistic about Master Xin. The three of us admire Master Xin's style and are willing to follow Master Xin and achieve something under Master Xin's command."

Xin Qiji received two gifts that he had never seen before. He was curious. He first tasted the sweet potatoes and took a bite. He felt that they were crispy and sweet. He even said they were delicious.

Then he asked what the magic of zinc was. Fu Ziyun took out a hot-dip galvanized iron sheet and told him that as long as the iron piece was dipped with a layer of zinc, the iron piece would not rust.

When Xin Qiji heard this, he was indeed magical.

Moreover, Fu Ziyun also said that there is a zinc mine in Qianshan. As for smelting, Fugui is well-versed in zinc smelting. This time, Fugui specially asked Fugui to come here to help Xin Qiji refine zinc.

Xin Qiji thought to himself that it seems that just for this wonderful zinc, it is worth trying. They deliberately named this metal "zinc", which is really a good intention.

Suddenly, he thought of the difficulties of mining mentioned by Er Li, and said:

"I also visited Jicui Rock, Qianshan. There were flat pits underneath, gall springs flowing out of the caves, and some people opened pits to collect copper. However, the rocks there were layered and it was difficult to dig. I saw the report written by Mr. Xiaomao that he could use gunpowder to explode the rocks. Is it really possible?"

Shangrao and Qianshan are close to each other, so Xin Qiji often goes to Ehu Temple. The mountains and rivers around Yongping often have Xin Qiji's footprints, including copper-producing mountains. It is precisely because of the difficulty of mining with your own eyes that Xin Qiji has this saying.

"Yes, in Kaohsiung, we use this method of gunpowder mining to mine quarry and burn cement. No matter how hard the rock is, we can still mine it. Mr. Mao said that there is a huge amount of copper ore stored under the rocks in Yongping. Only by using gunpowder blasting can it work. Mr. Mao also said that Lord Xin is very good at leading troops. Only 20,000 troops can surpass 100,000 people in smelting."

"Oh." If gunpowder is really good, that's good! Xin Qiji thought to himself that the government can use him this time, probably because he has taken advantage of the fact that he has led the army and has civil affairs experience. And he has thought of hosting a company like "Xiang Hua Construction Company" like Chen Liang. He has not thought about it. After farming for a long time, his idea of ​​coming out to do something for the country becomes stronger and stronger.

"Mr. Mao said that even if one person can refine one pound of copper a day, it will be 20,000 pounds of copper. With Master Xin's great talent, it will definitely be no problem."

"Haha, it seems that if I don't become the president of Wugang, I will be sorry to Lu Jiuyuan and Mao Geng?!"

Fugui nodded and continued to say what Mao Geng said:

"Mr. Mao said that Yongping mine is very important. In the future, copper materials will depend on it, and zinc smelting will also depend on it. As long as there is enough copper and zinc, the Song Dynasty will overwhelm the Jin Kingdom and let the wealth of the Jin Kingdom flow continuously to the Song Dynasty. Our Song Dynasty will continue to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and finally fulfill Lord Xin's ambition, the Northern Expedition, and the shame of Jingkang, and restore the Song Dynasty's mountains and rivers!"

This suddenly came to Xin Qiji's heart. Xin Qiji felt agitation at that time, and almost wanted to give out a piece of lyrics and chapters to explain the whole heart.

However, facing three boys, he will be his own soldiers in the future. Xin Qiji changed his mind and laughed:

"Since Lu Jiuyuan and Mao Geng have made a trap, they have worked hard to call this metal 'zinc'. If I want to push it, I will disappoint them. In addition, among you three, two are Lu Jiuyuan's subordinates, and one is Mao Geng's subordinates. Since your master has sent you here, I can't refuse. OK! I will promise you and give it a try. I hope I will live up to my entrustedness."

The three applauded.

(End of Volume 2)
Chapter completed!