Zhou Shixiong had never seen the ox carts of this era. The ox carts that use wooden wheels are not as powerful as modern ox carts. Not to mention that a ton of heavy iron ore ox carts cannot be transported, even half a ton of ox carts can crush the axles.

It is easy to load iron ore, but it is difficult to carry the box onto the shelves. More than a dozen men joined forces to move a wooden box. Zhou Shixiong frowned. He asked Huang Chengen to find several carpenters. Zhou Shixiong taught them to make a simple version of forklift. Compared with modern forklifts, there are only no wheels. Four wooden stakes are used as foot pads at the bottom of the forklift, and two wooden stakes are used as force arms at one end. Two forks are used as under the shelf, so that the cargo box can be easily lifted. After making a simple version of forklift, the loading speed will be increased immediately.

Each elephant was walking on the mountain road with a ton of iron ore effortlessly. Zhou Shixiong checked the shelves and the elephant's condition at any time. Huang Chengen was amazed by his serious attitude. Even if this miracle doctor was not a miracle doctor, it would be absolutely right to hand it over to him with this kind of responsible spirit alone.

Even the nearest mine took a lot of time to go back and forth. It was already midnight when I returned to Zhou Shixiong checked the elephant's condition and watched the servants feed him before returning to the yard to prepare for rest.

"My doctor, don't be busy resting now. Mother is waiting in the ancestral hall." Huang Chengen was very satisfied with this prospective younger brother who was two years younger than his eldest son. After reporting on his mother, his mother came forward to replace his father to recognize Zhou Shixiong as his adopted son. This legally confirmed that Zhou Shixiong also had the qualification to inherit Xiangzhou. This is one level higher than what he said at the beginning.

"I am a Mingren." Zhou Shixiong's defense was weak and even the old lady just looked at the adopted son with a smile and ignored him. Although the ceremony was very secret, all the senior officials of the Huang family attended the ceremony, and the great wizard Zhu personally presided over it. As evidenced by all the elders of the clan, the ancestor accepted Zhou Shixiong's three heads and pulled Zhou Shixiong up intimately and said, "Good son, call me mom and listen." Zhou Shixiong not only called her mother, but also hugged the old lady tightly and sprinkled a bunch of dog urine.

This cry not only moved the old lady to cry, but also accepted the new family emotionally. I am afraid that the only one who was uncomfortable was Huang Shouren, because he changed from the legal first heir to the second. Huang Shouyi was originally the second, but now he was squeezed to the third. He didn't care at all. Everyone present knew that Huang Chengen had a backup plan.

The next day, Zhou Shixiong came to greet his adopted mother, and she cried again happily. When she was about to stop, she hung a safe silver lock left by her husband on Zhou Shixiong's neck. Even Huang Shouren no longer wanted to inherit the right. The old lady used her actions to establish the status of the former savior's current adopted son, which was the treatment of her own son.

During breakfast, Zhou Shixiong made a suggestion to his new elder brother, "Brother, let's go bigger this time, let's transport the goods directly to Nanning Mansion, what do you think?"

"Second brother, we don't have a familiar merchant in Nanning Mansion, and even if we ship it over, we can't find a buyer!" Huang Chengen strongly stopped this younger brother's wonderful ideas. This is 10,000 kilograms of iron ore, and retail investors can't afford it. If they sell it to the court's salt and iron department, the price will be less than much higher.

Huang Chenghui is worthy of being a military advisor and immediately found a solution, "Cousin, the speed of the Xiang team is not fast. I can take the fast ship with Shouren to Nanning Mansion. Even if I can't find the buyer immediately, I can still find out the good news first. When you arrive at the place, you won't be disgraceful."

"This idea is good, Shouren, I have to learn more from Chenghui when I go out. If I do it well, I will leave the affairs of Nanning Mansion to you in the future." How could my son's loss be a father not know, but for the prosperity of the family, the chieftain can't take care of so much, but he should be comforted.

"I know." Huang Shouren's depression has indeed been relieved a lot of time, so he would not be excited if he knew that he could live in Nanning Mansion, the most prosperous southwest of Guangxi.

"Father, from Pingxiangzhou to Nanning Mansion, the mountains and forests are dense, and the roads are not stable, so it is best to bring more people." As the leader of the family's military force, Huang Shouyi's advice is very pertinent.

"No, as long as the people I brought are brave enough, I can't die even if I don't die." The miraculous doctor said to protect everyone's life. The selected servants were extremely excited, fearing that He Yan of Shanghai Qing Dynasty would not show them the chance to show their courage.

Zhou Shixiong asked someone to go to Zhoujia Village to send a message, asking the three brothers to ride horses, and then bring the money for selling animal skins back to Zhoujia Village. As a parent and teacher, it is necessary to take the servants and disciples to see the world. He also had other ideas, which would be better for his own people to do.

After resting in the prefecture city for a day, Zhou Shixiong and Huang Chengen set off with the elephant team. The old lady came to see them off in person. She repeatedly told them to pay attention to safety and ordered their own son, "If something happened to Xiong's son, you should not come back!" This made Huang Chengen feel a sense of déjà, as if he had said it some time ago.

Liu Xiucai accompanied the three brothers to see Zhou Shixiong off. You should know that even if you go downstream from Pingxiangzhou to Nanning Mansion, it will take ten days at the fastest, and it will take less than half a month to go by land. Zhou Shixiong will take at least two months to come back. It would be strange if Liu Xiucai was not worried. "Young Master, be careful all the way. In addition, there is another thing to do when you arrive in Nanning Mansion, that is, your residence is not important. In Pingxiangzhou, you don't have a household registration, but the young master always wants to go to the Central Plains. It's not okay if you don't have a household registration."

"This matter is not difficult. The county magistrate of Xuanhua County, Nanning Prefecture, and the Huang family of Siming Prefecture are in-laws. We are also considered relatives of Pingxiang Huang. Let me leave this little matter to me." Huang Chengen took over the burden. In fact, he really wanted to directly place Zhou Shixiong's household registration in Pingxiangzhou, but this idea was collectively opposed by his family.

The great witch Zhu Huangbo believed that doing so would be equivalent to breaking Zhou Shixiong's identity as a Ming person, and Zhou Shixiong would definitely not agree. The ancestors believed that Zhou Shixiong, a naturalization based on Xiangzhou, lost the right to participate in the imperial examination. For someone who likes studying so much, it would definitely be more uncomfortable than killing him, so he would definitely not allow it.

After all, Zhou Shixiong's residence is equivalent to saying that his hometown is wherever he is. Xiangzhou is a barbarian, does not mean that Zhou Shixiong is also a barbarian? Nanning Prefecture is different. Although it is also Guangxi, it is the second largest Han immigration place outside Guilin Prefecture. In the official records, there are many Ming people whose descendants have been cut off. As long as Zhou Shixiong finds a suitable one to buy, it is equivalent to having a complete set of legal identity certificates.

With the reluctance of the crowd, the elephant team set off. Huang Chengen rode his Yunnan horse, which was a little bigger than a donkey, and rushed out of the city gate with one horse. Behind him were twenty servants and two horses. Behind were Zhou Shixiong's five elephants, Zhou and Zhou Si and Zhou Wu followed closely behind the elephant team.

"Brother, these elephants have no problem walking 80 miles a day. This time, they only have five elephants, and they can eat anywhere. In the future, the elephant team will be expanded to dozens of teams. This method is not possible. I think there will be an elephant railing every forty miles on this road and arrange one or two people to provide feed." Elephants have to eat 300 kilograms of feed a day. Zhou Shixiong divides the feed into three meals in brunch and afternoon and evening according to human habits, so that each transit station does not have to bear too much work.

After hearing Zhou Shixiong's plan, Huang Chengen sighed and said, "Oh, just by the arrangement of this post station, my second brother can be called a big economy." The economy here is a bit different from what modern people say. This economy is the abbreviation for the world economy. Huang Chengen is praising Zhou Shixiong for his ability to govern the local area.

Zhou Shixiong has read a lot of books during this period, but many similar words from modern times and ancient times will still make him confused. This time, he just thought to himself, what does this economy have to do?

"Second brother, I think this inn should be expanded a little. You think, we escorts also need food and accommodation. If the elephant wants to rest, we must also rest. One or two people take care of the inn may be a little less." Huang Chengen was also stunned for a moment when he reminded Zhou Shixiong. Indeed, he was only concerned about arranging food and accommodation for the elephant, but forgot about these people who followed the elephant team.

"Brother said, but I would like to remind me that the purpose of our elephant team is for the elephant team, not for the current transportation with the back. If the road is repaired in the future, the elephant team will travel 200 miles a day. These forty miles per stop will be abandoned." Can elephant walk 100 kilometers a day? Of course, as long as the feed is sufficient, the weather is refreshing, the elephant walks 100 kilometers in 24 hours.

"Second brother, this road is not easy to repair. Look, Xiangzhou is full of mountains. Mountain roads either travel along the ridge or along the river valley. It is very difficult to build a real road." Zhou Shixiong was also thinking about this problem. According to the existing tools and manpower, it was indeed impossible to build a road that crosses mountains and valleys. I think that in the past two thousand years, many young people were using suspension bridges, iron cable bridges and sliding ropes to cross the valley, not to mention now.

Zhou Shixiong also shook his head and sighed, agreeing with Huang Chengen's point of view. The two of them no longer had the intention to chat and were thinking about their own thoughts.

After walking for a day, before nightfall, the transportation brigade entered the north Rencheng of Xiashi Xizhou Prefecture. After Huang Cheng'en's introduction, Zhou Shixiong learned that there was someone in this world's surname, and the chieftains of Xiashi Xizhou were the clerks. And it was very coincidental that the current chieftain's name was Qing Cheng'en.

"Brother, your name is really popular." Zhou Shixiong's teasing made Huang Chengen a little annoyed, because Chen Chengen was about the same age as Zhou Shixiong. In other words, when he was born, Huang Chengen had been using this name for more than 20 years. Chen Chengen's father gave his son such a name, which clearly took advantage of Huang Chengen. Moreover, the two families live next to each other, and the grudges and hatreds in it are difficult to describe.
Chapter completed!