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Xu Yanlin went to the clan leader the next day to talk about buying a mountain. With the instruction of King Jing, the matter of buying a mountain was very simple and settled. On the same day, the patriarch took Xu Yanlin to jinlingcheng County Yamen to go through the formalities. In order to sell face to King Jing, the county master sent two yamen messengers to simply measure, write the land lease, and give it to Xu Yanlin. After the title deed was obtained, Xu Yanlin talked to the clan leader about the coal mine and asked him to help recruit people to mine in the nearby villages. When the clan leader heard that Xu Yanlin wanted to buy a mountain, he knew that there was treasure on the mountain, but the other party was the king. Killing the whole MUJIAZHUANG was like killing an ant, so he could only sell the mountain top even if he was dissatisfied. Now he heard that Xu Yanlin wanted to find someone to mine in the village, and the salary was rich, so he felt better. The patriarch worked very quickly, and in the afternoon he called the villagers to hold a meeting in the open space in front of the ancestral hall.

"I'll call you here today, and I have something to tell you." The patriarch stood on the high platform and waved his hand to make the people below quiet. "Lord Xu from the capital city wants to recruit a group of workers from our village to mine in the mountains. The wages are rich. Those who want to come to me to sign up and start work in two days."

As soon as the patriarch's voice dropped, some people immediately scrambled to ask, "patriarch, how rich is this salary? Do you have 30 Wen? "

"Yes, there must be a definite statement about the rich salary. Otherwise, how can we know if it is really rich?" One enters the mouth, and several people immediately join in.

"Do you want rice or not? How old can you do it? "

"How long will it take?"

One by one, the villagers asked questions one by one. After hearing the patriarch's dizziness, he reached out and motioned for them to be quiet. "Be quiet. You should be quiet first. If you have any problems, come one by one. Don't shout in a swarm. I can't hear you clearly."

After listening to the patriarch's words, the villagers slowly quieted down, but there were still people talking in a low voice.

"Patriarch, what is the salary? And what about the hours? " The people standing at the front raised the most concerned issues.

"It's 50 Wen. I'm going to work until you're ready." The patriarch answered them according to the treatment given by Xu Yanlin.

Fifty Wen, which is higher than that of working at the wharf of Jinling City. When carrying goods at the wharf, it costs 30 or 30 Wen a day. The villagers are talking again. The voice is getting louder and louder, and the clan leader does not stop him. After they finish their discussion, they continue to ask questions.

"How old are you to go to work?" It was a teenage boy, a little black and a little thin.

"A strong man over sixteen and under fifty."

"Sixteen? I'm just sixteen years old. Can I sign up? " The boy who just asked the question jumped up happily and continued to shout.

He was happy, but some villagers were not satisfied. They protested one after another: "the boys in the village started to do manual work when they were 13 or 14 years old. Some of them have good strength. How can they only be over 16 years old?"

"Yes, my child is 15 years old. He is famous for his strength. Why don't he go there?"

The villagers below were noisy, and their voices were louder and louder. The patriarch's head hurt. His son knocked a gong and drum and watched the noisy villagers slowly quiet down. Then he said, "this is the rule made by Lord Xu. If you are not satisfied, you can go to see Lord Xu and say it."

People don't fight with the officials. Many villagers in MUJIAZHUANG are native farmers, and they have a natural sense of awe for the officials. After hearing the patriarch's words, they are not satisfied with them any more, and they dare not express them, lest the patriarch really push them to tell Lord Xu.

"The general rules have been said. Any of you who meets the requirements and wants to work, please come to me for registration."

As soon as the patriarch said this, many villagers rushed to sign up for fear of being late, and the opportunity to work was taken away by others.

Because of the high wages and meals, the villagers were very happy to do the job, so hundreds of people signed up on that day. Xu Yanlin took the list, sat in the yard and looked through it, and asked Shen Jingli about doing coal balls.

"What did you give me? There seems to be a lot of applicants. " Shen Jingli sat in a rocking chair, eating dried bananas and talking to Xu Yanlin. Mu Yanzhi is a strict craftsman. His craftsmanship is good and fast. The rattan chairs and rocking chairs he makes are very delicate, polished and comfortable.

"Fifty Wen a day, a meal." The personnel were checked by Mu Yiming himself, and there was no phenomenon of lying about his age. Xu Yanlin flipped through the list at random, and handed the list to the long follower, and told him, "you go to the clan leader's house later, and ask Mu Yiming to inform the people on the list that they will gather at the end of the village tomorrow morning."

"Yes, sir."

Long Sui collected the list and went out to work immediately. Xu Yanlin took up his tea cup, drank tea and moistened his throat. Then he asked about the coal ball. "Zi'an said that you mentioned something called coal ball. What's the practice?"

When Shen Jingli heard him mention this matter, he asked Jinyu to go to his room and take some drawings out.

"The imperial court mined out coal mines. What is it usually used for?" Shen Jingli said curiously. "It's usually used to make iron."Xu Yanlin took the drawings from Jin Yu and looked at them. He could understand the drawings of several stoves. The one with a long handle was like a shovel, but not a shovel. He didn't know what it was.

Seeing his doubts, Shen Jingli took the initiative to solve his doubts and said, "this is a tool for making honeycomb briquette. Well, I'm not very clear about how to operate it. You can figure it out with the craftsman. "

hearing the answer of Shen Jingli's bachelor, Xu Yanlin rolled his eyes helplessly. He knew that he was not reliable, and he just used his mouth every time.

"Every time I let myself think about it. Sometimes, I really doubt that you mean it." Xu Yanlin put away the drawings and glared at Shen Jingli.

Shen Jingli chuckled and continued to eat the dried bananas leisurely. Many things he saw on TV were just superficial. He had no actual operation. He couldn't explain why he wanted to elaborate. The mining business was in full swing because of the good treatment given and the villagers worked very actively and achieved remarkable results. Xu Yanlin is also more and more busy, not only to discuss with the craftsmen to make coal ball tools, but also with the bodyguards how to transport the coal mine back to the capital, but also write to report to King Jing.

Shen Jingli's situation was not much better. On his birthday celebration, he did what he said. On the third day, he went to the village to borrow a copy of "men's precepts". Shen Jingli was forced to read it every day. He not only had to read it, but also practiced it. As a result, Shen Jingli cried bitterly every day.

"Sister in law, tell me about Shuanger's three obedience and four virtues."

Again? Shen Jingli held his head in agony and sighed in his heart. Did he do anything harmful to nature in his last life? Why are you forced to learn such a strange thing in my life? He pretended to be an ostrich and hid in the bed. He refused to come out even though he was celebrating his birthday. If he was asked to recite the man's ring, he might as well give him a rope and let him hang at the door of his house.

"Sister in law, get up quickly. Don't think I'll let you go if you don't pretend to hear me." Qingsheng stretched out his hand to open Shen Jingli's quilt and dug Shen Jingli out of the quilt.

Shen Jingli sighed, but heard Daji shouting outside, "madam, the master has sent you something again."

"All right. I'll be right there." Shen Jingli stood up excitedly. He did a good job. "Fourteen send things back. I'll go and have a look." After saying that, regardless of the reaction of the birthday celebration, he went out.

Looking at his happy appearance, Qingsheng couldn't help sighing. How could his sister-in-law not learn well?

"What is this?" Shen Jingli looked at the two white eggs on the table, a little puzzled.

"Eggs." Daji answered honestly. Of course he knew it was eggs, but why did he send two eggs back?

"Is this fourteen sent back?" If you send two eggs back all the way, you won't let him cook them?.

"Yes." Once again, he nodded honestly, and Daji was smiling. Shen Jingli looked at the two eggs carefully. They were blue in white. They were bigger than eggs. They were not like goose eggs or ostrich eggs. "Is there anything else but these two eggs?"

Since Mu Chen's first letter was sent, people sent things from time to time, all of which were small things bought by Mu Chen along the way, and they were sent back with simple letters.

"No more." Daji shook his head. It's strange that there is no letter.

"Come on, you go down." Knowing that he couldn't ask anything, Shen Jingli waved him down, carefully picked up an egg, gently stroked it, and then took a photo to the sun, "it's actually a kind of egg. Isn't Mu 14 trying to let me hatch these two eggs?" No way. It's not like what Mu 14 would do.

He put the egg back and sat in a chair in a daze.

"Sister in law, I heard that my brother sent a letter back again. Has he arrived in southern Xinjiang? Did you go back to Daping village? "

As soon as Mu Jin carried xun'er in her arms, she saw two eggs in the basket and rushed over immediately, "sister-in-law, where did you get the eggs?"

"Eggs, xun'er wants steamed eggs." When xun'er saw the two eggs, he was just like seeing delicious food. He was clamoring to steam them.

Looking at his son's happy appearance, Shen Jingli suddenly raised a teasing heart and stretched out his index finger to shake in front of xun'er. "Xun'er's two eggs are not for eating, but for hatching birds for you."

"Hatching birds?" Xun'er tilted his head to see Mu Jin, and then turned his head to see the nerve, "am, how do eggs hatch birds?"

"Just sit on the egg, sit for ten days and a half months, and then hatch out." Shen Jingli talks freely.

Xun'er believed it and looked at the two eggs with wide eyes, "really? Xun'er is going to hatch the birds. "

Xun'er struggled to get down from Mu Jin's arms and reached out to take the two eggs. Shen Jingli knew that the joke had gone too far, so he quickly stopped xun'er and held him in his arms. "Am amusing you, this bird will be put in the chicken nest and let the hen hatch."

"When will the birds be hatched?" Xun'er's eyes were fixed on the two eggs, as if one more look could hatch them earlier.

"After a month, the birds will be hatched." Shen Jingli kisses xun'er's face and asks Jinyu to go to celebrate her birthday and return home with a brooding hen.