Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

Yesterday, the fat boy from the third room came to visit with a stack of deeds. Ever since she collected the debt, she has looked down on the third room and didn't even save any soup for Xie Wenyan at noon.

The third wife understood what Yaxiang meant. As soon as she received the debt, she let the little fat boy chew dry biscuits while she watched them drink chicken soup the next day.

Perhaps after hearing that Xie Xian had taken the key and looked at the accounts, they realized that they had not handled the accounts properly in the past few years, so they softened their attitude.

Xie Xian just wanted to get an attitude from the third house. She was not so naive as to think that she could offset this wave of debt by making a big fuss.

The third house thought it would suffer a heavy loss this time, but Xie Xian only took the deed of a shed shop on East Street, which had the lowest value, and confiscated all other curios and jewelry.

The third room was relieved. Xie Xian didn't ask for a high price because she was considering someone's feelings. The scale was just right. Compared with the antiques and jewelry, the land deed in the dirty and messy Dongcheng Street was not worth much money, so it was worth it if it could be exchanged for a favor.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Xie family is a whole. The third house cannot demand payment of the debt of the second house, and the third house cannot refuse if the second house wants to buy the goods of the third house on credit. It's just that the price is not very good. There are countless personal relationships involved, and the clan elders will turn a blind eye as long as they can save face.

Now the ownership of the Xing Sect is still undecided and whoever takes over will definitely not be able to escape this wave of debts. Seeing Xie Xian moving into Xiyanchi, but not going to Black Stone Mountain, anyone with a discerning eye could see that she did not want to take over Black Stone Guard, as if she was frightened by the huge debt.

Therefore, Si Ji and the others also knew that the second lady Xie in front of them was only the queen of the second house, and might not be able to take on the responsibility of the king of punishment of the Black Stone Guard.

There are many disputes over the ownership of Black Stone Guard. Although the third branch has the greatest advantage as the largest creditor, merchants are looked down upon in the eyes of the world, so they have the least chance. The first branch is above the other two branches, but cannot leave due to the rules set by the ancestors. Black Stone Guard has such a wonderful balance in the Xie clan.

In the drizzle, Xie Xian sighed. She really didn't like going out on rainy days, but she had already posted it, so what else could she do?

Even though she wore an extra pair of long johns, she still felt cold. The dampness of her clogs still made her feet feel cold. I really don't know how people in ancient times survived the winter. It was another day when I missed cotton socks.

Xie Jinyuan stood expressionlessly under the eaves, his face full of sleepiness, but there was nothing he could do. His father had dug him out of bed today, saying that there were distinguished guests. He was worried and glanced at the plump Xie Ruiwen next to him.

"Eighth brother, you are lucky."

Xie Ruiwen yawned, squinted his eyes and nodded. "Hehe, it's just luck."

If it weren't for his own mother wanting to set rules under his stepmother, he would not bother to pay attention to this sharp-minded brother. Because of this, he has recently been involved in the relationship with the second house, his father cares about him more and his mother smiles more.

A bamboo umbrella with a gleam of water was slowly approaching in the misty rain. The sky and the earth were blurred in the misty rain. A touch of red split the rain curtain and forcefully broke into everyone's eyes.

Even when they entered the main hall, everyone's eyes were still attracted by the red color.

As expected, the salt road was not in the hands of the Xie family. The salt land in Cang County was government-run, and the people went to fixed shops to buy salt. Not only was the price high, but the black and yellow mineral salt contained salt poison. The salt eaten by the nobles was bought from the north, and the blue lake salt was considered the best.

"Second Mother, is this method of making salt really feasible?" Master Xie's plump face was filled with anxiety. Xie Xian nodded, "This is what was passed down from my master. Although the method is extremely difficult and consumes a lot of time with a small output, it can remove most of the salt poison." Xie Xian replied with a smile.

"This is great. It's not easy for your fourth uncle to trade in the north. With this thing, hehe!"

Third Master Xie said happily. He heard from his youngest that the utensils in the two rooms were different. He was a little curious. Although he couldn't bring himself to ask for them, he looked at the cups in his hands and felt like jade.

He sighed slightly: "Second Mother, our Xie family cannot make this porcelain!" In fact, it is true. Porcelain has always been the Cui family's livelihood in Cang County. The three families have rice and grain. The Cui family specializes in porcelain, and the other small families cannot and dare not touch it.

The Xie family has always been on good terms with the Cui family, so if this were to happen, it would obviously offend the Cui family. Moreover, the Xie family is weak in the court, so it would be difficult!

Xie Xian was puzzled, "Salt is fine, why not porcelain?" This was something she really didn't understand, and the clan relationships were too complicated. It would be difficult for her to explore the way with only these two things.

According to her idea, salt would probably not work, but porcelain would be much easier. Now it seems that the opposite is true.

Xie Jinyuan sneered, "As a gentleman, how can you take away other people's wealth? The Xie family and the Cui family are close friends, how can you lose face for such a small profit?"

Xie Xian: “….”

He glanced at the little fat boy next to him in surprise, then turned his gaze back to his uncle, who couldn't help but pull out a beard and smiled bitterly.

It was really because the expression on Xie Xian’s face was too surprised.

Seeing the fat boy's eyes rolling up to the sky, Mr. Xie could only smile bitterly and said, "My wife is the daughter of the Cui family."

Xie Xian was speechless. This was a complete business mistake. What about the confidentiality of the negotiation? Seeing this kid's character, she wouldn't be surprised if Cui came to ask for the prescription tomorrow.

Seeing Xie Xian's disappointed expression, Third Master Xie glared at Xie Jinyuan fiercely and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Second Madam." This old fox was trying to set a trap for him!

"Why not ask your aunt to come?" Before he could finish half of his sentence, Xie Xian shook her hand.

"Uncle San, there's no need. I'll ask my eldest brother to help with the matchmaking tomorrow. The eldest son of the Cui family also knows him." Your family has played both the good guys and the bad guys, so there's no need for you to take the initiative.

Xie Jinyuan's face changed slightly. The young man couldn't hold back his temper after all. "How can that be? Now that we are here, just give us the prescription. If we let the eldest wife speak for it, the best we can get is a concubine."

In the ancient times when officials were the most important, only in-laws were the safest choice to invest in technology. The few girls from the Xie family who got married well were basically helped by their fathers and brothers. The girls who got married also had to have a generous dowry. Fei Wen's mother was the daughter of the boss Long of the Weishui Boat Gang.

Someone was getting anxious. Xie Xian drank her tea slowly and her obedient smile disappeared. It seemed that someone really treated her as a soft persimmon.

Uncle San stroked his beard, took two steps back and leaned against the low table. His heart was beating wildly when he saw Xie Xian's expressionless face. She looked so much like his second brother.

Xie Jinyuan was extremely excited. Xie Xian's silence seemed speechless to him. If the deal was done, Zhizhi would look at me more often. A delicate figure like a pear blossom hit by rain flashed through his mind.

"Uncle San, since you don't accept it, I will go back first." Xie Xian was certain that it was her wishful thinking. Secular rules bound everyone in this era.

She took it for granted that one could turn the tide with one or two inventions like in novels. She thought she could extend her influence by leveraging the size of the Xie family, but it turned out that she was overthinking it.

Xie Jinyuan looked at the duck in front of him that was about to fly away, how could he be willing: "You can't leave!" If you leave, what will I use to find Zhizhi?

Xie Xian stopped and looked at Xie Jinyuan coldly, no~ she looked past him at the silent middle-aged fat man behind him. Xie Laosan lowered his head as if thinking about something, and the corners of his mouth that were deliberately raised lowered.

"Jinyuan, step back. She is the queen of the second house. You must not be rude to her." Listening to his father's slightly solemn words, Xie Jinyuan suddenly realized that this woman with sharp eyebrows and eyes was not following his orders to please his sisters, but was the eldest son of the first house.

Uncle Xie waved to Xie Ruiwen, signaling him to send Xie Xian away. Xie Jinyuan helped him to the back hall, and at the end he could be heard complaining about Xie Xian being ungrateful.

Xie Ruiwen chased after him from behind, with an embarrassed look on his face: "My lady, it's all my fault. When Yu Aye was talking about Xiang, the eldest mother heard it."

It turns out that you are to blame. Seeing his depressed look, Xie Xian smiled indifferently.

"Is your grandmother very fierce?" Xie Xian asked curiously.

"The eldest mother is very particular about hierarchy," and she values ​​the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. "Aye also respects his mother," and he turns out to be a man who is afraid of his wife.

"Your elder brother..." Xie Xian's expression was hard to describe, and it was obvious that she was out of her mind.

Xiaopang looked helpless and sighed, "My eldest brother has been studying as a scholar in the Cui clan since he was a child, and my eldest mother also hopes that he can go one step further."

Tsk tsk, your father was able to marry Cui's daughter, so he was quite capable, but it seems that his family's status is quite difficult. "Aye attaches great importance to this matter, but Grandmother is not happy." It turned out that your father was caught practicing the trumpet secretly.

Xie Xian had an expression that said "I know what's going on". Although she was unhappy, she looked at Xiao Pang with sympathy. She didn't think too much about it. She had already prepared for this kind of thing before she came.

Perhaps for any dynasty, salt is a national treasure, but in this era, if it does not kill people, or if it does not kill people at that time, it is good salt, who cares how expensive your salt is. The audience of snow salt finally fell on the nobles, and this appearance could not be avoided by the aristocratic families.

The production of this salt consumes a lot of charcoal and manpower and material resources, and in the end it may not be as good as the strange glass stone in the yard, which can attract the attention of noble people, but its stock value is controversial.

Xie Xian didn't explain too much. In fact, it was quite good this way. As a son of the clan who had made some contribution to the clan, he didn't need much fame, but as long as he could be better than ordinary girls, he would be satisfied.

As expected, the steward of Cui family came to the door the next day. Thanks to this proactive approach, Xie Xian finally met the real head of the Xie family. After a cordial and friendly (bargaining) discussion, Xie Xian gave the formula of porcelain glaze color.

Yes! She only handed over the glaze recipe.

It's not that I don't want to buy more, but they can't make it even if I give it to them. In this pottery age, the temperature does not meet the standard and it all depends on metaphysics to fire. Even if I give them the method of making porcelain, they can't do it. There are too many technical barriers involved. Just thinking about it makes Xie Xian want to give up.

So in the end she just handed over the formula for the porcelain glaze, which could at most be considered a color change. As for the various fancy porcelains created by combining different temperature changes with glaze colors like those in later generations, it's better to forget about it.

"Why did you exchange it for that barren land?" Qingdai couldn't help but ask after watching the elder leave. The Cui family had just offered 10,000 strings of cash to buy the secret technique of glaze color, but Xie Xian refused.

She asked the elders for the mountainous land within a radius of 100 miles near the Black Stone Mountain, and she didn't care how Xie would trade it with Cui. The elders were very surprised at the time, thinking that Xie Xian was asking for an exorbitant amount of money, but they didn't expect that this girl was self-aware.

In the end, in order to prove that her set was fired with glaze, Xie Xian smashed a cup in front of her, and waited for her to hand over the formula. The elder was very satisfied with Xie Xian's tactfulness, and said that she could come to him if she had any problems in the future.

There will be news about the East City shop in two days. Xie Xian is preparing to put the existing assets in order. Since she promised the first wife to give her a kitchen, she cannot go back on her word. It's just a kitchen, she can just decorate it!

Magu's expression of anger was to ignore people, so Xie Xian had no choice but to have the door opened at the back so that it would be closer to Shuzitan. However, since this side room was also outside the Inkstone Washing Pool, she still had to pay for the renovation herself.

Xie Xian said that she wanted him to pay for the renovation, so there would be no doors or windows.

They found the book teacher to discuss the matter, so all the gentlemen had to suspend their practical classes for the next few days and renovate their canteen. Xie Xian thoughtfully proposed a plan: those who are capable should work harder. Those who have wood should provide wood, those who have money should provide food, and those who have nothing should provide labor.

The scholar was a little conflicted at first, but with Xie Xian's words, "If you can't even clean your own room, how can you clean up the world?", he agreed with her idea of ​​combining work and rest.

So when Xie Xian mentioned that the teahouse had published a new script today, he hurriedly handed all the young men over to Xie Xian's control.

"Sister Xian, how did you know that there's a new story in the teahouse today?" Xie Ruiwen didn't quite understand. The teacher had always been old-fashioned and never smiled in front of his students. How could he be persuaded by Sister Xian with just a few words?

Xie Xian looked at the drawing in her hand without even raising her head: "I heard it from someone!" What are the hobbies of scholars these days? If the scholar doesn't have much money, then his hobbies are easy to guess.

Young man, you still don’t understand the joy of being a social animal and slacking off. The rest of the young men don’t quite understand it, but they always feel something is wrong.

Seeing that these middle school boys seemed to want to get to the bottom of the matter, Xie Xian changed the subject.

"I say, have you not eaten today? Can't you move your legs even if you carry two bundles of grass? Forget it, let's finish the drawing paper today. At noon, you can go home and change into clothes that are convenient for work. You must clean up the place today."

Looking at these clumsy teenagers, Xie Xian made arrangements with a look of disgust.

By the afternoon, before the young man could even complain, Xie Xian started to complain about the drawing method that couldn't even draw straight lines: "Tsk tsk, I thought you guys learned something, but it turns out you can't even draw the construction style of a dining hall?" with a look of disdain.

The students were furious. "This kind of thing is something that only craftsmen can do. How can we learn it?" a pale-faced boy said unconvinced.

Xie Xian was calm and composed: "Do you know why the Qin Emperor valued Li Si?" Seeing that everyone's curiosity was aroused, Xie Xian said with a smile: "That's because the Qin Mausoleum and the Great Wall were both painted by Li Si, and you are almost adulthood, but you can't even paint the kitchen at home. You are really arrogant without any talent."

“But we probably won’t need these in the future?” They felt a little ashamed, but did they really have to learn these useless things?

Xie Xian sighed: "You guys are really bookworms. Who can guarantee that you won't need it in the future? Can you understand the city defense map? Can you understand the construction of roads and canals? Do you have to wait until you need it to cram for these things?"

"This opportunity is rare!" Xie Xian smiled like an auntie as she looked at the elementary school kids in front of her who were already getting excited.

Young people nowadays study so that they can lead troops to fight in wars or govern a region in the future. With the future prospects in mind, everyone can't help but be excited.