The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

After the successful development of cement, Shizi immediately ordered the expansion of production.

Xu Bei made several comments. First of all, the problem of dust pollution. During the experiment, he strongly asked the participants to wear simple masks made by others. He still cherishes his body very much, and it is precisely because of the problem of dust pollution , I hope that the cement production site can be far away from the populated area, and no one wants to hang the clothes outside to dry in a day covered with a layer of dust.

Although some of Xu Bei's words are quite unfamiliar to people, even Zhu Kangyan came out to confirm the existence of the problem Xu Bei said. The eldest son and the fourth son looked at each other, and they were obviously persuaded by Xu Bei, especially the fourth son, who had long felt that some things in the mind of Xu Bei, a rough man, were beyond the age they lived in. What he said would not go unnoticed.

For example, when other people are excited about the successful production of cement and looking forward to the promising future, he raised a series of hidden dangers. Yes, the fourth son believes that the word pollution can be replaced by hidden dangers. He has gone further than everyone else. Before thinking more comprehensively, this is not what Xu Bei's own ability and temperament can do. The only explanation is that he is very familiar with these things, as if he is familiar with an instinct in life.

The Fourth Young Master generously gave Xu Bei a few days off and asked him to go back to the city to rest for a while, and then asked him to take the cement and rush to the exchange market.

Xu Bei was naturally happy, cleaned himself up, took Lao Qiu and Jiang Ping with him and went back.When he was busy, he didn't feel it, but when he was resting, he was always thinking about what Min Qing was doing, and whether he was being bullied by others in the academy.Even if someone told him personally that there is harmony in Yanyang Academy, he would not believe it.

Wherever there are people, there are conflicts of interest. What's more, Yanzhou City gathers the most powerful and wealthy people in the Northland. Although the environment of the academy is relatively better than that of the city, the disputes between these different forces are in the academy. It must have played out in another way.Xu Bei is worried. His younger brother is only 13 years old after the new year. He raised him so tender and tender a while ago. If he enters that kind of place, he won't be bullied and become thinner again.

Brother Bei regards Yanyang Academy as a wolf's lair, and I don't know how the fourth son will feel when he knows the entanglement in Xu Bei's heart.

Although there are constant letters and letters, in Xu Bei's view, his good brother always reports good news but not bad news. Alas, having a brother who is too sensible is also a kind of sweet distress.

"You bastard!" On the way back, Lao Qiu really couldn't stand a hot-tempered man who kept nagging like a mother-in-law, so he couldn't bear it and gave him an old punch. He scolded, "What's the small thing? The farmer's family has started talking about marriage at this age. After they get married, they will be the head of the family. Do you want to keep a good eye on Minqing when he gets married and has children?"

Lao Qiu trembled in embarrassment at what he said. Thinking about that scene, it was really...horrible. It is estimated that Minqing hadn't jumped up first, and his wife would not be able to stand it anymore. Whose uncle stared at him like this? A sister-in-law's.

Jiang Ping, who was driving the car, laughed loudly when he heard this: "Don't worry, boy Bei, boy Qing is not someone who can be bullied by anyone." He said in his heart, boy Qing is much smarter than you, big Xu. I don’t know why I got that brain. It’s gratifying that the boy’s heart of protecting his younger brother is not without reward. The letters and clothes he sent over make people feel doubly ironic. It can't be done to this extent.

Xu Bei struggled to get up from under Lao Qiu, and scolded with a smile, "Get lost! You guys are jealous!"

"I'm jealous of you." Lao Qiu rolled his eyes at him, but the thoughts in his heart were another matter. Needless to say, such a good brotherhood is really enviable. I don't know how long it can last. There are also many brothers in the village. Before getting married, the relationship was very good, but after getting married and having their own small family, the relationship gradually changed. Sometimes they quarreled over trivial matters, as if they wanted to die forever.

There are also those whose parents died early, and the elder brother worked hard to bring up the elder brother, but after marrying his wife and having children of his own, he finally allowed his mother-in-law to ruthlessly drive his younger brother out of the house.

But Xu Bei is not that soft-hearted, he won't be influenced easily by others, he is still very optimistic about this pair of brothers, Xu Bei will definitely be reused more and more by the Fourth Young Master, and Kid Qing's achievements will not be low in the future. It is really exciting to see how far the brothers can go with mutual support.

The time was not in time, and when I went back, I didn't catch up with Xu Minqing's time to rest, so the scene where the imaginary younger brother was sitting at home to greet him did not appear. Xu Bei felt a little bit regretful in his heart, but it didn't matter. I can't go to the mountain?Xu Bei decided to go to the academy to visit his younger brother tomorrow after resting for the night, and to see for himself whether Min Qing is doing well in the academy, whether he has been bullied, and whether the schoolboy mentioned in Min Qing's letter can treat Min Qing well. Take care of.

When I got home, I ate a big meal, washed up and went to sleep. As soon as it was dawn, Xu Bei started to get busy after exercising. Min Qing didn’t come back for a while. The place like the academy must not eat as well as at home. First of all He wanted to bring some ready-made food. On the way back last night, he asked Jiang Ping to take a detour and go to a food shop in the city to pack roasted chicken sauce, duck stewed beef, etc., and collected a bunch of them. He loaded the carriage with useless ones, called Jiang Ping and set off.

On the other side, Shizi and Sigongzi didn't go back immediately, they kept the guards and servants far away in the barracks, and the two brothers were talking.

"Brother, after a winter's day, Beidi started to move again? Didn't you scare them before?" The fourth son didn't smile in his eyes. Although he had expected that the foreigners would not let it go, he was still unhappy knowing this situation. , What are the consequences of making the Fourth Young Master unhappy?

The prince didn't pay attention to those small actions of the foreigners, and closed the cloak of the fourth brother. Although his health was improving, he suffered a lot before, and the prince still told the people around the fourth brother to pay attention to keeping him warm.

Seeing that some flesh finally grew on his younger brother's cheeks, the prince was very happy. He pinched his face lightly and said, "Those wolf cubs will never be satisfied. Compared with trading in the market, they are probably more willing to deal with empty-handed wolves." , went to our territory to plunder, and Bei Di probably guessed your intention to use the exchange market to control them, the fourth brother, so you wanted to attract other tribes to attack and wreak havoc when the exchange market was opened. Let people from other races dare not come over."

As for the original armistice agreement, it is nothing in the eyes of those wolf cubs. Looking at history, how many foreign tribes really abide by the agreement, those things have always been used to restrain the Central Plains court.

The fourth young master glared at the elder brother who was pinching happily, and complained feigning displeasure: "Elder brother treats me like a child." He slapped the elder brother's mischievous hand and saw his younger brother's cheeks turned red, the prince regretted it. Turning his eyes away, his brother is so cute, he can't help it.

Among the three younger brothers, only the fourth brother is the one who can really put him on the cusp of his heart. Before the mother concubine passed away, she put the fourth brother in his hands, and asked him to take good care of the fourth brother, because their father He was busy with affairs and couldn't cover everything. In the backyard, the fourth brother was in such a situation. He might not even know that he was being treated harshly in secret.He had promised his mother and concubine that he would regard the fourth brother as more important than himself. Last year, the fourth brother took risks. If he had been in the mansion at that time, he would have stopped him. He couldn't see the fourth brother in danger.

That good third brother, although his father put him under house arrest for a lifetime, he was still not satisfied, and secretly ordered someone to put something in his food. Didn’t he say that the fourth brother is a short-lived ghost in a medicine jar, so let him Have a good taste of being tortured by illness.

Although pinching his younger brother's cheeks made Shi Zi feel a little guilty, but he said: "You are my younger brother, no matter how old you are, you are still a younger brother, and the elder brother will always take care of you and protect you."

The fourth young master was moved in his heart, knowing that the elder brother's promise is a lifetime matter, no matter how big the changes will be in the future, the blood relationship between him and the elder brother cannot be shaken by others, so he is willing to remove all obstacles for the elder brother, and said with a smile: "Brother, prepare how to deal with disobedient wolf cubs, and younger brother is waiting for big brother to win this year, so that we can make a name for our mutual market."

"That's it," Shizi smiled confidently, "If you don't obey, you can keep hitting until you are obedient." Turning around and holding his younger brother's hand, he said as he walked, "You need to slow down, your body will recover, and you still need time to recuperate. I have suffered too much for that guy."

"Brother, don't worry, the nails were planted when the group of Zongbing Ma was eliminated last year, and we just waited for the time to do it. The teacher of Yanyang Academy started to do it. How can I hold back the teacher? "The fourth son smiled, it is not easy to get the teacher to act, so he can't delay, "It just so happens that the teacher is looking for an opportunity to do it, Min Qing, Xu Bei's younger brother, the son of the third son of Jiang, and Lu There was a conflict at home."

In fact, that technique may not be very clever, at least the teacher mentioned Xu Minqing's scheming in the letter to him, in the eyes of the fourth son, it is nothing, it is just following the trend, if someone brings an opportunity, he does not know how to use , but suffer from life to life, that is incompetence.As for the skill of the wrist, when you get older and experience a lot, you will naturally improve.

Xu Bei is a very upright person. The fourth son does not believe that his younger brother will go astray under Xu Bei's influence. At least in terms of printing and bookstores, he thinks this young boy is very far-sighted.

"That's fine, but some things should be left to Kang Chengyunzhi and the others. You don't have to do it yourself, you just give orders in the mansion." It's not that my younger brother's temper is unknown, otherwise how dare he take risks like that last year. I can't wait to lead my troops to arrest him personally, "Brother, I will guard the border, and you can do other things freely, fourth brother."

"En." The fourth young master raised his chin slightly and smiled, no matter whether he will make further progress in the future, Beidi will become an iron bucket, with one heart and one mind.

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Satisfied, Xu Bei, who had seen his younger brother, took a large amount of cement products to the mutual market, and it took two days to get there.

The exchange market is located in an open and unobstructed area. After the city wall is built and the watchtower is built, if you want to quietly lead people to ambush outside the exchange market, whether it is attacking the exchange market or intercepting passing caravans, it will not be a simple matter. .

Xu Bei, a modern person, was also very shocked to see the scene ahead of him in full swing. He felt that he, a modern person, was becoming a witness and a personal participant of the rolling wheels of history in this ancient time and space. He suddenly felt that he was so The ground is tall.

"What are you thinking about? Over there, Master Yang is here." Seeing that Xu Bei was in a daze again, Lao Qiu reminded him by tapping his arm.

Xu Bei returned to reality in an instant, laughed dryly, and hurriedly greeted him, sighing in his heart, how could Lao Qiu and the others understand his mood, he was destined to be a lonely time traveler, no, he still has his younger brother Min Qing, and These brothers, he is not alone.

Lao Qiu and the others didn't know that this irascible man had such a "delicate" side in his heart, otherwise he would definitely be looking at him with weird eyes while touching the goosebumps all over his body.

"Master Yang, I'm sorry for the delay. You've come late. You've worked hard." The stones piled aside were all thanks to them, and the market town that was in its infancy. He hadn't seen Master Yang for a while. It seems that it has been blown darker by the wind, and the person has become thinner.

"Where, Mr. Xu is not idle. I heard that Mr. Xu has brought something very important, which can speed up the process of our mutual market." Yang Zhen said while looking at the mule carts behind Xu Bei, and The guards escorting the materials, with such specifications, obviously the materials transported on the mule cart are extraordinary.

The two exchanged a few words and then got back to business. Yang Zhen was the supervisor of the mutual market, and Xu Bei was the prime minister of the mutual market, that is, the deputy supervisor. Xu Bei was not used to the awkward official title. Come to think of it, he still had an official uniform. , The official uniform made him look even more awkward, and he felt uncomfortable when he wore it. How could he be comfortable with his own clothes, so he glanced at Yang Zhen. I understand that Yang Zhen is also a person who does practical things, and he will not just put on official authority.

Yang Zhen knew before that Xu Bei was arranged by the fourth son, and he couldn't make it in a while, so he was fully responsible for the construction of the mutual market.

Because the fourth master confessed that some construction needs to wait for a while to start, and even the large amount of glutinous rice needed to build the city wall, the fourth master did not mean to transport it. He was guessing at the time, could it be that there is not enough glutinous rice, and Xu Bei needs to raise it?

As for the subordinates expressing their dissatisfaction because of Xu Bei's late arrival, he did not let it go this time. After all, Xu Bei's official position was only under him. It was a major event in the mutual market, so Yang Zhen criticized them very righteously. He didn't want these acquainted subordinates to lose their official positions because of conflicts with Xu Bei. He saw it very clearly. His status will not be lower than him, or even higher, and these people will never be pleased if they are tracked down.

"Master Xu clearly obeyed the order of the Fourth Young Master and had other important matters. Is your dissatisfaction directed at Master Xu or the Fourth Young Master?" Yang Zhen said very straightforwardly, what are you dissatisfied with?Xu Bei listens to the Fourth Young Master, isn't your dissatisfaction directed at the Fourth Young Master?Are you dissatisfied with Xu Bei's appointment as a deputy? Are you also dissatisfied with the appointment of the Fourth Young Master?

Those who can see the situation clearly will naturally restrain their thoughts, and those who don't know clearly will stumble and he can't do anything about it. He has tried his best, and he can't fight against Mr. Xu for these people and affect the major events of the exchange market.

Seeing Xu Bei's dusty appearance, Yang Zhen also knew that his errand was not easy, so he didn't make any detours, and asked him what was transported in the car, could it be rice?Xu Bei laughed for a while, and told him that it was a substitute for glutinous rice, and the efficacy had been verified, so Master Yang could rest assured, and he brought some relatively skilled workers here, who could instruct the workers here how to use "cement".

Once the cement is made, it is not afraid to be released to the public, not to mention how can others know how to make it if they don't know the formula.

In the exchange market, before meeting those subordinate officials, Xu Bei led the people to roll up their sleeves and practice on the spot. Yang Zhen had to see the actual results to convince him, otherwise the order of the fourth son alone would not be completely convincing.

How do you see the effect?The most lacking thing here is houses. Although some houses have been built with clay as a binder, only a few are far from meeting the needs of the market. Therefore, the first thing Xu Bei did when he came here was to build houses.Yang Zhen was skeptical at first, but seeing that Xu Bei had no pretensions to work with the workers, he also got busy, hoping to see results sooner.

God also helped, the air tends to be dry, so it doesn't take long for the wet cement to dry. Once dry, its hardness is completely beyond the imagination of the onlookers.Yang Zhen groped for the gap between the built wall and the bricks with his dusty hands, his face showing shock and growing joy.

They are working in full swing, and the weather has not yet fully warmed up, but some people even throw off their arms, which can't be seen as the weather in early spring.

Although Xu Bei was late for more than two months, but because of his boldness and informality and no airs at all, he was quickly accepted by the down-to-earth people headed by Yang Zhen, and fell in love with this muddy man. Dust boy, the remaining resistance in my heart has long since disappeared.

Who made Xu Bei stand higher than them at such a young age, and he had no qualifications before, and he had never done anything to convince them, let them honestly be under the hands of such a boy with no hair yet work?Can't let people express their dissatisfaction.

But looking at it now, where is the half-grown boy? Calm down and think about it. He behaves with a cheerfulness that does not belong to his age, and is very down-to-earth and modest. Gao just gesticulates and blindly directs them, and respects those who are older than him. How can people not like such a half-child.

However, there are still a few people waiting for Xu Bei to come over reservedly. From their point of view, without them, Xu Bei is unfamiliar with the place of life, how can the work progress, and in the end, it is not up to them, otherwise it will be delayed. It's a major issue in the mutual market, even if the fourth master pursues it, this kid Xu Bei can't bear to walk around. It's not his fault but whose fault it is to occupy the position even though he obviously doesn't have this ability?It's only a fool like Yang Zhen who thinks that the exchange market won't work without that kid.

If you are afraid of your own field first, how can you handle that kid?

"What's the noise outside? It's so noisy? Is it wrong if everyone doesn't do their job well? Cheng Ran, go and see what's going on, and tell them to be quiet by the way. You don't use your mouth to do things with your hands!" In the house, charcoal was still burned for warmth. Four people were drinking tea and taking a nap. The noise outside made them noisy, and one of them was dissatisfied with assigning his subordinates.

The subordinate responded and walked out, and the remaining three continued their chat.

"What's the matter with that kid? It's been a few days, and he didn't come to us? Who can he appoint to do things without us? Do you think those people will listen to him, a half-haired boy? Hmph!" That person is in his thirties, how many years he has worked to get to his current position, and because he has been here for a long time, he is a bit cynical, even though the new Mr. Xu has an official position above him, but They are inexperienced at a young age, and their years of experience as officials can't be compared. If their attitude is lowered, it may be that he will give pointers when he is happy.

Now?snort!

"Master Yan, didn't you also say that he is a half-grown boy with no hair yet, maybe he is hiding in a corner and crying now, young people nowadays don't know how to respect their seniors at all, let him suffer We know what’s good or bad, and we’re doing it for his own good.”

"That's right." That Master Yan raised his little finger and flipped the tea leaves with the lid of the bowl, showing a satisfied and proud smile, took a sip of tea and continued, "Master Yang is indeed a stupid Yang. I don't believe it, I didn't expect it to be true, hey, with him at the front, we can steal some free time. Sigh, I don't know when the mutual market will be completed. It's really unbearable now, and we can only Have some leisure in this house."