"Sir, sir, I like you so much." The drunk An Yinong was clingier than usual, like a small candy cube that could melt into honey in his mouth.

Gu Zhengzhong wiped his face and hands with a hot towel, and then wiped his feet.On his ankles there is still a red string from Gu Zhengzhong's kissing gloves, which hasn't faded after so many years.

The red rope swayed on the snow-white ankle, and there was an indescribable temptation.

"Yeah." The drunken man lay in the arms of someone he knew well, curled up his feet, and hummed, "itch."

An Yinong was already a young man, and he was very majestic when he put on the official robe, but when he took off the official robe, he had a youthful air.This kind of youthful spirit is not a face, but a kind of courage to go forward and the innocence of firmly believing in ideals.

"Will Yinonghui always like me?" Gu Zhengzhong gently took his hand and covered his face.His sweetheart is the bright winter sun, but he is an immortal evil in the dark, boring and hypocritical.

He is not the gentleman, but the evil ghost who thinks about robbery every day.

Gu Zhengzhong occasionally worried about what would happen if An Yinong got tired of him or saw through him one day.

I don't know if he felt something, but An Yinong opened his eyes, drunkenness was still brewing in his eyes, but he spoke clearly: "Sir, Happy New Year. I have lucky money, put it under Mr.'s pillow, and I will surprise you tomorrow."

Saying that he giggled foolishly.

In the end, Gu Zhengzhong actually took out a big red envelope from under the pillow, but inside it was not silver or copper coins, but a marriage letter, an irregular marriage letter for two men, no, one person and one ghost.

He froze, his mind blank for a moment.

An Yinong, who was still drunk, didn't know that the surprise had been revealed by himself, and he still said with a smile: "Sir, at this time of year, I want to welcome the same New Year with you, for the rest of my life..."

Gu Zhengzhong tasted the faint taste of wine from his soft and warm lips, which was sweeter than all the wine he had ever drunk.

The red gauze curtain slipped down silently, and the cold fingers started from the red rope around the ankle, probing a little bit.

An Yinong hummed softly, as sluggish as if his bones were about to be pumped out.The cold and greasy feeling made his cheeks warm, and he leaned over, looked carefully, and carefully identified: "Sir."

"En." Gu Zhengzhong's voice was slightly hoarse.

"I'm so sleepy, I want to sleep."

Looking at An Yinong who had fallen asleep in his arms, Gu Zhengzhong didn't know what he should do for a long time.He laughed and shook his head: "Forget it, the time has not come yet. Anyway...we still have a lifetime."

Happy days always pass quickly, and when the Lantern Festival comes out, the busy days begin again.

The prisoners who had rested were taken away to build roads in a unified way. Yamen servants went out in thick cotton clothes, checking one by one to see if they had all survived the winter.If you do not survive unfortunately, you must register.

The shops on the road also opened their doors and started doing business.

But what people in Dingsha County are most curious about is the job recruitment notice posted in the county government.

"What does our magistrate want to recruit?" the illiterate person asked the subordinate staff above.

"Our adults have just repaired brick kilns and tile kilns, and are recruiting craftsmen who can make bricks and tiles. Besides them, we also recruit carpenters and plasterers who can repair houses, and well builders who can dig water wells. But the most recruited are road repairers. You don’t need to know anything, just have a handful of strength.”

"Will you pay the wages?" Some people were tempted. Their food was almost consumed this winter, and they would starve if they didn't earn any more.

It was also this Xinzhi County that had just distributed land to others, so they had the courage to come and ask.Changed to a magistrate, and it was too late to run.

"Of course, five hundred Wen a month, including one lunch."

As soon as the subordinate officials said these words, many people were moved.However, some people also asked whether there are so many other jobs that require craftsmanship.

"If it's just a small worker, then it's eight hundred and a month. If it's a master craftsman, it's terrible. It's one or two taels of silver a month."

The high wages attracted many craftsmen and laborers. Roads began to be built, and the newly repaired brick kilns and tile kilns began to fire bricks and tiles all day and all night.

The magistrate did not know where to get a blueprint, which can make a very useful 'bellows', push and pull the furnace to make the fire flourish, and the bricks and tiles that come out are not to mention how good they are.

In addition, the magistrate ordered someone to build a new kiln, but he didn't know what to burn.

When people in Dingsha County didn't know about it, An Yinong sent a letter to Emperor Qi of the capital, introducing a good thing called cement, which could be made with only lime, clay and cast iron slag. and other masonry adhesives.

An Yinong gave this recipe to Emperor Qi, and volunteered, saying that Dingsha County was willing to be a test product to test whether the cement works well for Emperor Qi, as long as Emperor Qi sent some slag from iron smelting.

Look at what he said so extravagantly, can Emperor Qi not be tempted?Soon, several carts of slag from ironmaking arrived, and the kiln, which had been silent since it was repaired, also started firing things.

The dusty powder was carefully collected, but no one knew what it was for.

Another notice was posted outside the county government office, calling for workers to be recruited with great strength and seriousness in doing things.The main work is to throw mud bricks and dry mud bricks.

People in Dingsha County speculated that the county government would be built in the county, and then merchants also came with logs from afar, which made them more convinced of their suspicions.

Then came the news of the garrison to suppress the bandits. This time, they suppressed the bandits on both sides of the main road.

The merchants in Dingsha County applauded loudly, the bandits along the way were suppressed, and it became easier for them to do business.

"It is said that our magistrate persuaded that general." Someone knew the inside story, so a group of people thanked the magistrate again.

At this time, An Yinong was taking a group of well-drilling craftsmen who had been hired with great difficulty to the designated address of the welfare housing.

"Here." An Yinong drew a dot. This place is the place where the water ghost found out that there is an underground spring. If you drill down from here, water will come out within a few meters.

The reason why no one noticed it before was because there was a huge rock in the soil, and the water couldn't come up, so the grass couldn't grow, and it looked like there was no water.But now, that boulder has just been transported away by a human (ghost) magic.

Near this land is a wasteland that has just been reclaimed. Experienced farmers are touching the soil moistened by snow and smiling.An Yinong wants to build a small village here, filled with welfare housing.

Later, those who are impoverished due to lack of resources can cultivate the land and return to their own houses.Each village will also be equipped with a large well, which can meet their daily needs.

The water fetching team looked at the dot with suspicion, but they didn't dare to refute the Xinzhi County's words, and picked up tools resignedly.Unexpectedly, they had only been busy for a long time, and water came out of the cracks in the ground.

"The water is coming out! The water is coming out!" The members of the fetching team were ecstatic, and their dirty faces could not conceal their joy.

Water is a living material that is more precious than food here.

An Yinong stood outside, also smiling happily.

The news spread quickly, and the residents of Dingsha County came to see it.It's not because of this well, but because the magistrate himself promised that he would build a good house here and sell it to the poor at half the price.

"Really? There is such a good thing?" They were dubious.

However, those who had already been allocated land firmly believed in it: "Our county magistrate is an indomitable man. He will do whatever he says and will not lie."

"You can't lie to people, but..." An Yinong thought about it for a while, "People who can apply for welfare housing must have a family of five or more, and people who do not have a house in the countryside or in the county. If there is a house If people apply and get this quota, the houses under their names will be automatically confiscated.

"So, can you accept it?"

If you want a new house, you have to give up your old house for nothing. Many people shook their heads: "It sounds nice to say it now, but who knows what the house will look like when it is repaired? What if it is not as good as the old house at home?" ? Don't do it, don't do it."

But some people hesitated: "Look first, what if the county magistrate didn't lie to us, is it really a good house?"

The magistrate did not lie to them, and people came to dig the foundation every day after that.Because hundreds of people can come here at a time, the foundations of the three rows of welfare housing were dug in less than a month, and cellars were dug for every household.

The well was dug and the foundation was dug, and the logs brought back by the merchants would come in handy.

This is good wood that has been dried in the shade. The carpenter trimmed the shape, inserted it into the polished stone base, and fixed it with a mortise and tenon structure. It is a wooden foundation that can support two floors.

What An Yinong wants to build is a single-story flat-roofed mud-brick building suitable for the northwest region. It is in the shape of a courtyard house. Including the open courtyard in the middle, the building area is 160 square meters in total.

"The temperature difference between day and night is large here, the winter is dry and cold, and the summer is dry and hot, so the walls are made thicker. There is strong wind in early summer and little rain all year round. The house is suitable for flat roofing.

"In addition, there are few windows, and the windows are small, mainly for the purpose of keeping out the cold. But since the house is going to be used as a kang, the windows can actually be made a little bigger and open to the south for ventilation and light."

An Yinong directly took the 100:1 model he made, and the effect can be seen intuitively.

"It doesn't matter anything else. This is here. The kitchen and the kang bed are separated by a wall. The kang bed is bigger and can accommodate a family of seven or eight. It can be centrally heated in winter."

Separate heating, the cost is too high, the cost of building a house is high, and the cost of burning firewood is also high.But hanging Kang and central heating can alleviate this problem.

Before he thought about cement, he also wanted to have cement boards for hanging kangs, which save more firewood than traditional earthen kangs.

You must know that the people who live in are very likely to be poor households, and the design must be based on their conditions.

So An Yinong chose to use mud bricks to build the house, but he had to use bricks and cement slabs to use some relatively expensive materials.

He has already asked the opinions of experienced ghost craftsmen for this building structure. If the wall is made thicker, it will be fine for seven or eighty years.

"These houses have to be inspected every 30 years, and the fallen walls are repaired in time. If the foundation is eaten by insects and ants, it must be reinforced in time. This can last for 200 years." In the era when there was no mass production of cement and steel bars, this The single-storey building with wooden structure and mud bricks is already a durable and good house that the poor households are most looking forward to.

Welfare housing has become the hottest topic in Dingsha County today. Every day, people go to look at it curiously, just like checking in with modern Internet celebrities.

An Yinong originally wanted to check the progress every day, but when he saw the situation, he felt that it didn't matter if he went or not.With so many people watching, the carpenters and plasterers who repaired the house did not dare to be lazy.

So he went to see the cattle he raised more often, as well as the rubber grass and succulents he had started to plant.

The old farmer who planted rubber grass has never grown this strange grass in his life, so how to plant it is still figuring out.It is succulent, which is what the locals call Vasong. Many people know how to grow it well, and it seems that An Yinong does not need to bother.

"Land, I have it. As long as the weather is not bad this year, I can always harvest enough food for the family. The house has started to be repaired, and a group of people will live in it this year, and more people will live in it in the future. Then the next step is development. Local cash crops, and spreading the word.”

An Yinong in the study was thinking about his own plan.

He has already thought about breeding local characteristic animals, one is the former black cattle, and the other is the local hunting dog.An Yinong has asked people to buy hounds and build kennels for breeding and training hounds.

As for economic plants, the first must be rubber grass with strong practicability, the second is succulents that take the route of small profits but quick turnover, and the last is local herbs and spices.

"If we want to sell the products, we can't rely on our own propaganda alone. Even if I write the storybook, it's not safe to sell the products in the name of the county magistrate." An Yinong thought about it, but still hit the idea on Emperor Qi.

Emperor Qi seems to be a very thoughtful monarch. I wonder if she is interested in developing the beef cattle breeding industry in the Northwest?

The author has something to say:

An Yinong: Your Majesty, do you want to eat beef?Fried steak, stewed beef brisket, roasted oxtail, stir-fried beef ~ No, there are also beef jerky, braised beef tendon, hot beef veal...

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