I am engaged in construction in Datang

Frost falls from the cold window, and the wind blows again. The holly in the courtyard also withers. The white tree and the poor house reflect the gray hair. When I look back, everything has become empty.

Jingyang County, Xiaxixi Village.

"Zhao Alang, how long will you stay here?" The old man's eyes were a little cloudy, and there was some hope and embarrassment in his eyes.

Since the other party had his men here, he wasn't afraid of anyone coming to steal his money.

But there are not many rooms in the house, and it is a bit too cramped for a team of guards to live here. The inn in the city is too far away, which is inconvenient no matter how you think about it.

Besides, he couldn't let the guards from the female manor stay here because of his own affairs.

"Don't worry." Zhao Zhonglang put down the food in his hand and said, "We are staying here for other tasks. We have asked the village head to rent an abandoned courtyard in the village. Looking after you is just a side job."

"Mr. Zhou, do you have enough money to buy medicine?" There are three sick people in the old man's family. Apart from the old man who has suffered from foot disease for many years, there is the son with a broken leg and the daughter-in-law who is bedridden.

One hundred and thirty strings of silver is not a small amount, but if it is used to buy medicine to treat illness, it is not too much either.

"Enough! Enough!"

Mentioning this, the old man became happy again.

All the expensive medicines that I didn’t dare to buy before can now be bought.

But there are many patients in my family, and they all have long-term illnesses. I don’t know how long they will last.

"Zhao Alang..."

The old man hesitated to speak, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "My son wants to see you."

Old man Zhou’s son is called Zhou Zhi.

This man had been bedridden for several months, his hair was messy and greasy, his eyes were dull, and there was a strong sense of depression all over his body.

Lying next to him was a somewhat mentally retarded young lady. When she saw Zhao Zhonglang approaching, he reached out and covered the young lady's face with the quilt.

Then he stood up with difficulty and wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Zhao Zhonglang.

"Please don't bother." He stretched out his hand to help the other person up. How could he ask someone to bow in such a state?

We are not into all these tricks.

"Are you here to investigate those illegal factories?" Zhou Zhi couldn't hide the words. He had been going crazy for the past few months, and he couldn't bring trouble to the villagers.

Just when I thought that my life would be like this, by chance I met a woman who came to buy bezoar.

Dabao is the benefactor of their family.

They are also family members, the kind buried in the ancestral tomb.

The courtyard was surrounded by Zhao Zhonglang's men, so he was not afraid of anyone leaking the information. He nodded and said, "You know, the development has been rapid in recent months, and many people have taken advantage of the situation."

"Some people do their work in an orderly manner, while others lose their conscience."

Hearing this, Zhou Zhi couldn't hold back his tears and said, "We are locals, they dare not go too far, but those outsiders who come to Beijing to work..."

Zhao Zhonglang patted the other person on the back and said, "Do you know the exact location?"

"I'm not sure." Zhou Zhi shook his head. "Every time I went there, I would stay there for half a month, blindfolded when I went there and when I came back."

"The work areas for us locals and outsiders are separate, and we don't interact much on weekdays."

"Everyone was blindfolded, and everyone's routes and locations were different, so no one could figure out their exact location."

"Then you..." Zhao Zhonglang glanced at Zhou Zhi's legs.

"They didn't beat me. I did it myself while I was working."

Zhou Zhi shook his head. He had slept in a daze that night, and when he went out to pee, he accidentally saw a few people dragging a bunch of things into the woods.

The other party didn't see him, and he didn't get confused.

When I returned to the room and closed my eyes again, I was suddenly awakened to find that it was a real person with flesh and blood!

He was scared.

The next day, I was so nervous while working that I injured my leg without paying attention.

That group of people were not good people. Seeing that his leg was injured, they threw him back home without saying a word. As for the few days' wages, they didn't even think about it. They said it was to offset the travel expenses of moving him.

Aye was indignant and wanted to ask for an explanation, but he tried his best to stop him.

"Zhao Alang, I've been there a few times. Although I'm blindfolded, I still have a sense of direction and can point out the approximate location."

"But you may not necessarily gain anything if you go there. They... have people patrolling, and the government also has people in charge."

Zhao Zhonglang nodded: "I understand."

"If the medicine doesn't work for your leg, go to the capital to have a look. And your wife has been greatly stimulated, maybe she can be saved."

Xianyang, Liu Mansion.

"Master Wen, you scholars are really the best!"

Liu Shen hid the stern look in his eyes, raised his thumb and praised Zheng Wen repeatedly: "I can't understand this account book at all, but you can see the problem at a glance."

Zheng Wen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a nonchalant smile: "No, no, I just want to make a living."

That night, he had just walked out of his home for a short distance when he met Liu Shen's son.

"Hey, Master Wen, are you going to the toilet?" Liu Sui was hidden in the darkness, his face unclear.

"..." Zheng Wen forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart: "I drank too much last night and my stomach feels uncomfortable."

"You're going in the wrong direction."

Liu Sui walked out of the darkness and smiled at him: "Shall I take you there?"

"N-no...I don't feel like throwing up now."

"Where is Master Wen from?" Liu Sui pulled Zheng Wen's sleeve and dragged him under the moon and flowers.

Zheng Wen suppressed his thoughts: "I am from Lin'an, Jiangnan."

"Master Wen came to Beijing for the imperial examination, right?" Liu Sui continued, "But the imperial examination is as difficult as ascending to heaven, and most students return home in depression."

"Master Wen, what do you think of my Liu family?"

"In the whole of Xianyang, I'm afraid there is no one richer than my Liu family."

Zheng Wen looked at the other person in silence.

He likes to go along with the crowd.

……

Ever since Li Yin reminded Lu Zhen that day, this man finally calmed down.

Not only did he become quiet, he also tended to become autistic.

Is there anything more depressing than the girl you love hating you?

No!

Lu Zhen did not go out for seven days and buried himself in his work.

The seventh day.

"What did you say?" Li Yin suspected that she was hallucinating.

Qi Dabao repeated again: "Master has invented the revolver."

"Has the steel mill made the spring?"

Li Yin recalled that Xiaochun seemed to have mentioned this, but she had too many things to do and didn't pay attention to it.

The factories under her control now have the capital to operate independently and no longer require her to keep a close eye on them all the time.

Who would have thought that she would have to go there personally to give instructions on how to make a pole?

"He skipped the arquebus and the flintlock?"

Li Yin was speechless. A broken heart makes people so crazy.

"Not really. The master first invented the matchlock and the quick-fire, but he found them troublesome to use and inefficient, so he went on to research the revolver."

"After all, we have the blueprints, so it's not difficult."

"Where is Lu Zhen?" Li Yin looked behind Qi Dabing, but there was no trace of him.

According to his usual personality, he should be showing off by now.

"Master..." Qi Dabao stammered, "He was crying loudly in the laboratory."

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Li Yin was speechless.

Should we continue to let Lu Zhen learn from his mistakes and continue researching explosives, or should we comfort him?