This time, who came back with Huang Youtian, also has a subordinate of Bai Qi, named Zhao Xing.

More than a month ago, when Luo used them to recruit people, Bai Qi and his men happened to come to Changle County. When they heard that they were recruiting people, they came here.

That was during those days, because many people escorted the thieves to Changle County Government to receive rewards. Luo Yong took this opportunity to understand and sort out some of their local and surrounding areas. Some of them mentioned Bai Qiyi's rank to him.

According to what Luo Yong heard, Bai Qi was quite righteous, and the people under him were relatively disciplined. Although he was a wanderer, he was usually mixed on the street, but he was not a villain.

When Bai Qi and others went to apply for the recruitment that day, there were five people in total. The other few people were okay. Zhao Xing was thin and did not meet the requirements. Since Bai Qi and others came together, they naturally had to speak for Zhao Xing. Luo Yong happened to be there at that time, so he spoke and asked Huang Youtian and the others to take the five people together.

A person like Bai Qi, who thought he was more loyal, Luo Yong also thought he was a talent and wanted him to use it for his own purposes, so he sold him a favor at that time.

However, according to Huang Youtian, Zhao Xing is a thin person, but he is very brave and flexible, so this time Huang Youtian came back and brought him back.

First, it was safer for the two of them to travel with each other, and secondly, it was to let him go to Bai Qi and others to report their safety, and by the way, they sent their first month's wages. Bai Qi couldn't leave by himself, so he handed over this matter to Zhao Xing. The brothers and others were very relieved.

In the afternoon of the same day, the two of them returned to Changle County. Huang Youtian went to the county government to find Luo Yong first, while Zhao Xing was taken to the Machine House by Liu Huo and the others.

Their machine workshop is also called a random name, which means specializing in making machinery and equipment. They built a large yard alone and did not get mixed up with other large workshops, so they would be quieter.

People like Liu Huo and Lu Zu are not very busy on weekdays. When they saw Huang Youtian and the others coming back, they wanted to know what was going on in Yiwu. Huang Youtian couldn't come back from the county government for a while, so they caught Zhao Xing and asked him.

Later, even Hengzhi came out from behind. Hengzhi was originally a carpenter, but he has been fiddling with iron tools a lot in the past two years, but it is mainly on the physical level. He didn't know what the thorium oxide lampshade Iwu made this time, and he might not be able to help even if he went there, but he was still curious.

Unfortunately, Zhao Xing couldn't tell anything, so he said that they went in and out all day long to find stones, and found various stones to come back to think about them for the two men. He didn't know which stone to use, nor did they know whether their processing method was right.

After Huang Youtian came back, he said this. Everyone was disappointed. As the current development was now, the biogas lamp that the master told them was probably useless.

Huang Youtian and Zhao Xing rested for a night at the Machinery Floor. The next morning, they moved some rice, flour, money and silk from the workshop and sent wages to the people in their team and reported their safety.

The first day, I sent the people who lived inside and outside Changle County first, and then went to Dunhuang the next day.

The Dunhuang people in their team were Bai Qi and the other five. After they arrived in Dunhuang on wooden carriages that day, Zhao Xing became familiar with the road and searched for them one by one.

Those people were originally a little worried, but they felt relieved when they saw Zhao Xing. They knew that they were working for Luo Yong's disciples this time and earned a lot of wages, so they were naturally happy.

Look, it was made of food, cloth and copper coins. It only cost so much for one month. Neighbors around and around came to see the fun. They all said that Zhao Xing and the others were looking for a good job this time.

When they finally came outside the Bai family yard, it was almost dark. Zhao Xing leaned his head and looked into the yard. He saw that there seemed to be lights from the main house and called out, "Can Mr. Bai be at home?"

"Ah Xing? Why are you back today?" Bai Qi's father knew Zhao Xing's voice. At this time, he quickly opened the door and looked like he was walking and talking, as if he was a little panicked.

"Aweng, please slow down and don't fall." Zhao Xing said with a smile, standing outside the half-man-high fence wall.

"Oh... I'm not happy. How long has it been since you left?" Seeing his smiling face, Old Man Bai felt much more at ease.

He had a total of six sons and one daughter in his life. I won’t mention the two who had not stopped in front of him. Two of the four sons he raised died, and one of them had a lame leg, and his daughter married early.

After giving birth to so many sons, Bai Qi was the only one who was left in the end. At this time, Bai Qi's friend came to him at night and called out outside the yard. The old man couldn't help but think about the bad things again, fearing that something might happen to his son.

"Everyone said Lao Qi was fine. I had specially asked the vendors to come over to report safety to us..." Bai Lao San also limped out of the house at this time.

There were Bai Qi's two sisters-in-law behind him, and they all came out to see what happened. At this time, the women had no particular concern about not leaving the door, especially in such border areas, families like them, who had to go out to fetch water every day on weekdays and often had to go to the city to find other work to supplement their family income.

There were also a few children in the family who didn’t even sleep at this time. They all came out to join in the fun as they heard the noise.

"Why are these little ones not sleeping yet?" Zhao Xing and the others were already carrying their things into the yard.

"I've been aware of being a fool all day long, just like a monkey. How can I sleep at this time?" The old man Bai led the two of them into his house and asked Zhao Xing again: "What are you holding in your hand?"

"This is Bai Qi's wage last month." Zhao Xing replied.

"Why are you sending it here?" asked the old man Bai again.

"This time my work is far away from home, and the time has been longer. I am afraid that my family will worry, so I made a special trip. If nothing happens next month, I might not be able to come for a while. If we meet a familiar vendor in Yiwu, we will ask them to come and report safety." Zhao Xing said as he entered the house with Old Man Bai and others.

"I said I was going to work with the disciples of the Naluo County Magistrate. What's the worry about..." Old Man Bai said this, and then he heard the children in the room suddenly become jubilant, as if he had gotten something delicious from Zhao Xing.

"What food did you buy with them?" This is not the first time Zhao Xing has bought food for the Bai family's children.

"It's not that I bought it, it was Bai Qi who bought it from Yiwu and asked me to bring it back." Zhao Xing said as he put the items in his hand on the kang table.

"Why is the monthly salary so much?" The old lady of the Bai family also asked.

"The wages paid for this job were originally worth a lot, and Bai Qi was a manager again, so he naturally earned more than others." Zhao Xing had nothing to do with the Bai family, so he found a seat to greet Huang Youtian first, and then sat down himself.

Old Man Bai asked Huang Youtian again, and Zhao Xing said that he was Luo Yong's disciple. This time he and Bai Qi and others worked in Yiwu, so he was under his control.

The old man Bai hurriedly asked his daughter-in-law to pour tea and asked them to make food. He said that Huang Langjun and others came from Changle County so far away, and they must have been hungry in their stomachs. Huang Youtian and others were also hungry at this time, so they did not refuse.

Looking at the decorations of this main hall, it is quite spacious, but the family has a large population. The house is old and small. Fortunately, her two are a little hardworking, and the inside and outside are cleaned.

At this time, a brazier was lit in the house, and there were several racks of grinding needles on the side. Obviously, their family was grinding needles by the brazier just now. Recently, there were some people in Dunhuang who were putting on the work of grinding needles from Changle. The wages were lower than those of Changle, but many people did it.

The business of Namingfang in Changle County is really good. Although several namingfangs have been opened in the Zhongyuan area in the past two years, the vendors in the Zhongyuan area have not come here to buy needles, but the supply of this namingfang here is still in short supply every day.

Because the needles produced in their workshop are strong and easy to use, I will not talk about in the Yiwu area of ​​Gaochang. Even the Turks came to them to buy needles. Many Hu merchants brought this needle to small countries in the Western Regions. They heard that the market was also good. Even those Persian food caravans had to bring some needles back from here when they passed by Changle County.

Because the business of Zhenfang is too good, the supply is always in short supply, and the local population is relatively small and the labor force is not very sufficient. If Zhenfang expands infinitely, it may also affect the development of other industries.

Yi Luo Yong wanted Hengzhi and others to make the steam engine as soon as possible. In the early stage, they mainly planned to make some wire drawing cutting machines, and they might also consider coarse grinding later. Using the machine roughly grinding, and then using manual methods can save a lot of manpower and improve efficiency.

As for the use of steam engines in transportation, such as trains, it is probably difficult to achieve in the Changle County area for the time being.

The main reason is that the tracks here are all wooden tracks, and they don’t carry them. It’s okay to walk on light carriages. If they change to a big locomotive and drive over, they will probably be ruined if they don’t have to go twice.

I heard from those merchants who were communicating that the wooden track in Chang'an and Luoyang seemed to be replaced with railway tracks, and construction started a few months ago.

It’s not that the entire track is made of iron, but a layer of iron is wrapped outside the wooden track. So a lot of iron is used. Some people have proposed to do this a long time ago, but there are many oppositions.

However, there are so many vehicles coming and going on the track between Chang'an and Luoyang every day, and there are many cargo transporters. The weather there is still relatively wet, and it doesn't rain often, so the wood track will definitely be damaged very quickly.

As the world grows, maintenance alone requires a lot of manpower and material resources, so it is understandable to change the wooden track this time. I wonder if the Zheng family of Xingyang, who had purchased several iron ores early and waited there, made money this time.

Besides, Zhao Xing and Huang Youtian are not particularly particular people in Dunhuang. At this time, it was so late. Old Man Bai left them here, so they stayed here for one night.

The next morning, after eating the meal prepared by the Bai sisters-in-law, the two of them left in a hurry.

After they left, the old and young members of the Bai family sat in the room to check the money and grain they sent. The light was too dark last night and it was not clear. At this time, they could see clearly that the corn and wheat grains they brought this time were all the new good grains this year, and they gave them a lot.

The fabric is not bad either. One big and one small piece of fabric, one indigo blue and one light blue, and a few brightly colored cloth heads were given. The smallest one was only as big as two slaps together, and the big one was as big as a chessboard. The two sisters-in-law of the Bai family couldn't put them down.

The little ones at home were clamoring to eat fried noodles. In the past two years, this kind of food has begun to spread in Dunhuang. The bean paste, green onion, garlic, and fry it in oil, pour it on the noodles and mix it.

Just now, the new bag of wheat grains was found, so the old man Bai asked his family to clean the millstone in the yard, grind some flour to make a meal of fried noodles.
Chapter completed!