novelraw Chapter 157 Impostor County Magistrate World 17
Chapter 157 Impostor County Magistrate World 17
After coming out of the restaurant, Anxi took Hui Niang and her son to the newly built college, because it was built next to the county government office, and Anxi didn't bother to think of a name, so it was simply called Hu County College.
The area of the college is huge, taking up half of the street, which is larger than the county government.
Of course, only two large courtyards have been built so far, and other places are still empty. If there is a need for expansion in the future, there will be sufficient space.
The two courtyards are Qionglin Courtyard and Xuezi Courtyard, which are entered through different gates.
Qionglin Courtyard is a kindergarten class, and there is no one in it at this time. After the yard was built, it was cleaned up. It has been closed until next spring, and it is only waiting for the enrollment in the spring of next year.
Anxi pushed the door and went in. First of all, it was a fence door, which was to prevent the children from running out.
Behind the fence gate there is a spacious playground with complete facilities, all made of wood.
Anxi touched it carefully, and the edges were polished very smooth, which would not hurt the child's delicate skin.
The ground of the playground is covered with fine sand, which was specially transported from the seaside and passed through a sieve again and again to ensure that there is no stone, and the children will not hurt themselves if they fall.
Anxi hugged Zixuan and led her to the front of the slide, "Xuanxuan, do you want to play?"
Zixuan's eyes lit up, she obviously wanted to try it very much, but she still gave Hui Niang a timid look.
Hui Niang disapproved in her heart, how could a girl play such a rude game.
But thinking of the previous conversation with Anxi, she sighed in her heart, that's all, the child is still young, and there is still time to teach the rules in the future.Then he nodded and agreed to his daughter's request.
Anxi put Zixuan down and taught her to climb up the stairs and slide down the slide.
At the beginning, she was a little scared, but after trying it once, she fell in love with it completely, and climbed again and again tirelessly.
Seeing her having fun, Anxi turned to Ziwen, "Why don't you go, don't you want to play?"
Ziwen glanced at his younger sister enviously, with anticipation in his eyes, but he still shook his head, "Let my younger sister play first."
Anxi smiled and said, "I don't need to let you go. Come on, follow my sister."
Ziwen glanced at his younger sister who was having fun, and then at Hui Niang. Seeing that she had no objection, he happily ran behind Zixuan, followed her up the stairs, and then slid down with her.
Because he was skating faster, the two fell into a ball directly on the sand.
Zixuan laughed cheerfully, "Brother, come again." It's more fun to leave her alone with someone else.
After that, Anxi taught them how to play the seesaw and how to play the rope maze.
The two children played tirelessly, and their crisp and melodious laughter resounded throughout the afternoon.
When they went back in the evening, the two of them were still unsatisfied, coquettishly wanting to come back tomorrow.
Hui Niang couldn't stand the two children's pestering, so she agreed to them.
But Anxi didn't have time to accompany them anymore.
After being bustling for five consecutive days, Qiushui Street finally calmed down. The temporary stalls were all dismantled, and it returned to its spacious and orderly appearance before.
However, the shops on both sides of the street are not closed. Although the business is less now, it is not without it. Just like soap shops, after the publicity in the past few days, there will still be people who were afraid to buy before. Continue to buy.
And necessities such as cloth stores, sesame oil stores, and salt stores will not be closed after they are opened.
In addition, there are restaurants and food shops.
Because of the need to go to work, many people are impatient. Every time they go home to cook, they just take the food and ask others to process it. Now that they have wages, they buy it on the street. Slowly developed into a variety of omnivores.
Therefore, the [-] shops on Qiushui Street are still open, and half of them are for food.
Therefore, there is still more than half a month before the Chinese New Year, and everyone is not idle. Instead, they go to work, work, and earn money.Under his arrangement, Anxi's subordinates also started to do a year-end inventory, trying to sort out everything before the New Year.
Anxi himself was also busy without touching the ground, went to various departments to listen to the results, and then set goals for the next year.When it is over, it is necessary to convene a small meeting of the subordinates to make a comprehensive plan for the work of the next year, and implement each task to the individual.
In the next year, not only will more people be needed to work, but spring plowing will not be missed. In addition, spring wheat needs to be harvested, new crops need to be planted, and people will be needed everywhere. If arrangements are not made in advance, no one will be available.
Therefore, the current task is heavy and time is tight, Anxi has no time to play around with the two children.
The workshops will be inspected one by one, such as the oil press workshop, the soap workshop, and the sea salt workshop. If they do well, they should be rewarded appropriately, and if they don’t do well, they should point out their shortcomings and let them correct them.
There is also a construction team. With their overtime work, the county has successfully built more than 200 courtyards.The demand for housing can be slowed down for the time being, and those who are willing to sign contracts to acquire ready-made houses have become saturated.
No matter how much other people want, they can only wait. When there are more people, the construction team will bloom in many ways.
For next year's plan, Anxi hopes that they will turn to the construction of roads, not only the roads in Hu County, but also those leading to the sea and outside.
The other is the pass. Because of the natural barrier of the mountains, Hu County has no city gates. The advantage is that the land is large enough to be built in any way. The disadvantages are also obvious, and there is almost no defense.
At present, it is because the people in Hu County are poor and busy all day to fill their stomachs, and no one commits crimes.But as the development of Hu County is getting better and better, it will definitely not work without precautions.
On Qiao Liang's side, Anxi had asked him to recruit another [-] people next year. This time, the local people in Hu County were not allowed, but to go outside to buy strong labor.
When the caravan came back, it also brought some outside situations.
At present, the outside world is not optimistic. The life of the people is difficult. Wars and disasters break out from time to time, which makes many young and middle-aged people unable to survive, let alone the old, weak, women and children.
Last time, Anxi made it clear that only craftsmen are needed, so Qiao Liang didn't buy anyone else.
Now, the people in Hu County are obviously not enough, so buying from outside has become an inevitable choice.
According to Anxi's idea, they will sign a death contract when they buy it, but they can be given a chance to be promoted. With credit, they can gradually change the death contract to 50 years, 40 years, until it is zero.
After returning to zero, they can officially become good citizens of Hu County.
Of course, here in Anxi, this opportunity is relatively easy to get. Take Carpenter Wang as an example. He made cement, so he can reward and reduce ten years of authority.
Of course, if you don’t have this ability, it’s okay, the working hours will also be counted as rewards, for example, if you have worked for five years, the reward will be reduced by ten years.
Anxi did this entirely because the immigrant population was different from the common people in Hu County. If they were not restrained, it would not only cause chaos, but also easily arouse the jealousy of the locals.
After all, when they bought it, Anxi must be of great use, such as the guards, such as workshop workers, such as farm tenants, etc., and even some more secretive ones, such as ore factories, can only use them.
Anxi is not a harsh person. They will definitely give a lot of rewards if they do something. Promotion and salary increase are the basic operations.
Doing so can allow them to do things with peace of mind, and at the same time reduce some jealous people.
As slaves, or under Anxi's name, it is only natural for them to participate in anything, and the people will not complain, after all, this is Anxi's private property.
The guards have a plan, but relying on these people alone, they can only manage the people in Hu County, and they have no resistance to the dangers outside.
Therefore, Anxi also wanted to build city gates and passes.
There is no doubt that the city gate is enough to surround the entire county, but the pass is more troublesome. If it is to be built on the passage to the outside, it must be on a high mountain or in a canyon.
This requires the use of cement.
Since Carpenter Wang took the materials back, he has been thinking about them day and night, and he has some ideas in his heart, but there are too many materials, and the experiment will take time, so he came to ask Anxi, which one he wants most now? A sort of?
Anxi said without hesitation, "Of course it's cement!"
After getting the answer, Carpenter Wang led his family to work in full swing. The process was slow at first. Cement is simple to say, that is, limestone, clay, iron ore and gypsum are ground into powder and then blended in proportion.
Anxi's information even has a description of the proportion of the blend, but it is not the case when it comes to the actual experiment.
First of all, in terms of the temperature of the cave dwelling, it is difficult to meet the requirements of calcination.
The temperature of the firewood is not enough, and the sealing conditions of the cave dwelling are not ideal. In order to increase the temperature, the structure of the cave dwelling needs to be redesigned, and bellows and other things must be added.
Anxi goes back to the Internet every day to check information, and then guides the workers to repair and rebuild.
Slowly, it finally reached the standard for calcination, allowing these powders to be fused smoothly, but a new problem emerged again, the quality of the firewood was not good, and coal was needed.
When the simply caravan came back, they bought a lot, which happened to come in handy.
In addition, the craftsmen they bought, under the command of Craftsman Wang, experimented together, and finally produced the finished product when the year was approaching.
Now is the time to see the effect.
The cement they mixed in various proportions was made into cement bricks, a total of 20 pieces.
Anxi had someone smash it over piece by piece, "No. [-] is too soft and not hard enough; No. [-] is cracked at the bottom, no way; No. [-] can only hold on for four times, no way..."
It wasn't until the 13th piece that Anxi saw a satisfactory finished product. The craftsman smashed it seven or eight times and it was intact.
"This one is good, write it down, and test it later to see if it will leak and how high it can withstand high temperatures."
"Okay, my lord." Carpenter Wang finally showed a smile on his face, and quickly agreed, and made a mark.
"continue."
For the next seven yuan, some were successful and some were not. Anxi had someone record all of them. The successful ones will need a second and third experiment until the best ratio is achieved.
Finally, when the result was achieved, Carpenter Wang dared to ask the question in his heart, "My lord, I don't know what is the use of this cement. Could it be made into stone bricks?"
"Naturally, we can't waste it like this." If we only want to make stone bricks, then green bricks are enough, so why do we need cement.
The most important function of cement is not only its firmness, but also its viscosity, water resistance and moisture resistance. It needs to be used in building houses, paving roads, and later building dams.
"From next year, the construction team will start building roads. At that time, cement will be the top priority. Craftsman Wang, please urge the people below to produce more."
"My lord, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job." Carpenter Wang promised again and again.
Anxi was satisfied, and he was not stingy with the rewards, "Craftsman Wang burned the cement and rewarded 20 taels of silver, [-] catties of pork, and [-] catties of white noodles. The people under your command have also contributed. As for the rewards, you can make a list and give it to Wang Wen. "
"Yes, thank you sir." Carpenter Wang was overjoyed and agreed again and again.