"If we cut wood to smelify iron, it's also a way." Zhang Mingliang looked around the surrounding environment and found that the dense forests were almost in large areas, and only a few places could see gaps. It may be caused by the mountain people cutting down or it may be due to wildfires.

You should know that there are many types of wood in the Dongfan, and there are countless reserves, and the amount of wood in the islands in later generations is equal to the total amount of provinces such as Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. To achieve this kind of wood reserves with an island of more than 30,000 square kilometers, it can be seen how high its forest coverage is.

"It's not easy." Zhang Zhong said at this time: "We have considered together that cutting wood requires a lot of labor. It's not difficult to cut down the road in Fujian. Anyway, it's a densely populated place. If you set a price, the people will cut it for money. We have to open up land, farm, build houses, and build roads here, and then hire a large number of people to log. Such things are not worth it to do with a lot of manual labor."

"I understand." Zhang Mingliang is also a veteran in business and knows what Zhang Zhong said means.

To cut down a large number of wooden villages and then burn them into charcoal, the entire process requires at least a few thousand manual labor. There must be roads for logging in the mountains, which is a huge amount of cost.

Unlike coal mining, just one or two fixed lines are enough. Coal mining is much lower than logging, and the manpower is used.

Cutting wood in the deep mountains has always been one of the most expensive human activities. Cutting a big wood to bring it out is amazing.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Great Wei Dynasty, in order to rebuild the Xuanshi Hall of the capital, golden nanmu was harvested from Huguang Mountain. The big trees that several people hugged were cut down from the mountains and transported to the capital. Each tree took half a year or even longer, and the money consumed by each wood was also very amazing. The final reimbursement of each wood was more than 200,000 guan.

In Dongfan, if the outside of the outside world is cut off, you have to go into the mountains. The cost is indeed too high.

"The water, fire, charcoal method is also a good choice." Zhang Mingliang said in a deep voice: "Beijing people have used it. Because we have always used charcoal to make iron, we don't know much about this method. However, even the mine owners of the Beiren may not use this method to do this. To be honest, I don't know how Junhou knows this method, is it Fu Muzhi's idea? In addition to raw materials, the drum machine is also very important and can also be drained by water. Dongfan is very suitable. In addition, it is a blast furnace, and I have some experience in this regard."

Sun Rulan said in a deep voice: "We are not very clear about the specific details, so we can only do what we are in front of us first."

Zhang Mingliang smiled and said, "Sun Du is loyal and admires him."

At this time, everyone gradually dispersed. Sun Rulan looked around and suddenly said to Zhang Mingliang: "Master Zhang, we are actually very panicked inside, but we all feel in private that everyone has reached this point and cannot give up no matter what."

Zhang Mingliang suddenly jumped and said, "What are the plans of Sun Dutou?"

"No." Sun Rulan said expressionlessly: "We all hope that Junhou can get better. If Junhou can get better, now I will ask me to cut my head and I will frown, and it will not be raised by my father and mother."

"Sun Dutou's loyalty is admirable."

Zhang Mingliang seemed like a drowning person, and he wanted to touch a life-saving straw, but Sun Rulan obviously refused to continue talking. However, this attitude seemed to illustrate one thing: the soldiers of the government, especially the middle and high-level military officers, would probably have other ideas.

If the king and the lord are fine, even if he is seriously ill, don’t think about anyone on the entire island who can replace the position of Nan'an lord.

If the king and the prince are not ruled, then either the people will become a scattered sand and disperse from then on, or be ruled by people sent by the court... This is something that the people on the island do not want to do.

It would be fine if a wise minister was sent to the future, or if there were promising members in the royal family, or if there were officials like King Zhao, or if there were officials like King Yue of Jianzhou, everything on the island would be better to be ruined by the pirates.

There are not many people on the island who trust the ethics of the current Wei officials.

Zhang Mingliang thought for a while, but felt that the most likely person to support Qin Dongyang in the army was to be the most realistic candidate.

Li Yi is also famous, but she is just a civil servant and will not be supported by the army.

Qin Dongyang is young and famous on Fujian Road. He is also the number one general in the army. He is gentle and kind, and calm in his work, similar to his style as his general.

Such people will be able to rise to their current official positions after a battle against pirates. At that time, everyone will swear allegiance, even if the Great Wei sends officials to the island, it will be a waste of the situation.

This is the best way to gather people's hearts and keep people's hearts from dispersing, and everything existing on the island can be preserved.

I just don’t know if Qin Dongyang himself knows it?

It is estimated that it is mostly hidden from the crowd. Only after Xu Zi first confirmed that he would announce the election in the army.

There are not many people involved, but most of them are in important positions.

Zhang Mingliang didn't feel that there was much hope for this matter. The situation and pressure this group of people would face in the future were so great that they would not have thought of it. Qin Dongyang could not withstand it. The identity, experience and status of Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian is definitely not something that ordinary people can replicate successfully.

"It's better to get better." Whether for the future of the island, for himself, and for the safety of his family, Zhang Mingliang lay on the ground according to the recent popular customs and lies on the ground.

Go up and kowtow to the north to pray.

Let’s look at Sun Rulan and others. These guys even brought incense. The soldiers and craftsmen in the palace kowtowed and burned incense together, and prayed silently.

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While Zhang Mingliang and others were looking for mining in the middle and northern edges, Xu Zixian was lying on the bed, feeling a splitting headache and a sore body, so he couldn't get up at all.

From a warrior who has the ability to pull a strong bow or even a tiger and leopard to being able to lie in bed, resting from morning to night, drinking the bitter medicine soup every day, and drinking the soup every time he drinks the soup, it looks like a patient being tortured. This contrast is really big.

Xu Zixian was not too worried about himself, he felt that his illness was almost under control.

But he also knew that this disease was controlled may be an illusion. Although he did not have a high fever, he was having a low fever, headache, soreness, weakness and weakness every day, which were all quite obvious signs.

If the fever really subsides, Xu Zixian may be holding on to the sick body and patrolling the island for a horse, but it is obviously impossible to do now.

It is not beneficial to the people's hearts to lie in the carriage forcing him to lie in the carriage. There are many people who can see him at the temple in other places every day. There will be no rumors that the Marquis of Nan'an has passed away. This will be devastating to the people's hearts.

But Xu Zixian had no way to further stabilize the people's hearts. The government army was still preparing for war, and many things were still under the schedule.

For example, there are still left-behind personnel who are debugging every day for hydraulic oil pressing machines.

The cotton harvest is less than ten days, and the beans are less than half a month. After harvesting, further treatment is required.

Cotton is easy to deal with, and seed cotton into lint is a manual work. Beans can be squeezed into oil and can be started soon after storage. The debugging and testing of the machine are urgent.

Xu Zixian was very anxious. Every morning, he wanted to hold on. Too many places needed him and too many people needed him.

The pirates may arrive in Penghu and Dongfan at any time within ten days. If there is no one in charge, the battle will not be optimistic.

"Don't be anxious, your condition is still stable." Chen Changnian and three medical officers took the pulse separately, and then each stepped down. His face was very calm, but he was also not happy at all.

It has been several days since Nan'an Hou's condition can only be said to be stable at most and has not deteriorated, but it cannot be said to be improved.

"Mr. Chen and you guys, are there any good solutions?"

Xiu Niang was inconvenient to come forward. In addition to serving Xu Zixian these days, the younger sister was also responsible for some things in the mansion and outside the mansion. Seeing these medical officials like this, the younger sister was so anxious that she jumped.

Chen Changnian and several others showed a look of shame on their faces. Everyone was silent for a moment. Chen Changnian resolutely said: "If it is another patient, I will not be able to speak directly. Because it is Junhou, the matter involves the overall situation, so I should speak directly. Whether Junhou is better or not, it is not about the treatment of the medicine and me, but only for my own body. This takes time, unless we can find the right medicine to treat it, but we are not specializing in the epidemic situation. I am good at surgery. When Junhou found me, he was the military trainer who had me treated the injured..."

Most of the other medical officials are mainly engaged in surgery or orthopedics, and the traditional Chinese medicine is divided into departments. Dafangmai is the adult internal medicine, Xiaofangmai is the pediatric internal medicine, and there are also osteotomy, surgery, gynecology, and wind department. In fact, it is the epitaxial of Dafangmai, oral dentistry, miscellaneous departments, obstetrics, ophthalmology, acupuncture, Zhuyou and other departments.

Of course, there were also medical officials in the Dongfan period who majored in the big meridians, but when they were looking for medical treatment, most famous doctors were proficient in surgery and bone correction. They also considered that children's treatment was related to people's hearts, so they also visited many famous doctors who were proficient in the small meridians.

Only when I feel that the plague on the island cannot be taken care of, I focus on finding famous doctors who are proficient in Dafangzhi. However, among the famous doctors who are proficient in Dafangzhi, there are not many masters who are proficient in plague and can prescribe the right medicine. It is difficult to find them in a short period of time.

"No wonder Mr. Chen and you guys." Xu Zixian was extremely disappointed, but at least these doctors admitted frankly that they were powerless and did not deceive. This attitude is still worthy of recognition.

Xu Zi closed his eyes and rested, half lying on the bed. He could only do this for many days. His face was still a little flushed, his body had no strength, and it was quite difficult for him to stand up.

This confirms that after the epidemic infection, young people or middle-aged people do not have an advantage. Of course, they will eventually get rid of the disease. Most of the people who recover from the body are young and middle-aged. Children die prematurely, and the elderly will most likely not be able to survive.

Xu Zixian felt powerless inside, and the doctors withdrew with shame, but Xu Zixian knew that even hundreds of years later, it was not uncommon for a cold to take away hundreds of lives.

In an era when humans can already have heart transplants, they still cannot do anything to the flu. This is not a joke, but a cruel reality.

"Little sister, don't be anxious," Xu Zixian opened his eyes and said to the red-eyed little sister: "As long as my disease does not worsen, the summary will improve..."

"I have sent additional personnel to Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Xinghua Army, Shaowu Army, and Jianzhou to search for famous doctors who can cure the epidemic. Whether they use a lot of money or tie people up, as long as they are famous doctors who treat outdated epidemics, they will bring them back to me."

The little girl actually had a hint of heroism on her handsome face. She spoke decisively and acted decisively, which was not like a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. This was a change brought about by the Houzhai and Nan'anjiu's holding power. It was also one of the drastic changes in the Nan'an Hou Mansion.

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Even though he was seriously ill, Xu Zixian couldn't help laughing. He said, "Little sister, there are always people who don't want to come. Is it really a force to tie him up?"

"Really, I'll accompany them afterwards. They can't really make things difficult for a little girl who is eager to save her brother."

"Okay. There will always be fakes and scammers," Xu Zixian said helplessly: "You have such a big fanfare and get a bunch of fake famous doctors, which is really a joke."

The little girl's eyes turned red again and she said, "Brother, you always care about others. In this way, even if you destroy the Dongfan and the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion are destroyed, it is worth saving you!"

The little sister said murderously again: "If anyone dares to lie to me, they will tie their hands and throw them into the sea, asking him to swim back to Fuzhou by himself."

Xu Zixian felt a chill on his body and felt that his younger sister had really changed. He felt that what the younger sister said now was not angry. Not only would she do this, but she would definitely do this!

Suddenly, Xu Zixian was quite worried about Wei Yi's future. This friend and brother may become a standard wife in the future.

Although there was no such bad thing as women enslaving women to the extreme, women could read and read, never forbid women to go out, nor encourage women to stay widowed and keep their rituals. There was no chastity archway in the territory of the Great Wei Dynasty that commends women to keep their rituals. When Taizu established his country, he once said that only countries that are incompetent and lose their power and humiliate the country would focus on forcing women to keep their qualities. If Taizu said that no one dared to break this hole in all dynasties since then. Therefore, in the Great Wei Dynasty, the status of women was not lower than that of the previous dynasties, but the status of royal women declined. Because of the princesses of the former Tang Dynasty interfered in the government affairs and disrupted the court rules, this dynasty did not give the power to open a house to the royal women. After getting married, they respected their parents-in-law with their younger generations, and unlike in the previous Tang Dynasty, when the royal princesses married, the parents-in-law would instead worship the princess with courtesy.

Not many royal women in the Great Wei Dynasty were famous. Even if some were famous, they were famous for their literary talent or filial piety. This was also the result of public opinion control. Even if some royal women were born intelligent and understood the way of military and political affairs, they would only be destroyed under this system.

"In the future, you and Yanke will become a kiss. I will bring Yanke to the Dongfan. You young couple will help me again," Xu Zi said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You little sister, you are much more useful than my ordinary subordinates."

The younger sister nodded and said, "I know my eldest brother is going to see Jin Jian, so I'll call him over now."

"Tell him not to enter the house anymore, and it is the same if he talks through the window."

The little girl nodded and pushed the door out. Not long after, Jin Jian, wearing a round-necked blue robe, arrived at the outer room.

Xu Zixian closed his eyes and rested. The sound of talking outside seemed to be coming from the water, buzzing constantly. He knew that it was Jin Jian talking to Lin Shaozong, and Gao Shilai at the same time.

Tian Heng was also coming, but Xu Zi first wrote a letter and ordered him to stay in Penghu and not come over without authorization.

The three generals among the young generals, Gao Shilai, are now the deputy commander of the cavalry camp, and have performed very well. Tian Heng is the commander of the Navy Camp and is also a deputy middle- and senior military officer trained by Liu Yi.

Jin Jian was the leader of Military Intelligence Cao, the least famous of the three, but everyone knew that he was Xu Zixian's confidant and the most powerful one.

But Jin Jian has always been very low-key. The other dozens of generals, either serving as deputy commanders or Ren Dutou, Jin Jian picked a few of his deputys and put on the airs of military intelligence. He has been working silently for the past two years and never doing things that show off his face.

Before this, no achievements were made in military affairs during the past major events, which gradually made people lose interest in this mysterious department. It just felt that Xu Zi first used it to monitor the outside world and monitor his own people's departments.

Later, there was a security department, and the military intelligence department paid less attention to it.

Gao Shilai came to voluntarily guard him. There were several military officers from the young general who came with him. They took turns to work inside and outside the courtyard of the monastery with Lin Shaozong and others. In the hot weather, everyone patrolled in armor and took turns to stand on duty. Even if Jin Jian came in, he would be searched and put in before he could be put in.

This is a group of murderous guards who are armed to the teeth. They are in a bad mood and can even be said to be quite popular. In fact, except for the second sister, these guys stare at each other with red eyes when they meet.

Every evening, Li Yi and others would come over to visit. They were very busy, and Xu Zixian would not allow them to enter the ward. These people were all pillars of the East Fan. They were infected with the epidemic, and the construction of the entire island was completely completed.

Li Yi and others would greet each other in the study, briefly report their itinerary to Xu Zi on the day, then go out to see the doctor's pulse case, and discuss the condition with the doctor.

This is the case every day, Li Yi and others come with hope, and then leave with disappointment.

Jin Jian's footsteps came from outside, and then he walked into the bedroom.

Xu Zixian said helplessly: "Didn't you just tell me to talk outside?"

Jin Jian said in a deep voice: "You have to be careful of what I say."

This young spy chief is becoming more and more mature and sophisticated, and is becoming more and more familiar with his business.
Chapter completed!