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Chapter 189: If you want to get rich, build roads first

Zhou Heng looked at Zhu Yunmo who seemed to be curious about the baby and suddenly felt very sympathetic to him. So what about the prince of Prince Ning’s mansion? He has never enjoyed such an enjoyment, so he won’t care.

Open a mechanism hanging on the wall of the carriage, and wanted to pull it outside, a folded small table appeared in front of you. The small cabinet next to you opened the drawer, Zhou Heng took out some nuts, placed them on the small table in a stack, and of course a pot of jasmine tea.

Two large hand stoves were taken out from under the mattress in the carriage and threw them to Zhu Yunmo. He put them cross-legged on his legs. Zhu Yunmo imitated Zhou Heng and sat cross-legged. The temperature of the hand stove was just right and very warm.

I grabbed a handful of nuts and peeled them and ate them. Then I took a sip of jasmine tea. The lips and teeth were filled with the aroma of nuts and tea, and I squinted my eyes in an instant.

"Zhou Heng, you know how to enjoy more than me. What kind of fruit is really fragrant?"

Zhou Heng was much more elegant, placing an empty plate, plucking a pumpkin seed, and throwing it into his mouth.

"This is pumpkin seeds. Choose ripe old pumpkins, remove the pulp and take the seeds and dry them, and then put them in an iron pot to stir-fry them. If you like salty food, you can add salt. I make five-spice, which is to use five-spice water to cook the pumpkin seeds aside, and then dry and stir-fry them. This is more fragrant. In addition, eating some dried fruits in winter is better for hair and nails, and the skin is not easy to dry and peel."

Zhou Heng said and took a sip of tea, "As for this tea, it is just an ordinary Yunnan white tea. I think it tastes light, so I put the jasmine and tea leaves together to scent the flowers at a low temperature. The flowers are no longer fragrant, so I changed them. After five to nine scents, all the tea leaves are stained with the aroma of jasmine, so they taste refreshing and rich in the fragrance of flowers, and only smell the fragrance but not the flowers."

Zhu Yunmo kept nodding, "Let me ask someone to give me some, wait, I ask Uncle Xiao to find two expensive bottles, then put this tea and give it to Uncle Emperor. It will definitely be face-saving, haha, that's it!"

Zhou Heng glanced at Zhu Yunmo. This guy had been with him for a long time, so why did he become more shameless? He wanted something when he opened his mouth. His things were not blown by the strong wind. However, thinking about the cost of decoration, Zhou Heng was silent.

"There are beautiful colorful glass jars in Huichuntang. They use high-quality silk to put the tea in the glass jars. It should look good. I made it to someone to send it to you this night. Then I asked Bo Xiao to put it in a wooden box with the words "Jiamini White Tea" on it. It looks expensive and shameful. The key is that it has not been sold on the market, so it seems sincere."

Zhu Yunmo blinked, approached Zhou Heng and grabbed a handful of nuts, picked up longans and ate one, and kept nodding.

"It seems that my father is right. I want to learn more from you. In addition to being skilled in medicine and greedy for money, you still have advantages."

Zhou Heng glanced at him, but Wang Ning was surprised that this comment made Zhou Heng a little. A person he had never met actually asked his son to learn things from him. Does Wang Ning know everything about Qingping County?

The carriage was quarreling all the way, and the two of them looked out the window. There was no spacious street outside and a huge courtyard, which seemed empty.

Wang Sanfu's voice sounded outside, "Criminal, we are here."

Zhu Yunmo patted the shavings of the fruit shells on his hand, drank the tea in the cup in one sip, and then opened the door and jumped out of the car, and Zhou Heng also came down.

The suburbs were obviously several degrees lower than in the city. Zhou Heng looked up and saw that although this place was a large courtyard, there were few houses in the courtyard. There were some small houses around this courtyard outside, all of which were very short.

Zhu Yunmo turned around, pointed to the hillside behind Zhuangzi and said:

"See, that's the North Mountain. Although it's called a mountain, it's not very tall. There are five hills built. The people on the farm just plant some food at the foot of the mountain, and they didn't get involved in this mountain."

Zhou Heng looked up and saw that the hillside was not very steep. After all, the highest position was not a few hundred meters high. The position from the foot of the mountain to the back of the mountain was quite gentle. Seeing that there seemed to be a river flowing through the valley between the two peaks, Zhou Heng pointed to that place and asked:

"There is still a river on the mountain?"

Zhu Yunmo shook his head. Obviously he didn't know that it seemed that he had only seen it from a distance and had not really climbed the mountain.

Zhu Sanfu hurried over with a sweet smile on his face.

"If you go back to Mr. Zhou, there is a stream on the mountain. Although the water surface is not wide, there is water all year round. Look, although it is so cold now, the stream is steaming hot. In fact, it is warm water. When the water is cool in summer, it is very magical."

Zhou Heng raised his eyebrows. It was obvious that the water was extremely deep groundwater, or there was geothermal heat around it. After all, you can see traces of the stream here, at least the amount of water is not small. Zhou Heng hurriedly smiled and said:

"Why don't we go and take a look?"

Seeing that Zhou Heng was so interested, Zhu Yunmo didn't say anything. After hearing the news, everyone in the village ran out and knelt all over the ground.

"Hello, young master."

Zhu Yunmo waved his hand, "Get up, I'll just come and have a look."

An old man hurried forward, "I will lead the way ahead. This mountain looks not far away. It will take some time to walk through it like this."

As he said that, the few people got into the car again and drove towards the foot of the mountain. Sure enough, they looked not far away, but walked around for a long time. A small pool at the foot of the mountain had already come into view.

Everyone got out of the car and walked to the position where the stream water flowed into the entrance of the pond. Zhou Heng squatted down and reached into the water. Although the stream water was not as warm as the old man said, it was not a cold hand. The stream water at the entrance here was already seven or eight meters wide, but the area of ​​the pool water was not large.

Obviously, there is an underground river below, and it is integrated into the ground. Zhou Heng stood up and looked at the gentle location on the mountainside. Not to mention that if the winemaking workshop and pharmaceutical workshop are built here, the stream can also be introduced into the workshop, which saves more manpower.

Seeing that Zhou Heng did not speak, Zhu Yunmo asked anxiously:

"Zhou Heng, how about it here?"

"It's very in line with my heart. It's far away from residential areas and has year-round purified water. It's very suitable for both pharmaceuticals and alcohol production. In this way, we can brew raw wine ourselves. We can sell wine and make alcohol, killing two birds with one stone, saving a lot of costs."

After hearing Zhou Heng say this, Zhu Yunmo breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the mountain. There were no bare trees here, but he didn't expect that it would become a treasure land in Zhou Heng's mouth.

"The weather is too cold at this time, so I can only wait for the start of spring to build."

Zhou Heng pondered for a moment, and there were nearly twenty people following Lingshan Village. If he waited until spring to build a workshop, wouldn’t it take several months to support him? Zhou Heng shook his head.

"This is the south slope. When the temperature is high during the day, the ground is not hard. Look at the south slope, there is no snow accumulation, but there is some on the top of the mountain, so the land is not hard. At this time, it is just a slack farm. There are people in the surrounding villages, and construction is just about to start. If you wait until the spring starts sowing, it will take some effort to find people and the cost will be much greater. I think it is better to start construction sooner rather than later. It is just right now."

The old man on the farm heard Zhou Heng say that he wanted to build a workshop on the mountain and hire people on the farm. His eyes lit up instantly and he quickly bowed his body and said:

"This young master said very well. Now it is slack farming, and there is no corvee service this year. Many people in the farm are idle at home, and some strong laborers are all working in the carriage and horse shops. However, it is very far from the carriage and horse shops. When they go, the work will be stolen. The income is extremely low. If there are too many laborers in the farm, I dare not say that I will find more than 200 strong laborers."

Zhu Yunmo nodded, "The people in his own village must be given priority. Zhu Sanfu came to this prince."

Zhou Heng paused and waved his hand to Boss Xue.

"Take off the tape ruler on the car, I need to measure the data, go back and sort out the drawings as soon as possible, calculate the materials, and then work can be started here."

Zhu Sanfu ran over happily, "Crown Prince, is it going to start construction here?"

Zhu Yunmo looked at him, "I didn't hear Zhou Heng say that you should measure first, then design the drawings, and then find someone to prepare materials for construction. Everything here should be started as soon as possible, at least the next year."

Zhu Sanfu nodded quickly and said yes. At this moment, Boss Xue responded and brought a tape ruler. Several people stepped forward, measured the flat area that Zhou Heng pointed to, and measured both sides of the stream. Soon, he ran back with a small notebook.

Zhou Heng looked at it. Not to mention that it looks small, the area that can be used is still very wide. However, the only disadvantage of building a half-mountain is that it requires a section of road, which also needs to be connected to the official road outside the village.

"I can prepare the drawings in two or three days. As the saying goes, if you want to be rich, you can first build a road. The old man can take the people in the village to rest the road, widen it into a width that two carriages can be parallel, and connect it to the official road. Of course, a road can also be built on the village to connect it. As for labor, it is not calculated based on the head of the person, and each person can get five hundred yuan for one meter of construction, which is based on the income of work."

Zhu Yunmo had no feelings for this five hundred meter of money, so Zhu Sanfu's eyes widened instantly, and felt enlightened in an instant.
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