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Enter, enter the villa on the slope.

The external earthen walls of this villa are not low and wide, and it does have certain military defense capabilities. The land here is really worthless, and the Zhuangzi occupies a very large area.

But Xie Yu's convoy of nearly 500 people seemed a bit crowded at first rush.

Fortunately, it's winter now, so it's okay to squeeze in.

After that, it was about vacating the house and moving the pregnant woman into it.

Although the land guests of our village were angry, they naturally knew what to say and what not to say after seeing many of the sophisticated weapons carried by the jailer Yu Lin.

Of course, about two days later, after the handover was basically completed, the old villager took away two hundred small fields, saying that these fields originally belonged to the Chengyang Marquis Mansion.

It can be said that they are half and half. What other big and small packages are there? Although Xie Yu cursed secretly in his heart, he also knew not to fall out.

I can only give it away coldly.

To be honest, should I, a loyal person, suggest that Xie Yu "secretly rob and kill" him?

Xie Yu doesn’t want to use this trick, but no one should suggest it!

Otherwise, how can they show their loyalty to Xie Yu.

It seems that the training plan for the Xie family's servants will be put on the agenda.

The weather is cold and not suitable for large-scale construction, so everyone can only make do with it for now.

Of course, some simple expansions should be made. For example, Xie Yu confiscated at least a thousand livestock from those bandit villages, most of which were kept in Qing County, but he also took away more than two hundred livestock.

Among them, Xie Yu handed over at least more than thirty usable war horses from General Natian's headquarters and other branch villages. Many of these war horses were mares. Xie Yu planned to use those three Longxi war horses as stallions to build a small horse farm.

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With the addition of other mules and donkeys, the original livestock stables of the farm not only needed to be expanded, but also had to be built new.

After communicating with a few people who know a lot about farmhouse construction and civil engineering, we decided to place the new horse farm in the back hill, where there is a stream, water source and a grassland.

Seeing that they were also very cold, Xie Yu was about to reward them with some furs. Suddenly he thought of the fire kang in the Northeast, and began to explain to them how to make a simple farmhouse earthen kang for winter use.

Just hearing such a description, an old farmer seemed to have thought of something, and said that he had seen the winter greenhouse built by a nobleman in a noble family's home, which was a kind of earthen fire pit.

When Xie Yu heard it, he knew it was an ancient version of a vegetable greenhouse. Speaking of which, the top dignitaries in ancient times did not necessarily eat as well as ordinary people today.

Now that you know how to do it, let’s try building a fire path earthen kang.

Of course the effect is very good, but it does consume too much firewood.

Those crop straws are not resistant to burning,

So, Xie Yu, who had been dealing with things these days, had a rare moment of free time. He gathered his mood and went out from the back door of the farm to take a walk and find some firewood.

Then I saw a gentle valley, with many bamboos and wild fruit trees growing in the valley, and a stream. Although there was ice on it, there was still flowing water. The scenery was quite beautiful and beautiful.

Hey, in this cold weather, I saw a tall woman wearing a white leather cloak.

He was walking out from under the wild fruit trees in the bamboo forest, walking quickly with small steps, and his body was slim, as if he had been trained to dance.

At this time, the tall woman in the cloak suddenly stopped and looked at Xie Yu.

The two were speechless for a moment, but Xiaowen suddenly ran over from behind the woman, breaking the immersion.

"Miss, wait for me. I can't keep up..."

Suddenly, when he saw Xie Yu, he was shocked and said quickly.

"Hello, Master..."

Xie Yu: "Xiaowen, where are you and your wife?"

Xiaowen: "Miss, no, madam, these days, I am either on the road or staying in the room. I am a little depressed and want to go out for a walk."

Xie Yu: "It's okay, the scenery here is unexpectedly good, not bad."

Gan Qing stabbed Xiaowen, and Xiaowen reacted and said: "Master, we have almost finished shopping. It's too cold, so we will go back now."

Xie Yu: "Okay, you just go back first, I have something else to do."

As soon as he turned sideways and came again, Xie Yu suddenly turned around and said: "Madam, I will go back to the room to sleep tonight. You just need to prepare well."

After hearing these words, Gan Qing was shocked and trembled a little. It seemed that she was too happy.

Xie Yu proudly continued to explore. There were bamboo forests, fruit trees, and several acres of mulberry trees, which naturally could not be cut down.

Green waters and green mountains are mountains of gold and silver!

Xie Yu, who was reluctant to give up, took out a horse from the stable and started to run around.

Hey, I saw a lot of dark things.

Xie Yu dismounted and picked up a piece, then looked at the dark mound.

Rub it and smell it, and sure enough, it is coal, it is coal!

As expected, there is no shortage of coal in Guanzhong.

So Xie Yu quickly collected a few pieces and returned to Zhuangzi.

I called the old farmers in the village and inquired, and they found out that these were coal, which is the ancient name for coal.

It is located on the mound opposite Zhuangzi. The mound has no water and no vegetation. It is just this kind of black stuff.

They know that this charcoal can burn, but when it burns, it emits black smoke and can kill people.

Xie Yu naturally understood that this was bituminous coal and the gas released could easily cause carbon monoxide poisoning.

At this time, people should have burned anthracite briquettes, and later generations had already further developed briquettes.

Even now, many rural areas still use briquettes for heating and cooking in winter.

Just do it,

Xie Yu quickly found the blacksmith in the army, and the carpenter asked him to make a coal stove and a briquette machine according to his requirements.

He also asked some people to collect pebbles, clay and yellow mud, at a ratio of about five to one.

The method is not difficult, the difficulty is the idea.

Coupled with historical practice, the result is naturally unexpected and successful.

After that, let the remaining farmers and laborers make it according to this method.

However, Xie Yu has been staying at this farm for three days, and it's time to set off.

Just before departure!

night!

"Madam, I'm here."

"Huh"

"Xiaowen, where is Madam!"

Xiaowen: "Madam, madam, she is no longer here. She says she is physically inconvenient and wants to go to Mrs. Lin's best friend in Qing County."

"How about I call the madam back for the master?"

Xie Yu paused for a while: "Forget it, it's so late and it's so cold. She's had a hard journey, and it won't be good if she catches the cold."

"It's just you."

Xiaowen: "No, Master, don't..."

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It was a refreshing night, but Xiaowen became frightened when she saw the slave mark on Xie Yu's body.

To some extent, Xie Yu was a little bored.

Fortunately, Xiaowen is indeed young...

On the second day, after getting rid of a lot of negative emotions.

Seeing many jailers saying goodbye in "love", Xie Yu immediately thought of Gan Qing who suddenly became indifferent to him.

It's a pity that I pretended to be too dignified and upright in front of County Magistrate Cheng.

Although Xie Yu doesn't understand politics, he remembers a teacher's famous saying: Isn't politics about figuring out who are friends and who are enemies? Make more of your own people and make fewer enemies.

In fact, there are many people with special looks in the bandit village.

If I had repaid my kindness back then, I would probably be able to show off to others now...
Chapter completed!