A few days later, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were still leisurely 'vacation' in Yizhou with a group of retired old men, hunting up the mountain and fishing in the water, and were having a very uncomfortable life.

Xiaobei, who came to Wenshan County, had not returned yet, and the personnel and affairs in the county had changed.

Wang Chang's family was escorted to Yizhou and handed it over to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. After a brief training, they sent it to the glutinous area to study the local people's eating habits and make new dishes to prepare for the next step of soft invasion.

Subjectively, Wang Chang was unwilling to go through, not only was he tired, but he was also in danger.

Objectively speaking, he dared not not to go. When he was a county magistrate, he did not do what a county magistrate should do. To be gentle, he was not capable and was not suitable for the county magistrate's position. To be important, he was clearly dereliction of duty, and was the life of the people of the county. He ignored happiness, and did not care about the regulations that the court attached importance to the people under his rule. His behavior even shook the country's rule over the local area.

With such a big hat pressed down, Wang Chang thought about his mother, wife and children, and happily agreed to go out to study food. The most important thing is that his family can always live in Yizhou City, and the restaurant will deliver food.

Gongsun Weiyu of Wenshan successfully took over as the county magistrate. The court's appointment documents have already set out from the capital and will arrive in the county soon.

Gongsun Weiyu, who was in power, relied on Xiaobei and others to start cleaning up the disobedient people in the yamen and promote his own people. Even the power of the chief clerk was divided. Those who were dealt with would not dare to say anything, not even dare to be angry.

Gongsun Weiyu, who lacked constraints, ruled according to his own administrative philosophy, and a series of political orders were spread. The people of the whole county followed suit.

Xiaobei and the others were not idle either. They said they were just having a walk, but ended up running to the place where Gongsun Weiyu wanted to build a cement factory. They first built the cement kiln and then started boiling cement.

When Xiaobei brought the burned cement sample to Gongsun Weiyu, Gongsun Weiyu was stunned and then said worriedly: "Cement firing is also technical. You can't just look at the finished product, but you also need to protect the people who boil cement. If you build it directly, it will be easy for something to happen."

"What happened?" Xiao Bei asked with his head raised.

"One is the quality of the finished product, the other is safety, and the other is transportation. These three points are not feasible at all. I am waiting for the court to send someone to come." Gongsun Weiyu sighed and said helplessly.

Xiao Bei looked at Gongsun Weiyu carefully and asked, "Are you confused as a county magistrate? Are you looking for technology in the court?"

Gongsun Weiyu nodded: "Yes."

"Where do you care about the imperial court that needs technology?" Xiao Bei asked again.

"Ministry of Works." Gongsun Weiyu replied.

"Who am I?" Xiaobei asked.

"Zhang Xiaobei."

"I am the daughter of the Minister of Works. The cement was first burned by my family in Luzhou. You need technical support from the Ministry of Works, but you are questioning me. Gongsun County Magistrate, please rest for two days, ah, don't get tired of your brain."

Compared to Gongsun Weiyu's helplessness just now, Xiao Bei was even more helpless at this time. He pointed to the cement placed on the table and continued, "Three days later, we will take it out with us to help the county do sales.

You consider transportation issues. The stability of the ships on water is very important. When I come by, I already felt the fun of climbing a mountain and outing. If you want to build a road, we can support you a group of **.”

Gongsun Weiyu looked shy, and it was mainly because the court vigorously promoted the Ministry of Works in recent years, and many people have forgotten where the technology originated.

The real situation is that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have their own research institute. All large-scale research projects are placed in the Ministry of Industry. For small applications, all supporting equipment are studied at home, so that two people can watch the progress at any time and guide and teach.

*******

Three days passed, and a batch of cement that was enough to carry was burned out in the cement kiln, and Xiaobei and the others planned to leave.

The last meal they invited was for them to eat at the school. They had been eating at the school cafeteria some time ago. For them, the taste was very bad, but they still persisted.

During the meal, he didn't mention the matter of leaving. Until the children were full and kept savoring the deliciousness of the dishes that Xiaobei and Xiaoyuan and others treated to the guests, Xiaobei said he was leaving Wenshan.

The children were stunned for a moment, and then started crying. The nine people kept comforting, saying that they could go and play with them when the children grew up, or that they could come over as soon as they had time.

After a while, the children finally found that no matter how they tried to keep Xiaobei and the others, they had to leave. They began to prepare gifts one by one, including their own small wooden swords, pockets with rags, sachets containing local medicinal materials, and beautiful feathers on the tail of the rooster. There were countless people.

Xiao Bei and the others were not polite, so they accepted it if others gave it to each other, hugged it one by one and said goodbye. They were sent to the road outside the county town, and the children had to go back.

Next is the gift from the adults. In addition to the cement that helped transport, there are also local specialties in the county, wax meat at home, air-dried pheasants, fried noodles made of butter, and a large amount of pineapple eggs and duck meat. The poor Wenshan County people almost gave it all.

Xiao Bei and the others still took it all, but there was no thing to send it back for the time being, waiting to sell the cement and spend money elsewhere to buy more things for daily necessities before sending them to you.

He walked and stopped all the way, starting from noon and not until evening, he was about to reach the junction of Wenshan County. Gongsun Weiyu said he would stop the people who had to continue seeing him off, standing in a flat place and intending to watch Xiaobei's team be invisible.

Xiao Bei walked out more than a hundred meters, turned around and came back, and said to the puzzled Gongsun Weiyu: "I remembered something. After a while in the county, I found that everyone's lighting was not good enough."

Gongsun Weiyu suddenly realized and asked, "You are going to build a power plant in this county and send light bulbs?"

"What are you thinking? Wait and see if there is any chance in a few years. I see that everyone uses resin oil and fat oil. Some families even rest when it gets dark at night. It is harmful to the eyes for children to light the lamp. You are now arranging someone to make a wax table, and I will send 100,000 paraffin sticks." Xiao Bei said.

"Paravax. Used by wealthy families in the capital?" Gongsun Weiyu did not understand paraffin.

"The wealthy people in Beijing use light bulbs for households. Paraffin costs are very low, which is a very depressing by-product. People from the petrochemical department of the Ministry of Industry Research Institute are always fighting against paraffin. It is like the ash left after burning the kiln with charcoal, which needs to be cleaned.

We have to talk about the cost, that is, transportation costs. Recently, oil processing has increased its efforts. There are a lot of paraffin in the capital. We have discussed it and planned to buy all the others for use in other places, and ship them here to give Wenshan County 100,000 pieces."

Xiaobei explained to Gongsun Weiyu as if he was a good teacher.

Gongsun Weiyu pondered for a moment and said worriedly: "It's too far from the capital. The candles are bumpy on the road and it's easy to fall off. And you've transported them to the cost of buying them. Have you discussed it with Xiaobao's young master?"

"What are we discussing? We can use our own money as we want. Nothing is the big deal. As for our brothers and sisters? And who told you that paraffin is transported one by one? Is it good to use one by one? If you weren't afraid of the heat, you would just pile it up and transport it piece by piece.

When the shipment comes, our newly built workshop group will be ready to provide some people with work, especially women who cannot find living at home.”

Xiao Bei found that he was so smart. He knew a lot of knowledge that Gongsun Weiyu didn't know.

Gongsun Weiyu continued to have the same expression as he was taught, thinking about it and said expectantly: "Can you put the processing place in Wenshan? We have human resources and the price is low."

"Don't expect it. Unless you can build a spacious road and then solve the animal's strength. Remember to make a wax table, which looks like a small bowl, which can catch the melted excess wax oil without wasting it, easy to clean it. It's good to make it with bamboo and polish it smoothly. It's best to have a snapping place below, which can be easily replaced."

Xiao Bei gave another advice, then shook his head, as if he felt that Gongsun Weiyu was a son who was unspeakable.

The people and people from other yamen next to Gongsun Weiyu also felt that the smart adults who were usually very smart became stupid today. If they were other high-ranking officials, they would probably be angry. I heard that the high-ranking officials had bad tempers.

Gongsun Weiyu really became stupid. He felt that what Xiao Bei said didn’t need to be anxious, so he suggested: “There are other things in the county, and it’s easy to make a wax table. It’s better to wait until it’s transported to the county. There’s no hurry for the time being. If you insist on letting us do it now, we will do it too.”

At this time, Xiaoyuan, who followed behind, was unhappy: "It seems like we forced you to transport a lot of paraffin. You should consider your use in your county, not others. My Betel asked you to organize people to make a large number of wax tables, and then transport them out of the river and sell them outside.

As soon as our paraffin is shipped, a large number of candles will be made immediately. Before others can react, our county will transport a batch of wax tables and sell them directly. The more fine, smarter, more convenient and practical you make, the higher the price you sell.

Is it bad to seize the opportunity to make some money and make the reputation of Wenshan County? I also doubt how you graduated from Jianjia and you can even miss the opportunity to make a fortune in front of you."

"How come I am yours?" Xiaobei glared at Xiaoyuan, turned his head and said to Gongsun Weiyu: "You must be flexible in doing things, and you must be flexible in being an official. You must be as brave as a child, be as rigorous as a craftsman, and look for opportunities like a speculative businessman.

Now our development is good, but officials have two problems. First, local officials only understand the local situation, but do not understand new thinking methods, do not know how to change, and do not even think about changing the status quo in the past.

Secondly, the officials in the court felt that they had learned a lot of theories and could show off their skills when they went to the place. As a result, they were not familiar with the local situation, so they made a blind decision, and then made a mistake and left. As a result, they left their feet and were cleaned up. Do countless patrol personnel in my Tang Dynasty have arranged the arrangements?”

Gongsun Weiyu nodded repeatedly, and his eyes were filled with fear when he looked at Xiaobei.

"Girl, you know so much." The old man appeared again when he came, walked forward and touched Xiao Bei's head and said.

Xiao Bei blushed and said embarrassedly: "It was on the boat when he came. My brother and sister told us, and I also said many other things, but I didn't remember them."

"That's not bad, what you remember is very useful." The old man continued to praise.

"Thank you, thank you, I'm really leaving. I'll come back if I have the chance in the future. Who, why are you crying? We are leaving Wenshan County. We are not going to die. We can eat good food when we can go to Yizhou. To be honest, I've been eating in the school cafeteria these days. Some dishes are not evenly mixed with salt, so I can't stir-fry in a small pan? I'm going to enjoy my happiness."

After throwing a bunch of words, Little Bell pulled Xiaoyuan and jumped away. The person who saw him watch silently as the team disappeared from sight, and no one spoke for a long time.

It was not until a group of wild birds flew up from the trees with a clamor that everyone came to their senses.

"What a great kid, it's a pity that I left. It would be great if I had been living in the county all the time." A man who had just helped carry things reluctantly said.

"People cannot be too selfish and always stay with us. What should others do? Let the school cafeteria change the small pot to cook. Xiao Bei and the others are really good. They don't say it's not delicious. They don't usually watch them eat less. They are very happy to eat, but they just endure it, hey!"

The old man suddenly felt distressed and even more angry. The chefs in the school did not cook properly.

Gongsun Weiyu also said, "Of course. What do they usually eat? Today's last meal was made by others. We tasted it, which is a world of difference."

"If I have children like Xiao Bei and the others in my family, I will give them all my heart," said another person.

Gongsun Weiyu smiled slightly: "Don't talk about you. Everyone is the same. If Xiao Bei followed him to court, he would sit on a dragon throne with His Majesty. The officials of the Censorate would be unaware of it even if they saw it."

"Ah?" The people around him were filled with exclamation. The old man said disbelief: "Will not impeach?"

"Importing can be done. Which censor dares to stand up and impeach Xiao Bei and the others? Your Majesty will ask someone to investigate the official first. It is to check it out every time. If you want to become famous by Xiao Bei, you will have to pay the price of your life.

And even if the impeachment is successful, Your Majesty will issue a self-criminal edict first, and then Xiao Bei admits his mistake. You can't cut off the head of her child, right? It's just a sentence to death. People will care? When Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Works went to Luzhou, others thought he was exiled. What was Luzhou like now?"

Gongsun Weiyu smiled and smiled happily after saying it.

The others were also very happy.

"I'm back, I'll find someone to make a wax table. I need to design it carefully. I'll make a profit when paraffin comes. I'm worthy of being Xiaobao's sister. In the blink of an eye, I thought of a way to make money. I draw a simple trademark and mark everything produced in Houxian."

With a wave of his hand, Gongsun Weiyu led everyone to turn around and walk back. The torch was bright, the wind was blowing smoothly, and the night was charming.

*******

"Let's go to Victoria." Bei Bei asked someone to take a map and ask Sister Xiaozhu about the place, pointing his finger to the west of Victoria.

"I won't go back to Yizhou?" Xiaoyuan was still thinking about going back to eat good food.

"Who will I sell cement back to Yizhou? Yizhou is even more remote. We have to buy things first and have someone give it to Wenshan. They gave us most of the things in their homes. What should we do if we starve to death?"

Xiao Bei took advantage of the light and held a boiled duck in his hand, chewed it with a freshly prepared duck, took a few bites of water, or stuck out his tongue, which was spicy.

Xiaoyuan reached out and pulled off a wing from Xiaobei's duck, nodded and said, "That's right, I support it."

So the group changed the way and headed towards Victoria.

Because I had something to carry, I walked over mountains and rivers for three days before I arrived at a county called Tongdian, which is also Maozhou, which is less than three hours away from the main city of Victoria.

"It's time to go to the place again, camp, and there's no place to arrange it when you go in." Xiao Bei felt a little sorry for the people in the team. It was not a special situation. It was always unnecessary to be tired. It was not cost-effective to force the army to walk around.

The guards and logistics personnel who followed him didn't think so, they treated them as training, and they would train once every 20 days to maintain combat effectiveness. They could face any emergency situations, and could fight, win, and be proud of it. They were the elite teams of all terrain for twelve hours.

The next day, some people were separated to have breakfast and followed their young ancestors to Tonghua County to check the situation.

If there are enough supplies in the local area and you can directly buy them and send them to Wenshan, the team will not go in and go directly to the main city of Victoria.

A group of about a hundred people walked for two quarters of an hour and finally saw the main road, about three meters wide, with green grass and red, white and purple wild flowers growing on it. On one side of the road was wasteland and farmland on the other side. It can be seen that barley was planted inside, and the seedlings were growing unevenly. I guess no one was careful to take care of them.

Xiao Bei picked up the telescope and said happily: "It's better than Wenshan, there are people in front of you. Should we walk in the village or outside the city?"

"It's inside the city walls, there are no outer city walls outside Tonghua County, but there is no earth wall, and there is only a range. Because there are garrisons in Victoria next to it." Xiaozhu has a deep understanding of the map and can even draw many maps of the Tang Dynasty, which are accurate to the county.

"Let's go in. I'd like to eat less just now. You can try the flavored snacks in Tonghua County." Xiao Bei began to regret it. She just drank a large bowl of Hu spicy soup and stuffed her stomach three fried cakes. Half a plate of red dried tofu side dishes, and two tea eggs.

Perhaps it was too early at this moment, and there was no one on the road. Only an old man who grazed sheep showed a shadow on the mountain next to him. He disappeared.
To be continued...