The Daqing River was right in front of Huo Chong. Several large black-sailed boats stopped on the shore. When Xu Youlin approached, someone had already come out of the boat to greet him. Wine bottles, wine jars, and wooden barrels containing malt sugar were transported into the cabin.

Huo Chong didn't want to interfere, so he stood directly at a distance. Even if Dangdang's free labor, he had to compensate for anything he broke in the middle of the transport. It would be better to see the scenery. Seeing Xu Youlin directing the people from the trough gang to carry in an orderly manner, Huo Chong was even more relaxed. After taking a few glances, he heard the sound of horns in the distance.

The horn sound was very loud and neat, like singing. The sound that had never been heard shocked Huo Chong.

After finding a high place to go up, a group of people came to the river. Their bodies leaned forward desperately, and they could keep their bodies undepressed at this angle. They were leaning against a rope that was tied around their bodies. Each of them was tied with a rope, and everyone was pulling forward desperately. These ropes were connected to a thick iron chain. The other end of the iron chain was fixed at the bow of a large black-sailed ship.

There were boatmen standing on the boat, and the helmsman standing on the stern. These people either controlled the direction or tried to power the ship. With the efforts of everyone, the ships on the Daqing River continued to move forward.

Seeing that the ship was moving forward continuously, crossing the position where Huo Chong stood, and finally walked out of Huo Chong's sight. Huo Chong felt that everything he saw in front of him was beyond his imagination.

Nowadays, only during sports and leisure time can there be paddle boats that rely on human power to push their hands and feet. Huo Chongzhen did not expect that the canal boats in 1717 were actually towed forward by human power.

Of course, there is something more difficult to imagine than this. The Daqing River in front of me is something that Huo Chong could only imagine out of thin air. At this time, the Yellow River did not return north. Since someone in the late Northern Song Dynasty dug the Yellow River in order to prevent the Jin soldiers from moving south, the Yellow River has been robbing Huai and entering the sea.

The practical story in Shandong is located north of the Yellow River that made Huo Chong finally admit from his heart that he had really crossed. The river in front of him is the Daqing River, and the name is not to flatter the Qing Dynasty. The river water of this river is relatively clear and can also provide shipping. According to Huo Chong's memory, this area is probably the Yellow River channel in the 21st century.

I was feeling in my heart that with the sound of a new trumpet in the distance, another canal boat walked towards Huo Chong. As soon as I saw the figure of the boatman, Xu Youlin, who had finished his work, had already arrived in front of Huo Chong, "Brother Huo, what else is the use of your sour wine?"

Huo Chong nodded, but asked, "Brother Xu, do you think there are several uses."

"You can drink, you can ignite it. The bottle can also be used to hold water. That's all." Xu Youlin's voice was cold, and it seemed that he didn't feel good about the spirits.

Huo Chong asked, "Brother Xu, do you remember falling asleep quickly after drinking and sleeping heavily?"

"Oh?" Xu Youlin's face was even more unhappy, "It looks ugly when you are drunk."

Huo Chong pointed to the boatman who could see clearly, "I don't know how much they can earn, but these people are so tired every day that they are afraid they can't sleep at night. After drinking a glass of soju, you can probably sleep well all night. Soju can activate blood."

Xu Youlin replied coldly: "The boatman can't afford to drink."

Hearing this, a survey that Huo Chong had read suddenly became integrated into his mind. It was a liquor consumption survey report, and the data even included some of the data from the 1980s. Some of the results of the report were exactly the same as what Xu Youlin said.

Thinking of this, Huo Chong smiled and said, "What does it have to do with whether they like it or not?"

Xu Youlin shook his head, "They like a lot."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Youlin turned to Huo Chong, "Does Brother Huo want to..."

Xu Youlin is really a smart person and a qualified businessman. Since Xu Youlin already understands it, Huo Chong no longer describes the future business development and returns to reality. "What's the use of thinking? I have to try it to know if it can be done. If it can't be done, then I just think about it."

"Hmph, since I have seen Brother Huo's methods, Brother Huo doesn't have to worry about me not coming back. It will take three months for me to travel back and forth. Today is April 15th and July 15th, and I'll probably be here. Then I can wait and see what Brother Huo can prepare."

"Three months, time is so tight." Huo Chong sighed. This is the truth. I don't know if I came from Zhangdian. I should walk one hundred miles away for three days. If it were three days in the 21st century, three days would be enough for Huo Chong to fly around the earth at least one and a half circles.

When he returned to Zhangdian, Huo Chong was almost exhausted. It was really a long way to go. Huo Chong carried a few pieces of iron sent by Xu Youlin, and it really cost his life.

After a day off, Huo Chong asked what his junior brothers knew. They all said that they could work and could chop firewood and boil water. Then they asked them what specific strengths they had, and everyone hesitated.

Huo Chong sighed, no wonder his master Uncle Liu was able to leave his disciples so easily. In addition to being able to boost momentum, such a group of guys actually have limited uses. Compared with these junior brothers, the second senior brother Zhu Youquan could at least organize a surprise attack and successfully drove Huo Chong and other junior brothers out. It is not unreasonable that Master Uncle Liu felt sorry for the second senior brother.

However, Huo Chong was not disappointed. One of the experiences he had worked on the platform was training. Moreover, Huo Chong did not expect his juniors to reach an amazing level. After basic training, these people will always improve.

The junior brothers Huo Chongming first pieced together a wooden board with wooden strips and began to teach them to recognize words.

In just one day, the junior brothers learned one, two, three, ten, and four words. It took time from four to nine. However, the junior brothers counted their fingers and barely understood what the decimal meant.

Before the sun sets, Huo Chong and his junior brothers made a schedule. The lunar calendar was adjusted through leap months for 30 days. Huo Chong made a 6*5 form on the wooden board and made four wooden signs with the names of the four brothers.

It was probably the first time that the junior brothers saw such neatly looking tables. Although they didn’t know what this was for, they looked left and right, and it seemed that they could see the tricks from it by just looking. Huo Chong hung up the sign and explained to the junior brothers: "In the future, we will schedule shifts. The basic things we need to do every day in the future will be completed through schedule shifts."

After dinner, Huo Chong and his junior brothers sat together and talked about their work arrangements. The hygiene in the house needs to be cleaned and the rabbits need to be fed, which are all things that must be completed every day. Of course, these things need to be scheduled to do.

After hearing this, Li Tieniu asked: "Senior Brother, I see you go to make wine and bottles. Do you have to make it every day?"

"Do you want to learn?" Huo Chong asked.

Li Tieniu hesitated and dared not say it, but Liu Shiwang, the sixth brother, asked tentatively: "Senior Brother, I want to learn, can you teach me?"

"If you want to learn, I will teach you." Huo Chong replied without hesitation.

"I want to learn to make bottles." The fourth junior brother Zhu Xiushan shouted immediately.

"Okay. Xiushan, if you want to learn, I will teach you." Huo Chong didn't care what his junior brother wanted to learn, as long as he was willing to learn.

However, the third junior brother Li Tieniu didn't say anything. Huo Chong asked, "Tieniu, why don't you speak?"

Tie Niu said in disappointment: "Senior Brother, Master has been calling me stupid. I'm afraid I can't learn it."

"Oh? There's something wrong?" Huo Chong did not directly encourage Tie Niu to incite. It was also a kind of courage to say that he was stupid.

Early in the morning on April 20, Huo Chong woke up his junior brothers and woke them up. He had learned the word "three" yesterday, and today we will continue to learn the word "four, five, and six".

The fourth and the sixth brother learned very quickly, but the third junior brother couldn't do it anyway. Seeing that the fourth and sixth junior brothers could have written out three words naturally, Tien Niu's face turned red.

Huo Chong felt curious. The third junior brother's attitude was absolutely correct. It shouldn't be like this, but the truth is that he just couldn't do it. It seemed that something was preventing him from learning.

When Huo Chong sent Si and Lao Liu to make a fire and cook, he grabbed the iron bull, whose hands began to shake because of excitement, "Lao San, take a break."

"Senior Brother, I can't learn it." Tie Niu's face turned red because of shame.

Holding Tienniu's hand, Huo Chong said gently: "Last brother, I think you have learned it. But when you write, you always think of other things and other people. Tell me, who did you remember?"

Tienniu was stunned and lowered his head deeply. Seeing that he had indeed hit the point, Huo Chong pushed the third brother's shoulder hard and asked him to look up at him. Although he was forced to raise his head, the third brother's eyes tried hard to turn away, and he didn't want to look at Huo Chong.

Huo Chong was sure that this was a sign of psychological trauma. He pressed the third brother's cheek with both hands and forced the third brother to look at him. Huo Chong said decisively: "Lao San, who has scolded you because you learned to recognize words? Tell me, I'll deal with him."

"No one, no one." The third brother didn't dare to face the pain in his heart.

When he was besieged by the Cau Gang nearly a month ago, although the third junior brother Tieniu failed to show his ability to help, he did not escape. Huo Chong was unwilling to lose such a person, so he continued to force the third brother to look directly at him, and at the same time said loudly: "Third brother, who are you following now? Should you follow me or follow the people of the past."

The third junior brother Tie Niu still couldn't say it, so he could only "I...I..."

"Three, tell me it!" Huo Chong still refused to give up Tie Niu.

"I... I will follow my senior brother." Tieniu finally spoke with difficulty.

"That's fine. Follow me, I have the final say whether you can learn to read or not. Do you remember it?"

After hearing what Huo Chong said, Li Tieniu suddenly burst into tears. He choked and said, "Master said I don't deserve to recognize words at all. As long as I dare to read words, Master will hit me."

Huo Chong said decisively: "Master did this wrong! What Master said is wrong!"

Seeing that Huo Chong's attitude was so firm, Tie Niu became even more uneasy. He actually explained to his master, "How could Master be wrong!"

Huo Chong also received training. Seeing that his junior brother was still at a low level, Huo Chong was relieved. Holding Tieniu's hand, Huo Chong said, "Tieniu, is it right or wrong to recognize words?"

“Master…”

"Don't mention Master, I'll ask you whether you recognize words or not."

"Recognize the words... That's right." Tieniu said his heart.

"Tie Niu, you are right, you are right to recognize words. Whoever says you are wrong to recognize words is wrong, that is he is wrong. Master said that it is wrong to Master. If I say that, that is wrong to me!"

"How could Master and Senior Brother be wrong?" Tieniu said uneasy.

Huo Chong was amused by these simple words. It should be because of this belief that Tieniu did not escape in such a bad situation, but followed Huo Chong. If this understanding was shaken, Tieniu's loyalty would probably be destroyed.

Without continuing the previous words, Huo Chong asked: "Tieniu, who are you following now?"

Tieniu's answer this time was very smooth, "I'll follow my senior brother."

"Then I tell you, Li Tieniu, you should recognize words. You can learn to recognize words. Don't worry about what others say. Remember that you are my person, just follow me. If I ask you to recognize words, you will recognize words. I say that if you can learn words, you will definitely learn it."

Tie Niu was still confused, probably because he couldn't accept the completely different conclusions between his master and his senior brother.

Huo Chong stopped saying anything, but picked up the branch and started to teach Tie Niu step by step how to write "Four, Five, and Six". Although he was still a little panicked and uneasy at first, when he wrote the fourteenth time, without Huo Chong holding Li Tie Niu's hand, Li Tie Niu could already write these three words crookedly by himself.
Chapter completed!