When autumn comes, September 8th, I will kill all the flowers after they bloom, and the fragrance array soars into Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor.

When I went there, it was still July with green grass and green willows, but it was already late autumn when I returned.

The mountains and forests are dyed, the chrysanthemums are in full bloom in the fields, the red and yellow are intertwined, the sky is high and the earth is vast, and the scenery is picturesque.

The autumn grain harvest has long been over, but the quiet Qinghe Town is still very lively.

Although it is the slack time of farming, the villagers who have tasted the joy of harvest are all actively accumulating fertilizer on the farmland. This year, people who go up the mountain to pick wild grapes and various medicinal and wild fruits are transporting their own harvests to the sugar wine shop and the pharmaceutical shop every day, and they smile and exchange them for golden coins.

Not only Qinghe Town, but also all townships in Chi County know that Qinghe Town has purchased a large number of mountain goods, so many merchants drove a cattle and horse carriage to buy mountain goods from all over the place to transport them. Therefore, Qinghe Town, which was not very lively in previous years, was particularly busy after autumn this year. Several workshops were busy running around every day. Fortunately, all workshops have been expanded this year, and sugar making workshops, wine making workshops, and oil pressing workshops have been opened, and the helpers and staff have also increased a lot, which has not been messed up.

In addition, this year's pottery workshop has expanded more than three times, and two large kilns and one small kiln were built along the hillside. Because of the steel that can be forged, six were improved using a connecting rod-driven foot-type billet machine. A large number of ceramic bottles and pottery jars are produced every day to prepare for the production and storage of tea tree fruit oil, wine and grape vinegar.

In addition to ordinary pottery bottles, the Shui family also bought the Guanyin earth mine in Zhongxiang County next door, transporting a large amount of Guanyin earth. In addition, Zhao Qing also arranged for people to send fine coal and wool several times. Now Qinghe Town can be said to be sufficient supplies, so the pottery workshop is still making a large number of exquisite porcelain bottles. At that time, using porcelain bottles to hold Qinghe wines is worthy of such a expensive price. At the same time, Qinghe wines and ordinary wines can be further graded, and at least in the packaging, you can instantly kill all the wines.

Now a huge workshop was built to handle the wool, and people were arranged to be responsible for it. At the same time, some women in the town who were good at spinning and knitting sweaters were gathered to form the Qinghe Clothing Shop, which was specially knitted scarves, sweaters, pants, hats, gloves and other clothes to protect the cold.

The wooden workshop has also expanded a lot, and more than a dozen helpers have recruited them. Every day, there are constant sounds of cutting, axes, cutting, sawing wood. In addition to stepping up the production of various skeleton plows and other farm tools, apprentices and helpers are making standard wooden boxes for transporting sugar, wine and vinegar. There are wooden lattices in it, a box of twelve bottles, which are both convenient for transportation and preventing them from being tied with hemp ropes and scattered and broken.

The papermaking workshop has also been rebuilt, but it has been moved to a place two miles downstream of Qinghe Town. Several huge pools were made of cottage bricks and limes, specifically used to soak bamboo, and prepared a large amount of bamboo pulp paper. Of course, hemp pulp paper is also being made.

Paper is no longer a rare thing in the Qin Dynasty, because Xianyang now has a large papermaking workshop on the edge of the Wei River, specializing in the production of hemp pulp and paper. Because it is simple to produce, it has already become popular among the official and gentry classes because it is easy to produce and the cheaper.

Therefore, Qinghe Town is full of newly built huge workshops, with ox, horse and carriage every day, and the people are very lively. Chen Xu's plan to build Qinghe Town into a preliminary industrial town last year has basically been realized. With the large-scale production of these workshops and the continuous harvest of summer and autumn grain, the lives of the entire Qinghe Town seem to have become rich in an instant.

When Chen Xu returned to Qinghe Town, it was also the most lively time in Qinghe Town.

"Lidian is back~"

Someone saw Chen Xu and others and couldn't help but shout with joy. Suddenly, the entire Qinghe Town was alarmed. Countless people put down their work and ran out to greet them. In an instant, thousands of people blocked the road and all greeted and greeted each other enthusiastically. Looking at the young man riding on the horse, bursts of cheers burst out, expressing his heartfelt excitement and gratitude.

"Okay, okay, everyone is well!" Chen Xu rode on the horse and walked slowly, while smiling and greeting him along the way.

"Look at Lidian, I've made a porcelain bottle that holds Qinghe wine!" The potter Gao He squeezed up from the crowd like a treasure, holding two exquisite bottles in his hand.

"Well, it's not bad!" Chen Xu couldn't help but praise it after taking it in his hand. The snow-white and smooth porcelain bottle was written in glaze. The Qinghe wine was an ancient seal script, with vigorous and powerful fonts. These words were written by Chen Xu in Wancheng and brought them back for the potter to be engraved on the potter's blanks in comparison and strokes, and then filled with glaze and fired. Each bottle also had the words "The First Emperor's 28th Year" engraved on the bottom of each bottle, which was a standard vintage wine packaging.

"Lidian, this year's new candy has been made!" Lu Gen, the director of the sugar winery, also held a can of candy and squeezed in to present it to Chen Xu.

"Lidian, we made the steel sword by using the stir-frying steel method!" The blacksmith shop's hemp rod was so excited that it almost poked Chen Xu's body, which scared Chen Xu to sprinkle the candy in his hand all over the floor.

However, after he took the brand new sword and looked at it, he praised the pole viciously.

The sword is three feet long and three inches wide, but it is less than half the thickness of the bronze sword. The sword body is straight and smooth, and the tentacles are cold. After opening the sword, it looks extremely sharp and there are also layered patterns formed after forging. The hilt of the sword is made of sheep horns and is wrapped in dense thin linens. It is exquisitely made and looks completely different from an ordinary bronze sword. When you hold it, you will feel that your hair is standing upside down when you hold it.

"Look at this sword!" Chen Xu handed the sword to Wang Wu and others after watching it.

"Sharp, it's so sharp!" After reading the rumor of Wang Wu and others, they couldn't help but exclaim.

"Haha, I said at the beginning that the new steel can definitely create a weapon comparable to the Wuya Big Brother Meteor Iron Sword. You don't believe that this sword is not only sharp, but also tough, and if my Daqin soldiers can assemble on a large scale, killing the enemy would be like cutting melons and vegetables." Chen Xu said proudly.

"By the way, Lidian, we have also created the horseshoe you mentioned last time. Do you want to go and have a look?" After receiving Chen Xu's praise, Ma Gan said even more excitedly.

"Really, let's go and have a look!" Chen Xu became interested when he heard this. After all the villagers who were greeting dispersed, he led a group of people to the blacksmith shop.

The scale of the blacksmith shop has been expanded several times. In addition to the additional iron smelting furnace, the coal furnace used for iron smelting has also been specially designed and built. At this time, Gongshusheng and several assistants were wearing thick labor protection clothes to smelify iron. The fire was red, and a wave of heat could be felt from a distance, and there was a strong smell of sulfur and carbon in the air.

After dismounting, Chen Xu frowned and said to Ma Gan: "Didn't you tell me that Gongshu is better than lung disease and does not need to smel copper and iron yourself!"

Ma Gan smiled bitterly and said, "Li Dian, he asked himself. This method of iron smelting is difficult to master. The steel that is accidentally refined cannot meet the standards, and he is not at ease!"

After more than half a year, Gongshusheng was no longer the kind of sickly black man-made state he had. He had become much stronger and had a good complexion. After seeing Chen Xu, he hurried over to salute and kowtow, and he was very excited.

His life was saved by Chen Xu, and he is still highly valued. Not only does he have money and food every month, but he is really given a young and beautiful woman. The woman is also very obedient and gentle to him, and she offers delicious food and drinks every day. This change from hell to heaven makes him unable to find any way to express it except gratitude.

"I told you last time that you don't need to do this kind of thing yourself, you just need guidance!" Chen Xu criticized.

"Don't worry, Lidian, I'm in good health now, and my lung disease is no longer a serious problem. Besides, ventilating here is not as good as the copper and iron workshops before, and smoke and dust are everywhere!" Gongshusheng said quickly.

"You still have to pay attention to your health. Is your home still lacking clothes and food?"

"No need, no need!" Gongshusheng shook his head repeatedly, then said with a slightly shy face, "Lidian, the wife at home is pregnant, I want to invite the adults to have a meal to express my gratitude!"

Chen Xu smiled and said, "Haha, it seems that your body has indeed recovered. You can eat. Let's talk about it in a few days. Take me to see the horseshoe you made first."

"Okay, sir, come with me!" Gongshusheng led Chen Xu and his group into the huge pergola, and took out several horseshoe-shaped semicircular iron bars from a wooden box. The front was slightly raised and there were six small holes on it.

"Lidian, this is a nail specially used to nail horseshoes!" Ma Gan also found a few slender iron nails from the box.

"How is it? Have you tried nailing it to the horse's hooves?" Chen Xu asked after reading it.

"Lidian, the effect is very good, but even after nailing, the nail heads are difficult to cut and a little uneven, but they will be worn for a few days after running!" Ma Gan said quickly.

"Sir, this is a miraculous invention. Although horse hooves are hard, they are also very worn. Especially war horses. I heard that after a fierce war, almost 30% of horse hooves will be damaged and permanently damaged. They can only be used as field horses and wild horses to plow the fields and pick up goods. But even so, they still need to be cultivated for a long time when using them. However, with this iron palm, horses are no longer afraid of wear and tear. Even the hard mountains and gravel deserts can run like flying. In this way, horses and horses can be used for five or eight years or even ten years..." Gong Shusheng was extremely excited when he said.

"Hey, do you still understand horses? What did you do before?" Chen Xu was immediately curious.

"Sir, I used to be the groom who raised horses for the Shangqing of Chu State. After the Chu State was gone, I was implicated and arrested and sold to be a work slave!" Gongshusheng said.

Talent!

Chen Xu had to look at this guy with admiration.
Chapter completed!