"Director Liu..." Lu Xiufu shouted behind Liu Meng's back panting.

Liu Meng stopped and looked back at Lu Xiufu who could not walk. Although he was sweating, he was not as good as this. Since Lu Xiufu could not walk, Liu Meng also stopped, put down the equipment he was carrying, and called on the technicians carrying the measuring instruments, "Everyone should take a break."

Under the scorching sun in August, everyone stopped. The height measuring instrument must have various reference points. In order to build an irrigation and drainage system, it is necessary to conduct hard measurements on these lands that are looking flat. All officials and cadres have to go into battle. Lu Xiufu sat in the shade of the tree sweating profusely, and finally breathed evenly. He saw Liu Meng using the long inhalation that he taught everyone during the cadre training, and then closed his lips and slowly exhaled out of the mouth.

Lu Xiufu couldn't help but sigh: "In such a hot day, the Taiwei is also running around."

Liu Meng glanced at Lu Xiufu, took out the cigar made of tobacco from Fusangzhou from his arms and distributed it to everyone. After taking a sip, he said, "This is the case with the Taiwei. If he can't do it himself, he rarely uses this standard to ask others. Mr. Lu don't mind."

After hearing this, Lu Xiufu quickly said, "I'm not blaming the Taiwei. The Taiwei can do it, so why can't I do it? After all, I'm a member of the school."

After hearing what Lu Xiufu said, Liu Meng smiled slightly and continued to smoke slowly. The cigars rolled out of the tobacco leaves were very fragrant. The tobacco leaves originally produced in Fusang Prefecture were planted in the Song Dynasty for some years, but after three years of planting this thing, it was easy to attract bacteria. The tobacco leaves were dying in pieces. Later, the Taiwei ordered people to plant them in Luzon.

Luzon is also a place with many savages, but it seems that this wildness also curbs bacteria. I haven’t heard of any problem with the plantation there. Moreover, the cigars made from tobacco leaves from Luzon also taste much better than those produced locally in the Song Dynasty.

While savoring the cigar, Liu Meng heard Lu Xiufu say: "The land that Zhao Taiwei said is national, I think it is a bit underestimated to the people's power."

"Let you work is to ignore the people's power." Liu Meng replied.

Lu Xiufu did not react to the unfriendly feeling in Liu Meng's words. He knew that people like Liu Meng were actually Zhao Jiaren's personal ministers at first. For them, they would do whatever Zhao Jiaren said. There was nothing to discount. However, Lu Xiufu did not have such self-consciousness, not to mention that he really had many ideas. "As Taiwei said, I certainly know the original intention of land ownership. That is to allow the people to cooperate more. If land is private, there is no reason for everyone to cooperate. Instead of cooperating with others, it is better to buy other people's land and I hire someone to do it myself. However, this water conservancy project uses a lot of labor and the people do it, so how can they have so much energy?"

Liu Meng was dissatisfied, but he did not argue. He had argued too many times when he was young, so he knew that the arguments with many people would not actually have a result. People who understand can communicate without saying anything. Those who don’t understand can be useless to say something. If you want to make those who don’t understand become understanding, you have to rely on learning, not on argument.

With this view, Liu Meng said with the feeling of enjoying the comfort of cigars: "The water conservancy project either does not start, but it must be completed when it starts. The project is completed, and the people will have more time to rest in a year. Your theory of slighting people's strength will also be scored. In addition, Mr. Lu, I think you should work on the boat for a while, or work in the factory for a while, or go to the army to serve as a soldier. In these three places, I learned a lot. In the past, I thought that if something was built or something was found, it should be forever and unchanged. Once the dam was repaired, there would be no need to repair it. After the ship and the machine were built, it could be used forever. Weapons were in hand and could be used for decades. However, it was not that I didn't understand that the world changed quickly."

Even though Liu Meng's tone was calm, the people around him couldn't help laughing when they heard it. Lu Xiufu, who was ridiculed, was immediately a little angry. He rolled his eyes and his voice became rude, "It doesn't matter if people are light on their power and needing repairs. Doing such a big project, the people have so much strength."

"Well! I used to think that I am a poor man, what can I do? I can't do anything except buy strength and make a living." Liu Meng's voice was still relaxed, but he was very unhappy. "I realized that I could do much more things than I thought after following the Taiwei, but I had to be taught and led by someone, and I had to get enough money to support myself from the work. In the past, Taiwei Zhao was not in power, so the people had no chance. Now Taiwei Zhao is here, and Taiwei Zhao is also leading the people to do it. I think the world has changed."

When Lu Xiufu knew that Liu Meng didn't read much, he thought that the sentence "It's not that I don't understand, the world changes quickly" was mocking Lu Xiufu for not knowing it. After listening to Liu Meng's later lecture, he realized that Liu Meng's thoughts were broader than Lu Xiufu imagined. The world he mentioned really refers to this world, not the Songjiang Mansion in front of him.

"But this civilian power consumes too much. If there is a slight mistake..." Lu Xiufu continued to stick to his opinion.

Liu Meng interrupted Lu Xiufu rudely, "In order to avoid any mistakes, I have to carry these measuring equipment with the technicians. Mr. Lu, I tell you, we have to talk about professionalism, and technical personnel are also professionalism. When we are assigned to work in such places, we have to follow professionalism and carry the equipment well."

After saying this, Lu Xiufu didn't want to hide it anymore, but instead fought back, "You can't worry about it?"

"It is better to study than to work if you have free time to worry." No matter how Lu Xiufu looked at Liu Meng, Liu Meng, who had followed Zhao Jiaren for more than ten years, was very envious of the Jinshi, but he really didn't take a single Jinshi to heart. He first said it in vernacular, and Liu Meng couldn't help but scrutinize Duan Wenyan, "I have thought all day long, but not as good as what I learned in a short time. I have been rushing and looking at it, but as good as seeing it. When climbing and rushing, my arms are not lengthening, but as far as seeing; when shouting with the wind, my voice is not aggravated, but as well as hearing. Those who pretend to be a carriage and horse are not a good foot, but as a thousand miles; those who pretend to be a boat and oar are not able to be able to water, but as a river. A gentleman is not a different life, but is good at placing things."

After saying that, Liu Meng put out the cigar and put it in a cigarette box with half of the cigarette. He stood up and held the equipment and shouted to everyone, "Stop for a while, let's go to work."

The technicians stood up one after another and looked at Lu Xiufu sitting blankly on the ground. No one dared to speak. So they continued to move forward. Liu Meng carried the equipment and followed the technicians. After walking for a while, he looked back and saw that Lu Xiufu was not angry. He actually stood up and carried the equipment he gave him and followed behind everyone.
Chapter completed!