() Li Laosi sounded a little guilty, but he wrote it according to the instructions of the young master, so it should be right. Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "It's not wrong."
"Okay, who will teach Li Laosi how to write the four characters in his own name?" Zhong Jinwei turned to the people below and said.
When Li Laosi heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Is this wrong?
Yu Changjian's son immediately raised his little hand while his mother was not paying attention. When his mother realized that she wanted to stop him, Zhong Jinwei had already seen it and asked Yu Changjian's son to come up and write.
The boy from the Yu family came forward, just enough to reach the lower corner of the blackboard, erased a little of what Li Laosi had written, and wrote four characters squarely, and then said to Li Laosi mischievously: "Uncle, four characters
That’s what it says!”
Li Laosi already knew that he had written wrongly, but he didn't know where he went wrong. Now when he saw the correct four characters, his face turned red, and there was a "coaxing" sound on his forehead. He couldn't hear any other sounds, and he just felt ashamed.
It turns out that the character four is not four horizontal lines, but I thought that four was four horizontal lines and five was five horizontal lines. It was embarrassing in front of so many people, and I didn’t know what she would think.
Zhong Jinwei touched the Yu family boy's head and asked him to go down first. Then he looked at Li Laosi's red face, and suddenly he no longer had any intention of making jokes. He said to him seriously: "Li Laosi, some things are not what I thought.
It's so simple, you can't be self-righteous. If you want to stand out in the future, you have to listen more, learn more, think more, and be humble, do you understand?"
The same words will have different effects when spoken by people with different statuses. For example, if what Zhong Jinwei said just now was said by his former friend Wei San, he might just listen to it and not feel much about it.
But now, Li Laosi suddenly felt that the young master rescued him from the army, allowed him to be his personal follower, and took the trouble to teach him. It was a true kindness! So, he nodded vigorously: "Young master, I understand. See you later.
No more, I have to stand out!"
Zhong Jinwei didn't expect Li Laosi to be so serious. He nodded approvingly, then turned to the audience watching the theater in the courtyard and said: "Today's incident is a lesson for Li Laosi, but he has gained understanding from it. I hope you can too.
Learn something from this. As long as you all work hard, I guarantee that you will all have a chance to get ahead."
Although the crowd in the yard couldn't write themselves, they were all laughing when they saw Li Laosi making a fool of himself, especially the young people.
But now when he heard what Zhong Jinwei said, he stopped talking, and Li Laosi stopped thinking about his contempt for the joke. Everyone wants to get ahead, and no one wants to live in a refugee camp anymore.
Zhong Jinwei looked at the people below who were all thoughtful, and said to Haining: "Uncle Yu, please teach them well in the future, so that they can at least read and write."
Yu Haining nodded seriously: "Sir, although the old man can't teach them how to recite poems and write poems, he can definitely teach them how to read and write."
After Zhong Jinwei heard Yu Haining's assurance, he turned around and asked Mr. Li to go down. We couldn't let a big man stand here at the blackboard all the time.
Li Laosi bowed respectfully, and then walked down. As he walked, he wanted to take a peek at her in his heart and see how she looked at him, but he didn't see it.
Zhong Jinwei watched Li Laosi walking down, thought for a moment, and then told Yu Haining: "After Uncle Yu has taught them to recognize common words, tell me. I will compile some teaching materials and teach them some useful things.
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The young master can even write a book? Yu Haining looked at Zhong Jinwei's young appearance and was a little unconvinced, but he didn't ask. He would naturally know when the time came.
The next step is to worship heaven and earth, eat New Year's Eve dinner, and give out red envelopes. Everyone is happy and lively.
Some people hid secretly and cried. The fate of Chongzhen's second year was really ups and downs, and he experienced all kinds of joys and sorrows.
It was only after I lost my family that I realized how precious my family was. I saw that Xingbo did not show any condescension to these servants and treated them as one of his own family members. We must cherish this family. Many people quietly made the decision on the last day of the second year of Chongzhen. This vow is the beginning of the festival. New Year greetings to each other, the sound of firecrackers, calling friends, drinking and chatting are the main themes that follow.
But this year is different. Jianlu is still lingering in the capital. The king's army gathered outside the city for training. All civil and military officials went to the government office early in the morning. There was not even a sound of firecrackers. Everything in the capital seemed so normal.
Zhongxing Earl's Mansion became deserted on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Seven or eight young people were taken to the East Factory for training. Zhong Jinwei took six Dongchang guards and went to the Forbidden City together with the lieutenants who came to deliver the order early in the morning.
Emperor Chongzhen obviously cared about cement and called Zhong Jinwei early. The emperor and his ministers exchanged pleasantries for a while before getting down to business.
Originally, we wanted the Beijing camp to send troops to do the confidentiality work, but now Emperor Chongzhen already knew that the Beijing camp was unreliable. He asked Dongchang and Jinyiwei to allocate some people to do the confidentiality work. This way, mutual supervision would be more reassuring.
Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen to send a reliable eunuch to assist Zhong Jinwei in his affairs. Wang Chengen naturally sent his proud godson An Guiyi, who was familiar to Zhong Jinwei, and he could be upgraded with some credit.
The Dongchang team was led by a stall surnamed Qian, and the Jinyiwei team was led by a hunk named Ma. Together with Zhong Jinwei, they headed for the government-run ceramics factory in the capital.
By the time they arrived at the ceramics factory, it was almost noon. Unexpectedly, not only was the director of the engineering department in charge of the ceramics factory not there, but also not many of the officials under the director were present.
Zhong Jinwei shook his head. It was impossible for these people to all ask for leave. They were obviously not fulfilling their duties.
When several officials present saw such a grand event on the first day of the Lunar New Year, they knew something important was going on. On the one hand, they quickly sent people to find other people, and on the other hand, they waited around Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei didn't waste any time and asked them to find the craftsman to understand the situation.
Unexpectedly, the result surprised him again. For such a large ceramics factory, there were about twenty craftsmen, and most of them were elderly.
The officials on one side explained that the ceramic factory was not profitable and was about to close down. Many craftsmen who could run away had fled, and that was all that was left. Now the porcelain in the palace is provided by Jingdezhen, and here it is basically just a soy sauce. .
Zhong Jinwei knew that many craftsmen in the late Ming Dynasty had fled, but he did not expect that the same situation was happening in the capital. This situation could not be changed in a short time, and Zhong Jinwei did not have the energy to take care of it. He had better burn out the cement first.
Under the guidance of the craftsman, a kiln with the highest temperature was selected. Zhong Jinwei visited and found that the kiln was divided into two parts. The firewood was placed in the lower combustion chamber, and the fire burned out touched the closed circular The top of the kiln is then rolled back down, and then the raw materials in the finished product room on the upper floor are heated. It is said that clean and good porcelain can be produced in this way, which is commonly known as the "down-flame furnace".
Zhong Jinwei doesn't know how high the temperature of this inverted flame furnace can reach, so he will try it first.
Zhong Jinwei first said to them: "I want to make something. As long as it can be made, everyone involved will be rewarded heavily, um..."
Zhong Jinwei didn't know the market price, so he didn't know how much it would be appropriate to reward him. Seeing these craftsmen shivering in the cold wind in tattered clothes, he had an idea and said, "Everyone should be well fed and clothed warmly." After that, Zhong Jinwei said
I secretly wondered if my condition was too low.
There was a craftsman who was estimated to be forty or fifty years old, and seemed to be a leader. He took the courage to ask Zhong Jinwei: "Sir, are you serious about this? We have a lot of appetite."
It is common sense that when people work, they must always have a full stomach. The craftsman said this, wasn't he joking? Zhong Jinwei looked at his expression, but it didn't look like him. He understood in his heart that it must be because they had not had enough to eat before.
Not having enough clothes to wear, not having enough to eat when not working as I just thought.
Zhong Jinwei thought of this, nodded and said: "Of course, if you have any other requests, just ask them, I will satisfy them. However, as long as you participate in this activity, you can no longer go out casually. It must be kept confidential. Those who want to participate,
Just raise your hands."
To Zhong Jinwei's surprise, out of more than twenty people, only one person raised his hand.