Volume 2: The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 100: Open the kiln
"You brat, you don't trust your mother's eyes that much?" Li Xiuning gently stroked Chai Zhewei's head and pinched the nose of Chai Lingwu who looked curious, "If you two can really be accepted as disciples by Lord Lu,
As long as you learn 10% of Lord Lu's skills, it will be enough to protect you from worries for the rest of your life!"
"But Mr. Lu said that we two brothers should go to school together with the children of those farmers next year!" Thinking of Lu Chen's request to the two brothers, Chai Zhewei, the future prince, was a little unhappy, and
Chai Lingwu also followed suit and stood up holding Li Xiuning's legs.
"Do you two still remember what Mr. Lu said?" Li Xiuning couldn't help but grimace when she saw the two children acting coquettishly.
"What words?" Mr. Lu said a lot. The two brothers were still children at heart. How could they remember what Lu Chen said? However, seeing Li Xiuning's serious face, Chai Zhewei could only ask weakly.
In a word, after all, I, a princess, have a bad temper. When they were young, the two brothers got into trouble, and they were often beaten by Li Xiuning.
"Mr. Lu said that water can carry a boat and capsize it. I let you go to school with the children of those farmers just to let you understand the hardships of the people's livelihood. Our Li family can dominate the world because it is supported by the people. If you two dare to act arrogantly in the future
For the sake of blessing and harm to the people, I will never spare you for my mother's sake, do you understand?" Lu Chen's words "Water can carry a boat or capsize it" can be said to have been deeply engraved in Li Xiuning's mind, and even Li Xiuning
Ningdu planned to go to the palace and tell Li Yuan this sentence. Lu Chen was obviously not only motivating his two children, but also motivating the Li family. If the Li family wanted to secure their seat, they must not go against what Lu Chen said.
talk.
"I understand!" After all, he is the son of the princess and the Duke, and there is a teacher in the family. Therefore, Li Xiuning spoke so clearly, how could Chai Zhewei not understand.
"Just understand! You must be respectful to Mr. Lu when the time comes, and you must not make him angry, you know?" Li Xiuning was quite satisfied with the performance of his two sons, and stroked their heads and warned them.
"I will obey your mother's order!" Chai Zhewei responded solemnly.
"It's broken! I forgot to tell Li Xiuning about the slave yard workers!" Seeing Li Xiuning's family leaving, Lu Chenzhong felt that he had forgotten something. When he returned to the yard, he took a look at the rough guys in the yard. Lu Chenzhong
I patted my thigh and then I remembered what I had forgotten.
"Hey! We can only talk about it next time!" Lu Chen sighed helplessly. In fact, the most important thing Lu Chen wanted was to find two cooks. It is true that these rough guys have poor cooking skills. Lu Chen
Now that I am a Marquis, I can't always cook in person!
"Cousin, you have to make the decision for the child!" Wang Biao, who was lying on the bed, saw Wang Gui who came to visit him. He started to cry to Wang Gui in a high-pitched voice. At the same time, there were tears in his eyes.
move.
"I didn't expect that Lu Chen would be so cruel!" Seeing Wang Biao's miserable state on the bed, and thinking of how Lu Chen squeezed and humiliated him in the Tai Chi Palace, Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "Biao'er, don't worry, this enemy
Our Wang family must seek revenge on that Lu Chen! Not only do we want revenge, but we also want that Lu Chen to work as a slave for my Wang family!" The cruel light in Wang Gui's eyes kept flashing, after all, Lu Chen had a lot of money in his hands.
There are a lot of good things. Just the inventions and creations made by Lu Chen in the Women's Army are enough to tempt the Wang family. Not only the Wang family is tempted, but none of these aristocratic families are not tempted.
"Biao'er, have you brought out the map of Huangzhuang?" Wang Gui came to visit Wang Biao this time not only to care about Wang Biao's injury, but the most important thing was the map of Huangzhuang drawn by Wang Biao. That thing can be said
It's a matter of great importance.
"Biao'er was incompetent and couldn't bring out the Kanyu map, so Lu Chen broke the child's legs and had his house searched and the Kanyu map was taken away!" Wang Biao said with tears in his eyes.
In fact, Lu Chen never searched Wang Biao's residence. He just asked Fang Qi to go to Wang Biao to ask for the map of Huangzhuang. Wang Biao said he didn't have it. How could Fang Qi believe it? He directly threatened Wang Biao. If he didn't hand over the map, he would
Qi also crippled Wang Biao's hands. Then Wang Biao would really have to live in bed for the rest of his life, and he would still be in a standard life where he couldn't take care of himself. How could Wang Biao be so brave as to fight with Fang Qi on the battlefield?
After a lot of competition, he obediently handed over the map of Kanyu.
How could Wang Biao dare to tell Wang Gui about this? He was already injured like this anyway. If he said that Lu Chen searched the room, Wang Gui would not suspect it, so Wang Biao put everything on Lu Chen's head.
However, even if Lu Chen knew about it, he probably wouldn't take it seriously. If the Wang family refuses to accept it, they will confront him face to face. It's up to him to see if Lu Chen can uproot the Wang family.
"This Lu Chen is really a troublemaker!" When he heard that the Kantu map had been taken away by Lu Chen, Wang Gui was at a loss for what to do. He went to Lu Chen to ask for the Kantu map? I guess Lu Chen could beat him up directly.
If Lu Chen dared to speak nonsense in front of the emperor, would he look down on himself, the prince Zhongyun? Or would he look down on the Wang family?
If Lu Chen really regarded him as Wang Gui or the Wang family, he would not have asked the Wang family to give up half of their family property in Taiji Hall.
"Okay! You take good care of yourself, and I will figure out other things! Hey!" Looking at Wang Biao's miserable condition, Wang Gui couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, then turned and left Wang Biao's house.
Wang Biao lived in a house in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Wang Gui was the prince Zhongyun of the East Palace. Moreover, Wang Biao and Wang Gui were from the same family. Originally, officials were not allowed to meet in private, but they could often raise their heads in the palace.
Seeing that Wang Gui came to visit his nephew, Chang Bao, the chamberlain supervisor, turned a blind eye to the fact that Wang Gui came to visit Wang Biao. Of course, he also told Li Yuan about this matter, and Li Yuan nodded in agreement.
Only then can I come to visit Wang Biao.
As for the matter of Lu Chen breaking Wang Biao's legs and dismissing the women, maids, and house slaves, Li Yuan didn't say anything. He just said that he would issue an order to reprimand Lu Chen and left it at that.
It's just that in the past few days, no eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has come to give Lu Chen any troublesome edict to reprimand. Even Chang Bao didn't remind Li Yuan of this matter. However, Wang Gui's arrival today was mentioned in many words.
Regarding this matter, Chang Bao could only nod "hmm" and "hmm". Who made Wang Gui and Li Yuan have a good relationship? In the end, Chang Bao could only say, "We will find an opportunity to remind your majesty of this matter."
Yes, our family still needs to serve His Majesty" and ran away, making Wang Gui so angry that he just took advantage of his luck.
Chang Bao is not a fool. In the Tai Chi Palace, when Li Yuan had a banquet with all the ministers, Lu Chen even knocked you unconscious. It didn't even matter. Who is more important in His Majesty's eyes? Even a fool can tell. You can use this
Something prompted me to remind His Majesty to issue an order to reprimand Lu Chen. It would be better if you don't go after me!
So what kind of methods did Lu Chen have? Chang Bao, who had been following Li Yuan, was much clearer than Wang Gui. Liu Heitai said that he was killed by Su Dingfang, the surrendered general, who turned his back on the battlefield. Chang Bao actually knew how he died.
It is clear that Li Xiuning told Li Yuan about this matter clearly. As the leader of the bad guys, he also investigated this matter clearly. Lu Chen used "magical methods", and you, a mortal, can't do it.
If you want to fight with an immortal who has descended to earth, don't hold me back if you want to die. To put it bluntly, if Lu Chen said: "Li Yuan, shall I take you to seek immortality?" Li Yuan would probably be able to immediately achieve Zen status.
Wang Gui, an old man, encouraged Chang Bao to remind Li Yuan to scold Lu Chen. Chang Bao was still not at the level where a birthday star would always eat arsenic - he had lived enough.
Seeing Chang Bao hurriedly leaving, Wang Gui could only flick his sleeves and snorted heavily with disdain.
"Master Hou, the cement kiln you mentioned has opened!" Just when Lu Chen was instructing people to move bricks to the back garden, Liu Laosan, who was in charge of the kiln entrance, came to report.
"Oh?" As soon as Lu Chen heard that the clinker in the rotary kiln was fired in the last step of the cement kiln, he immediately became energetic, "Let's go! Let's go!" When he heard that the cement was coming out, how could Lu Chen not be excited? With cement and
Looking back, Lu Chen can build the blast furnace, and then he can just get the iron ore directly. There is no need to ask Li Xiuning for iron materials.
Lu Chen walked quickly towards the location of the cement kiln, while Liu Laosan trotted behind Lu Chen.
From a distance, I saw a group of people standing at the entrance of the rotary kiln of the cement kiln, preparing to take out the cement clinker.
As for where the iron slag Lu Chen used to make cement came from, it was from the blacksmith shop in Huangzhuang. On the first day Lu Chen came to Zhuangzi, someone found the blacksmith shop, and this blacksmith shop actually had a small kiln for making iron.
However, there was not much iron ore. After all, it was used to make farm tools for the farmers in Huangzhuang. However, there was a lot of slag from the iron ore, which became the raw material for Lu Chen's first batch of cement.
"Is it time?" A group of people were waiting for Lu Chen. Lu Chen came to the crowd and asked.
"Master Hou, it's almost time!" The person in charge of this cement kiln is an old potter named Cai Zhong, who can be regarded as an ancestral craftsman. His ancestral craftsman is a charcoal maker, but in Lu Chen
During the process of teaching cement burning, old Cai Zhong learned the fastest, so Lu Chen made him the kiln manager.
"Then what are you waiting for!" Upon hearing that it was almost time, Lu Chen rubbed his hands happily. With cement, it can be said that his plan has taken a big step forward.
"Master Hou, step back. The temperature in the kiln is very high. Don't hurt Master Hou!" Cai Zhong said to Lu Chen. Lu Chen followed his words and stepped back a distance. Only then did he hear Cai Zhong shout: "Open."
The kiln!"
As Cai Zhong shouted, someone broke open the kiln door, and a stream of hot air jumped out directly from the kiln door.