The Taixue construction site has sufficient manpower and is well managed. What Su Ren drew on paper is being realized step by step. The tall water tower has been tested for water, and the effect is very good. The water supply and drainage are very smooth, but the copper pipe is not known.
How long can it last buried underground?
Taixue is the top priority of the entire construction site. Under the supervision of Dong Zhongshu and Wen Dang, it should definitely be completed first. At present, the prototype is ready. All buildings have begun to be built, and the artificial lake is also being excavated. At the same time,
There is also the rerouted river that goes around both sides of Taixue, rejoins, and flows out of the city. There is a wide street beside the river. According to Su Ren's design, it should be at least as wide as two carriages running parallel to each other.
On the inner side of the street are the shops facing the street. In order to make good use of all resources, the shops are not large. Each household has two rooms in the front and back. People live in the back and sell goods in the front. It is compact and reasonable. For the design of the shops, Su Ren adopted
The advantage of arcade design is that business will not be affected no matter it is windy or rainy. It can also prevent pedestrians from walking onto the main road and blocking traffic.
Those exquisite houses are all hidden behind the shops. Su Ren adopted the concept of community construction in later generations, leaving only a few gates in the middle of a row of shops as the gates of the community. Inside, there are still villas for each household with a separate courtyard.
, greening, roads, running water, and even carriage parking areas have been planned. It also allows the wealthy people in Han Dynasty to experience the convenience of property management.
Watching his work take shape day by day, it would be a lie to say that he doesn't feel proud. In the past two days, Su Ren's favorite thing to do is to stand on the high water tower and look down at the Taixue construction site, as if he was looking at himself
The children grow up little by little.
Hawking came to the foot of the water tower and shouted at the top: "Brother, come down, Mr. Sima has something to do with you!"
"What's up?"
"For the merit monument, the stones have been obtained for you to take a look at!"
Under the protection of Huang Shisan and several guards, Su Ren climbed down little by little. Standing high to see far away, he ignored that it was winter. He stood on top of the water tower all morning, blowing the wind without any obstruction.
It was windy in the morning, and even if I wore thick clothes, my legs would be numb from the cold, and I couldn't get relief for a long time.
A huge white marble stone, about one foot high, five feet wide and one foot wide. Cui Chengru spent a lot of effort to find it from the Qinling Mountains. This stone is good, huge but as white as jade, without any trace of it.
The flaws make people like it. I stretched out my hand and touched it. It was cold to the bone. It was indeed a good thing.
"Very good, very good! Mr. Cui has worked hard this time!"
Cui Chengru waved his hand: "It was a coincidence. I searched for a few days and found it. There was nothing else. It took a lot of effort to transport it back. If Mr. Su hadn't come up with the idea to make a simple trailer, it would have taken a month for people to carry it.
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"I'm a city that mines rocks with little skills, so don't praise me!"
After looking at the stone, he asked the mason to carve it according to the designed drawings, and several people returned to the headquarters. Sima Xiangru frowned all the way, and as soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to say: "Sir, I still think that the ranking you mentioned is
The method is not good! If you arrange it that way, there will be big problems!"
"What's wrong?"
"According to the donation time, there will be many petty officials photographing in front of those marquises, and the marquises will be unhappy. If there is a fuss, we may not be able to explain it!"
"Who makes them run slower? Since everyone donates to the building, we should treat them equally. Whoever donates early will naturally be in the front. There is no marquis or anything else here, only the order. If you feel something is wrong, just come in
Add a sentence in front to explain the situation!"
"This?" Sima Xiangru looked at Dong Zhongshu, Wen Dang, and Cui Chengru as if asking for help.
Cui Chengru was a businessman and knew that powerful people should not be messed with. He nodded with a smile: "Mr. Sima is right. It is indeed inappropriate to rank the marquis behind the concubine. Status is still very important. We cannot let others say that we are not good enough."
If you distinguish between superiority and inferiority, then this monument of merit will become a joke! Even if it is not based on official position or title, it will be based on the amount of money donated."
Wen Dang also nodded: "Yes, take our Confucianism as an example, we also pay attention to the king, the king, the ministers, the father, the son, the son. If you only follow the order, you will be criticized!"
Su Ren said nothing and looked at Dong Zhongshu. Dong Zhongshu remained silent. It could be heard from everyone's words that no one agreed with Su Ren's approach. Even Leng Jun spoke against it. Chirping said it would be easier, but Su Ren remained silent.
Listen quietly.
"Ahem!" Suddenly, Dong Zhongshu coughed, glanced at everyone, and put down the teacup in his hand: "In my opinion, it's not a big deal in order. There are people who can understand His Majesty's meaning immediately.
He is not an ordinary person, and no one can say for sure how he will rise in the future. Take Longluhou as an example, there has been news in the palace that the Empress Dowager personally ordered that the title of Tangyihou will be reserved for him in the future!"
"I thought about it and arranged the names in order. There is no problem, as long as we don't mention their titles and official positions. This can also avoid causing those people to be angry because of the issues of titles and official positions. Su Yilang, you
What do you think?"
Su Ren chuckled and said: "Mr. Dong said that the boy doesn't dare to disobey, so just do it!"
Wen Dang wanted to say something else, but Dong Zhongshu winked at him, and the two old men stood up and left. Sima Xiangru frowned, although his words were all right, no one knew what the outcome would be when the matter came to pass.
Once someone starts making trouble, I don't know if Su Ren can withstand it. Sima Xiangru certainly can't. However, Su Ren has already made up his mind, so we have to do as he said.
In just fifteen days, ten masons worked day and night, and finally took out the merit stele. The stele has a dragon head and a slender stele body. On the front are eight large characters written by Liu Che himself: Good Deeds Carrying Things,
It takes a hundred years to cultivate people, this sentence was originally said by Su Ren. When Su Ren asked Liu Che to write an inscription, he thought about it for a long time, but Liu Che didn't know what to write on the monument. The emperor couldn't say words of gratitude, and Liu Che didn't want to say anything, either intimidating or intimidating.
The lesson was even more inappropriate, so Su Ren said these eight words.
The first half of this sentence comes from "Zhou Yi Kun": A gentleman carries his virtue with kindness. The second half of this sentence comes from "Guan Zi Quan Xiu": A one-year plan is better than a tree valley; a ten-year plan is better than a tree, which lasts a lifetime.
The best plan is to cultivate people. Rather than engraving this sentence on the merit monument to praise those donors, it is better to say that it is the motto of Taixue and placed at the gate of Taixue.
The back of the stele is densely packed with names. According to Su Ren's instructions, there is a line of small characters at the beginning of the first line, written clearly. The names and surnames underneath are arranged in the order of donation, and have nothing to do with official positions and titles. Merits.
As soon as the monument was erected, it attracted great interest from those who donated money. They did not come in person because of their dignity, and sent only their confidants.
The one who saw the name was happy, and the one who didn't saw the name looked anxious. When he found his master's name, he looked excited, turned around and squeezed outside: "I found it, I found it! Please give me a chance, give me a chance!"
I hurried home and soon came back with a sad face. This time I looked very carefully and could see every word on the monument clearly. In order to remember it clearly, some people kept repeating it silently in their mouths, which attracted a few people around.
The boy shouted loudly that he was not allowed to call his master's name in the street. He silently recited it and apologized quickly, and continued to recite it quietly in his heart.
When Chen Xu heard that he was the first in the queue, he felt nervous and asked the boy who was sent to see the monument: "Did you read it wrong? We don't have high-ranking officials and we don't donate the most money. How could we be the first?"
indivual?"
The young man quickly said: "I can see clearly that the young master's name is at the first one. Clearly, there is also the amount of money after it. The tablet says that this time the order will be based on the order of donation, not by title."
, there is no title or official position engraved on the Duke’s back, only the name and the amount of the donation!”
"Oh! That's it!" Chen Ye felt relieved a little, and suddenly thought of something: "Can you see your mother's name?"
When the boy heard this, he quickly stopped his smile and lowered his head. Knowing that something was wrong, Chen Ye glared at the boy and said, "Say!"
The boy hesitated: "The eldest princess's name is on it, and the little man also saw it, but, it's just...!"
"Just what?"
The boy looked at Chen Tie timidly, and then said: "Because the eldest princess is the last person to donate money, so her name is the last one!" After the words were said, he could hardly hear the sound.
Chen Tie was a little unsteady on his feet and felt like the world was spinning. This joke was too big. It was a huge rebellion for a son to be ranked before his mother. What's more, the son was the first and the mother was the last. Such a gap could not be said intentionally by Su Ren.
No one believes it. The Monument of Taixue’s merits has been causing quite a stir in the past few days. There must be many people looking at the Monument today. This will definitely make the Chen family and Princess Guantao’s Mansion a laughing stock!
Liu Piao also sent someone to see her. When he heard that her name was the last one, Liu Piao was very angry. And when he heard that his son was the first, Liu Piao almost demolished the princess mansion. This was Su Ren's response to
His humiliation could not be tolerated, so he immediately ordered his servants to protect the courtyard and smash the merit monument. Before he left, Chen Tuo came. When he saw Princess Guantao, Chen Tuo immediately knelt down.
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Liu Piao said fiercely: "You are really my good son, have you learned how to unite with outsiders to humiliate me?"
"Mom, calm down, my child never meant this! I really don't know about this, please mother, please be aware of it!"
"You're still aware that I'm going to smash that merit monument and see what Su Ren can do to me?"
"Mother!" Chen Tie hugged Liu Piao's legs and said, "Absolutely not. The front of the merit monument is written by His Majesty himself. Mother, please don't be impulsive!"
"A small businessman dares to bully me. Where should we put the face of our princess palace? Not to mention it was written by His Majesty, but it was written by the Empress Dowager. I'm done with it today! Get out of here!"
After kicking Chen Tie over, Liu Piao stepped out and left. (To be continued)