The summer vacation is also a helpless one. The locust plague in Sanfu has disrupted the normal life of the people. Most of the people in the academy are children of poor people. It is understandable to let them go back to help their families. For a whole month, the academy became deserted and deserted.
Without students, the teaching gentlemen have more time to play.
Su Ren is still drying his locusts, but this time Su Ren has hired a lot of helpers. The victims of the disaster from all over the country are a ready-made labor force. As long as they are in charge of food, they hope that they can do this until next spring. With the help of these people, locust powder
The progress of the business has accelerated a lot. Washing, drying, grinding, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of locusts are quickly turning into bags of locust powder.
Although Zhu Maichen became a lecturer under the care of Zhuang Qingzhai, he was very unpopular, not because he was incapable of doing things, but because he was so good at doing things. Bian Tong and Chao Chao were similar to him, except that he was very good at doing things.
However, Bian Tong always likes to hang out in front of a group of experts when he has nothing to do, and Dynasty likes to make some strange things to show off his existence.
The three people have the same hobbies and styles, so it is no wonder that they are called the three cheap guests. This name was given by Su Ren. When Su Ren saw them tasting tea with the bosses, he recommended himself to be a tea boy. The boss
While we were chatting, he came over to say a few compliments. Then, he smiled and said to Zhuang Qingzhai: "Dr. Zhuang, these three students of yours are really capable. If you do this, you will not worry about your success in the future."
Zhuang Qingzhai blushed, coughed heavily, and went to look for the three guys with a dark face.
Su Ren didn't know what the outcome would be, but he could guess that it was definitely not very good. A person's character and character determine everything about him. Even if the three of them behaved cautiously in front of Zhuang Qingzhai, they would forget all about it as soon as they turned around.
Maybe even their teachers will hate them too.
To be honest, these three people still have some skills and knowledge. At least they are dedicated in their classes and what they say are wise words. That's why Su Ren did not drive them away.
No matter how the three lowly guests tried to curry favor with the academy's doctors, Su Ren devoted himself to his own business of locust powder. After the emperor ate it for a while, it began to become popular in the palace. As a result, those royal relatives and nobles who had access to the harem asked about the source. Wei Zi
In order to repay Su Ren's kindness in asking for Wei Qing's hand in marriage, my husband accidentally mentioned several shops.
Ten yuan per catty is not a big deal for those rich people, even if they eat it every day, it is not a big deal. As word spreads, the sales of locust powder in Chang'an are gradually improving. Seeing that the locust plague has slowed down
Slowly, in order to ensure production, Su Ren asked the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce to purchase locusts across the country. This highly seasonal insect has reached a point where demand exceeds supply.
Chen He was very interested in Su Ren's locust business. While others were on holiday, he stayed in the academy, drying and grinding locusts with Su Ren. In order to encourage Chen He's ambition, Su Ren waved his hand and sent Zuo Feng to
The distribution rights of Yi were given to Chen He. Since then, this guy has been coming more frequently, hoping to get the distribution rights of You Fufeng and even Jingzhao Yin.
Dong Zhongshu was disgusted with Su Ren's practice of making money from locusts, and always had a dark face when he saw Su Ren. Even though he drank the locust powder sent by Su Ren, his problem of excessive phlegm and shortness of breath for several years was getting better day by day.
, his face was still as cold as ice. He believed that making money from disasters was not the behavior of a gentleman. If the Wen Dang hadn't tried to persuade him, Dong Zhongshu would have had the urge to beat people.
Su Ren always smiled at Dong Zhongshu's dark face, and still respectfully prepared the locust powder and put it in Dong Zhongshu's hand. Dong Zhongshu said unpleasant words, but not a single mouthful of the locust powder was left in the cup.
Dong Qian was waiting at the door with her child in her arms. When she saw Su Ren coming out, she hurriedly came over and said, "Don't be angry. My father has this temper. He treats his brothers the same way at home!"
Su Ren took the son from Dong Qian's arms and said with a smile: "Who makes us the juniors! As long as the old man is in good health, we can do whatever he wants!"
Su Kang, the son of Su Ren and Dong Qian, is Su Ren's legitimate son and will inherit the Su family in the future. He has been regarded as a golden egg since he was born. Although he only knows how to suck milk, he already has a daughter-in-law and more.
One of them came to ask for it in person, and there was no possibility of rejection. Although Leng Jun's daughter was older, this was agreed back then. Guan Fu's grandson hadn't even gotten married yet, so Guan Fu was in a hurry to marry off his great-granddaughter.
.Just because Dou Ying was concerned about the Prime Minister's face, after knowing that he could not be his wife, he retreated and asked to marry Su Huier as his great-grandson's wife.
In fact, what Su Ren was interested in was not the great-grandson of Dou Ying's family. Li Danghu's son Li Ling was Su Ren's son-in-law, or Wei Qing's future son Wei Kang. But Dou Ying got there first, so he had to save face.
Yes. Fortunately, this is just the beginning, and there will be rebirths in the future. Besides, Li Ling and Wei Kang haven't even seen each other yet. Li Danghu just got married, and Wei Qing hasn't waited for Princess Pingyang's reply, and Su Ren's daughter has come as well.
and.
Since Su Ren was not angry about this, Dong Qian was relieved. He understood that it seemed that Su Ren was making money by raising so many locusts, but in fact, Su Ren also fed thousands of victims. If it were not for Su Ren's locust industry, those thousands
The victims would have to go hungry. Not only that, Su Ren had already begun to build a villa near Louguantai, and according to Su Ren said, it would be sold specifically to the wealthy people in Chang'an City for their enjoyment.
The project is already in progress, and many victims have been admitted. This makes Pei Songnian, the magistrate of Yumu County, very happy. Because of the chicken and duck incident, Yumu has suffered the smallest loss this year. It is precisely because of the minimal loss that all the nearby victims have flocked to the project.
Entering the city, Pei Songnian had a head as big as a bucket. He was in such a hurry that he didn't even sit in the car and jogged all the way to ask Su Ren for advice.
Pei Songnian said a lot of words of humility, thanks and flattery, and he almost regretted his opposition to Su Ren in letting farmers raise chickens and ducks. Su Ren reluctantly agreed. Since he could hang out in Yuniu
After a mouthful of rice, the victims naturally flocked over. Pei Songnian was even more ruthless. Whenever someone came, he would have people deliver it to the academy. He was only responsible for delivering the food allocated by the court to the academy and ignored him.
Su Ren didn't want to build those villas at first, but as the number of victims increased, he gave them a chance to survive. The number of people the locust industry can feed must be limited, so what consumes the most manpower? Of course, infrastructure construction. Building roads and bridges.
That was not what Su Ren did. If he had done it, not only would he not be benefited, but the censors would also have to impeach him. So Su Ren thought of the villa in later generations.
The skills of public losers have been fully utilized. Su Ren believes in a saying that some people only buy the most expensive ones and not the best ones. If you can live next to the academy, you can get some literary influence. At that time, small houses near Taixue were in short supply.
Su Ren knew what it was like. The houses in Louguan were more luxurious than those there. Each one was different, domed, flat-roofed, pointed-roofed, with small courtyards and stables, and even the huts were equipped with toilets.
The golden powder family is decorated with gold, and the sun shines blindly. The green mountains and green waters are made of dark green colored glaze, which is the leftover material left by Su Ren's burning of multicolored stones. The public transportation works are very hard, and the scenery painted by Su Ren is
He was able to faithfully reproduce a sketch that no one could understand, which made Gongshu Ya'an speechless and impressed him with his nephew.
The villa did not use wood. Su Ren felt that it was not good to use wood. Cutting down the trees would destroy the surrounding scenery and easily catch fire. What if the spire house was struck by lightning? How should I explain to others? Louguantai is close to the Heihe River.
If there is no shortage of stones, then use stones. It would be a waste to prevent so many victims from opening stones. So every day before dawn, Su Ren would be woken up by the sound of cracking stones.
I don’t know whose advice Han Anguo listened to, and took the initiative to take on the task of moving rocks, and found all the students studying military strategism. The task assigned was very simple, each person moved three yuan and five hundred kilograms from the river every day.
The above stone bars can be carried or carried, and the method is not limited to the number of people. However, servants and servants are not allowed to help, but each other can.
As a result, the dudes in Chang'an City shouted slogans and carried stones, which became a scenery in Heihe. Military strategists were very popular among the dudes. Riding their horses and whips was the dream of every young man, but today their dream is how to quickly
After moving his own stones, it was better not to close the small dark room. Since the last time the boy from Chiyanghou's family was locked up for three days because of a fight, when he was taken out, he didn't look like a human or a ghost. The dandies understood that the small dark room
Being beaten is scary.
Zhou Jiande is a tall man. Although the 500 kilogram stone is heavy, it is a waste of energy for him. He completed the task in only one noon, and then stood alone on the roadside holding the roasted chicken and watching other people.
Busy work.
Li Shizong was young and weak. He couldn't carry the stone. He should be able to carry the stone. He squatted next to the big stone at noon and couldn't move.
Zhou Jiande laughed: "Shizong, you can't move this stone. If it doesn't work, just say, brother, help you!"
Li Shizong rolled his eyes and ignored him.
On the first day, Li Shizong was imprisoned in a small dark room. For three days in a row, Li Shizong was the last one and never finished.
Han Anguo came to Su Ren's side: "What does Mr. Su think of Li Shizong?"
"Where's Mr. Han?"
Han Anguo shook his head: "This boy is weak and smart, but he is not suitable for going into battle to kill the enemy. If he can't finish it today, I will let Jinghou take him back to avoid dying on the battlefield in the future."
Su Ren smiled: "Mr. Han, do you really think so?"
Han Anguo chuckled and said, "I just want to see what method he uses!"
The cart was Li Shizong's invention. It's not that no one thought about using carts, but it was because the soil on the riverside was soft. As long as the stones were put on the cart, not only would the stones not be transported, but the cart would also have to sink in. The cart invented by Li Shizong,
The wheel is two feet wide, and the four wheels are four horizontal logs. Although he does not know the principle of force dispersion, he can figure out the key to the problem and come up with such a thing to transport stones. This shows that Li Shizong is indeed very smart.
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On the fourth day, Li Shizong was the first to finish, even faster than Zhou Jiande. Seeing the thin Li Shizong pulling the car and passing everyone, almost everyone stopped and began to worry about why they didn't think of it?
Su Ren chuckled and said to Han Anguo: "This boy is talented, but as Mr. Han said, he is not a candidate to lead the army. Let him find me tomorrow!" (To be continued)