Chapter 926 The big housekeeper of the Concubine's House
From a distance, Anhu Avenue looks like a long dragon, running between Chang'an and Hu County.
Straight, spacious and flat.
The carriage drove on it, making a creaking sound, but it passed smoothly. It was like the sky and the earth compared with the bumpy official road in the past.
This can be called one of the miracles of the Tang Dynasty.
Many people came here to admire it and stood on both sides of the avenue, pointing and pointing.
"This is Anhu Avenue!"
"It's so magnificent!"
"With this road, it is much more convenient to go from Chang'an to Hu County by walking, let alone riding a car or riding a horse!"
"Consort Du has really done a great thing for Hu County!"
On the road, there is a lot of traffic and an endless stream of pedestrians.
Originally, Hu County was just a poor lower county.
But now, the situation is different. There are pig farms and farms in Hu County, as well as the new headquarters of Dream Group, the Root Museum, the Root Restaurant, and many people have begun to raise pigs. Therefore, come to Hu County to do
There are more and more people doing business. These people inevitably travel to and from Chang'an every day. According to the old official rules, it is a waste of time, and riding a carriage or horseback is not very comfortable. But with the opening of Anhu Avenue, everyone suddenly discovered that not only time
It can save more than half and the experience is more comfortable. More and more people come to Hu County to do business.
Among the cars passing by, there was a carriage of poor condition, driving slowly. The carriage was pulled by an extremely thin old horse. It moved slowly and did not have much strength. It looked very laborious. Looking at the carriage again, the two horses
The wheels were swaying, and the carriage was bumping back and forth, as if it was about to fall apart at any moment.
In the car, two elderly men wearing coarse clothes were sitting. One of them was the former prince Zhan Shi Zhang Xuansu, and the other was the former housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion.
Zhang Xuansu is going to Hu County today to take office.
According to His Majesty Li Er's decree, he is now the Chief Shi of the Prince Consort's Mansion. To put it bluntly, he is the chief steward of the Prince Consort's Mansion.
Other princes-in-law had their palaces and palaces built in Chang'an, but Du He was so lucky that he directly built his prince-in-law's palace in Huxian, a place where birds don't shit.
Previously, Zhang Xuansu had a luxury carriage, but after his family property was occupied by Du He, he was penniless. The carriage broke down and he had no money to repair it. He couldn't even pay the groom, so he had to sell the luxury carriage.
In order to maintain a living, he spent very little money to buy this broken carriage.
Hearing the creaking sound of the carriage, Zhang Xuansu was really worried that it would fall apart halfway through.
The housekeeper stretched out his head, looked at it, and turned around and said: "Master, don't tell me, this Anhu Avenue is really well built. If the bumpy official road before, our carriage would have fallen apart long ago.
This Anhu Avenue is flat, so there is no problem!"
Zhang Xuansu heard this and said angrily: "Are you saying that Du He is doing a good thing by building Anhu Avenue?"
"Exactly!"
"Go away, don't say anything good about Du He in front of me from now on, otherwise I won't be able to spare you!" Zhang Xuansu scolded.
The housekeeper hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to speak any more.
In silence all the way, the carriage entered the county seat of Huxian County, then passed through the county seat and continued south.
Zhang Xuansu lost his composure and asked, "What's going on? Why didn't you stop the car? We were going to the Prince Consort's Mansion, so why did we leave the county again?"
The housekeeper smacked his lips: "Sir, that's right. The Prince Consort's Mansion is not in Huxian County, but outside the city. I heard it is at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, which is the new headquarters of Dream Group..."
"Outside the city, the headquarters of Dream Group? Damn it, Du He, is he going to let me live in the wilderness?"
Zhang Xuansu wanted to cry but had no tears.
The carriage continued to drive forward, and soon it came to a construction site that was bustling with people and making constant jingling noises.
This is the new headquarters of Dream Group.
Zhang Xuansu got out of the carriage, but he looked confused.
All I could see was busy, construction was going on everywhere.
Looking up again, I saw a huge chimney at the mountain col in the distance, downstream of a small river, emitting billowing black smoke.
He asked curiously: "What is that?"
The butler introduced: "Sir, I'm not sure either, but I've heard people mention it before. It should be the glass factory of Dream Group, where glass is fired."
"Can a chimney produce glass?" Zhang Xuansu was puzzled.
At this moment, a figure walked over.
He was a man in his thirties. He was dirty, but he had an extraordinary bearing.
I saw the other party walking up to Zhang Xuansu, bowed, and asked: "May I ask, is it Mr. Shi Zhang, the Prince Consort's Palace Chief?"
Zhang Xuansu nodded: "It's me, why don't you see Du He?"
The man smiled and said: "Master Zhang, my young master has something to do in Chang'an, so he asked me to come and greet Master Zhang. My name is Lu Yuan, and I am the chief engineer of Datang Construction Company. Master Zhang, please!"
Zhang Xuansu curled his lips, feeling that the boss was not happy.
But he had to follow Lu Yuan forward.
After a short time, a few people arrived at the construction site of the new headquarters of Dream Group, walked up the newly built stone stairs, and finally came to an open space halfway up the mountain, surrounded by several newly built temporary activities.
Wooden board house.
Lu Yuan pointed to this open space: "Master Zhang, this is the Prince Consort's Mansion."
Prince Consort's Mansion?
Zhang Xuansu widened his eyes and looked at the smooth and smooth open space, "Are you kidding me? Where is the Prince Consort's Mansion?"
There is obviously nothing around.
Lu Yuan pointed not far away: "Master Zhang, please look, that is the gate of the Prince Consort's Mansion."
Zhang Xuansu turned around and saw two wooden sticks supporting a door plaque with the inscription: Prince Consort's Mansion.
Lu Yuan explained: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, this is indeed the Prince Consort's Mansion. However, Your Majesty allowed my young master to build the Prince Consort's Mansion, but there is no ready-made mansion. My young master still needs to build it himself. It has just started now. The young master said,
Mr. Zhang is the chief historian of the Prince Consort's Mansion, that is, the chief steward of the Prince Consort's Mansion. He happens to be a supervisor and supervise the construction of the Prince Consort's Mansion. During this period, you will live here with the workers. When the Prince Consort's Mansion is completed, you can move in.
Late!"
A gust of cold wind blew, and Zhang Xuansu sneezed.
chilly.
Bone-breaking cold.
His heart was filled with despair.
Suddenly, he flicked his sleeve: "Du He has gone too far to deceive others. I will return to Chang'an right now and report this matter to the Holy One."
Lu Yuan sneered and said: "Master Zhang, it's too late... Now, since you are the director of the Prince Consort's Mansion, you are the subordinate of the young master. The young master said that before the construction of the Prince Consort's Mansion is completed, you will stay here and do a good job.
Supervisor, you can't go anywhere... By the way, there is a patrolling Huxian city management brigade not far away. They are all personal guards of His Highness the King of Shu. If you leave rashly, what if those city managers are unreasonable and beat you up?
Or if I arrest you, it will only increase my troubles, don’t you think?"
Zhang Xuansu was extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do.
Nowadays, people are fighting for their own good, and I have no chance to reason!
Since then, Zhang Xuansu has become a supervisor on the construction site. In the freezing weather, wrapped in a thick quilt, he urged the craftsmen to speed up the construction of the Prince Consort's Mansion.