After a dispute with Yang Yiming, Xie Wanquan had already made up his mind to return to his hometown. However, when Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang brought him news that shocked him into speechlessness and then left quietly, he changed his mind and decided to go back to his hometown.
He stayed for a few days to see the scenery. Then, he once again experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature.
The fact that Academician Confucius and Mr. Wu Ge spoke for him was confirmed by endless visitors - of course, they also confirmed that the chief minister, Mr. Jiang Ge, deeply hated him. Of course, every visitor who brought this news also confirmed
Everyone will categorically express that they are on Xie Wanquan's side, and then say some things like justice in the world, telling him not to worry about Mr. Jiang Ge.
After a day or two, Xie Wanquan was naturally very annoyed, but his book boy and his eldest follower both felt relieved.
My son does not have to carry a bad reputation when he returns home. Although he has offended the first assistant, he has already gained the attention of the second assistant and the third assistant. In the situation that is already very bad, this is already the best result.
So, when Xie Wanquan quietly took them out early in the morning, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other in shock when they learned that Xie Wanquan was going to Zhang's house and actually planned to help Zhang Shou move.
"Sir, although Dr. Zhang is very popular nowadays, since you are not a supervisor, he can't help you with anything. You don't have to be so humble and do things for him."
Hearing Shutong whispering to defend himself, Xie Wanquan shook his head disapprovingly and said, "You don't understand these things, so don't make unreasonable comments. As for Dr. Zhang inviting me to go, he also made it clear that he just wanted to ask me for a favor. Whether it was to make up for it.
The big mistake I made before was to make my journey smoother in the future, so this trip is necessary. Okay, you don’t need to say anything."
Now that Xie Wanquan had an idea, his bookboys and long followers immediately shut up, and no one planned to continue to show their loyalty with cold expressions and direct admonitions. When they found the Zhang family in the back street of Zhao Mansion, they just
I saw several large cars parked at the door, and a dozen strong, uniformly dressed men were carrying large and small bags in and out, the most numerous of which were book boxes.
As for why Xie Wanquan knew it was a book box, the reason was very simple, because all the boxes had labels. However, compared to the labels he was most familiar with such as classics, history, and miscellaneous notes, there were also other labels such as mathematics, theory, and chemistry.
A completely unfamiliar label.
Seeing the dozen or twenty heavy book boxes being loaded into the car from in front of him, Xie Wanquan couldn't help but stop and watch, until he heard a loud "Hey", he came back to his senses and took a closer look, and saw that it was actually Zhu
Ying was immediately frightened and took a step back, then hurriedly saluted and said: "I have met Miss Zhu."
Zhu Ying looked Xie Wanquan up and down for a while, then snorted softly and said: "Ah Shou told me that you will come to help today. Looking at your thin body, you can't carry it with your shoulders or lift it with your hands, but you can do it
What? Forget it, since Ah Shou said it, just come in, there’s nothing you can’t see!” Fortunately, she stopped her elder brother who was coming to help in advance!
After seeing Zhu Ying say this, she went into the house without looking back. Xie Wanquan didn't go in or back out. After much deliberation, he finally followed the door. When he saw Zhu Ying smiling and holding someone in her arms, he should return the favor.
The woman, who was considered young but had weathered eyes, came out and learned that she was Zhang Shou's mother. He hurriedly stepped forward to salute her, and after saying a few more words, he was filled with disbelief.
How could such a woman who could not be called generous and knowledgeable raise a son like Zhang Shou? Even if there was a rumor in the Shuntian Mansion Office, the archived marriage certificate showed that Zhang Shou’s biological mother was not Wu
Shi, Keren is an adoptive mother, but this is certain.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Xie Wanquan didn't want to think too much. When he learned that there were still many books in the study that had not been sorted out, he immediately offered to help sort them out. He originally thought that he would not be accepted for being so presumptuous, but he never expected that
Yes, Zhu Ying glanced at Wu and directly agreed on her behalf.
"A Shou doesn't have much free time. All kinds of books are thrown into boxes by categories. You might as well go and help."
Xie Wanquan didn't quite understand what "throwing in the boxes" meant at first. However, when he opened the boxes, he found that the books were not neatly stacked, but that there were dozens or twenty books piled here and there. He, who was always used to neatness, suddenly frowned.
Big wrinkle.
Seeing that no one cared whether he would peek or not, after finishing packing a box, he pretended to open a book casually in the book box with the rationale written on it. However, he saw the densely packed book inside.
There were graphic diagrams and various symbols that he couldn't understand at all, and his scalp suddenly went numb.
At this moment, Xie Wanquan finally understood why Zhang Shou was not afraid of others seeing these books - because except for certain people, like him, even if he was given these books to read, he would not be able to understand them at all!
Because Zhang Shou had already sorted it, all Xie Wanquan had to do was to stack it neatly. As for the moving, he had servants from Zhao Guogong's mansion do it for him, so he only worked for less than two-quarters of an hour. Zhang Shou's study and living room was completely
Evacuated. When Zhu Ying was noisy outside and got on the car to go to Zhangyuan, he took a look at the furniture that was obviously left by the previous owner, and followed him out after a while.
Zhang Shou, a truly poor boy who grew up in the countryside, had traveled further than the three years he had traveled in less than a year in the capital. In a sense, he was very unconvinced, but he had to
Convinced. Because there were many things that even Tang Ming, his senior brother from Jie Yuan, whom he had always considered to be a genius, could not do it, let alone such an adventure as winning the favor of the emperor.
Xie Wanquan rode his horse and hung at the end of the long convoy. But when he arrived at Zhangyuan, he found that the convoy here had not yet begun to unload the trucks, but something was already being moved at the gate over there. One of them was vaguely familiar to him.
machine.
When he was thinking about where he had seen this, he heard Chang Sui's surprised voice from behind: "Isn't that... a spinning wheel? Could it be that Dr. Zhang's mother has entered the city now and plans to spin?"
Make ends meet?”
Unlike Chang Sui, who was short-sighted, Xie Wanquan suddenly came back to his senses and remembered Zhang Shou's great achievement - the new spinning machine that made the eldest prince and the second prince's faces full of blood. He watched the spinning machine being sent away
Entering the garden, he suddenly came to his senses when another car unloaded a large pile of various wooden parts.
If Zhang Shou had not already raised one or two carpenters and blacksmiths, how could he have made a spinning machine?
Just as he was thinking this, a boy who was a little too young appeared at the gate. He looked a little shy. When talking to the servant who was carrying things, he couldn't help but bend down and nod. He looked like a little apprentice. Just like this
When I was thinking about it, I saw Zhu Ying smiling and waving to someone, followed by someone running over quickly.
The next moment, he heard Zhu Ying calling his name: "Xie Wanquan, you are weak, you don't need to move these things, just let your two followers help here. Go and see Guan Xiaoqiu off, he is right
It's familiar here. If you see where you need help, just give him a hand."
Guan Xiaoqiu? Xie Wanquan was chewing on the name suspiciously, but he saw the young man he had noticed just now saying helplessly: "Miss Zhu, my name is Guan Qiu, not Guan Xiaoqiu."
"Xiao Guanqiu, you just don't understand jokes! It's all the same anyway, you are younger than me anyway!" Zhu Ying glared at Guan Qiu a little unreasonably, then winked at him, and finally said with a smile, "
You have been here once before, don't just assemble your weird things and neglect Mr. Xie, he is much more knowledgeable than you."
"Originally, everyone is more knowledgeable than me. I just barely know a lot of words." Guan Qiu muttered a few words, and finally walked up to Xie Wanquan calmly. He raised his hand with a very non-standard etiquette and said, "Mr. Xie
Please come with me."
Xie Wanquan didn't have time to think too much, and told his eldest son and the book boy to obey Zhu Ying's instructions. He quickly dismounted and followed Guan Qiu into the gate. But before crossing the threshold, he couldn't help but stare at the sign of "Zhang Yuan" beside the door.
He opened his eyes and heard Guan Qiu in front of him whispering: "It is said that the eldest lady forced the emperor to write these two words."
Although he knew that Zhu Ying came in and out of the palace as usual, Xie Wanquan could not help but be speechless at this moment. Even for top officials, it was a great honor to be given a letter by the emperor, and it was even more difficult to ask the emperor to write a plaque.
Oh my God, this young lady is so good. She tried hard to get the words to come out, but instead of offering them to her, she hung them casually by the door.
Just like ordinary people hanging a wooden sign on the wall next to the door to distinguish their home from other neighbors... Of course, perhaps it is precisely because of this that it is not the kind of high-hanging plaque and not too ostentatious, so the emperor easily
Did you agree to the inscription?
While Xie Wanquan was thinking wildly, Guan Qiu had already brought him into Zhang Garden.
He had been in the capital for three years and was one of the famous talents. Therefore, he had attended many banquets with elegant dignitaries, so he had seen many wealthy families. But when he walked in Zhang Garden, he realized
, why are there rumors outside that this garden was snatched away by the emperor and Prince Lu?
The layout is grand and the houses are exquisite. In many very inconspicuous corners, you can see extremely exquisite wood carvings and stone carvings. It has obviously gone through many years of ups and downs, but it still appears to be well maintained. Even when I was in Jiangnan, I saw many famous people.
He couldn't help but secretly admire the famous garden. The most important thing was that he noticed in a moment that this garden actually had living water.
Even top officials and dignitaries may not receive this kind of treatment!
As he was smacking his lips at Zhang Shou's good luck, Xie Wanquan couldn't help but feel a little dazed. But at this moment, he found that Guan Qiu had stopped in front of him. He noticed that he was in a courtyard with tall walls, but this courtyard
But there was no main house, only a small house at the courtyard gate. It didn't look at all commensurate with the scenic houses he just saw along the road. He couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Underneath here is a secret room left over from that time. Almost the entire courtyard was dug out, so there probably aren't any buildings on the ground. Dr. Zhang submitted the drawing of the secret room and originally planned to fill it in, but the emperor said it would not be possible.
If we need to build a lot of buildings, we might as well keep the waste and reuse it, so Dr. Zhang turned it into a workshop and moved all my stuff in."
Xie Wanquan was certainly concerned about the so-called secret room, but when he heard that the emperor didn't care, he certainly wouldn't think more about it. After listening to Guan Qiu's words, he keenly captured the words "my things", and he was immediately surprised.
"So little brother Guan, you are not an apprentice?"
Guan Qiu smiled: "I am an apprentice who has not yet started my apprenticeship. I used to like to ask questions here and there with my master. Not to mention the master, even the senior brothers all disliked me. Later, Dr. Zhang recruited me to work.
He is the only one who finds my questions interesting every time, gives me money and materials, and treats me better than my parents!"
Although what he said was not very clear, Xie Wanquan was a smart man after all, and he quickly asked: "Did you make the new spinning machine?"
"No, it was Dr. Zhang who drew the blueprints, and Brother Zhao and Brother Luo did it." Guan Qiu fumbled for the mechanism on the edge of the courtyard wall, opened the secret passage, and then went down the steps without caring.
Did Xie Wanquan follow behind? He said without looking back, "Dr. Zhang originally gave them a lot of reward money, but all the wonderful ideas are Dr. Zhang's, and no one can take credit."
Hearing that the new spinning machine was not made by Guan Qiu, Xie Wanquan felt a little reassured, thinking to himself that given his age, Zhang Shou was already very scary. If every young man could have outstanding talents, let alone
It's him... Aren't all the elderly people in the court who are lying on their corpses dead of shame?
He asked a few more questions and learned that Zhao Si and Luo Xiaoxiao still received a generous reward, and that the spinning machine might be called Zhao Luo Spinning Wheel in the future. He still sighed secretly, thinking that Zhang Shouzhen was not trying to live up to his fame, otherwise
It’s called Zhang’s spinning wheel, what else can outsiders say?
When he finally finished walking the long steps and put his feet on the ground, Xie Wanquan discovered that the air was not as turbid as he imagined. Although the oil lamps around him were a little dim, after walking down the passage, he discovered that there was a wall cut out at the top to lead to the fire.
Light. When he saw clearly that this was a stone room with a radius of at least twenty steps, he couldn't help but think about how much effort King Lu had spent here.
However, these places where armored soldiers were supposed to be ambushed and weapons stored are now filled with countless wooden parts.
"Mr. Xie, look at this. Dr. Zhang said that when a heavy object is suspended and swings, according to our ordinary imagination, it naturally falls from a high place and takes a long time to swing. But in fact, this is not the case..."
"Look, Mr. Xie, a copper ball and a stone ball, the same size and different weight, fell to the ground at the same time from the same height."
"Thank you, Mr. Xie, look at this..."
Xie Wanquan was dragged by Guan Qiu to look at each strange little experiment. He thought of the experiments that were said to be common in Banshan Hall, and that such a class was called physics. He suddenly understood the origin of the labels on Zhang Shou's book boxes. However,
The next example Guan Qiu gave shocked him.
"Dr. Zhang said that since water can be used to drive a waterwheel, it is used to water the ground. Then, the boiling water can overturn the heavy object on the lid of the pot. Can such a push be used for other purposes? For example,