Zhang Shou actually thought that if the colored cotton seeds were planted, there would be no good results?
When leaving Qinyuan, Zhang Wu, who had just finished listening to Zhang Chen's long explanation, felt completely confused and even almost took the wrong path several times. Not only him, but Zhang Lu was not much better either.
He was so distracted along the way that if he hadn't been reminded by the guards, he would have almost run into the ditch several times. Seeing that the capital was approaching, the two brothers stopped their horses one after another in unison.
"Xiao Wu, do you believe what Zhang Chen said?"
Zhang Wu suddenly heard Zhang Lu's straightforward question. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Then he thought about it carefully before he nodded and said, "I believe it. Mr. Chen has no reason to lie to us, and Brother Chen has no reason to lie to us."
We must know that without them, we would not be where we are today."
Zhang Lu was stunned for a moment, then he chuckled and said: "I knew you would answer like this. You have been a grateful person since you were a child, and you are just like your aunt who is aloof. As long as she treats you a little better, you will
Immediately be grateful, not to mention Zhang Chen and... the young gentleman? But also, one of them will definitely inherit the Duke of Qin in the future, and the other is the son-in-law of Chenglong of the Duke of Zhao, so naturally they will not be jealous of money."
He deliberately emphasized the words "money is enough", but all he saw was Zhang Wu nodding in agreement, as if he didn't hear what he meant. He was immediately discouraged, and it took a long time before he regained his composure.
"Xiao Wu, although Mr. Xiao was born in the countryside and knows a little about agriculture, he doesn't know much about growing cotton. Otherwise, he wouldn't let people try to grow overseas varieties, don't you think?"
Seeing Zhang Wu hesitate for a moment, he nodded slightly, and Zhang Lu said seriously: "We went to the fields to see the brown cotton in person, and then watched people harvest it in person. We even gave the seeds to the farmer.
A sum of money, personally take people to collect them, and then bring them all to the capital. How can there be any problem with such seeds?"
Zhang Wu opened his mouth, intending to refute Zhang Lu's statement, but he is a concubine from a wealthy family, not a poor son from a farmer's family. Even though he went to Xingtai to work in the fields this time, he really doesn't know much about farming.
Understand.
Therefore, he hesitated for a while, and finally said uncertainly: "Maybe it's just like what Zhang Chen told us before about purifying degeneration, rejuvenating it, etc. There are a lot of things to pay attention to when growing cotton, so just harvest the seeds and then plant them.
Wouldn’t that work?”
"Haha." Zhang Lu laughed twice again, but he didn't want to say anything more. If he said anything more, even if he and Zhang Wu had been as good as blood brothers since childhood, it might arouse the other's suspicion. He shook slightly.
Reins, then shrugged: "Anyway, by now, these are useless. Whether the seeds were stolen or burned, not a single seed is left."
"Yes, Brother Chen also said that he originally planned to find a way to sell it at a higher price, or use other methods to make a profit, but in the end, someone took advantage of the loophole and used such a desperate trick." Zhang Wu shook his head helplessly,
But he soon became excited again, "Brother Dan Chen gave us the drawings of the new loom, and also instructed us to talk to Suzhou Fourth Master Hua, so it's worth it."
Zhang Lu was too lazy to ridicule Zhang Wu, a young rich man, for his thoughts. The new loom already had many users in Cangzhou and Xingtai, how could he keep it a secret? What's more, the drawings of the textile machine were presented to the emperor by Zhang Shou. This loom
The blueprint of the machine... Who knows that Zhang Shou will not blackmail Fourth Master Hua and then offer it to the court like he did when he blackmailed the eldest prince?
In the end, not only might their work be in vain, but they might also be blamed for cheating Fourth Master Hua.
However, he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly and said: "Well, that's what you said."
In the afternoon, Zhang Shou, who was in Jiuzhangtang, got the news from Lu Sanlang who hurriedly came to report that Qinyuan was invaded by thieves and was suspected of being set on fire. The level of anger and Zhang Chen's reaction in front of others was comparable to that of Zhang Shou.
Lu Sanlang, he actually comforted the little fat man a few words, and then urged people to prepare for the upcoming finals and stop meddling in other people's business.
But when he started the afternoon class casually after lunch, at the beginning of the second class, he found that Zhu Ying, who was in a hurry, had arrived at the gate and was looking in eagerly. Although according to the serious classroom rules
He should have pretended not to notice the discipline, but even if he had the ability to turn a blind eye and listen but not hear, it was not for Zhu Ying.
Therefore, he simply wrote a question on the blackboard casually and arranged for everyone to start practicing in the hall. Then he clapped his hands and strolled to the door. Seeing Zhu Ying opening her mouth to speak, he pointed to the person in the hall who was concentrating on solving the problem.
The crowd glanced at each other, then put an index finger on their mouths to make a silent gesture, and then waved to Zhu Ying to follow him to the open space in front to talk.
Arriving at the open space in front of Jiuzhang Hall, Zhu Ying immediately shouted eagerly: "Ah Shou..."
Before Zhu Ying could say the next sentence, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "If you want to talk about Qin Yuan, I already know it! Little Fatty Lu has short legs but fast legs. He has already been here. Don't worry, then
The seeds don’t matter. Whether they were burned or stolen, it’s just the same thing. Compared with the seeds that Old Xianyu brought back from overseas, this so-called auspiciousness of colorful cotton is simply nonsense.”
Zhu Ying had already thought of words to comfort Zhang Shou but all of them were blocked in her mouth. She stared at Zhang Shou dumbfounded, and then asked in disbelief for a long time: "Are you telling the truth, are you not trying to comfort me?"
"Why should I comfort you? It must be really precious and important. Shouldn't it be that I am about to cry but have no tears, and then you try your best to comfort me?" Zhang Shou laughed as he spoke, and then blinked greenly, "
Rather than this being a blessing in disguise, I want to know more what your father said about that matter."
It's okay not to mention this. When she mentioned this, Zhu Ying suddenly became angry and said angrily: "What else can I say? It's all the emperor's doing. He is so deceptive!"
As soon as the word "deceitful" came out of her mouth, Zhu Ying suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar black face not far away. She recognized it as Xu Heijun. She thought that she came here today to inform Zhang Shou, and now Zhang Shou knew about it.
, but she didn't want to deal with this famous black-faced guy, so she immediately said angrily: "I will tell Ah Liu about what you want to know later and ask him to tell you, I'm leaving first!"
Seeing Zhu Ying speaking, she immediately turned around and left without any sloppiness. Remembering that Lu Sanlang, like her, had taken a detour as soon as he saw Xu Heizi, Zhang Shou immediately smiled. However, he and Xu Heizi were just gentlemen.
Ru Shui, Zhu Ying had already left at this time, and he had no intention of chatting with anyone during class. After turning around and returning to Jiuzhang Hall, he planned to check on everyone's problem-solving status.
However, he just passed by the fourth prince sitting at the end. When he saw the smear marks on the piece of paper, he immediately stopped and glanced at the pen holder that he was biting hard. He did not alarm the little boy at all.
Guy, continue walking forward quietly. After watching several people's problem-solving processes, he stood behind the third prince.
I saw this little guy concentrating on calculating, his handwriting was neat, but the most important thing was that the ideas were extremely clear one by one, and the format was exactly the same as what he taught. He still remembered that even when he first came into contact with geometry,
In this unfamiliar field, although the problem-solving ideas are still clear, I am not used to the rigorous format of proof questions.
What he especially hated the most was when he was learning geometry for the first time, the teacher repeatedly asked him to write the name of the theorem in parentheses.
But now, looking at the third prince who was only about half his age at the time, but yet meticulous in his proofs, Zhang Shou couldn't help but sigh in his heart. People who strictly abide by the rules may not be able to achieve great things, but those who strictly abide by the rules coupled with extremely powerful
If you are organized, then this person's chance of achieving great things will be much better than that of ordinary people.
If coupled with strong concentration, outstanding talent, and rare diligence...such a child cannot become a great person, it is simply unreasonable!
He stopped and watched for a while, and finally left quietly. Then he stood behind the others for a while, especially looking at the problem-solving ideas of Saicho Jijiu, and finally returned to the podium. When he took the time to announce
After a pause, he asked with a smile: "Those who have made it, please raise your hands and let me see how many people have already made it?"
Following his words, hands were raised unevenly, accounting for only about one-third of the class. However, Zhang Shou noticed that except for the third prince and Ji Jiu, as well as several original
Among the people who raised their hands and showed great learning ability and talent within a few days, there was the fourth prince.
However, he seemed not to see the little guy and said with a smile: "Very good. Next, I will show you the solution. By the way, there are four proof methods for this question."
When the fourth prince saw Zhang Shou glance over, he was so nervous that he almost stopped breathing. However, when Zhang Shou really moved his eyes away, as if he didn't pay attention to him at all, he felt an indescribable feeling.
Grieved. So, Zhang Shou wrote one solution after another. His eyes were looking at it, but his mind was not on it at all, until...
Until Zhang Shou asked him to come up and clean the blackboard again! If it weren't for the fact that there was a big-hearted student accompanying him, the fourth prince simply didn't know what kind of mistakes he would have made at this moment. He obviously didn't solve the problem, but he deliberately raised the question
He raised his hand just to know if Zhang Shou would expose him and then reprimand him harshly, but in the end nothing happened.
He just finished wiping a small piece of blackboard, then returned to his seat absentmindedly, and then wandered around until the end of the second class. Although there were a lot of random symbols written on the paper, they were not any notes at all.
When he noticed someone patting his shoulder and looked up to see it was the third prince, he saw Zhang Shou still talking to Ji Jiu. He didn't know where he got the courage. He stood up suddenly and was about to step forward.
But the next moment, he felt that he was being held back. He turned around and saw the third prince with a firm face. He felt his mouth was dry and he didn't know what to say.
Although he was sitting in front and the fourth prince was sitting in the back, and it was impossible to turn around when he was concentrating on class, the third prince still learned about the situation of the fourth prince in class from the reminders of some classmates who were occasionally distracted. Seeing the fourth prince
Without saying yes or no, he just stood there and refused to leave, so he simply grabbed the person's wrist and pulled him out: "Fourth brother, come back to the palace with me!"
After pulling the fourth prince out of Jiuzhang Hall, he saw that he was extremely reluctant, so he threw away his hand and scolded: "Fourth brother, you came here on your own, but now you are acting like this, rumors say
What will others say about you when you go out?"
"The teachers don't want to talk about me, so why should I be afraid of others talking about me!" The fourth prince snorted coldly and said with a face full of shame, "In his eyes, I am not his student anyway, only you, third brother, are his
s student!"
The third prince was shocked and angry. When he saw the stubborn and aggrieved look of the fourth prince, he couldn't help swallowing the reprimand on his lips. He simply went up to grab the person's collar and dragged him out. Most of the time, he felt guilty.
Xiang Shy, suddenly acted like this, not to mention the fourth prince was frightened, even the other people he saw were frightened.
In a moment, someone rushed into Jiuzhang Hall to look for Zhang Shou. When he learned what was going on, Zhang Shou immediately laughed: "The third prince is usually too serious, and it is rare for him to discipline him like an elder brother.
Brother, if brothers work together, they can cut through metal, you don’t have to worry, they two brothers are fine!"
Zhang Shoudou said this. Even though Ji Jiu and others were worried, they could only put aside the noble brothers for the time being. As for the news that Qin Garden had been invaded by thieves and set on fire, even though Lu Sanlang came over to communicate with Zhang Shoudou, The news was reported, but they didn't have time to know it. At this time, since Zhang Shou announced that get out of class was over, everyone packed up their things and went back to their homes in twos and threes.
Ji Jiu, who had a lot of contacts, had already learned about this from his former friends in Banshan Hall before he left the Imperial College. He was about to go back, but he thought about Lu Sanlang's visit at noon. During the second class in the afternoon, he noticed
When Zhang Shou went out to talk to Zhu Ying, he should have known it for a long time, so there was no need for him to bother, so he stopped again.
But when he hesitated for a moment and walked out of the gate of the Imperial College, he saw a young boy coming to greet him: "Mr. Ji Jiu, my young master said that he has not had any friends since he has been back in Beijing for so long. Please come over and have a drink."
After class, Zhang Shou stopped for a moment in the Doctoral Hall of the Imperial College and noticed that the doctors and other academic officials looked at him in a subtle way, but no one came up to ask questions. He couldn't help but feel surprised. Although
Normally, they are all colleagues, but because he has been promoted repeatedly in more than a year, and his rank has caught up with Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye, he has become increasingly isolated.
But anyway, he didn't care about the complicated interpersonal relationships in the Imperial College. He sorted out the homework of several students who were called in today - after all, he didn't have time to read it in person, so he could only look at a few people's homework in turn - and then
He stood up and left. As soon as he left the doctor's hall and the curtain fell, he heard a burst of discussion inside.
He didn't bother to listen to what others said about him behind his back. After hurriedly going out to meet Ah Liu, he directly ordered him to return to Zhang Yuan. On the way, Ah Liu recounted what Zhu Ying had told him about today's entry into the palace, while Zhang Shou listened.
When the emperor's intention came to light, he was speechless. But then, Ah Liu said something else.
"The madman just came here. He told me that the mole in Qinyuan was unusual because the places where kerosene was poured on the warehouse were very uneven. The place where the seeds were stored was burned to coke, and the place where grain and goods from the north and south were stored was burnt to coke.
Obviously, only a small amount of kerosene was poured on it symbolically, leaving a lot of residue."