Even Zhu Wanchun said jokingly: "I knew that I was also going to learn craftsmanship, and I feel that Brother Shen Yong's net worth in the future is not under me." ”

Shen Yong was already moved and didn't know what to say, Shen Liang's achievements were taken for granted in Shen Yong's eyes. His brother dared to fight, and before he was twenty years old, he went to the camp to be a soldier, and the money of the An family was not like those battalion soldiers who worked hard to take it to prostitute and gamble, and it was all handed over to the family.

Who would have thought that there was no success in Dengzhou at the beginning, after a long period of hardship, he actually moved in a foreign country like Yuntiguan, not only did his brother Shen Liang succeed, but he was such an honest and ordinary craftsman who only did his part well, and he could actually come to this point?

"I have nothing to say, I can only thank you for your trust......" Although Shen Yong knew that Min Yuanqi didn't like people kneeling down and bowing, he couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow.

"You don't have to build such a big boring machine for the pipe, you can only clamp the pipe......" Min Yuanqi ignored Zhu Wanchun, dragged Shen Yong up, and scolded: "What are you doing here, hurry up and bring the machines and people back to your workshop, and you will properly settle them, allocate money and food to settle down and arrange everyone to go to various workshops, these things are all the business of you, the deputy of the Department of Industry and Commerce." ”

"I, the lower officials must do it properly."

"Well, it's a good job." After Min Yuanqi was excited, his heart was extremely relaxed, and his face was full of happy expressions.

Things have come to this point, and it is indeed a qualitative change after a quantitative change.

Although the time is short, what is happening in front of me is the result of my own diligent change.

Without the process of hard work, how can the willows and flowers in front of you be bright?

……

"Dad, what should we do?"

Wang Mingyuan, who was dressed in a short robe, looked complicated, he stood with Wang Sanyi and the second sister, and the three of them watched the crowd not far away on the edge of a kiln factory, on a sandwich canal.

The crowd of ants was in high spirits, and many strong men shouted trumpets and stuck the sharpened trees on the edge of the ditch that had just been dug out.

There were originally a lot of trees along the canal and the river, but this time they were also affected by the disaster and a lot of them were cut down.

In just a few days, deep ditches were dug on both sides of the farmland, canals, and wasteland between hundreds of households, and several hundred households were covered in long trenches and sharp piles.

Every 200 steps or so of the distance is built again, it is not the kind of small arrow tower that can only accommodate two or three people, but the bottom is stretched and widened, climbing all the way from the ladder, the top platform of more than three zhang high is very large, the guards are all around to block the arrows, and there are arrow holes to shoot arrows downward.

Each arrow tower can accommodate more than 10 people or even squeeze down about 20 people, there is one every 200 steps, dozens of large arrow towers are erected on the defense line of more than ten miles, and they are almost completed.

A large number of strong men and even women gathered on the defense site of ten miles away, and built these wooden arrow towers under the leadership of the woodworkers, and there were many people who were quick to build such a spectacle in a few days, even if they understood in their hearts, Wang Sanyi and Wang Mingyuan, and the second sister, were still quite shocked in their hearts.

For many people, it is clear and clear, but the changes that occur every day are too huge, or give them a sense of impact that a miracle happened in front of their own eyes, whenever they see the scene in front of them, even if it is Wang Mingyuan, who prides himself on being a very talented man before, he is also full of respect for Min Yuanqi, who is in charge of his affairs.

Because of this, Wang Mingyuan would ask Wang Sanyi questions, if it was two months ago, I am afraid that Wang Mingyuan would have complained a lot, full of complaints about Min Yuanqi, and even asked his father to take his brothers and sisters and the rest of his family to leave Yuntiguan and go out to avoid trouble.

Wang Mingyuan's change is actually great, he no longer wears Xiucai gown, and even the brush is not very useful, after all, he is an official in the Department of Industry and Commerce, and he is busy recording every day, or it is more convenient to use the charcoal produced in the workshop, and he can write directly without ink, the disadvantage is that it is easy to break, but compared with the advantages of easy writing and easy to carry, the disadvantages can also be ignored.

Two months ago, Wang Mingyuan was still running around with the mentality of a bystander, and it can even be said that he was running around with a high-minded mentality, and it was also because of his ineffectiveness that the officials of the city of Zhuwen came to the fore.

It was not until Min Yuanqi became a guerrilla general that Wang Mingyuan's mentality changed dramatically.

Originally, Wang Mingyuan, who thought that it was a group of poor military households tossing blindly, and his future was still above the imperial examination, could be regarded as completely awakening.

The bigger blow came from the fall of the capital, the emperor became the emperor of Daxing, and then there was a farce of chaos, the new emperor was actually King Fu, which was already difficult for serious scholars to accept, and what was even more difficult to accept was that King Fu was actually supported by a group of military towns.

This mentality actually has more or less influence in the hearts of many readers, Hongguang's so-called improper position, lack of support for the foundation, not only the Donglin Party clings to the old things and the struggle for interests and power, in fact, in the hearts of many ordinary readers, King Fu is indeed a lack of enthusiasm to be supported, and after people find out that Hongguang is supported by military generals, this dissatisfaction is becoming more and more intense.

This also made the Hongguang Dynasty not only not firmly establish its rule in just one year, but instead spread scandals such as the toad Tianzi.

On the one hand, it is the intention of the Donglin Party to promote, on the other hand, the image of Emperor Hongguang itself is not good, and there are also scholars who think that Emperor Hongguang is not right because of things such as King Fu's seizure of succession, coupled with the support of military generals.

This is congenital insufficiency, in the second year of Emperor Hongguang's accession to the throne, not only did he not sit firmly, but asked Zuo Liangyu to lead the army to Nanjing in the name of the Qing monarch, which is the disadvantage of congenital insufficiency.

Of course, this is mainly fueled by the Donglin Party.

If it is said that many bad things during the Chongzhen period were done by the civilian and official groups together, the emperor is directly responsible for many mistakes.

The bad thing in Nanming, half of the blame generals don't obey orders, each has his own calculations, without the slightest carelessness, the four towns of Nanming are too bad, and the four Zhongxing generals in the Southern Song Dynasty are the worst Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun are much more disciplined than Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing.

The other half of the responsibility fell on Donglin's head, supporting the failure to achieve public opinion attacks, shaking the foundation of Emperor Hongguang's rule, and even taking advantage of the case of the prince from the south to make waves and push Zuo Liangyu to start a civil war.

In the six departments of the cabinet launched a number of political disputes, Nanming for more than a year, in defense and internal affairs almost no progress and thoughts, Donglin and Ma Shiying and other civilian officials, Liu Zeqing and other military generals, Liu Kongzhao and other nobles, Han Zanzhou and other eunuchs, and even including Emperor Hongguang himself, all the thoughts are used in the palace repair room, peace talks with the north, and internal strife.

After Wang Mingyuan recognized the facts, he didn't think that his identity as a talent was anything great.

The Jingshi have fallen, not to mention the township examination, I don't even know when the examination will resume, without the imperial examination, what kind of great fame is Xiucai?

After all, this person is a smart person, otherwise he would not have been able to fight his way out of the three exams of the county exam, the government exam, and the hospital exam.

Don't think that the show is good, the county test is 30 out of hundreds of people, the government test is the elite of each county, the hospital test is the elite of each province, the three exams must be above the passing line, a little careless, the article is not good, there is a problem with the body, or the ink stains, or forget the taboo lack of pen, don't say that the article has to wait, even if the details are a little careless, the fame will be gone.

There are many old children who are fifty or sixty years old, and they are qualified to be said to be scholars after the county examination, and they are recognized as children, and they are called children.

Many scholars who have studied private schools for many years can't even pass the county exam in their lives.

After becoming a showman, he is qualified to be a teacher in the museum, and with preferential treatment such as exemption from military service, the life of ordinary people is much better.

Those who can fight on this road may be lucky, but most of them are still smart.

Wang Mingyuan was serious, and his ability quickly showed up among many officials.

Quick to work, strong memory, quite familiar with the code system, and excellent comprehension ability.

In less than two months, he was already the official in charge of road and bridge construction under the Department of Industry and Commerce, and his status was almost the same as that of Zhuwen.

When everything was going well, there was another incident where Liu Zeqing sent a large army to Yunti Pass, and Wang Mingyuan was not depressed.

It is precisely because of this period of experience that Wang Mingyuan is a little hesitant.

As long as he escapes, it is tantamount to giving up all his previous efforts, and all his scheming is all in vain, not to mention the loss of status, identity and salary, just in terms of the mental time he spent before, Wang Mingyuan is a little reluctant.

Not far from the three of the Wang family were Ding Ruqi, Guan Lei and others, and everyone came here, but they saw Ding Ruqi off.

Guan Lei is now an official in the Department of Foreign Affairs, and he has not yet become a secretary, but he has been promoted to a first-class official, which is much higher than those third-class officials.

The officials here are divided into three classes, and unlike in other places, the salaries of the third-class officials are similar to those of the officers in the army, and the first-class officials are about the same as the captain of the flag.

Now the flag captain in the army is at the level of the bureau hundred generals, and at least he has the identity of the seven-grade general flag.

Now it is different from the past, the status of the military attache in the army has risen sharply, the status of the official is no less than that of the military attaché, the official is equivalent to the general manager of the bureau, and then the deputy and the director are above, then it belongs to the official position, Min Yuanqi has said first, and he will also give these officials praise and painting positions in the future, at least they are all five or six official positions.

This has given many scholars hope for progress, especially after the fall of Jingshi and the future is unknown, dozens of students have come to the Yuntiguan area, but most of them are children, and Xiucai is only Wang Mingyuan.

Ding Ruqi has never been hired, and he is also very disdainful of Wang Mingyuan and Guan Lei's service to Min Yuanqi.

"I really don't know what Brother Wang is hesitating about?" Hearing Wang Mingyuan's words, Ding Ruqi sneered, pointed to the long trench and arrow tower in front of him, and said, "Just these can ensure the safety of more than 100 households and many villages in this radius?" Deceive, deceive? ”

"I can't say that." Guan Lei is simple and kind, and he doesn't like Ding Ruqi's words to be too harsh. At the moment, he frowned and said: "It's better to do these things than to be tied up, Brother Ding didn't see the situation of the hundreds of households and villages, originally people were panicked, since a number of long trenches were dug nearby, all over the sharp piles and arrow towers, all the hundred villages felt protected, and they were more supportive of Lord Min, and there were many fewer people who fled." ”