He Zhiyuan immediately explained: "She went to clean the house in the city, so I took her by the way, and I really didn't want to take her there." ”

"You didn't do anything bad in the carriage?" Zhou Fuliu said suspiciously.

"Where do you want to go, my apprentice is driving in front." He Zhiyuan thought in his heart, he didn't do anything bad, he just hugged him, but he didn't dare to say it.

"Really? Don't lie to me, let me check it out, there's something nice about you. Come here! Zhou Fuliu said in a commanding tone. It's not at all like the previous knowledgeable and courteous, and everyone looks beautiful.

Could it be that she was pretending to be before? Or was it Zhou Fuliu before, and now it is Li Wei who is showing it? Wasn't Li Wei in her previous life a tigress with a pungent personality and a strong and independent tigress? Ah, no! It's a strong woman.

"Where?" He Zhiyuan asked.

"Come to my office!"

"What for?"

"I want to check!"

"Check what?"

Zhou Fuliu did not answer, and began to walk towards the tent of the soap workshop. He Zhiyuan thought to himself, she wouldn't be checking on me, would she? Does she want to cook raw rice into mature rice? But can my small body withstand her "ravage"? Didn't she keep saying I wasn't growing up yet? The last time I hugged her, she broke free of me as soon as she was excited, is now she figuring it out?

He Zhiyuan thought wildly, and followed Zhou Fuliu to the tent.

When he came to the tent, He Zhiyuan covered his crotch with both hands and pretended to be pitiful, and said to Zhou Fuliu: "Don't mess around, I'm still a child who hasn't grown up." ”

"You think beautifully! Full of seriousness, is this girl what you think? Zhou Fuliu was amused by his appearance. But I approached him and sniffed at his clothes.

"Well, count you honest and not lying." Zhou Fuliu said with satisfaction. He didn't smell the woman's body odor, and his jealousy disappeared.

It's dangerous! Fortunately, he changed his clothes at noon, and on the way back, probably because Liang Wensheng agreed to increase his life and accepted him as an apprentice, Wang Zhixue kept chatting with him excitedly, and he didn't have the opportunity to get close to Yueji again.

"How could I lie to you! It's really just a dropway. He Zhiyuan said sincerely.

"How's it going?"

"It's okay, the matter of the vocational and technical college has been decided, and he agreed to the conditions we discussed. However, it is difficult to find a place of more than ten acres in the city, so he asked our college to temporarily live in the official academy. ”

"Wouldn't that be better? This is also stained with the light of official learning. Zhou Fuliu said.

"The matter of the three workshops has also been negotiated. However, Lord Liang insisted on building these three workshops near the state city, so it was inconvenient to go back and forth. If I insist on building here, I'm afraid Lord Liang will be suspicious, after all, weapons and gunpowder are the killing weapons of soldiers, and building here will inevitably attract some criticism from the DPRK and China, so I agreed" He Zhiyuan continued.

"Well, you're right." Zhou Fuliu replied.

"But the construction of the walls has not been negotiated."

"He doesn't agree?" Zhou Fuliu asked suspiciously.

"No, he's too small. He was to recruit 50,000 craftsmen and craftsmen, and asked us to build a town with a circumference of sixteen miles. I think the two of us are too big. Silver is needed everywhere, and I can't afford to build a city wall with such silver, and besides, such a large city will take a long time, so what if the Japanese invaders come if they don't repair it, so I said that I would come back and discuss it before making a decision. ”

"So big? If it is really to be built, it will be about the same size as the current state town. Lord Liang heard that there is no need to spend the money of the government, and he is eager for us to build another Juzhou City. Zhou Fuliu was also stumped by Liang Wensheng's request.

"Yes, I calculated that if I built a city wall of this scale, it would cost a million taels of silver, and this is still when the craftsmen of the people do not give silver. If all kinds of shops, roads, and various functional buildings are built in the city, the total cost will be at least three or four million taels of silver. Isn't this Liang Wensheng too good and happy? He Zhiyuan complained.

Zhou Fuliu thought for a while and said, "Since Lord Liang asked us to build a town of this scale, our two families also have to put forward conditions to him. ”

"On what terms?"

"We want the land in the city, and the yamen must coordinate and mobilize the people to sell the land in the city to our two families at the price of farmland, and we are responsible for the work of relocating the people who sold the land. If he agrees and does it, I will have the means to get the money and build the walls as soon as possible. ”

As soon as Zhou Fuliu said this, He Zhiyuan immediately understood. Isn't this the demolition and relocation enclosure of later generations? This is a good way, as long as you have land, you can also have wealth. The area of the city with a circumference of 16 miles is more than 6,000 acres, and if it is at the current market price, it can be bought for 60,000 or 70,000 taels of silver. Moreover, 2,000 acres of land in this city belong to He Zhiyuan's family. If the city wall is built and various workshops are built, the land in the city will immediately have more than 100 times the appreciation space. In the early stage of building the city wall, as long as there is enough publicity, part of the land can be pre-sold first, which is enough to raise silver taels for the construction of the city wall.

Yes, He Zhiyuan said: "I understand what you mean, you are going to engage in real estate in Daming." But this matter has to be planned by Uncle Zhou. ”

"Of course, you have to do your homework." Zhou Fuliu said.

The sun was about to set, and the house was getting dark. According to the usual times, Vanilla should have come to pick up the young lady and go home, but today I haven't seen Vanilla. He Zhiyuan was puzzled and asked, "Why hasn't Vanilla come to pick you up yet?" ”

"I'm mad at me, and I'm angry. Ay! Sometimes I really can't figure out which of the two of us is the master and who is the servant. "Zhou Fuliu and Vanilla are like sisters, and the two have grown up since they were young, and they often fight and make trouble, and this kind of thing is commonplace.

"Because of what? Aren't you on good terms? He Zhiyuan asked.

Zhou Fuliu didn't answer him, but asked: "Today, your family invited a matchmaker to come to my house to propose marriage." You don't know this? ”

As soon as he said this, He Zhiyuan remembered it, the old lady said this yesterday, and he thought it was just that, but he didn't expect the old lady to be an anxious person. Without delaying a day, I will go to Zhou's house today to propose marriage.

"You told me about it yesterday, I didn't expect it to be so soon. Uncle, your aunt agreed? ”

"My father is not at home, and my mother cannot be the master." Zhou Fuliu replied.

"You don't have to call the shots." He Zhiyuan said with a grin.

"You think it's the twenty-first century? This era naturally has the rules of this era. Zhou Fuliu grabbed the white road.

He Zhiyuan smiled, did not answer Zhou Fuliu's words, but asked, "When will my uncle return here?" ”

"You're in such a hurry to marry me? You're not yet sixteen years old, and you'll have to wait at least another two years. Zhou Fuliu then said: "I can warn you, in the past two years, you are not allowed to mess with flowers and grass, let alone have eye-to-eye with that little girl in your family." ”

"You just said that this era has the rules of this era, and men of my age are married in this era." He Zhiyuan retorted.

"This is for your good, you are still a human being in two lives, early marriage is not conducive to physical development, don't you know?" Zhou Fuliu shot back.

"Forget it, I can't talk about you. I'm surrendering, right? He Zhiyuan had no choice but to give way. Then he continued: "I asked my uncle when he would come back, because I wanted to finalize the plan for building the city wall as soon as possible, so that I could reply to Lord Liang. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and when the weather is cool after the festival, we will be ready to start construction. ”

"That's pretty much it! My father went to Qingzhou, and he has already sent someone to invite him today, and it is estimated that he will come back the day after tomorrow. ”

At this time, He Zhiyuan remembered Liang Wensheng's request to ask Zhou Fuliu to paint, so he said to Zhou Fuliu: "Today Lord Liang gave me a seven-character quatrain of Yongmei, he knows that you are a Danqing master, and wants to ask you to make a painting according to the artistic conception of the poem, and then he wants to write this poem himself." ”

So saying, he took out the manuscript of the poem. At this time, it was dark, and I could no longer see the manuscript of the poem on the table. Zhou Fuliu lit the candle, picked up the poem and read it, and his face changed greatly!

He Zhiyuan saw that her face had changed, and asked anxiously, "Is there anything wrong with this manuscript?" ”

Zhou Fuliu replied: "There is no problem with this poem, but there is a problem with the person who wrote this poem!" ”

He Zhiyuan became nervous and asked Zhou Fuliu: "This poetic conception is good, it is the true portrayal of Lord Liang now." ”

"Don't you know that this is the "Plum Blossom" by Wang Shishen, the Eight Monsters of Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty?"

"Huh?" He Zhiyuan's head buzzed.

Then the two said at the same time: "Could it be that Liang Wensheng is our son?" ”