The next day, Song Yingjing came in a hurry again, the difference was that this time she wore a badge and a puffer official uniform, and the color of the official uniform was much better than Zhu Shun's green official uniform.

Song Yingjing, who was promoted to the seventh rank to supervise the imperial history, the color of the official uniform was cyan.

In addition to borrowing the steam engine when Song Yingjing came over this time, he also brought good news: "Mr. Zhu, the emperor is relieved about the selection of Xiushi." ”

"The quota of ten people remains the same, but the restriction of two selections every three years has been abolished, and the Jingshi University Hall can select Xiushi recognized by the imperial court every year."

What Zhu Shun wants most is not to expand the quota, but to select twice in three years, and now that he has achieved this wish, he thinks that the map was not given to Wang Chengen in vain.

The two chatted for a few words, and Zhu Shun handed over the task of disassembling and installing the steam engine to Zhang Tao, the top inventor of the Ming Dynasty, and then was busy promoting the recruitment of students in the Jingshi University Hall.

Because he had to go to the townships of Liangxiang County to publicize, the squires of the townships were all dealing with them, Zhu Shun was not good at dealing with these squires, and he was going to invite the old lady Song out to help deal with this matter.

Before Zhu Shun walked out of the hall of Beijing Normal University, the old lady Song had already come over in a sedan chair.

Old lady Song pushed open the firewood door and walked into the fence courtyard, grabbed Zhu Shun's shoulder, and said with a smile: "The old man said that your kid is a lucky star, as long as he follows you, he will definitely enjoy happiness." ”

"It's only been a few days, and the Song family has made a lot of money, not to mention, the stupid thing of the fourth child has become the supervising imperial history of the seventh grade."

"When I look back, the old man must let people create a golden statue of Mr. Zhu and put it at home every day for incense, worshipping Mr. Zhu is much more useful than worshipping the God of Wealth."

Zhu Shun couldn't help but be amused by Old Lady Song, smiled and said, "Old lady, don't worship me first, there is something to trouble the old lady." ”

Old lady Song patted her chest and said, "Although Mr. Zhu said, as long as it can be done, Song will definitely do it." ”

Zhu Shun first told the old lady Song about the fact that the Jingshi University Hall could select Xiushi, and the old lady Song was speechless in an instant.

With his profound knowledge, he didn't know how to describe Zhu Shun, but he just said at the end: "Mr. Zhu is really capable." ”

Zhu Shun smiled, accepted the praise of the old lady Song, and continued: "I have to deal with the squire of this county to recruit students, I am not very good at this kind of thing, and I ask the old lady to help." ”

The old lady Song didn't say a word, stepped onto a Liaodong horse led by the family, and waved his hand with a rifled flintlock pistol on his back, quite scolding Fang Xuan: "The old man will come when he goes." ”

Zhu Shun smiled faintly, arched his hand, and watched the old lady Song ride his horse and disappear into the field.

The most complicated and difficult relationship is the squire, and the old lady Song will come when he goes, and it took several days to do it until the day of Lixia.

Taking advantage of the leisure time in the past few days, Zhu Shun went to the private kiln built by his father, the round kiln has been built, the kiln workers have been recruited, and cement is being developed.

Riding a little donkey along the dusty official road, he came to the round kiln near the Chaohe River in the eastern suburbs of the capital, less than a mile away from the round kiln, Zhu Shun saw the kiln factory with thick smoke.

Just after the New Year, Zhu Shun's father took the two hundred taels of silver given by his son and began to build a round kiln, recruit potters, and it only took a month to complete this matter.

The use of the circular kiln to fire all kinds of things, but the craftsman Zhu Zhongren's specialty, the day after the construction of the circular kiln, according to the formula given by Zhu Shun, began to fire the kind of thing called cement.

The recipe that Zhu Shun knows is only a rough idea, mainly using limestone and clay as raw materials, but as for the firing process and detailed proportions, he doesn't know, so he can only try it slowly.

In the early days of studying anything, it was burning money, and the kiln factory burned silver for three months, but there was still no progress, which made the head craftsman Zhu Zhongren anxious.

In order to contribute to his son's career, Zhu Zhongren, the head craftsman, made a difficult decision, he decided to resign as the head craftsman of the official kiln and burn cement wholeheartedly.

The craftsman Zhu Zhongren walked into the official kiln, and the sad face on his face disappeared in an instant, and he laughed happily.

"Zhu Yuanwai hasn't been here for a few days."

"Yes, I heard that your son helped build a kiln factory outside the staff, we have been friends for decades, and we can't forget the old brother when the staff is developed."

"Brother Zhu, in the past, my brother and I didn't invite you to drink, but in the future, I will help my brother more."

The head craftsman, Zhu Zhongren, first heard the word "outside", and looked back a few times, thinking that he was shouting at the people behind, but there was no one behind him after several glances.

Hearing that his son paid for the kiln factory, the head craftsman Zhu Zhongren understood that he was calling himself, and immediately greeted the old brothers in a big way: "Lao Li, look at what you said." ”

"No matter how good this member is, we are still brothers, where can we forget you."

Zhu Zhongren, an outsider, warmly greeted the Guanyao brothers one by one, walked to the door of the public office, suddenly stopped leaving, and stood there pondering one thing.

Gonggong Chen just walked out of the public office, saw Zhu Zhongren pondering there, and asked with a smile: "What is Zhu Yuan thinking outside?" ”

Zhu Zhongren frowned and said: "We are also outsiders now, and I always feel that there is something missing in my hands." ”

Gonggong Chen didn't dare in other aspects, in terms of eating, drinking, and having fun, he could definitely be in the forefront of the eunuchs, and said with a smile: "Zhu Yuanwai is waiting here." ”

After half a pillar of incense, Gonggong Chen came back, with one more thing in his hand, a dog chain, and a slender Mongolian dog with a yellow body.

Zhu Zhongyi, who was outside the staff, saw this Mongolian dog, and his frowning brows relaxed, yes, leading the dog is worthy of the identity of the outsider.

But I thought of another problem, and I didn't pick up the dog chain.

Gonggong Chen walked over and stuffed the dog chain into the hand of Zhu Zhongyi, who was outside the staff: "Brother Zhu, don't worry, this Mongolian fine dog is a fierce hunting dog, if you don't want to feed it, you can scatter it, and it will catch some birds, rats, badgers and civets to fill its stomach." ”

Zhu Zhongyi, an outsider, smiled when he heard this, and patted Gonggong Chen's shoulder: "Haha, Brother Chen still understands me." ”

After saying this, Zhu Zhongyi, an outsider, took the Mongolian dog and walked out of the official kiln with a swagger, forgetting all the business.

Zhu Shun, who came to the kiln factory, sat in the main hall for a long time, and did not wait for his father to come back, so he was ready to go to the round kiln to check the firing of cement first.

As soon as I walked out of the main hall, I saw my father leading a Mongolian dog through the gate.

Zhu Zhongren, an outsider, saw his son coming, and hurriedly walked over happily and stuffed the dog chain into Zhu Shun's hand: "Son, this is for you, Gonggong Chen said that this kind of hunting dog is very fierce and very suitable for self-defense." ”

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