Ordinary people eat twice a day, and Zhu Shun's family is not a rich bureaucratic gentry family, so Zhu Shun did not ask for breakfast, and waited until noon, and ate breakfast and lunch together.

Before the meal was finished, the matchmaker from Huangcun and several nearby villages came to the door, saying that she was looking for Zhu Liu's Lala's homework, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was to tell Zhu Shun that it was to match Zhu Shun.

If it was placed in the past, every Zhu Zhongren would be satisfied with the little ladies of the good family introduced by these matchmakers, but now that his son is a big official, he moved other thoughts, saying that he asked them to help introduce a few little ladies who had read poetry and books.

These matchmakers are very good at agreeing, but they laugh a little in their hearts, even if they are officials, what if they are officials, the house is still in tatters, and they are still poor.

I also want to marry a little lady who has read poetry and books, why don't you say that you will marry a young lady from a scholarly family.

Zhu Shun waited until his father came over and asked seriously, "Dad, how much money does our family have?" ”

Zhu Zhongren didn't know what his son was doing, but his love for his son was absolutely unreserved, and he directly revealed all his family background: "What's wrong?" What do you want money for? ”

"A total of six taels and nine cents of silver have been saved, but this is for your daughter-in-law, so you can't spend it indiscriminately."

These days, Zhu Shun has not only drawn the drawings of the hydraulic Jenny spinning machine, but also the materials used to create this thing, as well as the price of the materials.

Even if you don't hire a craftsman and build it yourself, it will cost you about 20 taels just to buy the materials.

Although the family's savings are still a lot short of twenty taels, Zhu Shun didn't expect his father to save so much money, and told the truth: "Dad, I want to open a spinning factory, and I need about twenty taels of silver." ”

No matter what his son wanted to do, Zhu Zhongren always supported 10,000 yuan, and when he heard the huge amount of twenty taels of silver, he suddenly fell silent.

Zhu Zhongren originally wanted to say something, but opened his mouth, closed it again, and was silent for a while before he spoke: "Okay, son, Dad knows, you wait here, Dad goes out." ”

By the time Zhu Zhongren came back again, it was already evening, and he didn't come back alone, followed by his two younger brothers.

Zhu Zhongren ran into the house with a hoe, dug out a small box from the ground, took out the silver inside, and handed it to Zhao Shun along with the one in his hand.

Zhu Shun's third uncle has been a tooth man for more than 20 years and has seen the world, and he knows very well that not to mention 20 taels of silver, even 50 taels of silver can't open a spinning factory, and 200 taels is about the same.

The third uncle stopped Zhu Shun, who was about to go out, and asked, "Shun'er, tell you the truth to the third uncle, what do you want this money for?" ”

"Is it that during this time, your colleagues invited you to dinner, and you couldn't hold it on your face, so you want to invite them back."

"If that's the case, you can just say it, the eldest brother still understands the sophistication of the world, and he won't scold you."

"As long as it doesn't affect your career, even if you sell the house of the three of us, let alone twenty taels, even thirty taels will be made up for you."

"Sensei said that you are an official, even those of us who are fighting at the bottom, we also pay attention to a face, we must not lose face."

The twenty taels of broken silver were in his hand, and Zhu Shun felt heavy, because he saw that the second uncle's Yanling knife was missing, and it should have been sold.

After listening to the third uncle's words, Zhu Shun's mood couldn't help but be a little heavy: "No, third uncle, these days I have invented a water-powered spinning machine that can spin a hundred spindles. ”

"This spinning machine is equivalent to a hundred women, and they want to build this spinning machine and use this spinning machine to open a spinning mill."

Zhu Shun explained clearly, but the third uncle was unhappy: "You mean, use this money to buy materials?" ”

Zhu Shun nodded.

Now even Zhu Shun's father was not happy, the third uncle knew that the eldest brother was reluctant to scold the child since he was a child, and he didn't even dare to speak in a serious tone, and took the initiative to say: "You kid is too brainless." ”

"Who are you? You are the head of Wang Gong's factory, and Wang Gong's factory is a place to build weapons, so it's not about what materials you want, just take them and use them, where can you buy them. ”

"You are the boss of the entire Wang Gong factory, don't you just use some materials, who dares to report you, unless you don't want to work in Wang Gong Factory in the future."

The third uncle's words had not yet spoken, and the second uncle, who had always remained silent, stopped the third who kept talking: "San'er, don't say it." ”

"The child must have his own considerations for doing this, you have never been an official, and I don't know what difficulties the child will have, and those of us who are elders should not impose our villain thinking on the child."

"If you want money, just give it."

Zhu Zhongren glared at the third child, and said with a smile: "Don't listen to your third uncle's nonsense, if you don't have enough money, tell your father, and your father will find a way." ”

"I have to have some money tomorrow, it's not too early, so let's go back quickly."

Father, second uncle, and third uncle said different things, but what each relative said was sincerely caring for Zhu Shun.

Zhu Shun took a deep breath, nodded heavily, and left the house.

As soon as I walked out of the door, I heard my father complaining about the third uncle, saying that he was okay to tell the child what he was doing.

After the end of the holiday and Zhu Shun came back from home, the officials of Wang Gongchang found that this top boss was even more strange, they were all officials, and they went to do the work done by those inferior craftsmen.

The officials were completely unwary of Zhu Shun now, and everyone became contemptuous of Zhu Shun in their hearts, in the end, he was a wild boy from the countryside, even if he became an official, he still looked like an inferior person.

What made these little officials feel ridiculous the most was that the materials used by Zhu Shun to create things were actually bought with his own money.

A sticker factory surnamed Huang was the first to discover Zhu Shun's stupid style and told the officials about it, but the officials didn't believe it at first.

When Zhu Shun came to buy materials for the second time, the officials witnessed Zhu Shun buying things out of his own pocket, and then they believed that there was really such a fool in the world.

Many members of the Donglin Party always paid attention to the news of Wang Gongchang, and they didn't do their own work, so they thought about whether they could find an opportunity to kill Zhu Shun.

They knew about Zhu Shun's stupid and stupid behavior from the mouths of Wang Gongchang's officials, and they were willing to let go of this opportunity, and soon spread the matter.

The Ming Dynasty is in a period of transition from an agricultural society to a commercial society, and the so-called system of the holy king, male ploughing and female weaving, has been affected by the impact of commercial governance.

In addition to the emergence of the guest registration system, the descendants of merchants can participate in the imperial examination, the status of merchants has been greatly improved, and the concept of mercenary has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The world is not ashamed of corruption, but takes it for granted, and Zhu Shun's behavior of paying for wood and iron naturally attracted the ridicule of many people.