Zhang Ning couldn't cry or laugh when he received his father's letter, if it wasn't for the shortcomings of his previous life, how could he be so stubborn? Having said that, after the soup kitchen, Youyou obviously knew him a lot, and every day after entering the palace to ask the empress dowager for peace, he would go to the Qianqing Palace to talk to Zhu Qizhen. Well, after talking to Zhu Qizhen, I came to Zhang Ning.

She thought that she had done nothing but stop by and by the way, just happened to see him, came over to say hello, and talked for a while.

Zhang Ning pretended not to find anything, and smiled secretly, his leisurely temperament was still the same as before, he hadn't changed at all, and he always liked to do something to cover his ears and steal the bell. Well, maybe girls are like that.

Zhu Qizhen proposed to donate grain in the early court, and Sanyang was in favor of it. There is no need to pay a copper plate, as long as the emperor writes a letter of commendation, he can harvest countless grains, who would object?

When Cishou Palace listened to the government, Yang Shiqi praised Zhu Qizhen greatly, and at the same time asked who offered such a good plan. On the way to Cishou Palace, several people guessed while walking, but they insisted on their own words, and the five ministers guessed one person each, and no one could convince anyone.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhang Qing said. I really didn't expect that he was not only willing to give, the first to build a tent to give porridge, but also to donate food. ”

Zhang Fu smiled smoothly, looked smug, and said, "The old man guessed correctly, it is indeed this son." ”

He said, except for Zhang Ning, who could come up with such a good idea? It's a pity that Yang Shiqi didn't believe it, and he didn't say that it must be Peng Shi, the new champion of the current department, who offered advice to His Majesty. That Peng Shi is more than old and clever, how can he come up with such a good plan?

Sanyang looked surprised, and Yang Shiqi said, "Is it really Zhang Ning?" ”

Hu Tong smiled and said: "It must have been the strategy offered by His Majesty when he went out of the palace to inspect the people's situation that day, right?" ”

"Exactly." Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhang Qing's heart is for the people, which is really rare. ”

The Empress Dowager was very happy when she heard that there was such a good plan, but when she heard that this plan was offered by Zhang Ning, her thin brows wrinkled, and she heard several old ministers who took care of his life praise him vigorously, and her face was a little unsightly, and when she heard Zhu Qizhen say that he cared about the people, she snorted lightly and said, "I'm afraid it's because of women." ”

What storms haven't the five ministers experienced? Since he would not be affected by the Empress Dowager's words, Zhu Qizhen was not like them, and said a little uncomfortably: "The imperial grandmother said that she laughed." ”

Zhang Fu laughed and said, "My Fair Lady, the gentleman is good, it was originally right." ”

The Empress Dowager's face sank, and the atmosphere was suddenly solemn.

Yang Rong said: "No matter what, this son is sensitive, not only to solve the difficulties of the victims, but also to solve the worries of His Majesty. I think that in less than three days, there will be food, and I can send Qin to provide disaster relief. ”

The Empress Dowager's face was a little pale, and she said: "That kid is already eccentric, Your Majesty is mixed with him, don't be spoiled by him." ”

Although he was worried about Zhu Qizhen, his tone softened, and the solemn atmosphere disappeared.

Sanyang and Hu Tong both knew the reason why the Empress Dowager didn't like Zhang Ning, and they couldn't help but think of the three-year appointment between the two. Zhang Ning probably didn't expect that he would challenge the authority of the Empress Dowager, right?

Zhu Qizhen defended Zhu Qizhen: "The grandson has grown up, how can he be easily taken away?" ”

It's really a solid-eyed child, the five ministers sighed secretly.

Zhang Fu talked about Zhang Ning's soup porridge donation again, and said: "This time I almost emptied the treasury of An Xiangbo's mansion, but fortunately An Xiangbo was not in Beijing, otherwise I would have to kill this loser." ”

The other four laughed, they all built porridge sheds, and they knew very well how much it cost to spend a day on a carload of grain.

The corners of the Empress Dowager's lips hooked slightly, and she said: "This kid doesn't just talk about it, and sometimes he does some practical things." ”

A few people laughed a few words and continued the discussion.

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There are more and more families who set up tents to give porridge, and basically as long as the victims are willing to receive the porridge, they can eat enough for three meals a day. Suncheon Fu Yin is also very experienced in dealing with it, and after the initial chaos, it began to be orderly.

God seems to have sympathy for the victims, and the temperature is getting warmer day by day, and although it is cold at night, it does not freeze to death. As for the kindness of Zhang Ning, even the noble courtiers who were newly taken out of the silk face did not.

Zhang Ning was on duty during the day and made molds at night, and among the little guys who gave him hands, there was a man named Fu'an, who was particularly talented, learned very quickly, studied day and night, and made the first mold in just a few days.

Zhang Ning handed him two drawings, and he made them in only two days, which is simply a genius for making molds. After his two molds were ready, Zhang Deng handed him five more drawings.

From making a mold in two days, to making one in one day, or even two in a day, Fu'an is doing faster and better, and even has the meaning of being blue.

Zhang Ning handed over the remaining drawings to him, asking them to be completed with quality and quantity, and he became the shopkeeper.

As long as it was not a strange-shaped part, it was not difficult to make the old iron, and there were many of them, and while he expanded the ironshop, he hired dozens of blacksmiths to work day and night. After the mold was made, Zhang Ning bought a piece of land next to the iron mill and planned it into two areas, one is the traditional hammering, where the blacksmith and apprentice are divided into two groups, each working for six hours, in order to maximize the use of the stove and bellows; In the other area, coke is used as fuel, and the iron bars are melted at high temperatures to become molten iron, which flows into the mold and is cooled and formed.

Zhang Ning only wanted to make a textile machine as soon as possible and start work as soon as possible, but he didn't expect to become the largest iron mill owner in the capital.

On the other side, although Wang Zhen tried his best to obstruct it, Zhu Qizhen personally interrogated, and the land confiscated by the prisoner was also handed over to Zhang Ning. Zhang Ning asked Lao Guan to hire some masons to build houses according to the drawings. These days are also in full swing, day and night rush to work.

In order not to delay the construction period of his son-in-law's textile factory, Lao Guan couldn't take care of the porridge shed, and he couldn't take care of the big and small affairs in the house, so he concentrated on building a house.

When all the parts of the textile machine were made, Zhang Ning was both excited and nervous. He solemnly washed his hands and wiped them clean with a new white handkerchief.

The drawings were drawn by him, and he knew where to install them, as long as he found the corresponding number of each part and installed them in order. But for the sake of safety, he still put on the jade pendant, and after a quarter of an hour he took it off and put it back on, and so on many times.

The installation went very smoothly and the loom was installed.

Zhang Ning was excited, first untied the jade pendant and put it in his sleeve pocket, and then took a closer look at this epoch-making machine, his hand gently stroked the cold machine, like caressing the charming curves of a beauty.

"I set a record." He whispered to himself. What kind of changes will this machine bring when it came out hundreds of years in advance, and will it be like a butterfly's wings that will derail the direction of the Ming Dynasty? Zhang Ning didn't know. But he will not do nothing for the sake of the so-called historical trend.

Unlike modern machines, in which there was no electricity, Zhang Ning designed a pedal component. In other words, a machine needs two people, one constantly stepping on the pedal, and the other laying off the weaving.