When Zhou Fuzi heard this, he was slightly stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed, stood up, grinned, and said: "As recommended by Meng Weiweng, this son has a promising future, just like a seedling with a giant tree to shelter in the shade, without fear of the scorching sun!" ”

He picked up the ink strip of the water cup, and began to give Wei Weng ink ink, Wei Weng brushed the things on the huge case at will, made a space, and pulled out a new piece of leather paper, and said while unfolding it: "Shang Qing, don't get me wrong, the imperial court has its own rules and regulations, and we can't break the regulations." This letter can only make his future road smoother, and as for whether he can become a talent, he has to rely on himself. ”

Zhou Fuzi rolled up his sleeves and sharpened the ink strips quickly, his eyebrows and eyes smiled, and the white beard on his chin was shaking happily, and said: "This is natural, Wei Weng don't forget, I am also from the imperial history, and there was no shortage of bad habits in order to impeach this kind of bad habits, of course, this kid will not think that he can be motivated by taking a relationship, and it is indispensable to spur and admonish him in the future." ”

Wei Liaoweng picked up a wolf hair hanging on the Beacon Mountain, dipped it in ink, glanced at the happy Master Zhou, and said with a smile: "Strict teachers produce high apprentices, and Taoli tempers themselves." Shang Qing, I see you like this, I like this kid very much. ”

Zhou Fuzi stopped the ink strip, helped Wei Liaoweng flatten the paper, restrained his smile, his expression faded, and he stroked his beard and said: "Twenty years ago, I was demoted out of Beijing, like a down-and-out wandering soul, and alone, I had already lost my heart, I thought that I would live in that mountain village for the rest of my life, and I didn't ask about state affairs again, but after staying in that quiet place for a long time, I realized that what I was worried about in my heart was still ...... Alas! After reading the sage books all my life, the old habits are hard to change. ”

He shook his head, smiled bitterly at himself, put his hands behind his back, and stood in front of the desk: "Until I saw this child, read the words he wrote, and suddenly a fire rekindled in my heart, I thought that what I learned in this body must be taught to someone, I Zhou Lang is unlucky, I can't do a meager job for the country, but I can teach a person for the country, no matter what he will do in the future, what path he will take, I can now teach him, guide him, guide his wisdom to the right path, and let him understand the truth that the family and the country and the world are tied to the same shoulder. If God favors me, this child will also work hard and achieve success in the future, and it will not be in vain for me to live half my life in that mountain village. ”

Zhou Lang, the son of Zhou, said indifferently, and his words were all self-deprecating, but Wei Liaoweng looked at him deeply, his eyebrows flickering, thoughtful.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze, and with his right hand, which was holding the pen, he steadily dropped the tip of the pen on the paper and wrote the first word.

……

In the distant village of Lijia, another early morning came.

As in the past, the eldest grandson brother went out early to go to the field, although it is the village of Baozheng, but the eldest grandson Hao also depends on farming for a living, Li Xian in order to envelop him, gave the eldest grandson more than ten acres of good land, free of half of the field rent, this is extremely rare, two seasons of rice harvest a year, a family of four is enough to feed and wear, although the food is still the brown rice of the teeth, but the amount is a lot, two meals a day will not be hungry, than many farmers in the village who can only eat one rice is much stronger.

However, there is a lot of work in the field, and the eldest grandson brother basically spends a day there, and only Li Xian's family has cattle in the village, which is very expensive to rent, and generally does not dare to use it, and the cultivated land can only rely on manpower, which is very laborious.

After the eldest grandson Hongchen practiced, he wrote words at home for half an hour, and pretended to tell Zhang that he was going to Li Xian's house to find Li Wen and Li Wu's brothers to discuss the homework on words, where did Zhang know this, and thought that his son had a good relationship with the son of Li Guan's family, so he was so happy that he hurriedly let him go out.

The dog had been waiting at the mouth of the alley for a long time, and the two converged, went straight to the outside of the village, and walked in the direction of Zhangjia Village.

Since the last time I went to Zhangjia Village, it has been almost 20 days since today, counting the days, the time promised by Carpenter Zhang is enough, and I went today to inspect the goods.

But walking on the road, Changsun Hong's heart was still thinking about another thing.

Ten miles to walk for more than half an hour to arrive, Zhang carpenter's small courtyard appeared in front of him, the wooden signboard in front of the door swayed in the wind, "Lu team brother" four black lacquer characters eye-catching engraved on it, the signboard is a little old, it seems to be decades ago, obviously Zhang carpenter's craft has been passed down for several generations.

Knocking on the door and entering, there is still a hot start scene inside, several young apprentices are doing their own work, knocking and beating, ping pong, someone saw the eldest grandson Hong and the dog, asked a few words, and took the two of them towards the house.

Before entering the house, Carpenter Zhang came out with an ink fountain, with a cloth belt tied to his head, and some incomprehensible carpenter gadgets on it, and a tired craftsman with a tired beard and a tired face...... The rice mill was only made yesterday, come on, come on, I'll show you! ”

He walked towards the house in a hurry, took two steps and remembered something, and turned around again, moving so quickly that the eldest grandson Hong and the dog who were following him almost hit him.

Carpenter Zhang went back and loudly ordered the apprentices in the courtyard not to come in and disturb him, then closed the door, plugged in the latch, and said to the two like thieves: "This thing is good, as the little brother said, it can't be seen by others, otherwise it will be ruined if people learn it." ”

The eldest grandson Hong and the dog looked at each other and praised: "Uncle Zhang is thoughtful. ”

Carpenter Zhang smiled proudly, swept away the fatigue of the hard work for days, grinned and led the two through the house, to the backyard, where there were earthen walls on all sides, full of wood raw materials, and there was a vacant lot in the middle, covered with a large tarpaulin, looking at its size, it was as high as an ordinary man's shoulder.

Carpenter Zhang went into a room next to him that seemed to be his bedroom, took out a roll of paper, and handed it to Changsun Hong: "Little brother, this is a drawing, the old man has hidden it very well, no one has seen it, and now the thing is returned to the original owner." ”

Changsun Hong opened it and looked at it, there is no doubt that it was the picture he had drawn, but some annotations and changes were made with an ink pen on it, which should have been added by Carpenter Zhang when he made it.

The picture is drawn from memory, and there are many mistakes and omissions, and there are ghosts if you don't change them. Changsun Hong put the drawings into his arms, looked at the things under the tarpaulin and asked, "Uncle Zhang, where is the rice mill?" ”

"That's it." Carpenter Zhang looked excited, put his hand on the tarpaulin, turned his face and nagged: "Things are really complicated, many parts are the first time to see, but they are really easy to use, the old man tried it, it is much better than the ordinary wooden mill." But it's really hard to do, and I don't dare to let many people know that the old man with two apprentices, gets up early and is greedy for darkness, and leaves everything else behind, so he specializes in this, and he has to be worthy of the little brother's money, right? Not to mention, it's ...... when you do it."

"Stop, stop!" Changsun Hong stood opposite him, wiped the spit on his face and said: "Uncle Zhang, we all know this, you are old and hard, you are old and skilled, except for you, no one can do it within a hundred miles, otherwise we won't look for you, but whether the things are good or not, you have to look at it to know, right?" ”

Carpenter Zhang patted the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "Yes, yes, yes, the little brother is right, you look at my brain, it's not good, come, little brother, you inspect the goods, see if Carpenter Zhang's craftsmanship works!" ”

As soon as his hand was raised, the huge tarpaulin was gone, and a huge rice mill was displayed in front of the three of them.

On a wooden cylinder as big as a grinding disc, stretch out two arm-like wooden poles, which is the rotating arm of the rice milling machine, manpower or animal power to rotate, there is a hole at the top, which is to put the millet in, and there is a wooden groove around the cylinder below, and the brown rice milled from the inside comes out of here, and below is a few thick pillars, which weigh dozens of pounds of rice milling machine firmly on the ground, at a glance, only feel that this machine is very big and heavy.

"It's rough on the outside, but it's fine on the inside, otherwise this rice mill would be like an ordinary stone mill." Carpenter Zhang was full of interest, and he was reluctant to let go of the wood cylinder: "Just the grinding teeth inside, the old man has been doing it for a few days in a row, and his hands are almost tired, praise and praise, it's really fine, fortunately, without the reputation of the old man, it was made after all." ”

The craftsman has a special plot in the extraordinary things he makes, and the feeling is similar to giving birth to a child, reluctant and proud.

Changsun Hong circled around the rice mill a few times, and asked Zhang carpenter to grab some millet to try once, the brown rice that came out of the husk from the inside, almost no bran husk, the rice grains are clear, a pound of millet is milled in an instant, compared to using stone mortars to scoop rice, it is fast and convenient, and it is labor-saving.

The dog looked at the rice grains in disbelief, and was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, looked at the brown rice in his hand, and then looked at Changsun Hong, and didn't know what to say.

Zhang Carpenter is much better, at least not so surprised, after all, this rice milling machine is made by him, he stood beside Changsun Hong, watched him carefully observe the details of the machine, and said in an envious tone: "Little brother has a good idea, as soon as this rice milling machine comes out, the business of stonemasons to build mortars is afraid to be gone, who will bother to make rice in the future, they have to use rice mills, a few more planes, the harvest season of each village and town turns, it is difficult to get rich." ”

He gave a thumbs up and said to Sun Hong: "The old man has been a carpenter for decades, and it is the first time I have seen a character like you, even if Master Lu Banzu is reincarnated, he can't think of such an ingenious mechanism." ”

Changsun Hong bent down to look at the lower part of the cylinder, and when he heard him say this, he raised his head, smiled at him, and said, "Is it very profitable?" ”

"Definitely making money." Carpenter Zhang said firmly: "Once the people of ten miles and eight towns know that there is such a good thing, they will rush to grind rice." ”

"Then I'll sell it to you." The eldest grandson Hongdao, smiled even more happily, his teeth shining white in the sun: "I'll sell you the blueprint." ”