The next day, Ugqi changed his strategy and sent the three Wuliangha troops to harass Fu Youde's reinforcements and reduce their marching speed; At the same time, it no longer attacked head-on, and sent cavalry to constantly harass the Ming army, day and night, and then attack when the Ming army was exhausted.

After Zhu Yuanzhang fixed the capital of Jinling, he spent a lot of effort to build Jinling City, and the Jinling City after the establishment of the city can be called beautiful: ten miles of Qinhuai River lights are red and green, and the night is full of songs, 100,000 craftsmen gather in Jinling, forming a prosperous eighteen squares in the south of the city, and also renovating the main street of Beijing. The Chang'an Avenue in front of the imperial city running through the south of the city is more than 30 zhang wide, all of which use specially fired paving bricks, and the road is flat and durable.

Chang'an Avenue is the most prosperous road in Nanjing, with restaurants and shops on the roadside, and several top noble mansions in the Ming Dynasty. And the flow of people on the street is also endless from morning to night, pedestrians, vendors, horse-drawn carriages and other streams, anyone who comes here for the first time, will feel the prosperity and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

In March, you can only see a faint shadow of spring, but March in Beijing is already in full bloom. The sons and daughters of the nobles and the eunuchs in the capital all came out to step on the spring, and the business of the flower boats on the Qinhuai River became more and more prosperous. However, for some young people, they can only look at the boat and sigh. At this time, the four young people sitting on the second floor of the VIP building were Fang Zhongyu and Fang Zhongxian, the two sons of Mr. Fang Xiaoru, the current chief editor of the Hongwu Dictionary, and his two disciples, Liao Yong and Liao Ming, the grandsons of Deqing Hou Liao Yongzhong. Deqing Hou Liao Yongzhong fought all his life, but was finally killed by Zhu Yuanzhang with a small mistake, and then although Zhu Yuanzhang let his son Liao Quan inherit the title of Deqing Hou, but the Liao family has since changed the family style, no longer to the martial arts heirloom, Liao Quan personally came to the door to ask the great Confucian Fang Xiaoru, hoping to bring his son Liao Yong and Liao Ming into the door. Even so, the two still regarded themselves as Fang Xiaoru's protégés, and respected the teacher very much, and even took the two senior brothers Zhongyu and Zhongxian to be extremely respectful, and often invited the two senior brothers to travel and feast together. It's just that Fang Xiaoru's family rules are very strict, and the four of them don't dare to set foot in the Qinhuai River, so they can only listen to the singing on the Qinhuai River on the upper floor of the VIP building by the river, and it's better than nothing.

Fang Zhongyue, the eldest of the four, is only twenty-two years old, and the youngest Liao Ming is only seventeen years old. It didn't take long for the kitchen to be ready, a few guys went in and out, and the table was full of wine and dishes, including two fish fresh, two seasonal fresh, and a few pork, mutton, chicken stir-fried vegetables and two fruit platters, Liao Yong and Liao Ming first toasted the two senior brothers a cup, and then picked up the chopsticks, chatted while eating, and tasted delicious at the same time, from time to time commented on the scholars, ladies and ladies on the road, and the occasional flower boat floating on the Qinhuai River......

When Fang Zhongyu and the others were discussing the new lyrics that had been circulating on the Qinhuai River recently, there was a crisp and neat sound of horses' hooves from the east, and then the flow of people on Chang'an Street could be seen as if they had been slashed by knives, making way to the side of the road and giving way to the middle of the road. The youngest Liao Ming sat by the window, he stretched out his head to take a look, was stunned for a moment, and then retracted his head as fast as he could, looked at the three brothers who were surprised, and said in a low voice: "It's Jinyiwei." ”

Yes? Jin Yiwei? The movements of the other three people immediately appeared a freeze frame, then glanced at each other, put down the chopsticks and surrounded the window, poked their heads out gently, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

There are four carriages behind Jinyiwei, what is striking is the first carriage, about one zhang five long, one zhang wide, with four wheels, in front of four horses, all of which are abnormal, walking on the Chang'an Street paved with blue bricks, very stable; The carriage that followed was smaller, with two horses; Finally, there is a pull horse, which has four wheels in common.

Liao Yong laughed out loud: "This guy has a sick brain, the carriage is so big, and he goes to the street in broad daylight, lest others don't know that he's stupid." ”

When he was talking proudly, Fang Zhongyue next to him pushed his elbow harder, "Oh, senior brother, you light!" Liao Yong shouted.

Fang Zhongyue turned his head and glared at him fiercely, and said, "Senior brother, Jin Yiwei is the guide, this person has an extraordinary identity, you are talking nonsense, be careful of causing trouble to your family." ”

"Hmm-----" Liao Yong woke up suddenly and immediately kept silent.

In the eyes of everyone, four carriages drove past the VIP building and gradually moved away along the Qinhuai River.

The pedestrians on the road and the diners in the VIP building also resumed their noise, and there were too many unexpected things in the Jingshi, and the waves caused by a few carriages dissipated after a while.

But after a quarter of an hour, a group of brocade guards rushed up to the second floor, some rushed to the third floor, and the rest lined up, completely surrounding the passage from the second floor to the third floor, and even cleaned up some diners who were not in a good position. The diners only dared to be angry.

After another incense stick, a group of people came up from the first floor, led by a young man and a woman wearing a veil, and the young man supported the woman over and over again, while saying: "Slow down, be careful, thank you for your hard work!" The woman seemed reluctant, but she wore a veil and her voice was low, and she didn't know what they were talking about.

This pair of young men and women were followed by more than a dozen servants, including men and women, as well as two Taoist priests, all of whom looked strange, but did not dare to speak. After all, those who can use the brocade guard as a guard of honor must be from the royal family, and no one can afford to provoke them.

There was a white-clothed Confucian among the people, he looked around, and suddenly saw Fang Zhongyu and the others, raised his eyebrows, and smiled at them. Liao Yong paused for a moment and said in a low voice: "Senior brother, do you know him?" ”

found that Fang Zhongyue's face was pale, and he was about to ask again, but Fang Zhongyue put his index finger in front of his lips, and stopped him from speaking with a "shhhh But Jin Yiwei still stood in place, not moving.

After a while, the diners who felt that the atmosphere was not right checked out and left, and in the blink of an eye, Fang Zhongyu's table was left on the second floor. Liao Yong wanted to ask, but he didn't know where to start. At this moment, "Da Da Da", a person came down from the third floor, it was the white-clothed Confucian student, and he walked towards them after he went downstairs. Fang Zhongyu and Fang Zhongxian hurriedly stood up and said, "Uncle Wang, Zhongyu/Zhongxian is polite." ”

The man in white was Wang Du, although he was over forty years old, his face was full of red light, and he looked younger and younger, he looked around the second floor, and said with a smile: "Two virtuous nephews, these two are?" As he spoke, his eyes turned to Liao Yong and Liao Ming.

Fang Zhongyue was very respectful: "Uncle, these two are Liao Yong and Liao Ming, the sons of Deqinghou, and they are my father's students. ”

"Oh," Wang Du looked at it carefully, and said, "Since you are a disciple of Brother Xizhi, let's go upstairs with your uncle together, Your Highness wants to see you." ”

"Yes."

After the four of them went upstairs, they first knelt on the ground and saluted: "See His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, His Royal Highness Chitose, Chitose, Chitose!" Participate in the Imperial Princess's concubine Niangniang, Niangniang Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. ”

Zhu Yunwen observed it and found that Fang Zhongyu and Fang Zhongxin were angry, although Liao Yong and Liao Ming were a little childish, they were heroic, and they couldn't help but be secretly happy, he needed young people to supplement his team too much now. He stood up, helped them up one by one, and said, "Lone is actually a student of Mr. Fang, so we are also classmates, come, come, don't be formal, sit here." ”

The four of them didn't dare to say that they didn't dare to do so, but they were forced to sit down by Zhu Yunwen. After sitting down, Wang Du got up and introduced them, in addition to Zhu Yunwen and Ma Hui, there were also Wang Du's wife Zhang and Wang Du's two sons Min Zhong and Min Xiu, and then Wang Quan, the dean of the College of Engineering, and several craftsmen.

The four of them were a little puzzled, how could the craftsman sit with the emperor's grandson?

I saw Zhu Yunwen stand up, pick up a glass of wine and say: "Lone is very happy today, the reason is that our School of Engineering has added two senior craftsmen and three intermediate craftsmen, among which Zhao Quanyou and Wang Enbo have been promoted to senior craftsmen, and Liu Quansan, Gong Weimin, and He Qingyu have been promoted to intermediate craftsmen, in recognition of your efforts in the past six months, you have finally built a sturdy and durable four-wheeled carriage, which is an epoch-making achievement." ”

"So in addition to the improvement of Yulu, Lone decided to reward each of you with a set of houses in Jingshi, as well as a four-wheeled carriage."

"Wang Quan, Dean of the School of Engineering, is diligent in his work, effective in managing the team of craftsmen, and also rewards Jingshi with a set of houses."

Wang Quan, Zhao Quanyou and others hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank them, especially Zhao Quanyou and others' tears of excitement flowed down, kept kowtowing, and whimpered: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness, the little one will be full of liver and brains and complete His Highness's entrustment." ”

Looking at the tears on Zhao Quanyou's thin face, and at the same time he glanced at the contempt on Fang Zhongyu and Fang Zhongxian's faces, Zhu Yunwen's mood was a little complicated, these people were the best technicians and inventors in the Ming Dynasty, and they were all successful figures in later generations, but now they are grateful for the sake of the house. The treatment of craftsmen will be improved slowly in the future, but how to make readers realize the importance of craftsmen is probably more difficult.

This time, Zhu Yunwen deliberately let the four-wheeled carriage appear on Chang'an Street, and deliberately invited a few craftsmen to dinner in the VIP building, all in order to improve the status of the craftsman, he can't change others' views of the craftsman for the time being, but he hopes that the craftsman will not look down on himself, and the recognition of others needs a process.

At the banquet, after talking, Zhu Yunwen knew that Fang Zhongyu, Fang Zhongxian, Liao Yong, and Liao Ming were all studying in Guozijian, so he encouraged them to study hard, if they wanted, they could go to Zhan Shifu to study with themselves, not only to learn knowledge, but also to understand the actual affairs of the court, the four of them glanced at each other, and finally Fang Zhongyue said that he had to ask his father's opinion before deciding. Zhu Yunwen smiled and nodded.

After Zhu Yunwen found out about this problem, he took the initiative to talk to them about some problems of the four-wheeled carriage, and the eyes of these people immediately lit up, and their speech became vibrant, although Zhu Yunwen did not know much technology, but after all, he had hundreds of years of experience, and put forward some new ideas for the transformation and application of the carriage, and the craftsmen felt that there was some reason, and they couldn't help but look at Zhu Yunwen with admiration, which made him feel a little proud in his heart.

The speculation that Zhu Yunwen chatted with the craftsmen naturally snubbed a few young people, and they couldn't help but feel a little indignant in their hearts, although they didn't dare to show it.

After eating, Zhu Yunwen said goodbye to Fang Zhongyu and the others, got into the carriage and went back, while Liu Zhen took Wang Quan and Zhao Quan and several craftsmen to take them to the newly given mansion. Liu Zhen felt a little unhappy in his heart, and His Royal Highness Jue valued a few craftsmen too much.

Fang Zhongyu took his younger brother and two junior brothers back home, and when Fang Xiaoru came back, he immediately went to report what happened today, after Fang Xiaoru listened, he was silent, except that he didn't allow them to go to Zhan Shifu, but he didn't say anything.

Fang Zhongyue felt that his father was a little abnormal, and His Royal Highness was obviously working hard in the direction of "Luban Heavenly Son", but his father didn't say anything. But what he didn't know was that after he left, Fang Xiaoru immediately worked hard to write a 10,000-word recital......