With the addition of Wang Lao and a few young people, plus Li Zhuo, Qian Zhongshu and others, there are more than a dozen people, and the morale of Chen Fei's side is suddenly much higher, at least there will not be such an embarrassing situation as needing to do it alone.

It's just that the raw materials needed to build a new rice harvester are a big problem, and if you don't solve it immediately, you won't be able to start work at all.

"I went to ask the envoys yesterday, and they have no money to give us recently, and it is almost impossible to get money from the government." Li Zhuo's face hurt and sighed bitterly.

Wang Lao snorted heavily: "What is there no money left?" They just don't want to give it, if the envoy can't even allocate this money, my Datang will be finished! ”

Wang Lao told the truth, but everyone could only be silent when they heard it.

"If I don't go and meet Your Majesty, maybe my old bones will still have some face." Wang Lao stomped his feet and decided.

"Elder Wang, no!" Li Zhuo hurriedly stopped Wang Lao.

Wang Lao was not convinced, and glared at Li Zhuo: "Why are you stopping me?" ”

Li Zhuo smiled bitterly: "I don't want to stop you, but if you really go to see Your Majesty, maybe Your Majesty will issue an order to allocate money, but in the future, it will be even more difficult for our Qi Workshop to get the money, and they will do everything possible to make things difficult for us, and it is impossible to go to Your Majesty every time to ask for money, right?" ”

When Wang Lao heard this, he sighed heavily: "Then what do you say?" You can't just drive us to death because we don't have the funds, right? ”

Li Zhuo scratched his head, and finally said with a wry smile: "Otherwise, I would still give a letter to my old man, maybe he would be willing to give me a little money." ”

Wang Lao's expression moved slightly: "You ... Didn't your father want to see you? ”

Li Zhuo shook his head, but his expression was unusually determined. "Whether he stays with me or not, I am his son, and I should not die when I encounter difficulties!"

"You ... Wang Lao was a little moved when he heard this, Li Zhuo and his father had a stiff quarrel because of the matter of the Qi Workshop, and now because of the Qi Workshop, Li Zhuo asked him to beg his father, Wang Lao was a little moved in his heart, and he didn't know what to say.

"Oops! Okay, okay, don't be hypocritical, isn't it just about money, I'll solve it, but I have a request. ”

Chen Fei suddenly appeared in the middle of the crowd with a treacherous smile on his face.

"You? You kid farmer can be born with a few dollars, don't make trouble! ”

Li Zhuo said that Chen Fei was born as a farmer, not because he belittled him, but because he doubted whether he came out to make trouble at the moment.

Chen Fei didn't care about Li Zhuo's statement, he was originally born in a farmer's household, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Although I was born in a farmer's household, I am rich!"

At this moment, Chen Fei has the face of an upstart, and he is proud.

"Rich? How much money can you have? Li Zhuo asked with a frown.

Chen Fei became more and more proud, and spoke: "I have six ... "Oops! Careless!

Chen Fei suddenly regretted it halfway through the conversation, he was too proud at first, but he forgot that he "can't expose his money", if they knew how much money Chen Fei had, wouldn't they arrest him and use him as an ATM?

Chen Fei is a small farmer, but he can't be so selfless and fearless.

"Six what? It can't be six cents, right? Li Zhuo rolled his eyes.

Chen Fei was in a hurry and blurted out: "Sixty taels of silver cakes, is it enough?" ”

"What? How much? Li Zhuo wondered if there was something wrong with his ears, sixty taels of silver cakes? He's a peasant boy, where did he get so much money?

"Sixty taels of silver bread." Chen Fei's voice became smaller and quieter, and he became more and more unconfident. For he did not know whether sixty taels of silver bread was too much or too little.

Suddenly, Chen Fei felt his body shake, and when he reacted, the collar was grabbed by Wang Lao.

"Dry ... Why? ”

"Boy, do you really have sixty taels of silver bread? Not stolen or robbed? Elder Wang was excited at the moment, and sprayed Chen Fei's face with saliva.

"Really, I didn't steal or rob, I earned it in the bright light."

"Great! That's great! "Elder Wang let go of Chen Fei, and the excited old man burst into tears." God bless me! God bless me! ”

Wang Lao was excited like a child.

Chen Fei couldn't help but wonder: "Is he crazy?" ”

Who knew that although Wang Lao looked excited, his ears were not deaf, he glanced at Chen Fei and snorted: "Boy, Lao Tzu is not crazy, do you know why the old man is so excited?" ”

"Why?" Chen Fei really didn't know how this old man suddenly became crazy.

Elder Wang sighed, pinched his fingers and calculated, his forehead was full of wrinkles, and he squinted his eyes and thought for a while before he opened his mouth to explain the reason.

"Do you know what sixty taels of silver bread means to us in the Strange Workshop? That's six months' wages, as well as food and materials! ”

"What?" Chen Fei was so startled that he almost didn't jump. "Sixty taels of silver bread for six months? It's only ten taels a month? How can it be? There are so many people here, it's not enough just to eat before the meal, right? ”

Wang Lao nodded, as if he was feeling, and sighed. "Yes, we haven't been paid for almost two years, except for the necessities of eating and drinking, the rest of the money is spent on materials, wood is a little better, and iron is the most expensive thing."

As he spoke, Elder Wang shook his head heavily.

Only then did Chen Fei notice that everyone, including Wang Lao, was dressed in tatters, with five or six puddings on a sackcloth, and the pair of straw sandals on his feet had broken several holes, and his two toes were so exposed.

If it weren't for the fanaticism for faith flashing in their eyes from time to time, Chen Fei would have wondered if they were a group of people called Huazi.

Look at the whole strange workshop, the dilapidated houses, as if someone could kick the house down with a heavy kick. The worn-out tools are still overdrawn in the hands of the craftsmen, and they are reluctant to replace them.

No wonder! No wonder so many craftsmen were hostile to Chen Feihui.

Chen Fei also suddenly understood them, anyone who knew that the money he had saved desperately had been done to do something unreliable, he would have resentment in his heart, and it was normal for people to have it.

"I understand, I only have ten taels of silver on me now, and I will go back to Uncle Cheng's mansion to get the rest of the silver. Actually, I still have some extra silver, maybe I can help the Strange Workshop. ”

Chen Fei sighed, secretly saying that he was still too soft-hearted, and if he was not careful, he would lose a lot of money in vain.

No, it can't be said that it was lost in vain, and this silver should be used as compensation for Chen Fei's consumption of the materials used by these craftsmen.

"What? Do you still have money? ”

This time Li Zhuo was really shocked.

Sixty taels of silver cakes, although it is not a lot of money, but it has been able to save the strange workshop for six months, if there is still money......

"Well, in fact, I still have six hundred taels of silver cakes, bring them all, and I will fund the Qi Workshop. But I have one condition. ”

Chen Fei had a lot of investment plans during this time, and six hundred taels of silver cakes was almost the limit of his budget, and with Chen Fei's ghostly temperament, he naturally had additional conditions.

Li Zhuo took a deep breath and asked, "What are the conditions, you can just say it." ”

Chen Fei's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became a philistine: "If the rice harvester is put into production and sales in the future, I want to get half of the profits, after all, I invented this thing, this requirement is not too much, right?" And this rice cutter is going to be named after me! ”