"Jiangnan Daily" was officially put on sale, and the headline on the front page was to mourn the late Hangzhou Tongzhi Cao Daren, which was a eulogy written by Xu Wei himself, which not only described in detail the merits of Cao Gong in his life for the country and the people, but also praised His Majesty and Zhang You, who found out the facts of the case, and for a time, the reputation of the two reached its peak in Jiangnan.

Of course, the concerns of the small people are different from those of the rich gentry, and the rich gentry do not think so, but are very interested in a message at the end of the newspaper: Zhang Youguang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard of the Nineteenth Hui Xianlou of Layue, will feast on the rich gentry of Jiangnan, and those who are interested in the products of the Daming silver number and the grid can register with the Jiangnan Newspaper, and only need 50 taels of silver to obtain the qualification to attend the banquet.

Originally, Cao Sheng was still quite worried about this asking price, for fear that there would be few applicants at that time, Zhang You would lose face, in fact, he underestimated the attractiveness of the Daming Silver Number, the newspaper was sold for less than three days, and the newspaper received nearly 100 applications, and thousands of taels of white * flower * flower silver in a box can blind people's eyes.

The new prefect of Hangzhou, Wang Shizhen, has arrived, under his attention, the construction of the Cao Gong Temple has begun, and many people have spontaneously contributed to the work, and the construction progress has changed three times a day.

The initiator, Zhang You, has already left Hangzhou.

It is already the eleventh day of the lunar month when I return to Nanjing from Shaoxing, there are more pedestrians on the street, and there is already an atmosphere of the New Year.

Zhang You was anxious to see Mary, so he didn't have the heart to go shopping at all, and after entering the city, he went straight to Xingfu.

Mary arrived in Nanjing three days ago, when she saw Zhang You, she didn't say a word, she came up first and gave him a big hug, Li Yan and others knew that this was Western etiquette, but it was worse, but Hongxing frowned when she saw it, and said that this foreign woman looked at it steadily, why is it so shameless?

"What are you doing in a hurry urging me to come to Nanjing?" Not only did she hug, Mary also made a close salute with Zhang You, and then asked separately.

Hong Xing felt that this woman was, she was still from Sister Yao, and she didn't dare to be in front of so many people...... Why was she so bold?

"Aren't you thinking about going back to your country to save your Royal Highness, now that you have a little eyebrows, I called you over just to let you open a cement factory here......"

"Cement plant?" Mary asked puzzledly, what does this have to do with saving Queen Mary?

Zhang You nodded: "I want to build a cement ship, a giant cement ship." ”

"What, cement ship? Isn't that sinking into the sea? Li Yan was shocked, she had seen cement with her own eyes, but she didn't think that the boat made by that thing could float in the sea.

Xu Wei asked, "What is cement?" ”

Zhang You smiled slightly: "You'll know when the time comes," and looked at Li Yan again: "Auntie doesn't know, whether you can float on the water has nothing to do with the material of the object itself, what really involves is the displacement, as long as the displacement is greater than its own weight, no matter what material, it can float." For example, if you throw an iron pot in the water, even if it is made of iron, it can float on the water. He looked back at Mary and said with a smile: "There was a famous man named Archimedes in ancient Greece, he was not only a philosopher, but also a scientist, a mathematician, and a physicist, as if he had discovered the theorem of buoyancy, right?" ”

Xu Wei and the others didn't understand what they heard, but Mary nodded admiringly: "My lord is really amazing, it seems that there is nothing you don't know, I have been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, you are definitely the most knowledgeable person I have ever seen, there is no one." ”

After a pause, she said with some hesitation: "It's just, do you really think that a ship made of concrete can sail on the sea?" Leaking, and the sea is stormy, in case it is broken up......"

"These two points are easy to solve, the problem of water leakage, only need to be coated with thick tung oil inside and outside can be solved, as for the problem of strength, but also only need to be casting, in the concrete inside the steel skeleton on the line, what you need to do is to improve the concrete formula, so that it solidifies faster, more solid."

Zhang You has been thinking about this matter for a long time, and he is confident and confident (I don't know if it will work or not, it should be no problem, there should be no problem, at this point, don't spray me, imagine it, it's good to build a cement aircraft carrier).

Mary nodded, "I'll do my best." ”

"You must do your best, after the New Year, you go to Hangzhou to find Wang Shizhen, and ask him to find you a place to build a factory by the sea."

After a tiring journey, before they could take a break, everyone laughed and dispersed.

Not long after returning to his residence, Xing Shangzhi knocked on the door and came in, Zhang You was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "I said Lao Xing, haven't you seen you for a few days, can't you let me rest for a while?" ”

Xing Shangzhi didn't speak, walked in front of Zhang You, and suddenly knelt down, Zhang You was startled, got up from the chair, and asked in surprise, "What is this for?" You and my brother, how can you do this great gift? ”

"Zicheng, you said that we are brothers, brother begs you, just help ......"

Zhang You suddenly realized: "Stop, stop, don't talk about borrowing seeds, haven't you said this thing a long time ago, and Lao Tzu will really break off relations with you if you mention it." ”

"You just have pity on me, you can't even have a pension when you're old, right?" Xing Shangzhi was unmoved, and continued to beg for help, he had been thinking about this matter for too long, and today he was full of energy, and he had to say that Zhang You had to move anything.

Zhang You was pissed off: "Your uncle, playing a scoundrel with Lao Tzu, right?" If you really want to borrow seeds, you can find someone else, I'll give you a way, you go to the prison to find the handsome death row prisoner to borrow seeds, and slaughter it with a knife, and you don't know it, so you don't know how much trouble you have...... Don't worry, Lao Tzu will definitely not ......"

"Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, how can the species of death row prisoners compare to you, I don't care, if you don't promise me today, I can't afford to kneel."

"Kneel, kneel, your uncle, I'm really angry with you." Zhang You really couldn't do anything about Xing Shangzhi, so he simply brushed his sleeves out of the house, Xing Shangzhi hurriedly got up to chase after him, and he hurriedly said: "Lao Tzu thinks about it, can you think about it?" No matter how special you come to annoy Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu won't think about it. ”

Xing Shangzhi hurriedly stopped in fright: "Cheng Chengcheng, my eldest lord, you hurry up and think about it, I'm not too young, if I think about the last ten years and eight years, maybe I can see the child grow up." ”

Zhang You waved his hand, like a fly, and hurriedly walked out, Xing Shangzhi really didn't chase anymore.

Zhang You wandered around at will, and unconsciously arrived at the pavilion not far from his residence, and saw two women sitting there from a distance, and saw that the figures were Li Yan and Hongxing, and couldn't help but think of Xing Shangzhi's begging, he couldn't help but look carefully, but seeing the peaks and peaks of Hongxing's silhouette, it was not inferior to Li Yan, and he couldn't help but secretly curse himself for being hypocritical, and then turned around suddenly, shook his head, and went in the opposite direction.