Coming out of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen did not reply to the palace, he took Xu Yingyuan, had a casual lunch on the side of the road, and hurried out of Dongzhimen, and went straight to the construction site of the military academy, the progress of the project was something he was very concerned about.

"Your Highness, why are you here on such a hot day?" Wang Mujiu took a group of people to point on the construction site, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen, he ran over sweating profusely, as the special operations captain of the Fenwu Battalion, Zhu Youzhen's de facto personal soldier, he already knew that Zhu Youzhen was the king of letters.

"How's the project going?" Seeing the sweat on Wang Mujiu's head, Zhu Youzhen knew that he had done his best, and even the overseers were busy like this, who among the craftsmen would dare to grind foreign workers? There is no way, in the era when there is no machine, it is difficult for the progress of the project to be satisfactory.

"Part of the site has been leveled, and now the construction of the first house is begins. But the weather was hot, and the progress of the project was slow. Wang Mujiu hesitated, worried that his work would dissatisfy Zhu Youzhen, as Zhu Youzhen's de facto personal captain, he had completely put his future on Zhu Youzhen.

"It's hot and it's normal for the project to be slow." Zhu Youzhen, who came from later generations, knew the importance of building a harmonious society, and he couldn't bear to abuse the craftsmen who built the military academy too much for the sake of progress. "I'll take a look to see if there's a way to speed up the progress of the project."

Zhu Youzhen carefully observed and found that the craftsmen used bluestone to build houses, not only to repair all edges and corners, but also to match the top and bottom, left and right, front and back, which is like the International Trade Building in Shenzhen, one floor in three days. "Bricks, red bricks." In an era when there was not enough concrete, Zhu Youzhen immediately thought of replacing it with red bricks.

"Mu Jiu, immediately send someone who is familiar with the terrain to look around and see where there is a large amount of loess."

"Your Highness, what's the use of asking for loess?" Just discussed building a house, but in a blink of an eye, he wanted to find loess, Wang Mujiu's mind couldn't turn around, could loess make a house?

"It's related to building a house, you send someone to find it first, and you'll know when the time comes." Zhu Youzhen looked at his subordinates who looked stupid with stupid eyes, and secretly laughed in his heart.

"Yes, my subordinates will do it." Wang Mujiu immediately ordered several soldiers to go to the nearby mountains to look for loess.

Zhu Youzhen quickly recalled the firing method of red bricks in his mind: take high-quality loess, put it in a wooden mold and compact, cut it into a brick shape with a knife, air dry, and put it in a cave to seal and heat. In addition to the slight difficulty of sealing and heating in the process, the rest of the links are not difficult. In fact, there seems to be a craftsman who burns bricks in the Ming Dynasty, but it burns black bricks, and it takes a long time.

Leaving the construction site of the military academy, Zhu Youzhen was going to go to the Firearms Bureau to have a look, but found that the sun was already in the west, so he simply went home.

In the Wei Mansion, Wei Zhongxian was scolding the courtiers he had summoned.

"Nine thousand years old, we didn't think about it so much at the time, our goal is the Donglin Party." Choi Chengxiu lost a thousand cautions.

"Didn't think about it? Do you have a brain? Zhu Xiaowu is so proud in front of the emperor, will you have a good life in the future? Last time, you asked him to go to the Fenwu camp, but now it's good, people are like fish in water. The more Wei Zhongxian thought about it, the more angry he became, Zhu Youzhen's limelight has become more and more popular recently, and he really wants to overshadow himself. In fact, Wei Zhongxian didn't care about what the first avenue to build, but he couldn't have Zhu Youzhen bring it up, and the emperor had become more and more trusting of Zhu Youzhen recently, which made him feel insecure.

Cui Chengxiu was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak anymore, especially Tian Ergeng, who failed to assassinate Zhu Youjian last time, and also lost a general, seeing that Wei Zhongxian was angry, he hurriedly hid in the crowd.

Seeing that everyone was bowing their heads and looking like they were being trained, Wei Zhongxian was still quite satisfied, and no one dared to challenge his authority. "It's all remembered for our family, if Zhu Xiaowu wants to do anything in the future, you must oppose it with all your might."

"Nine thousand years old is taught." Everyone answered together, more neatly than in front of the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know what happened in the Wei Mansion, which had a lot to do with his future life, and he and Xu Yingyuan returned to the Xinwang Mansion in a leisurely manner.

"Why did Your Highness come back so early today?" When Wan'er heard the sound of horses' hooves, she had already leaned against the door and smiled, her face was bright, and she couldn't tell whether it was accident or excitement, or both.

"Well, I was going to go to the Firearms Bureau to have a look, first, it's not early, and second, I'm going to build a brick factory, so I'm going to leave some time to think about it." Zhu Youzhen walked past Wan'er, slowly entered the house, and wiped his sweat by the way, this July day is still hot, it would be nice if it could rain.

"Your Highness, the slave maid is going to fetch water for you, you can wash your face!" Wan'er seemed to have just come to her senses, turned around and entered the house, and rushed away. After a while, he came back with a basin of water.

Zhu Youzhen buried his whole face in the basin, and the cool well water was just one word, "cool".

After a long time, Zhu Youzhen finally lifted his face from the clear water, wiped off the water droplets on his face, and suddenly smelled a faint smell of perfume. "Wan'er, what perfume did you use? How...... So...... Well, light and long, elegant and long, like tea fragrance and slightly light, if wine fragrant but not mellow. ”

"Where? Your Highness. Wan'er stretched out her tender little hand and gently pushed the air in front of Zhu Youzhen, feeling shy. Your Highness, what brick factory did you just say? She quickly changed the subject.

"The brick factory is to produce a kind of red brick for building walls, which is much more convenient and faster to build than using bluestone to build walls." The red bricks of later generations are extremely ordinary building materials, and the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law know about them, but there are no red bricks in this world, Zhu Youzhen doesn't know his explanation, whether Wan'er can understand it, but it doesn't matter, Wan'er will not be interested in red bricks.

"Can red bricks drink cement than that?" Wan'er was originally Zhu Youzhen's personal maid, and after the two of them passed through the guò room, she planned to be so plain and wealthy. Zhu You overhauled the cement road, which caused a sensation in Beijing, and Wan'er admired Zhu Youjian even more, so when she heard something new like red bricks, she compared it with cement.

"Red bricks really have something to do with cement. Originally, cement can only be used to build roads, and ordinary people have nothing to do with it, but after having red bricks, the wall is built with red bricks, and a layer of cement must be plastered on the surface of the wall, so that the wall will be reliable, which will increase the sales of cement, it seems that the cement plant is going to expand. Zhu Youzhen began to think about whether red bricks are also like cement, which can make a fortune for himself.

Now he lacks silver the most, and without the high-intensity training of the silver martial arts camp, he can't go on, so his hard work will be in vain. In addition, the construction of the cement road from Beijing to Shanhaiguan may also need money, although theoretically the Ministry of Industry pays for it, but once the Ministry of Industry has difficulties in funding, it will indefinitely delay the time of appropriation, and unless the time comes to advance the funds, the road construction will also be indefinitely delayed, in case of impeachment by the officials, the cement road may become an unfinished project.

Although Zhu Youzhen is the king of letters, he is a minor, and although there is no shortage of money in the house, there is not much cash. If the prince of the Ming Dynasty wants to be rich, he must go to his own fief to scrape, that is the prince's territory, no matter how corrupt it is, as long as he does not rebel, or forces the people to rebel, the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor can not control, in a word, the fief is the independent kingdom of the princes.

Zhu Youzhen is still underage, so he is still in Beijing. But if you don't go to the fiefdom, you don't have much income. Zhu Youzhen's current use mainly comes from the allocation of the Zongren Mansion and the emperor's rewards from time to time, although it is enough, but the balance is also limited.

"Then Your Highness is going to make a fortune!" Wan'er smiled, her little face was red like a red brick, and joy was piled on it, could she think of herself as the mistress of the Xinwang Mansion?

"Of course, the wealth must be made. However, this red brick house is not only beautiful, but also durable, and will not fall for at least 20 years. Zhu Youzhen thought to himself that in the future, rich people will use concrete and red bricks to build houses, which can be used for 50 years.

"Your Highness, should the Xinwang Mansion be rebuilt?" Although Wan'er was full of expectations, she knew that there was not much hope. If the palace is to be rebuilt, what about the palace? If the palace is to be renovated, it will not be a trivial matter.

"Believe in the King's Mansion? That's not necessary, there's no money right now. "Zhu Youzhen's money has to be expanded and reproduced, and he has no extra money to rebuild the Xinwang Mansion.

"It turns out that His Highness is just thinking about earning other people's money!" Wan'er chuckled, looking like a little miser.

"Otherwise, how can there be any money left in the future! …… Wan'er, when I have money in the future, I will give you a gift, what do you like? Although Wan'er is a palace maid with a humble status, she is her own woman after all, and she is very considerate of herself, but she didn't even give her the wedding, Zhu Youzhen felt very sorry for Wan'er.

"Wan'er doesn't, Wan'er just needs to follow His Highness." Wan'er doesn't seem to have to think at all, she just opens her mouth, and there is a kind of satisfaction in her eyes, she seems to like her current life very much.

"Why don't you give me to you?" Only in front of Wan'er will Zhu Youzhen feel relaxed, without those heavy national responsibilities on his shoulders.

"Your Highness!" Wan'er was shy, her tone was slightly heavy, and she was angry and angry, and the pink color quickly grew on the pear blossom white face, and then spread down her chin and neck......

Zhu Youzhen looked a little confused, smiled silently, Wan'er lowered her head, as if she wanted to bury her face in the white shirt on her chest with the pink, and her little hands were glued to the hem of the shirt uneasily.

"Okay, Wan'er, it's just the two of us, what are you shy about? I'm hungry, let's have dinner! Zhu Youzhen also wanted to see more of Wan'er's shyness, and her expression of joy, anger, anger and shame, with her thick pink red cheeks, looked particularly charming. However, seeing that Wan'er was very absent, he couldn't bear to hang like this.

"Yes, Your Highness. The slave and maid will go to prepare, and His Highness will come to the side hall! Wan'er was not angry at all, and took the opportunity to run out with a gust of wind, and the reddish on her face quickly disappeared from Zhu Youzhen's sight.

"You can sit down and eat, Wan'er." Looking at Wan'er standing next to the dining table, Zhu Youzhen was very unaccustomed and unbearable, and Wan'er was not an entertainment venue.

"Your Highness, eat first, the slave and maid are not hungry now." As a palace maid, Wan'er has received strict training, and she doesn't dare to take a step beyond the thunder because of her dignity.

"Wan'er, I'm already your father-in-law. Let's just sit down and eat. Zhu Youzhen didn't move his chopsticks, he didn't want Wan'er to accompany him to eat, he was just very disgusted with the division of people into three, six, nine and so on in the court, if you want to be equal, start from your side.

Wan'er lowered her head, crossed her hands in front of her lower abdomen, and had no intention of sitting down, because she was afraid that Zhu Youzhen would urge her to sit down and eat again, her eyes didn't dare to look at Zhu Youzhen. "Whatever you say, I didn't see or hear it anyway, and I didn't mean I didn't listen to you." Wan'er thought to herself.

Zhu Youzhen remembered Wan'er's education in the palace, and knew that it would be in vain to say anything more. He had watched too many court dramas before, and he could think of it, if he continued to talk about it, even if Wan'er couldn't pretend that she couldn't see or hear, she would only shake her head lightly, let a strand of long hair on her cheeks fly in this dim light, and her mouth made a "um, um" rejection sound.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for Wan'er to look down at the embroidered shoes on her feet, Zhu Youzhen rushed up unexpectedly, hugged Wan'er's waist, and pressed Wan'er on her knees, "Wan'er, otherwise, just sit here and eat!" ”

"Your Highness, put it down. The slave and maid sat down by themselves. Wan'er was like a frightened deer falling into the mouth of a tiger, struggling desperately, and she didn't notice the spring light peeking out from under her white shirt.

Zhu Youzhen put down Wan'er and asked her to sit down beside her, "It's been like this for a long time, isn't there nothing going on?" ”

"Your Highness is so bad!" Wan'er snorted lightly and glanced at Zhu Youzhen fiercely. She blushed for a moment before her body regained its composure. She looked at Zhu Youzhen, her face was red for no reason, this time she didn't avoid Zhu Youzhen's gaze, let this faint flushed face release her tenderness to the fullest.