"I see, I said." After listening to Xiao Zhengtai's words, Chen Youliang also recalled the box he saw when he went to Carpenter Tan the day before.

"Xiao Hao, Xiao Hao, do you want Brother Tian to tell me that you are smart, or are you stupid?"

"Well, Brother Tian, although I'm a little dumber than you, I'm much smarter than Brother Liang."

"Hey, what did you say, little hao?"

"Oh, Brother Liang, it's nothing, I said that I am much smarter than Brother Tian, but compared to Brother Liang, it is still a little worse. You say yes, Brother Liang? ”

"Well, it's good that you kid told the truth." But seeing Chen Youliang on the side, his face did not change, and he said without a beat.

"I said Xiao Hao, you remembered it for me, we are now going to get the playing cards we ordered before, and the playing cards of the landlord are not to ask about the box, understand?"

"Oh, Brother Tian, I know, you want to capture the old man and not let outsiders see our intentions."

"If only you knew it yourself." Noisy, what bullshit wants to get away with, Lao Tzu had already asked the carpenter Tan when he went to customize poker last time, and he used what excuse to keep the customer secret to perfunctory Lao Tzu. Although Lao Tzu also understands that this approach is indeed the way it should be, after all, this matter now involves the welfare of Lao Tzu's entire gang. If Lao Tzu hadn't had a good impression of you Tan Carpenter, he would have used the power of the younger brothers and the power of Youliang's father to ask about this.

"Tianyu, you said that someone went to copy the box in our headquarters, if he really wanted to take it, just like last night. Why bother? ”

"Well, what you said is indeed right, this is also what I can't figure out, when I was in the headquarters warehouse just now, I have carefully looked at every box, and the box itself is no problem. There's no such thing as a mezzanine, and I think the focus should be on what's inside the box, but just in case, we'll have to find the person who made the box and ask him why. "Bananas, this kind of box is not very valuable, it is not worth taking it to the cottage at all, and he is not mass-processed and produced, at this juncture, such a fake suddenly appeared, it should be trying to fight something, is it trying to be fake? So who is he messing around? Yaxingda, Lao Tzu's motivation is not very well learned.

With these questions in mind, our Li Tianyu and his entourage visited Carpenter Tan's shop in depth. As soon as he entered the carpenter's house, Li Tianyu found that there were already finished poker cards on the workbench, oh no, they were wooden cards.

"Yo, Li Gongzi, you're here."

"Well, man, why didn't you see our Boss Tan today?"

"Hui Gongzi, you came here unfortunately. Master, he went out early in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet. ”

"Oh, well, we didn't have anything to do here today, just to see if the playing cards are ready? I didn't expect it to be made so quickly, in just a few days. I remember the last time I first came, weren't your masters and apprentices still making boxes there? It's the four, five, six, seven, eighty, ninety or so large and small boxes, I forgot how many there are, and I didn't count them at the time, so why can't I see them now? Li Tianyu saw that Carpenter Tan happened to be absent, but left a guy to guard the door, so he took the opportunity to talk immediately.

"Hey, Li Gongzi, don't mention it, if you want to talk about the master, sometimes I really can't understand his old man, just take the 7 boxes you said, this is really a big deal."

"Oh, it turned out to be 7, I said I couldn't remember it clearly, it turned out that I had always thought it was 8 in my subconscious. By the way, man, why do you say it's a big loss? Didn't they pay the salary, don't worry, if you have any grievances, just say, today there is the ** representative of our prefect's family, Youliang, who is here to administer justice for you. ”

"Li Gongzi, you are serious, it is that when the master took over this job before, he didn't collect the salary from the guest officer at all. No, now the master and I have been busy doing it in a hurry, and finally it was done last night, and then it was dried overnight, and when the paint was dry, the master personally went out early this morning to send it over. ”

"Oh? Is it? So why is that? How can we do business without making money and still put money in it? Is that customer trying to blackmail you? Or is it a blessing to you? Or is he so powerful that you don't dare to take money from him? ”

"This, the small one is not very clear. The little one only remembered that the person who came to the master to order this box handed the master a letter, and then after the master read it, he told the man that he knew and would help him do it as soon as possible, and then he insisted on not asking for the man's deposit. That's two hundred taels, and the silver ticket of two hundred taels is enough for me to marry a beautiful daughter-in-law and live most of my life. ”

"Oh, what did the person who came to deliver the letter look like? How old is it? How high and low? What are the characteristics of physiognomy and clothing? ”

"This, to be honest, Li Gongzi, I can't remember the little one clearly. The little ones don't see a hundred people here every day, but there are eighty, so the little ones really don't know very well. Hey, Li Gongzi, why are you asking so much? Oh, it's bad, when the master was leaving, he deliberately told me that I was not allowed to mention these things to outsiders, you see my memory, after you mentioned it, I also told it all. ”

"Oh, it's okay, we're just indignant for you, so now I want to know what that person is like, and I can make decisions for you. Okay, okay, since the master didn't let you say it, then you definitely didn't say it, and our brothers didn't hear anything, and they came here today just to get the playing cards, and they didn't hear anything else. Right, Youliang, Xiaohao? ”

"Yes, yes. Tianyu, didn't you bring silver with you when you came out today? Don't hurry up and comfort our guys. ”

"Wow! Youliang, who told you that I brought a silver ticket when I came out? ”

"It's not me, Brother Tian, it's really not me!"

"Ah, it turned out to be you kid, I already guessed that it was you, although I don't have to guess at all, you don't confess yourself."

"It's really not me, Brother Tian......" Xiao Zhengtai said unusually aggrieved.

"Tianyu, take a look, or you don't admit yourself, I'm just guessing. Now you admit it directly, otherwise you would ask like that? Besides, I said you came out with money, and you have to say that you brought silver tickets. You say this is you don't recruit yourself, right? ”

"That's right, Brother Tian, you don't want to think about it, you just said that you came out to get playing cards today, how could you not have a silver ticket on your body? Do you also want to be like the person before you, who doesn't pay after receiving the goods? ”

"Yes, that's amazing! Okay, Youliang, Xiaohao, you won! Li Tianyu was speechless by the two of them at the moment, so he had to touch his hand into his bag angrily.

"Man, I'll tell you the truth, these two playing cards are very cleverly done, oh, these are two silver tickets of one hundred taels, which is the wages of two cards, you take it first. Well, I think there are still a few last few processes left to complete, so I won't take it away. ”

"I can't help it, this can't be done, Li Gongzi. The master is not here now, and I will never dare to make an assertion. So please ask Li Gongzi to take back the silver ticket. ”

"Hey, man, what are you polite about, Tianyu asked you to make cards, and then paid your wages, this is a natural thing."

"No, ladies and gentlemen, if the little one doesn't listen to the master, I'm afraid the master will find out, I'm afraid I'll drive me out."

"It's okay, it's okay, that's good, there are two in total, one is for your master, you naturally can't make claims, so I won't give it to you for the time being, and this other one is your salary, so you can rest assured that you can accept it, and your salary is your decision."

"This, Li Gongzi, the small salary has always been paid by the master, I'm afraid this is not suitable." Our buddy was still saying the same, but his tone wasn't as strong as it used to be. After all, there is no one around now, it is a rare and good opportunity, one hundred taels, it has reached half of his dream just now.

"Yes, yes, in this way, I will ask you to help me make two small boxes, the length, width and height are about this length, so wide, and so high. Oh, by the way, how do you remember these dimensions, for example, the big boxes you made before, how do you remember the dimensions? ”

"Back to Li Gongzi, the way we remember the size of the box is almost the same as what Li Gongzi said about the length, width and height."

"Soga, what kind of weights and measures do you use? Oh, that is, what do you measure the size of those dimensions, and how do you record them? ”

"Don't hide it from my son, in fact, my master and I both have a ruler. I use it to measure the size on weekdays. ”

"Oh, it's so advanced, it's almost time to catch up with the upstream calipers. By the way, can I take a look at your ruler and gain some knowledge? ”

"Of course you can, Childe, wait a minute, I'll go find it." So our fellow at Carpenter's Shop turned around and flipped through his toolbox. I saw that the toolbox contained large and small wooden saws, hammers, axes, ink fountains, chisels, shovels, planers (note: planers were actually introduced to China from Rome during the Ming Dynasty) and other advanced tools of mass destruction.

"Oh, Li Gongzi, this is it." I saw that the guy picked up a tool without beveled edges similar to the triangle board that Li Tianyu bought in school in his later life, and handed it to Li Tianyu.

After Li Tianyu took the ruler, he began to study the scale on it. And Chen Youliang and Xiao Zhengtai also came over and looked rare together.

"It turned out to be such a thing, yes, yes, quite advanced, not only can I measure the size, but I can also measure the work I do, yes, it does save a lot of trouble, so dare to ask the man, do you remember the size of the box before?"

"This, Li Gongzi, I won't tell you, the little one remembered it clearly at the time, and recorded them one by one, but now he has long forgotten it, after all, there are too many sizes to record every day."

"Oh, yes, yes, yes. Well, then the size of my small box will bother you guy, make a total of two small boxes, one with a deck of cards, length, width and height are more than the size of a small thumb of the card. ”

"I see, Childe, is the lid of Childe's box made of a slide or the lid lifted?"

"Uh, flip the cover, flip the cover, kill the one who doesn't slide the cover, and the one who slides on the side can't do it. By the way, man, where do you say we sell locks in Yangzhou? I'll go see if there is a lock suitable for the box, you often make boxes, and there should be a lot of dealings with lock sellers, so you can recommend it. ”