There are millions of people living in the capital, and there are very few craftsmen of all kinds.

Many of them are carpenters who are appointed by the forbidden army in Beijing.

Zhou Yi grabbed the placket of his clothes, looked at this place where water was standing everywhere, and sighed.

"I just said, this road is not easy to walk, in the first year of Daguan, this piece was almost flooded, Brother Quan, you have to do something to send me here, why bother to come by yourself, and I am so tired that the little lady also came!"

Du Gou'er stepped into those puddles indifferently, today he stepped on a pair of clogs, and the mud and sewage squeezed out between his toes, seeing Zhou Quan shaking his head, he didn't care.

The master carefully stepped on the bricks in the puddle, pursed his lips and smiled, and never took his eyes off Zhou Quan.

There was joy and admiration in her eyes. That day, Zhou Quan stumped He Jingfu's "puzzle" and stumped her. Well, although the teacher has shown the talent of a talented girl at a young age, she has no talent in mathematics, even if Zhou Quan explained it to her repeatedly later, she didn't understand how to solve this riddle.

Seeing the teacher's appearance, Du Gou'er smirked twice and didn't say anything more.

They came to a family, and because it was in the middle of nowhere, it had a big yard.

The yard is filled with all kinds of wood, as well as some finished furniture. There was a man squatting on the ground in the courtyard, eating soup cakes in a basin, he looked up when he heard the movement, and then hurriedly got up: "Brother Quan is here!" ”

"Lao Min, do you only greet Brother Quan, but not me?" Du Dog barked.

The man known as Lao Min had a smile on his face, his face was wrinkled, and his smile was even more furrowed: "Brother Dog, how do you want me to greet you?" ”

Du Gou'er patted him on the shoulder, and then turned back to Zhou Quan and said: "Lao Min used to work as a supervisor at the beginning, and he didn't have to say anything about his skills, but now he and his apprentices are in decline, but he and his apprentices ...... Uh, Min, where are your apprentices? ”

Lao Min's face was a little bitter, and he smiled hard, and Zhou Quan noticed at this time that when he walked, one leg was a little dragged, and he was obviously lame.

"The apprentices are almost scattered, and there are a few left, I'll let them go out and find some work." Lao Min said.

"It's all like this?" Du Gou'er was surprised.

"No way, I'm lame, I don't do things as quickly as usual, and I don't have any money to make, so naturally there is no big deal...... Brother Quan, I have already made the things you ordered last time, and they are just behind, do you want to go and see them? ”

Zhou Quan was not in a hurry, Lao Min was recommended to him by Du Gou'er, and he was a little interested in this person's situation, so he opened his mouth to inquire.

Lao Min was honest and spoke a little vaguely, but with Du Gou'er on the side, Zhou Quan quickly figured out what this person was experiencing.

The old Min family has been a carpenter in Beijing for generations, and in addition to building for the rich and noble, there is also an important source of income, which is to work for the generals. He was once appreciated by Li Jie, the former general as the chief supervisor, and participated in the construction of Longde Palace and Dihua Mansion. But after Li Jie's transfer, he was excluded from being a prisoner, and after four years of Daguan, Li Jie died of illness, and his life was even more difficult, and even his apprentices left one after another.

Hearing this, Zhou Quan's heart moved.

"Quan Xiaolang, this yard is dirty, let's come to the back and see what I made for Quan Xiaolang." After gossiping for a while, Lao Min urged again.

Zhou Quan followed him backwards, and when he saw the carpenter tools around him, Zhou Quan couldn't help but smack his tongue. Not to mention planers, ink fountains, saws, etc., even high and low stools have already appeared at this time.

This gave Zhou Quan a preliminary understanding of the carpenter skills at this time.

When they walked past a finished wheel, Zhou Quan stopped and asked curiously, "Lao Min, you also made this wheel?" ”

"It was the old man who made it, and now the old man's main job here is to repair the wheels for people." Old Min Road.

Listening to Lao Min's tone, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied that he could only repair the wheels for others, but Zhou Quan's eyes lit up, straightened the wheels, and looked at them carefully several times.

Lao Min's craftsmanship is still quite good, at least Zhou Quan here, he can't see anything wrong with this wheel.

Not long ago, Lao Min stopped, pointed to something in front of him and said, "Brother Quan, let's take a look, are you satisfied?" ”

Admiral Zhou Quan went to take a look, and there was a smile between his eyebrows.

This is actually a wooden box, except that at the bottom of the wooden box, there are four small wheels, and at the other end of the wooden box, there is a handrail that sticks out. Grab the handrail and you can easily push the wooden box around.

This is exactly what Zhou Quan asked Lao Min to make, and it is also the memory of his childhood in another life. In the childhood of another life, the materials were not very abundant, and in the hot summer, an old man pushed this kind of cart and drank it in a dialect accent......

"What does Brother Quan'er want this thing to do, it can't hold a lot of things, it's useless." Du Gou'er curiously pushed the cart to move, lifted the lid again, looked inside and asked.

Zhou Quan ignored him, but asked Lao Min: "How much does this box cost?" ”

"Always full of money...... Nine hundred and five texts, no less, the materials I use are all good materials! "Old Min Dao.

This price is cheaper than Zhou Quan thought.

He thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Within three days, if you can make me nine more, I will give you the same money for each!" ”

Lao Min was shocked when he heard it, for him now, the business of ten yuan is not a small business.

He looked at Du Gou'er, and Du Gou'er waved his hand and said, "Brother Zhou said, everything is up to Brother Quan." ”

"That being the case, the old man agreed to the deal, and the three days ...... The old man and his apprentices just lit a torch and stayed up all night, and they had to make it! ”

Lao Min accepted this matter, Zhou Quan made a gesture to Du Gou'er, and Du Gou'er took off the blanket on his shoulder, pulled out five hanging coins from it, and handed it to Lao Min.

"This five yuan is cheap Lao Min, it is a deposit." Du Gouer said.

The situation on Lao Min's side is not very good, and Zhou Quan intends to make friends, so he is so generous. Seeing the money, Lao Min smiled, the wrinkles on his face changed from ravines to chrysanthemums, and he thanked him again and again.

On the way back, the box was naturally pushed by Du Gou'er, and he had to pick it up when he crossed the puddle. They had just come out of the alley, and when they were about to go back, the master suddenly grabbed Zhou Quan's shirt and said a little nervously: "Brother Quan! ”

Zhou Quan looked at her, only to see two men holding one person and pushing him directly to the edge of the puddle, scolding in his mouth.

The person who was pushed down didn't have any strength, but he scolded back in the past, his accent was very strange, he was definitely not a person from Beijing, and the result was naturally chased back and kicked twice by those two men.

"Do you dare to scold?" One of the two men shouted.

"If you have a kind of kill grandpa, as long as grandpa is not dead, he is a good man without extravagance, how can he be afraid of you prisoners!" But the man who was pushed down was still stubborn.

"You are a good man, the good man grandfather will pay us back the money he owes us first, you have lived in the small shop for several months, and you have only paid a few pennies? In this world, is there a good grandfather who owes money and doesn't pay it back? "The other of the two men.

As soon as these words were spoken, the person who was pushed down could only be speechless.

Zhou Quan didn't want to be nosy, but Du Gou'er let out a "huh" and strode towards the man.

After getting closer, he sighed again, stepped forward quickly, and helped the man who was still struggling up: "It turned out to be you Engong...... Brother Quan, this is the one who rescued you from the Wuzhang River! ”

If it was someone else, Zhou Quan would definitely not have time to pay attention to it, but when he heard that this person had saved him, he thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood that it was when his predecessor peeped at the master and fell into the Wuzhang River when he took a bath.

In other words, he really saved Zhou Quan's life.

Zhou Quan was also busy stepping forward, and he couldn't be polite to save his life, so Zhou Quan bowed to the ground. He also said: "Engong, what's going on, why is it like this?" ”

"Okay, okay, I've finally found an acquaintance...... Grandpa Haohan, why don't you borrow some copper coins and pay off the debt you owe to the shop first? ”

Zhou Quan's face was slightly gloomy: "How much do you owe you?" ”

"It's not too much, it's just two dollars, even food and housing, but I stayed in the small shop for two months!" One of the two men was humane.

The person who was pushed down on the ground also had an embarrassed look on his face at this time, and muttered: "I paid for it before." ”

"If it weren't for that, Grandpa Hao, what you owe is more than just these two times." The other man shouted.

When he came out this time, Zhou Quan brought ten yuan of money, he asked Du Gou'er to pay the bill, and helped the man up.

The man smiled bitterly, when he first saved Zhou Quan, he didn't leave his name, he didn't plan to ask for anything in return, but he didn't expect that he would be recognized when he was most embarrassed today, but he was saved by this kid.

"Haven't asked for the name of Engong Zun?" Zhou Quan said again.

"Don't be kind to Gonggong, I saved you that day, didn't you help me again today?" The man spoke weakly: "My surname is Zhang, my single name is a Shunzi, a person from Xiuzhou, escorting Hua Shigang into Beijing, because of some idle things, I delayed the return trip......"

When this person first said that his name was Zhang Shun, Zhou Quan's heart jumped suddenly, and he thought that he had encountered the white strip in the waves in "Water Margin", and when he heard that he was from Xiuzhou, he was relieved: Water Margin is a novelist, most of the one hundred and eight generals are fictional, and the Zhang Shun in front of him is just the same name as the river thief.

Zhang Shun was on an errand in Xiuzhou Jiahe, at this time Zhao Ji was searching for strange stones and trees in the southeast, which is the so-called Huashigang, Zhang Shun was transferred to escort Huashigang, he should have gone back after completing his official business, but he was delayed because of some things, and then he had another illness, and even now this situation.

Zhou Quan didn't know much about the geography at this time, and he didn't know where this Xiuzhou Jiahe was, so he didn't ask in detail. After understanding the situation a little, he sent an invitation to Zhang Shun: "Engong is in such a situation now, it is better to come to my house for a while first, and then make other plans when he is sick!" ”