Chapter 110: Biogas (Part II)
After the biogas digester was built, it still needed to be allowed to air dry for a few days, and there was nothing for Tang Ming to worry about here. There are more than 20 guards guarding day and night, and I believe that there will be no accidents. After dinner, Tang Ming came to Fang Xiaoru's door.
Coincidentally, Fang Xiaoru seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Tang Ming, he didn't say a word, and waited for his follow-up, even closing his eyes to recuperate, and his eyes didn't even open a moment.
There was no one else in the small courtyard, the atmosphere was a little urgent, Tang Ming took a deep breath and bowed down to break the silence: "Uncle is still angry with his little nephew at this moment for the noon incident?" ”
Tang Ming was not as impolite as Fang Xiaoru imagined, on the contrary, the etiquette was very thoughtful. Fang Xiaoru opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Tang Ming, and said with a sigh: "You are already in power, and your temperament has never made a mistake, and the earlier incident was indeed that the old man was confused and too reckless. People are older and older, time has passed, now is the world of you young people, uncle and I should also take care of it, and accompany my family to live a few years of peace. ”
Fang Xiaoru's sudden exclamation caught Tang Ming a little off guard, and he thought: "This old man has been an official in the court for most of his life, and he will never have such negative thoughts because of a small blow. There are indeed a lot of literate people in his fiefdom now, but if you want to say that you are really knowledgeable, it is the great Confucian of Fang Xiaoru. ”
Tang Ming had always planned to let Fang Xiaoru become a teacher and open a school to train the next generation of children. Now that he didn't have time to talk about it, Fang Xiaoru had the idea of quitting, so naturally it would not work.
"Uncle is too heavy, people live a lifetime of unsatisfactory things occupy eight or nine times out of ten, live to learn to keep pace with the times. The little nephew dared to ask his uncle to open a school to teach and educate the children of everyone on the island, but the reluctant request of the little nephew was hoped that the uncle would not refuse. Tang Ming didn't dare to hide his thoughts in his heart anymore, so he took this opportunity to mention them by the way.
Fang Xiaoru tightened his brows when he heard this, this teaching and educating people is his old profession, Tang Ming asked him to come out to be a teacher, there was nothing to consider, and he agreed. But when he thought of the identity of the islander, Fang Xiaoru felt a sense of powerlessness.
"O nephew! It's not that my uncle wants to postpone it, it's a good thing to teach and educate people, but there are a few young people on this island who can be trained. Instead of going to great lengths to do all this useless work, it is better for you to order people to go out and recruit talents. ”
"What my uncle said is very true, but if you introduce talents from outside without developing yourself, it is not a long-term solution. Besides, the gentleman invited from outside will inevitably have the idea of superiority, and there may be more trouble in addition to being unmanaged. In the long run, the little nephew still thinks that what he has cultivated is the most appropriate, at least they will be Ziming here in the future, and there is still a sense of belonging. ”
Tang Ming's analysis is reasonable, there is nothing to find fault with, Fang Xiaoru also understands this truth, the son-in-law has his own considerations, as an old father-in-law, there is no reason not to support it, after some consideration, Fang Xiaoru agreed to Tang Ming's request.
Fang Xiaoru's open-mindedness was beyond Tang Ming's expectations, but it was finally not as troublesome as he imagined, as long as Fang Xiaoru agreed to open a school for himself, the rest was not so important.
Here, Tang Ming was waiting for the biogas digester to dry, but Zhu Di in Nanjing City was losing his temper, and the reason was naturally because of the pirates that Tang Ming had told him. Every time he touched Jianwen's affairs, Zhu Di couldn't calm down, and only the queen was by his side in the imperial study.
Zhu Di's anger, the queen seems to have expected it a long time ago, there is no persuasion and no comfort, and the emperor is allowed to vent the anger in his heart. The teacups, brushes, and papers on the dragon desk were scattered on the ground, and the entire imperial study was not as tidy as usual, and the queen turned a blind eye to all this.
waited until Zhu Di calmed down a little, then she instructed the eunuchs outside to bring another tea, handed it to the emperor, and comforted him softly: "The emperor must not be angry, this is not worth it." Although Weihaihou was ambushed by Jianwen, he also said in his letter that he had no losses, but destroyed most of the pirates' forces. ”
From another point of view, Weihaihou slapped Jianwen's traitor in the face again. It also indirectly proves that the power of my Ming Dynasty on the sea is unrivaled, and under the wise rule of the emperor, my Ming Dynasty will usher in unprecedented strength. This Jianwen traitor is already a clown who jumps off the beam, as long as the emperor can free his hand, it is not a matter of minutes to destroy him. ”
The queen's intimate words and the rare way of patting on the back all made Zhu Di turn his anger into joy: "What the queen said is right, but I am not angry about these, but the thief of Jianwen is too arrogant." Alas, it is not enough that the matter has passed, and I am now worried about the northern Tatars, and recently there have been secret reports that the military activities there are becoming more and more obvious, and that there is a possibility of gathering a large army to invade our border at any time. I have ordered the emperor to take precautions, and now although the Ming Dynasty is unified, it has internal and external troubles, and the situation is much more severe than when it was difficult. ”
As a virtuous helper, the queen has never exceeded her authority to participate in the major affairs of the country, and she has never mentioned it in the government, which has won Zhu Di's love and trust. In this situation like the one in front of her, the queen has always been a silent listener, and everything is left to the emperor.
Also angry with Zhu Di was Li Xing, the commander of Dongchang, who had already heard a report from his subordinates that he had planted people in Zheng He's fleet, and that no one had returned after following the fleet transporting cattle and horses this time. And from Li Ba, who went with the ship, he only got a simple answer, that is, he encountered pirates, and his subordinates bore the brunt of the attack, and sank to the bottom of the sea with the ship.
If you hear these words, you won't believe them, let alone Gonggong Li, who has grown up by the emperor's side since he was a child. Although he didn't believe that such a coincidence could happen, he didn't have any evidence now, so he knew that something was wrong here, and he couldn't find out.
This matter is really as Li Ba guessed, and it calmed down. It can't be hidden for a while, and the calm is only temporary, once Li Xing has any evidence, a storm will follow. Li Ba had already thought of a way out for himself on the way back, that is, to ask the emperor to resign to Tang Ming.
Nanjing City is no longer suitable for him to stay, Li Xing's East Factory is constantly growing, and Jinyiwei has begun to decline. If Ji Gang can't come up with a counterattack during this period, the Jinyi Guard, who was once a powerful Ming, will become a lackey of Dongchang.