Tu Wenhuan brought more than a dozen people with his entourage, all of whom were big men like Deng Kui. Tu Wenhuan gave the order, and someone ran quickly to arrange it, judging from the behavior of these people, it does seem to be out of the army, judging from the current military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, these people can be called elite soldiers.

Together with Su Hao, Tu Wenhuan slowly walked towards the village, discussing the experience of surveying the well location as they walked. Tu Wenhuan has a lot of practical experience, and Su Hao is a professional geology, and the two of them are quite speculative. Su Hao's knowledge background is much more solid than Tu Wenhuan's, many things that Tu Wenhuan is puzzled about, as soon as he says it, Su Hao can explain it one by one, the more Tu Wenhuan listens, the more surprised he is, when the two walked to the entrance of the village, Tu Wenhuan's admiration and appreciation for Su Hao was like the water of the Yellow River, gushing endlessly.

Tu Wenhuan is from this village, and his house looks spectacular. However, Su Hao can see that the construction life of this house is about twenty or thirty years, and it is estimated that it should be the house that Tu Wenhuan built after he made his fortune outside, as for the situation of Tu Wenhuan's house before, it is difficult to judge.

That night, the Tu family set up seven or eight tables of banquets to entertain Su Hao and all the craftsmen and officials who had made meritorious contributions to the wells. The village elders, chiefs, and chiefs were also invited to accompany them, and sat with the craftsmen and officials, and were responsible for encouraging everyone to drink. The wine table was staggered, it was very lively, Huang Ergou was so drunk that the acne on his face was protruding, his tongue was big, and he didn't leave Su Hao, saying how his master Su was wise and martial and so on, and ushered in countless compliments.

When other officials went to the countryside to dig wells, they were all waited by the villagers as officials. Huang Ergou was extremely sad and met a strong Tu Wenhuan. Tu Wenhuan didn't even pay attention to the county, and he didn't care about the officials of the county government. He pointed out a few wells for Huang Ergou, and sent his entourage to supervise on the side, making Huang Ergou look like he was forced to work, although he was not abused, but it was unimaginable to be treated with a big fish and meat like today.

Now, Su Hao just foresaw that there was no water in a well, so Tu Wenhuan lowered his head and offered to treat everyone, which made Huang Ergou not excited.

The craftsmen and officials were all arranged to eat in the Tu family's compound, and Tu Wenhuan specially set up a small table to entertain Su Hao in his living room. The only people who can be qualified to accompany him are a few relatives around Tu Wenhuan, plus Chen Guanyu from Su Hao's side. In fact, even Chen Guanyu and Tu Wenhuan don't look down on it, but there are a few people on their side, and if Su Hao's side doesn't let a single entourage take it, it doesn't seem to be very harmonious.

After three rounds of drinking, Tu Wenhuan asked Su Hao about the origin of his knowledge, and Su Hao naturally used the rhetoric about the Franc machine missionary to cover it up. Tu Wenhuan nodded with emotion and said, "It turns out that Brother Su learned the way of learning from the Buddha Machine. This old man has seen a few, but he didn't know that they had such knowledge. However, there are some unique features in the construction of firearms by the Franco. ”

Su Hao asked: "Tu Lao, you said that you have seen a few Francophone people, where did you see them?" ”

Tu Wenhuan stroked his beard, made a contemplative state, and said: "Speaking of which, that was ten years ago, at that time, the old man was still ......, uh, at that time, the old man was ordered to inspect southern Guangdong, and Chen Luan, the deputy general of Guangdong, accompanied the old man to Macao and dealt with the missionaries of Franco. Those Franc machine missionaries also had perseverance, and in the first few years since they arrived in the Ming Dynasty, they have learned my Chinese language quite fluently. I've talked to a few missionaries, but I haven't heard them talk about these ways. ”

Su Hao said: "This is normal, not every missionary understands this knowledge. It was a fluke that the student met such a missionary, who happened to understand these things. ”

"This can be regarded as an encounter with Brother Su." Tu Wenhuan said, "Brother Su, what else can you do with these Gewu Dao you have learned besides being used for well exploration, can you say it to open the old man's eyes?" ”

Su Hao thought for a while and said, "Actually, the knowledge that students learn is called geology, and its meaning in Western words is about the science of the earth. In geology, well exploration is only the most superficial application, in addition to well exploration, geological knowledge is more used in mine exploration, engineering construction, natural disaster prevention, etc., the use is very great. ”

"It turns out that Brother Su still knows the way of prospecting?" Tu Wenhuan said curiously.

Su Hao said modestly: "The student can only say that he knows a little bit about it. ”

Tu Wenhuan said: "Prospecting is a university question, and if you master this knowledge, you can enrich the country and strengthen the army, and you can retire to settle down." According to my experience in the Ministry of Engineering, I can't find a few people who can be proficient in this knowledge. Every year, the country spends a lot of money on mining, but it often gets half the result with half the effort, all because of the lack of prospecting talents. ”

Su Hao said: "In the final analysis, this is still a matter of orientation. ”

"What is orientation?" Tu Wenhuan asked.

Su Hao said: "I am known for articles, as long as I can make splendid articles, I will be able to be named on the gold list and glorify my ancestors." Techniques such as mining and well exploration are often dismissed as tricks and tricks. In the course of time, who else will study such knowledge? ”

"That's true." Tu Wenhuan sighed, "Now the court is full of rotten Confucians who are dead to study, full of sages and sages, but they have no ability to govern the country." ”

Su Hao heard Tu Wenhuan say this, so he asked: "Old Tu, I just heard from you that you were once ordered to inspect Nanyue, so you must also be a Beijing official, right?" This time I came back to Fengcheng, are you here to save my relatives? ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the entourage Tu Wenhuan on the table changed slightly, as if Su Hao was asking a very sensitive topic. Tu Wenhuan made a gesture to everyone, signaling everyone to be calm, and then said to Su Hao with a smile: "What I said to Brother Su was ten years ago. To tell the truth, at that time, the old man had served in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, and he was quite valued by Zhang Taiyue and Master Zhang at that time. Brother Su should be able to imagine the rest of the matter, right? ”

"I see." Su Hao nodded slightly.

The Zhang Taiyue that Tu Wenhuan said was Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant from the beginning of Wanli to the tenth year of Wanli. When this person was in power, he was so powerful that even Wanli had to act according to his face. Tu Wenhuan was valued by Zhang Juzheng at that time, and he was also very beautiful when he thought about it. But the world is impermanent, and a year after Zhang Juzheng's death, Wanli raided his home and almost wiped out his full house. As a person who has something to do with Zhang Juzheng, Tu Wenhuan's situation should be conceivable.

Zhang Juzheng has a mixed reputation in history, but one thing is undeniable, that is, he is a person who wants to do something practical, and he does do something. Before Zhang Juzheng, during the Jiajing period, Yan Song's father and son controlled the government, corrupted the law, and tossed the whole country to death. After Zhang Juzheng came to power, he rectified the program of the dynasty and consolidated national defense, especially the implementation of a whip law, so that the country's financial resources were restored, which gave the Ming Dynasty another few decades of vitality.

As a leader who wants to do things, he naturally attaches great importance to capable subordinates, and Tu Wenhuan must have been favored by Zhang Juzheng for this reason.

"So, where is Tu Lao now?" Su Hao asked again.

Tu Wenhuan said: "The old man is already a wasted person, and he is not high if he talks about anything." A few years ago, the DPRK and the Central Committee investigated the remnants of the Zhang family, and many people were dismissed, even imprisoned and exiled. The old man was also more knowledgeable, so he begged for Zhishi and got the court's permission. Therefore, the old man is now a cloth body. ”

"But ......" Su Hao looked at the few Tu Wenhuan's relatives on the table with his eyes, and cast a suspicious look at Tu Wenhuan. As an official of Zhishi, it seems unreasonable to have so many retinues who are obviously from the military around.

Tu Wenhuan laughed and said, "Brother Su is talking about these brothers, right?" In fact, they were all personal soldiers under the command of General Deng Wuqiao, deputy commander-in-chief of Yunnan. This Deng Wuqiao is not far from Dengjia Village, and I have been friends since childhood. After I sent a tribute, I was bored, so I went to him to be a staff member and begged for a bowl of rice. This time, I returned to my hometown to save my relatives, and Wuqiao was afraid that I would not be safe on the road, so he sent Deng Kui and more than a dozen other personal soldiers to escort me, that is, these brothers. ”