Zhou Shuren said: "My lord, the lower officials didn't find anything, the lower officials just heard that the adults were pressing the Ministry of Industry to apply for the fold of silver, so I wanted to ask." ”

Xiao Qing exhaled, the capital has been very nervous recently, and he is also holding a string, it's not a big deal, "Recently, the Ministry of Industry has applied for silver too often, saying that it is to improve technology, heh, there is a prince in front of me to say hello, I have approved it twice, but no waves have been smashed, the silver of the household department is to be used on the blade, and the Ministry of Industry is not able to waste silver so much." ”

Zhou Shuren was a little depressed and wanted to vomit blood, to improve any technology, he had to continue to experiment, every experiment was money, and if he wanted to make progress, he had to smash silver, originally he blew a lot of wind in the ears of the prince, and the prince was very concerned about the Ministry of Industry, but he ignored Lord Xiao.

It was only at this time that Zhou Shuren deeply realized that he and Master Xiao were almost not only thoughtful, but also the distance between the times, and the generation gap of hundreds of years was not something he could easily change.

Since Lord Xiao was the head of the household, the household department has never been rich, this silver is very important in Lord Xiao's heart, coupled with the prejudice of the inherent thinking against the Ministry of Industry, Lord Xiao can approve the silver twice is already for the prince's face.

Xiao Qing's attitude was very resolute, he knew that Zhou Shuren had a good attitude towards the Ministry of Industry, but there were too many places in the country where silver was used, and he was really afraid of the days when there was no silver, "Shuren, I know that you value the Ministry of Industry, but the official will not approve this silver." ”

Anyway, he won't approve it when he is in office, and as for the future, it will be Zhou Shuren's business.

When Zhou Shuren heard this, he didn't want to bother to convince Lord Xiao, because it was useless, different departments thought differently, "Then you are busy." ”

Xiao Qing nodded, "Hmm." ”

In the evening, Zhou Mansion, Zhou Shuren came home and saw the glass in his daughter-in-law's hand, and was stunned, "Where did this thing come from?" ”

Zhulan looked at the glass with low transparency, and was stunned all the time, and said back to her senses: "I didn't ask the Xu Mansion to help buy wood, when the Xu family came back from the sea to send wood, they gave these two cups." ”

Zhou Shuren didn't want to pick it up and look at it, it was really rough, but it was quite artistic, "This thing is not cheap abroad." ”

Zhulan put down the cup, "It's a lot cheaper than what the store in the capital sells in the capital." ”

Zhou Shuren thought of Lord Xiao's attitude today, and sighed: "When will we be able to create ourselves in China." ”

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren are really not rare These two cups, you expect modern people to go to rare two glasses, don't dream, and motioned to Mrs. Song to put it away.

Zhulan said again: "Zhang Jinghong is back." ”

Zhou Shuren was surprised, "How did you know the news?" ”

Why hadn't he heard about it?

Zhulan chuckled, "Don't underestimate me, don't look at me in the backyard, but I'm very well-informed, since I came to the capital, I have taken a comfortable heart, and always pay attention to the size of the capital." ”

She knows too well that sometimes small pieces of news can affect too many things.

Zhou Shuren changed his clothes, "What else did you inquire?" ”

Zhulan took the clothes, "Zhang Jinghong was carried out of the palace, and it is said that he was seriously injured. ”

Zhou Shuren gave a thumbs up, "I know it in detail, it's amazing." ”

In order to get more information, Zhulan also put a lot of effort into choosing the clever ones from the subordinates, and also the loyal ones, her efforts were not in vain.

In fact, these news are not secrets, the movements of the Five Princes' Mansion are too big.

Zhulan waited for Zhou Shuren to change his clothes, "I'm waiting for us to eat, your eldest grandson is here, and I haven't talked about you all afternoon." ”

Zhou Shuren thought of his grandson, his smile deepened, every time the eldest daughter wrote a letter, the eldest grandson would add a few strokes, people's feelings are all getting along, this child's feelings for him can be seen between the lines, "Okay." ”

At the dinner table, Zhou Shuren patted the position next to him and said to his shy grandson, "Come and sit." ”

Jiang Du looked at the eldest cousin who gave up the position, a little entangled, his grandfather liked him, he was happy, but he took the position of the eldest cousin, he felt like he had robbed something, and his face turned red.

Mingyun came back from school, although he didn't communicate much with his cousin, but he knew enough about this cousin, and he knew in his heart that his cousin had scruples in his heart, so he pulled his cousin over with a smile, "Sit down, don't be restrained in the family." ”

It turned out that Jiang Du was sitting in Mingteng's position, only close to Zhou Shuren through Mingyun.

This makes the arrangement no problem, Mingyun, the eldest grandson, is recognized by several rooms.

Jiang Du sat down and looked at several uncles, all of whom looked at him, all with encouraging eyes, his nervous heart was gone, and his ass sat relaxed and hard on the chair.

Zhou Shuren asked his grandson to be his side, just hoping to give the child some confidence and let the child relax a little, but he didn't expect that he would be more restrained, so he could only say to the eldest grandson: "Your cousin is familiar with it at home in the past two days, and he will be sent to the academy in two days, and when the time comes, grandpa will hand over Jiang Du to you to take care of." ”

Mingyun smiled, "Grandpa, grandpa will take care of my cousin, don't worry." ”

Zhou Shuren was relieved of his eldest grandson, and said to his grandson: "This is also your home, you are home, not a guest, if you are not suitable for anything, tell your grandparents." ”

Jiang Du had already relaxed, and he felt welcome to him, "Hmm." ”

He has received many gifts, his uncle and aunt gave him pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the second aunt and the second uncle gave him a purse, which contained silver tickets, the third aunt gave him a jade pendant, the fourth aunt gave him a bag of gold beans, and the fourth uncle gave him a lot of calligraphy.

The third uncle also made up a gift when he came back from Hanlin Temple, and gave him books.

The eldest cousin and cousin also gave him things after school, and the eldest cousin sent the reading notes compiled by the cousin, and the same was true for Mingteng and Mingrui.

In fact, he was a little frightened, well, he was frightened by the fourth aunt, I heard my mother say that the fourth aunt had the most money, but he was still suppressed by the arrogance of the fourth aunt.

Zhou Shuren asked his grandson about his grandson's studies at the dinner table, and his grandson knew all these things, and when there was a topic to talk about, his grandson became more and more relaxed.

After the meal, Zhou Shuren took his grandson to the study again, and when he saw his grandson clenching his hands nervously, he smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, as if your grandfather and I are so serious." ”

Ming Teng kept rolling his eyes in his heart, this is the smell of the fragrance from afar, and the grandson who grandpa finally saw was so kind!

Jiang Du smiled lightly, he was not so nervous after listening to his grandfather's words, "Grandpa, I'm not nervous anymore." ”

Zhou Shuren looked at the funny Mingteng, and made a note in his heart, since Ran Xun came to the capital, this kid has become more and more bold, and he complained about him in his heart, really can't he see it?

Ming Teng shuddered, peeked at his grandfather, and saw that his grandfather didn't look at him, and wondered, how could he have a bad premonition?

(End of chapter)