After Zhu Tao came out of the palace, he went home and changed his clothes before going out.

Charlie lives in an alley in the capital, the house is not big or small, a quiet place in the middle of the noise, surrounded by some scholars, although not much rich, but the province is in the Qing Gui.

For Charlie and Carl, two foreigners, although curious, but no one will chew their tongues, Charlie and Carl live very comfortably.

"Sir, there's an adult coming from outside the door, saying it's a visit."

Charlie felt very surprised when he heard this, although he had an official position, he did not participate in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, and most of his daily life was studying books related to architecture.

Ancient texts are inherently difficult to understand, and he is a foreigner, so he will naturally struggle to read books, and after reading books, he has to go out for field investigations.

He is occasionally called by the emperor to say something about architecture, although Yinzhen does not understand architecture, but he has experienced a lot and read a lot of books, so he will naturally understand a little bit of everything.

Sometimes Charlie listens to Yinzhen's words, and there is always a feeling of enlightenment, and Charlie slowly becomes very respectful of Yinzhen.

Charlie doesn't intersect with outsiders on weekdays, because he doesn't have any interests, so no one comes to look for him, and the neighbors around him don't intersect much because of their different skin tones and hair colors.

So he really figured out who would come to him, and for what?

"Please come in!"

After a while, Zhu Tao came in, he was wearing civilian clothes, he looked like a scholar who lived around, Charlie heard the little maid report that he was an adult, how did he look a little unlike!

Zhu Tao spoke first: "Under Zhu Tao, come and visit Mr." ”

Charlie was also accustomed to some of the oral habits of the Qing Dynasty.

"Hello Lord Zhu, sit down and talk, I don't know if Lord Zhu didn't come to me?"

Zhu Tao smiled and said: "I took an errand below, and the emperor recommended Mr. to Zaixia, and the emperor said that Mr. can help Zaixia." ”

Charlie looked puzzled, but he admired Yinzhen very much, so he said: "The emperor is very smart, I don't know what the emperor asked Zhu Tao to come to me for?" ”

Zhu Tao also knew that foreigners were more straightforward than the reserved and introverted Chinese, so he didn't go around the bush with him.

"That's the case, the emperor plans to choose a place in the capital, build a bookstore, this bookstore does not restrict personnel to enter, but it does not sell books, you can read books in it, if you have the certificate of the school, you can also borrow books to read at home, but to return it within the specified time, to build such a place, the place needed must not be small, the emperor heard Mr. talk about Western architecture, maybe it can solve this problem, of course, the emperor said, do not stick to the material, because cement is very suitable for building materials, If you can use cement, it must be very good to design a new building, what do you think? ”

What does Charlie think?

Charlie naturally thought the idea was fantastic.

Not to mention the bookstore, using new building materials to design your own style of architecture, this idea is too tempting for a person who loves architecture.

Charlie's undeniably heart moved.

Although Charlie is moved, but how to do it, he still needs to ask, the idea in his heart is that as a designer, he naturally wants to have a greater say, he doesn't like others to point fingers in his field, of course, if it is a talented person, he doesn't mind.

"What do you think? What is Lord Zhu's idea of this bookstore, you name it, if you can, let's agree on it first, and then see how to continue. ”

Zhu Tao: "It's nature. ”

"I think so, today's common buildings are wooden, the common restaurants in the capital are up to three floors, if you can, I hope this bookstore can be built five floors, the area The emperor has allowed me to make my own decisions, because the bookstore can not be built in too remote places, but most of the prosperous places live densely, if it is a large-scale relocation must not be an easy thing, if the five floors can be built, greatly reduce the floor area, the place will not talk for the time being, first talk about how to use cement to build large buildings......"

Zhu Tao doesn't understand architecture, but he lives in modern times and is very familiar with modern architecture, and he still knows what modern masters need.

So Zhu Tao put forward a lot of ideas about architecture, because the idea was ahead of time, Charlie, who listened to it, was excited, and in his heart he had already placed Zhu Tao and Yinzhen, the status of the emperor, together.

In Charlie's mind, architecture is a big part of life.

Charlie: "That's great, I've decided, I'm going to follow you, I want to build this bookstore, just think about the future towering bookstore I designed, that feeling is so wonderful." ”

Charlie said a bit exaggerated, but Zhu Tao heard it, Charlie really wanted to do this well.

Zhu Tao smiled and said, "Then thank you Mr. Charlie." ”

Charlie: "Oh, you're welcome, I think I'm going to ask you for this, what a genius idea." ”

Zhu Tao: "It's not all my idea, the reason why I want to build a bookstore is the emperor's idea, and the use of new materials is also mentioned by the emperor." ”

Charlie heard Zhu Tao talk about Yinzhen and said with a smile: "The emperor is a very talented person, he is an admirable emperor. ”

Zhu Tao also has a sense of identity with Yinzhen, the emperor, although he is a modern man and has no servility in his bones, but he knows the times!

He knew that the emperor was very meritocracy, and he had lived in this era for a period of time, and he also knew the wisdom and difficulty of the ancients, so he naturally did not have any arrogant thoughts.

Zhu Tao: "Mr. Charlie, when do you think it's better to start designing?" ”

Charlie has a lot of experience in architecture, so he said: "Although we have an idea, but if we want to start designing drawings, we need to determine the address of the bookstore first. ”

Zhu Tao naturally has no opinion: "Listen to Mr. Charlie." ”

After Zhu Tao left Charlie, he returned home, picked up his son from Yun Qing, and began to tease.

Yun Qing naturally did not object to her husband and son getting close: "My husband came back just now and changed his clothes, why did he come back so soon." ”

If Zhu Tao went to another place, it is estimated that he would have to be left for dinner before he could come back, but the place he went to was Charlie.

As a foreigner, Charlie really didn't expect to leave Zhu Tao, the person he met for the first time.

Zhu Tao: "Where did I go to an Englishman?" ”

Yun Qing didn't understand: "British? ”

Zhu Tao: "It's not from the Qing Dynasty, Charlie is from the other side of the sea, he came to the Qing Dynasty across the sea, because he has some talents in architecture, he was retained by the emperor and served in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Yun Qing: "In this way, do you need to be a concubine to do anything?" ”

Zhu Tao naturally understood that Yun Qing was talking about lady diplomacy, and most of the banquets that Yun Qing attended on weekdays were related to him, basically who he was good friends with, and who Yun Qing would be closer to.

Yun Qing is not the only one who does this, but the other Mrs. Fujin also does it.

"No, I've inquired, there is no one in Mr. Charlie's backyard, it seems that he lives with a friend and has no plans to start a family for the time being."

Although Yun Qing felt that it was strange for a big man not to have a family, but it was none of her business, so she stopped asking about Charlie.

Carl has also been in the capital recently, and although the two live together, because of the different nature of their work, Carl often travels on business.

The two don't spend much time together.

Carl had also heard that someone had come to see Charlie.

Carl: "Charlie, I heard someone came looking for you today?" ”

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