Chapter XVII: Pencils and Companies

"How is that possible? You fool the ancestors again! Empress Dowager Zhou looked disappointed and let go of the hand holding Hua Houwei.

Hua Houwei was a little anxious: "How could I lie to you!" It's true! Definitely more real than gold! ”

Empress Dowager Zhou is getting old, and she feels a little cold. The palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting were all thrown out, and the fire in the charcoal basin had dimmed. Empress Dowager Zhou had an idea: "Wei'er, you blow such a big cowhide, the ancestor should be true." ”

"Where's the bragging? Absolutely! Don't be! ”

"Really?" Empress Dowager Zhou showed a sly smile, pointed to the charcoal basin and said: "If you can find a way to keep the house warm, and you don't have to worry about carbon poisoning, the ancestors will believe you!" ”

Hua Hou Wei raised his little head: "No problem!" It's not good to let you see the stove! Then his body softened again: "As long as Wang is in place, this is a trivial matter, and it can be done in minutes!" ”

"Yo, I'm pretty sure! Okay, that is, in a few days, Wang Zhi will be in place, so when will you work? ”

"Now! Ancestor, find me some graphite and laterite, oh, and, forget it, call someone, I'll tell them. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou nodded but did not call: "Okay, wait for a while." Wei'er, you promised me never to do fratricidal things in this life, is that okay? ”

Hua Houwei looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou in surprise, the Empress Dowager Zhou smiled, and lay back to the soft collapse: "The ancestor is old, the three of you father and son can take it to heart, don't let the coffin board of the ancestor not cover it." ”

Hua Houwei said proudly: "Ancestor, I'm not afraid that you will be unhappy, I don't care about Daming's idea." We lack copper and silver in the Ming Dynasty, there is a continent not far from Fujian in the south, which is bigger than the Ming Dynasty, with gold, silver, copper and iron on it, and a big mouse with a long pocket on the belly...

"I'll drop a day! Wei'er, are you talking in your dreams? Oh, it's a dream. Are you serious? ”

"Ancestor, Su Wu's sheep herding is right, right? I also know the rule of Zhenguan, the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Wu Zetian, the candlelight axe shadow, Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Kuangyin..."

"Okay, okay, isn't the ancestor still convinced?" Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Hua Houwei, who was wrestling his fingers, and had a headache, saying the letter on her lips, and muttering in her heart. It's too shocking, the little people are like this, and they have to grow up? Houzhao, the ancestors did their best, you ask for more blessings!

Only then did Hua Houwei put down his finger: "Ancestor, I really didn't lie to you." I only told my dad about this, so don't let it out. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou smiled: "Even if I say that others have to believe it, right?" Wei'er, so be it, I'll call someone first! After speaking, he pulled the thin rope on the soft side, and after a while, the palace maids and eunuchs who had been serving returned to the palace.

Hua Houwei dragged a eunuch: "Go do something!" Find some graphite, clay, crush it with water and mix it together, and make it so fine to dry. Make a wooden stick, so thin, cut it in half, and press the small stick of graphite clay drying into it and stick it well. ”

The eunuch looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou, and as soon as the Empress Dowager Zhou waved her hand, the eunuch immediately nodded and went out.

After a while, the eunuch walked in with a bundle of wooden sticks: "Your Highness, according to your orders, everything is ready." ”

Now Hua Houwei came to the spirit: "Find a knife to sharpen, don't have too sharp head." Ancestor, get me a piece of paper, and a triangle. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou and the other eunuchs sharpened the wooden sticks and asked suspiciously, "Wei'er, what are you doing here?" ”

"Ancestor, this is a pencil, used for drawing. Look, huh? How did I not think of that? Whoever is that, follow the steps just now, and make another batch. Wait, I'm not done yet, don't clay, just graphite! Hua Houwei and the other eunuchs trotted out, turned to the Empress Dowager Zhou and said, "Ancestor, this thing can also paint eyebrows, but it's dark!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou became interested: "Oh? Xu Guozhong, do more! Then I watched Hua Houwei spread out the rice paper, took the sharpened pencil, and began to draw on the paper. Hey? Can you really write? Su Mei, cut one for me! ”

Holding the sharpened pencil, the Empress Dowager Zhou grabbed the pencil like Hua Houwei, and wrote a poem "Bodhisattva Man" on the paper with great interest: The jade steps stand in the air, and the birds return to fly in a hurry. Where is the return journey? Long pavilions are shorter pavilions. "Well, it's easy to use, it's easy to use! My old woman didn't have a hard time writing it! Hey? Wrong! Su Mei hurriedly went to tell Xu Guozhong to control all the people who came into contact with manufacturing! ”

Hua Houwei raised his head indifferently: "Ancestor, you are also in business?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou smiled proudly: "What? I can't save a few dollars for myself, can I? Wei'er? ”

Hua Houwei raised his head blankly, and the Empress Dowager Zhou reached out and took it over, hugged it in her arms and asked affectionately: "Little God of Wealth, what other good ideas do you have?" First tell the ancestors, your uncles are still very poor, and we can't give good things to others first? ”

Hua Houwei smiled: "Ancestor, no problem!" Want to make a fortune? That's my forte! But my mother's family also has two uncles! It has to be all wet with rain and dew, right? Ancestor, let's just join forces with the three of us, get a company, and make a fortune! What do you think? ”

"Company? You mean the Merchant Gang? Well, the company, the company, it's a good name, it's called the company. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, Lamei, go, call my granddaughter-in-law over, well, Uncle Guo should also call over! ”

Empress Zhang came the fastest, and she was really filial to the Empress Dowager Zhou. If she doesn't rush anything else, she will never force Hongzhi to accept the harem, and she is extremely grateful! What's more, when Hongzhi was a child, it was the Empress Dowager Zhou who protected him single-handedly, so that he did not suffer from the poisonous hands of Concubine Wan. As soon as she entered the palace gate, Empress Zhang affectionately called out to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Imperial grandmother, what good is it for me to call my granddaughter-in-law over?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou laughed: "Your benefits ask your son, I still have to rely on your son!" ”

Empress Zhang walked behind Hua Houwei, who was concentrating, and exclaimed, "What is this?" Wei'er, what's in your hand? How can it be... Isn't this also a pen? ”

Hua Houwei grabbed a sharpened pencil and handed it to Queen Zhang: "Mom, this is the pencil I invented, and it is also a gift for my uncles." ”

Empress Zhang grabbed the pencil, and subconsciously made a mark on the rice paper like a brush: "What is this?" It doesn't work! ”

"Mom, you have to catch it like this, try again? You see, just now the ancestor wrote a poem with a pencil, that or something, it was very beautiful, and it was written very quickly. ”

When Empress Zhang saw the rice paper pushed over by the Empress Dowager Zhou, she was greatly admired: "The imperial grandmother's pen is really beautiful!" What's that called? That's right, the Iron Hook Silver Painting! ”

"Alright, Queen, you're in the wrong place. Your son is terrible now, a proper Ming and a small god of wealth, if you don't take a few more sentences, how can the purses of our two families bulge? ”

Empress Zhang puffed up her chest proudly: "He dares not to give it?" ”

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