In Yanzhou City, where the fief of King Lu of the Ming Dynasty is located, in the palace of the Yasukuni General, Zhu Yipai, the favorite nephew of Zhu Shouhong, the current King of Lu, is holding a banquet with his wife Guo to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

This clan couple and Zheng Haizhu had a friendship with each other when they first met.

In the past three years, the Liaodong labor force imported into the Yanzhou coal mine came from Zhang Luo of Kong Youde, who was led by Zheng Haizhu, and this time Zheng Haizhu also brought a master who is said to be able to solve the problem of coal mine pumping.

Similar minds and intertwined interests.

In addition, now Zheng Haizhu also has an edict and is a woman, Zhu Yipai and Guo's treat her like an old friend in the house, not an ordinary guest. The family banquet by the lotus pond in the backyard is the long history of Lu Mansion like Zhang Dai's father Zhang Yaofang, and it is impossible to "enjoy" it.

After two drinks, Zheng Haizhu looked at Zhu Yipai's concubine Guo's headdress.

The heart bun is the most common style of hair bun for Ming women, the whole is flat and round, and the tip becomes pointed, like a triangular heart.

This kind of refreshing and neat heart bun that can decorate more beaded flowers is more favored by the royal women's rolls. Even the Guo family, the daughter of a martial artist, is like Qin Liangyu, a female general who is in all directions, in terms of beauty, there is no difference between her and Yingying Yanyan's Jiao'e.

Guo Shi saw Zheng Haizhu staring at his picky bun, and did not hesitate, pulled out a "sideburns" and handed it to her.

"If you like it, I'll give it to you. Your hair is too plain, and you are not a sister-in-law in the nunnery. ”

Zheng Haizhu took the gold-inlaid temples and took a closer look.

A solid gold base is set into a continuous cloud with manibao and three plain rubies the size of goji berries.

Beneath the clouds is filigree gold thread, which holds the three plain sapphires firmly in place like a fishing net.

Zheng Haizhufu raised his eyes again to see the big hairpin in the middle of Guo's hair bun, which was inlaid into a lotus seat with red and blue gemstones, holding up a nine-ox gold car, the Buddha on the car was on three sides and eight arms, and the crown on his head had a great sun, and the two golden arms raised at the highest level were holding two red sapphires the size of dates, about red on behalf of the sun, blue on behalf of the moon.

Zheng Haizhu returned the "sideburns" to Guo's family, and said with a smile: "Such a treasure is solemn, the sideburns and the hairpin are a complete set of heads, how can it be separated." Such a lustrous red sapphire, but it came from Burma outside Yunnan? ”

Guo Shi sighed: "Don't see that you don't like to dress up on weekdays, your eyesight is really good." ”

Zhu Yipai was not surprised.

In the south of the country, now counting the newly opened Songjiang, there are three customs ports, and there are also many treasures in Nanyang Xifanding, this woman has a trading company in her own house, and she knows the gems of Burma, what is strange.

Zheng Haizhu seemed to read his heart, and said to Zhu Yipai: "Your Royal Highness, no matter how good the Qionghua jewelry in Nanyang is, it needs to be beautiful, and it needs the skillful hands of my Ming craftsmen." For example, like a Burmese ruby, the Fan people will only wear it wrapped in soft tin, but the Ming craftsmen can inlay it with gold and silver filaments. ”

Zhu Yipai listened to it, Rao is he has never been as extravagant as other clan members, and he is quite proud at this moment: "Our treasure house of Lu Mansion is as good as a forest, and the ancestor of the two craftsmen was transferred from Yingtianfu to King Lu's fief during the Hongwu period. ”

Zheng Haizhu has more confidence in her heart.

After she entered Yanzhou City, she first visited Zhang Dai's father, Zhang Yaofang, as usual, and asked a little about the palace treasure from Zhang Yaofang.

Before talking to the big guys, do preliminary research, which is her consistent style.

She then did not sell Guanzi, and frankly admitted that she had persuaded the Gu couple to go to Zhancheng to try a special jewelry import business, and this time she came to Yanzhou, wanting to invite two craftsmen from the treasure house to go to Songjiang and bring a group of apprentices who learned to use the honeysuckle filigree process to inlay precious stones.

"Of course, Your Royal Highness, madam, I also understand that the treasure house is the internal manufacturing place of the Lu Mansion, some crafts are not allowed to be passed on, and some shapes are not allowed to be built by our private businesses, so ordinary craftsmen who draw and cloisonné can do it. If we are allowed to do so, every time we come back, we will select the best ruby sapphires and diamonds and send them to Lu Fu. ”

Zhu Yipai, an ancient, naturally didn't realize that Zheng Haizhu's plan was a bit like technology shareholding.

He just thought about it and felt that there was nothing unacceptable.

Miss Zheng understands etiquette, speaks respectfully and humbly, what is not allowed to be passed on, not good transgression, etc., in fact, don't say that Beijing, Nanjing and the fiefs of the vassal kings are the larger state capitals in Huguang and Jiangnan, and the officials and rich gentry use things that are more luxurious and beautiful than the Zhu family, and there are many people.

Borrow a few craftsmen and borrow it, and people will not borrow it in vain, and it is clear that they will give thanks for the jewelry.

Now that there are a large number of clans in various places, the treasures and rewards allocated in the Forbidden City have long been cut off. Miss Zheng sent genuine good things, which is much better than those relatives of Lu Mansion Yibin who took some broken stones to cheat Lu Mansion of money.

Zhu Yipai first made a preliminary decision at the dinner table, and Guo also took the initiative to offer advice, saying that when he entered the palace to ask Princess Lu Meng for peace, he found a reason to raise the matter.

Two days later, Song Yingxing took a boat to Yanzhou.

Like Xu Guangqi, the scientist who has his own name on the surface of the moon hundreds of years later has already shown his workaholic temperament after he became a fish in water on Chongming Island.

Zheng Haizhu also unceremoniously used him as a mule, invited him to eat a big baked cake with spicy soup at the dock, and dragged him to Chai Tan Mountain.

Now, this is the Yanzhou coal mine handed over by Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, to Zhu Yipai.

"Mr. Song, you have to build a big guy like a hydraulic hammer bed. However, those on Chongming Island are borrowed from water, and what is needed here is drainage. ”

On the side of the mine, Zheng Haizhu pointed to the potholes all over the mountain and said to Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing looked at several pits that leaked groundwater.

The shallow ones can still be connected with bamboo tubes to pump up, and the deep ones can not be relied on manpower, and there are several deep pits that can only be abandoned.

No matter how great a scientist is, he will never be able to have a flash of inspiration before any predicament.

Zheng Haizhu saw Song Yingxing frowning, so he inspired: "Mr. Song, who is more powerful than manpower, is not finished with cows, horses, mules, and possibly water." ”

Song Yingxing pursed his lips: "Then Mrs. said that Chongming's water hammer is not the water it relies on." ”

Zheng Haizhu said: "What I want is boiling water. We women cook in the stove, and we have seen a lot of boiling soup that can lift the lid of an inch-thick willow pot. ”

Song Yingxing's eyes moved slightly: "Madame mean, the power of water vapor?" ”

"Cranky, let the gentleman smile."

"Hmm," Song Yingxing groaned, "If that pot is big enough, the power of water vapor will be greater...... But how do you get the force back and forth? ”

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Zheng Haizhu said in his heart, this is the end of what I can remember, and after all, you are a scientist who is better than Watt, the light of the Chinese, as long as you are given a direction, you will be able to build a steam engine for pumping water.

As my person, you should contribute well to the Yanzhou Coal Mine, the cash cow of Lufu, and I will be able to move even more by picking up the wool of their jewelry craftsmen.