Chapter 217: A Big Accident
"It's not for a friend! People like us! One has no identity and two has no status, big things can't be done, and I'm busy working for these friends every day. After being busy, the east family is busy with the west family, and I can't be idle anyway. Wang Wenyan said with a smile. Looks like he's going to be doing well in Kyori. When he said this, he obviously had a bit of a spring breeze smug.
The three of them chatted while walking, and soon arrived at Wang Wenyan's home.
Wang's house is not big, only one yard, three before and after, and more than a dozen houses. As soon as I stepped through the door, I heard a lot of commotion in the house.
Seeing Wang Wenyan coming back, seven or eight people came out of the hall early, some called the eldest brother, some called Wang Ye, and some were coaxing. Wang Wenyan nodded to everyone with a smile, "Why are you all here?" ”
"I heard that the eldest brother is back, so we came to take a look."
also said, "I'll see if the eldest brother has something for us to do." ”
Wang Wenyan nodded, and followed everyone into the house.
Yu Ren watched coldly from the sidelines, and these characters sitting in the Wang family looked like some characters who were mixed with the rivers and lakes. Judging from the clothing, there are fast catchers, small officials, street gangsters in short shirts, some people wearing foreign clothes, and a Taoist priest. Although the characters are mixed, they are all people with low social status without exception.
Wang Wenyan sat down and talked to the Taoist priest first, "Brother Yang has never been mixed up in Taihu Lake!" Why do you have time to run to my brother? ”
Daoist Yang had a look of shame on his face.
"I really don't hide it from Brother Wang, this year's year is not very good, our brother has been a little bad recently, and he has been a little tight recently. This time ,......."
Wang Wenyan didn't wait for Daoist Yang to finish speaking, and raised his hand to stop him.
"Brother Yang's meaning, I understand." After Wang Wenyan finished speaking, he raised his hand to a family member behind him. "Wang Yun, you go and ask Mrs. to bring a hundred taels of silver and hand it over to Brother Yang."
When Daoist Yang heard this, he hurriedly thanked Wang Wenyan.
After a while, Wang Yun took out a small cloth blanket and handed it to Daoist Yang. The Taoist priest took the silver, and he didn't say anything, but only bowed to Wang Wenyan, bowed his hand, thanked him, and turned away.
On this side, Wang Wenyan spoke to others again. Most of these people who came to him had something to do, and only a few came purely to see him. Wang Wenyan is almost a salvation for them. Among these people, there are those who ask for mercy, those who ask for things, and those who seek wealth like Daoist Yang. But no matter what they ask, Wang Wenyan can almost satisfy them.
This made Yu Ren have to admire Wang Wenyan. He now finally knows why Wang Wenyan is just a small official of the government, but he is so famous in Suzhou City. He's simply a real-life version of Timely Rain!
The others were basically sent away, and finally a young man stood up.
The man was tall, but thin and poorly dressed. When he saw that everyone was gone, he also got up and wanted to go. Wang Wenyan saw him at a glance.
"This little brother looks very angry, I don't know what's going on?"
The man was asked by Wang Wenyan, so he had to stop his steps, and his face turned red first. He hugged his fist to Wang Wenyan, "In Xia Yan Peiwei, he is a weaver from Jiangxi. Because I first arrived in Suzhou, I couldn't find anything for the time being, and I caught up with my wife's illness. The few taels of idle silver in his hand were spent all at once, and now he is really desperate. I heard that Mr. Wang was a person who was eager for merit and righteousness, so I came to the door with a cheeky face, wanting to borrow a few taels of silver from Mr. to solve my urgent need. ”
When Wang Wenyan heard this, he didn't think much about it, so he waved his hand to ask his family to get the silver. Zhao Rui on the side suddenly stopped him with a look.
Wang Wenyan didn't know what his cousin was thinking, so he put down his raised hand again, and just looked at Zhao Rui.
"Is Mr. Yan very good at weaving?" Zhao Rui interjected and asked.
"I don't dare to be, the villain doesn't dare to say anything superior to the weaving technology, but my family has been a weaver for generations, and I made a loom in my hometown a few years ago without manpower." Speaking of this, Yan Peiwei's expression was eager, he was obviously worried that Zhao Rui would not want to lend him money because he had no skills.
"Oh!" When Yu Ren heard that this Yan Peiwei had actually made a loom that could be pushed without manpower, he couldn't help but be interested.
"What kind of loom is it?"
Yan Peiwei glanced at Yu Ren, he thought that Yu Ren meant not to believe his words. He didn't know who the young man in front of him was, but he had come to borrow money today, and although he was not happy with the young man's doubts about himself, he also knew that he could not be offended.
So, Yan Peiwei replied seriously, "It is a loom that borrows the power of steam after the water is boiled. ”
He thought that Yu Ren must not understand, and was about to further answer the question he raised, but he didn't expect Yu Ren to shout, "Steam engine! ”
Yan Peiwei was a little surprised, "Yes, it's a loom propelled by steam." So I named it the Steam Loom. ”
Yu Ren still doesn't believe that he has always been deeply influenced by modern history, and has always believed that the steam car should be the first to be invented in the West. And in his own thoughts, he has always believed that without his own participation, no one in this world would have been able to invent the steam engine at this time.
But now he heard an unexpected news, a news that he did not expect, a news that he could not believe.
He didn't know if this man named Yan Peiwei was true or false, at least he didn't believe that this man could actually build a steam engine.
"You said you made that thing?"
Yan Peiwei nodded, he didn't know why the strange young man in front of him suddenly became so excited after hearing the news.
"So, can you draw his picture out for me?"
Yan Peiwei shook his head.
Yu Ren was disappointed, he was almost sure that this person was bragging.
"Why?"
Yan Peiwei's face turned red all of a sudden, "I, I can't read and write, and I can't use a pen." ”
Yu Ren was suddenly relieved, and a tolerant smile appeared on his face. "It's okay, just show me a rough drawing on the ground. Then explain it to me in front of the picture. ”
Yan Peiwei saw that this young man suddenly became interested in this thing he had made, but his face became extremely ugly. "I, I'm not borrowing any more money."
After speaking, Yan Peiwei ran out of the door.
"Catch him!" Yu Ren was taken aback when he suddenly saw Yan Peiwei running. This is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, where would he let it go, so he couldn't help but yell outside the Wang family.
Two subordinates of the Wang family had already run forward, grabbed Yan Peiwei, and sent him back to the house with a push.
"Little Xianggong, this kid is very dishonest, do you want to tie him up with a rope. When I saw him come in, I felt that something was not right, and at first glance he didn't look like a serious person, and I wanted to stop him from entering. But he came in behind Yang Daochang, and I thought he was brought by Yang Daochang, so I didn't stop him.
I didn't expect something to happen at the bottom. ”
The two family members pushed Yan Peiwei into the room while saying.
"You don't have long eyes, and you don't look at what kind of place this is, quickly take out the things you took from the little minister!" A family member reprimanded.
Yu Ren was scolded and laughed by these two outsiders.
"Don't be rude!" Yu Ren shouted to the two family members. "I asked you to invite Mr. Yan back, there are important things to discuss, who said that he took my things?"
When the two family members heard that it was their two of them, they would be mistaken, and it turned out that this was Yu Ren's distinguished guest, so they were startled and quickly apologized to Yan Peiwei.
Yan Peiwei twisted their aching arms and waved at them. "It's okay."
The two housekeepers saluted Yan Peiwei again and retreated.
Wang Wenyan watched all this quietly, and he didn't know what Yu Ren and this person surnamed Yan were doing. In his opinion, the man surnamed Yan was nothing more than an insignificant weaver, and he did not disdain to associate with such people. However, since people ask to come to the door, and it is indeed difficult, he will also give him a few taels of silver to take advantage of the beauty of people. However, he will not take this kind of person to heart.
So Yu Ren's performance of this surnamed Yan made him can't understand it, and in his mind, it is really not worth wasting time on this kind of person. If it weren't for the fact that he knew a little about Yu Ren and knew that his prospective cousin-in-law had a unique vision, he would have asked someone to send this surnamed Yan away. He came back this time, time was tight, and he didn't want to waste his already small amount of time on such an inconsequential little person. But for the sake of Yu Ren's face, he still endured waiting until now.
But seeing that Yu Ren and this poor weaver were endless, he finally couldn't bear it anymore. So, Wang Wenyan gave up his hand to Yu Ren.
"I'm going to go to the inner room to see how the insiders are tidying up. Rui Rui, you sit with Yu Xianggong. With that, he turned around and went in.
Although Wang Wenyan's actions were a little impolite, Yu Ren didn't care at all, and his attention was now attracted by the person named Yan Peiwei in front of him.
"I'm just telling you to draw a picture, what are you running? Don't you think it's the result of your research and don't want to tell me?
That's good. I'll pay fifty taels to buy this research result of yours. As long as you draw the picture and explain it to me, whether it will work for me or not. I will give you fifty taels of silver. What do you think? ”