"What does this have to do with this king?"

Zhu Di's face was full of impatience, he knew this kind of thief too well, and when he saw that there were a lot of acres and money and grain in his palace this time, he got red eye disease, and he had to cheat some money and grain to be comfortable.

"Your Highness, even if the lower officials now organize the people in the city to dredge and wash all the ditches.

However, the bottom of the ditch was already full of potholes, and within a few days, a puddle of sewage was back.

And using cement to pave the ditches can be done once and for all, and the ditches in the city will not be so filthy every winter and spring. ”

In the past few days, under the persecution of the officials above his head, Yu Rentian no longer wants any face.

Therefore, seeing Zhu Di picking like this, he couldn't help but feel angry, and directly began to rot.

"Your Highness, although Xiaguan is the prefect of Beiping Mansion, Beiping Mansion is your feudal state.

If the ditches are not dredged and paved at one time, there will be cases of people getting sick due to the impassability of the ditches every year, and the government will have to dredge the ditches every year.

What if there is a great epidemic caused by the sewage from the ditch......"

Zhu Di said: "That is, these officials are all corpse vegetarians, and none of them can escape responsibility." ”

Yu Rentian said helplessly, "Your Highness, Xiaguan and the others are guilty of incompetence at most, but at that time, His Highness's Yanwang Mansion is all wrapped in the epidemic......

"You thief danger the king?"

Zhu Di's face sank.

"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials are only doing their duty!"

Yu Rentian hurriedly looked panicked.

The corners of Zhu Di's mouth twitched, and he hob meat again.

"In this matter, we have to discuss it with the ministers of the Yan Wangfu."

Yu Rentian hurriedly got up and saluted, "Your Highness is merciful, your majesty is not in a hurry, so I am waiting here for news from Your Highness." ”

“……”

Zhu Di was stunned and wanted to get angry, but everything that Yu Rentian showed was for Beiping Mansion, and he really didn't want people to throw it out.

Thinking about it, he instructed Ma He on the side: "Go and summon Zhu Changshi and Guo Changshi!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Ma He answered, and walked out quickly.

Less than a moment.

Guo An and Zhu Fu walked in.

"Wechen see His Highness!"

"Two Aiqing, hurry up and excuse me."

After Guo An and Zhu Fu sat down, Zhu Di told Yu Rentian about it.

After listening, Zhu Fu's eyes lit up, and he felt that this matter was feasible.

As for Guo An, he looked at Yu Rentian on the side with a solemn face.

"Prefect Yu wants Yanwangfu to produce cement, and Beiping Mansion will dredge and pave all the ditches in the city?"

"Exactly!"

Yu Rentian's face was full of anticipation.

"Although the road paved by Guo Changshi with cement outside the city has not yet been completed, the official has already gone to check it in person, and cement is really a sacred thing.

If cement is smeared in a cleaned ditch, the inside of the ditch will be smooth and there will be no more sewage pools. ”

Guo An asked directly: "Then how much money is the Beiping Mansion willing to pay to buy the cement of Yanwang Mansion?" ”

"Buy cement...... This ......"

Yu Rentian's face froze directly.

Guo An asked with a look of surprise on his face, "Is it possible that Governor Yu doesn't want to pay for it?" ”

Yu Rentian sneered, "Guo Changshi doesn't know that the Beiping Mansion doesn't have much money.

In the past, even the repair of school buildings and roads was still donated by those gentry, village sages, or merchants.

And now, more than half of the squires in the entire Beiping Mansion have been directly slashed and killed.

As for the merchants......"

"Governor Yu, according to the knowledge of the lower officials, in the past, when those township sages and gentry made donations, they would give up to a few dozen taels of silver, but they could be received by the government, praised them lavishly, and even erected a monument to them.

And those merchants, even if they donate hundreds of taels of silver, or even thousands of taels of silver, can only leave a good impression on the officials at most. ”

Guo An laughed slowly, "Therefore, the government does not need the symbolic donations of those gentry. ”

Yu Rentian opened his mouth and wanted to defend himself.

Guo An said: "Governor Yu may not know that when the cement was developed, the lower officials took a group of craftsmen to develop it for several months.

Now, if you want to calcine cement, you need dozens of craftsmen to calcine it day and night.

But despite this, the cement calcined by the Fushang cement workshop is still too little.

Originally, according to Xiaguan's plan, he was also going to use cement to build two workshops again, and Xiaguan also bought 500 acres of land in Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou, and was ready to build it with cement.

However, the cement stock is too small, so we can only delay the ......"

"How so?"

Yu Rentian's face was anxious, "If the cement workshop is short of people, or if there is a shortage of raw materials, please ask Your Highness or Guo Changshi to inform me and wait."

The Beiping Mansion will definitely try its best to help solve it. ”

"Thank you Governor Yu for your kindness."

Guo An said with a sincere face: "It's just that cement calcination is more difficult, and a large number of literate craftsmen are needed, and the Beiping Mansion can't help much in this matter." ”

"A large number of literate artisans?"

Yu Rentian was stunned, if this was the case, he really couldn't help much.

There are not many talented children in Beiping Mansion, how can there be literate craftsmen?

And Zhu Di and Zhu Fu listened with their eyelids twitching.

Yu Rentian didn't know, but how could they not know?

The cement in the cement workshop is almost unstoppable, and even many craftsmen are calcining for a day and resting for a day!

However, the two did not speak.

Yu Rentian sighed slowly and asked, "I don't know how to ask the Yamen of Beiping Mansion, Guo Changshi is willing to take out some cement?" ”

Yu Rentian is also a little messy, anyway, Beiping Mansion belongs to King Yan, and he is just a prefect.

In a few years, he will be transferred and left.

When the time comes, King Yan and these people will go whatever they want.

Seeing Yu Rentian's attitude, Guo An was stunned and said helplessly: "Cement is also extremely precious to Yanwangfu.

And there are at least hundreds of ditches in Beiping Mansion, if you want Yanwang Mansion to take out so much cement, if Governor Yu wants to take it away for nothing, it will not work.

I wonder if Governor Yu has thought about what price to pay? ”

Yu Rentian said curiously: "I don't know what price Guo Changshi wants this official to pay?" ”

“……”

Guo An began to hate this kind of rotten official.

"Yanwang's mansion is out of cement, since he can't get money, he wants some fame."

Yu Rentian nodded slightly, "This is natural." ”

Guo An said again: "In addition, Yu Rentian needs to owe Yan Wangfu a favor, and in the future, Yan Wangfu will do business, or if you need Yu Zhifu to make it convenient, please also ask Yu Rentian to remember this incident!" ”

"This ......"

Yu Rentian's eyes widened, owing Yan Wangfu a favor?

Guo Andao: "Please also rest assured that Governor Yu, maybe this favor will not be used in Governor Yu's lifetime."

Even if it happens, it is definitely a legal thing, and it will not embarrass Prefect Yu. ”

"His Royal Highness King Yan......"

Yu Rentian looked at Zhu Di with some hesitation.

Being able to have a good relationship with a prince of the Ming Dynasty is also a great temptation for any official.

However, why should he owe King Yan a favor?

"Guo Qing's intention is the meaning of this king!"

Zhu Di said directly.

"In this way, the lower official responded."

Yu Rentian could only respond helplessly.

When Yu Rentian left, Zhu Di and Zhu Fu looked at Guo An.

"Guo Qing, why do you want the favor of that little prefect?"

"Your Highness, some people may not be able to do anything, but if you want to get in the way, you can always do bad things.

Wei Chenguan that Yu Rentian already has some bad intentions, and if he wants to get greater benefits from him, he will definitely not succeed, and he doesn't want personal favors.

Yu Rentian is a person who still has the people under his rule in his heart, and is not a big traitor, and he can always be promoted to some officials in the future.

Maybe one day you'll use ......"

"Good!"

……

Soon, truckloads of cement and sand were pulled into Beiping Mansion from outside the city, and after being mixed in the hands of a group of craftsmen and young people for a long time, they were all wiped in the ditch.

At the same time.

His Royal Highness King Yan was benevolent and took out the extremely precious cement in the house to repair the ditch, and his kindness began to spread in the city of Beiping Mansion.

The people naturally sang praises to Zhu Di.

As for those gentry who gritted their teeth and hated Zhu Di when they mentioned Zhu Di, they would also have to pinch their noses and say something against their will.

In this way, in the midst of the hustle and bustle, the ditches in the city of Beiping Mansion were plastered with cement, and at the same time, the ditches were covered with some solid wooden planks or some large bluestones.

The air in the entire Beiping Mansion is fragrant.

In addition, the road leading from Beiping Fucheng to Tongzhou City has gradually become a straight and smooth cement avenue.

Just a few days after the completion of the cement avenue paving, the spring ploughing began in Beiping Mansion again.

At this time, the entire Beiping Mansion is calm, and no one dares to toss things at this time.

After the spring ploughing, Guo An began to hire a group of young people to build the Zhangjiawan Wharf, and at the same time, near the iron smelting plant in Shangzhuang Village, he built two cement compounds again to be used as workshops.

And it will take at least a month, or even two months, to build these.

Taking advantage of this time, Guo An asked Zhu Di for leave again.

Zhu Di directly gave Guo An a one-month vacation.

At the same time, Zhu Liang was also dispatched with a team of palace guards to escort Guo An back to Guo Village, Shunde Prefecture.

Some people returned to Guo Village.

After resting for two days, Guo An was completely busy.

Get ready to be welcomed.

Greeting is the most important procedure for a wedding, no matter what time it is.

Early in the morning, Guo An was woken up, and then before he fully woke up, he was surrounded by a group of old women.

Then, they were at the mercy of these old women.

Especially on his face, Guo An felt that he had smeared a layer of putty on himself.

Subsequently, he brought dozens of cars of dowry gifts, as well as a mile-long greeting procession, beating gongs and drums all the way.

When I arrived at the gate of Liu's house, I answered a few questions and sprinkled some happy money.

Smoothly entered Liu's Mansion and met his old father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Then put the bride on the back of a large sedan chair, and then beat gongs and drums back to Guo Village.

Set up a big table!

Worship heaven and earth, perform communal rituals, enter the cave house......

At the end of the day, Guo An felt like he was on the verge of collapse.

As the door of the new house slowly closed, Guo An and Liu Baiwei, who were flushed, drank a joint wine.

"Husband!"

"Madame......"

Seeing that Guo An was about to blow out the candlelight, Liu Baiwei hurriedly stopped it.

"What's the matter, girl?" Guo An was a little puzzled.

At this time, Liu Baiwei was already shy, and she didn't dare to look at Guo An, so naturally she didn't notice the change in Guo An's title, but just took out a beautiful picture album from under the big red pillow.

Guo An's eyes widened directly.

"Husband~"

Liu Baiwei glared at Guo An angrily, and Guo An came back to his senses and hurriedly smiled.

"Husband, they all said that when they are in the cave room, they need to watch this album with their husband!"

"Yes, yes!"

Guo An nodded again and again, "We like to read the album the most......"

……

(End of chapter)