The next morning, Li Weijian got a lot better.

In the end, the foundation is there, and after the first three days of the virus, I finally recovered some strength. It's just that the atmosphere in the small courtyard is not very good, except for the stupid Xiangling, Xiu Ying has been puffing out her bun face, and the red jade is even more gritted her teeth and slashed at Qingwen.

Qingwen is righteous, and she doesn't look weak at all-the fourth master of Jian has a fever and shivering at night, she is just thinking about the fourth master of Jian, and she hasn't done such shameless things, why is her heart weak?

Because Li Weijian was there, there was no quarrel. At this time, Li Weijian's mind is all about the meeting with the loyal and brave king, where does he have the mind to care about such a little girl's mind?

After hastily having breakfast, Li Weijian dressed neatly, Shi Shiran walked out of the small courtyard and walked in the direction of the stable in the front yard.

As soon as he left, Hongyu couldn't help but scold with a nose that was not a nose and a face that was not a face: "I don't know which little hoof it is, and he still talks to me in front of his head, but when he turns his head, he climbs into the bed of the fourth master of Jian!" ”

Na Qingwen threw away the veil, turned her head and scolded: "I'll just climb what are you going to do?" You are a third-class maid who has been a slave for several generations, and you still want to climb the bed of the fourth master, dream! ”

"You-" The 'third-class maid' has always been Hongyu's death hole, and when she heard this, she was so angry that she didn't know how to refute it. only glanced at Xiu Ying complainingly, and Xiu Ying was sulking there, and she didn't mean to mix it at all.

Qingwen said again: "I'm not like a little hoof like you who always thinks about those messy things!" Hmph, I have a ghost in my heart, and everyone looks like a ghost! ”

The official university crushed people to death, and Hongyu had a thousand words in her belly, and she was speechless by a sentence of 'third-class maid'.

Not to mention this, and said that Li Weijian had just come out of the small courtyard, and saw two mothers-in-law holding a crying and carrying a small burden, walking towards the back door from the middle road. No matter how the maid pleaded, the two mothers-in-law just ignored it.

Li Weijian stopped and looked at it, feeling confused in his heart, not knowing what was going on in this mansion. Could it be that there was a maid who was unruly, so she was kicked out of the house?

Li Weijian is not easy to ask about such family matters, and if he wants to stay until the evening, Hongyu will tell him. He walked all the way to the front yard, met Wu Haiping at the stable, and the master and servant drove the carriage towards Yan's house.

The carriage went out of Rongguo's Mansion from the corner gate, and after Ningrong Street, Wu Haiping, who was driving the car, said casually: "Childe, yesterday...... What does the history of the perimeter say? ”

Li Weijian opened the curtain, caught a glimpse of the cramped and uneasy on his face, and said with a smile: "What else can I say?" It's just to use silver to smash the lord and me. ”

Wu Haiping sighed and said, "According to me, if the price is about the same, the prince might as well sell that method to the Zhongyong Palace." ”

"Phew, didn't I lose money if I sold the law, master? You don't care, I asked Zhou Changshi for you and Xiu Ying when I turned around, and you don't have to be a mouse in the bellows in the future. ”

"Eh, that's a good idea." Wu Haiping smiled, and suddenly his face tightened: "Si'er...... She ......"

"Huh?"

"Well, it's fine." Wu Haiping suddenly lost interest in talking. Thinking that Li Weijian will make a career sooner or later, it seems that it is not bad for his sister to be an aunt?

No more words on the way, half an hour to arrive at Deyan Mansion. Li Weijian didn't get out of the car, Wu Haiping spoke to Menzi, and after a while, Yan Fengzhen quickly got into the carriage.

As soon as he came in, Yan Fengzhen smiled and said: "Then the father and son of the Liu family made a fuss last night, and swore to keep it secret, otherwise they would cut off their children and grandchildren." Haha, I looked at the father and son of the Liu family for fear that they would be buried in the grave by you. ”

Li Weijian couldn't help but laugh and said: "Let's lock them up for a few more days, I can't say that there will be their benefits in the future." ”

The inner house is near the left of the imperial city, and the car is just a tea scene, so it stops in front of a three-entry courtyard. Wu Haiping and Menzi reported their names, and the Menzi said goodbye, and then turned around and led Li Weijian and Yan Fengzhen through the hall.

In the five main rooms of the second hall of the yamen, the officials and the clerk's office went back and forth, and the door made a sound, and then a green-robed official came out of the middle, and arched his hand towards the two of them: "Li Xiucai, please, the prince has been waiting for a long time." ”

Li Weijian was stunned and turned his head to look at Yan Fengzhen. Yan Ergongzi pointed casually and said, "My father was afraid that you would not be able to enter the inner mansion yamen, so he asked me to guide the way for resurrection." Come back to life and go, I'll find a place to settle down. ”

Li Weijian arched his hand, turned around and followed the official inside, and when he entered the main room, he saw a person sitting at the back of the main bookcase, only in his early thirties, wearing a python robe, wearing a black gauze folded scarf, with a clear face, a bronze complexion, and a pair of extremely sharp eyes. Looking at his face carefully, this loyal and brave king is clearly a little different from today.

He hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Student Li Weijian, I have seen King Zhongyong." ”

King Zhongyong, who was sitting upright, bowed his head slightly, and said: "Li Xiucai sit down, that Chen Shengren and I have seen it, this king is a little puzzled in his heart, and he is about to ask Li Xiucai in person." ”

The little official moved to embroider the pier, and after Li Weijian sat down, he arched his hand and said: "The prince just asked." ”

"Okay, let me ask you, this water tower...... What is used to store water in it? ”

Li Weijian said: "The built-in riveted steel reservoir is silver-plated, so that the water stored inside is not rotten. ”

King Zhongyong frowned slightly, not knowing the relationship between silver plating and water storage. The green-robed official who had previously led Li Weijian in leaned over and whispered a few words in a low voice.

King Zhongyong shook his head when he heard this: "Li Xiucai is well-read, and he learned this method from a sea ship?" ”

"Exactly."

King Zhongyong thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Then shouldn't this water pipe also be silver-plated?" This is a high cost of throwing in. ”

Li Weijian said: "Back to the prince, the water pipeline can be plated with lead." ”

"Lead?" This touched the blind spot of King Zhongyong again, and he hurriedly looked at the green-robed official on the side. The official thought for a moment, and then said uncertainly: "But fake silver?" (Note 1)

Li Weijian smiled and bowed his head: "Exactly, Xiyi is used to using this thing to pretend to be a silver tael to coax me Dashun officials and businessmen." Lord, this lead has the effect of anti-rust, plated inside and outside the water pipe, and the water pipe can not rust. ”

King Zhongyong looked at the official again, and the green-robed official arched his hand towards King Zhongyong and said, "Lord Wang, the lower officials are only shallow in learning, but they don't know about it." But it's not hard to verify. ”

"Hmm." King Zhongyong nodded, thinking that Tiao Chen used a steam engine to drive the water pump, and that such creation matters had been verified and solved by subordinate officials and craftsmen below, so he didn't ask about it any more.

After thinking for a while, he asked instead: "I think that Tiao Chen will also give Shuntian Mansion 30% of the shares, since this matter is led by the Inner Government, why should he share the benefits of Shuntian Mansion?" ”

Li Weijian hurriedly said: "The prince doesn't know, now the wells in the capital have long been controlled by waterways, if only the inner government handles this matter, I am afraid that it will not be easy to deal with that small day in the future." Shuntianfu is already familiar with the various waterways, and it is expected that it should be handled easily. And there are shares to share profits, and the top and bottom of Shuntianfu will do their best. ”

"Makes sense."

King Zhongyong thought for a while, the technical difficulties were left to be verified, and how to implement Li Weijian thought about it again, as if it were ...... No more questions?

He suddenly remembered one more and asked, "The last thing, why is it the official supervision and business office?" Wouldn't it be more convenient for the inner government to send Lang Zhong directly to control it? ”

Li Weijian said: "It involves people's livelihood, and it can neither lose money, nor arouse public resentment." The government supervises and manages business, and the government governs water affairs, and has the right to veto pricing, so it will not exploit the small people too much. If something happens, it is always separated from the government by a layer, and the people have their own water affairs. ”

King Zhongyong gasped: "Wonderful. "Get up and pace back and forth, the more you think about it, the better!

Dashun Guozuo has lasted for more than 100 years since Taizong Li Guo, and the disadvantages have deepened. First, the taxes are getting smaller and smaller, and the second is that the border army generals are corrupt.

It took ten years to grasp the government, looking at the empty treasury and treasury, and when I couldn't bear it, I had the idea of changing the law.

Li Weijian, the water company, is supervised by the government and the business, so as not to let the government face the people directly, not to mention a lot less trouble, and more importantly, not only does it not lose money, but it is still a profitable business! That's it, the best thing is that after the shares are dispersed, when a group of businessmen flock to buy them, the money they get can plan another big deal.

Now that the treasury is empty, the treasury is constantly pumping money from the inner government, and the life of the inner government is not easy. Such an empty glove white wolf, a good way to be cheap, the loyal and brave king can't wait to come to the basket immediately.

Under the joy in his heart, he suddenly stopped, looked at Li Weijian with a pleasant face, and said approvingly: "Wonderful, wonderful!" No wonder the sage said that Li Xiucai is a great talent. ”

Li Weijian hurriedly got up: "The saint praised it falsely. ”

"Huh? Resurrection should not be too humble. Sit down, this king has a happy event to inform. ”

"The students listened attentively."

Then he saw that the loyal and brave king smiled and said: "The sage recited the merit of resurrection and promised this water company to allocate 10% of the shares with you." This policy is to be resurrected, and only resurrection is the most familiar, to be implemented in the coming day, resurrection is duty-bound, and I hope to help the king. ”

Li Weijian's heart was overjoyed, and he stood up and said respectfully: "Students dare not work? But driven by the king. ”

"Hahaha-good! This is the case today, when the well is dug in the chosen location in the coming day, the inner government will first allocate silver taels to build it, and it will always be necessary to build a place to raise the price. ”

"The prince is wise." Li Weijian smiled and flattered, and then said: "There is still one more thing to show the prince, the father and son of the Liu family who drilled the well, are now detained in the Yan Mansion, and ask the prince to make an idea of how to deal with it." ”

"This matter is simple," King Zhongyong casually touched the subordinate officials beside him: "You go and take the father and son of the Liu family back to the inner mansion, register and make a book, and then they will be the craftsmen of my inner mansion." Hmm-thinking that there is merit in digging wells, just set a master craftsman. ”

The subordinate official was busy and agreed: "Yes, the subordinate will go." ”

Li Weijian then arched his hand and said: "In this way, the student will retire first." ”

King Zhongyong smiled and nodded: "Come back to life and go, when this matter is done, this king will personally set up a banquet to entertain you in return for the work of resurrection." ”

"Thank you, the student, the student quit."

Li Weijian was happy, and he was about to go to find Yan Fengzhen in the second hall, but he didn't want to have a small official chase after him.

"Li Xiucai is slow!" The little official hurriedly walked two steps to get closer, presented a brass token, and said with a smile: "The prince ordered to give the Inner Mansion waist card to Li Xiucai, and Li Xiucai can enter and exit the Inner Mansion with this waist card in the future." ”

"Oh, thank you."

Li Weijian took the waist card, said goodbye to the little official, and joined Yan Fengzhen, who was waiting in the side room, and then left the inner yamen with joy.

After getting into the carriage, Yan Fengzhen looked at it a few times, and when he saw the uncontrollable smile on his face, he couldn't help but say sourly: "Resurrection goes straight to the Holy Hearing, and the future is unlimited." ”

Li Weijian said: "Brother Jingwen is not in the officialdom, what he says is sour, it makes no sense." ”

Yan Fengzhen sighed: "I'm emotional, I want to be resurrected that day, and I don't want to make a big disturbance in the twenties." Tsk, compared to you, I seem to have lived to a dog this age! ”

"Brother Jingwen, why should he be arrogant? I'm just a fool, Brother Jingwen has been studying hard for many years, and he will be able to show his ambitions in the future. ”

Yan Fengzhen was happy and said: "Resurrection is used to coaxing people with good words. That's it, I won't joke with you, when you get better in the future, I won't follow if you don't have a good banquet. ”

"Well, don't say one, it's ten, what's the matter?"

Near noon, Yan Fengzhen was sent back to his home first, and Li Weijian and Wu Haiping returned to Rongguo Mansion.

When he arrived at his own small courtyard, although Hongyu was the first to come out, he looked sad. Li Weijian smiled and looked at it in his eyes, and said, "What's the matter, you're not happy?" ”

Hongyu pursed her mouth and said, "There is a third-class maid hanging up, and she is always talked about." ”

Li Weijian said: "Then I'll find an opportunity to mention it to my second sister-in-law, and I'll ask you to come to the deed." ”

"Really?" Ruby suddenly became happy.

"Master, how did I ever coax you?" Li Weijian walked to the courtyard with a smile, and suddenly thought of the maid he saw in the morning, so he asked: "By the way, I saw the two mothers-in-law take a maid out early in the morning, do you have a letter here?" ”

"Did the fourth master see it?" Hongyu looked back, lowered her voice and said: "It's Qian Xue in Bao Erye's room, I heard that I somehow caused Bao Erye to lose his temper, and the old lady drove Qian Xue out in a fit of anger." (Note 2)

"Akane Xue?" Li Weijian thought about it for a long time, and he never remembered who Qian Xue was. He shook his head, not caring to enter the main room.

Na Qianxue was originally a second-class maid sent to Baoyu by Jia's mother, and she loved to persuade Baoyu to study and make progress. Yesterday, Baoyu returned to the room after the morning, thinking of the maple dew tea in the morning, and the maple dew tea had to be brewed three or four times before it would be excellent, because I asked about Qianxue.

Qian Xue said that Baoyu's grandmother begged to eat, and Baoyu immediately dropped the cup!

Yesterday I visited Li Weijian, Daiyu was stunned with it, Baoyu wanted to use this maple dew tea to offer her hospitality, and she didn't want to be eaten by Mama Li!

made a lot of trouble, and in the end he was persuaded by the attacker and a few maids. But Baoyu is already living in Jia's mother's house, how can he hide it?

When Mother Jia learned of this, she thought about it, thinking about how wrong Mama Li was, Baoyu always lost her filial piety by insulting her like this, but it was not good to be too harsh on her baby grandson.

Thinking about it, thinking that Baoyu cherished a few maids in the room the most, he sent someone to drive Na Qianxue out of the house with a ruthless heart. In order to warn Baoyu not to lose filial piety.

How distressed Baoyu is not to mention for the time being, at this time, the maid's body deed is in the hands of the master's family, and she has no skills to drive out of the house, which is equivalent to forcing Na Qianxue to death!

Originally, Qian Xue was in the same place with the drunken King Kong Ni Er by mistake, but now Ni Er is in prison, and this marriage is gone.

Note 1: Zinc, also known as lead, was used by Xiyi in the 17th and 18th centuries to pass off as silver.

Note 2: There is no such paragraph in the TV series, but it is in the original book. According to Cao Gong's vein, Qian Xue and Ni Er's response in the last twenty-eight is of great use.

In addition, Qian Xue was kicked away without mentioning who it was, some said that it was Mrs. Wang, but I personally prefer it to be Mother Jia. After all, Jia Baoyu lived in Jia's mother's room at this time, and it was impossible for Mrs. Wang to cross Jia's mother to control the maids beside Baoyu.

If there are any errors or omissions, please mention them.