Li Weijian has been busy recently, and he has to vulcanize rubber and set up a factory, because he has no time to take care of the big and small affairs in the Rongguo Mansion. I only listened to Hongyu every day, and when I saw that it didn't matter, I put it aside.

I went to the inner palace for two days in a row, but I wanted to see the loyal and brave king, but I couldn't. In the early morning of the third day, Li Weijian had just left Rongguo's mansion when he saw one or two carriages coming to the east of Ningrong Street.

The carriage stopped in front of Ning Guofu, the curtain was opened, and a Kun Dao with a dust whisk came down from the inside, but it was the real person of the Yuanling Palace who had not been seen for a long time.

Li Weijian was suspicious in his heart, and secretly wondered, could it be that Qin Keqing was sick again?

It just so happened that Menzi Yu Liu was close to the left, Li Weijian beckoned, and the Menzi came up diligently.

"Fourth Master, what do you command?"

Li Weijian raised his chin and pointed at the real police illusion in the distance: "I heard that Ning Guofu is a monk and a Taoist priest in the past few days, is this going to do something?" ”

Yu Liu sneered and said: "I'm afraid that the fourth master asked the wrong person, how can the little one know about this Ning Guofu?" After a pause, seeing Li Weijian smiling and glancing over, Yu Liu hurriedly said: "But the little one who heard people talk, it seems that Uncle Zhen of Dongfu is preparing in advance for the birth of Master Jing." ”

Where is Li Weijian willing to believe? Jia Jing's birth was in September, and now it is only July, even if he prepared in advance, he did not prepare two months in advance.

I'm afraid that something must have happened to Dongfu. Even if he thinks about it, it has nothing to do with him. immediately got into the carriage and urged Wu Haiping to hurry to the inner mansion.

It was a coincidence today, Li Weijian had just arrived at the Inner Mansion, so he caught up with King Zhongyong and led his entourage to arrive. Li Weijian hurriedly asked to see him, and when Liang Langzhong led him into the second hall, he saw that King Zhongyong had a calm face and a tired face.

Li Weijian saw the ceremony, and the loyal and brave king only waved his hand casually to let him sit down, and then said: "Is there something wrong with resurrection and looking for this king?" ”

"Exactly." Li Weijian said: "The Armament Institute has now undertaken the imperial ordnance, and it can't spare too many people to build steam engines. The students thought that it would be better to start a stove again, set up a steam engine factory, and gather skilled craftsmen from all over the world in the Beijing Division, and there is no shortage of craftsmen. ”

The loyal and brave king bowed slightly.

Li Weijian continued: "In the coming days, all the iron materials and coal mines of the factory will go to the inner government, so that it can also open up a source of wealth for the inner government." In addition, the student wants to ask the inner government to take a stake, so it is good to take care of it. ”

King Zhongyong frowned and said, "How much money do you need to buy shares?" ”

"Twenty thousand taels."

King Zhongyong was immediately happy: "It's only 20,000 taels, and this king will let Liang Langzhong do it when he turns around." How many days did the resurrection come to find the king, just for this? ”

"yes." Li Weijian observed his words and said: "The prince also knows that the students are lonely, and there is no internal government to take shares, and there is always no bottom in their hearts when they set up a factory." ”

"I know, the king of Hades is better, the little ghost is difficult, this king can be taught in his early years." After a pause, King Zhongyong turned to say meaningfully: "The coal mine shares have been on sale for a few days and have raised more than one million silver dollars, which is far worse than water affairs. ”

Li Weijian laughed and didn't say a word. He knew that it must be the water company that raised the appetite of King Zhongyong and even Emperor Zhenghe, so he looked down on the more than one million silver coins raised by Xishan Coal Mine.

King Zhongyong saw that he didn't pick up the stubble, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, let's talk about it after the resurrection of the autumn season." ”

Li Weijian immediately smiled and said, "Thank you for your understanding." ”

The loyal and brave king bowed slightly, as if absent-minded.

With the internal government taking shares and abundant funds, the matter of setting up a factory will naturally be fast. In the past few days, Li Weijian and Cao Yunsheng have found several boundaries and left them to be used as factory sites.

Shuntian Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an and Wannian, and the place is naturally selected at will, but it is a little far away from the Beijing Division, and it is inconvenient to come and go. Li Weijian concentrated on selecting in the outer city, and saw a few places successively, and finally heard that there was a lot of open space between Anhua Temple and the Nursery Hall, so he hurriedly went to see it with Cao Yunsheng.

This place is located in the southeast corner of the outer city, the most remote but the place is vast. After an inspection, Li Weijian made a decision and set the site of the factory here.

After that, the land was leveled, the factory was built, and the big shopkeeper transferred from Cao Yunsheng was in charge. A group of wealthy businessmen have gathered nearly 100 craftsmen in a few days.

According to Li Weijian's expectations, it will be divided into various workshops, casting, forging, cold work, processing, assembly and other workshops.

The site is so vast that it takes a lot of time to level the land. Because Li Weijian is like a few days ago, he goes out early and returns late every day, or writes and paints, outlining all kinds of machinery and equipment; Or boil the gelatin with Yan Fengzhen and try various recipes.

Time flies, the summer is fading, and it is autumn in a blink of an eye.

In the back building of Jia's mother's house, Daiyu and Baochai sat idly, talking with each other. These days, Baochai will always come to Daiyu to talk, and often send some food, Daiyu is grateful in her heart, because the two naturally have a friendship.

Bao Chai said: "Brother Bao too, Xincai has made a few friends, and he won't go to school for a few days in a blink of an eye." If the old man found out about this, he might not be able to use him as a raft. ”

Daiyu had a gap with Baoyu repeatedly, and that little bit of thought was born before it was born, and it was cut off. Now he just regards Baoyu as his own brother.

Hearing Baochai say this, Daiyu smiled and said: "He was born to be naughty, and he can't be restrained or persuaded, so he has to go." ”

Baochai said with a smile: "My sister's temperament of not touching everything is really enviable. ”

Daiyu sneered at each other: "I don't touch anything, but Sister Bao is careful everywhere." ”

Daiyu snickered, and Baochai was speechless. It seems that Daiyu abandoned Baoyu, but Baoyu came to find Daiyu to play tricks, and she never refused, and Sister Bao couldn't guess what Daiyu thought in her heart.

Because he turned around: "Speaking of which, Fourth Brother Jian has been out early and returned late recently, so he hasn't seen him for a long time." ”

Daiyu smiled and said: "I just said that you pay attention everywhere, and sure enough, you talked about the fourth brother of thrift." He is busy, and the autumn is coming, and there are people who are not able to see him. ”

Sister Bao glanced at him and said softly, "My sister hasn't seen Fourth Brother Jian recently?" ”

Daiyu said: "I haven't seen you for more than ten days." I bumped into it in the small garden last time, and after a few words, the fourth brother rushed away, looking extremely busy. ”

Sister Bao bowed her head, and was about to say something, when she saw Ying'er walking over with a scroll: "Miss Lin, girl, this book talks about word measurement, and it is very accurate." ”

Baochai said: "What book? I'll take a look. ”

Ying'er hid the book behind her with her hand, tilted her head and said, "If it doesn't work, if the girl has read it, then it won't be allowed." ”

Baochai and Daiyu glanced at each other, and Daiyu said: "The left and right are also passing the time, so let's take a test." ”

Xue Yan took the pen and ink at the moment, Sister Bao paused to pick up the pen, and she didn't put down the pen for a long time, peeking in, but saw Daiyu writing the next word 'look' on the paper.

Baochai thought about it for a while, and then wrote the word 'keep'.

was about to ask Ying'er what the word "Ying'er" meant, but suddenly saw Tongxi coming over in a panic, and Yaoyao shouted: "Girl, no, the uncle was beaten!" ”

"Huh?" Baochai was so shocked that the pen and ink fell on the paper, and an ink stain appeared. Hurriedly got up and said, "Sister, I'll go and see my brother." ”

"Sister Bao just go."

Baochai hurried away, and learned on the road that Xue Pan went to Jinxiangyuan with Jia Rong and Jia Qiang early in the morning, and he was absent for several months, and the previous good fan naturally had a gold owner next to him. It was also a coincidence that two groups of people got together in one place, and the powder head was lacking in skills, so these two groups of people made a fuss.

Xue Pan felt that he was not in the lawsuit, and saw that the other party was only wearing muslin clothes, and he didn't look like a noble child, so he stepped forward and pushed twice. As a result, the gang was not vegetarian, so they copied the dishes and smashed them, and it happened that the wine cup smashed Xue Pan's head.

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang saw that the other party was overwhelmed, so they had to drag Xue Pan all the way back. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xue Pan's face covered with blood, and the steward was suddenly shocked, and this is what happened.

At the moment, Baochai went to see Xue Pan and didn't mention it. Let's say that Daiyu sat idle for a while, because Baochai mentioned Li Weijian, Daiyu's heart moved, and after a while, she went to the small garden.

At the same time, Li Weijian entered the Rongguo Mansion from the corner gate.

He looked a little tired, but he was in good spirits. Yu Liu looked strange, stepped forward to compliment a few words, and said, "The fourth master has good things to do", which made Li Weijian laugh, and threw a broken silver casually.

No wonder he was in a very good mood, boiling milk for more than 20 days, and these days finally came to fruition. Ninety percent of the milk, three points of sulfur, soft rubber can be obtained by boiling over low heat; Eighty percent of the milk, two percent of sulfur, can obtain semi-soft and semi-hard rubber; As for the hard one, it has to be boiled with fifty percent sulfur before it can be proportioned.

He was in a good mood, the rubber ratio was there, and he was one step closer to the tires and seals.

Walking all the way with the wind, just after passing through the hall, I bumped into Si Qi head-on.

"Fourth Master!"

Si Qi's face was suddenly happy, and then he was a little resentful. Last month, when she was resting, Li Weijian also took a day to accompany her. This month is good, not only is I not accompanied when I am resting, but I have not even been able to go to see the second girl recently.

Li Weijian smiled and looked around, approached and said, "Give you a good object, take it, and let people see it." ”

Si Qi complained: "I still keep the silver money given by the fourth master last time, I just need to buy it myself if I lack things." ”

"Huh? Can this be the same? Li Weijian smiled and said, "Even if you are given money for this object, you can't buy it." ”

As he spoke, he shook his sleeves, took out a long strip wrapped in a brocade from the inside, and handed it over: "Put it away, I'm leaving, after the autumn next month, there will be a good child." ”

Si Qi's heart fluttered, biting his lower lip and watching Li Weijian walk away quickly. When she saw that there was no one around, she quietly unfolded the Jinpa, and then her eyes widened.

It's a half-foot-old horn in the middle! This...... Huh? This Mr. Horn is half soft and half hard, which is unusual.

The embroidered orange caught up with him: "Si Qi, did you see the fourth master just now?" ”

Si Qi was so frightened that he hurriedly put things into his sleeve and said in a panic: "Huh? Have you seen the fourth master? Why didn't I see that? ”

The embroidered orange fox said suspiciously: "No, the fourth master wants to go back to the northeast to go to the small courtyard, so he can only take this way...... Could it be that the fourth master came in over the wall? ”

Si Qi's dead duck had a hard mouth, and only said: "Then who knows?" I didn't see it anyway. Let's go, this month's monthly silver has been delayed until now, and I don't know what the second grandmother thinks. ”

Li Wei rushed back to his own small courtyard happily, and the four maids were there. The deed was transferred from the Rongguo Mansion to Li Weijian's name, and the silver of this month no longer had to be received from the Rongguo Mansion.

Li Weijian was excited, this one touched and the one kissed, which caused the four maids to be coquettish for a while. His good mood made the four maids happy, Xiu Ying asked Li Weijian again and again what was good, Li Weijian opened his mouth and shook his head again.

Rubber is such a thing, even if you talk about it, the four maids can't understand it. Not only them, but I am afraid that no one in this world can understand the importance of rubber.

After laughing for a while, Hongyu said, "Fourth master, I just looked at Miss Lin as if she was heading towards the small garden." ”

"Sister Lin went to the small garden?" Thinking that he hadn't seen Daiyu for a long time, Li Weijian changed his clothes and only took Hongyu to the small garden.

Turning the shade of the tree, I saw Daiyu squatting on the ground, carefully observing the poppy. On the ground on the side, there is also a chicken feather shuttlecock.

Li Weijian walked over with his hands and said, "My sister is here to enjoy the flowers again?" ”

Daiyu got up and saluted back: "Fourth brother thrifty." I may not be here for a long time, but this poppy seems to have grown a little taller. ”

"I've grown taller." Li Weijian was talking, but his eyes fell on Daiyu. When she saw Daiyu in the first month, she only reached Li Weijian's arm, but this time she jumped and vaguely reached Li Weijian's upper arm.

Although the body is still slender, it is faintly slim and slim, with the demeanor of a girl. Li Weijian secretly wondered, could it be the effect of his own recipe?

"Where did my sister get the shuttlecock?"

Daiyu picked up the shuttlecock and said with a smile: "Something to pass the time." It's rainy in the summer, and it's not good to take a walk outside when it rains. Zijuan came up with an idea, saying that if it rained, why not kick the shuttlecock a few times in the room, it should be digested. ”

"That's a good idea." Li Weijian smiled and bowed his head.

The purple juan on the side was silent, but Xue Yan said: "Fourth Master Jian, the girl just measured the words with Miss Bao, but unfortunately she just wrote, and Miss Bao left when she had something, and I don't know what to do...... Why don't you give a solution to the fourth master? ”

Daiyu said angrily: "I'm just writing a word randomly, where is the fourth brother bothered and thrifty?" ”

Li Weijian smiled: "It's okay, I have also stayed in Maoshan for two years." What did my sister write? ”

Daiyu leaned over, picked up a branch and wrote the word 'look' on the ground, paused, and then wrote a word of keep. said: "This is written by Sister Bao." ”

"Hmm." Li Weijian bowed his head and thought for a while: "Let's talk about my sister first, my sister's heart is looking for the outside, but the bosom friend is hard to find, and she is staying inside; Sister Xue is just different, but her heart is on the inside, and her body is on the outside. ”

Dai Yuyan's eyes were crystal clear, and he looked at Li Weijian for a moment, and then turned his head and said: "Fourth brother Jian really learned his skills in Maoshan." ”

"It's just a ridiculous thing to do when you're young." As he spoke, Li Weijian shook his sleeves, took out an object from his cuff and handed it over: "Give my sister a thing, and ensure that there is no other thing in the world." ”

Daiyu took it, but saw that it was not gold or jade, and it was smeared with paint, and she looked at it cutely, and she didn't know if it was a duck or a goose. The hand was slightly soft, Daiyu pinched slightly, and suddenly there was a 'squeak', which made him tremble.

"Fourth Brother Jian, what is this?"

(End of chapter)