When Pingzhou's infrastructure construction was in full swing, Lu Songli was not idle.

The Seventh Institute of Technology reported a result, and she planned to take the time to go over and take a look.

Well, the Seventh Institute of Technology has also moved to Liaoxi County. It's just that at present, only four courtyards in the Seven Courtyards, including Lu Mingzhi, are working.

Zhan Ruoshui, Zhou Congguang and Wei Wenqian, two apprentices, went back to their hometown to visit relatives. In total, they have been away from home for more than a year, and they miss their relatives very much.

Therefore, when they came to talk about this, Lu Songli agreed with it because of their feelings. The storm is coming, and now that the war has not started, it would be good for them to go back to visit their relatives, and it would be better if they could bring their relatives to Pingzhou together.

During this time, Lu Songli also asked the housekeepers in their yard, as well as Lu Mingzhi, and Zhan Ruoshui's master and apprentice to mention the benefits of the family coming to live in Pingzhou. I don't know if they listened.

Lu Songli instructed, "Arrange it, I want to go to the Seventh Workshop today." ”

The Seventh Institute of Technology made the cement she specified to be, and she couldn't wait to accept it.

If Xianbei moves south, they will be on the frontier of Pingzhou, and war will be inevitable. Tall, sturdy cities are particularly important. Cement is too important as a building adhesive.

When Lu Songli and his party arrived at the Seventh Academy, Lu Mingzhi and Sheng Peiguang and their senior brother Ye Chengqian and second senior brother Gao Yan were already waiting there.

Ye Chengqian and Gao Yan are both stable and mature.

Lu Songli still wanted to care more about them, Sheng Peiguang couldn't wait, "Sixth Mrs. Qin, take a look, is this the cement you want?" ”

The cement they made was about seven or eight pounds like this, and it was packed in a wooden basin.

Lu Songli smelled a pungent smell when she got closer, and she also picked up a small handful of hands to try the feel.

You can feel that the particles of cement are still relatively rough, there is a sense of stagnation, not uniform enough, not smooth enough, and then look at the color is yellow and white, indicating that the strength of the cement is not enough.

But seeing the expectant eyes of Ye Chengqian and Gao Yan, Lu Songli did not directly say the negative conclusion, but said, "Bring water and see the effect." ”

Lu Songli wants to see the coagulation effect.

Lu Mingzhi quickly called a basin of water.

Ye Chengqian put some cement into the clear water.

Everyone stared at the basin with bated breath.

Lu Songli is also watching to see if it can quickly settle and form a clumpy.

Finally, Lu Songli found that after the cement hardened, it was easy to fall off, which showed that the viscosity was not enough. She knew that the quality was not up to standard when she looked at the color of the cement before, and she was not much disappointed.

However, Ye Chengqian and Gao Yan were quite disappointed.

Lu Songli encouraged, "It's already very close to the effect we want, and if you work hard and improve, it should be good." ”

Southland

For a small number of ordinary readers, they feel that Tianhe three years is too unfriendly to them.

The first is the increase in the price of paper, followed by a slight increase in the prices of other scholars' treasures and books. In addition, readers consume a lot of paper, which leads to a direct increase in their reading costs.

Nandi scholars have a big opinion on this, and Zhou Jing is one of them.

But there are also those who agree.

"In good conscience, Lu's silver paper has been improved, and the quality is better than the snow paper sold in the bookstore of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce. The price of the new silver light paper is a little higher than the snow light paper, which is normal, right? ”

Zhou Jing found that the scholar who spoke was named Han Tiancheng, and his family had countless fields and shops, and his family was superior.

Zhou Jing did not agree with his words.

At the same price, when the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bookstore was still there, they could buy three knives, that is, 300 pieces of snow-light paper, but now they can only buy 240 pieces of silver-light paper.

They are just ordinary readers, and for them, the snow paper and the silver paper of the previous quality are completely sufficient.

Now they are forced to buy silver paper with higher prices and better quality.

"You take a look again.,The title page of the recent book,Transcription of the famous author's message,From the only book "History of Gongming". The sages once commented on the "History of Gongming", which is good at ordering and reasoning, arguing but not flashy, and quality but not slang. ”

"If there is no Lu, no silver paper, where can you learn about the wonderful content of this book? Believe it or not, if there is no Lu family, even if someone is willing to spend ten gold and one hundred gold, they will not be able to read the excitement of "History of Gongming". ”

"Ask yourself, is it worth it?"

After Han Tiancheng finished speaking, there were many people who echoed him, "What Brother Tan said is very true. ”

Zhou Jing found that the people who echoed it were all scholars from superior families in the south.

Han Tiancheng's words may have some truth. But for readers from ordinary families, they have not read many books in the world, and they need to seek solitary reading after reading a wide range of books.

When basic needs are not met, how can you think of the icing on the cake?

Zhou Jing didn't bother to defend himself, and left without saying a word.

As soon as Zhou Jing returned home, there was a knock on the door of his house.

He opened the door and found that it was his classmate and the steward of the Xie family.

"What's the matter?"

"Brother Zhou, can you go in and say?"

Zhou Jing looked at the face of his classmates, got out of the way, and let the two of them enter the door.

Xie's steward quickly explained his intentions, and Zhou Jing was not interested in the other party's proposal.

Xie's steward left with a regretful face, and before leaving, he also said that if Zhou Jing changed his mind, he could go to him at any time.

Zhou Jing's classmates were very puzzled by his rejection of the olive branch handed over by Xie Shi, "We just need to sort out the paperwork, the work is not heavy, and the monthly money is five taels of silver, which is quite a lot." Why would you say no? ”

"Don't you have a big opinion on the price increase of Yinguang paper in Lu's bookstore? With this job, we can completely ignore the price increase of the four treasures of the study such as silver light paper. ”

Zhou Jing said, "Why don't you think about it, when the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce was in the bookstore before, we didn't need to work for the Xie family at all. I can afford to read a book. ”

Yes, for a scholar from a modest family like Zhou Jing, it is very attractive to easily earn five taels of silver a month.

Zhou Jing doesn't have an opinion about doing work. Rather, they have an opinion on the way in which the Xie family recruited them.

Who doesn't know that Xie and Lu are friends, and now it is obvious that one is red-faced and the other is white-faced.

The Nandi bookstore was monopolized by the Lu family, and the Lu family deliberately raised the price of paper, and then let the Xie family's people recruit them, so that they could be grateful and think beautifully. He's not going to be fooled!

When his classmates persuaded him not to stay, they also left Zhou's house.

When Zhou Jing was alone, he turned out his friend Ning Changge's letter, put it in front of him, and fell into deep thought. He originally wanted to go to Liaodong Academy last year, but unfortunately his mother was sick, so he didn't go.

However, he often can trust his friends, and through his friends' descriptions, he is full of yearning for Liaodong County.

The Liaodong County in his friend's letter has always been positive, which is like a hook, which tickles his heart.