The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1798

[1798. Chapter 1710 studious and tireless]

Manpower is of great importance.

Even though recruitment is now everywhere, craftsmen are being recruited and they are starting to teach their skills to the apprentices, but it is still a drop in the bucket.

And in some places, the terrain is too complex, which is also a great challenge for technicians.

Zhang Heling was wondering about something every day.

Even his incompetent brother now holds a copy of Engineering Mechanics and recites it every day. If he doesn’t understand something, he looks for someone to ask.

Money, your wealth and life have been lost on this, how can you not care about it?

In the eyes of the Zhang family brothers, there are no good people in the world, and all good people are dead. From the dog emperor to the most ordinary laborers, they seem to be braving a green light and staring at the Zhang family all day long. , wanting to bite out a piece of meat from the Zhang family.

Everyone in the Zhang family is now in action.

Learn everything.

Opening the mouth means bearing the load, geology, construction cost, and labor cost. Even Zhang Heling is now wandering around the iron knot, pinching his fingers, and thinking about it all day long.

What the two brothers wanted most was to start construction as soon as possible. Failure to start construction would mean wasting money in vain. Wasteful work requires money to operate. The sooner the railway is built, the sooner it can be operated and the money can be earned back. The longer the construction period is delayed, the greater the loss.

Zhang Heling is in Chang Wei every day. Chang Wei lists problems one by one. Taking the problems, Zhang Heling grits his teeth and comes up with ideas.

The family members saw that Zhang Heling seemed to be possessed by a demon. He would go out and wander around during the day, and come back with a book in his hand to write down many things. He would not sleep at night, and would just drink half a bowl of porridge and the remaining half , carefully packed it down, and then started to flip through the book. In the second half of the night, he was so hungry that he couldn’t bear it anymore, so he ate the remaining half of the bowl. In this way… After only ten days, Zhang Heling became thinner and thinner.

Of course, what he hates the most is fat heads and big ears.

Zhang Xi, the steward of the mansion, was very worried when he saw his master like this. He was forced to learn calculations by the two masters of the Zhang family. At his age, he only knew an abacus. How could he learn advanced calculations?

What’s more, almost all the servants of the Zhang family are working for free in the Zhang family. Since they entered the government, they have not received any wages. Of course… everyone is not stupid. On the surface, they are working for the Zhang family, but in fact, there are Although he had taken on the identity of a servant of the Zhang family, he walked outside with a majestic air. Many people wanted to join him and surrender themselves to him.

In the tranquility, the dawn of dawn broke out, Zhang got up and went to the study first, and saw two masters sitting upright and reading, while the second master was holding the desk in his hand, taking a deep nap. When he was half asleep, his tongue was He licked his lips subconsciously, as if he was feasting on something in a dream.

Zhang Xi stepped forward and said: “Master, it’s daybreak.”

“Huh?” Zhang Heling reacted in shock, then quickly cheered up, his bloodshot eyes moved away from the book reluctantly, this is He was fascinated by a book on engineering costing from the School of Calculation. At this moment, he raised his eyes, feeling a little confused. Sure enough, he saw the dawn outside the window, already coming through.

Zhang Heling frowned, but got angry: “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

Zhang Xi carefully looked at Zhang Heling’s face and said: “Little man… I saw that the master was silent in the study, and thought that you were here to take care of me.” I fell asleep, so I didn’t dare to disturb you. It’s the villain’s fault, villain…”

“Beast!” Zhang Heling was even more angry and yelled: “It’s already so bright and the light hasn’t been turned off yet. Why didn’t you come earlier to remind me?” “

After he finished speaking, he puffed up his cheeks and hurriedly blew out the oil lamp on the document. He took a look at the oil in the lamp and saw that there was so much less oil. He couldn’t help but cover his eyes with his hands in pain, as if he couldn’t bear to look at it. look.

Zhang Yanling on the side was startled awake by the roar. He shook his head and sat upright. He immediately picked up the Theory of Mechanics on the desk, wiped his eyes and continued reading.

Zhang Xi hurriedly gave himself a clear warning: “Yes, the villain will die. But Master… although you are studious and tireless, but… your health is also important.” “

This is my business, what does it have to do with you?” ? “Zhang Heling snorted coldly.

“If your body breaks down or you get sick, you will need to spend money to treat it.” Zhang Xi reminded him earnestly.

“I…I…” Zhang Heling said, “I’m in good health and can endure it.”

“If I endure it, a minor illness will become a serious one.” Zhang Xi continued worriedly: “Master, everyone in the house is now It’s an eventful time, what should we do if something happens to you? “

When Zhang Heling heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Zhang Xi up and down seriously.

Zhang Xixin said that after hearing what he said from the bottom of his heart, the master would definitely benefit from it and he would surely trust him even more in the future.

Zhang Heling said with a smile: “You bitch, you know how to argue. There is a shortage of someone to argue on the construction site outside the customs. You like to argue so much. Come on, come on. I will pack my things for you tomorrow and I will go out of the customs.” “

This scene is unexpected by Zhang Xi…

” No way…” Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly took on a tragic color. He suddenly fell to the ground: “Master, this villain has nothing to do with you. “

You dare to say you are loyal if you don’t let me go to work on the construction site outside the customs? Come on, come on, take him down. This bitch has ruined so much food in the house. We can’t afford to feed this bitch for a long time.” Take him away and let people keep an eye on him. He will be tied up to Chang Wei tomorrow and asked to arrange a job to carry sleepers! “

Several servants listened in silence and tried to drag Zhang Xi out.

Zhang Xi refused to leave, struggling and crying: “Master, Master, I have been drinking porridge with the master for so many years. There is no credit but hard work…”

But this annoying sound soon came out. Fading further and further away, I finally couldn’t hear it anymore.

Zhang Yanling shuddered and couldn’t help but glance at his brother: “Brother, is this… passed?”

“No.” Zhang Heling said with an expressionless face and a wise look: “It’s not an exaggeration at all. Have you read Chen Gai’s Engineering Management Theory? There is a sentence in it that really touches my heart: Engineering It is an extraordinary thing, and those who are being treated are all strong men. When these strong-blooded people gather together in one place, they are a hidden danger. You need someone to obey you and let them know how powerful you are. After you have fed them, let them get down. When you work hard, you still need to establish your authority. How to establish your authority is to let them know that I, Zhang Heling, have disowned all my relatives and turned against each other. I will do anything to build this railway. What is this called? It’s called breaking the cauldron. Originally… Brother Wei wanted to send you to carry sleepers outside the customs, but you sent them all, including the lazy Chang Wei, how dare you say anything to me? Don’t you dare to say that you have difficulties? But after thinking about it, you are a bit stupid, but you are my brother after all, and you have to have a conscience, otherwise how can you be worthy of your dead parents? ? Zhang Xizheng is suitable. This bitch has been in the house for so many years and his treatment has been getting better and better. He has long felt that it is not worth keeping him in the house. It is just an excuse to send him out and let people like Chang Wei see it. Look, our Zhang family is staring at them, they can’t even think of doing anything casually.”

Zhang Yanling swallowed, shrank his neck, and felt a chill on his back, which made his hair stand on end, as if he had walked through a ghost gate. .

………

At this moment, a group of envoys arrived in the capital.

The news of the new emperor’s accession to the throne has already been spread all over the world. Even every vassal country has to send envoys to the capital to celebrate.

Zhu Houzhao valued these envoys very much. He personally accepted the envoys’ meeting, and then made a ‘suggestion’ asking the kings and grandsons of various countries to come to Beijing.

Although this is a suggestion, in fact, it obviously means that it cannot be rejected.

Fang Jifan then privately entertained envoys from various countries, but he hinted to everyone secretly that the current emperor has a fiery temper and has a short temper. Under normal circumstances, if he wants to do something, if everyone else doesn’t do it, His Majesty will have to ask for Long Yan. Furious.

Then, he began to hint that the Ming army might use Luzon as a springboard to attack the Portuguese in Java.

Not only that, the local indigenous people in Luzon, as long as they were the sons of local indigenous chiefs, were required to send their children to Beijing.

The envoys from various countries were panicked for a while and talked endlessly.

A few days later, Fang Jifan took envoys from various countries to Xishan to observe the drill of the First Army.

The first army column’s training has come to an end and it’s time to get in touch with guns and artillery.

The ranks of the troops were all loaded with live ammunition. Suddenly, there was constant gunshots and rumbling cannons.

After the training, Fang Jifan went into the palace to see his master.

Zhu Houzhao looked angrily in the Fengtian Palace: “It’s unreasonable, it’s really unreasonable. Lao Fang, come and see, the Ottoman envoy dared to say such things to me.”

As he spoke, he threw a memorial on the table angrily. On the closing slip.

Liu Jin, who was beside him, quickly took the memorial and sent it to Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan took it, lowered his head to look at it, and couldn’t help but say: “The Ottoman envoy’s Chinese is quite good, with neat dialogues and quotations from scriptures. Even the running script is like flowing clouds and flowing water. It makes people feel comfortable. The imitation must be a thin gold body, Not bad, not bad.”

Zhu Houzhao said with eyes wide open: “Is this the time to appreciate this? Didn’t you read what it said?”

Fang Jifan only glanced at it, but he felt funny in his heart that this Ottoman actually quoted Confucianism. In other words, he implicitly criticized the Ming Emperor for being unkind and calling all the kings and grandsons to the capital, which is no different from the hostages of previous dynasties.

Fang Jifan coughed and said with some embarrassment: “Your Majesty, what is there to be angry about? This Ottoman envoy is just a rotten scholar.”

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly and said with lingering anger: “He said that I am unkind, which means he is saying The Ottomans are so benevolent and righteous that I can’t be offended. “

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There will be a meeting in the next two days, so the update time will be a bit messy. If there is any delay, I will make it up in two days. Of course, I will try my best. Update on time.

(End of chapter)