"Shen Rong, do you think that just because we're the richest man in Jiangnan, we're not afraid of anything?”
"There's no need to beg others. Shallow!”
The richest man in Jiangnan, Shen Xiu, also known as Shen Wansan, reprimanded his son with a tone of disappointment.
When his son, Shen Jin, heard this, he shrunk his neck and did not dare to refute his father.
"My Shen family started out as a farmer. Helping the businessman Lu Daoyuan manage his finances and obtain a huge sum of money. He also went all out to carry out trading activities, which was why he became the richest man in Jiangnan today!”
" Before Ming Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Zhizheng, Zhang Shicheng occupied Suzhou, and I relied on him for the rise and fall of the family."
"When Emperor Hongwu attacked Suzhou, I, your father, gave Zhang Shicheng many gifts. It was rumored that our Shen family contributed half of the credit to Zhang Shicheng being able to defend the city for so long!”
"Now that Zhang Shicheng is dead, our Shen family is still alive. Don't you understand that our existence is a thorn in Emperor Hongwu's side?”
"Now, the emperor has summoned your father to the capital to help repair the walls of Nanjing!”
"Every time I think about this, I can't sleep at night!”
"Father, isn't it God's grace that the Emperor asked us to build the city walls?”
Shen Rong did not understand his father's logic.
Shen Wansan sighed,"
"If it was just to repair the south city wall, why did you need to transfer your father from Suzhou?“
"The Emperor can't stand seeing me bleed for Zhang Shicheng back then, and now he wants me, Shen Wansan, to bleed for Great Ming!”
"But it's easy to bleed. If we don't do it well, I'm afraid that you and I will have to stay in Nanjing. We won't even be able to return to our hometown!”
Only then did Shen Rong understand the seriousness of the matter. He was a little flustered.
He asked,
"Then father, why do we have to pay a visit to Xu Miaoyun, who has no country gate, instead of doing our proper business?“
Shen Wansan sighed,"
"Isn't your father thinking that there's no one in our court?”
"As merchants, although we have a lot of money, we receive the lowest treatment!”
"If we don't find a backer in the court, are we really going to wait for the Emperor to kill us?”
"But your father doesn't have the means to find a backer. There aren't many people in this huge Ying Tian Prefecture who fancy us."
"It just so happens that the 'Strange Insect Record' sold well. Your father, I, was thinking of using this opportunity to use Consort Wu's path to climb up to King Wu!”
"Wu Wang?"
Isn't he famous for being useless?"
Shen Rong did not understand. Of all the people his father could find, why did he have to find Wu Wang Zhu Xi?
Zhu Rong's reputation was notorious in the scholarly community.
Even a merchant family like Shen Rong had heard of him in Suzhou.
Shen Wansan was disappointed.
"The trash you mentioned created a microscope that is known as the Saint's Eye and is famous throughout the world!”
"His penicillin can revive the dead!”
"Even if we don't talk about this, do you still remember that the Emperor offended all the officials for the King of Wu? How many chapters of that book have you read?"
"If it wasn't for the scholars suppressing it, the book 'Agricultural Classics' would have long been regarded as a classic by the people. Your father has read that book. A prince is willing to lower himself to study agriculture. Do you think he's trash?”
Shen Rong almost knelt down after hearing his father's words. He rarely saw Shen Wansan so angry.
Shen Wansan continued,"
"There's also the courage to save the Crown Prince and face the Dayuan assassins!”
"Is this person trash?"
"Trash, you're the trash!"
"Follow me!"
Shen Wansan brought Shen Rong to the bookstore but did not see Xu Miaoyun.
The father and son could only boldly go to the construction site of Prince Wu's residence to try their luck.
Shen Rong mustered up his courage and told Shen Wansan,"
"Father, this year's glutinous rice juice is twenty times more expensive than before!”
"And we can't buy it yet!"
Even though Shen Wansan was rich, he almost collapsed to the ground when he heard this. He turned around and asked in a trembling voice,"
"Twenty times?"
"That's right, Father. When the current Emperor was still the King of Wu, he banned the planting of glutinous rice in the area under his rule to block the source of wine. Although this ban was gradually lifted after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the production of glutinous rice in the world has never increased!”
"Last year, the Yellow River seized the Huai River. Although it wasn't serious, it also caused the production of glutinous rice to decrease!”
"Compared to the previous dynasty, our Great Ming Dynasty's glutinous rice production was not high to begin with. With this incident, even my son feels that 20 times is just the beginning.”
"And the glutinous rice juice is used to build the city walls. If Momo doesn't find enough glutinous rice, I'm afraid that just as Father said, our Shen family will be in danger!“
"Your Majesty is so ruthless!"
Shen Wansan's eyes went black and he almost fainted.
He also somewhat understood why the current emperor wanted him to build the city wall.
Glutinous rice juice at twenty times the price was something that even the emperor couldn't afford to repair. No wonder he didn't use the Ministry of Works and asked him to come over.
This was clearly a new and old grudge. He wanted to kill a big shot.
"Buy!"
"I'll buy it even if it's a hundred times more expensive!”
After Shen Wansan said this, he could not even walk properly.
Fortunately, the Wu Mansion was not far from the bookstore.
They could already vaguely see the construction site of the Wu Estate.
At noon, there were not many people at the construction site.
The father and son walked in and looked around.
He was looking forward to seeing Xu Miaoyun.
However, Shen Wansan and his son were destined to be disappointed. Other than the two ordinary-dressed craftsmen who were probably recruited by the Ministry of Works, there was no one else at the construction site.
"Let's go up and ask!"
"Remember to be humble!"
Shen Wansan instructed his son and the two of them quietly stepped forward.
But when they were almost close, Shen Wansan suddenly called out to his son,
He looked at the two craftsmen in front of him and was shocked.
At this moment, Zhu Rong and Xu Miaoyun were mixing cement.
To bring the sand and this gray thing together,
Xu Miaoyun looked at Zhu Rong's familiar and heart-wrenching movements and thought that her husband had probably done everything except for being a prince.
"Your Highness, you said that this cement is ten times better than the plaster used by craftsmen?”
Zhu Rong had already explained the use of cement to Xu Miaoyun.
Xu Miaoyun had never expected that Zhu Rong's new house would be made of cement used by craftsmen to glue the walls together.
To be honest, there was still a gap between such a despicable thing and what Zhu Xiong had shown in the past.
After all, Xu Miaoyun didn't know much about craftsmen.
However, as a modern person, Zhu Xiong understood the true meaning of cement in ancient times.
He was too lazy to explain to Xu Miaoyun, so he applied the cement on the sewer system that the craftsmen couldn't finish.
Xu Miaoyun had been supervising the construction site recently, so she had some understanding of civil engineering.
The reason why Zhu Rong was dissatisfied with the sewer system was largely because the glue used by the craftsmen to glue the sewer was not waterproof.
However, when a magical material like Vermilion Bird was smeared on it, it actually gave off a natural feeling.
Especially after Zhu Xi mixed the cement with the coarse sand and applied a thin layer of cement paste.
The sewers perfectly met Zhu Xiong's requirements.
Zhu Rong was also very satisfied with his performance.
The cement produced was very good.
Ever since he obtained the formula from the system and made the cement, he had not been to that house for a while.
The reason was very simple. Although this thing was a great killing weapon, it was not easy to use it usually.
Zhu Xi was a prince. He could sell mirrors and penicillin, but he couldn't possibly sell cement, right?
But ever since the construction of the Wu Mansion, Zhu Rong remembered the cement.
As expected, cement was the perfect solution for sewers without iron pipes and PVP.
It wasn't that the ancients couldn't get into the water, but that the ancients didn't have the concept of getting into the water at all.
It was probably only in the royal palace or the noble houses that there were some.
And the glue used in the Ming Dynasty was naturally glutinous rice juice.
However, the Glutinous Rice Emperor had personally ordered that only the city walls and the palace could be used.
Naturally, Zhu Rong's Wu Mansion did not have such treatment.
The sewer system designed by Zhu Rong was something that no one in this era had ever seen before.
The requirements were even stricter than the imperial palace.
When the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works had no other choice, Zhu Xiong's cement came in handy.
Of course, the cement would crack, but Zhu Rong had done his best to prevent cracking.
After teaching all this to the young eunuch,
Xu Miaoyun was extremely excited. Although the invention of cement didn't seem to be of much use, she said,
However, Xu Miaoyun was still proud of Zhu Rong.
"When the craftsmen come back from work, teach them how to do it!”
"Got it?"
Xu Miaoyun nodded. She had already memorized the usage and technique of cement.
At this moment, Zhu Rong finished his instructions and was about to leave.
Suddenly, she saw two people sneaking behind her.
One of the old men touched a piece of solidified cement left behind by Zhu Rong and fell into deep thought.
"Who are you? Why did you barge into the construction site of Prince Wu's mansion?”
"Aren't you afraid that someone will do it?"
Zhu Rong asked the two of them. Shen Wansan woke up from his shock.
He quickly bowed and took out a piece of cement."
"May I ask what this thing is?”
Foreman?
Zhu Rong was stunned for a moment, but then he remembered that he and Xu Miaoyun had changed clothes before, so he understood that the other party had misunderstood.
He didn't explain and asked,"
"This thing is called cement.”
"May I ask if this thing is for sale?“
"I'm a businessman who contracts for construction in the Ying Tian Prefecture. I'm very interested in the materials in your hands!”
"Someone wants this?"
Zhu Rong was stunned. Although he understood the significance of cement in this era,
However, if it wasn't for the fact that they were trying their best to promote them, no one would be interested in them at all. Even his trusted eunuch had such an attitude.
Famous watches.
He had made a lot of stock back then, and only a portion of it was brought to the construction site.
Zhu Rong was interested to be able to clear his inventory."
"Are you interested?"
"Yes, foreman, I'm very interested in this thing!”
"If the foreman can give me a clear path, this is a piece of cake!”
Shen Wansan took out a bunch of money and gave it to Zhu Rong.
Zhu Rong and Xu Miaoyun almost burst out laughing.
This person actually gave a prince a reward?
What would happen if he knew Zhu Rong's true identity?
Unfortunately, Shen Wansan would never have thought that the King and Consort of Wu he was looking for would meet him in such a manner.
"Interesting 1"
Zhu Rong made a face at Xu Miaoyun and kept the money.
"My name is Zhang Xiu!"
Shen Wansan thought for a moment but didn't reveal his real name."
"If you don't mind, let's find a place to eat and talk slowly?”
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