After hearing this, Fan Zhong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he looked at Li Changkong and said word by word: "With Uncle An Bei's words, I feel relieved."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
When the scholars saw his back, they couldn't help but look at each other.
"Is... leaving now?"
In fact, most of them do not necessarily want to confront Li Changkong, but they want to use this incident to enhance their reputation!
After all, for scholars, reputation is more important than life.
If he could leave behind a reputation that was not afraid of power, stood up for his family and country, and criticized Uncle Anbei in the face, then it would be worth being seriously injured by the servants of Wulinghou Mansion.
But if you want to leave such a reputation, you have to at least face him!
If you want to be rebuked, you must at least confront him!
And if you want a confrontation, at least a conflict must break out!
Now the conflict broke out, but their leader just left.
What should I do?
Someone was filled with righteous indignation and cursed angrily at Fan Zhong's leaving figure: "Fan Zhong, you thought you were a loyal man, but who would have thought you turned out to be such a coward and a coward!"
"That's it, we are so blind that we sit and talk with people like you and become our close friends, bah!"
Even Li Changkong was amazed when he saw such an expression.
He said impatiently: "Do you have anything else? If nothing happens, you can leave!"
"Otherwise..." Li Changkong didn't say much, just snorted coldly.
The servants around him suddenly understood, gripped the farm tools in their hands, moved forward step by step, and pressed forward.
When the scholars saw this, they were immediately furious.
They are scholars and will be noble in the future! What's more, it is his lifelong ideal to join the cabinet.
How come they are so noble and forced to be so persecuted with farm tools?
It’s really annoying!
In the crowd, someone shouted angrily: "How dare you! Uncle Anbei, how dare you allow your slaves to commit crimes!"
"We are all scholars with great reputations. If you dare to indiscriminately hurt a hair on my head, be careful of being imprisoned!"
When Li Changkong heard this, he laughed angrily.
"Uncle Ben allowed his slaves to commit crimes? He really has a sharp tongue!"
"I'm afraid you are the best at confusing right and wrong, right?"
"It's obvious that you were the one who broke into Wulinghou Mansion indiscriminately, but now I'm trying to persuade you so nicely, but you still refuse to leave!"
"Uncle Ben is really a fool!"
"Kick Ben Bo out with all the sticks!"
As soon as these words came out, the servants no longer hesitated and waved their farm tools one after another to greet the "noble" scholar!
The scholar who was hit suddenly cried out in mourning and howled like a ghost.
However, he still had some backbone, or in other words, he felt that leaving like this would be really bad for his reputation, so he started to curse.
The harder the beating, the harsher the scolding.
Li Changkong frowned when he saw this. Just as he was about to do something, he heard a loud noise coming from behind him.
boom!
This loud noise was different from the past, especially deafening!
Even from several yards away, you can vaguely see the flames reaching into the sky!
When the scholars heard the explosion, one or two, they suddenly dispersed like frightened birds and no longer dared to stay in front of the gate of Wulinghou Mansion.
If they die now, they will not gain fame.
Furthermore, before anyone came, they investigated all Li Changkong's connections and found out that he was acquainted with the Minister of Justice, and that they took the initiative to break into private houses.
So if you really die, it will be in vain!
Isn’t that a loss of life?
Scholars want to be famous, but they are not stupid!
Li Changkong couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.
In troubled times, not only are there more talents than usual, but there are also many more "wizards" who are not very bright.
It's really... extremely frustrating.
However, he had no time to care about this group of people and hurriedly turned around and walked towards the west courtyard.
In the west courtyard, Li Xiang felt a little uneasy as he looked at the rockery that had been blown up in front of him, as well as the half-meter-large pit exposed under the rockery where the soil had been blown away.
This rockery is said to be worth a lot of money!
The black powder just exploded, the young master wouldn't blame himself, would he?
However, just as he was anxious, Li Changkong walked straight in.
When I saw the rockery that had been blown up, I was overjoyed.
He walked up to Li Xiang, patted his shoulder and said, "Okay! You did a good job!"
"I'll go find Butler Yang later and double my bill! Just say it was me."
When Li Xiang heard this, the anxiety in his heart suddenly disappeared, but he was filled with ecstasy.
He kept nodding and said: "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"
Li Changkong nodded slightly, walked forward, and looked at the blown-up rockery carefully.
After a long time, he asked: "Is this the latest progress? How accurate is it?"
"Reporting to the young master, this is indeed the latest progress. The power is acceptable, but there are still some problems with the accuracy."
"We didn't intend to blow up this rockery, but somehow we ended up here."
Hearing this, Li Changkong nodded and said: "Next, let's focus on accuracy. The explosion power is almost there, so we can let it go first."
"If it succeeds, it will be an indispensable benefit to you. Even if you are recommended to become an official in the court, it is not impossible!"
After Li Changkong said these words, Li Xiang was already dizzy from being smashed by the pie he drew and couldn't help but be happy.
He immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, young master. Even if I don't eat or drink, I still have to make this black gunpowder as soon as possible."
After hearing this, Li Changkong nodded with satisfaction.
It's actually very simple to make employees work hard, just pay them enough! If the salary is not enough, give me something of greater value!
Otherwise, why should people sacrifice their lives for you?
How big is your face?
Li Changkong understands this very well, so in terms of recruiting people to do things, it is completely different from some companies in his previous life.
Of course, proper squeezing is also necessary.
"You are no exception. I will put it this way today. As long as someone can make a complete version of black gunpowder within ten days, in addition to being rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, I will also recommend you to join the Ministry of Industry. official!"
"From now on, I will work for the imperial court."
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of many craftsmen turned red.
Entering the court as an official... It doesn't matter whether the official is big or small, but that is an official!
Why are those scholars so superior to others? Just because they can take the imperial examination and have the opportunity to become officials in the future!
Why are you inferior to others? Because no matter how good the technology is, it cannot break the solidification of class and become a scholar-bureaucrat among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce!
But now, with Li Changkong's light words, everything has different possibilities!
This sentence is like a devil, slowly tugging at everyone's heartstrings, making them so motivated that they can't wait to throw themselves on the black powder twenty-four hours a day!
