After learning that Zhu Su was building a house, Shen Wang volunteered and transferred more than a dozen tile craftsmen and master craftsmen from the Shen family. Architecture has always been a specialty of the Shen family. In the past, they helped build some pavilions and pavilions for the imperial court. Their ancestral home is Jiangsu, and many of their family members are good at gardening. When someone from the city started to garden, it was inevitable to come to the Shen family to borrow a few people to help.
This is a good idea, but it saves the effort of finding a craftsman. Zhu Su hurriedly asked the Shen family's craftsmen to start the construction of Zhuangzi. It was just that the master craftsmen of the Shen family took a few breaths after looking at Zhu Su's drawings. If they were brave enough, they approached Zhu Su and said that Zhu Su's drawings could not be built like this. Whose Tuzhuangzi? With so many pavilions, pavilions and unheard-of buildings built, a village actually looks like a city. There are so many roads to be built that are as dense as a spider web, and there is even a major road leading directly to Yingtian Mansion.
To build so many and long roads, whether it is to quarry bluestone to make a flagstone road or to build a dirt road using compaction methods, the cost of manpower and material resources is immeasurable. It is really a stupid thing to spend so much effort on repairing roads.
Zhu Su Nian and the others were kind-hearted and did not pursue the matter. How can these people understand the principle of "if you want to be rich, build roads first"?
As for the high cost of road construction, Zhu Su actually had a plan in mind. Although the cement kilns in the mountains behind Zhuangzi have not yet produced high-grade construction cement, the low-grade cement produced is already more than enough for road construction.
I don't want to waste my time explaining, I just have a straight face and let these craftsmen do what they are told. The position of the prince is here, but no one dares to talk too much. So a group of Shen family craftsmen began to work enthusiastically in the village. With the money in place, there was no shortage of various materials. Bifeng Imperial Village began to change at an almost rapid pace.
Zhuangzi was changing with each passing day, and Zhu Su was not relaxing in other aspects either. He once again summoned Wang Gui, the timid village leader, and asked him to promulgate several health regulations he had drafted. I often see villagers walking into the fields and taking off their pants and starting to poop and urinate. Someone upstream directly pours the chamber pot into the water, and someone downstream directly takes the water and goes back to cook... Zhu Su has actually been unable to bear it for a long time. If a plague breaks out here, can we just leave our intact eggs behind when the nest is overturned?
The first thing the Shen family craftsmen were ordered to build were a dozen toilets built around the village. There are compost pools connected under the toilets, which are good fertilizers for increasing the yield of the thin fields in the village. Wang Gui didn't understand why he couldn't defecate and urinate on the roadside in the fields and why he couldn't drink water from the river directly. Zhu Su explained it again and he was still confused and lost his temper. How noble is this prince? I see you every day when I go out. What kind of behavior do these dealers' black butts have? How can I, the king, live comfortably when Zhuangzi's house stinks every day?
If I didn’t say anything, I’ll leave this matter to you. In the future, if I see people taking advantage of others, pouring filth into the river, spitting, drinking raw water without washing their hands, etc., I will not only increase their rent, but you, the head of the village who is in charge of them, will also have to increase their rent. Increase the rent even if you sit there!
Don't ask why, it's just because my eyes are precious and I can't bear to look at them.
Wang Gui looked embarrassed, thinking that even though he was the head of a village, he had to take care of his own fields and had little free time, so he simply asked him to go back and tell his mother-in-law to choose some people to take on this duty. The aunts wearing red armbands in the neighborhood committees and sub-district offices of later generations were so effective in fighting. There is no reason why those tough women in the Ming Dynasty villagers couldn't do these things.
Cement roads have also begun to be laid. This part is directly responsible for the cement craftsmen in Zhuangzi. Seeing the craftsmen mixing cement and sand with water and pouring them directly onto the roadbed, the craftsmen of the Shen family whispered to each other with disgust on their faces. This must be another bad idea of the young prince. Is this also called road construction? It's more like playing in mud.
Low-grade cement hardens slowly, and Zhu Su is too lazy to explain. Sooner or later, cement will shock the world.
In addition to inspecting the construction site, Zhu Su is also busy copying books. If you want to build this place into the number one business circle in the Ming Dynasty, you can't just rely on the people in Zhuangzi. These villagers and military households have little spending power, so they have to attract all the wealthy people in Yingtian Mansion.
And those stories from later generations are an excellent means of attracting people. There was a lack of entertainment in this era, and even the Yuan Dynasties, which he heard were extremely boring, could occasionally attract crowds. After the old storyteller in Fule Yuan eavesdropped on half of "Three Kingdoms", every time he talked about the Three Kingdoms, he attracted thousands of people.
If only the complete version of "Three Kingdoms" could be heard here, as well as other popular stories such as "The Condor Shooting", "Tianlong", "The Complete Story of Yue Shuo", "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" and so on, then those who are bored every day in Yingtian Mansion would The rich people who are panicking and listening to books and music are rushing here as if they are crazy?
After finishing another chapter of "Three Kingdoms", Zhu Su put down his pen and rubbed his sore wrist. Although he had gotten the charcoal pens out in advance, it still made him miserable to write so many words every day. The previously thought of finding a ghostwriting secretary seems to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
When I went outside, I saw the dog standing at the hanging flower door. Ever since he came to Zhuangzi, he had been eating and drinking, and his stature had skyrocketed as if he had taken hormones. He looked like an adult and was no longer as skinny as before. The eunuch's clothes were so tight on him that it was a bit funny. It seemed that Xiang Deng had to find someone to make him bigger.
"Dog, why are you on duty here again?" Zhu Su greeted. "You should take the time to rest right after training. It's not worth being so tense and your body collapses."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding. I'm still energetic, so it's okay." Zhu Su's tone was close to the dog, but he didn't dare to go any further. When he saw Zhu Su, he took a step back and knelt down, not daring to get even half a step closer to Zhu Su. He was of Jurchen origin. People around Zhu Su had always been wary of him, but now they trusted him slightly. However, he himself was very self-conscious and would not get within ten steps of Zhu Su.
Zhu Su once ordered that no one should kneel to him in Zhuangzi. Although the dog did not dare to disobey, he also did not dare to be disrespectful, so he replaced him with the military half-kneeling ceremony every time. He was extremely humble to Zhu Su to this point.
Seeing that he was almost as tall as himself when he knelt down, Zhu Su was quite jealous. I remember that when we first met him in the palace, he was as thin as a chicken. Now he has grown so tall, but his height has not changed. Zhu Su secretly weighed his toes and comforted himself in his heart: it must be growing slower. It doesn't matter, I'm still in the growing stage!
"Since you said so, I won't dissuade you. It's just that the daily training tasks are already heavy. If you want to rest, don't force yourself." Zhu Su warned.
During Li Wenzhong's previous training, he discovered that the dog actually followed the same pattern and avoided self-training during training. After he was discovered and questioned, he learned that he was a Jurchen who dared to secretly learn this military training method. He was furious and wanted to kill him on the spot. However, Zhu Su, who came after hearing the news, protected him and made it clear that he was an eunuch and would not have any descendants, and that he was suspected of avenging his own merits and killing him. This made Li Wenzhong give up his murderous intention.
Li Jinglong on the side gave his father an idea to vent his anger. Since the dog liked to be trained so much, he might as well let the trained Wu Wang guards compete with the dog so as to take the opportunity to teach him a lesson. However, because of Gou'er's innate supernatural power, none of the guards were his match, which surprised Li Wenzhong.
In the training manual, there are also "night classes" and "instructor" systems set up to increase tactical literacy and enhance loyalty. Li Wenzhong highly praised this and believed that it can make soldiers more loyal and united. Seeing that the dog was so brave, he simply let the dog join the training team. He took more night classes to cultivate his loyalty, and Xiao Wu was not allowed to be killed, so he felt relieved to watch it under his nose. If he had a black heart, he wouldn't believe that he could escape his own hard-tempered eyes.
Therefore, the dog is now not only receiving training from Wu Wangwei's elite, but he has not given up his work as a eunuch on duty at night, and he does not even have time to sleep.
Seeing that the dog just nodded and showed no intention of resting, Zhu Su had no choice but to stop trying to dissuade him. Now the genius just stayed up all night to write the article. The dog must have stayed up all night too. In a while, the morning exercise will begin. He often stays up all night and has to be trained all day long. This body is really trained like a strong bull.
How come I have been practicing for a while, but my body has not gained much muscle...
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw Xiang Deng trotting in from outside. When he saw Zhu Su, he shouted: "Oh, my highness, why are you still wearing this robe? Please come in and ask someone to change clothes."
"Someone is coming from the palace! He said it was summoned by His Majesty!"
(End of chapter)
