Zhu Fan watched with interest and cold eyes. Zhu Su, who noticed his eyes, made a gesture of indifference. This Zhu Xian, the moral kidnapping is tied to the young master. What I like about the Shen family is his channels as a businessman. What does your Yongjia Marquis Mansion have? Is it the arrogance of taking advantage of others?
Naturally, he couldn't say that on his face. He smiled lightly and said: "Brothers, don't be impatient. Cement is an important weapon of the country. Most of the current production has been handed over to the court and used to strengthen the fortifications of important towns in the north."
"The Crown Prince Yongjia Marquis should know very well about this. Nowadays, cement is mainly used for repairing the walls of Beiping. Yongjia Marquis should have a deep understanding of the capabilities of this material."
Zhu Xian nodded under the gaze of everyone. Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, is currently in the same town of Peking with Fu Youde, the Marquis of Yingchuan. The most important task is to repair and strengthen the part of the city wall that was destroyed during the siege of Beiping Mansion in the 28th year of Zheng Dynasty.
"Unlike glass, cement is an important weapon of the military and is not used for profit."
"I have prepared another way for you to make a fortune. It's just that this road needs to be taken again, so please be patient."
Zhu Su had already said this, and it was hard for the dandies to continue saying anything. At the banquet, they immediately started drinking and mingling again.
Only Zhu Xian glanced at Zhu Su, with a disappointed look on his face, and turned his head secretly.
…
After the banquet, the four Zhu brothers gathered in Zhu Su's room. Zhu Fan asked: "Lao Wu, what's going on with these noble disciples?"
"The words they just said sounded quite threatening."
"They still dare to ride on your head?"
"Of course they didn't dare at first." Zhu Su took the hot towel Xiang Deng sent in and wiped his face.
"But now, the noble disciples who come here consider themselves to be the party members I rely on to fight against my eldest brother." He smiled coldly and threw the towel into the copper basin. "Of course he became rude after drinking. These people came to the academy just to show their loyalty to me."
"After all, Yun Gong is already studying the study of objects. Naturally, they can't fall behind others."
These words made Zhu Chen and Zhu Fan change their expressions. Zhu Fang had a rare serious face and acted like an elder brother to Zhu Su: "Lao Wu. You and the second brother should be honest."
"Are you really planning to compete with your eldest brother for the crown prince position?"
"Lao Wu doesn't know how." The one who spoke was not Zhu Su, but Zhu Di. Zhu Laosi threw a piece of pastry into his mouth, and then said firmly: "Dad must have asked him to do this."
"Those idiots can't even understand this."
Anyone can try to seize the throne, but only Lao Wu cannot.
Lao Wu knew what was going to happen in the future, told Lao Zhu and spared no effort to protect Zhu Biao. Zhu Di couldn't know better. If the fifth child is really planning to seize the crown prince's position, he only needs to wait for his eldest brother Zhu Biao to die naturally and then deal with his stupid nephew Zhu Yunwen. Why bother to go to great lengths to attract power and make it known to both the government and the public?
And my father, who has always been partial to his eldest brother, just let it go this time. It was obvious that these two people were harboring bad intentions.
Zhu Di, who felt that he knew everything, only felt that his father and his fifth brother were both bad.
"Daddy did this?" Zhu Fan looked at Zhu Su in surprise. He had nothing to hide from his fellow brothers Zhu Su, so he nodded to acknowledge Zhu Di's statement.
Zhu Fan was a little surprised that his always careless fourth brother could see through the current situation more accurately than he did. He turned to Zhu Su and asked, "Dad asked you to set up a trap for these nobles? Can you tell me why?"
"Dad wanted to abolish the Zhongshu Province. After establishing the cabinet, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong felt that his power was threatened, so he approached me." Zhu Su summarized it succinctly.
"That's why dad wants me to be the bait to lure out the Hu Party members so that they can be uprooted."
"Hiss! Are these nobles all from Hu Weiyong's lineage?" Zhu Fan took a breath of cold air. If we want to pull out the Zhongshu Province and add so many nobles, how violent the bloody storm will be in the DPRK?
"It has nothing to do with us, as long as the fifth child doesn't want to go against the eldest brother." Zhu Xi felt that it didn't matter. He just said to Zhu Su excitedly: "Lao Wu, there are many interesting things in your place. Come back and take your brothers to experience it."
"The Three Kingdoms mentioned in the tavern, I don't know how many times Lao Liu told me in the palace. It's a pity that he is still young and is not allowed to leave the palace. Otherwise, he will stay in the tavern and listen to all the Three Kingdoms before giving up."
"Lao Liu is about the same age as me. I think he will be able to leave the palace in a few days." Zhu Su said with a smile. Zhu Zhen, the sixth child, loves listening to books. He must have been scratching his head when he heard that the full text of the Three Kingdoms is available here.
Zhu Fan was still thinking about Lao Zhu's plan to break out of Hu Weiyong's party. He said to Zhu Su with some worry: "Lao Wu, Hu Weiyong is a scheming man. He must be using you as a raft to rely on you this time. He turned around to really drag you down. Going into the water won't lead to some big cases, right?"
"You'd better be more careful."
"Thank you, third brother, for worrying." Zhu Su said with a smile. "Anyway, dad told me to do this. It would be perfect if Lao Hu flipped the plate."
"I don't want to get involved in these intrigues in the court."
Seeing Zhu Su's indifferent expression, Zhu Fan frowned, thinking that he should pay more attention to his younger brother.
…
The brothers chatted until late at night, and did not go back to their rooms until it was very late at night. Early the next morning, Zhu Su asked Xiang Deng to call some princes to come out for breakfast. Zhu Di and Zhu Xi walked out together. They heard Zhu Di sighing in admiration and saying to Zhu Su:
"Lao Wu, what you Zhuangzi has purchased is really extravagant!"
"The walls are actually hot! It's so warm in the house that I don't feel cold at all. There's actually a well dug in the house!"
"The wellhead is also made of celadon. Gee, it's too luxurious!"
"Dig a well in the house?" Zhu Su didn't react for a moment, and even after thinking about it, he couldn't remember when he dug a well in the house. I saw Zhu Fan coming out from behind and said:
"Excessive luxury is the way to ruin a family! But the fifth brother's ingenuity is quite elegant."
"We even set up a small tea room indoors. There is a well in the tea room inside the house. It is indeed much more convenient to wash your face and get water to make tea."
"Is this also a method of studying things? It's really refreshing."
With that said, he sat down at the Eight Immortals table.
"Uh..." Zhu Su remembered what the well was. He looked at Zhu Fan with a complex expression: "Um, third brother, you don't know how to use the water from the well to cleanse your face and make tea, do you? Didn't the waiter get you some water to cleanse your face?"
"Huh? I always got up earlier, and I originally wanted to use the water from the well to cleanse my face. But I gave up when I saw the maid brought a basin of hot water from outside."
"What's wrong?" Zhu Fan looked at Zhu Su with a strange expression.
"That's good, that's good." Zhu Su let out a long breath.
"That room is the latrine equipped in the house. The one that looks like a well has a pool of clear water in it. In fact, it is La Xiang... er, it is the bucket used by De Gong." Zhu Su explained.
(End of chapter)
