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Suddenly, about twenty burly men came to the house. They stood in various corners and did not speak. They just stood there quietly, looking around from time to time. Listening to the snoring of horses from time to time at the door, this scene made Carpenter Xu and his family a little nervous, and they stood there a little at a loss. Of course, excluding Carpenter Xu himself.

When Carpenter Xu and the two plainclothes Jinyiwei finished changing, the plainclothes Jinyiwei sent out to buy food had already returned, ordering dishes from a nearby restaurant and even some hot ginger tea.

Carpenter Xu’s wife and children all went to the back room to eat, but Carpenter Xu stayed outside. Seeing that he was sitting on a fairly decent stool in his house, Carpenter Xu bowed deeply and said with a grateful look on his face: "I don't know what kind of furniture the young master needs to make. As long as it is made of wood, I will do my best, Xu Zhengming." Your hands are definitely no worse than others!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen and Concubine Tian couldn't help but smile at each other, and then turned back. Emperor Chongzhen said to Carpenter Xu: "The family has become like this, why are you still so obsessed with flying cars?"

To be honest, after Concubine Tian saw the situation in his home and looked at his wife and children eating and clothing, she felt a little contempt for this man in her heart. But in front of the emperor, he didn't show it. When she heard the emperor ask this question, she couldn't help but be very concerned. She stared at Carpenter Xu to see how he would answer?

Carpenter Xu was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He obviously didn't expect this noble man to say this. Or after hearing this question, the sound of eating inside suddenly disappeared.

After a while, Carpenter Xu came back to his senses and replied with a serious face: "I just want to do something meaningful!"

Do something meaningful? When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately thought of the protagonist in a classic TV series of later generations. He spent several years paving a road outside the barracks. Others couldn't figure it out. When he asked him the same question, the answer he got was that he just wanted to do something meaningful. Just something.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but become more interested, and asked again: "How do you say it?"

After hearing this, Carpenter Xu seemed to be lost in memories, and said slowly: "I, Xu Zhengming, am not bragging, but in terms of carpenter's work, I must be among the best here in Suzhou. At the beginning, with my skills, I could only afford food and clothing. No worries.”

At this point, he paused and then continued: "But every time I am asked to make something by those powerful families and powerful squires, it is all to satisfy their desire to compare with each other. For example, wood can cost dozens or hundreds of taels. Even more, they bought them from distant places such as Yunnan, Guizhou and Xichuan, and then asked me to make exquisite things for them. I also asked the painter to use the best materials and mix the best colors. It is to invite others to watch and show off. If you push others down, you will feel complacent; if you are not as good as others, you will be so angry that you smash them into firewood."

Everyone listened to him and focused their eyes on him. Many people vaguely heard something, and their eyes softened a little.

"I've seen this kind of thing so much that I feel very bored." Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was listening carefully, Xu Carpenter said with emotion, "Actually, it's not just furniture. Anyway, food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., all have such similarities, and clothes can't be worn once. You must make more clothes and food, and you would rather waste it to look like your family is rich. Anyway, it’s all because of that face, and the pomp and splendor of the talk is probably as good as that of the emperor..."

Hearing this, almost everyone couldn't help but turn their heads and look at Emperor Chongzhen.

Carpenter Xu was a little baffled when he saw it, but he didn't think much about it. He just continued to say what he had been keeping in his heart: "I don't think such a thing is interesting at all. It's really boring. So, I I wanted to do something meaningful, and I thought about it a lot at first, but in the end I thought about whether I could make a flying car, which would make travel more convenient for everyone..."

At this point, he remembered something and got up to get something from a cabinet in the corner. When Fang Zhenghua and others saw it, they immediately looked at him warily. However, when he saw that Carpenter Xu finally took out some papers, he relaxed without leaving a trace.

"Look, these are what I've been tinkering with, hoping to make one or two really useful things." Carpenter Xu said, putting all the papers in his hands on the table.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little curious and reached out to take it and opened it one by one. I have to say that Carpenter Xu is really thoughtful. These are all design drawings. There are many of them. It can be seen that a lot of thought was put into them.

After the emperor read it, Concubine Tian also reached out to take it. Then when she turned to look at Carpenter Xu, the contempt in her heart could not help but diminish a lot.

Emperor Chongzhen himself couldn't help but fell silent after reading those drawings. Thinking back on what he saw on the road, and listening to what Carpenter Xu just said, he had a deeper understanding of the customs here in Jiangnan.

After coming back to his senses, Emperor Chongzhen asked slightly seriously: "Then you want to continue to improve the flying car?"

"Yes!" Carpenter Xu nodded after hearing this, "I, Xu Zhengming, never do things half-way. I broke the one today. I will go back and improve my method."

After he said this, a slight sigh suddenly came from the back room, but it happened that no one outside was talking, so he could hear it.

Emperor Chongzhen turned his head and looked at the back room, and then suddenly said to Carpenter Xu: "Your speeding car will definitely not be successful, and you don't need to improve it."

"Impossible!" Carpenter Xu said excitedly after hearing this, "I have been improving for the past ten years. You should have seen it. Today I can fly a certain distance."

Indeed, at least this is what everyone has seen with their own eyes. Liu Xingzuo and others all agreed with Xu Carpenter's words. Maybe he would succeed next time?

They all looked at Emperor Chongzhen and saw Emperor Chongzhen shaking his head with a smile and saying: "I can tell you that people can definitely fly in the sky with the help of tools, but it is definitely not your idea. First, the power generated by human power is too small to fly in the sky. Supporting heavy objects to fly, let alone becoming popular; secondly, the materials of your flying car are not good, it must be lighter, stronger, etc., but even so, as long as the power problem is not solved, it is still impossible..."

As soon as Xu Carpenter heard Emperor Chongzhen speak, he hit on the two biggest flaws of flying cars. This made him a little surprised. For the first time, he seriously began to consider other people's opinions on flying cars.

"But your flying car idea can still be realized in the future, that is, after the two problems I just mentioned are solved." Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile, "For now, if you want people to fly into the sky, I There are several options for you to try, and I can also provide funds so that you can do it without any worries, what do you think?"