The happy life of a prodigal

Looking at this scene, Zhao Yan's face turned red. Looking at the coachman outside, she said loudly in a crisp voice.

The coachman was also very aggrieved, and hurriedly replied: "It rained a few days ago, and a few pieces of the bluestone slabs here were trampled, and the small ones didn't see it. Damn it, damn it!"

"Look at it." Zhao Yan said angrily.

The driver hurriedly said: "Yes!"

Fang Xiu heard this, but there was a thoughtful expression on his face.

"What about you!"

Zhao Yan didn't know what was wrong, since she met Lin Wanqing, it was as if someone offended her.

When facing Lin Wanqing, she was amiable.

Facing Fang Xiu, he had an impatient expression.

Fang Xiu looked at Zhao Yan, and said slowly, "I was thinking, these bluestone slabs should be replaced."

"what?"

Zhao Yan was slightly taken aback when she heard this, but didn't understand what it meant.

Fang Xiu seemed to have made up his mind, and said, "Start from the south of the city first. After the paving of this road is completed, the rubber has almost been transported to the capital. At that time, it will be much faster to get to the south of the city from other places. "

"..."

Although Zhao Yan felt that what Fang Xiu said was very powerful, she couldn't understand what he was saying at all.

He stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and said angrily, "Are you listening to me?"

Fang Xiu looked at Zhao Yan and said, "All the money from Baole Fang was used to open the academy, can you lend me some money?"

Since the incident last time, Zhao Yan has learned to be good. The money is no longer only stored in Baolefang, but a little in each bank.

When Zhao Yan heard this, she curled her lips and said angrily, "Why do I need to lend you money?"

Fang Xiu was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Just as she was about to say, 'It's fine if you don't borrow it', Zhao Yan said again: "How much interest will you give?"

Fang Xiu asked her, "How much interest do you want?"

A thoughtful look appeared on Zhao Yan's face.

Before he could make up his mind, he heard Fang Xiu say: "Just according to the interest of Baolefang's loan, I will give you as much as I should. Don't worry, I won't owe you anything!"

Zhao Yan was in a daze, didn't know what happened at all, so she was dragged to Baolefang by Fang Xiu, where she signed a contract and made a guarantee.

10,000+ taels of silver were just taken out.

On the other hand, Wang Baole looked puzzled, and asked, "Master, what are you borrowing so much money for?"

Fang Xiu looked at Wang Baole with a very indifferent expression, and only said two words: "Build the road!"

When Wang Baole heard this, he was completely stunned.

road?

Where is the road being built?

Although the land of Gyeonggi is not as rich as Jiangnan Province in general, the roads extend in all directions, which is not comparable to any other place.

Someone once said that all roads lead to Kyoto.

Does this road still need to be repaired?

Could it be to build roads in other places?

That should also be a matter of the Ministry of Industry, the young master paid for it himself, isn't it a bit too...

Thinking of this, Wang Baole's expression became a little strange. He looked at his young master and asked, "Master, I'm a little too talkative to ask you, where is this road... built?"

Fang Xiu looked at Wang Baole, and said calmly: "Naturally, it is the road to build the capital."

"what?"

Wang Baole was completely dumbfounded now.

Do the roads in Kyoto still need to be repaired?

And even if they were all replaced with bluestone slabs, all the muddy floors were compacted, and all were paved with gravel, they wouldn't need so much money!

This is a full 10,000+ taels.

Fang Xiu also knew why Wang Baole was puzzled, so he opened his mouth to explain: "Roads... are the foundation of business. If the road is repaired, the business road in the capital will be smooth."

Naturally, Wang Baole knew this truth, and what he was wondering about was how to repair the roads in the capital.

Still couldn't hold back, he asked, "Master, I just don't understand, how should the roads in the capital be repaired? All the roads in this city are compacted and paved with stone slabs, even in the suburbs. All paved with gravel.

Even in rainy days, the carriage can pass unimpeded.

It's already like this, what else needs to be done on this road? "

Fang Xiu looked at Wang Baole, and said calmly: "All the stone slabs were removed and replaced with cement concrete."

When Wang Baole heard this, he was completely dumbfounded.

Are all the slabs removed?

The Ministry of Industry did not know how much money and energy it took to pave all the roads in Kyoto Prefecture into stone slabs.

Could it be said that it will be demolished in one sentence?

What's more, what is cement concrete?

Can it be compared with slate?

Wang Baole didn't know what to say for a while.

But Fang Xiu said: "There is no rush for this matter, as long as you have an idea in mind, you can find someone after my young master is ready."

Wang Baole should be happy when he heard this, but he didn't feel happy at all.

Because he knew that if the young master said this, he might be serious.

Okay, why does the young master have to build roads?

He subconsciously looked at the servant who was following Fang Xiu.

The young man showed hesitation, thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "When the young master returned home, a bluestone slab was broken, and the carriage bumped a bit, so I think..."

Hearing this, Wang Baole understood something just now, and his expression became even more strange.

Just because it was bumped, all the stone slabs in Kyoto Prefecture were to be demolished, and what kind of cement concrete was replaced?

This is a bit too much...

Wang Baole thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, he just responded: "I understand, young master, don't worry, I will find someone right now, there are so many refugees in the porridge shed in the south of the city. A long time, just in time to come in handy."

Fang Xiu nodded and said: "Okay, my young master will go to an engineering academy first, and you should take this matter to heart."

"Yes, young master!" Wang Baole bowed and saluted, claiming yes.

Chapter 8 Various Research Institutes

Today, there are all kinds of Fangxiu academies all over the land of Gyeonggi.

Moreover, different academies have different enrollment ages.

Let's talk about the Academy of Arts and Sciences, which is the most basic academy, and generally only recruits children. After the competition, under the strong request of many parents, Xin'an Hou Mansion opened two more academies.

They are the First Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Second Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The dean is still Chang Ru. Although the master's level is not as good as that of the Liberal Arts College, it still makes many people struggle and want to send their children to it.

In addition, there are other academies, such as the Academy of Science and Technology, the Academy of Construction, and the Academy of Engineering.

These academies are also quite strange to say, except that the main teaching content of the Academy of Science and Technology and the Academy of Arts revolves around the imperial examination.

Other academies train some craftsmen.

When it was first established, few people could understand it.

What is there to learn from this craftsman?

If you have that kind of kung fu, you might as well find a master to learn from.

But as time went by, the number of people in these two academies gradually increased.

It was only then that they discovered that the contents taught by the two academies were not quite the same as they had imagined.

For example, in this engineering academy, they were originally only doing some carpentry and masonry work, but in fact it was much more difficult than these.

Carpenters and stonemasons need to know it, and they need to know it. Carpenters and stonemasons don't know it, but they also need to know it.

Not only are they learning, even those gentlemen are constantly groping forward.

It seems that Xin Anhou also founded some kind of engineering research institute some time ago.

The gentleman who built the academy and the engineering academy often studies some novel gadgets in that engineering research institute.

Experiment with various materials all day long.

What kind of stone is harder, what kind of wood is not easy to corrode, and what kind of lime mortar has been studied.

I heard that adding different water will have different effects.

If they were in the past, they would be so tormented, and the family would not be able to open the pot in a few days.

It's different in this research institute. As long as you have a suitable reason and come up with a suitable plan, you can apply for a sum of money from the Xin'anhou Mansion for this kind of research.

This silver is more than imagined.

Let’s talk about the lime mortar, an ordinary thing, which is used in many villages to build houses, but it has been tampered with by a gentleman, and it is said that it is much stronger than before.

After reporting it to Marquis Xin'an, he received a research grant of 500 taels of silver.

Lime slurry, how much money can it cost to fiddle with it?

500 taels of silver, I'm afraid a lot of it fell into that gentleman's pocket in the end.

This is a good job!

It is precisely because of this that many gentlemen from the Construction Academy and the Engineering Academy went to the Academy to tinker with some things after school, hoping to get the money.

I heard that many of them have been sponsored by Marquis Xin An.

The students in this academy are not young, they are all at the age of starting a family and starting a business, because they don't have any skills, so they thought of coming to this academy to learn a craft.

Seeing that gentleman can get so much money by just messing around with lime slurry, it is natural to study harder, and hope that one day I can become one of these gentlemen!

It was another noon, when it was time for get out of class to end, the gentlemen of the Academy of Engineering gathered together, as usual, discussing what interesting things they could have, tinkering with them.

"I got a reply to the letter I wrote to Marquis Xin'an last time, and Marquis Xin'an even named the new lime mortar, called cement."

"Really? Cement, that sounds weird."

"However, cement is still used. My relatives wanted to build a hut yesterday, so I tried the method you mentioned. I added some slag to the lime slurry, and it was much stronger than before."

"Of course, otherwise how could Marquis Xin'an value this project so much, Lao Tian, ​​I heard that Marquis Xin'an allocated another 1000 taels of silver yesterday, of which 200 taels are your bonus, so you can rest assured Study this new mortar."

"1000 taels of silver? Is it real or not? Our brothers are stonemasons, and I'm afraid we won't be able to earn so much silver in our whole life!"

"Where is it so exaggerated, part of the 1000 taels is to build a new research institute."

"A new research institute?"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other and asked, "What Xinde Research Institute, can you tell us?"

"It's impossible to say this, but none of you are outsiders. I told you, don't tell others."

The stonemason called Lao Tian looked around and said.

"Of course, what research institute, tell us quickly." Everyone looked curious.

Seeing everyone's curiosity, Lao Tian couldn't help feeling a little elated.

After being triumphant, he smiled again, and said just now: "This new research institute is called the Materials Research Institute, and it specializes in the construction materials."

"Huh? We need to build a research institute for the materials used in this construction?"

After hearing this, everyone felt incredible.

But Lao Tian smiled, and said: "Of course, this material is more exquisite than you imagined. Recently, Xin'an Marquis seems to have brought back a batch of materials from Nanyang, called... called rubber.