Scholars unparalleled

It's just that the journey is far away, and I feel that even if we come here, it will be too late. Right now we happen to be in Fufeng City. If we don't take down Lu Chensheng as soon as possible to make ourselves famous, it will be too late. "

Another scholar also said something hastily at this moment.

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the scholars couldn't sit still for a while.

If this time passed earlier, you still had a chance to suppress Lu Chensheng, but if it was later, you would have no chance.

We all know that the top spot is the best chance to become famous, if someone else grabs it, then even if Lu Chensheng wins in the future, that reputation will be greatly reduced.

With such a thought in mind, everyone didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly walked towards the outside of the city.

A group of talented scholars was mighty, and some of the common people looked at this side with a bit of bewilderment.

But after a while, they all retracted their eyes again, turned around and continued planting rice seedlings.

Lu Chensheng dug up a piece of land and planted a peach tree.

Qiong Yue on the side just watched quietly, knowing that Lu Chensheng didn't want to help herself, so she just stood by and watched.

Suddenly, Qiong Yue's ears moved slightly.

"It seems that someone is coming, and there are quite a few people listening to the voice."

After Lu Chensheng finished filling the soil, he frowned slightly, "On the fifth day of the lunar new year, you should go there."

Lu Chensheng turned his head, looked at Chu Wu beside him and said.

Hearing the words on the fifth day of the lunar new year, a touch of excitement immediately appeared on his face, he turned around and ran to the front of the river with a sign on his shoulder.

A group of scholars also saw Taohuawu in the distance at this moment. Looking at it like this, it is indeed extremely amazing in terms of artistic conception.

Everyone looked at each other, and then stepped forward.

But at this time, the fifth day of the lunar new year came to everyone.

"You all want to find my Mr. Lu, and compete in picking?"

All the scholars looked at each other, and then at Chu Wu, all of them seemed extremely reserved, and they nodded slightly.

Hearing the words on the fifth day of the fifth day, he smiled, "My son said that he doesn't like to be disturbed, and not everyone can see him. My son wrote a couplet. If any scholar can put it up correctly, it is You can enter.

If you can't come up with it, you don't have to go in this Taohuawu. "

As he said that, Chu Wu searched for the long wooden sign he had brought with him, put it up in the dug soil, turned around and left.

Before everyone had time to say anything, they also saw that the fifth day of the lunar new year turned around and left, and they were all very angry immediately.

"Damn it! How dare you look down on us so much!"

What the maid on the other side said was extremely pleasant, and she didn't like being disturbed.

But the meaning revealed in these words is that you are not worthy to compete with me?

Moreover, the one who went out to meet them was actually only a maid, and the owner didn't even come out.

If only one scholar came and the other party didn't come out, that's justified.

But there are so many of them, the other party's actions treat them a little lightly.

"Wait for me to see what pair it is. After I match all of them, I will go in and find him to see whether his face is red or not!"

After speaking, he looked intently.

On Baita Street, Huang blacksmiths make red furnaces, burn black charcoal, emit green smoke, flash blue light, quench purple iron, and strike things from north to south.

The faces of the talented scholars who were originally unhappy and disdainful suddenly changed slightly.

This, what is this link?

The many colors in the front echo one by one, and finally come a southeast, northwest.

Taking a closer look, you can feel how difficult this couplet is. The lips of a group of people are trembling at the moment, and there is a trace of panic in their expressions.

In Taohuawu.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, he bounced and ran back, and when he came to Lu Chensheng's side, he returned to his obedient appearance.

"My lord, the couplets have been released, and the faces of the scholars all changed after seeing it."

Speaking of this, Chu Wu pursed her lips and laughed endlessly, but she just secretly glanced back.

The purpose is to see how they will look on their faces after seeing this couplet.

Sure enough, what didn't disappoint her was that when she saw the pale faces of these scholars, they were extremely beautiful.

"What are you doing to gloat like that?"

Lu Chensheng looked at Chu Wu helplessly.

The corner of Chu Wu's mouth twitched slightly, "Those guys all want to step on the young master, and there are so many people here, they obviously didn't pay attention to the young master, and the vigor that can kill them will make them dare not in the future." How good it is to underestimate the young master!"

The fifth day of the lunar new year is straight-tempered, and she naturally became angry when these people treated her young master like this.

"If you think so on the fifth day of the lunar new year, it is also for the husband, and the husband is not for the fifth day of the lunar new year."

Qiong Yue spoke from the side.

Lu Chensheng shook his head when he heard the words, and stopped talking.

After Qiongyue entered the door, her relationship with the fifth day of the lunar new year got better and better.

"Speaking of which, isn't your Shanglian too difficult?"

It's been a while since Lu Chensheng wrote the first couplet, and Qiong Yue has already seen it. Although she doesn't know any poetry, she still knows a little about the basic couplet.

These days, I have been thinking hard and have no clue, so I gave up the idea of ​​​​publishing the second line early.

Although she doesn't understand it very well, she can also feel that this couplet is indeed too difficult.

The scholars outside are afraid that they will be crushed if they think about it.

Lu Chensheng smiled when he heard the words, "Naturally, it is better to make them feel difficult, to prevent them from having such thoughts, and I will be able to be more clean in the future."

Speaking of this, Lu Chensheng turned his head and looked at Qiongyue, "I don't want to live here well, there are some guys all day long, and they suddenly came here to make a mess here?"

Qiongyue thought about it carefully, she really liked the tranquility here, if someone came here and disturbed the tranquility here, it would really make people not like it.

Thinking about it this way, Qiong Yue also understood Lu Chensheng's good intentions.

It is not easy to come up with such a difficult pair.

Lu Chensheng tidied up a little, and then asked a matter that he was quite concerned about.

"By the way, how about raising a group of masters if we spend a little money?"

Qiongyue still has some understanding of the affairs in the Jianghu, so it should be just right to ask the other party at this moment.

Chapter 59 Shipbuilding

"Raise a master?"

Hearing what Lu Chensheng said, Qiong Yue was slightly startled, "Why do you want to raise some martial arts masters?"

"Didn't you encounter an assassination before? I thought the opponent might not give up so easily. If there is a comeback at that time, if there are a few more masters, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist."

Lu Chensheng's face was slightly condensed, what happened last time gave him a sense of crisis.

Although I feel that I am indifferent to the world and think that it is good to live my life like this, but outsiders don't think so.

I'm afraid that these people will trouble me again.

Qiong Yue didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard the words, "Is it a Chinese cabbage for your husband to be a master? If you want to come, you can come a few more?"

"If the person behind Huang Yao is behind the other party, then he is the person who wants to plot rebellion. It is normal for a person who wants to plot rebellion to have more means!"

Although Qiongyue felt that it was impossible for the master to come too much, Lu Chensheng's sense of crisis made him feel that it would be okay to raise more people.

When Qiong Yue heard this, she was also moved by Lu Chensheng.

Thinking about it carefully, what Lu Chensheng said is correct, a guy who is going to plot against him, who knows how much money the other party has.

"It doesn't matter to raise more, but the consumption of this money is not a lot of expenses. Moreover, some people don't like money and only need some cheat books, which is a bit difficult."

"Things that can be solved with money are not too difficult. These days, we are going to start building a dock, and when the river rises, we can start a large amount of trade."

For making money, Lu Chensheng felt that he still had some experience.

Apart from the peach blossom paper, I can brew some high-purity wine by myself, which is also an income.

In addition, ships can also help carry goods, which is also an income.

And you can also get some perfume by the way, women's money is the best money.

"Since my husband can earn a lot of money, it's not a big problem to raise some masters."

Qiongyue agreed, since her husband said that making money is easy, so it is necessary to spend some money to get some guards.

"I will ask Shouyue to find some people for this matter. She also knows a lot of people in the Jianghu. The people she finds should be more reliable."

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to Shouyue. I'll do more research recently and come up with some good wine."

Lu Chensheng started to get busy here, and the matter of making money should be faster.

The water outside the river has also started to rise recently, and it may not be long before the water level will be enough for boats to travel.

The terrain here is considered high, and if some water rises, it will not be able to submerge here. Unless it is really flooded, Taohuawu will not be safe.

According to Lu Chensheng's own field, a large area around here belongs to Lu Chensheng.

It is not a problem to build a dock outside and dock dozens of ships.

Uncle Lin brought several of his apprentices and some strong men from the village to Taohuawu.

"Uncle Lin, I'll trouble you to build this dock and build some ships along the way."

Uncle Lin's seniority is still very high, and Lu Chensheng is also quite respectful when facing the other party at this moment.

Uncle Lin's face was full of smiles, and now he nodded and directed several people to start working.

"The people in the village are busy making paper now, and the manpower is a little too busy. Since you want to build ships in a big way, Uncle Lin thinks that you can go to some carpenters for help, and the speed will be much faster."

Uncle Lin made a suggestion to Lu Chensheng.

Lu Chensheng thought about it, and there were indeed fewer people brought by Uncle Lin.

Thinking of this, Lu Chensheng immediately nodded in response.

Seeing that Lu Chensheng could listen to what he said, Uncle Lin gave another suggestion, "The blueprint you gave before looks a bit unusual. It's better to buy the artisans directly for such a technology."

The status of the craftsmen here is also very low. Apart from the relatively low status, there is also corvee.

It takes three months every year to pay for your own labor for free.

It is not easy to make money in the first place, and it is an extremely heavy burden for the craftsmen to waste their energy and time in vain during these three months.

Moreover, the craftsman's registration is still a hereditary system, and all descendants are craftsmen's registration, which makes these craftsmen miserable.

If you want to avoid corvee, there are actually some ways, and that is to pay.

Previously, Uncle Lin had the two sisters, Qiongyue, pay some money to avoid corvee.

After all, corvée is too hard, and whether you can come out alive after entering is another matter.

Uncle Lin's suggestion to Lu Chensheng was naturally to help these craftsmen pay the corvee money, and then buy it and take it home.

This kind of thing is very common here. Some big families will also raise some craftsmen, and some have entered into a contract, and they can only serve as slaves for this family from now on.

For some craftsmen, this is sometimes a good way out.

Hearing Uncle Lin's explanation, Lu Chensheng was slightly speechless.

From this point of view, the identity of this craftsman is too humble.

You are forcibly conscripted away for so many months every year, and if you die, your family will send someone to take over. Such an identity will really drain others.

No wonder for some craftsmen, it is much more comfortable to sell themselves directly to rich families.

"Then tomorrow, let's go to Fufeng City."

Lu Chensheng thought for a while, and said something to Chu Wu.

Chu Wu nodded quickly when she heard the words, she would naturally follow her son wherever she was going.

After the matter was settled, Lu Chensheng showed Uncle Lin the distillation device by the way. Distillation is essential to obtain high-purity alcohol.

It was getting dark.