Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

While Pingzhou's infrastructure construction was in full swing, Lu Songli was not idle either.

The No. [-] Institute of Engineering reported a result, and she planned to take the time to go there and take a look.

Well, the No. [-] Engineering Institute has also moved to Liaoxi County.However, currently, only four yards of the No. [-] Gongyuan, including Lu Mingzhi, are under work.

Zhan Ruoshui and his two apprentices, Zhou Congguang and Wei Wenqian, went back to their hometown to visit relatives.All in all, they have been away from home for more than a year and miss their loved ones very much.

Therefore, when they discussed this matter, Lu Songli agreed both emotionally and rationally.The storm was about to come, so they could go back and visit their relatives before the war broke out. It would be even better if they could bring their relatives to Pingzhou together.

During this time, Lu Songli also asked the housekeeper in their yard, Lu Mingzhi, master and apprentice Zhan Ruoshui to mention the benefits of having the whole family come to live in Pingzhou.I don’t know if they listened.

Lu Songli ordered to go down, "Make arrangements to go to Qigongyuan today."

The No. [-] Engineering Institute had made the cement she specified, and she couldn't wait to check it out.

If Xianbei moves south forcefully, war will be inevitable in Pingzhou, a town on the frontier of the border.Tall and strong cities became particularly important.Cement is very important as a construction adhesive.

When Lu Songli and his party arrived at Qigongyuan, Lu Mingzhi, Sheng Peiguang, their senior brother Ye Chengqian and their second senior brother Gao Yan were already waiting there.

Ye Chengqian and Gao Yan are both stable and mature.

Lu Songli wanted to care about them more, but Sheng Peiguang couldn't wait anymore, "Mrs. Qin Liu, look at it, is this the cement you want?"

The cement they produced weighed about seven or eight kilograms and was packed in wooden basins.

When Lu Songli got closer, she smelled a pungent smell. She even picked up a handful to test the feel.

You can feel that the cement particles are still relatively rough, with a sluggish feeling, not uniform enough, and not smooth enough. If you look at it again, the color is yellow and white, which means the strength of the cement is not enough.

But seeing the expectant looks of Ye Chengqian and Gao Yan, Lu Songli did not directly say a negative conclusion, but said, "Bring some water and see the effect."

Lu Songli wanted to see the solidification effect.

Lu Mingzhi quickly brought a basin of water.

Ye Chengqian put some cement into the water.

Everyone stared at the basin with bated breath.

Lu Songli is also observing whether it can quickly settle and form lumps.

Finally, Lu Songli discovered that after the cement hardened, it easily fell off, indicating that it was not sticky enough.She knew from the color of the cement that the quality was not up to standard, so she was not disappointed.

However, Ye Chengqian, Gao Yan and others were quite disappointed.

Lu Songli encouraged, "It's very close to the effect we want. If we work harder and improve it, it should be fine."

Nanchi

For a few ordinary scholars, they feel that Tianhe Sannian is too unfriendly to them.

First of all, the price of paper has increased, and the prices of other four treasures of the study and books have also increased slightly.In addition, readers consume a lot of paper, which directly increases their reading costs.

Scholars in the South have strong opinions on this, and Zhou Jing is one of them.

But some people agree with this.

"To be fair, Lu's silver-gloss paper has been improved and its quality is better than the snow-gloss paper sold by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce Book Store. The new silver-gloss paper is priced a little higher than the snow-gloss paper. Is this normal?"

Zhou Jing discovered that the scholar who was speaking was named Han Tiancheng. His family had numerous properties and shops, and his family was in a superior position.

Zhou Jing disagreed with his words.

At the same price, when the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce Bookstore was still there, they could buy 240 sheets of snow-gloss paper for three knives, but now they can only buy [-] sheets of silver-gloss paper.

They are just ordinary readers. For them, snow-gloss paper and the previous quality silver-gloss paper are completely sufficient.

Now I am forced to buy silver paper with higher price and better quality.

"Let's take a look at the title page of a recent book. The copied messages from famous writers are from the only "History of Gongming". The sages once commented that "History of Gongming" is good at explaining things, argumentative but not ostentatious, and quality but not slang."

"If there was no Lu family and no silver paper, how could you learn the wonderful contents of this book? Believe it or not, if there were no Lu family, even if someone was willing to spend ten hundred gold, they would not be able to read the "History of Gongming" Wonderful."

"Ask yourselves, is this worth it?"

After Han Tiancheng finished speaking, many people agreed, "What Brother Tan said is true."

Zhou Jing found that those who agreed were all scholars from well-off families in the south.

There may be some truth to what Han Tiancheng said.But for scholars from ordinary families, they have not read many books in the world, and they have not yet reached the point where they need to find a solitary book to read after reading a lot of books.

If your basic needs are not met, how can you think about icing on the cake?

Zhou Jing didn't bother to defend himself and left without saying a word.

As soon as Zhou Jing returned home, there was a knock on his door.

He opened the door and found that the person coming was his classmate and the steward of the Xie family.

"Is there a problem?"

"Brother Zhou, can you go in and talk?"

For the sake of his classmates, Zhou Jing stepped aside and let the two of them in.

Xie's steward quickly explained his intention, and Zhou Jing was not interested in the other party's proposal.

Xie's steward left with a look of regret on his face. Before leaving, he said that if Zhou Jing changed his mind, he could go to him at any time.

Zhou Jing's classmates were very puzzled that he refused the olive branch extended by Mr. Xie, "We only need to sort out the documents, which is not a heavy job. Our monthly salary is five taels of silver, which is quite a lot. Why did you refuse?" ah?"

"Aren't you very dissatisfied with the price increase of silver paper in Lu's Bookstore? With this job, we can completely ignore the price increase of silver paper and other four treasures of the study."

Zhou Jing said, "Why don't you think about it? When the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce Bookstore was there, we didn't need to work for Mr. Xie at all. We can still afford to study."

Yes, for a scholar like Zhou Jing, who comes from a middle-income family, easily earning five taels of silver a month is very attractive.

Zhou Jing didn't have any objections to the work.Rather, they had objections to the way Xie recruited them.

Who doesn't know that Mr. Xie and Ms. Lu are on good terms, and now it's obvious that one is the one doing the good things and the other the other the bad side.

Nandi Book Store was monopolized by the Lu family. The Lu family deliberately raised the price of paper, and later asked Xie's people to recruit them, so that they would be grateful and think well.He won't be fooled!

Seeing that his classmates couldn't persuade him to stay, they also left Zhou's house.

When Zhou Jing was alone, he took out the letter from his friend Ning Changge, put it in front of him, and fell into deep thought.He originally wanted to visit Liaodong Academy last year, but unfortunately his mother fell ill and did not go.

However, he often trusted his friends, and his descriptions made him full of yearning for Liaodong County.

The Liaodong County in his friend's letter was always positive, which was like a hook that tickled his heart.