Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 839 Flawless

  Walking on this road, Liu Jian finally felt much more comfortable when he got off the rattan sedan chair.

   This kind of path should be the way people walk.

   Thinking about the mud along the way, it was really unbearable.

   Liu Jian thought so in his heart.

  Besides... That Zhang Zhaotian looked around, wondering why the water didn't rise when we got here.

   It's really weird.

   You know, the Forbidden City is flooded, especially the Imperial Garden, which is the most flooded. There is an artificial lake there, and the water in the artificial lake overflows directly.

  Zhang Zhaotian smiled dryly: "The terrain here is a bit high..."

  When he said this, he was clearly talking nonsense.

  Because the terrain here can be seen by anyone who is not blind, it is actually not high.

   Walking along the asphalt road, I saw the long-lost shed.

   What was even more frightening was that when everyone looked around, they found that there were countless craftsmen and coolies busy in the surrounding area.

  The houses where the frames have been built one by one, there is no trace of damage, and the construction continues.

  Although it is away from the asphalt road, the place where there are no flowers, plants and trees planted is still full of mud, but... there is no stagnant water.

  Zhang Zhaotian looked more and more worried.

  What's the situation.

  Why is it not flooded here.

  Here... It seems that there is no trace of a storm.

  Looking at the craftsmen busy, it seems that here...no casualties were caused by the heavy rain.

  Everything is very quiet, quiet, and everyone thinks that this new city should be like this, well, they have to work quickly to earn money, and they must not delay the construction period.

   "..." Zhang Zhaotian's expression was extremely bad, but he saw a group of students kneeling on the side of the asphalt road.

   What are they... doing?

  Zhang Zhaotian was in a hurry more than anyone else, he stepped forward hurriedly: "You guys, what are you kneeling here for?"

Chang Wei only looked up at Zhang Zhaotian, maybe he didn't know Zhang Zhaotian, but the mighty officials behind Zhaotian, and they were wearing silly hats and wearing unicorn suits and flying fish suits bestowed by the palace. But Chang Wei couldn't recognize him any more.

  Chang Wei didn't want to cause trouble, any trouble would be trouble for his master.

  Chang Wei said: "Because the disaster relief is not timely, I will reflect here."

   This is honest.

   Zhang Zhaotian was amused when he heard it.

   Sure enough, Xincheng also suffered a catastrophe, no wonder, no wonder, all of a sudden, I felt much more comfortable.

  People, I’m afraid it’s better than not.

  It's just... Does it look like there are signs of disaster here?

  In fact, all the civil and military ministers are looking around.

  Where is a disaster, which house collapsed, where is there a flood...

  How... can't see it.

  Wang Bushi looked around blankly, and his heart was full of doubts, no, it didn't look like there was any sign of a catastrophe.

  Zhang Zhaotian said impatiently: "How many houses were destroyed by the disaster?"

  Chang Wei shook his head: "No."

  Zhang Zhaotian couldn't help asking again: "Where is the flood..."

  Chang Wei shook his head again.

  At this moment, the civil and military ministers have taken a deep breath. Here... not a single house has collapsed, and no place has been flooded.

  If so, this is too scary.

   You know, now the capital has been reduced to **** on earth.

   I don’t know how many people have suffered misfortune. They have come all the way, and the tragedy along the way is shocking.

  Zhang Zhaotian felt that he was going crazy, and heard whispers behind him.

  Zhang Zhaotian sneered: "Heh...you are so brave."

   Facing Zhang Zhaotian's scolding, Chang Wei remained expressionless.

  He doesn't cause trouble, but that doesn't mean he's afraid of trouble.

  He is from Xishan Academy, Xishan Academy, there is really no coward.

  Chang Wei has always been proud of his status as a student of Xishan Academy. This kind of pride that goes deep into the bone marrow, even if he meets a Jinshi, he may not necessarily like him.

  Xishan Academy has always been rigorous in academic research, which has cultivated every student to think that he is the proud son of heaven, and what he has in his heart is to learn literary and martial arts well and benefit the world.

  Although they are not harsh on others, they have extremely high demands on themselves.

Just like Chang Wei's mentors, even if they only passed the second-class Jinshi examination, they couldn't hold their heads up. In Chang Wei's heart, even if he didn't do his best, even if he made a slight mistake, it was a thing that made him feel shameful thing.

   Kneeling here, he punishes himself.

  He is hope, take this opportunity, to alert himself, and never have the slightest negligence and carelessness in the future.

But now, facing Zhang Zhaotian's sneer and scolding, he held his head up and looked at Zhang Zhaotian calmly, his face was calm and unhurried, no matter who you are, I, Chang Wei, a student of Xishan Engineering Academy, can tolerate you Scold?

  Seeing these students looking at him with indifference, Zhang Zhaotian felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

  He couldn't help but said: "You, you... There is no house collapsed here, and there is no water accumulation, why do you say that there is a disaster? Are you kidding us?"

   Liu Jian was asking this question in his heart, and so were other people.

   I'm so anxious, what happened to this new city?

  Chang Wei thought about it, but this time, he didn't talk to Zhang Zhaotian.

   Instead, he stood up and bowed to Liu Jian: "I have met Liu Gong."

   Liu Jian nodded at him.

Chang Wei said calmly: "This time the new city encountered a storm. Although we had prepared in advance, the project was still delayed. There are still a lot of concrete, scaffolding, and tools that were damaged and lost because they were not moved in time. Twenty thousand taels of silver have been counted, such a huge loss could have been avoided, if it wasn't for the negligence of the students, it would never have happened..."

  The loss is counted as 20,000 taels...

  Everyone gasped.

  Is this still a human language?

  Zhang Zhaotian's complexion has changed.

   If you want to know about the Forbidden City, you have already lost 400,000 taels.

  As for the inner city and the outer city, the losses have almost reached the point of innumerable, God knows how many, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is more than two million taels, and there are countless losses of people and animals, which is even more incalculable.

  Zhang Zhaotian's face was sallow.

   It's over.

   I'm afraid something will be revealed.

  Your Majesty is bound to be furious, and will definitely investigate... and I...

   Suddenly, as if he had lost all strength, he fell to the ground with a sallow face and dull eyes.

   "What did you say?" Someone rushed out from the crowd and almost grabbed Chang Wei's lapel: "You mean... Xincheng was not affected by this heavy rain at all?"

   "Yes, didn't the student say it, and lost two..."

   "No, you mean to say that the old man's house is still there and has not suffered any damage?"

   "Of course!" Chang Wei looked at the visitor speechlessly.

   This person is Wang Bushi.

  Wang Bushi was shaking.

  Chang Wei found this person incredible.

  Crazy you.

  Of course, in Xishan, no one scolds people for being mentally ill.

  Because my teacher happened to have a brain disease, so inside Xishan, people never talked about other people's brains.

Chang Wei said: "For the construction of this new city, it is of the highest standard. The materials used, as well as the design, are not one-step fine. Let's not talk about the ground, let's talk about the underground. There is a special drainage channel. Haven't you seen it?" Do you use empty bricks in many places? If there is water, the water will naturally flow into the gaps of the empty bricks and be drained out by the drainage channel. This time it rained a little bit harder, but It doesn't matter much. In the past, even if the houses were built with bricks, they were mostly glued with glutinous rice, and a layer of white ash was applied on the outside. Once soaked in water, the outer wall skin would be soaked. After a long time of water, it will disperse, and it is extremely unstable.”

  Paused, when talking about construction issues, Chang Wei was like a treasure.

   All the civil and military officials were silent. In front of Chang Wei, they were elementary school students.

Chang Wei continued: "But here, we use hollow bricks to build bricks. The benefits of hollow bricks are many, not only for heat preservation and sound insulation, but also for future heating, which can keep the heat in the house as much as possible. Moreover, because Bricks are not bulky, so even if they encounter strong wind and rain, they will not squeeze too much on the wall. Um...the role of force, do you know? For example, in this tall building, heavy bricks are piled up layer by layer, The bricks piled on top are also extremely heavy, such a heavy force...will cause extrusion..."

Seeing that everyone still didn't understand, in fact, Chang Wei didn't know much about it, he only knew that the effect was very good, and he said: "What's more, it is still glued with mortar, not only that, the outer wall skin needs to be painted a little bit first. The layer of concrete, all the beams and columns, and the heavy walls have all been carefully designed, if the wind and rain could blow it down, Master would have killed us long ago."

  Wang Bushi's body trembled.

   Could this mean...this new city...not only is it comfortable to live in, but it is also free from wind and rain.

  This...this...my house is still there. Moreover, it is still a good house...

   Think about the place I leased in the inner city, after experiencing a storm, what it looks like now.

  The heaviness in his heart suddenly relaxed.

  He couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This Captain Fang is so strict, he has done such a good job in this house, and he is still so harsh to you..."

  Chang Wei looked at Wang Bushi strangely, and couldn't help but said: "Master has never been harsh on students."

   "You still said no, there was no disaster at all...you are still treated like this." Wang Bushi gritted his teeth.

Chang Wei smiled: "It seems that you don't know something. This is not Shigong's original intention. Shigong treats me like a grandson, so how can you bear to punish me. It's just... this time, there is indeed a huge Although the student is only a small student in Xishan Academy, the people of Xishan Academy have always only done their best. The student's mentor, uncle, and brothers, which one is not perfect, and the student is far from them. The difference is far, I feel very ashamed in my heart, I should punish myself, only in this way can I remember this lesson, this has nothing to do with Master."

  (end of this chapter)