The husband's son-in-law

"Master Gu, can this glue be used as a wheel?" County Magistrate Minzhang asked in surprise.

"It's not the wheels, but the tires, and I don't know if I can get them out." Gu Zhao was also not sure, so he didn't tell the Minzhang county magistrate, "I'll go to the factory and call the skilled carpenters in Shangfu County to come with me. go."

The county magistrate Minzhang stopped showing the teeth marks on his shy buttocks, he knew what Mr. Gu said was serious, although he still couldn't understand it, but he just did it and it was over.Busy, he ordered to go down, and rode horses to the factory with Mr. Gu.

"Do you have coal here?" After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he added: "Natural black charcoal is not made from firewood."

"One place is the hilltop of the local squire's house."

If you have it, you will do it.Gu Zhao has thought about it. Modern rubber tires are really impossible to make with their current technology, let alone inner tubes and outer tires. It is the simplest to make a solid synthetic rubber tire. It seems that sulfur can be used to process it with natural rubber. ...

Let's talk about it.

When they arrived at the workshop, all the carpenters came together after a while, and they all knelt down to salute. Gu Zhaoxian waved his hands, and the county magistrate Minzhang shouted and stood up to answer.Gu Zhao saw those carpenters' legs trembling, he was frightened.

The voice of Minzhang County Magistrate is loud, and he looks like a giant. They all use "love the people like a son" to describe a good official who is an official. Then the father of Minzhang County Magistrate is a strict father.

The people are in awe and fear, but the efficiency is indeed high.Sometimes the common people are afraid of cowardice, if you speak well, if he still doesn’t understand, he will not listen and is still in a daze, so he can scare him and just issue instructions.

With Minzhang County Magistrate on guard, Mr. Gu took out the blueprint and communicated with several people smoothly and quickly.

"Just let it go if you have something to say, don't hold it back." County magistrate Minzhang knew something was up when he glanced at the carpenter.

The carpenter couldn't speak Zhaozhou dialect, so he stammered in the local dialect. He didn't dare to look at the magistrate's mansion, but just looked at the paper in Mr. Gu's hand and spoke.After listening to the county magistrate Minzhang, he replied in local dialect: "Isn't it very good?" Followed the rules and said to the adults: "He said that if the wheels are all made of iron, the wheels will be heavy, and the goods will be crushed. , the horse is also hard, it is not as good as wood and iron inlays."

Mortise and tenon and inlay are common crafts of ancient craftsmen.

The carpenter gestured, the main wheel is still made of wood, and the outer ring is inlaid with red-hot iron sheets to tighten the wooden wheel. This way, the wooden wheel frame inside is also more durable. The tire that Mr. Gu said just left a ditch. stuck in.

Gu Zhao thought it was better than all-iron wheels.

That's the tire.

"It must be elastic, strong, and wear-resistant." Gu Zhao asked the master to bring the glue, and said, "Coal, and sulfur—I'll get this."

The factory vacated a room with Mr. Gu.

Gu Zhao has been making synthetic rubber in the factory for the past few days. After vulcanization, the texture of the rubber becomes hard to break, and it will not become sticky and deformed when the temperature is high. It takes time to extract sulfur, but other things are fine. .

If it weren't for Gu Zhao's specialty, even with this rubber tree, it would not be easy to make mature rubber.

In less than half a month in Minzhang, Gu Zhao finally tossed out a texture similar to that of modern rubber tires, but it was rougher, which was not comparable in terms of durability. The tires were solid, so there was no way to make them hollow, and the craftsmanship was not up to the standard , There is no way to do the inner tube inside, let alone inflate it.

The thickness of the solid rubber tire is similar to that of a modern bicycle tire. The surface is rough and engraved with anti-skid patterns. It is made slightly larger according to the thickness of the wheel groove.

"Press it up and try."

The first carriage with rubber tires was installed very quickly. The worker pushed the shaft, and felt that it was not right when he started it. It was very easy. The magistrate Minzhang knew something good at a glance.

"Hey." The magistrate of Minzhang weighed the shaft handle of the car, it was easy, but he was strong, and usually he didn't feel the weight of the empty car, so he said to the people below: "Bring some stones and put them on the head."

There are many heavy objects ready-made in the factory, so I put some away.The magistrate of Minzhang pulled the shaft of the car and took two steps, then said to let it go again, and then it was almost full, so he realized that it was really good.

It is easier to walk, and it is not as difficult to pull the goods to start as before.

Later, I put on a horse and tried another person to sit on it.

"Don't take the cement road, try to find a dirt road." Gu Zhao ordered.

This is a bit difficult, the roads near the factory have been built into concrete roads.At first Minzhang was very repulsive to road construction, and the county magistrate was also in ink. Later, when he got money, he would work. The main road was repaired and repaired.

At that time, the coconut goods factory, the silk and hemp factory, and Minzhang had no farts, but the county magistrate thought about the matter that Mr. Gu asked him to build the road that day, so he guessed a little bit in his heart, and decided to let the people below move first, and give him all The road was repaired.

From village to town, from town to prefecture.Even if the road in the village is narrow, it was repaired for him.

Therefore, Minzhang's roads are the most complete among the five prefectures and counties except Zhaozhou City.We will find a dirt road. The dirt road has long been gone. Weeds and weeds have grown all over the place. The workers have temporarily cleared a dirt road that is about ten meters long.

Go up the carriage, Gu Zhao wants to sit.

"My lord, this truck board is a little dirty just after it was loaded, otherwise I'll just try it, how can I excuse you." The county magistrate Minzhang was eager to try it.

Gu Zhao: "Come and drive the car, bring a mat."

Min Zhang has not yet become popular. Cushions are not like Zhaozhou. Not only the common people, but workers in the factory have one. There will be no cushions, but soon someone brought a piece of clothing. Let’s spread it on the car floor for Mr. Gu. .

The magistrate of Minzhang invited adults to get on the car, but he didn't care, so he just sat on it and became a driver.

To be honest, it is also bumpy, but from the original tenth level to the current level six, it is already very good.Gu Zhao sat on the car and felt it carefully.That's it.

"This technology must be kept secret, and it will not be released to the public for the time being. Another factory will be built, and the government will do it. The profits earned will be used to improve people's livelihood." Gu Zhao later told the county magistrate Minzhang.

Wooden and iron wheels are easy to make, and it will spread in the future. This wheel can be learned from other places at a glance. It is not technical, but the rubber tire is unique to Minzhang, just like coconut goods, and this rubber tire It is also easy to transport, not afraid of being broken or expired.

"Are you really going to give it to Minzhang? Boss Li?" The county magistrate Minzhang still didn't believe it.

Gu Zhao corrected, "It's not for Minzhang, but for Zhaozhou officials."

"Understood, I will listen to you, sir." The county magistrate of Minzhang didn't mention Boss Li anymore, and what Master Gu said is what, since it is to be kept secret, then his subordinates will have to work in this factory. , and at the end I made a promise again, and assigned it to Mr. Gu. It's hard for anyone to do it. Even if Boss Li asked him, he wouldn't say a word.

Gu Zhao: ...

Back to Zhaozhou from Minzhang, all the wheels of the carriage were replaced with new ones. The horses walked briskly, and the people in the carriages felt no bumps and walked steadily.Li Zhouzhou said: "In the past, I didn't dare to look at the account book for a long time in the car, even if I was walking on the cement road. I felt dizzy after reading too much. This time, it's as good as it is on flat ground."

"These tires will be changed for the caravan carriages first, and then sold to several nearby states, just heading to Xinzhou, Rongzhou."

Li Zhouzhou knew that Xianggong was still thinking about the war, so he said: "It happens that there are still some bulk goods, and they are all packaged and sent to those states for sale." It's time to inquire about the news.

When the group returned to Zhaozhou, it was almost the end of August, and the weather was still very hot.

To the south of the city gate of Zhaozhou, there are many people outside the city, carrying baskets, carrying loads, and pushing carts, carrying some wild vegetables, chickens and ducks of their own into the city to sell, and they entered the city in a bustling and orderly manner. People naturally avoid the approaching carriages.

After entering the city, there are many people on the street, men, women and children wear clothes of different textures, but they all have a special point, that is, the people of Zhaozhou wear a lot of 'bold' clothes, including the people outside the city, women's necklines It is round, showing the neck, the hair is combed up, and the work wears skirt pants, and the waist is tucked in.

Girls wearing streamer silk are even more cute, their hair is simply combed, and their jewelry is sporadic and simple, but just looking fresh and beautiful, the young people in the city dress more boldly than the women outside the city. exposed.

No one said, but also praised the beauty, why.

Mrs. Gu always dresses like this, if you say I am unruly, you are talking about Mrs. Gu.

Who dares to say?

"The grocery store doesn't have any new styles recently. I heard that Brother Lin has gone out with the boss, and I don't know when he will come back. The silk flowers I make by myself are always bad, and they don't look as good as the ones sold in the store. The colors are messy."

The grocery store is the shop that Li Zhouzhou bought. It used to sell things from the north, but now it is handed over to Brother Lin to make some clothes and jewelry, and Liu Tao takes care of it.

The girls went shopping together, and someone said, "I'm back, I'm back."

"Who's back?"

"Who else is there? Naturally, it's Boss Li. I just heard from a villager outside the city who came in to buy vegetables. I met him at the gate of the city and saw Mr. Gu riding a horse."

"That's great, Boss Li is back, Brother Lin will definitely be back too."

"And Sister Taozi, the last time I saw her clothes look good, and she told me to do it according to her outfit, and she told me how to do it. If I do what she said, the clothes look good and suit me."

The style looks the same, but it's hard to tell, it suits her even more.

"That's right, Brother Lin and Sister Taozi know how to dress up."

The girls were anxiously discussing about clothes and dressing, while the others noticed something was wrong and talked about chariots and horses.

"Did you see it just now? Boss Li's carriage wheel looks different from before."

"I see, it's clear, it's also made of wood, but the outer head is wrapped in iron?"

"No, no, and the wheel is slightly protruding, do you think it's all protruding and it's not easy to walk?"

"Boss Li is not stupid, how can it be used if it's really bumpy? It's pitch black, and you can't see anything from a long distance, and Mr. Gu went to Minzhang a few days ago. Do you think it will be?" What's new?"

That's for sure.

After talking for a long time, they still didn't say what it was, some people just said something urgent, if Mr. Gu and Boss Li figured it out, those two people wouldn't say it or sell it, and they don't know what it is even if they talk about it now, just wait. Well, sooner or later you will know.

Everyone knows this truth, but they are not curious, so they said it again.

What else can Minzhang have?film?That's not right, the thing inside the wheel is dark, unlike the white gasket in the lid of the can.There was a lot of chatter, and in the end I didn't understand it.

Gu Zhao went back to the yamen and wrote a letter, and sent people to several states to spread the word.

At the beginning of September, Fubao started school. Li Zhouzhou sent Fubao to school and made a new schoolbag. Fubao asked Dad if he could ride the little white flower to school by himself?

The roads in the city are flat and all cement roads.

Li Zhouzhou was still worried, but Fubao looked pitiful and well-behaved, and he didn't beg to be coquettish. He just looked at him with blinking eyelashes, and Li Zhouzhou's heart softened, and he said, "I'll ask your father to discuss it. Let's talk."

Fu Bao said ah, and immediately drooped his head, showing a small face.

Dad doesn't like him.

Gu Zhao came back and listened, and said: "He wants to ride a horse to school? You can't ride a bicycle in elementary school, at least junior high school, but if the child is willing, let someone lead the horse to follow."

Li Zhaoxi would definitely not be happy if someone led the horse rope, and would feel ashamed.He felt that he was already an adult, and he was not a child. How could he not be ashamed to be escorted and led by the horse rope, ostentatiously.

In the end, he obediently got into the carriage to go to school, but he was not happy, and he didn't get along with his father and brother.Gu Zhao had only experienced the filial piety of a nasty son in Minzhang, but now that he is back, he has changed a lot, really——

"Well, I'll ride a horse and send you off for half a month."

Sullen, Li Zhaoxi immediately raised a smile and said, "Thank you dad, Fufu's good dad!"

The speed made Gu Zhao suspect that Li Zhaoxi was trying to trick him and was just waiting for him to back down.

There were two things in September. One was to write letters to Rongzhou and Xinzhou about road construction. The adjutants of the two prefectures replied to the letters. It is naturally impossible for Master Zhizhou to 'decrease his status' to write back to him, and let his peers hand over everything to him.

Xinzhou readily agreed to go, said yes, said some good things, and gave some discounts. For example, if they go to Xinzhou to sell goods in Zhaozhou, they will not charge tolls, and they will give you a place as a thank you.

Rongzhou's reply letter is a bit simple, meaning that if you Zhaozhou really spend money to prevent us from Rongzhou, then come to repair it, and the manpower will be prepared for you, and then Zhaozhou goods will come to Rongzhou to sell at will.

From the replies from the two parties, it can be seen that Xinzhou and Nanyi are also next to each other, but Xinzhou has not yet been fought. The main battlefield is in Rongzhou-Rongzhou is in a state of desperation, not only adjacent to Nanyi, but also to Fan Kingdom.

It's because they don't have the energy to do road repairs.

However, it is common in ancient and modern times, and the bastard does not take advantage of the cheapness. The cement roads in Zhaozhou are famous and easy to use. Now the officials in Zhaozhou pay half of the money to build roads for them. Doesn’t that count?

Such a good thing is naturally something you can't ask for.

Liangzhou City agreed, so let's start building roads.Zhaozhou has experience in repairing cement roads and has talents. The detours we have gone through before can be avoided now. Gu Zhao also asked his father to recommend some responsible people to watch over.

The maps of the main roads from Liangzhou City to Zhaozhou were also drawn down. A list of experienced road repairers was drawn up and sent to Liangzhou City respectively. Gu Zhao called the ten and twenty-three people around him to go there first, and his adjutant followed suit. go.

"Don't make extra troubles, just build roads, come back after repairs, don't meddle in other people's affairs."

Gu Zhao ordered.

One by one, it should be that there are more than 600 road repair technicians. When everything is settled, the construction will start. The road in the city of Zhou, they will build it here first, and build it all the way.

Another thing, the Zhaozhou merchants who shipped in mid-July are back.Wang Jian arrived first, but Ji Ting, who did not arrive, sent someone to Zhaozhou to send a letter after handling the chores, and asked the boss to come down for a meeting to distribute money.

Two days after Li Zhouzhou left Zhaozhou City, Su Shiyi led the team to the North Gate, and they all returned safely, with a lot of money and people.

Not to mention Su Shiyi's buyer, Wang Jian also bought someone.

Li Zhouzhou looked at the woman kneeling on the ground and the little girl and brother, and asked Wang Jian what happened, don't call him master, get up and go out first.

"You go out first, don't be afraid." Wang Jian comforted.

As soon as they left, Wang Jian took the initiative to confess.It turned out that in this family, the woman was an embroiderer and had a good craft, but she was tainted with a lawsuit, and her husband was cheated to death by a pharmacy and a medical center.

"...the medicine her man drank, the pharmacy clerk took it by mistake. It is poisonous when mixed with it. The more her man drank it, the weaker he became. The family went to the clinic to ask, but the doctor in the clinic said it was right and that's it. The man was sent away, and then he died."

Then the woman began to sue the officials, during which time she argued, the woman said that the pharmacy cheated and killed her man, but the pharmacy refused to admit that the medicinal materials were all good for warming and nourishing, how could it be wrong, the man died by himself.Even if it turns out later that the clerk inside made a mistake, he would still be confused. The pharmacy uses the clerk as an excuse, but the clerk calls for injustice...

"What happened in the end?" Could it be that the man died in vain.

Wang Jian said: "In the end, the clerk was beaten, and the pharmacy lost a lot of money, 200 taels of silver, but there was no male in their family, so they were bullied."

After a lawsuit, the 200 taels of compensation was exposed, and everyone knew it.

A woman can't protect the money, and her man has a brother, who brought his mother-in-law and father-in-law to the door to beg for money, saying that it is her son's life money, and you can't hold it by an outsider, and he didn't give birth to my poor dead son. Those with handles are all money-losing goods.

Every day I came to curse and block, and invited the patriarch to uphold justice.

"The house I used to live in has also become her brother-in-law's. There is no land. She wanted to pass the money to settle the matter at first, but ended up digging it out again and again. If I didn't meet them, the three of them would hang themselves." Wang Jian finished speaking, " Boss, I thought she also had a skill, but she didn't rely on it, so she bought it on her own, but the contract hasn't been signed yet."

Li Zhouzhou saw that when Wang Jian said what happened to Xiuniang, his face was flat, only his eyes showed some emotion. If it was before, Wang Jian would definitely be aggrieved by this kind of thing, but now he has restrained himself.

"Sit down, I just want to talk to you." Li Zhouzhou knew that Wang Jian wanted him to buy Xiuniang's family of three, so he asked him to sign the contract.

He can pay the money to buy people, and so can Wang Jian.

"I won't mention this matter for now, Wang Jian, let me ask you, do you want to get married, do you want to have a good husband?"

Wang Jian was stunned, then shook his head, and said from the bottom of his heart, "Boss, I have seen how my aunt lives, fighting with a room full of women and relying on a man, and I have also seen the story of Hua Niang and Qiao Niang. , go out to sell goods, see a lot, I am afraid, I am afraid of getting married."

"If I could meet a good one, I would naturally be willing, but I don't think I will meet a good one."

"My current reputation is still a concubine. Even if you praise me and find me a good family and a wealthy family, then I can't do business like this anymore and go out to show my face. If you find a low-level one, you can rely on me to eat , I can earn it too, just afraid that he won't like to dislike me, but I don't think I should be disliked by him."

"I'm earning money in an upright manner, so why should I be looked down upon?"

Li Zhouzhou patted Wang Jian's arm. The child was only sixteen or seventeen. When he first saw him, he showed all his emotions on his face. He hid behind Master Wang with a panicked expression on his face. More stable than a year, but also have their own ideas.

"Wang Jian, I want to give you shares. Don't listen to me in a hurry. I don't feel sorry for you. I opened a stewed duck shop in Beijing. I paid for the technology. I have a friend who is in charge. Before I came to Zhaozhou I just told him, five to five, half to half, naturally it's impossible with you."

When Li Zhouzhou said it was impossible, he was relieved to see Wang Jian, and he wanted to laugh. Everyone wanted to take advantage, but Xiaoshu didn't want to take advantage of him, and so did Wang Jian. They were worried that they would get too much.

"In the future, most of the shipments will depend on you. Naturally, I can't use you as a small steward to pay you. I don't have many shares, but I want you to work hard for me. If you earn more, you will get more. You You can buy a house by yourself, and then stand up by yourself in the future.”

Wang Jian couldn't help being moved when he heard that he bought a house and stood it up by himself.He originally wanted to say that even if he didn't give shares, he would do his job well and would never be distracted, but now he has wavered.

"I know you can see clearly in your heart. I don't advise you to marry or not to marry. You are not young at this age. You have to make plans for yourself." Li Zhouzhou said.

Wang Jian was sent by his father to flatter him, but after doing business with him, Wang Jian's reputation was ruined, and the more people saw him, the stronger he became. In the end, when he let go, Wang Jian was put on the head and slaughtered.

Li Zhouzhou couldn't do it.

"Three Xiuniangs, if you buy a house, there will be a lack of fireworks in the house."

Wang Jian's eyes were red, with tears rolling down his cheeks. Finally, he nodded and choked up, saying, "Boss, boss—" He couldn't say thank you, which was too light.

"If there is resistance from your father, let me tell you. Don't be afraid, life is lived out, just be happy with yourself." Li Zhouzhou said.

In fact, there is not much resistance. Master Wang took the initiative to give someone away back then, but at that time the Wang family’s status was low, and they were suppressed and bullied by big merchants. Face it.

Naturally, Mr. Gu and Boss Li are still respectful as always.

The better the Wang family's business is, the more prosperous it is, and the higher the status is, the jealousy can't hold back the Wang family's business, so they secretly make up the shortcoming of Wang Jian's 'weakness', and they say all kinds of ugly things, intentionally.

Master Wang knew that these people were jealous, but as time went on, he still felt it was not good. In addition, Mrs. Wang did not love her, and the reputation of the unmarried girls in the mansion was affected. He repeatedly suggested that the fourth brother should marry when he was old. , she touched the object for me.

Throw this scourge and trouble out, and scourge the reputation of others.

If Li Zhouzhou said that Wang Jian had an independent family, then Mr. Wang would definitely not be happy-he is still alive, and he is not dead, and he still has a separate family, what kind of family?Furthermore, the separation of the family was also proposed by the son-in-law, so where is the concubine who mentions this first.

But it's not impossible.

Mrs. Wang is a gap, and it makes sense.Besides, it's not a separated family, Wang Jian is still Master Wang's elder brother, but he has the ability to move out when he is old, so he can be more active.

Li Zhouzhou knew that Mr. Wang was reluctant to bear Wang Jian's image as a "popular man" in front of him. He still wanted to take advantage of Wang Jian's interests, but he didn't want to damage the reputation of the Wang family.

It will be settled soon after coming and going.

On the bright side, when Wang Jian moved out, everyone in Zhaozhou could watch him, and later they said that Wang Jian was Wang Jian.

Sure enough, it didn't take a few words, and the Wang family made sense.Wang Jian also took a good look at the house for himself, so he bought it in the second house near Li's mansion, and bought a servant, and the three of Xiu Niang, mother and son, also signed it under Wang Jian's name.

The first brother in Zhaozhou City to stand on his own has been born.

As soon as this incident happened, the Zhaozhou people talked about it for a long time.