"Master, who are they? Why are they all following Magistrate Zhao?" Looking at the group of young men pulling carts in front of them, someone asked Wang Nian curiously.
"Who?" Wang Nian smiled, then showed a look of joy and said, "Do you know the origin of our County Magistrate Zhao?"
"Origin? What origin? Isn't it just a county magistrate?" asked the worker before.
"Isn't he just a county magistrate?" Wang Nian said with a joking look on his face, "This county magistrate is Zhao Chen, the county magistrate of our Wannian County."
"Ah? It's him?" the worker exclaimed.
"Do you know who the people around him are?" Wang Nian asked again.
The worker shook his head, but his eyes were full of curiosity.
"The young man wearing the mask just now is His Highness the King of Shu. As for the others, I guess..."
"Forget it, you don't understand even after I tell you. Just work hard."
"By the way, the county magistrate has said that everyone must wear a mask when working from now on. Those who don't should go home and farm." Wang Nian said to the workers.
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"I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore, I'm going to be exhausted!"
After traveling less than two miles, Li Ke threw away the rope, stopped the cart in the middle of the road, and then went to the grassland beside it.
There was a whimpering cry.
When the others saw this, they also stopped one after another, hunched over and panting desperately.
For a moment, these guys from the academy wanted to rush over and kill Li Ke.
If he hadn't been in harmony with the emperor, would they have needed to pull so much cement?
Isn't it good for him to pull three or four bags by himself before?
"Sir, why don't we throw some cement here? If this continues, people will really die." Fang Yizhi and Zhao Chen shouted.
He is a literary man, so it is already very good if he can help push the cart.
Changsun Chong, who was with him, didn't even have the strength to speak now.
Just lying on the ground, he was worse than Li Ke.
Cheng Chumo thought Qin Huaiyu was okay, he was just panting hard.
The rest of the people also looked like they were dying.
Lao Litou was calm and relaxed, with a relaxed look on his face.
After all, he was just following Zhao Chen, so he was naturally very relaxed.
"You have to ask your majesty about this. The main reason is that your majesty is afraid of wasting it." Zhao Chen looked at Old Li Tou with a smile.
Old Li Tou didn't know that Zhao Chen deliberately transferred the conflict to himself.
Looking at the exhausted students, Lao Li was a little embarrassed.
These cements are all good things. If they are thrown on the road, if it rains, they will be completely destroyed.
But if they don't leave it here, they won't be able to get it back.
"Leave half of the cement here, Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu, you two stay here and watch. I will find someone to come over and take all this back later." Old Li Tou seemed to be a greedy rich man.
I don't want to lose any cement at all.
Zhao Chen didn't object, and there weren't that many places to put these things in the academy.
Everyone quickly finished cleaning up, leaving Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu to stay here while the others continued to move forward.
With half the cement missing, the speed is naturally faster, and everyone no longer shouts that they are tired.
Not long after, they arrived outside Wannian County.
"Your Majesty, who are you?" Empress Changsun and Li Ruoshuang came from nowhere and were very surprised to see this group of carts.
Especially when I saw Li Ke and the others pulling carts.
"Guanyin Maid, this is the treasure I discovered." At this time, Old Li Tou wanted to show off in front of Empress Changsun.
He didn't care about Zhao Chen's look of disdain behind his back.
"Isn't this just some dust?" Queen Changsun couldn't help but wonder when she saw the tear in the sack and the dark gray dust inside.
"This... this is called... this is called... yes, it's called cement." Old Li Tou thought for a long time before he remembered the name of this thing.
Empress Changsun laughed secretly. The emperor didn't even know the name of this thing, so he said he discovered it himself.
However, she did not expose the emperor's lie, but continued to ask: "What is the use of this thing?"
"We have to keep it a secret for the time being. You will know tomorrow." Old Li Tou pretended to be mysterious and said to Empress Changsun.
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After returning to the city, Zhao Chen asked Wei Zheng to send someone on the road to pick up Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu when they returned.
Old Li Tou was very excited and personally helped move the cement into the backyard of the academy.
Not caring about the mess on his body.
Looking at these cement sacks piled together, Lao Litou showed an expectant expression on his face.
Tomorrow, you can see the effect of this cement.
"Guanyin Maid, just take a look. What we will create tomorrow will definitely open your eyes." Old Li Tou said to Empress Changsun with a smile.
Empress Changsun had not seen such an excited look on the emperor's face for a long time.
I can't help but feel a little hopeful.
After the county government office, Wei Zheng came over to report today's events to Zhao Chen.
But when he saw Zhao Chen finishing his meal, he was not polite and directly got himself a pair of bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen.
Sitting opposite Zhao Chen, he didn't say anything and just kept eating.
"Old Wei, you are a bit too much. I will give you an extra five guan every month. You can go to the restaurant to eat every day, and you still come to my place to eat?" Zhao Chen was dissatisfied with Old Wei's behavior.
"What five guan money?" As soon as Zhao Chen finished speaking, he saw Lao Li walking over with his head behind his back.
I feel a little swaying when I walk. Looking at it like this, I must be in a very good mood.
Wei Zheng glanced at the emperor and just cupped his hands, but also spoke to him.
Emotion is still worried about being demoted to county magistrate by the emperor.
Old Li Tou is not a good person, especially to people other than Zhao Chen.
He immediately said, "We haven't seen you for a few days. Wei Qing has a good temper."
Wei Zheng naturally knew that the emperor was deliberately irritating him, but he did not give in. He said coldly: "I don't dare, I can't match your majesty's majesty."
"I don't know why Your Majesty is so happy today. He is actually pulling a cart and walking on the street in public."
"Is it because Your Majesty wants to experience the suffering of the people, or something else? Why don't you let me spread the word for Your Majesty?"
Lao Litou's expression changed immediately, but he immediately regained his composure.
"I pulled the cart today to go outside the city to pick up a treasure. This thing is enough to change the future of my country."
"If you want to publicize it for me, I won't get it!" Old Li Tou sneered.
He knew in his heart that once this cement was used in all walks of life, Datang would be completely different.
At this time, the old guy Wei Zheng will definitely have to kneel on the ground and proclaim himself wise.
Old Wei did not expect that the emperor would be so determined today.
He couldn't help but look at Zhao Chen, trying to get clues from him.
"Wei Zheng, you don't have to look at him. Just come to the academy tomorrow and I will make you completely convinced by me." Old Li Tou said with a smile and left with the two plates in front of him.
"What the hell..."
After a busy day, I finally came back and cooked two delicious dishes, ready to reward myself.
I didn't expect that this guy Lao Li Tou would actually do something like this, even the plate was taken away by him.
Zhao Chen threw away his chopsticks but did not curse.?