Volume 2: The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 112: You are such a wilted boy
"Returning to the Marquis, I once worked in the Wei family's paper mill and know a thing or two about papermaking!" Cai Jing lifted up his clothes, knelt down, and kowtowed in reply to Lu Chen.
"Oh?" Lu Chen didn't expect that after such a fuss, he would actually find someone who knew some papermaking skills. If this person can be of great use, then the position of steward of the papermaking workshop can be given to him.
It's just that Lu Chen still needs to test this person's abilities.
"Get up and talk! Then tell me, how is this Wei family paper made?!" Lu Chen asked Cai Jing to stand up and reply, and Cai Jing stood up as he said.
"Back to the Marquis, I'm mainly responsible for beating the pulp in the Wei family!" Cai Jing saw Lu Chen and replied a little uneasily.
"Not bad! You actually know how to beat water. Do you know the previous process?" Lu Chen didn't think there was anything wrong with Cai Jing. Such a big family would definitely not let you, an outsider, know more things. Don't think that
People of this era don't know how to divide and conquer. You must know that divide and conquer was created by the ancestors of these aristocratic families.
"I've heard of it, but I've never seen it!" Cai Jing shook his head.
"Then if I asked you to bring artificial paper, would you do it?" Lu Chen looked at Cai Jing and asked seriously, and invisible pressure directly enveloped Cai Jing.
"The villain can learn! I will live up to the expectations of the Marquis!" Cai Jing looked stern, and then knelt down on the ground again. He knew that the stewards of the three workshops in front of him had all been expelled from their slave status by Lu Chen. If he could become
As the steward of the paper mill, he was treated as a slave, so he would seize this opportunity no matter what.
"Very good! Are you literate?" Lu Chen looked at Cai Jing and asked again. Although Cai Jing is not yet qualified to take on the role of manager, since he dares to show his determination in front of him, Lu Chen doesn't mind giving him a chance.
, after all, Lu Chen is currently employing people, and Lu Chen has also sent Beiwei Wei Mingcha to secretly visit Zhuangzi in recent days, and he has a general understanding of the people in Zhuangzi. Cai Jing's character is quite good.
"The villain is illiterate!" Cai Jing's face turned red and he bowed his head in embarrassment.
"It's not a big mistake to be illiterate!" Lu Chen said with a smile, "No one is born literate. If you are not literate, you can learn slowly. If you are a man, you should hold your chest and head high when doing things, and be worthy of the conscience of the world!" Lu Chen said
After saying this, he directly glanced at all the dealers and said, "You all listen to me! As long as you behave well, I will remove your slave status. However, if anyone is found to have ulterior motives by me,
If it is not good for me or our village, then don’t blame me for being ruthless! Then Wang Biao is a precedent!" Lu Chen's voice was full of warning.
"The Marquis is our great benefactor in Lujiazhuang. If anyone disrespects the Marquis or betrays the Marquis, we will tear him alive without the Marquis taking action! The big guy said, yes or no?" Someone took the lead at this time.
He shouted loudly.
"yes!"
"right!"
All the villagers responded to this man's call and shouted excitedly. After all, being a slave means that their children can study, serve as soldiers, and have many opportunities to shine.
How could you not thank Lu Chen for participating? Even though Lu Chen gave them a pie, this pie was their hope.
"That kid who yelled the loudest, come here!" Lu Chen pressed down his hands to stop the shouts of the dealers, and pointed at the person who just shouted.
I saw this man. In such a cold weather, he was actually wearing an undershirt. It was no different from being shirtless. This man actually had no intention of feeling cold at all. His body was exposed, and his muscles were stronger than those of many soldiers guarding the back.
He must be strong and strong. A person who is so tall and powerful should have a rough face. But on the contrary, this person actually has red lips and white teeth. If he wears a Confucian shirt and just looks at his face, he will definitely be a young man who studies.
"Hey! The little man Feng Huai is kowtowing to the Marquis!" This man came to Lu Chen. Lu Chen was over 1.8 meters tall. Feng Huai had to look up to see that this man was definitely close to two meters tall.
Feng Huai knelt down in front of Lu Chen with a "pop" sound. This time, Lu Chen directly saw what it meant to "pile a mountain of gold and pour a jade pillar".
"Feng Huai, why are you wearing this on such a cold day? Isn't it cold?" Lu Chen looked at Feng Huai in front of him, and he actually remembered the heavy fire support "Bear" in the special operations team. If that guy stood up with Feng Huai
Together, if you don't look at the faces but just look at the figures, these two people can be said to be twin brothers.
Lu Chen looked at Feng Huai's thin clothes and couldn't help but asked with some pity for him.
"Back to you, Lord Marquis, I'm not cold! I'm used to it!" Feng Huai looked at Lu Chen, smiled and said.
"How old are you this year?" Lu Chen asked again.
"I'm nineteen!" Feng Huai replied with a smile.
"Where are your parents?" Lu Chen glanced around and didn't seem to notice that Feng Huai's parents were also participating in the paper mill project, so he asked this question.
"Gone!" Feng Huai's eyes dimmed a little when he mentioned his parents, "I don't know if my parents are gone or don't want me anymore. I was picked up by Father Feng! Last month, Feng Huai
Daddy is gone too!" When Feng Daddy was mentioned, a sad look appeared on Feng Huai's face.
"Master Hou, Feng Huai grew up eating the food of hundreds of families!" At this moment, Du Junchuo, who was standing next to Lu Chen, said in a low voice. Lu Chen's identity is now Master Hou, so he must have a guard around him when traveling.
, usually the guards who follow Lu Chen are Su Dingfang and Liu Jing. Today, Su Dingfang was going to take Weiwei guards for training, so Su Dingfang sent Du Junchuo as Lu Chen's guard.
Du Junchuo himself was trained by Su Dingfang as Lu Chen's guard, and of course Liu Jing also received guard training.
"Baijiafan?" Hearing Du Junchuo's words, Lu Chen's eyes couldn't help but flicker. In fact, Lu Chen also grew up eating Baijiafang. The reason why he called him "Lu Chen" was because he took him back to Lujia Village.
Given by the village chief, Du Junchuo's words of "hundreds of families' food" also reminded Lu Chen of his own life experience unconsciously, and he couldn't help but fall in love with Feng Huai even more. At first, he liked Feng Huai because this kid had a relationship with "Bear Bear"
They are very similar, and now that I think about this child's life experience being similar to my own, I fall even more in love with him.
"I have a big appetite, and Father Feng can't feed me by himself, so everyone in Zhuangzi worked together to raise me so big!" Feng Huai looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile.
"Then how about you stay with me from now on?" Lu Chen fell in love with this somewhat naive young man even more.
"Okay! Today everyone in Zhuangzi asked me to join the army, so I will join the Houye's Beiwei Guards. Then the Houye will let me have enough to eat! I see how good the Beiwei Guards' food is, and I'm really greedy.
!" Feng Huai said still somewhat naively.
"Hahaha!" Lu Chen couldn't help laughing after hearing Feng Huai's words, "Okay! I will train you personally starting tomorrow, and your food will be better than theirs, okay?"
"Really?" Feng Huai looked at Lu Chen dubiously and asked, because Feng Huai's appetite was so big that even if the whole village raised him, sometimes he wouldn't have enough to eat, so he was afraid that he would be eaten after a few days.
Lu Chen was driven out.
"Nonsense!" Du Junchuo went up and gave Feng Huai a kick. It can be said that Du Junchuo grew up with Feng Huai. In fact, if Lu Chen didn't name Feng Huai today, Du Junchuo would also be ready to find an opportunity to kick Feng Huai.
Huai recommended it to Lu Chen, and now seeing that Feng Huai actually questioned his own prince, Du Junchuo went up and kicked Feng Huai on the butt. Feng Huai didn't make any fuss, he just looked at Du Junchuo with a naive smile.
"Can the Marquis still lie to you? Why don't you kowtow quickly!" Du Junchuo said when he saw Feng Huai still kneeling there and laughing naively, hating that iron could not become steel.
"Oh!" Feng Huai slammed his head to the ground with a bang, "Thank you, Lord Marquis!"
Lu Chen was immediately startled by Feng Huai's "bang-dang" kowtow action. This kid was too honest.
"Hey! Is your head okay?" This is a large flat land with rocks and other objects on the ground. The child just banged his head on the ground. He couldn't bear it anymore. Lu Chen hurriedly helped Feng Huai up and looked at it carefully.
He held Feng Huai's head and was relieved when he saw that there was no skin or injury. "You kid, he asked you to kowtow, you really kowtow!" Lu Chen looked at Feng Huai angrily and funny, then glared aside and asked Feng Huai to kowtow.
Du Junchuo glanced at him.
"Master Hou, I didn't expect him to really kowtow!" Du Junchuo said, scratching his head in embarrassment.
"You grew up with him, don't you know his character?" Lu Chen glared at Du Junchuo again, "You are such a bad boy! Bullying your brother! Why don't you help your brother up quickly!"
"Boy, get up! Follow me from now on!" Lu Chen liked Feng Huai more and more. He reached out and patted Feng Huai on the shoulder, "Go and find some clothes for Feng Huai. What does this look like!"
"Hey!" Du Junchuo quickly ran to find clothes for Feng Huai. There were soldiers about the same height as Feng Huai in the Beiwei Guards. Du Junchuo naturally went to find such soldiers to ask for clothes for Feng Huai.
"You continue to dig holes. At least six of these holes are needed!" Lu Chen warned, "I will go and see the construction status of the blast furnace!"
Just when Lu Chen was about to leave, he saw a soldier with Wei Wei running towards him in the distance.
"Your Majesty, the third princess and Duke Huo are here!" The soldier came to Lu Chen and saluted and said. At this point, the soldier seemed to be still trying to suppress a smile on his face.
"Fu Laosan, what else do you have to say?" Lu Chen looked at the soldier's face trying to suppress a smile and knew that this guy definitely had something to say.
"Well... there is also a princess here, and she has brought many servants and maids!" the soldier known as Fu Laosan said while suppressing a smile.
Lu Chen immediately understood why this guy was holding back his laughter. It must be Princess Langya who came, and yesterday this guy was the guy who was on duty at the gate of Lujiazhuang.