Volume 2: The Wind in Chang'an Chapter 119: A little knowledge
"You have no eyesight at all!" Su Chang glared at Liu Jing. In fact, Su Chang was not very old. She had grown up with Li Yanjun since she was a child. She was about the same age as Li Yanjun, but she had been serving in the palace all year round.
The position of a female official gives people a cold and serious feeling, but she is actually a young girl in her prime.
Liu Jing had never been in contact with a girl. Su Chang held her collar by the collar and was glared at. Liu Jing's face immediately turned red and he could only laugh "hehe" and scratch the back of his head.
Lu Chen and Li Yanjun were walking side by side in front. For Li Yanjun, who came out of the palace, everything about Lujiazhuang made her curious, especially after seeing the magical greenhouse just now, Li Yanjun was even more curious about Lujiazhuang.
Everyone was curious. At this time, she saw the blast furnace on the hillside in the distance. "Marquis Lu, what is it used for?" Li Yanjun raised her jade finger and pointed at the blast furnace in the distance and asked curiously.
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"There!" Lu Chen looked in the direction Li Yanjun pointed, and naturally saw the blast furnace. "That's where iron is made!" Lu Chen explained with a smile.
"Ironmaking?" Li Yanjun became even more curious when she heard these two words. In fact, to be honest, Li Yanjun has been in the deep palace. She has never seen anything outside. What she knows is either from books.
It was either gossip that the palace maid or the female officer told her, but there weren't many things that she had seen with her own eyes.
"I have never seen iron smelting before!" Li Yanjun looked like he was letting himself go. At this time, Li Yanjun was obviously different from the calm one when they first met, while Lu Chen was waving his folding fan to watch.
Lu Chen didn't like Li Yanjun, a woman who was too reserved. What's more, Li Yanjun was just a young girl, so lifeless that there was no joy in life.
Lu Chen smiled and shook his folding fan while leading Li Yanjun towards the blast furnace.
As a result, just halfway through, Li Yanjun saw a group of people digging a hole at the bottom of the slope. The leader was naturally Fang Qi.
"What are they doing?" Li Yanjun asked, pointing at Fang Qi and the others. Naturally, Fang Qi, the soldiers on Weiwei's back, and the villagers of Lujiazhuang also saw Lu Chen and Li Yanjun.
A group of people put down the shovels in their hands, started working with shovels and hoes, came over with a cheer, and directly greeted Lu Chen.
"Master Hou!" "Master Hou!" This group of people shouted to Lu Chen.
"Mr. Marquis, is this Madam?" The dealers who had something to do saw Li Yanjun standing next to Lu Chen. Li Yanjun was so well-dressed and beautiful. The dealers shouted half-jokingly.
"What nonsense are you talking about! This is Her Royal Highness Princess Langya!" Lu Chen glared at everyone, then smiled at Li Yanjun and said, "They are a bunch of rough guys! They have no knowledge! I hope Your Highness will not be as knowledgeable as them!" Lu Chen
Chen said and glared at everyone.
And Li Yanjun couldn't be angry, because he was shouted "Mrs. Marquis" just now and his face turned red.
"Go dig a hole! If you don't dig well, you will be buried! Get lost!" Lu Chen naturally saw that Li Yanjun was a little embarrassed by being shouted at, so he waved his sleeves and dispersed the large group of people.
"Let's go! Let's go! Go to work! It won't be good if Mr. Hou is really angry in a while!" A group of people were not afraid and walked back laughing.
I didn't know who it was, but after walking a few steps, I turned around and shouted loudly: "Master Marquis, when are you getting married?" After he shouted, everyone burst out laughing.
"You bunch of bastards, you really think I won't get angry, right?" After being teased by everyone, Lu Chen immediately bent down, picked up a stone and threw it over. Of course, Lu Chen couldn't kill him, he just wanted to scare these people.
Help people.
And this group of people cooperated. When they saw Lu Chen throwing stones, everyone burst out laughing and ran back to continue digging holes.
"What a bunch of rough guys! Your Highness, please don't take it personally!" Seeing this bunch of people laughing and joking, Lu Chen said to Li Yanjun with a bitter smile.
"Yes!" Li Yanjun nodded with a flushed face. How could she not take it to heart? The cry of "Mrs. Marquis" made her feel happy in her heart. Of course, she still had to remain reserved on the surface.
"Marquis Lu County, they disrespect you so much, aren't you angry?" Li Yanjun was surprised that Lu Chen was not angry when these people were laughing and joking with Lu Chen just now. You should know that people in the palace saw this
She was always respectful and did not dare to speak too loudly.
"How did your Highness see that they didn't respect me?" Lu Chen did not answer Li Yanjun, but asked instead.
"They are making fun of you and joking with you. Isn't this obvious disrespect for your Majesty?" Li Yanjun looked at Lu Chen curiously and asked, after all, the behavior of the civil servants and generals when they saw Li Yuan, and the behavior of the chamberlains and maids when they saw her.
Li Yanjun has seen his behavior before, but he has never seen Lu Chen like this.
After all, those people were also Lu Chen's servants. Li Yanjun had never seen such a servant making fun of his master, so Li Yanjun was very curious about what Lu Chen was thinking.
"Don't you respect your Majesty?" Hearing Li Yanjun's words, Lu Chen smiled, "Respect is in the heart, not with the mouth! Even if I say I respect you, there are not many people who stab you in the back.
Huh? So, respect is in the heart, not in the face! Talking sweetly is the most hateful thing!" Lu Chen explained to Li Yanjun while waving his folding fan, "You see they are making fun of me, but it is actually because they respect me and trust me.
, would make fun of me! Only people close to me would be informal! Your Highness, do you think about it, is this true?"
"Yeah!" Li Yanjun is also a smart person, how could he not understand the meaning of Lu Chen's words, and after thinking about it for a while, he naturally felt that what Lu Chen said was reasonable, so he nodded in agreement.
"By the way, why did Lu County Marquis let them dig a hole? In such a winter, the weather is freezing!" Li Yanjun suddenly remembered that the ground was freezing hard this winter. In such weather, Lu Chen actually let this group of people dig a hole.
People are digging holes, Li Yanjun really doesn't understand why Lu Chen is doing this.
"I don't want them to dig holes in this weather, but there is nothing we can do so that the children in Zhuangzi can go to school during the Chinese New Year!" Lu Chen naturally knows how difficult it is to dig holes in winter with the current productivity, and
Unlike later generations, where there were excavators and the like, this era could only rely on human labor. Of course, Lu Chen couldn't let these people dig. Fortunately, the place where he dug the pit was not far from the river in Huangzhuang. He ordered people to get ice and water from the river.
, I directly made a few large urns and boiled water on the edge of the pit, which could not only quench my thirst but also water the ground with hot water.
Lu Chen naturally explained the method to Li Yanjun, and Li Yanjun nodded, but she still didn't understand why Lu Chen dug a hole. What connection does this digging have with the children in Zhuangzi going to school?
Is it possible to dig out books by digging a hole?
"I dug these pits to make paper!" Lu Chen directly told Li Yanjun the purpose.
"The Marquis of Lu County is still proficient in the art of papermaking?" Hearing that Lu Chen wanted to make paper, Li Yanjun looked at Lu Chen in surprise. Li Yanjun's admiration for Lu Chen had reached its peak at this time, and Li Yanjun was even more determined.
He must let Aye grant him a marriage, and his consort must be Lu Chen.
"You know something about it!" Lu Chen smiled and nodded.
While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the location of the workshop. The blast furnace had been built and put into use. Only when they came here did Li Yanjun know what the purpose of this place was. At this time, with the output of red bricks and cement
, coupled with Lu Chen’s design, the workshop’s factory building has begun to take shape.
"I've seen the Marquis!" Seeing Lu Chen bringing someone here, Liu Laosan hurriedly came up to greet him, and at the same time looked at Li Yanjun who was standing next to Lu Chen.
"This is..." Liu Laosan originally wanted to ask Li Yanjun if he was his future wife, but Liu Laosan swallowed the words and just looked at Lu Chen and asked, after all, whose family is this?
The young lady went out to play, and Liu Laosan said that she was Lu Chen's wife. It was inevitable that Lu Chen would be a little embarrassed. Liu Laosan naturally couldn't be as outspoken as those rough guys like Fang Qi.
"This is Her Royal Highness Princess Langya!" Lu Chen was really afraid that Liu Laosan would also say "Is this the Marquise?" Then it would not be Lu Chen's embarrassment, but his Highness Princess Langya's displeasure.
"The villain Liu Laosan pays homage to Her Royal Highness Princess Langya!" After following Lu Chen for a long time, he has met many people, and these people are either princes or princesses. Liu Laosan naturally knows a lot of things. Liu Laosan himself
Apart from being illiterate, San was also a very transparent person. When Lu Chen introduced him, Liu Laosan quickly knelt down to salute Li Yanjun.
"No gift!" Li Yanjun said quickly when he saw Liu Laosan kowtow to him.
"This is Liu Jing's father!" Lu Chen added next to Li Yanjun.
"Oh?" Li Yanjun knows how much Lu Chen values Liu Jing. Liu Jing is almost Lu Chen's personal attendant. Where there is Lu Chen, there must be Liu Jing, and the old man in front of him is actually Liu Jing's Aye
, Li Yanjun was naturally more polite. It could be said that if Lu Chen became her consort, Liu Laosan would be one of her own.
"Is Mr. Liu in charge of these workshops now?" Li Yanjun looked at Mr. Liu dressed as a general manager and asked. At this time, Li Yanjun didn't notice at all. The tone of her question was very close to that of a woman.
Master.
"The Marquis trusts me, and these three workshops are indeed currently in charge of the old slave!" Liu Laosan quickly replied. Of course, Liu Laosan was also happy about Li Yanjun's tone. After all, this tone made Liu Laosan
Third, it is certain that Princess Langya will most likely be Lu Chen's wife in the future, and that the Marquis will also be his consort in the future.
"Can I go in here and have a look?" Compared to the brick and cement workshops, Li Yanjun was obviously more interested in this blast furnace.