Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 96 Ten sons and forty grandsons (Part 2)

Seeing Zhu Youcheng step out of the door, Wei Honglian was restless and finally decided to go to Tieshizi Hutong and ask Wei Zhongxian what was wrong.

Wei Zhongxian was confused and said, "I didn't know what happened. I asked him to talk about your wedding date in the morning. He came, but he turned around and left without even seeing me. I just wanted to offend him, so I had to have time."

"Dad, it seems that Cheng'er was very angry this time. Even grandpa and Grandpa Wei didn't call you, just call you Eunuch Wei."

"Do you like to scream? We have ten sons and forty grandchildren in our family, but still lack one grandchildren..."

As he spoke, Wei Zhongxian became less and less confident, and he could hardly hear the last few words clearly. He really lacked a grandson. The so-called ten and forty grandsons he received were all attached to when his power was invincible. If the tree fell and the grandsons fell, I am afraid that no one would shed a handful of sympathy for him. Only this grandson, Zhu Youcheng, was connected to his bloodline, and he also promised to use his first son Guo Xu as his great-grandson to continue the bloodline of the Wei family.

However, Wei Zhongxian is now the most popular person in the Ming Dynasty and has a temper. He said, "Cheng'er is willing to come. Our house in Tieshizi Hutong will always be open to him. If we don't come, our family will not beg him. Who is afraid of whom? If you have the ability, keep going. If he encounters difficulties in the future, don't come and talk to our family. If we don't ask for help, we will definitely not help!"

Zhu Youcheng would beg him, which was a joke. Since he entered Beijing at the age of seven, he has forced the Ningyuan Bo Mansion, beat Shuntian Prefecture, attacked Pengcheng Bo three times, besieged Qianqing Palace, pretended to be a robber to capture the imperial village, and captured Jiannu in detail. What happened did not shock Beijing City, and what happened was that he had asked Wei Zhongxian for safety? But Wei Zhongxian asked Zhu Youcheng for help again and again. If it weren't for his help, he would have been almost broken into pieces by the Donglin Party a few days ago.

After saying the harsh words, Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a while. If someone else was angry with him like this, he would be able to make the other party want to die, but the person who was angry with him was Zhu Youcheng, and he really couldn't do it. Besides, even if he could do it, Emperor Tianqi would not allow him to do it.

Wei Honglian was really embarrassed when she was sandwiched between Wei Zhongxian and Zhu Youcheng. Wen Yan advised her for a few words, but Wei Zhongxian did not change her mind. She was a little anxious and said, "You two grandfathers and grandchildren are really, they have the same stubborn temper. Who can lower their heads first? Isn't it okay to stay here to hurt the relatives and the enemy is happy?"

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said, "Our family is older than him and has a higher reputation than him. Why do we let our family bow first... The Ming Dynasty advocates respecting the elderly and loving the young, so he should ask him to apologize first... Besides, even if I bow my head, I have to tell our family what was wrong. Should we make our family's hot face stick to his cold butt? We can't do such a tasteless thing. Anyway, if he doesn't come to our house, our family will never come to his house."

In the next few days, Wei Zhongxian's servants were often asked the same question by the factory owner: "Did you see that stinky brat Zhu Youcheng coming?"

Later, whenever Wei Zhongxian's servant saw his gaze swept over, he immediately said, "I didn't see it when I go back to my father-in-law."

The responses they get are often: "Don't you look carefully if you don't have eyes?"

The servants were crying but not crying. Whether Zhu Youcheng came or not has a yarn relationship with whether they had the eyesight. Can you tell the people who had not visited the door at all? If this is true, you really have to introduce a good ophthalmologist to him.

Wei Zhongxian was not trusting his servants and welcomed him personally at the door, but he naturally returned disappointed.

After a few days of stalemate, Wei Zhongxian finally decided to break the oath and go to visit Zhu Youcheng in person.

Before leaving, he deceived himself and comforted himself: "This is not about bowing his head and giving in. Our family is going to the children's playground to inspect the work and see what's going on there. Our family vowed that he would not go to our house, nor would he go to his house. The children's playground is not his home..."

The carriage was flying briskly and soon arrived at the children's playground.

Eunuch Wei's guards went in to report, but Zhu Youcheng refused to come out to welcome him and threw out a sentence: "Please take your own advice when visiting."

Wei Honglian greeted her with a sorry look and said, "Dad, don't be angry, he has been like this these days. No matter who he is to, his face will be smelly, even me."

"Who does this temper look like? Back then, I was a model good person from all over the country. I was as humble as a gentleman in advance. If I retreat, I would be humiliated by the crotch. Otherwise, I would not have achieved what I am today..."

The two talked all the way to the office of the children's playground.

Zhu Cheng was having a talk with Qin Ke.

Qin Ke said happily: "Mr. Zhu, I have already negotiated with the residents around me. They agreed to give the house to us for free."

Zhu Cheng's expression changed and asked sternly: "Did you use the identity of the Jinyiwei to force them to do this? How many times have I said, don't bully people with power, don't bully people with power, why don't you listen?"

"Sir, I didn't bully others by my power. They were really voluntary. When I first negotiated with the residents, no one was willing to move away. He said that it was difficult to leave his hometown and was unwilling to leave this old house that had lived in for more than ten years. Later, I thought that in order to prevent anyone from peeping, there was a circle of walls around the Women's Park. It was better to change the wall into a store, one shop, two sides, one side inward and the other side in the Outer. The store facing the Inner is stipulated to be run by women, and the entrances and exits are all in the Women's Park, while the store facing the Outer is not limited. Sir, Wenchang Palace Hutong was originally a dead alley, and the land was not worth a lot. Since the Children's Park settled here, it has become increasingly prosperous. Some smart people chose to open a store opposite the Children's Park and earn a fortune.

The site of the Women's Paradise is in the new house. In addition to the occasional parking, it is now deserted. After the Women's Paradise is built, it will become a prosperous place. The store will be quite valuable, and it will make a lot of profits whether it is for self-use or for rent. We exchanged the store for their residences. After saying this, they all agreed. There were a few companies who disagreed. I said that as long as the family disagreed, the Women's Paradise would be built in another place. As a result, those who agreed to the relocation stood by us and helped persuade those companies, which eventually made them change their minds. Sir, don't worry about the area issue. The store does not occupy much place, and I have talked about a few more to ensure that the area of ​​the Women's Paradise remains unchanged."

Zhu Youcheng was shocked. He didn't expect that Qin Ke would be so capable and solve the most difficult and complicated land acquisition problem in one fell swoop.

"No wonder Zhou Ping said that your talent is of great use. It is too insignificant to let you be a small flag. If you can build the Women's Paradise within half a year, I will promote you to the General Banner of the Jinyiwei."

Zhou Ping was overjoyed and saluted Zhu Cheng, saying, "Thank you, Lord Zhu, and I will ensure that I complete the task on time! I found that as long as the cement and sand and gravel are mixed together, the hardness is higher than that of a single cement after solidification, and with steel rods, it can replace bricks and stones. However, this is generally only used for flat laying. If you want to make a wall, there is also a way to support the pillars, which is to surround it with wooden boards and pour the mixed mortar inside. After the cement is solidified, the baffle can be removed. With this method, I can complete the construction here quickly and go to Jingxi Huangzhuang to start construction early."

"Steel...reinforced concrete!" Zhu Youcheng looked like an ancient well without waves, but he was extremely excited. "Concrete technology has been widely used in paving roads, and Qin Ke learned it, which is not surprising. However, the method of adding steel bars to concrete to increase the strength of concrete is because Zhu Youcheng did not want China to appear in cement forests in advance, so he did not tell everyone at all. Qin Ke can learn by himself, he is really a talent. It seems that it is necessary to equip him with guards."

Since Jiannu's spy degree and Nikang sneaked into the imperial village in western Beijing, Zhu Youcheng decided that in addition to equip Zhu Youjian and himself with personal guards, he also provided all the talents in the imperial village - including Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, Wanhu, Feng Menglong, Liu Jingting, Li Datie, Qian Xiaozou, Zhou Ping, Zheng Shuangping and others - it was rare to have more than two guards. If something happened to them, Zhu Youcheng would not even cry.

Wei Zhongxian heard that he stopped talking inside and pushed the door open.

When Zhu Youcheng saw him come in, he didn't say hello to him. He just waved his hand and asked Qin Ke to go out to do his business first.

"Cheng'er, grandpa - Eunuch Wei is here, why don't you get up to greet him?" Seeing Zhu Youcheng's face showing unhesitation, Wei Honglian quickly changed her words.

"What kind of wind blows Eunuch Wei today? Eunuch Wei visits the humble house, which really makes the savory here shine." Zhu Youcheng said politely, but his tone was extremely cold.

"Cheng'er, why are you talking like that?"

"I always talk like this. It's not the first time Eunuch Wei has dealt with me, so why don't you know? Sorry, I'm going to the Women's Park to check the progress of the project and lose my companion."

After saying that, Zhu Youcheng got up and prepared to go out. When passing by Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian grabbed Zhu Youcheng's arm. Because he used too much force, he grabbed Zhu Youcheng's arm and hurt a little. Wei Honglian hurried over and prepared to persuade him.

"Cheng'er, even if you want to behead your head, you have to give a reason. Tell me what I have to let you down, I can change it. You are the only one in our family, and you are cold to me. What's the point of living in our family?" Wei Zhongxian was in a deep mood and forgot his usual habit of speaking, and used "our family" and "me".

Zhu Youcheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Does Grandpa Wei have ten godsons and forty godsons?"

Wei Zhongxian said with a little smugness: "It's not just that, but I'm just saying that just to make up for it."

"Then why should I call them? Uncle or uncle?"

Wei Zhongxian suddenly realized that all this was Zhu Youcheng dissatisfied with him accepting ten sons and forty grandsons, and hurriedly said, "You have nothing to do with them, you can call them whatever you like. Other eunuchs also accept their godsons, and I also learn from them."

"You are different. Other eunuchs have no sons and grandchildren, and you have another great-grandson. Besides, I am your grandson, my grandfather is Emperor Shenzong Xian, and my brother is Emperor Tianqi. Where did you place me and where did you place Emperor Tianqi?"

After two big hats were smashed down, Wei Zhongxian was a little dizzy and said, "Then... I will break off the relationship between father and son."

"Grandpa should have done this long ago."

Zhu Youcheng's face showed a long-lost smile.

Seeing this harmonious scene of grandparents and grandchildren, Wei Honglian, who had been worried for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next