Chapter 205: Family Heirloom Craftsmanship
Jiading Bo Mansion.
In the backyard of Bo Mansion, there are many precious evergreen plants planted in the garden, and the plants are pruned in detail. However, an old man about fifty years old in the middle of the yard is doing something that is really bad.
"That, you lazy guy, go and carry the mud!"
Jiading Bo Zhou Kui was wearing a coarse linen and didn't even wear a beam crown on his head. He just casually inserted a hairpin, flew up and down with a tile knife in his hand, skillfully building a brick on the baseline.
A servant responded and quickly brought the cured mud to Jiading Bo Zhou Kui.
The wall was more than half a person tall, and Jiading Bo felt a little tired. He took a towel from his subordinate and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Oh, I'm old, I'm afraid this ability to support my family will be lost!" Jiading Bo wiped the tile knife in his hand and sighed.
Jiadingbo's front teeth protrude outward, and the typical large buck teeth in later generations were leaking, which sounded a bit strange.
"Master, are you a father-in-law of the current dynasty or a uncle of the Ming Dynasty? How can you do this dirty and tiring work? On this cold day, you should go back to your room to rest!" The housekeeper flattered at the right time.
"You know a hammer. This is the old man's ability to pass on his family. How could he lose it?" Zhou Kui became angry when he heard this.
If he hadn't had this tile knife, how could he raise a pair of children? How could his daughter become the queen of the Ming Dynasty?
"Yes, yes, yes, the master taught me a lesson." The housekeeper hurriedly apologized, but he felt speechless.
Since the emperor ascended the throne seventeen years ago, he won the title of this count, he has been buying land, land and shops. Now, seventeen years have passed, and there are countless acres of land and shops, and it has already made a fortune.
Other court officials have wealth in their homes, and in order to cover up their eyes and ears, they always wear simple clothes and food when they are at home.
But Zhou Kui was not the case. Not only did he wear shabby and white clothes when he was outside, but he was the same at home.
Moreover, he is not only frugal, but also harsh to the servants and housekeepers in the mansion. If he makes a mistake, he will be deducted from the moon silver.
In the words of later generations, Zhou Pai Pi is also an iron rooster.
Therefore, if you don’t have a deep understanding of the person and his family’s assets, Zhou Kui will give all the impression that this father-in-law is very poor!
Zhou Kui has no bad habits. Apart from being stingy, he is building walls day and night regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, cold and summer!
Naturally, outsiders couldn't invite him, and they didn't dare to invite him to be a plasterer. There was no way out, so Lao Zhou opened up such a place in his backyard.
Every day, it is built and demolished, and it is endless every year.
"Butler Cao, have you checked the accounts of the Beijing shop? How much money did you earn for us last month?" Zhou Kui took the coat from the butler, put it on his shoulder, and said carelessly.
"master……"
"Dad, something happened!" Before Mr. Cao could speak, a man in a brocade cotton jacket in his thirties ran from the outer yard.
"Oh, I said, "Don'er, you're so old, you're so reckless, don't fall down!"
If you break your clothes, you have to make new ones. You prodigal son!" Zhou Kui muttered when he saw his son Zhou Huairen running over quickly.
"Dad, I am in my thirties. Why do you call me Goudan'er? I am the national uncle!" Zhou Huairen looked unhappy. His father is so rustic.
"Yeah! Isn't this all called getting used to it? You're so anxious!" Zhou Kui didn't care.
Uncle, you are still the father-in-law! How easy it is for Gou Dan'er to bark for so many years.
"The charcoal shop in our Xicheng was smashed! It was also blackmailed for 3,000 taels of silver! 3,000 taels of dad!" Zhou Huairen said 20 taels of silver, and his tone was strengthened.
"What? Who is so bold and dares to smash our father-in-law's shop?" Zhou Kui became furious when he heard this. It was a trivial matter to smash the shop. He felt sorry for the three thousand taels of silver that had been cheated.
That's three thousand taels, how many brick houses are enough to buy?
"Who else can you? Who doesn't know that our family has a queen, that An Guohou!
It was him who smashed our shop and blackmailed our money!" Zhou Huairen said in a furious manner.
"The shopkeeper Wang of that shop didn't tell anyone, are we the father-in-law?" Although Zhou Kui didn't leave his home, he knew the name of An Guohou. He heard that this kid is now very favored by the emperor.
"Why didn't you say that? The boy An Guohou did not stop after hearing this, but became even more rampant. The three thousand taels of silver were deliberately added after hearing our name. That boy was deliberately unable to get along with our Zhou family, Dad!"
Zhou Huairen was heartbroken. Although he was the uncle, he had no ability. He just got his sister's kindness and got a free job in the governor's office.
If it were an ordinary person, Zhou Huairen would naturally take people out and kill the guy. But An Guohou was his immediate boss in the Governor's Office. He was a ruthless man who had killed people. He couldn't afford to offend him!
If he ran to the palace abruptly and complained to the queen, he would inevitably be ridiculed by his sister again.
Therefore, after Zhou Huairen received the letter, weighed the pros and cons, he decided to come to complain to his father.
Although his father is a rustic, he is the father of the dignified father-in-law and the queen! If his sister doesn't give him face, her father must have to give face, right?
Now that her own father has been bullied so much, how can she be a daughter?
"This An Guohou doesn't take our father-in-law seriously! It's so outrageous. I'm so angry!" Zhou Kui was indeed furious after hearing this.
"No, we have to go into the palace now and ask our daughter for justice!" Zhou Kuiwa didn't want to kill him, and he turned to the ground and walked towards the house with his legs.
"Goudan'er, you go with your father too! Go and change court uniforms!" Zhou Kui always knew that his daughter had refused to recognize her relatives for the sake of state affairs, so she was worried that she would not have enough efforts to go, so she said to her son behind her.
"Hey, okay!" Zhou Huairen responded immediately. He hadn't been to the palace for a long time.
"No, there is no need to change clothes. Let's just wear old clothes like this. Our family is poor!"
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Liu Hongjian came out of the Jinyiwei Yamen and was still very unhappy, but he had nowhere to vent, so he took Niu Zhuang to the Qianhu Station on a fast horse.
The Japanese military station rushed to the scene and, under the supervision of Schultz, who was also impatient, completed the production task of fired guns in advance.
The first batch of three thousand guns were immediately delivered to the Qianhu House of Wansuishan. Liu Hongjian also transferred Schultz to the Qianhu House as he said and served as a hundred households.
When the young men from Qianhu Institute got the new firearm, they were all adapting. Schultz was busy and taught the soldiers of Qianhu Institute to use the guns. The gunshots in the military camp were very exciting, and they were very happy to train.
"Well, I've practiced well!" Liu Hongjian praised the rows of young men who were all focused on raising their guns and shooting.
When everyone saw the boss coming, they stopped their actions and came to see him.
"But just practicing marksmanship is not enough. The power of a gun is always insufficient. How can you resist Jiannu's Iron Cavalry!
Schulz, have you heard of the rifle array?"
Chapter completed!