Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 274 Du He: Then You’ll Be in Trouble

The next morning, Sun Qiang appeared in front of Su Chen with big dark circles under his eyes and yawning.

After seeing Sun Qiang like this, Su Chen was immediately happy.

"Sir, will the remnants of the Lu family really come?"

"Maybe."

Su Chen said cheerfully, "Every wrong has its perpetrator. The prince is not easy to kill in the East Palace, so he can only come to me."

"Moreover, there are many people in Chang'an who hope that I will be killed sooner rather than later. They may become the helpers of the remnants of the Lu family."

Sun Qiang immediately perked up a bit, "If that's the case, can't we take advantage of the situation and uproot them?"

"It's not that easy."

Su Chen shook his head.

Even if these people took the initiative to get involved, they would not leave too many clues.

and.

The remnants of the Lu family now have no worries. Once they take action, they will definitely kill him with the force of thunder.

"It will come sooner or later, there's no need to rush."

Su Chen waved his hand and said, "When you are on duty at night, you can take turns to rest. Don't wait until the remnants of the Lu family show up before you ruin your own bodies."

Sun Qiang nodded, "I understand."

"Let's go and take a look at the school."

Su Chen said casually: "I heard that the Ministry of Revenue has come up with a new construction method. I wonder how effective it is."

Four enlightenment schools have been built. The one closest to Taizi Residence and still under construction is the Changshou School in Changshoufang.

Changshou School is located in Changshoufang, which covers nine nearby towns. No matter Chonghuafang and Daixianfang in the west, or Yankangfang and Yanfufang in the east, they are all not far from the school.

After Su Chen brought Sun Qiang to Changshoufang, they saw horse-drawn carriages constantly transporting various construction materials to the school.

Compared with the previous main material of wood, it has now been replaced by bricks and gravel, and truckloads of bricks and gravel are constantly being delivered to the construction site.

"Sir, look at these stones and bricks they sent over. I'm afraid they were either picked up from nearby, or they are defective products."

Sun Qiang pointed at the materials pulled on the carriage and asked doubtfully, "Can these materials really be used to build a house?"

Su Chen shook his head. He didn’t know much about the construction changes of the Ministry of Industry.

However, he was somewhat curious about how the Ministry of Industry would use the lime after it had developed it.

When they got closer, Su Chen and the other two were stopped.

"Construction site ahead, no one allowed in!"

"My son is a guest of honor of your Minister of Works, Lord Duan. Why did you come over to see what's going on?"

"Aqiang."

Su Chen waved his hand to stop Sun Qiang, because here he could already see how the craftsmen used lime to build the houses.

Most of the large amount of bricks and stones sent by them were piled up in a very strange but reasonable way. They used lime as the foundation and then built the top with wood as the frame.

No wonder Duan Lun said that the top craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty all worked in the Ministry of Works.

"sorry for disturbance."

Su Chen smiled, bowed, and left with Sun Qiang.

Sun Qiang: "Sir, since we are here, why don't we go in and take a look?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "I already understand what Duan Lun means, so why bother going in to see it?"

"Master, have you figured it out?"

Sun Qiang looked back at the school construction site with a suspicious look on his face, "Why didn't I see that?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "Compared to bricks and stones, the mining of wood is obviously more time-saving and labor-saving. However, because the wood around Chang'an City cannot meet the large-scale mining needs, they need to transport some wood from other places, which increases the cost."

"But now it's different. After Duan Lun figured out the use of lime, he found these broken bricks and stones. These bricks and stones became the foundation for them to build the school!"

Su Chen gestured and said with a smile: "If nothing unexpected happens, these bricks and stones should be built to a height of one person. Later, changing to wood construction will indeed save a lot of time and energy, and also save a lot of costs."

Sun Qiang thought for a moment, "Sir, you seem to know a lot about house construction."

“I’ve seen some.”

Su Chen smiled.

I used to follow Uncle Six and visit construction sites quite often, so I had naturally seen this kind of construction method before.

However, most buildings like this are mainly focused on restoring ancient monuments.

Now it is a real ancient building.

"Let's go and take a look at Du He."

Sun Qiang nodded, but took Su Chen to the main road on the side, "Sir, let's take another road."

Su Chen raised his eyebrows, subconsciously glanced around, and whispered, "Is someone watching?"

Sun Qiang responded calmly, "It's still unclear who the other party is, and we don't know how many of them are here."

"It's not convenient for them to take action on the main road."

Su Chen smiled and said, "They don't have the courage to kill me in broad daylight, right?"

Sun Qiang glanced at Su Chen and said, "Sir, do you think they hate you?"

Su Chen: “…That’s hard to say.”

Apart from Li Chengqian who promoted the New Enlightenment, he is the biggest root cause and the culprit who can be easily eliminated.

If the remnants of the Lu family wanted to take someone down with them, he would most likely become the target.

Even in broad daylight, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not come and kill us directly.

Fortunately, Su Chen and the other two were relieved when a team of patrolling soldiers passed by.

No matter how brave they are, they can't kill someone in front of the patrol police, right?

This is not revenge, it's walking into a trap.

After arriving outside the workshop that Du He had built, Su Chen immediately whispered, "Call someone to go to the Prince's Residence and call Lu Fei over."

"what happened?"

Du He didn't understand what he meant.

Su Chen: "I might be being targeted."

Du He raised his eyebrows and looked around, "Don't worry, I'm here, no matter how many of them come, I will kill them all."

"No, they won't do it here."

Su Chen smiled and patted Du He's shoulder, then looked at the recruited female workers.

There were quite a lot of people. At a glance, there were about thirty or forty of them, and they were already working in front of the spinning wheels.

However, what Su Chen cared about was the cotton bought by Du He.

It looks as white as snow, but the cotton has a pungent smell.

Especially when you hold it in your hand, the smell is even more pungent.

Du He waved his hand, arranged his men, and then explained with a smile: "These people were recruited by me, and some were arranged by the Ministry of Revenue. They are all top-notch fighters."

"Because the cotton from Roshan hasn't arrived yet, I arranged for my men to buy some cotton from the city so that they can practice."

It can be seen that Du He's arrangement is quite reliable in terms of clothing. Su Chen pointed at the cotton and said, "From whom did you buy this cotton?"

Du He: "There are not many cotton sellers in Chang'an City nowadays. Most of this cotton is bought from individual traders in the West Market. Is there a problem?"

Su Chen: "Don't buy cotton from these people anymore."

Du He frowned, and Su Chen spoke again: "Have you chosen the address for the workshop at the Ministry of Revenue?"

"That's not clear yet."

Du He shook his head. "This matter was handled by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works, so I did not send anyone to inquire."

"Given Master Dai's personality, he should have already chosen an address."

If Dai Zhou wants to make money, he must speed up. The people from the Ministry of Works are still waiting, and with the wages provided by Su Chen, he naturally cannot slow down.

Su Chen nodded and said, "Send someone to ask later. It's best to build the workshop as soon as possible."

"By the way, send someone to inform Lord Duan that I will wait for him at Prince Residence later."

"Brother Su, do you have anything else to say?"

Su Chen shook his head, "It's just that when I came over from the academy just now, I found that their way of building houses is still a bit slow."

"So I plan to provide them with some conveniences, so that it will be more convenient for everyone in the future."

Du He nodded: "Okay."

At this time.

The workshop worker came back and said, "Master, Lu Fei and the others have been notified."

Du He looked over and Su Chen nodded with a smile, "It's good to inform him. He knows what to do."

Du He whispered, "Whose man is he?"

Su Chen: "I heard from the prince that it might be the remnants of the Lu family."

Du He's expression changed, "Then you're in trouble."

"It doesn't matter."

"Just some rats hiding in the dark."

Su Chen smiled and waved his hand.

Now that Lu’s powerful backer is gone, what kind of trouble can the remaining guys cause?
Could it be possible that they could get the major families to unite again?
"Mr. Su?"

With a smile on his face, Roshan came to Su Chen and the others under the guidance of the waiter.

"Brother Luo."

"What a coincidence."

Roshan smiled and said, “The cotton has been delivered.”

"Please follow me and inspect the goods!"

"I can guarantee that these are all top-quality cotton, the quality is impeccable!"

Su Chen and the other man looked at each other and followed Roshan out of the workshop.

There was a seemingly endless series of convoys, and each carriage was loaded with goods.

As Roshan lifted the tarpaulin, a large number of bulging sacks appeared in everyone's sight.

Roshan untied a sack, took out a handful of cotton and handed it to Su Chen.

"Mr. Su, please take a look."

The snow-white cotton is fluffy, like balls of white snow.

Su Chen casually gave some to Du He and said, "Take a look at these cottons. How are they different from the ones you bought?"

Du He frowned and carefully checked the cotton in his hand. "It seems to be similar, but the smell is a little lighter."

“Not only is the taste bland…”

Su Chen smiled and said, "It only takes three steps to identify whether cotton is good cotton."

Roshan had a smile on his face, but Du He's expression gradually became serious. He knew that the following was the experience in identifying cotton that Su Chen had taught him.

"All ears."

"Smell the cotton first to see if there is any other smell."

Su Chen smiled and raised the cotton in his hand. "Obviously, this cotton has no other smell, which is enough to prove that this cotton is of good quality."

"Secondly."

Su Chen exerted force with his palm, and the cotton in his hand was instantly flattened. When he loosened his hand, the cotton in his palm slowly returned to its original state.

"Pinch it hard, and after you release it, the good cotton will gradually return to its original state."

"In addition to these two points, there is another point that can easily distinguish the quality of cotton. Just tear it gently. If it is low-quality cotton, it will break easily, while high-quality cotton will be like this, soft and constantly torn into different threads."

popping.

Roshan clapped his hands and laughed, "Mr. Su is indeed very experienced."

Du He nodded, "I understand."

"I'm just teaching Brother Du how to distinguish cotton..."

Su Chen casually stuffed the cotton into Du He's hand and said, "I believe Brother Luo will not deceive us on this."

"That's natural."

Roshan laughed, "What is the relationship between us? How could I pass off an inferior product as a good one?"

"Could it be that Mr. Su encountered such a black-hearted businessman?"

Su Chen smiled and glanced at Du He, who said awkwardly, "Some of the cotton I bought before was obviously ripped off by someone."

Roshan nodded in understanding, "As long as Lord Du remembers the three methods of distinguishing cotton that Master Su mentioned, there will be no such mistake next time."

Du He nodded.

Su Chen: "Send the stuff to the warehouse. Be careful, these cottons cannot come into contact with open flames. Otherwise, even if you bring in all the river water outside Chang'an City, you may not be able to put out the flames."

Du He's expression tightened: "I understand!"

Afterwards, Du He arranged for the workers in the workshop to deliver the cotton to the warehouse.

"Brother Su, Brother Luo, I have booked a private room in Nishang Building. Why don't we go to Nishang Building for a drink?"

"it is good!"

Roshan agreed without any hesitation.

With Su Chen as the middleman, his relationship with Du He will inevitably become closer in the future.

Faced with Du He's invitation, I naturally had no intention of refusing.

Su Chen pondered and looked at Sun Qiang.

Sun Qiang smiled and nodded, looking into the distance, as if to tell Su Chen that our people have arrived.

"it is good."

Su Chen withdrew his gaze.

The three of them got into the car together and headed towards Nishang Building.

(End of this chapter)