My father Yongle, building a five-good family

Chapter 89 The shock brought by cement

After the previous incident, Zhu Gui has completely stopped talking.

He finally discovered that the children of Zhu Di were not good people.

Of course, this "root" specifically refers to Zhu Di, and definitely not the old man.

As time passed, the carriage became quiet, with only the occasional bumping and collision sounds caused by the rugged road outside the city.

A moment.

Zhu Di suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of doubt in his eyes.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the amplitude of the bumps had been greatly reduced since the carriage entered this section of road.

It seems the road has become smoother...

Zhu Di was a little confused, and with this feeling in mind, he lifted the curtain of the carriage again.

He saw that the road leading to Zhuangzi was not the yellow mud road he had imagined, nor was it the so-called stone road, but a gray road that looked hard and had a flat surface. He didn't know what material it was made of.

Zhu Gui was just bored at first, and when he heard the noise, he casually glanced outside.

His eyes were originally a bit careless, but when he saw the cement road, he suddenly opened his eyes wide in surprise:

"W-what is this?"

Zhu Di heard his voice but said nothing.

He didn't know what this thing was either.

Zhu Gaoyu had dozed off unknowingly because the carriage was shaking and no one talked along the way.

Hearing the noise, he opened his eyes naturally, rubbed his sleepy face, and then yawned and said:
"Cement. This thing was discussed by Kuai Fu and a group of people. We worked on it for a long time and finally came up with this thing. The texture is quite hard and can be used to some extent."

For some reason, although the tone sounded casual, Zhu Di and Zhu Gui heard it as showing off.

This little brat sometimes gives people a feeling of being big and small.

Every time I thought he did something beyond his age, his words always seemed to shatter my opinion the next second.

Zhu Gui curled his lips, impatient to listen to the principles Zhu Gaoyu talked about.

Especially when he mentioned "sand", "clay" and "plaster", Zhu Gui wanted to cover his ears.

Anyway, he is just a vassal king, and it will never be his turn to sit on the throne in the future.

Zhu Gui just wanted to live a life of drunkenness and dreams, and be a drunken prince in his fiefdom.

As for cement or even concrete...is this thing useful?

Even if he takes credit for it, it won't be his share!

However, after hearing Zhu Gaoyu's description, Zhu Di kept lifting the curtain and looking at the cement roads outside.

For a moment, his eyes were surprisingly bright.

If they were not about to reach the farm, where there was plenty of cement to study, Zhu Di would probably want to stop the carriage, squat on the side of the road, and study this thing called "cement" carefully.

He turned his head, squinted his eyes, looked at Zhu Gaoyu, and a smile appeared on his face.

But before Zhu Di even opened his mouth, Zhu Gaoyu had already figured out his intention and frowned:
"Dad, stop laughing. If you keep laughing, I'm afraid you'll steal my pants away from me."

Zhu Di's smile was a little stiff.

He just felt his hands itchy and always wanted to beat the boy in front of him.

But then again, Zhu Di really wanted to steal the cement recipe.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

However, these thoughts cannot be revealed in front of Zhu Gaoyu.

Otherwise, if this guy is given a little color, he can open a dyeing factory and obviously ask for a sky-high price.

So Zhu Di pretended to be silent, suppressed his restless heart, restrained his smile, and pretended to be nonchalant:
"The raw materials for this cement are simple, but the production process must be extremely complicated, right? Yes, this kind of thing always has limitations..."

When Zhu Gaoyu heard this, he became very unhappy.

Dad, what's wrong with you?
How come you start discrediting it when you haven't even gotten the cement?
Could this be the memory...if you can't get it, you have to destroy it?

Zhu Gaoyu retorted: "I have watched the cement production process two or three times and can remember it. If you want concrete with better ductility and less likely to crack due to temperature, it only takes a few more steps..."

As he spoke, Zhu Gaoyu raised his head and looked at Zhu Di with a particularly sincere and genuine look:
"Dad, ask yourself, you are only a step below me in terms of intelligence, but you still haven't figured out the process of making cement. Why is that?"

right.

Why is this?

How come a little kid like Zhu Gaoyu could figure it out, but Zhu Di, who lived for so long, didn't even develop these cement and concrete?

Zhu Di was confused and asked:
"why?"

Zhu Gaoyu immediately looked at Zhu Di with a look of disappointment and said loudly:

"Because you're not working hard enough!"

"state!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a slap landed on Zhu Gaoyu's forehead.

Zhu Gaoyan covered his forehead and smiled contemptuously:
"Very good, the cement secret recipe you wanted is no longer available."

Zhu Di was choked all of a sudden.

Just as the father and son were talking, the carriage finally arrived at the farm.

Seeing Zhu Gaoyu's familiar carriage, many tenant farmers greeted him cordially. Their names were also messy, and it seemed that there was no standardization. They called him all kinds of things, but it seemed very real.

Zhu Gaoyu was the first to lift the curtain and get out of the carriage.

Although Chen Gensheng is young, he is well-educated and is valued by Zhu Gaoyu, so he is now the number one manager in the village.

When he saw Zhu Gaoyu, he still called him "Benefactor" seriously.

As for the other tenants, some called him "Boss" and some called him "Little Prince". For a moment, the sounds of greetings continued to ring out, making the place seem quite lively.

Even Zhu Di, who was sitting in the carriage and thought he knew Zhu Gaoyu very well, was stunned for a moment.

This kid... is so popular among the tenant farmers?

Zhu Di suddenly felt a sense of emotion.

It seems like a child's growth happens in a flash.

It's just that I haven't paid attention to him for a while, but this kid is growing up again.

This feeling is somewhat strange and novel to parents, and also...it is inevitable that they will feel a little lost.

But the loss only takes a moment.

Soon, Zhu Di saw his brothers straightening their sleeves, putting on an eager-to-try attitude, and slowly walking out of the carriage.

From the angle when the curtain was opened, Zhu Di could even see the reserved and noble appearance that Zhu Gui deliberately put on.

However, when he came out, the originally lively atmosphere cooled down for a moment.

It seemed as if everyone didn't know what to say after seeing Zhu Gui.

In the end, it was Chen Gensheng who reacted quickly and called out "Prince Dai" first, and then the refugees also hurriedly called out "Prince Dai".

This was in stark contrast to the previous scene where Zhu Gaoyu was very active and enthusiastic.

Zhu Gui's face looked a little unhappy, but he was more confused.

He is the prince!
He is the vassal king of his fiefdom!
This bastard Zhu Gaoyu only has a nice name, but actually has no power at all. But why does it seem that, in the hearts of these refugees, Zhu Gaoyu is more popular?

Zhu Gui kept thinking in his heart, and kept telling himself that these people were just some ignorant and unruly people who knew nothing about the methods of the vassal kings. The gap between them and him was more like the difference between heaven and earth...

but!

He is still depressed!
This kind of emotion continued until Prince of Yan Zhu Di got out of the carriage, but he did not receive the same treatment as Zhu Gaoyu.

Now, Zhu Guicai felt much more balanced.

However, Zhu Di did not react much.

His mind was now full of formulas for cement and concrete.

So after getting off the carriage, he picked up Zhu Gaoyu and went all the way to the place where the cement was mixed.

It was also here that Zhu Di saw the process of cement paving for the first time.

Looking at this soft pile of things, Zhu Di couldn't help but look at them again and again.

Zhu Gui, however, was a little impatient and wanted to leave:

"This cement won't harden in a short time. Gao Yan, where is the duck down you mentioned? Where is that thing? Let me see it, please."

As Zhu Gui spoke, he was also thinking about the name "duck down".

Hey.

Don't tell me yet.

really interesting.

The word "duck down" used as a metaphor does seem to be somewhat similar. People who don't know would think that there is duck down in the clothes.

When he thought of this, Zhu Gui was overjoyed again.

Where in the world is there such an easy business?
Duck feathers are such worthless things?
If there were duck feathers inside the duck down coat, wouldn't that mean that the duck down business would be a very profitable one?
How could Zhu Gaoyu be so smart?

That compartment.

Zhu Gaoyu originally wanted to let his uncle go, but at this juncture, he took the initiative to say such words.

He glanced at Zhu Gui helplessly, "Do you really want to see it?"

At this time, Zhu Gui didn't care about what he said and said directly:
"You won't let me see it?"

Not allowed to watch?
Zhu Gaoyu was afraid that he would burst into tears after reading it!

In that case, he simply didn't hide it anymore and brought Zhu Gui to the outside of the duck house openly.

Seeing the "ducks lying all over the ground" and the bloody plucking scene, Zhu Gui almost lost his legs:
"What is this???"

Zhu Gaoyu slowly picked up a piece of duck feather from the ground, looking relaxed: "Duck feather. How can we make duck down without duck feather? Uncle Thirteen, you don't even know this, do you?"

he knows?
He knows shit!
Zhu Gui was frightened by the slaughter scene at first, and then he suddenly came to his senses.

Duck feathers are duck down.

It seems that a lot of duck feathers have been stored in the farm.

so……

That guy Xu Yuan bought a duck down coat worth thirty thousand taels... What's the point of it? !

At this moment, Zhu Gui suddenly felt murderous towards Xu Yuan!
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