The red building is so arrogant

chapter 309
It was a few more days in a hurry, and it was March [-]th in a blink of an eye.

Because the work-study students will come to the Ministry of Industry for internship next month, Jiao Shun has been laying the groundwork for the past few days. On the surface, he has obtained the approval of each department doctor one by one, and secretly reached an offensive and defensive alliance with the craftsmen and officials from various places.

The former can only be done by him himself, while the latter can only be done by Liu Changyou's master and apprentice.

Jiao Shun didn't expect the craftsmen to deliberately treat the work-students preferentially, but during the internship, they had to endure hardships, and even be excluded and suppressed. He just couldn't just sit back and watch the work-students suffer humiliation!

Because the work-students suffer and are suppressed, Jiao Shun has no real influence, and can even cut off their delusions of getting closer to the scholars, which in turn encourages the work-students to unite closely under his command.

But letting the work-students be humiliated by others will hurt Jiao Shun's face, and it will not be conducive to his original intention of raising the status of craftsmen.

This request is not too much, not to mention that only scribes and assistants are to be confronted, so the craftsmen and officials are eager to take the lead, rushing to ensure that they will take good care of the master's 'under the door'.

Speaking of which, Jiao Shun's degree of approval was actually not very high among the artisans and officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Although Jiao Shun got Emperor Chaoba to enter the Ministry of Industry, largely because he invented pneumatic tires, in the eyes of craftsmen and officials, the most distinctive label on him was still being a slave, not a craftsman.

This is also the root cause of Liu Changyou's mentor and apprentice in the beginning, instead of taking the initiative to join Jiao Shun, he tipped off the former head of the Department of Affairs.

But after more than a year, Jiao Shun showed his unique insights in the industry and spared no effort to elevate the status of craftsmen. The degree of recognition of craftsmen and officials naturally increased day by day.

And the launch of the model opera a few years ago—usually referred to as "gongxi" outside—has pushed the degree of recognition of it by craftsmen and officials to an unprecedented height.

Taking advantage of this wind, what Jiao Shun has to do now is to consolidate this emotion based on a sense of identity and form a community of interests in the Ministry of Industry with him as the core.

Of course, at this stage, even if all craftsmen and officials can gather a consensus and unite under the banner of someone like Jiao, it is completely nonsense to try to use this to counter the deep-rooted civil servant group—even if it is only the civil official group of the Ministry of Industry.

Fortunately, Jiao Shun is still young, and there are still infinite possibilities in the future.

In short, Jiao Shun and Liu Changyou checked carefully this morning. The newly formulated internship regulations first summed up a few deficiencies and shortcomings, and then discussed the corresponding solutions one by one.

In the afternoon, at the invitation of the Ordnance Department, he attended a periodic seminar on new muskets.

Under the guidance of Jiao Shun's "foresight", after nearly half a year of project approval and research and development, based on the airtight magazine technology of the handyman's office, the research and development of the continuous-fire rifle has been initially finalized, and even a few samples have been trial-produced.

But at present, it is only the product of the meticulous work of the master craftsmen of Neifang, and there is still a long way to go before the real mass production.

After dismissing the office in the evening, Jiao Shun went to the Dingxiang Building near Shuntian Mansion to make an appointment in Jiayu Village.

Jia Yucun is now the co-prefect of Shuntian Mansion, a fourth-rank official, but in terms of real power, he is not as good as Jiao Shun, the head of the Ministry of Industry, and he is always low-key, so dealing with him is much more relaxed and comfortable than Jia Zheng.

It's just that Jiao Shun vaguely remembered that this man was a duplicitous man, although he was affectionate on the surface, but in fact he was secretly wary of him, never willing to have any actual relationship with him, in truth, the two of them were just friends.

The feast is over.

Jiao Shun returned home, threw the official robe and boots to Yu Chuan and Siqi respectively, and ordered Xiang Ling to bring sober soup, then leaned on the bed with Xing Xiuyan's thigh as a pillow, and put his ear on her protruding belly to listen. fetal heart rate.

Occasionally, when he felt the child kicking his legs and stretching his arms, he would make a fuss, and the amusing Xing Xiuyan held his stomach and giggled.

After Jiao Shun drank half a bowl of hangover soup, Xing Xiuyan regained his sobriety, and then said: "Miss Smith came at noon today, and she said she came to borrow the Three Kingdoms to kill her, but she should have avoided talking about it at this time, let alone I see She hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to speak."

Jiao Shun wasn't surprised by this, as he climbed up along Xing Xiuyan's protruding belly with his hands already warmed up, he lazily asked the school: "Then what embarrassment do you think she encountered? "

"This……"

In fact, Xing Xiuyan had guessed for a long time, but he still pretended to think hard for a long time, and then hesitated: "I just got hired. If there is any difficulty at this time, it is related to our family. It should probably be because of the [-]% stake?"

As he spoke, he covered his heart with blushing face again, and said shamefully, "Master, you can't do it."

"It's five months old, as long as you're careful."

Jiao Shun tried to persuade her to submit, but unfortunately, as always, he was unsuccessful, so he withdrew his hand resentfully, turned his gaze to Siqi, Xiangling, and Yuchuan, thinking whether to decide by throwing dice, or letting them guess at each other .

At the same time, he said: "I think so too, and don't worry, if she doesn't mention it, we will pretend to be confused, if she mentions it, we will prevaricate a few words according to the previous discussion, to whet the appetite of Bowling Houfu. "

Others thought that the historian had suffered a lot this time, but in Jiao Shun's view, the Minister of Europa had a lot to offer.

Nowadays, the maritime trade between Xia Guo and Europa is actually quite developed, but basically they come and go - most of Xia Guo’s merchants are merchants who don’t go to sea, they only collect goods in the country, waiting for Western merchants thousands of miles away Come all the way to buy.

There are pros and cons to this model.

Jiao Shun didn't bother to take care of it because it was beyond his reach, but since he became the historian's in-laws, he might as well take the opportunity to reap some benefits from it. By the way, he could also be a favor and continue to brush up Shi Xiangyun's favorability.

…………

But when Shi Xiangyun came out of Jiao's house at noon, he couldn't help feeling sorry for himself.

Although Mrs. Wu reminded her to be careful of Xing Xiuyan, who was pregnant and loved by Jiao Shun, but Shi Xiangyun didn't think that Xing Xiuyan would be such a poisonous woman who plotted against people behind her back.

So I made up my mind to pass the message through Xing Xiuyan.

It's just that when the matter came to an end, she couldn't help but feel a little shy, and made up a whole lot of words, but she couldn't say a word.

Fortunately, Xiangyun is open-minded by nature, and he was sullen all the way. After seeing the sisters, he soon became cheerful again. While arranging the game, he thought about the grand occasion of tomorrow's poetry meeting, and the sound of laughter was endless.

Just as he was on his head, he suddenly heard a silver bell-like laugh outside, and everyone knew that it must be Wang Xifeng who had come, so they hurriedly got up to meet her.

"Sit down, why are you being polite to me?"

When Wang Xifeng entered the door, he pressed his hands empty first, and then pushed Baoyu and Baochai back to their original places, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I know that you are playing cards. If you don't know, listen to the people who are killing you. I thought it was a robber's den!"

Li Wan scolded with a smile: "I don't know which one in this room looks the most like a bandit! If it's really a bandit's den, you designate it to be the bandit leader!"

Everyone laughed and followed suit.

Wang Xifeng raised her hand as a sign of surrender, and said repeatedly: "It's amazing, it's amazing, I can't stand my sister-in-law's response to everything. Fortunately, I miss you all the time, but now no one is turning to me."

After talking and joking for a while, she gestured to Shi Xiangyun, and then said to Cuihui who was beside her: "Look at your girl for a while, I have a few words to say to her."

"Yo!"

Li Wan still refused to let her go, and teased her again: "Are you speaking for your mother's family, or for your mother-in-law's family? If you miss the person trained in your room, we will not follow!"

"As long as you talk too much, go play your cards!"

Wang Xifeng grabbed the general card on the table and stuffed it into Li Wan's collar. Before Li Wan could react, she giggled and pulled Shi Xiangyun up and fled to the outside room.

After arriving in the outer room, she became suspicious after a while, this sister-in-law was always so clean, how could she just see that there was...

"What is my sister-in-law looking for me for?"

Seeing Wang Xifeng pulling him out, Shi Xiangyun tilted his head and didn't know what he was thinking, so he couldn't help urging: "Just say what you want, and don't miss our discussion about tomorrow's poetry meeting."

"It's all promised to others, why are you still thinking about playing?"

Wang Xifeng teased her, and then said sternly: "I heard that when brother Shun was hired a few days ago, he also transferred half of the dry shares to you? I don't know when you will go to the shop with me to inspect, and we will also Let’s clear up the accounts.”

Ever since Mrs. Wang made the decision and sold half of the shares to Jiao Shun at a low price, Wang Xifeng has been on guard against him taking the opportunity to cause trouble. .

Now that he heard that Jiao Shun transferred the stock to Shi Xiangyun, Wang Xifeng was relieved.

Taking the initiative to bring up the transfer of accounts now is just to preemptive strikes.

Although Shi Xiangyun didn't pay much attention to official career and economics, he knew Wang Xifeng's disposition, so he hurriedly said, "How can I understand the account books? Besides, with my sister-in-law in charge, can I still go on business trips?"

Unexpectedly, Wang Xifeng immediately climbed up: "Since I said that, I will save the dividend for you first, and then give it to you when you get married, so as to save your aunt from being distracted."

Last year, due to the repair of the yard and the dividends from Tianxingjian, she was greedy, but she became more and more extravagant.

Now that the matter of the other institute is over, it gradually becomes difficult to make ends meet.

This is obviously not a long-term solution.

But Wang Xifeng is absolutely unwilling to let her give up her ostentation and live frugally, so she has recently returned to her old business and started usury.

Now it is said that it is to help Shi Xiangyun save dividends, but in fact it is thinking of borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

"This……"

Shi Xiangyun immediately became embarrassed, and said falteringly: "My aunt told me a few days ago that she wanted to borrow money to supplement the family expenses, and I also promised to discuss this matter with the Jiao family."

Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and said with a downcast face, "You girl, you are usually very shrewd, so why are you so confused about this?! The Jiao family has only just risen, even if you get a job, two or three Wan Yinzi is not a small amount to his family!"

"Brother Shun is willing to take it out now, because he cherishes your family and character, and specially serves as a face supporter for you. Anyway, when you get married in two years, the money and dry shares will be taken back as dowry. It’s cheap for outsiders—but if you donate this money to your natal family, what will your future parents-in-law think of you?”

"It's said that the daughter-in-law who has been married for many years has become a mother-in-law. You are good. You have to be the master of the house before you enter the house?"

Shi Xiangyun didn't think it was so complicated at first, but now that Wang Xifeng's analysis made sense, he became confused and hesitant for a while.

Seeing this, Wang Xifeng hurriedly hit the rails while it was still hot: "It's better to keep the money as I want—if she asks, you just say it's Brother Shun's intention, can she still question Brother Shun face to face? ?”

Shi Xiangyun always felt that this method was inappropriate, so he did not agree to it for a long time.

Seeing this, Wang Xifeng was also afraid that she would become rebellious if the pressure was too tight, so she pretended to be impatient and said: "Forget it, you should think about it for yourself first, this means that you will be better than you, if it is someone else, I will I can't be bothered to get involved in such bad things!"

Then he said: "I won't go in either, just tell them, I'll ask Haosheng on the stove to prepare a table of food and wine for the fun, it's a good start for your poetry meeting!"

After finishing speaking, she went away on her own, leaving only Shi Xiangyun in distress.

"What's wrong with this?"

Just as she was upset, Xue Baochai's voice suddenly came from behind her, and she asked with a smile, "Look at the eyes and eyebrows that are almost crowded together, could it be that Feng girl has given you some trouble?"

Xiangyun thought that among the sisters, only Xue Baochai was the most familiar with these things, and Kuang had always admired her emotional intelligence, so he simply didn't hide it, and took Sister Bao to tell the story from beginning to end.

After Baochai heard this, she couldn't help but frowned: "My sister is fundamentally wrong this time, you shouldn't have let go of this matter at all!"

When Shi Xiangyun wanted to discuss, Baochai waved his hand lightly and said, "I'm not blaming you for not subsidizing the family, but you also said that you can't make the decision yourself. Why don't you let your uncle and aunt negotiate with the Jiao family, but you have to come forward?"

"This……"

Shi Xiangyun recalled the scene at that time, and couldn't help regretting it. At that time, she was actually trying her best to facilitate this matter, but she didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns mixed in.

Seeing her in a dilemma, Xue Baochai pondered for a moment before pointing out: "When you go back, you might as well say that brother Jiao gave you the dry stock on his own initiative. The parents at home are very dissatisfied with this. You are afraid that you will further hate your future in-laws, so There's no way to say this - Sister Feng won't let go of the silver, so they naturally think it's the Jiao family's intention, and if they think about it, the matter will be settled."

This idea is more secure than Wang Xifeng's, and it is not easy to debunk - the Lai Shun couple really have this idea, and they will never disclose it to historians, so historians have no way of verifying the authenticity.

However, Shi Xiangyun pondered for a while, but still shook his head solemnly and said: "It is obvious that I am not careful, but how can I put a bad name on others? Besides, if there is no such money turnover, I am afraid that the family will have to cut down on food and clothing and dismiss the servants—— At that time, the old servants left by my parents may be the first to suffer."

Saying that, she wished Xue Baochai a blessing: "Thank you, sister, for taking the trouble to plan for me, but since I was born in a historian's family, how can I avoid karma at all? If there are any evil consequences, I will only suffer on my own."

Xue Baochai hurriedly helped her up, and said helplessly, "I know you are responsible, but this... well, you might as well talk to Sister Xing first, so that there is room for change."

After Shi Xiangyun made a decision, he regained his brisk temper, and said with a sassy smile: I thought so too, but I didn't feel ashamed to open my mouth for a while, and I will explain it to Sister Xing when the poem will be held tomorrow. "

(End of this chapter)