Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-] The Value of Innovation

He didn't say a word of politeness at first, and searched all over the yard, unable to figure out what the way this man is.She gave Er Niangzi a look, Er Niangzi understood, stepped forward and asked: "You..."

The man didn't wait for the second lady to finish her question, and interrupted: "Slate and iron plates are also fine; wooden hammers and iron hammers are also suitable." He turned around and smiled strangely at me, "Give me the twenty pennies and prepare it, hurry up." It's money, or I wouldn't be too lazy to come here."

Cheng, it looks like he is capable.This is the difference between a literati and a scientist. A literati relies on their mouths to make a living. When the tip of a needle is messed up in the mouth, it becomes a heavy weight when it comes out. Scientists rely on hard work and don’t talk easily. He moved his mouth too much, although the man in front of him looked a bit vicious, but his temper was attractive, so he told the second lady: "Give me what you want, and see what tricks he plays."

The bluestone slabs as smooth as a mirror, and the big wooden hammer used to smash wedding cakes only during weddings and weddings, are all ready.The man screamed with one arm, 'Hey! ’, copied the wooden hammer and held a flower in his hand, swung it vigorously twice, and nodded in satisfaction.I subconsciously touched my head and leaned against Er Niangzi, away from danger.

A handful of lint was torn apart and spread out on the bluestone slab. After making sure the position was right, the wooden hammer rounded, and it slammed on the cotton with a 'clang'. ’ Continued for a hundred or so times without resting your breath, suddenly stopped, breathed out for a moment, and said loudly: “It’s done!”

Several people in the courtyard looked at each other in blank amazement, but no one said anything.I raised my breath and asked cautiously: "I want to remove the cottonseed..."

"Take it off!" The man looked at me contemptuously, and stuffed the thing that had been slapped into tissue paper into my hand, "Knead it, make it soft and shake it, the seeds are all smashed into powder, and it will fall off with a shake. Take the money!"

"What's your name? What's your occupation?"

"Your surname is Wang. Blacksmith, nicknamed: King of Hammers!" He curled his lips in disdain, "Hurry up and get the money, I'll wait for it at home!"

"Come here!" Sure enough, he is worthy of being from my own family, with all the skills.He greeted Er Niangzi, "Get out of this blacksmith's family, and recognize it clearly. In the future, if you dare to show up within [-] miles of Wangjiazhuangzi, please greet me to death!" .In a fit of rage: "Anyone who comes to sell technology today will be kicked out! Especially those with the surname Wang!"

unlucky!I watched the wooden hammer smashing the stone slab without eating breakfast, especially Ying and Lan Ling who were peeking from the side. The two couldn't stand up straight from laughing. The two of them didn't stop laughing while exchanging greetings outside, and walked away with a 'giggle'.A 'huh huh' comes in, it's a big embarrassment.

"Laugh, laugh and hit." Wohuo, lying on the chair did not feel hungry at all, full of gas.

"Hehe..." Lan Ling swayed to and fro.He almost fell to the ground, and managed to sit properly, "No, tell me to laugh again. You hit your ground. I laugh at mine, hehe..."

It's been three days, and there are no fewer than ten people who have come to present their skills for three whole days, including pig butchers, cart drivers, and waiters.Come directly to the sap, it's all over. "Is it because the rewards are less? How about adding another ten strings... Hey! Have you laughed enough? If you have enough, talk seriously, twisted and twisted, where's the next one?"

"Don't, don't rush, I can't move when I smile too softly, I'll take it easy." Lan Ling laughed like a cry, twisting his body in pain. "I'm going to die at your house today. Hehe... Don't laugh, I'm thirsty."

"I'm just thirsty!" He took the teapot angrily.Mouth to mouth stuffed it in and poured it indiscriminately, "Enough? Have you ever eaten water-injected meat? It's ready-made as soon as you kill it."

"Die," Lan Ling rolled up his cuff and wiped his chin, "I'm hungry, your wife is waiting for breakfast, you must not eat, I have to go to cushion." Hehe went out again.

"What are you doing? Don't eat." There were footsteps on the door, thinking that Lan Ling turned back and called me, "Go away!"

"Yes."

It wasn't Lanling's voice.Looking up, Dalley lowered his head and turned to go out, "Come back!"

"Yes." Dalai didn't dare to go in, half of his body was outside the door, half of his body was in the door, he poked his head to peek at me, then lowered himself down.

"Why are you looking for me?" This girl usually has no time to hide from me, but today she dared to send her to the door, making progress.Pointing to Dafangdun, where I usually step on to take books, "Come in, sit down and talk."

"There is something..." Dalai didn't dare to sit down on the pier with half of his buttocks on the pier, "It's about the cottonseed."

"Oh? Tell me quickly." She got up and poured a cup of tea into her hand, "What happened to the cottonseed?"

"Twenty rounds..." Dalai bit his lip, collected himself, and said with determination: "It's...really?"

"Of course it is true! Are you questioning the credibility of the Wang family?" What is my identity, what is the status of the Wang family, and the weight of what I say, I hate others to doubt me the most.With a heavy face, he said, "If you don't believe me, then you don't have to say that. Get out!"

Dalai stood up reflexively, carefully put down the teacup, as if he wanted to leave. "You...Young Lord, I misunderstood. What I... the servant girl asked is, if I find a way to exchange for twenty guan, can [-] guan redeem myself?"

"Oh?" This question overwhelmed me.Although his identity has been changed to a Guanzhong native, he still has a contract with the Wang family, and having an identity does not mean freedom.It was sympathetic to see Dalley making up his mind.It's not that I can't be the master. The key is that I don't want to be the master. Once the person who intends to use it is free, it will be difficult to restrain. "The contract is in Madam's hands. I can't take it. But don't worry, as long as there is a way, you can definitely get the bounty. But if it exceeds three days, the extra two will be gone."

"Is it okay to be the same as the general handyman doing chores?" Dalai didn't give up, looked at me with miserable eyes, and begged: "Just like them, how much wages you get for working for as long as you do, washing clothes and carrying fodder, everything is fine. Willing to do it, can you?"

"Okay?" He grinned and scratched his head.Hearing this made me feel a little sore, people's hearts are made of flesh, and I haven't become hard-hearted because of the change of status, especially in front of a lonely little girl. "Isn't this not good now? The cost of food and clothing is not much different from that of a master, and there are people ordering around. If you leave this status, you will have no way to enter the back house. General servants can only work in the front yard." Doing odd jobs in the house. You don’t get so much monthly salary. You can think about it.” After being able to enter and exit, the maids in the house are sold on a death contract, and they are regarded as Wang’s family when they enter the house, so there is no need to worry about using it.Once Dalai is allowed to go, let alone enter the back house, even the manager of Cotton will not trust her, at least there is no such precedent in the family.

"Odd jobs are fine, you can do this." Dalai did not give up, and said with hope: "Now I will show you how to remove the cotton seeds. Although it is not as expected, it is faster than picking them one by one. Dalai Lai came here in a hurry because he was afraid that others would get the reward first. He didn't take any money from you, so he begged to redeem the contract." He bent his knees, intending to kneel, and took it back forcefully, "You don't need Dalai. I don’t think much of this servant girl. For you, removing cotton seeds is much more important than a servant girl. Isn’t it?”

"I see that you like to take the lead. It's not a small heart to direct the harvesting of cotton from Fenghe Zhuangzi. In the future, there will be more and more cotton. When Cheng Wang's family makes a big fortune, aren't you more beautiful than doing odd jobs outside? You have to draw a picture." What is wrong with the contract? Besides, the Wang family has no reason to use the contract to suppress people. It should be a marriage. As long as you have a good relationship, even if you marry in a good manner, the dowry is not as rich as hers? Isn't it the age? Did you just get married and leave? What are you afraid of? It's not like you have to stay for a lifetime."

Darley was silent.

It's really for the sake of freedom that you don't even want generous treatment.It made me feel uncomfortable. "The family doesn't spoil the servants. The maids in the back house will ask if they have any plans to marry when they reach the age of seventeen. It's like I abuse you all day long." Forced to stay, if the method is really good, twenty guns will let her go. "Forget it, since I have this thought, it's not easy to keep you. It's easy to take twenty coins and leave, but it's not easy to pack up and leave. Go out and register with the official, and naturally I will assign you a family to marry. The girl in Guanzhong is still hungry. Just wait, I will get your contract."

Just as he was walking out, Lan Ling and Ying came in one after the other.Lan Ling sat down directly at the desk, took a pen and pretended to write, Ying smiled at me, "I'm waiting for breakfast. I'll call you when I pack it up. Someone is rebelling just in time." Turning her head to Da Lai, she said: " From a girl's family, my Wang family rescued you. Did you suffer from food, drink, clothing and housing from the beginning to the end? You can really take advantage of the loopholes. When my husband is soft-hearted, why don't you tell me? I can't see it and slap you to death!"

Ying raised her hand in anger, but I grabbed her wrist and dragged her back. "Give her the contract first, and the solution will come later. Forget about it," Chao Ying and Lan Ling smiled, "If you dare to deceive people by smashing stone slabs, I will beat her myself. Go, bring your tricks to us Look at them all."

After saying this, Ying and Lanling couldn't help but laugh again, and the atmosphere in the room eased up a lot.Dalai gave me a grateful look, turned around and ran away.

"White-eyed wolf." Ying cursed at Dalai's back, turned around and went back to get the contract.

"Hehe," Lan Ling didn't look up, kept writing in his hand, and whispered to himself softly, "My heart is quite soft, I didn't realize it before."

"You are all pitiful, so you should stop making noise." In Lan Ling's eyes, there is no distinction between good and bad, only loyal and disloyal.In her opinion, Dalai belongs to the category of unfaithful, but he is unwilling to understand the suffering of these lowly status people. "I can understand why Dalai cares about this. From being a pampered official lady to this point, she may have lost all hope. But there was a turning point in the middle. First, Ying changed her identity, so she didn't have to bear the reputation of being a Korean girl." , I can raise my head and be a human being; let her be a big maid to manage cotton affairs, and my heart is alive again. Today I finally caught a chance that I offered a reward. Anyone who changes has to fight. Once successful, it is equivalent to living again. once."

"You're considerate, you can even figure out what's in her heart." Lan Ling gave me a look, "She didn't know her identity, and even you are confused? A contract is an item of your royal family, and even the person is yours. The way you think of it is naturally on your head. It is wrong to be the first to talk to you about money. Besides, the money comes from the Ministry of Industry, and the reward is still for you. If you give her twenty coins for no reason, and let her get it from you Is there any reason for the redemption? You spend all your time scheming about monkey spirits, and even I do it all day long, so I'm getting confused for no reason."

Whether or not this makes sense depends on what age we met. I can’t blame Lan Ling for not being able to figure it out. After all, the education and living environment I received are different. There is no need to impose your own ideas on others, as long as you are worthy of your own conscience.According to Lanling's explanation, this Dalai is not a stupid person, at least he knows that telling me this matter has a higher chance of success.If you are looking for Ying, it will definitely be useless, and you will probably have to be slapped; if you are looking for the second daughter, it is suicide.

"Not here yet?" Ying took Dalai's contract and handed it to me, "It's a good deal for her. Two years before she died, she threw herself into the release pond and drowned her because of her temper. She should be released."

I smiled, knowing Ying's mood now.Just talking angry words. "coming."

A linen pocket contained the floor, and Dalley struggled to carry it. "Take the contract first and see clearly." Before she opened her pocket, fulfill my promise first.

Dalai excitedly unfolded the contract and read it all over, "Thank you young master, thank you madam, thank you Your Royal Highness..." After paying a round of salutes, he suddenly sat softly on the ground and burst into tears, trying to hold back his sobs at first.Probably crying and remembering the tragic experience of my own family, I couldn't help crying.I couldn't bear it, so I took a sneak peek at Lanling, writing and drawing with a calm demeanor, not affected by the atmosphere.

"It's killing pigs. Hurry up and work!" Ying was infected by Dalai's sadness, her eyes turned red for no reason, and realizing that she had lost her composure, she wiped the corners of her eyes and stepped forward to kick her. "It's over!"

"Yes." Dalai was taken aback, calmed down his emotions, got up and dumped the things in the cloth bag to the ground without wiping off his tears and nose.Ying and Lanling also came over curiously to have a look.

A few wooden frames and a few small round sticks, judging from the stubble of the wedge, they have only been dug out not long ago.Dalai chose a wooden frame, and pressed the round sticks on it to form a rolling layer like a noodle press.It may be due to the hasty preparation, and the remaining parts took a long time to install and not put together, so I had to point fingers and tell me the purpose.The reason is clear, the principle of the noodle press is similar, only two wooden rafts are added.As long as the fine gap formed between the two wooden rafts is properly adjusted, shake the handle of the wooden stick to press the lint through the gap, just enough to block the cottonseed on the other end of the wooden raft.One shakes the handle.Two or three people pick out the cotton seeds piled up on the other end collectively.This does improve a lot of efficiency.According to Dalai, three people are enough to do what used to be seven or eight people.

"Okay! It's doable." I nodded in satisfaction.This girl is still a bit knowledgable.I picked up the wooden stick and the frame and looked at it carefully. The workmanship was rough, the structure was loose, and there was no precision at all. I guess I didn't dare to ask the carpenter to do it for the sake of confidentiality. I borrowed tools to make it myself.

"Wait a minute." Seeing that I was about to speak to let go, Ying called to stop, and gave Dalai a condescending look, "Speaking and doing are two different things, don't rush away. Find a carpenter to come over and rebuild this object , only release people if possible.”

"Yes." Dali replied respectfully.

"Come with me, and find a carpenter now." Ying grabbed Dalai out, and before leaving, Dalai turned to look at me, not knowing what to say.

I squatted on the ground and carefully estimated the parts that Dalai failed to assemble, and said to Lanling, "Let me use your knife." There are many places that don't fit the slot, the holes are not round, the shelf is not square, and some places are slightly scraped with the knife. I can barely hold it.

"Clumsy, cut off my own hand carefully." Seeing that I couldn't get it together, Lan Ling smiled and said, "Let me do it. Seeing you make people worry, I understand the truth, it's not difficult." I grabbed the knife in my hand and began to cut it quickly, maybe a little bit better than me.

Put a few sticks inside, like an abacus frame without beads, carefully shake the handle, the machine is in danger of falling apart at any time, so I had to tighten it tightly, and let Lan Ling take a piece of cotton to test. "Squeeze it with your hand and tighten the gap in the middle of the stick." It is not effective, but there are obvious signs of cottonseed retention. After manually adjusting the gap, the effect is impressive. "Okay, not bad."

"If you want me to say, it's better for this girl to stay." Lan Ling tried to tighten the gap again, but the cottonseed was stuck, and it took a lot of effort to shake it. She shook it a few times, 'click', and it fell apart.

"Why don't you kill pigs?" Several pieces of the wooden frame were broken, and there was no way to recover.Sarcastic Lan Ling said: "It's a pity to use all your strength."

"Your mother-in-law is making a new one, don't take it out on me." Lan Ling picked up a wooden stick and looked at it, then threw it aside with a smile, "Speaking of it, it's a pity that the Korean girl is released."

"They didn't say they were going to leave, they just wanted to be free. As I said at the time, I'm going to get angry." I spread my hands, "I want to regret it, but I don't have credibility as a person."

"Guazi, don't say anything, just look at her. A girl, who is from Guanzhong in name, but still thinks of herself as a Korean in her heart. She is alone and does not fit in with the group, and she has twenty coins in her hand. Where does she dare to go? Tell your mother-in-law that nothing happened between the two of you today, and she will definitely be willing to pretend to be confused and mix and match at your house." Lan Ling got up and took the work just now and asked me to watch it. There is progress, and it is a master-level work of Impressionism. Taking it out should be worth more than a real pig's head.

"It's not good, the family has never made an exception, and the back house is a death contract..."

"What's the difference between her current situation and a death contract? You just use it as a death contract. For example, when did you become so dull? You really think you are a scholar."

"I have thought about..."

Lan Ling was right, Dalaiguang showed signs of being passive and sabotage in the carpenter's work. As usual, he got up early to direct the picking of cotton seeds, and at night he was perfunctory to the carpenter.I was in a hurry, I couldn't see it, so I called a carpenter to guide me, and within a day I made a lot of it, and set it up in the yard for Dalai to demonstrate.

"How about it? If you want to modify it, you can discuss it with a carpenter, and hurry up to finalize the shape. Picking cotton seeds can no longer be delayed."

"Yes." Dalai gave me a careful look, unable to understand what she meant.

"That's it, hurry up!" I was too lazy to figure it out, "After the machine is finalized, record the daily output carefully and calculate it clearly. Next year's cotton will be counted as five times this year's. Calculate the number of people in your hand and see if our family has the least amount of cotton. How many units have to be built, I leave it to you, and try to survive if you fail!"

"Next year?" Dalai looked up at me and nodded vigorously, "Yes."