Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 697 Expansion
"I am under the orders of the emperor. As a herdsman, it is my duty to enforce the law impartially!" Wang Fuyin said with a smile: "Now that I am old, I am like a rotten tree. I only hope to have successors. As for honor and wealth, I have long since It’s not what this body thinks about!”

Wang Wenzuo saw that the old man was talking about how old he was and how he was indifferent to fame and wealth, but his eyes occasionally glanced at Di Renjie who was aside. He had already guessed six or seven points in his mind and said with a smile: "The prince is so generous and generous, which is really a blessing for our descendants." A role model. However, this time I was ordered by the emperor. In addition to conquering Liaodong, I also had the responsibility of searching for Hebei. There are not enough people under my command. Can the prince recommend one or two to this general?"

"Haha!" Wang Fuyin laughed: "General, if we say that the talents around me are none more than Huai Ying, he has already gone to the transfer envoy, and he can be regarded as a member of the general's sect. Doesn't it suit the general? meaning?"

"So Huaiying was once under the prince's sect? No wonder, no wonder!" Wang Wenzuo pretended to be shocked, looked at Di Renjie, and then at Wang Fuyin: "Without the words and deeds of the prince, Huaiying would not be able to be like this. Just wait!”

"I'm so ashamed of myself!" When Di Renjie heard this, he didn't know that the two of them were singing a double act and he naturally had to accompany him to finish the play.

Wang Wenzuo said some words of encouragement, but he glanced at Wang Fuyin from the corner of his eye. He certainly didn't believe that the old fox wasted so much effort just to support his old subordinates.Luoyang was the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the political status of its local governors was very high. Generally, among the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, there were not many who could go to Luoyang to serve as governors.Judging from the age of the old man in front of me, he should have already been an official during the Taizong period. He has been able to survive in the bumpy officialdom for decades. When he is old, he can still be an official in a place like Luoyang to provide for his retirement. His ability in officialdom It's definitely not ordinary.This Di Renjie must have been a card played by him, and he had to pick it up before he could continue playing the next card.

Wang Wenzuo and Wang Fuyin were fighting each other on horseback, while Gao Wuniang and others who were kneeling on the ground kept their faces close to the ground, holding their breath for fear of making any mistakes.But after a while, she only heard unintelligible words in her ears, but there was no one to greet her. Gao Wanniang only felt sweat streaking across the makeup on her cheeks. She felt indescribable discomfort, so she had to turn her head carefully. , peeping at the gentleman on the horse.

"Luoyang is the center of the world. I am going north this time, but I need to go through a lot of trouble to transfer. Please forgive me!"

"The general is for state affairs, and I understand that! But at his age, he will only stay in Luoyang for one more year at most, and then he will return to his hometown. There is nothing wrong with him being in office, but what happens after he becomes an official is that we can only Let the general find someone else!"

"Is he going to serve as an official in another year? That can't be done. I will write to the emperor tomorrow, asking the prince to at least serve for one more time for the sake of the country!"

"Isn't this great? After all, the court has its own rules and regulations!"

"Prince, please rest assured, the emperor's orders are based on the law!"

The conversation between the two seemed to be dragging on indefinitely. Gao Wu Niang felt that her knees were getting more and more sore, and finally she lost consciousness completely. There was only the sharp stinging pain coming from deep in the bone marrow from time to time, and finally the yawn of a young man. Rescued her.

"Yawn!" The one who yawned was King Pei. With his noble status, he listened boredly to the hookup between Wang Wenzuo and Wang Fuyin, and finally yawned.This originally rather rude behavior, coupled with his status, became the only opportunity to break the deadlock.

"Hahaha, look at the old man's eyes, he actually forgot that His Highness King Pei should be beaten, he should be beaten!" Wang Fuyin patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Please, Your Highness, this is the residence of Gao Wanniang. "

"Well!" Li Xian shook the gold-encrusted riding whip out of boredom: "General, didn't you come here today to see the new carriage? How long until you can see it?"

"Soon, please wait a moment, Your Highness!" Wang Wenzuo jumped off his horse and walked in front of everyone: "Everyone, get up! Which one is the fifth lady!"

"That's me!" Gao Wanniang pushed the ground with her hands and climbed up from the ground with difficulty. She didn't dare to raise her head and lowered her head and said, "I am very happy to see the great general's face today." Win!"

"Haha!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "Di Huaiying has already told me about you. It's not easy for someone with your background to be able to do such a career. Even men can't do it!"

"Thank you for the compliment, General!" Gao Wanniang said quickly.

"Well, come here, bring me the words I wrote!" Wang Wenzuo waved his hand, and the two guards behind him hurriedly stepped forward and unfolded a banner. Wang Wenzuo pointed at the banner and said: "Half the sky, even though Wu Niang is a daughter Home is no different than a man, it can also hold up half the sky!”

There was a burst of applause all around. I saw the three characters "Half the Sky" written in official script on the banner. The handwriting was strong and powerful. Those who knew the goods applauded. Of course, more people saw the series of official names and the coin on the signature. Seal, even people who don’t know anything about calligraphy know what the words behind it represent - the Luoyang Gao family really stood firm this time!
Wang Wenzuo waited for his subordinates to let the people around him see the words clearly, then took it from his hands and rolled it up again: "Wu Niang, please put this words away!"

"Thank you, General!" Gao Wanniang raised her head to answer the words. The makeup on her face that was washed away by sweat suddenly caught Wang Wenzuo's eyes. Wang Wenzuo suppressed his smile and was thinking about how to remind the other party without leaving any trace, when something happened behind him. There was a chuckle, but it was Pei Wang Li Xian who laughed out loud.

"Hey, this woman has such a look on her face. Do all the daughters in Luoyang wear makeup like this?"

Li Xian's words immediately caused a burst of laughter. When Gao Wuniang heard the laughter, she felt like she was being pricked by needles all over her body. She wished that a ditch would open in the ground so that she could jump in and avoid it.Wang Wenzuo frowned and shouted: "Why are you laughing? What's so funny? Wu Niang and the others have been waiting for a long time, and their makeup has been washed away by sweat. Is there anything strange about it?"

Under Wang Wenzuo's scolding, the laughter immediately stopped. He nodded to Gao Wuniang: "I was talking to Wang Fuyin just now. I forgot that you are kneeling on the ground. You go and clean it first, and then take me to see it." carriage!"

"Thank you, General!" Gao Wanniang bowed gratefully, stepped aside, quickly wiped her face, and came to greet Wang Wenzuo and others. The group entered the house and came to the backyard where the four-wheeled carriage was parked.Wang Wenzuo asked King Pei to sit in the first seat, and he took the first seat, Wang Fuyin took the third seat, Di Renjie stood aside, and Gao Wuniang said hello, and the people next to him got on the four-wheeled carriage with two horses. With the sound of a whip, the four-wheeled carriage started running around the square in the courtyard. The square was about two acres in size, and one lap was only about 8 meters. However, the four-wheeled carriage ran very smoothly. After several laps, The carriage ran two more times along the "[-]" shape. Wang Wenzuo couldn't help but clapped his hands and said: "Okay, it's really a good job!"

Seeing Wang Wenzuo applauding, the other people who were traveling with him hurriedly followed suit. Only Li Xian could not see the beauty of it and was too lazy to please Wang Wenzuo. He said directly: "What is so strange about this carriage? If it is about equestrian skills, There are many people in the palace who are ten times stronger than this!" Wang Wenzuo smiled slightly, but ignored Li Xian, just stretched out his hand to wave to Di Renjie, and asked in a low voice: "Has the shock absorption of the carriage's belt been done?"

"Report to the general, this carriage is ready!" Di Renjie whispered.

"Okay!" Wang Wenzuo glanced at Li Xian: "Your Highness, you have to get on the bus to feel the beauty of this car. Let's get on the bus first and take a look!"

"Okay!" Li Xian stood up and got on the carriage first. Wang Wenzuo then got on the carriage and sat opposite him. He picked up a water glass and placed it on the tables among them.Then he clapped his hands twice, responded with a shout from outside, flicked the riding whip, and the carriage started moving again.

"Eh!" After getting in the car, Li Xian immediately realized something was wrong: "This carriage only has two horses, how can such a large carriage be pulled! Sanlang, is this the beauty of what you said?"

Wang Wenzuo smiled, ignored King Pei, and shouted to the outside world: "Faster, faster!"

"Follow your orders!" The driver's shout came from outside, and then there were two whips and the horse neighed. Then the speed of the car quickly increased. Li Xian hurriedly grabbed the pillar on the side to avoid being thrown by the bumpy car. fall.But he soon discovered that although the carriage became faster, the bumps were not serious. Even the water glass on the coffee table did not overturn, only some water splashed out.

"Hey, why is this carriage so stable, Saburo, is this the beauty of it?"

"It's hard to say whether it's good or not!" Wang Wenzuo pulled the handle next to the car window hard, and there was a ringing sound outside, and then the car speed quickly decreased and then stopped.

"Well done, the brakes are almost what I wanted!" Wang Wenzuo ignored Li Xian behind him and said to Gao Wanniang who was standing outside the car window.

"These are all made according to your drawings, the general!" Gao Wuniang carefully replied: "The villain is just copying the gourd!"

"It's one thing on paper, but it's another thing in practice. Besides, I drew this from memory. It's not necessarily wrong in some places. You don't have to make everything exactly the same. Wherever you think your idea is better, just use it. It’s yours, try more, so you can make progress!”

"Yes, yes!" Although Gao Wuniang couldn't fully understand what Wang Wenzuo meant, she still instinctively said yes.

"Sanlang, were you the one who drew the drawing of this carriage?" Li Xian was surprised behind him: "You can make waterwheels, thunderbolt carriages, and carriages? Where did you learn these?"

Wang Wenzuo ignored King Pei and just looked at the parts on the carriage. Just as he requested, most of the parts on the carriage were made of iron. He nodded secretly. Gao Wuniang was known to be good at metallurgy and copper making. , Iron Works, and his reputation is indeed well-deserved. If he can make carriage wheels, bearings and other devices well, many other mechanical lathes will not have a big problem.

"How much did it cost to build this carriage?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"The ordinary people are lucky to get the drawings of the carriage. How can they dare to accept the general's money!" Gao Wuniang lowered her head and said: "If the general wants it, just take it!"

"Who wants you to give me a car for free?" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "You give me a car. What if I want a hundred or a thousand cars?"

"The general builds the car for the sake of the country. Even if a villain loses everything, he will not miss the general's business!" Gao Wuniang said firmly.

Wang Wenzuo couldn't help but laugh and cry when he heard this. Gao Wuniang gave her own answer with the consciousness of a businessman in a feudal society-it is not difficult to make money, but the difficult thing is to keep the money and one's life. Since the general has given him shelter, then As a protected person, he should be aware of his interests and make corresponding returns, even if it means bankrupting his family. Anyway, as long as he has the tiger skin of the general, it is easy to turn over.

Wang Wenzuo, however, has little interest in Gao Wuniang's family wealth - he has mastered various trades and a large number of mines, logging, medicinal materials, ports, monasteries, and farms. His annual private income is no less than - 26 silver talents. (One talent is roughly equivalent to [-] kilograms of silver). Even Crassus, the famous rich man in ancient Rome, was dazzled by such an astonishing wealth.Now Wang Wenzuo has already become a veritable "rich man". What attracts Gao Wuniang to him is the exquisite smelting, casting and forging technology and excellent processing level.

Wang Wenzuo has countless advanced weapons and production vehicles in his mind, but there is still a Mariana Trench between the idea and the reality.More importantly, it is one thing to manufacture it, but it is another thing to be able to provide products with stable performance, high quality and low price.There were many exquisite handicrafts in the ancient Chinese palace, but unfortunately most of them were just toys and luxury goods for the royal family to enjoy. They could flow into the private sector, but very few of them truly benefited the people.Things like four-wheel carriages, if done well, can have a huge promotion effect on society. Of course, the unit price must not be too expensive.

"I don't want you to build a carriage for me!" Wang Wenzuo shook his head: "What I want is that you can build a carriage that has good performance and is affordable for the military and civilians. If you can build it, I can even pay for it. ! For example, for the first batch of [-] vehicles, a [-]% deposit must be paid in advance!”

"No, no!" Gao Wuniang shook her head like a rattle. She soon realized that her words were somewhat ambiguous and hurriedly explained: "General, it's not that the common people don't want to build carriages, but five hundred are too many. It took us almost two months to build this carriage alone. Wouldn’t it take decades to build [-] carriages?”

"It's normal for the first car to be slower, but it will be faster after that!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "And you can hire more craftsmen and a bigger workshop! If you are short of money, I can provide it, whether it is an interest-free loan or a larger workshop. You can buy shares, if the space is not enough!" At this point, he paused for a moment and turned to Wang Fuyin next to him: "This will trouble the prince. If possible, I can buy all the houses in the square. Give it to Wuniang to expand the workshop!"

(End of this chapter)