Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 516 Various Conditions (2)

"Isn't that Confucius?! I'm very familiar with this. Confucius wore a sword on his waist and was capable of both literary and martial arts! I wish I could travel around the world and defeat all the invincible opponents!"

In Xishan, an ironware factory under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces Cleaning Department, in a workshop, a shirtless middle-aged man was seen, holding a small hammer in one hand and iron pliers in the other. There was excitement between his brows, as if he had forgotten what he was going to do. .

"I'm from Shandong, and I'm half a fellow countryman with Confucius. Don't tell me, if Confucius didn't teach, he would definitely be a good blacksmith..."

When Ni Yuanlu and Lu Xiangsheng heard this, they had helpless smiles on their faces. They didn't expect that what they talked about would become so excited after being heard by this Qilu man.

Confucius went to forge iron. If this word reaches the ears of scholars, I don’t know how many scolds it will attract.

"Master, please stop talking."

The young man holding a sledgehammer next to him showed a helpless smile, "We have only made 40 shovels today, and it is almost noon. If we can't make 100 shovels, then our work will not make enough money." "

"Go, go."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but glared and said, "What's the point of missing a few fights? You boy, in front of two Gongshi masters, can you stop being so skinny?"

"I also want to participate, but my mother is not in good health. What can I do?"

"Master, what you said is wrong."

The young man frowned and said, "My mother, tell me, my Li family is a single generation, so this incense cannot be cut off here!"

"You guys, tell your mother everything you want!"

Ni Yuanlu couldn't help but remind him.

"Then why is Mr. Gongshi not in a hurry?"

The middle-aged man glared and said: "What are you doing there? Come here and strike. You, you are short-sighted. I have been a striker all my life. I asked you to attend the literacy class held by our Arms and Cleaning Department. Why don't you go?" , Zheng Laosan, Zhang Datou and their disciples all participated, why did I recognize you, a stupid guy..."

"Isn't it wrong to marry your wife?"

The middle-aged man said excitedly: "Otherwise I am Master Gongshi, and you are just a blacksmith's apprentice!"

The young man shrugged and said, "Once you are a master, you are always a father. Although my master has a bad temper, he has a good heart. My mother said that this is just a mouth full of bad intentions."

"That's also a blacksmith."

"shallow."

"Then you won't mention it to me!"

"Yes, superficial!"

"Then I wouldn't dare."

The young man smashed it and said, "The literacy classes are held in the evening. I went there. My mother wants to do whatever she wants to do, but there is no one around her. Isn't that unfilial on my part?"

The middle-aged man looked at the young man and said, "You are holding a hammer. What, you still want to give me a hammer?"

The middle-aged man glared and said, "You kid, you only know how to earn money by working and saving so much money. All you can think about is marrying your wife!"

The young man held the hammer and replied: "I am an apprentice, but if I pass the examination, I will be a craftsman."

As he said that, the middle-aged man took a small hammer and hit it somewhere, while the young man took the hammer with both hands and hit the place where his master hit.

The middle-aged man glared at the young man with dissatisfaction, "I have a lot of kids. Is it difficult to ask them to deliver food and water?"

Seeing this scene in front of them, Ni Yuanlu and Lu Xiangsheng lost their smiles and were replaced by expressions of sadness.

"Jiandou, were we wrong from the beginning?" Ni Yuanlu turned around and walked towards a certain place, Lu Xiangsheng followed beside her, "Although Master Sun doesn't know about Saint Kong, he does know the importance of reading and literacy. Since I came to Xishan, I have been thinking about what those people were fighting for in the past?"

"Don't take so-and-so along with you."

Lu Xiangsheng bent down and picked up a basket of coal, "When His Majesty announced the public election, I said that this may be the best choice."

"Facts have proved that the sage Confucius taught without distinction and taught students in accordance with their aptitude. It was our emperor who really implemented it. If nothing else, it was just this literacy class that all the groups under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu could participate in. Who can do it with this courage alone?”

Although their visit to Xishan was only a few days, Lu Xiangsheng and the others saw many things that overturned their perceptions in just these few days.

"Also, has Brother Ruyu considered it?"

Lu Xiangsheng, who was carrying a basket of coal, said to Ni Yuanlu: "The workshop I am waiting for has to make nearly a thousand shovels every day. In addition, other workshops also have to make hoes, picks, plows, etc." All kinds of farm tools, this is only made in the iron factory here."

"Just yesterday, I went to the manager of the iron factory and asked about the whereabouts of these farm tools. Does Brother Ruyu know what I found?"

"what?"

Ni Yuanlu said very curiously.

"Half will be distributed to the imperial villages in various places in Beizhili, and the other half will be distributed to major construction projects in various places." Lu Xiangsheng said as he walked: "It means that the various farm tools made by this iron factory will not be sold to the outside world at all."

"That shouldn't be the case."

Ni Yuanlu was a little surprised and said: "According to what I know, there are many low-price, high-quality farm tools in the convenience societies opened across the capital."

"Yes."

Lu Xiangsheng said sadly: "That is to say, in the iron factory under the jurisdiction of the Armament Cleaning Department, well, to be precise, there are many that involve civilian use. Did Brother Ruyu see anything from them?"

Ni Yuanlu was silent.

"While some people are criticizing and slandering the government for their own interests, the controversial Shaofu is doing many things."

Lu Xiangsheng paused and frowned: "And many of the people gathered by the Shaofu could not even eat before and were forced to leave their homes and move around. But are these what they want?"

"Things that can be solved obviously exist in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. Brother Ruyu, don't you think this is ridiculous? On the contrary, some Qingliu said that the ministers of Xingjin, who respected the emperor's will, will not be solved for a long time. The problem was solved down-to-earth.”

"Mr. Lu, please take a break!"

At this moment, the middle-aged man shouted.

"It's okay, I'm not tired of waiting."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said to the middle-aged man.

"Look at Mr. Gongshi, and then look at you."

Seeing this, the middle-aged man knocked while glaring at the young man and said: "Listen to me, you must go to this literacy class whether you want to go or not."

"understood."

The young man's eyes were slightly red, and he lowered his head and replied.

This is the human world.

Seeing this scene, Lu Xiangsheng felt a little enlightened at this moment. It was also at this moment that Lu Xiangsheng was relieved. He no longer cared about what was happening in the capital. He just wanted to do what he thought was right. Since this year's high school entrance examination , then what he has to do next is to take the palace exam. As long as he gets good results that he thinks are good, he will be able to do more things that he thinks are right in the future...

(End of this chapter)