Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 47
All the houses in Liujia Village are two-story cement houses. To be honest, even Li Laifu, who has seen the world, was shocked.

He had come here secretly once before. At that time, there were only a few concrete houses, but cement roads had been paved in the village.

He knew at that time that this thing called cement would have a big impact on the quarry.However, he still didn't expect that in just half a month, the impact would be so great that he would become furious when the eldest young master discovered it.

But it’s okay, now the eldest young master has made a promise that as long as he handles this matter, he can give himself a chance to become an official!
Thinking of this, Li Laifu felt happy.But looking at the two-story cement house in front of him, he couldn't help but spit out the window of the carriage: "Bah, it's unreasonable for a group of untouchables to deserve such a good house!"

"Who are you spitting? These are my new clothes..."

Li Laifu was stunned for a moment after hearing this. An unlucky guy actually bumped into his spit?

"Go away, if you dare to talk nonsense again, do you believe I will beat you up?"

Li Laifu heard that it was his follower who was training people, but he didn't bother to deal with such a trivial matter.

Seeing that he had arrived at the entrance of Liujia Village, he got out of the carriage and stood on the carriage to take a look. He felt that people were still busy working there and it was noisy. He didn't want to go over there, so he just ordered: " Come on, invite that Zhang Yifan to come over and talk to him in the carriage, and tell him that you have great benefits for him!"

One of his followers immediately agreed after hearing this, and then went to the village.

As for Li Laifu, he turned to look at the place where the smoke was coming out. The tall chimney where the cement workshop was located was too conspicuous.

I saw him stroking his goatee, with greed in his eyes, thinking to himself: This cement is really a good treasure, and it is much more profitable than the quarry.

He is in charge of the quarry, so he naturally has some foresight.You can tell right away that this is a cornucopia.With the power of the Li family, they monopolized the cement business. This income alone was enough to become the richest man in the Ming Dynasty!

It's no wonder that the eldest young master made a prompt decision and gave this country boy a chance to join the Li family.

Have a vision.

While thinking about it, Li Laifu waited. It felt like he had waited for a long time, but he was a little impatient when his servant brought the country boy over. Looking at the smoking place, he immediately ordered: "Go over there, Sir, I’m going to see what this cement workshop is like!”

Anyway, this cement workshop belongs to the Li family sooner or later. If you get familiar with it earlier, you will be able to deal with it more easily when you deal with the eldest young master later.

After saying that, he got back into the carriage.

The road from the village entrance to the cement workshop is also paved with cement.The carriage is smoother when walking on it than on the official road. This cement is really a good thing.

Not long after, the carriage stopped, apparently at the entrance of the cement workshop.

Li Laifu heard that his attendant had negotiated with him, but he himself was still as unmoved as a mountain. If he had to come forward to speak out in person, it would be disrespectful!

But just a moment later, his follower returned to the carriage and angrily reported to him that he was not allowed to enter!

At this moment, Li Laifu felt a little embarrassed and asked with a cold face: "Did you mention my identity?"

He was the manager of the quarry of the Li family, and many of the emperor's relatives, civil and military officials, all sent people to talk to him politely. However, these mere rural villagers dared to stop him. How bold!
"I mentioned it, but they still refused to let me in, saying that Zhang Yifan had told me that no one could enter except the people working inside!" When Li Laifu heard this, he became angry and immediately asked: "I represent Li Mansion, it's the young master, didn't you make it clear?"

"I said it, but the gatekeeper said that they don't care about the Li family or not, they only listen to that Zhang Yifan."

When Li Laifu heard this, he immediately became angry.

The signboard of Li Mansion can be walked sideways in Nanjing City.How could I be so ignored when I arrived in this rural place? It’s really unreasonable!

With this thought in mind, he got out of the carriage and was about to get out of the carriage with an angry look on his face.At this moment, he saw the previous follower leading a few people over. The leader was a young boy.

Li Laifu knew immediately that this must be Zhang Yifan.

After reaching this conclusion, his airs suddenly rose again.It took so long to come here, and the gatekeeper of this cement workshop is still so rude. If you don't take it seriously, I'm really sorry for the word "Li".

He thought so, even though he had already looked at Zhang Yifan, he still got back into the carriage.

The person who came was indeed Zhang Yifan.He had become accustomed to hearing that distinguished guests from the city were looking for him.Because in the past two days, as the news of Liujia Village spread, he had already encountered several waves.

Among these distinguished guests were wealthy businessmen, some officials, and one was even sent by the founding earl.

No matter what they said, the purpose was the same. They wanted this cement workshop, but he sent them away.

His future wife is from the Duke Zheng's house, so what kind of distinguished guests are they?
At this time, another one came. Based on the idea that one more friend is better than one more enemy, Zhang Yifan came even though he was unwilling to deal with him.

As for those who were not even distinguished guests, he left it to Uncle Li Zheng and Liu Wu to greet them.Otherwise, if he had to deal with it alone, these entertainments alone would be too much and he would not be able to do other things.

At this time, he saw that the man in the carriage got back into the carriage after seeing him.He thought that the person in the carriage was the one who really made the decision, and this person went in to report the matter.

Unexpectedly, the attendant who accompanied him told him that it was.Then, Zhang Yifan was puzzled.What is the attitude of this distinguished guest?

Feeling rude, Zhang Yifan wanted to turn around and leave.But at any rate, I still had some self-control, so I went to the car according to my temper and let the follower make the report.

Then, he heard the man in the car speaking in an arrogant tone across the car: "I didn't expect that everyone in your little Liujia Village would be so big, even the Li Mansion wouldn't take it seriously. Already?"

Li Fu?Li Fu?What kind of character is he?Zhang Yifan was a little confused and couldn't remember what kind of thing this was.Could it be that he is another city dweller who thinks he is rich and thinks he is superior to others in the countryside?
This statement was a bit rushed, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it, but he was already here, so he wanted to explain it anyway, so he said calmly: "I don't care who you are, if you come here and want cement, you can wait a few days." Besides. If you want to bully others, go to Zheng Guogong’s house and ask first."

After speaking, he turned and left.

To deal with these people, this is enough.

(End of this chapter)