The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 112 Workers from the Palace

"This boss, Mr. Liu, is really in such a hurry to ask for a few water jugs. He asked for it three times a day, which made all the people in our logistics department exhausted today."

Queen Zhang heard someone complaining before she entered the door.

This is the palace maid Rulan. Normally her voice is as clear and clear as a lark, but this time she was languid and listless.

The old eunuch Zhang Dehai seemed to be even more unbearable. He half-slumped on the chair, hammering his waist with his hand, and said feebly: "There is water in the Juma River now, and people are shaking now. How could he dare to go to the logistics department before? Come to shout five and drink six."

Another palace maid joined in and said, "That's right. I think Mr. Liu doesn't look good on his face, but he didn't say anything. He knows how to boss us around."

Zhang Dehai showed pain on his face and sighed: "All cadres are like this. They are double-faced, and it is their subordinates who suffer... Oh, just bear with it, the weapons manufacturing department has newly opened, and there are more things to ask for from the logistics department. , our tired days are still to come..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Queen Zhang pushing the door open and coming in. Zhang Dehai quickly stopped talking and forcibly cheered up and stood up from the chair.

Seeing that Queen Zhang's face looked ugly, she thought she heard what she just said - all cadres are like this...

The word "cadre" is a new word they learned after coming to the camp. It means the leader and the one who makes the decision. Isn't Queen Zhang the "cadre" of Zhang Dehai?

Alas, it is also a crime to say it.

These people accompanied Queen Zhang all the way from the capital. In the prefectures and counties they passed on the way, there were piles of court officials who fawned over them.

Not only did I hear all the compliments, but I also had many good things in my pocket.

Even in the Ming Dynasty Palace, Zhou Dehai and the others were considered "masters" among the palace residents.

Because both Zhu Youjian and Queen Zhou respected Zhang Yan, the emperor's sister-in-law, Ciqing Palace's food and clothing expenses were the best among the palaces, and even... they didn't even need to spin their own cloth to make their own clothes!

You know, even Queen Zhou's palace has more than a dozen spinning machines, and she makes her own clothes and wears them herself.

But what happens after they get here? He directly became a laborer who worked like a cow or a horse.

Zhang Dehai, the chief eunuch of Ciqing Palace... well, his colleagues now call him Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang and his three petite little palace ladies spend all day skulking around in the warehouse of the logistics department.

Not only do they go out early and come back late every day, but when there are a lot of things going on, like today, they can be so tired that they feel dizzy.

As for preferential treatment, there is no preferential treatment at all. Together with the former refugees, carpenters and blacksmiths, they eat the big pot rice cooked by Lao Cui and wear standard work clothes made by Liu Scissors...

In fact, it’s not just them? Queen Zhang's bad look was not because of Zhang Dehai, it was just because she was tired.

Just think about it, now other classes have teachers rotating, but she is the only teacher in the girls' class, and she has to attend six classes a day. (The textbooks have not been compiled yet, and now they are all ancient Chinese literacy courses)

In the past, when she heard the complaints from Zhang Dehai and the others, Empress Zhang would have definitely taught them to be careful in their words and deeds, but now she just felt that her throat was so dry that she was almost smoking.

As for Chief Liu urging the logistics department to get a water tank, she also knew about it.

There are now seventy-two waterwheels paved by the river. According to the arrangement, there will be thirty-six blacksmith shops.

A shop must have a large water tank, two small water tanks (for quenching), and four water buckets... In order to prevent the craftsmen from rushing back and forth every day (mainly because they are afraid of delaying their work), Fang Shenzi also planned to build a water tank by the river. A new second canteen will be built, and from now on the shanty town at the north gate will also be replaced by blue brick and large tile-roofed houses...

In short, in the future, everything distributed here will have to be prepared separately there, ranging from small porcelain bowls for eating to large household utensils. People from the logistics department will be required to prepare all kinds of things. Zhang Dehai and the others have said so many weird things since they entered the water tank today. They probably don’t know that they will have to send the water tank to the river tomorrow...

Empress Zhang looked at the white-faced old eunuch and several flowery little palace maids, and couldn't help but feel pity - after all, they were not as good as those (former) refugees, and she didn't know if they could handle it.

Hot meals were served.

Today, the cafeteria offers steamed eggs with clams, baked pumpkin with salted egg yolk, and a cold dish of celery and lily.

Compared with the past stir-fry with red oil and soy sauce, today's dish is a little bland, which is the taste that Queen Zhang likes.

However, Empress Zhang stuffed the food into her mouth without noticing the difference in the dishes. All she could think about was what happened today - the famous "First Silence of the Son of God" in later history books.

Fang Shenzi locked himself in the room for more than three hours and did not explain the reason to anyone afterwards.

During those more than three hours, not only Old Man Zhao and the sophomore class were anxious to death, but Empress Zhang, Sun Chuanting and others at school were also extremely anxious.

Even though Fang Shenzi behaved as usual afterwards, what happened happened, could Empress Zhang and the others pretend that nothing had happened?

unable!

The fate of these people, and even the fate of the whole world, all depends on Fang Shenzi. Is there something wrong with Fang Shenzi's health? Are you unhappy because of something? This is a big deal for people like them.

Because it was "a matter of great importance", Queen Zhang had just made an excuse to see Fang Shenzi before going upstairs. However, Queen Zhang observed his words and did not notice anything unusual about Fang Shenzi.

Now she was replaying the meeting in detail in her mind, fearing that she might have missed any clues.

The little palace maid Huahua came over at this moment, holding a small paper ball tightly in her hand.

"What is this?" Queen Zhang asked in confusion.

Huahua took it very quickly at the time, but now she was a little scared. She stammered: "I took it from Mr. Fang's table when I was cleaning... in the afternoon."

As expected, Empress Zhang suddenly changed her color.

Huahua quickly explained: "This is the wastebasket... No, Axiu is back. Mr. Fang crumpled it into a ball and threw it on the table. It was originally going to be thrown into the wastebasket, but Axiu came back... Shuanghua thinks it will be thrown away anyway, but maybe it will be useful to the empress..."

Huahua's explanation was incoherent in a hurry, but Empress Zhang understood it.

But the anger on Queen Zhang's face was not gone. She stood up and asked Huahua Dao: "Have you forgotten what I told you when I sent you down?"

Of course Huahua didn't dare to forget. Empress Zhang told her to "do her job well and remember not to interfere in other affairs or investigate without authorization."

However, things were a little different today. She had been holding it in nervously for so long upstairs, and she was also very curious in her heart.

(End of this chapter)