Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

All the dividends from Tangliao have been sent to Zheng Kezang. In addition to the 70 taels that Zheng Kezang had already spent, he also got the remaining 500 taels.What?The money is too little.Don't get me wrong, this is not the plot of Xiaobai's drama where eating a few buns costs four or five taels of silver. You must know that Zheng Tai had mastered the five merchants and ten parties for more than [-] years, and only accumulated a fortune of only a million taels. Zheng Kezang was able to harvest nearly [-] taels with [-]% of the income of a commodity, which is really a lot.

Of course, from a universal point of view, most people think that the more money the better, Zheng Kezang is no exception, but as the saying goes, a gentleman loves money in a proper way, and Taiwan is the future of Zheng Kezang The foundation of foothold and the cornerstone of flying, so he will never do stupid things

"Master Ding, is this the brick kiln abandoned by the Ministry of Industry?" With money, it is natural to spend it. Zheng Kezang's way of spending money may be seen by others as a child who doesn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, but he is natural about it. I do not agree. "It looks like a huge place, why did the Ministry of Industry want to dispose of it?"

"If you go back to the eldest son, the kiln itself is good," the craftsman surnamed Ding had met Zhu Chenggong when he was young, so although his attitude was respectful, at least he did not have the fear that other craftsmen faced Zheng Kezang. "It's just that it's not easy to get the soil here, and it's not easy to get the grass and trees used as dyes, so the Ministry of Industry abolished the kiln."

"That's right." Zheng Kezang nodded. "It has been abandoned for more than a year. If you want to re-fire the kiln and produce bricks immediately, do you need to send someone to repair it?"

"That's true, but it doesn't take too much labor and materials, and it can be done simply by cleaning it up."

"How much will it cost?" Zheng Kezang asked carefully, he is a novice in this regard. "Is 30 taels enough?"

Ding Dagong repeated calculations for a while, and finally gave the number: "Actually, you don't need so many, and 20 taels is already enough."

"Jin Nineteen, I will give 30 taels to Master Ding when I return home later." Zheng Kezang smiled indifferently as he looked at someone who was a little taken aback. "Clean up the road when you come in. No one will feel comfortable if their legs are muddy. As for the remaining, I will give you a meeting gift for the masters, and I will ask you all in the future."

"I can't do it, I can't do it!" Seeing Zheng Kezang saluting to himself frankly, all the craftsmen looked at me and I looked at you. No one thought that Zheng Kezang would have such a salute. After a long time, these Only then did the craftsmen come back to their senses, and responded in a panic. "Eldest son, if you have anything to do, just send it, Zhe Shayu will wait, Zhe Shayu will wait"

After talking, more than a dozen master craftsmen and small workers began to work separately. At this time, Zheng Kezang called Ding Dagong aside alone.

"Since it was a brick kiln before, there should still be adobe and some burnt bricks and tiles left?"

"Even if the adobe has not been transported away by the Ministry of Industry, it is definitely not usable now that it has been exposed to wind and rain. As for the burnt and discarded bricks and tiles, there are a lot of them behind the kiln."

Zheng Kezang became happy when he heard it: "Take Yu to have a look."

Soon a mossy pile of rubble appeared in front of the two of them: "My lord, this is the place, this place is dirty, you should not stay long, my lord."

"You take a few people, smash all the waste bricks and tiles, and then grind them into a fine sand-like final material, which will be useful in the future."

"No!" Zheng Kezang was quite surprised to see Ding Dagong agree. It is an extremely huge task to grind a mountain of brick and tile waste into sand powder under the current technical conditions. Does the other party not feel a headache at all? ?Zheng Kezang thought for a while, maybe this is the blind spot in his understanding, he thought that the cumbersome, cumbersome, time-consuming and laborious work is actually normal work for craftsmen of this era.

"I saw that there was a small stream nearby, and the water was still in a hurry, so I built another water mill and tried to use the water mill when grinding brick sand." But even if he figured it out, Zheng Kezang also had compassion, Of course, if you insist on attaching the meeting, you can also say that Zheng Kezang is doing it for work efficiency. After all, it is impossible for people and livestock to rotate continuously for twelve hours. "Also, when selecting and distributing materials, tell the craftsmen to cover their mouths and noses with linen, and never let go of the cover just because it feels inconvenient." Although I don't know why Zheng Kezang said this, judging from the previous words, Zheng Kezang Ke Zang was for the good of the craftsmen, so Ding Dagong still agreed. "I won't say much about the rest. When the brick kiln is repaired, I will burn a batch of fire bricks first."

"Fire brick?" Ding Dagong touched the back of his head and asked uncertainly. "My lord, what are fire bricks?"

"I'm falling!" Zheng Kezang, who was wading through a section of dirt road, almost stumbled when he heard the words, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. That's right, Ding Dagong may not have heard of what fire bricks are, so he thought Think, the so-called refractory bricks are refractory bricks, and refractory clay includes refractory clay, flint clay (hard clay), ball clay (plastic clay) and kaolin, but all refractory clay contains kaolinite, which is porcelain one of the raw materials. "It's a kind of brick made of pottery clay for firing porcelain. Wait a minute, I'll tell you the shape of the brick, and you can find it out according to the picture."

Only then did Ding Dagong suddenly realize that Zheng Kezang suddenly thought of another thing: "I almost forgot, you build another lime kiln."

In the early days, Zheng Jun often used shells such as oysters to burn as lime, and sometimes they didn't even have time to burn them, so they directly used them to build walls. There are still similar national surname walls on both sides of the Fujian Sea.Of course, there was no condition to do so for convenience at the time, but now that Zheng Kezang has people and time, and there are many limestone mountains in Tainan, naturally there is no need to make a simple one.

"The villain obeys the order, but, just"

Ding Dagong's voice was a little hesitant, no wonder he was timid, after all, Zheng Kezang's identity was really unattainable for him, he was not sure if he would make the other party feel offended if he asked what he said suspicion?

"Just what?" Zheng Kezang looked at the trembling Ding Dagong suspiciously. "Go ahead, I won't blame you."

Seeing that Zheng Kezang's attitude was not fake, Ding Dagong gritted his teeth: "Can the eldest son tell the villain what kind of refractory bricks are made of broken bricks, and now he is going to build a gray kiln? What to do, if the Ministry of Industry sends someone to investigate, the villain can report the truth."

"The Ministry of Industry will ask what Yu Zai is doing?" When Zheng Kezang said this, Ding Dagong couldn't hold on any longer, and suddenly knelt down. Seeing his sincerity and fear begging for mercy, Zheng Kezang smiled faintly. "Get up and talk," Ding Dagong lay there daring to move, Zheng Kezang motioned for the servant to help him, seeing the servant really came to help him, Ding Dagong jumped up like a frightened rabbit. "I know your difficulties," Zheng Kezang said when he saw Ding Dagong get up. "I also know that someone is watching Yu secretly. Forget it, it's not hard to wait. If someone asks, you can tell him that Yu is planning to make something called cement."

"Cement? Turn water into mud or replace cement with water?" The report arrived at Chen Yonghua's desk very quickly. Chen Yonghua, who looked at the report with a wry smile, put it into the file, muttering to Zhu Jin at the same time. It was written, but after writing a few sentences, he suddenly put the pen down. "Eldest son, eldest son, as Yuanzi but not doing his job properly, how do you ask your ministers to explain to the king." Speaking of this, he burned the half-written memorial in the brazier, and then ordered. "Come here," the attendant outside the door ran in. "Go and invite Mr. Yang Xianyang from the Ministry of Industry to come over for a drink at noon"

Zheng Kezang didn't know about Chen Yonghua's cover-up, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care, because the cement kiln was just the first step he had to do, and he would speed up his pace and try to set foot in the shipyards, Iron shop, gunpowder workshop, arsenal --- use Fang Ming to master the knowledge to seek change for the self in this life, the turning point of the unpredictable fate of the future.

Of course, food needs to be eaten in bites, and the road needs to be walked step by step. The main task of Zheng Kezang, who is only 13 years old now, is to study with Mr. Lu and spend most of his free time training the future direct line of the boy camp. , but then again, there are many things that Zheng Kezang, who is still in Youchong, can't control, such as

"Mum, what do you want me to tell you to call your son?"

Zheng Kezang rushed back from the boy's camp covered in sweat, and Chen Zhaoniang called him over before washing up.

"Qin She, don't go to the Boys' Camp to play tomorrow." Zheng Kezang hesitated when he heard the words, not knowing what his mother meant, so he listened to Chen Zhaoniang reveal the answer. "Tomorrow Chief Envoy Chen and the family members of a few important ministers will enter the palace to visit Guo Tai, and they may stop by to visit Aunt. You should stay and accompany Aunt to meet them."

The family members of important ministers?Zheng Kezang was a little confused, thinking about it, although Zheng Kezang had a noble status, he was only a teenager after all, with his father Zhu Jin on his side, and Chen Yonghua, an important official outside, what did the important officials and his family have to do with him?

However, in this era where filial piety is the first priority, the mother has already spoken, and even if Zheng Kezang is at a loss, he can only bow his head and obey his orders.

The next day, Zheng Kezang said good morning to Dong Guotai, and Dong Guotai made an exception to keep him.Before Zheng Kezang figured out what day it was, after Zheng Kezhuang, Chen Yonghua, Feng Xifan and other wives of Ming Zheng's ministers came to pay their respects.At this time, Zheng Kezang, who was standing behind Dong Guotai, saw the beautifully dressed young ladies behind his wives, so there was nothing he could not understand. This was clearly a blind date, but it seemed that the time was too early.

"Grandmother, grandson still has homework here, so it's not good to keep the master waiting for a long time."

Now that they had seen each other face to face, and it was useless to slander, Zheng Kezang, who didn't want to stay under the scrutiny of the women for a long time, took the opportunity to leave. Dong Guotai had fulfilled her responsibility as a grandmother, so she wouldn't keep her, so Zheng Kezang was able to He resigned and left, but his interview is not over yet. After seeing Dong Guotai and Mrs. Tang, the scumbag will go to Chen Zhaoniang's lotus courtyard, so he hasn't completely got rid of the situation where the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law

He has already left Dong Guotai's house, but the voice of the conversation in the room still lingers in Zheng Kezang's ears: "My lord, I will be 14 years old in the new year. Seeing my lord, my concubine seems to have seen the surname of the country back then." "

"Am I like Zhu Chenggong?" Zheng Kezang, who was running all the way, asked himself. "No, Zhu Chenggong can't do anything. The only thing he can do is to regain Taiwan. I will do better than him in the future!" Zheng Kezang secretly made up his mind. "Kang Mazi, since I'm here, there will be no so-called prosperity of Kang and Qian!"