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Chapter 860 Do Something Meaningful (Third)

Suddenly twenty or so burly men came to the house, standing in every corner without speaking, just standing there quietly, looking around from time to time.Listening to the sound of horses snoring from time to time at the door, this kind of scene made Carpenter Xu's family a little nervous, standing there a little at a loss.Of course, Carpenter Xu himself was not included.

When Xu Carpenter and the two plainclothes Jinyiwei had finished changing, the plainclothes Jinyiwei who had been sent out to buy food had already returned, ordering dishes from a nearby restaurant and even hot ginger tea.

Xu Carpenter's wife and children all ate in the back room, and only Xu Carpenter stayed outside.Seeing that he was sitting on a decent stool in his house, Carpenter Xu bowed deeply, showing gratitude and said: "I don't know what kind of furniture my young master needs to make, as long as it is made of wood, I will do my best to make it Xu Zhengming." hands, definitely not worse than others!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen and Concubine Tian couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled, then turned around, and Emperor Chongzhen said to Carpenter Xu: "The whole family is like this, why are you still so obsessed with flying cars?"

To be honest, after seeing the situation in his family, Concubine Tian Gui felt a little contempt for this man in her heart when she saw his wife and children eating and clothing.It's just that in front of the emperor, he didn't show it.At this moment, when she heard the emperor's question, she couldn't help being very concerned, and stared at Carpenter Xu to see how he would answer.

Carpenter Xu was slightly taken aback when he heard this, apparently he did not expect this nobleman to say such a thing.Or after hearing this question, the sound of eating inside suddenly disappeared.

After a while, Carpenter Xu came back to his senses, and replied with a serious face: "I just want to do something meaningful!"

Do something meaningful?When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he immediately remembered the protagonist in a classic TV series in later generations. He spent several years paving a road outside the barracks. Others couldn't figure it out. They asked him the same answer, and the answer he got was to do something meaningful. things.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he couldn't help being even more interested, so he asked again: "How do you say it?"

After hearing this, Carpenter Xu seemed to be lost in memory, and said slowly: "It's not that I, Xu Zhengming, brag. When it comes to carpentry work, I must be among the best in Suzhou. In the beginning, with my craftsmanship, I was able to earn a living. No worries."

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "But every time I am invited by those rich and powerful gentry to do something, it is all to satisfy their desire to compare with each other. For example, wood can cost dozens or even hundreds of taels. Even more, I bought them from distant Yunnan, Guizhou, Xichuan and other places, and then asked me to make exquisite things for them, and asked the painter to use the best materials and mix the best colors. It is to invite others to watch and show off. If you suppress others, you will be complacent, and if you are not as good as others, you will be so angry that you will smash it as firewood."

Everyone listened to him and focused their eyes on him. Many people vaguely heard something, and their eyes softened a little.

"I see this kind of thing a lot, and I find it very boring." Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen listened carefully, Xu Carpenter said with emotion, "In fact, it's not just furniture. Anyway, there are similarities in basic necessities, food, housing, transportation, etc. Clothes are not worn once. You have to make more to wear and eat, and you would rather waste money to look rich. Anyway, it’s all because of that face, and the pomp and pomp of speaking is probably almost as good as that of the emperor..."

Hearing this, almost everyone couldn't help turning their heads to look at Emperor Chongzhen.

Carpenter Xu was a little puzzled when he saw it, but he didn't think much about it, and just continued to say what he had kept in his heart all this time: "For such a thing, I don't think it's interesting at all, it's really boring. So, I I wanted to do something meaningful, and I thought about it a lot at the beginning, and finally I thought about whether I could make a speeding car, and it would also make it easier for everyone to travel..."

Having said that, he thought of something, so he got up and went to get something from a cabinet in a corner.When Fang Zhenghua and the others saw it, they immediately looked at it warily.However, when he saw that what Carpenter Xu finally took out was only some papers, he relaxed without a trace.

"Look, these are what I've been tinkering with, thinking that I can make one or two really useful things." Carpenter Xu said, putting all the papers in his hand on the table.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little curious, and reached out to take them and opened them one by one.I have to say, Carpenter Xu is really thoughtful, these are all design drawings, there are many, it can be seen that a lot of thought has been spent.

After the emperor finished reading it, Concubine Tian Gui also reached out to take a look, and then turned to look at Carpenter Xu, the contempt in her heart was much less.

And Emperor Chongzhen himself, after reading those blueprints, couldn't help being silent.Thinking back to what he had seen and heard on the road, and listening to what Xu Carpenter said just now, he had a deeper understanding of the atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River.

When he came back to his senses, Emperor Chongzhen asked a little seriously: "Then you still want to continue to improve that flying car?"

"Yeah!" Carpenter Xu nodded after hearing this, "I, Xu Zhengming, never give up halfway when doing things. That one is broken today, and I'll look back and improve the way."

After he finished speaking, a slight sigh suddenly came from the inner room, but it happened that no one was talking outside, so he could hear it.

Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at the back room, and then suddenly said to Carpenter Xu: "Your flying car is definitely impossible to succeed, and you don't need to improve it."

"Impossible!" Hearing this, Carpenter Xu said excitedly, "I have been improving for the past ten years, and you should have seen it. Today, I can fly a certain distance."

Indeed, at least this is what everyone has seen with their own eyes.Liu Xingzuo and others agree with Xu Carpenter's words in their hearts, maybe he will succeed next time?
They all looked at Emperor Chongzhen, who smiled and shook his head and said: "I can tell you that people can definitely fly in the sky with the help of tools, but it is definitely not your way of thinking. First, the power generated by manpower is too small to Support heavy objects to fly, let alone popularize; second, the material of your flying car is not good, it must be lighter, stronger, etc., but even so, as long as the power problem is not solved, it is impossible..."

As soon as Carpenter Xu heard Emperor Chongzhen speak, he hit on the two biggest flaws of the speeding car, which surprised him a bit. For the first time, he began to seriously consider other people's opinions on the speeding car.

"However, your idea of ​​flying cars can still be realized in the future, that is, after the two problems I mentioned just now are resolved." Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile, "For now, if you want people to fly, I will There are several options for you to experiment, and I can also provide funds so that you can do this without any worries, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)