Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 838 Know the shame and be brave

  The students roughly recorded the losses of this storm.

  Because of the preparations in advance, many construction materials were put away before the storm.

  The only loss, which is some half-finished places, and some cleaning costs.

  After a whole morning of statistics, the student said: "Master, it needs to be repaired now, at least 20,000 taels of silver..."

  20,000...

   Zhu Houzhao was about to suffocate.

   Silver.

  I still owe a lot of debt now.

  Fang Jifan was also a little annoyed: "There are so many, are you going to let me live?"

  The student staff said ashamedly: "It's the students who didn't do it well. There were a lot of unnecessary losses, but because of lack of experience... next time..."

   "I still want to have a next time, two acres of land will be gone like this. Fang Jifan only has hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Are there so many wastes like you?"

  The face of the student changed. In fact, he was quite ashamed.

I'm really sorry for my teacher. If I had been more cautious at the beginning, why would I have suffered such a huge loss? His eyes were red, and he knelt down: "It's the student's fault, the student will die, the student is ashamed of the teacher's teaching, the student is nothing! "

  In Xishan, Shigong is everything, he is their originator, and Shigong's temper has long been widely spread in Xishan Academy.

  Students in Xishan are all proud. In Xishan, even if you are admitted to the second-class Jinshi, it is a shame to the master. You can't hold your head up.

  Because of this, within Xishan Academy, almost everyone is trying their best to do better than their fellow apprentices, not for anything else, because outside, they are all proud Xishan students.

  The student bowed down and kowtowed: "Master, the student has made a mistake and must repent in the future. Please punish me, Master!"

  Fang Jifan folded his hands behind his back, his temper has improved a lot recently, but he raised his head and looked at the ceiling: "You guys, it really bothers me, what can I do, I treat you like grandchildren."

   Liu Jin, who was standing aside, was a little confused.

  It seems... I suddenly have hundreds of brothers.

   Subconsciously, he took a fried peanut and put it in his mouth, chewed it, suppressing his shock.

  The student was still crying bitterly.

  It would be fine if the master slapped himself, but the master didn't punish him, and he treated his grandson with a sentence, which made him feel warmer.

  Master treats me like this, but I really don't live up to it. I let him down so much.

  I, Chang Wei, am really ashamed of my master, a shame of my master.

  He burst into tears: "The master will not punish, and the students will not be able to forgive themselves. The students just knelt outside, kneeling for a day and a night, in order to reflect on themselves."

   As he spoke, he got up and walked out of the shed without hesitation. In front of the craftsmen and coolies on the construction site, his eyes were red, but he knelt down on the asphalt road.

  The asphalt road is still wet, and it is full of fine particles, sticking to the knees, which is extremely painful.

  The other students outside the shed originally came to report together.

  Seeing Senior Brother Chang kneel down, all of them looked ashamed, shame on their faces, the loss of 20,000 taels of silver was really a shame to Xishan Institute of Engineering, such a painful loss, how could they still have the face to stand.

  Dozens of students, without saying anything, came behind Chang Wei and knelt down on the side of the road.

  They remained motionless, with mist in their eyes, deeply self-criticism and introspection. This shame seemed to make them unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives.

People passing by and driving cars felt strange when they saw them. In the eyes of the 60,000 to 70,000 craftsmen and coolies on this construction site, these people from the engineering institute were like parents and officials. The progress of the project, check the materials of the project, and improve the craftsmanship with the old craftsmen.

  Every student holds great authority in his hands.

  But who knows, they are kneeling here in such a state of embarrassment now.

   Facing a pair of burning eyes, some raw staff lowered their heads in shame, wishing to bury their heads in the sand.

But Chang Wei raised his head and said: "You all raise your heads. If you do something wrong, are you still afraid of being seen by others? Know your shame and be brave. This is what the gentlemen taught us. Today, being punished here is for us to remember. Learn from the lessons and come up with a better way in the future, so as not to worry the master, not to shame the academy, remember what happened today, everyone look up."

  So everyone looked up, even if every pair of passing eyes made them extremely embarrassed.

  …

  In the shed.

  Zhu Houzhao walked through the open door from the inside, looked at the students, and couldn't help saying: "Old Fang, forget it, just give them a beating. Let them kneel here like this, what a waste of time."

  Fang Jifan lowered his head, forgiving these students long ago in his heart.

   After all, they were brought out by themselves, and they have always been valued. These people are as precious as their own grandsons.

   But at this time, seeing them face the wall and think about their mistakes, I felt a little bit unbearable. After all...Fang Jifan is a person with a conscience, and he can't bear to blame these grandsons.

   But, I thought in my heart, it’s not a bad thing to let them reflect on it. After learning a heavy lesson this time, they will use their brains to do things next time. Well, let them go.

  Fang Jifan read the notebooks sent by Chang Wei just now one by one, and he probably knew the progress of the project.

He sat down and took a sip of tea: "Jinzhou Road is about to be repaired. This is a main road. Once this road is connected, the land around here should be sold. There is also Jinghang Road, which is also ready to be repaired... Well, this It is related to His Highness's land."

All the planning of the new city is named after the place names in the world. For example, Jinghang Road, the road names within the third ring road are mainly from northern cities, while the third to fifth ring roads are named after southern place names. Use the name of the chief envoy, and the sub-trunk roads are named after prefectures and counties.

  The reason why Fang Jifan called this road the Beijing-Hangzhou Avenue is because, in this world, it is the famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal that connects the north and the south. The specification of this road will use the highest specification, and the road will extend directly to the Fifth Ring Road.

   In this way, Zhu Houzhao's land will be marketable.

  Fang Jifan said: "The quotation has already been made. This road alone will cost 300,000 taels of silver."

   "Three hundred thousand, that's a lot!" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being speechless.

  Three hundred thousand taels of silver, just to build a road, Zhu Houzhao even suspected that if his father knew about it, he would kill himself.

   Prodigal stuff.

"There are also these road networks, um...Xuanfu Road, Shanhaiguan Road, and Liaoyang Road... These secondary arterial roads will also be built. I am afraid that they will cost millions of taels of silver. We must start breaking ground at any time. First, the roads will be repaired. After that, the government offices should not be on the left and right, such as the soldiers and horses of the five cities, the soldiers and horses of the east city are here, and the west city is here... I would rather they be built farther away, even if they are on the fifth ring road, it doesn't matter, and... "

  Fang Jifan continued to frown.

  Zhu Houzhao suddenly said: "Old Fang, I haven't seen my father for so many days, and it has been stormy these few days. Nothing will happen to him, right?"

   "..."

  Fang Jifan also seemed to have remembered something.

  From waking up in the morning until now, my mind is full of my new city, and I forgot about His Majesty.

  He looked at Zhu Houzhao in a daze: "Your Highness, go and have a look?"

  Zhu Houzhao shook his head: "Nothing will happen. I think about it carefully. If something serious happens, there must be eunuchs in Daming Palace to report it, so I don't want to go see it."

  Fang Jifan nodded, it makes sense.

  He immediately beamed with joy: "That's fine, as we all know, Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year King, and auspicious people have their own appearance. Of course, there will be no problems. I just said something."

  …

   A group of people almost waded through mountains and rivers, stepping on mud, finally, someone saw the towering bell tower, and finally... heaved a sigh of relief.

  The Daming Palace is right in front of you, and after a few more miles, you will be there.

   This journey took more than three hours, and countless people were almost weak.

  Liu Jian was exhausted, he was just recovering from a serious illness, and he couldn't hold on, so Zhang Zhaotian ordered someone to weave a simple rattan chair out of rattan, asked Liu Jian to sit, and ordered someone to carry it all the way.

   As for the others, no such luck.

   This is a day that is still fresh in the memory of all civil and military officials, and no one is almost exhausted.

  When Wang Bushi saw the bell tower, tears were about to come out. At this moment, he felt a pain in his throat, desperately looking towards the new city.

  But... the new city is still a little far away, so I can't see it clearly.

   In front of me, there was a puddle deep enough to submerge my knees.

  They all rolled up their trousers, so they had to walk in the water obediently.

   This puddle is extremely slippery, and if you are not careful, you may fall.

Because of this, everyone held hands with each other, and Wang Bushi held hands with his colleague Liu Zhengjing. Liu Zhengjing couldn't bear Wang Bushi's appearance, but couldn't say anything. I cheated my whole life...

  Wang Bushi only felt that his brain was buzzing, and he sighed in his heart, it's over, not far from the new city, and even if it's flooded like this, the new city... I'm afraid it's over.

  As for Daming Palace...God knows what it looks like inside.

  He walked quickly, almost slipped and fell several times, but Liu Zhengjing helped him up, his body was covered in mud, and he was extremely embarrassed.

  Walking slowly through the water and walking all the way, the front is a dead end road in Xincheng.

   It is strange to say.

  The asphalt road surface is still as good as new. What's even more amazing is that once you reach the dead end road, the nearby water almost disappears without a trace.

  However... there is still a lot of mud, but without the stagnant water, the road will be easier to walk at once.

People walked on the asphalt road and wanted to enter the palace. They could have taken a shortcut, but there were too many mud and puddles there. Walking on this road is surprisingly comfortable.

  In the past, I didn’t feel it, but today, people realize the value of such a road.

  ...

   Chapter 3, and more.

  (end of this chapter)