The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Fu first took Du Gou to the river to meet Jiang Que, then to the workshop to meet Ma Shisan, and then to the academy to meet Yan Liben.

Finally, he took him to the construction site of his new house to meet Yan Lide who was studying the blueprints in the cabin.

"Old Yan, let me introduce you to a new person." Li Fu pushed open the door and greeted Yan Lide with a smile.

"Oh, Huairen knows that there are not enough people here, so he sent someone to me." Yan Lide said with a smile.

"Not enough people?" Li Fu asked back.

"Look at what you said. When will there be enough people in this manor? Mama Zhou and the others are so busy that they are about to smoke. Your housekeeper Lao Zhou is running around in the manor now. I want to pull housekeeper Zhao out to work. The later it is, the more particular the use of people and materials, the more trivial work there is, and even small problems that have not been discovered before have to be taken seriously and repaired. Do you really think it can be done in a short time?" Yan Lide started complaining when he caught Li Fu.

"Okay, okay, isn't this sending someone to you?" Li Fu smiled and said, "Young man, come to the manor to gain some experience."

"Who is this?" Yan Lide looked at Du Gou.

He had never seen Du Gou. Du Gou was an official because of the protection of the Du family before, but he was just a small eighth-rank official. To put it bluntly, he just had an identity.

"Du Gou, Du Wenjian, the Chief of the Craftsmen's Office who was just promoted, come to the farm to gain experience." Li Fu said, "Just keep him by your side and take care of him. There will be work for him in the future."

Anyway, the Craftsmen's Office and the Ministry of Works will have a lot of things to do in the future. Wouldn't it be better to train a few more talents in advance?

"Son of Minister Du?!" Yan Lide was surprised.

"Yes, the eldest son of Lao Du." Li Fu said.

"Why was he arranged here? The work here is not ordinary hard and tedious."

"Lao Du must have his considerations." Li Fu smiled and said, "Old Yan, don't forget, after finishing the work on the farm temporarily, there will be bigger work later. Lao Du is a smart man."

Du Gou stood aside, with only an awkward smile on his face.

His father is a smart man... this.....

Well, there is nothing wrong with this.

Yan Lide thought about it and figured out what was going on.

"So that's how it is." Yan Lide looked at Du Gou after he finished speaking.

"Du Jiancheng, you have seen the environment here. Even I, when I handle affairs every day, it is just a temporary wooden house like this. The environment is harsh and the affairs are complicated. Can you... handle it?"

Du Gou bowed respectfully: "Don't worry, Master Yan, since Wen Jian has come here, he will not complain about the hard work. Please give me more advice."

Seeing Du Gou's attitude, Yan Lide was relieved.

"In this case, just stay with me first and learn about the things in Zhuangzi. After a few days, you can handle things with Ma Zhou. I think King Bin must be very happy." Yan Lide had a smile on his face.

How can he not be happy if someone can help him share the complicated affairs?

After taking over these things in Zhuangzi, Ma Zhou was really different from before. The arrogance of the scholar was all worn away by the complicated things. He was busy all day and dizzy. How could he have time to think about other things?

As a result, Ma Zhou looked less impetuous than before, and Li Fu said something to him when he just came to the palace to serve as the chief historian.

Now, Ma Zhou has become a down-to-earth person, not the Ma Zhou who is proud of his talent, arrogant, and likes to drink all day.

Yan Lide thinks that Zhuangzi is a good place. As long as the King of Jingyang has the final say in Zhuangzi, anyone who can stay in the end, even if his talent is not so outstanding, will be a useful person after being tempered.

Not to mention, Du Gou was born in the Jingzhao Du family, and the eldest son of Du Ruhui must not be a mediocre person.

"How to arrange it is up to you. I won't ask. I will come to inspect it after a while." Li Fu said with a smile: "Whether you can continue to stay in the manor, Wenjian, depends on your ability."

"The manor of King Jingyang does not keep useless people."

Although the working conditions are difficult, there are no young masters.

It is different from being an idle official in Chang'an, lighting incense, eating cakes and drinking tea in the yamen every day to deal with the few government affairs.

In the manor, it is really a real job, one person is used by two people.

In the most difficult time in this manor, women were used as men, and men were used as donkeys.

"Don't worry, Your Highness." Du Gou still looked like a modest gentleman.

"Okay, you stay here, Old Yan, you will arrange the rest. "Li Fu told Old Yan: "I will go back first. In two days, I will take the children to Cuiwei Palace. All affairs in the manor will be handled as usual."

"Yes." Yan Lide bowed his hands in response.

After arranging the people, Li Fu returned to the manor to prepare for going to Cuiwei Palace.

Old Lu needs to say hello.

Now Old Lu has settled down completely in the manor. He lives here and doesn't miss his hometown. He doesn't even go back to Chang'an City.

If his children and grandchildren miss him, they can come to the manor to see him.

Lu Deming's son asked him if he wanted to build a house in the manor.

Old Lu said to his son.

"Why waste that time? When the academy is built in the future, do you think I can run away? The King of Jingyang will definitely drag me to the academy to teach."

Lu Dunxin: "Let you teach in the academy? You are a doctor of the Imperial College. ”

Lu Deming: “Xiao Yu is still the prime minister of the dynasty. He came to the village and taught as usual. You are still too young.”

Lu Dunxin, who is over 40 years old:.......

Too young.......

It has been many years since I heard these three words.

Lu Deming is now waiting for the academy to be built and for the teachers to move into the academy’s residence in the future.

He has also visited that place. It is well built. As King Jingyang said, there are three courtyards in a row.

The outermost street gate is on one side. Next to the street gate, there is a row of back houses on the outer wall. Entering from the gate is an exquisite screen wall. Turning into the archway is a corridor with a vertical passage in the middle. The flower gate, in the middle is the front yard of the house, with wing rooms on the left and right, the main house facing north and south in the middle, and the side rooms on the left and right sides of the main house.

After passing through the main house, there is a whole row of back rooms, which are built on two floors and are large enough for people to live in.

This is the place where the academy gives the gentlemen to live, so that they can live and settle down here. The back room is for the servants of the gentlemen's family to live. This kind of regulation is enough.

After seeing it, Lu Deming didn't want to spend money on the farm anymore.

Because this is enough.