Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 152 Respectfully Call Me Uncle Shi

Getting rid of slavery has always been a simple, but not simple matter.If someone sells himself to enter the mansion from a young age like Xiren, he only needs to spend money to redeem the private contract.

For a domestic servant like the Lai family, money is not enough to redeem his body, and the master has to forgive him and change his slave status after going to the household department for management.

Naturally, Lai Sheng was ecstatic to have this opportunity, as long as he could be free in exchange, there would be no regrets in ruining his family and property.According to the rules passed down from ancient times, everything belonging to the servants in the family belongs to the master, but few people take away the slaves.

The traditional penalty regulations are to resell them, or send them to the village to farm.

Uncle Rong's approach is already extremely generous.Lai Sheng also laughed in his heart, most of the money he earned from the mansion these years had already been transferred to Lai's garden, but not in Ningguo mansion.

It's just that he can think of these things, but Uncle Rong can't think of them?

After thinking about it, Lai Sheng said helplessly: "Thank you for your generosity, my servant is willing to go to Heishan Village."

He still didn't dare to bet.I was afraid that although Uncle Rong let him go free, he would find a reason to go to Lai's garden to ask for debt.With Uncle Rong's temperament, such a thing is likely to happen.In the end, Bao Buqi would end up losing both his personal property and property due to crimes such as theft and corruption at the master's house.

Brother Rong gave a strange smile, "He is more knowledgeable than your nephew. After all, he is the manager of the mansion, and he knows what is good or bad. Tomorrow, I will go to Lai's garden to pass a message and talk to your nephew. Since Don’t wait until you are an official, honestly be a local rich man, it doesn’t matter how you mess up in the Lai’s garden.”

Lai Sheng raised his head suddenly, with a frightened look on his face.Uncle Rong is going to ruin Lai Shangrong's future. He kowtowed and said, "I beg you to be merciful. The Lai family has finally produced a promising brother. Please forgive him this time."

Jia Rong said: "There is a future? What is the future? With his temperament when he sees money stretching out his hand, he really wants to go to a place to become a county lord, and he will not be a fish and meat commoner? Tomorrow, I will personally talk to the two masters of the West Mansion and see who will give Lai Shangrong It’s hard to get an official, but it’s very easy to stop someone from becoming an official.”

Uncle Rong said leisurely: "His future was ruined by himself. It has nothing to do with anyone! Whether our Jia family can push the person who moved out, it will damage the reputation of the Jia family."

Lai Sheng felt a pain in his heart, all these years, he and his eldest brother did their best in the two mansions in order to make way for Lai Shangrong.Rao even Nanny Lai and everyone Lai did not seldom try to curry favor with masters, old and young, in the two mansions.

The Lai family does not work as an official or does business, but they have Zhuangzi and gardens at home, and they also hire dozens of maids, women, and servants to serve Lai Shangrong.Where did all this money come from?It's not that the two generations of elders of the Lai family received the rewards in the two mansions, and they managed many things in the Jia family, earning a lot of money from it.

It's all for nothing now.

Lai Sheng is suffering!

Uncle Rong didn't look at his sad look, and said coldly: "Don't kneel down, you should do whatever you want."

In this way, Lai Sheng left in a daze.

Uncle Rong snorted, "Today's tea is a bit weak."

Not long after, Lai Sheng went and came back, with sadness still on his face.Said: "Master Qin, Master Qiang and the craftsman Zong Cheng are here."

"Prepare some good tea and invite them to the study." Brother Rong smiled again, and quickly instructed Lai Sheng, "Prepare all the fruits from the south yesterday, and send them to the study one by one."

When Qin Ye and Jia Qiang came over, they always had good news.

Jia Rong hurried back to the yard and changed her clothes before going there.

"Master, why did you bring them here today?" Brother Rong saw Qin Ye's face getting better and better in the study, and asked again, "Why didn't Jing Qing and Brother Yun come here together?"

Qin Ye said: "There are always two managers in the kiln."

"I thought about sending some rare fruits to the village tomorrow, but I never thought that the master and Brother Qiang would come first." Brother Rong laughed, and called out again, asking the maids to come in with the fruits.

"This was brought by the Xue family's fleet from Lingnan yesterday. It's called Fanlouzi, also known as Polo. Ordinary people can't eat it in Shenjing, so the supervisor of Xue's family in Lingnan specially rushed to deliver it. , so I stopped a few on the way. Everyone, try it!"

"Sour!" Brother Qiang picked a piece and put it in his mouth. After taking a bite, he almost threw it out.

"That's the taste!" Uncle Rong laughed and said, "You came in a hurry and didn't prepare in advance. If you soak it in salt water for a while in advance, the taste will be better. This is sent by Xue's merchant ship after traveling on the sea for more than ten days. Yes, I will pick up two when I go back, so that Jingqing and Brother Yun can taste it."

After hearing this, Qin Ye quietly put down the piece he was picking up in his hand, and said, "Then let's talk about the matter first, and then taste this thing in detail."

Zong Cheng also nodded his head, took out a scroll of paintings from his arms, and spread them on the long case.

"This is?"

Brother Rong looked at the toy in the painting, feeling strange, and didn't recognize what it was for a long while.

Zong Cheng smiled shyly, "I drew it by myself in my spare time. It is a tool for grinding cement clinker. I don't know if it is feasible, but I was forced to come here after Master Ye and Master Qiang saw it."

Brother Rong asked, "What are those round things on the top?"

"It's an iron ball." Zong Cheng replied, and pointed to the small round fairways on the upper and lower layers of the painting. "These are all iron balls, but they are different in size."

"iron ball?"

Brother Rong was stunned for a moment, this thing looked familiar.

If you look at the drawing horizontally...

This is a simple ball mill!

Jia Rong looked at Zong Cheng with different eyes, this Nima is a genius, can he even think of this ghost thing?

Zong Cheng showed the shyness of an old man on his face, and said: "I don't know if it is feasible, but I heard what my uncle said the other day, as long as the water power is enough, the force that can be driven will be greater, so I came up with such a thing. Put lumpy clinker, and the bearing drives the grinding disc and the iron balls on it to crush the clinker."

This idea is very good, but whether the machine can be made is the key.Even if it is possible, the money and goods consumed must not be a small amount.

Brother Rong sighed inwardly, but it didn't show on his face.Thinking about how to deal with it, first of all, it must not dampen the enthusiasm of Zong Cheng and other craftsmen. It is extraordinary to be able to draw a simple ball mill.

Not only can't be attacked, but also rewarded.

He laughed and said: "It's possible, brother Zong Cheng's talent really opened my eyes. When I was in the sky in the past, I saw something similar, but it's hard to make that thing here. On the contrary, it was painted by brother Zong Cheng." What came out was just a lot more concise.”

Several people were overjoyed when they heard this.

Qin Ye patted Zong Cheng on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I said it earlier."

Brother Qiang whispered in Jia Rong's ear: "Master Qin accepted Zong as his apprentice, and the two of them have a close relationship in the village."

It turned out to be the case.

Brother Rong nodded slightly, and asked Zong Cheng: "Brother Zong Cheng, can you calculate how much silver taels are needed to make this thing? How much clinker grinding output can be increased every day."

This question, on the contrary, stopped Zong Cheng.He really didn't think about these things. Although he drew the thing, he was worried about whether it would be feasible.Where do you think about the cost and output.

Seeing that Zong Cheng was speechless for a while, Qin Ye took the initiative to say: "We don't need to build this object directly, we can use wood and stone to do a small toy research. First check to see if there are any other problems, and if there are no problems, then apply in the kiln."

Zong Cheng nodded shyly.

Brother Rong also smiled: "It should be like this. We will use cheap things to test first, and we will use them for production after verification. At the new factory, Brother Zongcheng is not in a hurry to go there. He has researched this object, which is comparable to the old new factory Building a kiln is much more important."

Zong Cheng blushed with excitement when he heard that Uncle Rong also supported him.He replied: "There are still ten days left, and I will make him."

"No rush. It takes time to buy land, open land and build a kiln for a new factory. Could it be that you still can't trust other craftsman brothers?" Brother Rong said with a smile, "Brother Zongcheng tested this thing, and I will reward you personally Silver. It’s just that during this period, the originally planned water mill will continue to be built.”

Several people chatted about some details again, and Brother Rong also told them the principle of the ball mill in his impression.Zong Cheng is not required to restore a ball mill, even if it is a simple clinker grinding machine that can be put into use and slightly improves the efficiency, it is an improvement.

Zong Cheng's eyes were opened today, and he also heard a lot of unfamiliar words.

What friction, centrifugal force, inertia and so on, it is through these inexplicable forces that the iron ball crushes the clinker, so as to achieve the effect of turning into ash.

When the few people left the Ningguo Mansion, Brother Qiang held a Polo sigh in his hand.

"Even though Brother Rong doesn't show much on weekdays, his talent is something I will never be able to catch up with."

Zong Cheng also said: "My uncle's talent is beyond the reach of ordinary people. But I yearn for the place that is far away from hate, but there is so much knowledge in the little mill."

Qin Ye snorted softly, "I don't know how to speak well, so what's wrong with dropping my book bag?"

Zong Cheng smiled mischievously, stepped forward with a Polo in his hands, and hurriedly asked Master Qin to get into the car.

"Master is here again today?" Qin Keqing asked.

"That's right, the master also took in an apprentice. It's just that he's a bit old, but his mind is flexible."

Brother Rong smiled and lay on Keqing's legs. "In the future, you don't have to worry about Master Qin being respected by anyone in the village. Both Zong Cheng and Brother Qiang are very respectful to Master Qin."

Qin Keqing ate a piece of pineapple, still not satisfied, said: "I don't know how such a fruit grows. Although it looks a bit ugly, it tastes surprisingly good."

Brother Rong asked: "Don't you think it's sour? Master Qin and the others thought it was too sour when they ate it today. I persuaded them, so I reluctantly brought two back so Jingqing could taste it too."

"It's not sour. The taste is just right!" Qin Keqing said with a smile, "I don't know what's going on in the past two days, but I always feel a little uncomfortable in my throat. This talk suits my taste and can suppress that feeling."

Brother Rong hurriedly got up and asked, "Could it be that his stomach was ruined by eating? Tell Que'er to go outside and invite an imperial doctor to come over."

Seeing the nervousness of the uncle, Qin Keqing said with a smile: "Where can I go to see an imperial doctor at night, it's just that my throat is uncomfortable. There is nothing wrong with it."

Brother Rong smiled sarcastically, perhaps he was really too nervous.

"Go to sleep earlier today, and if you have enough energy, maybe tomorrow will be fine."

"You are not allowed to play bad things tonight." Qin Keqing smiled softly, with a gentle and charming appearance, which made Uncle Rong itch.

It's just that the two chatted about some interesting things that happened in the two houses today, but Qing was obviously sleepy, and Uncle Rong couldn't bear to quarrel with her.I had to sleep with my arms in my arms.

On the second day, Brother Rong came back from Yingtian Mansion in Shuili.

Then I saw Lai Sheng leading a person waiting in the front hall.

"I've met Uncle Xiao Rong!" The man had a fat face, a round and blessed figure, and bowed his hands in salute.When he smiles, he is kind.It's just an elusive light in a pair of eyes.

Not like a serious person.

Brother Rong glanced at Lai Sheng and heard Lai Sheng say: "This is the elder brother of my brother's family. His scientific name is Shang Rong."

"Oh!" Uncle Rong gave this guy a meaningful look, and said coldly, "Brother Lai is not enjoying himself in the garden, what are you doing here?"

Lai Shangrong's face darkened, and he lost the enthusiasm just now.Said: "It was the second uncle who called me over to explain to Uncle Xiaorong the misunderstanding of the past few days."

Jia Rong asked puzzledly, "Huh? There was a misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? Why didn't I know?"

Seeing his nephew like this, Lai Sheng felt helpless and snorted, "Kneel down."

Lai Shangrong was not willing to kneel, and said indifferently: "He is the brother of the Ningguo family, and I am the brother of the Lai family, not their slave. Why kneel to him, since Uncle Xiao Rong said that there is no misunderstanding, there is no need to explain."

Lai Shangrong is arrogant and arrogant. The Jia family donated his future to him back then, but he didn't visit Jia's house for several years.

Nesting in the garden of Lai's family, I really regard myself as a brother in the family!If he really wants to become an official in the future, he will definitely be a white-eyed wolf!
"Then please." Uncle Rong waved his hand and went into the yard without looking back.

"..."

The two of the Lai family went outside, but there was no one around.

"What kind of temper do you have in front of him?" Lai Sheng scolded.

Lai Shangrong said: "You are used to being slaves in the Jia family, and you will kneel when you see the master. I am a clean person, not a slave of the Jia family. If you didn't force me to come here, how would I want to come to them Jia's."

"you……"

Lai Sheng was too angry to speak.

Lai Shangrong said coldly again: "Let me kneel down on him, he is not afraid of losing his life? Second Master Bao and Uncle Feng will also call us good brothers when they see us, and he has to respectfully call me Uncle Shi, do we recognize it?" Say something else."

They didn't know, thanks to Xiao Que'er's excellent hearing ability, even though they were separated by a wall, they could overhear all of them.

Therefore, Brother Rong also knew about the private conversation between Lai Sheng and Lai Shangrong, and he couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

Such a guy can make him live a good year?Jia Rong really didn't believe it.

A few more days passed.

Xue Pan is finally ready to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

Ningguo Mansion also sent out a group of people, Qin Zhong and Jia Yun led some old craftsmen to go with Xue Pan.

At Qinghe Wharf, Jia Rong asked Duan Yu to borrow half a day to come out.Looking at Qin Zhong on the boat from a distance, he felt mixed emotions.

This kid can finally do something serious!

Although I didn't continue to listen to the lectures in the free school, I didn't live up to my intentions.

Brother Rong said, "Master, go back."

Qin Ye next to him nodded, looking at the boats going away, his eyes were moist.

It is said that the parents are not far away, Qin Ye is old, and Qin Zhong is young, but because of this, the two places are separated.Uncle Rong felt a little sorry, but this was indeed the idea that Qin Ye and his son had discussed together.

Although Qin Ye wanted Qin Zhong to go to Ping'an Prefecture, he still missed his young son in his heart.

Seeing this, Brother Qiang came over to help Qin Ye, and said, "Brother Zong Cheng's research is at a critical moment, master, let's go back to the manor first."

But Brother Rong heard a person coming from behind and said: "But it's a step too late, why did this guy leave."

Looking back, it was Feng Ziying.

(End of this chapter)