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He had no choice but to get angry. He hated this incompetent eldest son from the beginning. He sent him to Meng Tian's army as a supervisor in order to let him grow up in the army.Now, he specially asked him to learn the art of governing the country from Li Yang. All of this can be said to be bad intentions, but... this son of mine actually got worse, and he even lost the desire to learn.
It has been more than half a month since I came back from the frontier.
For more than half a month, they all threw themselves into the workshop, and Ying Zheng was so angry that his lungs ached.
The disappointment of parents is beyond comprehension and experience for ordinary people. It is the feeling that all the love has been let down. This is an extremely heartbreaking and extremely sad feeling.
Sadness is greater than death, perhaps the best way to describe Ying Zheng at this moment.
Losing hope for his son, Daqin can't see the future. This is sadder than death, and it is the saddest thing for Yingzheng.
"Your Majesty, you have to take care of your health and don't get angry." Zhao Gao pretended to be worried, and persuaded: "The eldest son does not want to learn the art of governing the country from Li Zhongcheng. Maybe he has his own ideas. After all, he After staying in the army for a while, maybe he became obsessed with some weapons and equipment, so he devoted himself to the workshop, if he could research some good weapons, that would be great."
Yingzheng said angrily: "Is it still possible that I don't understand my son? He doesn't have enough iron and blood, and he is more than weak. If he likes weapons, he is not Fusu. As the eldest son of a country, he is not good at governing the country. It's just absurd to care so much about the strange and obscene skills!"
"Oh, so is the eldest son. How can His Majesty's good intentions be wasted? If you don't learn the art of governing the country, the burden of the Great Qin Kingdom will not be easy in the future!" Zhao Gao also sighed, but turned to He said again: "However, Your Majesty, don't think about the bad. What if the young master researches something good, maybe that's the case."
Ying Zheng snorted coldly, and said contemptuously, "There are so many skilled craftsmen in our country of Qin. He alone... can't make anything useful. Stop dreaming."
Yingzheng was really disappointed in Fusu, and shook his head helplessly, thinking that his son seemed useless.
He doesn't think about state affairs, doesn't do business properly, doesn't learn the art of governing the country, and doesn't think about sharing government affairs for his father and worrying for Qin. He simply doesn't want such a son.
This is not as good as the son of an ordinary family. At least he will go to the fields to help with the farming and share the hardships of his parents.
At this moment, Zhao Gao's heart was full of joy, he originally thought that the emperor had appointed Li Yang to be Fusu's teacher, and given time, he would definitely be recognized by the emperor.
But who would have thought that this Duke Fu would not learn the art of governing the country from Li Yang at all, and he would only focus on the workshop. Now it's all right, the emperor is probably very disappointed with him.And in this way, His Majesty will definitely turn his attention to Young Master Hai.
Just when Zhao Gao's thoughts were racing, Ying Zheng suddenly asked, "What has Hu Hai been up to lately?"
When Zhao Gao heard this, he was overjoyed, but he didn't show it on his face at all. Instead, he showed a look of helplessness, and said aggrievedly: "Return to Your Majesty, Mr. Hai has been... sad recently."
"Sad? Why are you sad?" Ying Zheng frowned and asked in surprise.
Zhao Gao sighed: "Hey, isn't it because Mr. Hai heard that His Majesty appointed Li Zhongcheng as the eldest son as a teacher, and Mr. Hai said that he has no good teacher to govern the country, so he is sad."
"Oh? Is he really sad about this?" Ying Zheng was taken aback, surprised, but felt a little joy in his heart.
Zhao Gao smiled wryly: "Isn't that right? If it wasn't for my minister's persuasion, Mr. Hai would have complained to His Majesty a long time ago. Hey, this is entirely my fault, because I said something that shouldn't be said."
Ying Zheng was curious: "What did you say to him?"
Zhao Gao looked like he had made a big mistake, and said: "When I went to give lectures to Young Master Hai many times, I would always mention the exhaustion of His Majesty's daily review of memorials, hoping that he would study harder. Cheng Xiang, but he has been thinking about sharing the worries for His Majesty at this time, so he wants to learn more skills of governing the country, in order to help His Majesty as soon as possible. This... It's all because of the minister's talkativeness, otherwise, he would not Complaining that His Majesty assigned Li Zhongcheng to the eldest son as a teacher, this is an unforgivable crime!"
"Ha ha……"
Hearing this, Yingzheng was very relieved, he couldn't help laughing, and said joyfully: "Zhao Gao, you are not guilty, you are clearly meritorious. Let Mr. Hai understand that it is not easy for me, and a teacher should be like you. But this Hu Hai has lived up to my love, and now he has finally grown up, knows how to care for me, and will want to share my worries, yes, haha, I am so relieved!"
Zhao Gao smiled and said fawningly: "So, Your Majesty doesn't blame Mr. Hai for complaining?"
"How could I blame him? I'm still happy that he has this resentment." Ying Zheng smiled, pondered for a while, and then said: "However, since he wants to learn the art of governing from Li Zhongcheng... how about it, wait In a few days, I will personally ask the eldest son to see if he still wants to learn from Li Yang, if he doesn't want to, I will send Li Yang to Hu Hai!"
When Zhao Gao heard this, his eyes lit up immediately. If he could really pull Li Yang into his camp, then the game of chess would really be reversed immediately, and the whole game would be successful.
Thinking of this, Zhao Gao hurriedly bowed and cupped his hands: "I thank Your Majesty on behalf of Mr. Hai."
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PS: There is one more chapter later.
Chapter 51 I want to continue my life
Besides, the young master Fusu is still immersed in the workshop of the future Shaofu.
He was covered in paper paste, and he was among a group of craftsmen. Because he hadn't rested for many days, he was originally handsome, but now he had black eye circles and an unshaven beard. He looked very scary. People who don't know It is completely impossible to see that he will be the eldest son of Daqin.
After nearly 20 days of hard work, from making utensils to making pulp, Fusu personally checked every step.
Now, finally got dozens of barrels of pulp.
Next came the most critical copying process, and Fusu seemed a little excited.
Ever since he was a child, he has never been recognized by his father. Fusu knows that no matter what he does or says, he is useless in his father's eyes.
This time, Fusu secretly vowed in his heart that he must make paper, and then completely change his father's view of himself in the past.
For this reason, he stayed here without sleep or sleep for nearly twenty days and nights, just to get the real approval from his father.
"Get out of the way, let me come!"
Seeing that the craftsman brought the copied bamboo curtain, Fusu grabbed the bamboo curtain and decided to go to the battle himself to complete the last key step of papermaking.
He had heard Li Yang explain the process of copying, so he was full of confidence. He took the bamboo curtain and scooped it into the bucket full of wood pulp. He swung the material to spread the wood pulp evenly, and the bamboo curtain was covered with a Gooey wood pulp.
The key to this process is that the wood pulp is stored on the bamboo curtain, and the thickness must be moderate and even, so Fusu is very careful.
The curtain is passed over and over again, so that the wet paper falls on the board, and it becomes a sheet of paper.
In this way, the steps of slopping and covering the curtain are repeated, so that sheets of wet paper are piled up.
While working, Fusu said to the craftsmen beside him: "See, this is the way to do it. Be sure to shake the wood pulp evenly, as thick as silk."
The dozen or so craftsmen around him nodded.
After Fusu saw that the craftsman understood, he asked the craftsman to take over and try.
Fortunately, these craftsmen are also people with ingenuity and dexterity, and they will be able to do it quickly after seeing it.
It didn't take long for thousands of sheets of wet paper to be piled up, and then wooden boards were placed on top to squeeze out most of the water.
The next step is to wait for the wet paper to squeeze out most of the water under heavy pressure, then lift up the wet paper one by one and dry them.
The equipment for baking paper is to build a narrow alley with earth bricks. A fire is lit in the alley. After the temperature of the earth bricks rises, wet paper is pasted one by one to dry.After drying, uncover it to get paper.
"Your Highness, the copying is progressing very smoothly. You should go back and rest quickly. When you come back tomorrow, the paper should be dried." He Zhang beside him, who hadn't seen him for more than ten days, has become like an old man. He looks like a ghost, even more sluggish and slovenly than Fusu.
There's no way, even Fusu did it himself, so why can't he, the general as the young man, not accompany him?
Moreover, not only did he have to do what Fusu did, but he also had to do what Fusu didn't do.When Fusu rests, he may not be able to rest, and when he does not rest, he cannot rest.
After nearly 20 days of tossing like this, to be honest, He Zhang felt like he was going to die in this workshop.
Although he really wanted to make this paper, and then be praised by His Majesty, and even go down in history, but he had to save his life first. Wouldn't it be a loss.
Now, he was really about to lose his hold, his eyes were sleepy, his head was dizzy, and if he didn't rest, he was really worried that he would die.
Therefore, the most urgent thing for him now is to invite Master Fusu back, so that he can sleep soundly.