Chapter 17                                                             �

Zhou Mengchen slapped the table and said, "I thought of it."

For a moment, Yaque was silent in the hotel, just like looking at a fool. Even Zhou Dazhuang's eyes at Zhou Mengchen were very different. It seemed that others said that I had something wrong with it, but now it seems that you are similar.

Zhou Mengchen sat down embarrassedly.

I began to think about it in my heart. Wait until the rain stopped and immediately return to the bell and drum tower.

Zhou Mengchen came to Lianhualu and looked at it carefully. After a while, he made an analysis and said intimately: "This is not too difficult."

The biggest problem with lotus leaks is that it is too big.

The entire lotus leak requires four or five water tanks, and a large copper lotus with forty-eight arrows inserted on it, which takes up a lot of space.

If it is allowed to be used by the people, even if it is used by the wealthy family, it will be a little too big.

So it needs to be reduced a little.

This does not require any updates in principle, but only needs some design improvements. The raw materials required are nothing more than precious wood and some copper and iron. There is no need to make some new tricks on the materials.

Moreover, the houses of ancient people were generally much larger than those of later houses, and the space utilization rate did not need to be that high. Therefore, this leak does not require extreme compression space. The positioning is just like a piece of furniture, just like when Western clocks were first introduced. Just a clock or a large cabinet.

However, there are still some things that Zhou Mengchen needs to worry about.

Water is used for etching, and water is an important medium for their work. The amount of water in the etching is directly related to how long the etching can run, or how long it takes to maintain accuracy. This requires careful consideration.

Although there are some problems, Zhou Mengchen is confident to solve them.

But another problem is sales.

After all, this is a new thing. It may not be so easy to open up the market. But this is all a matter of later. Let it go first.

So Zhou Mengchen sent someone to find two carpenters from the Yangjiyuan, and asked Zhou Dazhuang and the people above the Bell and Drum Tower to help him. He began to design and manufacture in a intensive manner.

Everything starts from the most basic level and measure the water speed.

If someone comes to see it, they will find that there are countless wooden shelves on the second floor of the Bell and Drum Tower. There is a flowing water tank on the wooden shelves, and strands of water flow down from it, maintaining a relatively stable speed. Zhou Mengchen did it alone.

For many people, this is a very incomprehensible thing.

For Zhou's mother, she found it even more strange.

Zhou's mother became increasingly confused about her son. But he understood. Where had her son been gone before, the place she went the most was Yangjianyuan.

Zhou's mother called Dazhuang and took advantage of Zhou Mengchen's busy creating carvings and asked him to take him to the Yangjianyuan for a look.

Zhou Dazhuang naturally did not dare to go against the old lady's wishes. So he hired a carriage for a few cents and headed northwest. He didn't get off the car until the foot of the city wall. He opened the corner door inside the corner and entered the large courtyard of the Yangjiyuan.

The Yangjiyuan has changed a lot at this moment.

The walls that had fallen before stood up one by one.

The yard, which was covered with weeds, became neat. Most of the weeds were cleaned up. Either they sorted out food from it and added it to wild vegetables as wild vegetables. Or they were fed a few livestock. I don’t know where Zhao Jiu found it.

With these chickens and ducks, the courtyard has become more popular.

The rest of the houses that were destroyed, Zhao Jiuben's principle of not wasting them. He broke down all the houses into raw materials, leaving only one foundation. The rest were either used as materials for repairing the house or as firewood for burning fire.

However, a hidden danger has gradually emerged.

That's fuel.

Before, when I cooked, I always looked for some firewood from the yard, but there were not many people at that time and it was still possible to maintain it. But now that there are more people, the more people they have to consume.

Seven things to do when opening the door: all the food, food, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are all cost-effective, and the other is not cost-effective.

A life of hundreds of people and dozens of taels of silver is absolutely not enough. Zhao Jiu even started to start working on all the flat corners of the entire yard to open up vegetable fields and rice fields. Of course, although the Yangjiyuan yard is large, if it is really like this, it will not be able to plant much.

Just for those who are used to being poor.

Of course, if you can get one more point, you can get one more point. If you can get one more point, you can get one more point.

Before, Zhao Jiu had opened land and planted vegetables in Yangjiyuan. He was just weak and could only grow a small piece. Now that there are too many people, he naturally needs to plant everything he can.

Zhou's mother looked at the appearance here, but she felt a pleasing feeling. She said, "These places are good."

Zhou Dazhuang was just silent.

Zhao Jiu came over from afar and saw Zhou's mother from afar, as well as Zhou Dazhuang beside Zhou's mother. He asked, "Who is this?"

Zhou Dazhuang's voice was muffled and said: "Old Madam."

When Zhao Jiu heard this, he immediately became enthusiastic and said, "Mrs. Zhou."

Zhou's mother said, "Are you the manager here?"

Zhao Jiu nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhou's mother said, "I heard that Feixiong is in charge of this place now?"

Zhao Jiu said: "Yes, yes, we are all subordinates of Lord Zhou."

The news that Zhou's mother received was only Zhou Mengchen was in charge of the Yangjian Academy. The situation was not clear, and she didn't know everything here, but actually spent the Zhou family's own money. So Zhou's mother didn't care about this and said, "Take me around."

Zhao Jiu said: "Yes, yes. The old lady is here."

Zhao Jiu led the way forward and introduced Zhou's mother while leading the way. The room and people here.

Zhou's mother suddenly saw a girl with a very beautiful face and was taking pulses for many people. She was not only taking pulses, but also asking her if she couldn't handle some things.

Zhou's mother asked, "Who is she?"

Zhao Jiu immediately smiled and said, "This is Miss Li. She is kind-hearted and has often come here to treat us old people for free. In the past few days, many people have roots in old age. She not only treats her, but also takes out a lot of medicinal herbs from home. We are all very grateful."

Zhou's mother said, "You said her surname is Li? But is it from the Li Family Medical Center?"

Zhao Jiu said: "I don't know much, probably."

Zhou's mother frowned slightly, and at this moment, Zhou's mother immediately remembered the girl Zhou Mengchen told him. It was just that the daughter of the Li family was not suitable to be the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family.

It does not mean that there is any hatred between the two parties, but that it is a family.

Zhou Mengchen didn't know much about the Li family, but Zhou's mother, as an older generation, understood better how the Li family's family business was.

Li Yan heard that Mr. Li is the most famous doctor in Wuchang City. Even in the Governor's Office and even the King of Chu Mansion were guests. He once worked in the Imperial Hospital. It is said that both sons tried to study, but the eldest son was not good enough and had given up. It was considered to have studied medicine and take over the family business. The younger son was more promising than the eldest son. He became a scholar at a teenager and had a bright future. Maybe when he could go to Beijing to win.

The Zhou family cannot afford such a family.

Perhaps when Zhou Mengchen's father was there, his family had a thicker family background, and it was possible. But now the Zhou family's family's family is too weak and they are not even qualified to propose marriage. The so-called marriage between a high family and a low family is married. Even if the Li family does not marry well, there is no one who will not marry easily.

When Zhou's mother was secretly watching Miss Li.

The maid beside Miss Li also carefully pushed Miss Li and said, "Miss, look over there? It seems to be the old lady of the Zhou family?"

Speaking of which, the two families are not far apart, and they are considered neighbors. When Zhou's father was ill, Zhou's mother also went out of the Li family many times. Some impressions here were normal. However, as a man outside, Zhou Mengchen rarely entered the inner courtyard of the Li family, and was usually outside. Therefore, Miss Li and Zhou Mengchen did not miss a few times.

Miss Li immediately stopped her work and looked over. She didn't know why her face turned red. She gritted her teeth slightly and said, "Let's go and say hello."

Miss Li came over to salute and said, "Old lady."

Zhou's mother was secretly thinking, and her face was full of smiles. She grabbed Miss Li's hand and said, "I didn't expect you to be here, go, accompany me."

"Yes." Miss Li and Zhou's mother walked around the Yangjianyuan. After a while, they looked smiling and the guests were happy. Then they left.

On the way home, Zhou's mother said to herself: "The girl is a good girl, it's a pity. My family does not have this blessing. I have to find a way to stop this thought. Otherwise, my son will only be even more sad in the future and will be unfair to the Li family. Some things cannot be done by my family."

In this era of unequal relationship between men and women, if a girl’s reputation is broken, no matter how high the family is, no one will want it if the reputation is broken.

If Zhou Mengchen did this, he would force the Li family to marry.

But Zhou's mother is a kind person. The Zhou family has always had a good family tradition, so why is she willing to do such a thing? Zhou's mother thought carefully about how to prevent Miss Li from coming to the stewardship hall from now on, and from now on, the two of them will never meet again. She was ready to nag Zhou Mengchen for this matter.

At this moment, Miss Li was also on the way home. Xiaohuan, the maid beside her, said: "Miss, the old lady of the Zhou family is very nice to you, and seems to be looking at her daughter-in-law."

Miss Li said, "Bah, I tear your mouth apart. Can you say such words casually?" Then Miss Li sighed casually and said, "Brother Zhou Shi is a good person, but you miss, I will not seek a good man in my life, but I hope to be able to save the world and become a famous doctor."

"But, didn't Mr. Zhou say that? If you want to be Bao Gu, you have to find Ge Hong first." Xiao Huan said: "Is Mr. Zhou's Ge Hong this time?"

Miss Li reached out and patted Xiaohuan's head gently, saying, "I can't say anything nonsense." But for some reason, this sentence took root in Miss Li's heart.
Chapter completed!