20demayo Chapter 863: The only martial arts that cannot be defeated is speed
Chapter 863: The only martial arts that cannot be defeated is speed
After lunch, everyone reluctantly sent her to the door of the Earl's house, even Yu Shizhang and the Earl's wife were among them.
Mrs. Bo looked reluctant and held Shen Zheng's hand again.
Shen Zheng was on guard against her move, and seeing this, she quickly shrank back and grasped the lady's fingertips with her backhand.
"Good child..." Lady Bo held her hand again and said lovingly, "Good child, if it weren't for you, how could the good doctor come to the Bo's house to see grandma..."
Unexpectedly, a gold bracelet that was larger than the circumference of a jade bracelet was directly put on Shen Zheng's wrist.
"I..." Shen Zheng quickly retracted her hand, "Please don't..."
"Let's go, let's go." Lady Bo pushed her unexpectedly with a lot of force. Shen Zheng staggered back half a step, looking confused.
"Come and visit often. Come and see grandma." Mrs. Bo waved at her and walked into the Bo's house without looking back.
Shen Zheng took off the gold bracelet inlaid with gems from her wrist and looked at Yu Shizhang helplessly.
Yu Shizhang chuckled, and immediately turned around and entered the mansion with a few people, and asked the doorman to close the door.
Before closing the door, the doorman did not forget to put his hands together and bow to Shen Zheng with an apologetic smile.
She stood at the door of the mansion under the scorching midday sun for a cup of tea, until Huaduo held an umbrella for her, and then she came to her senses.
"Fast." Shen Zheng thought afterward: "Too fast. Is it true that the only martial arts that cannot be defeated is speed?"
The first time she reacted and didn't dare to refuse forcefully, but the second time...
Now that she thought about it, she felt that the lady did have some tricks up her sleeve.
The hand flipped, raised, and stroked, and the bracelet slid through the clothes?
Hua Duo felt her inquiring gaze and nodded subconsciously: "Quick move, only force can break it."
"......" Shen Zheng thought about the lady's body, "Let's not try anymore, let's go to the Ministry of Revenue."
Hua Duo followed her into the carriage, and as soon as they sat down, Shen Zheng started searching the car.
Normally, a wealthy family like this would have several storage boxes on their carriage.
She searched for a while but couldn't find the compartment where the box was placed. Finally, Hua Duo pointed under her buttocks, and Shen Zheng finally realized what was going on - when the cushion was lifted up, there was a secret compartment.
In the secret compartment, three palm-sized sandalwood square boxes were lying quietly. Shen Zheng picked up one at random, put the gold bracelet in it, then took off the jade bracelet on her hand and put them all in.
She wanted to put it back in the dark, but after thinking about it, she felt a little worried and handed the square box to Huaduo instead.
"After I go to the Ministry of Revenue's public fields, I may have to work on the fields for a while. You keep them."
After Hua Duo took the square box, he thought - when the master went to the ground, did she have to watch?
"Master..." She hesitated and said, "Slave, no, I will go down to the ground with you, okay?"
"You can also farm?" Shen Zheng was slightly pleased. "What crops can you grow?"
Unexpectedly, Hua Duo was stunned and shook his head slowly, "I don't know how to farm...but I can dig holes for planting and fetch water for the master..."
Shen Zheng immediately shook her head when she heard this. "That's not necessary. That's the job of the Ministry of Revenue. You don't take a penny from them, so why bother working for them? Digging pits and carrying water is the most tiring. You can just stay with me and learn some farming knowledge. We can grow our own vegetables in the mansion in the future."
It’s a pity that there is such a large open space in the mansion but it is not used for farming and raising chickens.
Huaduo was distracted.
......
After Shen Zheng led Hua Duo into the Ministry of Revenue, someone from the Ministry of Works next door immediately came in to report.
"Report - Your Excellency, Lord Shangshu, Lord Shen really went to the Ministry of Revenue!"
"Too slow!"
Yue Zhenchuan sat in the hall regretting, "One wrong move and the whole game is ruined."
In order to win Shen Zheng back to the Ministry of Works, he had already made a plan in mind and would go to court tomorrow.
Just as he was thinking about it, another officer ran over and said, "Sir Shangshu, Lord Shen sent someone to deliver something!"
Yue Zhenchuan's eyes lit up, he stood up suddenly and snatched the straw paper from the officer's hand.
He knew that Shen Zheng would not be angry with him!
The midday light was extremely bright, and Shen Zheng's handwriting was clearly visible on the paper - preliminary ideas and drawings of a large blast furnace.
The sentences on the paper were somewhat obscure and difficult to understand, but he could sense that Shen Zheng had tried his best to refine the words and ideas to make them easier for viewers to understand.
Yue Zhenchuan had already been immersed in it as he watched. The two officers standing opposite him did not dare to even breathe.
The terrible silence was not broken until the water officer entered the hall carrying a basin of "strange" cement.
"Mr. Shangshu, your humble servant..."
The water officer had just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by Yue Zhenchuan's "tsk".
Yue Zhenchuan looked at every word on the paper almost greedily, but he still couldn't imagine how majestic and tall this blast furnace would be if it was cast.
He almost couldn't hold his feet, and now he wanted to rush into the Ministry of Revenue and snatch Shen Zheng back.
But when he wanted to turn to the last piece of straw paper to see the final appearance of the blast furnace, he found a paragraph of small words that Shen Zheng had specially written in red on the paper.
——The universe is vast and the blast furnace is difficult. This diagram only shows one or two of the ten. The remaining casting details are only in the conception stage. I would like to ask Mr. Yue and colleagues from the Ministry of Industry to interpret them first, and then we can brainstorm and discuss together in the future.
Yue Zhenchuan felt a little headache.
It was such a complicated stack of paper, and he spent a lot of effort but still couldn't understand it thoroughly, and he only got one tenth or twelve tenths of it?
If he tried to snatch Shen Zheng away at this moment, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the Ministry of Industry and a waste of Shen Zheng's time?
No! He had to figure it out on his own first, and when he understood it a little better, he could ask someone to help him solve the problem.
The blueprint was slammed on the table, and he asked the water officer impatiently, "What's your business?"
The water officer knew his expression too well, and quickly stepped back and said, "I'm fine, I just want to ask you..."
"to be frank!"
"The cement made by the Water Company has not solidified. I wonder if I can go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask Shen..."
The water officer's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he shut his mouth.
Yue Zhenchuan felt embarrassed, but fortunately he didn't have to embarrass himself in front of others.
He said unhappily, "Shen Zheng is in the Ministry of Revenue. If you go now, you might be able to catch up. If you go later, they won't be there anymore."
The water officer ran out with the basin.
At the door of the household department, Shen Zheng had just stepped one foot into the carriage when she heard someone calling her.
The man came from the Ministry of Works and was still shouting as he passed the Ministry of Personnel, causing several officials from the Ministry of Personnel to stick their heads out.
When the visitor, breathlessly, handed her a basin of sticky cement, she suddenly felt that the other person was worthy of respect.
"It's you." Shen Zheng said with a smile, "Mr. Zeng from the Water Department."
She looked carefully at the cement in the basin for a while, then cut a piece of cloth and wrapped it around her finger, then dug out some cement to look at.
"The powder is too fine, and this gypsum should be relatively pure, so you can add a little more. Mr. Zeng, go back and try it first. If it's still not right tomorrow, we can discuss it again."
Zeng Tongshi swore that Shen Zheng was the most talkative official he had ever met in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty.