Chen Yuezhang, who was standing opposite, glanced at Su Tai outside the room and said in a low voice, "Dad, please stop talking. They have been scolded for the whole afternoon and have rewritten several pieces. This one is barely acceptable. Please don't add fuel to the fire."
Chen Yi was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately went out to coax Su Tai, holding her in his arms as he walked towards the backyard, talking about the situation on the floating bridge, and waving his hands behind his back to signal the children to sneak out.
He was really busy.
Su Tai didn't know the secrets between the father and his sons. She was still very angry after entering the room. "I raised Yuezhang and Congrong by myself. I am confident about these two children. But the twins are not good. They are too tough! They need to be taught well!"
Strictly speaking, the twins were taken care of by many people. Since Chen Yi was not around, she had less time to take care of them. Everyone pitied them and spoiled them as much as possible, which led to them becoming lawless.
"Yes, yes, yes, my wife knows everything I said. I will teach you tomorrow."
"Stop playing dumb with me! You won't even know where you are when I open my eyes tomorrow!"
"Hehe, I'll just be busy for a while. Once the floating bridge is repaired, there's nothing else to do. You can come back anytime you want."
It takes less than a quarter of an hour to run a one-kilometer distance.
Su Tai's face looked better, and she told him the whole situation in the imperial capital. "I heard some rumors from the housekeeper and found out that there was something wrong with godfather's injury. That second prince is really a piece of shit. In order to marry Tiantian, he actually asked the imperial physician to prepare medicine for godfather's old injury. Godfather has to take it."
"How ridiculous! Just because he is a prince, he can do whatever he wants? Isn't my godfather the emperor's confidant?" Shen Yi's teeth were chattering, and he was so angry that he wanted to jump up and down.
Su Tai sighed depressedly, "So what? The emperor will grow old, and there will always be a new crown prince. The second prince is the oldest and was raised by the queen. He looks good and has good knowledge. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be the next crown prince. Why can godfather really go against him? It will be troublesome if he really makes him angry.
He could only go along with the Second Prince while trying every means to stop this matter. Fortunately, Aunt Xinghua went there, and the other person's biological mother came, so his godfather could no longer make the decision for the other person.
No matter how angry the second prince was, he could not be unreasonable. Later, the second prince brought his own death upon himself and was driven to the border by the emperor.
Godfather was able to escape danger this time, but the Second Prince did not succeed in the end, and Tiantian became his sister-in-law. I don’t know what will happen next.”
She didn't dare tell Huang Xinghua about these things, for fear that she would get anxious and angry, and her life would be ruined. She could only complain to Chen Yi in private.
Shen Yi frowned, "It's a pity that we don't have the ability to help godfather share his worries."
Su Tai also looked frustrated. "Forget it, let's do the current work first. You were promoted to town official by godfather, and there must be many people who are dissatisfied. If the floating bridge is repaired, it will be a great achievement and can suppress those rumors. As long as it is recognized by everyone, godfather will also be proud."
"You're right, I have to work hard."
After knowing Liu Laosan's situation in the imperial capital, Shen Yi became more concerned about the affairs of the town officials. He was busy building a floating bridge, while Su Tai focused all his attention on the strawberry jam and wool sweater workshops.
It's almost cold by this time, and the price of woolen sweaters will be higher than in spring and summer. I heard that the king of Longxia Kingdom is interested in doing business with Langya Kingdom. If the decree can be implemented in the future, they can also do business to the border and consider expanding the workshop.
You don't know how busy you are until you count.
When the caravan set out again, the busy strawberry jam business came to an end and watermelons began to appear.
This time the caravan took away fifty carts of watermelons, and no one knew where they would be able to sell them all. The caravan would have to recruit more people.
It doesn’t take so many people to harvest watermelons, so some villagers went to Daxun River to help pave the bridge surface.
By August, the Daxun River floating bridge was finally completed.
Completion day.
Shen Yi went to the county government office in person and notified the county magistrate to come and attend the completion ceremony.
Officials of all ranks in the county government all wanted to see this longest bridge in Zhaohua County.
All are out.
Upon hearing the news, the wealthy businessmen and gentry in the county followed over, including Mr. Zhu.
Ma Xingteng personally came to Liu Tiechui's house to invite him to go to Daxun River together.
Liu Tiechui and his wife looked at each other in surprise.
Ma Yujie asked doubtfully, "Brother, was the bridge really built? You're not kidding me, are you?"
Ma Xingteng touched his chin with an excited look on his face. "If it's a trick, you'll know if you go and see it! Anyway, I saw it when I passed by a while ago. The bridge is very majestic. It's right on the water. I don't know what it feels like to walk on it."
Liu Tiechui also wanted to know, "Then let's go and join in the fun."
When they arrived at the Daxun River, they were all shocked when they saw the magnificent floating bridge.
Liu Tiechui jumped off the carriage immediately, "Oh my goodness! Shen Yi really did it!"
Ma Yujie came down next and said sourly, "I don't know if I can get past him yet! It's too early to say that!"
Liu Tiechui said nothing, and walked with a group of people to the county magistrate Duan Ren, "County Magistrate."
The county magistrate tilted his head to look at him, then smiled cheerfully and said, "You're here! Look, this bridge is truly amazing. I've never seen such a special bridge in my entire life."
Liu Tiechui didn't expect that the bridge was so spacious. The iron nets on both sides were more than ten feet high. People could walk on it without worrying about falling into the water, and it was even okay for children to walk by themselves.
"But have you tried it?"
Duan Ren stroked his beard and shook his head, "Not yet! Shen Yi said he wanted to test it himself and is preparing."
Liu Tiechui looked around and finally found Shen Yi fiddling with the carriage. There were ox carts and donkey carts behind him. He suddenly had a bad feeling, "He's not going to take the carriage over there! This is too ridiculous!"
Duan Ren looked calm, "Whether it can succeed or not depends on Shen Yi trying it. This is a good opportunity to test the load-bearing capacity of the floating bridge."
Everyone's attention was focused on Shen Yi.
Shen Yi tied up the carriage, which was loaded with some goods.
The ox cart at the back was also carrying a load of wild vegetables, and the driver was a young man in the village who was familiar with water.
The donkey cart was loaded with firewood, and the driver was Fang Wei.
Following Shen Yi's order, horse-drawn carriages, ox-drawn carts, and donkey-drawn carts successively went onto the bridge.
The crowd watching was so nervous that they dared not even breathe.
The bridge deck is two meters wide, and their car is less than one meter wide, which is more than enough for single-person travel.
As the carriage just went up, the bridge surface shook slightly, but it was not obvious. The horse was not frightened. With Shen Yi's comfort, it moved forward slowly at first, then faster and faster, and finally it even trotted.
Everyone watched the horse-drawn carriages, ox-drawn carts and donkey-drawn carts go farther and farther away, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they were almost ashore.
"It's done! Sir, it's done!" Lu Tong shouted excitedly and clapped loudly.
Everyone followed suit and applauded.
"I didn't expect it! I didn't expect that Shen Yi would actually build this bridge! Does our Langya country have a long bridge that can accommodate horse-drawn carriages, ox-drawn carriages, and donkey-drawn carriages?" Duan Ren asked the master beside him. (End of this chapter)
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