After Su Heng left, Chuanwen was caught in a dilemma.
I've been working away from home for two or three years now, and I really want to go back and visit my hometown! But...
When Marquis Changxing arrived, he heard Chuanwen's thoughts and wondered: Working?
Just as he was about to go over and call Chuanwen to have breakfast, Chuanyu ran over from the other side. When she saw Chuanwen, her eyes lit up. She picked up a stack of drawings, flipped to one of the pages, and asked a question with her brows furrowed.
This is the telegraph machine they've been studying these past few days, but there are still several problems they can't figure out.
Chuanwen sighed. Although she was no longer involved in the construction, she still had to provide technical support from time to time. The emperor, that ruthless tyrant, would not let her leave the capital, lest he delay his grand plan for building the country.
Although Chuanwen sighed inwardly, once he entered his own field of knowledge, he was free of distractions and explained those questions to Chuanyu in detail, giving many simple and easy-to-understand examples. Chuanyu nodded frequently.
"Wen-meimei, you are so amazing!"
Chuan Yu didn't hold back in praising Chuan Wen; after Chuan Wen's analysis, these obscure questions suddenly didn't seem so difficult anymore.
After praising her, Chuan Yu looked up at her increasingly beautiful and charming sister Wen and sighed softly. It was a pity that her sister Wen was lazy; otherwise, with her intelligence, she would surely have transformed the Great Jin Dynasty!
Chuanyu had indeed wondered how her sister Wen knew so much, but everyone has their own secrets, so why should she have to uncover everything? Besides, her sister Wen hadn't killed anyone or committed arson; on the contrary, she had used these skills to bring them a lot of convenience. What's wrong with her having a few secrets?
Uh... Chuanyu dotes on Chuanwen a bit too much.
Having resolved her confusion, Chuanyu felt much more at ease. Changxing Hou, who had been waiting nearby, called the two of them to go eat, but Chuanyu waved her hand and said she wouldn't eat. She needed to quickly digest what Chuanwen had just said while her mind was still fresh, so she took the stack of papers and went to the Women's Academy.
Marquis Changxing sighed. His two granddaughters were a workaholic and a master of slacking off. Alas, the difference was too great!
However, although his daughter Wen is lazy, she is actually quite intelligent, and she seems quite wise when she talks to people seriously.
Marquis Changxing's eyes crinkled with laughter, he was practically a fanboy of Chuanwen's. "Wenwen, this morning I specially asked the chef to make your favorite 'Hibiscus Shrimp'!"
Chuanwen silently took two steps back. [Why is the old man laughing so happily? Is he trying to crush me with his wrinkles?]
Marquis Changxing's lips twitched, silently suppressing the urge to bend down, take off his shoe, and slap his granddaughter to death. He took a deep breath, his voice even more loving than before, "Besides the hibiscus shrimp, there are also golden coin meat pies!"
[Hiss!]
Chuanwen swallowed hard, then smiled and took his grandfather's arm. "Grandfather, let's go!"
The sound of "Grandfather" made Marquis Changxing feel much better, and the grandfather and grandson walked towards the dining room.
[For the sake of delicious food, what's a few wrinkles to be afraid of!]
Chuanwen described the gesture of holding a bomb, which made Marquis Changxing grit his teeth in anger. "Fine, fine, he's my own son!"
Marquis Changxing finally sighed, "Alas! I'd better find myself a good burial site, or I'll be driven to my death by that girl Wen sooner or later!"
After the meal, Marquis Changxing went to find his feng shui master, leaving Chuanwen idle once again.
After Su Heng left the Marquis of Changxing's residence, he hitched up a carriage. Su Yue also asked Xu Yan for leave. Moving the ancestral graves was a big deal, and since the family was reunited, they also wanted to go back to offer incense to their mother.
The whole family went back, so they used two carriages, but there were two other carriages traveling with them.
Dong Zhen sat in the carriage, feeling uneasy. His mother had remarried, and he wondered how she would feel if he brought his father back. Fortunately, his father was already dead, otherwise the situation would be even more awkward.
Thinking of this, Dong Zhen lightly slapped herself, cursing herself for being unfilial. How could she be so glad that her father was dead!
Several carriages left the city gate and headed southeast. When Xiao Hong and Xiao Hei lifted the curtain and looked out, they saw a train coming out of the train station in the distance. Pointing to the train, they asked their parents, "Why don't we ride on that divine mount?"
Su Yu looked outside and sighed with mixed feelings, "Father's hometown isn't in that direction."
Sigh, if he hadn't been abducted while working, he wouldn't have been away from home for so many years. But if he hadn't been abducted, he wouldn't have met Aoki, and he wouldn't have had a pair of lovely children.
Su Yu was quite moved and gently stroked his children's fluffy heads.
As the carriages gradually drove away, a man carrying two loads of stones on a construction site in the distance sighed and looked longingly at the carriages.
Alas! He used to be someone who traveled by carriage, but now he's a prisoner and has to do hard labor!
"Hey! Old Zhang, why are you crying?"
When a shirtless man passed by Zhang De, he saw two lines of tears streaming down Zhang De's dusty face, which had carved two furrows into the dust. Curious, he asked Zhang De what was wrong.
Zhang De then realized that he had unknowingly shed tears, and quickly raised his hand to wipe away the bitter tears. "It's nothing, just some sand in my eyes!"
Now that the Great Jin Dynasty is vigorously carrying out construction, some criminals, unless they are guilty of heinous crimes such as murder and arson, will be sent to various construction sites to work as laborers.
Of course, they weren't free laborers. They would receive meager wages, and if they behaved well, their sentences could be reduced, which gave them some hope for the future and prevented them from inciting rebellion or riots.
After the emperor observed Zhang De's last trial, he ordered an investigation. The investigation not only revealed that what Chuanwen had said was true and that the people under his jurisdiction were suffering terribly, but also that his promotion was indeed questionable.
One of the officials in the Ministry of Personnel was from the same hometown as Zhang De. Zhang De gave him a lot of gifts, and this person wrote Zhang De's name on the promotion assessment. He also spoke highly of Zhang De to the Minister of Personnel, who was the final decision-maker, praising his literary talent, his character, and his official conduct.
If it were just empty praise, the Minister of Personnel wouldn't be so moved. But he has the "Ten Thousand People's Umbrella." If he weren't a good official, would the people give him the "Ten Thousand People's Umbrella"?
The Minister of Personnel was unaware that Zhang De had demanded the "Ten Thousand People's Umbrella" from the common people, and even less aware that the umbrella maker had placed a cursed book inside. And so, when the capital was short of a county magistrate, he was promoted.
The emperor immediately dismissed Zhang De from his post and sent him for reformation. As for the official in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, a thorough investigation revealed that he had accepted a considerable amount of bribes three years prior by promoting people. The reason for the three-year delay was that Chuanwen had arrived in the capital three years ago, and with Chuanwen around, which court official dared not behave?
However, this person was cautious. Knowing that he was not clean, he never went near Chuanwen, which is why he managed to hide until now.
Now that he's been discovered, of course he can't be kept any longer. Like Zhang De, he's been sent here for reform. The two are from the same hometown, and their eyes are filled with tears.
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