On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Lin Zhencai just said that he wanted to have a good rest for a few days, and Lu Dehao said that he had to go take care of his aunt. How could this be possible?

He waved his hands repeatedly.

"No, no, no, I really don't want to go. If you want to go, you guys should go."

Lu Dehao insisted on dragging Lin Zhen to the Jiaofangsi, and was so anxious that he grimaced.

"Brother, I know you care about your reputation, and I've already thought of a reason for you. If anyone sees you, just tell them, 'Today's breeze is blowing, and the autumn flowers are in full bloom. If I don't take care of them, it would seem I don't understand romance!'"

This word is so familiar...

Lin Zhen still shook his head and said, "I'm not interested in those aunts and concubines. You should go by yourself. If you need money, I'll pay for it!"

"Isn't that funny? How dare those bastards from the Jiaofangsi take money from me? I'll break their legs when I get back!"

"You can say whatever you want, but I'm not going." Lin Zhen pulled his hand away and continued to think about the gunpowder.

Seeing that Lin Zhen really didn't want to go, Lu Dehao stopped trying to persuade him. He found a chair and sat down with a sigh.

"Alas, with Fatty away, I don't even have anyone to go to whore with. Life is tough."

"Can't you find something more serious to do? Every day you're either visiting prostitutes, drinking, or gambling. You lost a lot in my casino last month. If you keep going like this, you'll be ruined."

"I do my work? Ha." Lu Dehao gave an inexplicable wry smile. "The three of us have such a good relationship now because I don't do my work. If I did, they wouldn't be able to sleep well."

Lin Zhen was puzzled.

"Why is that? You are Uncle Lu's youngest son. This official position and title will never be yours."

"Because none of my three brothers are up to par. My father poured so much effort into my eldest brother, but in the end, he was only a minor general in Taishan Road. Not to mention my second and third brothers. They all want to inherit the title of Duke of Xunguo, so they compete openly and secretly with my eldest brother and try to win me over. Sigh, if you don't know, you would think my family has a lot of wealth."

This is normal, as anyone who has read Dream of the Red Chamber knows.

Although it is a novel, Cao Gong describes the ancient feudal social system vividly.

As a duke, Lu Dehao's family is also considered a wealthy family, but like the Rong and Ning mansions, none of his sons and nephews are ambitious.

Back then, when Lu Dehao's father, Lu Buting, inherited the title of Duke of Xunguo, he was already a former general of Daqian. His grandfather, Lu Shangtian, was a ruthless man who had made great contributions on the battlefield together with Lin Zhenxian.

By the time Lu Dehao came of age, he had neither learned the good things nor avoided the bad things. None of the four boys in the family had any future.

Only Lu Dehao's two sisters are doing okay.

One of them is Zheng Sanshan’s wife, and the other is the wife of the chief steward of Huazhong Road.

But even so, the Lu family began to decline.

Lin Zhen thought about it and thought, and since he had few people he could use now, he might as well give him a job. If he was willing to do it, he would be very successful in the future. But if he was not willing... considering that he had committed an affair with a woman by the Yellow River, it didn't matter to him to support him.

"How about this, Dehao? I'm planning to set up a factory and I'm short of manpower. Why don't you take on this responsibility?"

"Factory? What for? Are there any women?"

Lin Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "Woman, woman, you can only get on the belly of a dead woman. Can't you live without a woman?"

"What's the point of living without a woman?"

"Get lost, in one word, do you want to do it or not? If you do well, I'll make you a doctor in the Ministry of Works within five years, and a minister in ten. If you do well, I'll even confer you a noble title. It's not impossible."

Relying on his close relationship with Murong Yan, Lin Zhen has begun to paint a rosy picture for Lu Dehao.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with what he said. Murong Yan now completely listens to his advice. If Lin Zhen says east, Murong Yan will never go west.

Lu Dehao was so scared that he quickly sat up from his chair.

"Brother, are you serious?"

"of course it's true."

"I'll do it! As long as it doesn't interfere with my family's affairs, I'll do anything!"

"That's more like it. Tomorrow I will go to the palace and ask His Majesty to appoint you as the County Magistrate of Wuqing County, specifically in charge of the Wuqing County Development Zone."

Lin Zhen pulled out the Wuqing County Development Zone Work Manual he had written from among the numerous documents on his desk and showed it to Lu Dehao. "It contains detailed steps. Once you arrive in Wuqing County, you can implement them according to the plan. Also, remember, the first five-year plan and the opening date of the first work unit must be completed on time. If you can't, you can get out."

After saying that, Lin Zhen threw it directly into Lu Dehao's arms. The latter picked it up and looked at it, with a helpless look on his face.

"No...Brother, why are there so many words in here? Do you have the kind that are all drawings?"

Lin Zhen cursed angrily, "Get lost! Do you think this is a pornographic picture? If you can't read, go learn it and wait for me to explain it to you one by one? You useless thing, you only know how to embarrass me!"

"Got it, brother. I'll take up my post right away."

"Go ahead. I'll allocate funds to the development zone every month. If you dare to squander it recklessly, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!"

Lu Dehao left, taking Lin Zhen with him in a gloomy mood.

In fact, during this period of time, Lin Zhen has been thinking about who to send to supervise the development zone.

This was a huge secret, and also a huge project. It was crucial to Daqian and its future plans, and he wouldn't feel safe if it wasn't in the hands of his own people.

But I don’t have any suitable person to use. I happened to meet him today, so it would be nice to let him give it a try.

Let’s put the gunpowder issue aside for now. When Yue Wu has time, she will go to the Western Region merchants to buy some saltpeter and start the experiment.

Any invention requires time to accumulate, especially for a half-baked one like Lin Zhen, it is an arduous task.

In addition to gunpowder, Lin Zhen also knew about glass. However, with the current level of technology, it was not an easy task to burn it, so he still had to make a thorough plan.

A man was thinking about things in the study, time passed quickly, and it was evening in the blink of an eye.

Before Lin Zhen had finished his meal, Hou Chun brought in an invitation.

"Prince, the servant outside the door handed in an invitation. Please take a look." Hou Chun respectfully placed the invitation on the desk.

Lin Zhen was still wondering who had posted the message to him, but when he looked carefully, he found out it was Tan Wu.

Last time I went to Dali Temple and wanted to see Suo Liwen, but I didn’t see him. This guy was still so arrogant. What happened to him today?

Could there be an explosion?

He also murdered himself?

Or is it that Gu Yunting is dead and he is eager to find a backer?

In any case, this invitation was not a good thing for him, so Lin Zhen naturally put it aside and ignored it.

If Tan Wu was anxious, he would naturally come to find him; if he didn't, it was obvious that it was not something that required his presence, and Lin Zhen would not bother to care.