Carpenter Zhao couldn't say a word when he was counted, after all, what Carpenter Sun said was also the truth, the situation of their family was indeed quite complicated, he himself felt uncomfortable, and often sighed depressedly, not to mention the opinions of outsiders.

But no matter how partiality his mother is, no matter how shameless his brothers are, these people are all his relatives, and they have a relationship with him that blood is thicker than water, so even if he is unhappy, he will still be towards his relatives.

But in the eyes of outsiders who don't have any blood relationship, it's not like that, they will think that Carpenter Zhao's mother is an old fool, and Carpenter Zhao's brothers are parasites who don't seek progress, which makes people extremely disgusted, and even think that Carpenter Zhao has soft ears and is too weak to be bullied, and it is inevitable to be angry when marrying his daughter into such a family.

Looking at Carpenter Zhao's aggrieved look, Li An felt very funny, and he was counted down by Sun Stonemason for a while, and he was able to be worried like this, which shows that he is indeed an indecisive person, and when he encounters problems, he always chooses to escape indefinitely, rather than working hard to solve them, and the result is that the more it drags on, the more serious the situation is, and the more difficult it is to change.

And Zhao Carpenter's character is completely inherited from his old mother, and his old mother is also like this, seeing his young sons crying poor, he immediately felt distressed and couldn't stand it, and saw that Erlang couldn't marry a daughter-in-law, he was also very distressed, and the palms and backs of his hands hurt very much, thus losing the most basic judgment.

In terms of performing crying poverty and pleasing people, several of Carpenter Zhao's brothers and their families are masters, but Carpenter Zhao and his son are not very good at pleasing people, nor are they good at performing their own misfortunes, they seem a little wooden, they all say that crying children have milk to eat, and Carpenter Zhao's family is not a crying child, so they have no milk to eat, and they will always suffer unfair treatment.

"Lao Zhao! Nothing more! My new house has been built, if you want, put Erlang into our house! I will treat your Erlang like my own son, and I will never let your Erlang suffer, what do you think? ”

Sun Stonemason spoke.

He understands that Carpenter Zhao's temperament is too soft, and he can't be the master of the old mother at all, so their Zhao family's property will be divided by Carpenter Zhao's younger brothers, and his daughter and son-in-law are afraid that they won't be able to get any inheritance, so it is better to let Zhao Jiaerlang be his son-in-law, so that in the future, he will support a little casually, and the life of the young couple will not be too sad, at least they will not be angry, and he can also see that Zhao Jiaerlang is a responsible person, as long as there is no accident, the little couple relies on their own strength, That's a better life.

"No, how can this work? Our family will be able to build a new house soon, grandson, you have so many daughters, why do you have to ask our Erlang to be a son-in-law? It's also good to let your daughter marry our Erlang, we won't let our daughter be wronged. ”

Carpenter Zhao said flatteringly.

"I won't let my daughter be wronged, so what can I believe? As far as the situation of your family is concerned, you can still hide it from me, look at what your eldest daughter-in-law has become like when she is bullied, and say that she will not be wronged, and believe that you have a ghost. ”

Sun Mason's face was disdainful.

"Lao Sun, my mother is also a knife-mouthed tofu heart, she is not as bad as you think, as long as the child is obedient, he is loved, and he will not give the girl a bad feeling, you are really worried."

Carpenter Zhao still flattered.

Li Ang just watched them chatting quietly, because they usually get along more casually, so they will not be nervous, and even when they go to work, they gossip in front of Li An, Li Ang will not blame, as long as they can do their work well, everything is easy to say.

"Alright, alright, old grandson! I won't talk to you anymore, is Li Shilang still here? I'll make a few small requests, if you agree, then this thing can be done, if you don't agree, then when I didn't say, our daughter is not worried about getting married, and she is not worried about her son-in-law. ”

Sun Mason said stiffly.

"Okay, old grandson, you can say it! What are the requirements? ”

Carpenter Zhao saw that there was a play, and asked with a complicated expression.

He very much hoped that his son would eventually be able to marry the daughter of the Sun Mason's family, but at the same time, he was also very worried that Sun Mason would make very excessive demands, if the conditions were too much, how could he agree.

Seeing that Carpenter Zhao was so on the road, the corner of Sun Carpenter's mouth smiled slightly, and he said: "Don't worry, Lao Zhao, my requirements are not high, first, the three main houses that your family is going to build should not be built in your own small garden, it is better to build it in the middle of the village, there is just a vacant land, and the price is also very cheap, I am ready to buy it for my daughter as a dowry, what do you think?" ”

Carpenter Zhao thought about it carefully, although it was a little far away, but after all, it was still in a village, and it was not a problem, and this piece of land was purchased by Sun Stonemason, so he simply picked up a big bargain, what reason was there not to agree?

"Old Sun, I can agree to this condition, it's nothing?"

Carpenter Zhao replied boldly.

Sun Mason continued: "Since you want to build a house in the middle of the village, Erlang can be regarded as a split family, so after getting married, all Erlang's salary belongs to him, and not a penny can be handed over to you, and your family still has to take care of the food, so you can't let the little couple go hungry, how about it?" ”

Although Carpenter Zhao felt that it was inappropriate, but if he thought about it carefully, this was not a big deal, and the salary of their Erlang was not high, so it was better for him to keep it for himself, so as not to be looted by a few brothers.

"I can also agree to this condition, but if they don't want to go over to eat, then they can't blame me."

Carpenter Zhao said.

Sun Mason nodded, and continued to make a request: "There is another request, that is, you must cultivate Erlang well, give him all your carpentry skills, and let him take over the carpentry." ”

"Okay, there's no problem with this, I've been planning to do so for a long time, as long as Erlang is a carpenter's material, I will do my best to cultivate, this is my own son, how can I not do my best? Old Sun, what else do you want? ”

Carpenter Zhao replied with a smile.

"The last condition is also very simple, the wedding should be held in a beautiful manner, and the villagers should not be allowed to see jokes."

Sun Mason asked.

"Okay, then it's decided, let's set the date first."

Carpenter Zhao said eagerly.

"I have inquired about the land in the village, and I can buy it at any time, but you still have to implement the matter of building a house for your family, and when the craftsman who built the house starts working, we will discuss the marriage date."

Sun Stonemason spoke.

"Okay, it's decided, Li Shilang is here, just to give us a witness."

Carpenter Zhao was afraid that Sun Stonemason would regret it, so he spoke.

Li An nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I will testify to you, I wish you two to get married as soon as possible, hahaha!" ”

Subsequently, Ang Lee chatted with the two a lot, and stayed for two moments before leaving.

"Why is the husband so interested, why are you so happy to talk about?"

After getting into the car, Yan Ruyu asked happily.

"Haha! Madame's interest is also very high! ”

Li An said with a smile, paused, and said: "Naturally, there is a good thing, Mrs. doesn't know, just now, Zhao Carpenter and Sun Stonemason got married, Zhao Carpenter's second son is about to marry the second daughter of Sun Stonemason's family, it is estimated that at most half a year, this happy event can be done, do you say I can be unhappy?" ”

"What the husband said is that the daughters of the Sun Stonemason's family are all very good-looking, and one is more beautiful than the other, especially the second daughter, not to mention how smart she is, Carpenter Zhao's son is blessed."

Yan Ruyu said.

"One is more watery than the other, and the husband is itchy, why don't you go and ask one to come back and be your own concubine?"

Li An said.

Yan Ruyu's expression was slightly displeased, the corners of her mouth smiled slightly, and she said: "If Fujun really has this heart, then what are you waiting for, stop and go back." ”

"Whoever told you to stop, keep on your way."

Li An opened his mouth to reprimand his subordinates, looked at Yan Ruyu, and said, "Madam, being a husband is just a casual remark, and you don't really want to accept one, so why should you take it seriously?" ”

"The daughters of Sun Stonemason's family are really good-looking, and the meaning of the concubine body is that if the husband likes it, he can really accept one, I will not stop it, and Sun Stonemason will not object to it, or choose the third daughter! Fifteen years old is just right. ”

Yan Ruyu seemed to be very sincere and said.

Li An hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Fifteen years old, still a child?" Madame, don't say it again, the husband is just casually talking, look at you, it's serious, besides, although the daughters of Sun Mamason are good-looking, compared with Madame, it is still far behind. ”

"The husband knows how to coax people, he has been busy for so long, and he has only sent three, and if he sends it at this rate, he can't finish a few today, and it seems that he will continue to send it tomorrow."

Yan Ruyu said.

Li An said with a smile: "It's okay, if it's too late, then go your separate ways and let Hanlu and the others each be in charge of a few families, in this way, it will definitely be in time." ”

"By the way, the husband gave the telegraph to His Majesty today, is there a celebration banquet in the evening! So, wouldn't you have to leave later? ”

Yan Ruyu said.

Li An nodded and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, the celebration banquet is in the evening, is it still early?" Just get to the palace before sunset. ”

Subsequently, Ang Li and Yan Ruyu visited more than a dozen homes one after another, until it became dark, Ang Li hurried back to his residence, and asked Yan Ruyu to stay at home, while Ang Lee himself immediately rushed to the palace.

After all, Li An is the one with the greatest credit, and he is a member of the imperial court, as for Zhao Carpenter, Li Blacksmith and others, although their contributions are also great, their status is very low after all, and there are many of them, if they are all invited into the palace, I am afraid that the main hall will not be able to accommodate it, and in this era, people of different identities will not sit together to eat, and the people who can sit in the main hall are all ministers of the imperial court.

Moreover, the so-called celebration party is not only a meritorious person like Li An, on the contrary, most of the people who participated in the banquet were ministers of the dynasty who had nothing to do with the research and development of telegraphs, and only Li An and a small number of officials above the sixth grade in the R&D center were the real heroes, and the total number of these heroes was less than ten, and the remaining nearly 100 people were all officials who had no merit at all, including the emperor himself.

Of course, if you look at it from another angle, the emperor and all the officials who participated in the celebration banquet actually have merit, for example, without the full support of the emperor, Li An would not have had the opportunity to study this project at all, so the emperor also has merit, many ministers are responsible for providing materials and money for the R&D center, which can also be regarded as indirect contributions, and there are also some ministers, although they have not done anything, but they have performed their duties and stabilized the court situation of the Tang Dynasty, which seems to be a kind of merit, after all, If the situation is unstable and there is smoke everywhere, Ang Lee will not have a good environment to develop telegraphs.

In short, no matter what, since ancient times, at the celebration banquet, the sitting is always a big man, no matter who has made achievements, there must be a big man's credit in it, and the emperor, as the supreme ruler, can be evenly covered with all the credit, any major achievements of the imperial court, there are the emperor's credits in it.

For this status quo, although Ang Lee is a little unconvinced, he is also helpless, the big man is the big man, and no matter how great the credit of the little man is, he can't compete with the big man.

"Li Shilang, you are finally here, the ministers have all arrived."

As soon as he entered the door of the main hall, a little eunuch spoke, his expression was very relieved.

"Has Your Majesty arrived?"

Ang Lee asked.

"Back to Li Shilang, Your Majesty will be here soon, Li Shilang, please take a seat."

The little eunuch replied respectfully.

Li An nodded, and walked straight to the front position, his status is relatively high, so he naturally wants to be in the front, and as soon as he walked to the middle, the little eunuch who was in charge of arranging the seat hurriedly came over to lead the way, and let Li An sit in the designated position.

"Li Shilang, Li Shilang ......"

A large group of officials, regardless of their official positions, all saluted Ang Lee, but Ang Lee could not return the salute one by one, but could only return the salute many times in a row at one time.

"Today's celebration party is all stained with Li Shilang's light!"

"Li Shilang is really powerful, he can actually make such a powerful machine as a telegraph, in this way, it is too convenient, in the future, to contact the states and counties, there is no need to send people to ride a car and a horse, just send a telegram to the past, it is really convenient."

"The telegraph is not good enough, I heard that Li Shilang can also invent a machine that can directly talk to people thousands of miles away, and if such a machine is made, the effect will be even better."

The ministers all discussed enthusiastically.