Chapter 1180 Zhang Xu Takes a Concubine

After a night of joy, they set out to return to Shuofang.

The Military Academy will be on holiday in two days, but someone will still be needed to be stationed there.

When leaving, Yun Zheng also picked some fresh vegetables from the hot springs at the military academy.

The crops that had been planted at the military academy before did not yield much of a harvest. Potatoes were fine, but many peanuts did not produce seeds. In the end, we harvested less than fifty peanuts, and most of them were not full.

Fortunately, they managed to keep the peanut seeds.

But it will probably take at least five years to develop that little bit of peanuts into large-scale cultivation.

Yun Zheng could accept this result.

Anyway, these peanuts can't be used as a staple food, so it's fine to just keep the seeds.

As night fell, they finally returned to the Shuofang Palace.

Yun Zheng went back to the palace and took a walk, then he, Miaoyin and the two children went to visit Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu's residence was not far from the palace, and it took less than half a quarter of an hour to walk there.

"Changle, Brother Cang..."

"Xiao Zheng..."

They had just arrived at Zhang Xu's residence and had not had time to greet Zhang Xu and Mingyue, but the little third brother was the first to greet them joyfully.

Yun Zheng and Miao Yin smiled at each other and put Yun Cang and Yun Jin down.

As soon as they landed on the ground, they immediately ran to play with Zhang Zheng.

They often visited each other. When Zhang Xu and Mingyue went to Fuzhou, Zhang Zheng was also fostered in the palace. The three little guys were not much different in age and had a very good relationship.

Yun Zheng greeted Zhang Xu and his wife, and his eyes fell on Zhang Xu's right hand wrapped in white cloth, "Does it hurt?"

"fine."

Zhang Xu patted his right hand and said with a carefree smile: "I'm almost healed, but Mingyue insisted that I continue to apply the medicine."

"You make it sound like I'm harming you." Mingyue glanced at Zhang Xu with dissatisfaction.

"no no!"

Zhang Xu chuckled, "I know Madam is doing this for my own good. Look, I am just continuing to apply the medicine obediently."

Mingyue: "You still have some conscience!"

Looking at the two of them, Yun Zheng and Miaoyin couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Yun Zheng pointed at Zhang Xu's hand and asked, "How did you do this?"

"Don't mention it!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Xu looked depressed, "It was nothing to begin with, I just had to do it myself..."

After he got inspiration from the Institute of Technology, he wanted to try to use connecting rods and gears to make the wheels move. Then he made those things with wood and asked a potter to make a pottery specifically for him for the experiment.

However, the ideal is full, and the reality is very skinny.

I boiled water for a long time, but the wheel didn't start.

Then he wondered if it was the airtightness problem that Yun Zheng mentioned.

Then he suddenly had a brain storm and blocked the air vent of the pottery jar to see if there was a leak somewhere.

Then, the clay pot exploded directly, and boiling water splashed everywhere. Fortunately, he was wearing thick clothes, so he was not seriously injured, but the back of his hand was still badly burned.

After listening to Zhang Xu's story, Yun Zheng's face couldn't help but twitch slightly.

"You just want to do something stupid!"

Yun Zheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Your vent is blocked, how can the pottery jar not explode?"

Zhang Xu said bitterly: "Didn't I have a seizure in my brain at that time? Looking back, I want to slap myself twice..."

People always do stupid things in their life.

Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, then instructed: "Don't tinker with those things for now, just take good care of your injuries! After the New Year, we'll tinker with it together! This thing sounds easy, but it's extremely difficult to do..."

A steam engine is not that easy to make.

This is not something that can come out just by opening your lips.

Let alone three to five years, it would be good enough if they could figure this thing out in their lifetime!

"Uh-huh."

Zhang Xu agreed and said, "Your Highness, I just happen to have something I don't understand and would like to ask you. Let's go to my study to talk?"

Yun Zheng was speechless, and laughed and scolded: "You are already injured, so don't be so diligent. You make me feel ashamed!"

"I just can't figure it out, and I'm having trouble sleeping and eating, right?"

Zhang Xu chuckled and winked at Yun Zheng secretly.

uh-huh?

Something?

Yun Zheng was slightly surprised and nodded, "Okay, let Miaoyin and Mingyue talk first, I'll go to the study with you to talk."

Having said that, Yun Zheng nodded to Miaoyin and followed Zhang Xu to the study.

Miaoyin smiled at the two people who left, then turned to Mingyue and said, "The way he works hard now is completely different from when he was in the Imperial City!"

"Work hard and make progress!" Mingyue curled her lips and said firmly: "He must want Your Highness to help him come up with an idea so that I will agree to let him take a concubine!"

"Concubinage?"

Miaoyin was surprised, "Whose girl does he like?"

Mingyue replied, "She is the daughter of his former deputy Pang Lushan! They have been secretly dating for a long time, and he thought I didn't know."

Pang Lushan?

Miaoyin remembered it after a little thought.

When Yun Zheng was dealing with the Juping Su family, Pang Lushan even cooperated with Hou Shikai and others to stage a big show!

Miaoyin asked with a smile on her face: "Do you look down on Pang Lushan's daughter, or do you not allow him to take a concubine?"

"My family background is not that noble, so why should I look down on others?"

Mingyue shook her head and smiled, "If he had told me directly, I wouldn't have said anything. But he had to do it secretly, making me feel like a jealous woman. Shouldn't I punish him?"

How could she not know what kind of person Zhang Xu was in the past?

From the first day she married Zhang Xu, she never expected that Zhang Xu would be the only woman in his life.

Moreover, although Zhang Xu was not a high-ranking official, he was definitely a powerful figure in Shuobei. As for his family background, it was beyond reproach.

The possibility of such a person not taking a concubine is very slim.

Besides, although they knew a lot of people in Shuobei, they didn't have many family members, and there weren't many servants in the house. It was indeed quite lonely with just the two of them and a child.

It wouldn't be a bad thing for Zhang Xu to take a concubine to make the house more lively.

But she just couldn't stand Zhang Xu's sneaky look.

While Mingyue was chatting with Miaoyin, Zhang Xu also told Yun Zheng his purpose.

"Concubinage?"

Yun Zheng looked at Zhang Xu speechlessly, "If you f*cking want to take Pang Rou as your concubine, go tell Mingyue! What's the point of telling me?"

"I'm just afraid that Mingyue will beat me up, right?" Zhang Xu said bitterly, "Your Highness knows Mingyue's temper. If I tell her directly, she will beat me up!"

Yun Zheng raised his eyes slightly and asked with a smile: "You don't want me to directly order you to take Pang Rou as your concubine?"

Zhang Xu nodded vigorously and said in a literary manner: "The one who knows me best is Your Highness!"

"I know your uncle!" Yun Zheng laughed and scolded, "You f*cking asked me to arrange a match, and you acted as if you were the boss. But Mingyueruo was determined not to let you take a concubine, and went to find Miaoyin, and then Miaoyin came to me again, asking me to take back my decision?"

Isn't this just going around in circles?

He just asked Mingyue what happened?

Mingyue is a bit fierce, but she is not unreasonable.

Why did he go through such a big detour?