Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1257

Firstly, regarding food, after several years of cultivation, the imperial court has promoted potatoes to the common people for planting.

Even if the Little Ice Age comes, the people of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to fill their stomachs due to crop failure caused by the climate.

Secondly, there's housing. There's not much to say about this; the application of cement in construction is already widely recognized as powerful.

Look at all the cement roads being built across the Ming Dynasty now; even ordinary people know that this stuff can be used to build houses.

With the popularization of cement by the Academy of Sciences, many people with a little money are now starting to build houses with cement.

Next is the aspect of travel, which is simple, since everyone is currently experiencing the convenience of travel.

The only issue is clothing, but it's not that Wei Wu has no way to address it; it's just that it's not the right time to actually implement it yet.

If you want to rely on thin clothing to keep warm, then wool is an essential component, but it hasn't conquered the grasslands yet.

However, Wei Wu has already passed on the process of degreasing wool to make it softer and finer to the people at the Academy of Sciences.

Once the northern grasslands are completely incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the wool produced there will naturally be put to use.

Therefore, Wei Wu was already in an invincible position. Of course, he didn't ask these questions to get any results.

He just wanted to tell Li Shanchang that all the boasts he made back then had come true, and also to verify what he had said back then.

Back when he was making a name for himself, Wei Wu cursed Li Shanchang as a son of a bitch; now, those words carry even more weight.

Seeing Li Shanchang remain silent, Wei Wu's interest was piqued, and he raised his eyebrows to continue pressing for answers:

"Why are you silent now? You didn't have this attitude back then when you claimed that the Academy of Sciences was nothing but a bunch of gimmicks and tricks!"

"Back then, the Korean prince was so aggressive, interrupting me several times. Now, how come he can't even speak?"

At this point, Wei Wu suddenly recalled a very famous scene from later generations, and then he looked up.

He glanced around at the officials surrounding Li Shanchang, his eyes filled with contempt, and said arrogantly:

"What good is becoming a duke or a high-ranking official? Following such a short-sighted person as a dog is just asking to eat shit!"

Cool! !

Seeing the resentful yet speechless expressions on the faces of the officials around Li Shanchang, Wei Wu felt incredibly satisfied!

"No wonder Fly Bro insisted on playing that game of mahjong before he died; that arrogant feeling is really addictive!"

Silently thinking to himself, Wei Wu did not stay in the carriage, but instead walked directly towards the back of the carriage.

Upon arriving at the connecting area between the carriages, Zhu Xiong Ying and Fu Qiu, still under the care of the train attendants, looked at the train wheels with great curiosity.

Seeing Wei Wu approach, Zhu Xiong Ying looked at him with the curiosity of a curious child and asked:

"Uncle, why can this train run so fast? It's even faster than when Fourth Uncle rides a horse. And what about its wheels?"

"There's no one pushing it, and no horses pulling it, so why can it turn, and at such a fast speed?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Wu reached out and patted Zhu Xiong Ying's head, explaining the function of the steam engine to him in a gentle tone.

After listening to Wei Wu's explanation, Zhu Xiong Ying looked as if he had suddenly understood.

"I see, that's amazing! Does that mean it will be super convenient and fast to go anywhere from now on?"

“That’s right. In a few years, even if you want to go to the grasslands outside the Great Wall, it will only take you one or two days to get there.”

Zhu Xiong Ying looked at Wei Wu with shining eyes, her gaze full of anticipation, and said:

"Wow, I've never seen what a grassland looks like before. I must ask my father to take me there sometime."

As the crown prince, Zhu Xiong Ying was unlikely to go to the grasslands; neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Biao would have allowed him to go.

Even if the grasslands were conquered by the Ming Dynasty, it would be the same, but Wei Wu did not shatter the child's imagination.

"Okay, your father will take you later, but for now, we have to go back."

After saying this, Wei Wu reached out and pulled Zhu Xiong Ying and Fu Qiu to his left and right, respectively, and walked back to the carriage towards the front of the carriage.

As Wei Wu passed by Li Shanchang and his group, he deliberately glanced at them with a playful look in his eyes.

Li Shanchang remained silent as before, while the anger of the surrounding officials intensified.

However, Wei Wu ignored them, and these people did not try to make their presence known. The two sides passed each other by.

It wasn't until Wei Wu returned to Zhu Yuanzhang's carriage that the official next to Li Shanchang muttered a curse under his breath.

"What is this? It's just some low-class stuff. What's there to be so arrogant about?"

Upon hearing this, the other officials around him immediately turned to look at him.

Although they were annoyed by Wei Wu's arrogance, these people were not stupid; they knew how important the train was.

That's why they were speechless when Wei Wu spoke just now, because the facts were right there.

But the person speaking now is saying things that seem to disregard the facts in order to flatter others.

Such people are either short-sighted or sycophants; neither of them are respectable individuals.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the official who had just spoken realized that he had said the wrong thing.

However, just as he was about to speak, Li Shanchang, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke up:

"Is this something that can't be brought to the table? If you really think that, then your future is limited to this."

"My lord, it's not that I can't see clearly, it's just that I, I, I just can't stand his arrogance."

"Let him be arrogant! This thing is indeed of great use to the country, and he has the confidence to be arrogant, which is undeniable."

After Li Shanchang finished speaking, he looked away, but then he glanced at where Qian Jinguang was sitting.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and pondered for a moment, then gave a wink to the most capable official beside him.

Seeing Li Shanchang's hint, the latter glanced at Qian Jinguang and then nodded without making a sound.

After being ridiculed by Wei Wu, wasn't Li Shanchang angry? Of course he was angry; how dare a mere junior humiliate him like that?

However, he could not clash with Wei Wu. Others might not know, but he knew how much Wei Wu meant to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, he had to be patient, not show his emotions, and try his best to avoid confronting Wei Wu, instead letting others provoke him.

Take Qian Jinguang, for example. He had just been humiliated by Wei Wu, and since he was extremely concerned about his reputation, he was bound to hold a grudge.