There were more than a dozen followers brought by Tu Wenhuan, all of whom were big men like Deng Kui. After Tu Wenhuan ordered, someone quickly ran and arranged them. Judging from the behavior of these people, they did look like they came out of the army. Judging from the current military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, these people are elite soldiers.

Tu Wenhuan and Su Hao walked slowly to the village, discussing their experience in investigating the well locations while walking. Tu Wenhuan has a rich practical experience, and Su Hao is even more professional in geology. The two of them are quite speculative. Su Hao's knowledge background is much more solid than Tu Wenhuan. Many things that Tu Wenhuan is confused about, and as soon as he said it, Su Hao can explain them in detail. The more Tu Wenhuan listened, the more surprised it became. When the two walked to the entrance of the village, Tu Wenhuan's admiration and appreciation for Su Hao was like the water of the Yellow River, and he was endless.

Tu Wenhuan is from the village, and his house looks very spectacular. However, Su Hao could see that the construction period of this house is about 20 or 30 years. It is estimated that it should be the house that Tu Wenhuan came back after she became rich outside. As for the situation of Tu Wenhuan's family before, it is difficult to judge.

That night, the Tu family set up seven or eight banquets to invite Su Hao and all the craftsmen and yamen runners who had made great contributions in digging wells. The old men, the village chief, the head of the Jiashou and others were also invited to accompany them, sitting with the craftsmen and the yamen runners, responsible for persuading everyone to drink. The wine table was filled with drinking, and Huang Ergou drank so much that his face was full of acne, with his tongue wide open, and he kept saying that his master Su was wise and martial, and he ushered in countless compliments.

Other yamen runners went to the countryside to dig wells, and were treated as officials by the villagers. Huang Ergou was extremely sad and met a powerful Tu Wenhuan. Tu Wenhuan didn't even take the magistrate seriously and was even more indifferent to the clerks in the county yamen. He gave Huang Ergou several well positions and sent his entourage to supervise it, which made Huang Ergou feel like he was forced to work. Although he was not abused, he could not imagine that he would be treated like today.

Now, Su Hao just foresaw a well position without water, so Tu Wenhuan lowered his head high and offered to reward everyone. How could Huang Ergou not be so excited?

The craftsmen and yamen runners were arranged to have dinner in the Tu family's courtyard. Tu Wenhuan specially set up a small table to entertain Su Hao in his living room. Only those who were qualified to accompany him were the few followers around Tu Wenhuan, plus Chen Guanyu on Su Hao's side. In fact, even Chen Guanyu and Tu Wenhuan looked down on him, but there were a few people on his side. If Su Hao didn't let him take a entourage, it would be inconsistent.

After drinking for three rounds, Tu Wenhuan asked Su Hao about his knowledge. Su Hao naturally used the words about the missionary of Folang Ji to cover it up. Tu Wenhuan nodded with emotion and said, "It turns out that Brother Su learned the way of studying things from Folang Jiren. I have seen a few of these Folang Jiren, but I don't know that they have such knowledge. However, the construction of Folang Jiren's firearms is a bit unique."

Su Hao asked: "Old Tu, you said you have seen a few Folang Ji people before, where did you see them?"

Tu Wenhuan stroked his beard and thoughtfully said, "To put it, that was ten years ago. At that time, I was still there... Well, I was ordered to inspect Guangdong. The deputy general of Guangdong Chen Lin accompanied me to Macau and dealt with the missionaries of Folangji. Those missionaries of Folangji also had perseverance. After a few years in the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese language and writing I learned were quite fluent. I had talked with several missionaries, but I had never heard them talk about these ways of investigating things."

Su Hao said: "This is normal. Not every missionary understands this knowledge. It is also a lucky student. When he meets such a missionary, he just happens to understand these things."

"This is also a chance for Brother Su." Tu Wenhuan said, "Brother Su, what else can you do besides using the well detection method to explore? Can you tell me what I am looking for?"

Su Hao thought for a while and said, "In fact, the knowledge learned by students is called geology. Its meaning in Western characters is about the science of the earth. In geology, well exploration is only the most superficial application. In addition to well exploration, geological knowledge is more used in mining exploration, engineering construction, natural disaster prevention and other aspects, and is of great use."

"So Brother Su still understands the way to prospect?" Tu Wenhuan said curiously.

Su Hao said modestly: "Students can only say that they understand one or two things."

Tu Wenhuan said: "Prospecting is a great subject. If you master this subject, you can enrich the country and strengthen the army, and you can settle down. According to my experience in the Ministry of Works, looking at the world of tomorrow, I can't find many people who can master this subject. The country spends a lot of money every year for mining, but often achieves half the result with twice the effort, all because of the lack of prospecting talents."

Su Hao said: "After all, this is still a oriented question."

"What is guidance?" Tu Wenhuan asked.

Su Hao said: "I was an official in the Ming Dynasty by articles. As long as I can make beautiful articles, I can be ranked on the list and glorious. Techniques such as mining and well exploration are often denounced as strange skills and erotic things, and do not enter the elegant hall. Over time, who else will study such a science?"

"It's true." Tu Wenhuan sighed, "Now the court is full of corrupt scholars who study hard, and are full of sages, but they have no ability to govern the country."

When Su Hao heard Tu Wenhuan say this, he asked, "Old Tu, I just heard you say that you were ordered to inspect Guangdong, and you must be a Beijing official? Is this time I came back to Fengcheng to visit my relatives?"

As soon as this was said, the faces of Tu Wenhuan's entourage on the table changed slightly, as if Su Hao was asking a very sensitive topic. Tu Wenhuan made a gesture to everyone, indicating that everyone should be calm, and then said to Su Hao with a smile: "What I said to Brother Su just now was what I did ten years ago. To be honest, at that time, I served in the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War, and was highly valued by Lord Zhang Taiyue and Lord Zhang. Brother Su should be able to imagine what happened later, right?"

"So that's it." Su Hao nodded slightly.

The Zhang Taiyue mentioned by Tu Wenhuan was Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister from the early years of Wanli to the tenth year of Wanli. When this man was in power, he had great power, and even Wanli had to act according to his expression. Tu Wenhuan was valued by Zhang Juzheng at that time, and he thought he was very glorious. But things in the world were impermanent. One year after Zhang Juzheng's death, Wanli confiscated his home and almost destroyed his entire family. As a person with Zhang Juzheng, Tu Wenhuan's situation should be conceivable.

Zhang Juzheng has mixed reputations in history, but one thing cannot be denied, that is, he is a person who wants to do something practical and does something practical. Before Zhang Juzheng, during the Jiajing period, Yan Song and his son controlled the government affairs, corruption and abused the law, and tortured the entire country to the death. After Zhang Juzheng came to power, he rectified the court's principles and consolidated national defense, especially implemented the One-whip method to restore the country's financial resources, which gave the Ming Dynasty a decade of vitality.

As a leader who wants to do things, he will naturally attach great importance to his capable subordinates. Tu Wenhuan must have been favored by Zhang Juzheng because of this reason.

"So, where is Mr. Tu now?" Su Hao asked again.

Tu Wenhuan said: "I am already a useless person, and I still talk about how high I am. A few years ago, the court investigated the remaining members of the Zhang family, and many of them were dismissed from office, even imprisoned and exiled. Because I did not have much personal relationship with Zhang Taiyue, I survived, but the mission could not continue. I was also quite tactful, so I submitted a letter to beg for retirement and received the approval of the court. Therefore, I am now a commoner."

"But..." Su Hao looked at the relatives of Tu Wenhuan on the table with his eyes and gave Tu Wenhuan a suspicious look. As a retired official, it seemed a bit unreasonable to have so many followers obviously from the military.

Tu Wenhuan laughed and said, "Brother Su is talking about these brothers? They are actually all personal soldiers under the command of General Deng Wuqiao, the deputy general of Yunnan. Deng Wuqiao is not far from here. He is a friend of me since I was a child. After I retired, I was bored and went to him to work as an aide to ask for a bowl of rice. This time, I returned to my hometown to visit my relatives. Wuqiao was afraid that my road would be unsafe, so he sent more than a dozen personal soldiers including Deng Kui, to escort them, that is, these brothers."

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Chapter completed!