Beast Summoner

Li Zhenbang looked at Lu Lianggong doubtfully. If he hadn't seen Lu Lianggong's expression of enjoyment, he would have doubted whether Lu Lianggong had a grudge against him and did it deliberately.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I wouldn't be able to bring out tea like this if it weren't for the distinguished guests. Normally I wouldn't even bear to drink it. I just drink boiled water." Lu Lianggong looked very indifferent.

"Master, are you saying that you don't even have money for tea?" Li Zhenbang looked at Lu Lianggong in shock.

"To tell you the truth, I've even given up drinking now. If it weren't for the monthly filial piety from my disciples, I'm afraid my whole family would be hungry, and there would be no spare money to drink tea, haha!" Lu Lianggong!

He laughed heartily.

"Uh..." Li Zhenbang and the four of them looked at each other in confusion. Li Zhenbang couldn't calm down in his heart. It's a bit too ironic that a generation of master craftsmen can't fill their stomachs.

"Master, if you just take out one or two things in your house, will it be enough for your expenses?" Li Zhenbang asked puzzledly.

"You really don't understand my teacher. These items are all the master's hard work. He doesn't want these things to be buried. These are made of larch, and the big nobles disdain them. Even if there are nobles who buy them, they will not be buried.

They are some declining nobles, and the craftsmanship of my senior brothers is enough to deal with them. One of the teachers doesn’t want the gold to be sold as cabbage, and the other one doesn’t want the hard work to be contaminated by the smell of copper.” The disciple who had been busy with everyone answered in a gentle voice.

road.

Only then did Li Zhenbang realize that the disciple who was wearing loose white clothes and serving tea and water for everyone was actually a woman. It wasn't that this disciple looked like a man, but that she always covered her face with a bamboo hat and wore loose clothes, so she couldn't even see it.

When it comes to men and women, most people feel that walking is a bit girly.

This is not his own territory, and Li Zhenbang cannot use his mental power to explore. This is very rude to the owner. Moreover, Li Zhenbang came here to discuss cooperation with Lu Lianggong, and he did not come to see his disciples, so his attention

Of course it's not with this disciple.

But just because Li Zhenbang didn't care, it didn't mean that others didn't care. From the moment she saw this disciple, Long Miaomiao felt an inexplicable sense of crisis in her heart and was always on guard. When she saw that Li Zhenbang didn't pay attention to this person, she felt somewhat calm.

He was a little nervous, but now that this disciple was talking to Li Zhenbang, Long Miaomiao's sense of crisis became stronger and stronger.

"Oh! It's understandable." Li Zhenbang smiled at the female disciple, nodded to express his thanks, sighed and continued to look at Lu Lianggong. Although Li Zhenbang felt familiar with this female disciple, he didn't take it to heart.

, he was sure that he had not seen her.

"Master, I would like to ask a question. You don't need to answer. I just hope you think about it carefully. How many people and children do you have in your family? Will your child be at risk of hunger like you in the future? Is he?

Chance to receive a group of outstanding disciples, and then help them. Of course, if you can feed yourself and the whole family is not hungry, then just pretend I didn't say anything." Li Zhenbang looked at Lu Lianggong with a smile.

Li Zhenbang had already investigated clearly that not only was Lu Lianggong not a bachelor, but he also had two wives and four children, three sons and one daughter. The oldest of the four children was only eight years old, and the youngest was not yet weaned.

"I won't bother you with my housework. Maybe you don't have my skills or ingenuity, but when you can distinguish the quality of a work from a bad one and say those words, I have already assumed that you and I are on the same level.

existence. That’s why I allow you to come here and sit across from me.”

"Master, since you don't want me to discuss your family affairs, let's talk about your ideals. You won't refuse me, right?" Li Zhenbang was not annoyed at all by Lu Lianggong's refusal, and still smiled.

Look at him.

"Ideal? No one has mentioned ideals to me for a long time. How do you want to talk to me?" Lu Lianggong looked at Li Zhenbang with strange eyes. It was always his disciples who talked about ideals with him, but he didn't expect that one day he would talk to him about ideals.

A layman talks about ideals.

"You're so rude. You haven't introduced yourself yet. You're not going to keep talking like this, are you?" The female disciple couldn't help but feel a little confused when she heard that Li Zhenbang was ready to talk about his ideals with the teacher, but he didn't even mean to introduce himself.

He said angry and dissatisfied.

"Lin'er, it doesn't matter. As a teacher, how can you care about these customs, haha!" Lu Lianggong looked at his female apprentice with eyes full of love. After so many years, he finally found a successor to his mantle. His other apprentices are also very good.

, but if nothing else happens, he can only be an extraordinary craftsman, not a master craftsman. Only the disciple in front of him can become a master craftsman.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! After meeting the master, I was too excited and I was rude. I hope the master and this... female gentleman can forgive me!" Li Zhenbang stood up in a hurry, clasped his fists with both hands, and bent down to salute.

The female disciple named Lin'er burst into laughter when she heard Mr. Li Zhenbang's address.

Li Zhenbang smiled and introduced his group to Lu Lianggong. The others only introduced their names. When introducing himself, he brought direct descendants of the Red Maple Leaf family.

When he heard that Li Zhenbang was from the Red Maple Leaf family, Lu Lianggong's eyes widened obviously, but he quickly recovered.

However, he was secretly thinking that the Red Maple Leaf family was a big family in the Carlo Empire. If the Red Maple Leaf family could discern pearls, these incompetent disciples of his would be able to realize their ideals!

"Let's talk about the ideals of your disciples first!"

"My disciples? Don't you want to understand my ideals?" Lu Lianggong looked at Li Zhenbang inexplicably, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"Yes, as the saying goes, great teachers make great disciples. I would like to first understand how your disciples plan for their future. What are their ideals?"

Hearing the words of Li Zhenbang's famous teacher, Lu Lianggong showed an embarrassed look on his face. Although he was proficient in skills and his reputation was unparalleled in Luoye Town, after leaving Luoye Town, he could not be considered a famous teacher.

"Alas! It's embarrassing to say that among my disciples, there are actually only three people who are really keen on carpentry. The eldest disciple Zhengde, the second disciple Dao Scar, and this female disciple Lin'er who has just started the carpentry less than two years ago." Lu Liang worked on the surface.

He looked ashamed and shook his head helplessly.

"What about your other disciples?"

"Others who follow me to learn skills have their own ideas. Some people hope to become a celebrity like me. But how do they know that I am not a celebrity after leaving Luoye Town. At most, I am just a name. In the eyes of the nobles, I am not a celebrity.

How come there are people like us who use larch?" Lu Lianggong smiled calmly, but Li Zhenbang saw a hint of helplessness and sadness in his eyes.

"There are also some disciples who regard this as a craft to support their families. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for their financial support and the monthly offerings from the registered disciples, I'm afraid our family would have been discontinued long ago.

Yes." Lu Lianggong shook his head, as if he was laughing at himself.

Li Zhenbang understood clearly, no wonder that Wu Cai, who had average skills, could become a registered disciple. It turned out that it would be easy to become a registered disciple as long as he had money.

Judging from this situation, registered disciples should be more popular among common people than these novice disciples. The works of novice disciples are definitely more expensive than the works of registered disciples. There are fewer opportunities for ordinary civilians and more opportunities for small nobles.

Registered disciples are equivalent to businessmen with average skills who have a reputation. The things they make may not be particularly good. As long as they are famous, they will definitely be more expensive than ordinary carpenters.

It is human nature to want to show off, so common people who are richer will get some works by registered disciples and display them in the most conspicuous places in their homes as a way to show off to their neighbors.

"Master, I want to ask you, do you think it is shameful to sell your works?"

"It's not shameful to sell works. What's shameful is to sell them to people who don't know what they're selling for money." Lu Lianggong said through gritted teeth, remembering the shameful history.

One time, his child suddenly became seriously ill. The doctors in Pingan Town were at a loss and had no choice but to go to other larger towns. Lu Lianggong's life was already in straits. He couldn't raise money at the moment, so his disciples chipped in.

The money raised is just a drop in the bucket.

In desperation, he took a jewelry box that he was quite satisfied with to the home of a rich man in Linzhen. When he married his twelfth concubine, the rich man wanted to spend a lot of money to buy a dragon-phoenix bed for himself, but was rejected.

He refused because he felt it was an insult to himself.

Lu Lianggong was helpless and had no other choice. He had to beg the rich man for his child. The rich man received him warmly. He told the rich man that the child was sick and needed money. Who knew that the rich man was very generous after hearing this?

Without saying anything, he actually took out five gold coins.

He originally only wanted to sell the jewelry box for two gold coins as an emergency. The rich man's behavior moved him greatly. At the same time, he also felt a little regretful about not selling the bed before. After thanking him profusely, he left with two gold coins.

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After the child recovered from his illness, Lu Lianggong led his disciples to carry a dragon and phoenix bed to the door to express his gratitude. They found that the rich man actually used his elaborate jewelry box to feed the chickens and mocked his group in public.

In anger, Lu Lianggong smashed the dragon and phoenix bed into pieces, and swore that he would never make beds or jewelry boxes again, never sell his hard work easily, never step into the town where the rich man lived again, and he was at odds with the rich man's family.

"Then what kind of person do you think is a discerning person? The one who buys your works and hangs them up every day to worship them, or the one who buys them and uses them every day?" Although Li Zhenbang didn't know what he was thinking, but from his

It was obvious from his expression that he was a hurt person.