Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 371: Building a Brand, Twins (Both Boys and Girls) [Please Subscribe]

After learning about the toilets produced by the ceramic factory, Liu Kuan took a look at the factory’s latest products, including tiles, ceramic pipes, and porcelain pipes.

Liu Kuan took a tile and looked at it, and found that it was very similar to the tiles commonly used by ordinary families in the 1990s.

He looked at several other tiles of different qualities, colors, and patterns, and said, "In the future, there will be more and more brick, stone, and cement buildings in Daming, and the demand for tiles will also increase."

"Therefore, the factory will also need to invest in ceramic tiles and continue to develop them. There are also two directions: one is to reduce costs and strive to produce ceramic tiles that ordinary people can use."

"Another goal is to develop better quality, more exquisite tiles and sell them to the wealthy and powerful."

"Although most ceramic pipes are buried in walls or underground, some are exposed, and research can be divided into these two directions."

"Finally, when producing tiles, toilets, and pipes, we could also try to stamp them with a unique emblem that doesn't affect the aesthetics, letting people know they're made in our factory. It's a guarantee of quality and credibility. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Huang Runfa nodded. "What the Marquis means is that we should become a trustworthy brand in the hearts of the people, just like those century-old shops."

Liu Kuan showed a satisfied smile, "Yes, that's what I meant."

The patent law has not been implemented yet, and people in the technical field can understand other things at a glance, except for toilets and tiles. Therefore, Liu Kuan asked the factory to focus on building its own brand.

Although he set up this ceramic factory mainly out of interest and the need for social experiment, he also hopes to leave a high-quality industry to his family a hundred years later.

After the inspection, Huang Runfa wanted to invite Liu Kuan to dinner in the factory cafeteria, but Liu Kuan refused - not because he looked down on the food in the cafeteria, but because he felt that this was his own factory and there was no need for that kind of thing.

He also inspected the cafeteria and looked at the ingredients inside. It was definitely not a rich meal, but there were both meat and vegetables. For ordinary people at that time, it was definitely a good meal.

More than a decade ago, some people might have been willing to work in the factory just for the food.

Back at the Liu residence, Su Caiwei, who was now in charge of most of the household affairs, had already had a sumptuous meal prepared.

Liu Kuan's family of six sat around a round table in the side hall and had lunch together.

"Master, try this. This is the turtle stewed with codonopsis pilosula that I made."

Su Caiwei smiled and talked happily as she put a piece of absolutely wild turtle leg into Liu Kuan's bowl.

Liu Kuan was a little speechless, thinking: Wild soft-shelled turtle is enough to nourish me, and I need to stew it with Codonopsis pilosula. Do I look like someone who needs to nourish my body so much?
Zhu Huilan had long been close to Su Caiwei, and the three of them had even played games together. When she saw Liu Kuan's expression, she immediately knew that he must be secretly complaining about something, but was reluctant to say it out loud because of the child.

She and Su Caiwei looked at each other and laughed, then said, "Caiwei has done it, my husband should eat it. This turtle is quite old, it would be a waste if my husband doesn't eat it."

Liu Kuan smiled helplessly, "Okay, I'll eat it."

I have to say that the soft-shelled turtle made by Su Caiwei herself is really delicious - he always ate soft-shelled turtle in a dry pot in his later life, and this was the first time he ate it stewed, and he didn't expect it to taste so good.

Then, under the law of true fragrance, he finished a small can of stewed soft-shelled turtle with Codonopsis pilosula.

In the middle, Liu Ruoxue and Liu Ping'an saw Liu Kuan eating with relish and wanted to eat too, but they only got one front leg and were not allowed to eat more. The brother and sister were so angry that their mouths pouted.

After dinner, the family went to the small garden for a walk and chat.

Liu Kuan briefly recounted his visit to the ceramic factory, then said, "I'll find a construction team to build an indoor toilet for my house, lay the sewer, and tile the bathroom."

"Once everything is done, we can enjoy the life of 20th-century urbanites even at the end of the 14th century."

"Especially when you have a big belly like my wife, a sit-down toilet will make it more comfortable when you go to the toilet."

Although Zhu Huilan and Su Caiwei have been with Liu Kuan for several years, they grew up in an unusual environment. They felt a little embarrassed when they heard Liu Kuan talk about this.

Then Zhu Huilan thought of the sit-down toilets of later generations that she had seen in videos and movies, and she wanted to experience them as soon as possible.

Perhaps it was because of this thought that she suddenly felt a slight pain in her stomach, as if something was about to come out.

Liu Kuan, Su Caiwei, and the surrounding maids had been keeping an eye on Zhu Huilan, who was pregnant. Liu Kuan was the first to notice something was wrong with her and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong, madam?"

"I, I think I'm about to give birth," said Zhu Huilan, who had already given birth once. Su Caiwei hurriedly ordered her maid, "Xia He, go call the midwife and the doctor. Tao Yao and Zhuo Hua, you two, help the lady get to the delivery room... Be careful."

Although Liu Kuan was already the father of three children, this was the first time he encountered a situation where his wife was about to give birth. He didn't know what to do for a moment and could only look at Su Caiwei for instructions.

After Zhu Huilan was sent to the delivery room, the midwife and gynecologist who had been living at home recently also arrived, and Liu Kuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

What followed was an anxious wait.

Zhu Huilan was pregnant with twins, which meant greater risks during childbirth.

Fortunately, Zhu Huilan is only 24 years old now, which is the golden age for childbearing, and she has had childbirth experience before, otherwise it would definitely be more dangerous.

"Ah~"

"Princess, breathe in and push hard."

"what···"

Zhu Huilan's screams of pain came from the delivery room again and again, making Liu Kuan, who had had several experiences, extremely nervous and paced back and forth in the yard.

Su Caiwei came over and held Liu Kuan's hand, comforting him, "Don't worry, Madam will be fine."

Liu Kuan nodded, still feeling uneasy.

After nearly half an hour, the midwife's joyful voice finally rang out from the delivery room, "One is coming!"

Then there was a fairly loud baby cry.

There was a flurry of activity inside, and the midwife gave Zhu Huilan all kinds of encouragement and cheering. In less than a quarter of an hour, she happily shouted, "Well done, Princess! The second one is out! And it's a little boy, twins! A boy and a girl!"

Twins? !

Hearing this, everyone inside and outside the delivery room showed surprise.

Ordinary twins are already quite rare these days (childbirth is too risky, so naturally few can be successfully delivered), and boy-girl twins are even rarer. In ordinary families, they are regarded as a great joy and a sign of good luck. If they appear in the royal family, they will be regarded as a good omen!
Zhu Huilan was a princess, and the Liu family was considered half royal, so Liu Kuan's children could barely be considered auspicious.

Liu Kuan was happy at first, then he ran to the door of the delivery room and asked loudly, "How is Madam?"

The midwife replied, "Madam is fine, just exhausted."

After a while, the midwife came out and formally congratulated Liu Kuan: "Congratulations, my lord, on having a pair of sons and daughters. Great luck!"

Liu Kuan was also experienced in this area. He shouted "big reward" and rushed into the delivery room.

But inside, although Zhu Huilan's face was a little pale and her hair was soaked, she looked at the two babies held in the maid's arms with loving eyes. Then she noticed Liu Kuan's arrival and smiled softly, "Husband."

Liu Kuan went over and held Zhu Huilan's hand, "Thank you for your hard work, ma'am."

Afterwards, the two of them said nothing, and everything was left unsaid.

Half a minute later, Liu Kuan went to look at his two children. They were still so wrinkled and nothing could be seen.

But he was already thinking about names for his two children.

At this time, Zhu Huilan said, "My husband can send someone to the palace to announce the good news to our father and mother."

"Yes, yes, I almost forgot about it."

As Liu Kuan spoke, he went out to send someone to run errands - although he felt that Zhu Yuanzhang definitely had spies in the mansion, and more than one, but that was Zhu Yuanzhang's business. It was a son-in-law's job to report the safety and good news to Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and his wife.

　First update.

　　
　　
　
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