When she arrived at the Ministry of Engineering, Nangong Xue went straight to Dao Huahua and discussed with him about the engineering team. Hua Hua was also very excited when he heard that he could finally start work, because he could finally show his design and prove to his father that he had talent in this area, so that he would never hear his father say that he was not suitable to enter the Ministry of Industry as an official. In fact, Hua Hua has always wanted to be the construction department of the Ministry of Industry, if this reconstruction is successful, maybe he can become a reserve official of the construction department of the Ministry of Industry. Thinking of this, Hua Hua was still a little excited in his heart.

After an hour of discussion, the two finally selected the third team among the thirteen engineering teams of the Ministry of Engineering to be fully responsible for the renovation construction. The reason why the third team was finally finalized is also because most of the people in this team are familiar with Hua Hua, and these people have often worked under Hua Hua's father, Hua Hua is still very relieved in all aspects, at least there should be no intention of cutting corners.

After choosing, Nangong Xue instructed: "Hua Hua, then you will be responsible for supervising the construction of this engineering team." After all, you are familiar with the management and it is easier, but there must be no problems, once we start this project, we will be responsible for the end, and no one can afford any problems. ”

Hua Hua nodded and responded, "Don't worry." During the whole process of project implementation, I will definitely pay attention everywhere, and there will be no problems. It won't cause you unnecessary trouble. ”

"Hmm." Nangong Xue nodded and asked, "The start date of our project is better than the date of collision, and we will be ready to start construction tomorrow, and I will arrange all the needs of the project early tomorrow morning." If you need anything in the future, just ask me, and I'll be ready to help. ”

Hua Hua nodded and replied, "Okay." Thank you for your hard work. If you are willing to give me this opportunity, I will definitely live up to your good intentions. ”

Nangong Xue shook her head slightly and said, "I'm just a recommendation, and the rest of the things will depend on you, don't you look at Kong Haoyu?" What you can do and how much recognition you can get depends on you, and it has little to do with me. That's all I can do. Don't be polite to me, in fact, when you get things done, in fact, I will also follow the light. Don't say anything politely in the future, we have a good friendship and help each other. ”

As soon as Hua Hua heard Nangong Xue say this, she didn't say anything else, she only nodded and responded, "Hmm." ”

Nangong Xue stood up and said: "Then I won't delay you too much, you go and explain to the engineering team, I'll go to the official kiln and tell them to prepare bricks so that you can build a house." ”

Hua Hua beckoned: "Then I won't be far away, pay attention to safety on the road." After saying that, Nangong Xue said goodbye to Hua Hua for the time being, came out of the Ministry of Industry, and then got into the carriage and went straight to the official kiln.

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When she arrived at the official kiln yamen, Nangong Xue saw that Ding Wenbo was already waiting in front of the yamen, and Nangong Xue began to have some doubts: "Why is this Lord Ding waiting for me at the gate of the yamen?" Hey, I don't want to, I guess it's because I was ordered by the emperor this morning, so I'm waiting for me here. At this time, Nangong Xue didn't have so many brains to guess the intentions of Lord Ding, she only thought about speeding up the progress of the project, instead of delaying it again and again, after all, it would be too late to catch up after this summer and autumn. When the time comes, you can only stare dryly and be anxious.

Ding Wenbo, who had been waiting at the door of the government for a long time, saw Nangong Xue get out of the carriage and stepped forward very respectfully: "Lord Nangong, are you here?" Nangong Xue saw that Ding Wenbo was so respectful and felt completely different from the last time, and she felt a little uncomfortable, but she didn't say anything, just let him go, and said, "Lord Ding has been waiting for a long time, right?" Ding Wenbo hurriedly replied: "I didn't have to wait long. Xia Guan knew that you would definitely come today, so he waited at the door all the time. ”

Nangong Xue said: "Since that's the case, then don't enter the mansion." Let's go straight to the brick kiln. ”

Ding Wenbo responded while leading the way: "Lord Nangong, please come with me." As he spoke, the two of them came to the brick kiln behind the mansion together, and Lord Ding raised his hand and introduced: "Back to Lord Nangong, this is the red brick that has been made according to your instructions in the past month, please take a look." ”

Nangong Xue followed Ding Wenbo's wave and first glanced at the mountain of red bricks, and then nodded with satisfaction and said, "Lord Ding is tired." It's been a hard month for you. Ding Wenbo replied humbly: "Whereever, this is the business of the lower officials, and it is natural to satisfy you." After speaking, Ding Wenbo paused slightly, and asked a little hesitantly: "By the way, Lord Nangong, this firing red brick requires labor, as well as this material, you see that the labor cost and material cost should be ......." Because the imperial court also has regulations, if you want to use the official kiln to fire anything, you have to pay a lump sum. Official kilns do not accept IOUs. ”

When Nangong Xue heard Ding Wenbo's question, she was already ready, so she said: "Don't worry, I won't get the credit account, and I won't let the workers work in vain, and the money will not be less, let's go back to the mansion in a while, you can calculate it well, and then I will give you a lot of money." ”

"Okay, then I hope Lord Nangong doesn't mind the officials speaking outright, it is really a rule of the imperial court, and the officials dare not disobey." Ding Wenbo replied a little timidly, "Then please ask Lord Nangong to go back to the mansion with the lower officials to settle the accounts first." After speaking, Ding Wenbo led the way in front of Nangong Xue and returned to the mansion.

As soon as he returned to the palace, Ding Wenbo instructed the master to get the account book, and after a while, the master presented the account book to Ding Wenbo, Ding Wenbo put the account book on the bookcase and said while flipping it: "Lord Nangong, please see that here is the red brick account record you want, here is the labor fee, here is the material cost, because you want more, so the working hours of the workers are twice as much as usual, so the labor cost is a lot more, so the total is four thousand taels." Please take a look. ”

Nangong Xue took the account book and looked at it carefully, and from time to time she also looked at some red brick records in the past, and made some comparisons a little. The ledger also records the number of hours worked by the workers in detail, and it is indeed twice as many as usual. Immediately, Nangong Xue also calculated seriously in her heart, and after about half a cup of tea, Nangong Xue asked Ding Wenbo: "Lord Ding, let's go to the brick kiln again, I want to carefully check with the account book records to see if it's okay?" ”

Ding Wenbo hurriedly responded: "Yes, then the official will lead the way for Lord Nangong." After checking the number of bricks, he asked the workers who were firing porcelain about the working hours when firing red bricks, and the workers were also very honest and told Nangong Xue about some of the conditions and working hours of the red bricks fired at that time, and after getting the worker's reply, Nangong Xue calculated it again, and then said to Ding Wenbo: "Well, there is no problem in this account, then I will reconcile it with Lord Ding." ”

As he spoke, he took out four silver tickets of 1,000 taels from his pocket and said, "I'll give you the account book first, here are the silver tickets of 4,000 taels, Lord Ding, you can take it." ”

After Ding Wenbo took the account book and the silver ticket, he replied respectfully: "Well, the next official must have collected it." Then the lower official wrote on this account that it had been paid. This completes the reconciliation. After speaking, Ding Wenbo instructed the master to take the pen and ink, and then wrote the words "paid" on the account book, and let Nangong Xue look at it again. After confirming it, Nangong Xue said, "Lord Ding, then you still have to make some effort to help me transport these red bricks to Xicheng, right?" I'm ready to use it tomorrow. ”

Ding Wenbo nodded in response: "Okay, no problem." This is all the business of the lower officials. The lower officials will definitely do it for you early tomorrow morning. ”

"That's good, I don't have anything more to command." Nangong Xue said, "By the way, I almost forgot about it, Lord Ding still has to bother you to prepare some red bricks at any time, I'm worried that these will not be enough, these will be used first, and you have to help me prepare some here." You keep the account, and I'll reconcile it with you when the time comes. ”

"Well, okay, Xia Guan knows." Ding Wenbo nodded and replied, "Then may I ask Lord Nangong if there is anything else to order?" ”

Nangong Xue thought about it and made sure that there was nothing to add, so she said, "No, that's all." ”

"Well, that's okay, then the lower official will order the officials and workers to transport these red bricks to Xicheng." Ding Wenbo called out as he spoke, "Someone! As soon as his voice fell, he saw several officials rushing over and responded, "It's the master." ”

When Ding Wenbo saw that the officials were coming, he ordered: "A few of you will bring a few Liba to transport these red bricks to the small square in Xicheng." Lord Nangong will use it tomorrow, be quick with your hands and feet, and be careful. Not even one less. ”

The officials said in unison: "Yes, the little ones must pay more attention." After saying that, these officials went to find more than a dozen Liba and pushed over a dozen flat carriages, and began to let Liba carry the red bricks to the cart. Nangong Xue stood aside and looked at Xiao Xiao for a while, and said, "Then there is Master Laudine here, so I won't bother you much." I'll go back first. After speaking, Nangong Xue turned around and was about to leave. Ding Wenbo hurriedly followed and said. "Okay. Then the official sent it to the adult. As he spoke, he hurriedly walked to Nangong Xue and guided Nangong Xue.

After Nangong Xue walked out of the yamen, she saw the officials driving the carriage out of the gate next to it, the red bricks were sturdily tied to the carriage, and the officials were driving the carriage while guarding the ropes. In this way, one after another, they walked towards Xicheng. Nangong Xue looked at it for a while, only nodded slightly, didn't say anything, and got into the carriage and went back. Along the way, Nangong Xue couldn't help but say to herself: "Finally I can rebuild, I will definitely build an extraordinary area, a good area for the people." ”