Lee House, meeting room.

The first impression that this legendary hidden appearance gave Li Yan was that it was old and spicy.

It stands to reason that the gap between Liang Shicheng and Li Yan's official positions is not too big, but there is no "superior" official prestige.

After the two exchanged a few words, Liang Shicheng asked with a smile, "Lord Li is ready to take the order?" ”

Li Yan didn't dare to slack off, restrained his smile, and immediately knelt on the ground, although he was extremely disgusted by this feeling, but he couldn't help himself, and his life was still important.

There is nothing to carry in the sky, and the emperor's edict is cloudy, and it is an oracle.

Probably speaking, Li Yan Fu Baolang did a very good job, conscientious, outstanding achievements, and so on, and he was promoted to the secretary of the provincial school.

After reading out, Li Yansan shouted long live, stood up suspiciously, and said, "How many products does the school scholar have?" Which yamen is in charge? ”

Liang Shicheng smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. ”

Don't bother?

This answer made Li Yan confused, it doesn't matter the size of the official position, but you have to know where to go to work, right?

Chen He said: "Offend my father-in-law, ask for my family, where can I get the official uniform?" ”

"Don't worry." Liang Shicheng waved his hand.

Li Yan and Chen He glanced at each other, and they both saw confusion in each other's eyes, but it was difficult to get to the bottom of it, so they could only speculate secretly in their hearts.

A small eunuch who followed him took out an iron tool from his cuff and handed it to Li Yan, Li Yan took it in his hand suspiciously, and after taking a closer look, he was surprised: "Isn't this the door latch I made?" ”

Liang Shicheng nodded and said: "Exactly, the official family likes this thing very much, and studies it all day long and wipes it repeatedly." The official family meant that it should be enlarged and then used for city defense. I've let Ouchi's Imperial Workshop see it, but none of them can do it, I don't know if Master Li has a way? ”

This......

Of course not!

At the industrial level of this era, it is already very good to be able to make such a small latch.

If it weren't for the fact that the old blacksmith in Yanggu County liked to hunt for curiosities and was experienced, he wouldn't have bothered to make this thing.

Li Yan pondered for a long time, and said in his heart: You must not say no, and if you can't do it at this time, you have to do it.

After all, this is the first errand I received, and if I refuse, it will not be bad luck for the emperor.

"This has to be pondered by the lower officials." Li Yan didn't say it to death.

Liang Sicheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, you can take your time in this matter." ”

He said the word "slowly" very slowly, and the meaning of this is obvious.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Li Yan said gratefully.

Sending Liang Shicheng out of the house, standing on the steps at the door, he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Lord Li's concerns will be revealed tomorrow." ”

"Congratulations to my father-in-law."

……

Li Yan and Chen He returned to the living room, and the two began to analyze.

"Can the third brother read what it means?" Chen He asked with a smile.

"I don't seem to understand." Li Yan fiddled with the bolt in his hand and said: "Take your time with this thing, that is to say, you don't need to do it at all, just take it down." And what Father-in-law Liang said before leaving, it should be that someone will arrange for me to join the company tomorrow. ”

"Not at all, in my opinion, it's the opposite. This thing is the most important thing, and it must be done immediately, immediately, and it will be revealed tomorrow......" Chen He thought for a while and said:

"In ancient times, officials all had edicts, and at the same time brought official hats, official uniforms, gold and silver fish bags and other tokens, which were as hasty as today, but they were unheard of."

Li Yan Zou frowned and said: "Could it be that there is some conspiracy here?" ”

Chen He shook his head and said, "The conspiracy should not be, no matter how bold Liang Shicheng is, he will not dare to falsely pass on the holy decree." If the emperor wants to deal with us, do you still need to play tricks? So, don't worry too much about this, you can find out tomorrow. ”

Li Yan sighed and asked, "What about the city defense?" ”

"You must not believe Liang Shicheng's words in this matter, first of all, we don't know who we are friends or enemies with him, and since the emperor attaches great importance to it, why not be in a hurry? Isn't it against the will of God? So, I think we should do our best to get this done. ”

"It makes sense, but if you want to think that this gate is used exactly the same on the city gate, you can't kill it. Needless to say, it is difficult to manufacture, and no blacksmith today has this ability. And, most importantly, such a large solid iron rod cannot be pulled by human beings. Li Yan said helplessly.

Chen He was just about to speak, but was interrupted by the sound of an argument outside the door, and after waiting for a while, Fan Er dragged the old Taoist priest's arm into the hall.

The old Taoist priest took the lead and said, "My lord, Fan Er is in trouble, you can take care of it." ”

Fan Er retorted: "Am I guilty or do you have different intentions?" ”

"What's the noise, explain things clearly, let me and my second brother listen." Li Yan said with a smile.

……

It turned out that after the old Taoist priest got the land of the tobacco family, he began to look for skilled craftsmen, after all, building a tower is different from building a house, it is a quite technical project, not only to be strong and durable, but also beautiful.

But this matter was known to Fan Er, and he thought that the Linglong Pagoda was not difficult, and his own craftsmen could do it, so why bother giving the silver to outsiders.

How could the old Taoist priest believe his nonsense, and they didn't agree with each other, and the two began to expose each other's secrets.

Fan Er said that the old Taoist priest was a white-eyed wolf, and now that he is developed, he forgets his former brothers.

Not to be outdone, the old Taoist priest bluntly ridiculed Fan Er as a beggar, he didn't necessarily see the Linglong Pagoda or not, and he planned to build it, which was simply beyond his strength.

The two people who are quite familiar with each other have witnessed each other's appearance when they are down, and they are quite naked when they are exposed, and the subordinates who listened to them were stunned for a while, and in the end, they may also feel embarrassed, so they pulled to find Li Yan to comment.

After all, Li Yan is their behind-the-scenes owner.

Although it is a little unpleasant to use the word "owner" for Taoist temples, this is the case, otherwise the old Taoist priest would not have come to Li Yan because of the land.

After listening to the two of them, Li Yan was also quite embarrassed, looking at Fan Er's rustic appearance, he really couldn't believe that he could build a good-looking Linglong Tower.

Li Yan only hesitated, and the two of them got the answer.

The old Taoist priest laughed, pointed at Fan Er and said, "Look at it, look at it, adults don't believe that you can cover it." ”

"Hey!" Fan Er stomped his feet and said discouragedly: "Fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and there will definitely be great benefits in building Linglong Tower." ”

Chen He opened the fan and said, "I have an idea that can satisfy both of you." ”

"What?"

"The Taoist chief handed over this project to Second Brother Fan, and let Second Brother Fan hire skilled craftsmen, the Taoist Chief is responsible for supervising the quality, and Second Brother Fan is responsible for controlling expenses, isn't that okay?"

The old Taoist priest and Fan Er glanced at each other, nodded with satisfaction, and saluted Chen He together.

Li Yan remembered something and asked, "Second Brother Fan, how did the root carving in the study move in?" ”

Fan Er said proudly: "That carving really wasted a lot of work, and it took three winches to move it." ”

Capstan?

Li Yan already had an idea in his heart.

(I want to vomit when I write this chapter.) ）