Zhang Mao helped him a lot, and now Zhang Mao asked him to help arrange a person, and Xie Zhi was not very easy to refuse.

Besides, he is now the time to employ people, whether Zhang Mao's nephew can be outstanding, as long as he is an ordinary person and can help run errands, he will be able to stay.

Xie Zhi smiled and replied, "Okay, Zhang Shibo, let's try it, if it's suitable, stay there." ”

Xie Zhi agreed, Zhang Mao was obviously very happy, and said excitedly: "Okay, the old man will let him come over when he goes back, that kid is honest, if there is something wrong, you just have to teach it a lesson." ”

With Zhang Mao's words, Xie Zhi was more relieved, and responded: "That's for sure, you still need to be hard to strike iron, if you want to investigate and punish the actual problems of those guards, you have to have the ability to do it in all aspects." ”

After agreeing to the business, the next drinking was much smoother.

After a meal of wine, Zhang Mao did not stay long and went back to the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, while Zhu Houzhao stayed.

Zhu Houzhao was wandering around Xie Zhi's Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Xie Zhi was too busy dealing with the affairs of the Shenji Camp to entertain him.

Early the next morning, an elderly man appeared in the Metropolitan Inspectorate's Courtyard, and after reporting his name, he was taken directly to the large tent that served as the main hall.

As soon as the man came in, his eyes lit up and he asked Xie Zhi, "You are the Marquis of the clouds?" I often heard my uncle talk about the heroic deeds of Yunzhonghou, and I have admired Yunzhonghou for a long time, but I have never seen the real person, and today I am fortunate to see it with my own eyes. ”

This teenager's temperament is far from Zhang Mao's, and he is completely chattering.

Yesterday, I chatted so much with Zhang Mao, I forgot to ask the name of this young man, and the young man chattered about some of Xie Zhi's great achievements, and he was stunned for a moment, Xie Zhi asked: "What is your name?" ”

The young man immediately exited and said, "A certain name is Zhang Zhuo." ”

The name is average, and it is quite memorable, Xie Zhi nodded and said: "Well, Zhang Zhuo, listen to Zhang Shibo, you have some fists and feet, both civil and military?" ”

This question Xie Zhi needs to ask clearly, so that it is convenient to have a position for Zhang Zhuo and know what things to arrange for him.

What Zhang Mao said is only one aspect, and the result of asking from Zhang Mao is another thing, and the key is to see Zhang Mao's ability to actually do things.

After Xie Zhi asked, Zhang Zhuo replied: "Yes, Marquis Yunzhong... No, the Imperial History just arranges it. ”

After getting Zhang Mao's answer, Xie Zhicai said: "That's it, now these people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all seconded from the clouds, and when the matter of the Shenji Battalion is solved at the latest, they will have to return it, if the Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to develop for a long time, it needs its own manpower, you are responsible for the following things, first help Bendu train some pro-soldiers out, Bendu did this thing first, I am afraid that there are many people who hate Bendu, and in the future, when Bendu goes out, he must bring some pro-soldiers, otherwise he will have to lose his life sooner or later." ”

Since he and Zhang Mao went to Taizhou to take charge of the pacification, Xie Zhi has realized the importance of cultivating a personal army of his own.

With this personal army, he can not only take care of the trivial things of life on weekdays, but most importantly, he can sacrifice his life to protect him at the moment of danger.

The importance of pro-soldiers is self-evident, Zhang Zhuo is very happy that Xie Zhi can hand over such a thing to him, and it can be seen that this matter can be handed over to him, and it can be seen that he trusts him.

In fact, with Zhang Mao's face, Xie Zhi can doubt Zhang Zhuo's ability, but he will never doubt Zhang Zhuo's intentions.

Zhang Zhuo didn't agree for a long time, and Xie Zhi asked, "What?" Questions? ”

Zhang Zhuo immediately replied with a post on the border: "No problem, no problem." ”

No problem, then naturally it is good, Xie Zhi smiled, nodded and said: "Okay, you will start to take charge of this matter, the candidates for the pro-soldiers should choose the innocent ones, don't want to involve the royal relatives and nobles, they don't want to die in the hands of their own people." ”

Those people probably hate him to the core, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not arrange themselves into his own soldiers and take his life.

After Xie Zhi's arrangement, Zhang Zhuo quickly began to act.

How to choose Zhang Zhuo, Xie Zhi gave him all the autonomy, which is also an effective way to test his ability, if he can do this thing well, then he can hand over more important things to him in the future.

His shortage of manpower now is really powerful, and he is looking forward to Zhang Zhuo's ability.

Just when the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were in full swing, an earthquake occurred above the boundaries of Guizhou.

Due to a landslide caused by the earthquake, traffic was blocked, and it was not until January of the earthquake that the news reached Kyoto.

Early in the morning, Emperor Hongji first summoned the three scholars of the cabinet.

At this time, people were accustomed to elevate natural disasters above the virtue of the monarch, and they did not know how much thought it would take to grieve their minds about such things every year.

In the news reported, there is an extremely important thing, several businessmen have purchased a kind of cement in Beijing when they built new houses.

The houses built from this thing were unusually strong, and none of the concrete houses in the counties affected by the earthquake collapsed.

Emperor Hongzhi was not only sad about this matter, but he was also surprised by this matter.

When Emperor Hongzhi heard about cement earlier, he only knew that this cement was used in ditches, and when he heard Xie Zhi's introduction, he also remembered that Xie Zhi said that if this cement was used to build a house, it would be extremely strong.

After looking at the excerpts, Emperor Hongzhi asked: "Xie Qing, when there was a great drought in Guanzhong, you once sent a messenger to disaster relief, so cement is really so effective?" ”

Only Xie Qian and Xiao Jing had seen the cement in the clouds with their own eyes, and Xiao Jing went to the clouds just to give Xie Zhi a decree, as for the effect of the cement, he really didn't know, so if he wanted to know the result, he could only ask Xie Qian.

Xie Qian didn't answer immediately, paused for a moment, and replied: "The cement is much stronger than lime, and there are also people who use cement to build houses in the clouds, and the minister also went to see it, it is really stronger than ordinary houses." ”

After Xie Qian's answer, Emperor Hongzhi understood, at least proving that the excerpts reported below were not exaggerated.

After answering Emperor Hongzhi's question, Xie Qian said with disgust: "The cement is quite expensive, and when it is sold to the outside world, a bag of cement reaches five taels of silver, and the cement for building the canal really plays a vital role, but during this time, it is paving the official road in the clouds, not only that, but also connecting the roads between the villages." ”

Cement is a novelty, so it can be regarded as a luxury.

Isn't it a waste to lay ditches and use them to pave roads?

Xie Qian's face was in pain, and the rest of the others were not much better.

If it was just a ditch for one purpose, they would be envious that this cement house could withstand earthquakes.

Who doesn't want their house to stand for a hundred years without collapsing?

The corners of Emperor Hongzhi's mouth twitched, and he said: "Xie Zhi's ability is not small, but he can always give people unexpected things when he does things, if the cement really has such an effect, paving the road is inevitably a bit of a waste." ”

The usefulness of cement can be put aside for the time being, and the top priority now should be earthquake resistance.

After introducing the effect of cement, Liu Jian said: "Since the cement is so strong, it is better to use this cement directly when rebuilding the house after the disaster, it is still strong." ”

Regarding this question, Emperor Hongzhi did not refute it, and admitted: "Thank you to come." ”

The cement workshop in the cloud is run by Xie Zhi, although the current magistrate is no longer Xie Zhi, but it is also simple and effective to ask for his opinion.

Xie Zhi really didn't know about the earthquake.

Listening to Emperor Hongzhi mention it, Xie Zhi realized that his cement also played a lot of role in the earthquake.

Xie Zhi smiled faintly and said, "This cement is strong, and I dare not guarantee that it is earthquake-resistant." ”

After Xie Zhi answered, Liu Jian said: "After the earthquake in Guizhou, there are still many houses that need to be rebuilt, and I wonder if the cement workshop in the cloud can produce some cement for disaster relief." ”

If this cement workshop is already on track and has begun to sell on a large scale, this kind of help is not much of a problem.

But the key point is that only a small amount of cement has been sold now, and if such a large area is used for disaster relief, it will greatly affect cement sales.