Volume 1 Into the Tang Chapter 28 The Dismal Ministry of Works
It was still early, Li Chengyang called Xiao'er and Li Shi up, hurriedly washed up and got dressed, King Qin's court clothes were gorgeous, even if he was only twelve years old, he would show a majestic temperament, Xiao'er saw that his eyes were shining, and he stared at Li Chengyang without saying anything after wearing the last robe.
"How about it, young master, I have the posture of Pan An" tried to smile evilly, making himself look like an adult.
"Hey, the young master can't compare with Pan An, you are a dignified prince, where can you compare with those who can't be on the stage."
When Pan An is a person who can't be on the stage, the name of the head of the four beautiful men has been passed down for 2,000 years, and whoever marries a daughter will not boast that his son-in-law is better than Pan An.
Maybe only here is Xiao'er, Pan An and the like are not as good as even a hair of the young master.
Touching Xiao'er's head dotingly, he took Li Shi and got into the carriage that Li Gu rushed over, and there was an early meal prepared by Uncle Li Gu on the car, it seems that Li Chengyang appeared in the court for the first time, which made Li Gu really care.
Not surprisingly, the mutton steamed bun was placed in the car, which may be the reason for the first time, the taste is not too good, but it can barely be eaten, but in the closed compartment, there is a pot of mutton soup full of gas, is it a bit excessive.
After all, it was Li Gu's heart, and he gave half of the cake to Li Shi, and the two of them ate it slowly.
After eating and drinking, the carriage will also stop, and after listening to what Li Gu said outside, Li Chengyang straightened his clothes and asked Li Shi if there was anything wrong.
This Han Nizi replied: "Young master, you are missing a sword, and a knife is fine."
Phew, it's really a guy who has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he doesn't leave those murder weapons, where are the officials of the Ministry of Industry who still carry weapons to work, and then with his strength, where do you need a sword to defend yourself, who can stand a punch.
Ignoring Li Shi, who wanted to stuff the dagger into his hand, he got out of the car and looked up.
"This is the Ministry of Works?" Looking at the buildings in front of him that were similar to the slums, Li Chengyang didn't believe that this was a better and limited place than the dilapidated temple where he used to live when he used to ask for food, which was the dignified Tang Dynasty.
"Hey, young master, this is the Ministry of Industry, but it was all chaotic before, where would anyone organize the Ministry of Industry, and only after our Datang stabilized did we start to develop the Ministry of Industry, the current Ministry of Industry is already good, don't look at this surface is tattered, but this is the place responsible for all the ordnance building of Datang, and the appearance is in tatters, but there is no time to repair it" Li Gu hurriedly explained, for fear that Li Chengyang would not go if he lost his temper.
Hi, if you come, you will be safe, yesterday I thought it was just an easy thing, who knew that just looking at this simple appearance would be less than thirty percent of the certainty.
Dressed in a luxurious sheep's fat royal dress, the heroic Li Chengyang felt that he had done another stupid thing, looking in from the door, the people who came and went occasionally did not wear a dress, Gu was dressed in a regular dress, and even occasionally there were strong men walking around in deflated trousers, and the thick heart guard hair made Li Chengyang's eyes want to vomit.
In such a dirty and messy environment of the Ministry of Industry, no one would come and go in clothes that were so easy to get dirty, and people passing by looked at him with the eyes of fools.
Li Gu accompanied Li Chengyang into the door, still with a strong sense of ruined temple, and then called a passing official and asked him to take him to find the Ministry of Industry, the junior official first glanced at Li Chengyang's dress curiously, and then told the truth.
Who expected that Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was not there, not only for a day, but never appeared, and the leader of the Ministry of Industry officials was Wu Li, the right attendant, who started with Li Yuan, a blacksmith who had been responsible for the building of the Tang Army's ordnance, and was honest.
When Li Gu heard that it was the old man who was in charge, his eyebrows almost rose to the sky, and he hurriedly pulled the man to the main hall to see the old man.
The dignified Yamen of the Ministry of Industry was empty, but there was a sound of striking iron from the backyard, and the official took the people and left by himself, and Li Chengyang and the three came to the backyard curiously.
I saw an old man sweating like rain in the courtyard, the huge hammer in his hand kept smashing on the anvil, a gray sword mill has already taken shape, the jingling sound does not seem noisy, and the rhythmic sound is knocked down, like a rough symphony.
At first glance, he was an old man with excellent skills, and Li Gu didn't care whether Wu Li was working or not, so he hugged Wu Li when he went up: "Why did you become a right waiter and do it yourself, is there someone who doesn't understand the rules and bullies you?" ”。
The two of them are about the same age, it seems that Li Gu is the leader, Wu Li recognized the person who came, and then patted Li Gu's back with his backhand: "How can anyone bully me, the people here are very good, but they are poor, a few days ago, the eldest son of the Cheng family asked me to build a sword for him, and the shot is ten taels of silver, am I not idle and idle, so I will go next, it can be regarded as getting some money for this yamen."
Li Chengyang's face is green, and the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry has to personally earn money to subsidize the Ministry of Industry, what will happen to the Ministry of Industry?
"You're not going to follow the above points? Didn't the Ministry of Industry allocate a lot of money to repair the water conservancy a few days ago, and the money, even if it is left at all, it will not be mixed up like this," Li Gu asked Wu Li with a big grin, where did the kickback go.
Wu Rina was silent, and it took a long time to squeeze out a few words from his mouth under Li Gu's urging: "Isn't that a flooded place having a bad time, I want to give them more money, so that they can suffer less, and the Ministry of Industry agreed."
"It's still so stupid, do people lack your money, and if you sow it, don't you have to take more people below you, when will you change your temperament, you're a good person all over the world, right, can you take all the expenses of the Ministry of Industry?"
Li Gu blew his beard and glared at Wu Li like a quail, he was not annoyed, looking at Li Gu was silly for a while, so that Li Gu didn't know how to continue.
Li Chengyang looked at Wu Li silently, he didn't expect that there would be such a pure person in the court, Wu Li didn't know what was going on with the people below? Obviously not, judging from his embarrassed answer to Li Gu's question, he knew very well that the people below would withhold some of the money, even so, he hoped that he would take less money, so that the extra money might help some people, even if one person benefited from it.
There are such people in the Ministry of Industry, naturally there is no oil and water to fish, fortunately, most of the people in the Ministry of Industry are craftsmen and this kind of bitter haha, otherwise in other departments, Wu Li, the waiter, is afraid that he would have been at the end a long time ago.
At this time, I am looking at the environment of the Ministry of Industry, you look at the wall that leaked a hole and was sloppily repaired, and then think about the wall that used to sleep in the broken temple, hey, there is still a little bit of intimacy.
"Lord Wu, this king is the newly appointed Li Chengyang, and please ask Lord Wu to introduce the situation of the Ministry of Industry, this king was entrusted by his father to be responsible for the ice control matters, I don't know how to deal with it, and I also ask Lord Wu to give me more advice" The title of this king is still practiced with Xiao'er for a long time to say it so naturally.
"Oh, the prince arrived, and he missed the welcome, and asked the prince to atone for his sins" Wu Li hurriedly luggage, and by the way, he also sniffed, tsk, why is this prince still hungry.
"No need to be polite, no need to be polite, get up quickly, Lord Wu should first explain the matter of ice control, so that this king can have a charter, this king is young, and he needs people like Lord Wu to mention more by his side, and he can be called an official in the future" In the face of such a person whose name is Wu Li but is more polite than most people, Li Chengyang can't keep a straight face throughout the whole process.
Wu Li smiled awkwardly and scratched his head: "Then, Lord Shilang, your will to be in charge of ice-making matters came down yesterday, and the name was also decided, called Ice Division, you can start by choosing any place, and all places in the Ministry of Industry can be chosen."
"Then, I don't know how many people there are in my Ice Division," Li Chengyang continued to ask.
Wu Li's head was buried in his chest, and he almost put his face against the stove: "The prince said, just you, the whole ministry has something to do, and you can't get together your ice division, and he also said that you should find another way."
This is no one, no money, no place, how to say that he is also a left waiter, there is no one under him, this official position is just to watch and play, and he was grateful to Li Shimin for his action yesterday.
Li Chengyang immediately wanted to pick on his son and quit doing it, at least the commander of the light pole still has a bright appearance, and he will have to do everything by himself in the dirty and tired Ministry of Industry in the future.
Who knew that Li Gu was overjoyed and said: "Young master, don't be angry, this is a good thing, the prince is asking you to find someone by yourself, if you can find some reliable people, then you will be your humerus minister in the future."
Only then did Li Chengyang understand what Li Shimin meant, everyone in the palace had some team, and behind his younger brothers, there were some courtiers who had already taken refuge in help, but he was the only one, and no one was willing to help him when he left the courtyard, which was to enrich his team.
After understanding what Li Shimin meant, the first thing that came to mind was the group of beggars in Luoyang, the group of beggars once said that he could pull them when he could develop in the future, and also helped bury the grandmother.
Now it is necessary to employ people, for Li Chengyang, who has no foundation, this group of beggars can probably be regarded as people who know the roots, although they are not absolutely reliable, but they have lived together for five or six years at least some basic understanding.
"Grandpa housekeeper, you send Li Yi and them to Luoyang, find the beggars in a land temple in the west of Luoyang, bring them all back, as soon as possible" instructed Li Gu to find the beggars, Chang'an to Luoyang can be rushed to Luoyang in one day, if you are not in a hurry, you can also go back and forth in five or six days, take people here first, Li Chengyang is ready to use these time to understand the situation of the Ministry of Industry, not only the Bing Division, but the situation of the entire Ministry of Industry is in his eyes.
He wanted to do something.