After sending Chen Pu and Shang Cheng away, Tian Xiu returned to the public office, and before she had time to read a few documents, six or seven groups of people began to come to her one after another. Some of these people really have business to do, some are entrusted to inquire about the authorization of coke glass patents, and some are just to come to the door to say hello. These people also have their own characteristics of speaking. Those who come to do things generally speak straightforwardly, talk about things in a few words, get up and leave without drinking a sip of water; When I inquired about patent licensing, I said that "I can't teach you to be busy"; There are also some people with different thoughts, and their words are sparkling...... Accompanying these people to talk incoherently empty words, Tian Xiu only felt that the whole person was physically and mentally exhausted. But she can't snub others yet......

It wasn't until the beginning of Shen Shi that he sent away a former colleague of the Hanlin Academy, and it was not until he was purified.

When she returned to her office, she saw the piles of paperwork on the desk. Sky! At the end of the day, the number of documents waiting for her to browse on the table not only did not decrease at all, but increased, and one by one, while she was talking to others, new documents were sent over.

She sighed silently, sat down at the table, and began to look through the paperwork. Most of them are patent authorization applications, and there are also a few official documents sent by the Ministry of Industry in various places to request the construction of coke or glass workshops, as well as the progress of the Xiaoluoyi workshop in the early and middle months. Neither the documents nor the official documents were important, but she still read them carefully.

There were people walking around in the courtyard and talking loudly, and it was a colleague from another house in the same courtyard who was in the lower office. They went to the yamen to draw and go home.

Someone knocked lightly on the open door, Jiang Jian stood outside the door and said politely: "Lord Tian, are you still busy?" ”

Tian Xiu put down the official document in his hand, let him into the house, and gave him a seat, saying, "It's not too busy." I just went to Xuzhou and delayed for a good day. She wanted to pour a bowl of tea soup for Jiang Tuo, but her hand didn't feel warm anymore when she touched the teapot, and she was about to ask the handyman to change a pot of tea soup to come in, Jiang Tuo waved his hand and said, "Don't be busy." I'm not thirsty. ”

"Are you looking for me?" Tian Xiu asked.

"It's fine. I just met Master Chang, and I heard him say that our Ministry of Industry is going to set up a new Yamen Patent Department, and you and Lord Yang will both work in the Patent Division......"

Tian Xiu nodded. She understood. Since Jiang Jian completed the authorization of the liquor patent, he has not had a specific function, and he is completely like an idler in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry. Although it is said that Liubu is originally a place to raise idlers, she can see that Jiang Jian really wants to do things, and he is indeed a little talented...... She thought about it and said, "You also want to come to the Patent Division?" Then I'll help you say it in front of Lord Yang. Chang Daren...... No problem. ”

Jiang Jun smiled and nodded. But he immediately asked, "Who is coming to the patent division?" ”

Tian Xiu also reacted immediately, and he seemed to have thought things wrong. Jiang Yan's relationship with Yang Heng is not bad, and he can speak well in front of Chang Xiu, if he really wants to find something to do in the patent department, he doesn't need to ask her for help at all.

Jiang Tuan was silent for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Lord Tian, the note you wrote last time, that, that...... Princess Nanyang, what did she say no? ”

Tian Xiu shook his head.

A look of loss immediately appeared on Jiang Yan's face. He sat on the drum stool, grasped the corners of his robe with both hands, opened his mouth several times, and finally said nothing, but let out a long sigh, and the whole person withered as if he had been pulled out of the plugged air bag. He stood up, shook his head and nodded, and said, "Disturb you, Lord Tian...... I don't have anything else to do, I just want to inquire...... Oh, that's it. I'll go back first. He didn't even say hello to Tian Xiu, and staggered away. Two subordinates in the courtyard greeted him, and he did not say anything.

After Jiang Yan left, for a long time, Tian Xiu's mind could not be put on the official document. I don't know why, there is always a scene in front of her eyes, Jiang Qian tilting his head, stepping on the steps and crossing the threshold. Until Chen Pu came to her, she was still stunned with an official letter sent by Xiaoluoyi Workshop requesting an increase in appropriation.

Tian Xiu sorted out the official documents and documents on the table, found a business bag, filled a few copper pipes, stuffed a box of lenses, and followed out with Chen Puxiang.

On the way, Chen Pu asked her: "What about you inviting guests to dinner, what else do you bring these?" Her face was very good, and her mood was also very high, and it seemed that the result of the meeting of the military department was that the Liyuan battalion had won.

"If you have some trouble doing the Celestial Observatory, please ask Ying Bo for some guidance on the way."

"Celestial Gazette? Do you teach him to give directions? Chen Pu laughed heartily. But she immediately shut her mouth, her expression a little odd. She originally wanted to say casually, Shang Yanshan, a reckless soldier who only knows how to pick up a knife and cut people, you let him instruct the Heavenly Observatory how to do it, isn't this a bit of a question to ask Yu Blind? But the example of glass is there, and this guy might be able to make a celestial orb. So she changed her tone and said, "I just heard in the Ministry of War that the Ministry of Industry is going to set up a new patent department?" ”

"I only heard what Wen Shigong said in the morning."

"You're going to work in this patent department, right?"

"Yes. Wen Shigong said, Lord Yang Heng Yang is the judge, and I am probably a judge. ”

Chen Pu smiled and said, "What kind of judgment is Si Cao." It's all for someone else! Six departments and twenty-four divisions, where are there such official titles as judges and judges? Unless the Ministry of Officials does not allow you to set up a patent department, you will set up a patent department instead. Don't worry, after a while, you'll be a six-grade outsider. She lowered her voice and whispered, "I heard from the Ministry of War that your patent department has a history. Zhai Cuo originally wanted to set up a patent Cao, but the ministry did not agree, and only agreed to the Ministry of Industry to add a patent department under the Ministry of Industry. Zhai Cuo did not agree. So the lawsuit went to the Prime Minister's office. Someone gave Zhai the wrong idea, and asked the Ministry of Industry to simply include the liquor, coke glass, and other matters related to applying for patents from the imperial court, and directly requested the establishment of a patent temple One by one, the temple of the 'temple', but not the division of the 'Si Cao' directly set up the patent temple one by one, but the Ministry of Officials pushed back. Anyway, it has come and gone, and now it has become the Patent Department and is under the yamen of the Ministry of Industry. I heard that the ministry has agreed, and the text is just a few days away. ”

"Patent Temple?!" When Tian Xiu heard this name at first, he was so frightened that his eyes widened. There are rules for the titles of each yamen in the imperial court, and those who can be called "temples" will inevitably lead officials who are not lower than the four grades. When the Great Zhao was founded, there were six temples, Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taifu Temple, Honglu Temple and Taishi Temple. Later, Gaozong was restructured, Taishi Temple was renamed Taishi Bureau, and Honglu Temple was merged into the Domain Courtyard and renamed Honglu Bureau. Xianzong and the Honglu Bureau from the vassal courtyard was divided, still called Honglu Temple, the Taishi Bureau was also changed back to the Taishi Temple, and it was changed to the Taishi Bureau in a few days, and later someone came out and said that the word "Bureau" was not good and that was not good, so it was changed back to the Taishi Temple...... Anyway, the official title of the Taishi Bureau has been changing back and forth, and now when this yamen is mentioned, there are those who are called the Taishi Bureau and those who are called the Taishi Temple, anyway, everyone knows which yamen they refer to. However, this "patent temple" is really a bit appalling. And there is no history to follow...... She could guess that the so-called someone helped Shang Shuzhai of the Ministry of Industry to come up with the wrong idea, and most of the people who came up with the idea were Zhang Pu, the right minister. But why did Zhang Pu spend so much effort to help Zhai Cuo? You must know that constructing a four-grade yamen out of thin air is not as simple as changing the name of Taishi Temple to Taishi Bureau. Of course, it is not easy to change the name of the Taishi Bureau, but not many people know the stories behind this name change. At least a seven-rank official like Tian Xiu would not have heard of it.

She drew a flower charge in the signing room of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, walked out of the Yamen, and followed Chen Pu along the Heavenly Street silently for a while, and then asked quietly: "How much do you know about the Patent Temple?" She asked this question out of curiosity and partly because she had a vague feeling that her future might change greatly with the establishment of the Patent Division......

"The glass is something that Zhang Pu personally handed over to the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry has made achievements, and it is an achievement made at the most critical moment, how can Zhang Pu be interesting?" Chen Pu is very old in doing analysis for his friends. She said, "Zhang Pu wants to be rewarded, why shouldn't the Ministry of Industry be rewarded?" Zhai Cuo They took such a big advantage in glass, they must also show something. This patent department is what Zhai Cuo and they took out to thank everyone. However, if the officials do not cooperate, the meaning is deep. Tang Xing's old Xiangguo will resign and return to his hometown at the end of the year, Zhang Pu and Han Yi, the secretary of the ministry, are competing for the position of Zuo Xiangguo, and the ministry does not agree to the establishment of a patent department by the Ministry of Industry, is there an idea of attacking the prestige of the opponent and weakening the opponent's strength? The establishment of a new department of the Ministry of Industry is not a trivial matter, not to mention that it also involves the dispute between the left and the left, which extends along the context of the matter, as well as the dispute over the investigation of the hidden households in the hidden fields, the dispute between the north and the south, and the ...... Too...... In short, there are a lot of things involved, so some people support the Ministry of Industry, simply do nothing, and eliminate all the people and things related to patents now, and directly set up a patent temple. ”

Tian Xiu opened her mouth wide and looked at Chen Pu with an admiring gaze. She had no idea that so many people and things would be implicated behind the Patent Division. She didn't expect that her friend had grown to such a height and would have such a sharp eye, and could see through these complicated people and things through the fog. She suddenly felt that she seemed a little small in front of her friends. In a respectful tone of a disciple asking the teacher for teaching, she asked Chen Pu: "Then, why did you become a patent department again?" ”

"Struggles in the temple are always brutal, but in many cases, compromise is necessary!" Chen Pu first said a commanding word. Although this sounds a little abrupt, it is even more nondescript. "The original purpose of the Ministry of Industry was only to set up a patent Cao, and the establishment of the patent temple was just to counterattack and demonstrate to the officials, and by the way to find an excuse for Zhang Pu to intervene. Now that the Ministry of Officials has relented and agreed to set up a patent department, it means that the Ministry of Officials has admitted defeat. The Ministry of Industry got a greater benefit, and Zhang Pu won this round of confrontation, so everyone naturally didn't mention anything about the patent temple. What's more, if a new patent temple is really to be established, it will be a larger range of personnel changes, whether it is Zhang Pu or Han Yi, no one can control the situation, so the two sides can only compromise. Zhang Pu took a small advantage, Han Yi suffered a small loss, and then each accumulated strength and waited for the next confrontation. ”

Tian Xiu was silent for a while, thinking carefully about Chen Pu's words. She suddenly asked a very crucial question: "Did you come up with all of this yourself?" ”

"I'm also learning and selling."

"Shang Yanshan told you?"

Chen Pu nodded honestly. She certainly didn't have the ability to figure out so much from behind the new patent department of the Ministry of Industry. She didn't feel embarrassed to tell Tian Xiu what Shang Cheng said. In fact, Shang Cheng was able to talk to her about this, and she felt very happy. In the past, Shang Cheng never talked to her about this, and the conversation was a little more or deeper, basically about marching and fighting. She really enjoyed talking about these topics. However, her own family knows her own affairs, she knows very well that her reaction is relatively slow, her vision is not sharp enough, and her mind is not meticulous, it may be possible to learn Xiao Jian's ability to lead troops in battle, but if she learns Yang Liehuo, she will definitely not be able to, let alone learn military affairs with Shang Cheng. To tell the truth, many times she talked with Shang Cheng, and Shang Cheng's topics went to the south, so she thought about the things in the north clearly. So when she and Shang Cheng are together, they usually can't talk about anything serious, either they miss the embarrassing time on the grassland together, or they talk nonsense. But the topic can't stay in the past forever, and it can't revolve around trivial things, at least that's what she thinks. Although the two of them didn't spend much time together, she could still clearly perceive that many times, Shang Cheng was constantly looking for topics. She was grateful that he was able to do so. If it weren't for Shang Cheng's efforts, the two of them would be too embarrassed and embarrassed to be together...... Now, Shang Cheng explained to her in detail today all the things behind the Patent Department of the Ministry of Industry, so that they can have more topics together in the future. For example, Zhang Pu and Zhu Xuan's investigation of the hidden households in the treacherous fields, such as the dispute between the north and the south, such as the development and transformation of Dazhao's military strategic thinking, and so on. These are all things with complex backgrounds, no matter which one they are, they can be talked about for a long time, and there will be many small topics under each big topic, which is enough for them to talk about for a long time. Of course, he said, she mainly listened with her ears. But that's good. Right......

Out of the door, they found Shang Cheng in front of the noon gate. However, Shang Cheng was not alone, there was also a tall and thin man standing with him and talking.