Chapter 138: Lao Cai's thoughts
Bianjing, the imperial city.
Emperor Zhao Ji was watching "Happy Three Kingdoms" with a smile, and when he saw "Yuan Shao said that Cao Cao was a dou who couldn't be helped", a sip of tea squirted out.
Cai Jing was inevitably a little embarrassed, because he sent the hardcover book to the emperor to see.
The eunuch Liang Shicheng returned that something big had happened, and he was shocked, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to comb the emperor's back.
It's simply, the slots of this book seem to be deliberate, so there are more than they can finish, because this book has become popular in the capital for a while, and Cai Jing first recognized Zhao Cheng's "implanted political thinking" strategy. And now Zhao Cheng has tried his hand and implanted a large number of cement concepts in the popular "Happy Three Kingdoms".
Based on the idea of needing to introduce Shenni to the emperor, and based on the fact that "Happy Three Kingdoms" has become a phenomenal work, Cai Jing simply let the emperor see it himself, and it seems better to find it himself, so he recommended it to the emperor.
"It seems that this layman reading has caused indecent ......"
Facing Zhao Ji, who had been coughing and couldn't breathe, Cai Jing had to say something embarrassed.
On the contrary, it aroused Zhao Ji's strong gossip thoughts, and he wanted to have a more comprehensive understanding of this book, and after relieving his breath, the emperor smiled, "This is a bit cheesy, but this style can be said to be unique, and novelty is the characteristic, on the contrary, I want to read this rare and more joyful reading." ”
At this point, Liang Shicheng breathed a sigh of relief, this is fine, then continue to wait for the emperor to see for himself.
Dare to show such a ridiculous book to the emperor, Cai Jing will at least have some certainty to do it.
Because the emperor is such a person, not a funny but happy and amiable person, he likes carefree things, never likes those who listen to the news that makes people frown, especially not to talk to him about money, when, no matter who it is, once he tells him that the money is not enough, he will definitely not be happy.
It was very late then, but Zhao Ji watched his eyebrows dancing there, although he didn't spray tea, he would often smile and hold his stomach. Just like when he took Gao Yu's old thief to play football, Gao Yu's slut would deliberately make some antics to make a fool of himself, which could cause the emperor to laugh and cover his stomach.
In fact, Gao Yu rose in this way, and served Zhao Ji like that since he was in the Duanwang Mansion.
Thinking of these, Cai Jing was also quite moved in his heart, from here, Zhao Cheng's little-known scholar is indeed a little magical, he has never even been to the capital, but it seems that he can accurately grasp the emperor's preferences and character, so this happy Three Kingdoms, he is afraid that he is not only for the cement momentum, it is really a bit like a more legendary history of Gao Yu, specially written for the emperor?
After thinking about it, the emperor suddenly put down the book and asked curiously: "Old Cai Qingjia, do you say that the cement used in the book during the battle of Guandu really has this artifact?" Is there a miraculous thing that can't be shaken by heavy siege equipment? ”
Cai Jing smiled without a trace, "The old minister also paid attention to this point, and then went to Xinchizhou to ask, and there really is." ”
"Is there really such a god as described in the book?" Zhao Ji asked curiously.
Cai Jing nodded and smiled: "Back to the official's house, the old minister didn't believe it at first, and made a special trip to let them send some to Beijing and experiment in person." It is indeed as magical as described in the book, not only easy to shape, but also after a short period of solidification, it is like a single rock, almost never broken. ”
Zhao Ji, who happened to be keen on expanding the imperial city during this period, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Old Cai Qingjia said, can this divine mud be applied to the repair and expansion of the imperial city to pray that the imperial city will be stable and stand for hundreds of years?" ”
"It's perfectly okay to go back to the official's house. After personally experimenting with cement, Lao Chen had no doubt about it. ”
Cai Jing didn't worry about how much manpower and material resources would be spent on this, and the emperor was happy. Lack of money is his Uncle Zhang's problem, it is that he can jump his feet.
During this period, the emperor's treasury was very rich and had a lot of money. Theoretically, according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, such things are of course paid by the emperor himself, such as Emperor Taizu and Emperor Renzong, they are simply unbearable by various ministers, and they are extremely poor, so before this, the scale of the Great Song Imperial City is the weakest chicken in history, looking cold.
But Cai Jing doesn't care about this, no matter what he does during his tenure, he will go to the treasury, and it is impossible for the emperor to pay for it himself, and it is impossible in this life. In fact, Zhao Tingzhi's biggest stupidity is to talk to Zhao Ji about money every day, so he drained the emperor's patience.
He was lucky to die in office, and he still got a good reputation among the people, otherwise the situation at that time, in fact, he was only one step away from being dismissed and ruined.
What makes Cai Jing most strange is that even if the price of magic cement is claimed to be a penny and a catty, it is actually not more expensive than the flower stone gang provided by Zhu Mian, and it is cheaper.
From Cai Jing's standpoint, he doesn't believe that the price of the artifact will be cheap, and if he changes to Lao Cai's business, he will not sell it at this price.
But the basic price they reported in Chizhou is a penny a catty.
It doesn't matter how they do it at this price, that's the competitive bidding, or understanding that they spend money to buy credit. For example, Zhu Mian's funds for the Ying Feng Bureau were not enough for him to collect so many things, but no one broke them, so he Zhu Mian just went down to please them.
In Cai Jing's mind, for the time being, it can only be like this, Zhu Mian can do it, Zhao Cheng and they must be able to do it, otherwise they can't work. It's as simple and crude as that.
On the basis of what he can do, Cai Jing doesn't mind having such a line, and he doesn't mind transferring part of the program transportation index, which was almost monopolized by the Ying Feng Bureau, to Chizhou for cement supply.
Anyway, the total amount of resources occupied by the royal worship is here, not to Chizhou, but also to the Ying Feng Bureau.
Politically speaking, Cai Jing certainly knows that it is best to divide the same party into factions, and it is easy to balance by having different positions, otherwise it is very likely that the resources of the response bureau will be too heavy, and it will be too big to the end.
Cai Jing thought about it, Zhao Ji had already finished reading the first volume, and the second volume had not yet been listed.
Zhao Ji was also sleepy, after Liang Shicheng reminded "Your Majesty should rest", Zhao Ji got up and walked two steps, then stopped and asked curiously, "Who contributed this cement, and have you ever been rewarded?" ”
Cai Jingdao, "The official family is benevolent, and the person who came out of this cement is Zhao Cheng, the author of "Happy Three Kingdoms", in addition to these, he also has a number of contributions and merits, and the old minister has let the officials choose as appropriate. ”
Zhao Ji smiled and said: "This is very good, talents need to be brought to the imperial court for national use." ”
"It is the duty of the officials and the court to raise the virtuous old ministers."
Cai Jing bowed in the direction the emperor left......