Tokyo is the most joyful city in late summer.

On this day, Cai Jing was puzzled, and watched Jiading open the package sent by the official post, mix it with water, and start stirring according to the instructions.

This is the cement sent by Chizhou.

A while ago, Lao Cai also chased Lanruo Temple, but he couldn't accept the style of "Happy Three Kingdoms", and for the time being, he knew less about cement, and he didn't take the initiative to ask. It was the eldest son Cai You who came with a letter and sent a physical object for Cai Jing to witness.

It seems to be some mud of unusual color, which is regular and thin mud after merging with water, and so far no magic has been found.

However, regarding this kind of affairs, Cai You is not blind and deceitful, and there should be some reasons for sending this thing to the public.

"Really, just this inconspicuous thing, can it really withstand wind and rain for hundreds of years without breaking, as Cai You said, and can be firmly bonded?"

Cai Jing muttered to himself as he observed.

The housekeeper said while directing the experiment, "Back to the old man, I don't know the little ones." But the eldest young master should not be too biased when he says this, please be patient. ”

Cai Jing's biggest characteristic is that he can always be tepid and patient, and he won't say much about it.

In view of the long distance and the lack of cement sent this time, Cai Jing didn't think about how to experiment for the time being, so Cai Jing asked the family to erect a small wall with a palm width and a foot high, and went to the capital hall to deal with government affairs.

The next day, when he passed by the small wall again, Cai Jing stopped and thought about it, and stepped on it vigorously.

"Huh......"

The curiosity arose that if the regular slime was erected in such a situation, it would be possible to make it fall apart with just one foot.

"I never thought this thing really had such a high strength?"

Cai Jing was not in a hurry to leave, and called the family to bring well water to wet it.

I observed it again, and it is completely different from the general slime, this thing does not draught at all after drying, which seems to represent that it can have many uses for this, and can really withstand wind and rain?

In addition to the lack of draft, the stability of its bonding is really a little confusing. Sure enough, Cai You didn't exaggerate this thing.

Someone brought a sledgehammer and began to smash the wall from the side, and although he was able to destroy it, it was more difficult than he thought. Even if you are not a mason, it is not difficult to imagine through this scene that if you use this to build a house or a road and bridge, it will definitely subvert the existing perception.

The biggest advantage is the ease of molding, which is almost equal to a miracle. In Cai Jing's own words: this should be called deformed rock. Because it has a strength comparable to that of a rock, but to make it into a single and desired morphological structure, the human power required is astronomical.

Therefore, this kind of thing that exists in the state of mud and can exist in the form of liquid after water can theoretically easily form the form "rock" that people want, which is the deformation of Cai Jing's consciousness.

Cai Jing saw it and knew the bottom of his heart. Things are just that, but this is the "auspicious" presented to the emperor, so it is not easy to explain from the aspect of construction, and it is best to cut in from the aspects of miracles and deformed rocks.

Then the same thing must be different because of the different sayings, and the emperor's liking degree must be different.

"Hmm...... Not bad. ”

Of course, Cai Jing is different from ordinary Xiaobai, he will not be shocked to worship as soon as he sees something, but he is really happy in his heart.

In the first year of this grand view, the more magic and auspiciousness encountered, the better, the more it can increase the emperor's trust, and the more it can build the legitimacy of the ruling party.

Because the matter of referring to the deer as a horse is really not a patent of Zhao Gao. In fact, Lao Cai thinks that politics is just such a thing, and deer and horse will really be very similar in some current situations and conditions.

Let's not talk about Lu Ma, let's just say that our dynasty has not been vigorous in recent decades, and it looks very similar to the Yuanfeng Party and the Yuanyou Party. It is easy to say that it is easy to distinguish it, depending on who is in power, such as Wen Yanbo and Zhang Fangping, these guys are also like the Yuanfeng Party in one period, and like the Yuanyou Party in another period. It only depends on political needs, actual conflicts of interest, and who has the right to speak.

Cai Jing, who is accustomed to seeing all kinds of situations in the world and has rich experience in politics, has long taken these lightly, these are actually regarded as referring to deer as horses, and sometimes, deer and horse are not easy to distinguish, and it doesn't matter whether you need to distinguish them.

In this way, the fake can still be said to be true, not to mention that this cement is really magical and can stand the test.

More Cai Jing was not in a hurry to think about it for the time being, and got into the carriage and headed towards the imperial city. Arrived at the middle hall (government affairs hall) and sat down, and took out an official letter from Chizhou a few days ago to read it again.

This was also sent by Cai You, not a private message but a Chizhou official document. It is about the application of Zhao Cheng, the current military affairs secretary of Guichi County, to be promoted to the rank of county lieutenant.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of lowest-level civil official position in the Great Song Dynasty cannot be replaced by Cai Jing's desk.

Generally speaking, those who have a family background and an important role in the local area, or have a shadow supplement, or a literati with grassroots work experience and have important merits recorded, as long as the state government recommends and there is no conflict of interest with the handling agency, most of them are signed by the Ministry of Officials, and the relevant agency is filed and approved.

Helplessly, Cai Jing was in the limelight during this period, and he grasped many things with his own hands. It just so happens that He Zhizhong, who doesn't like to act, has a little heart disease with Cai Jing, and doesn't want to make mistakes.

The secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the book Zuo Cheng (assistant prime minister) He Zhizhong is very sleek and witty. Lao He, according to the fact that Cai Jing and Cai You's father and son have some heart problems due to Tong Guan Cai Bian and other reasons, did not pass the matter about Zhao Cheng as the county lieutenant, and directly transferred to the middle hall, waiting for the instructions of Cai Jing, the servant (prime minister) under the door.

Cai Jing secretly felt that He Zhizhong's mallet was irresponsible and witty, but he was also more or less hesitant, not to mention opposing Zhao Cheng's promotion, but he had reservations about Zhao Cheng's promotion so quickly that he was so young and had no reputation.

But now after the cement incident, Cai Jing did not hesitate too much this morning, and hesitated for only one cup of tea, and then personally approved Zhao Cheng's clerical statement.

From the beginning when Cai Jing picked up the pen, the treacherous and cunning He Zhongshu always stared at the paper as an assistant, with an extremely strange expression, until Cai Jing put down the pen and breathed a sigh of relief.

Criticism is approval, whether Zhao Cheng has talent and whether he can do things, what do you care about. But if it is not approved, there will definitely be a moth in politics, which means that the gap between Cai Jing and Cai You's father and son will be expanded in advance, Cai You's second uncle Cai Bian is the former prime minister after all, and his influence is still there. It's going to be a commotion, and it's really not a good thing to stand on the other side.

Now that Lao Cai has approved it, it can be regarded as settled, whether the officials in the Great Song Dynasty have taken the old man who cares about it. Maintaining a happy and enjoyable atmosphere, and trying to walk on thin ice as little as possible in political strife, is the temporary interest of this official who is roasted on the fire. So that no one can be offended.

"Congratulations to Xianggong, another young talent has been added to his command!"

He Zhongshu hurriedly said something appropriate to the situation.

Old Cai Jing frowned again, "Less good words to ease the old man's heart." In fact...... The old man hesitated to approve it until now, not to create contradictions to suppress his son. ”

"Just because ......"

Cai Jing twisted his beard with an unknown look of fortune and misfortune, "Regarding Zhao Cheng, his writings, mentality, personality, etc., the old man has really studied it in a targeted manner. The key depends on Cai You's mentality. ”

"The southeast is a troubled place, this Zhao Cheng's old man has not been able to figure it out thoroughly, if it is not well controlled, resulting in Cai You supporting him in the southeast, fighting with the Zhu family and the Ying Feng Bureau, it will not be easy for me to end up in the hall at that time."

Hearing Lao Cai say this, He Zhongshu's expression became strange again, this Nima is really a hidden danger, but anyway, they are just the two dogs of your Cai family, and it doesn't matter who bites and kills whom.

glanced at Lao Cai obliquely, and seeing that he had no intention of retracting his fate, He Zhongshu strode away with the approval......