Chapter 183: Blacksmith
"Driving~driving~" Li Zhang rode a horse and trotted on the road, although he had just learned to ride a horse for a long time, but his comprehension was good, and now he could make the horse trot, and sometimes he could let the horse run wild for a while, but it must be on flat ground, if the road is not good, he also has the possibility of falling.
Today's weather is good, it's about to be early summer, both sides of the road are full of wildflowers, in fact, although there are many inconveniences in life in the Great Song Dynasty, but after adapting, it also feels very good, the air is fresh, the pace of life is slow, Li Zhang also slowly likes this kind of life, if he really lets him go back, I'm afraid it's really a little uncomfortable.
Li Zhang let his jujube red horse trot, but unconsciously came to the vicinity of the imperial mausoleum, in the distance is a hot construction site, because of Lei Yungong's matter caused the progress of the imperial mausoleum to slow down, during this time the officials of the imperial mausoleum are also working overtime to make up the time, tens of thousands of people are divided into three shifts, working day and night, according to the rules, Zhao Heng will definitely be buried in September this year, and the imperial mausoleum must be completed by then.
Further on, he passed the patrol area of Huyan and kept his promises, even he couldn't get close easily, so Li Zhang also restrained his horse at this time, and stood on the side of the road and looked at the imperial tomb in the distance, speaking of which, his hometown in the future is not too far from here, but he never knew that there was an imperial tomb here.
Looking at the people who built the imperial tomb like ants in the distance, Li Zhang suddenly sighed, I am afraid that this kind of scene can only be seen in the era of imperial power, with the order of the imperial court, tens of thousands of people were mobilized here to start building the imperial tomb, it is said that it can be used for labor, because according to the law, ordinary people need to serve labor every year, that is, to help the court work for free, generally according to the number of days, mainly the number of digging rivers and roads, of course, if there is a war, you have to help transport grain and grass or even defend the city, repairing the imperial tomb is also a kind of labor.
Standing in the distance and looking at the imperial tomb for a while, Li Zhang turned the carriage and was about to go back, but he didn't expect to suddenly only hear the sound of horses from behind, when he turned his head, he found a team of people and horses coming from the imperial tomb, and in the middle was a carriage, Li Zhang felt that this carriage was a little familiar, and then suddenly remembered, isn't this the carriage of Wang Zeng he saw a few days ago?
Seeing that it was Wang Zeng's carriage, Li Zhang also secretly screamed badly, he didn't expect to meet him on a trip, he wanted to hide to the side at the moment, but he didn't expect that Wang Zeng in the carriage happened to see him, and immediately shouted: "I didn't expect to see Li Ban again, it seems that we are really fate!" ”
Li Zhang couldn't hide anymore at this time, and immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "I came out to walk the horse, but I didn't expect to meet Wang Shenzheng again, but is Wang Shenzheng going back to the capital?" ”
"Yes, Lei Yungong's case has been investigated clearly, he not only changed the location of the imperial mausoleum without authorization, but also embezzled more than 3,000 taels of gold, more than 4,000 taels of silver, and even a rhino belt used by the emperor to accompany the funeral was also privately hidden by him!" Wang Zeng in the carriage also nodded at this time and said, in just a few days, he was able to find out the details of Lei Yungong's corruption so clearly, which was enough to represent his ability.
"It's really damned, even the emperor's funeral supplies dare to embezzle, it's an unforgivable crime!" Although Li Zhang had long known that Lei Yungong was dead, when he heard about the things he embezzled, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression, he even dared to be greedy for funeral supplies, his courage was really not ordinary.
"Yes, I didn't expect Lei Yungong to be so bold, and he even deducted a lot of people's food expenses, so many people can't eat enough, and I will definitely report it to the Queen Mother truthfully when I go back this time!" When Wang Zeng said this, he also showed an annoyed look on his face, he was a person who was round on the outside and square on the inside, although he was not as jealous and hateful as Li Di, but he also had his own principles.
"People like Lei Yungong are indeed extremely damned, and I also send Wang to participate in politics and return to Beijing, hoping that Lei Yungong will be made clear as soon as possible!" Li Zhang saluted again at the moment, since Lei Yungong was already dead, he didn't want to delay time with Wang Zeng anymore, mainly because he felt that Wang Zeng was a difficult person to deal with, last time he refused the other party to enter the Huangzhuang, but I am afraid that the other party will not give up so easily.
Wang Zeng also heard the meaning of Li Zhang's words, but he didn't leave immediately, but smiled again: "Li Banyu, at your age, you shouldn't be married yet, right?" ”
"Huh?" Li Zhang was also stunned again when he heard Wang Zeng's words, and then secretly shouted that it was not good, but he was not good at lying about this kind of thing, so he had no choice but to nod and say, "Yes, I don't know what Wang is doing when he participates in politics and asks this?" ”
"Haha~, that's a coincidence, I think Li Banyu is smart and steady, it just so happens that I have a daughter who is the same age as you, and the official wants to recruit you as a son-in-law, I don't know if you are willing?" Wang Zeng looked at Li Zhang at this time and smiled again, he is really optimistic about Li Zhang, not only the relationship between Li Zhang, Liu E and Zhao Zhen, but most importantly, he feels that this young man is far smarter and more stable than his peers, and he must have a bright future in the future, and his daughter marrying him can be regarded as a good home.
"This ......" Li Zhang knew that Wang Zeng was going to be a matchmaker for him, and then he replied after a moment of sinking, "I don't dare to make decisions about marriage, I still have to go back and discuss it with my father!" ”
Although Li Yong and this father are incompetent, they can sometimes be used as a shield, speaking of which is not the first time Li Zhang has encountered this kind of thing, Liu Mei tried her best to marry her daughter to herself, of course Li Zhang did not agree, but I heard that Liu Mei has not given up, and she went to see Liu E several times to settle this family matter, but Liu E did not say that she agreed, nor did she say that she disagreed, and this matter dragged on like this, but she didn't expect that now Wang Zeng fell in love with herself again.
"Li Ban is right, but I'm a little abrupt!" Wang Zeng also heard that Li Zhang's words seemed to be unwilling, and he didn't force him at the moment, and then chatted with Li Zhang a few more words, and then said goodbye and left, and Li Zhang also stood on the side of the road to see him off.
After Wang Zeng left, Li Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little worried that Wang Zeng would force him to get married, you must know that Wang Zeng can go to the current point, in addition to his own talent and hard work, the most important thing is that Wang Zeng's father-in-law is the former Great Song Dynasty famous minister Li Xin, Li Xin is known as the "Holy Minister", and his third daughter married Wang Zeng, and it is under Li Xin's care that Wang Zeng can achieve the position of deputy prime minister at a young age.
Wang Zeng himself is the beneficiary of the marriage, so Li Zhang is worried that Wang Zeng will force him to marry his family again, you must know that Wang Zeng's power is much stronger than Liu Mei, and Wang Zeng's ability is not comparable to Liu Mei, if he is targeted by this kind of person, Li Zhang may also have trouble sleeping.
A few days later, there was news from Tokyo City, Lei Yungong's various charges were conclusive, and he was dragged to Zhao Heng's tomb and beaten to death.
Lei Yungong is dead, but the other people involved in his case are still being tried, and Jinshan has not yet been sentenced, but Liu E has already said that a sentence of exile will definitely not be able to escape, and now it depends on where to be exiled, exile in Shanxi and exile in Guangxi are completely different, Shanxi belongs to the north, and it is not too far from the capital, but Guangxi is over, Guangxi in this era is still a poor mountain and bad water, and it is better to be cut down with a knife when you go there.
Early this morning, Li Zhang continued to go to the front barracks after breakfast as usual, and then rode a jujube red horse to walk around but did not expect to come to the barracks only to find that Hu Yan Shouxin actually led a group of people to block the gate of Huangzhuang, and there seemed to be a group of people arguing outside the gate, and I don't know what they were arguing about?
"What's going on?" Li Zhang also hurriedly stepped forward and asked, when he squeezed through the crowd and came to Huyan Shouxin's side, he found that there was an official leading the team outside, followed by a group of men in short clothes, all of them with dark faces and scorched hair, and the ox cart behind him was also full of stoves and various tools, looking like blacksmiths.
"Li Zhang, you came just in time, this Judge Liu of the Third Division insisted on placing these blacksmiths in our Imperial Village, I didn't agree, and as a result, they didn't leave, so there was a conflict." Hu Yan Shouxin explained angrily at the moment that since Li Zhang reminded him last time, he knew that the things that Li Zhang planted were extremely important, so he usually guarded the Huangzhuang more strictly, and naturally he would not let people in easily.
"Why don't you agree with a small battalion commander, these blacksmiths are here to repair the imperial mausoleum, but the imperial mausoleum really can't be placed, so it can only be placed here with you." At this time, I saw that the judge Liu who was the leader on the opposite side also shouted angrily.
The three divisions are the general name of the household department, the degree branch, and the salt and iron, and the power is also very great, and they are in charge of financial power, so the officials of the three divisions are also very popular with others, this time they are just placing a group of craftsmen, but they didn't expect that Huyan Shouxin, a small general, dared to refuse, which made him very annoyed.
"If I say no, I can't, if you have the ability, you can go to the court to sue me!" Huyan Shouxin was also angered by the other party's attitude at this time, and said angrily again at the moment, the order to guard the Huangzhuang was given by Liu E himself, so even if it was to the court, he was justified.
"You...... You are so bold, if you delay the construction of the imperial mausoleum because of this, look at how many heads you have chopped off! Judge Liu on the other side also said angrily at this time, he can't help it, this place is close to the imperial mausoleum, and on the way to the capital, all kinds of raw materials are convenient, so he will take a fancy to here.
At this time, Li Zhang looked at the blacksmith behind Judge Liu and was silent, in fact, it was not impossible to leave this group of blacksmiths, because he had already had an idea, I don't know if the blacksmiths of the Great Song Dynasty can be realized?
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