"This Hou Ye doesn't have to worry. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" A man dressed in grass clothes appeared behind the painting boat, still holding a pole in his hand, walked in front of Xuan Shijing and Jin Yang, and bowed slightly.

"Mr. Thirteen, you ......" Jin Yang was very surprised to see Li Thirteen dressed like this.

When did Mr. Thirteen become a boatman? When I had just chartered a boat on the shore, it was still the boatman who supported the boat.

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry, this boat support thing is done by his subordinates, and as for the boatman, when he returns to the shore, he will return this painting boat to him." Li Shisan said lightly.

Jin Yang nodded: "Then there is Mr. Lao Thirteen." ”

Li Shisan bowed slightly, then turned around and went to the helm behind the painting boat, and in front of the painting boat, only Xuan Shijing and Jin Yang remained.

Li Shisan's dress, if you don't look closely, you can't find a little flaw, a straw hat, a straw coat completely wraps his figure, in the end, it is the royal secret guard, if he doesn't have some ability at hand, how can he be entrusted by His Majesty Li Er to protect Jinyang.

Xuan Shijing moved the low tables and cushions in the painting boat to the deck, and sat opposite Jin Yang on top of overtime.

"Xuanwu Lake is really quiet today." Jin Yang looked around, but he saw a few boats on the surface of Xuanwu Lake, but some boatmen were carrying things through Xuanwu Lake and the river, but as for the literati who played on weekdays, they were gone: "Only in these three or two days, it will be rare to be quiet like this, and after the spring exam, this Xuanwu Lake will definitely be lively again." ”

"Yes, some people are happy and some are worried." Xuan Shijing said with a smile.

"That's right, Brother Jing, how did you discuss the matter with your father about the coal mine?" Jin Yang remembered that Xuan Shijing said that he wanted to discuss the matter of the coal mine with his father, but Xuan Shijing has been accompanying him for the past few days.

"Said to have said, but this matter can't be rushed, after all, now there is only a coal mine, the role of this coal mine has not yet been revealed, it is impossible to want the imperial court to develop it on a large scale, only the first application of this coal mine, in order to get enough attention, I have sent a message out, let them hire some labor in the local area, mine some coal mines, part of it will be transported to the cement kiln on the Qinling side, and the other part will be transported to Chang'an, I plan to gather a group of workers first, research the new weapons." For Jinyang, Xuan Shijing has nothing to hide, he is also a child of the royal family, the proud daughter of the sky, and the intimate little padded jacket of His Majesty Li Er, and his Majesty Li Er wants to do something to Goguryeo, or this little princess guessed it first.

"Research new weapons?" Jin Yang wondered in his heart: "Isn't this the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry?" Why did it fall on Brother Jing again? ”

Xuan Shijing smiled bitterly and shook his head, if the Ministry of Industry knew how to use coal, how to quench iron, and how to use steel-clad technology, then Xuan Shijing really didn't have to sell cabbage and sell white powder.

"Yes, for now, coal can not only be used for heating in winter, but also very useful in wrought iron, but now our blacksmiths in Datang have not been tried, maybe someone will find a higher wrought iron technology, but limited by the temperature and burning time of charcoal burning and can not play, but with coal is different, you also saw it in the backyard of the Xuanwu Building that day, the coal, but very burn-resistant ......" Xuan Shijing explained: "Not only that, I also proposed to Your Majesty, It is necessary to build an engineering college exclusive to craftsmen in Chang'an City. ”

"Build a schoolhouse?! Or is it a craftsman's? Hearing that Xuan Shijing was going to build an engineering college, Jinyang was even more surprised, this building a school house to educate the world, it is a matter of great merit, but if it is for craftsmen to build a school, then for Xuan Shijing's reputation and status, it must be damaged, Shinong industry and commerce, the division of grades is particularly strict, why do such a thankless thing?

"Brother Jing, you ......"

Before Jin Yang could express his doubts, he was interrupted by Xuan Shijing's words.

"My son doesn't think that my construction of an engineering college in Chang'an City will do more harm than good." Xuan Shijing looked at Jin Yang and smiled.

"Isn't it?" Jin Yang asked rhetorically.

Xuan Shijing smiled and shook his head: "I'm not stupid, but even if this matter is really thankless as others say, I will do it." ”

"Why?" Hearing Xuan Shijing say this, Jin Yang couldn't wait to ask.

"It's hard to explain this, maybe it's a feeling, or it's a rare nobility." Xuan Shijing said with a smile, perhaps it was that the national heart was still strong in his chest, and he wanted to add another stroke to this prosperous Tang Dynasty......

"Feelings?" Jin Yang fell into deep thought, maybe he really didn't think carefully about how important craftsmen are to the Tang Dynasty, no craftsmen, how can there be a majestic and gorgeous palace, no craftsmen, how can there be those tools used for farming in the field, there are no craftsmen, and how can there be the clothes and armor worn by the soldiers, and the sharp weapons in their hands......

Although it is a good thing, will the people in the court agree with what Brother Jing has done? If you want to do such an earth-shattering thing in Chang'an, it is impossible for the court to calm down.

Moreover, if we talk about the construction of an engineering college, the amount of manpower and material resources consumed is not a small amount, but what about after it is built? Recruiting craftsmen, the monthly expenses are enough to drag the entire Dongshan Hou Mansion......

"What are you worried about?" Xuan Shijing Jian Jinyang, who was sitting opposite, looked worried, and asked with a smile.

He is the one who is going to do this now, and he himself has not been worried about anything, so why did he think about it first.

"I'm thinking that if Brother Jing really wants to build an engineering college, the manpower and material resources consumed, as well as the continuous investment in the future, this is not a small amount, even if there is Erxianzhuang as the backing of the Hou Mansion, after a long time, it will drag the Hou Mansion to a large extent." Jin Yang said.

Jinyang's worries are not unreasonable, even if the engineering college is built, and the craftsmen have researched new things, but according to the reward system of the imperial court's Ministry of Industry, it is just a matter of a few pieces of money, and the expenses are so large all year round, these few times the money is not enough to stuff the gaps.

"It's not enough to hold the Hou Mansion, maybe this engineering college will be built in the future, and it will still be a good place to make money for the Datang treasury." Xuan Shijing said with a smile.

"What? Make hay? ”