When Han Gang saw Zhang Dian again, it was already the evening of the same day.

In the Armament Superintendent, as the prime minister, he rewarded the meritorious people, presided over a luncheon, and personally toasted the great work of developing the steam engine.

And Hangang, in Kaibao Temple, also witnessed the groundbreaking ceremony of the world's first large-scale building with reinforced concrete as the main structure. I also saw the effects of a series of creative architectural techniques that he offered, as well as the practical application of construction tools.

A cylindrical cage tied with steel bars is placed in the middle, and there is a ring of wooden hoarding on the outside, which is the prototype of the column. Fill it with mixed concrete, and after the cement solidifies, it is a huge pillar that is more solid than the golden silk nanmu.

The drum mixer, powered by a steam engine, is much more rudimentary than the mature products of later generations – although they are already extremely rudimentary – but it is certainly less labor-intensive than manual mixing, and the finished product will be more effective.

Even the foundation of the Tianwang Palace is made of steel bars, paved on the ground, and then poured concrete—or in other words, Han Gang imitated the new word 'concrete' created by later generations in order to save trouble.

To build the new Heavenly King Hall in an almost wasteful way, Han Gang caused a lot of criticism when he put forward his opinion. It was Zhang Dan, who also said a few words.

However, in order to be able to increase the experience points as much as possible. The imperial court allocated a lot of cement, steel bars and other building materials, just to be able to practice all kinds of new architectural techniques in this palace of the heavenly king. All the construction costs came from the temple's donations, and the prime ministers were happy to be generous in the end.

Now that the wood has been completed, when Zhang Dian mentioned this matter again, he was only curious about whether this new-style building could achieve Han Gang's purpose.

"We'll see next year." Hangang Road.

"So fast?" Zhang Dian was surprised.

"Don't worry, no matter what, it won't be like the tower next to it, which was built after more than 20 years of repair." Han Gang replied with a smile.

The glazed pagoda of Kaibao Temple was built five years after the wooden pagoda built by Yu Hao was destroyed by lightning fire during the Qingli period of Renzong. From Qingli to Zhiping, and then to Xining, it took more than 20 years to complete the construction, which is indeed the slowest record of Jingshi architecture.

Zhang Dian also laughed a few times, and asked again: "Zong Ze has no news yet?" ”

Han Gang shook his head: "No." ”

"Zihou, Yukun, what are you talking about?" Zhang Qi interjected.

Despite the approaching twilight, the two provinces still gathered together. The wedding of the Son of Heaven is imminent, there are too many things in the court, and there are various things to distract, so I can't finish it during the day, so I can only get together at night.

"The affairs of Liao." Zhang Dan said.

Zhang Qi smiled: "I haven't moved for so many days, and the Liao people don't look like they're going to fight." ”

Han Gang said: "If you see a flaw in Yelu Yixin, he won't mind taking a bite and trying it." ”

Zeng Xiaokuan asked Han Gang: "The east of the river is upward, do you want to send more troops and horses?" ”

"Not for now." Han Gang said: "There are heavy troops in Daizhoutun in Hedong, although the Shenwu army is alone, but Ningjiataicheng is newly built, with 5,000 troops and 103 light and heavy artillery, and the Liao people can't capture it in a hurry." ”

"You don't have to worry too much about foreign affairs, it depends on how Yelu Yixin chooses, and then we will deal with it. It's just that the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it. Han Gang said, "It's Jinghu North Road, this year's floods are not small, and today Yuezhou and Jiangling are in an emergency." ”

"Tanzhou on South Road also said that this year's Dongting water potential is greater than in previous years."

Eyes are focused on Zhang Dian, and the two roads of Jinghu can be regarded as Zhang Dian's sphere of influence.

Zhang Dian said: "You can send one person as an envoy in the government to promote disaster relief, relief and post-disaster resettlement. ”

Kumamoto was surprised and asked, "Li Xiang's talent is not bad, or is he the transfer envoy of this road, why not let him preside over it?" ”

"Tang Yiwen is in Ezhou, it will be a constraint."

Han Gang frowned: "Tang Jie's son? ”

"That's him."

Han Gang snorted in response.

Wang Anshi was a member of the government hall at the beginning of Xining, and there were five people in the political hall, the so-called birth, old age, sickness and death, among which the governor who gave him anger was Tang Jie. Tang Jie once attacked Wen Yanbo and forced Wen Yanbo to resign, but later his second son Tang Yiwen joined Wen Yanbo's disciples and drove him away. Now that he has accumulated qualifications, he has also climbed to the position of the governor of Ezhou.

These relics of the old party, like earthworms and rat women, are invisible at first glance, but when the stones are turned over, there is a pile hidden underneath.

Zhang Dian said to everyone: "Disaster relief is like using soldiers, if you are handsome and have no prestige, it is difficult to convince the public, and if it is difficult to convince the public, it is difficult to govern." Li Xiang's prestige is too shallow, and it is difficult to convince the public, so according to his opinion, it is appropriate to discuss politics and promote. ”

Han Gang seconded: "Tomorrow I will elect one person at the political meeting, and I will see if there is any volunteer." ”

Zhang Qi added: "This time the flood is large, and the victims are as many as one million, so they should be given military charms to mobilize the forbidden army and the box army on the road to prepare for the unexpected." ”

"It's fine." Zhang Duan nodded.

Seeing that the discussion was suspended, Han Gang turned to Su Song and reminded, "Brother Zirong." ”

Su Song, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, had opened his eyes and raised his voice: "At tomorrow's political meeting, one person will be selected to raise the disaster and injuries on Jinghu North Road, and attach a military charm, and the three armies of the road can be selected to participate in the rescue and prevent chaos." Do you still have any objections? ”

Su Song's voice fell slowly, and no one objected for a moment, he nodded, "That is, if there is no objection, it will be decided." ”

The secretary of the middle school who was sitting in the corner worked hard to write down this resolution.

Nowadays, the resolutions of every meeting of the two governments and the councilors, as well as the main contents of the discussions, will be recorded in this way, and at the end, the ministers and councilors attending the meeting will look at them and finally sign them to express their approval.

After the incident, Li Chengzhi mentioned another incident.

"There has been no large-scale dredging in Bianshui for two years, and Qian Mu's father went to the book the day before yesterday, saying that now the water in Bianshui is shallow, and after the boat enters Kaifeng, it can only go in the center of the river. If the imperial court could not expedite the dredging of the river, in another two years, the Bianshui could only be navigated to Yingtianfu. ”

"I said that last year. Instead of spending money on dredging the water, it is better to build two more railways. Zhang Dian frowned and said: "Now there is the Jingyang Railway, the transportation capacity is actually enough, Bianshui opens and closes every year, and all that comes in is the Yellow River water, which is used every year, and it has to be dredged every year." The cost of one dredging is calculated, and ten Beijing-Yang railways can be maintained daily. Qian Xun also doesn't know anything, just put it in order, and hand over the rest to the General Administration of Railways. ”

Since the opening of the Xianghan transportation line and the completion of the Beijing-Yangzhou Railway, the status of the Bianshui canal in the Great Song Dynasty has plummeted. After the grain tax and private freight of the southern six roads were transferred to the Jingyang Railway, the status of Qian Xian's status was far inferior to that of Xue Xiang in the past when the Huainan Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jinghu and other roads were shipped.

Shen Kuo glanced at Han Gang and said, "And since the inner embankment of the Yellow River was built, the method of attacking sand with water bundles has been used, and the bottom of the riverbed has dropped by three feet from Mengjin to Baima in the section of the Yellow River. As a result, the average water level of the Yellow River has dropped by three feet. Now, if you want to bring the water of the Yellow River up, you must dig three more feet into the Bianshui riverbed. The amount of labor required will be twice as high as in the old days. ”

Li Chengzhi: "But once something happens to the Jingyang Railway, and there is no water, how should the grain tax be transported?" ”

"Sea freight." Shen Kuo said: "You can take the sea to Banqiao Port, and then transport it by Guò Jingmi Railway." ”

"Too many detours." Li Chengzhi immediately retorted.

Shen Kuo said: "So it is a supplement when there is a problem with the Jingyang Railway, no matter what happens, in two or three months, the Beijing-Yang Railway has already been opened." However, the grain specialties of Liangguang are transported by sea, which is far cheaper than land transportation. ”

Once again, he was in the spotlight. The Zhang family accounts for half of the world's shipping, if the imperial court wants to ship by sea, it can't bypass the Zhang family, and may even directly take the entry into China as an example to let the Zhang family undertake this transportation task.

Kumamoto looked at Li Chengzhi and Shen Kuo again, and wondered if they were instructed by Han Gang to build a bridge for Zhang Dan. Now that Zhang and Han are on the same page, they regard the official affairs of the court as an opportunity to make money, and it is not impossible to give and receive them privately.

Zhang Dan's face remained unchanged: "Wuling is difficult to travel, and the railway cannot be repaired." Maritime transport is the best, but inland is still dominated by rail. Yukun, what do you say? ”

"Shipping carries a lot of cargo, the cost is low, only near the sea, the risk is also very low, and the loss is even less than that of Bianshui." Han Gang looked at a circle of colleagues, and changed his words, "But Bianshui should still be dredged, a good canal, it's not good if it is broken in our hands." ”

Shen Kuo nodded thoughtfully, "The Jingyang Railway has to transport people and goods again, and Bianshui is a supplement, which is still good." ”

"This winter?" Zhang Tun asked.

"The winter is too cold, the riverbed is frozen, and the people who are requisitioned are also afraid of the cold, so the efficiency has not been high. It is better to temporarily close the mouth of the river after the autumn harvest to dredge. After speaking, Han Gang added, "This year's summer and autumn grain tax, most of them will go through the Beijing-Yang Railway, and a small part will go from Xianghan, if the transportation capacity is insufficient, add sea transportation." The shipping department asked Qian Xian to calculate how much labor, materials and money would be needed to dredge the water this time, and report it as soon as possible, so that the court could make preparations. ”

Han Gang supported it, Zhang Dian no longer objected, and this issue was also in line with the lì tong guò.

Kumamoto looked at it coldly and didn't say a word.

At the meeting between the two governments, the topics that have been discussed for a long time cannot be regarded as major events. For example, the Liao army pressed the border, and these things were all before the meeting, and Zhang Dian and Han Gang had already communicated with each other, set the policy of dealing with them, and then negotiated with their respective party henchmen, and finally brought them to the meeting of the two governments. Just like the topics discussed at the parliamentary meeting, the general direction was first set at the meeting of the two governments.

This issue is basically Han Gang and Zhang Dian paving the way for Zhang Jia's control of the Great Song Dynasty in the future and making money from the imperial court, and it seems that there is not much cover-up.

It's just that although Kumamoto is resentful, it doesn't help at all.

Two agenda items were discussed, and the meeting was temporarily suspended. The hall official brought refreshments and told them to rest for a while.

Zhang Qi stood up and stretched comfortably. In other words, when he was still discussing in front of the emperor, he had never been so comfortable. After being given a seat, I still have to tremble, I can't sit steadily, and every time I come out of the Chongzheng Palace, I can't help but have back pain.

And after being so comfortable for a long time, Zhang Qi never wanted to go back to the past and tremble in front of the emperor.