"The lower official meets Lord Zhongcheng." With a burst of numbness on the scalp, Chen Ke hugged his fists and saluted.

"Bachelor Chen doesn't have to be polite," Tang Jie put away his smile and pointed to the chair opposite, "Please take a seat." ”

"Thank you." Chen Ke sat down and asked, "I received a summons from Zhongcheng in Enzhou the day before yesterday, and I hurried back, I don't know what happened when Zhongcheng summoned the lower officials?" ”

"What are you doing in Enzhou?"

"Xiaguan's classmate and friend Jia Zhengfu fell into the water before the Yellow River burst its banks." Chen Ke said miserably: "Xiaguan tried to search and rescue. ”

"Did you find it?" Tang Jie asked with concern.

"His whereabouts are unknown." Chen Ke shook his head.

"Alas, Jian Jian Cheng is a solid minister." Tang Jie sighed and said, "I hope he can be in trouble Chengxiang, otherwise God has no eyes." ”

Chen Ke looked at Tang Jie with some surprise, and said in his heart How did this person change his sex, didn't he know that before the trial, saying this would fall his own momentum. Or is he going to be unprepared and unprepared?

"What, don't you feel comfortable talking like that?" Tang Jie smiled and said, "Why don't I change my tone?" ”

"You don't have to, that's fine." Chen Ke hurriedly said.

"Hahaha,..." Tang Jie twisted his beard and laughed: "It is said that you Chen Zhongfang is a hard bone, and it turns out that you are also afraid of heads!" He smiled and said, "Let me ask you, is there a problem with the cement?!" ”

"So that Zhongcheng knows that it has been five years since the cement was created." Chen Ke secretly shouted, "It's coming" and said: "After tens of thousands of repeated tests, a set of preparation and use methods under different conditions have been obtained. And in the East City, Hongshui River project is widely tested, the effect is very ideal. In the past four years, the East "City Guard Su Songsu" has never stopped the follow-up inspection of the Hongshui River Project, and has not found any fractures, damages, or even collapses. ”

"After all, the Hongshui River is still small, and it can't compare to the ferocity of the Yellow Water." Tang Jiedao.

"If Zhongcheng had seen the Hongshui River with his own eyes, he would never have said this." Chen Ke shook his head and said: "The Hongshui River has a huge drop, and it is located in the rainy area in the south, and the water potential is fierce all year round, far better than the Yellow River. After a pause, he said: "Now cement has been widely used in the construction of canals and embankments in the south, and all parties have reported that it is 100 times stronger than the traditional mortar, not to mention that the Ministry of Engineering has also conducted in-depth inspections and decided to use it after confirming it." ”

"And this Erguhe project, but also the use of a very mature concrete technology, this technology is to mix cement and sand, add steel bars or bamboo bars, not to mention solid, it is almost the same." Chen Ke continued: "Fan Chunren used this technology to rebuild Dashun City, and easily withstood the attack of 100,000 Western Xia troops. Afterwards, he praised it on the good news, calling it 'Golden Soup', Zhongcheng should also know, right? ”

"If I didn't know," Tang Jie nodded, "You wouldn't sit back and talk." ”

"Chen Ke can be regarded as a little master of Tang Jie's ferocity, he is also a high-ranking official of the fifth grade, and sitting and talking back has become a grace.

"Then why did something go wrong in Erguhe?" Tang Jie asked in a deep voice.

"I checked the construction records of the water superintendent, and the section of the river that broke the embankment was built at the end of winter and the beginning of the month." Chen Ke replied: "In the north, winter construction is a taboo. Preparing cement or concrete under the condition of dripping ice will cause the cement to be not strong enough because the water freezes before the cement is formed. In severe cases, it will be crispy, with a layer of skin on the surface and loose pieces inside, and the strength is not even as good as mortar. ”

"If you knew the consequences were serious, why didn't you stop it earlier?" Tang Jie's face darkened suddenly, and he said coldly: "Still waiting to watch a good show?!" ”

"Zhongcheng will be heartbroken when he says this!" Chen Ke shouted: "First, the winter solstice stoppage, this is the second of the river construction practice for many years, the Bandung Commercial Bank, which provides cement for the Ergu River project, has built Dashun City in winter, and has explored a set of methods for treatment, maintenance and side inspection in the severe cold. ”

"How to deal with it?"

"First, build a greenhouse and stir the reaction indoors. Both are stirred with hot water, and the sand and gravel are heated when it is cold. At this time, Chen Ke didn't care about any trade secrets, and replied truthfully: "Three, before pouring, the base layer should be free-freezing, no ice and snow, and no sand and stone with ice and snow should be used in the mixture, and the mixing time should be extended." Fourth, the use of close process, rapid construction, covering and thermal insulation and other methods, winter maintenance time is not less than one month. Fifth, during the maintenance period, if unqualified prefabricated parts are found, the whole batch must be destroyed. ”

"Did you strictly abide by it?" Tang Jie gasped, and said in his heart, Mom, it's so professional, I can't understand a word.

"I have no way of knowing." Chen Ke shook his head and said: "But when I offered cement at that time, I wrote all the matters in the concert, including winter frost protection. Zhongcheng can ask Yintai Division to transfer the copy of "Offering Cement Notes" to look at it. ”

"As far as the old man knows, the Erguhe cement contract of the Bandung Commercial Bank was replaced by a newly established 'Ji Shengxiang Cement Mill' in October," Tang Jie said slowly: "How much do you know about Ji Shengxiang?" ”

"Haven't heard of it before." Chen Ke shook his head and said: "But don't say anything to Zhongcheng, the Bandung Commercial Bank was opened by a fellow villager of mine, and he asked me for this matter." But because of the king of Qingling, there is nothing I can do. At the end of October and the beginning of winter, several "Please suspend the construction of Ergu River" and "Please stop using cement in winter", but they did not play any role. ”

Tang Jie subconsciously looked at the case and what Chen Ke said. He has already been transferred from the Yintai Division, and I have to admit that this person is meticulous, and with these few tricks, he can indeed pick himself cleanly.

After asking Chen Ke a few more questions, Tang Jie asked him to go back.

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Look at the time, when it was almost time to meet with Fu Xianggong, Tang Jie ordered someone to prepare a car to enter the palace, and when he changed shoulders at Xuande Gate, he met Bao Zheng coming out of the palace.

When the two were imperial historians, they were hardcore comrades-in-arms who could not leave Meng and Meng did not leave Jiao, but whenever there were major battles, they always fought side by side. Tang Jie, the middle of the imperial history, is the class of Bao Zheng, and the relationship is naturally extraordinary.

As soon as Lao Bao saw Tang Jie, he smiled and said, "I heard that you interrogated Chen Zhongfang today?" ”

"You don't understand Heng," Tang Jie rolled his eyes and said, "Do you want to interfere with Wutai's case?" ”

"Wutai handles the case impartially, and the old man naturally does not interfere." Lao Bao's health has deteriorated in recent years, and he often suffers from menstruation, which is also the reason why his presence in the imperial court has declined sharply in the past two years, but today he brought his illness to the ya, and it seems that he came specifically to block Tang Jie: "But if you think that he is helpless and easy to bully, and wants to put the black pot on his head, don't blame the old man for going crazy at that time!" ”

"You old man is getting more and more confused," Tang Jieju covered his ears and said: "Is he your illegitimate son or ha, the loess is buried in your neck, beware of ruining your name!" ”

"If he were my son, the old man would die immediately, it's worth it." Bao Zheng laughed and said: "The old man can't get used to seeing some people who are too shameless, I have to let the world know that a good official who is dedicated to the country is protected by someone."

"Hmph..."Tang Jie sneered, reprimanded Xiao Huangmen, who was carrying the sedan chair, and said, "Why don't you stay away from this old man and let me eat the wind in the door of the building?" ”

The little yellow door is so boring, but who dares to mess with this old man? Quickly lift the sedan chair and run.

Tang Jie only heard Bao Zheng shouting behind him: "Remember, be fair, otherwise the old man will come to your house and wait for death!" Let your son cry for me Liu"

Tang Jie rolled his eyes angrily, and it was not until the political affairs hall that he relieved himself.

Seeing that Lord Zhongcheng was coming, the officials of Zhongshu Province hurriedly welcomed him into the guest hall to serve tea. Tang Jie asked the rich minister angrily, and the little official said that the face saint had not returned. He sat and waited while drinking tea.

After a while, Ouyang Xiu heard him coming over and invited him to his own room for tea.

"It's the same with eating here." Tang Jie rejected the scribe without thinking.

Who knew that Ouyang Xiu turned his head and came over to invite himself, the two of them were the same Jinshi in the eighth year of Tiansheng, they have always had a similar temperament, and they have been friends for decades, so it is not good not to give him this face, Tang Jie had to go with him into the signing room of the governor.

Ouyang Xiu closed the door, turned around and saw Tang Jie with a stinky face and said, "You old thing, I don't know what melon field and plum are called?" ”

"I can't care so much." Ouyang Xiu rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Besides, the friendship between the two of us when we slept together in the willows, who can say anything?" ”

Tang Jie's old face turned red and said: "I was dragged by you once, as for the last life?" ”

"Who made you this old thing really boring, there's nothing else to talk about." Ouyang Xiu said and carefully picked up a tea cake from the tea box and said, "The little dragon group rewarded by the official family, can you drink it outside?" ”

Tang Jie is not close to wine, but loves tea, and his eyes can't help but light up, and he immediately said vigilantly: "You won't intercede too, right?" ”

"Why do you use it?" Ouyang Xiu broke off a piece of his fingernail.

"One more, don't be so stingy." Tang Jie urged Ouyang Xiu to be generous, and at the same time told the scene under the Xuande Gate.

Ouyang Xiu laughed when he heard this: "Since Lao Bao said it, I can say it even more, the relationship between the two of us is much closer, we are...,"

"Stop, stop, if you mention that again, I won't drink your tea." Tang Jie said angrily.

"Okay, don't say it." Ouyang Xiu poured the anointing oil from the Xiaolongtuan tea, wrapped it in a piece of clean paper and hammered it, then poured it into the boat-shaped silver tea and grinded it finely with one of the wheels. As soon as it is rolled open, the jade dust flies, and the fragrance of tea overflows, refreshing people's hearts.

Longfeng Tuan Tea is the world's famous Beiyuan Tribute Tea, the big dragon tuan is a pound and a cake, and has been regarded as the top grade by the dignitaries. This kind of small dragon group of one pound and ten cakes is the best of the best, and the output of a year is only ten catties, so Tang Jie will covet it so much.

After grinding the tea, Ouyang Xiucai raised his head and said: "My student is my lifeline, and the old man also pointed to him to carry forward my Confucianism, you must not damage his reputation." ”