After leaving the silk factory, Liu Pet felt that his anger had not subsided. Such a fierce dispute with people in front of the official family used to exist only in his father Liu Chong's description of the imperial court, and in Liu Chong's father Liu Jingwen's description, those officials who disagreed had a fierce conflict on the Golden Palace, and made very fierce accusations against each other, and then completely denied the other party itself. Liu Pet never thought that it could happen to him.

What do the officials think about such things? Liu Pet was very worried in his heart, because in the whole matter, the official family couldn't help laughing out loud like watching children quarrel, and he didn't make any statement on this matter.

Originally, Liu Pet thought that the official family was going back to the back garden, but he didn't expect the convoy to stop at the entrance of the ceremonial department. Everyone followed the official family into the Ministry of Rites and sat down in the conference room of the Ministry of Rites, and soon the Ministry of Rites Shangshu led a man with colored eyes in.

After this person saw Zhao Guanjia, he knelt down and saluted, and Zhao Guanjia asked this person to get up. The man began to speak in a foreign language. There is a translator, and Liu Pet can also listen more clearly. This was an envoy of the Eastern Roman Kingdom, and the purpose of his trip was to obtain more protection from the Great Song Dynasty. Liu Pet learned where Eastern Rome was from a geography textbook, so he felt that such a request was very excessive.

Before he could think more, he listened to the envoy from Eastern Rome continue: "Your Majesty, only Greece produces silk in the Mediterranean, and the price of Greek silk is much more expensive than that of the Great Song Dynasty. Eastern Rome hoped that the Great Song Dynasty would sell all the silk to our Eastern Rome. ”

Liu Pet didn't expect this person to be really thick-skinned, so he was surprised.

"Selling you silk is not a problem. But now that you have a place to sell silk, will the Crusaders attack Constantinople again? Zhao Guanjia said.

After hearing this, Liu Pet naturally wanted to understand what this meant, and then probably guessed some reasons, so he couldn't help but want to laugh. It is likely that the Eastern Roman Kingdom was robbed by the Crusaders, and now if they hold the money from the sale of silk in their hands, they are afraid that they will be like three-year-old children who pass through the market with gold in their hands.

It can be seen that the envoy of the Eastern Roman Kingdom did not expect the Zhao Guanjia to say such a thing. Although he looked ashamed, he did not refute it. Liu Chong felt that the Zhao official family did not slander the Eastern Rome. At this time, Liu Chong's admiration for the Zhao official family is even stronger, and the Zhao official family can not only solve the affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, but also have a good understanding of things outside the Great Song Dynasty. This insight is truly astounding.

"Fighting a war is about the best weapons. But I don't know how many guards the Eastern Roman king can gather now. After Zhao Guanjia finished speaking, he added, "I'm talking about the reliable henchmen and guards that the Eastern Roman king was able to muster." ”

When the messenger heard this, he pondered for a long time before he replied, "About five hundred." ”

Liu Pet almost laughed. What he saw about the history of Eastern Rome, which was also a thousand-year-old country, how could it be that at the end of the day, the king could only gather 500 guards.

Zhao Guanjia was not surprised, he replied, "I have a kind of armor to recommend to you. You can take a look. ”

Not long after, three soldiers in armor appeared in the conference room. The equipment on their bodies was the one Liu Pet had seen yesterday, and the weapons were ordinary steel guns. Yesterday, Liu Pet asked the guy who made these if this kind of equipment could resist the musket. The result is unbearable. For equipment that can't prevent firearms, Liu Pet has no special feeling. However, when the emissary of the Eastern Roman Kingdom saw the equipment, he immediately stood up in surprise and stepped forward to take a closer look.

In the end, the Zhao family expressed their willingness to sell this equipment to the Eastern Roman Kingdom at a cheap price, and as for the Eastern Roman State to monopolize the sales channels of silk, the Zhao Guanjia also said that if they were willing to buy it with silver, they could negotiate.

In the evening, Zhao Guan's family returned to the back garden. Before leaving, Zhao Guanjia asked Liu Chong, "If I want to keep you doing silk errands in Hangzhou, are you willing?" ”

When Liu Pet heard this, his heart immediately tossed, the silk errand was a very fat errand. At least in what Liu Pet's father Liu Jingwen said, all official business is a very fat errand. Generally speaking, these errands are only held by the children of clans, relatives, and ministers. As long as the official family pays enough money to pay, the rest can be fished out in a big way.

When it comes to this, Liu Jingwen will lash out. As soon as he thought of doing such an errand by himself, Liu Pet felt very unhappy. He quickly replied: "Official, I am a member of the Intelligence Bureau, and I just want to do the things of the Intelligence Bureau well. Didn't think about switching to other errands. ”

Just when Liu Pet felt that Zhao Guanjia might be unhappy, he heard Zhao Guanjia reply in a flat voice: "In the next few days, I will discuss the matter of the silk factory with people, and you still need to talk to them about what you said today." If you change your mind, you can let me know before this is over. You're going back today. ”

Liu Pet was sent back to the guest house of the General Intelligence Bureau by carriage, and when he went to dinner, he thought that the people from the General Bureau would ask him to report what he had done. As a result, nothing happened. After dinner, Liu Pet specifically asked the chef when he would open breakfast. I got a time of half past five.

After eating, Liu Pet went to the bathhouse next to the canteen to take a bath. For a long time, the people of Hangzhou have been bathing in many ways. It is said that he is a senior minister named Pu Chuanzheng, and he sang and made peace with Su Dongpo. The man likes to play luxury, and invented a big wash, a small wash, a big wash, a small wash, a big bath, and a small bath. Wash the little feet, change the hot water once, two people serve, only wash the heels and ankles; Wash the big feet, change the hot water three times, serve four people, and wash the knees and thighs together; Take a small bath, use 100 catties (three hundred) of hot water, and five or six people will serve; Take a big bath, use 1670 catties (5 hu) of hot water, and eight or nine people will serve. Wash your face twice a day, wash your feet twice, take a small bath one day, take a big bath another day, and apply grease, powder, and incense after washing.

This method of bathing is nothing else, just the consumption of clean water and firewood can be imagined. Ordinary people rarely actually take a hot bath. It would be nice to be able to go to the river and wash up. Or wipe your body with a linen cloth dipped in water.

When he returned to Hangzhou this time, Liu Pet used the shower at home, and he already felt that it was not good. I am still a little worried about the bathroom of the unit, in such a spring city as Jinan, there is no shortage of clean water, Liu Pet is only 23 years old, and he should take a bath with steaming well water in winter, and he should boil his muscles.

Entering the bathhouse here, Liu Pet only felt that it was so hot inside, a bit like a silk reeling workshop. Once inside, he froze. There are two large pools in a huge bathhouse, each of which is about four meters square. The water was steaming hot. This is where the heat you feel in the changing room comes from.

Walking over and probing my hands, one of them was hotter and the other was cooler. There were people on both sides, so Liu Pet jumped into the hotter one. Looking at the positions against the wall, there are showers one by one. There is also a wooden bed on which someone is lying and someone is rubbing him next to him.

Liu Pet was surprised in his heart, how many people had to pick up so much hot water. And what about the water that cools down?

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a rumbling sound. If you listen closely, it turns out to be the sound of some thick pipes against the wall. As soon as I leaned over, I heard someone next to me say, "Don't touch it, it will burn." ”

Liu Pet looked at the two pipes wrapped around with hemp rope, and knew that there must be some reason. He asked, "I'm just from out of town, why is this pipe so loud?" ”

After listening to Liu Pet's explanation, he didn't think much about it, and replied casually: "This pipe is steaming into the water." ”

At this time, Liu Pet suddenly realized. It turned out that he was wrong, there is no need to add water to boil water here, just like boiling silkworm cocoons in the silk reeling workshop, just steam directly into the water. When the water vapor condenses, it turns into hot water, which has no adverse effect on the heated pool.

On second thought, a lot of the previous things were all connected. There is a boiler in the silk reeling workshop, which supplies steam to several steam engines, which go to blow air, boil silkworm cocoons, and drive the silk reeling equipment. It's the same with the units here, the boiler is able to boil water, cook rice, and heat the water in the bathhouse. It should serve the same role as the boiler in the community.

The efficiency of the boiler is high, and it is used by many people, so the price of turning on the water, steaming rice, and bathing is very cheap. Even if everyone pays so cheaply, but because of the large number of people who use it, this whole set of equipment will not lose money.

Who the hell came up with this? Liu Pet was extremely surprised.

At this moment, I heard the person who was scrubbing the bath shouting, "Is there anyone else who wants to take a bath?" ”

But no one answered. So the bather shouted again. Liu Pet couldn't help but ask, "How much?" ”

"Fifteen pennies." The shower replied.

Liu Pet thought that his weekly salary in the silk reeling workshop could be rubbed sixty times. I went without hesitation. The master has a lot of strength, and Liu Pet feels that people are very hard-working. However, Liu Pet soon found out. Just a lot of gray mud came out of his arms. Liu Pet also said with a dry smile: "I came back from other places, it seems that I should wash well." ”

The master didn't say a word, and worked hard. On his back, chest, and legs, when he rubbed his whole body, Liu Pet didn't dare to say anything, and for the first time, he found that he could rub so much plaster off his body. Although the master used a wooden basin to scoop water from the pool to flush him in the middle, but in the end, Liu Pet was still covered in plaster.

Standing under the shower and rinsing it with hot water, Liu Pet touched his skin with his hand, only feeling smoother than ever. I put my arm under my nose and smelled it, but there was not the slightest smell, only the moisture of water, and a feeling of pure vitality.

At this time, Liu Pet felt a faint smell again. He frowned and made a difference, realizing that the smell was not like his smell, but like ...... The smell in his nose. When I was confused, I saw a guy next to me take a handful of water with both hands, and then put his nose into the water, and after a while, the guy choked and coughed a few times.

When he first saw it, Liu Chong originally thought that the guy was too careless, and then he imitated it not long after. Taking the initiative to suck the water into his nose, Liu Pet was choked, he couldn't help coughing loudly, and the feeling of almost suffocation also made it very uncomfortable. Although his nasal cavity felt painful, Liu Pet rinsed his nasal cavity like this again. When he looked up with tears in his eyes, he felt that the stench in his somewhat swollen nasal cavity had greatly dissipated.

Feeling that he was really cleaned, Liu Pet suddenly felt that he had lived the way he should have been.

Woke up by the alarm clock at five o'clock the next day, Liu Pet felt for the first time that the quilt and sheets did not seem to be very clean. In the old days, having a quilt and bed linen itself meant cleanliness.

I got up and washed my face a little and went to the cafeteria for breakfast. After that, I washed up, and then went to the back garden where Zhao Guan's house was located. This time, Zhao Guanjia did not go to the silk factory again, but went to the Ministry of Industry to hold a meeting. This time, all the officials who attended the meeting were at least at the right level. Zhao Guanjia talked about the idea of the development of the silk industry, and he first asked Liu Chong, a cadre like a regular cadre, to tell about Jinan.

After several wars, Jinan's local industry and population were greatly destroyed. As an officer of the intelligence department, Liu Pet has always worked hard to collect intelligence. He couldn't find out how long ago the original silk industry had last existed.

On top of this blank space, steam equipment was brought in, a trainer was brought in, and some people who had never been in contact with it were brought in. Even in an environment where the production conditions are very bad, a large amount of raw silk can still be produced.

This experience proved that the new silk reeling mill did not need what the old silk reeling factory needed. The whole set of equipment, as well as the training and management of personnel for the equipment, can make such a new silk reeling factory operational. Liu Pet's summary at the end is simple and clear. Since the factory director offended Liu Chong, Liu Chong did not hesitate to completely deny everything that the factory director thought he could rely on.

Originally, the expressions of the people attending the meeting were relatively flat, and when they heard half of it, some people had already changed their faces. After Liu Pet's final summary, no one answered for a while. Everyone either looked at each other or frowned and thought. In the end, more and more eyes fell on Zhao Guanjia's side.

"Zhao Youjian. What do you think. Zhao Guanjia opened his mouth and ordered.

Zhao Youjian, the prefect of Lin'an, frowned and responded: "If it is as Section Chief Liu said, then it has to be changed." ”

"Change what. Just tear it down and start over! Meng Shixian, director of the Machinery Department next to him, replied, "We have long stipulated residential land, commercial land, and industrial land. Seven or eight new factories were built, each employing a few thousand people. Isn't that nice? ”

"Where is it as simple as you say?" Zhao Youjian objected.

"Where is it so troublesome as you say!" Meng Shixian said angrily: "This is originally our master's business, and we will solve whatever we encounter." Just like this Section Chief Liu, when he received the errand, he knew that he was going to be given such a heavy responsibility? Or does he know what the difficulties will be? Didn't you find out until you did it? The biggest advantage of this Section Chief Liu is that no matter what he encounters, he will not flinch at all. You just want to end up with everything! The factory uses a new boiler, and each neighborhood uses a new boiler to provide cooking, hot water, and bathing services. Everyone spends less money and lives well. There is also a shop (low-rent housing) to live, and the temporary inconvenience is not a problem. ”

Liu Pet didn't know Meng Shixian, and he didn't know what Meng Shixian's name was. But after listening to Meng Shixian's words, Liu Pet felt support from the bottom of his heart. This kind of indomitable spirit is what Liu Pet agrees with the most.

Looking at Zhao Youjian, Liu Chong felt in his heart that he was similar to the director of the silk factory, conservative, resistant to trouble, and unwilling to take responsibility. Completely different from Meng Shixian.

When he turned his head to look at Meng Shixian, Liu Chong also felt strange in his heart. After listening to the role of the boiler mentioned by Meng Shixian, Liu Chong felt that this person was probably the one who made the boiler. Liu Pet originally felt that he had stood at the forefront of a certain era because of coincidence, but after contacting the people above, he found that many people were actually much more advanced than Liu Pet. The so-called masters are in the people, just because they are hidden in the court, and those real masters will not show their faces to others.

In the face of the-for-tat below, Zhao Guanjia spoke, "It's not necessary to build seven or eight silk reeling factories, it's almost enough to build two." Build more, and will be demolished later. ”

"Why?" Zhao Youjian asked as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

"Silkworm cocoons are not suitable for long-distance transportation, it is raw silk that is suitable for long-distance transportation. When we were engaged in land reform, we planted grain on flat land and trees on sloping land, all of which were mulberry, bamboo, tea, lacquer, and so on. Where there is a grain field, there is something to eat. With mulberry trees, bamboo, tea trees, and sumac trees, the people can have something to do when the farm is not working. The silk reeling factory is located close to the mulberry leaf production area and has convenient transportation. The people sent the cocoons there to make raw silk. Raw silk is sent to Hangzhou and other places where the textile industry is thriving. In this way, the people everywhere have income, silk prosperss in Hangzhou and other places, and the silk made is also better......"

Listening to the story of Zhao Guanjia, the previous pride in Liu Chong's heart also dissipated without a trace. There are not only ministers in the court who are higher than Liu Chong, but also Zhao officials who can lead the overall situation. These simple words cover the governance of the world. Liu Chong knew that since the reform of public land began more than 20 years ago, the land of the Great Song Dynasty began to show a trend of public ownership again.

Since then, the Zhao official family has been involved in it. Looking at it now, the Zhao family never betrayed his policy, and the policy he adhered to finally came to fruition after combining it with the new steam engine. In Liu Chong's view, such a character is worthy of being the Son of Heaven. His virtue and perseverance are as clear as the gods.

Zhao Guanjia set the tone, and after a whole day of discussion, he finally came to a conclusion. The new direction of Hangzhou City will be completely in accordance with the basic concept of Zhao Guanjia. Liu Pet was very happy with this conclusion, and his subordinates should have obeyed such a wise official.

In the evening, when he returned to the guest house of the General Intelligence Bureau, Liu Pet went to take a shower again. When Liu Pet took a bath this time, he was pleasantly surprised to find that there was not much ash left on his body. It turned out that the amount of ash that made him terrifying yesterday was completely accumulated before. It's not that Liu Pet himself can give birth to so much ash in one day.

Just when Liu Pet was rinsing his body under the shower and soaking in the pool again, Jia Weixin, a director who attended the meeting during the day, returned home. He went straight into the study in the backyard and saw an old man with white hair and a childish face reading a book by bright candlelight. Jia Weixin stepped forward and saluted, "Azu, I'm back." ”

The old man reading the book raised his head, but it was Jia Yidao. He looked at his grandson with a somewhat critical smile on his face, "It's useless if you're in a hurry or not." I was just not open-minded back then, so I always hoped that you would be stronger than me. ”

"I'm in a hurry. I think it's more than I ever thought. Jia Weixin replied.

"Have you eaten?" Jia Rudao asked.

"Ate outside." Jia Weixin hurriedly sat down opposite his grandfather.

"Say it." Jia seems to be fateful.

Taking out his notebook, it took Jia Weixin about twenty minutes to roughly introduce the overall situation. After listening to this, Jia Rudao couldn't help but laugh and said, "I didn't expect that my public land reform will only be successful until now." My brother Zhao didn't disappoint me. ”

Jia Weixin had heard many times that Zhao Jiaren came to Jia Nidao to seek official positions more than 20 years ago, and knew that the Gongtian reform was originally initiated by Jia Nidao. Jia Weixin also thinks that his grandfather Jia Yidao is not what others say, but a traitor who caused Lin'an to surrender. However, it was not the public land reform that led to Jia Nidao's dismissal, and it was not Zhao Jiaren who promoted Jia Nidao's dismissal. When Jia Nidao was the prime minister, the series of defeats in the face of the Mongol invasion of the south, especially the battle of Dingjiazhou, was the reason why Jia Nidao resigned.

If I had been more open-minded and appointed Zhao Jiaren and Zhao brothers as privy envoys, or appointed him as the right prime minister, the situation would have been completely different. In this way, Jia Rudao didn't just say it once or twice.

Afraid that his grandfather would have another memory of the past, Jia Weixin said: "Azu, I want to follow the official family closely, but I seem to feel that something is wrong. It seems that I shouldn't be so close to the officials. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. ”

Hearing this, Jia Rudao's eyes flashed. He sneered, "You're doing the right thing. If there is anything wrong, it is just that you have mistaken the Zhao official family. ”

Worried that his grandfather was going to have another old thing, Jia Weixin asked a little hesitantly, "What does this mean?" ”

"You think the current official family is just an official family. didn't know that when Zhao Jiaren gave the order now, he was actually giving the order in the position of the prime minister. In the past, the official family appointed and dismissed the various ministries of Shangshu, and the left and right prime ministers were in charge of errands and the appointment and dismissal under the Shangshu. At this time, the official family did not worship the prime minister, and he himself served as the prime minister. If it were an ordinary official, if it did this, it would have caused chaos in the world long ago. But today's Zhao Guanjia is a person who has been trained for more than 20 years. Don't talk about you, what is it for me to be in front of him. Over the years, how have I seen through him. Jia Rudao said at the end, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Regarding his grandfather's political judgment, Jia Weixin agrees very much. If his grandfather didn't carry a gun and a stick every time he talked about something related to Zhao Guan's family, Jia Weixin would be more in favor of his grandfather.

So Jia Weixin asked tentatively: "That means you want me to resolutely follow the prime minister?" ”

"Humph!" Jia Rudao snorted, "You don't hold the stinky feet of the official, you don't hold the feet of the prime minister, what else can you wait for besides waiting for the dismissal?" The words were very embarrassing, probably remembering his eventful years.