In addition to being shocked by the speed of An Lushan's promotion, Li Siye also found such a small line on the back of the newspaper, leaving a message saying that Anxi stayed in the backyard to copy, and the sage wrote that the province ordered the envoy of Hexi Jiedu to allocate 70,000 Hu military rations from the seven prefectures of Hexi to Qiuci this year and next year.

Based on the daily consumption of three catties of grain for one person, these 70,000 Hu grains are enough for all the personnel of the Anxi Army to consume for more than three months, and the Anxi Army also has 270,000 Hu of grain and grass in Tuntian every year, but the grain and grass in Tuntian are barely enough for the Anxi Army to be self-sufficient. Therefore, the intention of mobilizing this batch of grain from outside is very worthy of speculation.

Gao Xianzhi's main intention in reporting to him was actually to let him see this news. The length of time for a campaign combined with the Anxi Army never seems to have exceeded three or four months. Therefore, it can be boldly speculated that the batch of grain and grass requested by the imperial court to Qiuzi was mainly used for the future expedition to the small Bolu country. The imperial court demanded that the transportation of grain and grass be completed within this year and next year, so the time for the expedition to Xiao Bolu should be next year and the year after.

Li Siye desperately hopes that this time can be advanced, so that he can get a reasonable reason to be promoted, plus he has already caught the line of Yang Yuhuan's third sister, with the joint efforts of internal and external, there should be no one secretly obstructing.

On the third side of the Di newspaper, less than half of the page is blank, and Gao Xianzhi wrote with a small seal pen: "Have you read the Di newspaper, what do you think?" Another line was written below: "Today, the big class will be re-examined, and the Longyou interview envoy has been replaced by Huangfu Weiming to Wang Jie, and he is also the envoy of Gyeonggi Color, and my brother must be cautious." ”

There was no extra space on the newspaper, so he had to spread out a thin yellow paper and pinch a small seal to write. In the process of writing, great attention was paid to the conversion of complex and simplified, so as not to make Gao Xianzhi mistake it for the Book of Heaven.

The first question answered was filled in: "Referenced, the imperial court's grain transfer is afraid of Xiao Bolu, and it is expected that Tianbao will be five years old." He put pen to paper and thought about it, and then wrote below: "Wang Ji is difficult to guess. ”

Who can be in a pot with Li Linfu, an extremely selfish egoist. This person's character is even worse than Li Linfu's. Li Linfu only eliminated dissidents and attacked political opponents, and this person did everything to climb up, serving as a Gyeonggi servant and exploiting the people to fill the emperor's treasury. In a TV series he watched "Kansai Wuji Knife", he successfully shaped his character, and was finally killed by his younger brother's rebellion.

Li Linfu appointed such a person to conduct an interview with Longyoudao, which made Li Siye very worried about the fairness of this examination. But he doesn't have to worry too much, different people have different ways of coping. If you deal with this person, it's a big deal to eat and drink well and serve at that time, and it's a big deal to send more money.

It was already dark at night, Li Siye carried the lamp through the corridor to the bedroom, and Mrs. Twelve Niang was sewing his foot bag under the lamp with a needle and thread. He was half-lying on the bed chatting with her, and before he knew it, he fell into a drowsy sleep.

Later, in a daze, he felt someone holding his leg and throwing him against the wall, and then one of his backs lay up and hunched his back, arching like a shrimp, and squeezed him into the couch.

He snorted and whispered: "After not practicing swords for so many years, my strength is still so great." ”

Twelve Niang let out a sneer: "You can snort baldly." ”

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Two months later, in the early morning, Li Siye was about to go out to watch the paper process of Daiwang Paper Workshop, and just after stepping out of the threshold, Zhao Zheng greeted him with a long robe, standing in front of him and smiling honestly, but he wanted to stop talking.

Li Siye turned his head and asked him, "What's wrong?" What's the matter. ”

Daoist Zhao smiled and rubbed his hands: "I just want to ask me about the Taoist temple, you promised me to cultivate the Taoist temple for more than a year, but it hasn't been cultivated yet." ”

Li Siye replied to him casually: "Didn't I build a courtyard, an alchemy room, a storehouse, and a wing room for you?" ”

"But the mountain gate and the main hall have not yet been repaired, and the poor road must always accept believers, and the statue of Sanqing must be set up."

Li Siye hesitated for a moment and replied: "The timber for building the Taoist temple is not yet complete, you wait first, and then talk about it after this year." ”

The old Taoist was a little anxious, and he couldn't wait to step forward and say, "When is this going to go?" I heard that you just spent money to build a paper mill in the city, why did our temple drag on for so long?"

Li Siye secretly wondered if the Taoist temple could be the same as the paper workshop, that is a profit unit, and you are a Taoist temple that only spends money but does not make money. He couldn't point it out clearly and hurt the self-esteem of the old man, so he had to say: "The paper repair workshop did not use a single piece of wood, and it was all a mud room and a vault made of chiseled stones. Or let's try this architectural style and build a stone arch shape of the Sanqing Palace. ”

Zhao Daochang objected without thinking: "What does it look like, what we want to build is a Taoist temple, of course, we must use the top of the mountain or the top of the hanging mountain, if you build a flat top or a dome, people who want to come in will think it is a Persian temple or a Daqin temple." ”

"Then you can only wait a little longer, I just pasted a notice that no trees are allowed to be cut down, and I can't take the lead in violating it, and I'll talk about it after this limelight."

Zhao Zhengyi wanted to say something more, but seeing that Li Siye's expression was a little resolute, he stopped persuading, arched his hand towards Li Siye, and kept saying: "Then you have to remember, don't let the poor road wait too long." ”

Li Siye looked at Lao Dao's back, smiled helplessly, and turned around and walked northwest.

Dai Wang's paper mill was located at the corner of the city wall in the northwest of Shule City, and because of the need for a large amount of water, a tributary of the Chihe River flowing through the city opened up another one, and several ponds were excavated for soaking straw and barley stalks and willow branches. After a month-long soaking, the raw materials are boiled in lime water, and the softened plant fibers are finally fished out, mashed into a mud in a stone mortar, and put into a paper-making tank.

Papermaking is a key technology in papermaking, which is related to the thickness of the paper, because the hired workers are not yet proficient in this skill, Dai Wang can only personally carry the thin bamboo curtain to teach it hand in hand.

The fibers of the pulp float on the surface of the water, dip the curtain in the water, gently pick up the paper, stick it on a wooden board and let it dry outside, and when it is completely air-dry, it is lifted and stacked neatly on top of each other.

Li Siye picked up a piece of paper and looked at it again and again in the sun, the paper was slightly yellow and clear, and the light could faintly shine through, which was almost no different from modern paper, he knew that this technology would not be concealed sooner or later, but he would never let the papermaking technology spread to the West in his lifetime, and he would continue to enjoy this dividend, and prepare a lot of money in advance for his future military reserves.

At this time, Yan Xiaosi came to him from the mansion, saying that the official document from Qiuzi had been delivered, and presented the letter to him with both hands.

Li Siye walked to the corner, tore open the envelope, and took out the paper from it to look at it. This is a letter written by Gao Xianzhi to him, saying that this year's examination class has ended, and Wang Jie's examination grade for him is lower and higher. This almost shocked his jaw, this thing surnamed Wang didn't even come to the west of the city, and he was able to give him a rating of inferior and superior blindfolded.

You must know that the examination score is divided into nine grades, if you get the lowest first-class down, it is equivalent to a death sentence for your career, and getting a lower middle is a dangerous situation warning or demotion, and it is also dangerous to get a lower grade, indicating that you will be promoted within three or five years. If the top is a perfect score, the bottom top is a failure.

Gao Xianzhi said in the letter that the reason why he got down was that Wang Ji learned that he had stayed in Wuwei City in Hexi for nearly a month and was absent from his position for a long time, so this made him downgrade.

There is no need to ask, it must be that Li Weiwei, the housekeeper of the Guzang Li family, colluded with some officials to beat his little report. He didn't care about it because the old Taoist leader Li Xuangong had appeared to give advice, and he didn't expect this dog to dare to bite.

The dog that bites the person will be dealt with later, and the matter of Wang Ji should be solved, and the only way to deal with this kind of person is to use the method of paving the road with money.