Chapter 113: Craftsman
The Right Prime Minister's Mansion has a water feature that is rare in northern gardens.
The small pond is like the glaive, surrounding the glaive, and the scenery is like the Xiaoqu River.
In the past, Li Linfu made a plan here, broke his family and destroyed the door, and never missed. But since I met Xue Bai, it was like feng shui was broken.
"I haven't been able to get rid of Pei Kuan before, and this time I can't afford to lose anything to deal with Wang Zhonghe."
Li Linfu sighed and muttered: "Otherwise, if the saint wants to relieve Wang Zhong's military power, there is only one way......"
He didn't say it, as if he was afraid that if he said those two words, it would come true.
- into phase.
Entering the prime minister is one of the most appropriate ways to settle the border generals of the Tang Dynasty.
"Don't worry about the right minister."
Today's answer here is Wang Jie.
"After all, you have to look at the will of the saint to get rid of Pei Kuan, Wang Zhonghei has to deal with it according to the will of the saint, and he is foolproof, who makes him the prince's brother."
"Not bad."
Wang Ji said: "On the contrary, Pei Kuan, the old dog, is eyeing the lower officials." He tried in vain to seize power from me in the Imperial History Tower, and now that he has reached the household department, he can't hold it back. ”
When Li Linfu heard this, a sneer appeared in his eyes.
The illustrious family who rose up step by step is not clever in his means, and he really doesn't look at it.
"If you can't hold it, you're killing yourself." Li Linfu said: "The original prime minister has become smart when he was a fool, and he understands what kind of prime minister the saint wants." Now it seems that someone just reminded Pei Kuan at that time. How long has it been since it was revealed that you want to investigate corruption? The sage named him the head of the household department and asked him to collect the taxes of Hedong, instead of letting him meddle in his affairs. ”
"That's exactly what fools can never understand." Wang Ji said: "I deliberately leaked the flaw to Yang Zhao, and let the spit pot lead this group of pigs into the sleeve to induce them to investigate my construction of a new house." ”
The house was given by the saint, and the money was the gift of the saint, and it was the self-rain pavilion, which was also to be built again in the palace and Huaqing Palace.
If Pei Kuan is a member of the household department, he will make a move to Wang Jiao and fall into the eyes of the saint, what kind of attitude is this?
……
The two discussed properly, and Wang Gong took his leave. Li Linfu thought about it, beckoned Cangbi again, and asked, "What has Xue Bai been doing recently?" ”
Everyone knows that Xue Bai is already the core figure of the Yang Party, and Cang Bi knows that Ah Lang has been very concerned about this fang recently, and he has been prepared for a long time, so he responded: "Go back to Ah Lang, or make friends with officials every day." ”
"How dare you? The shaft doesn't know how to converge, and sooner or later it will die. ”
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Taiping Fang.
In front of the gate of the embassy next to Wang's house, officials holding official documents went back and forth, and even lined up.
In today's court, the Imperial City and Taiwan Province are full of people, no one is working, and only Chen Xilie, the left minister, is sleeping in it. If the official wants to do something, he will either go to the right minister's mansion or come to the king's mansion.
When Wang Ji returned, he saw this situation, and couldn't help but think that Pei Kuan had installed many officials in the household department, and at this time, he was afraid that he was still in a daze in the deserted government office, and no official would tell them what to do.
Because, the real Tobe is here......
"Ah Lang, there is a green-robed official who asks to see him, claiming to be the newly arrived household member Wailang Du Youlin."
"Du Youlin?"
Wang Ji was rarely surprised, entered the embassy, sat down on a stool made of agarwood, and said, "Summoning him to see him." ”
Du Youlin has been in the position of a five-grade doctor for a long time, and his official spirit is very good, pacing in, his long beard fluttering, although he is wearing a green robe, he has walked out of the momentum of a high-ranking official in a red robe.
"The new member Wailang Du Youlin has seen Wang Langzhong."
"What?"
"When the adjutant arrives, he should pay a visit to the Lang official. If there is a sending, please also ask the Lang official to show it. ”
Wang Ji squinted slightly, looked at Du Youlin carefully, and realized that he had underestimated the other party before.
"There is no dispatch for the time being, and you are familiar with Yousi."
"Whoa."
Du Youlin didn't retreat, but chatted with Wang Jie.
"The wood of Langguan's stool is really good, and the stool in Fengweilou has backrests and handrails, but you have to ask the craftsman to make one for Langguan?"
"No need."
Wang Ji frowned.
He is powerful, and since he was appointed as the Imperial History and the Imperial History, he will ruin his family. Many people in the DPRK and China are very afraid of him, and there are really not many people who dare to make such noise in front of him.
Come to think of it, isn't this Du Youlin a fool who has been in office for too many years and is stupid, and he doesn't know his prestige?
"Speaking of that Fengwei Building, there is someone in Xiaguan's family who is taking care of the property for Mrs. Qiuguo, and he is opening a branch recently. There is a shortage of craftsmen, I heard that there is a self-rain pavilion in Langguan's new house, which is made by the craftsmen of the Fu Lak country? ”
"Not bad."
"Can the lower officials also ask these craftsmen to make some objects?"
Wang Ji squinted at Du Youlin again, and his heart was stunned.
Sure enough, he still came to check him, Pei Kuan, Yang Zhao, and Du Youlin, a group of idiots, were mixed together, and there was only this trick.
Let them check, it doesn't matter.
Wang Ji didn't plan to let Du Youlin know that those craftsmen were rebuilding the Qingliang Hall for the saint to prepare for the heat, and he couldn't delay the progress. directly wrote a document and asked Du Youlin to be the chief prisoner.
"Thank you, Mr. Lang."
Du Youlin got the paperwork and finally retired.
Wang Gong looked at his back, and the more he looked, the more he felt that he had empty skin, but in fact he had no city.
……
"It's polite, the household member Wailang Du has neighbors, and they are all colleagues in the future and take care of each other."
"Du Langguan has seen the prince?"
"Exactly, the prince told me to do something. Unexpectedly, he was deeply trusted by the saints, but he was still so kind. ”
Du Youlin walked out of the embassy all the way, but whenever he saw the officials, no matter what color of official robe the other party was wearing, they all saluted with the sealed documents in their hands, with a smile on their faces.
Everyone thought that the newly arrived foreigner had won the trust of the prince, so they chatted enthusiastically.
Du Youlin has no other purpose anyway, just to be kind to others.
Xue Bai had already reminded him, no matter what he was, he would leave a good impression on his colleagues, and the green robe would be replaced by a red robe in two or three years.
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The prosperity of Datang is inseparable from craftsmen.
Nowadays, the imperial court has a fairly complete craftsman management system, and the Ministry of Industry is nominally in charge of hundreds of workers in the world, focusing on large projects such as tuntian and water conservancy, and there are also young government supervisors, general supervisors, and ordnance supervisors.
Today, there are 20,000 craftsmen in the Shaofu prison alone, and 15,000 craftsmen in the prison, and the remuneration is quite generous.
It is for this reason that An Bobo came to the Tang Dynasty.
His real name is Bo Abo, but he is a native of Fulin, because he has heard about the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty since he was a child, and he has traveled thousands of miles with the villagers.
But the craftsman skills, he actually studied under the famous craftsman Mao Shun in Luoyang, after learning, he thought of the hot hometown often used a waterwheel to draw water on the roof, began to build a summer pavilion for the powerful, and gradually became a famous craftsman.
This time, he and the eleven craftsmen were taken out of the general prison, and before leaving, An Bobo had to give an explanation. "If they check the cost of Wang Zhongcheng's new house, you can say it directly, but the matter of building a cool temple for the saint is a secret, and those who leak it will die."
He thought to himself, Wang Zhongcheng is willing to pay for him to build a great craft, why is there a young man to investigate?
The horse-drawn carriage carried the craftsmen south, out of the Mingde Gate, and arrived at a large lumber mill on the outskirts of Chang'an.
What he saw was not the bad guy he expected, but a handsome young man who seemed to have something to make and handed over a drawing.
"It's ...... Catapults? ”
"Yes, Boulder."
"Which end do you use to throw stones for this painting?"
"At one end of the small head of the pole, I drew this as a net pocket."
"Nets?"
An Bobo repeated it in his fluent Tang official dialect, flipped the drawing in his hand, and shook his head.
"Oh, little Langzi, why don't you take the talisman you drew and ask the Taoist priest to change one for you, the little old man is still busy, can we be put back as prisoners?"
Xue Bai didn't expect this curly-haired Roman to speak like this, smiled bitterly, and said, "Master An, please see, the ordinary trebuchets pulled hard, and the stone projectiles flew out, but after all, the strength was limited. And I'm a counterweight boulder cannon, and the end of the pole is a counterweight basket......"
An Bobo frowned, and then looked at the drawing carefully.
He originally thought that this thing could not be made, but when he heard it, he probably understood the principle.
It is nothing more than adding a huge weight to the other end of the pole of an ordinary catapult, the force is far greater than the pulling force of the soldier, and then trying to jam the pole, and when it is used, the weight suddenly falls and throws the boulder.
is the so-called "counterweight" of this little man, as long as he is smart enough, he can understand the official dialect of the Tang Dynasty.
But it was possible to create it, and An Bobo shook his head more and more.
"This is a weapon, you asked me to build it? Don't deceive me as a foreigner, I am very familiar with the rules of the prison. ”
Xue Bai turned sideways, raised his hand, and brought out a middle-aged man with a clear face and a good temperament, and said, "For the introduction of the craftsman, this is Wang Wei, a member of the Treasury Department, who is in charge of the arsenal of the Ministry of War." ”
Wang Wei took out his official talisman and glanced at An Bobo, and lightly bowed his head to show it, looking detached.
He didn't want to get involved in it, but it seemed that he was eager to get merit. But Xue Bai is really abrasive, saying that he is talking about poetry, but he keeps persuading him that if this thing is caused, it may be able to make the Helong soldiers die less.
"Even if only one person dies is a merit, Mr. is called 'Poetry Buddha', but he only wishes to practice in poetry?"
After saying this kind of thing, the poet Buddha had no choice but to take matters into his own hands and move a catapult from the military department to here, and then come forward to take some responsibility.
Xue Bai then introduced another person to An Bobo.
"This is Li Hua, the director of the Ministry of Works, this place is the timber yard of the Ministry of Industry, and the craftsmen can cut down as much wood as they need."
The big trees in the woodlands in Guanzhong can't be said to be cut down, and this kind of boulder cannon, Xue Bai plans to build it very big, if there is no document from the Ministry of Industry, it will not work.
Li Hua also expected that this matter would be a great achievement, so he dared to make his own decisions and arrange for them to make artillery in the material yard of the Ministry of Industry.
An Bobo still hesitated, and said: "However, the general will be the prisoner but he didn't let the little old man make weapons......
"It's about military aircraft, who has a lot to talk to you!" Xue Bai suddenly snorted.
Previously, Xue Bai was polite, and An Bobo dared to handle it, but he was suddenly reprimanded, but he hurriedly surrendered.
The three people I saw today all had a sense of nobility, Wang Bingbu and Li Gongbu looked like high-ranking officials, but Xiao Langzi didn't say what kind of official it was, it was not a royal noble.
Let's make it.
started to work as a craftsman, but the temperament of An Bobo has changed, first of all, he has recruited craftsmen to redraw drawings.
How to jam the pole and pull it suddenly, how high the base is, how long the pole is, etc., must be carefully calculated when you really want to build, not just a ghost painting like a rune seal can be easily made.
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The construction and shipbuilding of the Jingshi every year, coupled with the large population, the huge amount of timber required are all transported from all over Guanzhong. In comparison, it is just a small timber yard, called Fenggu Prison.
There is a row of small houses in Fenggujian, built in the middle of the stockyard.
At this time, Yuan Zai and Wang Yunxiu were standing aside, looking at it for a while, and when they saw that the craftsmen were busy, Wang Yunxiu asked, "Can you really make it?" ”
"I can make it."
"Then I'll go back to Beijing and talk to Grandpa about it." Wang Yunxiu said.
In fact, whether it is said to Wang Zhongsi or not, it doesn't mean much. After all, with the Boulder Cannon, Stone Castle City is still difficult to fight. It is impossible for Wang Zhongji to change his grand strategy because of one more weapon.
The function of this boulder cannon is to comfort Wang Zhongsi when he has to fight.
Xue Bai thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, I'll talk about it in two days." ”
Wang Yunxiu was actually anxious, but still nodded.
"My brother and sister-in-law have said that if I have something to ask for, just ask."
"Not bad."
Xue Bai beckoned Qinglan and asked her to give a salute to Yuan Zai and his wife, and said: "Qinglan is the family of Huang Fu Deyi, the biological mother of the King of E. She is a stable person, and in her early years she had heard from her family that there was a catapult with this counterweight in the northwest, so she helped me come up with such a weapon. I want to give credit to the saint when the time comes, but it ......is not enough."
Yuan Zai and Wang Yunxiu immediately gave up.
Wang Yunxiu said: "I understand that when the stone castle city is captured and the grandfather reports the merits, he will definitely mention the boulder cannon to show his merit for the Qinglan girl." ”
"Thank you."
Xue Bai simply responded, and the matter was decided.
Qing Lan was listening to it in a panic.
She has been in charge of the Du family since she was a child, what style of hair does the lady comb today, what color of clothes does she wear, when has she ever heard of the boulder cannon?
Those Helong army fought against Tibet, tens of thousands of people killed and killed, the cannon smashed people, the head blossomed, and then reported merit and other things, she never thought about it, but now it is just three or two sentences, but it has to be counted on her head.
I also want to deceive the king and let her redeem her from her rebellion, and I am afraid to think about it......
"Lang Jun."
I don't know when, Qinglan had already held Xue Bai's hand and said, "Otherwise, it's okay if I don't redeem my name, in case someone finds out." ”
"Again." Xue Bai smiled, "You also have to be motivated, get rid of the cheap and enter the good, and live a better life in the future, how can you run away every time you encounter something?" ”
"I'm afraid of affecting Lang Jun."
Xue Bai said: "Then I might as well tell you a secret." ”
The two walked into the hut where they were temporarily staying in Fenggu Prison.
He whispered in her ear that he might be Xue Pingzhao.
In the past, he had been holding on to this matter, but recently he didn't care so much, because he knew that even if it leaked out, he already had some power to protect himself.
And letting Qinglan redeem her first is the first step.
"Lang Jun?"
"Don't back down in the future." Xue Bai smiled: "I told you a long time ago that I won't run away." ”
Qing Lan still raised her head and stared at him tightly.
"Huh?"
"It turns out that Lang Jun may be the same as me."
"Whether I am Xue Pingzhao or not, we will live an upright life."
Qinglan said: "I have a lot of fate with Lang Jun." ”
Xue Bai couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
He just doesn't have much in common with this kind of teenage girl.
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On the outskirts of the city, there is no sound of drums, only the sound of thrashing.
At night, the thrashing also stopped, and only the birdsong remained.
Temporarily away from the hustle and bustle of Chang'an City, Wang Wei and Li Hua sat under the moon and talked about poetry.
"People are idle, osmanthus flowers fall, and the night is quiet and the spring mountains are empty. The moonrise frightens the mountain birds, and the spring stream sings. ”
An Bobo also liked poetry very much, and sat behind them and listened, and said in surprise: "It turns out that you wrote this poem, and you are Mr. Maha?" ”
Xue Bai wanted to talk to this craftsman about some boulder artillery, but An Bobo said, "What do I have to say to Xiao Langzi?" You don't understand. ”
It's Yuan Zai, and you can say a few words to anyone.
The crowd chatted until late at night, and then they dispersed.
……
The environment in Fenggu's prison was quite bad, and even if Qinglan tried hard to clean up the house, she was helpless.
When Xue Bai returned to the house, he saw her standing there, with her hands behind her back, looking at the only bed in the room, and whispering, "Lang Jun, are you sleeping on the inside?" ”
"Okay."
Xue Bai yawned and lay down.
Qing Lan thought a lot about this bed when she cleaned up the house, and when she saw him react like this, she was stunned for a while, put out the candle, and lay down beside him lightly, thinking that the relationship between them had taken a step further.
Just as I was about to say something, there was a snoring sound next door.
"Lang Jun, this is a wooden wall......
"Hmm."
Xue Bai was already asleep.
Qinglan tossed and turned, and I don't know how long it took for her to fall asleep.
In a daze, I dreamed of something that would happen in the future, but the sound of the cannon beating wood during the construction of the cannon sounded in the distance again.
"Bang."
"Bang."
Qinglan opened her eyes and found that she was holding Xue Bai and sticking to his back.
Wanting to turn around quietly, she hesitated and closed her eyes again.
She quietly listened to the sound of "bang bang bang", and felt that every time she beat it, she was closer to the redemption and closer to Xue Bai......
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