This is not the Datang I am familiar with

"Returning to Your Majesty, after the location of the workshop is selected, the Ministry of Households has stepped up to allocate the needed property, and the Ministry of Industry is also recruiting manpower to purchase construction materials."

"You mean the workshop hasn't started yet!"

Naturally, Li Zhi would not be fooled by these words, and immediately grasped the essence of these words.

"Your Majesty, this..."

"What do people from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry do for food?"

The old eunuch noticed that Li Zhi's expression was wrong, and he didn't dare to speak much at this moment, Li Zhi was obviously a little angry.

The old eunuch glanced outside. The reason why the Ministry of Industry has not started work is actually related to the weather and seasons. It is winter and the weather is freezing, so it is not suitable for large-scale construction!

His Majesty is obviously anxious, it seems that he is going to be destroyed, but His Majesty is really anxious.

"Pass down my will, let the empress come here for a while!"

"The servant is going to pass the decree!"

The old eunuch almost escaped from the emperor's dormitory. At this time, Li Zhi felt like a volcano of depression, and the emperor might be angry at any time.

It's better to let the empress come here quickly, only the empress can comfort His Majesty.

The queen's crown soon appeared in the Daming Palace. When Li Zhi saw Wu Meiniang, he shunned the eunuchs and maids around him.

Holding Wu Meiniang's hand, Li Zhi gently rubbed Wu Meiniang's perfect fingers that made women jealous, pinched Wu Meiniang's jade fingers with his fingers, and pulled Wu Meiniang to sit side by side on the soft couch.

"Why did the matter of Tang Gongfang drag on for so long?"

"Your Majesty, it's freezing outside, and both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry plan to start work after the beginning of spring!"

"Meiniang, but I don't want to wait!"

"The emperor's mind, Meiniang naturally understands! The Tang Workshop will be built soon! Your Majesty, don't worry!"

Accompanied by Li Zhi's side for these years, raising children for Li Zhi, the person who knows Li Zhi best, there is no other person in the whole Tang Dynasty except Wu Meiniang.

Wu Meiniang deeply knew the unwillingness in Li Zhi's heart, the unwillingness suppressed by Qin Gongfang and Han Gongfang.

He is still so competitive, and he doesn't like to lose to others in any place.Even in small ways.

And as an emperor, he more represents this country, this Great Tang, so he doesn't want Great Tang to be inferior to other countries in any way.

Since the establishment of the Western Qin Dynasty for nearly a thousand years, the Central Plains country has gone through many dynasties, but the trade with the Western Qin Dynasty has always been a disadvantage for the Central Plains country.

Li Zhi wanted to win the round.

Chen Fang gave Li Zhi hope. Li Zhi had endured it all these years, and since he succeeded to the present, he did not want to endure it for a quarter of an hour.

In fact, Li Zhi didn't say anything, and Wu Meiniang also guessed that Li Zhi knew about his illness, and was afraid that he would not see the day when the trade between Datang and Western Qin and Northern Han was reversed.

His competitive heart never stops surging, even when he is sick and collapsed.For him, failure anywhere is intolerable.

After listening to Wu Meiniang's words, Li Zhi's expression eased a lot at this time. Meiniang said that it will be built soon, so it will definitely be built soon.

At this time Li Zhi thought of Chen Fang again.

"When building a workshop, listen to Chen Aiqing's advice!"

"Okay, I will ask the Ministry of Industry and Chen Fang to discuss and communicate more."

Li Zhi might feel tired, Wu Meiniang supported Li Zhi and let him lean on the soft brocade quilt.

Wu Meiniang was about to get up, but was held back by Li Zhi.Looking at Li Zhi with those tender eyes, Li Zhi wondered why she didn't understand.

"Your Majesty, pay more attention to the dragon's body! Rest early!"

The imperial physician had warned Li Zhi not to get emotional, and it was best not to get close to women.At this time, Wu Meiniang was naturally worried about Li Zhi's health.

"I'm afraid I'm hopeless!"

Unexpectedly, when Li Zhi said this, Wu Meiniang hurriedly covered Li Zhi's mouth!

"Why did your majesty say that, your majesty will definitely get better!"

Wu Meiniang's eyes were already wet, she cared most about her husband, the emperor of Tang Dynasty.She absolutely does not want anything to happen to Li Zhi, for her, Li Zhi is not only her husband, but also a person who really understands herself.

However, Li Zhi's hand caressed Wu Meiniang's body uneasily, like countless days and nights in the past. This is his queen, the woman he loves the most.

Every time he sees this haunted face, Li Zhi wants to get back the feeling he once had.

Those eyes looked at each other, and the tenderness of the emperor filled them.

"Your Majesty, it's better to rest earlier!"

"Mei Niang!"

Li Zhi called out, as before, that call reminded Wu Meiniang that Li Zhi had called her so many times before, and then hugged her tightly. There is no general.

"His Majesty!".

Li Zhi embraced Wu Meiniang, as if every time before, in the tenderness of the emperor, Wu Meiniang seemed to melt.

At this time, she didn't know how to resist Li Zhi's favor, even though she knew it would be bad for Li Zhi's health.

Chapter 75 Tang Workshop

The warmth like a spring day enveloped the two of them, Li Zhi's complexion gradually turned red, and his breathing became tighter.

Suddenly, there was a violent cough, and Wu Meiniang looked at the pool of blood in panic. The pool of blood was on her neck, shocking and terrifying.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, come quickly, send the imperial physician quickly! Send the imperial physician quickly!"

Wu Meiniang had never lost her voice in such a panic before, that pool of blood made her palpitate.

"I'm fine!"

Li Zhi comforted Wu Meiniang, and found Jinpa to wipe off the blood.

Wu Meiniang quickly grabbed Li Zhi's hand holding the brocade handkerchief, and put Li Zhi on the couch.

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician will be here soon, Your Majesty will be fine!"

Li Zhi looked at Wu Meiniang in a daze, close at hand, as if the woman who had never stained her face all these years, the woman he loved the most.

Li Zhi sighed suddenly, I'm really so useless, I can't even touch the woman I love the most.

What about the Leaping Horse in the World, the Southern Conquest and the Northern War, and the Li Zhi who managed the Three Kingdoms?

Wu Meiniang supported Li Zhi, not paying any attention to the emperor's blood still on her neck.

Those tender and beautiful eyes were already full of tears at this time, and the crystal clear and moist tears ran across the long eyelashes like shining dewdrops.

In this life, I only shed tears for one person.

The flustered imperial physician had already run into the bedroom.

"Quick, let's see how your Majesty is doing!"

Unexpectedly, the sun has risen from the snow line in the distance on the second day. Today is an unusual day for Chen Fang, because a blueprint was sent to Chen Fang, and the little eunuch who sent the blueprint said it was a workshop drafted by the Ministry of Industry. For the layout plan, the empress asked the Ministry of Industry to ask Mr. Chen what he meant.

Looking at the drawings, it is a standard workshop layout, which should have been referred to the layout of Qin Workshop.Because Chen Fang had seen the layout of Qin Workshop before, he could see that the two layouts were very similar.

The workshop layout is mainly divided into three parts, the workshop area, that is, the working area, the main working area of ​​the workshop, and the most important area of ​​the workshop.

In the warehouse area, all kinds of raw materials and finished products need to be temporarily stored here.

The living area is the area where the workers of the workshop live.Including various residential kitchens and other facilities to provide workers with basic living security.

Looking at this layout plan, Chen Fang picked up a pen, doubled the size of the living area, and cut a large part of the original working area.

On that day, everyone in the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty had already received Chen Fang's modified drawings, and an old servant was puzzled, why he divided the work area into such a large area for living area, and the original living area was not enough.

How many people is Mr. Chen planning to recruit into Tang Workshop!Can't you squeeze it?

The old servant with gray temples smiled wryly and shook his head, looking at his colleagues.

"What do you guys think?"

"My lord, I think that if there are more people, they can live more densely. There is no need to divide such a large area from the work area to accommodate those workshop workers!"

"I think so too, some untouchables, as long as there is a place to sleep, it's fine if you don't starve to death!"

"It's just a group of untouchables. There is no need to waste such a large area."

"It seems that I need to ask to see the empress!"

After dinner, Wu Meiniang deliberately left Chen Fang.

"Chen Fang, the layout of the Ministry of Industry does not need to be changed! It is still built according to the original layout!"

"My lady, I think the Ministry of Industry may not understand who the workshop will use in the future!"

Wu Meiniang looked at Chen Fang. Through the bead curtain, Wu Meiniang could not see Chen Fang's face clearly, but she could hear Chen Fang's insistence.

"Then do as you wish!"

At this time, Wu Meiniang still remembered His Majesty's instructions, and listened to Chen Aiqing's suggestions more.

In the area of ​​Tang Workshop, there is probably no one in the entire Tang Dynasty who has the experience of Chen Fang, and His Majesty values ​​and trusts Chen Fang so much.

Your Majesty doesn't want to wait any longer, so let Tang Workshop start construction and put it into production as soon as possible.But Tang Gongfang can leave anyone, only Chen Fang.

The palace's intentions were conveyed to the Ministry of Industry on the same day. The only thing that changed was that the working area of ​​the workshop remained the same, and a piece of land was re-zoned for living, which was even much larger than what Chen Fang needed.

In this way, the original living area was almost four times larger on the original basis.It even exceeded Chen Fang's expectation.

The living area at this time can almost accommodate the Xingqing Palace of the three major palaces. If the original workshop area and warehouse area are added, its size and area are almost close to the size of Daming Palace.

This plan was a bit of a compromise. Chen Fang's request was met, and at the same time, the Ministry of Industry was not allowed to have too many opinions.

After all, a piece of land added to the living area is reallocated.

The old minister of the Ministry of Industry looked at the new layout and stood there for a long time.The servant of the Ministry of Industry was speechless at this time, the area of ​​the Tang workshop approaching the Daming Palace directly exceeded the bottom line of the old servant.

How much does the emperor and empress value Tang Gongfang!Such a large area was allocated for the Tang Workshop in the royal family's own reserve.

The speechlessness of the old servant made the other officials of the Ministry of Industry a little anxious. An official took the blueprint from the servant and yelled in surprise.

"This... how is this possible?"

"Let me see it quickly!"

Several officials from the Ministry of Industry looked at the blueprint one after another, all of them had strange faces at this time. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, how could they believe that the royal family had made the area of ​​the Tang Workshop so large.

Perhaps only Wu Meiniang understood why she increased the area of ​​Tang Workshop so much.

Because that person in Daming Palace is really competitive.

At this time, the Ministry of Industry was already in a quarrel, and the old servant had no choice but to suppress his hands, so that several colleagues stopped talking.

"Just do what the palace wants!"

He sighed, knowing that in the tug-of-war with Chen Fang, the palace must be biased towards Chen Fang, and it was completely biased.

In the eyes of the royal family, this one is really a favorite!

The Ministry of Industry did not have any power to change the layout, which made the Minister of the Ministry of Industry very helpless.Fortunately, Mr. Shang Shu is old and has not been in the Ministry of Industry and Engineering for a long time, nor is he involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering.Otherwise, with Old Shangshu's temperament, he might have to go to the palace to argue.

To mobilize people's power and recruit some criminals from the Ministry of Punishment, various materials have begun to be transported to the vast open space behind the Taiji Palace in the past few days.

Every day, countless mules, horses and migrant workers Xing Tu struggled forward in the ice and snow, dragging a unique trail on the snow-covered land.All kinds of building materials transported piled up and gradually became mountains.

The foundation has already started to be excavated. It is extremely difficult to dig the foundation in winter, especially in some places with frozen soil. It is like digging on stones with tools. .

Even with sharp tools, if you dig hard on such frozen soil, you can knock off a lump of soil at a time.

It's not easy to do large-scale construction in winter, but the royal family is in a hurry, there is no way!

Chapter 76 Xing Tuzi, Lingyan Pavilion

The whole construction site was full of heat and busy. The breath from migrant worker Xing Tu's nose and mouth turned into streaks of white steam, gathering on the freezing ground and blowing away gradually in the cold wind.

The entire construction site continued to increase people's strength, and Xingtu mobilized from the surrounding counties and counties of Chang'an was also marching towards Chang'an at this time.They were wearing shackles, and their hands were bound with heavy chains. The officer in charge of the escort used all his suffocated breath on the leather whip, and beat these Xing disciples severely.

From time to time, people fell down in the snow and were trampled and whipped by the officers. Those who couldn't get up became bones on the side of the road. No one would care about them. Their death was like the cold wind in winter, spreading to the whole world. The snow at the end of the earth is ordinary.

The use of Xingtu as a labor force for civil engineering has existed since ancient times.Build cities and embankments, dig rivers, build mausoleums...

When Qin Shihuang built the Lishan Mausoleum, he took this practice to the extreme. When the construction of the Lishan Mausoleum was the busiest, there were more than one million Xing disciples gathered near Lishan Mountain.

And these Xing disciples had a different name in later history, Lishanzhong.

It has been many years since the Tang Dynasty, and there has not been such a large-scale construction project, and no Xing Tu has been requisitioned.