Traveling through books: Traveling through time with a golden finger to become a soft rice man

Yang Yuanzu originally planned to go to the Ministry of Industry, but was temporarily held back by something else.

During special periods, various departments in the court had to arrange people to work night shifts, and the period when foreign envoys arrived and the emperor's birthday were considered special periods.

Yang Yuanzu had been in the Ministry of Industry for some time and was considered a semi-old employee, so the head of Agriculture also included his name when arranging the night shift.

Today, the head of Nong called everyone together to talk to everyone about the night shift rotation and things that need to be paid attention to at night.

The head of agriculture emphasized that everyone should not walk around at night, and it is best to stay in the agricultural department. If there are any instructions from above, just follow them.

As for what this order is, it is usually that the higher-ups suddenly remember to find out about the land harvest in the Daning Dynasty this year, or the harvests in previous years, to see whether there will be an increase or decrease in production this year. In short, their Agricultural Department has to prepare these things in advance in case of emergency.

In addition to these, there may be some other instructions. In short, everyone is required to adapt to circumstances. Therefore, when selecting people on duty, the head of the farm will select them based on their experience and agility.

Yang Yuanzu was selected and received instruction and training from the agricultural chief along with the others. After the training, everyone began to discuss the time and order of the shifts.

Everyone chose the time they wanted to be on duty, but Yang Yuanzu didn't care. He recalled that there were no special days during this period, so he just let the head farmer arrange it.

Later, after Luo Mingshi heard about this incident, he severely accused Yang Yuanzu in front of Yang Huahua, because it was his birthday during the time he was on duty, and the person who had just said he would give him a birthday gift had completely forgotten his birthday in the blink of an eye.

Yang Yuanzu didn't know the exact day of the emperor's birthday. When he received the rotation arrangement, everyone said that he was assigned a good day. After some inquiries, Yang Yuanzu found out that that day was the emperor's birthday.

Everyone said that Yang Yuanzu could join in the birthday banquet even if he stayed in the palace. Yang Yuanzu could only laugh it off. What was there to join in the fun? The place where other people held birthday banquets was in Baohedian, which was a million miles away from their Agricultural Department!

After giving the instructions, Mr. Nong asked everyone to sort out the records in the warehouse. There was no telling when the superiors would need these things.

Yang Yuanzu followed everyone into the warehouse and took out all the records and sorted them out for easy searching.

The Agricultural Department would do this kind of warehouse tidying work once or twice a year. One purpose was to let the officials of the Agricultural Department understand the placement of various records in the warehouse, and the other was to clear out some outdated and unnecessary records and put them into the dead warehouse.

Once the records are in the dead library, they are sealed away. If they are not needed, they will never see the light of day again.

Yang Yuanzu worked in the warehouse all day, and when he was off duty in the afternoon, he remembered that he still had to go to the Ministry of Works, so he hurried over. There, Mr. Shi had more things to do than him, so when he saw that Yang Yuanzu was not there, he went to do his own thing.

It was not just Yang Yuanzu and his party who were busy at the birthday banquet. The Ministry of Works, which had always been idle in the previous dynasty, also became unusually busy. They were responsible for the tables and chairs used to receive foreign envoys at the birthday banquet, as well as the stage for performances. In addition to these, there were also some other matters related to tools that required their attention.

When Yang Yuanzu arrived at the Ministry of Works, everyone had left, leaving only a small official in blue clothes guarding the cement stone. The official found a shady spot under a tree and was sitting on a small bamboo stool reading a book. When he saw Yang Yuanzu coming, he quickly stood up, put the book on the stool, walked towards Yang Yuanzu, and greeted him with a bow.

Yang Yuanzu nodded in reply, then walked to the cement stone to take a look, and estimated that it was almost ok. After explaining it to the blue-clothed official, he was about to leave when he saw Lord Shi walking in from outside. Yang Yuanzu saw him and bowed to greet him.

Over the past few days, after observing cement and stones, Lord Shi gradually believed what Yang Yuanzu said. He was waiting for Yang Yuanzu to come to the Ministry of Industry this morning to find out how to make cement and red bricks, but the other party did not show up. He asked someone and found out that the other party was detained by the head of the agriculture department.

Yang Yuanzu and Mr. Shi said that the cement stone was fine. Mr. Shi found a stone to test the hardness of the cement stone and found that it was as hard as the miniature dam that Yang Yuanzu brought a few days ago.

In the past, they used large stones, sandbags, soil, etc. to build dams.

The big stones are mined by stonecutters in the mountains, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive. The mined stones must be trimmed before they can be used. The trimming step alone takes up a lot of their time. The big stones are heavy and difficult to carry. Workers often die in accidents during the process of quarrying and transportation.

Now it would be much easier if the big stones were replaced with red bricks and cement.

Moreover, the river dams made of these things will not be washed away or dispersed like sandbag and earth dams.

Yang Yuanzu paced aside with his hands behind his back and said, "This cement can not only be used to build dams, but also to repair houses and roads. It can be used to repair anything you can think of."

After that, he pointed at the cement stones and said, "For example, this cement stone that has been repaired can be used for people to sit on. We can also call it a cement bench. This shows that not only benches can be made of cement, but also tables. There are also these courtyard walls. Things built with cement have strong adhesion and will not fall apart as easily as lime mortar."

Yang Yuanzu's words made Lord Shi feel like he had found a treasure. He excitedly pulled Yang Yuanzu and couldn't wait to ask Yang Yuanzu to tell him the production methods of cement and red bricks.

Yang Yuanzu did not hesitate to tell Lord Shi the method. Lord Shi was so excited to get the secret recipe that he said to Yang Yuanzu, "Aren't you afraid that I will take all the credit for myself?"

Yang Yuanzu was not really afraid. After all, he made the cement stones with his own hands in public, with so many eyes watching him. Moreover, these cement red bricks also brought him economic benefits in Shunxing County.

Although he had analyzed the situation clearly in his mind, Yang Yuanzu said sincerely: "Master Shi is a good official who truly seeks the welfare of the people. I believe in Master Shi."

"You sly fellow!" Lord Shi couldn't help but laugh, then he turned to Yang Yuanzu and asked, "I saw that you have some talent in hydraulic engineering. Are you willing to come to the Ministry of Industry?"

The Ministry of Industry is a leisurely place and is full of technical talents. He can also make achievements here. Yang Yuanzu is of course willing to go to the Ministry of Industry, but he has only been in the Agricultural Bureau for half a year.

Lord Shi saw Yang Yuanzu's worry and told him not to worry and asked him to go back and wait for his good news.