Ancient promotion routine

Zhang Yanjin had someone make hand warmers, foot warmers, big heaters and the like for the emperor, the Zhang family, and those close to him.After he asked people to put the anthracite into large wooden boxes, he asked people to load the car and lead the horse, and planned to go to Chang'an City in person.

He asked Zhang Wuyi and Ruifu to follow him back to Chang'an City, while Zhang Wuer, Wang Shi, and Wang Jiu stayed in Datong to manage the open-pit coal yard and brick factory.For the convenience of workers' transportation, Zhang Yanjin drew wheelbarrows and two-wheeled carts that were often used in construction sites in modern times.

A wheelbarrow is a car with only one big wheel under the plank of the car. This kind of car is smaller than a two-wheeled cart, but because of its small size, it is very convenient to transport in the factory.

As for the two-wheeled carts, Zhang Yanjin used them for the convenience of workers in pulling bricks and transporting coal. After all, the two-wheeled carts are bulky and can improve efficiency.

Although the stability of four-wheeled carts is stronger than that of single-wheeled and double-wheeled carts, four-wheeled carts have a fatal weakness, that is, it is difficult to turn, especially in factories. See the reason for the carriage.

Even though only half a month had passed, the weather was very different from when Zhang Yanjin came to Datong. The bitter cold wind blew on his face like a knife, causing Zhang Yanjin pain.

He didn't care about his demeanor anymore, wrapped the scarf around his face, and then galloped on horseback.

Now that the coal has been dug out, can he make a steam engine?If there is a steam engine, can a four-wheeled vehicle propelled by steam be made?By that time, he won't have to suffer from the cold immediately, right?Of course, this is just his imagination. He understands that there is still a long way to go before he can make a steam engine.

It is said that Xizhou is adjacent to Chang'an, but the temperature in Xizhou is much lower than that of Chang'an City, which seems to be true.

After running for dozens of days, Zhang Yanjin finally returned to Chang'an City with coal, hand warmers and foot warmers.

It was already the beginning of winter, and although the temperature in Chang'an City was higher than that in Xizhou, it was still cold. The sun shone on the neat bluestone bricks, but there was no temperature at all.

After Zhang Yanjin entered Ningguo Mansion, she went to Zhang Zhongqian's study alone to find Zhang Zhongqian.He walked through the corridor and passed the lotus pond, only to find that all the lotus flowers that bloomed in summer had already withered, only the green bamboos standing under the study room were still green.

It's just that Qingzhu is inherently cold, and Zhang Yanjin felt a little bit of coolness permeate into his skin when he walked over.If he put coals on the stove he brought back this time and put it in Zhang Zhongqian's study, Zhang Zhongqian wouldn't be afraid of the cold this winter, right?

The servant standing outside opened his mouth in surprise when he saw Zhang Yanjin.

"Uncle is alone in the study?" After entering the outer room, Zhang Yanjin took off the mink hat from his head and put it in the hands of the servant.

"Yes, but..." The servant still didn't react.

Zhang Yanjin smiled faintly, opened the door and said, "Uncle, my nephew is back."

"Erlang?" Zhang Zhongqian, who was writing at his desk, raised his head in disbelief when he heard Zhang Yanjin's voice: "Are you back?"

Zhang Yanjin nodded with a friendly smile and said, "Uncle, why are you so surprised?" A few days ago, he sent someone to send a letter back to the Zhang family, saying that he was coming back.

Zhang Zhongqian frowned a little irritably and said, "Erlang, did you run a coal yard in Datong and beat Wang Jianting, the magistrate of Datong County?"

"Well, he came to my coal yard to make trouble, and I beat him back." Zhang Yanjin admitted directly.

Zhang Zhongqian sighed heavily, stood up with his hands behind his back and paced in the study, "Didn't I tell you not to cause trouble before you left? How could you hit the county magistrate there? No matter what the county magistrate there It is said that they are all officials ordered by the imperial court! What's more, this Wang Jianting is the son of an admonishing doctor! Now that this matter has been brought up, it can be said that all civil and military officials in the court know about it!" Zhang Zhongqian was rarely irritable.

Brothers Zhang Bowen and Zhang Xiuwu heard the butler say that Zhang Yanjin was back and was in the study, so they also hurried over.

"Second brother, didn't your father send you a letter, didn't you receive it?" Zhang Xiuwu asked with concern.

Zhang Yanjin shook his head. It should be that not long after he left, the letter from his uncle Zhang Zhongqian arrived, but unfortunately he was already on the way at that time.

"What happened?" Zhang Yanjin was still at a loss.The matter of him beating Wang Jianting brought trouble to the court, and then what?How did the emperor and all civil and military officials react?

"The emperor is furious. In order to keep you, my father asked the emperor to deal with it fairly." Zhang Bowen looked at Zhang Yanjin with some displeasure. Fortunately, he thought that his younger brother had grown up at that time. It's all about winning the emperor's favor.

Zhang Yanjin nodded, and he roughly guessed the rest.In order to keep him, Zhang Zhongqian adopted the method of retreating and advancing. Even if Zhang Zhongqian said at the time that the emperor should deal with it fairly, the emperor would not treat Zhang Zhongqian for the sake of Zhang Zhongqian's contribution to the Great Wei Dynasty.

What's more, he was thousands of miles away at that time, even if the emperor asked someone to arrest him, it would take several days to go back and forth, but he never thought that he would run back by himself.

"You go to the palace with me now, and admit your mistakes to the emperor!" Zhang Zhongqian's complexion darkened, and he made up his mind to stop.

Zhang Yanjin nodded obediently, and asked someone to bring the things he wanted to give to the emperor, and followed Zhang Zhongqian to the palace.

It can be said that the emperor was annoyed and aggrieved by Zhang Yanjin's beating of Wang Jianting. After these two men are heroes, it is really difficult to punish them. I'm afraid I won't be able to convince others, the speed in the middle is really difficult to grasp.

More importantly, there is really no reason for him to punish Zhang Yanjin. He has found someone to investigate clearly. Wang Jianting sent Zhang Yanjin to beat him on purpose. What's more, he gave Zhang Yanjin those places. Zhang Yanjin With the right to control all the land there, Wang Jianting is really making trouble for no reason.

But if Zhang Yanjin was not dealt with, it would be logically unreasonable.This kid just went to Datong, Xizhou for a few days, and he beat Wang Jianting. No matter how bad Wang Jianting is, he is still an official of the court. Temperament, will definitely become more lawless.

Just when the emperor of Great Wei was regretting that he should not have been fooled by Zhang Yanjin's rascal appearance that day and gave Zhang Yanjin the big land in Datong, Xizhou, he heard Li Mingrui's voice from outside: "Your Majesty, Duke Ning Zhang Zhongqian begs to see you, They said they were holding Zhang Yanjin to plead guilty."

It happened to be three o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was at its most prosperous, but the sun was hanging brightly in the sky, passing through the window and leaving a mottled light and shadow on the ground, but there was no heating at all.

The emperor pulled the thin blanket on his lap, sighing slightly in his heart.After all, he was old, and when the weather was cold, the place where his leg had been injured was full of soreness.

Hearing Li Mingrui say that Zhang Zhongqian is coming, the emperor felt agitated for a while, but when he heard the second sentence, he was slightly taken aback.Did Zhang Zhongqian escort Zhang Yanjin to plead guilty?Isn't this Zhang Yanjin in Xizhou?He even got someone to arrest him, why did he suddenly appear in Chang'an City?

He nodded slightly towards Li Mingrui, and Li Mingrui immediately understood, and went out to announce Zhang Zhongqian and Zhang Yanjin into the palace.

Then the emperor saw the righteous Zhang Zhongqian and the limping Zhang Yanjin.

The emperor took a look and found that the fabric on Zhang Yanjin's butt was actually oozing blood.It seems that Zhang Zhongqian really played a heavy hand, and the emperor's irritable mood gradually calmed down a little. For some reason, seeing the scoundrel Zhang Yanjin being beaten like this, he felt a little dark in his heart.

After Zhang Zhongqian saw the emperor, he immediately knelt down and saluted, "Your Majesty, the guilty minister Zhang Yanjin has brought it here, please deal with it fairly!"

"Mr. Ning, please get up quickly. It's cold on the ground in early winter. Why do you need to be polite?" As soon as the emperor said this, Li Mingrui immediately stepped forward to help Zhang Zhongqian, and gave Zhang Zhongqian a cushion to kneel and sit on the cushion.

Zhang Yanjin grinned in pain, but due to etiquette, she had to kneel on the ground and said: "The criminal Zhang Yanjin kowtows to the emperor!"

The emperor looked at Zhang Yanjin coolly, and had no intention of letting Zhang Yanjin get up.This guy Zhang Yanjin is really too lawless, he should suffer a little bit.

Without the emperor's order, Zhang Yanjin didn't dare to get up and could only kneel on the ground.

"Aren't you in Datong? Why did you suddenly appear in Chang'an City?" The emperor asked slowly.

Zhang Yanjin slowly took a breath to relieve the pain in his buttocks. He knew that his uncle Zhang Zhongqian was making progress by retreating, and wanted to take the initiative to admit his mistakes to the emperor to relieve the emperor's anger. Besides, the emperor would not take it for the sake of Zhang Zhongqian's contribution. Punish him again.

"Reporting to the emperor, when the criminal came back this time, he didn't know that the emperor had sent someone to Datong to arrest the criminal... The criminal was only concerned about the emperor's health and family, and wanted to present the treasure found in Datong to the emperor." Zhang Yanjin Originally, he wanted to move his body slightly to find a less painful position, but as soon as he moved, Zhang Zhongqian's angry eyes swept over him, he quickly straightened his body, and replied respectfully.

The emperor leaned on the table, the wrinkles on his face slightly stretched: "Baby?" Datong in Xizhou is barren and cold, where can there be any treasures?This guy didn't want me to punish him, did he say that on purpose?The emperor did not have much interest in this.

"Report to the emperor, these treasures can guarantee that the emperor will not be afraid of the cold in the harsh winter." Zhang Yanjin said while enduring the burning pain on his buttocks.If he had known that Zhang Zhongqian had whipped him up just after he came back, he should have given that kid Wang Jianting a few more punches in the first place!

The emperor immediately became interested, he sat up slightly and said: "Then tell me, what is your treasure."

"Reporting to the emperor, it is Ruitan. This Ruitan burns with light but no fire, and it is smokeless and non-toxic. Putting it in the room in winter can make the room warm like spring." Zhang Yanjin looked at the emperor quite aggrieved: "I just When they entered the palace, they specially asked people to bring the things that the ministers presented to the emperor this time, because the winter is cold, the emperor's dragon body and health are the blessings of the court and the common people, and the guilty ministers dare not delay."

Who doesn't like to hear flattery?In particular, what he said was justified and restrained, and it was not empty praise.

The emperor was really happy with the dragon's heart. His eyes met Zhang Yanjin's, and he was instantly amused. This rascal made a mistake, so why did he still look at him with an aggrieved face?

When the two looked at each other, Li Mingrui had arranged for the eunuchs outside to carry in the large carved wooden box that Zhang Yanjin had brought into the palace.

After Zhang Yanjin saw it, she cupped her hands and said, "Please allow the emperor to allow the guilty minister to stand up and show the emperor the method and effect of Ruitan."

After receiving the emperor's nod and approval, Zhang Yanjin stood up leaning from the ground with his waist supported. This was really not pretending, but his uncle Zhang Zhongqian, although elegant on the outside, was a solid iron-blooded general in his heart. When the whip danced, he was a The tiger was full of power, and Zhang Yanjin's butt was bloody with a few whips, but according to his words, he still kept his strength.

Looking at Zhang Yanjin's funny limping appearance, the emperor secretly smiled in his heart, but his face was still peaceful.

Zhang Yanjin instructed the eunuch to take out the anthracite that he had specially cut out of the carved wooden box, and put it into the large heater he had made of copper.

"This is Ruitan?" The emperor looked at Zhang Yanjin and asked the eunuchs to carry it to the copper heater in the center of the hall, "Then what is this thing that holds Ruitan?"

"Reporting to the emperor, this is the stove that I made for the emperor to keep warm in winter. This stove is made of copper. It transmits heat quickly, but it is also insulated, so it will not burn the floor." Zhang Yanjin actually doesn't know whether it is better to burn charcoal in a copper basin or not. Iron basins are good for burning charcoal, but after he observed that almost all copper basins were used later, he deduced these conclusions.

He clasped his hands again and said: "Please ask the emperor to let the minister show the magic of Rui Tan to the emperor."

After seeing the emperor nod his head slightly, Zhang Yanjin asked someone to light Ruitan.

Anthracite is the highest quality coal among all coals, not because it is only smokeless, but also because anthracite has the highest carbon content and almost no impurities. Therefore, when the eunuch finds an oil lamp, the anthracite in the large copper heater burns immediately and emits There was a faint crackling sound, but no smoke came out, and after a while, a red light shone.

Zhang Zhongqian, who was not far from the copper heater, suddenly felt a warm current rushing towards his face, dispelling the chill from his body.

Although the emperor sat far away, he could vaguely feel a warm current flooding the hall, and the soreness of the old wound on his leg also felt better.

"In addition to the stove, the guilty minister brought a hand warmer to the emperor when he came back this time." Zhang Yanjin took out a hand warmer from another carved wooden box. This hand warmer is very delicate, with carved ceramics on the outside and a copper handle on the side. People put their hands through the copper handle, and the hand warmer can be firmly circled in the palm of the hand.

There are crushed coals made of anthracite in the hand warmer, so that the small coals dug out can be effectively used. The outer layer of ceramics can not only make the hand warmer look beautiful, but also keep it warm without burning your hands.

After all, Zhang Yanjin handed the hand warmer to Li Mingrui, and asked Li Mingrui to present it to the emperor.

The emperor held it in his hand, and he really felt a wave of warmth in his palm, which immediately made people feel much warmer.

Afterwards, Zhang Yanjin also asked people to take out a foot warmer, and things like warm collapses.

"This is?" The emperor became interested when he saw the warm floor covered with thick felt. He lifted the thin blanket on his lap, and walked down with the stove in his hands, looking at all kinds of novelties placed in the hall. thing.

Zhang Yanjin uncovered the thick felt on the warm floor, opened the copper cover on it and said: "Reporting to the emperor, this warm floor is made of a mixture of copper and iron. You can put the heater in it, and put a thick blanket on it. Even in the severe winter of March [-]th, sitting on it is as warm as spring."

"It's really novel!" The emperor observed the anthracite for a long time, and then praised: "This Swiss charcoal is really smokeless and fire-free, it is really a magic thing for heating!"

With the heat emitted by the anthracite coal, the hall gradually warmed up, and the emperor felt even happier. Standing in front of the big copper heater, he didn't even feel the soreness from the old wound on his leg.

Zhang Zhongqian looked at Zhang Yanjin, who was eloquently introducing the treasures to the emperor, and was a little dumbfounded. Where did this silly boy get such treasures?

At that time, when he carried Zhang Yanjin into the palace, he didn't take what Zhang Yanjin said to heart at all. Who knew there were so many tricks and it was so magical.

But the emperor didn't let the past go by because of Zhang Yanjin's offering of treasures. He looked at Zhang Yanjin and said, "What's going on between you and Wang Jianting?"

"The guilty minister indeed beat Wang Jianting. The guilty minister knew his mistake and asked the emperor to punish him." Zhang Yanjin confessed, and his attitude of admitting his mistake was quite sincere.The emperor asked someone to go to Xizhou Datong to arrest him. He must have understood the general process of the matter. If he refused to admit it and wanted to defend himself, it would be arrogance. No one would like a person who is arbitrarily arrogant, especially the emperor.

Zhang Zhongqian also said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I have no way to teach my nephew, let him commit such a wrong thing, I am extremely ashamed, please Your Majesty punish me for my wrong way to teach my nephew."

The emperor gritted his teeth, Zhang Zhongqian and Zhang Yanjin's move was obviously a bitter trick, first Zhang Zhongqian beat Zhang Yanjin, personally escorted Zhang Yanjin into the palace to admit his mistakes, and killed his relatives righteously, and then Zhang Zhongqian took all the mistakes on himself. Sincerely.

But he, Zhang Zhongqian, was an old minister who followed him to fight the world immediately, step by step, if he really punished Zhang Zhongqian, how could he bear it?

In the impression of the emperor, Zhang Zhongqian has always been a refined gentleman.Although he is a general, he does not lose the elegance and knowledge of a literati.

Then this trick of retreating into advance must have been thought up by Zhang Yanjin, a rascal!

But Zhang Yanjin's rogue emperor also knew about it, so he wasn't very angry.If one day Zhang Yanjin really becomes a gentleman, he really won't be used to it.

He looked at the novelties that had been placed in a large hall, and the remaining anger in his heart gradually subsided.

"Mr. Ning Guo, get up quickly!" The emperor handed the hand warmer to Li Mingrui, stepped forward to help Zhang Zhongqian up and said, "The younger generation is full of blood, and their temperaments are unstable. It is inevitable that there will be fist fights. It is true that we should be educated, but in the end It's a play among the children, it should not be a big deal."

He let the scoundrel Zhang Yanjin go because of Zhang Zhongqian's face, not because the scoundrel Zhang Yanjin was really innocent.

After the emperor helped Zhang Zhongqian up, he said to Zhang Yanjin, "Get up too."

Zhang Yanjin quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you, the emperor, for your kindness! After the guilty minister returns home, he must reflect on himself!"

Although the emperor said it was all right, Zhang Zhongqian brought Zhang Yanjin back home with his face still darkened all the way. Zhang Yanjin knew that something had happened, so she lay on the bumpy carriage without saying a word.

"How did you get hurt like this?" After all, the old lady of the Zhang family loves her grandson very much, and since she hasn't seen Zhang Yanjin for a long time, she loves Zhang Yanjin even more. Seeing Zhang Yanjin limping from the carriage being helped down, her distressed eyes All red.

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