Ancient promotion routine

Zhang Yanjin slowly said: "Similarly, it is such red bricks. Others think that these red bricks can be used to build houses, which will keep the houses strong and undamaged for many years, or used to build fortifications, so that we can protect the borders of Wei Wei. You, Liu Yanshi, are full of intrigue and dirty thoughts!"

Liu Yanshi stared at Zhang Yanjin in disbelief. He pointed at Zhang Yanjin, his thin arms trembling, and said, "Zhang Yanjin, you, you..."

All civil and military officials of the court also looked at Zhang Yanjin in shock. When did Zhang Yanjin, an ignorant rascal, say such philosophical words?Moreover, the examples given are all in line with the facts, and there is no way for people to refute them!

Although the emperor's expression was still calm, doubts arose in his heart.Zhang Yanjin turned out to be so talented, and even knew how to practice Zen and enlightenment. Could it be that the rascal before was just for himself?If not, the contrast between before and after is really too great, right?

He looked at Zhang Zhongqian and found that Zhang Zhongqian was also puzzled.

"Aren't I telling the truth?" Zhang Yanjin looked firmly at Liu Yanshi and said, "Have you ever understood the function of this red brick? Have you ever used it? You only know by investigating things. You draw conclusions without practice. As a speech officer, do you think you are responsible for doing so?"

There was a strange sense of refreshment in the emperor's heart. To be honest, being stared at by Liu Yanshi every day was really uncomfortable, but he wanted to be a wise king, so he could only endure it. After all, if he dismissed Liu Yanshi, there would really be no one in the future. Tell him the truth.

Almost all the civil and military officials below have been impeached by Liu Yanshi for various things. At this time, Zhang Yanjin, a yellow-mouthed child, stunned Liu Yanshi, who was almost in his forties, speechless. It is false to say that he is unhappy .

Only Zhang Zhongqian turned dark, feeling that Zhang Yanjin was still young and merciless in doing things, and regretted letting Zhang Yanjin bring a brick as a gift to the emperor.

But at this time, what Zhang Yanjin said was right, and it was not easy for him to stand up and say something. After all, this was above the court. For the time being, he and Zhang Yanjin were not in the relationship of parents and nephews, but were ministers of the same dynasty. The final say.

Liu Yanshi became angry from embarrassment, blushed and knelt down in the tunnel: "Your Majesty, I am not capable enough, so I ask you to dismiss me, let me resign and go back to seclusion!"

Zhang Yanjin took a cool look at Liu Yanshi, who was kneeling aside with red ears, and was so lazy that she didn't want to say anything.If you can't say that you are going to resign and go back to hiding, do you really think he is so important?Who are you pretending to show?

As early as when Zhang Yanjin finished speaking, the emperor had expected that Liu Yanshi might make such a fuss, and he said, "Why did Aiqing say such a thing? Now that you are approaching your forties, you are the backbone of the imperial court. How can you just let this go?" Resign from office and go back to seclusion? You can’t say that again.”

Afterwards, the emperor changed the subject and said, "It's normal to argue in the court. If everyone expresses their views, there will be arguments. If there is no argument, how can we come to a suitable point of view? Alright, Ai Qing, please hurry up."

The emperor gave Liu Yanshi a step down, if Liu Yanshi didn't know how to live or die, he would not give face to the emperor.After thanking him, he slowly stood up and went back to the team.

"Zhang Yanjin, what did you say is the difference between red bricks and blue bricks?"

The emperor immediately asked the point. If it was the same as Qing Zhuan, Zhang Yanjin would not be so stupid as to give him this gift.

Zhang Yanjin cupped his hands, and said again: "Reporting to the emperor, this red brick is when I went to Datong, Xizhou, and accidentally found a clay field in Datong. The soil in the clay floor is thick and sticky, so the local people call it clay, so it is slightly The minister had a whim, if this kind of mud was used to make the foundation stone of the building, wouldn't it make the house stronger, and by chance, the minister made the clay into rectangular bricks."

He smiled lightly and continued: "Later, Weichen thought that ceramics would become stronger after being fired. If red bricks made of this kind of clay would become harder after being fired? From this, Weichen made people The red bricks are tempered in the fire, and when the red bricks come out of the fire, they become like this. Compared with the blue bricks, they are not bad, and more importantly, the quality is not bad, but they are better than the blue bricks. Bricks are ten times easier." After speaking, he emphasized his tone.

Manchao finally felt surprised. If so... wouldn't most of the people in Wei Dynasty be able to use it?

"How about the output?" The emperor stared at Zhang Yanjin and asked.

In fact, he had already seen the house that Zhang Yanjin was talking about from the drawings submitted by Li Mingrui, but he really didn't know the specific output.

Zhang Yanjin smiled lightly, and said with confidence in his words: "I only have one factory, but it can produce a lot every day.

It has reached 100 million yuan, and the number of workers in the factory is half that of the workers who built the house, but the output of red bricks is still more than enough, and now there are three warehouses. "

The emperor was also a little moved, one firing of blue bricks, 10 yuan a month is enough.

"What is the cost and price?" Chen Derang asked suddenly. As the Minister of the Ministry of Households, he was the most sensitive to this, especially when the emperor and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry were tempted, so he immediately came out to ask.

Zhang Yanjin smiled inwardly, it seemed that the business was done.

"The green brick costs one penny, and the red brick costs two pennies."

so cheap?

All the officials looked at each other in the same way. On average, a two-entry house only uses 10000 bricks. That is to say, it originally cost 80 taels, but now it only needs 5 taels.Everyone is moved, don't look at their money, but they also want to use such a big gap. To build a few villas and a courtyard, it used to cost hundreds or thousands of taels, but now, tens of hundreds of taels, It's really incomparable.

Even the emperor is ready to move. Does he still want to build a summer palace?But the treasury was really tight because of the Northern Expedition.

Zhang Yanjin can see it completely, they are already moved and have the desire to buy, the rest is to tell them that the quality of red bricks has the characteristics of red bricks, then they will go crazy.

So, he said with a smile: "I have already started construction in Datong, and I will definitely create the most distinctive town in Dawei. I will invite the emperor to watch it."

All civil and military officials in the government and the public are concerned about the price. When they heard Zhang Yanjin's words, they all felt that Zhang Yanjin, a scoundrel with a yellow mouth, was too arrogant. watch?

Zhang Zhongqian looked at Zhang Yanjin with a headache, full of regrets for bringing Zhang Yanjin to the first day celebration.This immature guy just finished causing trouble, and he's here again. If this continues, he doesn't know how many troubles he will cause!

Just when Zhang Zhongqian was about to come out to speak, he saw the emperor smiled lightly and asked generously, "Oh? Then you are talking about the reason why you invited me to watch it?"

Zhang Yanjin clasped his hands again and said, "Reporting to the emperor, I invite the emperor to take a look. Firstly, I want to contribute my humble contribution to the emperor, and secondly, because I want to enjoy the glory of the emperor as the ninth five lords." , so that the humble minister can also be proud."

As soon as he said this, there was an uproar among civil and military officials in the court. I have never seen such a shameless person before!He wanted to use such rogue methods to invite the emperor to come and add luster to himself, but he was really a rogue, but this guy was so calm and composed!

The mainstream school of thought advocated by the Great Wei Dynasty was Confucianism. From the emperor to the ordinary people, they all paid great attention to fame and integrity, let alone this group of educated and talented civil servants. Self-awareness is to be an upright gentleman who puts his reputation first, and should not engage in rascal behavior. Otherwise, wouldn’t he be no different from the rascals on the street?

But at this moment, Zhang Yanjin changed the subject: "However, I think that the emperor has to work hard for the court and society every day. The court cannot be without a king for a day, and I can't occupy the emperor's time for my own selfishness. Therefore, I think After it is built in Datong, Xizhou, if there is no problem, build another one in Chang'an, so that the emperor can take a look at the house made of red bricks."

Only then did all the civil and military officials of the court realize that what Zhang Yanjin said just now was a joke, but they all believed it, and still scolded Zhang Yanjin as a scoundrel in their hearts. A yellow-mouthed child who had just reached the crown was tricked, and it really made people laugh out loud!

"Okay, I'm waiting for you to let me see the red brick house!" The emperor touched the exquisite fireplace placed aside, and waved his hand.The coal heater that Zhang Yanjin sent here is pretty good.

After Zhang Yanjin knelt down to thank the emperor, she withdrew.

As all the officials finished delivering the New Year's gifts to the emperor, it was the New Year's Day opening ceremony.

In the Great Wei Dynasty, there was no solar calendar or lunar calendar, so New Year's Day at that time was the first day of the new year.

The chief eunuch on the side put a golden bottle filled with sake on the long red sandalwood case. This kind of sake and the golden bottle imply: Jin Ou is eternal and jade candles are always tuned.

Then, the eunuchs standing solemnly on both sides will light the auspicious cloud thick wax on both sides of the red sandalwood long table. This kind of candle is as thick as a baby's arm, symbolizing the eternal presence of the country and the auspicious clouds surrounding it.

Afterwards, they lit the bronze eight-toed auspicious stove in full bloom on the vermilion lacquer carved cloud dragon plate and the bronze incense plate that circled left and right.

When everything was ready, the emperor picked up the pen and inkstone with a long brush inlaid with a dragon-inlaid copper tube, put the pen tube on the incense burner, and then swung Fang Qiu and wrote on the red paper: Jiangshan consolidates agricultural harvest.

Although the emperor folded the paper himself after finishing writing, put it in the gold box prepared by the chief eunuch, and sealed it, but Zhang Yanjin had already guessed what the emperor wrote.

After the emperor finished writing on New Year's Day, the congratulatory gifts for the emperor from the civil and military officials entering the palace on the first day of the new year were completely completed. After the emperor announced his retirement, they all left the Hanyuan Hall.

Coming out of Hanyuan Hall and passing through Danfeng Gate all the way, Zhang Zhongqian kept his face dark and didn't say a word.It wasn't until the two of them got into the carriage sent by the housekeeper that Zhang Zhongqian frowned and said seriously, "Why can't you be more mature?" It didn't work either.

"Uncle, my nephew knows that my nephew is impulsive in court today, and I will pay attention to it in the future." Zhang Yanjin knew that Zhang Zhongqian was doing it for his own good, so she took the initiative to give in.

Zhang Zhongqian sighed heavily and said: "This Liu Yanshi is a picky person. Although he was wrong in the court today, what you said about him is really too serious. You almost didn't give him any face. It wasn't that the emperor gave him a step down later, I don't know what will happen today."

The more he spoke, the more angry he was, he glared at Zhang Yanjin and said, "Erlang, you have reached the crown, and it's time to mature. In the court today, there is absolutely no need for you to confront Liu Yanshi tit for tat."

Zhang Yanjin didn't want to criticize Liu Yanshi like this at first, but he couldn't get used to people like Liu Yanshi who were too sanctimonious.

However, he also knew that arguing with Zhang Zhongqian would only hurt the feelings of their father and nephew, and there was no benefit other than that, so he bowed his head and said submissively: "Uncle, nephew knows."

Zhang Zhongqian already loved Zhang Yanjin very much, and he also knew that it was Liu Yanshi who was picky, not Zhang Yanjin's fault, he was just afraid that Zhang Yanjin would be wronged in the future with his sharp words, he said that just now, seeing that Zhang Yanjin had already admitted If you make a mistake, don't say anything more.

Zhang Yanjin lived in Ningguo Mansion until the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, enjoyed the prosperous lantern festival in Chang'an City, and then rode Zhang Wuer all the way to Xizhou Datong, while Zhang Wuyi parted ways with them in Weicheng, according to Zhang Yanjin According to his orders, go to Yulin to buy land, and then meet Zhang Yanjin in Datong, Xizhou.

Although Zhang Yanjin's Ruitan has swept the aristocratic circles throughout Chang'an City this winter, in fact, hidden under the aura of Ruitan, the most popular sales are ordinary coal, as well as the broken coal and smaller cinders left over from mining anthracite.

After Zhang Yanjin sent people to investigate the living standards of the common people, he priced the coal at a price acceptable to the common people.In this way, every household uses coal in winter, but there is a difference between good and bad.

Zhang Yanjin has also become a god-man in everyone's eyes, who can save everyone from the cold in winter.

Not only that, in front of the emperor and civil and military officials in the imperial court, Zhang Yanjin was so angry that Liu Yanshi was about to resign from office and go back to seclusion. It rhymes too much, it is easy to spread in words, and it is really unheard of by everyone. This incident was blown all over the city of Chang'an along with the spring breeze.

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When Zhang Yanjin and his party returned to Datong, it was already the end of January, and Chang'an City had already shown signs of spring recovery, but Datong was still as if in an ice cellar, with cold wind and snow.

The sun was hidden behind layers of leaden gray clouds, and the pedestrians on the road were wrapped like rice dumplings, staggering forward in the cold wind.

"Erlang!" Brothers Wang Shi and Wang Jiu brought a few people to welcome Zhang Yanjin, and said beamingly.

Zhang Yanjin turned over and got off the horse. With one mouth open, the hot air condensed into white mist and floated in the air.His coal mine is on a high place. When he just galloped over on horseback, he had already seen rows of red brick houses on the high ground. Going forward, he came to the main entrance of the coal mine factory and saw the words "Coal Mine" written on it. Factory three words.

"Good job!" Zhang Yanjin patted Wang Shi's shoulder, then Wang Jiu's shoulder, approving.

"Erlang, we have built the house according to your drawing, and let the workers move in after drying." Wang Shi pointed to a row of red brick houses on a high place, and he smiled embarrassedly and said: "It's just that no one dares to go up. They are afraid that when they stand in the middle, the middle will collapse and they will fall."

Zhang Yanjin laughed loudly, handed the whip in his hand to Wang Shi and said, "I'll go and have a look in the afternoon."

After lunch at noon, Zhang Yanjin took Zhang Wuer and others, and followed Wang Shi and Wang Jiu to see the house being built.

This row of houses is uniformly two-storey, with places for windows on the walls, and the top is paved with black tiles. The hovering... symbolizes auspiciousness.

Since the outside has not yet been painted with cement and white wall plaster, the cement between the red bricks can still be seen.

Zhang Yanjin frowned slightly. I don't know if he was used to looking at white walls in modern times or what, why did the red brick walls seem to be missing something the more he looked at them?Should we simply let craftsmen paint the walls with cement and put lime on them?

After all, in the Wei Dynasty, the walls of the houses in the palace were painted with red paint. I think this technique should not be difficult for craftsmen.But what is that white ash that paints the walls?

"Erlang, what's the matter?" Wang Jiu became a little nervous when he saw Zhang Yanjin staring at the red brick wall without speaking.

Zhang Yanjin shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I just don't think it's beautiful enough."

He pointed to the red brick wall and said, "Everything should be done in one go. I don't think you should wait any longer. When tomorrow, you organize the workers to start painting the walls with cement."

"Paint the wall with cement?" Wang Jiu was puzzled.

Zhang Yanjin pointed to the red brick wall and said, "Have you ever seen anyone whose walls are bare? Can cotton-padded clothes have only the lining and no face? Cement is the gray powder I tossed before returning to Beijing. Fang Zi, please show me Yes, let it out, and I will break your leg."

After Zhang Yanjin made the experiment, he would not hide it from Wang Jiu and Wang Shi. These two are Master Lu's apprentices and servants of Ningguo Palace. It is impossible to hold the things he made in his hands. The trained technicians are undoubtedly the most suitable.

Only then did Wang Jiu agree with a smile. They had never seen this kind of red brick house before, and it felt fresh to look at the red brick wall every day.

Since the ground and walls above were made of red bricks, Zhang Yanjin didn't want to go up for the time being, so she went back home to think about Baihui.

He remembered that white ash seemed to be slaked lime, that is, calcium oxide.If water is poured on the slaked lime used to paint walls at the construction site, the heat emitted by the slaked lime at that moment can boil an egg.

A simple chemical formula popped up in Zhang Yanjin's mind. Slaked lime is hard to find, but rocks containing calcium carbonate are easy to find. Limestone and shells should contain calcium carbonate. After burning the limestone, If the carbon dioxide in it goes out, isn't there only calcium oxide, that is, slaked lime?

There are many mountains here in Xizhou, so there should be a lot of limestone.

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