[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Lin Liu first sent a letter to Lu Sui in Gusu to inform him of the matter, and then discussed with Lin Ruhai, Ji Song, and the officials in charge of cement from the Ministry of Industry, and finally finalized where to build the cement house.

Of course, the first city to build a cement workshop is of course a port city along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

After all, Lu Sui decided the first way early.

The cement workshop is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, and the affairs of the cement workshop should be directly handed over to the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry.But this matter is of great importance, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry is not Lin Liu's confidant, she is worried about any accident, so she directly entrusts the matter to Ji Song.

But Ji Song is not a professional, after Lin Liu hesitated, he asked him to bring Maoshou along with him.

When Maoshou received the news, he was still indulging in his own little world——

Because I have to catch up with the imperial examination next year, Maoshou has spent most of his time studying recently. It just so happens that I got some interesting things from overseas foreigners recently, so I study them whenever I have time recently, and I have almost no free time.

Hearing that he might have to travel abroad for several months, Maoshou subconsciously chose to refuse.

But after learning about cement, Maoshou soon became interested.

He looked at Ji Song with a curious look on his face: "Is the cement as interesting as you said? And the blast furnace you mentioned, is the temperature really as high as you said?"

Cement is still second. If the temperature of the blast furnace is really that high, he must find a way to work in the Ministry of Industry after the imperial examination, so there will be too many things he can do in the future.

Ji Song didn't expect that Maoshou was not interested in going out, he was not interested in being his deputy, and he was not interested in being an official in advance. Instead, he came here immediately after hearing about the effect of cement and the ability of blast furnaces to calcine metal and stone. interest.

He smiled and nodded to confirm: "If you don't believe it, you can visit the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Industry has always had a blast furnace for calcination of weapons, and there is more than one; cement has also been mass-produced some time ago, and now the Ministry of Industry The road surface has been fully paved with cement, and it is smooth and stable when walking on it, without any ups and downs."

Ji Song wanted to say more, but Maoshou dragged him outside.

He was startled: "Mao Shou, where are you taking me?"

"Go to the Ministry of Industry?" Maoshou replied as he walked, without any intention of turning back. "Didn't you say before that you can go to the Ministry of Industry to visit the cement and blast furnace?"

Ji Song was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "Don't worry, the concrete road and blast furnace are there, and you can't run away."

"I want to see you soon!"

……

When he saw the concrete pavement and the towering blast furnace with his own eyes, Mao Shou opened his mouth wide and his eyes lit up: "I wanted to do a lot of things before, but I had to give up because I didn't have enough materials. If I can work in the Ministry of Industry ..."

He turned around instantly, "After the imperial examination next year, can I bypass the Imperial Academy and directly work in the Ministry of Industry?"

Ji Song looked at Maoshou, but remembered Lin Liu's tolerance for the younger brothers and sisters of the Lin family in his mind, and couldn't help laughing: "If you told your sister in advance, she should agree to your request. And if I didn't guess wrong , she should attach great importance to those so-called "extraordinary skills" you know, you are quite suitable for the Ministry of Industry, maybe the little Qilin planned to assign you to the Ministry of Industry."

Maoshou's eyes lit up with a swipe: "Then I must be admitted to Jinshi next year!"

He originally studied only because he was from the Lin family, and as a Lin family, it seemed that he had to go through the imperial examination to become an official.

But it's just a responsibility. He himself doesn't have much interest and motivation in becoming an official through the imperial examination.

But now, Maoshou immediately found the motivation to become an official in the imperial examination——

Ministry of Industry, here I come!

……

Seeing Maoshou's silly smile, Ji Song shook his head helplessly, thinking that Lin Liu's youngest brother was a bit silly.

He glanced at the blast furnace and said with a smile, "Then are you willing to follow me to build a cement workshop?"

Maoshou nodded: "Yes, I also want to see how such a blast furnace is built. If possible, I also want to build one in my own home."

Ji Song said instantly: "...Is this not very good?"

Build one in your own home?This idea is too wild.

"is it not OK?"

"This blast furnace can forge weapons, and it occupies a large area. What do you think?"

Maoshou looked regretful: "Okay, let me try to see if I can make the blast furnace smaller without affecting the calcination temperature of the blast furnace."

Isn't the big question that blast furnaces can forge weapons?

Ji Song froze for a moment, then laughed.

Rather, he was narrow-minded. With Lin Liu's trust in the Lin family, if Maoshou could really downsize the blast furnace and build one at home, she might not take it to heart at all.

……

Now that Maoshou had agreed, the two quickly left the capital with the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, and began to build cement workshops in cities along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

As long as the cement workshop is built, local materials can be used to calcinate the proportioned cement, which can greatly reduce the time and money spent on transportation.

At the same time, Lu Sui, who got the news, also went to Beijing.

He stayed in the capital for a long time last time, but it was only to better control public opinion. After the matter was over, Lu Sui returned to Jiangnan non-stop.

Because he was too anxious, he was mercilessly attacked by Zhao Shishi.

But Lu Sui didn't mind at all. After expressing his gratitude to Zhao Shishi, he quickly took over the business, sorted it out and immersed himself in it again.

Leaving Jiangnan this time, Lu Sui was worried about other people, so he could only invite Zhao Shishi again.

Zhao Shishi beat Lu Sui mercilessly.

Lu Sui also knew that his actions last time were a bit offensive, so he allowed Zhao Shishi to flare up, not daring to speak back at all.

Zhao Shishi scolded enough, snorted and didn't bother with him after all.

Only then did Lu Sui take his people to the capital.

As soon as he arrived in the capital, he went directly to the palace to find Lin Liu: "Can cement really be mass-produced? My sister's letter didn't make it clear, so I'm a little confused..."

"Don't ask for now," Lin Liu said with a smile, "I'll take you directly to the Ministry of Industry, and you won't have any questions when you arrive."

Lu Sui swallowed the words that had slipped to his lips, and looked at Lin Liu eagerly.

Lin Liu laughed loudly: "Don't worry, wait until I change into normal clothes, and then I will let my father and other officials be notified, such a good thing, you can't hide it, and always let the officials of the court know, so that the resistance to the implementation in the future will be great." will be smaller."

Lu Sui adjusted his breathing and nodded obediently.

Lin Liu let Congda go to inform the officials of the various ministries of the court, while he went to change into a normal uniform.

Then, he took Lu Sui directly to the Ministry of Industry.

Other officials have come to the Ministry of Industry, and they are standing together in a big crowd, watching the scene is quite spectacular.

Among the six ministries of the imperial court, the Ministry of Industry has always been the most inconspicuous among them. In the past, let alone so many officials gathered in the Ministry of Industry, it was very rare to see even one or two officials from other departments come to the Ministry of Industry.

And all this is because of cement.

It is not only the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry who have realized the increase in cement production, but other officials of the Ministry of Industry also proudly puffed out their chests on the concrete floor, with a look of pride on their faces.

The other officials looked angry and funny, but they didn't talk nonsense. Instead, they walked around on the ground with a face of novelty, like a child who got a toy, carefully feeling a completely different feeling from the past , had a great time.

When Lin Liu and Lu Sui came together, all the officials stopped moving and talking, bowed their heads and shouted long live.

Lin Liu quickly called him up, and then stepped on the concrete floor.

Feeling this familiar touch again, Lin Liu felt complicated.

But soon, she adjusted her mood.

Lin Liu walked up to Lin Ruhai, and asked with a smile, "Father, what do you think of this cement? If the output can keep up, can it be popularized throughout the country, paving roads all over the country with cement, connecting all directions, and facilitating transportation?"

Lin Ruhai smiled and nodded: "Of course it is possible."

When the other officials heard Lin Liu's words, their eyes widened in surprise.

To be honest, Lin Liu's actions after ascending the throne are actually quite easy to guess——

Improve the status of women.

Her previous words and deeds conveyed this idea without hesitation, and put it into action, and she was completely unafraid of being guessed about her purpose.

Most of the officials who still want to be officials in the court already know and accept this point, even if they have other little things in their hearts, they don't intend to confront Lin Liu head-on, but want to make small moves in private.

But no matter who it is, they have already left a good or bad impression of Lin Liu, the empress who has just ascended the throne.

This female emperor is the emperor of women, not the emperor of all the people.

She only does things for women.

So even if they saw the cement, all the officials did not associate with the paving of the country, but guessed how the emperor could use cement to improve the status of women.

But the fact is that the empress proposed without hesitation that cement roads should be used, and she planned to pave cement roads all over the country.

It's not just good for women, it's great for everyone.

Once the transportation is developed and the time spent on the road is greatly reduced, merchants will become more active, special products from all over the country can be sold for money, and the lives of ordinary people will also improve...

The officials present were not stupid, and knew very well that if Lin Liu was able to accomplish this, it would be no less successful than what is happening now, promoting the two high-yield crops of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Food is the foundation. As long as there is enough food, the country's population will definitely usher in a stage of explosive growth.

If the emperor discovers and promotes the whole country, it will definitely be famous in history.

Not only the emperor, but even Lin Song (Guiling), who is responsible for promoting sweet potatoes and potatoes, will surely leave his own name in history.

Wenzhiwugong is almost the ultimate pursuit of every emperor.

Leaving a name in history is almost the highest ideal of literati.

Although there is no martial arts, Wen Zhi, Lin Liu, the empress, has been firmly in her hands less than a year after she ascended the throne.

And Lin Song, who was trusted by her, also achieved the achievement of leaving his name in history without much difficulty.

To be honest, the officials present were all sour.

But there is no way, who told them not to be Lin Liu's confidants?Not her brother?

Potatoes and sweet potatoes have existed for so many years, and the officials present not only tasted them, but even ate them, but who let them not discover the high yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the possibility that they can be used as staple food substitutes?

So although some people feel sour in their hearts, they can only be sour and cannot do other things.

But now, there is a very big achievement in front of their eyes——

Cement roads.

Everyone is gearing up, wanting to get a piece of it.

Even if you just participate in it, as long as you can leave a name in the pen of the historian, it will be smoke from the ancestral grave, and you are very lucky.

but……

Before Lin Ruhai could speak, the Minister of the Household Department poured cold water on everyone without hesitation: "The emperor wants to pave concrete roads all over the country. I know this is because the emperor loves the people like his own son. I don't want to see the people's traffic is inconvenient." And suffered and fell into poverty, but the emperor, there is not much money in the treasury."

Many officials stared in disappointment. If the treasury had no money, no matter how good the idea of ​​cement paving was, they would have to give up.

Although building roads is a good thing, if it wastes people's money and empties the treasury, it will not be worth the candle.

Lin Liu looked at the Minister of the Household Department: "How do I remember that there are tens of millions of taels of silver in the treasury?"

After all, after she ascended the throne, she raided the homes of so many wealthy and powerful families. If she didn't save any money, she would wonder if the officials of the household department had embezzled the money.

Minister of the Household Department is confident: "Although the Household Department has so much inventory, if all of it is invested in road construction, it is still a drop in the bucket. Even if there are still some left in the end, once the national treasury is needed for emergency, it may cause bad news. things."

What's wrong?Of course it is a civil uprising!

Lin Liu was stunned for a while before she realized that the Minister of the Household Department was not unwilling to build roads, but felt that building roads would cost a lot and would easily empty the treasury.

In short, because the Minister of the Ministry of Finance did not understand the cost of cement, he took it for granted that cement was expensive, and it was okay to build a road. If he wanted to build roads across the country, the treasury could not afford it.

Not really no money.

Lin Liu smiled, but was not angry, on the contrary, he had a little more affection for the Minister of the Household Department because of this.

In any case, emptying the treasury is a very unwise thing to do.

Hubu Shangshu thought that cement was expensive, even if he offended himself, he wanted to stop her plan to pave roads across the country, and he was really dedicated to his duty.

However, it is really not a good habit to rashly guess the price of cement when the situation is not clear.

She smiled and asked the Minister of the Ministry of Industry to come over: "The Minister of the Ministry of Industry is responsible for the whole forging of cement, so he should be very familiar with the cost of cement? Tell me, how much money is needed to pave roads across the country."

Minister of the Ministry of Industry stood up, with cold sweat on his forehead and trembling legs.

Lin Liu looked at Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and squinted his eyes: "Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry will not want to tell me that you don't know the cost of cement at all, right?"

Minister of the Ministry of Industry fell to his knees with a thud: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me, I, my mother recently fell ill at home, and I have been in a trance all day...

"Is it reasonable for you to dereliction of duty?" Lin Liu was furious, "Come here, take the minister of the Ministry of Industry to investigate carefully to see if what he said is true. If there is a little bit of falsehood, directly ransack the house and take off the top of his head." The black hat!"

The minister of the Ministry of Industry was taken aback, he didn't expect Lin Liu to dismiss him so easily, and immediately wanted to ask for mercy.

The guard next to him went up and covered his mouth, and took him down.

The Ministry of Industry, which was originally bustling, fell silent for an instant.

Lin Liu turned to look at other officials from the Ministry of Industry: "Who is in charge of cement?"

As soon as the words fell, two officials, one old and one young, came out.

The old one kept bending over, not daring to look into Lin Liu's eyes at all; seeing this, the young one quickly answered, "Return to the emperor, the main material of cement is very cheap, and the raw materials of several hundred catties cost less than half a tael of silver." , even if the cost of calcination is added, it will only be one or two. But a few hundred catties of cement can build a road of several hundred meters."

After all, not all cement is used to build roads, but stones and sand are also used.

And pebbles and sand, the price is lower.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present widened their eyes.

"But..." The young official glanced at Lin Liu carefully, "Although the cost of cement is very low, and the transportation is relatively easy, but if you want to transport cement to all parts of the country, the cost price will probably go up."

Transportation costs are also costs. You can't just look at the cost of raw materials and ignore the consumption on the road.

Lin Liu smiled: "So I don't intend to let the imperial court build roads."

She looked at Lu Sui, and threw out the method that the two of them had discussed before, asking the businessman to pledge a road, and even buy the naming rights of a road with money.

"According to this method, the imperial court only needs to build a cement factory in a suitable place. Not only will it not cost money, but it may also make some money."

Lu Sui smiled and said: "Caomin has already pledged to donate the road from the capital to Gusu, and plans to spend the same price to obtain the naming right of this road. I also hope that the adults will give Caomin a chance, and the court does not need it." To pay the money, the grassroots pay for it themselves, and they only need to erect a stone tablet at both ends of the road and in the middle, with the names of the grassroots, the donated silver, and the name of the road written on it.

All the officials gasped. Although they didn't know the distance from the capital to Gusu, they knew how long the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was. It was nearly [-] kilometers away. Gusu, I'm afraid it will reach [-] kilometers, right?

After such a long journey, he pledged to donate by himself?

Not to mention other people, even Lin Ruhai couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard Lu Sui's words, thinking that he was fooling around.

But on second thought, He Nian could earn tens of 10 taels of silver just by writing scripts.And he was able to make so much money precisely because of Lu Sui's various operations.

And Lu Sui's own business has already been done all over the country, and the annual income is probably an astonishing figure.

Maybe Lu Sui's money earned by himself is almost more than the savings of several generations of the Lin family.

If so, is it reasonable for him to admit this path with pride?

Lin Ruhai opened his mouth, and suddenly found that several of his children had grown to the point where he couldn't help being amazed.

It is really lucky that the Lin family has such a future.

Pledge, name...

Not to mention those businessmen, even the officials present were a little eager to move.

But as long as they think about their own family background, except for a very few, they can only give up helplessly.

However, Lin Liu's proposal was unanimously approved.

Even Shangshu Hubu, who was opposed to road construction at the beginning, his eyes lit up when he heard this method, and he wished that cement workshops would be opened all over the country immediately, and cement roads would be repaired all over the country.

After the matter was settled, other officials had other thoughts and wanted to leave the Ministry of Industry.

Although I know that my family background cannot be compared with that of Lu Sui, and I cannot pledge to donate a [-]-kilometer-long giant concrete road, but when I pledge to donate such a road in my hometown or the capital, it is also a good idea to leave my name in a certain place. Very nice idea.

Many officials have this idea and want to go home as soon as possible to raise money.

However, after watching the cement, Lu Sui opened his mouth, and said with some doubts: "Sister... Your Majesty, when you discussed with me before, didn't you mention a kind of horse-drawn carriage?"

The rail carriage is not only faster than the normal carriage, but also can carry twice as many people and goods as the normal carriage.

If more horses are added and the carriages are enlarged at the same time, this number can be increased even more.

Tramways have been popular in Britain for decades, until they were replaced by trams and cars, and finally withdrew from the stage of history.

But before the appearance of trams and automobiles, its superiority in speed and delivery was naturally irreplaceable.

What Lu Sui valued was the speed of the concrete road and the railcar.

Lin Liu turned to look at the young official: "I remember that the design drawing of the railcar was handed over to you together with the cement formula. Why do you only see cement now, and the railcar? Didn't you build it?"

The young official looked at the older one next to him, and said in a low voice: "The craftsman thinks that the railcar is too simple, and only needs one track on the road, so he didn't study it."

Lin Liu's expression suddenly became gloomy: "Which craftsman thinks that the carriage is not difficult? You call someone over, but I want to ask, is the track of the carriage embedded like a road, or floating on the surface? What kind of track material is going to be used? How much is the price? How long can it last? Is it replaced regularly, or is it broken? If it is replaced regularly, who will replace it?"

The young official looked subconsciously at the old man beside him, with a rather tangled expression.

The official next to him turned pale and knelt down on the ground with a plop.Sweat fell one by one, and soon wet the ground.

But Lin Liu remained unmoved.

The Ministry of Industry has always had little money and no real power, so even if the officials of the Ministry of Industry want to embezzle and break the law, they have no ability.

Therefore, when officials were strictly investigated before, the Ministry of Industry was actually the department with the highest retention rate of officials.

But now Lin Liu has seen the consequences of the high retention rate of officials from the former dynasty——

There are not many officials from the Ministry of Industry who embezzle and break the law, but there are dozens of lazy people.Look at it, up to the minister of the Ministry of Industry, down to the person in charge of a project, all of them are like trash. They shake their heads and don't know when they ask.

Lin Liu turned his head to look at the leading guard, who understood and stepped forward to take him away.

Lin Liu looked at the young official: "What's your name?"

The young official was a little apprehensive, but he still answered Lin Liu's question as calmly as possible: "My minister Liu Yuming has just joined the Ministry of Industry for three years and is just an ordinary principal."

Lin Liu nodded: "I see from your performance just now that you seem to have something to say?"

Liu Yuming didn't dare to hide anything, so he hurriedly said, "Going back to the emperor, because I thought the horse-drawn carriage was interesting, so I secretly asked the artisans raised at home to try to make a horse-drawn carriage. It is more than three times that of today's carriage. If it is made of wood, the cost is cheap, but the wear and tear will be relatively large. It is estimated that the wooden track will have to be replaced in one or two years; if it is made of iron, it will last longer, but once it rains, it will rust. , the service life is not as good as wood."

After speaking, he recalled Lin Liu's previous questions, and then answered Lin Liu's questions one by one in order.

Lin Liu was satisfied after listening.

She looked at Lu Sui, and said with a smile, "How does it sound? Do you need to add a horse-drawn carriage to the concrete road? If so, the wear and tear of the carriage will cost a lot of money."

Lu Sui nodded with a smile: "Of course it is necessary. I will pay for the materials for the track wear and tear. It's just that it's too troublesome to do so. Why don't the grassroots directly hand over a sum of money to the imperial court, and the imperial court is responsible for replacing the track at regular intervals?"

Lin Liu looked at the Minister of the Household Department.

Hubu Shangshu's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, the most important thing for the imperial court is manpower. As long as Mr. Lin has the money in place, there will be absolutely no problem with the track of your road."

Lu Sui replied with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, I'm short of everything, except money. As long as the imperial court maintains that road well, I will definitely not lose half a cent of my money."

The two people, who had never met before, suddenly chatted and laughed because of a deal.

I don't know, I thought the two knew each other before.

Lin Liu thought it was funny, and turned to look at Lin Ruhai, and sure enough, he shook his head helplessly.

This matter was decided, and the officials who were interested in the path of pledge began to think about where it would be more cost-effective for them to pledge a path after returning home.

After some discussion, the final decision is basically the way of my hometown.

Firstly, the economy of my hometown is not as developed as that of the capital, and there is no need for the capital to be rich, so there are naturally fewer people who pledge to donate to the road.If they pledged to donate a road in their hometown, it would be easier to get the gratitude of the villagers, and it would be more beneficial to their reputation.

After finalizing the name of the pledged road, these officials approached the Ministry of Industry and wanted to occupy the pit early.

Lin Liu went to the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry immediately lost two officials.

The result of this is astonishing. The remaining officials of the Ministry of Industry are all like clockwork robots. They are full of enthusiasm for work in an instant, and the atmosphere of the entire Ministry of Industry has changed from the previous idleness to full of enthusiasm. .

But the problem is that both the Minister of the Household Department and the Zuo Shilang have been dismissed by Lin Liu, and the Right Minister has been directly sent by Lin Liu to repair the blast furnace. Today, the Household Department does not have a person in charge at all.

These officials came excitedly, but they could only return disappointed.

After learning about this, Lin Liu thought for a while, and said directly: "The man named Liu Yuming is serious and responsible, and he is also very exploratory. Just mention him to the position of Zuo Shilang. If there are any officials in the court who want to pledge Those who are on the road, all go to Liu Yuming to sign up."

After speaking, someone drafted an imperial decree to completely implement Liu Yuming's official position.

Liu Yuming was originally only the head of the fifth grade, but now he has become the left servant, which really makes many people envious.

But if you talk about jealousy, there isn't a single one.

Everyone knows the situation at that time, and they also know that if the emperor called him out at that time, he might not be able to answer in such a careful and orderly manner. , When I asked, I shook my head and didn't know.

At that time, not to mention being promoted, I'm afraid that the black hat on his head will be lost.

Seriously speaking, they should also thank Liu Yuming.

Liu Yuming was a little scared at first, but he calmed down quickly, and directly took this matter as his own experience, and did it carefully and meticulously.

Because of his serious attitude and just showing his face in front of the emperor, almost no one would dare to make trouble and offend him at such a time.

Things went very smoothly.

Not long after, Liu Yuming took the list and begged to see the emperor.

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, remembering who Liu Yuming was, and asked someone to invite him into the imperial study.

After Liu Yuming entered the door to salute, he handed the list directly to Lin Liu.

Although it is not a form, Liu Yuming's records are concise and clear at a glance. It is not like other officials' writings, which are piled up with messy rhetoric. If you want to find what you need, you have to spend time reading it.

After reading it, Lin Liu nodded with satisfaction: "You will write all the memorials and reports that you submit in the future, and don't write some messy and irrelevant content."

Liu Yuming naturally nodded in agreement.

After Lin Liu finished reading it, he put the memorial directly aside: "Do you have anything else to report? If not, please step back first, I still have other business to attend to."

After hesitating, Liu Yuming said, "I do have something I want to report to the emperor."

Seeing Lin Liu looking over, Liu Yuming didn't hold back, and said directly, "Master Jiang from the Ministry of Households and Mr. Zhou from the Ministry of Officials come from the same place. They are actually from the same hometown. But because they both want to build roads in their hometown, so There was a little skirmish."

Lin Liu was stunned: "Both of them want to build roads in their hometown, so they quarreled?"

Liu Yuming hesitated and shook his head: "There is no quarrel."

After all, the two people who have taken a fancy to the same road are both officials. Because they are from the same hometown, they had a good relationship in the past, so when they found out that they both wanted to build roads in their hometown, although disputes inevitably arose, the two After a few quarrels, a solution was quickly found.

Lin Liu picked up the memorial that Liu Yuming handed over again, found the names of Mr. Zhou and Mr. Jiang, and found that they wrote the same road afterwards.

After taking a closer look, they found out that the two jointly built the same road. Originally, they only planned to build a ten-kilometer road. After they pooled their money, they simply built a road that was [-] kilometers long.

That's a pretty good idea.

Two people jointly build a longer road, not only will the reputation spread farther, but it is also more convenient to build the road than piece by piece.

Lin Liu smiled: "In the future, we can publicize this matter. If someone wants to pledge a road, but he doesn't have enough money, he can join the money to build the road like these two officials."

Liu Yuming nodded when he heard the words, and kept this matter in his heart.

He begged to see the emperor just for this matter, and he left after speaking.

Lin Liu looked at the list and fell into deep thought——

If you are short of money, of course you can solve the problem according to this method, and everyone is happy.But the most important thing for those businessmen is money. If they want to build the same road as these two officials, what should they do if they have a dispute?

Could it be an auction?

After Lu Sui knew about it, he thought of it with Lin Liu: "If two merchants want to build the same road, and they can't argue, just let them call the price themselves, and whoever pays more, let him decide on that road." Just donate."

Lin Liu laughed: "You went out with me."

This matter was not too difficult, and the auction method was easy to think of, so it was decided.

As for the relevant person in charge?Hubu Shangshu is rigorous and conscientious in his work, and considers the court wholeheartedly, so it is enough to directly entrust this matter to him.If you are worried, you can also send Liu Yuming to him as his deputy.

Although he has been in contact with Liu Yuming several times, Lin Liu already has a little understanding of Liu Yuming's temperament——

This is an official who is stubborn in doing things and has a somewhat rigid temper.

The key is not bad money.

Otherwise, even if he was interested in railcars, he would have no money and no place to do experiments.

Putting such a person next to Hubu Shangshu also put a shackle on him, even if he was tempted, he couldn't make it.

Ji Song took Maoshou and the right servant from the Ministry of Industry all the way forward by boat, and soon arrived at the first finalized place that needed to build a cement workshop.

With the support of the local government, the house of the cement workshop was quickly built.

Then comes the real problem-

Construction of blast furnaces.

You Shilang's departure from the capital this time was actually not voluntary.It's just that he is old-fashioned and not very good at being a human being, so he was somewhat excluded in the Ministry of Industry.

In addition, among several officials with surnames in the Ministry of Industry, he is the only one who really knows enough about blast furnaces, so when Lin Liu said that he would hand over the affairs of the cement workshop to Ji Song, but he needed workers. When the Ministry sent out a person to be in charge of technical guidance, he was pushed out by Shang Shu and Zuo Shilang.

However, the servant on the right is serious in his work. Although he was unwilling when he came out, when he actually did the work, his face changed instantly, and his whole person's aura was raised.

Ji Song was startled when he saw such a right servant.

After all, he thought before that, when it came to the part that the right servant was in charge of, he might be passive and sabotage.

Unexpectedly, it was completely different from what he expected.

He was about to sigh with Maoshou, but found that Maoshou's eyes were glued to him instantly after the expression of the servant on the right changed drastically, and he looked straight at him. Interested, Ji Song almost thought that Mao Shou fell in love with a bad old man.

Ji Song shook his head helplessly, are these technical people so strange?

But at this moment, neither Mao Shou nor You Shilang paid any attention to anything else, and both of them were focused on the construction of the blast furnace.

You Shilang has been in the Ministry of Industry for decades, and he is already familiar with the structure of the blast furnace.

As early as when he was on the ship, he had already drawn the structure of the blast furnace.Now that he was going to build a blast furnace, he naturally took out the blueprint.

Maoshou couldn't wait to get close to the right servant.

The servant on the right knew that Maoshou came here to help before, so he felt very uncomfortable, but now seeing that he still dared to join him, he felt a little bit embarrassed.

He put the drawing directly in front of Maoshou, pointing to one of the structural openings: "Do you know what this is and how it needs to be built? When building this place, what details need to be paid attention to, and what will happen if something goes wrong?" Influence?"

He popped a bunch of questions out, and then looked at Maoshou with a slightly provocative look.

Although there are suspicions of bullying the small by the big, what You Shilang hates the most is people who have no skills and insist on meddling in things he doesn't understand.

Mao Shou is neither a craftsman nor an official of the Ministry of Industry, so the right servant naturally regards him as the kind of person he hates the most.

He thought that after he asked such a question, Maoshou, who knew nothing, would definitely lose in shame.

But the truth is...

Maoshou looked at the right servant with bright eyes, and then asked the question he just asked back verbatim.

The servant on the right frowned, thinking that Mao Shou was provoking him.

As soon as he turned his head, he met Maoshou's wide-eyed pair of cat eyes, which were filled with an exuberant thirst for knowledge that would burn people: "..."

The right servant is not very old, but he is already the grandfather of a five-year-old child.

Facing Shang Maoshou's clear and transparent eyes, which were cuter than those of his five-year-old grandson, the right servant couldn't help covering his chest, ouch, I can't bear it!

He glanced at Maoshou with some awkwardness, and curled his lips: "It is said that I can't read human eyes. This old man just looks at it. This kid is worse than an old man like me, and he can't even read human eyes."

Although he was disgusted and felt that even if he said it, Maoshou would not understand at all, but the right servant still told Maoshou all the questions he asked before in a rather awkward tone.

——Take it as teasing my little grandson.

But what You Shilang didn't expect was that after he answered all the questions, Mao Shou just thought about it halfway.