Tang Dynasty Never Night

"This...is cement. I made it out by accident and found that this material is relatively strong, so this model is made of cement." Li Xian thought about it and thought it didn't matter. Anyway, he was not short of money, he had food. If you have a job title and a temporary job, you will get a lot of salary for one year, and you don't have to use this cement formula to make money.

After hearing this, Chu Pei just asked: "May I ask Your Highness, this cement... I don't know what features it has? How long can it be used? How much does it cost?"

Li Xian glanced at him, and felt that this person thought about the problem quite comprehensively. After thinking for a while, he said, "The cost is not high, and it is easier to use than earth and stone... Well, I will send some to you later, and then tell you Usage, but...the output of this thing is not very high, and it may not be easy to promote it on a large scale."

After hearing this, Chu Pei and Zhang Ning began to study, so the next step is...the time for professionals to do research. Naturally, they have to study the Yuedi first, but the model of this thing is still different from the real thing. Drawings are also extremely rough things in the eyes of professionals. Zhang Ning simply wanted to take the model back. Li Zhi turned to look at Li Xian. Li Xian took it away with a wave of his hand. Thought about taking it back.

Zhang Ning and Chu Pei excitedly went back to continue their research. Li Xian presented the recipe of Dongpo pork and repeatedly told him that the pork he sent must be used for cooking, so he resigned.

After returning home, I began to think of ways to increase cement production.In addition to this, he ordered the cement kiln to work overtime in the past two days to get more cement, maybe the Ministry of Industry will use it, and then Li Xian began to wonder whether he should get more cement kilns?Where there is more limestone production?After all, the transportation in this era is still relatively backward, and it is a waste of time and money to transport those stones from far away.

Li Xian thought for a while and asked someone to send some cement samples to Chu Pei and Zhang Ning. Of course, it was in the form of dust. Then he attached instructions for use, and repeatedly emphasized that you should not use your hands. If your hands touch it, you must not touch it water etc.

Li Xian thought that the Ministry of Industry might come to his door, but he didn't expect that Chu Pei would come over in person that afternoon, and there was only one person who wanted to buy cement.

Li Xian tossed and tossed for so long, all he thought of was using cement to pave roads and dams, but Chu Pei and the others thought of many places that could be used.

When Li Xian heard that Chu Pei was going to buy it, he was a little hesitant. He was a little unsure. Was he poaching the corner of the country?It might be okay if he is not the prince, but he... this country belongs to his family, isn't that not so good.

Chu Pei saw that Li Xian seemed to be hesitating, so he quickly took out the price they set, because cement is a new thing, and no one can say how hard it is to set the price. Chu Pei and Zhang Ning discussed it for a long time before deciding on it. It's just that no one is sure about the unit of measurement. After all, these are not earth and rocks and cannot be priced according to the existing unit, so Chu Pei came to discuss with Li Xian.

Li Xian thought for a while and said: "Let's use the weight unit, one ton... three hundred guan." This price is a price that Li Xian feels that his conscience is not too condemned, but it is also very profitable-basically all profit, The cost of limestone and slag and clay is not much at all, okay?

Chu Pei looked at him dully: "Ton?"

Li Xian reacted belatedly, what the hell, it seems that there is no unit of measurement called ton in this era, right?Li Xian could only say: "I was wrong, it was Shi."

After Li Xian finished speaking, he felt a bit dark. One ton is two thousand catties. According to the current calculation of 16 taels per catty, in fact, strictly speaking, one ton is 120 catties, but one stone is [-] catties. Jin, here and there are more than just a zero difference!

So he added another sentence: "It's the price of thirty stones."

Thirty stones are about three thousand six hundred catties, which is a few hundred catties less than what he originally thought, but he is not so fussy.After Chu Pei heard this, he immediately agreed. Thirty stones and three hundred guan are already very cheap in his opinion. If the cement can really last for five to ten years without collapsing as often as earth-rock dams, then the money is very cheap. It’s worth it, but Chu Pei didn’t buy too much this time. He ordered a total of 120 shi, because the funds of the Ministry of Industry have not been much recently, so there is no way. Too much money was spent on experimenting with them.

Li Xian asked someone to take stock of it. Fortunately, Zheng Qi built the cement kiln with great foresight, and the cement kiln has never stopped working since it was opened, so the cement kiln has a lot of inventory, at least 120 shi is more than enough .

Just such a little thing was exchanged for [-] guan, which was almost half of his previous donation. Li Xian felt a little stressed all of a sudden, and he began to consider whether to build more cement kilns?

After Chu Pei ordered the cement, he quickly found someone to go to Li Xian's cement kiln to move the cement. Li Xian didn't have to follow this matter, just let Chang Shi find the person in charge of the cement kiln to take it with him.At first he thought he could finally rest, but as soon as Chu Pei left, someone came to report: The former king Fu Zhengqi is here.

After hearing this, Li Xian was stunned for a moment, he was a little overwhelmed and a little joyful for a moment - I haven't seen Zheng Qi for two days, and I always feel a little missing.Although Zheng Qi hadn't seen each other for a long time after he was transferred to the East Palace, but in fact, he didn't miss that time. Realize that it is just missing.

Seeing that Li Xian was in a daze, he felt a little anxious. As a member of Zhou Palace, except for the later ones, everyone knew that the people in Zhou Palace were not the king and Chang Shi, but... Wang Fu!Even now Zheng Qi left them with a great psychological shadow, so he asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you want to see Zheng Fu?"

Although Zheng Qi is now Shaochang Bo, the Zhou Palace still habitually calls him Zheng Fu.

Li Xian came back to his senses and nodded: "Just invite Zheng...Zhan Shi to come in."

After realizing that he seemed to have such unspeakable feelings for Zheng Qi, Li Xian didn't want to continue to call Zheng Qi Zheng Fu. After all, this title represents a teacher. No matter how clear in his heart that he and Zheng Qi have no chance, in fact, he subconsciously wants to use various methods to narrow the distance between him and Zheng Qi.

As for why he didn't want to see Zheng Qi these two days, the main reason is... he found that his heartbeat was a little out of order when he saw the other party, isn't it now?He sat here and watched Zheng Qi walk in leisurely from the outside. The thing called the heart in his chest seemed to have turned into a rabbit in an instant. Like popping out.

After Zheng Qi came in, he saw Li Xian sitting there staring at him in a daze, and couldn't help frowning: I didn't see this guy for a while, he seemed even more stupefied.

In fact, after leaving the Zhou Palace last time, Zheng Qi also thought about what Li Xian said. In fact, he did not understand what Li Xian meant, and he also understood very well that people of different ages have different ideological pursuits. As a less pedantic Man, he didn't really think that Li Xian's thinking was wrong. If it was really wrong, then this kind of thinking couldn't become the mainstream of an era.

Zheng Qi doesn't know what the later generations will look like, but the thinking of the ruling class should not change too much. If an idea can become the mainstream of the era, it means that that idea has an effect on that era.

Zheng Qi's training on Li Xian was mainly because he felt that Li Xian's idea was too dangerous. Even if that idea was correct, it didn't mean it was suitable for the present.

Li Xian is already in this era, so he must follow the rules of this era. This is what Zheng Qi wants to instill in him. Unfortunately... If it is possible, Zheng Qi originally wanted to be Zhou Wang Fu for a while, but it was just a plan. It's better to change quickly, he can only walk away with worry.

After seeing him leave the Zhou Palace some time ago, although Li Xian couldn't help but jump out, what he did was indeed beneficial to the country and the people, not to mention that he walked upright and sat upright, and he didn't care about himself Gains and losses, the reputation among scholars is already faintly comparable to that of Li Xian, which is not a bad thing.

In the end, he found that it was too early to feel relieved. This guy is the kind of guy who just thinks he is reliable and can let go of his own things, and he will come up with something else to prove how good he is. .

After Zheng Qi sat down and drank a cup of tea, he found that the other party was still staring at him in a daze. Finally, he couldn't help knocking on the table. Li Xian came back to his senses in shock, and then his ears turned red in an instant—Nimma, how could he The people looked stunned, but fortunately, Mr. Zheng didn't think about anything else, otherwise...he would just die.

"Why do you have time to come here? Is there something wrong?" After saying this sentence, Li Xian looked at Zheng Qi vigilantly for a moment, what the hell, he didn't scold him before, so he scolded him again today?

Thinking of this, Li Xian felt a little suffocated. He just expressed his desire to find someone he likes to marry, and he was sprayed like a dog. If Zheng Qi knew that the one he liked was not a woman but a man, he would die. Immortal fell in love with... Will he be directly destroyed by humanity?

Zheng Qi watched Li Xian vigilant for a while, then downcast, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and suddenly his hands felt itchy and he missed the ruler in his hand back then.

"Did you know about the discussion about the election when you were in court?"

Li Xian nodded and looked at Zheng Qi suspiciously, and Zheng Qi didn't hesitate to get straight to the point: "I remember you mentioned the imperial examination system in your era vaguely, I remember it was relatively complete, so you don't have anything to add? Didn’t you also take the imperial examination route?”

Li Xian... Li Xian paused and remembered that when they were discussing the election, he, he... He was distracted by Zheng Qi's melodious voice, and he didn't pay attention to what they were discussing, so... What to add, he didn't know what to add at all.

Li Xian scratched his head and said, "Ah, I was thinking about other things at the time and didn't listen carefully. That...you tell me again?"

Zheng Qi: My hands are slightly itchy.

"Thinking about other things? What is more important than election?" The dead child doesn't know the importance at all!Is he still thinking about the question of whether he likes it or not?If this is the case... then let's go to the Martial Arts Field for a walk.

Li Xian couldn't say that he was thinking about how to push it to Zheng Qi (heavy fog), so he could only throw out the moon embankment map he had studied before and give Zheng Qi a random prevarication: "Didn't you spread the news that the flood in Jizhou was not easy to deal with?" I just remembered this, and then I came back to study it and made a model with cement, so I didn’t listen carefully at the time.”

Zheng Qi's face turned pale, luckily he didn't think about those things that are there, but... this thing does look fresh, Zheng Qi glanced at the picture, and understood the basic function of this thing without Li Xian's explanation, and then asked Said: "Where's the model?"

"It was taken away by Chu Shilang and Zhang Shilang. They said they were going to study it. Oh, yes, just before Chu Shilang left, he... came to buy cement from me." After Li Xian said the selling price Periodically Ai Ai said: "Is it a little expensive?"

Zheng Qi looked at his cautious look and laughed: "What's so expensive? If this... moon embankment made of cement can minimize flooding, it will be worth it. You don't know that Datang spends a lot of money on flood control every year. How much, not only is your price not high, but Chu Shilang also thinks you are kind enough."

There are very few people who didn't take advantage of the opportunity of exclusive production to make a fortune.

After hearing this, Li Xian was instantly relieved, and then he said enthusiastically: "However, I think Mr. Chu seems to have vaguely seen the benefits of cement, and bought a lot of them. I plan to open more cement kilns, but there seems to be a lot of cement kilns nearby. There is not a very suitable place, and the far place is too far away, so I am afraid that it will not be easy to control."

In fact, Zheng Qi had already thought of what Li Xian said. Before cement, there was no chance to come to the fore. An invention can only be truly accepted by people when people need it, and has a corresponding prospect. Now cement is approved by the Ministry of Industry. Pay attention to it, then it will be popularized in the future. As the inventor, Li Xian will feel sorry for himself if he doesn't make a fortune in the process.

As for Li Xian's feeling that the cement kiln was far away from Chang'an and it was difficult to control it, Zheng Qi simply didn't know how to complain - how good is this guy who doesn't have a reasonable understanding of his identity until now?How could he have forgotten that everyone in this world has the surname Li?Not to mention the direct bloodline of the royal family, even some distant branch clans will walk sideways outside, okay?

If the prince wants to do something, just ask his subordinates to do it with a certificate to ensure that it is legal and reasonable, and no one will dare to make trouble, okay?If you really look for trouble, you will turn into asking for trouble—unless the backstage is stronger than Li Xian, but this assumption basically does not exist.

So Zheng Qi emphasized: "If you find you, if you don't violate the law, no one will make things difficult for you."

Out of the enigmatic trust in Zheng Yu, Li Xian, who was worried before, was instantly relieved, and then he said with a look of relief: "This is the best, I'm afraid of trouble."

Zheng Qi knocked on the table: "Okay, you can deal with this matter yourself later, now let's talk about the election."

So the crooked building was crooked back by Zheng Qi, and Li Xian could only ask Zheng Qi to explain some details that had been discussed before.

To put it simply, the new election is based on four aspects of qualifications and labors to designate officials. The so-called capitals and labors are straightforward to put it in terms of qualifications and quality of work. The four aspects are body, speech, writing, judgment .First of all, there must be no physical disabilities, and no inappropriate words or deeds. Books are calligraphy and written reports, and judgments are the ability to judge things. Of course, this is Li Xian's understanding. In fact, the most basic of these four is the threshold.

Li Xian felt that if it was him, he would probably lose out in the book—his calligraphy and written language are really not very good. The slang interpretation table has the same effect, and what is even more deceitful is that this one is more reserved than that one. If no one explains it, few people will understand it.When you think those notes are full of nonsense, in fact, every sentence has a corresponding meaning, but you can't understand it if you don't understand it.

That is to say why books are included in the scope of the exam. Li Xian is the type who can't understand it, and then fails the make-up exam for ten thousand years.

Then this is Wenxuan. Wuxuan is different from Wenxuan. There will be riding and shooting, jumping and negative meters. Needless to say, riding and shooting, using Li Xian’s own understanding, crossing is probably a subject for measuring arm strength, and negative meters is probably weight bearing. Ran.

Then on the basis of these, those who can try three articles are Hongci, and those who try three articles are outstanding, which means that they are all excellent. Everything is similar, except that the prefectural and county officials in central Guizhou, Lingnan, and central Fujian entrust the local governors to choose scholars to supplement them, instead of going to the bureaucrats—how many ethnic groups in that place, in Li Xian’s opinion, this is the Tang Dynasty version of one country, two systems.

All officials have to take these exams. They take the exam once a year. Those who pass the exam should be awarded officials. Those who are not particularly outstanding but qualified but do not have a suitable position will be recorded on the long list first. It has to be said that this system has already been established. It is relatively perfect, even Li Xian can't put forward more perfect opinions, after all, many things are not suitable for this era.

However, he also has something to add, such as anti-cheating. Speaking of it, cheating has been around for 5000 years in China. Since the imperial examinations began, cheating has been born, and then candidates and examiners began to fight wits and courage.

It's just that the modern anti-cheating methods are obviously more brutal, setting up the examination room, setting up the invigilator, rotating the examiners, etc., only they can't think of anything that Li Xian can't say.

Even Zheng Qi, who had passed the imperial examination of thousands of horses and thousands of troops across the single-plank bridge, couldn't help feeling after hearing it: Fortunately, I took the exam early.

Yes, although Li Xian was supplementing it for the civil selection examination, Zheng Qi found that this supplement is also very useful for the imperial examination. After it is proposed, it might happen in the next round. Zheng Qi can only... A moment of silence for the next students.

After what Li Xian said was almost the same, seeing Zheng Qi looked extremely novel, he couldn't help feeling a little self-inflated, and he wrote while talking about Zheng Qi—the main reason why he didn't write it was firstly that his handwriting was not good-looking, Second, he writes too slowly!

He spoke fast and Zheng Qi recorded quickly. Anyway, after he finished speaking, he saw that Zheng Qi's pen was followed by a dragon and snake, and he looked back and found that Zheng Qi's record could be used as a record. Written report is used!It can be said that Zheng Qi has come to the point where the format and diction of various official documents are at his fingertips. The more Li Xian reads it, the more he feels...he is a stick.

After Zheng Qi finished writing, he also repeatedly praised these methods as really good, and at the same time felt very emotional-I didn't expect that the exam would be even more difficult after a thousand years.

Li Xian almost burst into tears when he felt so emotional, Nima, where is this, you don't think it's easy?I didn’t tell you about all kinds of electromagnetic interference equipment, cameras, etc.!That's called cruelty, cruelty and inhumanity!

It's just that the imperial examinations in this era are even more cruel and inhumane. It takes three days to take the exam, and you can't leave the exam halfway. It's cruel when you think about it.

Zheng Qi looked at the charter that Li Xian said, thought about it and changed it a little bit——Li Xian was so happy with what he said, at the beginning he picked the one that was more suitable for the current use, but later he became bald After I said it, many things were really inappropriate now, so Zheng Qi changed them.

The two murmured and studied for an entire afternoon, and after Zheng Qi ate dinner at the Zhou Palace, he left contentedly—in order to prevent Zheng Qi from violating the curfew, Li Xian specially advanced the dinner time, and put the unprepared kitchen I was exhausted over there.

After Zheng Qi left, Li Xian sat in the study and looked at the piece of paper with two people's handwriting, hehe hehe laughed so badly, Cheng Bao and Li Nu, who were finally allowed in to serve, couldn't help shaking when they saw it, and they both suspected Zheng Qi Did some witchcraft be used on their king—why does the king look so abnormal?

People in love are not normal, oh, it should be said that people in secret love are not normal when it comes to the person they have a crush on. In the past, Li Xian was most troubled by talking about government affairs. He is not very good at this, maybe he I think these things are too much to think about, so I don't want to think about them too much, but now it seems... It's quite interesting to discuss the government affairs with Zheng Qi, even if he complains about it.

Sure enough, falling in love can change a person, even if it is the most painful thing, if you do it with that person, you will feel that it is so sweet.

Li Xian's good mood lasted from dinner to night. Before going to bed at night, Li Xian thought about it, and found that he still couldn't stand not seeing Zheng Qi for a long time. Well, he rested for two days, although he didn't rest much, but It's better to go to court, at least you can see people.

Li Xian, who was going to clock in for work tomorrow morning, was very active in getting ready to wash up and go to sleep, half an hour earlier than usual, and the underwriter and the raccoon slave felt that something was wrong all of a sudden.

And Li Xian was lying on the bed, and vaguely heard a melodious flute sound between sleeping and not sleeping. The flute sound was very real. He was sure that he was not dreaming, because if he was dreaming, even if he dreamed of someone playing the flute, it might not be so in line with the Tang Dynasty. featured music.

Just when Li Xian was wondering where the music was coming from, he suddenly heard a shrill scream: "There is a ghost~~~"

The author has something to say:

Seeing someone discussing the inappropriateness of attacking and accepting, how can I put it, Zheng Qi has never met someone he likes before, so he never knew what it was like to like, so he didn't put his mind on it. Here, as for things like national righteousness in his heart, to be honest, even if Li Xian is so stupid, if he faces national difficulties and sacrifices his love, he will probably sacrifice despite the pain. In essence, they are the same, and Zheng Qi doesn't have to choose, because he and Li Xian have always been in the same camp, so it doesn't matter whether love is more important or the country is more important.