Datang's free and easy concubine

Chapter 34

Tai Chi Temple.

Cheng Yaojin jumped out all of a sudden, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the frontier fortresses are dilapidated and must be repaired, otherwise the soldiers can only carry their flesh and blood. They are all good sons of our Tang Dynasty!"

Fang Xuanling came out and said: "Your Majesty, the national treasury is tight, and there is not much money and food that can be mobilized."

Wei Zheng came out and said: "Your Majesty, the amount of repair work is too large. The world will be peaceful soon, and the people need to recuperate."

Cheng Yaojin said: "The world is peaceful, and the Turks are staring at it. How can the world be peaceful?"

Yu Chigong came out and said: "That is, the Turks in the north will go south at any time, so we must guard against it!"

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"Okay, stop arguing!" Li Shimin said helplessly. In fact, these are commonplaces. Everyone knows the situation on the border, and everyone knows that the treasury is tight.

Border forts need to be repaired, and the treasury is too tight to allocate much money for food, so we can only choose the most important forts that need to be repaired.

Li Shimin pondered: "Come out with a plan first, how much money can be allocated for food, those fortresses are most in need of repairs."

Cheng Yaojin said carelessly: "It's so troublesome. It takes only ten days and half a month to repair it with local materials. How much more food can it cost?"

Suddenly the whole hall fell silent, and everyone looked at Cheng Yaojin as if they were looking at a fool.

It was repaired in ten days and half a month?Are you repairing a toilet?

Tang Jian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, responded the most: "Cheng Zhijie, are you dreaming? A fortress can be repaired in ten days and half a month? How many civilians will be mobilized? And local materials? What kind of materials?"

Cheng Yaojin pouted his neck and said: "Limestone and clay are enough, and there is no need to mobilize the peasants. Ten days and a half months are enough!"

The hall was silent for a while, and then there was an explosion. They didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to say such ignorant words.

It shouldn't be, Cheng Yaojin is a well-informed person who has traveled far and wide, how could he say such nonsensical nonsense?

Could it be that Yu Chigong was beaten stupid?

Yu Chigong and other generals looked at Cheng Yaojin in a bit of a daze, usually they were in a group, but now they didn't know what to say, because they also felt that Cheng Yaojin's words were too far-fetched.

Really will be considered a fool.

Tang Jian was speechless: "You should repair the city wall by plastering the wall? Or using local materials only limestone and clay!"

Cheng Yaojin said loudly: "I, Cheng Yaojin, have experienced many battles. Do you think I am an ignorant child? Only limestone and clay can repair the city wall, and it is very strong!"

Tang Jian said decisively: "Impossible!"

Cheng Yaojin snorted: "That's because your Ministry of Industry is stupid and doesn't know how to do it! Your Ministry of Industry can't, it doesn't mean others can't!"

Tang Jian jumped up and said, "What? Our Ministry of Industry is stupid? If you have the ability, you can use clay and limestone to repair it and show us?"

Bang!

Li Shimin, who was sitting high on the throne, patted the imperial case, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

"Cheng Zhijie, can you really repair the city wall with clay and limestone?" Li Shimin asked, with a hint of excitement in his voice.

How meaningful it would be if the walls could be repaired using only clay and limestone!That means that there is no need to mine stones from far away, no difficult transportation, no need to recruit civilian husbands, and no need to spend a lot of money on food!

Cheng Yaojin quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it's not the minister, it's Su Chengneng!"

Su Cheng?

This voice immediately aroused a discussion in the hall. Everyone was familiar with this name, because Su Cheng had become famous in Chang'an in recent days.

This is a great talent!Wrote a few poems that are enough to last forever!

Moreover, this man also found rice seeds that can be harvested twice a year, made great contributions, and was named Ankangbo by the emperor.Of course, everyone thought this kid was lucky.

However, there is no doubt that Su Cheng is a great talent.

Of course, there are some people who know that Su Cheng has brewed a fine wine that burns knives.

Does this kid have any other magic tricks to repair the city walls with clay and limestone?

Everyone shook their heads slightly, clay?limestone?They are not solid things, how could they be used to repair the city walls?

Use clay and limestone to repair the city wall, and the city wall will collapse after a shower of arrows!This is not a joke, it is related to the life and death of countless soldiers!

"Su Cheng?" Li Shimin murmured softly. He didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to mention Su Cheng, that is to say, Su Cheng had a way to repair the city wall with clay and limestone?

If Su Cheng said it, it would be much more reliable than what Cheng Yaojin said!After all, Su Cheng is a bit weird, his master has a mysterious origin, and Su Cheng's methods are also somewhat mysterious.

Mysterious or not, if clay and limestone can really be used to repair the city walls, it would definitely be a great achievement!

Li Shimin felt both anticipation and nervousness in his heart, and said loudly: "Xuan'an Kangbo Su Cheng sees you!"

Su Cheng stretched out and walked out of the bedroom, with two bellybands in his arms, he was a little strange, where is Cheng Yaojin?

Why didn't Cheng Yaojin come to him?

Because of Cheng Yaojin's temperament, he would definitely go to the emperor in a hurry, but Su Cheng didn't expect that there was no movement at all.

Could it be that he could not believe that he could repair the city walls with clay and limestone?

Clay and limestone can make cement, and clay can be fired into red bricks, which can definitely repair city walls!

Not only can the city walls be repaired, cement and red bricks have been used to a large extent, bridges, roads and houses can be built, which is definitely an earth-shaking change for Datang!

This is much more significant than distilled wine!

It's just a pity that you may not see the antique houses in the future, and there are blue brick houses everywhere...

While Su Cheng was thinking about it, Cheng Chumo hurried over with a group of people.

"Su Cheng, hurry up, the emperor is calling!" Momo shouted excitedly across the old distance, his tone full of envy. Although he could often see the emperor, it was all thanks to his father. I have never been summoned by the emperor on my own initiative.

But Su Cheng was summoned by the emperor over and over again, and was often beaten by the emperor, which is really enviable.

Su Cheng raised his head and looked at the sun in a daze: "Isn't it the morning morning?"

Eunuch Yao said repeatedly: "Oh, Uncle Ankang, hurry up, the emperor and the cultural relic officials are still waiting in the hall!"

When Eunuch Yao saw Su Cheng for the first time, he concluded that this kid was going to die, but after forty years old, this kid not only survived but was alive and kicking, and now he has become an uncle.

Of course, what shocked him even more was that yesterday this kid beat Princess Gao Yang's ass, and he still acted like nothing had happened until now.

I can't afford it!

So Eunuch Yao's attitude is still very respectful.

"But I haven't had breakfast yet!" Su Cheng rubbed his stomach and muttered.

(End of this chapter)