Li Shimin

Chapter 215

As he spoke, Gongsun Nian suddenly stared at Chu Suiliang closely.

"Chu Changshi, is the cement invented by the king really as miraculous as you said?"

"Your Majesty has absolutely no lies!"

Chu Suiliang hurriedly cupped his hands in salute.

"So good!"

Gongsun Nian was overjoyed, and shouted to the coachman outside: "Speed ​​up!"

"Here!"

With a reply, Chu Suiliang fell back involuntarily.

After a bumpy journey, when Chu Suiliang felt that his bones were about to fall apart, the group of people finally came to Lijiazhuang.

However, with Chu Suiliang leading the way, the imperial guards did not stop him.

Along the way, Gongsun Nian and other officials from the Zuo School Office, as well as a few catalpa craftsmen, looked around, and took out a compass from time to time to mark everywhere!

Seeing this, Chu Suiliang stood aside and watched quietly.

In this way, after tossing and tossing for almost half an hour, several people finally arrived at Li Xuan's courtyard.

"The next official will be the supervisor, Gongsun Nian, who has met the Supreme Emperor, His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness King Jin!"

Opening the curtain and going in, Gongsun Nian was startled.

Behind him, a group of general supervisors and Zijiang craftsmen also hurriedly saluted, a little flustered.

Why are the Supreme Emperor and His Royal Highness the Prince here?

After the salute, Gongsun Nian led a group of officials and stood respectfully to one side.

"Why did the general prisoner come here?"

Li Xuan asked.

"My lord, I'm here for cement!" Gongsun Nian replied directly.

Forehead!
Li Xuan was taken aback.

At this time, Gongsun Nian also seemed to realize something, and hurriedly said: "Chu Changshi said that the king used cement as the main material to build the other courtyard. The officials are worried, and want to see for themselves whether it is really so magical. So, Only a lowly official can work with a group of great craftsmen to plan and build another courtyard for the king!"

"Ok!"

After listening, Li Xuan nodded slightly.

He raised his head again and looked at Li Baoding who was beside him.

"King Huaiwei takes you there!"

"Thank you, King!" "It's time to thank King Huaiwei!"

Gongsun Nian quickly saluted Li Xuan and Li Baoding.

Li Baoding nodded slightly, and walked out without waiting for Gongsun Nian to speak.

Chu Suiliang took Gongsun Nian and hurriedly followed.

Familiar with the road, let's show it to the old leaders.Ying Qi and Wu Fu put all their efforts into showing the various methods of cement.Even the reinforced concrete column was taken out during their previous experiment.

After a while, Gongsun Nian and the general supervisors, officials and craftsmen were all excited.

"Sacred object, this is a sacred object, and its merits will last for thousands of years! As long as this object is used on roads and houses, the people of Tang Dynasty will never be exposed to rain or cold again!"

"His Royal Highness Prince Jin is indeed a sage of the generation!"

"His Royal Highness King Jin's other courtyard is built with this cement, there is absolutely no problem!"

"That's where Lord Lao Gongsun and all the master craftsmen are here!"

On the side, Chu Suiliang said with a happy face.

"Chu Changshi don't worry, with this fetish, I only need to dispatch [-] people, [-] craftsmen, and [-] hard workers. In less than half a year, the king's other courtyard will be completed."

Gongsun Nian was full of confidence.

Ziren is a senior craftsman, that is, the current foreman, a master craftsman like a master, and an ordinary craftsman needs to listen to Ziren!
In the Tang Dynasty, although the Ministry of Industry was the highest income institution in the industry, the Ministry of Industry was only in charge of the government of the world, farming, and mountains.To put it bluntly, the Ministry of Industry is the general direction of regulation, in charge of public works.

The actual official offices for specific projects are still the Shaofu Supervisor and the General Supervisor.

Therefore, at this meeting, there are 6000 more than 3000 craftsmen registered in Shaofu Prison.And they will be the prisons, and there are [-] people registered as artisans!

In addition, among the people, there are still many individual craftsmen. If there are not enough craftsmen, they can also find Si Nongqing and deploy them from Si Nong's households.

After Li Xuan understood this clearly from Chu Suiliang, he couldn't help being surprised.

He thought that he knew Datang's industrial development well, but he still underestimated it.

Sure enough, apart from his noble background and having more advanced knowledge in his mind than these people don't know, everything else will be crushed by these people.

At the end of the day, the frustration continued.

However, fortunately, I can direct these people to work for me.

Thinking about it, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel better again.

However, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others suffered.

Within a day, his wife's complexion changed quickly, even more capricious than his own Aye, which made them tremble for a day.

Early the next morning.

Outside Lijiazhuang, a huge team appeared.

The imperial guards and Cheng Laosi who were guarding outside Lijiazhuang were all vigilant.

Although Chu Suiliang and the general supervisor Gongsun Nian were present, all the imperial guards were closely watching the craftsmen.

Li Xuan was awakened by the noise of these craftsmen.

Get up, get dressed, and stand outside your courtyard to watch.

Below, the general supervisor Gongsun Nian brought a group of officials, as well as some master craftsmen whom I saw yesterday, each commanding a group of craftsmen, and the crowd of common people, it should be the five hundred Hard labor, holding a shovel and a shovel, shoveling the soil vigorously.

Fortunately, winter has just passed, and the weeds are sparse, which is very suitable for leveling the land.

After looking around, Li Xuan turned and went back.

When Li Yuan brought Li Chengqian and others to Lijiazhuang, he was surprised to find that Li Xuan had woken up today.

"The villain has seen the king!"

Afterwards, within a short while, the housekeeper Li Chang also got stuck and came to Li Xuan's courtyard. At the same time, Ma Xi also came with a team of palace guards.

"It came just right!"

Seeing Li Chang, Li Xuan said: "Housekeeper, bring a box of money from the side room later, the wages for the hard labor and craftsmen are all settled! In addition, each person will be given two extra coins!"

Even though two pennies is not much, the wages of these hard laborers are only five pennies a day, that is, they can only buy a bucket of rice, which is enough food for a family of four for three days.The craftsman is eight coins.As for the Zi people, at least 24 coins.

"My lord, it's not even noon, and it's not halfway through the day!"

Li Chang was surprised.

"It doesn't matter, they won't run away after taking the money. On the contrary, they can still be full of motivation!"

Li Xuan waved his hand indifferently and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Li Chang was thoughtful, quickly responded, and walked out.

Let the two palace guards carry a box of copper coins and walk down.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Li Xuan asked Sixth Uncle to ask the farmers in Lijiazhuang to help carry out the steamed cakes and boiled water.

"Come, come, everyone come over to get paid, eat cakes, and drink water!"

The housekeeper, Li Chang, was holding a gong in his hand, beating it and shouting at the same time.

All the craftsmen and laborers hurried over with the tools in their hands.

However, it was a mess, and many craftsmen couldn't hear Li Chang's words clearly, and Li Chang was sweating profusely.

Seeing this, Li Xuan couldn't help sighing with emotion, and walked straight to the forge.

"I have seen the king!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu hurriedly saluted Li Xuan.

As Li Xuan's special craftsman, no matter how lively the construction site below was, Ying Qi and Wu Fu could not easily leave the forging workshop.

"This king wants to forge a loudspeaker out of iron sheets!"

Li Xuan said directly: "It's like a tin tube like a chimney, except that one end is getting bigger and bigger, while the other end is getting smaller and smaller, leaving a hole two fingers wide, and then spreading out as long as a thumb. The hole is as big as a man's lip..."

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(End of this chapter)