Capital Datang

After the early court, Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, found him. Li Yin, the cement supervisor, temporarily belonged to the Ministry of Industry, and Duan Lun was also in charge of him in name.This Duan Shangshu's identity is not simple, Li Yin has to call him uncle, his wife is Li Shimin's fourth sister, Princess Gaomi, Li Yin also met at the last banquet, but that Princess Gaomi is very low-key and quiet, unlike Princess Danyang So happy to talk and move.

"Liu Lang sees uncle, and my nephew will live under my uncle in the future. I hope you don't make things difficult for my uncle!" Li Min didn't have a deep impression of Duan Lun, but he only remembered that he drank a lot. Civil servant, last time he had a drink with those old soldiers at the banquet of the five kings, but he was not inferior.

"Haha~, Liulang, you are too humble. It is really a shame that you can come to this small temple of the Ministry of Industry!" Duan Lun smiled and said haha, and by the way, he praised Li Yin a few words, and then said: "Liulang, you Come with me to the Ministry of Industry, yesterday I selected some capable people for you, and the office area was also cleaned up, just waiting for you, the supervisor, to take up your post." Although the edict was only issued today, But Duan Lun was informed by the palace yesterday that he had already prepared everything.

"Hehe, then I'll have to thank Uncle Lao!" Li Yin hurriedly thanked him.The two went out of the palace and got into the same carriage. Duan Lun was very enthusiastic all the way. He asked Li Yin all kinds of questions, and Li Yin was also very respectful and answered them one by one, which greatly increased Duan Lun's affection for him.

After entering the Ministry of Industry, Li Yin found that the place was very different from what he had imagined. In his imagination, the Ministry of Industry should be a comprehensive large workshop, filled with various craftsmen. Work in the workshop is in full swing.But in fact, the Ministry of Industry is a very ordinary government department, where ordinary officials at all levels work, and there are no craftsmen at all, which makes Li Yin very puzzled.Capital Datang 41

If you don’t understand, you have to ask. After Li Yin expressed his doubts, Duan Lun laughed out loud. After a while, he joked: “Liulang, according to your thinking, then I, the Ministry of Industry, Didn’t Shang Shu become a master craftsman? But I don’t have the skills of craftsmen!”

This Duan Lun was also funny. Seeing Li Yin's very depressed expression, he laughed again, but after laughing, he explained the situation of the Ministry of Industry to Li Yin in detail.The highest official of the Ministry of Industry is of course his Shangshu, and there is also a minister, who is his deputy. There are four departments under the Ministry of Industry, each with a doctor and Yuanwai Lang, and each department also has several principals, who are in charge of all aspects of things. .

As for the artisans mentioned by Li Yin, the Ministry of Industry certainly has them, but most of them are in the major workshops under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. There are also a few artisans who have been promoted to officials because of their superb craftsmanship, but these technical officials are not here. Instead, they work in a large workshop behind the Ministry of Industry. Their work is also different from that of ordinary officials. They mainly use their superb skills to improve existing craftsmanship, which is equivalent to the research and development institutions of later generations.It's a pity that due to confidentiality reasons, even the prince Li Yin couldn't easily enter there, which made him very disappointed.

The operation of cement is very important, and Duan Lun also attaches great importance to it, so he specially appointed a director as Li Yin's deputy, and more than a dozen experienced officials to assist him. As for Li Yin's office, it is in the Ministry of Industry Next to it is an independent yard, which is not small in size, nearly [-] acres, and there are many houses. Not only is there a place for usual work, but there are even rooms for temporary rest.

Duan Lun led Li Yin around the yard, and finally came to the reception hall. All the personnel transferred from the Ministry of Industry had been waiting in the hall for a long time.The leader was a ninth-rank chief in a green robe. When these people saw Li Yin and Duan Lun coming in, they immediately bowed and saluted: "See His Royal Highness King Liang, Lord Shangshu!"

"Well, get up!" Duan Lun turned his head and said to Li Min after finishing speaking, "Liu Ying, let me introduce you, this is Li Yifu, the head of the Ministry of Industry, although he is young, he is very talented. He is a rare young hero in our Ministry of Industry!"

In fact, without Duan Lun's emphatic introduction, Li Yin has already noticed the head of the Ministry of Industry. This is not only because he is the only official in the crowd, but more importantly, this person is really too young. He is around 20 years old, with long red lips and white teeth, and is very handsome. Since Li Yin came in, he has been very obedient and always has a harmless smile on his face, which makes people feel good at first sight.

"Minister Li Yifu, join Your Highness!" Hearing Duan Lun introduce himself, Li Yifu hastily stepped forward two steps and bowed to the tunnel.

Li Yifu?Li Yin always felt that this name was a bit familiar, could it be another historical celebrity?But now is not the time to think about it, so he smiled and said, "Hehe, I didn't expect Mr. Li to be valued by Lord Shangshu at such a young age. It's really a blessing for me in Tang Dynasty!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness. I don't really have any skills, but I just do things seriously. It's all thanks to Master Shang Shu's good teaching, so that the villain has the opportunity to follow His Highness." Although this Li Yifu is young, he speaks impeccably. Both Li Yin and Duan Lun praised it once, and by the way, even he himself praised it.

"Haha~, Yifu is still so good at talking, the old man likes young people like you the most." Duan Lun obviously likes others to flatter him the most, so he couldn't find Bei all of a sudden, no wonder he used cement so much Leaving important matters to Li Yifu?

Li Yifu?etc!Li Yin suddenly remembered, this Li Yi's mansion could not be the Li Yi's mansion in history, right?The so-called one of Wu Zetian's two thugs, who is best at stabbing a knife in the back with a smile on his face, is also known as a "human cat" and a "sword with a honey belly" Li Linfu met him, and he had to call him "senior".If it was really him, then Li Yin met an amazing guy today.

"From Director Li's accent, it seems that he is not from Chang'an. I don't know why he came to Chang'an to work?" Li Yin was not sure, so he could only test it out first.

"His Royal Highness, the official's ancestral home is Raoyang County. Later he moved to Yongtai, and came to Chang'an after being recommended for the eighth year of Zhenguan." Li Yifu replied honestly, still smiling.

Li Yin was shocked, he didn't know where Li Yifu was from, but he knew that Li Yifu did not come to Chang'an until the eighth year of Zhenguan, and he served as many low-level officials at the beginning, until Li Zhi was named the prince Afterwards, Li Yifu climbed to Li Zhi's high branch, and only then did he start to flourish.Now that the name and time match up, it seems that he is the human cat who was known as one of Wu Zetian's two thugs in history.

"Liu Lang, I still have some things to deal with, so you can get acquainted with Mr. Li and the others, and after a while, Mr. Li will take you to see the newly built cement workshop outside the city. All the artisans dispatched are there. " Duan Lun saw that he didn't have anything to do, so he got up and left. After all, he, the minister, didn't have time to stay with Li Min all the time.

"Oh, that little nephew is sending uncle off respectfully!" Duan Lun's words interrupted Li Min who was in a daze, and he hurriedly stood up to send Duan Lun out, and of course Li Yifu and the others followed.Except for Li Yifu, the ninth-rank chief, the others are all petty officials without any rank, and Li Yin doesn't need to know each other. If there is anything to do, just tell Li Yifu directly.

Although he was shocked by Li Yifu, a famous historical figure, Li Yin didn't think too much about it. He still had to use what should be used. The first thing he did was to order Li Yifu to order a plaque of "Concrete Supervision Institute" and hang it at the gate of the yard. This is the official official name of his cement supervisor.

Then Li Yin talked with everyone again, it happened to be noon at this time, so Li Yin treated the guests, and everyone went to the restaurant opened by Wang Zihao to have a big meal.In the afternoon, Li Yifu led the way, and Li Yin went out of the city again to the place designated by the Ministry of Industry as a cement workshop.Capital Datang 41

After being introduced by Li Yifu on the way, Li Yin knew that this new workshop was originally a lime workshop of the Ministry of Industry. Duan Lun heard that Li Yin used the lime workshop to refine cement when he was in charge of the general. The establishment of the lime workshop can be regarded as providing some convenience for Li Yin.This made Li Yin sigh with emotion, there are still people in the court who are good officials!

The new workshop is located in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, next to the Weishui River. The workshop occupies a huge area. According to Li Yifu's introduction, it can accommodate up to a thousand people to work together. After all, the Ministry of Industry sometimes has to do some large-scale projects. , the demand for lime is huge, and there are several lime workshops of this scale in other parts of the country.

As soon as Li Yin entered the door of the new workshop, he saw Bai Qing, who was wearing an eighth-rank official uniform, directing the craftsmen to renovate the cement kiln. Although the lime kiln can also burn cement, after research and improvement by the craftsmen who will be in charge of Bai Qing, they invented a new kiln. A new cement kiln can improve the calcination efficiency of cement.

"Your Highness, you are here. The lime workshop in the Ministry of Industry is different. It even has a large water wheel specially used for crushing." Bai Qing saw Li Yin coming, and hurried over and said excitedly.Because of his meritorious service in assisting Li Yin in burning cement, Bai Qing, a ninth-rank official, was finally promoted to a higher level. Now he is an order under the eighth rank, but he was transferred from the general supervisor to Li Yin's subordinates.

"Oh, there is still a waterwheel? Take me to see it!" Li Min was also very excited when he heard that. The ingredients of cement had to be crushed before being calcined, but when he was going to be a prisoner, the conditions were not enough. Therefore, manpower has been used to crush limestone, and the efficiency is very low. For this reason, Li Yin discussed this issue with Bai Qing. Bai Qing mentioned that there are some large limestone workshops that use water power to crush limestone. Unfortunately, Li Yin has never seen it. , I didn’t expect the new workshop to exist here.

"Yes, Your Highness, please follow me!" Bai Qing agreed, turned around and left in a hurry, he was so excited that he didn't notice that there was a person standing beside Li Yin.

"Bai Qing, this is Li Yifu, the head of the Ministry of Industry. In the future, you will cooperate with each other in many aspects. Let's get to know each other!" However, Li Yin did not forget to introduce Li Yifu to Bai Qing, who will be in charge of the internal affairs of the new workshop from now on. operation, while Li Yifu assisted Li Yin in managing the Cement Supervising Institute.

"Uh~, Mr. Li is really young and promising. I was too excited just now, and I slightly neglected Mr. Li. I hope you don't blame him." Bai Qing was taken aback when he saw Li Yifu, and hurriedly saluted.Although his rank is higher than Li Yifu's, but he is a craftsman, so it is very difficult to get promoted, otherwise he would not have been a ninth-rank official for almost a lifetime, and even if he was promoted, there is little room for advancement. He was very young, and being able to rise to the sixth and seventh ranks was already regarded as the top of the sky.But Li Yi's mansion is different. The head of the Ministry of Industry is a serious scholar. Although he is only a ninth grade now, as long as he is able to do things well, and there are noble people in the court to help him, it is not impossible for him to be a marquis and a minister in the future.

"Hehe, Bai Shucheng is too polite. You are dedicated to the public. You are a model for my generation to learn from. Moreover, the younger generation has just come into contact with this cement business, so I have to learn a lot from the senior in the future." Li Yifu still smiled and said The words that come out are still so beautiful.

How did Bai Qing receive such a compliment, he immediately regarded Li Yifu as his nephew, and knew everything about his questions.Li Yin was also moved in his heart. It seems that there is no simple person who can leave a mark in history. Let alone Li Yifu's reputation in history, but from his current point of view, this guy is definitely a rare talent.

Turning around a few rows of lime kilns, Li Min saw a row of tall waterwheels standing by the Weishui River, turning slowly under the impact of the water flow, and the sound of "呯呯呯~" was heard continuously from under the waterwheels. Object impact sound.

Li Yin walked quickly to the waterwheel, and he was amazed by the sight in front of him. He saw that each waterwheel drove five metal weights through a simple mechanism. When the weight reached the highest point, it would suddenly fall down. , using its own weight to smash the materials in the groove below. There are two craftsmen standing on both sides of the groove. One is responsible for stir-frying the materials in the groove, so that the heavy hammer can smash the materials more evenly, and the other is responsible for smashing the materials. Good materials are shoveled onto the trolley next to it. When the trolley is full, special workers push it to the front for mixing and calcination.Although dust was flying all over the site, the craftsmen seemed to have a clear division of labor and an orderly manner.

The head craftsman in charge of the water truck saw Li Yin and the others coming, and hurried forward to salute. Although he didn't know Li Yin, he knew Bai Qing and knew Bai Qing's immediate boss, so he worked very hard to introduce the water truck to them. Working principle and workflow.

After all, Li Yin is also a person who has received general education in later generations, and his theoretical knowledge is better than anyone else, so after reading it for a while, he found that the application of mechanics principles was not reasonable in some places. Unfortunately, there is no time to improve it now. Can wait until later.

After visiting the waterwheel, under the leadership of Bai Qing, Li Yin took another look at the whole workshop. Most of them were satisfied, and some unsatisfactory parts were being rectified by Bai Qing, so there was no need for Li Yin to worry about it.

When leaving, Li Yin ordered Bai Qing to prepare the previous cement stock and speed up the production of cement as much as possible. He will use it tomorrow. Bai Qing immediately promised that there would be no delay, so Li Yin and Li Yifu left together.But before he arrived at his cement supervision institute, Li Yin sent Li Yifu to the Ministry of Industry and asked him to ask a group of road repair craftsmen to come back. It was about to be done today, and Li Yifu also took orders to do it.

It’s getting late now, and watching the sunset, Li Yin rides his horse with great ambitions. It’s just a trivial matter to make cement, but how to maximize its functions is a major issue. Now everything is ready, let’s When the action starts tomorrow, he will use cement to build a few long and large 'billboards', so that everyone can figure out what the cement is for, and then announce his plan, and then... …

"Hahahaha~" Thinking of his pride, Li Yin couldn't help laughing out loud, attracting the attention of passers-by around him. If it wasn't for Li Yin's gorgeous clothes and the many guards around him, someone would have rushed up and arrested him as a mental illness Woke up.