I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 89 Inspecting the Construction Site
Since Li Tian secretly set up the Siwei Bureau in the Houge to communicate with Yang Shiqi and others, two days passed in a flash.

The turbulence caused by Jin Youde's transfer to the Metropolitan Procuratorate has not stopped, and the cabinet's tense atmosphere has gradually permeated. Many ministers have smelled something unusual from it.

Huang Bichang, the servant of the Ministry of Punishments, has filled the vacancy of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Sixth Division is uncharacteristically low-key.Only the Metropolitan Procuratorate held high the banner and impeached dozens of officials in the DPRK and China within just two days.

The construction site next door to Wang Gong Factory in Fucaifang.

Accompanied by Zhou Zhen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Tianzheng inspected the construction site of Tiangong Institute.

On the hot construction site, there is dust and noise, and thousands of craftsmen perform their duties.There are wrestlers who tamp the foundation, and there are painters who plan and paint the wood. Looking around, everyone has their own work in their hands.

Covering his nose and mouth, stepping on the white line sprinkled by lime, looking at the bustling crowd, Li Tian said in a deep voice:
"Zhou Zhen, how many craftsmen have come here in the past two days?"

Zhou Zhen was not born as a scholar in the top two rankings, but he got to where he is today by relying on his superb skills. He is considered to be the only strange person in the Ming Dynasty.

As a technical official, Zhou Zhen doesn't know how to be courteous or flattering, so he will say whatever the emperor asks:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, more than 500 craftsmen have come in these two days. According to the current progress, the construction of Tiangongyuan will be completed in at most five days."

More people means more strength, and the construction period was shortened by half again, Li Tian couldn't help but click his tongue secretly.

Just after noon, Qiuyang was taking a nap in the sky, and the autumn wind brought a gentle coolness. Many craftsmen who were eating grinned and praised God for being so sensible.

Seeing the craftsmen sitting around eating with their rice bowls in their hands, Li Tian's displeasure flashed across his face, and he turned to look at Zhou Zhen and said:
"What's the matter? It's fine if you don't pay the craftsmen, why don't you even have two meals?"

Seeing that the emperor was so considerate of these craftsmen, Zhou Zhen was very moved. He used to be a craftsman. Before he joined the Ministry of Industry, he had never seen any official in the court pay attention to such trivial matters.

"Your Majesty misunderstood. The Ministry of Industry will send meals for the craftsmen to eat at noon every day. Those craftsmen missed the meal and only ate by themselves."

Hearing that the Ministry of Industry was in charge of the craftsmen's meals, Li Tian's complexion improved a lot. He was wearing casual clothes when he went out of the palace today, and he didn't care about anything. He walked around a circle of craftsmen in two or three steps, and said with a smile:
"Brothers, they are all eating."

The craftsmen stood up immediately when they heard the words, but they were not looking at Li Tian, ​​but Zhou Zhen behind Li Tian.

"Master Zhou is here."

Zhou Zhen didn't expect the emperor to speak foul language. He thought that His Majesty was curious about what the craftsmen were eating, and looked at the cramped faces of the craftsmen with a slight nod and said:
"When I saw you eating, I just wanted to see what you were eating."

After all, Zhou Zhen stood beside Li Tian calmly, and said in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, the yellow sauce noodles in their bowls should be homemade." Afraid that Li Tian had never heard of yellow sauce noodles, Zhou Zhen took the initiative to explain:
"Yellow sauce is a salty sauce made from soybeans. The craftsmen consume a lot of energy every day and don't bother to think about what to eat. You can eat yellow sauce noodles with a bowl of noodles mixed with sauce. This is the most common food for craftsmen on weekdays."

The ancient noodle grinding technology was not as refined as later generations, and the flour produced was more or less crusty, which reflected a little yellow on the noodles.

Seeing the craftsmen devouring their food, Li Tian pursed his lips, motioned Zhou Zhen to straighten his back, and whispered:

"Go, give me a whole bowl to taste."

"Ah, Your Majesty must not do it." Zhou Zhen's face changed slightly, and he said with embarrassment:
"The censors need to know that the minister let His Majesty eat the food of the craftsmen, so maybe how to impeach the minister."

Li Tian wanted to have a chat with the craftsmen on purpose, so he stared and refused to refuse:

"Why do you worry so much, just go and serve me a bowl. If there is a censor impeaching you, I will not let you go."

The emperor's order cannot be violated, Zhou Zhen glanced at the craftsmen who were sucking noodles, so he had to order someone to bring a bowl, and filled a bowl for Li Tian from the old wooden basin.

After sending Zhou Zhen away with the noodles, Li Tian grinned and sat cross-legged on the ground with no image, stretched his neck and said with a smile:

"When did the brothers come here?"

Although the craftsmen were dull, they also saw Zhou Zhen's respectful appearance to Li Tian earlier, so they hurriedly stood up and replied:
"Returning to this master, the villains have been here for two and a half days."

"Hey, sit down, I'm not a master, I'm just a broken scholar who didn't win the exam." Li Tian picked up his chopsticks, sucked a big mouthful of noodles into his mouth, and said while chewing.

Seeing that Li Tian sucked up the noodles very skillfully, the craftsmen relaxed a lot.

However, scholars are also scholars, and compared with them craftsmen, they are still a heaven and a hell, and the craftsmen still dare not talk to Li Tian.

Chewing the salty and bitter yellow sauce noodles, Li Tian forced himself to swallow, licked his lips pretendingly and said:
"Hey, this yellow sauce noodles are really delicious."

"That's right, this is the yellow sauce that my mother-in-law pickled with fine salt. It's strange if it's not fragrant." A simple and honest carpenter couldn't stand the boast, and took Li Tian's words with a smile.

Finally someone was willing to talk to him, Li Tian hurriedly pulled the salty and bitter chopsticks out of his mouth, changed into a more casual posture and said:

"Which neighborhood in the city does the elder brother belong to?"

When Li Tian said, the relationship between the big brother and the craftsmen suddenly became much closer. After all, the scholar called them the big brothers of the craftsmen, how could they not know the fun.

The simple and honest carpenter grinned when he heard the words, and said a long cry:
"Brother, you really know how to joke. Do you think I can live in the city? I'm from Xuanbeifang in the outer city."

"Hahaha, didn't I see my sister-in-law's craftsmanship, and thought that my sister-in-law made a fortune selling sauces in the city?"

Li Tianshun climbed on the pole, and the craftsmen laughed loudly with his humorous words.

But it’s all about laughing, and the honest carpenter didn’t dare to make fun of Li Tian. Although he didn’t wear the forging robe on Li Tian, ​​he knew it was definitely not cheap, so he scratched his head and said:
"Brother can really talk. My wife can sew my underpants if she has nothing to do. How can she do business in the city?"

"Seal it with your mouth or with a needle."

I don't know who spoke a yellow accent, and all the craftsmen slapped their thighs and laughed.

Li Tian didn't understand at first, but after thinking about it, he laughed too, whether to seal it with his mouth or stitch it with a needle, the ability to drive really has nothing to do with what era.

Slowly becoming one with the craftsmen, Li Tian also let go a lot, looked at an older craftsman and said:

"Brother Qi, why do you come to this construction site to work, the court doesn't pay you any wages."

(End of this chapter)