Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 115 The Craftsman
Right Prime Minister's Mansion has water features that are rarely seen in northern gardens.

The small pond is like Yanyue, surrounding Yanyue Hall, and the scenery is like Xiaoqu River.

In the past, Li Linfu made a plan here to destroy his family and family, and he never missed it.But since getting to know Xue Bai, it seems that Feng Shui has broken.

"We have not been able to get rid of Pei Kuan before, so we have to deal with Wang Zhongsi this time."

Li Linfu sighed and murmured: "Otherwise, there is only one way for the saint to release Wang Zhongsi's military power..."

He didn't say it, as if he was afraid that if he said those two words, it would come true.

——Phase.

This is one of the most appropriate arrangements for the side generals with great military exploits in the Tang Dynasty.

"You don't have to worry about the right minister."

It is Wang Chi who is answering here today.

"To get rid of Pei Kuan, after all, it depends on the holy will. Wang Zhongsi is going to deal with it according to the sage's will. He is sure to be safe. Who made him the righteous brother of the prince."

"good."

Wang Yu said: "On the contrary, Pei Kuan, an old dog, has his eyes on the lower officials. He tried to seize power from me when he was in Yushitai, and now he is in the household department, and he can't hold back even more."

When Li Linfu heard this, there was a sneer in his eyes.

He really doesn't care about the lack of clever methods of the prominent families who have been promoted step by step.

"If you can't hold it back, you are looking for your own death." Li Linfu said: "The truth is that the idiot has become smarter and knows what kind of prime minister a sage wants. Now it seems that someone reminded Pei Kuan at that time. How long has it been? Bi Lu, want to investigate corruption? The sage appointed him as Minister of the Household Department, and asked him to collect taxes from Hedong instead of letting him meddle in other affairs."

"That's the reason, fools will never understand." Wang Ji said: "I deliberately leaked the loopholes to Yang Zhao, let the spit pot lead these pigs into the trap, and lured them to investigate my new house."

The house is bestowed by the sage, and the money is the gift of the sage. Even the Ziyu Pavilion will be rebuilt in the palace city and Huaqing Palace.

If Pei Kuan was a member of the Household Department, he would attack Wang Ji and fall into the eyes of a saint. What kind of attitude is this?

……

The two discussed it properly, and Wang Hao left.Li Linfu thought over and over again, called Cangbi again, and asked, "What is Xue Bai doing these days?"

Anyone who cares knows that Xue Bai is already a core figure in the Yang Party, and Cangbi knows that Alang has been very concerned about this young man recently, so he has been prepared for a long time, and replied: "When I return to Alang, I still want to make friends with officials every day."

"Do you still dare? Shuzi doesn't know how to restrain himself, and he will die sooner or later."

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tai ping fang.

In front of the gate of the diplomatic courtyard next to Wang Yu's house, officials holding official documents came and went, and even lined up.

Today's Chaotang, the imperial city and Tai Province are empty, no one is working, only the left minister Chen Xilie sleeps in it.Officials want to do business or go to the right minister's mansion, or come to the king's house.

Seeing this situation when Wang Ji came back, he couldn't help but think that Pei Kuan had placed many officials in the household department. At this time, he was afraid that he was still in a daze in the deserted government office, and no officials would tell them what to do.

Because, the real Tobe is here...

"Ah Lang, there is a green-robed official asking to see him, claiming to be the newly appointed member of the household department, Du Youlin, the foreign minister."

"Du Youlin?"

Wang Chi was rarely surprised, entered the envoy, sat down on a mustache stool made of agarwood, and said, "Call him to see me."

Du Youlin had been a fifth-rank doctor for a long time, and he had a very good official air. He walked here with a fluttering long beard. Although he was wearing a green robe, he had the aura of a high-ranking official in a red robe.

"The newly appointed foreigner Du Youlin has met Wang Langzhong."

"What's the matter?"

"When the assistant officer arrives, he should call on Lang Guan. If there is a dispatch, please ask Lang Guan to show it."

Wang Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Du Youlin carefully, and realized that he had underestimated Du Youlin before.

"There is no errand for now, and you are familiar with Yousi."

"Here."

But Du Youlin didn't retreat, and started chatting with Wang Hao.

"Langguan's wooden stool is really good. Fengweilou's wooden stools have backrests and armrests. Do you have to ask a craftsman to make one for Langguan as well?"

"No need."

Wang Hao frowned.

He is so powerful that since he served as the censor and censor Zhongcheng, he will destroy his family whenever he makes a move.Many people in the court fear him very much, and there are not many who dare to make such a noise in front of him.

Come to think of it, could it be that Du Youlin has been working in vain for too many years and has become a fool, without knowing his prestige?

"Speaking of the Fengwei Building, someone from Xiaguan's family is taking care of the property for Mrs. Guo, and is opening a branch recently. There is a shortage of craftsmen. I heard that there is a self-yu pavilion in Langguan's new house, which was built by skillful craftsmen from Fusu? "

"good."

"May I ask these skilled craftsmen to make some objects as well?"

Wang Jue squinted at Du Youlin again, feeling stunned.

Sure enough, he was still here to investigate him. Pei Kuan, Yang Zhao, Du Youlin and a group of idiots mixed together, and this was the only way they could do it.

Let them check, no problem.

Wang Ji didn't intend to let Du Youlin know that those craftsmen were rebuilding the Qingliang Temple for the saint to prepare for the heat, and the progress would not be delayed.He directly wrote a document and asked Du Youlin to go and be the supervisor.

"Thank you, Mr. Lang."

Du Youlin got the documents and finally resigned.

Wang Chi looked at his back, and the more he looked, the more he felt that he was empty, but in fact he had no city.

……

"Be polite, Du Youlin, a member of the household department, will be colleagues in the future and take care of each other."

"Officer Du Lang met the prince?"

"Exactly, the prince ordered me to do something. I didn't expect him to be so kind despite being deeply trusted by the sage."

Du Youlin walked out of the embassy all the way, whenever he saw an official, no matter what color of official robe the other party was wearing, he would salute with the sealed document in his hand and smile all over his face.

Everyone thought that the newly appointed Yuanwailang had won the trust of the prince, so they chatted enthusiastically.

Du Youlin has no other purpose anyway, he just wants to be kind to others.

Xue Bai has already reminded him, and he will leave the others alone, so as to impress his colleagues, the green robe will be replaced by the red robe within two or three years.

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The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is inseparable from craftsmen.

Now the imperial court has a fairly complete craftsman management system. The Ministry of Industry is in charge of all kinds of craftsmen in name, focusing on large projects such as farming and water conservancy.

Today, there are 2 craftsmen in the Shaofu Supervisor alone, and 5000 craftsmen in the General Supervisor.

It is precisely because of this that Anbobo came to Datang.

His real name was Bo Abo, but he was a native of Fulin. He had heard about the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty since he was a child, so he traveled thousands of miles with his fellow villagers.

But the craftsman skills, he actually learned from Mao Shun, a famous craftsman in Luoyang. After learning, he remembered that his hometown was hot and often used waterwheels to water the roofs. He began to build summer pavilions for the powerful and gradually became a famous craftsman.

This time, he and eleven craftsmen were taken out to serve as prison officers. Before leaving, Uncle Anbo was given an explanation. "If they check the cost of Wang Zhongcheng's new house, you can tell it directly, but the matter of building the Qingliang Palace for the saint is a secret, and anyone who leaks it will die."

He thought to himself, Wang Zhongcheng was willing to pay for him to build a great craft, why did someone from Xiaoxiao come to investigate?

The carriage carried the craftsmen to the south, exited Mingde Gate, and arrived at a large timber workshop on the outskirts of Chang'an.

What he saw was not the bad guy he expected. The person in charge was a handsome young man who seemed to have something to make and handed him a blueprint.

"Is this...a catapult?"

"Yes, Boulder Cannon."

"Which end do you use to throw stones?"

"The end of the small end of the tip, this is the net bag I drew."

"Net bag?"

An Bobo repeated it in his fluent Tang Mandarin, turned over the blueprint in his hand, and shook his head.

"Oh, little man, why don't you take the talisman seal you drew and ask a Taoist priest to change it for you, the little old man is still busy, how about letting us go back to prison?"

Xue Bai didn't expect this curly-haired Roman to speak like this, so he smiled wryly, and said, "Master An, please see, ordinary catapult soldiers pull hard, and the stone bullets fly out, but after all, the force is limited. And my It’s a boulder cannon with a counterweight, and the big end of the pole is hung with a counterweight basket…”

Anbobo frowned, and then looked at the blueprint carefully.

He originally thought that this thing could not be made, but now that he heard it, he probably understood the principle.

It is nothing more than adding a huge weight to the other end of the tip pole of an ordinary catapult, which is far stronger than the pulling force of the soldiers, and then trying to jam the tip pole, causing the heavy object to drop suddenly and throwing a huge stone.

This is the so-called "counterweight" of this young man. As long as he is smart enough, he can understand even the most uncommon Tang mandarin.

But it was possible to create it, and Uncle Anbo shook his head even more.

"This is a military weapon. You asked me to make it? Don't deceive me that I am a foreigner. I am very familiar with the rules of being a prisoner."

Xue Bai turned sideways, raised his hand, and led out a middle-aged man with a clear face and good temperament, and said: "I introduce to the craftsman, this is Wang Wei, a member of the treasury department, who is in charge of the arsenal of the military department."

Wang Wei took out his official talisman and showed it to Uncle Anbo, then nodded slightly, showing aloofness.

He didn't want to get involved in this matter, but it seemed that he was eager for merit.But Xue Bai is really good at torturing people, he said he was talking about poetry, but he kept persuading him, if this thing is made, it may save Helong soldiers from dying.

"Even if only one person dies less, it is a merit. Sir, you call him 'Poetry Buddha', but you only wish to practice in poetry?"

Having said such things, Shifo had no choice but to decide on his own, and moved a catapult from the Ministry of War to this place, and then came forward to take some responsibilities.

Xue Bai introduced another person to Uncle Anbo.

"This is Li Hua, the head of the Ministry of Works. This is the lumber yard of the Ministry of Works. The woodcutters can cut as much wood as the craftsmen need."

The big trees in the forests of Guanzhong cannot be chopped down at will, and Xue Bai plans to make this kind of giant stone cannon very big, without the document issued by the Ministry of Industry, it will not work.

Li Hua also expected that this matter was a great achievement, so he dared to arrange for them to make cannons in the material yard of the Ministry of Industry.

Uncle Anbo still hesitated, and said: "But, the general in charge didn't let the little old man make weapons..."

"It involves a military plane, who will talk to you!" Xue Bai suddenly shouted.

Previously Xue Baike was polite, Uncle Anbo dared to make things up, but when he was suddenly reprimanded, he immediately bowed his hands in response.

The three people I saw today all had a noble air, Wang Bingbu and Li Gongbu looked like high-ranking officials, but Xiao Langzi didn't say what kind of officials they were, maybe they were some of the royal family.

Let's make it.

When he started to work as a craftsman, Anbobo's temperament changed. First of all, he hired craftsmen to redraw the blueprints.

How to clamp the tip rod and pull it suddenly, how high and high the base is, how long the tip rod is, etc., all have to be carefully calculated when it is really going to be built, and it is not easy to make it with a ghost painting like a talisman.

~~
The capital builds and builds ships every year. In addition to the large population, the huge amount of timber required is transported from various places in Guanzhong.In comparison, this place is just a small lumber yard, named Fenggujian.

Fenggujian has a row of small houses built in the middle of the stockyard.

At this time, Yuan Zai and Wang Yunxiu were standing aside, watching for a while, and when the craftsmen began to be busy, Wang Yunxiu asked, "Can it really be made?"

"Can make."

"Then I'll go back to Beijing and talk to grandpa about it." Wang Yunxiu said.

In fact, it doesn't make much sense whether to talk to Wang Zhongsi or not.After all, with the boulder cannon, Stone Castle is still difficult to beat.It is impossible for Wang Zhongsi to change the grand strategy because of one more weapon.

The function of this boulder cannon was to comfort Wang Zhongsi when he had to fight.

Xue Bai thought about it for a while, and said, "No rush, we'll talk about it in two days."

Wang Yunxiu was actually anxious, but she nodded.

"Brother and sister-in-law said, if I ask for something, just ask."

"good."

Xue Bai recruited Qing Lan and asked her to greet Yuan Zai and his wife, saying: "Qing Lan is from the family of Huangfu Deyi, the birth mother of King E. Because of her involvement in the case of the three concubines, she fell into low status because of her treachery. She must have made great contributions. She is An Dingren, in the early years, I heard from my family that there was such a counterweight catapult in the northwest, so I helped me come up with such a weapon. I will contribute to the saint at that time, and I want to show her merits, but this is not enough..."

Yuan Zai and Wang Yunxiu immediately bowed their hands.

Wang Yunxiu said: "I understand that when Grandpa repays his merits by conquering Shibao City, he will definitely mention the boulder cannon to show his contribution to Miss Qinglan."

"Thank you."

Xue Bai simply agreed, and the matter was settled.

Qing Lan was flustered while listening.

Since she was a child in Du's house, she was in charge of what style of hair the lady wore and what color of clothes she wore today. When did she hear about the giant stone cannon?
Those Helong army fought against Tubo, tens of thousands of people were killed here and there, the cannon cart smashed people to death, their heads were blown out, and then they repaid their merits. She never thought about it. to her head.

To deceive the emperor and let her redeem her family from treason, just thinking about it is scary...

"Lang Jun."

At some point, Qing Lan had already held Xue Bai's hand, and said, "Otherwise, I don't have to redeem my membership, just in case someone finds out."

"Cowardly again." Xue Bai smiled, "You also have to make progress, get rid of low status and become a good man, and live a better life in the future. How can you run away every time something happens?"

"I'm afraid I'll hurt my lord."

Xue Bai said, "Then I might as well tell you a secret."

The two walked into the hut where they temporarily lived in Fenggu Prison.

He clung to her ear and whispered that he might be about Xue Pingzhao.

In the past, he had been tightly covering this matter, but recently he didn't care so much, because he knew that even if this matter leaked out, he already had some strength to protect himself.

And letting Qinglan redeem her membership first is the first step.

"Lang Jun?"

"Don't back down from now on." Xue Bai said with a smile, "I told you earlier, I won't run away."

Qing Lan still raised her head and stared at him closely.

"Ok?"

"It turns out that Mr. Lang may be the same as me."

"Whether I am Xue Pingzhao or not, we will live a dignified life."

Qing Lan said: "I have a very good relationship with Mr. Lang."

Xue Bai couldn't help smiling wryly after hearing this.

He just doesn't have much in common with this kind of teenage girl.

~~
In the outskirts of the city, there is no sound of evening drums, only the sound of beating.

At night, the beating stopped, and only the chirping of birds remained.

Away from the hustle and bustle of Chang'an City for a while, Wang Wei and Li Hua sat under the moon to have a drink and talk about poetry.

"People are idle and the osmanthus flowers fall, the night is quiet and the spring mountains are empty. The moon rises to startle the mountain birds, and sometimes they sing in the spring stream."

Uncle Anbo also liked poetry very much. He sat behind them and listened, and said in surprise: "So you wrote this poem, and you are Mr. Mojie?"

Xue Bai wanted to talk to this craftsman about the boulder cannon, but Uncle Anbo said instead: "What can I talk to my little man? You don't understand."

On the other hand, Yuan Zai can talk to anyone.

Everyone chatted until late at night before dispersing.

……

The environment of Fenggu Prison's residence is quite bad, even if Qing Lan tried hard to tidy up the house, there was nothing she could do.

When Xue Bai returned to the room, he saw her standing there with her hands behind her back, looked at the only bed in the room, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Wang, are you sleeping on your side?"

"it is good."

Xue Bai yawned and lay down.

Qinglan had been thinking a lot about this bed when she was tidying up the house. Seeing his reaction like this, she was stunned for a while, then extinguished the candle, and lay down beside him softly, thinking that the relationship between them would be closer. took a step.

Just as he was about to say something, there was already a snoring sound from the next door.

"Lang Jun, this is a wooden wall..."

"Ah."

Xue Bai had already fallen asleep.

Qing Lan was tossing and turning, and she didn't know how long it was before she fell into a deep sleep.

In a daze, I dreamed about some things that would happen in the future, but the sound of beating wood when the cannon was built sounded in the distance again.

"Boom."

"Boom."

Qing Lan opened her eyes, and found that she was hugging Xue Bai, leaning against his back.

She wanted to turn around quietly, but she hesitated for a moment and closed her eyes again.

She listened quietly to the sound of "bang bang bang", and felt that every time she thumped, she was getting closer to the redemption, and also closer to Xue Bai...

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