Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 136 Lao Cai's Thoughts

Bianjing, the imperial city.

Emperor Zhao Ji was watching "Happy Three Kingdoms" with a smile on his face, and when he saw "Yuan Shao said that Cao Cao can't help him", he spit out a mouthful of tea.

Cai Jing was also a little embarrassed, because he was the one who sent the hardcover book to the emperor to read.

The eunuch Liang Shicheng also said that he had encountered some serious event, his face turned pale with fright, and he hastily stretched out his hand to comb the emperor's back.

Simply put, the book’s slots seem to be intentional, so there are too many to finish, because this storybook has become popular in the capital these days, and Cai Jing was the first to approve Zhao Cheng’s "Planting Political Thinking" policy theory.But now Zhao Cheng has tried his hand at a small scale, implanting a lot of cement concepts in the popular "Happy Three Kingdoms".

Based on the need to introduce the god mud to the emperor, and based on the fact that "Happy Three Kingdoms" has become a phenomenal work, Cai Jing simply let the emperor read it for himself. It seems better to discover it by himself, so he recommended it to the emperor.

"It seems that this layman's reading has caused indecent..."

Facing Zhao Ji who had been coughing and suffocating, Cai Jing had no choice but to say something embarrassingly.

But on the contrary, it aroused Zhao Ji's strong gossip thoughts, and wanted to understand this book more comprehensively. After he was relieved, the emperor smiled and said, "This story is a bit vulgar, but this style can be said to be unique. The novelty is On the contrary, it makes me want to finish this rare and more enjoyable reading."

Liang Shicheng heaved a sigh of relief, that's fine, then continue to wait for the emperor to see for himself.

Cai Jing dared to show such funny words to the emperor, at least he would do it with some confidence.

Because the emperor is such a person. He is not a funny person but a cheerful and friendly person. He likes carefree things. He never likes news that makes people frown. Who, once you tell him that the money is not enough, he will definitely be unhappy.

It will be very late, but Zhao Ji himself will be delighted to see it there. Although there is no tea, he will often laugh and cover his stomach.Just like when he took the old thief Gao Qi to play football, that bitch Gao Qi would deliberately make some antics to make a fool of himself, which could make the emperor laugh and cover his stomach.

In fact, Gao Qiu rose up in this way, serving Zhao Ji like that since Duan Wang's mansion.

Thinking of this, Cai Jing was also quite moved in his heart. From this point of view, Zhao Cheng's little-known scholar was indeed a bit miraculous. He had never even been to the capital, but he seemed to be able to accurately grasp the emperor's preferences and personality. So this article of Happy Three Kingdoms, I am afraid that he is not only promoting cement, but it is really a bit like the legendary history of Gao Lian's fortune, written specifically for the emperor?

While thinking about it, the emperor suddenly put down the book, and asked curiously: "Old Cai Qing's family, do you really have this fetish for the cement that was used in the book during the Battle of Guandu? Is there really such a magical thing that even heavy siege equipment can't shake?" ?”

Cai Jing said with a smile without any trace, "The veteran also paid attention to this point, and then went to Xinchizhou to ask about it, and it really did."

"Is it really as magical as described in the storybook?" Zhao Ji asked curiously again.

Cai Jing nodded and smiled and said: "When I returned to the official house, the old minister didn't believe it at first, so I sent them to Beijing to test it myself. It is indeed as magical as described in the story book. It is not only easy to shape, but also can be solidified in a short time. , like a solid rock, hardly breaks."

During this period, Zhao Ji, who happened to be keen on expanding the imperial city, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Old Cai Qing's family said, can this god mud be used in the expansion of my imperial city to pray for the stability of the imperial city?" Reliable, standing for hundreds of years?"

"It's totally fine to go back to the official's house. After personally testing the cement, the veteran has no doubts about it."

Cai Jing is not worried about how much manpower and material resources will be spent for this, as long as the emperor is happy.The lack of money is his problem with Zhang Shuye, because he can jump.

During this period, the emperor's internal treasury was very rich and there was a lot of money.Theoretically, according to the rules of the Song Dynasty, such things are of course paid by the emperor himself. For example, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Renzong, they were simply unbearable by various ministers, and they were extremely hard-pressed, so before that, everyone The scale of Songhuang City is the weakest in history, and it looks shabby.

But Cai Jing doesn't care about these things. Whatever he does during his tenure will go to the national treasury. It is impossible for the emperor to pay for it himself. It is impossible in this life.In fact, the biggest stupidity of Zhao Tingzhi's idiot is to talk about money with Zhao Ji every day, so he wiped out the emperor's patience.

He was lucky that he died during his term of office, and he was considered to have a good reputation among the people. Otherwise, under the situation at that time, he was actually only one step away from being dismissed as prime minister and ruined.

What surprised Cai Jing the most was that even though the price of the magic cement was claimed to be one penny per catty, it was actually no more expensive than the Hua Shi Gang provided by Zhu Man, and even cheaper.

From Cai Jing's point of view, he does not believe that the price of the fetish will be cheap, and if Lao Cai manages it, he will not sell it at this price.

But the basic price they reported in Chizhou was one penny per catty.

It doesn't matter how they achieve this price, this is competitive bidding, or it is understood that they spend money to buy credit.For example, the funds of the Zhu Yingying Bureau were not enough for him to collect so many things. It was just that no one was going to break it, so he went down to exploit it to please the higher-ups.

In Cai Jing's mind, this is the only way to do it for the time being. If Zhu Qian can do it, Zhao Cheng and the others must be able to do it, otherwise they will not be able to work.It's that simple and rude.

On the basis of what he can do, Cai Jing doesn't mind having such an extra line, and doesn't mind transferring a part of the transportation indicators that were originally almost monopolized by the Bureau of Labor Insurance to Chizhou for cement supply.

Anyway, the total amount of resources occupied by the royal offerings is placed here, not to Chizhou, but to the Bureau of Remuneration.

In terms of politics, Cai Jing certainly knows that it is best to divide into factions in the same party. It is easy to balance with different positions. Otherwise, it is very likely that the Bureau of Employment will control too many resources, and the excess will eventually become a big deal.

While Cai Jing was thoughtful, Zhao Ji had already read the first volume, but the second volume had not yet been released.

Zhao Ji was also sleepy. After Liang Shicheng reminded "Your Majesty should rest", Zhao Ji got up and walked two steps, then stopped and asked curiously, "Who contributed this cement, and has anyone given a reward?"

Cai Jingdao said, "The officials are benevolent. The person who made this cement is Zhao Cheng, the author of "Happy Three Kingdoms". Besides these, he has many other contributions and merits. The veteran officials have asked the officials to select them at their discretion."

Zhao Ji laughed and said, "It's very good. Talents need to be recruited to the imperial court for national use."

"For the official family and for the imperial court, it is duty-bound to promote virtuous veterans."

Cai Jing bowed in the direction the emperor left...

(End of this chapter)