Traveling through books: Traveling through time with a golden finger to become a soft rice man

The two chatted for a while, and Yang Yuanzu found out that Lord Shi had not left after his shift because he was worried about the stage setting for the birthday banquet. This banquet was not only for the emperor to celebrate his birthday, but also for receiving envoys from foreign countries. If it was not done well, it would lose face for the Da Ning Dynasty and would also affect diplomatic relations.

Designing the stage is not difficult, but he is not sure what Mr. Shi wants. Yang Yuanzu asked Mr. Shi, and Mr. Shi only said that he wanted it to be grand, gorgeous, exquisite and beautiful.

In order to achieve the best performance effect, the stage and the program must complement each other. Yang Yuanzu asked Lord Shi for the banquet performance program and planned to go back and draw a few pictures for Lord Shi's reference.

Lord Shi was naturally happy and relaxed to have someone to help him, but he did not put all his hopes on Yang Yuanzu. His own men also had to get moving, otherwise they would really become the Ministry of Works that was seen as a group of people eating for free.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yang Yuanzu said goodbye to Lord Shi and hurried to the palace gate. Luo Mingshi would definitely be dissatisfied if he waited too long. Although he was not afraid of the other party's dissatisfaction, Luo Mingshi kept talking on the way and disturbed his ears.

I really don’t understand why Yang Huahua likes Luo Mingshi. Does she like this kind of development-based boyfriend?

No, it was not like this before Luo Mingshi got married. At that time, he would still consider making plans to bring honor to his family in the future, work hard to pass the imperial examinations, and become an ambitious young man.

Yang Yuanzu guessed that it might be because he didn't have to take the imperial examination that he gradually let himself go and turned into a fool.

However, this kind of wonderful life where one does not have to worry about the future, does not have to worry about livelihood, has parents alive, and has a husband and children, must be something that most people in the world envy but cannot obtain.

As soon as Yang Yuanzu arrived at the palace gate, he saw Erlangzi leaning half of his body out of the car door, sandwiched between Tianpu and Suning, urging him: "Brother, hurry up, the food Huahua cooked at home is getting cold!"

"It's cold, I'll heat it up for you, okay?" Yang Yuanzu replied as he walked towards the carriage, and climbed onto the small stool that had been placed in advance. When Tianpu saw Yang Yuanzu get on the carriage, he put the stool away, sat on the carriage board with one toe, pulled the reins and shouted, "Xiao Huang, go!"

The tall and mighty brown colt shook its shiny mane after hearing the order, raised its hoof, cried out, turned the horse around and went back.

After Yang Yuanzu got on the carriage, Luo Mingshi said with a smile on his face: "How dare I ask big brother to heat up the food for me? I should heat up the food for you." After saying that, he changed the subject and said in a flattering manner, "My little brother-in-law's birthday is in thirty-three days and two hours. I wonder what gift big brother will give..."

Yang Yuanzu lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked out, and replied, "There's still more than a month left, why rush?" The small vendors outside the carriage were packing up their stalls and going home one after another.

They left home late today and there was nothing interesting to see on the street, so Yang Yuanzu lowered the curtains.

After returning home, Yang Yuanzu talked to Lin Ting'an as usual about what happened at work today. If nothing unexpected happened, he should be transferred to the Ministry of Industry.

Lin Ting'an now has to deal with account books and letters sent by his subordinates every day. While he was busy with his own things, he listened to Yang Yuanzu talking about miscellaneous things. Yang Yuanzu helped Lin Ting'an with the accounts while he was talking. After finishing the accounts, he suddenly remembered that he still had to draw the stage design, but at this time he heard Aunt Chen calling him to eat.

The couple put down their work and went to the main room together. On the way, they held hands and looked frivolous. Although they looked frivolous, the things they were discussing were all serious matters.

The difficulty Lin Ting'an is facing at work now is the problem of efficiency. It takes more than 20 days to send a message from Shunxing County to Changjing City at full speed, which means that the time he gets the news from Shunxing County will be delayed by more than 20 days.

If walking on the ground is too slow, then walk in the sky. Yang Yuanzu reminded Lin Ting'an that they once sent a letter by carrier pigeon. Lin Ting'an instantly had an idea when he heard it. He slapped his head in annoyance. It was because he had just moved to Changjing City and there were too many things to do, so he forgot about this matter for a while.

With the advent of pigeons, they were able to transmit information much faster, but if they wanted to send something, they still had to rely on foot.

The next day, Yang Yuanzu was summoned by the emperor to meet him because Mr. Shi, the Minister of Works, presented his cement method to him.

This was the second time Yang Yuanzu had met the emperor since the day of the palace examination. He saw Emperor Zongcheng sitting high on the dragon throne, asking him about matters related to cement.

Yang Yuanzu and Lord Shi stood under the main hall. The miniature dam that Yang Yuanzu had brought with him was placed on the ground. As for the larger cement bench, it could not be moved and was left in the front yard of the Ministry of Industry.

The emperor didn't believe that there was any stone that could not be moved, so he called a few more guards to move it.

The guard went with confidence, but returned empty-handed, kneeling on the ground and begging for forgiveness: "Your Majesty's cement bench cannot be moved, unless we smash it." But a smashed cement bench can no longer be called a bench.

The emperor didn't believe that there was any stone stool that couldn't be moved. Could it be that it had taken root?

The emperor asked Lord Shi to lead the way, and the group went in a mighty manner in the direction of the announcement. Finally, when they arrived in front of the cement stone bench, the emperor saw that the cement stone bench had really taken root in the courtyard of the Ministry of Industry. Unless its bottom was smashed, it could not be moved at all.

It cannot be moved but is not afraid of water. Isn't this suitable for building dams?

Emperor Zongcheng was delighted and asked Lord Shi to be responsible for incorporating cement into the future construction of the Ministry of Works. As for Yang Yuanzu, he waved his hand and transferred him to the Ministry of Works and promoted him.

Yang Yuanzu is now a sixth-rank agricultural official, and the only vacant positions in the Ministry of Works are currently the Yuwenlang of the same rank and the Langzhong of the fifth rank.

The emperor thought about it and promoted Yang Yuanzu to the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, and put him under the jurisdiction of Lord Shi, the Vice Minister of Works. However, the transfer would not be announced until after the birthday banquet. After all, everyone was busy receiving foreign envoys during this period. By the way, Yang Yuanzu could also stay in the Ministry of Revenue's Agricultural Department for a while longer and gain one more month of experience.

The weather was getting cooler, and the leaves in the yard were turning yellow and falling. Yang Yuanzu also became one of the people who had difficulty getting up because of the drop in temperature.

Although he has moved to the inner city now, he still needs to get up at three in the morning and make sure to get dressed, wash, and eat before four o'clock, because he has to leave home at least an hour earlier, otherwise he will have three months' salary deducted if he is late.