North and South groceries

When Luo Yong came back this time, he no longer lived in the White Mansion, but lived in the Huihe County Lord's Mansion that the sage had bestowed upon Siniang earlier.

Si Niang Wu Lang and the others tidy up, and they will also move in a few days.

The county lord's mansion is located in Anyefang, on the north side of Zhuque Street, which is considered a relatively good location.

Going north from here, passing through Fenglefang, Tonghuafang, and Shanhefang, you can reach Suzaku Gate in Miyagi. For those officials who often need to get up early to go to court, it is more convenient to live nearby.

As the county magistrate of Chang'an, Luo Yong didn't have to go to the court very often, usually it was a big court, and he didn't need to go to a small court. On weekdays, he mainly went to the Chang'an County Government House every morning to do some work.

From the location of Anyefang to the west, after Chongdefang and Chongxianfang, you will find Changshoufang, and Changshoufang is where the Chang'an County Government is located.

In short, Luo Yong lives in this place, and it is very convenient to go up and down to work. The north and south groceries are in Xinghuafang, which is diagonally to the northwest. Defang, to the west of Guangdefang is the West Market.

As a county lord's mansion, it seems to be a bit tall, but in fact it is quite an ordinary house, which looks similar to those around it.

Those who can live in this area can basically be regarded as relatively decent families. Among other things, the roofs are all covered with tiles, not thatch.

Because of Siniang and the others' moving, the ladies of the Bai family have been helping out in the past few days, calling the servants of the family to come over and clean the house carefully, and helping Siniang and the others to decorate the house and buy some daily necessities What should I do.

If you look at what is missing in this yard, after a few people figured it out, there happened to be something ready-made in the warehouse of the Bai family, so they moved here.

Luo Yong and the Lord of the Bai family often sat and talked together in the past two days. The Bai family told Luo Yong a lot of things in Chang'an City, the current situation of the major families in the Central Plains, and the big and small things in the court.

In addition, we also talked about the battle in Liaodong. Since last year, the war in Liaodong has become more and more difficult. In response to the war, war-weariness gradually developed. The people of Liaodong were harassed by the war, and there was faint public resentment.

The ministers of the DPRK and China went to the shuffle one after another, asking the king to order the withdrawal of the troops, and to end the war in time before causing greater losses.

Goguryeo is only a small country, and now there are northern peoples to check and balance, it is not easy to get it, and it needs to be gradually planned. When the northern forces are wiped out in the future, Goguryeo will also become a thing in the bag.

However, this is a gradual plan, and when will the plan go? On the day when Goguryeo becomes the bag, will Li Shimin still be alive?

It is a great regret in Li Shimin's heart that he cannot win Goguryeo in his own lifetime. However, judging from the current situation, this war has become a wheel war that constantly consumes the lives of soldiers and the national power of both sides. Signs, if you don't withdraw your troops at this time, you are afraid that someone will take advantage of you.

Now that the army has withdrawn from Liaodong, the men and horses are exhausted and the food and grass are exhausted. After the squadron returns to the court, there will be no rewards for military exploits.

This time, Xu Shiji and Li Daozong went to the Tang Dynasty's battle against Goguryeo. From the planning and preparation before the war to the final withdrawal, they worked hard for a year or two, but in the end they couldn't get any benefits.

After the two of them returned to court, this fruitless battle would probably become a weakness for them to be attacked by their political opponents in the future.

The court is full of turmoil, and the forces of all parties are intricate. The last time Luo Yong served as an assistant teacher of Taixue in Chang'an City, he could be regarded as an official to put it mildly, but in fact he was just a low-level shrimp.

Returning from Nalongxi this time, he is about to assume the important post of Chang'an county magistrate, so he is naturally much closer to the turmoil among those upper-level forces.

After Luo Yong returned to Beijing in the past two days, he first reported to the Ministry of Officials, and then he stayed at home and waited for the day when he took office.

During this time, someone from the palace came to report that the sage Xuan Luo Yong entered the palace to have an audience. Luo Yong changed into an official uniform and entered the palace with the servant who came to summon him.

After entering the palace gate, you can no longer take a carriage, but have to walk on two legs.Most people at this time did not have the habit of riding sedan chairs, also known as shoulder sedan chairs, which were generally only used when traveling in the mountains. Women and the elderly also took rides on flat ground, and young men were very rare.

The literati in this era also favored martial arts, and hunting on horseback was a daily routine. If a young and strong man couldn't walk for a few steps, and had to be lifted by a certain green cloth sedan chair, he would not be laughed to death.

Luo Yong walked in the palace with the eunuch who led the way, chatting with him from time to time, the eunuch's attitude was also very kind.

Luo Yong asked him, "I don't know if servant Xu is still safe."

The eunuch replied: "Xu Nei's servant is very good. I am very happy to hear that the Luo county magistrate has returned."

Luo Yong said with a smile: "That's good."

After entering the palace, he met the sage. The sage asked Luo Yong if he had worked hard on this journey. Luo Yong's road was not hard. Now the road is smooth, which is much better than when he went west seven years ago.

As soon as he talked about Luo Yong being forced to leave Chang'an seven years ago, the smile on the old emperor's face froze for a moment. Although he knew that the coffin board in front of him was not a good one, he didn't expect that he just met today. He mentioned this to himself.

As far as the many kings in Chinese history are concerned, Li Shimin's temper can be considered relatively good, at least on the surface.

He didn't get angry with Luo Yong at this time, but rewarded him for his hard work over the years, and comforted him for his hardships over the years. As an old bird in the political field, it's really ironic to say something nice. very.

Luo Yong was also very moved when he heard it, and then he said heartfelt words to the emperor.

He said that he is such a piece of material, he only wants to focus on construction, and he has no thoughts of fighting for power and profit. If the saint can be trusted, he will be left to make the best use of it in Chang'an City. If not, he will be asked to return to his hometown in Lishi That's all (liao).

The corners of the old emperor's mouth twitched when he heard this "heart-felt words", "Luo Aiqing, that's fine, why did you talk about going back to Lishi's hometown? But what difficulties did you encounter?"

Every now and then, he would say that he was going back to his hometown and not be an official. Some veterans in the imperial court often used this routine. Now this coffin board didn't know which muscle was wrong, and he actually played with him.

"There is no difficulty at the moment." In fact, he just wanted to make some big moves, but if he didn't get the support of the emperor, he would definitely not be able to do it by himself.

"What's the matter, you can just say it directly." The emperor's patience was finally exhausted at this time, and he was lazy to pretend to be a benevolent king.

"Chen, I want to start an engineering school." Luo Yong said solemnly.

When the emperor heard this, he stopped talking for a while. This is not a trivial matter, and he has to think about it for a while.

Afterwards, Luo Yong explained to him in detail the reasons why he wanted to set up an engineering school.

Now in Chang’an City, there are Hongwen Hall, Chongwen Guang founded by Luo Yong the second year after he left Chang’an City, and Guozixue, Taixue, and Simenxue, which train the children of officials. There are also calligraphy, arithmetic, and legal studies for the purpose of cultivating officials, and finally, medicine is established in each state, and Chang'an City also has it.

However, in the whole country, there is no school that teaches engineering technology. Most of the skills of craftsmen are passed down from generation to generation, and they are self-cherishing. There is a lack of communication and communication. If any bloodline is cut off, some skills will also be lost. It is really a pity.

The purpose of Luo Yong's establishment of this engineering school is to gather the strengths of various schools, continuously research new technologies, and devote himself to disseminating advanced technologies. As the initiator of this matter, in order to show his sincerity, he is willing to let his disciples first come up with Some of the technologies they currently have.

"...The sage must have heard that besides the power of wind and water, heat can also be used by people. The equipment that my disciples have created now has been put into use in the needle workshop in Changle County. It only needs to be incinerated Coal can be used to draw and cut these labors without much manpower.”

"Nowadays, Hexi is able to produce white daisy flowers, and the output is huge. I believe that the process of spinning and weaving should be realized by using heat energy, but it will take some time to study carefully. Clothes and quilts in the world, this is a great cause, my disciple. Our ability is limited, if we can set up this engineering school, call the most outstanding craftsmen from all over the world to participate and brainstorm, there will be a day when this idea will be turned into reality, and young craftsmen can be trained in the engineering school, so that these technologies can be passed on for a long time , constantly optimizing..."

The old emperor sat on the wooden couch and listened to Luo Yong's eloquent talk about how prosperous and prosperous the world was, if it was true as he said, spinning and weaving would not require so much manpower, and only need to burn some charcoal. Realize it, then this world will probably change its appearance.

Is Li Shimin today afraid of such a change?He is not afraid.

As he grows older, his body deteriorates, and his enthusiasm gradually loses, he is actually looking forward to some new things, some new possibilities, and even some miracles.

The Battle of Liaodong has become a regret, and Sun Simiao persuaded him not to take the elixir that would allow him to place his fantasy and expectations on it.

Sun Simiao used to make alchemy himself earlier, but now he doesn't practice it anymore, there must be a reason for it, besides, there must be no reason for a person like him to lie to himself, the old emperor thought about it, so he didn't take it, just It is inevitable that I feel a little lost in my heart, and this spiritual sustenance is gone.

The young man in front of him is very daring to think, and he can think of the miracle of taking the heat of coal and using it to spin yarn and weave cloth.

Seeing his energetic appearance, the old emperor couldn't help sighing in his heart, it's better to be a young man, and those old people in the court, how can they have such energy.

"Shan, I will set up an engineering school as you said." The old emperor thought about it and thought it was a good thing, so he agreed.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Luo Yong hastily flattered him.

"Forget it, I'm tired, you go now." The emperor didn't want to listen to his insincere flattery, so let him leave as soon as he finished talking.

"Your Majesty, the position of Doctor of Engineering is recommended by someone!" Luo Yong said hastily.

"Who?" asked the emperor.

"The minister's disciple, Hengzhi, is born in a humble background, but he has outstanding skills, and he is qualified for the post of doctor of imperial studies." Luo Yong can't always let his disciples suffer, and he must actively fight for them when it is time to fight for benefits.

"Good." The emperor agreed very readily.

After all, Luo Yong proposed to take out the advanced technology in his hands. It is not too much to ask for such an official position for his apprentice. Besides, he has heard of Hengzhi before, and it is indeed true. To do it.

"There is also Hou Lin, the secretary of the Guozi School! He also deserves this position!" Luo Yong said again.

"Hou Lin?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, he knew this person very well, and there was a lot of noise about what the son of the state learned a while ago.But that's just a scholar. What kind of talents can he have to be a doctor of engineering?Luo's use of this is clearly using his power for personal gain.

"What can he do in engineering?" said the emperor.

"For such a large engineering school, it can't be all craftsmen, it needs a person who manages personnel and finance at least." Luo said with certainty.

The emperor glanced at the coffin board in front of him, and hummed, "Yes."

He also knew that Luo Yong and Hou Lin had a good friendship, and that Nian had indeed made meritorious service over the years, and he still expected him to continue to work hard in the future, so this time he did as he wanted.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Luo Yong was happy now.

"Okay, let's go." The emperor waved his hand.

"Your Majesty..." Luo Yong still didn't leave.

"Why, there are still people who want to recommend?" the emperor said dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what kind of official position is the post of Doctor of Engineering?" Luo Yong was quite satisfied with being able to cram two doctors into this newly established school, and had no intention of recommending a third person.

"From the ninth grade." The old emperor said lightly.

"..." Luo Yong heard, okay, it's at the same level as Doctors of Calligraphy and Mathematical Sciences, and they are all low-level officials. There is no comparison.

The status of craftsmen in this era is inherently low, lower than that of official officials, which was originally predictable.

After leaving the palace, Luo Yong went to look for Hou Lin and told him about this matter. Luo Yong had asked Hou Lin for his opinion on this matter before, and he himself was very willing.

Hou Lin came from a poor family, so it was not easy for him to become an official in Chang'an City. In the eyes of the people in his hometown, he was very promising. How could he know that he was facing difficulties everywhere in the officialdom? , has neither power to rely on nor financial support, and is shorter than others in every way, and has been carefully managed for many years, but it cannot withstand the embarrassment of others.

He was originally a low-ranking official, but when he was transferred to the position of doctor of engineering, he was still a low-ranking official, but he would be much more free in his actions, and he didn't need to look at people's faces everywhere.

And according to Luo Yong, although the position of doctor of engineering certainly does not have a high social status at the moment, as long as he can make achievements in technical research, the benefits will definitely be fine, which makes Hou Lin very satisfied.

"Earlier, Si Niang was in trouble, and thanks to Hou Xiaoshu's righteous words, this time I heard that Hou Xiaoshu was excluded and embarrassed, but I can't do anything for you."

"Now that you are asked to become a doctor of engineering, not only will you not be promoted in the official position, but your status will even appear low. In this world, craftsmen are always looked down upon by others."

Luo Yong and Hou Lin drank together, and he was also very angry when he talked about the fact that the Guozixue crowd excluded Hou Lin.

Hou Lin has been at the Guozi Academy for so many years and has nothing to do. The reason why he was excluded this time is that some family members are dissatisfied with Qiao Junlin as the team leader, so they want to play tricks on Hou Lin.

"Why does Sanlang say these heretical things? I don't have any background, and I'm not a person who is well-educated and talented. I haven't made much progress in Chang'an City these years. What are you trying to do, but it's just to support my family." As Hou Lin said, he picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it down.

"Don't say such depressing words. Don't look at the fact that this doctor of engineering has no status at the moment. After a few years, if he really achieves the shocking results, the boat will naturally rise. At that time, the people on board will also rise a little bit." It's going up." Luo said confidently.

"Then I have to thank Saburo for taking me up together!" Hou Lin smiled and cupped his hands.

"Naturally." Luo Yong agreed: "School Hou just needs to sit firmly on the boat!"

The two of them chatted happily, and they talked about Qiao Junlin who had gone west. He didn't know when he would come back, and he didn't know where he was now, but he was fine.

As the team leader this time, Qiao Junlin led a group of gentry children to explore the Western Regions and spread the culture of the Tang Dynasty. Pay attention, others will not mention it for the time being, for Qiao Junlin, his future must be much wider than before...

It was almost dusk when Luo Yong came out of the Hou's courtyard, got into the carriage arranged for him by his disciples, and walked through the streets and alleys of Chang'an City with a hint of drunkenness.

Luo Yong opened the car window, let the cold wind from outside pour into the car, looked at the scenery on the street, and diffused the smell of alcohol by the way.

Although it is midwinter, the streets of Chang'an City are not deserted. Pedestrians and vehicles have to go home before the curfew, and there is something bustling and affluent in the hurry.

Luo Yong sat in the carriage, looking at the pedestrians and vehicles passing by on the street, with a smile on his face, thinking about things in his heart.

Now in Chang'an City, everyone knew that Luo Yong had returned, but they didn't know how those people would guess his next move, but thought he would open a workshop to sell tofu in Chang'an City this time?

This time back to Chang'an, Luo Yong's ability as an official has already been recognized by the superiors. Now they have money in their hands and talents around them, and they have gradually established their own network of relationships in Chang'an City.

That being the case, how could he still focus on those small workshops this time.

How can you use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken...