Married a scholar

▍The Ministry of Industry came.

Emperor Mingyou sent the servant of the Ministry of Industry, accompanied by several doctors, Yuanwai Lang, and some craftsmen who were begging for work in the Ministry of Industry.

The servant of the Ministry of Industry was surnamed Wei, and Wei Shilang cupped his hands when he saw Xia Wenze and Meng Yining, "I have seen Uncle Anning, Uncle Anning."

A bunch of officials from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce followed suit and bowed their hands to Xia Wenze.

Xia Wenze said with a gentle smile: "Your Majesty Wei is polite, everyone will follow me into the house to rest first."

Steward He followed Xia Wenze and waited for orders at any time, while Steward Fang went to order someone to clean up a few guest rooms.

Brother Yi hurried to the kitchen to prepare some hot water for snacks and so on.

Meng Yining was silent the whole time. He didn't expect that Emperor Mingyou would send a servant over, accompanied by so many people.

Wei Shilang and Xia Wenze spoke very politely. This Uncle An Ning, who was suddenly granted a title, is very famous in the imperial city. One is that he is very valued by the present. Didn't you see how many times he was awarded after the award?

The second is to hear that Uncle An Ning doesn't ask about court affairs and doesn't make friends with officials.

The third is to hear that Uncle An Ning has only one husband, which makes many husbands and wives in the imperial city envious.

Wei Shilang was very curious when he saw this legendary Uncle Anning.

The group of people arrived at the reception hall, and as soon as they sat down, Brother Yi brought up drinks, snacks and fruits.

The drink is herbal tea, the desserts are peach blossom cake, mung bean cake, Xuemei Niang, puffs, and the fruits are sliced ​​dragon fruit and mango.

Xia Wenze greeted: "Everyone, eat something to pad your stomach."

It was almost noon when Wei Shilang and others came over, and it was time for lunch in a while.

Wei Shilang smiled and said: "I heard that Bo Fulang opened the Mengshi Food City in the imperial city. The food inside is very delicious, and the officials can never get tired of eating it." After cleaning his hands, he took a piece of puff and ate it.

The rest of the people saw that their Shangguan had started to fight, so they were not polite anymore, they all washed their hands, some drank herbal tea first, some ate snacks, and some ate dragon fruit and mango with bamboo sticks.

Xia Wenze said gently: "If Master Wei likes it, after lunch, you can go to the food city here in the afternoon."

Wei Shilang smiled and said: "I will definitely try it, I heard that the food city here has more food than the food city in the imperial city."

After talking for a while, Xia Wenze led Wei Shilang and others to the dining room for lunch.

After lunch, Wei Shilang and others went to wash and rest again. Xia Wenze and Meng Yining returned to their yard. Xia Wenze pulled Meng Yining to lie down on the step of the study, "Let's rest for a while, and let He manage things in the afternoon." Wait for someone to take Wei Shilang and the others out for a stroll, and start working again tomorrow."

Wei Shilang's status is obviously not enough for Meng Yining and Meng Yining to accompany them all the way, and they came out to greet them today only because they are the hosts.

After the lunch break, Wei Shilang and others followed Guanshi He to go shopping in the Food City and the department store, and even took a look at the construction site opposite the official road.

The next day, after breakfast, Wei Shilang came to look for Xia Wenze and the other two.He came here with the emperor's order this time, not for fun, so after a day's rest, he had to start doing business.

Xia Wenze asked: "I don't know what the emperor told you, Mr. Wei?"

Wei Shilang said: "The emperor asked me to wait until we arrive at Shangyao Village and listen to Uncle Anning and Uncle Anning."

Xia Wenze nodded, "Master Wei then helped me find two good carpentry masters from the accompanying people. I need them to help me teach a group of carpenters."

Wei Shilang agreed.

Xia Wenze continued: "Master Wei can follow Guan He to visit Lijiao at the foot of Xiaoqing Mountain in the past two days. Of course, if Master Wei is not too tired, he can also ask Guan Shi to take you to Daqing Mountain. Take a look. Master Wei, don't worry about safety, Manager He will not take you to dangerous places."

"As for the others, since there are still some things that are not finished right now, Mr. Wei can only wait for a while."

Wei Shilang said with a smile: "It's okay, the emperor gave me a lot of time, just take it slowly."

Xia Wenze: "I don't know if there are any people who are accompanying you who are good at math?"

"Yes, there is a member of Yuanwai Lang who has done some research on "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic."

Xia Wenze smiled and said: "I just want people who are good at arithmetic to help me teach some people who are useful. I would never expect such a knowledgeable person to come." Nine chapters of arithmetic have some research, but they are a bit overqualified.

Wei Shilang smiled and said nothing, these are the people handpicked by Emperor Mingyou, no matter how good at arithmetic, it is good to be able to leave a name with the emperor.If not, it's nothing more than mediocrity.

After Xia Wenze finished speaking, Guanshi He took Wei Shilang out to Lijiao.

The construction of the cement factory has not yet been completed, and there is no way to see it if you want to.

On the Lijiao side, they can try it out in the future.

The weather was fine that day. Early in the morning, Xia Wenze and Meng Yining took Wei Shilang and others to Lijiao. Today was the day when the first batch of cement was dried.

Wei Shilang only brought two doctors with him, Yuanwailang and others did not follow.

There are only three people left in Lijiao.

One is for cement proportioning, and the other two are for controlling the temperature of the cellar.

Wei Shilang and others came to look at it, and the master of cement proportioning came over and took them to talk to them about the cement proportioning problem, while Meng Yining stood aside and watched.

A quarter of an hour later, the three of Wei Shilang and the master started to mix the first batch of cement together.

Meng Yining and the two found a shady place to sit.

There was a lot of work there, Meng Yining and the two were drinking herbal tea leisurely.

After the cement proportioning is completed, two different piles of cement will enter into two vertical cellars respectively.

That's right, because there are two types of cement, Meng Yining also built two cellars.

The three of Wei Shilang stood behind the two masters in charge of the Lijiao and asked something softly, and the two doctors even took out their notebooks to record.Look very serious.

It can be seen that the people sent by Emperor Mingyou this time are all serious about doing practical things.

The three of Wei Shilang came over, and Manager He immediately asked the people on the side to serve herbal tea for the three of them.

Wei Shilang looked a little excited, his eyes sparkling, "Uncle Anning, this cement is really a good thing." If the finished product is really as good as it says, it is really a good thing for Bei Jin.

He can imagine the extensive use of cement throughout the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Xia Wenze and the two laughed and said nothing. Cement is naturally a good thing, otherwise they wouldn't have taken it out.

The calcination will take some time, so Meng Yining and the others went back first.

However, Wei Shilang and the others stayed. After all, they came here for this matter, so naturally they had to follow.

When Meng Yining went back, he received a message from Meng Chongjue about the deal.

Meng Chongjue prepared all the succulents and bamboo plants he wanted.

Meng Yining kept more than a dozen pots of different succulents, but all the bamboo plants were sold to the Plane Mall, and the rest of the succulents were also sold to the Plane Mall.

Both succulents and bamboo plants are easy to feed plants, so they won nearly [-] gold coins.

However, Meng Yining didn't plan to keep selling these two things, the rarest things are the most expensive, if there are too many of these two things, the price will naturally decrease later.

Two gold coins can already buy a solar power card.

Meng Yining was not in a hurry to buy.

Xia Wenze went to the second courtyard to take a look. There are currently a few people who study mathematics there, and those who study carpentry have already gone to the opposite side of the official road.

There happened to be wood there, and it happened to be local, so there was no need to move the wood around.

Xia Wenze sighed a bit when he returned to his study, "Fortunately, the person we hired to learn mathematics had some foundation, otherwise Fang Tian might not even understand Chapter 1."

"Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" consists of nine chapters, Meng Yining doesn't ask them to learn all of them, as long as they can achieve three or four successes in front of them.After all, his family has a big business now, and they need more talents in this field, so they can't always go outside to find people.

As time passed, the cement factory also began to enter the construction stage. Wei Shilang and others ran there every day, and they really participated in the whole process.

Even the blueprints for the construction of the vertical cellar here, Wei Shilang wanted to study it carefully, and suggested that some places could be changed, which might be better.

After reading it, Meng Yining felt that it was indeed the case.

These blueprints of his were made by his brother, but they are not from this side after all, so they can only make them and use them.

The carpentry apprentices also studied very seriously. There are a few more talented ones, and they have already done well.

After seeing it with Xia Wenze, Meng Yining gave them some relatively simple amusement facilities, such as relatively large slides. This does not require any technical content, but the wood needs to be polished well without burrs. , otherwise it is easy to get hurt.

There are also small animal-shaped trains, which are also easy to make. The animals don’t need to be too detailed, as long as they have that shape, they can be painted with paint at the end.

These are relatively simple, Meng Yining gave them, and the carpenter took them with them, so they should practice for them.

Meng Yining and the two at the cement factory didn't follow along. After all, the cement factory they built here was almost only for their own use and the surrounding county towns. The other places in the Northern Jin Dynasty were the affairs of Emperor Mingyou. Wei Shilang was there Staring at each other, the two of them were happy and relaxed.

The road from Daqing Mountain to the Lijiao at the foot of Xiaoqingshan Mountain has also been dug. Meng Yining thought it was good, and then went to Lijiao to take a look at the cement that had been ground, because the cement factory still needs some time to finish. It was built, so the first batch of cement was manually pulled by stone mills here.

This batch of two kinds of cement has already come out. Meng Yining intends to use this batch of cement to pave the road from the limestone side of Daqingshan to the Lijiao of Xiaoqingshan, but before paving the road, he still has to go to Nanhe. Bring back some sand.

To the southeast of Guqu County, there is a section of river with a lot of river sand. It is only two or three days away from here.

The author says:

Good night~ Mejiu~