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Life in Chang'an Chapter 41 Human Cat Li Yifu and the New Workshop

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    After the morning court, Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, found him. Li Min, the cement supervisor, was temporarily under the Ministry of Industry and was nominally under the control of Duan Lun.  The identity of this Duan Shangshu is not simple. Li Min has to call him uncle. His wife is Li Shimin's fourth sister, Princess Gaomi. Li Min also met her at the last banquet, but the Princess Gaomi is very low-key and quiet, unlike Princess Danyang.  So talkative and active.

    "Liu Lang met my uncle. From now on, my nephew will work under his uncle to make a living. I hope you won't embarrass my nephew!" Li Min didn't have a deep impression of Duan Lun. He only remembered that he drank a lot, even though he was a drunkard.  Civil servants, last time they drank wine with the gang of veteran gangsters at the Five Kings Banquet, they were no less impressive.

    "Haha~, Liulang, you are so humble. You can come to this small temple of the Ministry of Industry. I'm really sorry for you!" Duan Lun smiled and said haha, and by the way, he praised Li Min a few words, and then said: "Liu Lang, you  Come with me to the Ministry of Industry. Yesterday, I helped you select some capable people, and the office area was also tidied up, just waiting for you, the superintendent, to take up the post." Although the imperial edict was only issued today,  However, Duan Lun received notification from the palace yesterday and had already prepared everything.

    "Haha, thank you uncle!" Li Min thanked him hurriedly.  The two of them got on the same carriage when they left the palace. Duan Lun was very enthusiastic and asked Li Min questions. Li Min was also very respectful and answered them one by one. This made Duan Lun have a good impression of him.

    After entering the Ministry of Industry, Li Min found that the place was very different from what he had imagined. In his imagination, the Ministry of Industry should be a comprehensive large workshop with various craftsmen working in their respective workshops.  The work in the workshop is in full swing.  But after he came in, he discovered that the Ministry of Industry was actually a very ordinary government department. The people working in it were ordinary officials at all levels, and there were no craftsmen at all. This made Li Min very confused.

    Ask if you don't understand anything. After Li Min expressed his doubts, Duan Lun burst into laughter. After a while, he joked: "Liu Lang, according to your opinion, then I, the Ministry of Industry and Engineering,  Doesn¡¯t the minister become a great craftsman? But I don¡¯t have the skills of the craftsmen!"

    This Duan Lun was quite funny. Seeing Li Min's very depressed expression made him laugh again. However, after laughing, he still explained the situation of the Ministry of Works to Li Min in detail.  The highest official of the Ministry of Works is, of course, the Minister, and there is also a minister, who can be regarded as his deputy. There are four departments under the Ministry of Works, each with a doctor and a foreign minister. In addition, each department also has several chiefs, who are in charge of all aspects of matters.  .

    As for the craftsmen Li Min mentioned, there are of course the Ministry of Industry, but most of them are in major workshops under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. There are also a few craftsmen who have been promoted to officials because of their superb craftsmanship, but these technical officials are not here.  Instead, they work in a large workshop behind the Ministry of Industry. Their work is also different from that of ordinary officials. They mainly use their superb skills to improve existing processes, which is equivalent to the research and development institutions of later generations.  Unfortunately, due to confidentiality reasons, even Prince Li Min could not enter easily, which made him very disappointed.

    The operation of cement is very important, and Duan Lun also attaches great importance to it, so he specially appointed a chief executive as Li Min's deputy, and there are also more than a dozen experienced junior officials to assist. As for Li Min's office, it is in the Ministry of Industry  Next to it is a large courtyard, which is not small in area, nearly thirty acres, and has many houses. Not only does it have a place for daily work, but there are even rooms for temporary rest.

    Duan Lun took Li Min around the yard and finally came to the reception hall. All the personnel transferred from the Ministry of Works had been waiting in the hall for a long time.  The leader was a ninth-level official in a green robe. When these people saw Li Min and Duan Lun coming in, they immediately bowed and saluted: "See His Highness Prince Liang, Lord Shangshu!"

    "Well, everyone, get up!" After Duan Lun finished speaking, he turned to Li Min and said, "Liu Lun, let me introduce to you. This is Li Yifu, the director of the Ministry of Industry. Although he is young, he is very talented.  He is a rare young hero in our Ministry of Industry!"

    In fact, without Duan Lun's introduction, Li Min had already noticed the director of the Ministry of Works. This was not just because he was the only official in the crowd, but more importantly, this man was too young and looked at best  He is about twenty years old, with red lips and white teeth. He is very handsome. Ever since Li Min came in, he has been very submissive and always has a harmless smile on his face, which makes people fall in love with him at first sight.

    "My humble minister Li Yifu, join His Highness!" Hearing Duan Lun introduce himself, Li Yifu hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed to the tunnel.

    Li Yifu?  Li Min always felt that this name was a bit familiar. Could it be another historical celebrity?  But now is not the time to think about it, so he smiled and said: "Haha, I didn't expect that Mr. Li, at such a young age, would already be valued by Lord Shangshu. It is really a blessing for me, the Tang Dynasty!"

    "Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness. I actually don't have much ability, I just do things seriously."?, all of this is thanks to Master Shangshu's wise teachings, which gave this villain the opportunity to follow His Highness.  "Although this Li Yifu is young, his speech is impeccable. Not only did he praise Li Min and Duan Lun, but he also praised himself.

    "Haha~, Yifu is still so good at talking. What I like most are young people like you." Duan Lun obviously likes people to flatter him the most, and he was so happy that he couldn't find Bei. No wonder he used cement like this  Leave important matters to Li Yifu?

    Li Yifu?  etc!  Li Min suddenly remembered, could this Li Yifu be the Li Yifu in history?  Li Linfu, who is said to be one of Wu Zetian's two thugs, is best at smiling in front of others and stabbing in the back, so he is also called "Human Cat" and "Sword of Mouth and Belly Sword". When he meets him, Li Linfu has to call him "Senior".  If it was really him, then Li Min met an amazing guy today.

    "From the accent of Chief Li, it seems that he is not from Chang'an. Why did he come to Chang'an to take up the post?" Li Min was not sure, so he could only test it out first.

    "Your Highness, the ancestral home of the official is Raoyang County. He later moved to Yongtai, and was recommended to Chang'an for the eighth year of Zhenguan." Li Yifu replied honestly, still smiling.

    Li Xuan was shocked. He didn't know where Li Yifu was from, but he knew that Li Yifu did not come to Chang'an until the eighth year of Zhenguan. At first, he served as many low-level officials until Li Zhi was named the prince.  Later, Li Yifu climbed onto the high branch of Li Zhi, and then he began to prosper.  Now that the name and time match up, it seems that he is the human cat known as one of Wu Zetian's two thugs in history.

    "Liu Liang, I still have some things to deal with over there, so you should get acquainted with Chief Li and the others. Later, Mr. Li will take you to see the newly built cement workshop outside the city. All the transferred craftsmen are there.  "Duan Lun saw that nothing happened to him, so he stood up and left. After all, he, the minister, had no time to accompany Li Min all the time.

    "Oh, my nephew would like to send my uncle off!" Duan Lun's words interrupted Li Min, who was in a daze. He quickly stood up and sent Duan Lun out. Of course, Li Yifu and others also followed.  Except for Li Yifu, the ninth-grade chief, the others were all minor officials without any rank. Li Min didn't need to know them. If he had anything to do, he could just tell Li Yifu directly.

    Although he was shocked by Li Yifu, a historical figure, Li Min didn't think much about it. What should be used had to be used. The first thing he did was to order Li Yifu to order a plaque for the 'Cement Supervision Institute' and hang it at the door of the yard.  This is his official official name as a cement supervisor.

    Then Li Min talked with everyone again, and it happened to be noon at this time, so Li Min treated the guests, and everyone went to the restaurant owned by Wang Zihao to have a big meal.  In the afternoon, with Li Yifu leading the way, Li Min left the city again and went to the place designated by the Ministry of Industry as a cement workshop.

    After being introduced by Li Yifu on the way, Li Min learned that this new workshop was also a lime workshop of the Ministry of Industry. Duan Lun heard that Li Min used the lime workshop to refine cement when he was the supervisor, so in order to facilitate Li Min, he moved this large-scale factory to the factory.  The lime workshop was set aside, which provided some convenience for Li Min.  This made Li Min couldn't help but sigh, there are still people in the court who are easy to be officials!

    The new workshop is located in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, next to the Weishui River. The workshop occupies a very large area. According to Li Yifu, it can accommodate up to a thousand people working together. After all, the Ministry of Industry sometimes has to do some very large-scale projects.  , there is a huge demand for lime, and there are several lime workshops of this size in other parts of the country.

    As soon as Li Min entered the door of the new workshop, he saw Bai Qing, who was wearing an eighth-grade official uniform, instructing the craftsmen to modify the cement kiln. Although the lime kiln could also burn cement, after research and improvement by Bai Qing's craftsmen who would serve as supervisors, they invented a  Planting new cement kilns can improve cement calcining efficiency.

    "Your Highness, you are here. The lime workshop of the Ministry of Industry is different. It even has a large waterwheel specially used for crushing." When Bai Qing saw Li Min coming, he hurried over and said very excitedly.  Because of his meritorious service in assisting Li Min in baking cement, Bai Qing, a ninth-grade official, was finally promoted one level. Now he is an eighth-grade official, but he was transferred from general supervisor to serve under Li Min.

    "Oh, there is a waterwheel? Take me to see it quickly!" Li Min was also very excited when he heard that the cement ingredients must be crushed before being calcined, but when he was in prison because of insufficient conditions,  Therefore, it has always been crushed by manpower, which is very inefficient. For this reason, Li Min also discussed this issue with Bai Qing. Bai Qing mentioned that some large-scale lime workshops use water power to crush limestone. Unfortunately, Li Min has never seen it.  , I didn¡¯t expect that the new workshop would be here.

    "Yes, Your Highness, please come with me!" Bai Qing agreed, turned around and left in a hurry. He was so excited that he didn't even notice that there was someone standing next to Li Min.

      "Bai Qing, this is Li Yifu, the director of the Ministry of Industry. You will have to cooperate in many aspects in the future. Let's get to know each other!" However, Li Min did not forget to introduce Li Yifu to Bai Qing, and Bai Qing will be in charge of the new workshop from now on.  Internal operations, while Li Yifu assisted Li Min in managing the cement manufacturing institute.

    "Uh~, Director Li is really young and promising. I was so excited just now that I neglected Director Li a little. I hope you won't blame me." Bai Qing was stunned when he saw Li Yifu and hurriedly saluted.  Even though his rank is one level higher than that of Li Yifu, he is a craftsman and it is difficult to get promoted. Otherwise, he would not have been a ninth-grade official for almost his whole life. Moreover, even if he was promoted, there would be little room for improvement.  It's very small, and being promoted to the sixth or seventh level is considered to be the highest level.  But Li Yi Mansion is different. The head of the Ministry of Industry is a serious scholar. Although he is only in the ninth rank now, as long as he can do things well and there are noble people in the court to help him, it is not impossible to be granted the title of marquis and prime minister in the future.

    "Haha, Chief Bai is so polite. You are dedicated to serving the public good and are a role model for our generation to learn from. Moreover, the juniors have just come into contact with this cement thing, so they will have to learn more from the seniors in the future." Li Yifu said with the same smile.  The words that came out still sounded so beautiful.

    Bai Qing never received such compliments. He immediately regarded Li Yifu as his nephew and answered all his questions.  Li Min was also moved in his heart. It seems that no simple person can leave a mark in history. Let's not talk about Li Yifu's reputation in history, but from his current perspective, this guy is definitely a rare talent.

    After turning around a few rows of lime kilns, Li Min saw a row of tall waterwheels standing by the Weishui River. They were slowly turning under the impact of the water flow. The heavy sound of "…ç…猔~" kept coming from below the waterwheel.  The sound of objects hitting.

    Li Min walked quickly to the waterwheel. He was amazed by the sight in front of him. He saw that each waterwheel drove five metal weights through simple machinery. When the weights reached the highest point, they would suddenly fall down.  , using its own weight to smash the material in the groove below. There are two craftsmen standing on both sides of the groove. One is responsible for stirring the material in the groove so that the heavy hammer can smash the material more evenly, and the other is responsible for smashing the material into pieces.  The good materials are shoveled onto the trolley next to it. When the trolley is full, special workers will push it to the front for mixing and calcining.  Although the scene was full of dust, the craftsmen seemed to have a clear division of labor and were well organized.

    The craftsman in charge of the water tanker saw Li Min and the others arriving and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Although he did not know Li Min, he knew Bai Qing and knew Bai Qing's immediate boss, so he worked very hard to introduce the water tanker to them.  Working principle and workflow.

    After all, Li Min is also a person who has received a general education from later generations. His theoretical knowledge is better than anyone else, so after looking at it for a while, he found that the application of mechanical principles is not reasonable in some places. Unfortunately, there is no time to improve now, so he just  We can wait until later.

    After visiting the waterwheel, Li Min, under the leadership of Bai Qing, took a look around the entire workshop. Most of them were satisfied with it. Bai Qing was also rectifying some of the unsatisfactory areas, so Li Min didn't need to worry at all.

    When leaving, Li Min told Bai Qing to prepare the previous cement inventory and speed up cement production as much as possible. He would use it tomorrow. Bai Qing immediately promised that nothing would happen, and Li Min left with Li Yifu.  However, before he arrived at his cement supervision institute, Li Min sent Li Yifu to the Ministry of Industry and asked him to ask for a group of road construction craftsmen to come back. The work was to be completed today, and Li Yifu also took the order to do it.

    It was getting late now. Watching the sunset, Li Min sat on his horse with great satisfaction. Making cement was just a small matter, but how to maximize its function was a big deal. Now that everything is ready, just  When he starts taking action tomorrow, he will build several long and large "billboards" with cement, so that everyone can first understand what cement is used for, and then announce his plan. Then  ¡­

    "Hahahaha~" Li Min couldn't help laughing loudly when he thought about his success, attracting the attention of the passers-by around him. If it weren't for the fact that Li Min was dressed gorgeously and there were many guards around him, someone would have probably rushed up and arrested him as a mentally ill person.  Woke up.

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