Chapter 299 Father, Light a Fire
Dao Ye turned around expressionlessly and said, "I'm back."
Everyone left the village in silence.
Then they each led their horses and prepared to go back.
Just as Gao Yiming was about to mount his horse, he heard someone shouting from behind, "Hey! Who's that? Master Gao, Gao Yiming!"
Gao Yiming frowned and turned back, "Chang Wei Bo, what's the matter?"
Jiang Qingzhi held up the reins and asked, "Master Gao, have you forgotten something?"
"You!" Gao Yiming suddenly remembered the bet.
"A gentleman's word is his bond!" Jiang Qingzhi jumped on his horse. He was not the type of person who would not show mercy to others when he was in a powerful position, but if you were magnanimous to a guy like Gao Yiming, the other party would only think you were a fool.
Gao Yiming glanced at the Taoist priest subconsciously, but the Taoist priest was being surrounded and walked away.
The officials and attendants all stopped and looked at him.
It is rare to see a scholar leading a horse for others.
No, I haven't seen it.
It's not rare!
Gao Yiming moved his lips, wanting to say that killing people is not the right path, but under Jiang Qingzhi's half-smile, he slowly walked over.
Take the reins.
Turn around and walk slowly.
He felt that all eyes were on him.
Countless people are laughing at themselves.
Tomorrow he will become the laughing stock of the imperial scholars...
Zhu Xizhong asked, "Qingzhi, how does it feel to be a scholar leading a horse?"
Jiang Qingzhi shook off the ashes from his cigarette and said, "Not bad!"
Gao Yiming's face was as red as the sunshine at the moment.
……
After returning to the capital, Emperor Jiajing went into seclusion.
"Uncle, Huang Jin said that the emperor hasn't eaten for two days."
Zhu Shou'an held her chin with both hands, and for the first time she had no intention of teasing Duoduo.
"Why?" Jiang Qingzhi was looking at the land deed. He had acquired two thousand acres of land. But he was a little bothered that Uncle Ding didn't give him any reward.
"I don't know either." The little girl shook her head.
The two princes could not see the Taoist priest, but Zhu Shou'an could. However, after the prince passed away, the Taoist priest only saw her once.
This is like seeing enemies everywhere... Jiang Qingzhi doesn't know what his master is doing, and is worried that if he continues to fast like this, he will ascend to heaven.
"You wait."
Jiang Qingzhi went to the kitchen and prepared some side dishes and some pancakes, and put them in the food box. "You are a girl, remember not to care about your face. If you cry, make a scene, or even threaten to hang yourself, just keep beating and pestering, and at least let His Majesty eat these."
"Okay!" Zhu Shou'an raised her head and responded seriously.
She carried the food box and went to ask to see the Taoist priest.
"His Majesty said that he has something to do today." Huang Jin looked a little weak and was still panting.
"I won't leave!" Zhu Shou'an thought of her cousin's words and stood stubbornly outside the palace gate.
Huang Jin tried to persuade him in vain, so he went to the side to rest.
"Eunuch Huang, what are you doing..." a eunuch asked with concern.
"I'm hungry." Huang Jin stared at the food box in Zhu Shou'an's hand, his eyes turning a little green.
If the Taoist priest doesn't eat it, then Huang Jin naturally can't eat it either.
After two days, he felt like he was drifting away.
The feeling of being able to take off with a gust of wind.
"Would you like to eat something?" The eunuch was his confidant. He took out an oil-paper bag and opened it to reveal snacks.
Huang Jin swallowed his saliva and refused with difficulty, "Forget it."
"Just a little." The eunuch broke off a small piece.
"Get out!" Huang Jin cursed before he was about to lose control.
"Father!"
Zhu Shou'an said, "They said you haven't eaten for two days. Last time, I didn't eat for two days... I was so hungry that I wanted to eat cotton wool."
Thinking of Zhu Shou'an's experience, Huang Jin couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"At that time, I was thinking, how wonderful it would be if I could have enough food every day."
"No one cared about me at that time. When it was time to eat, they would eat first and then bring my food. Most of the time, most of it was stolen..."
Damn it! A fierce look flashed in Huang Jin's eyes, and he thought that he should have fully supported Jiang Qingzhi when he dealt with the people around the eldest princess last time.
"But I couldn't beat them. When I was hungry, I wondered... where is my father?"
Zhu Shou'an looked inside with tears in her eyes. "At that time, I was hoping that my father would suddenly appear and take my food back. But I kept hoping and hoping, but my father never came..."
There was a sigh inside.
Zhu Shou'an wiped away her tears. "My cousin said that a child without a mother is a weed. I argued with my cousin and I said... I still have my father."
Huang Jin was shocked.
Suddenly I thought of my mother.
Zhu Shou's body trembled. "Other children have their parents to take care of them when they are bullied, but where is my father?"
The little girl lowered her head and slowly knelt down.
A thin figure appeared in the door.
Zhu Shou'an tilted her head back and looked at him through her tears.
"father!"
……
The emperor had his meal.
This news instantly relaxed the atmosphere in the palace.
Yan Song also let out a long sigh and then scolded the officials.
"I don't ask for more per acre, I just want to increase the income by 10%. Why can't I do it?"
The official smiled bitterly, "Prime Minister, the Ministry of Industry has taken a look. The biogas digester built by Chang Wei Bo may seem simple, but it has many tricks..."
"Then go and ask for advice!" Yan Shifan said coldly: "But the host is dissatisfied with Chang Wei Bo?" The official nodded awkwardly.
The official in charge of the matter in the Ministry of Works was immediately suspended from his post. Yan Song's swift and decisive action frightened all the officials in the court.
"Whoever dares to stand in the way of this, I will definitely strip him of his official robes!"
Yan Shoufu's moral integrity was instantly maxed out, and his loyalty attribute was maxed out...
The officials of the Ministry of Works went to the Bo's Mansion to ask for an audience with Jiang Qingzhi. They were prepared to be harassed before they went, but when they met Jiang Qingzhi, he was actually petting a cat and pointing at his disciples, "Let Zhou Xia teach you, etc."
When there is something to do, the disciples will do the work. Zhou Xia was very kind and helped these people solve their problems.
"...The most important rule is that no open flames are allowed. That means no fires near the exhaust vents. This must be kept in mind. Let those people remember it!"
"Yes."
When they returned to the Ministry of Works, they learned that it was Zhou Xia, a member of the Ministry of Rites, who was giving them the lesson. Lin Jie, the doctor in charge of the matter, sneered and said, "It's just alarmist talk."
According to the deployment, the Ministry of Industry should then train a group of craftsmen internally and then send them to various places to supervise the construction of biogas digesters.
Jiang Qingzhi was also very concerned about this matter.
"Master Ding, the production has increased by more than 10%! Even if it is extended to one-tenth of the places, the annual increase in grain production can extend the life of the Ming Dynasty for many years, right? Where is the reward?"
The big cauldron was turning slowly.
Jiang Qingzhi thought for a long time and felt that there was only one possibility, "But is it because of the lack of promotion?"
Yes!
Jiang Qingzhi's mind is full of things from the future. He thought that if he could come up with something, the Ming Dynasty would last for many years longer. But that was just a pie in the sky and nothing happened.
Jiang Qingzhi hurried to the Ministry of Works, which replied: "When His Majesty came back from his last trip, he said that the city walls of the capital were in disrepair and ordered our Ministry of Works to repair them. There are only so many craftsmen, and many of them were used to repair the city walls, leaving fewer for the promotion of biogas digesters."
Jiang Qingzhi said angrily: "When can't the city wall of the capital be repaired? But the crops in the fields can't wait!"
The official smiled bitterly, "This matter..."
"Who is interfering?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
The official whispered, "Doctor Lin Jie."
"I know." Jiang Qingzhi patted his shoulder. "By the way, aren't you afraid of being suppressed by Lin Jie after he finds out?"
The official said: "I am more afraid that the Ming Dynasty will decline!"
Jiang Qingzhi originally wanted to use other methods to implement this matter, but after hearing this, he changed his mind and went straight to find Lin Jie.
Lin Jie is in his forties and looks quite dignified.
"I'm sorry, Long Wei Bo." Lin Jie shook his head. "Repairing the capital's city walls is the top priority of my Ministry of Works right now, and the Minister of State said the same thing."
The capital is the face of the Ming Dynasty, who dares to oppose it?
"The most important thing is to feed the people!" Jiang Qingzhi slammed the table, "I just ask you, when can you get the craftsmen back?"
Lin Jie sighed, "In fact, the solution is simple. It is too troublesome to teach those craftsmen right now, especially what Long Weber said about safe use of gas. If we remove this part, those craftsmen will be enough."
Jiang Qingzhi's eyes narrowed and flickered a few times, "That thing can kill people!"
"Haha!" Lin Jie laughed, "Really?"
Who the hell has ever seen anger kill someone?
And that's an open place, not a sealed environment. Why don't you kill one and show me?
Lin Jie smiled and asked, "What's the mystery of that Qi?"
"No!" Jiang Qingzhi coughed dryly, "I have something else to do, so I'm leaving now."
Watching him leave, Lin Jie sneered and called his confidant to tell him, "There must be something strange about that aura. Tell them to keep an eye on this matter."
Ever since Jiang Qingzhi destroyed the Confucian school in the Hanlin Academy, the scholars and officials in the capital have gathered together many times and gradually reached a consensus.
……
"Make sure he pays the price! It would be best if he were disgraced!"
A great scholar slammed the table at a gathering and said with great sorrow: "Otherwise, I will not be able to face the saints in the underworld!"
Those present were either great scholars or famous people in the literary world, and they all nodded.
Someone said: "Lin Jie, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, said yesterday that there was something strange about the biogas pool built by Jiang Qingzhi, especially the stench. Lin Jie wanted to inquire about it, but Jiang Qingzhi was ambiguous and avoided the question..."
"Jiang Qingzhi relied on the biogas tank to turn the tables. If we can find his flaws in it..." someone said sinisterly, "Then it will be our turn to turn the tables."
The great scholar stood up suddenly and said, "Tell Lin Jie that if this can be accomplished, I will fully recommend him!"
"So is the old man!"
"I am also..."
Even though these people are not officials, they have extensive connections. Once they are mobilized, it would be a piece of cake for Lin Jie to rise to the top.
After receiving the news, Lin Jie stayed in the duty room for a long time. When he came out, he was walking in a hurry.
“Keep your eyes on that digester!”
Two days later, a new discovery was made.
"Doctor, Sun Chonglou from the Bo's Mansion goes to the farm every other day. He and others tinker with something in the biogas tank in the middle of the night. He returns with a sack of stuff at dawn."
Lin Jie took a deep breath and suppressed the excitement in his heart, "When is the next time?"
"tomorrow!"
……
"Master, those two idiots thought we didn't notice him, they were laughing so happily."
Sun Chonglou slept until noon and looked a little lazy when he was called.
"Where did they go?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"Ministry of Industry." Sun Chonglou rubbed his stomach, "Master, I'm hungry."
"Go!"
Jiang Qingzhi smiled.
Then he called Sun Bu Tong.
"Tomorrow you and Shitou will go to the village together..."
After leaving the government office the next day, Lin Jie did not go home, but hurried out of the city with a few people.
Not long after, Sun Chonglou and Sun Bu Tong also went to the village.
The great scholar was drinking with others and raised his glass and said, "It's a nice day today."
At the Bo's Mansion, Jiang Qingzhi stroked the cat and said, "It's a dark and windy night, so we need to light a fire."
(End of this chapter)
