Chapter 226 Frozen Tofu Project

Cai Xiang's concerns are not unreasonable. At that time, Renzong was seriously ill. At that time, he had not appointed a crown prince. At that time, Zhao Shu served in front of Renzong's couch. When Cai Xiang and the ministers visited Renzong, he brought his colleagues with him. Among them, there were memorials against the establishment of Zhao Shu as the crown prince. Zhao Shu was speechless at that time, but he always thought that Cai Xiang was against him.

With Cai Xiangcai's academic and political achievements, if it hadn't been for the death of Renzong, he would have been able to serve as prime minister. Fortunately, the officials recommended him, and when Yingzong was employing people, he reluctantly transferred him back to the capital and appointed three ministers. The three ministers were the highest financial officer in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and the three ministers were the chief financial officer, with salt iron and household departments. The three deputy envoys of Duzhi are in charge of three departments, and there are more than 20 departments such as soldiers, merchants and taxes, which are divided into affairs.

Qin Minzhi, the servant of the Ministry of Household, happened to be under the jurisdiction of Cai Xiang. It is said that it is understandable for Cai Xiang to take Qin Minzhi, but the first of the three fires of the new official burned on the emperor's favorite minister, which is more or less a violation of the rules of officialdom,

Li Shen reminded Cai Xiang that the bell needs to be tied to solve this matter. Since everyone can think that this matter is the work of the king, today's three envoys together with Kaifengfu will solve the king's thoughts, so there must be a countermeasure to how to end the king next.

Cai Xiang and Wang's side always have an old friendship. What's more, Cai Xiang's cousin is also a close-up book boy next to the king. It is normal to invite Wang to the house to talk about it alone. Cai Xiang went back to the house to write the memorial of the servant of the household department. As soon as he put down his pen, his family came to visit the king. Cai Xiang went outside the hall and stood on the steps to greet the king. ,

For Cai Xianghe's age and official position, it was already a heavy salute to go out of the hall to greet him. The king took a few steps up the steps and bowed and saluted: "I have seen three envoys next to the king in the evening."

Cai Xiang held Wang's arm: "You're welcome, Wang Shilang, please go inside." With that, he let the king into the hall,

The hall was brightly lit, and a table was placed in the middle of the hall with fruits and cakes on it. It could be seen that it was ready to entertain guests. Cai Xiang invited Wang to sit down and ordered his family to prepare a banquet, but Wang said, "Cachelory Cai, wait a minute."

Cai Xiang was stunned and thought that what the hell was going on with this boy? Could it be just a courtesy visit and didn't mean to leave a meal. Cai Xiang asked with a smile, "Is it possible that Wang Shilang is afraid that I will invite you to come and go to the Hongmen banquet?"

Wang sided with a smile: "Bachelor Cai was transferred to the capital. Wansheng should have come to celebrate in person for a long time. He has been invited to thank the bachelor for his love. However, there is still one person missing from today's banquet. The student can't invite him. I want to invite this person in the name of the bachelor. I don't know if Bachelor Cai can give this face."

"Of course, I don't know who Wang Shilang wants to invite." Cai Xiang asked,

"Today's white sheep wine is specially prepared, but please ask the bachelor to make a drunken man." Wang Zong answered with a smile,

Cai Jing was funny when he listened to Wang's words. The prince really knew his cousin. His cousin Cai Xiang had the best tea, followed by wine. There were dozens of articles of wine in his cousin Cai Xiang's poems. Now the prince came with wine and was still improvised. Cai Jing couldn't help laughing,

Cai Xiang looked up at Cai Jing behind the king: "Where does Yuan Chang laugh?"

Cai Jing said, "My cousin doesn't know anything. My son is full of ghost ideas, but his poetry is not good. How to drink with his cousin is to invite a bachelor, and how can he make an appointment with a drunken man again?"

Wang listened and laughed without saying anything. If Cai Xiang was a smart person, he naturally understood what he meant. The bachelor referred to Cai Xiang, but the drunken man said that he wanted to bother Cai Xiang's other person today.

Cai Xiang laughed and said, "You pretend to be smart. Wang Shilang is indeed wrong, but it's just a word. I think he brought this white sheep wine not to make an appointment with a drunken man, but to catch a drunken man with this wine." After saying that, he ordered, "Come on, take my post and invite the founding father-in-law. By the way, don't forget to say that I have prepared white sheep wine."

Cai Jing suddenly realized that he spit out his tongue, and the king was also slightly surprised: "Bachelor Cai, I have not been in the capital for more than a year. I don't know that so many changes have taken place in the court. Did you tell me that the founding father told me that the drunken man is alone?"

Cai Xiang said, "Now that he is involved in political affairs, the founding Duke of Le'an County is Uncle Ouyang Yong, who is also the secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. No wonder Wang Shilang doesn't know. After all, you have been away from Beijing for a long time, but I also have a question, Wang Shilang, do you think this person who uses ant typewriting outside the wall of Kaifeng Mansion is alone with me, the new official to burn? "."

Wang saw Cai Xiang looking at him with a smile. He looked at him and replied with a smile, "Compared with the bee type, the ant type is a small witch. One is the state official set fire, and the other is to ask the king to issue an order. This matter is different, but the difficulty of direct advice is not inferior to building a bridge across the river."

"Hahaha, it's really a good thing for you, the boy. You led Kaifeng Mansion and my three envoys to work today. This wine is to please." Cai Xiang asked with a smile,

Wang Bian replied with a smile, "What the three envoys and Kaifeng Mansion did today is for the people of the capital, but I brought wine for you, Bachelor Cai."

Cai Xiang looked at the king's side. This boy was really tacty. He had had several dealings before, but at that time, Wang's side went to Jianzhou and Meng Caixiang took care of him, so he mostly socialized on business. Now it's the first time that the wine table is close to each other,

At this time, there was no outsider. How could Cai Xiang fall behind in front of the king? "That being said, but the reputation of Jinxiang Mansion is outside. What I dealt with today is the people who seized Jinxiang Mansion. Wang Shilang came with wine, and I'm afraid it's difficult to escape the suspicion of bribery. I think outsiders may not believe that there is no private love in it."

Wang knows in his heart that Cai Xiang has done something for him now, but although he and Cai Xiang have not had many contacts, they have the intention to cherish each other. Moreover, the relationship between them is not simple. At least it is true that Cai Jing is Cai Xiang's cousin. It is not too much if Cai Xiang avoids suspicion, but these were expected by Wang: " I brought wine today. I came to catch a drunken man. I didn't come to ask the court to give direct advice. When the drunken man arrives, I will stop drunk today. Is there any other bribery?

After the king finished speaking, the two of them smiled. Cai Xiang said, "The world is so big that there may not be many people who can read through the bees, and there are even fewer people who can draw inferences. It is also a blessing for me to get the bosom friend of Wang Shilang. Before the drunken man arrives, let's replace tea for wine and drink a few cups."

Wang's reply can't help admiration for Cai Xiang. Such an erudite person is in the position, but he is not proud of the official. Compared with Han Qi, Sima Guang and others are not under it, and they built a bridge across the river. This can be said to be a shocking move in the Song Dynasty. Thinking of this, Wang asked respectfully, "Bachelor, although the late life seems to be a little smart, But I don't know anything about the construction of the bridge. I'm very curious about how Wan'an Bridge can be seen on such a scale in the rapid river.

Seeing that there was no joke beside the king, Cai Xiang was very modest and respectful. Such a later life was really rare: "This bridge was really difficult to build at that time, and the urgent flow of the span made me quite trouble. Later, I gathered everyone to brainstorm, and then we had a way. We first threw along the middle line of the bridge at the bottom of the river. A large number of large stones were placed to form a low stone embankment across the bottom of the river as the base of the pier, and then the pier was built with rows of horizontal and straight stones.

"Good way." Wang nodded and said,

"But the river is turbulent, and how to not shake the foundation of the bridge has become a question, so we planted oysters on the foundation of the bridge to slow down the flow of the river and not shake the foundation on both sides of the pier."

After Cai Xiang said, Cai Jing asked strangely, "I heard that some workers said this method at that time, but I don't know how my cousin thought of growing oysters?"

Cai Xiang looked at Wang with a smile: "With the eruditeness of Wang Shilang, it should not be difficult to beat Wang Shilang."

I tested me again. Wang side looked at Cai Xiang. This old scholar played dumb riddles from the door. Forget it, I'll show you today. Just now, Cai Jing laughed at my poetry. I let him know that his son is awesome,

Wang pang thought of this and said with a smile, "Oyster is a soft animal with shells on the bottom of the sea. It has two shells. One shell is attached to the rock reef or the other oyster, intersects with each other, and the other shell is covered with its own soft body. The oyster has a strong ability to reproduce and is pervasive. Once it is glued with the stone. , you can't shovel it down with a shovel. Taking advantage of the characteristics of oysters to plant oysters on the base of the bridge, oysters will connect the scattered stones and stones into a whole, and glue the scattered stones together. This bridge has made a great contribution to not pouring oysters for thousands of years.

"It won't fall for a thousand years. Did you hear that, cousin? My son said that this bridge won't fall for a thousand years." Cai Jing said excitedly,

Cai Xiang couldn't help showing pride: "Your son is flattered. If he doesn't fall for a thousand years, he has done a great good thing for the people."

"Of course, this is a miracle of using biology to build a bridge, which is much better than the tofu dregs project."

"What is biology?" Cai Xiang and Cai Jing asked at the same time,

"Biology is to study the structure, function, occurrence and development of organisms. You know biology."

Cai Jing asked, "Is it a living thing?"

Wang said, "You can understand it this way."

Cai Xiang smiled and said, "The servant of the king of Zhao said so, we are all creatures."

Wang said, "Yes, yes, we are all creatures."

Cai Jing pouted: "Then we are not human beings. We have become creatures, just like the flowers and plants."

Wang said with a smile: "Brethology includes animals and plants, and Yuan Chang's smart children can be taught."

Cai Xiang laughed and said, "Wang Shilang hasn't seen each other for a few years, and his words have become more and more difficult to figure out. What do you think of the tofu dregs project?"

Wang's side regret. After talking well for so many years, he was not so wordy. Suddenly, he thought about it and had no scruples. Instead, he found trouble for himself. This was troublesome to explain: "The tofu dregs project is, such as building a bridge and building a house. No matter what you do, you fool, deceive the top and the bottom, cut corners, and finally spend it. A lot of money, poor quality and accidents killed people.

Cai Xiang nodded with understanding and said solemnly, "Well, our Wan'an Bridge must not be tofu dregs. We are frozen tofu, which is very porcelain."

How did Cai Xiang get dried with the tofu? Fortunately, the family came to report the arrival of the Duke of An at this time, otherwise the king would have couldn't help laughing,