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    For Tian Xiu, writing an official document about the decline of Gyeonggi City and the withering of industries was simply something that came easily.

    After going to the Yamen the next day, she took a leave of absence at the public house. She first went to find Jiang Tuan, then went to the household department with Jiang Tuan to find Lu Qian, and then asked Jiang Tuan to call Lu Qian.  Xun An, who was all confused and groggy, found a quiet tea house to sit down and talk for a long time.  She combined everyone's opinions and ideas and wrote an article titled "Miscellaneous Discussions on the Decline and Growth of Various Industries in Gyeonggi".  After everyone read and signed, she also dropped her name at the end of the article - "the year, month and day when Tian Xiu, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, wrote the article."

    When she returned to the Nanyang Princess Mansion in the evening, she handed the memorial to Nanyang, and then never cared about the rest of the matter.  She already had too many things to worry about.  She is now the supervisor of the Xuzhou Dafang of the Ministry of Industry, and is fully responsible for the manufacturing techniques of coking, glass, and celestial instruments. She is too busy with the things at hand, and she really has no energy to take care of anything else.  No, on the third day after she handed "Miscellaneous Discussions on the Decline and Growth of Industries in the Capital Region" to Nanyang, the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry received a report that two accidents occurred in Dafang, Xuzhou.  First, a kiln in the coking yard collapsed and two people died.  Xuzhou Dafang originally planned to pay some money privately to suppress the matter, but who knew that misfortunes never come singly, and then an even bigger accident happened in the glass workshop.  The newly built No. 7 kiln suddenly exploded during a fire test. More than four to five hundred kilograms of molten glass rushed down from the tilted furnace. Two people who were lighting the fire in front of the furnace were burned to death at that time;  Because it was a large furnace fire test, there were more than a dozen officials and craftsmen present. As a result, in the chaos, the scaffolding erected next to the furnace specifically for adding materials to the furnace was knocked down. A man climbed on the scaffolding to observe the fire record.  The clerk in the workshop was seriously injured after falling, and the collapsed scaffolding also killed an eighth-grade bookkeeper in Dafang, Xuzhou.  After the official died, the matter suddenly became serious. Yang Heng, the chief supervisor of Xuzhou Dafang, wrote an official document overnight and reported the details of the accident.  After hearing the news, Tian Xiu immediately put down everything he was doing and hurried to Xuzhou

    By the time she returned to the capital, it was already half a month later.

    She had been gone for ten or twenty days, and there was already a backlog of things in the yamen, so she got busy as soon as she came back.

    It is now the end of September, winter has entered, and the weather is getting colder day by day, so warming up by the fire is a big thing that cannot be ignored.  At this time in previous years, every household began to stock up on firewood and charcoal for burning kangs and cooking in the winter, and merchants also began to haul firewood and charcoal to the capital one by one.  But this year is different from previous years.  Nowadays, many people know that the Ministry of Industry can make coke from pebbles, and coke is more useful than pebbles. Not only does it not have the thick smoke and unpleasant smell emitted when burning pebbles, it is also more convenient to use it to heat the kang and cook.  to save time.  It's just that the coke output of the Xiaoluoyi Work Department workshop is very limited. Apart from a few glass kilns that guarantee its own and the government-run iron smelting workshops that supply Kinki, there is not much left, so it is rare to see it in the market, but occasionally it does.  Two or three carts of coke were sold by people who had the means, and they were bought at high prices in a matter of seconds.  Coke, which was half as expensive as coal, was immediately noticed by people. Many people had the idea of ????selling coke and inquired about coking techniques.  However, when they heard that coking was a patent of the Ministry of Industry, they all gave up the idea of ??stealing technology.  To them, patents are a strange thing. People may not understand what a so-called "patent" is, nor may they know the consequences of infringing on other people's patents. However, the Ministry of Industry is a  There is no doubt that it is a giant. In the face of the authority of the government, respect is necessary and caution is also a must.  But respect and caution don't mean they can't do anything. Smart traders immediately think of the story of the liquor patent in the first half of the year.  Since there is no way to steal technology under the nose of the Ministry of Industry, can we follow the example of the liquor patent and purchase a coking patent license from the Ministry of Industry?  Even if the Ministry of Industry wants to monopolize the coke trade in the capital and does not allow others to make coke near Gyeonggi, what about outside Gyeonggi?  There are hundreds of prefectures and counties in Zhao. The places north of the river need to solve the problem of burning fires for heating in winter. There are thirty or forty large cities with more than 100,000 households. If coke can't be sold in the capital, why can't it be sold elsewhere?  Coke?  People are quick to put ideas into action.  In early September, two large merchants applied to the Ministry of Industry for coking patent authorization.  After the Double Ninth Festival, as the weather gets colder and colder, people are becoming more and more enthusiastic about coke. Now, nearly 100 applications for coking patent licenses have been submitted to the Ministry of Industry.  This matter involves coke patents, and the Ministry of Industry and Technology Department that accepted the application did not dare to make the decision without authorization.  In line with the principle that doing more is worse than doing less, the Ministry of Industry simply transferred all applications to Xiaoluoyi Workshop and Xuzhou Dafang, leaving Yang Heng and Tian Xiu to make their own decisions.

    As soon as Tian Xiu came back, this happened.  She randomly selected two applications from the thick stacks of files and browsed them, then asked the clerk who handled the matter, saying: "It cannot be done according to the previous Baijiu regulations."Is there a profitable way?  "

    The clerk said awkwardly: "This is different from the situation with liquor."

    "Why is it different?" Tian Xiu asked in surprise.

    "Liquor is not a negotiable commodity, it is not a government exclusive, and there is no tax. The private sector can also create its own business"

    "The Ministry of Household Affairs has already designated coke as a commodity?" Tian Xiu was even more surprised.

    "That's not true," said the clerk.

    "What's going on?" Tian Xiu was a little annoyed with this hesitant person.  There were still a lot of things waiting for her to deal with, and she didn't want to waste time with this guy.

    The clerk saw that she was about to get angry and said hurriedly: "Mr. Tian, ??you know that our coke is mainly used for two purposes, one is for making glass, and the other is for smelting iron and steel. The craftsmanship of glass is all  It¡¯s all in our hands. Outsiders can¡¯t learn it, and they don¡¯t know how to use it even if they have coke, so there¡¯s nothing to worry about. Even if the glass skills are spread, we don¡¯t have to worry! After all, the patent for glass belongs to our Ministry of Industry. Who knows?  If he dares to bake it privately without our permission, he will lose all his money just by filing a lawsuit. However, the art of smelting iron and steel has been handed down from the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the folk craftsmen who are proficient in this know how, if it happens again,  Let them know how to make coke"

    Before the official finished speaking, Tian Xiu had already understood what he meant.  Coke can not only be used to make fires for heating and to make glass, but can also be used to smelt iron; and iron smelting is a problem that must be taken seriously.  The control of the iron smelting industry in Da Zhao was not as strict as during the Han and Tang Dynasties, and pig iron and ironware were not completely exclusive to the government. In some areas with a solid ruling foundation and rich iron ore reserves, such as Laizhou and Xuzhou, even allowed  Iron smelting was operated on a large scale by the private sector.  However, for large-scale transactions of pig iron and ironware, the government's management is very strict, and the "iron stamp" system is implemented. The outflow and direction of pig iron are strictly controlled, and a high iron tax of two-tenths is levied.  Especially in border areas such as Bohai and Yanshan, as well as in areas such as the southwest and northwest where multi-ethnic groups live together, the management of pig iron circulation and trading is even more stringent to the point of being harsh.  In some places, iron farm tools in the hands of farmers are even registered. Whether they are damaged or lost, they must be reported to the official. Depending on the loss, fines ranging from one to several times may be imposed.  Therefore, in the above-mentioned areas, pig iron smuggling with high profits is also prohibited frequently.  Now that we have coke, we can produce more pig iron, and we can also use coke's higher fire intensity and firepower than charcoal and pebbles to further forge pig iron into steel.  In this sense, coke and liquor are obviously not the same thing. Liquor is just a dispensable embellishment in people's livelihood, while coke can pass through pig iron and affect all aspects of Da Zhao

    This is obviously not something she, a seventh-grade official, can make the decision about.  Tian Xiu had no choice but to say to the clerk: "Well, let's keep all these applications one by one, and I will hand them over to Master Shangshu or Master Chang for you later."

    Before the official could go out, another group of people rushed in.  Because this group of people included two officials from the Taishi Bureau, one of whom still had a sixth-grade official talisman hanging on his belt and was one of the young ministers of the Taishi Bureau, so even if the people outside came before them, they could only  Let them come in first.

    The Shaoqing of Taishi Bureau knew Tian Xiu.  He casually bowed his hands to Tian Xiu as a salute, and before Tian Xiu gave up his seat, he found a chair in front of the desk. Before his butt fell on the seat, he said: "Master Tian, ??you and Uncle Yingxian are in love."  Hou, could you please come and ask Mr. Ying County carefully how this celestial instrument is made?" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he knew that he had said the wrong thing and quickly stood up and spoke again.  He bowed his hands and mouthed a series of apologies.

    Tian Xiu pretended not to hear what he said before with a straight face, and asked him: "Master Wang, your Taishi Bureau can go to Uncle Ying County?"

    Mr. Wang sighed before he spoke: "I asked, more than once. I even went to Uncle Yingxian's Zhuangzi a few days ago" He swallowed.  "But Shang Shangzhu said that he only knows a little about the celestial instrument, and he is unwilling to answer our questions."

    Accompanying him was an eighth-rank official from the Ministry of Industry. Hearing his pitiful sigh, he couldn't help but laugh: "I asked Uncle Ying about the celestial instrument. Look, Uncle Ying."  It¡¯s not that he refuses to say it, it¡¯s probably that he really doesn¡¯t know.¡±

    Tian Xiu smiled and asked someone to bring them tea.  She feels that the statement of the Ministry of Industry official is relatively credible.  Based on her interactions with Shang Cheng, there is no doubt that Shang Cheng has a broad vision and a wide range of knowledge, but it cannot be said to be sophisticated. It can only be regarded as a broad and vague category without being precise.  Whether it's coke or glass, Shang Cheng pointed out a general direction and then left it alone, focusing on the details of craftsmanship and processes.??, everything is left to others to slowly explore and summarize.  This may be a bad habit that Shang Cheng developed during his tenure as Admiral Yanshan. It is more likely that he himself is not familiar with these things and can only draw a category and teach others to explore; this will inevitably leave people with a sense of high ambition and low ability.  impression.  In fact, many officials from the Ministry of Industry hold this view of Shang Chengdu.  However, many people do not agree with this view.  For example, Mr. Wang from the Taishi Bureau was standing in front of Tian Xiu.

    Mr. Wang immediately defended Shang Cheng: "Haha, Mr. Liu, you actually said that Uncle Yingxian didn't know how to make the sky observation instrument? Then how did your Ministry of Industry refine the coke and how did you make it?  Glass?"

    The Ministry of Industry official named Liu didn't want to argue with him, so he smiled, lowered his head to drink water and said nothing.

    Mr. Wang punched the air and was stunned for a moment. He remembered the purpose of his visit and turned around and said to Tian Xiu: "Sir Tian, ??could I trouble you to take a trip? As long as we can build this celestial instrument, our Taishi  Everyone in the department is grateful for your contribution and appreciates your favor!"

    "You are so anxious to get this celestial instrument. Is this thing so important to your Taishi Bureau?" Tian Xiu couldn't help but asked curiously.  As far as she knew, it was not that the Taishi Bureau did not have celestial instruments. There were currently two of them placed on the celestial platform of Taishi Temple.  Since there is something ready-made on hand, why is the Taishi Bureau still in such a hurry?

    Mr. Wang nodded vigorously: "Yes, it is very important! It is very urgent!" It is impossible not to be anxious!  The Taishi Bureau was one of the most prominent Qingshui yamen in the imperial court. Except for the small amount of money and food allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs every year, there was nothing else. The hundreds and dozens of officials in the Taishi Bureau were so hungry that their eyes turned green.  At the beginning of the year, we were finally dragged together by the Ministry of Industry to burn glass. Before everyone had time to look forward to the good times in the future, they were shaken back to their original shape by an official document from the Prime Minister.  At present, the Ministry of Industry is selling glass at sky-high prices, and cart after cart is going to the Yamen to draw money, while the Taishi Bureau can only stand by and drool, comparing the two, this feeling of loss is simply unbearable.  Say it in words.  Especially when I think that I once had the opportunity to work with the Ministry of Industry, this makes me even more sad and sad beyond words!  The more prosperous the glass business in the Ministry of Industry is, the more intense the grief and indignation of the Taishi Bureau is. Even though everyone knows that all the money earned from selling glass cannot go to the Ministry of Industry, they just can't suppress the anger in their chests.  !  The business of glass is so huge that even a little bit of dregs leaking from the cracks of your fingers will be enough to feed and drink the Ministry of Industry for 3,578 years, not to mention an inconspicuous small yamen like the Taishi Bureau; I guess that  A few scraps of food can make the Taishi Bureau die several times.  Ever since the Ministry of Industry started selling glassware, those Zhengqing and Shaoqing from the Taishi Bureau, who failed to withstand the pressure of the Prime Minister and his wife and were forced to hand over the glass, were scolded by their own people so much that they did not even dare to raise their heads when walking.  A few people learned their shame and became brave. Since the glass can't keep up, let's make a sky observatory!  They drafted a memorial and argued in detail that the Tang Dynasty's "Chongxuan Calendar" used by Zhao today was flawed and that the exact times of the twenty-four solar terms had to be revised; revising the old calendar and promulgating a new calendar would  In front of you!  The first step in formulating the new calendar was to set up sixteen astronomical observatories and observation points in various places to observe the astronomical phenomena and determine the positions of the stars. The observatory was the most important astronomical instrument of these observatories and observation points.  According to the cost of casting two celestial instruments during Emperor Gaozong's reign, and calculations by the Taishi Bureau, each celestial instrument consumes approximately 6,700 kilograms of copper on average. Adding in other casting costs, each celestial instrument costs approximately  Spending 1,500 mins, plus sixteen astronomical observatories and stone objects such as Rigui, the total cost of compiling the new calendar is roughly between 550,000 mins and 600,000 mins.

    This official document from the Taishi Bureau comes at the perfect time.  Although the treasury revenue for the 22nd year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty has not yet been finalized, judging from the state and county account books that have been sorted out, it is possible that this year will fall into stagflation or even regression.  Just when the prime minister's family headed by Zhang Pu was struggling with this matter, this official document simply became a life-saving straw.  As soon as the prime minister received the official document, he published it in the official newspaper. The intention was of course self-evident: it was not that the prime ministers did not work hard, but that there was a problem with the calendar; if there was a problem with the calendar, how to use it?  Come to guide farmers in farming?  If villagers cannot farm at the most appropriate time, food production will naturally decline; without food, the population cannot be fed, and where will taxes be collected In a word, it is imperative to revise the new calendar!  The Ministry of Household Affairs allocated 600,000 yuan, and the Taishi Bureau immediately started compiling the new calendar.

    However, the official document of the Prime Minister Gongshe on the compilation of the new calendar was rejected by the Ministry of Household Affairs.  The Minister of Hubu was a classmate and close friend of Han Yi, the Minister of Libu, who was competing with Zhang Pu for the position of left prime minister. He didn't care whether it was urgent or not to revise the calendar.  He plausibly said that it has been more than a hundred years since the founding of the Zhao Dynasty, and the "Chongxuan Calendar" has always been followed. Except for some special years, in which year has the national treasury revenue not increased?  Therefore, there is no problem with "Chongxuan Li"; the problem is definitely not "Chongxuan Li"??¡·!  Therefore, he did not agree to allocate funds to the Taishi Bureau.  Even if funding is really needed, it will have to wait until the Ministry of Industry successfully trials the Sky Observation Instrument.

    If it weren¡¯t for the last words of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, the Taishi Bureau would probably have given up.  The reason why the Chief Minister of the Taishi Bureau issued such a memorial was just to divert people's attention, so that he would be less scolded, and his life would be easier. It didn't matter whether he succeeded or not.  As a result, with the words of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, the fake show must be done for real.  I heard that there might be 600,000 Mindu branches that could last for five years, and everyone in the Taishi Bureau was immediately upset.  The chief minister of the Taishi Bureau and the two young ministers immediately made a clear division of labor. He was responsible for asking the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate money and food. Wang Shaoqing and later worked in the Ministry of Industry. Although the story was ten years ago, after all, there were several  Because of their different origins, Wang Shaoqing was solely responsible for urging the Ministry of Industry to make the Sky Observation Instrument as soon as possible; as for the major and minor affairs of the Taishi Bureau, it was another Shaoqing who was responsible for them - it was not a big deal anyway; in a word, everything was for the sake of Liu  One hundred thousand coins!  In this way, Mr. Wang now completely regards the Ministry of Works as his home. He comes in and out of the yamen of the Ministry of Works morning and night. People who don't know the inside story may think that he has come to work in the Ministry of Works.

    After hearing what Mr. Wang said, Tian Xiu felt dumbfounded.  She said: "Master Wang, you can't help but stay at the yamen of our Ministry of Works. If you look at the process of firing glass in our Ministry of Works, you should know that the production of this celestial instrument cannot be completed overnight."

    Mr. Wang said nothing.

    Tian Xiu understood that Wang Shaoqing's silence was actually showing his attitude - regarding the matter of observing the heavenly instrument, the Taishi Bureau did not trust the Ministry of Works.  This is understandable and is also true.  Glass is related to the vital interests of the Ministry of Industry, and it is also related to the official values ??and futures of many people, so everyone can work together.  But the sky observation instrument is different.  This thing was casually thrown to the Ministry of Works by the prime minister in order to appease the emotions of the Taishi Bureau. If it is done well, it is what the Ministry of Works should do. If it is not done well it will not be done well if it is not done well. It has nothing to do with interests and future.  It doesn't matter much. At most, it's just a few words recited, which doesn't hurt your muscles and bones, so people don't pay much attention to it.  It can¡¯t be said that you are not interested, but making a celestial observatory out of glass may seem simple, but it may be more difficult than firing glass.  For example, an old sky observatory weighs several thousand kilograms. If the same weight of copper material is fired into a hollow copper tube, there is almost no chance of success.  The old people from the Ministry of Works Workshop, the Ministry of War Workshop, and the Ouchi Production Supervisor all shook their heads when they heard the weight; it was a big problem to have a solid core, let alone a hollow copper pipe.  What's more, the screw threads need to be carved on the copper pipes and copper caps, and the two screw threads must be wedged together She took out a few copper pipes, a few copper caps, and a box of glass lenses from the closet, and put them all in.  Go to the desk.  She said: "Master Wang, copper pipes and copper caps are very easy to make, but carving screw threads on them is almost as difficult as climbing to the sky. To tell you the truth, there are 20 people in our copperware workshop of the Ministry of Industry.  Many master craftsmen are almost all doing this. But it is too difficult. A master craftsman may not be able to make a set of matching copper pipes and copper caps in a month. From July to now, we have got it  There are only less than thirty sets of copper tubes and copper caps that can be used to try out the celestial instrument"

    "Now there are thirty-one." The official from the Ministry of Industry next to him interrupted.

    Tian Xiu ignored his words and continued: "and these glass lenses. Such lenses are easy to grind, and a slightly larger jade workshop can do it. However, you need to make the two lenses cooperate with each other, so that  To achieve the effect that Uncle Yingxian said," she shook her head, "so far we don't have the slightest clue." As she spoke, she took out two lenses and skillfully fixed them on both ends of the copper pipe with copper caps.  , picked it up and took a look, it was still a vast white chaos.  She sighed and put the copper pipe down again.  Besides, these copper tubes, copper caps and glass lenses are now models for the future casting of celestial instruments. The copper tubes and copper caps are not mentioned, they are just glass lenses with a diameter of nearly two feet that will be used on the celestial instrument.  It's a big problem.  The 500-kilogram furnace that Xuzhou Dafang just fired this time not only reflects the Ministry of Industry's hope of further increasing glass production, but also contains the next step of preparing for the celestial observatory lens.  Unfortunately, this brave attempt failed

    "It's because we don't know how to make a sky observatory out of glass, so I think we should look for Uncle Yingxian again." Mr. Wang said without giving up.

    "Uncle Yingxian has already told you all the tips for making a celestial observatory. If you ask me again, what else do you think you can ask?"

    "There must be something else he hasn't said!" Mr. Wang insisted that Shang Cheng must have hidden something secret in the Sky Observation Instrument!  But he immediately realized that it seemed inappropriate to speak like this, so he changed his mind and said, "What if he thinks of something again?"

    Tian Xiu had no choice but to deal with the perseverant Taishi Bureau Shaoqing, so he could only say vaguely: "That's okay. I'll find some time another day and ask Uncle Ying County for advice."??

    "What day?" Mr. Wang immediately asked.

    "The day after tomorrow? If you are free the day after tomorrow"

    "Okay! Let's make an appointment the day after tomorrow! I will go with you to ask Uncle Ying for advice the day after tomorrow!"

    While he was talking, someone knocked twice on the open door.  An official from the Ministry of Works told Tian Xiu that Mr. Chang Xiuchang, the left minister, asked her to go to the minister's palace now.

    Mr. Wang's purpose of coming to see Tian Xiu today has been achieved. He stood up and said goodbye: "Mr. Tian, ??you are busy first, and I will go back. The day after tomorrow, one by one, after I go to the Yamen, I will come to you, and we will go all the way.  Go see Uncle Yingxian. It¡¯s settled!¡±

    After seeing off the young minister of the Taishi Bureau, Tian Xiu packed up the things on the table and told the groups of people waiting outside the door that he was going to see Zuo Shilang now. If they had nothing urgent to do, they could go back first. If there was something urgent,  If you have to do it, you can only wait a little longer.  As a result, these groups of people all said that what they had to do were all important matters that had to be dealt with by Lord Tian personally. However, they also said that it was more important for Lord Tian to go to see Lord Chang, so their matters could wait until  Mr. Tian will talk about it after he comes back after meeting Mr. Chang.

    When these people spoke, their tone, expression, and standing posture all reflected their respect for Tian Xiu.  Tian Xiu felt that their attitude was not only respectful, but even flattering and flattering; this was simply baffling to her.  Could it be that she will be promoted soon?  As soon as this ridiculous idea came up, she immediately felt a little funny.  Promotion?  she?  How is this possible?  She is a woman, and has never participated in the imperial examination. With a little reputation and the protection of her teachers and friends, it is already the end of her ability to become a seventh-grade Hanlin Academy bachelor.  She never thought that her career could go further, and she didn't dare to think about it; the only thing she hoped for was that she could have a real job with a higher salary that would allow her to cope with life in the capital. That would be enough.  .  She just wants a practical job and nothing else. It doesn't matter whether she can continue to stay in the Ministry of Industry, as long as it is a practical job, even if she drops down a level or two to become an eighth-grade official!  You know, even for an eighth-grade official, her monthly salary is much better than what she has now.  Her current monthly salary and various subsidies include firewood, rice, oil, salt, cloth, and grain. All these combined can only be converted into less than 17,000 yuan.  Seventeen thousand, what can you do with this little money in Shangjing?  Chang'an is expensive and living in a big city is not easy. There is no problem with the money for food, but she has to support a little maid who has been with her for many years and a horse for transportation. Two people and one horse will eat up her salary.  Half; once in a while I meet friends, have a cup of tea and a meal, and then there is nothing left.  This was a blessing because she didn't have to rent a house in the capital.  If she didn't have two good friends in Nanyang and Changsha, she would have to rent a small independent courtyard, and the monthly rent for such a place would be at least three to four thousand yuan.  In this way, her money will be very tight immediately, and she may end up relying on the support of friends again just like when she was a watcher in Jiangnan a few years ago

    Thinking of those years in Jiangnan, her eyes felt a little dazed.  That job was so hard, and even now, she still remembers some of the painful experiences.  It was a rainy sky and a foggy ground. She and the maid were soaked to the skin, leaning against each other in the thatched pavilion on the post road, shivering with cold

    No, she doesn¡¯t want to be a watcher anymore!  She would rather get married than be a watcher!

    She was thinking wildly and walked into the hall where the Minister of Works worked.

    The shrewd servant immediately brought a pot of freshly brewed tea to the room, poured one cup for the minister, and another one for her, and then quietly closed the door.

    Chang Xiu held the tea cup in her hand, looked at her up and down, and said to her with a smile: "I just heard that you came back from Xuzhou. Why are you in such a hurry to come to the Yamen as soon as you come back? You are coming back and forth all the time.  It's still tiring, you should rest at home for two days." He pointed to a chair in front of the desk.  "You sit down and talk."

    "Thank you, teacher, for giving me a seat." Tian Xiu bowed respectfully.  Chang Xiu and her father Tian Wang once studied "Poetry" and "Yi" under the same great Confucian, so she has always been the most respected disciple in front of Chang Xiu.  After sitting down, she answered Chang Xiu's question: "Before I went to Xuzhou, I had a backlog of things on my hands; I've only been away for half a month, and there must be more things, so I didn't dare to delay."

    Chang Xiu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Has the incident in Xuzhou been dealt with?"

    "It's almost done, only the last few things have not been finished yet." Tian Xiu leaned over and said, "Because I have a lot of chores at hand, Master Yang Heng asked me to come back first. The specific handling of official documents will be done when Master Yang comes back from Xuzhou.  It will be submitted."

    "What's going on over there in Xuzhou?"

    ? ?Xiu Xiu pondered for a moment, organized his words, and then said: "Mr. Yang and I have carefully investigated and found that the explosion of the five-hundred-jin furnace in the glass kiln has nothing to do with the furnace itself. It is about whether the mud bricks surrounding the furnace can withstand it."  The fire power of the coke caused it to explode after being roasted for a long time, and finally caused the furnace to collapse"

    Chang Xiu waved her hand and asked her to stop talking.  He raised his head and thought for a moment, then asked: "I remember that there have been many times before when mud bricks exploded, but none of them had the result like this one. What's going on?"

    "We used to use small furnaces weighing 200 kilograms each, filled with glass frit. Even the furnace itself weighed less than 300 kilograms. Even if it was an explosion furnace, people could avoid it in time when the furnace tipped over.  But what happened this time was a 500-kilogram furnace. After filling, the furnace weighed more than 700 kilograms. Even if the furnace wall did not collapse and only one or two mud bricks were stretched out, sometimes the furnace might explode. A large furnace with filling  It was too heavy after that.¡±

    "You didn't know about this before?"

    Tian Xiu nodded heavily and said: "We only know it now. There was no such big furnace before"

    Chang Xiu was silent for a while and asked, "What's going on over there at the coking field?"

    "The ones who died were not the people working in the workshop, but two babies. The babies were so small that the adults in the family couldn't take care of them. As a result, the two of them were fighting in the coking field, and when they ran over the coking kiln, they stepped on it and the kiln collapsed.  ,then¡­¡­"

    Chang Xiu¡¯s face became even more ugly.

    "We paid compensation to the two dolls' families, and they promised not to quarrel with us in the future." Tian Xiu said, "Master Yang allocated a sum of money to build a wall to completely surround the scene.  Get up. This will prevent the same thing from happening in the future, and secondly, it can keep the secret of coking. At the glass workshop, the five hundred kilogram furnace will also be temporarily suspended until a way to prevent the kiln from collapsing is found.  .¡±

    Chang Xiu was still nodding when he heard the handling of the coke field, but when Tian Xiu said that the construction of the 500-pound furnace in the glass workshop would be suspended, his brows suddenly wrinkled.  How could the glass furnace be stopped because of an accidental furnace explosion?  Do you still need to think of ways to prevent the oven from frying?  Wouldn't it be enough to just build the furnace surround higher and thicker?  He was almost about to say this when he suddenly realized one thing. When it comes to making glass, there is no one in Manchuria and Zhao who can be more knowledgeable than Tian Xiu and Yang Heng. Since they both think that Luwei is not  Being taller and thicker can prevent the furnace from exploding, so they must have a good reason. He, a minister of the Ministry of Industry, seems to have no reason to dictate this, right?  When the words came to an end, he changed his tune and said, "I'll do as you wish."

    Factory Xiu put down the tea cup and talked about another thing.  This matter was the reason why he was looking for Tian Xiu today.

    "Two days ago, the Ministry of Industry submitted a report to the Ministry of Personnel and the Prime Minister's Office respectively, and wanted to add a Patent Department under the Department of the Ministry of Industry to uniformly handle matters related to liquor, coke, glass and other patents that may arise in the future. I  After discussing it with Master Shangshu and Mr. Right Minister, we are going to let Yang Heng be the judge of the Patent Department, and you will be the judge of the Patent Department. At present, the Prime Minister's Office has agreed to establish the Patent Department, and we are waiting for the official announcement.  News"
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