That night, Jia Rong thought about it in her heart for a long time. If the sleeping Han Xiangling hadn't kept rubbing against his legs, he would have been no different from a stone sculpture.
He just leaned on the bedside quietly, and the candlelight in the room danced, bright and dim. Like his mood, it went up and down.
"Want to do something?"
“What can be done to change this situation?”
"Can it be done?"
Three questions have been circling the top of my head, spinning around in my brain.
"Whether it works or not, we should do something."
Jia Rong calculated. With the special position of myself and the Jia family, if there is any slight abnormality, the Jinyi Department and the Guards Department will be able to detect it. The city of Shenjing is too conspicuous, not even Gyeonggi, nor Jinling.
"Places to escape palace supervision... Mobei Mongolia? Mobei Mongolia? Northern Liao Heishan Village? Southwest Frontier? Ryukyu... Ryukyu cannot, unless... Unfortunately, Luzon Island was occupied by the Francons. Further south, Sulu Country ?”
He clasped his fingers silently in his mind. Mobei Mongolia is geographically close to Eros, but it is difficult to understand Western technology from Eros. Moxi is a little better, but it is sandwiched between Dayan, Eros, and Zhungeer. It is really a place that is not at war.
In Heishan Village, Beiliao, he could secretly make imitation muskets and artillery without being discovered. However, it is too far and difficult to keep abreast of Western technology. The southwest border is more closed, so I won’t mention it.
Jia Rong calculated over and over again, and in the end it was just a loft in the sky. He could only imitate Eros muskets and artillery in Heishan Village. Other matters will be discussed later.
After being annoyed for several days, I wrote and sent several letters to Heishan Village.
To this day, it is the 22nd day of the sixth lunar month, the sixth year of Xian De.
Because it has been raining for several days, the princess of Beijing County will be a guest in the future, but a big shot will come to Ningguo Mansion.
"Sun Heting? Is that Master Sun who rose from being a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs to the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and in charge of the governor's affairs in just five years?" Jia Rong frowned. I really don’t understand why such a person would go to Jingningguo Mansion to do something else instead of just staying in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
The Jia family was a meritorious figure in the old days, while Sun Heting was a new noble at that time.
The Jia and Sun families had no contact.
Butler Shi replied: "I haven't paid attention to the news in the court recently. That Lord Sun has been promoted again."
"Promoted again? Promoted to what? Transferred to Governor of Zhili, or granted the title of Minister of a certain ministry? Or Crown Prince and Tutor?" Jia Rong couldn't help but widen his eyes.
He had also heard about this guy's deeds. It was said that this guy had been serving as an official for less than ten years. He initially bought the position of Foreign Minister of the Ministry of War, and was transferred to the position of Doctor of the Ministry of Household Affairs two years later. Later, when he ascended the throne today, Sun Heting was promoted from a doctor to the Southwest Salt Post Road, and then to the Chief Envoy, and later the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Salt Envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and last year he was appointed the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, also in charge of the governor's affairs.
This can be regarded as a promotion once a year.
Butler Shi replied: "Master Sun has just taken over the affairs of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang seawalls. I am afraid that he came here with the decree from the palace and asked me to help handle the seawalls."
Jiangsu and Zhejiang seawall projects are mainly concentrated in Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing and other places. Among them, Hainingtang at the mouth of Qiantang River is the most dangerous.
Jia Rong frowned and asked: "Hasn't the Jiangnan Seawall issue always been handled by the Zhen family and the Jiangnan Governor? Why did Sun Heting take over?"
It's okay for Butler Shi to inquire about the news, but where can I know the inside story? He could only bow and smile bitterly, and said: "Master Sun is entertaining guests in the front hall, I'd better go over and see him."
Uncle Rong sighed secretly, he must see him. The things that the Zhen family was taking care of suddenly changed hands, and he always had a bad feeling in his heart.
I hope this is not a prelude to the current attack on the Zhen family.
Jia Rong remembered something and said hurriedly: "Quickly go to the treasury and count out 20,000 taels of silver. After I talk to Sun Heting, find some people to follow me to the household department to pay off the debt."
Butler Shi hurriedly entered the warehouse.
Uncle Rong went into the courtyard and changed his clothes before going to the front hall.
"My Lord Governor, I have long admired you."
Brother Rong saw the gift and invited him to sit down and offer tea. Before talking, Sun Heting had already spoken: "Young Master, you don't need to be polite. Sun is here to ask for something."
"Oh?" Brother Rong thought in surprise, is there anything in the Ningguo Mansion that the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang can ask for? I just looked at Sun Heting with his two-character mustache and a smile that was half sincere and half shrewd.
"I don't know what you're referring to. I'm stupid. Please tell me clearly." Brother Rong chuckled, half respectful, half respectful and half casual.
When Sun Heting saw this, he didn't care and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has appointed me to take care of the seawall. I suddenly remembered that in the past when the Second Duke Ningrong was in Jiangnan, he also took care of the seawall. I also heard that the young prince was taught by an immortal, so I came here to seek advice. .”
"The fish-scale stone pond created by Mr. Subler, the great scholar of the time, is excellent." Brother Rong replied. He still knows something about the seawalls of the current dynasty, especially the fish-scale stone pond improved by Subler, the bachelor of the Wenhua Palace of the current dynasty. That thing is very strong.
He had also considered the idea of a seawall at first, but he was unsure. After all, the seawall blocked the waves. Waves are different from river water and are very corrosive to conventional cement, so I gave up the idea of a seawall after learning about the new fish-scale stone pond now in use.
Sun Heting came over and asked, "Does your young master know how fake the fish scale seawall created by Mr. Su is?"
"It's just laying stones. How much silver can be used?"
"One foot requires three hundred taels of silver."
"Huh?" Jia Rong was stunned and replied: "Thirty taels? That's not bad."
"It's three hundred taels. One foot requires three hundred taels. Sometimes it takes four to five hundred taels per foot."
One foot three meters three, that is, the cost per meter is about one hundred taels of silver. Well...it's not expensive. A distance of one mile requires approximately fifty thousand taels of silver.
Brother Rong calculated against his will. He now also understood Sun Heting's purpose of coming here, which was to buy cement from Ningguo Mansion to build the seawall.
It's really not that he doesn't want to make money, so he's worried about creating a "scumbag" project. That is a seawall, a seawall that is often washed away by waves and eroded by sea water. Seawater can slowly corrode even reinforced concrete, so building seawalls with stones is still a safe bet.
Brother Rong coughed lightly and said: "The seawall project is related to the country and the survival of coastal people. The higher cost is worthwhile."
Sun Heting looked at him with strange eyes and said: "Having said that, the amount of funds available is not large, and the use must be approved first. I once heard that the young master has refined many kinds of heavenly things. Nowadays, all the construction of rivers and dams in the south of the Yangtze River comes from Ningguo. The government purchased it. Then I thought about whether Tianwu cement could be used in seawalls..."
"No." Jia Rong replied immediately. "The coast situation is complex, and the place where seawalls are built must be where the waves are surging. The power of seawater is not comparable to that of river water, and the cement used in river water may not be used in seawater. If this kind of cement is used to build seawalls, within five years, the damage caused by wind and waves will There is a great collapse in the great land."
"This..." Sun Heting hesitated for a moment, carefully considering the meaning of Brother Rong's words. After a long time, he asked: "The young master said that this type of cement is not possible. There should be another type of cement that is feasible, right?"
"Um?"
