This is Chen Ke's advice to latecomers, and it is also Chen Ke's warning to Chen Ping.
Chen Ping also heard this warning, but he understood better that this was not just a warning, but also a guidance.
As long as he can meet one of these requirements, he can continue to rise step by step.
And what he wants is actually an increase in power and a higher position. As for whether he becomes a "server" for those people, he doesn't care.
Perhaps Chen Ping is also willing to become a server for those people, because in Chen Ping's expectation, those people will definitely control some of the lifeblood of Great Qin in the future.
And this possibility has been visible recently.
Fundamentally speaking, whether it is Chen Ke's previous papermaking or block printing, or the celadon and white porcelain produced by the Manufacturing Department later, including the cement produced now.
These all belong to the Manufacturing Department.
And they are things made or "invented" by these people, and these things will definitely be everywhere in the Qin Dynasty.
There will definitely be more similar things in the future.
As long as there is nothing wrong with the minds of future generations, these people will definitely be placed in a very high position.
And the people who serve them will naturally follow the rising tide of these people.
What's more, what's more, in fact, he is not a server in name, but a leader?
Therefore, Chen Ping cherished this opportunity and was secretly thinking about how he should continue to perform and let Chen Ke and the emperor see it.
You can do something for the sake of power.
This is what he has in mind.
Those who are good at planning have always been like this.
While thinking, the three of them had arrived at the previously designated area.
Because cement, both in its name and in itself, belongs to the boundary between water and soil, so when demarcating the area, it was chosen in the middle of these two areas.
It is worth mentioning that the division of regions is not that the five elements are completely incompatible, but that they intersect and blend with each other.
According to the classification of people, this is the "birth of the five elements" and the "completeness of the two rituals".
"Feng Chang, Prime Minister, have arrived."
Chen Ping stood at the door, looking at the sober people inside with a kind expression. At this time, he was no longer aware that it was dirty and messy.
A neatly dressed old man stood there with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.
The biggest official he had ever seen in his life was Chen Ping, the deputy director. How had he ever seen such high-ranking and powerful people as Chen Ke and Li Si?
One is the head of the Nine Qings, and the other is the head of the Three Dukes. Apart from the emperor and the prince, is there anyone in the world whose power can overwhelm these two people?
"The common people have met Chen Fengchang and Prime Minister Li."
With a kind smile on his face, Chen Ke walked inside and said, "You adjusted the cement ratio and formula to achieve the desired effect?"
"May I have your name?"
The old man lowered his head and said softly: "Qizhen Fengchang is just a villain."
"I don't have a surname. I live in the fifth position at home, so people call me Lao Wu."
Chen Ke nodded, walked forward, looked at the pile of things placed in the middle of the courtyard, and then said: "Come and demonstrate, let me and the prime minister have a look."
After hearing this, Lao Wu quickly bowed his waist and stepped forward.
When he walked in front of the pile of cement, his whole aura changed. From being submissive before, he became extremely determined.
While he was stirring things, Chen Ke stood there and watched the changes on his body with a look of relief on his face.
But Li Si was a little confused.
He whispered: "Chen Ke, after this person started doing things, his aura seemed to have changed."
"Is this what you always said, "the aura that people who study things should have"? "
Chen Ke nodded slightly and looked at the man.
In fact, Lao Wu is not a standard researcher, because he actually doesn't know why these things are like this.
He just knew these things would be like this.
But that's actually enough for now.
Now that their identities are respected, no one will look down on "craftsmen" in the future.
These craftsmen can truly transform from "craftsmen" to "researchers", and then to "scientists".
Such changes are Chen Ke's expectations for Da Qin, and they are also what Chen Ke is preparing to support step by step.
Chen Ke knew that if he wanted the country to continue to progress, then there must be the existence of these "scientists".
But the problem is that these people do not get the respect they deserve. How can any scholar be willing to be a "craftsman" like this?
But can a country be without craftsmen?
At this time, Lao Wu was still stirring the cement in front of him, and the sun above his head was very impressive, which was very obvious at this time.
The sun in winter is not very warm, but the light is sufficient.
After a while, Lao Wu was finished. A thick layer of cement was laid on the ground, and a low wall was built on the other side.
Lao Wu stepped forward, and at this time he became submissive again.
"Qi Fengchang, Prime Minister, this thing has been completed."
"According to previous experience, it should take two hours before it starts to dry up. After one night, you can see the finished product, which is impregnable."
Li Si was a little stunned. He looked at Chen Ke beside him and said, "You want another night?"
"Then why did you bring me here?"
"Why don't you come back after it's done?"
Chen Ke shrugged his shoulders, looked at Li Si and said, "I originally wanted to bring you here again when I was ready, but didn't you rush me?"
He pointed at the wall and the ground in the distance: "However, in order to avoid suspicion that should not arise, for example, Brother Li, could you make a mark to prove that it is indeed what you saw today?"
Li Si blinked slightly, and then snorted coldly: "I thought you really took me to see something, but it turns out you asked me to serve as evidence."
He put one hand directly on it.
A handprint appeared.
"Is that good?"
...........
Time passed in a blink of an eye, and the time finally arrived on the night of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.
In Xianyang City at this time.
A song was being sung continuously.
"Twenty-three, sticky melons, twenty-four, sweep the house, twenty-five, grind tofu, twenty-six, go buy meat."
"Sweep the house and grind tofu, and every house will be clean for the New Year."
Under such an environment and songs, almost half of the families in Xianyang City, or in the entire Da Qin Dynasty, began to clean up their own recipes.
The morning of the 24th.
Zhangtai Palace
Today is the penultimate court meeting before the Chinese New Year, and it is also the time when the storm is about to come.
Everyone is waiting and expecting.
"Tap tap tap——"
Ying Zheng's footsteps sounded, and his figure and Han Tan's sharp voice appeared in the hall.
Like the sound of war drums.
The sound of winter.
ps: I’m feeling better now, so I’ll write a little more. Happy New Year to everyone!
