Zhang Zhou entered the palace again.
This time he went to inspect the renovation progress of Qingning Palace.
Xiao Jing was responsible for taking him there, telling him about the current preparations along the way. Zhang Zhou was also talking about things in one ear and out the other. He didn't understand engineering construction, and even the knowledge of metaphysics was improvised.
"Eunuch Xiao, how much has it been spent to renovate Qingning Palace, excluding procurement costs?"
Zhang Zhou suddenly interrupted Xiao Jing and asked another question.
Xiao Jing looked at him, even slowed down his steps, and said with a wry smile: "Why does Mr. Zhang ask this?"
Zhang Zhou said seriously: "I am not a palace official. I am responsible for building the Qingning Palace for the imperial palace. Of course, I must understand His Majesty's frugality and strive to build the best palace with the least amount of money. I have always been the most frugal!"
Xiao Jing thought to himself and saw it.
You are not frugal, you are stingy.
"Mr. Zhang, please forgive me for saying something that doesn't sound right to me. The key to handling the emperor's mission is to satisfy all parties. As for how much money you can save, it's really not the point."
Xiao Jing expressed his views tactfully.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Eunuch Xiao, I understand what you mean, but what you said is the idea of your palace. You need to manage the relationship between all parties, because if you don't meet with your head up, you will always be involved in the future. Go up. But I’m different. I’m a commoner, and I don’t hang out in the palace. After this incident is over, I probably won’t enter the palace again. For me, good quality and low price are the king.”
"Haha, Mr. Zhang is joking, this is not grocery shopping."
Xiao Jing smiled bitterly.
He was also thinking in his mind that Zhang Zhou's consciousness was not simple, and what he said was in line with the current situation of the palace people.
Probably only a "wild man" like Zhang Zhou didn't have to worry about the Queen, the Zhang family's relatives, the relationship between the Zhang and Zhou families, Li Guang's old department, and other things that the palace people cared about.
Because they are people who play with pens, unlike those of them who are struggling in the palace.
Just as they were talking, the two of them arrived at the former site of Qingning Palace.
At this time, there were hundreds of craftsmen working. The originally dark ruins were gone, but a pit was dug on the site. The soil was transported out one by one in wheelbarrows and then piled aside. This was before the foundation was laid. preparation, and will be backfilled later.
Xiao Jing said: "Mr. Zhang, do you think this direction is quite correct? Now the prototype of the foundation has been dug. When you see that there is no problem, the earth will be rammed and the stones will be erected."
Now the people in the palace also know that this matter is not trivial. If the house is renovated and another disaster occurs, the emperor will pursue it and say that he did not adopt Zhang Zhou's opinion... It is estimated that it will not be as simple as imprisonment and banning, but the death of the person.
So now every step in the Qingning Palace requires Zhang Zhou to personally inspect it.
It's not that Zhang Zhou's opinion is very important, but that... this matter needs to be endorsed by Zhang Zhou, a "half-immortal".
Zhang Zhou seemed to be gesturing with his arms.
At this time, everyone in the construction site stopped what they were doing, knowing that the great god was coming. They wanted to see how the great god calculated the dragon veins and feng shui, but when they saw Zhang Zhou making gestures with his arms...
No one has ever seen such a fantasy thing.
Discussions like "It turns out that this is how the master works, he doesn't even need a compass, he is really not the kind of magician who likes to show off and cheat" are endless.
Xiao Jing looked at it for a long time, but didn't understand it, so he asked: "Mr. Zhang, do you need to prepare anything for you?"
Zhang Zhou put down his arms and said with a smile: "No, the location is pretty good. As long as it's not man-made arson, the sky fire alone shouldn't be able to come down."
"Well……"
Xiao Jing was a little bit hesitant to pick up the fight.
Man-made arson...
Zhang Zhou still understands the world, and he probably knows that someone may be unhappy with him and set fire to him, so no matter how he tests it now, it will be in vain.
As for the sky fire, did it just come?
"But there are some ways to avoid sky fire that you still need to pay attention to. This is a drawing I drew. Find someone to take a look at it. I'm going to add a sky needle on the roof!"
"What?"
"Even if I tell you how to redirect the sky fire, you won't understand it."
Xiao Jing was very depressed after hearing this.
I thought to myself that if you hadn't really been able to calculate the secrets of heaven, I would have thought you were some lowly charlatan who didn't even have any professional knowledge and was just talking nonsense.
But as expected, as those outsiders see it, you are very different from the Taoist priests who like to pretend to be gods and ghosts.
You probably don’t even bother to engage in Taoist priests dancing with great gods, right?
This should be the true ability in the legend!
"Ahem!"
Zhang Zhou deliberately coughed twice to remind Xiao Jing that I still have the drawings here. Can you find someone to come over and take a look first?
Xiao Jing finally came back to his senses and called to the people in the distance: "Come here, come and help the Heavenly Master!"
A uniformed guard commander, who looked very familiar to Zhang Zhou, trotted over and knelt down to kowtow to Zhang Zhou.
"The villain Zhang Yun has met the immortal master and the factory grandfather."
It's this guy again!
Zhang Zhou didn't know why, but when he saw this kid, he wanted to kick him twice. He was so flattering that he was so incompetent.
Xiao Jing said: "Zhang Yun, our family still has things to do. Please greet Mr. Zhang well. It's your fault if you don't treat me well!"
"Okay!"
Zhang Yun got up and hurriedly went to pick up the drawings from Zhang Zhou's hand.
But it was Zhang Zhou who folded the drawing and put it into his pocket.
If this kid breaks it again, he will have to repaint it later, which will cost an extra step.
…
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Xiao Jing left, and Zhang Yun accompanied Zhang Zhou around the construction site. Even though Zhang Yun was just a general bannerman, because he was a Dongchang stall, he was several ranks higher than Fanzi and ordinary Jinyiwei, so he was very good wherever he went. Se.
"Work hard and don't cause trouble for the Immortal Master!"
Zhang Zhou found that this boy seemed to be here to hug the big tree.
Why do you feel like this guy is trying to show off his power?
"Master Immortal, after I returned home, I asked my family to check the genealogy. If I didn't check it, I wouldn't know. It turns out that I moved from Yingtian Mansion three generations ago. Maybe we were still a family a hundred years ago..."
Zhang Yun has already started a relationship with Zhang Zhou.
The person who talks about it with nose and eyes is probably talking about Yongle's move to the capital.
"Really?" Zhang Zhou said, "My family did not live in Yingtian Mansion three generations ago."
"this……"
The smile on Zhang Yun's face was a little stiff, "The little one should have known the immortal master in his previous life, otherwise he wouldn't have seen the immortal master as if he were seeing his own relatives? The little one used to often dream about gods coming from the sky. After taking over the little one, he said that he could take him to the immortal class, and told others that others thought he was hysterical. Now he understands that this is God guiding him to do things with you, the immortal master."
Zhang Zhou was speechless after hearing this.
You kid, after talking about your ancestors, you talk about past lives, and after talking about past lives, you talk about dreams.
Do you have to let me wear whatever big dream you have in spring and autumn?
Zhang Zhou was very disdainful of Zhang Yun's approach. One thing he understood was that no matter how diligent and reliable a person was, he would not be able to prosper in Dongchang.
The Ming Dynasty has long been different from the time when everything was prosperous after the founding of the People's Republic of China or the Jing Dynasty. After decades of old-fashioned conservatism in the administration of officials, especially in the East Factory, it is impossible for them to have normal promotion channels and leave them to people at the bottom who know how to handle things.
When Li Guang falls, the next Li Guang must rise.
This is not a personal need, but an institutional need.
This also explains why Zhang Yun knew it was shameless to do so, but still had to be shy to have a relationship with him.
Zhang Zhou said: "Really? But I have never dreamed about the Immortal Family, nor have I received any guidance. What I dreamed about was to be ranked on the imperial examination. Your Excellency, is this God guiding you to join? Did you mistake the other person?"
"No, no, ever since I saw the immortal master, I was sure that he must be the immortal master! That's right!"
Zhang Yun looked determined.
Zhang Zhou frowned secretly.
When your kid said this, did you believe it in your heart?
As he was talking, there was a commotion in the distance, but it was Yang Peng, the eunuch of Dongchang whom Li Guangan had installed as Xiao Jing's right-hand man who had met before, coming over surrounded by people.
"Go away!"
As soon as Yang Peng came over, he made a face, and Zhang Yun handed over the ordinary Zhang Zhou's tasks in despair.
Yang Peng then saluted Zhang Zhou: "Yang has met Master Zhang."
Zhang Zhou said: "You are Yang Peng, Eunuch Yang, right?"
"Exactly, it's rare that Master Zhang Xian is so concerned that he still remembers someone's name. Someone in the palace is responsible for the implementation of the reconstruction of Qingning Palace. If you have any instructions, just tell that person."
Yang Peng looks much more normal than Zhang Yun, a sycophant.
Probably Yang Peng also held a high position and was a bit embarrassed. If this were an ordinary Gongsheng student in front of Yang Peng, he would not look at him seriously if he recognized him as his grandfather and kowtowed to him.
Zhang Zhou said: "Finally, a person in charge has come. I want to add a sky-reaching needle to the newly built palace. Here are the drawings. Do you think there is anything wrong with it?"
Yang Pengcheng said in fear: "Master Zhang Xian, you are just talking, you are the one who carries out the orders. Someone is just following orders. You can add whatever you say, and add it wherever you say."
"Um."
What Zhang Zhou wants to add is naturally a lightning rod.
There are also things similar to lightning rods these days, but because there is no grounding wire, the lightning rods these days are more like metaphysical things to suppress ghosts and gods, and they cannot have the effect of lightning protection.
"Okay, let's start the work. Repair the foundation quickly and finish it as soon as possible. You don't have to wait for me for everything."
Zhang Zhou understood that since he was the first person in charge, he was actually the first person responsible. If something happened, he might have to bear the responsibility.
Others may not be able to afford it.
Yang Peng took Zhang Zhou aside and said, "Master Zhang Xian, someone heard that your house is being renovated recently. I wonder if there is someone who can help?"
When Zhang Yiyi heard this, he immediately felt that Yang Peng and Zhang Yun were on different levels.
Zhang Yun's flattery is purely to say nice words, talk about fairy masters and fairy dreams, just to express his willingness to be loyal and do things, but the problem is that such an unprincipled person defected to Li Guang before, and now he defected to me, who knows when I will be unlucky Will you stab me across the board?
Yang Peng is different.
It's disrespectful to say that it's too low-priced, so just be more practical and help repair the house.
Zhang Zhou said: "Eunuch Yang is very thoughtful. You can keep these little things in my house in mind."
Yang Peng said hurriedly: "Someone just learned about it accidentally."
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, it’s not like I don’t know the capabilities of your Dongchang. As a eunuch of the Dongchang, you can easily investigate anyone without any explanation.
Zhang Zhou said: "Speaking of which, it's really hard to find good craftsmen in this market, but I just repair and renovate casually. I don't build new pillars. I don't bother Eunuch Yang. What I want is Qingning Palace. If we can build it as quickly and cost-effectively as possible so that the Empress Dowager can move in earlier, Eunuch Yang, do you think you can help me a lot?"
Yang Peng is a smart man.
As soon as he heard it, he understood that no matter how many things Zhang Zhou did before, it was all occult matters that he talked about and talked about.
Rebuilding Qingning Palace was Zhang Zhou's first mission under the emperor's orders. Of course, Zhang Zhou's intention was to look good when doing business for the first time.
Yang Peng said: "Let's put it this way, Master Zhang. The original budget for the reconstruction of Qingning Palace was 120,000 taels. Someone is here to guarantee that it can be repaired within 80,000 taels. Even if there is an extra part, the imperial court will never spend it in vain." A penny."
(End of chapter)
