Chapter 119 Lin Siming's Promotion
The child's name was named Li Rui by his grandfather Lin Siming. According to Lin Siming's meaning, this child should have belonged to their Lin family. Now that he cannot have the surname Lin, he must have the name.
Isn’t it just a name? Li Fei doesn’t care. Li Rui is just Li Rui, and Xiao Ruirui doesn’t sound bad either.
After the child was in the third year of the Wash, the entire Duke of Wu was filled with joy because of the arrival of this child. Changsun Lanxin came to take care of Lin Shiyue and the child from time to time. Although Li Fei was there, she didn't have to worry about these things at all, but she wanted to do her own thing and get along better with Lin Shiyue in the future.
In a corner of the Duke's Mansion, eight blacksmiths were smelting pig iron according to Li Fei's request and making the shape of a plow through the model.
"Son-in-law, is the plow that comes out like this really as good as you said?" Lin Siming frowned. No matter how you look at it, it was just an ordinary iron plow.
It is not for Lin Siming to question that China has been farming for thousands of years, and wooden plows, bronze plows, and iron plows have been tried. There is no need to say that bronze plows are too hard and too expensive. Some people tried iron plows in the Han Dynasty, but the effect was not good and the cost was high. It was not as cost-effective as a better wooden plow, so ordinary iron plows were eliminated as early as the Han Dynasty.
"Don't you know if my father-in-law finds a piece of land to try it myself?" Li Fei was very confident. This is a modern and modern farm tool, and it is much better than the wooden plows of the Tang Dynasty.
The pig iron plow was made out in the morning. In the afternoon, Lin Siming took a half-day leave from the Ministry of Revenue and went outside the city with Li Fei to try the plow.
Although pig iron is brittle and cannot be forged, it is not necessary to say that it is hard. Even the stone in the plow cannot hurt it in the slightest. The speed of ploughing the land is three or four times that of the wooden plow. The wooden plow is not only easy to break, but also has not enough depth. It often needs to be plowed two or three times. However, the pig iron plow can plow deep enough in one go. The speed is faster, and the cattle are not that tired.
Lin Siming tried it for a while, and then he kept plowing for the afternoon. He chose wasteland with lots of stones, but the plowshare was nothing.
"It's indeed a good plow, a hundred times better than an ordinary wooden plow!" Lin Siming said in shock. There is no doubt that this contribution is no worse than a piercing bull's nose.
Lin Siming no longer knew what to say to Li Fei. Whether it was the credit for wearing a cow's nose or the pig iron plow, it was all given to him by Li Fei for free.
It is said that when he comes to his son-in-law, he wants to find a man who is incompetent and has no background and is easy to control, but he just finds someone like Li Fei. There are a lot of strange things, and each one is not simple. Such a son-in-law is something their Lin family can afford.
It is fate. Li Fei can achieve his current status. A woman Lin Shiyue is worthy of marrying him. As long as Li Fei keeps his promise and is willing to let his son surnamed Lin in the future and continue the incense of the Lin family, he will be content. Even if Li Fei asks him to go up to the mountain of swords and falls into the sea of fire, he will not blink.
"My father-in-law, after you go back, you will write a memorial about the pig iron plow to your Majesty. With this contribution, you will be promoted soon and even leave the Ministry of Revenue." Li Fei said with a smile.
Wang Xi wanted to deal with him, but it would be impossible to find a handle to defeat him in the first place, so he made things difficult for Lin Siming, as his father-in-law, to vent his anger. Lin Siming will be framed by Wang Xi at the Ministry of Revenue sooner or later.
With the merits of the pig iron plow, if Lin Siming could leave the Ministry of Revenue, he would no longer be under Wang Hui's jurisdiction, and at least he could escape Wang Hui's difficulties.
Lin Siming was very excited. These days, he faced Wang Hui's difficulties every day, and was always worried that one day he would find the wrong place and be dismissed and dismissed from office by Wang Hui, or even more persecuted. Now, as long as he can leave the Ministry of Revenue, no matter how powerful Wang Hui is, he can't do anything to him.
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When Lin Siming returned, he wrote memorials overnight and presented them the next day.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was tired of government affairs and handed over all government affairs to Li Linfu first, and chose to make a real big deal before handing over it to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. So Lin Siming's memorial came to Li Linfu first.
"Lin Siming? Li Fei's father-in-law." Li Linfu smiled. The matter in the memorial was considered a major event. Since it was Li Fei's father-in-law, he didn't want to make things difficult for him and asked him to present it to His Majesty.
Li Linfu has a strong desire for power. Although Wang Hui promoted it and was his confidant, Wang Hui had already taken the position of Minister of Revenue and was promoted to his current position as prime minister. No matter what, his position as prime minister cannot be interfered with. Wang Hui and Li Fei fight, he is very happy to see that he will not help either side.
Without being embarrassed by Li Linfu, Li Siming's memorial was successfully delivered to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was very curious about Pig Iron Plow. If he really had the efficiency mentioned in the memorial, it was indeed a great contribution to the country and the people. As the emperor, he was not worried that anyone would dare to fool him.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang summoned Lin Siming, and after some negotiation and understanding, he learned that he had already obtained a finished pig iron plow, he ordered the Ministry of Works to conduct inspections with Lin Siming.
Lin Siming had already inspected the pig iron plow with Li Fei, and the people from the Ministry of Works came to check it again, and the results were naturally gratifying.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang learned that the pig iron plow was really as efficient as Lin Siming mentioned in the memorial, so he immediately promoted Lin Siming to two levels and transferred it to the Ministry of Works, and became a member of the fifth-rank work department, and participated in the forging of pig iron plows and promoting pig iron plows to various prefectures and counties to benefit the people. I believe that when the pig iron plow is truly promoted to various prefectures and counties, Lin Siming can be promoted one or two levels.
At the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Hui witnessed Lin Siming suddenly promoted two levels and transferred from the Ministry of Revenue to the Ministry of Works. His face was very gloomy and he had nowhere to be angry.
He had already slowly caught a mistake by Lin Siming. He had to dismiss Lin Siming after just two days. Lin Siming was Li Fei's father-in-law. He could not bring Li Fei down for the time being, but he could bring down Lin Siming and asked Li Fei to pay some interest first. Now Wang Hui has gone to the Ministry of Works and is not under his jurisdiction. He can't do anything to Lin Siming if he makes a complaint with the original mistake.
"Li Fei, I will make you pay the price no matter what!" Wang Hui gritted his teeth and looked ferocious.
Next, Wang Hui kept signaling the censor he had won to capture Li Fei's braid. Even if he couldn't defeat Li Fei at once, Wang Hui didn't want Li Fei to have a good life.
He made too much money and was cheating in his position as a minister of the Ministry of Justice. He only stayed in the Ministry of Justice for a while every day, and he didn't know where he went in the afternoon. He had no sense of responsibility as an official.
Article 1: Li Fei makes money and other things, unless he searches for Li Fei's home, there is no direct evidence. However, Article 2: Li Fei is a real thing to be cheating on Li Fei's position as a member of the Ministry of Justice, and Li Fei cannot deny it.
So Li Fei was scolded by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, but Li Fei almost went to the palace to accompany Yang Guifei every day. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang saw it, so he did not really blame Li Fei. The reason why he scolded Li Fei during the dynasty was also for civil and military officials, and he could not set a bad example.
However, Li Fei can no longer be scammers and cheats. At least he is honest for a while, after all, he always has to give Tang Xuanzong some face.
It’s not a big deal to sit in the Ministry of Justice for two more hours every day. On the contrary, Wang Hui, the old guy, was not careful about Yang Guozhong, but spent so much energy on dealing with him every day. Wouldn’t it just give Yang Guozhong a chance? He could not beat Yang Guozhong in history, but now he is not dead faster!
Chapter completed!