Chapter 81
A month later, the first cement bridge of the Tang Dynasty was built.
Although it is only a hundred meters long and only two meters high, it is a progress across the ages.
Carts filled with stones and weighing more than one ton were constantly shuttled back and forth between the bridges, and this inspection took a whole day, causing the cows to be exhausted, and the cement bridge remained motionless.
The eyes of the Ministry of Works officials were almost glaring out. Such a simple bridge was so powerful. They were worried about whether the bridge would collapse.
Only Li Fei was calm from beginning to end, and even if all of them were filled to the extreme, one ox cart would be able to hold a ox cart for more than one meal. A ox cart, and a ox cart would be able to collapse the cement bridge that had suffered a lot of iron bars in less than 30 tons. Is it possible?
The officials of the Ministry of Works were very excited. The effect of cement was so great. So, will there be any problems in the Ministry of Works build other bridges or water conservancy walls in the future?
Li Fei kindly reminded that not only bridges, water conservancy city walls, etc., but also paving roads and building top floors.
As a result, he reported to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was also surprised by the strength of the cement bridge. In addition, the officials of the Ministry of Works themselves reported the other huge effects of cement. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was very happy.
Although he had managed the Kaiyuan Prosperity and believed that the Kaiyuan Prosperity was the peak of the prosperous times of all dynasties, he did not mind taking the prosperity further and making future generations respect him more. Cement was powerful in promoting the development of the prosperous times, and Li Fei made an indelible contribution.
As the prime minister, Li Linfu knew everything about what happened to the six subordinates.
The Ministry of Industry has achieved great success in building bridges because of Li Fei's cement offering. I believe that other buildings such as water conservancy can also achieve great success. The Ministry of Industry will be outstanding in the future.
The Minister of Works was very happy that the political achievements of the Ministry of Works were his political achievements.
However, Prime Minister Li Linfu was unhappy and felt a little gloomy. The six ministers were almost the last step in the election for the presidency, and because the Ministry of Works was outstanding, the Minister of Works became more and more proud.
Li Linfu even felt that the Minister of Works did not seem to be as respectful to him as before!
That's not bad. Has the Minister of Works already had a luxury for his position?
Humph, anyone who wants to spy on his side will be the target of his suppression. Li Linfu is unhappy, so someone will inevitably have a hard time starting to have a hard time next.
"I heard from Your Majesty that I have heard that the Marquis of Jingyang has offered cement formulas and asked the Ministry of Works to benefit the country and the people in terms of bridge water conservancy construction, and other aspects. This is to benefit the country and the people, and the achievements will last for thousands of years. If not," the next morning court, an official initiated a report and praised Li Fei's achievements in cement. He almost wanted to count all the achievements of the Ministry of Works to Li Fei.
This is almost equivalent to the bright suppression of the Ministry of Works.
The Minister of Works was shocked. He recognized this official as one of the loyalists of Prime Minister Li Linfu. Why did the Prime Minister suppress their Ministry of Works? He subconsciously looked at Li Linfu nervously.
Li Linfu remained silent and didn't even raise his eyelids, but his face was a little cold, which showed a lot of things.
The Minister of Works instantly realized that he had been too proud in the past two days and had not restrained much in front of Li Linfu, which made Li Linfu misunderstand. He was extremely frightened. Li Linfu was able to be in the position of prime minister for more than ten years, but it was not that no one had intended to peek at his position, but he was killed by him without exception, and the ending was very miserable.
The Minister of Works did not want to be like those people. The fear in his heart made the Minister of Works sweat coldly, and he didn't know how to resolve Li Linfu's misunderstanding about himself.
Suddenly, the Minister of Works thought of a solution and stood up after the official finished speaking.
"Your Majesty, I agree that if the Ministry of Works had not received the cement formula presented by the Marquis of Jingyang, building bridges would not be so convenient, saving time and effort. The Marquis of Jingyang will benefit the country and the people for a long time, and will be rewarded with great rewards-----" The Minister of Works thought of was to agree and compromise and show weakness to Li Linfu as much as possible. Only in this way can Li Linfu's suspicion about him be eliminated.
Sure enough, the actions of the Minister of Works finally showed a little smile on Li Linfu's face. I believe he was very satisfied with the actions of the Minister of Works.
Li Linfu praised Li Fei's achievements, killing two birds with one stone. He was not only a test of the Minister of Works, but also indirectly pleased Yang Guifei. Li Fei, the Marquis of Jingyang, was the adopted son of Yang Guifei. He heard that Yang Guifei was favored by Yang Guifei, so he was mostly concerned about him. If he could help Li Fei, he would definitely be favored by the imperial concubine.
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Jingyang has indeed made great contributions, so he should be rewarded!" Li Linfu also stood up.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang trusted Li Linfu very much. Since Li Linfu and the Minister of Works both stood up, it means that Li Fei's contribution is indeed great, and he himself is also very satisfied with Li Fei.
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As a seventh-rank official in the Ministry of Justice, this official position does not require court, so Li Fei did not know about the court.
As the Minister of Works and other officials from the Ministry of Works came back to court, people kept coming to congratulate Li Fei, and even the Minister of Works came to congratulate him in person.
Li Fei looked puzzled and asked the Minister of Works what was going on, but he only got a mysterious smile. It was not that the Minister of Works did not want to say it, but that before the imperial edict was delivered, no one could make a guess and reveal the secret of heaven.
There is not much work in the Ministry of Justice today, and Li Fei went home before noon.
After waiting for another two hours, the imperial edict suddenly came during the Shen period, and it was sent by Gao Lishi himself.
The general idea is that because of Li Fei's achievements, he was granted the title of Duke of Yuhang County and the Minister of Justice.
"Ministry Master will accept the order." Gao Lishi said to Li Fei with a smile.
As an old man who has been following Emperor Xuanzong of Tang for decades, Gao Lishi has a high vision as a Duke of Bohai County as an eunuch. To be honest, Gao Lishi did not take Li Fei as a kid seriously before, but seeing Li Fei step by step become Duke of Yuhang County and even his official position was promoted to the fifth-rank official of the Ministry of Justice, he changed his mind about Li Fei at once, thinking that Li Fei was not a simple young man and had a great future, so this time he did not send other eunuchs to announce the imperial edict, but he came by himself.
"Li Fei received the order!" Li Fei reacted from the daze, knelt down and took the order to his hand.
He couldn't hide his excitement in his heart. Although he thought that he might be promoted, he never expected that he would not only be promoted, but also be promoted, and suddenly became the Duke of Yuhang County and the Minister of Justice.
Li Fei didn't know how many reasons he could get such great benefits. Li Linfu was suspicious of the Minister of Works. In order to test the Minister of Works instructed the Minister of Works to praise his "commendation" in the court, forcing the Minister of Works to stand up and express his weakness in fear. Then Li Linfu also stood up as prime minister and also commended Li Fei's achievements. In addition, Li Fei's identity as Yang Guifei's adopted son, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang became better at Li Fei, and he loved the house and was subconsciously taken care of Li Fei and made Yang Guifei happy. He then added his title, and was suddenly granted the title of Yuhang County, and promoted him to his official position, and was promoted to three levels in a row.
"Our family is here to congratulate the county prince. Since the county prince has received the order, our family will go back to the palace to serve His Majesty." Gao Lishi said with a smile.
"Dadfather-in-law, you came here in person with such hard work, how could you-----" Li Fei dared not be negligent just because Gao Lishi is a eunuch. He knew very well that Gao Lishi had a high status in the heart of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and had a great energy. Even Li Linfu had to give Gao Lishi three points. He was considering what to give Gao Lishi, and Gao Lishi would definitely not lack money.
"The county magistrate doesn't need to be like this. Our family does not lack those things. As long as the county magistrate respects the concubine and makes His Majesty happy, our family will be relieved." However, before Li Fei finished speaking, Gao Lishi gave up. He saw Li Fei's thoughts, but he was too lazy to ask for those things.
Li Fei stared at Gao Lishi in a daze and turned and left.
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Chapter completed!