Chapter 88 Things That Cannot Be Said

However, Wang Zhihuan and his colleagues did not produce the recommendation letter yesterday, but only today, which shows that they also want to rely on their talents to get appointed.

Li Heng didn't dwell on the details. After reading the recommendation letter, he asked, "Is there anything you want to do?"

Wang Zhihuan and Meng Haoran were stunned when they heard this.

When other bigwigs appoint officials, they need to question and investigate them repeatedly. Some with ulterior motives will also see how much gifts you give. However, Li Heng does not ask anything and just talks directly.

This decisiveness is a bit "excessive".

Wang Zhihuan was stunned for a moment, then said, "Your Highness, I used to be a county clerk."

What Wang Zhihuan meant was that something similar would be fine.

Meng Haoran had a complicated expression and said, "Your Highness, I have never been an official."

Meng Haoran started seeking official career in his twenties, but now he is over forty and has not yet entered the official career. So when he talks about it, he feels sad, unwilling, and a little embarrassed.

Li Heng thought for a moment and said, "The Gai Jiayun incident has far-reaching implications, causing the Protectorate General to be short of assistants in the Cang Cao. Now the acting one is not enough. Are you two willing to serve as the chief and deputy assistants in the Cang Cao?"

The Cangcao Assistant Military Officer was in charge of taxes, land, etc., and his rank was sixth. However, as a direct official of the Jiedushi, he was in charge of the affairs of a vassal state and had great powers.

When Gao Shi was with Wang Zhongsi, he also started out by joining the army.

When Wang Zhihuan and Meng Haoran saw that Li Heng had also given them real jobs, they were grateful and quickly accepted his offer of thanks.

Li Heng waved his hand and said, "Mr. Wang has been the chief clerk, so he will be appointed as the chief military officer, and Mr. Meng will be the deputy officer first. The king has ordered Anxi to vigorously develop military farms. The positions of the chief and deputy military officers of the warehouse department are of great importance. I hope you two will pay more attention to them."

Wang Zhihuan and Meng Haoran said, "We will definitely do our best."

"Okay." Li Heng nodded in satisfaction, took out a blueprint from his bosom, handed it to Wang Zhihuan, and said, "I was deeply inspired by your mold yesterday, so I drew this picture overnight. Please take a look."

Li Ying drew a picture of a curved plow, but it was not complete.

Because in his previous life, although he had studied the development of agricultural history in China and had seen pictures of curved plows, he had always remembered words better than pictures, so he didn't remember much.

Wang Zhihuan took the blueprint and looked at it carefully, and said, "Your Highness, do you want to improve the plow?"

"That's right." Li Heng thought, "The people are the foundation of the country. If we can improve the agricultural tools and make it more convenient for the people to cultivate the land, it can be considered that I have done something for the people."

Wang Zhihuan and the other two were people who were concerned about the country and the people. After hearing what Li Heng said, they sighed and said, "Your Highness cares about the people and cherishes their strength. This is a blessing for the people and all living things."

Li Heng smiled and said, "This drawing is not finished yet. I will provide some ideas. Please study it with the craftsmen and complete it."

Wang Zhihuan said: "Your Highness, please enlighten me."

Li Ying said, "Sir, you changed the long curve to a short curve before, but found that it was difficult to apply force. This is because the tool is integrated. If you change one part, you also need to change other parts. For example, you can add a plowshare and a plow saddle in the middle, install a freely movable plow disc on the shaft head, and adjust the shape of the plowshare."

This is roughly what Li Ying remembers about words.

Wang Zhihuan followed Li Ying's thoughts and nodded as Li Ying spoke. When Li Ying finished speaking, Wang Zhihuan said, "I understand a little bit."

Li Heng said, "That's good. Sir, discuss it with the craftsmen, and ask the common people, and then draw a complete blueprint. How long will it take to complete it?"

This was the first task that Li Heng assigned to Wang Zhihuan and others. He had only completed half of the drawings and also provided specific ideas.

In Wang Zhihuan's opinion, Li Heng must know how to do this thing, and he just wanted to test them to see if they were really capable of doing the job.

So they definitely have to finish it as quickly as possible.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhihuan said, "In three days, within three days, I will present the blueprint to Your Highness." "Okay." Li Heng stood up, "Then I will wait for your good news."

After Li Heng finished speaking, he came to the craftsmen again, talked with them for a while, and promised to give them good treatment so that they would stay and work.

These craftsmen were all low-level people. Normally, whatever the court asked them to do was forced. Since Li Heng was polite and paid them, they all happily agreed.

After temporarily settling the warehouse matter, Li Heng returned home.

In Li Ying's mansion.

Yang Yuhuan was sitting in the room compiling the music of Qiuci, sometimes thinking, sometimes making notes.

Li Heng came behind Yang Yuhuan, hugged her from behind, and said, "Madam, are you so serious?"

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan raised her head and smiled at Li Heng, "I will complete the tasks assigned by my husband seriously."

Li Ying smiled upon hearing this and said, "You can't be too tired."

"Yes, I know." Yang Yuhuan put down the pen, "But I think you should say this to me."

"You are a good adviser." Li Heng smiled knowingly, sat down next to Yang Yuhuan, and asked, "Have you written to your mother this month?"

"Not yet. I'll write it in the next two days." Yang Yuhuan held Li Heng's hand.

Li Heng said, "There are two things. One you must tell my mother, and one you cannot tell her."

Yang Yuhuan asked seriously: "What's the matter?"

"Today I punished Qian Defei's clansman Qian Canshi because he did not obey orders." Li Heng paused, "You have to tell this to mother."

Although Li Heng was far away in Anxi, he did not want to make unnecessary enemies in the court, so he wanted to tell Wu Huifei about this and let her handle it.

Yang Yuhuan understood what Li Heng meant, nodded, and said, "My dear, it's really hard for you. You obviously did the right thing, but you still have to make amends with others."

Li Ying smiled when he heard this, touched Yang Yuhuan's head, and said: "To understand the world is knowledge, to understand human nature is writing, life is like this."

"That's right." Yang Yuhuan sighed, then smiled, "Fortunately, my concubine and I don't have to get along like this."

"Well," Li Ying smiled awkwardly, "I hope you can still think so after hearing the next thing."

"Hmm?" Yang Yuhuan suddenly became worried, "What's the matter?"

Li Heng hesitated for a moment and said, "Although you took the lead in arranging the dance music, I hope you won't tell A Niang, and don't announce to the public that you were the one who did it."

When Yang Yuhuan heard this, she raised her head and chuckled again, saying, "I thought it was something else. I was just startled."

Yang Yuhuan was very smart. From the moment she knew Li Heng was faking illness, she had been guessing why Li Heng did this. Later, Li Heng confessed to her that he was faking illness and told her a story. From then on, she knew what Li Heng was thinking.

Now, Li Ying didn't let her talk about the choreography because of the same idea.

And what Li Heng was thinking was also what she was thinking.

After all, Li Heng has done so much for them, how could she not contribute back in return?
Yang Yuhuan had already made a plan, but she didn't say it out loud. She smiled for a while and pretended to be serious and said, "My dear, can you tell me why?"

"This..." Li Heng was thinking about what to say.

While Li Ying was thinking, Yang Yuhuan kissed him without waiting for him to speak, and whispered, "Because I only belong to you, my love."

(End of this chapter)