hsntnovel Chapter 1876 Yan Liben's Request for Advice
Chapter 1876 Yan Liben's Request for Advice
Outside the gate of the Ministry of War, Hou Junji escorted Li Shen out. After the two sides exchanged a few words of greeting, Li Shen left the Ministry of War with his entourage.
Hou Junji stood at the door of the Ministry of War, looking at Prince Ji's receding back with a deep gaze, as if thinking about something.
After a moment, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, with a look of interest, he turned back to the Ministry of War.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, why did you tease Minister Hou just now? Actually, it's not a big deal for me to agree to join Prince Ji's Mansion.
With my rank, joining the Ji Wang Mansion is the most correct choice. It would be strange if I didn't join."
On the way out of the palace, Pei Mingli asked curiously. He had quickly entered his role and called himself a minister.
There is nothing that cannot be told to others. He felt that there was nothing special about his joining the Prince Ji's Mansion, and the conditions had just been stated in front of Hou Junji, so what was there to be afraid of?
"Mingli, there are many things you don't understand yet, but you will know them in the future. Some things are enough for you to know yourself. Remember, a gentleman is open and honest, while a villain is always worried.
There is nothing that cannot be told to others, but it also depends on who the person is, whether he is a human or a ghost.
The water in Chang'an City is very deep, and the water in the Imperial City is even deeper.
You don’t know who is your friend or your enemy, and you don’t know when someone will stab you in the back.
The person who stabs you in the back may very well be your close friend in officialdom, or someone with whom you have no connection at all.
People are treacherous and the world is unpredictable, so don’t talk too much to people who are not related to you, and don’t be so sincere to outsiders. "
Li Shen could see that Pei Mingli was still a scholar at heart, and he did business only because he had no other choice but to do so.
Since ancient times, the purpose of studying has been to become an official, learn literary and martial arts, and serve the imperial family.
The thoughts of scholars still influenced Pei Mingli's thinking.
Li Shen felt that he should talk to him and make him more tactful.
It was the first time that Pei Mingli was told these truths. He found it hard to accept them at first. He had been reading books of sages since he was a child.
It talks about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.
However, Pei Mingli did not refute King Ji's teachings. He also knew that King Ji was teaching him.
So he bowed and said:
"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince Ji, for your teachings."
Li Shen also knew that Pei Mingli might not accept his words in a short period of time. This would take time.
Be casual and don't care.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, Your Highness Prince Ji, please stay."
Just then, someone called out loudly from behind.
"Huh?" Li Shen turned his head curiously. He had quite a few acquaintances here, but most of them were enemy troops and there were almost no friendly troops.
Why would someone come out to greet me? It's good enough that they didn't attack me secretly.
Li Shen saw a man running towards him from a distance. He looked closely and found that it was Yan Liben.
"Your subordinate...your subordinate pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
Yan Liben ran up to Li Shen breathlessly and bowed first.
"So it's Yan Shaojian, what do you want from me?"
Yan Liben is now the Junior Supervisor of Works, a fourth-rank official. He used to be the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Perhaps he did not do his job well or was not suitable for the job, so he finally returned to his old job and was demoted half a level.
"Your Highness, I have something I would like to ask Your Highness Prince Ji." Yan Liben said with a bow.
"Please ask me for advice?" Li Shen was stunned after hearing this. What can you, an official from the Ministry of Industry, ask me for advice? Ask me to learn how to draw abstract paintings?
"That's right." Yan Liben nodded.
"Then tell me what's going on." Li Shen also wanted to hear what's going on.
Yan Liben was holding a piece of paper in his hand and he unfolded it to show Li Shen.
"Your Highness, this is a rough sketch I drew. His Royal Highness Prince Ji once said that if the design is good, a tower can be built.
Therefore, I have been studying this subject, but I cannot find the right method.
I hope His Royal Highness Prince Ji will give me some advice."
Li Shen took the drawing and took a look at it. It showed a tall building, but it was wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, a bit like the shape of a tower.
There are also some decomposition structures and some necessary things drawn next to it.
To be honest, Li Shen didn't understand it at all. He didn't study architecture. What he knew was just some basic common sense on the construction site.
Anyone with eyes can see the load-bearing walls, foundation digging, steel structures and so on.
As for mechanics and the like, he knows nothing about that.
What he told Yan Liben was just a concept, and his original intention was to let Yan Liben study and summarize the experience on his own.
Finally, I put together a discipline of architecture to pass on, but I didn't expect this guy to come and ask me.
"Cough!" Li Shen coughed lightly, and then said softly:
"Master Yan, the towering building I told you about is just an idea. Everything should be done step by step, right?
We can’t build a tower of ten thousand feet now, so we can first build one of ten feet, then twenty feet, thirty feet, and then slowly build upwards.
Accumulate experience bit by bit.
One day, my wish will come true.”
Li Shen was just talking about a thousand-foot-high building. There is no such tall building in the world. It would be good if it could be a hundred feet high.
With current technology and materials, a building a hundred feet high is not enough. Li Shen’s goal is to build a building ten or twenty stories high.
"Your Highness is right. I am just too eager to achieve success. I wonder if Your Highness Prince Ji can give me some advice on how to start?"
After hearing Li Shen's words, Yan Liben bowed and asked for Li Shen's advice.
Li Shen frowned and looked at the blueprint. He didn't understand this at all, but if he didn't say a few words, he would seem too incompetent.
After thinking for a while, Li Shen said:
“Young Master Yan, I don’t really understand this, but we can think about it based on the actual situation.
If you want to build a tall building, you first need to consider whether the bottom floor can bear the weight of the upper floors, so you need heavy columns and load-bearing walls.
This requires you to experiment and study how much one pillar can weigh, and how much two pillars can weigh.
You need to sum up your experience and calculate the rules. There are also walls in the building and beams used in the middle layer, which also need to bear the weight of the building.
These are all things you have to explore and study.
What kind of material can be stronger and bear more weight? The iron bars and cement structures used in our previous buildings are too simple.
You can think about how to tie the iron bars together to make it stronger, and then use cement to make the building stronger.
Cement can also be improved, and this also requires you to continue experimenting.
If you are interested, I can open a separate project for you in the research institute, and all expenses will be paid by the Prince Ji's Mansion.
what do you think? "
Of course research costs money, and if Yan Liben's research is successful, the results will allow Li Shen to earn more money.
Moreover, Li Shen's asking Yan Liben to study this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and can help future generations avoid detours.
He also wanted to give the world a shock, like building a skyscraper or something.
Don't forget to come here yourself.
(Is there anyone who is engaged in civil engineering who can give some professional advice?)