Chu Tianxiu, Li Yu, Di'er, Zuer and others returned to Prince Ping's Mansion.

Chen's mansion was afraid that Chu Tianxiu would regret it, so he sent someone to send 10,000 taels of silver to buy papermaking techniques for Hunhou paper.

Chu Tianxiu sent the master of Sun's house to teach the paper technique of Hunhou at Shen's workshop.

This transaction made the Shen family and his son ecstatic.

Shen's papermaking workshop finally got the papermaking technology he had always dreamed of. In order to earn back the investment of 20,000 taels of silver, it has been crazily increasing production capacity.

Hire lumberjacks to log in and buy large amounts of bark.

The hundreds of acres of papermaking workshops can quickly reach 40,000 to 50,000 pieces every day.

Afterwards, Li Yu sent a brigade of royal guards out of the city.

He brought the sketches of "Water Conservancy Blower", "Steelmaking Workshop" and "All Colors of Farm Tools" painted by Chu Tianxiu himself, and escorted 20,000 taels of silver to Danyang County. He ordered the county magistrate Li Gannian to speed up the construction of a new steelmaking workshop.

The key component of a water conservancy blower is the rotating gear, which can be made by craftsmen after understanding it.

Iron smelting requires a high temperature of more than one thousand degrees, and a blower needs to blow enough oxygen.

Changing the human blower to water conservancy can greatly increase the temperature inside the iron smelting furnace to reach 1,400 degrees. Although it only increases the high temperature of several hundred degrees, this temperature can already turn pig iron into half-cooked iron.

The large-scale steelmaking industry in Danyang County must also be produced quickly. If you go up, you will be able to collect more commercial taxes, otherwise you will not be able to catch up with the Dachu County and County test at the end of the year.

...

Li Yu and Chu Tianxiu originally wanted to pay tribute to King Ping and talk about asking the Taiwei Mansion to come forward to purchase Baijing Steel, but he did not see anyone else, and only the second wife was in King Ping's Mansion.

But the second wife said coldly that King Ping had been in the Taiwei Mansion these days and had not come back.

The court seemed to have something important, so it often summoned court officials to discuss it. Li Rong simply lived in the Taiwei Mansion to facilitate the response at any time.

I guess I won't come back in a short time.

"event?"

"I heard that the officials of the Censorate wrote in the court, criticizing the mediocre and incompetent men who were promoted this year, and cursing the people who recommended the men one by one, which was very powerful... All the officials in the court were scolded for being scolded. Some officials were dissatisfied and quarreled.

After the Lantern Festival, you started arguing in Danyang County. Until now, you have not yet reached a result. King Ping has also been scolded very much!"

The second wife said lightly.

She was not very interested in these imperial government affairs, but just knew a little. She didn't know who was quarreling with whom.

After hearing this, Chu Tianxiu felt something was wrong.

The censor Kong Hanyou, this person is quite steadfast and is extremely good at judging the situation. If you are not sure, you will not easily provoke conflicts for no reason.

Criticizing the mediocre and incompetent people is equivalent to firing a map cannon!

The officials of the Censorate suddenly criticized the mediocre men for their own good, and they certainly had some purpose.

Could it be that you are very dissatisfied with the "annual promotion system"?

Chu Tianxiu and Li Yu said goodbye to the second wife.

The second wife actually wanted to ask, which chapter has been written in "The Stone"? Why don't you see the manuscript after the twenty chapters?

She still held back.

If she asked this, she seemed impatient and could not help but lose her identity. Let's wait. As long as she came out, she would definitely be able to watch it.

...

Chu Tianxiu went to the Prime Minister's Mansion and reported to the Prime Minister who was in charge of all the officials that he was ill and needed to go back to Jinling City to recuperate.

By the way, let’s inquire about the quarrels between the court.

The Prime Minister's Mansion and the minor officials were shocked when they heard this.

Falsification won't be done to this extent, right?

Other officials pretended to be sick and sent their subordinates to report and request a leave. The Prime Minister's Mansion turned a blind eye and would not investigate it.

Xiaohunhou got better, and he came here in person, saying that he was going to take sick leave.

Where did he look sick at all?

Xie Zhuxie was not here, only Deputy Prime Minister Wang Su was on duty at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Deputy Prime Minister Wang Su drank tea, looked at Chu Tianxiu, and said with a smile: "Little Hunhou, I look at you with a rosy complexion, your eyes are radiant, and you walk like flying. You are so strong, I don't know where the disease is?!"

"The disease lies in the brain, and the disease is fainting!"

"As soon as I arrived at Danyang County, I felt that the county was in a dilapidated place, and the carriages were bumpy and were preparing to repair the road. I saw that the county was too poor and was preparing to take on projects. I was full of enthusiasm and worked for the people."

"But the people and gentry in the county seem to be unhappy and are unwilling to contribute silver to support them. They insist that I was stunned."

"I am also surprised. I love the people as much as my son, so why do I become sick?"

Chu Tianxiu smiled and said, "I don't know if the Deputy Prime Minister is allowed to leave this sick? If it is not allowed, I will go back to Danyang County immediately and do something."

"The sick leave is approved! Don't bother, this is the right one!

Just rest in Jinling City and take care of your illness. Let’s talk about when you get well. The matters in the county are all small matters, so let the county officials deal with them. You are not only the county magistrate, but also the little marquis. You are precious and you can’t go on a business trip.”

Deputy Minister Wang Su waved his hands quickly, rubbed his temples that were "thumpy" and said helplessly.

He had no choice but to use this Jinling playboy and the little husband.

However, it is not a big deal for the county magistrate to take sick leave.

Danyang County is a small county with 3,000 households, and there is no oil or water. Apart from the spring and autumn farming and harvesting grain and taxes, there is nothing to do on weekdays, and it is only a hundred miles away from Jinling City.

The roads are built and projects are launched. This consumes money and grain, and I don’t know how much labor service is!

The court certainly would not allocate money, so it could only raise money by the county itself and collect corvee labor.

That's not bad, then officials cannot force the people to rebel!

It would be better to let Xiaohunhou rest, anyway, the emperor didn't expect him to do anything earth-shaking.

Danyang County is peaceful and irresistible, even if the county magistrate's duties are fulfilled.

For the Marquis and the nobles, political achievements are all over the world.

Just because of Empress Dowager Shen's love for Xiaohunhou, she just said something that Xiaohunhou could make a fortune and there was no need to do any political achievements in the county.

"Little Hunhou, I'm idle, so why don't we chat with each other. You are also an official in the court now. As long as you don't make a big mistake, it's not impossible to be promoted to a high-ranking official. This deputy minister is optimistic about your future!

Recently, the imperial court has started to quarrel over the annual ceremony, which is very troublesome. The officials of the Censorate are scolding very much!"

Vice Prime Minister Wang Su smiled.

"I have heard of this and am trying to find out more."

Chu Tianxiu nodded and sat down in another empty seat next to Deputy Prime Minister Wang Su.

That empty seat is the seat of the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, and the seat of the thanks to the Lord.

No one dared to sit, even Deputy Prime Minister Wang Su would not sit.

But Xiao Hunhou obviously didn't care and sat up carelessly.

The many minor officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion who were handling official documents looked up and did not dare to say more, and they were envious and sad.

Although Xiaohunhou was the magistrate of the little county, he was a marquis who was inherited from the Great Chu, and his title was equivalent to that of the Three Dukes.

According to the practice of the Great Chu, those who were promoted to the Three Dukes of the Court could be granted the title of marquis.

Moreover, it is a marquis who have been surrendered from generation to generation, which is much worse than the hereditary marquis of the Hunhou Mansion.

Countless officials of the court all dreamed of being appointed as prime minister and marquis!

Only those who are granted a title of marquis can obtain fiefs and fiefs.

For Xiao Hunhou, this is just his small start.

Even if Xiao Hunhou sat in Xie Zhuxiang's position and crossed his legs with his big thorns, no one dared to talk about him.

Just these trivial matters ordered by sesame and mung beans cannot condemn Xiaohunhou.

Alas ~!

When the officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion thought of this, they felt as if they were stormed with a knife. They wrote quickly and one day they caught up with the little scoundrel of Jinling.

Vice Prime Minister Wang Su's expression was a little awkward when he saw Chu Tianxiu sitting in Xie Zhuxiang's seat.

It feels like the deputy minister is talking to the main person.
Chapter completed!