Li Miao had a pleasant honeymoon and started reporting to the Ministry of Works in mid-March. The person who received him was Zeng Tianqi, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, and Li Miao, the direct superior of the Ministry of Works' Department of Construction and Repair. Next, he was encouraged and explained.

Li Miao was completely aware of it. It turned out that Zeng Tianqi, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, was also one of the backends of the Ministry of Works. Zhou Zehua, the current doctor of the Ministry of Works, is just an interest agent. There should be many people eating this cake.

Zeng Tianqi just told Li Miao in a vague way that the water in the Ministry of Industry and Construction Department was very deep. He was also worried that Li Miao would be young and energetic. In addition, Li Miao had Li Shouzhong, and Lin Ruhai stood behind him. The strength should not be underestimated. No one could make a fuss.

Zeng Tianqi promised that Li Miao would have a considerable gray income every year, allowing Li Miao to work hard on technological innovation. Therefore, Li Miao's division of labor has become very clear.

Didn’t Li Miao invent the dough rolling mill and a wheelbarrow? Continue to use his strengths to carry out technological innovation and inventions in the Ministry of Industry and Construction and Reconstruction Department. As for other affairs of the Ministry of Industry and Reconstruction Department, it’s fine. Anyway, you will have a share of the gray income.

So, Li Miao began his career as a training department in the Ministry of Works. At the beginning, he was flipping through books in the Ministry of Works, mainly researching the formula of Sanhe soil. The technology in this area is quite mature.

It is a low-grade cement made of natural raw materials. It is mainly used in building cities. It is far from the cement that Li Miao wants to make. The cement that Li Miao wants to make is fired through stones and then crushed into foam.

After having the direction, the rest was to keep trying. Li Miao bought several old craftsmen who made lime and began to try to make cement. After more than two months of continuous attempts, the results have been shown.

However, the quality of cement is still unsightly. But what is left is through continuous attempts. So Li Miao arranged these craftsmen to the Liaodong Bureau and asked them to go to the Liaodong Bureau to continue trial and error.

It is only a matter of time before high-quality cement is developed. Liaodong Bureau is the place where cement is most needed among Li Miao's forces. The current cement quality is not a big problem for paving roads.

Next, the Liaodong Bureau began to produce low-quality cement while improving it in production. Li Miao also began to relax and go down.

In April, there was another major event in the court. Concubine Zhen passed away. Concubine Zhen was a member of the Zhen family in Jiangnan and the favorite concubine of the Supreme Emperor. The Zhen family was the first family in Jiangnan. Therefore, Concubine Zhen's death was of far-reaching significance.

Especially in the current Great Zheng Dynasty, the north faced the threat of alien races. Moving the capital was inevitable. Therefore, the first family in Jiangnan became the targets that the emperor had to clean up. In addition, the Zhen family was powerful in Jiangnan and wealthy could rival the country.

When the Emperor was in power, he went to Jiangnan several times. As the first family in Jiangnan, the Zhen family was also the mother's home of Concubine Zhen. The Emperor went to Jiangnan and the Zhen family had received three times. The Zhen family spent nearly ten million taels of silver for this.

The Supreme Emperor also knew that the Zhen family was expensive and it was inevitable to favor the Zhen family. It goes without saying that the power it gave was, otherwise the Zhen family would not have become the first family in Jiangnan. It also provided material compensation.

Nearly tens of millions of taels of silver were not small, and the court at that time could not bring out so much silver at once. So the Supreme Emperor brought compensation through salt.

So later the emperor sent Lin Ruhai to Jiangnan to serve as the Yanxi Censor. The purpose was mainly to target the Zhen family. The Zhen family had a large amount of salt in their hands, which meant a lot of money.

The Zhen family has been controlling the salt administration in Jiangnan for a long time. No one family would think that there was too much money, so they had a conflict of interest with Lin Ruhai. It can also be said that Lin Ruhai's main opponent in Jiangnan. Lin Ruhai almost died at the hands of the Zhen family in the end.

If it weren't for Li Miao's appearance, Lin Ruhai would have died at the hands of the Zhen family in Jiangnan.

Now with the passing of Concubine Zhen, the Zhen family in Jiangnan also felt in danger. Now the Supreme Emperor basically no longer speaks out. The emperor's power is becoming increasingly heavy, especially the court is about to move the capital.

The emperor began to pay more and more attention to Jiangnan. Many important officials began to be sent to Jiangnan to take power. They would inevitably have conflicts with the local forces in Jiangnan. As the first family in Jiangnan, the Zhen family was the brunt of it.

In fact, when Concubine Zhen was in her later years, she had repeatedly persuaded the Zhen family to give up some of the interests of Jiangnan. However, the Zhen family was also in a difficult situation and it was so easy to let go of power. Besides, the current Zhen family is still following a large group of families.

How could the Zhen family say that they could let go by just letting go? How many people are willing to let go of this wealthy and powerful life?

Shortly after Concubine Zhen passed away, Japanese pirates began to pirates along the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River. In previous years, there were often pirates, and Japanese pirates were rampant in the coastal areas. The people in the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River suffered greatly.

These Japanese pirates do all kinds of evil, burning, killing, robbing, and robbing women. The people in coastal areas suffer greatly. However, the scale of Japanese pirates this year is unprecedented, and they are not just in rebellion in coastal areas.

In previous years, the Japanese pirates and pirates committed evil in coastal areas and endangered the people. They rarely attacked cities, and most of them did evil in the countryside. This year, they changed their usual practices and used internal and external means to cooperate, and even the cities were captured.

In previous years, there were only a small group of pirates, with only a few hundred people at most. This year, the number of Japanese pirates has increased a lot. There are several groups of Japanese pirates with thousands of people. The harm is also very huge. Even Jinling City was almost captured.

The military preparations in Jiangnan have long been abandoned, which is much worse than those in the northern region. After all, the emperor is far away from the sky, and the military preparations in Jiangnan are basically useless. There is basically no combat power. Moreover, the generals and officials are particularly serious in paying empty salaries.

Often, there are only a few hundred soldiers on the military list. It is actually very simple to deal with the annual inspection of the Ministry of War. It is done with money to open the way. In addition, you can temporarily hire some local farmers to make up the numbers. This is the consequence of corruption in the administration.

The emperor was furious and took the opportunity to pick up a bunch of people. Then he changed to people he could trust. It was also a great gain. How could it be most of them? After all, the emperor still cannot cover the sky with one hand.

The interests of the various factions in the court also need to be balanced, but the Japanese pirates and pirates have not been settled. Regarding the combat power of the army in the court, Wang Ziteng's Beijing camp is also the one.

In desperation, the emperor had to send Wang Ziteng to Jiangnan to pacify the Japanese. Wang Ziteng led 10,000 troops from Jingba and then headed to Jiangnan. The soldiers were very fast, and Wang Ziteng's troops were very fast. In less than half a month, they arrived in Jiangnan.

Similarly, Wang Ziteng's troops were soon defeated near Hangzhou. Logically speaking, Wang Ziteng's 10,000 elite troops should not be defeated quickly. But now there is no way, Wang Ziteng has already been defeated.

Wang Ziteng is worthy of being a famous general. His troops were defeated but not dispersed, and his troops did not weaken. So, Wang Ziteng began to purify his military equipment in the Jiangnan region. Wang Ziteng is now the only combat-capable force in the entire Jiangnan region.

Whether it is officials or local tribes in the Jiangnan region, they generously donated money to Wang Ziteng, who had just lost the battle, and sought protection. Wang Ziteng is still very famous now. Wang Ziteng has gained a lot wherever he has passed.

Wang Ziteng finally breathed a sigh of relief now. He no longer had to worry about the money in a short period of time. But Wang Ziteng would not think that the money was too much. So, Wang Ziteng and the Japanese pirates seemed to be playing hide-and-seek.

Wang Ziteng's army began to become more and more fat and stronger. Now Wang Ziteng can pat his chest and say, "The army is sophisticated and the food is enough." Anyway, the Zheng Chao is definitely the case.

The emperor regrets it now, so he shouldn't have sent Wang Ziteng to Jiangnan. Jiangnan is the economic center of the Great Zheng Dynasty. The foundation is the place where the capital will be moved in the future. What should I do if Wang Ziteng has been pacifying the Japanese in Jiangnan?

However, Wang Ziteng was also a loyal minister and soon began to combat the Japanese. However, it was strange that the Japanese pirates and pirates had completely disappeared and disappeared completely.

But it was always a good thing, so Wang Ziteng won and went to the fore. Wang Ziteng's army was already full of troops and food at this time.
Chapter completed!