Chapter five hundred and seventieth IX No one says anything
The Minister of Industry was stiff as he stood in front of Zhao Jin, not daring to say another word.
A few strands of broken hair fell from Zhao Jin's forehead, his fingertips pressed lightly on the table, and he said word by word: "I want you to solve it."
"Yes, yes!" the Minister of Industry responded quickly, "I will take the time to resolve this matter immediately."
Zhao Jin's eyes paused for a moment, then moved little by little to the Minister of Industry, raising the corners of his eyes slightly, "Find some time?"
He laughed angrily, "Do you think this rain will listen to you, and it will definitely not rain continuously during this period?!"
After summer, the weather and rain are unpredictable. In previous years, there would be continuous heavy rains in Bianzhou City. It has not happened this year, but no one can predict what will happen.
The terrain of Bianzhou City is relatively high compared to the surrounding suburbs. It was not surprising that the city was really flooded under continuous heavy rains.
"I will give you three days to come up with a solution and submit it to me."
The Minister of Industry raised his hand and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve. He did not dare to say anything, and only dared to respond: "Yes, I understand. Your Highness, don't worry. I will discuss this matter with others."
Because the Yancheng incident had not happened in Bianzhou City in the past years, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry had not paid much attention to it before.
However, this year, because cement was used in many places, the drainage system remained unchanged. Correspondingly, there were many problems with the drainage in Bianzhou City.
If we really wait until the incident breaks out before dealing with it, it will be much more troublesome than it is now.
"Master Shangshu, I hope you can think more carefully in the future and don't always take chances. If you are too busy and don't have enough manpower, I can transfer some people over to help you share the load temporarily."
Zhao Jin walked step by step to the Minister of Industry, holding one hand behind his back.
"Yes! I will take care of it now."
After Zhao Jin arrived, people from the Ministry of Industry hurriedly put the issue of drainage in Bianzhou City on the agenda.
The Minister of Industry did not even dare to stay for three days. Now Zhao Jin's momentum is getting stronger and stronger, and the officials are more and more in awe of Zhao Jin.
Not to mention, Zhao Jin now has political power, military power, and financial power in his hands.
Early on the third day, the Minister of Industry came to the door with the negotiated solution.
There are three folds in total, each fold corresponds to a plan, and the Ministry of Industry proposed three plans.
After Zhao Jin read the last fold, his long and strong fingers crossed the three folds little by little, and finally pressed on the middle one.
He took out the folder and threw it to the Minister of Industry, "All three options are feasible. This one is the most suitable. Let's use this one."
"First seize the time to implement it."
The fold directly fell into the arms of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. He picked up the fold, opened it and took a look to confirm the plan chosen by Zhao Jin. Hearing Zhao Jin's instructions, he quickly responded: "Yes, I will do it right now."
Let’s arrange it.”
After finishing his words, the Minister of Industry stood there hesitantly.
Zhao Jin, who didn't hear the other party's resignation or say a word, raised his head and glanced at him, "Is there anything else?"
"Your Highness, the Ministry of Industry is really short of manpower recently." The Minister of the Ministry of Industry rubbed his hands, said something, and looked at Zhao Jin carefully several times.
Zhao Jin said straightforwardly: "I will send some people over later."
Hearing this, the Minister of Industry took a long breath of relief and smiled happily, "I would like to thank you, Your Highness."
"If you have nothing to do, go down." Zhao Jin raised his hand and waved, and started to chase people away.
"Hey, I'm going to resign."
With sufficient manpower, the Ministry of Industry moved much faster and quickly solved the drainage problem in Bianzhou City.
On the northern border of Zhao State, Chen Xiao led the army, and the war with Lilong State soon spread from Mucheng to Lilong Kingdom, and the cities of Lilong State fell into the hands of Zhao State one by one.
Li Long wanted to ask for peace, but Chen Xiao didn't give them a chance.
All the envoys who asked to see Li Long were not seen by Chen Xiao.
He led his army, armed with three cannons and sufficient explosives, to bombard Li Long with thunderous force, almost defeating the army of Li Long.
Team, when I hear the word "Zhao Jun", I feel frightened.
The battle report was sent back to Zhao and Lilong in one letter.
The whole country in the State of Zhao was jubilant, but in the State of Long, it was just the opposite. The atmosphere in the Upright State was getting duller day by day.
"There are so many people and they can't even come up with a solution?"
Wan Yanbai's face was ashen, and the courtiers in the hall did not dare to speak at all.
How to solve it?
Judging from the battle reports sent back, Zhao's new weapons are more terrifying than the original explosives.
Originally, there was a lot of rain in summer, which was a good thing to fight against Long State.
However, Zhao's explosives were made of metal as the shell, and there were three more powerful metal lumps. For a while, the power of Zhao's explosives was hardly affected at all.
Even if they fought in the rain, Li Long still failed to gain any advantage. He was beaten to a pulp and had no ability to fight back.
"Your Majesty." Seeing Wan Yanbai's face getting more and more ugly, an official hesitated for a while and then said: "We might as well delay it, only defend but not attack, and compete with Zhao for time."
The more he talked, the more reasonable he felt, and the more feasible he felt, "I believe that even if Zhao Guo has the courage to fight this battle, he will not be able to sustain it if it is delayed. Otherwise, Zhao Guo will not need to take a swift and violent offensive.
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"We only defend, and the consumption is much smaller than that of Zhao. When Zhao cannot hold on, we will win."
Wan Yanbai had a sullen face, and the hand that was originally placed on the armrest of the dragon chair was clenched into a fist as the other party spoke.
"Do you think we can withstand those three metal lumps?" Wan Yanbai squeezed out a sentence between his teeth.
The courtier who was about to agree quickly withdrew his outstretched foot, lowered his head, and returned to his original tranquility.
Not to mention those three metal lumps, just explosives can blow open their city gates.
Moreover, Chen Xiao's use of troops was not only swift and violent, but also quite unexpected, making it impossible for them to guard against him.
The monarchs and ministers who established the Long Kingdom never dreamed that one day they would not even be able to stop the enemy's cavalry and delay their efforts.
This is almost a dead end. If they can't find the weakness of Zhao Guo's explosives, they won't be able to break this situation.
Wanyan Bai was extremely resentful. Zhao Jin had forced him to abandon the fortified city voluntarily and return to the city in defeat, but now he used a trick to force Li Long into his current situation.
"Have you made contact with the neighboring countries?" Wan Yanbai calmed down and turned his attention to an official standing in the front row.
The other party walked to the center, bowed, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, we have contacted each other, but..."
He glanced at Wan Yanbai and sighed, "But they all refused."
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, why should we refuse it?" Wan Yanbai did not expect such a result, and stood up with a look in his eyes that was a little anxious.
