Yuan Zhixu changed trains many times and took nearly three months to finally arrive at No. 1 Jing County, Qingyou Prefecture on the coast.
He stuck his head out of the car window and looked ahead at the area that would be under his rule for the next five years.
From the arbitrary naming of this area, Yuan Zhixu guessed many times on the road that this area used to be a wasteland.
After the empire discovered oil here, they settled in and established counties to develop this area.
Yuan Zhixu can tell from the housing here that this is a newly built urban area.
The tall new houses are all made of reinforced concrete.
There are also some simple houses built with prefabricated boards and iron sheets.
These building materials are definitely not used by the Persian indigenous people.
Yuan Zhixu could see that there was a large construction site within the entire county.
They rely on oil here, and it must be an industrial system based on oil exploration and refining.
When Yuan Zhixu arrived here, he was supposed to pay a visit to the governor and prefect.
Now there is no need to visit anyone, only No. 1 Well County needs to be managed.
The governor and prefect are all vacant, and the Ministry of Personnel will coordinate these official positions, which is much more complicated than arranging new scholars.
Only then did it appear that Yuan Zhixu had arrived and his superior was still vacant.
He now directly carries out the tasks assigned by the cabinet.
When Yuan Zhixu heard the news, he was very happy.
This proved that his previous judgment was correct, Qingyou Mansion was a wealthy place.
There are powerful people vying for this position, so the official department has been undecided for so long.
This also shows that His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to oil.
Yuan Zhixu learned that only in Obsidian Province, the governor had not arrived. Even in the most dangerous Meiya Province, the governor had already arrived before they set off.
As the car drove slowly on the dirt road, Yuan Zhixu observed the situation in the county.
He saw the industrial area outside the city, where a large number of pipelines were deployed, and the huge machinery in the middle was a water pump, used to pump out the oil underground.
There are also huge iron tanks in the industrial area for storing pumped oil.
The car passed through the industrial area and arrived at the county government office.
Yuan Zhixu saw a fat middle-aged man with a group of people waiting for him in front of the county government office.
He immediately took out his official seal and showed it to everyone.
"I am Yuan Zhixu, the new county magistrate."
The obese middle-aged man immediately cupped his fists to greet you and said, "Zhixian Yuan, I've been waiting for you to come here.
I am Lu Wenxi, the manager of the oil company. I have been in charge of the situation in the county until officials from the imperial court arrive.
I'm not familiar with government affairs and I'm always worried about messing up.
Now I finally look forward to the arrival of the county magistrate, and everything in the county will be handed over to Yuan Magistrate."
After Lu Wenxi finished speaking, he introduced Yuan Zhixu to everyone in the county government.
He didn't even stop, he hugged his fists and turned around to leave.
Yuan Zhixu felt that something was wrong. Lu Wenxi's actions were too cheerful and showed no attachment to power at all.
He asked the county government officials to introduce themselves and understand the situations they were responsible for.
After Yuan Zhixu listened to everyone's introduction, he immediately asked the official in charge of finance.
"I remember that the imperial court had certain support funds for newly established counties.
The support funds for our border counties are about 100,000 taels of silver coins. How much money is left? Take me to see."
The official in charge of finance hesitated, and finally said: "Master Yuan, all the previous funds of the county government have been spent by Mr. Lu in the name of repairing the county government and building roads."
When Yuan Zhixu heard the news, his face immediately turned livid.
No wonder Lu Wenxi ran so fast, it turned out that he was afraid of being caught.
There are dirt roads in the county and county offices with reinforced concrete structures.
Not to mention one hundred thousand silver coins, ten thousand silver coins would not even be able to spend half of it.
There is no need to think about where exactly this large sum of money will go.
Yuan Zhixu went directly to the location of the county government radio station.
A radio station is a wireless telegraph machine. This name came from maritime merchants.
They thought the name wireless telegraph machine was too cumbersome and used the abbreviation of radio station.
Yuan Zhixu saw that the radio station had been deserted, leaving only the bulky radio station with all its parts damaged and unable to be repaired in a short time.
What does Lu Wenxi want to do?
Yuan Zhixu now knows everything.
He was just preparing to blame himself for embezzling the government's support funds.
When Lu Wenxi goes back, he will find ways to frame him.
As the county magistrate, he cannot leave without any reason.
He has no one he can trust here, and the only radio station that communicates with the outside world has been artificially damaged.
This is equivalent to him being under house arrest in the county, with no way to communicate with the outside world.
When Lu Wenxi is ready, Yuan Zhixu will be dealt a fatal blow.
Lu Wenxi did not touch him directly in front of the county officials.
Yuan Zhixu guessed that Lu Wenxi's background was not very deep. At most, he was only at the level of governor, not yet the governor of Obsidian Province.
After all, he has opponents in the county who can check and balance him, and he has definitely not reached the point where he can dominate the world with one hand.
When Yuan Zhixu was in the Imperial College, he learned that in many places, some local forces were very careless in doing things.
They will deliberately frame officials who travel to the area.
If you obey these forces, you will be treated like a dog. If you don't obey, you will be framed in various ways.
Yuan Zhixu didn't want to be a dog for others, let alone go to jail, so he could only choose to fight back.
The only thing Lu Wenxi didn't guess was that Yuan Zhixu liked to play with telegraphs.
His family is also a wealthy businessman, and he can easily buy a few radio stations worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Lu Wenxi definitely doesn’t know Yuan Zhixu’s background.
Otherwise, he would not have been selected as a target, and people who knew his background would not have accused him of embezzling one hundred thousand taels of silver coins.
This is a very large amount for other officials, but for him, it is not much at all.
Yuan Zhixu immediately took out a smaller radio station from the car.
This radio is a new type of radio that is smaller in size and powered by batteries.
Yuan Zhixu took the radio station to his desk. He sat on the chair with a solemn expression and quickly sent the relevant matters he learned today to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Cabinet.
In order to prevent the telegram he sent from being sent to nothing, he also sent a telegram to his friend Zhao Shiheng.
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Even if the friend's level is not high, he should still have a way to send his telegram to the right place.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Cabinet responded quickly.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate said it had received the report and would immediately send people to the local area to investigate.
The cabinet stated that the investigation results were true and would remove Liu Wenxi from his position and let Yuan Zhixu take the concurrent position.
Let him build the oil pipeline to the port as soon as possible while ensuring oil production.
Yuan Zhixu did not expect that his tasks would increase again.
His previous mission was only to serve oil exploration.
Now even the construction of oil pipelines requires his management.
"Those who are capable work hard, and those who are capable work hard!"
It's not far from the harbor, about ten miles.
Currently, the only way to get oil to the empire at low cost is by sea transportation.
Lay oil pipelines in oil-producing areas, transport the oil to seaports, and transport it back to the empire via giant tankers.
This is the most economical way and the best way for the empire to obtain oil in a short period of time.
Laying oil pipelines is the cheapest way.
However, when Persia was heading towards the empire, there were many mountains and mountains, and the technical requirements for laying oil pipelines were too high.
Current technology simply cannot do it.
After Yuan Zhixu sent the telegram, he asked people to pay close attention to the situation at the oil exploration company.
He directly sent a message to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Cabinet to report, which was an extremely correct thing to do.
Just as it was getting dark, the censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate rushed over from the port.
They went directly to the oil company and arrested Liu Wenxi.
These people soon came to the county government office to investigate the case, and Yuan Zhixu fully cooperated.
As soon as he arrived here, he fought with someone and won a big victory.
Yuan Zhixu knows that there are still many hardships and hardships waiting for him in his future.
He will unravel his opponent's tricks one by one.
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Zhao Shiheng and Tong Yan hosted a farewell banquet for Wang Fugui.
Wang Fugui said with a smile: "There are only three of us now, and I have to leave too.
Don’t make it too grand this time so as not to be gossiped about.”
Zhao Shiheng said with emotion: "In a blink of an eye, we will all be separated.
You have been busy these days and may not have received the telegram.
When I saw the telegram sent by Yuan Zhixu, the work in the border provinces was really frightening.
On the first day he arrived, he was framed by others.
He has his own radio station and sends relevant information to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Cabinet.
There are only three to five officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Cabinet responsible for telegraphing reports.
However, they need to review thousands of telegrams every day, and the work pressure is very high.
Fortunately, Yuan Zhixu was not confused and sent me a telegram, so that he could join the team and solve this problem in time.
In fact, the big problems encountered at the grassroots level can be easily solved with just one sentence from the central office."
Wang Fugui knew that this was not Zhao Shiheng showing off his power.
But in this way, he was told in disguise that if he had any problems, he could ask Zhao Shiheng for help.
Wang Fugui immediately said in surprise: "As expected of a border area, these people are used to doing things in barbaric ways.
Fortunately, I was returning to my hometown, and I was surrounded by fellow villagers, so I was not afraid of being framed by others.
I would like to express my special thanks to my brothers and sisters. The professors at the Industrial and Mining University are really capable.
Following his instructions, I have informed people in my hometown to drill holes with a drill.
Find high-grade iron ore underground.
The quality of the iron ore is much better than the iron ore in the empire, so there is no need to worry about selling it.
As long as the scale of the iron mine is large enough, there is no need to worry about the development of our hometown.
By the way, how is the situation of Brother Huang Da?"
Wang Fugui really envied Zhao Shiheng, who had a radio station issued by the Secretary of General Affairs.
Each official of the General Administration Department has one to assist His Majesty the Emperor in handling affairs.
Only by having your own private radio station can you make contact more convenient.
He was not stable. Even if Huang Da had a better relationship with him, he would not know which telegraph office to send a telegram to.
Zhao Shiheng said politely: "We are all friends and help each other.
Brother Huang Da is doing very well. I can see from the telegrams he sent that he is very motivated.
He said that there was going to be a big battle between America and Asia, and he would have a chance to perform.
Due to confidentiality reasons, it is difficult to elaborate in the telegram."
Wang Fugui said happily: "With the imperial court's initiative to expand, the Huang Da brothers should be very safe.
As long as he captures another territory, he will have the rear area there, so he doesn't have to worry about military disasters."
When Wang Fugui heard the news, he drank two more glasses of wine with excitement.
What would happen if he didn't pay attention to Ottoman Türkiye?
He only knows that his good brother is safer in this situation.
Wang Fugui finally drank the remaining wine in the glass.
He stood up and said: "Brother Zhao is working in the General Affairs Department, and his time is precious.
I won't bother you too much. You've already spent enough time in the capital. If you stay in the capital any longer, the officials will get angry.
I will take a boat to go south today, hoping we can meet again."
Zhao Shiheng said firmly: "We will definitely meet again someday. I will be waiting for you in the capital."
Wang Fugui clasped his fists and said goodbye, turned around and left.
Tong Yan saw that her husband was a little sad, so she comforted him: "There is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever.
It is our blessing that we can make such close friends.
If your husband is willing to associate with them, it means that they are officials with a bottom line.
In the early days of the empire, wanton corruption among officials will certainly not be tolerated, and these people will be promoted sooner or later."
Zhao Shiheng drank a cup of tea and left the tavern.
Zhao Shiheng, who usually likes to drink, did not drink to see off his friends today.
Today will be his first chance to meet the saint.
Zhao Shiheng would never allow his first impression on His Majesty the Emperor to go wrong.
Standing in front of His Majesty the Emperor, smelling of alcohol, would definitely not leave a good impression.
The two of them were driving down the street in a car.
Tong Yan said with emotion: "Teacher Imperial College, everything you said is true.
The lowest level of the empire is filled with all kinds of disputes."
Zhao Shiheng agreed: "The teacher will not give meaningless examples.
Before we reach a certain high position, there must be all kinds of people around us.
Once we reach a certain position, people around us will follow the rules."
Tong Yan said happily: "I chose the Ministry of Science and Technology, and I really did the right thing.
The job of the Science and Technology Department is very simple. I only need to check whether the income and expenditure are correct. This job is very easy and it doesn’t bother me at all.”
When Zhao Shiheng saw that his wife was working smoothly, a long-lost smile appeared on his face.
The current grassroots environment of the empire is indeed not suitable for women.
Even if you train in the center for a few years and go to a local place to serve as a prefect, the environment will become much better by then.
Zhao Shiheng drove his wife to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
He drove a short distance and came to the General Affairs Department.
Zhao Shiheng approached the General Affairs Department and his colleagues greeted him one after another.
This is because Zhao Shiheng performed extremely well and was summoned by Emperor Su He today.
The officials in the General Administration Department would definitely become a little more polite if they knew that he was a rising star.
Zhao Shiheng came to his office and looked at the information he had collected during this period.
Putting these scattered pieces of information together will reveal a terrible crisis.
Zhao Shiheng discovered the crisis in advance and no one noticed it. He compiled it into a book and reported it to Emperor Su He.
It was precisely because of his outstanding performance that he was summoned by Emperor Su He shortly after entering the General Affairs Department.
The emperor's single summons will make everyone envious and jealous.
Once it is approved by Emperor Su He, it will have the right to assist the emperor in handling ministers' memorials.
This is the most important right of General Administration Department officials.
This is equivalent to early contact with important ministers who decide the fate of the empire.
This is an excellent training opportunity for anyone.