System, help me be an empress

Chapter 88

On the eighth day of the eighth day of the eighth month, the next day will be the next morning.

Xu Youxi actually received a autographed memorial from Bao Changnian in the imperial study.

Rare.

There was a problem that even Bao Shoufu couldn't solve.

Xu Youxi opened the memorial full of curiosity:
I request His Majesty to recall Du Zhiyi from Luzhou!The minister felt powerless, and begged to return to his hometown!
"..."

From these two lines, Xu Youxi felt the collapse from Bao Changnian?
"Zhou Yuxue, do you know what Du Zhiyi has been up to lately? It's been such a long time, why hasn't he come back from Luzhou?" Xu Youxi said sharply.

The West Factory under the Supervisor of Rituals also has influence throughout Dagan, and there will be special channels for news, but it has declined a bit now.

Before Xue Jing came back, Jin Yiwei was basically attached to the existence of the East Factory and the West Factory.It wasn't until Xu Youxi returned to the capital that he quickly ascended the throne as emperor, and he became the biggest backer for Yu Xuejing, the commander of Jinyiwei, to carry out drastic reforms.

In addition, Feng Zhi, the eunuch of Dongchang who had power over the government and the public, died, and the people of Dongchang were scattered.Zhou Huixue was afraid of Xu Youxi, and by the way, he didn't dare to provoke Jin Yiwei at all.

As a result, the current situation has become that Jin Yiwei directly obeys the imperial power, and is much tougher externally.On the other hand, the eunuchs in charge of ceremonies began to behave with their tails between their legs.

Another point is that after Xu Youxi ascended the throne, in the name of saving the country's expenditure, he did not allow people from the palace to continue to enter, and directly signed release letters for the palace maids and eunuchs who wished to leave the palace.

The palace did not recruit people, and the number of eunuchs could not increase, and a group of people were even let go. The position of the chief of ceremonies became more and more embarrassing.

"Your Majesty, Du Shangshu originally planned to leave for Beijing on the second day of August, and the carriage was packed with luggage. But on that day, Du Shangshu happened to hear the nearby people discussing the matter of "Gan Bao"..."

"and then?"

"Du Shangshu became very interested in cement, and there was a stone mountain not far from Luzhou. Du Shangshu wrote a letter to Wen Shang asking for cement production methods. Later, I didn't know why Du Shangshu was like a 'cement factory' We got in touch, and opened a second cement factory in Shilishan next to Luzhou, and even recruited a group of Luzhou refugees to learn how to make cement.”

"When did this happen, why haven't I heard of it?"

"The cement factory was only opened today, and you asked this old slave as soon as the news was delivered to Shangjing."

"Then when will Duchamp's book come back?"

Xu Youxi still didn't hear the key point.

Lao Bao can't sue his old man to return home, he has returned home, who will deal with so many things in the cabinet!

Anyway, I can't do it!Can't do it!

"This..." Zhou Huixue hesitated, "Your Majesty, apart from introducing cement, Du Shangshu also wrote to the Jiangnan prefect to ask for potato seedlings. It is said that the Jiangnan prefect doesn't have many potato seedlings in his hands, so he is not willing to give them away. Du Shangshu immediately wrote to Bao Shoufu, threatening him that if he could not solve the problem of potato seedlings, he would not return to Beijing for a day.”

"...so the potato sprouts are finally arriving?"

"Bao Shoufu finally had the audacity to get it for Du Shangshu. As a result, Du Shangshu wrote again, saying that he hoped that Bao Shoufu would go to the Shengong Bureau to ask for more looms, otherwise he would not feel relieved to leave."

"Zhou is ashamed to learn from you to tell the truth, does Du Zhiyi not plan to return to Shangjing?"

Zhou Huixue smiled wryly and shook his head: "That's not true. Mr. Du said that Bao Shoufu will support him for another month at most. He plans to set up a public school in the local area before leaving."

"No." Xu Youxi refused, "Write a letter to Du Zhiyi, and I must return to Shangjing to Zhen Qichen within three days."

"Then what if Master Du doesn't listen?"

Du Zhiyi has a stubborn temper, admits death, and resists the edict not once or twice.

"Okay, at the same time as sending the letter, send a few elementary school textbooks to Mr. Du. If he doesn't come back, the public school is not allowed to send teachers there. Let him read the books and teach himself."

Xu Youxi never expected that the upright and upright official Du Zhiyi she thought was a cunning and upright official!
"..."

Zhou was ashamed to be silent.

Or His Majesty's method is the deadliest.

"Du Zhiyi snatched the potato seedlings and got the first chance of cement. They have a high probability of winning this disaster relief competition."

Xu Youxi suddenly sensed something was wrong, wasn't Du Zhiyi copying her 'Pingshun Mansion Homework'!

If this continues, Mr. Meng and the others will be at a disadvantage.

No, she had to find a way to find a balance.

Having said that, oil is really a good thing.

Petroleum can not only be refined into industrial fuels such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil; plastics that can be seen everywhere in later generations, and even many medicines in hospitals are closely related to the refined products of petroleum; as for the residue after petroleum refining, it is bitumen, which can be used Come pave the way.

One oil is multi-purpose, otherwise how can those countries that rely on oil exploitation get rich!

However, in the current Daqian dynasty with backward technology, the only use of oil is to light oil lamps and pour oil in wars.

Xu Youxi went to the system mall to search, and found relevant items.

[Oil refinery: A factory that can produce diesel oil, gasoline, asphalt, ethylene and other products through processes such as distillation, catalysis, cracking, and cracking of crude oil extracted from the formation. 】

No wonder there is no price!
[Oil Refinery] is a product of the second industrial revolution, and cannot be purchased until all the inventions of the first industrial revolution are lit up.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"

Xu Youxi looked at the system mall for a long time, and didn't react until Zhou Huixue called her several times.

"What's wrong?" Xu Youxi asked.

"Your Majesty, what the old slave just said is that Yao Shaofu has also carried out many reforms in Wenxia County, so he may not lose to Lord Du Zhiyi."

"Is there a solution to the frequent drought in Wenxia County?"

Zhou Yuxue hesitated to speak: "Your Majesty, in fact, Wenxia County used cement to pave roads long before the people of Luzhou. Under Yao Shaofu's negotiation, the five counties centered on Wenxia County were merged into one, and the mutual Pave the road with cement and encourage caravans to pass through here."

"Has their concrete road been built?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xu Youxi was very surprised. The cement was successfully manufactured on the seventh day of July, and it has only been more than a month now.Although she didn't request to keep the cement matter secret from the Chinese and Chinese military officials, their acceptance of new things must be too high.

However, Xu Youxi changed his mind.

She had let Wen Deyi, the director of the Shengong Bureau, take a vacation before, and Commander Teng of the Shenji Camp, who had always had a good relationship with him, would definitely go to inquire about the news.From this point of view, it is not surprising that the news about cement reached the ears of Meng Zhiqian, Minister of the Ministry of War.

(End of this chapter)