Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

The news that Chai Hongyu regained consciousness was quickly learned by interested parties.

Along with it, there was also a will -

Chai Hongyu abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, which directly led to the collapse of the rebel bandits that had been ravaging Canglan Province for three years. In addition, she rescued Lu Chen twice and made great contributions to the court. He was specially named the Duke of Qingping County and was given the post of Xuanji Guards for Thousand Households. He is responsible to the emperor and Lu Chen and is not subject to control by others. In addition, he will be rewarded with various gold, silver, jewelry, and some miraculous medicines.

As soon as the news came out, the already ugly faces of some people instantly became even more ugly.

Although they didn't know that Chai Hongyu had broken through to the Guiyi realm, nor did they know that she had ancient blood and had extremely strong recovery abilities, they did know about Chai Hongyu's record when she was still a rebel.

You must know that the reason why the rebel leader Yu Jiuyuan, who calls himself Sheng Gong, was able to gain momentum and wreak havoc in the three provinces. He once defeated the Qingning Army so hard that it couldn't raise its head and continued to capture various state capitals. To a large extent, this is Rely on Chai Hongyu, the number one general.

In the three-year battle, Chai Hongyu suffered almost no defeats. The imperial army suffered countless losses at her hands. The Qingning Army's original nine major armies were suddenly defeated, and two of them were defeated, and the others were also defeated for a time. Damn, this record alone is enough to prove that Chai Hongyu is extremely difficult to deal with.

I thought that after his soul was searched, this guy would not be able to wake up even if he died, but now, he was directly ordered to join the Imperial Guard by the empress, and he was also knighted.

The Empress is already extremely powerful with the support of Saint King Cangming and the strong support of Gu Simiao and Fu Hua, two powerful Guiyi Realm warriors. Now she has added another general...

In addition, Chai Hongyu has a close relationship with Lu Chen, so she will definitely support Lu Chen at all costs.

As long as Lu Chen doesn't fail, judging from what he has done in the Ministry of Works and the way the Tiangong Division works, his drastic changes will definitely continue. Who knows how long their good days can last? .

Obviously, the current situation has become increasingly unfavorable to them.

Of course, they are not the only ones who are worried about this situation, Lu Chen himself is also worried.

A strong person in the Guiyi Realm, and a strong person in the Guiyi Realm with ancient bloodline. What a terrifying existence this is. With Chai Hongyu always by his side, his long journey to immortality seems to have become an unattainable luxury.

It's very annoying.

Overnight, he had a lot of white hair, and his eyebrows were full of sadness, not as proud as some people thought.

So, very rarely, he took a leave of absence.

I didn't go to court for three days in a row, so I just stayed at home and thought hard about countermeasures.

The final result is naturally helpless.

What's more, Chai Hongyu directly sold off all the emperor's rewards, plus her original family wealth, directly spent a huge sum of money to buy the mansion next to his house and live in it, becoming his neighbor, and also conveniently arranged a building covering the two mansions. He can still find a way around the mysterious magic circle.

Although she is Xuan Jiwei, she has only one mission, which is to protect his safety. She is countless times more difficult than Fu Hua who often goes on missions.

It made Lu Chen almost depressed.

At this point, he had no choice but to accept his fate, let nature take its course, and hope that his good teammates would be more supportive.

Just when Lu Chen was feeling sad at home.

Taihe County, in a temporarily built tile-roofed house at the foot of Heishan Mountain.

"What?!"

Lin Yi, who was inexplicably officially appointed as the director of the coal plant, opened his eyes wide, looked at the man in front of him who bowed and saluted with a look of shock, and asked in disbelief: "You mean, you guys can prepare your own food, it's not far away. I came all the way from all over Shuntian Prefecture because I heard that Black Mountain was going to recruit laborers to build a factory, and I wanted to take the initiative to participate in the labor force?"

At this time, hundreds of ragged people were kneeling on the ground outside the door.

The leader was a rather strong man, but he was Zhao Dahu, the servant who had been the most active in repairing the Wuji Palace.

Hearing Lin Yi's question, he responded without hesitation: "Yes, Master Lin!"

Lin Yi asked subconsciously: "Why?"

He had only heard of using various means to escape from labor, but he had never heard of anyone taking the initiative to participate in labor. He really couldn't figure out what these people were thinking.

It's so abnormal.

Zhao Dahu smiled quite honestly.

"The common people heard that the construction of the coal plant was the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry. We all served in the Ministry of Works. Mr. Lu was unparalleled in his benevolence and righteousness. He never bullied us and other laborers. Instead, he always considered the laborers and made me wait. We are fed and clothed, not bullied, and even paid for hard work when we go back, so...as long as you have worked for the Ministry of Works, who wouldn't miss Mr. Lu?"

"No, as soon as I heard that the Ministry of Industry had a new job distribution, I packed my bags and rushed over without even eating!"

Hearing this, Lin Yi was stunned.

Mr. Lu?

Lu Chen? !

The benefactor who promoted him and gave the Lin family another chance to rise?

After coming back to his senses, Lin Yi couldn't help but swallow when he looked at the people kneeling on the ground in front of him, and his eyes gradually showed a look of shock.

Although I heard that my benefactor was a good official, I didn't expect that he was so loved by the people...

He swallowed involuntarily, and then thought carefully for a while.

"All right."

Finally, he nodded to everyone.

"If this is the case, I will not go to the county government office."

Zhao Dahu looked happy.

"Thank you for your help, sir!"

After saying that, he knelt directly on the ground and bowed heavily to Lin Yi.

A similar scene also occurred near the location of the cement factory headed by Chu.

The originally most difficult manpower problem was solved so easily.

Zhao Dahu was the first wave of people who came to apply for labor force, but he was not the last wave. After him, almost every hour, dozens or hundreds of people who had served in the Ministry of Works would come to his door. In just three days, , the number of people who took the initiative to come to the house exceeded tens of thousands, and it was completely ready to start construction.

Moreover, these people were extremely active in their work and extremely efficient. In just a few days, they laid a solid foundation and the materials needed to build the factory were placed in designated locations in an orderly manner.

The officials sent by the Ministry of Industry did not lose their integrity and treated the working people in full accordance with the standards of the new system. They ate thick porridge, white flour steamed buns, occasionally saw meat, lived in temporary dormitories, and worked almost no longer than Four hours, otherwise the clerks in charge of the scene will kick people out, as if they are afraid that the laborers will get extra benefits.

Such a strange scene made Lin Yi and Chu, who were supervising the work and checking the progress, stunned for a while. It was not until they saw the new system established by Lu Chen that they understood the reason behind it in shock.

"Enfu... what a big deal!"

After reading the newly made content, Lin Yi and Chu sighed in unison.

Such a new system that goes against common sense can be passed. It can be imagined to what extent the empress trusts him. And those official rules regarding procurement and use of materials also made Lin Yi, the head of the Lin family, vaguely aware of, Although Lu Chen has won the hearts of the people, he is likely to offend many big shots.

I don't know if being labeled with him is a blessing or a curse for the Lin family.

But no matter what, Lu Chen was a noble member of the Lin family. No matter whether he rose to great heights or fell completely in the future, as long as he was still the head of the Lin family, the Lin family would inherit Lu Chen's love.

Therefore, although Lin Yi was aware of the raging fire under the bustling brocade, he didn't think much about it, just like when he tried his best to save Mr. Lin against everyone's opinions.

With the concerted efforts of more than 10,000 workers, the cement plant and the coal plant were built in just more than half a month according to the drawings of the Tiangong Department, and quickly passed the strict acceptance of Zhang Xuan and Wang Qi. Once formal operators and corresponding managers and technical personnel are recruited, production can be officially put into operation.

During this period, the case of Qingning Army comrades fighting each other was also followed by the fact that Tang Bin and other five commanders were directly dismissed from office for connivance and cover for their subordinates to harm the people, kill good deeds, and frame their colleagues. Tang Bin was also imprisoned and was involved in another case. After discovering the Tang family's dirty work in this matter, the entire Tang family was imprisoned, and their titles and fiefs were temporarily recovered.

Even Cao Siming, the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who was only related by marriage to a distant relative of the Tang family, was implicated and was ordered by the empress to shut up and think about his mistakes, which brought an end to the matter.

And just when Lin Yi, Chu, Zhang Xuan and Wang Qi, the four chiefs who were personally promoted by Lu Chen, couldn't wait to rush to Luojing to announce the good news, at this time, a storm was gradually filling the sky above Luojing. sense of depression.