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

A small official didn't stand still at all, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Lu Chen didn't bother to look at them any more, so he carefully inspected the warehouse and asked about the source, function, price and origin of each material.

Unsurprisingly, the price difference from what he learned when he was the governor of the two states was not a little bit different.

The quality is not a big problem, but the price is at least double the gap.

Moreover, nearly [-]% of the materials are from the Duke of Yan's mansion, or in other words, from the Longquan Secret Realm that is "rich in treasures"...

Soon, Lu Chen had a general understanding of the warehouse situation.

When he left the warehouse, Wang Qi happened to walk over with three sweaty officials in sixth-rank court uniforms.

As soon as they saw Lu Chen, the three of them bowed nervously to Lu Chen without waiting for Wang Qi to speak.

"Xiaoguan Xu Sanping..."

"Xiaguan Li Quan..."

"My subordinate Cui Hao..."

"Greetings Lu Shilang!"

Lu Chen clasped his hands behind his back, nodded indifferently, and said calmly, "Where did you go? Why weren't you in the camp when you were on duty?"

A gust of cold wind blew by, but the three of them were dripping with sweat.

"Returning to Mr. Lu, my father didn't know what he ate wrongly today, and suddenly he vomited and had diarrhea..."

"My wife has a cold..."

"The lower official suddenly has abdominal distension..."

Hearing this, Lu Chen's expression didn't change at all, but he said meaningfully: "The three of you are really destined to be together."

Three people: "..."

"Humph!"

Lu Chen suddenly snorted softly, then stepped forward, passed the three of them, and walked towards the tent not far away.

"Your dereliction of duty, there will be officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to settle accounts with you slowly, and now come with me first."

Seeing that Lu Chen was so indifferent, the pupils of the three shrank slightly, but they didn't dare to say anything, and quickly followed behind Lu Chen.

"Wang Qi."

Lu Chen called softly.

"Subordinates are here."

Wang Qi moved to Lu Chen's side.

Lu Chen casually asked, "Are the account books ready?"

Wang Qi nodded.

"Everything is ready, Mr. Lu."

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

"Your Excellency is welcome."

After listening to the conversation between the two, Xu Sanping and the other three suddenly felt tense.

Soon, Lu Chen walked into the tent.

As soon as he came in, he felt a comfortable warm wind. With the blessing of the warm spring circle, the inside was as warm as spring, which was in stark contrast to the cold wind outside.

"It's not very comfortable."

Lu Chen walked directly to the main seat and sat down, then raised his head, looked at Xu Sanping and others who were seated one by one in front of him, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Why is this world so strange? The servants outside can work without pay on the construction site against the cold wind, but if some people are asked to work in a place where the warm wind is blowing, they can't stay. You say, Isn't that hard to understand?"

Hearing these pointed words, Xu Sanping, who was being watched by Lu Chen, seeped a lot of sweat again, and even his official uniform was almost soaked.

"Master Lu...this..."

"The lower official is blunt. I don't know what your lord said. Please forgive me."

Lu Chen smiled.

"Blunt?"

As he spoke, he shook his head slightly.

"It's better to be blunt. In this way, even if you are unlucky in the future, it will probably not be too uncomfortable."

bang...

The teacup in Xu Sanping's hand fell to the ground inexplicably.

The crisp sound made Lu Chen involuntarily glance at him.

What, throwing a cup for a sign?

But it was obvious that he was thinking too much.

Seeing that the teacup was accidentally knocked over, Xu Sanping hurriedly got up and apologized, but did not take any other action.

Lu Chen shrugged and didn't look at them any more, but instead focused on the account book in front of him.

Originally, he didn't care much about managing the tricks of the Ministry of Industry. After all, how can there be any fragrance in being an official?But now, as far as he is concerned, being an official is not just for the sake of being an official, there are some things that he has to care about.

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of the world's fortifications, including key royal projects, water conservancy projects, road engineering, and ordnance manufacturing. They are all in charge of the Ministry of Industry. Simply put, it is a department that spends money.

Since it is engineering manufacturing, it will inevitably involve the procurement and expenditure of materials. In this regard, everyone understands it.

So the Ministry of Industry has always been a piece of fat.

It's just that this piece of fat doesn't necessarily belong to the official of the Ministry of Industry. After all, those who dare to stare at this piece of fat have a lot of background. Try your best, if you dare to take a bite on this piece of fat, it depends on whether your body is tough or not.

Therefore, not everyone dares to touch this account book, otherwise the ghost knows whether there is some powerful person standing behind these accountants, or it represents the will of some people.

But for Lu Chen, this is not a problem at all.

At the same time, if he wants to make a difference, he has to hold on firmly to the pedal of the Ministry of Industry.

As for the entry point, it is simple.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Chen directly took out an account book, opened it and looked through it.

Seeing Lu Chen being so decisive, Xu Sanping and the others couldn't help swallowing.

I don't know if Lu Chen doesn't know the power of it, and those who don't know are fearless, or he is deliberately looking for trouble, throwing a huge rock into the stagnant pool of the Ministry of Industry, in an attempt to set off a stormy sea.

If there is a storm, what will happen to these miscellaneous fish, then only God knows.

At this moment, they felt something extraordinary in their hearts almost at the same time, and there was a faint hint of complexity in the eyes they looked at Lu Chen.

...............

Lu Chen kept flipping through the account book in front of him, and at the same time used the charcoal pencil prepared in advance to write and draw on the white paper next to him.

Wang Qi was on the side to assist.

When he saw what Lu Chen wrote on the white paper, there was always a hint of doubt in his eyes.

can't read.

Can't understand it at all.

Even if he thought carefully about all the classics he had read so far, he couldn't find any characters that corresponded to what Lu Chen wrote, and judging by Lu Chen's focused appearance, it didn't look like he was scribbling.

Obviously, it's just what Lu Chen wrote, and others can't understand it.

Not to mention him, looking at the entire Central Continent, even counting the world of sword and magic in the Western Continent, apart from the Empress and Luo Xiaoyu who was trained by Lu Chen to be a little housekeeper, there is absolutely no fourth person who can do it. People who understand these contents.

click click...

The charcoal pencil kept scribing across the white paper, and when it was written, it made a crisp sound, which sounded one after another in Xu Sanping's extremely nervous heart, making them feel an inexplicable sense of discomfort.

Live like a year.

Although the details of the accounts recorded in the account book, so much data, it is difficult for one person to check it within the time limit. Even if it is handed over to the account department and let the "magic operators" in the account department do the calculations, it will take a long time to figure out the result. It is reasonable to say , even if there is any problem in it, Lu Chen should not be able to see it.

But... Lu Chen always gives them a very evil feeling, which makes them instinctively feel a little weird, and subconsciously dare not use common sense to judge.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and before I knew it, most of the day passed.

The moment Lu Chen closed the last account book, the three of them looked awe-inspiring at the same time.

"interesting."

Pushing the account book aside, a hint of sarcasm gradually appeared on Lu Chen's face.

"It's just the account books of two projects in the district, but there are so many mysteries hidden, it's really eye-opening."

Hearing this, Xu Sanping's eyes trembled immediately.

"Your Excellency, what do you mean... the account is not correct?"

Lu Chen shook his head, did not answer the question directly, but glanced at Cui Hao who was beside Xu Sanping, and spoke slowly.

"Master Cui, I remember that you are in charge of setting up the formation, right?"

Being called by Lu Chen, Cui Hao couldn't help but jump.

"Yes...the subordinate officer is in charge."

He looked at Lu Chen anxiously, and asked in a low voice:

"But what's wrong here, sir?"

"Hard to say."

Lu Chen responded indifferently, then leaned back in the chair very relaxedly, and continued with a blank expression at the same time:

"I would like to ask you first, why would [-]% of the magic talisman, cinnabar, mithril and other materials be wasted in the arrangement of the Zhenyuan formation?"

After the words fell, Xu Sanping and Li Quan immediately turned their heads to look at Cui Hao, with a glimmer of light in their eyes.

"This...Master Lu doesn't know something."

In the eyes of everyone, Cui Hao's long horse face revealed a bit of bitterness.

"Although the Zhenyuan Formation is an earth-level formation, its technique is exquisitely constructed. Every talisman and seal script is extremely exquisite. It is extremely difficult to record and arrange. In addition, the auxiliary formation is too complicated to arrange, so..."