Iron Dynasty

ps: Just after the new year, let the snails buffer, and tomorrow will be four.

"Hahaha..."

In the government office, Yang Chengye's laughter was wanton and excited. Under Xiao Ming's description, he was full of longing for the future and even lowered his desire to enter the cabinet.

"His Royal Highness, on behalf of the people in Dengzhou, thank Your Highness." Yang Chengye closed his smile and looked religious.

"You don't need to thank you. The conditions have been created for you by this king, but if you can't make full use of the development of Dengzhou, then this king will not spare you." Xiao Ming's tone of joke was warning.

Yang Chengye nodded, "His Royal Highness is relieved, and the next official promises that there will be no officials in the officialdom of Dengzhou taking the opportunity to make profits and bullying merchants."

"Well, this king believes in you." Xiao Ming said lightly.

I told Yang Chengye that Xiao Ming's trip to Dengzhou was basically complete. He didn't stay in Dengzhou much, and returned to Qingzhou with the Qingzhou army the next day.

The Battle of Ryukyu made him realize that his military power was still too weak. Although the Battle of Ryukyu was victorious, in his opinion, only the Wa country could contain most of the troops.

This time he dispatched half of the Qingzhou army, but the Japanese pirates were nothing more than a group of pirates pieced together. This did not explain the true combat effectiveness of the Japanese nation.

What's more, the barbarians he faced were more difficult to deal with than the Japanese country. He might be greatly injured in a full-scale war. Therefore, he had to arm the troops of other states besides the Qingzhou Army.

From then on, the armies of the states will be responsible for different theaters.

After three more days on the road, Xiao Ming returned to Qingzhou City. This time he was away for almost a month.

Although he is very busy, the achievements he has achieved are also good. From then on, Qingzhou will have a long way to make money, which will provide support for him to continue to strengthen the army.

The news of Xiao Ming's return quickly alarmed Pang Yukun. As the chief assistant of the state, he was responsible for the administration of all affairs in the country when Xiao Ming was no longer the state.

But despite this, he still has to ask Xiao Ming for advice on some major issues.

Therefore, Xiao Ming was stopped by him halfway before returning to the palace. Xiao Ming had no choice but to go to the palace to discuss matters with him.

"His Royal Highness, the first round of the Bowen Academy exam is over. There are a total of 237 students who passed the exam. How should the positions of these people be arranged, please give your instructions?"

Pang Yukun is having a headache with this problem. The questions in this exam are all from Xiao Ming. Different positions are taken in different subjects. Now, whether it is government affairs, law, or business, students have achieved excellent results.

"Two hundred and thirty-seven people?" Xiao Ming was a little surprised. The students of the School of Government Affairs were really desperate. It seemed that the official thoughts of the Great Yu State had not reduced the poison of these students at all. He pondered for a moment, and said: " You first draw up a list for this king, and also give this king a copy of the identity and background of these students."

"Yes, Your Highness." Pang Yukun breathed a sigh of relief. This appointment of officials is a major event. He has always done things carefully, not wanting to arouse Xiao Ming's suspicion on this matter. After all, this matter is very sensitive.

Speaking of the Qingzhou exam, Pang Yukun continued: "His Royal Highness, there is still news from Chang'an that Empress Zhao gave birth to a little prince. The identity is not guaranteed, but it has been allowed to return to Beijing."

Zhan Xingchang was also in the government office. He examined Xiao Ming's expression and saw Xiao Ming's expression unwavering, so he said, "Isn't Your Highness angry at all?"

"What is irritating about this? The father did not want to deal with the second prince in this way, but the evidence is solid. He will demote the second prince to Bazhou in order to appease the king. Now that Queen Zhao gave birth to the dragon, he has a reason to The second prince is summoned back." Xiao Ming said.

"The emperor is the emperor after all. He did this to tell his highness who is the master of the Great Yu Kingdom." Pang Yukun said with his eyes slightly narrowed.

Xiao Ming smiled bitterly and shook his head. Pang Yukun saw it thoroughly. At the beginning, Xiao Wenxuan was unwilling to demote the second prince. If it was really because of Xiao Ming that he would ruin another prince, he, the emperor, would have no respect Light.

Therefore, this time pardoning the second prince was also to stand up in front of the officials, telling the ministers in the court that his majesty Xiao Wenxuan still cannot be violated.

"You are right, but this king is not interested in the affairs of the dynasty now. Now that the king has opened up sea routes, it is now the most important task to make the people of the fief rich." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Knowing that the sea route was opened, both Pang Yukun and Zhan Xingchang showed smiles. Pang Yukun said, "Since the sea route is open, the next official is looking forward to counting the money every day."

Having said that, the three laughed at the same time, full of yearning for the future.

As he was talking, a person suddenly walked into the door and saw Xiao Ming, who hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you are back."

"Lin Wentao." Xiao Ming smiled when he saw the visitor.

Pang Yukun said at this time: "His Royal Highness, this kid is running to the palace every day when you are away. He always asks His Highness when he will come back. I don't know what treasure he has made."

"This is definitely a treasure. Now the steam engine workshop has produced five steam engines, two of which have been combined with a drilling machine, and three have been combined with a boring machine to become a steam engine drilling machine and a steam engine boring machine." Lin Wentao said excitedly.

"Steam engine drilling machine?" Xiao Ming was pleasantly surprised when he heard this. This hydraulic drilling machine and steam engine drilling machine are not the same level of power. He said: "Yes, yes, the efficiency of your steam engine workshop is pretty good."

Lin Wentao suddenly smiled. He said to Xiao Ming: "His Royal Highness, do you want to visit the lathe workshop?"

"Go~www.ltnovel.com~ I naturally want to observe such a big thing." Xiao Ming turned to Pang Yukun and said: "You, the first assistant, also need to understand what a steam engine is, and go together."

Pang Yukun didn't dare to be interested in these machines, but since he learned that these machines can increase production by hundreds of times, he has to pay attention to it.

Followed Lin Wentao to the lathe workshop. At this time, three lathes in the workshop had been replaced by steam engine power instead of the original water power.

There is a small steam engine at the junction of the three drilling machines. A craftsman is responsible for adding fuel to the steam engine, and a craftsman is responsible for supervising the work of the drill press at any time.

Compared with the slow hydraulic drilling machine, the steam engine drilling machine is very fast, and the rotation speed of the drill bit is very even.

Xiao Ming asked, "How long does it take for such a drilling machine to drill a barrel?"

"It only takes an hour," the craftsman replied.

"One per hour means twelve per day, and 500 per day equals 6,000." Xiao Ming was shocked. This is the gap between motivation.