Li Er was a little upset and wanted to drive Su Chen away!
Su Chen looked bitter and said: "Your Majesty, are you just going to hand over the mess of Northern Sanzhou to Wei Chen?"
"Weichen not only has to manage the military and political affairs of the three northern states, but also organizes the construction of railways and develops steam engine trains. Do you think Weichen will be busy?
You should at least send some helpers to Wei Chen, right?"
Li Er glared at Su Chen: "Now you know you need help?
I gave you the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but you didn’t even go to the lobby of the Ministry of Industry, who do you blame?”
"You have to figure out how to build the road yourself. Officials from the Guanzhou Governor's Office, I will help you with it!"
Su Chen shook his head: "I also want to ask Your Majesty for someone."
"who?"
"Huangmen Shilang Ma Zhou!"
Li Er looked Su Chen up and down: "You are very well-informed. I just discovered a great talent and you have taken notice of him."
"It's not that I'm well-informed, it's because Ma Zhou was very interested in trains and came to see the steam engine where I was, so I discovered him."
Li Er shook his head and refused: "No, I have great use for this Ma Zhou! You can choose another one from among the hundreds of officials."
"Your Majesty, do you think any of the officials in the Manchu Dynasty are interested in trains?
Should I pick someone who opposes railway construction to cause trouble for myself?"
"Since Your Majesty wants to reuse Ma Zhou, wouldn't it be better for him to go to some places with Wei Chen to train first?"
"I won't borrow it for too long. Once the railway is repaired, I will let him come back to run errands for His Majesty!"
Li Er waved his hand helplessly: "Forget it, for the sake of your devotion to the people of the Tang Dynasty, let Ma Zhou go with you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Can Your Majesty allocate some troops to the ministers?"
Li Er was a little angry now: "There are still three thousand cattle guards in Guanzhou. Is there any war there? Why do you need an army?"
Su Chen handed over Liu Mo's letter: "Your Majesty, please take a look at this!"
Li Er took it, took a look, and clenched his fists.
"You go back first, there will be soldiers stationed on the left and right waiting for you at the gate of the city tomorrow!"
After saying goodbye to Li Er, Su Chen took the car back to Sujiazhuang.
Su Chen's head hurts when he thinks about having to bring a bunch of princes and kids from their relatives with him tomorrow!!
After Su Chen left, Queen Changsun opened the curtain and walked out. It turned out that she had been hiding behind the curtain and eavesdropping.
"Your Majesty, it seems that Su Chen is not conservative about his knowledge and has already started teaching the children in his village."
Li Er nodded: "Su Chen has no selfish motives, but he can't let others learn all his knowledge."
"It just so happens that Ke'er is interested in steam engines, so I asked him to take his brothers to explore the road first."
"I'm notifying the royal family and relatives again. Those who are willing to follow me will wait at the city gate with Chang He tomorrow."
"Send the ministers from the palace to follow, lest those naughty people contradict Su Chen."
Queen Changsun nodded and prepared to go down to make arrangements.
"Mr. Guanyin, do you have any impressions of those children in Sujiazhuang?"
Empress Changsun shook her head: "Every time I go to Sujiazhuang, Su Chen's yard is overwhelmed with things. The children in the village really don't have much idea except that they think they are strong."
"Your Majesty, do you think what Su Chen said is true?"
Li Er said: "He has no reason to brag to me about this."
"And the young man who explained the steam engine to me last time was only fifteen or sixteen years old. He was an apprentice at most. That boy's knowledge was pretty good."
"There are quite a few underage boys in Sujiazhuang. Who knows if they will all be like that."
"And I feel that his village seems to have too many children."
Empress Changsun replied: "This concubine has inquired and found that most of those children were bought by Su Chen or the villagers in the village."
Li Er frowned: "Bought it?"
Empress Changsun sighed and said: "Your Majesty also knows how poor people's livelihood was in our Tang Dynasty four years ago. It was not uncommon for poor people to sell their sons and daughters."
"According to my concubine's inquiry, although Sujiazhuang was not as wealthy as it is now, it was still able to provide enough food and clothing. Su Chen and other villagers in the village went out and met people selling their sons and daughters. They didn't pick and choose and bought them all back.
This will add up over time.”
Li Er also sighed, he had seen a lot of this kind of thing.
"Fortunately, there is no such thing now!"
Empress Changsun stared at her beautiful eyes: "Now?
It’s hard to tell in remote areas now, but in Guanzhong, those who sell children are all human traffickers, and the people who see them will beat them to death!”
Li Er smiled: "Let's not mention this anymore. According to Su Chen, he will put all the princes together with the children in Sujiazhuang. We will know then."
Emperor Changsun frowned and said: "This is detrimental to the dignity of the royal family. I am worried that the princes and the royal relatives will feel that it is a disgrace to their status and cause trouble."
Li Erdao: "Make it clear to the prince and his relatives that whoever dares to bully others with power will be demoted to the rank of commoner."
"Tell the accompanying worshippers that if necessary, we can catch two examples to serve as a warning to others!"
…
Su Chen didn't know that Li Er and his wife were plotting against him behind his back.
After returning to Sujiazhuang, he sent people to find several gentlemen in the village.
"Guys, I think I'll have to trouble you to go to Guanzhou with me this time."
Everyone was puzzled: "Master, we can teach the children in the village how to read a few words, so what's the point of letting us go to Guanzhou?"
Su Chen said depressedly: "Your Majesty has given me a bunch of princes and grandsons, and I need your help in training them."
Everyone was talking loudly, and they were stunned for a long time and said: "Master, you are talking about the princes and grandsons, we..."
"Master, if you think the salary we ask for is too much, you can give it less. Don't scare me with such words."
Su Chen said with a dark face: "I just want to scare you!"
"But His Majesty forced it here. I have no choice but to leave it to you."
The gentlemen all wanted to run away through the door: "Master, don't make fun of us!"
"What can we teach those princes and grandsons?"
"How about you go to Chang'an to hire some famous teachers?"
"How about we resign now?"
Su Chen's face was full of black lines: "What kind of famous teacher can't the emperor find?
Do you still need your advice?"
"That's true! But Master, you can't trick us. If you offend those noble people, how many heads do we have?"
Su Chen was very tired today and was too lazy to argue with them. He clapped his hands and said:
"I have already made an agreement with Your Majesty. If you don't want to go, you have to go! Don't worry, no one will blame you."
"By the way, bring all the older children in the village, children over fourteen years old,"
"The light carriage is simple, we will set off tomorrow morning. The young master will pay for all the expenses for you. Go back and get ready!"
