After Di Xingwan left, Di Luoxi grabbed Long Chen's ear and walked to the couch.
"sit down!"
"Did you look at the second sister just now?"
Di Luoxi said angrily.
"Your Highness, you are always a princess, and she is also a princess. I am a little eunuch, and if I don't look at her, what if my eyes are gouged out? Eye gouging is an ancestral skill of your family."
Long Chen complained for a while.
To be honest, Long Chen did look at Di Xingwan just now. Who wouldn't look at the beautiful woman?
Di Luoxi let go and felt that what Long Chen said made sense. No!
"Why is eye digging an ancestral skill of our family? Say it again!"
Di Luoxi's brain suddenly slowed down for half a beat.
Long Chen said with a smile: "Your Highness, the Hell Mountain we are talking about, I am sure it is the Coal Mountain. The black soil there can be used as fuel to replace firewood."
"Moreover, it will be enough for our daughter's city to last for hundreds of years."
On this trip to Hell Mountain, Long Chen was 100% sure that it was a coal mine.
Di Luoxi was half lying on the couch and said lazily: "Replace firewood with black soil? This is impossible, that stuff is poisonous."
Xuan Yi also said: "It is said that the mountain leads to hell. The soil is contaminated with the blood of hell. The burning fire is the karma fire of hell, so it is immortal."
They didn't know how coal was formed, and they saw that coal could burn for hundreds of years, so they came up with all kinds of weird explanations.
Long Chen said seriously: "That kind of soil is coal, which is what trees turn into after decay. It's very complicated to say. In short, as long as the impurities in the black soil are removed, it can replace firewood."
"I already have a plan. I will go to the Ministry of Industry to take up my post tomorrow. Within a month, I can come up with something to prove that black soil can replace firewood."
Di Luoxi originally thought that Long Chen was joking, but now it seems that it is true.
Getting up from the couch, Di Luoxi said, "I'm afraid you can't take command if you go to the Ministry of Industry. I'll go with you."
Although Long Chen was ordered to temporarily act for the Ministry of Works, the people from the Ministry of Works would definitely not give him face. If he wanted to accomplish this, Di Luoxi must help.
"Thank you, Your Highness Princess."
Long Chen smiled and changed Di Luoxi's clothes, and then went to the Ministry of Industry together.
Entering the Ministry of Industry, officials came out to greet Di Luoxi, but they were very cold to Long Chen.
"Where is Minister Xu?"
Di Luoxi asked.
"Shilang Xu is still in the workshop behind the house."
An official replied cautiously.
Not long after, a dark-faced man in his 40s came out. He had a beard and small eyes and looked very capable.
This person's name is Xu Ming, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. He has been in the Ministry of Industry for more than 20 years. Many people think that he can succeed him as Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
This time Long Chen was appointed as Minister of Industry, and Xu Ming was the most dissatisfied.
"Xu Ming, a humble minister, pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Xu Ming only saluted Di Luoxi and did not look at Long Chen at all.
Naturally, Xu Ming's little thoughts couldn't be hidden from Di Luoxi's eyes.
"This is the Minister of Industry appointed by the Queen Mother, don't you recognize him?"
Di Luoxi scolded.
Xu Ming then bowed respectfully to Long Chen: "Subordinate Xu Ming, I would like to pay my respects to Lord Shangshu."
Long Chen nodded and said: "Call everyone from the Ministry of Industry over here, I have something for you to do."
Xu Ming immediately summoned everyone from the Ministry of Industry.
Soon, there were more than a hundred people standing in the hall, all officials from the Ministry of Industry.
Di Luoxi sat in the middle, and Long Chen sat next to him.
"This is your new Minister Long Chengen. He will have the final say in the Ministry of Works from now on. Do you understand?"
Di Luoxi's tone was stern, and the people below nodded in salute.
Although Xu Ming was dissatisfied, he did not dare to say anything. With the princess' support, he did not dare to say anything.
Long Chen coughed dryly and said: "Today is my first day in office. I believe everyone knows about the bet between me and the officials to solve the firewood problem in Daughter City."
"I want to ask everyone here, do you have any solution?"
Long Chen glanced down, where officials from the Ministry of Industry were whispering and discussing secretly, saying that this problem could not be solved.
They were actually thinking that this problem was deliberately created by the Empress, who did not allow Long Chen to serve as Minister of Industry.
"Shilang Xu, you have been in the Ministry of Industry for a long time. Can you tell me if there is a solution?"
Long Chen knew that if he wanted to secure his position, he must be able to suppress these people.
Xu Ming cupped his hands and said: "The shortage of firewood in Daughter City has existed for decades. Several ministers of the Ministry of Industry have tried to find solutions, but they have failed, so my subordinates thought that the matter could not be solved."
In order to solve this problem, they thought about transporting wood from other places to Beijing, imitating the prairie barbarians to burn cow dung, and even planting trees, but in the end they all failed.
Long Chen said: "I have a solution!"
When these words were said, the officials below were all shocked.
The waiter Xu Ming looked at Long Chen as if he were looking at a fool.
"Xu Ming, take people to Hell Mountain to dig out ten loads of black soil. I only want black soil, not mud."
"What do you want the black soil from Hell Mountain for? Do you want to imitate the poor people who burn the black soil? That is poisonous stuff!"
Xu Ming immediately objected, and other officials were in an uproar when they heard about burning black soil.
I thought Long Chen had some good ideas, but it turned out to be a bad idea.
Immediately, a burst of laughter broke out from below.
Long Chen didn't mind either. These people didn't understand and there was nothing to blame.
"Just go and do it, I need it this afternoon!"
Long Chen said without any doubt.
Di Luoxi was dissatisfied with the attitude of these people and scolded: "Go if you are told! Do you understand the rules?"
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Xu Ming immediately sent people to pull the black soil.
Di Luoxi suppressed the situation and returned to the West Palace first, leaving Long Chen alone in the Ministry of Industry.
After the man pulling the coal left, Long Chen found the people in the workshop of the Ministry of Works, then gave them the drawings of the coal furnace he designed and asked them to follow the drawings.
Long Chen plans to make briquettes, so he must have a coal stove.
Everyone in the Ministry of Industry was confused by Long Chen, but to be honest, everyone was sneering in their hearts, feeling that Long Chen didn't know what he was doing and actually wanted to solve the problem of burning firewood.
While Long Chen was busy at the Ministry of Industry, Di Xingwan was interrogating Chief Cao.
Although Emperor Xingwan looked polite and liked poetry, calligraphy and painting, he actually controlled the secret service system of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and was very good at torture.
Not long after Chief Cao arrived at Nangong, Di Xingwan pried his mouth open.
Chief Cao was a middle-level spy. Following this line, he dug out several big fish lurking in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Because of the assassination, Long Chen's security work was put on the agenda. Di Luoxi wanted to find a powerful female guard for Long Chen.
In the West Palace.
A woman wearing black clothes entered the dormitory.
The clothes on this woman's body are very similar to the trousers and tops of later generations, except that the top has skirt corners.
"My subordinate Zhang Qian pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
This woman is a lieutenant under Di Luoxi. Her cultivation has reached the early stage of a king, and she is particularly good at close combat.
Zhang Qian was born in the military, and her figure is extremely good, especially her two peaks. Her face is a little fleshy, but it is just right and she looks very voluptuous.
"Do you know why I came to you?"
Di Luoxi motioned her to sit down and talk.
"I heard that I am working as a guard for a eunuch."
It could be heard that Zhang Qian's tone was a little helpless.
This was the princess's order, and she had to obey it, but she felt very embarrassed to serve as a guard for a eunuch.
