Xun Yu was walking on the street on foot, wearing a Confucian scholar's robe, but it could not cover up his elegant temperament from the inside out. He was not wearing official uniform. When walking on the road, people still gave way, scholars paid their respects, and knights errant
To escape, this must be a famous person? Or some high priest from the Imperial Academy? This is the reason why Xun Yu could not dress up like Cao Cao and patrol privately incognito.
Therefore, for officials like Situ and Shangshu Ling, it is best to let people like Pang Tong and Cao Cao do it. It may be more suitable.
As for Xun Yu, he probably had to put on a refugee costume to reach their level, or maybe he wouldn't.
In these days, Xun Yu visited several important departments. The Gongfu was developing new iron smelting technology, and the Agricultural Government also sent manpower. It was said that they wanted to print the compiled agricultural books to various places. They also had to contact the Gongfu.
The cooperation was said to be about innovating farm tools. In short, although Xun Yu was not in charge of everything, he had to go and take a look at it from time to time.
He had to record their progress. These were all to be reported to the emperor and should not be taken lightly.
As usual, he came to Gongfu. The current Gongfu was valued by Xun Yu and was the place where he must go. Gongfu received the full support of the temple. Of course, Cao Situ also had such support when he was in power.
At that time, it was still called Jiangzuofu, but he supported it secretly because the temple itself was not financially strong enough to openly build the Gongfu. However, it is different now. Xun Yu was never afraid to speak out.
Today's ministers are all bold and bold, displaying their talents unbridled and wanting to realize their various ambitions.
This is not to say that today's ministers are the most outstanding in history. More to say, they still benefit from the glory of their predecessors and are somewhat enjoying the success. Starting from Emperor Xiaokang, the Han Dynasty began various developments. As for Xi
Ping, and then Yankang. As of now, the national treasury has reached a very sufficient stage for the first time, which is inseparable from the predecessors.
It is precisely because of a series of policies and even conquests starting from the period of Emperor Xiaokang that the world is as wealthy as it is today. Just like Xiaowen and Xiaojing in the past, Xiaokang and Xiaoxian also laid a special foundation for later generations. But
The more this is the case, the greater the pressure on the emperor today. Not only must he do well, but he must also surpass his father and ancestors, otherwise, he will be incompetent.
His foundation is many times better than that of his father and grandfather. Correspondingly, what he wants to do is to surpass his father and grandfather. However, nothing his father and grandfather have done can be easily surpassed, especially his grandfather's attitude toward Liu Xi.
If you say that, it is almost equivalent to a myth. Fortunately, Liu Xi's ministers are not bad either, which can make him feel at ease a lot.
Officials at all levels in the Gongfu were very familiar with Xun Yu. As soon as Xun Yu walked into the mansion, some petty officials came forward to greet him. This was certainly not because the officials of the Gongfu looked down on Xun Yu and sent petty officials to greet him.
In fact, all the officials in the Gongfu had no spare time, and there were as many as thirteen kinds of research and development being carried out at the same time. Naturally, there was no way to entertain the minister.
Fortunately, Xun Yu was not someone who cared about this. The clerk took him to the deepest courtyard of the Gongfu. Xun Yu felt a hot breath from a distance, and the entire courtyard seemed to be burning.
The hot air waves hit Xun Yu's body, making it difficult for Xun Yu to breathe. At this time, he could barely see ahead clearly.
A huge stove was erected in the courtyard, surrounded by busy craftsmen. The fire was burning in the stove, almost all the craftsmen were illuminated red, and the waves of air were constantly sweeping through it. Ma Jun was like a general participating in a war.
Usually, standing at the front, shouting loudly: "Get out of the way, we need to add more, Liu Erlang, pay attention to the wind outlet!!"
Ma Jun built a step. As for the top of the blast furnace, he was holding tools and throwing something into the blast furnace.
Naturally, Xun Yu couldn't understand what they were doing. He just listened to the craftsmen shouting. As Ma Jun added, billowing black smoke suddenly came out from several air vents. Then, there was a violent burning sound, and the stove emitted
The sharp roar seemed to explode at any time. Xun Yu subconsciously took a step back. Ma Jun immediately shouted: "Back off! Back off!!"
Many craftsmen retreated one after another, leaving only Ma Jun, who was still standing on top and kept throwing things in. Xun Yu took a closer look and saw that there were coal stones, kerosene and the like piled up around Ma Jun.
, Xun Yu was startled. If the sparks splashed, something would happen. However, Ma Jun was not afraid at all and kept busy.
After more than half an hour of nervousness, someone finally took some red liquid from below.
Xun Yu was frightened when he saw it. Ma Jun also came down from above and started talking with the other craftsmen. He didn't know what they were doing. While Xun Yu was watching, someone suddenly said from the side: "Goodbye, meet the minister."
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Xun Yu turned around, and it turned out to be the newly appointed servant of the Nongfu. Xun Yu was still a little curious about this servant of the Nongfu. He was not familiar with this person's character and behavior, but he could win the favor of the emperor.
What kind of abilities do the young people who value him so much and even let the emperor speak in person and let him train a little bit have?
"Deng Jun? Why are you here too?"
"I'm here to pick up the latest farm tools. I think it's time to use iron farm tools to replace the rest of the domestic farm tools. In addition, there is also a dump truck for irrigation. I have reported it to the emperor and it has been passed.
If allowed, the Gongfu government will assist the Nongfu government to first establish rollover irrigation systems in 130 counties across the country, and then promote them throughout the country," Deng Ai said seriously.
Xun Yu nodded.
Deng Ai then said: "I got rice seeds from Nannan, Jiaozhou, and the planting situation in Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou is still very good. Next, I am going to do my best to promote it in these places."
Xun Yu just nodded. He didn't know why Deng Ai suddenly told him these things. He could just report these things to the emperor and tell himself that he wanted to show off his political achievements? No, look.
It's not like that, Xun Yu was thinking, but Deng Ai bowed to him respectfully and said, "I will definitely not let down Duke Xun's high expectations. Thank you."
Looking at the sincere young man in front of him, Xun Yu suddenly realized that he did not know that his appointment was directly issued by the emperor. This was to let me know that I had not misjudged the person. This was a different kind of reward. Xun Yu understood.
He didn't expose it and said with a smile: "Well, you did a good job. I have always known that Mr. Deng is a capable minister. I hope Mr. Deng can be more attentive to the next thing."
"Carefully, carefully!"
Deng Ai said with difficulty and bowed heavily to Xun Yu.
At this time, Ma Jun was almost done with his work. He sat on the ground, wiped the sweat from his face, sighed, and Xun Yu walked towards Ma Jun. Watching Xun Yu leave, Deng Ai pressed on Clenching his fists, his heart was full of excitement. He must report to Duke Xun for his kindness. He must do an even better job and not let Duke Xun down!
Thinking about this, he turned around and left.
When he came to Ma Jun's side, Ma Jun was sighing. He raised his head and glanced at Xun Yu without saying a word. He was really tired. Xun Yu looked at the craftsmen around him who were wiping their sweat, and directly He knelt down next to Ma Jun, but Ma Jun was frightened. Ma Jun quickly shouted: "Get up quickly, the ground is dirty!"
Xun Yu smiled, shook his head, and said, "It's okay, I can't just stand and chat with you."
Ma Jun still looked at his clothes with some distress and said: "What a nice clothes. You people from rich families just don't know how to save. So what if you stand still? It's a pity."
"I'll just take it back and wash it."
"These are all carbon stones, can they be cleaned?"
"My fault, my fault." Xun Yu simply gave in.
Ma Jun sighed, looked at his clothes, and said: "Next time you come to see me, just wear something shabby. It's such a pity. Many people will never be able to wear such clothes in their lives. You can't do this." It's a waste, otherwise, sooner or later, you will be punished." Xun Yu listened to Ma Jun's complaints and did not argue, even though his servants wore similar clothes.
"People nowadays only know that they are rich and don't cherish it. But they don't know where this wealth comes from. My master couldn't afford to wear such a set of clothes when he was buried," Ma Jun said, Shaking his head.
"I will definitely pay attention to this in the future. Did the iron smelting just now fail?"
"It's not a failure. It's just that it costs a lot of money. It consumes too much fuel such as carbon stone and makes ends meet. This is not possible. This is higher than the output of ordinary ironmaking, but the cost is too huge. No, we have to It needs to be improved." When talking about this, Ma Jun immediately forgot about the clothes and talked endlessly about his iron-making method.
"What about the rest? What's the progress?"
"It's all okay. The craftsmen of Dongfang have done some processing on the carriage. Well, you can try it later. Even if I tell you, you won't understand. Anyway, it just makes the carriage less shaking and more stable. , By the way, I also made some iron gadgets," Ma Jun said, suddenly looking into the distance and shouting: "Old Zhangtou, bring those things!"
An elderly craftsman came forward. Although the craftsman was old, he was strong and muscular, and his tendons were stronger than those of the soldiers of the Northern and Southern Army. He came to Xun Yu with something in his hands. Xun Yu saw He picked it up, played with it for a while, and asked, "What's the use of this?"
"Reinforcement, look at the sharp top, which can be used to reinforce two wooden materials, and the round one, which can be used on some large tools." Ma Jun explained to him and stayed with Ma Jun. After a long time, Xun Yu just came out. The principles of iron smelting and furnace blasting that he cared about most still had not made much progress. However, the number of craftsmen in the Gongfu continued to increase, and more and more things were developed.
As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw several officials standing at the door.
Xun Yu looked at it carefully.
"Liu Jun? Why are you here?"
The person standing in front of him was none other than Shaofu servant She Liu Ba and his subordinates.