From eunuch to emperor

After Di Xingwan left, Di Luoxi grabbed Long Chen's ear and walked to the couch.

"sit down!"

"Did you see the second sister just now?"

Di Luoxi said angrily.

"His Royal Highness, you are always a princess, and she is also a princess. I am a little eunuch. If I don't look directly at her, what if I goug my eyes? Gouging eyes is an ancestral skill of your family."

Long Chen complained for a while.

To be honest, Long Chen did watch Di Xingwan just now, who wouldn't watch beautiful women.

Di Luoxi let go, feeling that what Long Chen said made sense... No!

"What is eye-gouging? It's an ancestral skill in our family? Say it again!"

Di Luoxi's brain circuit suddenly slowed down by half a beat.

Long Chen said with a smile: "Your Highness, the Hell Mountain we are talking about, I am sure it is a coal mountain, and the black soil there can be used as fuel instead of firewood."

"Moreover, it is enough for our Daughter City to last for hundreds of years."

This trip to Hell Mountain, Long Chen dared to be 100% sure that it was the coal mine.

Di Luoxi was half lying on the couch, and said lazily: "Use black soil instead of firewood? It's impossible, that thing is poisonous."

Xuan Yi also said: "It is said that the mountain leads to hell, the soil is stained with the blood of hell, and the burning fire is the karmic fire of hell, so it will not go out."

They don't know how coal is formed, and they see that coal can burn for hundreds of years, so they have all kinds of weird explanations.

Long Chen said seriously: "That kind of soil is coal, which is made from rotten trees. It's very complicated to say, but in a word, as long as the impurities in the black soil are removed, it can replace firewood."

"I already have a plan. I will take up the post in the Ministry of Industry tomorrow. In a month's time, 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 to be true.

Getting up from the couch, Di Luoxi said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to command the Ministry of Industry if you go to the Ministry of Industry. I'll go with you."

Although Long Chen was ordered to temporarily contract the Ministry of Industry, the people in the Ministry of Industry would definitely not give face. To accomplish this, he must have the help of Emperor Luoxi.

"Thank you, Her Royal Highness."

Long Chen smiled and changed clothes for Di Luoxi, and then went to the Ministry of Industry together.

After entering the Ministry of Industry, officials came out to welcome Emperor Luoxi one after another, but they were very indifferent to Long Chen.

"Where is Xu Shilang?"

Di Luoxi asked.

"Xu Shilang is still in the workshop behind the house."

An official replied cautiously.

Not long after, a black-faced man in his 40s came out, with beards and small eyes, he looked very capable.

The name of this person 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 the post of Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

This time Long Chen was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Xu Ming was most dissatisfied.

"My humble minister Xu Ming, I pay my respects to Your Highness the Princess."

Xu Ming only saluted Emperor Luoxi, he didn't look at Long Chen at all.

Xu Ming's careful thinking naturally cannot be hidden from Di Luoxi's eyes.

"This is the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry handpicked by the Queen Mother, don't you know him!"

Di Luoxi scolded.

Only then did Xu Ming respectfully salute Long Chen: "Subordinate Xu Ming, I pay my respects to Lord Shangshu."

Long Chen nodded, and said: "Call all the people from the Ministry of Industry, I have something for you to do."

Xu Ming immediately summoned everyone in the Ministry of Industry.

Soon, there were more than 100 people standing in the hall, all of them were officials from the Ministry of Industry.

Di Luoxi sat in the middle, and Long Chen sat beside.

"This is your new Shangshu Long Cheng'en, he will have the final say in the Ministry of Industry in the future, do you understand!"

Di Luoxi's tone was stern, and the people below nodded in salute.

Although Xu Ming was dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't dare to say anything. With the support of the princess, he didn't dare to talk too much.

Long Chen coughed dryly, and said: "Today is the first day I took office, and everyone must be aware of the bet between me and the officials. It is necessary to solve the problem of burning firewood in Daughter's City."

"I want to ask everyone here, do you have a solution?"

Long Chen glanced down, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry whispered, discussing in secret, saying that this problem cannot be solved.

They were actually thinking in their hearts that this problem was deliberately released by the Empress, just to prevent Long Chen from taking up the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

"Xu Shilang, you have been in the Ministry of Industry for a long time, tell me, is there a solution?"

Long Chen knew that if he wanted to hold the top spot firmly, he must be able to suppress these people.

Xu Ming cupped his hands and said, "The lack of firewood in Daughter's City has existed for decades. Several Ministers of the Ministry of Industry have tried to solve it, but they all failed, so the subordinates think that this matter cannot be resolved."

In order to solve this problem, they thought about transporting timber from other places to Beijing, burned cow dung like the prairie barbarians, and planted trees, but all failed in the end.

Long Chen said: "I have a solution!"

When these words came out, the officials below were all shocked.

The servant Xu Ming even looked at Long Chen with the eyes of a fool.

"Xu Ming, take someone to Hell Mountain to dig ten carts of black soil. I only want black soil, not mud."

"What do you want the black soil from Hell Mountain? Do you want to burn the black soil like those poor people? It's poisonous!"

Xu Ming immediately objected, and other officials were in an uproar when they heard the black soil was burned.

I thought Long Chen had some good idea, but it turned out to be a bad idea.

Immediately, there was a burst of laughter from below.

Long Chen didn't mind either, these people didn't understand, so there was nothing to blame.

"You go and do it, it will be in the afternoon!"

Long Chen said without a doubt.

Di Luoxi was dissatisfied with the attitude of these people, and scolded: "Go as soon as you are told! Do you understand the rules!"

Xu Ming immediately sent someone to pull the black soil.

Di Luoxi saw the situation suppressed, so he went back to the West Palace first, and let Long Chen stay in the Ministry of Industry by himself.

After the coal puller left, Long Chen found the people from the workshop of the Ministry of Industry, and then gave them the blueprint of the coal furnace he designed, and asked them to follow the blueprint.

Long Chen intends to make briquettes, he must have a coal stove.

The whole Ministry of Industry was baffled by Long Chen, but to be honest, everyone was sneering in their hearts, thinking that Long Chen didn't know how deep he was, and actually wanted to solve the problem of burning firewood.

When Long Chen was busy working in the Ministry of Industry, Di Xingwan was interrogating Chief Cao.

Although Di Xingwan looked refined and liked poetry, calligraphy and painting, he actually controlled the spy system of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and was very good at torture.

Not long after Director Cao arrived in Nangong, Di Xingwan pried his mouth open.

Director Cao is 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, and Emperor Luoxi wanted to find a powerful female guard for Long Chen.

In the West Palace.

A woman in black entered the bedroom.

The clothes on this woman are very similar to the trousers and tops of later generations, except that the tops have skirt corners.

"My subordinate Zhang Qian pays her respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

This woman is the school lieutenant of Emperor Luoxi's subordinates. Her cultivation base has reached the early stage of the king, and she is especially good at close combat.

Zhang Qian was born in Junwu, and her figure is extremely good, especially the two peaks, her face is a little fleshy, but it is just right, and she looks extremely sensual.

"Do you know why I asked you to come here?"

Di Luoxi motioned for her to sit down and talk.

"This subordinate heard that he was serving as a guard for... an eunuch."

It can be heard that Zhang Qian's tone is a little helpless.

This is the princess's order, and she must obey it, but she feels ashamed to serve as a guard for a eunuch.