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"Hahaha......"

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

"Your Highness, on behalf of the people of Dengzhou, Xia Guan thanked Your Highness." Yang Chengye suppressed his smile and looked pious.

"Thank you for not needing, the conditions have been created for you by this king, but if you can't make full use of the development of Dengzhou, this king will not spare you at that time." Xiao Ming's joking tone was tinged with warning.

Yang Chengye nodded, "Your Highness is relieved, and the lower officials guarantee that there will be no officials in the officialdom of Dengzhou who will take the opportunity to make profits and oppress businessmen." ”

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

explained to Yang Chengye, Xiao Ming's trip to Dengzhou was basically successful, he did not stay in Dengzhou for long, and returned to Qingzhou with the Qingzhou Army the next day.

The Battle of the Ryukyus made him realize that his military was still too weak, and although the Battle of the Ryukyus was won, he thought that the Wa Kingdom alone would be able to contain most of the troops.

This time, he dispatched half of the Qingzhou army, but the Japanese were just a group of cobbled together pirates, which did not show the real combat effectiveness of the Japanese state.

What's more, the barbarians he faced were much more difficult to deal with than the Japanese state, and he might be greatly injured if a full-scale war was fought, so he had to arm the armies of other states in addition to the Qingzhou army.

From now on, the state armies will be responsible for different theaters of operations.

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

Although he is very busy, his achievements are also good, and from then on Qingzhou will have an additional financial route that will continue to support him in strengthening the army.

The news of Xiao Ming's return quickly alarmed Pang Yukun, as the first assistant of the feudal state, when Xiao Ming was no longer the feudal country, he was responsible for overseeing the affairs of the feudal country.

It's just that despite this, he still has to ask Xiao Ming for instructions on some major issues.

So Xiao Ming hadn't returned to the palace yet, and was stopped by him halfway, Xiao Ming had no choice but to go to the palace with him to discuss matters.

"Your Highness, the first round of exams in this Bowen Academy has ended, and there are a total of two hundred and thirty-seven students who have passed the exams, how should the positions of these people be arranged, and please ask Your Highness for instructions?"

Pang Yukun is having a headache with this problem, the questions of this exam are all from Xiao Ming, different positions are tested in different subjects, and now there are students who have achieved excellent results in government affairs, law, and commerce.

"Two hundred and thirty-seven?" Xiao Ming was a little surprised, these students of the School of Government Affairs are really desperate, it seems that the official-based thinking of the Great Yu Kingdom has not reduced the poison of these students at all, he groaned for a while, and said: "You first draw up a list for this king, and in addition, the identity and background of these students will also be given to this king." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Pang Yukun breathed a sigh of relief, this appointment of officials is a big deal, he has always been cautious in doing things, and he doesn't want to arouse Xiao Ming's suspicion in this matter, after all, this matter is very sensitive.

After talking about the Qingzhou exam, Pang Yukun continued: "Your Highness, there is still news from Chang'an, Empress Zhao gave birth to a little prince, the emperor Longyan Dayue, amnesty to the world, the second prince is said to be within the scope of amnesty, although the identity of the prince is not guaranteed, but he has been allowed to return to Beijing." ”

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

"What's so angry about this, my father didn't want to deal with the second prince like this, but the evidence is conclusive, he will depose the second prince to Bazhou in order to appease the king, and now that Empress Zhao gave birth to a dragon son, he has a reason to call the second prince back." Xiao Ming said.

"The emperor is the emperor after all, and he did this to tell His Highness who is the master of the Great Yu Kingdom." Pang Yukun squinted his eyes lightly and said.

Xiao Ming smiled bitterly and shook his head, Pang Yukun saw it very thoroughly, Xiao Wenxuan was reluctant to depose the second prince at the beginning, if he really ruined another prince because of Xiao Ming, he, the emperor, would be fooled.

Therefore, this pardon of the second prince is also to establish his authority in front of the ministers, and tell the ministers of the court that his Xiao Wenxuan's majesty is still inviolable.

"You're right, but this king is not interested in the affairs of the court now, and now that this king has opened up the sea route, it is now the priority to make the people of the fiefdom rich." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Knowing that the sea route was opened, Pang Yukun and Zhan Xingchang both had smiles on their faces, and Pang Yukun said: "Since the sea route has been opened, Xia Guan Ke is looking forward to counting the silver every day." ”

Speaking of this, the three of them laughed at the same time, full of yearning for the future.

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

"Lin Wentao." Seeing the visitor, Xiao Ming smiled.

Pang Yukun said at this time: "Your Highness, during your absence, this kid runs to the mansion every day, and every time he asks His Highness when he will come back, I don't know what treasure he has made." ”

"It's an absolute treasure, and now the steam engine workshop has produced five steam engines, two of which we have combined with the drilling machine, and three of which have been combined with the boring machine to become the steam engine drilling machine and the 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 good." ”

Lin Wentao suddenly smiled, and he said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, do you want to visit the lathe workshop now?" ”

"Let's go, this king naturally wants to observe such a big thing." Xiao Ming turned to Pang Yukun and said, "You, the first assistant, also want to understand what a steam engine is, go together." ”

Pang Yukun was originally not interested in these machines, but since he learned that these machines can increase production by hundreds of times, he has also had to pay attention to them.

He followed Lin Wentao to the lathe workshop, where three lathes had been replaced by steam engine power instead of the original water power.

At the junction of the three drilling machines there is a small steam engine, a craftsman is responsible for fueling the steam engine, and a craftsman is responsible for supervising the work of the drilling machine at all times.

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

Xiao Ming asked, "How much time does it take for such a drilling machine to drill out a barrel?" ”

"It only takes an hour." The craftsman replied.

"One in an hour, twelve in a day, and six thousand in a day for five hundred." Xiao Ming was shocked in his heart, this is the gap between the motivations.