The Evil Emperor Pursues His Wife: Sheng Chong Shifei

Chapter 115 Starting from Blacksmithing

In the small hall of the east gate of the imperial city, the emperor Chu Huaitian listened to the report of the servant. It has been five days since Shangguan Qing made a big fuss about the craftsman. Some adjustments were made to the accounts of the treasury, and the amount of 20 gold was filled in front of him.

"It's still 80 short." Chu Huaitian tapped his fingers on the table eight times.

Hu Guan, the head of the internal servants, said cautiously: "Your Majesty, there are still two days left, but Shangguan Tiju's injury has not improved yet, should you arrange someone to take care of it at the Craftsmanship Department?"

In fact, Hu Guan took advantage of the eldest princess and promised to persuade the emperor to change people to manage the craftsman department, but judging from the emperor's attitude, he was taking the opportunity to warn the prince and the eldest princess not to go too far. Some things cannot be said now. His right comes from Yu Huangquan, if he does not gain the emperor's trust, he is just an old dog in the imperial city, so Hu Guan decided to ignore the princess' request and continue to make a wooden clay sculpture.

"Who should I replace?" Chu Huaitian asked.

Hu Guan lowered his head, this question is beyond his ability to answer.The ancestral system clearly stipulates that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, and relatives are not allowed to interfere in politics.If Hu Guan meddles in personnel affairs, he may lose Chu Huaitian's trust.

"Hu Guan, who are the talented craftsmen in the capital city? The Imperial City Department should have a file. Tell me." After speaking, Chu Huaitian closed his eyes and leaned on the dragon chair.

"promise."

Hu Guan's brain turned sharply. He read some documents in advance for today's matter, and he still remembered a few names in his mind.

"Your Majesty, my great Chu has great resources, rich resources and outstanding people, and the capital is a place where the world's talents gather. I don't remember much. I will tell Your Majesty first, so I will ask people to check. There must be more talents available."

"Your Majesty, in the construction of the capital, the Chen family is the most outstanding one. Besides, there are the Dong family, the Lu family and the Ma family. Among them, the Ma family is from the northwest, so they have not entered the Craftsmanship Division."

"In the field of ironwork in the capital, the best is the Ye family, which is said to be from Dongyi, so they were not recruited into the craftsman's department. The best craftsman in the craftsmanship department is the Chen family, who is especially good at making irons for building houses. Iron pieces, the big house of Shangguan Ti Ju’s family was built by the supervisor of the Chen family.”

"The Chen family is the best in carpentry in the capital. It is related to building houses. Their family is very good at it. However, the foreman of carpentry is not named Chen, but the son-in-law of the Chen family, named Wan."

"The Hong family burns pottery in the capital, and there are also car builders and ship builders..."

Hu Guan talked a lot, and finally a small servant came in with a few volumes of documents, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Your Majesty, the documents have been delivered, I don't know what kind of professionals Your Majesty is looking for."

"Send the documents to Shangguan Qing, who should she choose, and reward Shangguan Qing with two boxes of various medicinal materials, and tell her that I have high hopes for her."

"promise."

"You go to deliver the decree."

"promise."

Half a day later, these documents and two boxes of medicinal materials appeared in front of Shangguan Qing, and Hu Guan said euphemistically, "Your Majesty ordered me to have high hopes for you."

Shangguan Qing really wanted to point to the gauze around his neck and ask, "Didn't you see it? It is said that the emperor does not send out hungry soldiers. Could it be that wounded soldiers can be dispatched casually? Doesn't his conscience hurt?"

"Shangguan's promotion." Hu Guan called cautiously.He didn't dare to look down on Shangguan Qing. It was the second time he saw someone who could survive being cut in the neck. It is said that the first one was also saved by Shangguan Qing.He had an illusion that as long as Shangguan Qing was around, it would not be easy to die.

He secretly glanced at the gauze wrapped around Shangguan Qing's neck, really wanting to see what the wound looks like.

Shangguan Qing came back to accept the order, and ordered Zhuqing to hand over a full purse, but Hu Guan shook his head and dared not accept it.

"Shangguan mentioned that thousands of families gave birth to Buddhas, and countless mothers and children were rescued by forceps. This old slave would not dare to accept your beggars here. This old slave will lose his life."

Hu Guan insisted on refusing.

But Shangguan Qing couldn't let him go back empty-handed, she told Nianci beside her: "Bring the Wuji Baifeng Wan I prepared." Then she smiled and said to Hu Guan: "This medicine is for health, father-in-law go back and try it. If you find it useful, come to me to pick it up.”

"Thank you, Shangguan, for your recommendation."

Hu Guan was overjoyed, he was able to get the health-preserving medicine prepared by the doctor himself, which was more affordable than a few gold cakes. He was not short of money, but he wanted to live a few more years.

Shangguan Qing apologized in her heart, she really didn't have any suitable tonic for the servants on hand, and hoped that taking a woman's tonic would not affect Eunuch Hu.

"There must be no side effects."

Shangguan Qing prayed in her heart, and sent Hu Guan, who was happily holding the medicine box, away in a wheelchair. She secretly vowed that she would never tell the effect of Wuji Baifeng Pills in her lifetime.

Lying back on the sickbed, Shangguan Qing ordered: "Get ready, three days later, we will go to the Craftsmanship Department to check the accounts."

Zhuqing said worriedly: "Girl, your body hasn't recovered yet, I think it will take another month."

Shangguan Qing was also very helpless, and said: "The emperor sent two boxes of medicine, just to let me go to the Department of Craftsmanship in two days. Even if I am going to die, I will be carried to the Department of Craftsmanship that day. It seems that His Majesty really wants to Cleaning up the eldest princess, I seem to have caused a lot of trouble, I hope the eldest princess will not be pissed off."

An Lu said naively from the side: "Two boxes of medicine may mean 20 days, two months, or two years. The girl should rest at ease."

Shangguan Qing sat up again, scratched An Lu's head and asked, "Xiao An'an, why are you so cute, so white, and so sweet?"

"The girl is rude."

"Haha." Shangguan Qing laughed happily, implying that the other party didn't understand, so she had to entertain herself.

Seeing that Shangguan Qing was happy, An Lu also laughed happily.

"Come back, the tasks assigned by His Majesty still need to be done." Shangguan Qing asked Zhu Qing to push her back, and went through the thick basic list twice.

Perhaps because of the injury, Shangguan Qing's photographic memory skills have regressed a bit, and the injury made it difficult for her to concentrate.After finally reading the list, she was already breaking out in a cold sweat.Zhu Qing hurriedly came over to wipe Shangguan Qing's sweat, and complained: "Young lady, you really don't know how to cherish your body."

"It's okay, I've finally finished reading it. Send someone to deliver the post. I'll invite Chen Lei to discuss something tomorrow."

"promise."

"By the way, I asked the stewards of Iron and Copper to come over, and I have something to explain."

"promise."

Shangguan Qing closed her eyes and began to conceive the blueprint for development. No matter what will happen in the future or what kind of encounters, people always have a goal.

Developing industry in this era will be a good farming game.

And she also hates this era of backward infrastructure, it's okay to have no newspapers and milk, and she has to endure the strange smell on the roadside when she goes out.

"The first step is to start with blacksmithing." Shangguan Qing thought in her heart.

(End of this chapter)