Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

It is even possible that the national treasury will not be in deficit this year!

Wu Shangshu, you are so wise!

This day's engineering department is really amazing!

Of course, it would have been better if Wu Yue had not cried out for poverty when Lu Chen proposed the establishment of the Tiangong Division Yamen, but had agreed to Lu Chen's proposal and incorporated the Tiangong Division into the system of three pavilions, six departments and nine temples, instead of like Now, all I can do is watch the empress put money in sacks.

The separation of internal and external, and the separation of the treasury and internal funds have always been insisted on by the civil servants. Now, the empress' wallet is getting bigger and bigger, but the treasury is getting emptier and emptier. There was already a deficit during the reign of the late emperor, and the Demon Queen has been in power for a long time. The deficit has continued to expand over the years and has reached a point where it is difficult to fill it.

After the emperor and the court shared the pot, almost no minister would have the idea of ​​​​investing money in the house unless the emperor was willing, because it was tantamount to admitting his own incompetence.

Wu Yue had obviously thought of this, and the joy he just showed gradually revealed a sense of regret and remorse.

Lu Chen continued: "The production process of mud and stone is not difficult, but it requires a large amount of coal. Your Majesty, please immediately invest in the construction of a coal plant and a cement plant, and purchase them from the fiefdom of Taihe County at a price of fifty yuan per stone. Carboniferous.”

As soon as these words came out, a large number of courtiers turned their heads and looked at the beautiful figure at the front of the array of military attachés who rarely attended court meetings.

Indescribable envy soon appeared in his eyes.

They used to think that although Gu Simiao was unparalleled in loyalty and strength, she had poor vision and did not know how to plan for herself. She was a willful and prodigal daughter who did not know how to use her extraordinary military exploits to benefit herself. Not only did she abandon Jiangling County Duke Three thousand households were given food in an inferior county like Taihe County, and the most barren Black Mountain in Taihe County was chosen as a fiefdom.

Simply stupid.

but now…

Coal costs fifty yuan per stone, and the coal in the Black Mountains amounts to tens of millions, which is simply inexhaustible.

In other words, even if Gu Simiao does nothing in the future, and does not even need to collect taxes from the food towns, just by selling charcoal, she will be able to get a huge amount of wealth, and even become the richest person in the entire Great Xia besides the royal family. woman!

This luck... is simply invincible!

The empress turned her gaze to Gu Simiao and asked softly:

"Gu Aiqing, what do you think of what Lu Qing said?"

Gu Simiao said without hesitation: "In reply to Your Majesty, the purchase price given by Lu Shangshu is extremely fair, and I have no objection."

"Well."

The queen nodded.

"Then the matter has been decided, Wu Aiqing."

Wu Yue immediately jumped out of the crowd.

"Wei Chen is here."

The empress said slowly: "The construction of the cement plant will be left to you."

"Wei Chen obeys."

Wu Yue replied solemnly without any hesitation.

Even if he has no vision, he can see that this cement is definitely a good thing. Cement can play a big role in building bridges, paving roads, building cities, imperial tombs and other projects. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he actually has no vision. It's bad, it's just limited by the times.

Building a factory and producing this stuff won't make a loss no matter what, it's a sure-profit business, so why should there be any hesitation?

It just requires a lot of manpower and material resources to be invested in the early stage, and the cost can be recovered in one or two months. Even if there is no business, Wu Yue knows that this investment cannot be saved.

As for the coal plant, he didn't even bother to ask.

After all, that thing was purely the private property of the empress, and not a penny would fall into the pocket of the treasury. No matter how courageous he was, he would not dare to stretch his claws into the internal money.

Taking money from internal funds is something that only Lu Chen can do. Anyone else who touches it will die!

Soon, the construction of the factory in Montenegro was finalized.

The pebbles and mudstones launched one after another by the Tiangong Division also officially entered the historical stage of Daxia with the official announcement of the imperial edict. In this decadent era that was about to collapse, it made a strong mark.

Gu Simiao, who had just become the top military attache in the world, also gained the label of being extremely wealthy.

And she is not married yet. Whoever marries her will not only have a beautiful wife and top bodyguard, but also have direct wealth and freedom, and will become a winner in life that everyone envies.

Unfortunately, no one seems to be able to embark on this shortcut to the pinnacle of life.

Except someone.

After Gu Simiao received the order, he suddenly glanced at Lu Chen who was not far away, with a subtle smile flashing in his eyes.

After the court meeting, the next day, officials from the Tiangong Department came to Montenegro with a group of craftsmen.

Coming with them were many officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Among them was Wu Yue, the dignified Minister of Household Affairs.

Officials from the Tiangong Department came here to survey the terrain in order to select a site for building a factory.

Lu Chen was staring at a project that not only no one dared to discount, but also worked hard to get. When he first arrived in Montenegro, he threw himself into the complex project from scratch without any rest.

The people from the Ministry of Revenue came here for the vast amount of charcoal land that had been assigned to Shiyi Bai.

When Gu Simiao was formally enfeoffed, he established a lot of rules. Among them, land was allocated to the people of the city on a per-capita basis. After the survey was completed, almost every household now has dozens of acres of land with countless charcoal buried in it. .

In the past, these lands were worthless because of charcoal, but now... in the eyes of the government, these lands are golden soil that is much more precious than paddy fields.

It is conceivable that after today, how rich these people who were originally moved to live near Montenegro due to various helplessness will be!

Chapter 238 Pooh!nausea!

"Bao'er, after paying homage to daddy later, you can go back to the father-in-law's mansion."

Yongping Village, Chu Family.

Chu? While packing up the torn books, he said to his sister who was busy cleaning the house not far away:

"My father-in-law said that you have a unique Zhedan spiritual root in your body. Before you are not strong enough, you cannot stay in the place where the fire spirit power gathers for a long time. The fire spirit power near Black Mountain is extremely strong. You should go back early. Better."

When Chu Baoer heard this, he was silent for a while, and then sighed inexplicably.

"Well, I see, brother."

The reason why she fainted at home before was because the spiritual roots in her body collided with the extremely rich fire spirit energy of Black Mountain. This attracted the attention of Lu Chen, Gu Simiao and others who went to Black Mountain for an unannounced visit.

In other words, her rare and top-notch wind-attribute spiritual root attracted the attention of Gu Simiao, who was also a top figure in the world.

So Gu Simiao directly accepted her as a disciple and took her to the county government office in the capital to recuperate her body and prepare for subsequent training.

Although she has passed the optimal age for cultivation, the spiritual roots in her body are extremely special. With careful teaching, she may not be able to establish a foundation and enter the Tao. Even if her understanding is insufficient and her achievements in cultivation are limited, taking her away can be regarded as saving a life. After all, Chu Baoer had no way of staying in Montenegro for long.

As for whether he was worried that Lu Chen would show his kindness, or because he had a love for Chu Baoer's talents, and whether he would directly take her back to his house as a maid after learning about Chu Baoer's situation, then Only Gu Simiao knew.

Soon, the sacrifices were prepared.

The two left Yongping Village side by side and came to several newly erected graves not far outside the village.

Not long after they left, many officials in uniforms slowly appeared not far from the village entrance.

When the two came to Chu Zhan's grave, they unexpectedly saw two familiar figures in front of the grave.

It is Chu Zhan's former Paoze Yue Dashan, and his daughter Yue Qingqing.

"Uncle-in-law, girl-in-law."

Seeing the two of them, Chu? Although he was a little surprised, he soon showed his understanding, and then spoke naturally and greeted the two of them.

"Brother, Bao'er..."

Yue Dashan turned around with an apologetic look and looked at the Chu brothers and sisters.

"You are here."

Chu Zhan's grave was already filled with various sacrifices, including even a chicken.

It can be seen that Yue Dashan sincerely pays tribute to his old comrade.

But Yue Qingqing on the side looked impatient.

In fact, if Yue Dashan hadn't felt sorry for Chu Zhan and forced her to come over because of the regretful marriage, she wouldn't have come here at all, let alone kowtow to Chu Zhan.

But Chu Baoer, who learned that the Yue family regretted their marriage, glared at the two of them angrily.

"What are you doing here?"

His tone was full of anger and dissatisfaction, as if he didn't welcome the two of them.

"Stinky girl, why are you talking?"

Yue Qingqing, who didn't want to come in the first place, glanced sideways and said in annoyance: "My father and I came here specially to pay homage to your father, and you just talk to us like this?"

Chu Baoer opened her mouth, and was about to say that you are not welcome here, but Chu? suddenly stretched out her hand to stop her from saying any more.

"Bao'er, forget it, stop talking."

Chu?'s voice was very deep, completely different from the angry young man before.

Obviously, his father's death made him mature a lot.

Chu Baoer frowned and glanced at Chu?, his face a little dissatisfied, but he obediently did not say any more.

However, Chu Baoer's attitude still made Yue Dashan's face darken.

He knew that no matter what he said, when it came to regretting the marriage, especially when the Chu family was in trouble, the Yue family was sorry for the Chu family, and all he could do was to sincerely apologize to Chu Yu and Chu Zhan.

In this regard, Chu? still looked calm and indifferent, seeming to take a very open mind and not care at all.

Even though his sister had already climbed up Gu Simiao's high tree, he did not argue with the Yue family about regretting the marriage. Otherwise, as long as he revealed a little bit about the relationship between his sister and Gu Simiao, the Yue family would probably be in trouble, let alone regretting the marriage. Send your daughter.

As for the Chu family's situation, which has obviously improved a lot now, Chu Hui takes a very indifferent view, and does not use his sister's relationship to cling to anything.

At this time, he still has not gotten over the shadow of his father's death because of him.

Being so obviously rejected by Chu Baoer, Yue Dashan was not annoyed at all. Instead, he forced his daughter to accompany the Chu brothers and sisters to worship Chu Zhan.

After the worship was over, Chu He took Chu Bao'er away. Yue Dashan raised his hand and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to stop Chu He, but in the end he sighed with a dejected look and said nothing.

Yue Qingqing, however, looked relaxed, even feeling completely relieved.

And at this moment-

"Brother, sister Bao'er!"

Two shouts suddenly sounded in the distance.

The four of them subconsciously turned their heads to look, and soon saw five thin men running towards this direction covered in sweat.

Chu? was a little confused.