The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

Xiao Rui turned into a story master, telling Zhuge Liuying, Li Ruoxue and Lu Zhi about the experience of the Zhao Kingdom's imperial capital. Looking at the adoring eyes of the three women, Xiao Rui felt very grateful.

When it came to dry mouth, Li Yuanfang came to report, saying that the king of Tang had come after hearing the news.

Zhuge Liuying said: "Your Highness, the King of Tang has sent people to inquire about your return date many times. I miss you very much, so Ruoxue and I will leave first."

Xiao Rui nodded, he hadn't seen Xiao Yan for many days, and he was very concerned about it, counting the time, Kong Xun'er will give birth soon.

Asking Li Yuanfang to invite him in, Xiao Yan looked around and entered the teahouse.

"What are you looking at? If you like this place, why don't I abdicate?" Xiao Rui joked.

Xiao Yan laughed straight, and said: "Forget it, I still live comfortably in my Tang Palace. Originally, I wanted to be in charge of a state and plead for the people, but my father loved me so much, so he transferred me back to the capital. Or Good in Kyoto, comfortable stay!"

"Pleading for the people? I think you write all day, so you don't have time to worry about government affairs. By the way, how are your siblings? They are about to give birth." Xiao Rui asked.

Xiao Yan's expression immediately became cautious, and he asked: "Seventh brother, Xun'er has been involved in just a few words, what do you want to do?"

Xiao Rui opened his mouth, but was stunned by the question, does my fucking polite words have anything to do with what I want to do?

Xiao Rui asked back: "You are my ninth younger brother, so naturally you have to care about the unborn son. Why, what do you think I want to do?"

Xiao Yan snorted, "It's not that I'm worried, but... hey..."

"There's something wrong with your voice, come on, let's start your story. Is it because your siblings are behind your back..." Xiao Rui immediately became interested, winking excitedly.

"She dares!" Xiao Yan stared, and said arrogantly: "If my woman is disobedient, have you seen my casserole-sized fist?"

As he spoke, Xiao Yan raised his fist.

Xiao Rui couldn't help but said: "Okay, you can just brag about me."

After the joke, Xiao Yan asked about other things, and said: "Seventh brother, tell me how you killed Emperor Zhao, so I can refer to it and write it in "Journey to the West". "Journey to the West" has become famous all over the world, who doesn't know my name as King Tang, hehe... you can have the reputation you have now, you have to thank me very much!"

Xiao Rui had just finished telling a short story to the three beauties, and was not in the mood to tell the stinky man, so he shook his head and said: "This is a secret, don't reveal it at will, if you want to know, you can ask the emperor."

"Forget it then." Xiao Yan felt apprehensive when he saw His Majesty, and immediately shook his head and refused, so he changed the subject and asked, "Seventh brother, I am preparing a lunch tomorrow, there is no one else, it is the other princes, one is I'll cleanse you up, and the second is to contact brotherhood, you can't refuse, you must come!"

Xiao Rui nodded and said, "If you invite me personally, I will go of course."

"That's a good deal!" Xiao Yan was still a child at heart, bluffing, chatting with Xiao Rui for a while, and then left the palace. In his words, the palace is too oppressive to stay for long.

Xiao Rui sat in the East Palace for a while, then went to visit Zhan Shifu.

When they came to Zhan Shi's mansion, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Zhang Liang were chatting, but Xiao He was nowhere to be seen. According to Jia Xu, Xiao He is inspecting the planting of corn and potatoes with Jia Sixie when the farming season is busy. Only by doing everything personally can things be done well.

Coming to Xiao He is very beneficial to the current Xiao Rui. A counselor with strong internal affairs ability can turn the tide during the Little Ice Age.

After sitting in Zhan Shi's mansion for half an hour, everyone moved to Huben Pavilion together.

After a brief inspection of Huben Pavilion, Xiao Rui asked Jia Xu to call the craftsmen. The purpose of this visit is very simple, to brainstorm and invent cement.

Cement is the adhesive. In the mainland of China, lime was first used for smearing, and then grass mixed with yellow mud was used to build walls, and it was also used to line wall bricks on earth walls, until today's lime.

The method of using lime is to mix lime and water to make lime slurry, and then use the slurry to build stones, brick walls and masonry arches and to paint the walls. Most of the current multi-storey pavilions or cities are in this way. .

However, using lime as a binder has certain disadvantages, such as large dosage, poor effect, and relatively high cost. If cement with better effect can be produced through deep processing, wouldn’t it be beneficial to the construction of houses.

Lime is made of products with high calcium carbonate content such as limestone, dolomite, white, and shells, which are calcined at 900-1100c. Now craftsmen in mainland China are proficient in this calcination process. However, Xiao Rui vaguely remembers that Portland cement with better effect uses limestone and clay as the main raw materials. After crushing, batching, and grinding to make raw meal, it is then fed into the cement kiln to calcinate the clinker, and then the clinker It is made by adding an appropriate amount of gypsum and grinding. The production process is a little more complicated than burning lime, but once it is found out, the output can be much larger than that of lime.

Once the cement is in circulation, it will not only benefit the people, but also road construction and city building are major events that benefit the country and the people.

Xiao Rui only remembers the general process, and the specific process depends on the groping of these craftsmen. Now the scale of Huben Pavilion is getting bigger and bigger, and there will be more than a thousand craftsmen soon. The salary of Huben Pavilion is too rich. If you become a master of skills, you can even work in Zhan Shifu, and eventually have an official position. This is a dream that craftsmen dare not hope for all their lives.

Therefore, countless highly skilled craftsmen came to vote, coupled with the recruitment of talents in the recruitment hall, so the number of craftsmen is still increasing, and until now, the fields involved by these craftsmen have begun to be comprehensive, no longer limited to the original papermaking, engraving and Alchemy, now including agriculture, casting, smelting, shipbuilding, etc., is in full bloom.

Not far from Huben Pavilion, a junior college covering an area of ​​140 mu is being built!

Before Xiao Rui went to Zhao State, he had a whim, if he could set up a college to train oriented talents, would there be any surprises in the future?

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. The college is a great cause, not focusing on the present, but focusing on the future!

After the establishment of this junior college, the excellent craftsmen of Huben Pavilion can serve as teachers, and set up research projects to fund their research and development. Xiao Rui always believes that as long as they are given a starting point, they will help Xiao Rui move the earth!

Xiao Rui dare not hope to enter the industrial age, but can we expect the steam age in the future? In Xiao Rui's lifetime, he really wants to see that the people in the capital of Dazhao can use steam engines and know what electric lights are!

To unify China is to be one emperor through the ages?

Xiao Rui's ambition is even bigger.

but…

When Jia Xu took out the bills of Huben Pavilion, he heard that there were only three to four hundred thousand taels of silver left in Zhan Shi's mansion. The government is really stretched.

During this period of time, Zhan Shifu spent a lot of money, one was the cost of Huben Pavilion, and the other was Xiao He’s purchase of land, which spent all the silver accumulated by Xiao Rui in the past few years, and even those few boxes of gold were exchanged for silver. , This does not include the support of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce. If the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce did not support it with money, Xiao Rui's little money would have been spent long ago.

Jia Xu laughed and said, "Your Highness, you haven't seen Xiao He now. After seeing him, the first thing he will do is ask you for money!"

Yes, I want money!

In the spring of next year, Zhan Shifu will purchase the corn and potatoes grown by the people in Gyeonggi, and will also give them subsidies. Although these corn and potatoes can be exchanged for money later, Zhan Shifu has to buy them first. Man, that lost the face of the prince Xiao Rui!

Before Xiao Rui left, he said to Xiao He: Money is not a problem, money is a trivial matter, there is no gain if you don’t give up! Don't worry, I will get you money if you don't have money!

This sentence gave Xiao He motivation, so the promotion of corn and potatoes was in full swing, but now Xiao Rui is suffering.

Xiao Rui couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows, and couldn't help complaining.

Of course it is not to blame Xiao He, Xiao He has done a very good job, what's wrong with spending some money, what's wrong! Money is a bastard, we are making money when we spend it!

What Xiao Rui complained about was his father. Tell me, Shen Wansan went through hardships and drifted in the sea. He finally made millions of taels, and his father took half of it in an empty glove White Wolf!

In addition, the money from those corrupt officials who he inspected the state capital before and stole it all flowed into his internal money, who knows how much his internal money is!

Although we are now fighting against Zhao and Qi, the expenses are all paid by the treasury. To put it bluntly, the treasury belongs to the Ministry of Households, not your majesty. Only a little money is squeezed out of the internal funds.

Besides, although wars cost money, but after occupying so many territories and looting so much money, will the treasury be short of money? There are also many treasures that were dedicated to His Majesty, and entered into his inner money!

So it is said that making war fortunes will lead to sudden wealth, and it is true! Now Daxia's treasury and His Majesty's internal funds are absolutely full.

Xiao Rui felt sorry for himself, he looked in his pocket, there was nothing left.

It made him very tasty.

"Aren't I the emperor yet, should I pay the money?" Xiao Rui questioned his soul.

Zhang Liang, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu looked at each other.

Zhang Liang asked him: "Your Highness, can you get money from His Majesty?"

Can you get money from His Majesty?

Got money from His Majesty?

Got money?

money?

...

Xiao Rui restrained his voice and said: "He is the emperor of Daxia, and even the father of this palace. If he doesn't pay, whoever pays! You can't keep cheating on your son. Now the promotion of potatoes and corn, the manufacture of gunpowder, the specialty The construction of the academy, the recruitment hall, the operation of the Huben Pavilion, and the maritime trade, all of them are for my benefit, and they are all for your majesty! So you must ask your majesty to pay for it, and you will get it if you don’t pay!"

Xiao Rui made up his mind.

Zhang Liang and the others didn't want to hurt Xiao Rui's self-confidence, so they could only silently wish him a successful start and get the money. Just one sentence: Come on, Ollie!

Since Xiao Rui was going to ask for silver, he naturally couldn't go empty-handed. He asked Jia Xu to sort out the bills. Since he became the prince, the amount of silver he had spent for the prosperity of the Great Xia was a terrifying 12 million taels. It is one-tenth of the national treasury's revenue for the whole summer!

Can so much silver be piled up into a silver mountain?