Great Wei scholar

"Old Zhang, I need to find you."

When Xu Qingxiao opened her mouth, she seemed extremely casual.

Inside the room, Zhang Jing looked at Xu Qingxiao angrily, but said nothing.

"what happened?"

"Old Zhang, this time the Ministry of Punishment asked for travel expenses, how much did the Ministry of Households give?"

Xu Qingxiao asked.

"A few million taels, that miser Gu Yan, how much do you think he will give?"

Mentioning this, Zhang Jing became a little annoyed.

"Want more?"

Xu Qingxiao picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked seriously.

"Eh? Any ideas?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jing regained his spirits.

"Let's talk about the number first."

Xu Qingxiao didn't answer, but asked Zhang Jing to tell the number.

"1000 taels!"

Zhang Jing plucked up his courage and said a bold number.

"Oh." Xu Qingxiao sighed, then looked at Zhang Jing and said.

"I finally understand why the Ministry of Criminal Justice is failing, Lao Zhang, you are so cautious even in your dreams, you are simply useless."

Xu Qingxiao said with a little emotion.

But Zhang Jing snorted coldly and said, "Don't play tricks here, just say what you have."

"That's fine, I'll just say it straight. I created the water truck. If you agree to His Majesty's construction of the water truck, I will allocate an additional 500 million taels of silver from the Ministry of Households to the Ministry of Punishment at this time next year. Is that okay?"

Xu Qingxiao cut to the chase.

"Five million taels?"

"You didn't frighten me?"

Zhang Jing swallowed, as if he had never seen silver.

"It's just more and less, you don't believe me?"

Xu Qingxiao asked back.

"Okay! Anyway, if you can't do it, then you can go back to the Ministry of Punishment."

Zhang Jing readily agreed.

An additional 500 million taels?Who doesn't agree to this?With this amount of money, the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice can at least live in a better restaurant when they are on business trips, so they won't live in some poor places every time, right?

"gone."

Xu Qingxiao came and left quickly.

It was very simple to deal with Zhang Shangshu, and 500 million taels were sent directly.

This kind of person is worthless.

"Leave? Don't you want some tea?"

"Shouren, be careful on the road."

"Be careful."

Zhang Jing shouted, but quickly responded suddenly.

"Shouren made the waterwheel?"

"Good guy, no wonder it's so beautiful, tsk tsk, Shouren, Shouren, you are really a blessing to the Great Wei."

Zhang Jing muttered to himself.

Then he muttered again.

"This Li Yanlong, don't be ashamed. It was obviously made by Shouren. Do you have to say he made it? Shame on you."

he muttered.

Two quarters later.

Xu Qingxiao came to the Ministry of Officials.

It's also a rule, but the method is also very direct.

Just give money.

Chen Zhengru was not moved, but after hearing Xu Qingxiao admit that the water truck was made by him, he started to negotiate the price.

It has to be said that Chen Zhengru deserved to be the prime minister, and he asked for 5000 million taels, but Xu Qingxiao lowered it to 3000 million taels, and it would be bad if it was too much.

Chen Zhengru agreed, so Xu Qingxiao left again, rushing to Anguo Gongfu.

On the way, Xu Qingxiao compared Chen Zhengru and Zhang Jing.

Well, Zhang Shangshu is really worthless.

And after Xu Qingxiao left, Chen Zhengru couldn't help but smile slightly.

"This waterwheel was indeed made by Xu Qingxiao."

"Li Yanlong has no such ability."

He was talking to himself, and what he said was ugly, but the implication was that Li Yanlong didn't have such a brain.

Just like that, another two quarters of an hour later.

Xu Qingxiao has arrived at Duke Anguo's mansion.

Chapter 126: Great Wei Wenquxing, Hua Xingyun visits!First confrontation!

The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishments, and the Ministry of Officials.

All three sectors have been resolved.

Now it's the line of military officers.

Xu Qingxiao asked Li Jian and Li Kang to deliver the letter, and said hello in advance.

At this time, just outside Duke Ango's mansion, the housekeeper of Duke Ango's mansion immediately came to meet Xu Qingxiao with great enthusiasm.

"Master Xu, you are here! The master is waiting for you inside."

The housekeeper of the Duke's Mansion came over with a smile and welcomed Xu Qingxiao inside.

"it is good."

Xu Qingxiao followed the butler all the way, and soon came to the courtyard.

At this time, not only An Guogong, but also Qi Guogong and Lu Guogong, as well as several Marquis.

"My nephew, Xu Qingxiao, has met the three princes."

"Brother Yu, I have met you brothers."

Xu Qingxiao came over and bowed to everyone, very humble.

"Nephew Shouren, it's not that uncle is talking about you, you are talking about it yourself, how long has it been since you sat with uncle?"

"Yeah, these days, hang around with those civil servants, those civil servants, don't they have a dirty heart? If you get so close to them, aren't you afraid that they will harm you?"

"Don't scare nephew Shouren, but nephew Shouren, should I say it or not, you really didn't come to see us old guys."

The three state officials said that they were not really angry with Xu Qingxiao, but just complained slightly.

After all, Xu Qingxiao is from the same line as their military officers, so it stands to reason that he should be closer to them.

"Uncles, you really can't blame me. You can see what happened during this period of time. I'm tired too, otherwise I would have come to the door long ago."

"And what my nephew does, I'm afraid that my uncles will be hurt."

Xu Qingxiao said with a mournful face, he knew that the line of military officers had some opinions on him, but there was nothing he could do about it.

His Majesty asked him to go to the Ministry of Punishment, and then to the Ministry of Household Affairs. So many things happened in between, how did he come here?

"Involvement? What's the impediment?"

"Shouren, you are just too good at being a human being."

"Okay, Shouren, sit down, what's the purpose of bringing us old guys and you brothers together today?"

The princes spoke, but Duke An still suppressed the situation. Xu Qingxiao asked them to gather together because there must be something important to discuss, otherwise it would be impossible to visit suddenly and invite everyone to come together.

Hearing what An Guogong said, Xu Qingxiao stopped exchanging pleasantries.

"Three uncles, brothers, Qingxiao's visit this time brings great news."

Xu Qingxiao said seriously.

"What good news?"

People were curious.

Still great news?

"Northern Expedition!"

Xu Qingxiao said two words calmly.

For an instant, everyone held their breath and looked at Xu Qingxiao.

What does the military officer want most now?Isn't it the Northern Expedition?

But if the Northern Expedition is really going to happen, they all know that it won't work in a short period of time, not even a small war.

However, Xu Qingxiao suddenly said about the Northern Expedition, and it was great news, which made everyone pay attention to it.

"Qingxiao, just say it straight, don't beat around the bush."

An Guogong was the first to speak out, telling Xu Qingxiao not to beat around the bush and just say what he had to say.

"Uncle, brothers, I believe everyone knows who Qingxiao supports. If nothing else, there is no doubt about the word Man Jianghong, right?"

"Jingcheng is ashamed, and Qingxiao's biggest dream in this life is to go to the north and slaughter all the barbarians."

"I think about it day and night, don't look at these days, I'm close to those civil servants, but for what? It's not for breaking into the enemy's interior."

"A few days ago, His Majesty was going to talk about the Northern Expedition, and Qing Xiao stayed up all night excitedly, but when His Majesty launched the waterwheel project, Qing Xiao also stayed up all night, and was even a little ashamed."

Xu Qingxiao opened his mouth and said so.

"Ashamed? Nephew Shouren, what are you ashamed of?"

Qi Guogong couldn't help but interrupted and asked.

"Back to Uncle Qi, this waterwheel project was created by Qingxiao."

"Back then, Nanyu Mansion was fined [-]% of the tax by His Majesty. Qing Xiao felt ashamed, so she researched the water tanker, hoping to benefit the common people, but she never expected that His Majesty would value it, and she was willing to invest so much money."

"So Qingxiao is ashamed."

Xu Qingxiao blamed herself a little.

But when he said this, everyone was shocked.

"You made the waterwheel?"

"No way, brother Shouren, you made this waterwheel?"

"I thought it was Li Yanlong who made it, but I didn't expect it to be you."

"Think about it carefully, Li Yanlong, an old fellow, how could he come up with such a thing, brother Shouren, you are really smart."

Everyone was shocked. They were prejudiced against the waterwheel, but even with prejudice, they knew that the waterwheel could indeed increase crop production, but they didn't think it could double the grain production.

So in comparison, the Northern Expedition is better.