Lu Ming

This is an important promise: go through the governance of the country and the hereditary aristocrats, including the legal roots of dividing the cake in the future.So along with Cao Chuan's words, whistles, applause and roars of long live Mr. Cao sounded in the hall instantly.

After making this wish, Cao Chuan made another endorsement as the founding king: When everyone gets old in the future, he will preside over the distribution of the fruits of everyone's hard work—the mountains, rivers and mountains will belong to the country, and the enterprises will belong to the people across the country.

As for the imperial family...the imperial family does not need these.After a long period of time, the mighty transmigration families of today will always disappear in ruins, and the imperial family is the only family present that can live with the country, so the imperial family doesn't want anything, as long as the country's fortune is prosperous.

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After making a wish, you will be appointed as an official.

Xia Xianze was the first to be called forward.

Seeing this old man with a blushing face and big ears approaching him, Cao Chuan couldn't help but recall the first line of conversation between them in Garbage Alley: "Don't go any further, if you want to pee, just stay where you are... "

Things are impermanent, nothing more than this.

After calming down, Cao Chuan patted Lao Xia's shoulder across the table with a smile, and then stacked a copy of the Constitution on a large milky white suet jade seal, and added a short golden scepter , and handed everything over to Xia Xianze: "I now appoint you as the prime minister of the empire, and I will permanently entrust you with the administrative power, the power to appoint and dismiss officials, the power to pardon criminals, and the power of diplomacy."

After Xia Xianze took the prime minister's seal, which symbolized the authority of the government, he lowered his head and bowed: "I will die after doing my best!"

Next, Cao Chuan picked up a bright red chicken blood stone seal from the table: "I now appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the world's soldiers and horses, in charge of the empire's military power."

Xia Xianze bowed to receive the seal.

After the prime minister took office, Cao Chuan then appointed the speaker of the parliament, Luo Lixian, and presented him with the text of the constitution, a small golden hammer and an obsidian seal symbolizing the rights of the parliament.

It should be noted that in the current imperial structure, since there is an emperor who is exempt from all laws, there is no position of "Supreme Justice": the Minister of Justice who is also the President of the High Court is the highest position in the judiciary—this The position is a member of the cabinet, under the prime minister.

At this point, the affairs of the administrative system are considered complete: Xia Xianze will nominate the subsequent second-level officials and the council will decide.

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The following is the closing time.

The 250 cross-travelers stepped forward one by one, and received from the emperor the edict ennobling them as viscounts and a blank Tianhuangshi jade pendant: they could engrave their family emblem on this jade pendant afterwards.

The protracted enfeoffment ceremony took too much time: after receiving the edict, everyone would bow and kneel once to express their submission.

After the whole ceremony was over, Cao Chuan finally emptied the piles of items in front of him, and now only his own things were left: seals, treasures, and seals used by the emperors.

The most important of these seals, and also the largest, is the Zhengyin Jade Seal. Before Fuzhou Station here, it mobilized troops to seal the "Shoushan Township" in the north of Fuzhou City, and extensively excavated near Shoushan Creek. The collected All the Tian Huangshi were transported back to the imperial city.

The jade seal placed on Cao Chuan's table today is carved from a top-grade topaz that is as big as a child's head.

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After all the ceremonies were completed, it was already noon.

Finally relieved, the crossing crowd began to order the fort to fire the second round of salute, and held a grand banquet in the Jianyuan Hall... It was time to "feast the officials".

After the banquet, in the afternoon, after drinking a few sips of beer, the enthusiastic monarchs and ministers began to meet the aboriginal elites under their command... In fact, starting today, these aboriginal elites have been officially called "nationals".

The first citizen who was lucky enough to come to the Jianyuan Temple was naturally the first Zhou Tong Zhou Dazhai Lord in history who had dealt with Emperor Cao.

Zhou Tong came to Cao Chuan with his second brother Chen Huoding and third brother Chu Jianli.

After the two parties met, they were also filled with emotion: I remember the expressions of everyone's astonishment when they met in the mountains back then.But now things are different, and the three heads of Pingfengzhai have become the elites of the empire, heroes who have served the country.

While Cao Chuan was feeling emotional, he gave the three of them wine first, and then gold and silver.

The gold and silver here are not silver ingots, but "Cao Datou" silver dollars with a face value of one garden and the imperial banknotes that will be officially issued soon.

These sample coins were brought by Cao Chuan from later generations. The molds have been prepared and will be issued internally soon.

After rewarding wine, food and money, Cao Chuan awarded the title of "National Scholar" to the three of them, and specially promoted Chen Huoding to the rank of second lieutenant for his contribution to "beheading Zheng Zhihu".

The first group of native elites retreated after receiving the reward.The next person to meet is the representative of the "literati class": Jiang Shang.

This little beggar who was starved to death and rescued by the transversal crowd has now grown into a young man with a refined temperament.

When Jiang Shang came to the emperor and gracefully recited an ancient Chinese "Congratulatory Message", Cao Chuan couldn't help being overjoyed seeing the boy he had "given his name" to, and immediately awarded him the title of "National Scholar" and gave him money banknotes and a gold Marlboro pen.

After Jiang Shang, there is Comrade Nan Wang, code-named "Chemist", a former down-and-out scholar who represented the loyal literati class, and now an agent of the Intelligence Bureau.

Although Cao Chuan was not familiar with Nan Wang, he still had a good impression of this capable scholar in front of him.After that, it was the established procedure: rewarding food and drink, and conferring Nan Wang the title of "National Scholar" on the spot for his achievements in "killing bandits alone".

The fourth group had more people entrusted: the army and the navy each selected [-] elites to come to Jianyuan Hall.

Cao Chuan first conferred the banners of "Royal Navy" and "Royal Army" on Liu Zhe and Han Xiaobo respectively.

Next, he awarded Wei Yuan the banner of "First Battalion of Guards".

After that, it was the individual's turn—representing the soldiers of the army and the soldiers of the navy who came forward to express their loyalty respectively, were two elite young officers, Yang Er and Mao Wu.

Seeing these two young men, Cao Chuan couldn't help laughing.It's true that people can't be judged by their appearance: one is short, the other has a birthmark on his face, and these two people have made military exploits repeatedly and become youth representatives of their respective services.

Naturally, the emperor would not be stingy at this time. After the wine, meat, money, and national scholars were treated, he gave Yang Er the name "Yang Weili" for his contribution to "capturing the bandit leader Lin Shiwan alone".

Mao Wu did the same: Cao Chuanyu gave him the name "Mao Wujian".

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The action of rewarding national elites from all walks of life continued until the time of lighting the lanterns.And when the lanterns first come on, when the emperor ascends the throne, the action of "celestial celebration" is naturally indispensable: fireworks transported from later generations are set off on the imperial city.

This action immediately alarmed the people of the entire Dayuan Island and the Chikan area—when did the aborigines see such beautiful large-scale fireworks?

As a result, the Chikan Avenue facing the Taijiang River was suddenly crowded with people who came out to watch the fireworks.People called friends, shouted, clapped their hands, and laughed. The male worker held the hand of the female worker, and all of them stared intently at the sky above the fairy palace-like imperial city in the distance, looking at the fluffy fireworks. It exploded, and the mouth kept exclamating, and the eyes were full of admiration and desire for a beautiful life.

However, what the people don't know is that while they were cheering and watching the fireworks, a certain monarch and minister standing on the imperial city who were also drinking beer and admiring the beautiful scenery was bleeding in his heart... Yes, every time fireworks Once in the sky, most people's hearts are bleeding.

You know, including the cost of enthroning horses, cars, gift bags, fireworks, rewards, various documents and keepsakes, etc., the crossing forces have used up at least four months of import quota.

That is to say, the "maneuvering quota" accumulated by the traversers before has disappeared with the emperor's ascension to the throne.

So from now on, at least in three to four months, all "high-tech" projects that travel through the society need to be stopped until enough motorized transportation credits are accumulated.

So, whenever the fireworks go up to the sky, the hearts of the gentlemen are bleeding...

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At this point, the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Cao is completely over.

And with the completion of this simple, chaotic, and loopy ceremony, the giant ship of the New Empire also formally straightened out its internal relations and embarked on the journey of setting sail.

As for the details of the first half of the enthronement ceremony, it will become the top secret of the empire in the future: it is too sloppy, and the future ruler of the empire will be ashamed to reveal the truth.

Of course, the rough procedures are only limited to this generation of time-travelers.

In fact, it didn't take many years - only 150 years later, the grand occasion of Cao Chuan's great-granddaughter's coronation was broadcast live globally; 80% of the people in the empire witnessed the live broadcast, the complicated etiquette and steps, the grand ceremony The scene, the majestic military parade, these are not what the traversers who are perfunctorily shouting slogans in the hall today could have expected.

In short, the emperor ascended the throne and the empire was established.

Volume [-] Edge

Chapter 311 The Plague

Along with the rapid population expansion, the number of main roads leading from Chikan to the industrial areas in the west also increased to three.

Except for the first road which is made of cement, the other two are paved with asphalt.There is no shortage of bitumen these days: the poor oil processing capacity of the petrochemical sector is the culprit behind the massive production of bitumen.

Including all kinds of "No. 50" gasoline, a lot of jokes have been made on Miao Su's side in a short period of time. Titles such as "Venezuela in the 17th century" are no longer news on the forum.

However, there is no way for Petrochemical.With the current industrial capacity of Traveling Country, if you want to turn dark crude oil into various refined oils, you can only use atmospheric distillation, so it is normal to have a lot of waste products.

If you want to further process and refine petroleum, you need these processes of hydrocracking.However, these processes require all kinds of pressure vessels and pipes... The industrial party kneels at the mention of the word "pressure".

Any kind of pressure vessel is essentially a bomb.Whether it is a pressure cooker or a gas tank, these things cannot be produced without a mature industrial system.If you force the horse, just wait for the serial bombs.

Through the crowd, there is no lighting welding process, no qualified steel materials, and even normal pressure valves. A certain force wants to produce huge and higher-level petrochemical equipment, which is tantamount to fantasy.

Petrochemical equipment is the pearl of industry. Even a small chemical plant, all kinds of corrosion-resistant towers, kettles, tanks, valves, and pipelines are not within the reach of poor and white powers.

Those rich oil-producing countries in later generations seem to produce millions of barrels of crude oil per day, but the refined oil they use for their own use is still imported.The petrochemical industry can only be played by hooligans. For example, high-tech ethylene complete sets of equipment, even the rabbits, did not break the patent monopoly until the beginning of the 21st century.

Therefore, there is a reason why Venezuela has become like that. Without the support of the manufacturing industry, the country will always be duckweed in the wind.

And the crossing country is similar now: child laborers in Syria burn firewood to distill crude oil under an open-air tin cabinet, and oil workers in Miaosu do the same. The difference is that Miaosu is full of forests and there is enough firewood.

This primitive distillation method is standard at the beginning stage...don't worry about shame, Rockefeller also did it in the beginning.

Poor refining capacity is the culprit for high asphalt production.Miaosu now produces only 1 ton of gasoline, diesel, lubricating oil, and kerosene every day. Those who hear it are really sad and those who hear it cry.

Most of the crude oil is turned into asphalt, which is spread on roads.This mirror-smooth building material is nothing more than a consolation to the more useful petrol and diesel...  

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In mid-December 1628, more than a month after a certain person ascended the throne, in the afternoon, Ermalu.

Generally speaking, every morning and evening is the time when the road utilization rate is the highest: tens of thousands of commuting workers will occupy the road like a tide, and the scene is very spectacular.

Today is no exception.On the slippery road, there was a chug noise, and a commuter car emitting faint black smoke was slowly passing by.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, it is the laziest time: the workers returning home from shifts sit lazily in the car, the road is empty and uncrowded; The Lagoon is home before you know it.

This kind of gas commuter car with a string of open plank carriages hanging behind it is already the second-generation model.Thanks to the increasing metal processing technology in the kiln district base, the early wooden-wheeled vehicles were replaced by steel-wheeled vehicles, and the early shock-absorbing leaf springs were replaced by springs thicker than the little finger. Coupled with the smooth asphalt road surface, passengers Our driving experience has been greatly improved - at least not broken hemorrhoids.

Just as the No. 0137 commuter car was slowly driving from north to south, a horse-drawn carriage came across the road with the sound of hooves.

With the attitude of "everything must be standardized" across the board, this carriage is no exception.

The carriage numbers are written on the carriages, and the standard carriages belonging to the bus company are Western-style four-wheeled vehicles.This type of vehicle consists of two naive horses in front side by side, they are fastened with leather ropes, and the coachman sitting in the front of the carriage is riding the horses with ease - he only needs to shake the leather rope and whisper. Control the horse.

Traditional Chinese vehicles are hard shafts.That kind of cart has only two wheels, and the shaft is supported on the shoulders of the horse with hard wood. The horse not only bears the force of dragging the vehicle forward, but also bears part of the downward gravity of the vehicle and the groom sitting on the shaft.

This has resulted in the slow speed of the carriage, the fatigue of the horse and the low transportation efficiency.

However, the Western-style carriages that use soft cables to transmit the pulling force do not have this problem: the horses are only responsible for the forward drag force, and the weight of the body and passengers is all borne by the four wheels.

Anyone who has watched Western movies knows that whether it is a carriage pulling a box on the streets of London or a caravan in the western pioneering of the United States, it is a four-wheel structure suitable for long-distance transportation.

Right now, Da Yuan is no exception: all the rough horses bought from Daming in the crossing country are equipped with standard four-wheeled freight carriages.

When the driver pulling a cart of white radishes saw the driver of the commuter car, he waved his hands from afar. When the two sides were about to cross each other, the driver threw a white radish the size of a fist: "Old Wang, try the radish. When there is a lot of water, the land can only be harvested!"

The driver, Old Wang, stretched out his hand. He didn't want to miss the carrot, but was picked up by the worker in the carriage behind him.Several workers laughed, each one took a bite, and the radish was killed with a click.The driver laughed and yelled at the groom: "Go to your house for a drink at night!"

"Don't come at night, let's meet in the cafeteria!" As the groom drove away, a crucial message floated over: "Swine fever in Seven Bridges!"

"Ah! Swine fever again!?" After receiving this information, everyone including the driver and passengers burst into joy.The next moment, Pharaoh, who was wearing indigo canvas work clothes, turned on the power of the gas generator to the maximum, so the speed of the front of the car quickly picked up, and the whole string of carriages was dragged happily towards the terminal "Seven Bridges".

"Seven Bridges" is a place name.As one of the countless small bridges built by crossers on the Tainan Plain, the "Seven Bridges" are very inconspicuous.The only thing that people can remember is probably the pig farm near Seven Bridges.

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While the commuter bus was on its way to the terminal, a motorcycle was speeding past on the "Seven Bridges" built of prefabricated concrete panels.

This is a Harley motorcycle.The classic elevated body, flowing leather ears, and riders wearing leather jackets and leather boots, the strong hippie smell can be smelled from a long distance.

The only discordant thing is: the one sitting behind the rider wearing sunglasses is not a chick with her butt up, but an iron cage... There are two black-skinned piggies screaming in it.

After passing the Seventh Bridge, the motorcycle continued to roar all the way. After leaving a smell of gasoline on the coastal plain in the 17th century, it didn't take long for the motorcycle to plunge into the simple Seventh Bridge Pig Farm.

With a "squeak" scream, the solid tire of the motorcycle left a black scratch on the ground, and Huo Xiong rolled over and got off the car.

Huo Xiong is a man with dark skin and thick eyebrows, a fleshy face, a tall and strong body, a motorcycle jacket is tightly worn by him, with a pistol on the back waist and a dagger on the back of the boots, he looks like a villain.

However, no one would have imagined that such a daring car gang, his real identity is a 985 biology graduate student of Shanda University.

Seeing the four pig farm workers, three men and one woman trembling in front of him, Huo Xiong angrily threw the iron cage containing the piglets over: "Where's the corpse?"

"In the backyard!" The one who hurriedly took over the iron cage was a man in his thirties with a face full of pain.This man's name is Yamane, and he is the manager of the pig farm - he takes care of his wife and two other employees.

Hearing the words, Huo Xiong pushed aside the roots of the mountain, strode around to the backyard to have a look, and suddenly became angry: four black-haired second senior brothers lay neatly on the ground.

"Didn't you say three heads!?" Huo Xiong turned his head with an unfriendly expression.

"Fang... just fell down again, just before you walked in."

"Am I the God of Plague?" Huo Xiong burst into anger when he heard that this guy couldn't speak, and kicked him.

Seeing that Shan Gen, who had been prepared for a long time, dodged deftly, Huo Xiong snorted angrily: "Bring the knife."

Shan Gen's wife, a short, dark-skinned woman, lowered her head and handed Huo Xiong a butcher's knife.After holding the knife and snorting coldly, Huo Xiong turned around and squatted down, and began to dissect the four black pigs.

In fact, there is no need for extensive dissection.These four dead pigs had purple spots on their skin, bleeding spots on the base of the ears, abdomen, inner thighs, and eyelids, rotten pig intestines, and blood in the pig manure... It didn't take long for Huo Xiong to determine the cause of death of the second brother: classic pig plague.

Standing up and patting his forehead, someone knew that he was busy now.

"How many are still alive?"

"The ones with three and a half heads are raised in separate pens."

"Still divided into columns, divided into farts!"

As Huo Xiong said, he came to the pigsty and carefully inspected the three sub-adult pigs that were still alive.