little fool's child bride

Xiao Xiao really didn't expect that being a prime minister would be so troublesome, and she would have to worry about so many things.He originally thought that there were six ministries, and at most he just had nothing to do to approve memorials and go to the ministries to inspect them from time to time, but he didn't expect to ask him for instructions even when villagers rioted in some places.At first he always felt that Liu Ziming was very busy. During that time, he sympathized with Liu Ziming who vomited while reading the memorial every day, but seeing Xiao Xiao, who was already dead at night and the military expenditure slip handed over by the Ministry of War had not been approved, almost stopped crying. Feel the fear of not finishing homework.In two hours, he had to get up again, and Xiao Xiao hadn't slept for two consecutive days.

Before Jiang Muyu entered the door, he found Xiao Xiao's light was still on. Confused, he pushed the door and went in, only to find Xiao Xiao who was dozing off at his desk.The brush in his hand drew a series of unknown symbols on the paper, Jiang Muyu reluctantly planned to hug him to the bed, but he suddenly woke up.

"I haven't finished editing yet..." Xiao Xiao struggled in a daze, but soon fell into sleep again.The feeling of exhaustion from not sleeping for two days was too strong, Xiao Xiao couldn't resist at all, she just turned over on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Xiao Xiao was woken up by Jiang Muyu the next day.It was already bright outside, and Jiang Muyu was sitting at the table reading a book. When she saw Xiao Xiao opened her eyes, she put down the book in her hand and helped him get up.Xiao Xiao shook her drowsy head, he didn't notice that it was Jiang Muyu who helped him up, but murmured that he must be late.

"Not late, I asked for sick leave for you."

Jiang Muyu stayed at Xiao Xiao's place last night. In the morning, the maid came to wake Xiao Xiao up, but he stopped him, and then asked for sick leave for Xiao Xiao when he went to court.Liu Ziming also knew that Xiao Xiao's new job might not be enough, so he didn't ask too much, but only cared a few words, and rewarded Xiao Xiao with a lot of precious medicinal materials to make up his body.After Jiang Muyu returned to the prime minister's mansion, he wanted to have a good talk with Xiao Xiao, otherwise his body would collapse if he couldn't do it this year.

"It's just that I'm a little busy since I just took office," Xiao Xiao blushed, he didn't expect to be scolded by Jiang Muyu, "All the exams and school exams are piled up together, so I've been sleeping late these few days."

Jiang Muyu narrowed her eyes: "Did you sleep late or did you not sleep?"

Xiao Xiao faltered and couldn't speak, Jiang Muyu sighed helplessly, and then asked Wu Lin outside the door to quickly bring the medicinal soup.He knew that Xiao Xiao didn't like bitter things, so he carefully went to the dessert house to buy a small cake on the way to court, so that Xiao Xiao could suppress the bitter taste in his mouth.

"You still understand me," Xiao Xiao felt sublimated and full of strength after eating the dessert, "Sure enough, you should eat dessert when you are depressed. Science is the truth!"

Seeing Xiao Xiao's contentment, Jiang Muyu was also happy in her heart, and heard Xiao Xiao's depression, so she moved out those business affairs that Xiao Xiao didn't finish last night.

"This is the military expense bill of each city," Xiao Xiao saw that Jiang Muyu was curious, so he explained to him, "Needless to say, Taicheng, Fengcheng and Youcheng, there are not many troops stationed there, and the local economy is good, so The demand is small; although Mingcheng and Ancheng fought last year, they did not hurt the root cause, and the local economy is good, so there are not many. But Xiangcheng is really a problem, its own economy is not good, and it is in deficit every year; Most of the city was destroyed by the prairie army in the war last year, so now it is all supported by the imperial court, and the military expenditure is more than the sum of the other cities."

Needless to say, Baiyu's garrison had food to eat, they could solve the problem by farming their own land, and even generate income.It's a pity that Xiangcheng is poor and has many mountains, so the food produced cannot feed so many people, and it all depends on the government's appropriation.It’s just that Xiao Xiao used to think that at any rate there were fruits to generate income, and the garrison in Xiangcheng would not be too poor, but when he saw that the military expenditure included the food alone, which cost several 10 taels of military expenditure every year, he realized that Jiang Muyu’s previous How hard it is for this Xiangcheng commander-in-chief.

"It's a lot less." Jiang Muyu said with certainty.

When Jiang Muyu first went to Xiangcheng to be the commander-in-chief, it was the most difficult time for the Xiangcheng garrison.The appropriation from the imperial court did not come down, there were riots everywhere in Xiangcheng, and the entire military camp looked lifeless.Later, Jiang Muyu took the lead to go hunting in the mountains, to attack those bandits' lairs, and to rebuild the military camp and Xiangcheng, and the situation improved a lot.Later, after the appropriation from the imperial court came down, Jiang Muyu and Feiyun Army took all the soldiers to reclaim the wasteland, which revived the entire army camp.But it was not without benefits, at least Jiang Muyu, who shared weal and woe with everyone and stood in front of the soldiers in everything, successfully won the respect of everyone and won the hearts of the soldiers.Therefore, after Xiao Xiao proposed military-civilian cooperation to herd sheep and plant trees, they all rushed to go because they knew that Jiang Muyu would not harm them.

To be honest, Jiang Muyu misses the days in Xiangcheng very much.Because at that time, everyone was willing to follow him because he was Jiang Muyu, not because these people in the royal city had to obey because of his position and his relationship with the emperor and the prime minister.He wanted to wait a year later, when Bai Yu was stable, he would go back to Xiangcheng with Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao was busy with his career, and he was guarding the border with those people.The sky is high and the emperor is far away, so he doesn't have to worry about who he will offend when he goes to court every day, and he doesn't have to worry about whether Xiao Xiao has a good meal when he is not around.

"Let's go to Xiangcheng in a year, okay?" Jiang Muyu hugged Xiao Xiao, talking about her future plans, "With me here, the grassland army will not even think about stepping into Baiyu territory; with you here, Baiyu doesn't have to worry The treasury is empty."

"You think too highly of me!" Xiao Xiao poked his head with a smile, "But you're right, it's really good for us to go to Xiangcheng, after all, I threw all my belongings there..."

Xiao Xiao knows that Youcheng and Wangcheng are the best areas for development, but since Jiang Muyu wants to go to Xiangcheng, he can go anywhere.Anyway, he doesn't want to be king or hegemony, or become the richest man in the world, as long as he doesn't lack money, he thinks it's enough.The two talked privately for a while, and Xiao Xiao didn't get out of bed until after noon.

"I got a group of students from the academy, and I plan to ask them to help me," Xiao Xiao explained to Jiang Muyu, "I want to get the steam engine out, and this is the real way to change the world."

The steam engine is something that Xiao Xiao hopes to produce since the time he traveled, because it is an artifact that allows human beings to truly get rid of relying on human power for everything.It's just that although Xiao Xiao is a physics student, she only knows the theory, but she can't do it, so she hasn't been able to do it for a long time.Originally, he had expected the Ministry of Industry to help him out, but those old men were not at all like these students who had been baptized by Xiao Xiao's physics knowledge from the very beginning, they were either confused or sneered.That's why Xiao Xiao wanted to set up her own "Ministry of Industry", and hand over any inventions she wanted to make to these students in the future.

These students are all elites who have passed Xiao Xiao's rigorous examination like the college entrance examination.In this one year, they have already mastered Xiao Xiao's mathematics and physics knowledge from primary school to university for more than ten years, and even dabbled in chemistry and biology. If they are put in the modern genius class, they will be scrambled by all famous schools. teenager.Now that they realize Xiao Xiao's ideas, Xiao Xiao thinks there is a 90.00% possibility, and the remaining [-]% is because they can't find the materials.

Sure enough, in less than a month, this group of extremely clever diners produced the steam engine that Xiao Xiao mentioned, although it was different from Xiao Xiao's imagination.So Xiao Xiao took time out of her busy schedule to find out how they improved, and when the final product came out, Xiao Xiao immediately sent it to the emperor.Liu Ziming appreciated it greatly, and planned to send it to the Ministry of Industry for research purposes, but Xiao Xiao took out the model train that had already been produced.

"As long as there is coal, this car can use the steam engine to drive on the railway," Xiao Xiao showed a proud smile, "Just like the transport of fruits from Xiangcheng, you have to worry about bumps when using a carriage, and the horses and people have to rest. So it will take at least a month to get to this royal city. But if it is transported by train, then firstly, the load will be much more than that of a horse-drawn carriage, and secondly, it can travel day and night, and only need to change the person who adds coal."

Of course Liu Ziming was moved when he heard this. After all, there is a saying that goes well, "If you want to get rich, build roads first."If the transportation can be greatly improved, then he will not have to worry about the price of goods in various places, and he will not have to worry about the delivery of materials during wars.He needn't worry--

"If a train can be connected between the two countries," Liu Ziming's fingertips were trembling, "then not only can we show them the strength of our Baiyu, but we can also use the materials brought by the train to control them, especially if there is no unification." The tribes of the grasslands..."

Xiao Xiao praised Liu Ziming in his heart that he is worthy of being a leader. Although he doesn't know much about economics, he already understands what is called macro-control and what is called cultural output.This train is not because of their great kindness, but because they intend to let other countries submit spontaneously without bloodshed.

"But no money."

It's a pity that Liu Ziming returned to reality in the next second, that is, the national treasury is empty, and there is no money for building trains at all.Railways Railways, as the name suggests, are iron-paved roads. When salt and iron are still monopolized, how can the country have so much money to buy iron-skinned trains?Steam engines can indeed change the world, but if trains are made as soon as they come up, then this change may go bankrupt due to lack of money.

"So I still have a whole set of design drawings for the renovation of all the existing workshops, would you like to take a look?" Xiao Xiao smiled, her eyes shining brightly, "This is an improved textile machine, it doesn't need manpower, just machinery. Here's the steel mill, here's the flour mill . . . the steam engine can power them, work day and night, and all we need is a lot of coal and workers to add coal—"