After sending away the two anti-rebellion troops, Zhu Youxiao had nothing to do again. Tormented by the boring life, he even secretly regretted it. If he had known that he would go on the expedition himself, why would he stay in the capital?

Originally, he planned to personally lead the people to put down the rebellion, but Xu Guangqi's words gave him away from this idea.

"Your Majesty, now that autumn is approaching, the Governor's Office of Hebei Province has gradually been established and started to operate. Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have also gradually started working. These are all promoted by His Majesty. At this time, Your Majesty left Beijing and something went wrong.

, I can’t decide what to do!”

These are all new things. No one except the emperor knows how to deal with them. If there is a problem, the ministers will not dare to make decisions without permission. They still have to ask the emperor. But the emperor is far away in the south of the Yangtze River. He comes and goes again and again.

It takes countless time and is very inconvenient.

After hearing these words, Zhu Youxiao, who was originally very determined, was shaken. After thinking again and again, he decided to stay in the capital. This was not a major battle against the Jurchens, but a farce caused by a group of landlords and scholars.

It's enough for Li Tao to go. Besides, his subordinates have to be released for training. They can't stay under their own subordinates, otherwise they will not be able to act alone.

In this way, he let his subordinates go, and Zhu Youxiao stayed on his own, but it didn't take long for him to regret it.

"How about going to Tiangong Research Institute?" Zhu Youxiao thought, and without stopping, he turned the corner and went there.

Now that the Tiangong Research Institute has moved to the Imperial City, there is no other way. The information inside is so important that it is not safe to leave it outside. Only putting it in the Imperial City can make people feel at ease.

Besides, when the national standard was formulated, a large amount of paperwork was required. Where could there be so many people who could write in the western suburbs, and only in the capital? So after thinking over and over again, Zhu Youxiao moved it back.

The Tiangong Research Institute is now located at the foot of Meishan Mountain. The environment is quiet and far away from the palace. Even if there is any movement, it will not disturb the rest in the palace.

Of course, the road to Meishan was full of vigilance. After all, this was a commanding height. He didn't want to be shot unknowingly in his sleep one day.

The palace was very large, but after the introduction of four-wheeled carriages, Zhu Youxiao's travel was still very convenient. He arrived at the Tiangong Research Institute in a short time, but after arriving here, Zhu Youxiao regretted coming.

Busy, this place is really too busy. The paperwork craftsmen who are coming and going are all led away. From time to time, there are a few roars coming from some rooms, because they think their paperwork is running too slowly.

Everyone here was focused on doing their own thing, and no one even noticed that the emperor was coming.

"Forget it, there's no need to inform Xu Aiqing, let's go without disturbing them." Zhu Youxiao stopped Liu Ruoyu's notification and left with others.

Not long after he left, Xu Guangqi hurried out of the house in disheveled clothes and walked around the door. He asked doubtfully, "Hey, didn't it say that the emperor is here? Where are the people?"

Seeing that there was really no one at the door, he touched his head and went back muttering to himself. If you listened carefully, you could still hear clearly that what he was mumbling were all mathematical concepts.

After leaving Tiangong Research Institute, Zhu Youxiao was at a loss as he had no place to go.

The army either went out to suppress the rebellion or went out to recruit troops, so the military camp could not go. The governor's office was also very busy now. There was no free space for staff, logistics, training and equipment, and it was not easy to go there. On the inner government side, Xu Guangqi

Even the busy people couldn't see it. Wang Wenyan also finished his work on the salt farm in Changlu, and went down with Li Taonan with his people.

Where are you going to inspect now?

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youxiao couldn't think of any good place to go. He really felt like he was looking around at a loss.

"Wait, there seems to be another place." Zhu Youxiao raised his head and looked to the east, which is where the Tianjin port and shipyard are.

"By the way, let's go there just to take a look and see how the research on new ships is progressing." Zhu Youxiao made the decision as soon as he patted his head, "Just so I have a batch of wood that needs to be transported over here."

"Liu Ruoyu, prepare the frame, I'm going to Tianjin."

His words caused Liu Ruoyu to run away and break his leg. The emperor's travel was a big deal, especially if he was traveling alone instead of following the army. Every aspect had to be taken care of. The guards had to be notified, the Jinyi Guards had to go to the outpost, and the cabinet had to be contacted.

In short, a lot of things.

The cabinet had nothing to say about the emperor's visit to Tianjin. The capital was so close to Tianjin that it only took half a day's horse ride at most to reach him.

The next day, Zhu Youxiao and Liu Ruoyu, who had dark circles on his face, set off slowly under the escort of a thousand cavalry. Behind them was a group of huge carriages, piled with thick logs.

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These timbers were discovered by Zhu Youxiao in the inner warehouse. They were all construction timbers accumulated over the years. This time he dragged them out together and sent them to the shipyard. Anyway, he had no intention of overhauling the palace, so it would be useless if these timbers were piled in the palace.

If it's useless, it's better to send it to shipbuilding.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't even notice Wang Chengen's dead expression when he was dragging these timbers. These were fine and precious timbers, but they were just used by the emperor to build ships. What a waste.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao didn't know this, and he wouldn't care if he knew it. What is the precious wood? Can it be eaten? In his opinion, giant ships and cannons are the real wealth.

A long and mighty convoy arrived in Tianjin. When passing by Tianjin Wei, Zhu Youxiao did not stop, but directly crossed over and headed towards the port.

However, the newly appointed Tianjin prefect followed suit. Tianjin Wei has become history. At this time, it is a prefecture under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province.

After several years of expansion, the port area has become very large, including the entire original shipyard. The entire Tianjin Port is divided into three parts, the military port area, the civilian port area, and the shipyard area.

At present, it seems that Tianjin Port is basically completed, but it looks empty. There are not many ships loading and unloading goods here. The construction team staying here has been disbanded, and the people have been assigned to the Ministry of Industry to build roads.

The person who is now staying at the port in charge of dispatching and commanding is Ding Mian, who was originally the head of the construction team that built the port. This name does seem familiar to Zhu Youxiao. He should be an old man who has been here in Tianjin for a long time.

"Work hard, I will let you into the inner palace after a while." After patting the other party's shoulder, Zhu Youxiao couldn't wait to get into the shipyard, leaving only an excited Ding Mian.

He is in charge of port management, and his identity is very embarrassing. Logically speaking, this should be the jurisdiction of the local government, but the Imperial Navy is stationed here, and the emperor's eyes are often on it. The new Tianjin magistrate would not dare to do it even if he is afraid of it.

Reach out.

Ding Mian is not a soldier, and there is no production factory here. Therefore, neither the Governor's Office nor the Inner Government gave him a reasonable identity. He just did it without any reason, even though everyone was listening to him.

Respectful, but Ding Mian himself is not a good person, he has no official status, and he feels inferior to everyone he meets.

Now it's better, the emperor personally said that he is under the control of the ghost government. With his status, the emperor will definitely give him a high rank, and he can be considered to have a decent background.

Ding Mian sighed in his heart, who would have thought that a poor scholar like himself, who had a broken family, could one day become an official.

"The common people welcome your Majesty, long live our emperor!" As soon as he entered, Zhu Youxiao was greeted by the roar of mountains and tsunamis. The originally dark crowd fell to their knees instantly. It looked very spectacular. Of course, it was also

This made Zhu Youxiao jump.

"Without courtesy!" Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to get everyone up, then frowned and asked, "Who is the person in charge of the shipyard?"

"Grass people...oh no, I am a humble minister." An old man stood up. Judging from his expression, it was obvious that he was not quite accustomed to his new status. This was a normal reaction of many people who were classified as members of the inner palace. In the past, they

He was just a commoner, but he didn't expect that he would be awarded an official status in a blink of an eye. Although it was just a rank, it was equal to the rank of a civilian official. Except for the authority, there was no other difference.

"Are you... Mr. Gao?" Zhu Youxiao said with some uncertainty.

"His Majesty actually still remembers the common people... Weichen is really... really..." Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor still had an impression of him, Gao Laodeng was so excited that he even became confused about who he was.

"I always remember those who work hard and meritorious service." After comforting the other party, he continued to ask, "Didn't I inform you before that there should be no greetings, just stay at your posts."

"Well..." After calming down, Mr. Gao said with some embarrassment, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. These people... all gathered spontaneously. They just... just want to see Your Majesty." After that, he

He glanced carefully, fearing that the emperor would be angry.

Just to take a look at me!

This reason was so powerful that Zhu Youxiao was speechless for a moment. My feelings have become a rare animal that everyone wants to see.

However, this is normal. In the entire Ming Empire, among the hundreds of millions of people, only a handful of them could see the emperor. Only those officials in the capital were able to go to court. Others, even many local officials, had never seen the emperor in their lives.

It's all normal. This is a normal emperor. If you meet someone like Wanli, no more than a thousand of his ministers have met.

Many people, whether they are commoners or gentry, often regard it as a lifetime honor to meet the emperor. After meeting the emperor once, they can talk about it for a lifetime.

Looking at the shipyard workers who were secretly looking at him as if they were looking at aliens, Zhu Youxiao was very powerless and could only wave his hands helplessly, "Let them all disperse. You have already seen them. Go back and start work."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Gao Lao responded, turned around, walked a few steps forward, and roared angrily, "Let's all disperse and go back to our place."
Chapter completed!