When Prince Su Shu left Qianqing Palace, he was blown away by the wind outside.
He felt that his back was soaked with sweat.
Prince Su Shu knew his father's habits of doing things. Before meeting his father, he had already prepared a draft of the questions that his father would most likely ask.
He didn't expect his father to ask such a pointed question.
Even if he has a draft in advance, he still needs to carefully choose words and sentences to express his own meaning clearly.
Prince Su Shu sat on the car seat, and his whole body relaxed. Due to the excessive use of his brain, his brain was now a little groggy.
The car was traveling very slowly on the road to the palace, and Prince Su Shu was so confused that he almost fell asleep in his seat.
After the bodyguard Dong Yunhan, a part-time driver, parked the car, he reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, we have arrived at the East Palace."
When Prince Su Shu stepped out of the car, he saw the three princesses waiting eagerly outside the gate of the East Palace.
He immediately focused his attention on Zhao Qingxue.
Zhao Qingxue was the only princess waiting on the stool. The month in her belly showed that it was already eight or nine months old. She stood up with the help of the maid.
Before Prince Su Shu left the capital, Crown Princess Zhao Qingxue had already been diagnosed with a positive pulse and had pregnancy symptoms.
He was just about to get the other two princesses pregnant when he was sent to Nanyang by an imperial decree from his father.
He immediately walked forward quickly, held Crown Princess Zhao Qingxue's arm, and whispered softly: "Qingxue, you should rest in your room more and try not to leave the room, which may cause accidents."
The two princesses, Li Xiyue and Huang Caiwei, looked at this scene with envy, only blaming their stomachs for not living up to expectations.
Prince Su Shu was the one who cared most about the child in Zhao Qingxue's belly.
In order to prevent the death of the emperor, the imperial royal family caused political turmoil in the empire, such as the situation in the Jingtai and Zhengde dynasties in the former Ming Dynasty.
Unless the emperor died suddenly and suddenly, allowing a young prince to ascend the throne.
Under normal circumstances, the prince will be examined to see if he is a childless person.
If a prince has been sleeping with his wife and concubines for several years and still has nothing to do with him, he will definitely not be allowed to inherit the throne.
The status of Prince Su Shu is already stable, but if he has no offspring for a few years, his status will become unstable, and his position as prince will be in danger.
Zhao Qingxue gave birth to a girl, which could solve the crisis that Prince Su Shu is facing now.
If Zhao Qingxue gives birth to a boy, his status will be more stable.
Prince Su Shu helped Crown Princess Zhao Qingxue enter the main hall and sit down.
He saw the envious and slightly jealous eyes of Li Xiyue and Huang Caiwei.
He looked at the two of them and said: "I will return to the capital this time and will not go to other places in a short time. You will definitely get what you want."
Li Xiyue's face was flushed, and she said in a mosquito-like voice: "Yeah, yeah."
Huang Caiwei lowered her head and kept rubbing the corners of her clothes with her hands, not daring to look at anyone else.
When Prince Su Shu saw that it was already evening, he immediately ordered the kitchen to serve the food and they had a dinner together.
The sumptuous meal was quickly served, and Crown Princess Zhao Qingxue specifically ordered that the wine be replaced with tea.
Seeing Prince Su Shu's questioning eyes, she immediately explained: "Husband, during this period, I used mathematical methods to help my mother count some medical cases and find common characteristics among them.
It was found that the children born to alcoholic men are physically weak and the number of children who survive to adulthood is far lower than that of normal children. Children of alcoholics are also prone to malformations.
Especially giving alcohol to children can easily cause them to become stupid.
Alcohol is not a good thing among people who are preparing to have children. "
Prince Su Shu immediately listened to the advice. While he was preparing to have a child, he would never drink alcohol.
If his child has deformities, it will have a huge impact on his reputation.
His brothers will never let go of this good opportunity.
While Prince Su Shu was eating, he briefly told his wives about his experiences in Nanyang and Fuzhou.
He had previously known about Zhao Qingxue's experience during this period.
Because she was pregnant, before Prince Su Shu left, she had to be taken care of by the maid sent by Queen Wang Wenjun.
All her work was suspended, and Queen Wang Wenjun stopped Zhao Qingxue from getting too bored.
Queen Wang Wenjun specially took out some hospital data and asked Zhao Qingxue to sort out the internal patterns of these data.
This work is not difficult, as long as you are careful, you can do it well.
The most important point is that this is a job that cannot be rushed even if it is wanted to.
Prince Su Shu looked at Li Xiyue and Huang Caiwei and asked, "Xiyue, Caiwei, please tell us about the recent situation."
The reason why he asked this was because Zhao Qingxue was pregnant. In the East Palace, Li Xiyue was in charge of the outside and Huang Caiwei was in charge of the inside.
Huang Caiwei put down the dishes and chopsticks, and she said first: "Husband, everything in the East Palace is as usual, there is no emergency.
Pay monthly wages to the guards and maids in the East Palace, and visit orphans in orphanages and orphaned veterans.
Every once in a while, he would regularly contact the wives of officials who preferred the East Palace and hold tea parties and dances.
All the income and expenditure of the concubine in the East Palace have been clearly recorded, and the husband can check it at any time. "
Li Xiyue followed up and said: "While my husband is away, I will be temporarily in charge of the company in the East Palace.
Sales of wireless telegraph machines were booming, but because the high-end market was nearly saturated, the number of machines sold each month was limited.
I couldn't leave the workers idle, so I immediately asked the technicians to make some cheaper wireless telegraph machines, which cost ten thousand taels of silver coins.
This kind of wireless telegraph has shorter communication distance and less sensitive signal reception.
However, due to the low price, they were sold out quickly after being launched.
Other industries in the East Palace are still developing slowly as before, only the insurance industry is expanding rapidly.
When a car is replaced with a diesel engine, it will be more powerful and faster.
Steam engine cars, which were originally slow and slow, were very safe on the road.
Diesel engines are extremely fast and can easily cause accidents.
Even if it is a wealthy family, if they hit something valuable, it will be extremely painful for them to pay compensation.
I took the opportunity to open up boat insurance to cars.
After Sister Zhao’s calculations, this business is guaranteed to make a profit. "
After Prince Su Shu heard this, he immediately praised happily: "Xiyue, Caiwei, you did a good job."
When he heard that the insurance business was expanding and cars could also be insured, Le was speechless.
The most profitable business of the East Palace is not the wireless telegraph machine.
It was the insurance business. Prince Su Shu never thought that this business could attract so much money.
Li Xiyue is extremely capable and takes the initiative to expand insurance business.
Prince Su Shu could already predict how many silver coins the insurance income would bring to the East Palace.
If he has money, he can do many things. Even if he uses money to buy prestige, it doesn't hurt at all.
Prince Su Shu suddenly thought that when he returned to the Forbidden City, he saw cars queuing up to refuel.
He told the story and then asked: "I have asked Nanyang to produce more oil and transport it to the imperial port for refining into diesel.
Under normal circumstances, there is no shortage of diesel. Do you know why there is a shortage of diesel? "
Huang Caiwei shook her head. She didn't even know about the shortage of diesel. She had never been short of fuel when traveling in the East Palace.
Li Xiyue raised her eyebrows, and she guessed: "Husband, it may be the reason for the increase in the number of cars.
When I was in Beijing before, I could only see three or two cars when I went out.
As major companies are making cars with extremely high profits, they are building cars to join this market.
The price of cars continues to drop, resulting in cars becoming more common on the streets.
If there are too many cars, there will definitely not be enough diesel. "
Su Shu shook his head. He knew how much oil was transported.
Loss in the refining process and doubling the number of cars are not the real reasons for the shortage of diesel.
Prince Su Shu is now extremely worried that some corrupt officials have misappropriated the diesel fuel.
If the reason for the lack of oil cannot be found, it means that the prince Su Shu is not doing things well.
The reason why he went to Nanyang was to solve the diesel shortage problem.
The smuggling gang headed by the Wu family has been destroyed, but the problem is not solved, so this matter is not perfect.
Prince Su Shu knew that the princess did not understand this situation.
He asked the Crown Princess to go back to her palace to rest.
Prince Su Shu immediately left the palace and went to his old place to meet his confidant, cabinet minister Han Cuibai.
It is impossible to receive him in the East Palace. Cabinet ministers frequently meet with the prince. This kind of thing is to give information to the enemy.
As a cabinet minister, Han Cuibai was very familiar with the changes in the court during this period.
Prince Su Shu understands these details so that he can advance and retreat in the court in a controlled manner.
After Cabinet Minister Han Cuibai received the news, he immediately took a car to a relatively depressed teahouse.
When Prince Su Shu saw the arrival of cabinet minister Han Cuibai, he immediately stood up to greet him and said, "Mr. Han, please take a seat."
Han Cuibai smiled and said, "Your Highness, you're welcome."
They sat at the table and sipped tea. Prince Su Shu took the opportunity to ask: "During my absence, Mr. Han, please briefly introduce the changes in the court situation."
Han Cuibai drank the tea in front of him in one gulp and said briefly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can understand all the common things clearly from the power lines sent by Hualian News Agency.
I'm just going to talk about things that didn't appear in the Hualian News News.
The case handled by His Royal Highness in Nanyang affected Cabinet Minister Wu Hongyi.
Such a big thing happened to the Wu family, and other people in Wu Hongyi's party started to cut off from him.
That scene was extremely exciting, and it was a pity that His Highness the Crown Prince did not see it.
Wu Hongyi wanted to quibble at first, but as the situation became increasingly unfavorable to the Wu family, he could only choose to take the blame and resign.
Wu Hongyi had many manors in Nanyang, many of which grew sugar cane.
The price of sugar is extremely high, and Wu Hongyi himself is not short of money at all, so he has no motivation to smuggle.
But many people in the Wu family were involved in smuggling. If they didn't rely on Wu Hongyi's authority to act, it would be impossible for them to make such a big deal.
Wu Hongyi was indeed at fault, and he should bear responsibility.
The major issue involving civil servants is this one.
The case of the lost nest in Nanyang made the imperial court and His Majesty the Emperor very angry.
His Majesty the Emperor has ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to dispatch a special investigation team to conceal his whereabouts and conduct strict investigations in various places.
The military was very active during this time.
The navy and army have another military expenditure dispute.
The Navy wants to build more powerful Emperor-class battleships. They want to replace all the Imperial Navy warships with ironclads.
The Army also proposed that the army should be mechanized and take advantage of the high-speed movement capabilities of automobiles.
Let cars replace cavalry and build several car model armies. "
Han Cuibai took a sip of tea and said a few more small things that were not very important but had some impact.
Prince Su Shu listened carefully. These things are extremely important.
He understood clearly everything that happened in the court after he left the capital.
The night was getting late, and Prince Su Shu was preparing to return to the East Palace.
He thought about the shortage of diesel and immediately expressed his doubts.
When Han Cuibai heard this question, he smiled and replied: "Your Highness does not need to worry about this problem, the amount of oil shipped from Nanyang is very large.
This can ensure that the capital can still supply some diesel, as other places are in short supply of diesel.
It is difficult to buy diesel for civilian use, and the limited diesel is supplied to construction machinery on construction sites.
The reasons for the diesel shortage are complex, including price instability.
At first, the court prepared to fix five copper coins to buy one liter of diesel.
This price is very attractive, plus more cheap cars are entering the market, and people with a little wealth will buy a car.
When there are more cars, diesel is in short supply in a short period of time.
Private oil prices soon exceeded official oil prices by nearly ten times.
Diesel prices have soared out of control, and the tax bureau has adjusted its price guidance for oil prices.
The price of diesel has reached thirty copper coins per liter.
For engineering vehicles and agricultural vehicles, the court has certain fuel subsidies.
Coupled with the military's large stockpiling of diesel, diesel production cannot keep up with demand.
Neither of these two reasons is the real cause of oil shortage.
What is lacking is not diesel, but oil.
There is already a shortage of oil for refining diesel, so how can we continue to supply diesel? "
When Prince Su Shu heard the reason for the accident, he said in surprise: "What's going on? Nanyang supplies oil and has already calculated the loss of refining. The shortfall should not be so large. There is no problem with sufficient supply."
Han Cuibai said: "This matter is also related to the prince. Does the prince remember Professor Song Huaiming?"
When Prince Su Shu heard the name, he immediately said excitedly: "I will never forget Professor Song's name.
I was still practicing in the Ministry of Science and Technology at the time, and led the project in which the Ministry of Science and Technology invested in three professors from Huaxia University.
They are Professor Lu Dawei and the telephone project, Professor Jiang Qing and the internal combustion engine project, and Professor Song Huaiming and the urea project.
Both the telephone and the diesel engine brought huge changes to the empire.
Especially the impact of the diesel engine completely exceeded my expectations.
I remember that urea is a nitrogen fertilizer that is necessary for plants.
Professor Song Huaiming introduced at that time that once the urea project is successful, it can at least ensure that the yield of staple grains per mu will increase by 50%, and there is a high probability that the yield per mu will increase by 100%. "
Han Cuibai is the cabinet minister in charge of agriculture. He knows more about Professor Song Huaiming's urea project.
“Your Royal Highness, Professor Song Huaiming’s urea project has been successful.
The raw materials required for the synthesis of urea are mainly petroleum.
Experiments from the Agricultural Research Institute show that by using sufficient fertilizer during rice growth, it is easy to double the yield per mu.
In order to ensure the production of fertilizers, the empire could only limit the amount of oil used to refine diesel. "
Prince Su Shu understood the reason for the oil shortage, so he didn't have to worry about the impact this matter would have on him.
He agreed: “Diesel is important, but not as important as fertilizer.
Only when food production is stable can the empire be stable.
It is a very correct decision to use limited oil in urea production. "(End of chapter)
