Guo Zongxun rushed over. He had a stern face. When he saw Lu Duoxun, he directly asked for punishment and shouted: "Is Ye Xi in prison?"

As expected, even if I was the first to speak for you, it would be useless... neither the emperor nor the future emperor will be able to talk about human nature!

Lu Duoxun thought a lot in a short period of time. He captured Ye Xi, but no matter what, he just tore his face apart... Now the prince is coming to question the crime with great momentum, and before Ye Hua takes action, he jumps out first.

Even the dignified prince was willing to be the pioneer of the Ye family. How powerful Ye Hua has reached!

It's simply sensational!

Zhao Pu is not stupid. He dares to make trouble below. Even if Chai Rong is still the emperor, he still needs balance. If there is no subject like Zhao Pu, he might as well give all the power of the court to Ye Hua, let the prince ascend the throne, and Chai Rong is the emperor, so that he can enjoy peace!

Prince, Prince!

To put it nicely, it’s called Banjun, but to put it badly, it’s still a minister!

This country is still owned by His Majesty the Emperor!

When the saints made an Northern Expedition, something happened in the capital, and the prince would not be able to escape safely, especially when it involved factories and military supplies, it would easily anger the emperor...

Lu Duosun thought about reconciliation, but he couldn't help but let it go!

Although the enemy he is facing is very powerful, as long as he stands up, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. In the past, the censors used this trick to defeat many noble people.

But doing this often kills eight hundred enemies and loses one thousand of them.

But when forced into a corner, there is no choice!

Lu Duosun's ruthlessness broke out!

He nodded slightly, "Your Highness, the criminal Ye Xi is indeed in the prison!" He used a lot of effort to the word "criminal", and Guo Zongxun's eyes instantly widened.

"You're talking nonsense. He was doing things under my order. Do you want to say that this palace is also a criminal?"

This is to suppress me with the identity of the prince!

Lu Duosun is also an old man. He is a child who can't scare him!

"Your Highness, Ye Xi wrote an article in the newspaper, inciting right and wrong, and disrupting the national affairs. This is not a trivial matter... I am responsible for delivering military supplies to the front. The saints have a large army of 100,000 swept the Khitan. Although our country is strong in the Great Zhou Dynasty, we will definitely win this battle, but the soldiers are in danger! I dare not be careless, and there must be no slackness in each workshop. Ye Xi is young and does not know the importance of the matter. I will not make things difficult for him, but if I do not explain, I will release him and say that he is not guilty, so I will not agree with it! I have no words from the world. Please forgive me!"

Lu Duosun's words first intimidate, then pioneered Ye Xi, and finally threatened... In short, soft and hard, hard and soft, just refuse to let go.

The prince pondered for a moment and suddenly laughed.

"Shu Lu, this palace is not qualified to inquire about the government affairs. My father's Northern Expedition and left the Prime Minister in Beijing. Please ask the Prime Minister to decide on Ye Xi's affairs!"

"First Guard!"

Lu Duosun's face changed again. Can Wang Pu take care of this matter?

Of course, Wang Pu and Ye Hua had just gotten married and stood up for their grandson-in-law, which was also the only intention. But Wang Pu openly favored Ye Hua's son and joined forces with the strongest civil and military. This is not good news.

The two of them are together and they have the ability to launch a coup!

Wang Pu, aren’t you a loyal minister who is known as the emperor?

Ye Hua, aren’t you just a champion in your life?

What's going on? If the emperor is not in the capital, are you impatient to take action?

Lu Duosun instantly made up too many plots... but he didn't dare to be completely sure. After all, the matter of usurping the throne requires a long time to prepare. I didn't see any signs in the past. Could it be that it was suddenly launched?

If so, it would be great!

Lu Duosun is also a person who dares to take risks. At worst, he will fight. As long as the emperor supports him, who may be facing down!

"Your Highness, is this really going to alarm the Prime Minister?"

"That's natural!"

As he was talking, a cabinet clerk came, which was a coincidence!

"The Chief Auxiliary's Handwriting, please ask Mr. Lu to go to the cabinet immediately."

Lu Duosun took the handwriting, he pretended to look at it, and when he lowered his head, he gave his own eyes a look. The man understood and quietly retreated, headed straight to the Ministry of Personnel, and delivered a letter to Zhao Pu.

With foreign aid, Lu Duosun became more calm and went directly to the cabinet.

It’s just that the imagined high-level battle and murderous aura did not appear, and the sword and axe driver in the dark did not exist.

Wang Pu buried his head in the middle of a pile of official documents. Lu Duosun came. He didn't raise his head and said, "Please sit down." Someone served tea, and when the tea was cold, Wang Pu raised his head and said a little tired: "Shu Lu, I want to ask you, is the price of military supplies this time expensive?"

Ask about military supplies?

Lu Duosun was confused. "If you look back at the minister, the officials instructed the officials to negotiate with various factories, which had already put the price to a minimum. And as far as the officials knew, this was also the lowest cost in previous military supplies. For example, the muskets had reached 30 taels per piece, and the armor had reached 25 taels... Could it be that it was still expensive?"

Wang Pu did not speak directly, but took out a small notebook and pushed it in front of Lu Duosun.

"Shu Lu, this is something that someone gave to me... He observed and recorded in the factory... Taking armor as an example, after introducing three steam engines, the forging efficiency has been increased by fifty times! And the personnel only need 20% of the original... Calculate the raw material costs, plus the cost of purchasing steam engines, and coal consumption, the offer he gave me, a pair of armor, only five taels of silver."

Wang Pu sighed, "Twenty-five taels are five times the cost. Is this price too high?"

Lu Duosun saw sweat on his forehead. He kept flipping through the small notebook in his hand, and he was moving faster and faster. The things written on it made him completely unpredictable.

For example, many people think that by increasing the steam engine and improving efficiency, workers' working hours should be reduced... But the above clearly tells you that not only does not decrease, but on the contrary, it also increases.

The reason is very simple. The steam engine does not need to rest. The hydraulic forging bed also needs to consider the issue of seasonal freezing... As long as the steam engine has coal and is not broken, it can continue to operate.

Therefore, workers must not stop at all... They shifted two shifts day and night, and they did not even dare to drink water before starting work, so as not to urinate too much and affect the operation of the machine.

The small notebook records are very detailed, and no one will doubt the authenticity of it... With the emergence of the steam engine, the workers' living conditions have not improved, or even worse!

Lu Duosun may not care about workers' affairs, but the procurement cost gap is so big, how should he explain it?

Don't forget that he offended Ye Hua. If Ye Hua uses this as a reason to attack him for greed for money, he will not be able to bear this crime.

You should know that Li Gu fell into trouble in this matter, and Xu Xuan and many others... Could it be his turn?

Lu Duosun's sideburns was getting cold sweats, and his heart was beating...but all the fears were not as good as the last name of Xiaoben, which made him feel fear!

He looked up blankly, "Yuan, Yuanfu, who wrote this?"

Wang Pu smiled and said, "Ye Xi, the eldest son of the Champion Hou, is also my husband's grandson-in-law... The child just graduated from school, and his father was really willing to do so, so he went to the workshop to be an apprentice. I thought that if I needed to understand the actual situation of the factory, I asked him to record it and report it to me."

Wang Pu stood up, took a few more copies, and threw them in front of Lu Duosun.

"Mr. Qi Tongwen is in charge of this matter. He sent many students to the factory. Many of them are older than Ye Xi, but he wrote the most detailed and can see the problem..." Wang Pu suddenly leaned over and smiled: "Shangshu Lu, is this grandson-in-law chosen by me still quite successful?"

Be successful, be successful!

Lu Duosun's face was gone. Ye Xi was actually ordered by the Prime Minister to go to the factory to investigate and took out so many things to prove that his purchase price was expensive... This is not a good thing.

Not to mention whether it is expensive or not, just a ten-year-old child is more capable than himself. If it is spread, will he still have the face to stay in the court and become an official?

He lowered his head, all in a mess...

Wang Pu said to himself: "How much improvement will the steam engine bring when entering the factory, how much cost will it drop, how much profit the factory makes, and how the workers are... These things are all things that need to be clear as court officials. Otherwise, if we are blinded, we will let the factory ask for prices and slaughter them at will, are we too dereliction of duty!"

"This... Yuanfu taught a lesson!"

Lu Duosun clenched his fist and inserted his finger into his palm, but the pain seemed to be unsatisfied. He wanted to slap himself two times... Why didn't he think of such a simple thing?

Just believing in previous experience, I feel that based on the previous quotation, it is already considered good quality and cheap... I don’t know that the steam engine brings a hundred times and a thousand times improvement!

"Damn it!"

Lu Duosun knew that he had fallen halfway through!

He did not fall into Wang Pu's hands, nor did he fall into Ye Hua's hands, but into the hands of a ten-year-old doll!

It's simply shameless to see people!

As an old martial arts world, Lu Duosun knew that no matter what, he could not admit defeat, otherwise he would be really finished!

"Yuan Fu... is true, Ye Xi has indeed made contributions to the court... but he seems to have written some articles, and some of the statements in it are really hard to convince, but they are spread in the capital, causing people's hearts to fluctuate... Of course, he was out of kindness, but he was afraid that he would be misunderstood by those who were interested!"

"No one will misunderstand!"
Chapter completed!