I am engaged in construction in Datang

in the palace.

Today is a small court meeting.

Fang Xuanling squinted his eyes while drinking tea, sighing from time to time.

Your Majesty's action has severely embarrass the students from the noble families who were on the list. Now no one dares to speak for fear of offending the public.

The female students from the village set up a stall at the city gate and confronted them head-on. Do they dare?

"Lord Fang, how is this?"

He originally wanted to give the top three places to the students from Zhuangxue, after all, their test scores were indeed good, but he was opposed by countless people.

These people who pave the way for their own young people actually have the nerve to oppose the women's village doing their homework!

"Your Majesty, I think it is very good."

Fang Xuanling spoke, he had made the choice when the red line of cultivated land was drawn, and now they are people on the same line.

Even the family behind him has become low-key.

"I second the motion." Wei Zheng was incorruptible and fearless.

After saying that, he secretly pulled the pastries in front of Xiao Yu towards himself. Why were the most delicious ones always placed in front of Xiao Yu!

When Xiao Yu saw this, he was so angry that his nose almost broke.

He bribed the eunuch who served desserts to put the delicious food in front of him. How can you, Wei Zheng, enjoy it?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, so he stretched out his claws to snatch it back.

How could Wei Zheng give him this opportunity?

He quickly stuffed the dessert into his mouth.

The snacks in the palace are all specially supplied by the women's farm. They are very delicious and they cannot be eaten on ordinary days.

Li Shimin saw what the two were doing and calmly moved the plate in front of him towards himself.

"Your Majesty, there is something difficult to handle now."

Zhang Sun Wuji's heart and eyes were all on the government: "The female student's method of solving problems has spread completely. I'm afraid that the future imperial examinations will..."

Before he could finish his words, a big chubby hand appeared in front of him and blatantly took the pastry away.

"You have to lower your authority." Changsun Wuji remained calm and smoothly took Fang Xuanling's snacks.

He, Changsun Wuji, can choose not to eat it, but he cannot live without it.

"..." Fang Xuanling was speechless. He was the only one who was wronged every time.

"I have been thinking about a question."

Li Shimin asked: "Is the imperial examination really useful? Which is more important, the physics and chemistry of Nuzhuang or the Four Books and Five Classics?"

"Now compulsory education is only being tried out in Hebei Province. If compulsory education is popularized throughout the Tang Dynasty someday, and all people in the world take exams on language, mathematics, politics, physics, and biology, then what is the meaning of the imperial examination?"

Fang Xuanling and others were silent.

This is a very cruel question for the aristocratic families.

If the sacred status of the Four Books and Five Classics is gone, the faith they have upheld for hundreds of years will collapse.

There will be no more advantages in the imperial examinations in the future.

But from a realistic perspective, physics, chemistry and biology will be the mainstream in the future.

It hurts when a blunt knife cuts flesh.

The aristocratic family can no longer hold on.

"Your Majesty, the purge is imperative. We——"

Fang Xuanling looked around and said in a loud voice: "I will definitely give my full support."

Because I was standing high enough, I could see more clearly that Your Majesty and Master Li had shown mercy in everything.

For example, salt mines, papermaking, sugar...

The aristocratic families can only find their own way out.

Now, these four people plus Lao Wen and others dare not have any second thoughts, and all the civil officials are united in their thoughts, so no one will cause trouble.

As for those military generals, Hou Junji became much more low-key after the appearance of explosives.

……

Female village.

Li Yin was sitting in the study writing and drawing. Only Pei Xingjian, Li Yi and Li Er were left by her side.

As experimental projects became more and more complex, the Institute of Chemistry not only lacked a sterile environment, but also often lacked stable power generation equipment.

Many drugs need to be ionized before they can proceed to the next step of the reaction.

The simple power generation devices currently installed cannot meet everyone's needs after all.

“Isn’t the essence of coal-fired power generation still a steam engine?”

"The problem is how to solve the problem of exhaust gas." Li Yin frowned. She didn't want Chang'an to become another 'fog city'.

Now it is April and the village is busy again.

Wang Dahai has revised the steam device countless times, but the conversion efficiency has never reached the ideal state. The team of chefs are worried all day long and they eat and drink less often.

"Uncle Sanxi has been busy selling papermaking technology these days, and his figure is nowhere to be seen."

"There are dozens of people in the village, but it always feels like it's not enough."

Not to mention Xiaochun, the army sent troops to Gaochang, and the logistics included alcohol, soap, matches, masks... In addition, Li Yin was always worried about the flood, so all kinds of supplies were being prepared.

"Master." Zhao Erniu came running over excitedly: "It's time to harvest the crops."

"It looks like it's growing very well, and I think the yield will increase significantly."

"There is a yellow cow in the village that doesn't eat or drink all day and is getting thinner and thinner. It may have kidney stones."

Zhao Erniu kept talking: "The fertilizer provided by the group of people in the Chemical College is really good. The cucumbers in the field are growing big and crisp..."

"Uncle Erniu!"

Li Yin rubbed her temples. She has been organizing and writing down various local technologies that mark the beginning of the new era.

For example, traditional coking, wooden wind-driven generators, traditional batteries, current transformers, etc., will first be supplied to the laboratory for use, and then other things will be considered.

You also need to set up a simple clean workbench to cultivate the bacteria.

The tuberculosis drug developed by the Chemistry Department opened Mr. Li's eyes, and he immediately invested most of his share of the profits into it.

He wants a specific medicine for his respiratory disease.

Nowadays, tuberculosis is gradually becoming more common. If someone in your family is sick, you need to take a doctor's certificate to the government to get medicine. Hoarding or privately storing medicine is not allowed. If discovered, you will lose your head.

There are so many things to do that it makes people bald.

"Uncle Erniu, do you have people to harvest?"

Zhao Erniu looked at Li Yin dimly: "I just came to you to ask for help."

"…I have to ask Uncle Sanxi to mobilize manpower." Li Yin refused to think about the problem of staff shortage.

"Master, to be honest, I haven't seen Manager Feng for half a month."

"What a coincidence."

Li Yin gave a standard 30-degree smile: "I haven't seen Uncle Sanxi for three days."

She sighed and said, "Let's hire the people from the nearby villages."

"I don't think the big guys will ask for money, so we should prepare some good stuff to send over."

"okay."

Zhao Erniu solved the manpower problem and hurried back to work.

After the spring plowing, a large number of migrant workers will flock to Chang'an City, which will alleviate a lot of pressure from staff shortage.

"I need to publish a labor contract template in the newspaper. I wonder if the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice can set up an independent department to handle labor contract disputes."

Li Yin picked up a pen to write a letter, and after finishing it, she asked Li Yi to quickly deliver it to Li Shimin.

"Keep your promise."

Li Yin put on a thin shirt, tidied herself up, and left with her young master: "We have to go to the Lishan Military Factory to take a look today."

"Master, my godfather asked me to watch you practice with your spear."

Pei Xingjian followed Li Yin closely, keeping an eye on the movements around him, not daring to slack off for even a moment.

Eight months ago, it was his mission to protect Li Yin.

And now...

Li Yin was overwhelmed and refused: "Okay, keep your promise, let's start tomorrow!"

"You said the same thing yesterday."

"Tomorrow for sure!"

“I said that yesterday as well.”

Pei Xingjian frowned and pursed his lips. It was not difficult to practice with a revolver, but the owner of the manor always refused.

"You know, I don't have time."

The 17-year-old young man lowered his eyes and remained silent. Li Yin finally compromised: "Okay, I'll only practice for 25 minutes."

In an instant, the young man's eyes opened wide.