At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

“Maybe next month, maybe next year.”

In front of Xu Wan'er, Xia Yun did not give an accurate answer.

He always had a premonition in his heart.

After leaving Zhejiang this time, the next time I come back will probably be a long time in the future.

"What about the women in Hangzhou?"

Immediately afterwards, Xu Wan'er asked another question.

Xia Yun used to be a playboy.

When Xia Yun first came to Hangzhou from Dai County, he brought a lot of young women with him.

If we bring them with us to Beijing this time, it will undoubtedly add a lot of trouble.

"Give them 10,000 taels of silver each. If they want to get married, they can go. If not, they can stay in the Zhejiang Governor's Office, and Xiao Haiyang will provide for their living."

Xia Yun had already arranged this matter.

He had no feelings for those women at all, but it was just a fleeting romance after all, and all he could do was to make sure it started and ended well.

"Uh-huh."

Xu Wan'er nodded, and at this moment, all the doubts in her heart finally disappeared.

"Rest early. The army will set out early tomorrow morning."

Xia Yun gently touched Xu Wan'er's head, and a doting look appeared on his face.

Time flies and the next morning arrives.

In the Hangzhou military camp, 650,000 soldiers and horses have been fully equipped.

In the Zhejiang battle, the imperial army, which originally had 800,000 troops, lost a total of nearly 150,000.

Of course, most of the 150,000 soldiers lost were caused by Xiao Zongnan.

Empress Xiao Yan and her entourage packed up early and appeared on the dragon sedan.

"Pass the order, the army is on the march!"

Inside the Hangzhou military camp, with a loud shout from Xia Yun, the order for the army to march was quickly passed down.

Then Jiang Wenzhong led an army of 200,000 to advance, Xia Yun and the empress and others were in the middle, guarded by Qin Tianye's army of 350,000, and Chong Heihu led an army of 100,000 to cover the rear.

In this way, with the warm farewell of the people of Hangzhou, the 650,000-strong army set off in a mighty manner.

In addition to a group of military generals, Xia Yun also brought Wei Erhu, Qian Dajun and others.

"Wan'er, quickly send someone to Dai County and order the military factory to start full-scale production of weapons. All raw materials will be supplied by the Jiangnan region."

After the army left Hangzhou City, Xia Yun gave orders while on horseback.

He now had only about 10,000 troops under his command equipped with repeating rifles.

In the future he will face a bigger war, so he will have to use more powerful firepower.

"Also, order all chariots in Dai County to rush to the capital immediately. There must be no mistakes."

Until now, Xia Yun no longer intends to hide his strength.

After all, the empress already knew what he had done in Dai County, and had already seen those modern chariots.

Now he was heading north to fight the barbarians in the vast plains and wastelands. Without the assistance of chariots, he would undoubtedly be dragged into the quagmire of war with only war horses.

By then, he might not be able to completely defeat the northern barbarians, let alone a few months, or even years.

"Yes, my lord!"

Xu Wan'er wrote down Xia Yun's series of orders.

When the empress standing by heard the word "chariot" from Xia Yun's mouth, a bright light instantly flashed in her eyes.

When she was in Dai County, she had witnessed with her own eyes how powerful those steel beasts were.

Both in speed and defense, it is far superior to the so-called Arabian horse.

"Xia Yun, can you give me a car?"

Suddenly, the empress shifted her gaze to Xia Yun with interest and asked out of the blue.

Xia Yun was stunned when he heard this.

Why does the empress want that thing?

"Why, you don't want to?"

There was a rare hint of coquettishness in the empress's voice, which surprised Xiao Yan.

At the same time, he was also curious about what the chariot that Xia Yun and the empress mentioned was.

"Of course you can...but the capital is not suitable for cars."

Xia Yun nodded, but there was still some hesitation in his voice.

Although the roads in Beijing are relatively flat, most of them are dirt roads, and they are bound to be bumpy when it rains.

Moreover, the roads in the capital are not actually wide. If a car is driving on the road, it may easily kill someone.

"It's so easy. Just build roads, like you did in Daixian and Hangzhou."

The empress stuck out her tongue and didn't care at all about what Xia Yun asked.

Earlier, when she saw the newly renovated city of Hangzhou, she had already come up with the plan of transforming the capital.

The first thing is that the capital’s messy road transportation system must be converted into cement roads like those in Hangzhou.

The second is the city’s underground sewage system, which must also be built based on the example of Hangzhou.

Building roads?

Xia Yun raised his eyebrows, and a rare look of surprise flashed in his eyes which were as dark as night.

When Xia Yun looked back at the empress, the empress was also looking at him.

"Your Majesty, building roads is not an easy task."

Xia Yun followed with a wry smile.

Beijing is not as good as Hangzhou.

The capital city is full of dignitaries and royal relatives.

Once large-scale road construction begins throughout the city, the interests of some dignitaries will inevitably be damaged.

By then, all the officials will impeach the plan in the court, and the road construction plan will probably become nothing more than a mirage in the mirror.

"That's fine. Let Wan'er be the person in charge. Anyone who dares to stop the road construction will be charged with disrupting national policy and their property will be confiscated and they will be exiled."

The Empress continued, her words revealing a strong determination.

She saw the hope and future of the Daliang Dynasty from the various changes in Hangzhou City.

"I?"

Xu Wan'er was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the empress would call her Wan'er.

Xia Yun was even more confused.

Over the past few days, the empress's attitude has changed almost 180 degrees.

But he still couldn't expect that the empress's thinking had made such great progress.

"If you two have no objection, after returning to Beijing this time, I plan to set up a Ministry of Transportation, with Wan'er as the first Minister of Transportation. Its status will be equal to that of the six ministries, and it will not be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works."

The empress then expressed her idea.

When he said this, Xu Wan'er and Xia Yun were even more shocked.

Including Xiao Yan and others, all eyes were focused on the empress.

The cabinet and six ministries system is the ancestral system established since the founding of the Daliang Dynasty.

It has gone through more than ten emperors and has never changed.

The Headphone Queen actually wants to set up the Ministry of Transportation based on the six ministries.

Such a bold approach seems quite unorthodox.

"No problem! If Your Majesty is truly determined, I will fully support you!"

At this time, Xia Yun no longer hesitated and immediately agreed to the empress's plan.