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

"Energy producing area?" A hint of surprise appeared on Xu Wan'er's face.

This was the first time Xia Yun had told him about this matter in the past few months.

"Yes, Dai County's military production capacity is getting stronger and stronger, and Dai County's energy supply is already insufficient."

"As a matter of fact, we must find new energy sources as soon as possible."

Xia Yun nodded solemnly.

The amount of fuel consumed by more than one hundred tanks every day is already a very large number.

In the future, the number of tanks and cars will only increase.

If there is not enough fuel supply, these seemingly ferocious steel beasts will all have to collapse.

"We have already surveyed the area around Dai County and found no other energy sources. It will probably be difficult to find other places in the short term."

After a brief moment of joy, a look of worry appeared on Xu Wan'er's face again.

After all, energy is not something that is available everywhere. When they were in Dai County, they also did a lot of exploration work.

The final result is without exception: there is no energy production area in the area with a diameter of about 200 kilometers centered on Dai County.

"Send someone to explore the northeast."

Only a few breaths passed before Xia Yun gave the answer.

As a time traveler, he naturally knew that in the entire Daliang Dynasty, the place where energy was most likely to appear was the Northeast!

Of course, Xia Yun was not absolutely confident about this.

After all, after traveling through time, everything he experienced in this world was more or less different from the world before traveling through time.

"Sending people to the Northeast now? Isn't that too risky?"

Xu Wan'er responded with a worried tone.

Just a few days ago, the 200,000 imperial troops led by Zhao Gongming had entered Changchun City and had several fierce battles with the barbarian troops.

Judging from the situation in the Northeast, once Changchun falls, the entire Northeast will be under the watchful eyes of the barbarian army.

"Don't worry. Zhao Gongming has led troops in battle for many years and commanded an army of 200,000 to defend the city. Unless the barbarians have heavenly soldiers and generals, it will never be easy to break through the city."

Xia Yun waved his hand calmly.

Most of the barbarian troops were cavalry and lacked effective siege weapons.

In his estimation, even if the imperial court did not send follow-up troops, Zhao Gongming's 200,000 troops would be enough to resist the Japanese pirates for at least two or three months.

"Well, tomorrow I will organize a team of people to form a survey team and head to the northeast."

Xu Wan'er did not continue to question. Usually, whenever Xia Yun made up his mind, she would support him with all her might.

"At this stage, we can consider setting up an energy bureau to coordinate energy dispatch across the country. This will also help you do your work better."

Xia Yun suddenly thought about it and said.

If energy sources are to be exploited on a large scale across the country, then there must be coordinated management.

For today's officials of the Daliang Dynasty, they may not be able to realize the benefits that energy producing areas can bring.

But once large-scale oil extraction begins, even a fool can understand the huge benefits involved.

By that time, countless people will inevitably come to compete for the benefits.

Just in case, he must prepare for it as early as possible.

“Who is in charge of the Energy Bureau?”

Xu Wan'er said doubtfully.

"Later, I will submit a memorial to the Empress, requesting the establishment of a National Energy Bureau, and for you to serve as the first director of the Energy Bureau."

Xia Yun responded immediately.

As the saying goes, good things should be kept within the family. Naturally, he would not give the position of Director of the Energy Bureau to anyone else!

Just do it.

After staying in the Ministry of Transport for about half an hour, Xia Yun hurried back to the Xia Mansion.

The proposal to establish an Energy Bureau was written into a memorial and then quickly sent to the palace.

noon.

The empress, who had just finished lunch, received a memorial from Xia Yun. When she opened it, a look of doubt suddenly appeared in her eyes.

Establish an Energy Bureau?

Before this, the Empress had never heard of such a thing as the Energy Bureau.

However, when she quickly finished reading the contents of the entire memorial, the doubts in her eyes immediately dissipated a lot.

According to what Xia Yun said in the memorial.

For a car to run normally, it must be supplied with fuel, and the fuel is extracted from underground oil.

Although this was the first time the empress encountered this concept.

But it did not prevent her from understanding it very clearly.

Therefore, the empress immediately issued an edict to establish the National Energy Bureau, with Xu Wan'er, the Minister of Transportation, serving as the director of the Energy Bureau.

And this news quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, sparking heated discussions among countless ordinary people.

"Have you heard? Xu Wan'er, who came from Jiangnan with Lord Xia Yun, has been promoted again by His Majesty!"

"Yes, I heard he was promoted to Director of the Energy Bureau. I don't know what that is for."

"It's incredible that there is a woman in my Liang Dynasty who can sit in such a high position. She is really an extraordinary woman!"

"..."

While the common people were discussing this, almost all the officials in the capital had also learned the news.

Of course, unlike ordinary people, most officials in the capital felt jealous after learning that Xu Wan'er also served as the director of the Energy Bureau.

You have to know that they came from the imperial examination system and have been carefully advancing step by step in the officialdom for decades.

However, the speed at which he was promoted in official rank was far slower than that of Xu Wan'er, a woman.

Of course, they can only express their dissatisfaction in private.

On the surface, they still needed to appear respectful and humble, not only because Xu Wan'er was already the Minister of Communications of the imperial court.

More importantly, almost everyone knew that the person standing behind Xu Wan'er was Xia Yun! That terrifying existence who almost killed people without blinking an eye!

It was in the evening of this day.

The military equipment, supplies and soldiers shipped from Shandong finally arrived in the capital.

Following an order from the Ministry of War, the army marched directly into the Langtan camp.

Xia Yun, who learned the news, soon appeared in the Wolf Altar camp.

Looking at the soldiers and food supplies that continued to flow in from outside the gate, an unprecedented solemnity flashed in Xia Yun's eyes.

He has stayed in the capital for nearly ten days.

Now it's finally time to leave.

"Xia Yun, according to the report from the Governor of Shandong, there are about 200,000 reinforcements coming from Shandong this time, and about 1.5 million grains of various types, which can cover the army's expenses for three months..."

At the same time, Lei Zhenning appeared beside Xia Yun and told him the detailed information of the reinforcements and soldiers.

"Very good. Tomorrow at noon, I will lead the army to officially set off for the Hexi Corridor."

Upon hearing this, Xia Yun directly revealed a piece of bombshell news.