Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Faced with the curious gazes of their colleagues from the Ministry of Works, more than 20 officials from the Ministry of Resources all showed shy looks on their faces.

What can these people do when faced with a playboy like Xiao Kai who is neither reasonable nor short of money?

They are also desperate!

A guard of the Yu Department said helplessly: "Doctor Xiao and Minister Du are good friends, he is not worried about being punished."

"Besides, he is not only the legitimate son of Duke Song, but also comes from the noble Lanling Xiao family. He is not short of money like us."

"Doctor Xiao lives a very carefree life. Every day he is either taking in a concubine or on his way to choose one."

When talking about Xiao Kai taking a concubine, the eyes of the officials in the lobby lit up, and they all turned the topic to the matter of Xiao Kai taking a concubine.

Even the doctor from the Third Division, who was sitting in the office with a gloomy face, pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

The next day.

After the court meeting of all officials ended.

Du He, along with Yu Chang and the doctors of the four ministries, walked from the Taiji Hall to the Ministry of Works.

Except for Xiao Kai who was smiling foolishly, Yu Chang and the other three doctors all had worried expressions on their faces.

As he walked into the gate of the Ministry of Industry, Du He said without turning his head.

"Please prepare yourself and come to my office to discuss matters after a cup of tea."

After letting these people mess around for a few days, Du He didn't want to let them waste any more time, so he prepared to take out the drawings of the curved plow for their reference.

The Ministry of Personnel will be conducting an assessment in a while, so we have to make the curved plow before the assessment.

Yu Chang and the other doctors from the three ministries paused, and they responded with their fists clasped in an unnatural manner.

"As ordered."

They have not made any progress in these five days. How should they explain this to Du Shangshu later?

While the other three doctors were extremely nervous, Xiao Kai acted as if nothing had happened, and even had an expression that looked like he deserved a beating on his face.

"Rich playboy!"

The doctor from the Third Division looked at Xiao Kai with resentment on his face and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

If Xiao Kai knew that his three colleagues were secretly criticizing him, he would definitely speak out loudly to protest his innocence.

The happiness in his heart came from the fact that he had slept with his wife Zheng Shu for several consecutive days, and that he received his wife's immense respect and meticulous care.

Du He, who was walking in front, was completely unaware of the small actions of the officials behind him.

When passing by the lobby, Du He found that all the officials of the Ministry of Industry had depressed expressions on their faces, and the atmosphere was very low.

Du He shook his head slightly, then quickly walked back to the office.

When the other officials saw Du He shaking his head, their already uneasy hearts sank to the bottom.

"It's over!"

"Du Shangshu seems a little dissatisfied with us!"

"Let alone getting rewards for our achievements, we should just be thankful that Minister Du doesn't deduct our salaries!"

Just as a hundred or so officials from the Ministry of Works who were not of high rank were whispering in the lobby, Yu Chang and the doctors from the Fourth Department walked into Du He's office.

Du He leaned lazily on the chair, glanced at the faces of several people, and then said with a smile on his face.

"In the past few days, our Ministry of Works has been innovating the straight plow, and all the civil and military officials in the court have known about it. In addition, the Right Prime Minister and the Crown Prince have personally inquired about the progress."

"I have assured you and the Crown Prince that the plow we are working on is making good progress and will be ready in a few days."

"Now that the five-day period is up, please show us your achievements."

After hearing Du He's assurances to the Crown Prince and You Pushe, Yu Chang and the doctors of the Three Departments looked at each other and all showed bitter smiles on their faces.

Why didn't this unfortunate Shangshu ask them first and just brag to the outside world?

And he was bragging to the Crown Prince and the Right Prime Minister!

Now that there has been no progress in reforming the straight plow, won't Minister Du and his people in the Ministry of Works become the laughing stock of other departments?

There was silence for dozens of breaths, and no one stood up to speak.

Du He frowned and asked, "Why don't you say anything?"

"Did you not come up with anything in these five days?"

Facing Du He's questioning, Yu Chang, who had been following the people from the Fourth Division to reform the straight plow, quickly stood up and explained.

"Mr. Du, the difficulty of innovating the straight plow is too great. We have been thinking about it day and night but there has been no obvious breakthrough."

"However, we have already gained some understanding of the structure of the long and short straight-beam plows by disassembling them. Please give us a little more time to think about it."

After Yu Chang finished speaking, the doctors from the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Tuntian and the Ministry of Water Resources stood up together and made a request with nervous expressions.

"Please give me more time, Mr. Du!"

They didn't dare to answer Du He's questions directly because they were afraid that Du He would punish them, so they used the tactic of delaying time.

Perhaps after a period of time, Du Shangshu will realize that there is no hope in innovating the straight plow and will take the initiative to give up.

Du He shook his head slightly, then looked at Xiao Kai who was smiling foolishly, and asked with interest.

"Doctor Xiao, you seem so happy. I guess your Yu Department has made some gains, right?"

Uh, you want me to answer?

Xiao Kai, who had originally been indifferent to the matter, suddenly froze when he heard Du He's question.

"Brother Du, this guy..."

Xiao Kai knew that Du He just wanted to tease him, but he couldn't tell the truth.

He thought for a few moments.

Xiao Kai tightened his official robe, then stood up and said with a bitter face.

"Minister Du, I am just like the other doctors in the three departments. Every day, I lead the brothers in the Yubu Department to work hard on the reform of Zhili."

"However, we are not talented enough and still haven't made much progress."

"I am so anxious that I can neither eat nor sleep well. I am afraid that I will fail to live up to your trust!"

When the doctors from the Third Division, who had put in a lot of effort, heard that Xiao Kai was lying with his eyes open, their faces turned dark.

Xiao Kai can't sleep well. How can he sleep well if he is busy taking concubines every day?

Moreover, every day he was either trying to curry favor with Du He in the Ministry of Works, or going to the Censorate and the Ministry of Agriculture to look for his cronies.

Whenever someone from the Yubusi had something to ask him, they would go around the palace asking people.

Du He suppressed a smile and said, "I have already felt Doctor Xiao's sincere and innocent heart."

"Sit down."

After Xiao Kai sat down, Du He took out a few drawings from his wide sleeves and gestured to Yu Chang.

"Minister Yu, I have been free these days and have done some research on the straight plow."

"Take it to other doctors and have them make it within a few days!"

That's it!

No wonder Du Shangshu was so confident, it turned out he had been prepared for this!

Yu Chang and the doctors of the Three Departments were both smart men. They immediately guessed that the straight plow should be reformed, and that Shangshu Du might have been prepared when he gave the order.

When they thought of the various doubts they had raised about Du He in private over the past few days, expressions of shame appeared on their faces.