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The emperor was also more concerned about the establishment of the engineering school. He had just talked about it with Luo Yong the afternoon before, and he asked people to start arranging the matter early the next morning.

To run a school, the first thing is to choose a site. Over the years, the population of Chang'an City has increased, and basically all the land that should be owned has an owner. It is really not easy to find a suitable place.

The emperor asked people to find a location closer to the Chang'an County Government, but it couldn't be next to the West Market, which was too noisy.

After some discussion, the relevant officials said that there is a compound in Judefang in the northwest corner of the West City. The place is spacious enough and not too noisy, which is suitable for setting up an engineering school.

When the emperor heard about it, he said, "Jude Square is too close to the Golden Light Gate, so it won't work."

So the officials had to look elsewhere.

Luo Yong also heard about this incident outside the palace. This time, he set up an engineering school, which was said to be a school, and its main function in the early stage was to develop and research new technologies.

The location next to the city gate is indeed inappropriate. If someone steals the technology, it will be too easy to escape.

Luo Yong could hear the news, so could other families. For this engineering science that was about to come out, many families wanted to insert people into it. The post of doctor of engineering became a favorite for a while.

However, the old emperor was not so easy to talk to. The reason why Luo Yong could put two people in the engineering school was because he was willing to show his skills.

The position of Doctor of Engineering means that they will have access to most of the new technologies developed and researched in engineering in the future.These people don't do anything, they just want to reap such a big benefit, so go ahead and dream.

In the end, for the position of doctor of engineering, there are only four people temporarily confirmed. Except for Hengzhi and Hou Lin, the other two are the emperor's people.

One of them had worked in the Ministry of Industry earlier, but this time he was transferred instead of promoted, but judging from the situation, the emperor clearly planned to reuse him.

The other person is a servant who came directly from the palace, needless to say, he must also be the emperor's confidant.

For such a result, those big families are not willing to give up, they are not blind, they know that Luo Yong has a lot of good technology in his hands, among other things, just the equipment in the needle workshops in Hedong, they have created it all these years How much benefit has been achieved.

Nowadays, there are many needle workshops in Hedong, and the needles made are not only sold in Jiangnan and other places in the Central Plains, but also exported to Fanbang. Over the years, merchants in Hedong have become richer and richer.

I heard that the needle workshop in Changle County has recently produced a more efficient machine, which requires almost no manual labor, and only needs to burn coal to operate.

Even if they are members of the aristocratic family, no one will have trouble with money. Some people even got news directly from the palace, knowing what Luo Yong said to the emperor that day: He intends to apply the needle-making equipment to spinning and weaving. above.

If it is true as he said, it will be an earth-shaking change. Those aristocratic families will not want to miss this train no matter what this time.

The competition for interests among the family members is absolutely strong and fierce, and the old emperor has been annoyed by them recently.

Luo Yong's side was fine, after all, he didn't have much say in who was accepted or not in the engineering school, so Yin was left in a quiet place.

In the blink of an eye, it was the 20th year of Zhenguan, and just a few days before the New Year's Eve, Luo Yong took over the post of magistrate of Chang'an County.

In order to get familiar with the various tasks in the Chang'an County Government, he and Du Gou basically spent this new year at the county government.

Du Gou knew Chang'an City and the complex relationships among the various clans in Chang'an City, so he quickly adapted to these tasks.

During the period, they also got help from some acquainted merchants, such as whose business a certain shop is actually owned by, what kind of relationship does the shop owner have with the owner, what kind of distant relatives does the rascal on the street have? , what happened earlier, and so on.

This information is very useful to Luo Yong and the others, allowing them to avoid stepping into the mud pits in the early stages of taking office. In the later stage, whether these mud pits should be dug or buried, it will not be too late after the preparations are made.

There are also residences in this county government office. There used to be some officials and miscellaneous servants living in the county government office. .

Luo Yong didn't plan to live in the county government office, but Du Gou and Xia Yan lived here, mainly to keep abreast of the people's movements in the county government office and avoid being unaware of people's tricks behind the scenes.

People in this era are popular with retainers and followers, and the confidants of general officials, even if they don't have a formal position, can help the official with some matters, and no one will feel inappropriate.

Just like when Luo Yong was in Changle County earlier, although Qiao Junlin did not have an official position, he was able to manage the security of the entire Changle County in the early days.

For Du Gou to live in the Chang'an County Government House and help Luo Yong deal with the affairs of the county, in the eyes of everyone, if there is anything unreasonable about this matter, it is because Du Gou's background is too high.

The eldest son of Du Ruhui, who was born in the dignified Jingzhao Du family, is now acting like a servant of that retainer, helping Luo Yong to deal with the sundries.

Du Gou himself didn't seem to notice it, he walked in and out of the county office every day, calm and introverted, with a demeanor of a gentleman, although he was getting older and his feet were a little lame, it didn't affect him at all. aura.

The accident earlier made Du Gou a lot of changes. The gentleman who used to be aloof from the world now has a bit of ruthlessness in his body. Somewhere in his heart seems to have changed. He became hardened, and he didn't look like someone to be provoked on the outside. Even the old fritters who were related to the county government didn't dare to make trouble in front of him.

Regarding the matter of Du Gou, some of the aristocratic families had some unpleasant words, and it was inevitable that they would also spread to the Du family.

The Du family wanted to save face and didn't come directly to Du Gou to say something.After all, Du Gou was exiled by the imperial court earlier, and they didn't do anything there. At this time, there was no position to say anything, so they didn't make a sound, just pretending that Du Gou didn't exist.

In the first month, another gentleman of the Du family came back from other places, and that was Du Xi and Du Qilang.

This time he changed his previous low-key attitude, and after returning to Chang'an City, he called out to his friends. In just a few days, he wished he could visit all the wine shops and brothels in the entire Chang'an City.

Someone asked him why he was in such a good mood this time, but what good things happened to him?

To be honest, after the prince's treason case, the young people in the Du family were almost cut off from their future, so what good things could happen.

In that battle for the heir apparent, their family stood on both sides. Li Chengqian and Li Tai both stood, but no one stood for Li Zhi. Now it's all right, Li Chengqian and Li Tai fell, and Li Zhi became the new prince.

Don't say that the saint lost his beloved son because of this coup, and he has a bad impression of the Du family who participated in it, but after Li Zhi came to power, how can his impression of the Du family be better?

Under such circumstances, this Du Xi was able to maintain an air of self-satisfaction. Some people saw it and thought it was a bit ridiculous.

At this time, when someone asked about it, I saw that Du Qilang was holding a wine cup in his hand, and said to everyone with a smile: "You see, I am so happy, how can I not be in a good situation?"

"What a good thing?" Everyone was curious.

"You don't have to worry about money for the rest of your life, do you think it's a good thing?" Du Xi said with a smile, looking sideways at those people.

Although these people seem to be quite bright, in fact, few people have financial autonomy, and most of them have fixed monthly expenses. If they want to get more, it will inevitably depend on the face of Ye Niang's elders.

"I won't worry about spending the rest of my life." This sounded like a windfall, so everyone asked him how he got the money, but Du Xi refused to talk about it.