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Wang Tianxun's face turned red.

At this time, several ministers began to attack him, denouncing him for the inaction of the Ministry of Industry.

Faced with such a situation, Wang Tianxun felt wronged in every possible way. What is this called?

It was right for him to build water conservancy before, but under such a huge flood, how can his little effect be stopped?

What's more, he never thought that there would be such a big flood.

The south side is flooded, and the north side is dry.

This kind of thing is simply a busy one.

Today, the Ministry of Industry needed money to repair dams and dig rivers and canals. Because of conflicts with the distribution of other ministers, they were impeached by them.

The household department needs to spend a lot of money to support the war, so there is not much money left.

The other ministers all need money, but the Ministry of Industry needs more money, and the money is not enough to distribute.

These few people got angry, how much money is posted by the Ministry of Industry every year?

This year, there are still so many disasters.

"Hmph, your Ministry of Industry is in charge of these things, and now you say it's not your responsibility? Could it be my responsibility?"

"Isn't it? On weekdays, the people who look at your Ministry of Industry are all talking about the next plan triumphantly, and there are other plans, saying that as long as it is completed, the future floods can be reduced. few.

Looking at it now, this year is so much more than in previous years. Did you throw all the money into the water? "

The minister didn't dare to say directly that the money was eaten by him directly.

This is quite a serious rhetoric. Everyone wants to be famous. If this word spreads, they will die forever.

Wang Tianxun trembled angrily, "It's because of the abnormal weather this year, there has never been such a flood before! What's more, in the Ministry of Industry, it has no effect at all?

If it weren't for the previous project, how much would the area in Jiangnan and Nandu be flooded?

There are also Jiyun City and Yanran City, which are also drought this year. If the canals were not built to pass through, the soldiers guarding there would have no water to drink! "

The floods in various places make people feel that the Ministry of Industry seems to have no effect at all.

But in fact, under the planning of the Ministry of Industry, there are still many places that have escaped these disasters.

The most obvious one is at Sending Cloud City.

If it weren't for the canals that were built before, there would be no crops that could survive right now.

It hadn't rained in Xinghan city for a long time, and the reason why it wasn't affected at all was that the groundwater in the city was gushing out continuously.

In addition, on the Pingyun Mountains, a river branched down, so that although it hadn't rained for a long time, it didn't seem to be affected at all.

And Yanran City.

Because the conditions over there are too harsh, I specially took care of them a little bit more.

Now there are many fruit trees planted outside the city, and many soldiers are stationed there, mainly to defend against the Jurchen's attack.

"Well, the project of the Ministry of Industry is still effective, at least a little more effective than before."

Lu Chensheng couldn't listen any longer, and interrupted the dispute among the crowd with a wave of his hand.

Seeing this, the people didn't dare to pester anymore, and they all nodded their heads.

"How about the transfer of troops in the Ministry of War?"

"Returning to the Holy Lord, this time I plan to mobilize an army of [-] for the Northern Expedition. At the end, the general hopes to lead the army in the Northern Expedition."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xue immediately stood up and said.

Food and grass for people and horses, and supplies for supplies, she called them one by one, and they were almost enough.

According to the Holy Majesty's previous instructions, this time we must complete the Northern Expedition as soon as possible and withdraw before late autumn to avoid heavy snow blocking the road.

Therefore, when she mobilized troops and horses, her speed was much faster, and she strictly demanded all progress.

"Well, since you want to lead the army yourself, then you will be the coach."

After hearing the words, Lu Chensheng came down and agreed to the other party's request.

Hearing this, Chengxue was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.

This time, she had a few of her former subordinates who came down from countless battlefields with her, and they didn't have much credit for them in the past.

As a result, when they were sealed off later, they didn't get much rewards. This time, as the coach, she can let them make more contributions, and maybe they can even be awarded titles.

Lu Chensheng didn't know her plan, but thought it would be good to have a veteran like the opponent lead the team this time in the Northern Expedition.

Even if he knew that the other party wanted some subordinates to get more credit, he wouldn't care.

Those who are capable should hone their skills on the battlefield, so that they can grow into a general.

The Xinghan Empire lacks these generals now.

While the ministers were discussing, a servant hurried in from outside the hall.

"Report, the long-voyage fleet has returned safely!"

Chapter 739 Death in Battle

"The fleet is back?"

Hearing this, the ministers froze for a moment, and Lu Chensheng stood up suddenly on the dragon chair.

He had pinned countless hopes on Yuanhang, and now he finally waited for the other party to come back, and he didn't know how many things he brought back?

Thinking of this, Lu Chensheng hurriedly walked outside the palace.

"Let's go, follow me to the pier to have a look."

Lu Chensheng's face was full of joy, and he couldn't wait to see the people on the fleet and listen to their reports.

The ministers responded one after another, and then followed behind Lu Chensheng.

After leaving the palace, Lu Chensheng boarded Long Yu, and the ministers followed behind.

They have sedan chairs outside the palace, but on such an occasion, if they were to be on sedan chairs, it would be against the etiquette, so they all followed behind them all the way.

At this time, countless people had already gathered on the pier.

Everyone is looking at so many ships and pointing.

"At the beginning of the year, I watched this fleet leave with my own eyes. Now that it's summer, I finally saw it come back. It took half a year to come and go. It's really a long time!"

"Yeah, I don't know if this ship has reached the New World? I heard that the ship went to the New World, so I don't know what happened."

"I heard that when this ship left, it brought a lot of treasures on it. I don't know how many millions it is worth, and I don't know how many things it brought back this time?"

The people on the side were talking a lot at this moment, and their faces were full of curiosity when they looked at the ship.

While everyone was discussing, the guard of honor in the distance slowly approached, and the common people were separated from each other.

Seeing this posture, the common people didn't even need to think about who was coming, they all backed away quickly, fearing that they would run into Long Chuan.

When Lu Chensheng got off Longzhu, he also saw densely packed boats on the pier. There were many repairs on the boats at this moment, which were completely different from the brand new boats when they left.

Apart from this accident, many broken marks can be seen on the ship, and the number seems to be less.

"Student Haiqing, I have met the Holy One!"

Lu Chensheng was looking at the fleet, a group of people walked up to them, and made a bow when they saw Lu Chensheng.

Lu Chensheng looked intently, and immediately smiled when he saw the person coming, "It's you, this time sailing with the ship, is there any gain?"

Seeing the student in front of him, Lu Chensheng was quite happy.

Hai Qing didn't like research that much. During this long voyage, he heard about this and asked Lu Chensheng himself, hoping that Lu Chensheng would allow him to follow.

He wants to see what the new continent looks like, and also wants to learn more.

Lu Chensheng agreed, and he followed the ship.

"Fortunately, the harvest is quite rich this time!"

Hearing this, Hai Qing's face was full of joy, and then he handed over a list.

"This is the account required by the commander-in-chief to record the statistics. Please look over it, Your Majesty."

Haiqing did not stop all the credit, but mentioned the commander in chief.

At this time, the commander-in-chief on the side also saluted, his face full of excitement.

When he was elected as the commander-in-chief this time, he was selected by the ministers, and then Lu Chensheng made the final choice.

And he had never seen the Holy Majesty before, and at this moment, he saw Lu Chensheng at such a close distance, which made him feel a great honor immediately.

"Well, no one has shown you the way for the first voyage, and there is no chart. You are doing very well."

Lu Chensheng still recognized the commander's ability.

It can be seen that the fleet lost some this time, but overall, the other party still brought most of the people back, and they also arrived in the New World.

This was already considered a successful voyage.

"Thank you, my lord, for the compliment!"

Fan Miao said excitedly.

Lu Chensheng looked down at the account and asked, "Did you encounter any troubles during this voyage? How is the situation in the New World?"

At this moment, the ministers on the side were all looking at the returning fleet with emotion on their faces.

The old marks on the fleet can already be seen, how much hardship it has gone through, and this time the voyage was not smooth.

"Returning to the Holy Lord, the storm at sea is too strong. Once the waves rise, although the ship is tall, it may still capsize. There are many countries in the New World, some of them are tribes, and some of them are quite powerful.

When we passed by one of the countries, we wanted to trade with it, but the other party wanted to embezzle all our wealth, so we had to fight.

After this battle, we lost 89 soldiers, 40 crew members, and seriously injured 200 people. However, we also seized a lot of jewelry and gold, probably worth more than [-] million taels of silver. "

"What did you say? 89 soldiers were killed?"

Lu Chensheng frowned, not paying any attention to how many jewels and gold were seized.

"When we fought the Tartars before, how many people were killed in battle. How did so many people die in a foreign country?"

Fan Miao's face was full of shame, "During the battle, our soldiers disembarked from the ship, and when they drank water or passed by the local area, many of them were sick because of food poisoning, or because they were not acclimatized to the environment. , and thus died."

They were not very familiar with that place, some were bitten by snakes, some were sick, and many other things led to the extremely high number of soldiers killed this time.

Hearing this, Lu Chensheng sighed.

In this case, it is no wonder that the other party is not familiar with foreign countries, these are unavoidable.

It's just that so many soldiers died in battle, it's really heartbreaking.

"Have all the soldiers' bodies been brought back?"

"Returning to the saint, because of the hot weather and the long journey back, the body was cremated and brought back."

There is really no way to preserve it in such a hot weather. If it is brought back along the way, there is no guarantee that other things will not happen.

Lu Chensheng nodded when he heard this, and cremated it, it's better than not bringing it back.

"Confirm the whereabouts of the families of the soldiers who died in battle, send someone to send them there, and choose an auspicious day to be buried in the mausoleum."

"Yes!"

When Fan Miao heard this, she nodded immediately, "Your Majesty, I want to personally deliver to the families of the soldiers."

This time it was the team he led, and he didn't lead it well, so he wanted to send it in person to see if he could make up for it.

Seeing Fan Miao's firm eyes, Lu Chensheng hesitated for a moment and then nodded slightly in agreement.

In fact, it was not a good thing to ask him to send it, but seeing how determined he was, Lu Chensheng agreed.

Knowing that so many soldiers had been killed in battle, Lu Chensheng was much weaker in wanting to take a closer look at the accounts, so he put away the accounts and asked about the situation in the New World.

7 Chapter Forty Kirin

The fleet came back smoothly. Although they encountered many difficulties on the way and many ships sank, relatively speaking, this long voyage is still a good thing.

The trade this time was also extremely successful. After statistics, the value of the goods brought out was more than 500 million taels of silver.

As for the things brought back, after a rough calculation, there are about 100 million taels of silver. Apart from these, there are many things that cannot be counted, and there are always a lot of zeros and zeros.