strictlysupreme Chapter 251
Chapter 251
Li Si glanced out, and hurriedly nodded while unfastening the seat belt on his body, and said,
"Yes, Master Hou, let's go down. "
The two opened the car door and walked out, and a man in his thirties followed a woman who was not too old with his car to walk quickly in this direction.
Seeing the shrewdness and ability of the woman's face, she glanced at the sports car behind He Chao and Li Si with a smile on her eyebrows, then looked at the two of them, and asked tentatively,
"Presumably the two of them are Lord Hou and Lord Prime Minister?"
He Chao and Li Si nodded slightly.
The woman hurriedly lowered her head again, saluted He Chao and Li Si respectively, and said,
"I've seen Lord Hou!
As if sensing that the man behind her did not salute, the woman hurriedly turned around and twisted the man's arm, and whispered,
"What are you doing stupidly? Haven't you seen Lord Hou and the Prime Minister?"
He Chao looked at the man, and saw that the man was staring at himself and Li Si in a daze, with a slightly wooden look that had just reacted,
With a simple smirk on his face, he saluted He Chao and Li Si, and said,
"I've seen Lord Hou and the Prime Minister!"
He Chao smiled and said casually,
"Excuse me. "
"Ben Hou and Prime Minister Ben Hou are here to inspect today, mainly to see how your new paper mill is doing. "
"So you two don't need to be too restrained. Take Ben Hou and Prime Minister into the factory to have a look!"
Hearing this, the woman hurriedly pulled away from the man beside her, made a gesture of please, and walked in front to lead the way, turning back to the two of them as she walked.
"The name of the folk girl is Dongmei. When the government's notice came down earlier, the people's daughter and her husband still couldn't believe that the imperial court actually encouraged us civilians to open factories!"
"It wasn't until I personally ran to the county guard to ask that it was true!"
"So the girl went home and discussed with her husband, and decided to take out all her savings, and with the help of the imperial court, she finally opened this paper mill..."
He Chao nodded while listening to Dongmei's account of opening the factory, and secretly said that the new policy issued by the imperial court was implemented quite well.
"Our factory has only been open for less than half a month, and with the help of the imperial court, we have received orders from several bookstores in Xianyang one after another!"
"Now we can say that our paper mill is basically on the right track!"
He Chao listened silently, looked at the simple smile on Dongmei and the man's faces, nodded slightly,
"Well, that's good. "
"I wonder how the machines in the factory are working?"
As soon as she heard He Chao mention the machine, Dongmei's face suddenly flew up with anticipation, and she said excitedly,
"Ah, don't say it, Master Hou, with the steam engine provided by the imperial court for us, the most laborious work in the entire papermaking process is done by the machine!"
"You see, this is a wood grinder that we purchased from the imperial court, and it is all powered by a steam engine!"
Dongmei led He Chao and Li Si to the pulping workshop, pointing to a machine,
"The wood pulp milled by these machines has a very high pulp yield, and it requires a few manpower, which greatly saves the cost!"
"And the paper made has high opacity and excellent ink absorption!"
"The batch of paper that was just delivered to Ping An Bookstore a few days ago, after being used by people, they made a special trip to the factory to find me, and praised the paper made by our factory for being good!"
Listening to the roar of the machine in his ears, He Chao looked at the joy on Dongmei's face, nodded again and again, and said,
"Uh-huh!"
"Seeing that you can successfully and smoothly set up the factory, Ben Hou and the prime minister are very happy!"
"When I go back, I will tell Your Majesty the news that everyone is running a factory smoothly, and Your Majesty will be happy for everyone!"
Dongmei saw that He Chao's words were full of recognition for his paper mill, and she happily saluted the two of them at the moment, saying,
"It's Your Majesty and Lord Hou who are too good to us ordinary people!"
"If there is no His Majesty and the Hou Ye to promulgate these policies, without these machinery, where will we have the opportunity to set up a factory..."
"That's right! When I heard that Hou Ye and the Prime Minister were going to inspect the factory, the people asked the kitchen to prepare some good dishes! Seeing that it was almost noon, I also invited the Hou Ye and the Prime Minister to enjoy the light..."
Seeing that Dongmei sincerely invited the two of them to stay for lunch, He Chao smiled and glanced at Li Si, nodded, and said,
"In this way, Ben Hou and the prime minister will cause trouble for everyone!"
Dongmei's face immediately bloomed with a smile and said,
"Where is the Hou Ye! Please also invite the Hou Ye and the Prime Minister inside!"
As he spoke, he was about to lead the two to the dining hall.
And at this moment, there was a shout outside the factory-
"Hou Ye!
"Prime Minister!!"
He Chao and Li Si, who heard the call, looked out of the factory suspiciously.
I saw a small guy trotting to the two of them, and bowed,
"Lord Qiqi, Lord Prime Minister!"
"News from the Academy of Science says that the first phone has been made!"
Hearing this news, He Chao and Li Si were both surprised!
"I didn't expect the work efficiency of the Academy of Sciences to be quite fast!"
Li Si glanced at He Chao in surprise and said,
"It didn't take long for the phone calls to be made!"
He Chao stared at Li Si and smiled,
"Let's go back now?"
Hearing He Chao say this, Li Si nodded again and again,
"Okay! Hou Ye said the phone call so magically, I have long wanted to see it!"
The two of them said that they were ready to leave.
Seeing this, Dongmei hurriedly asked,
"Lord Hou, Prime Minister, aren't you staying for dinner?"
He Chao smiled and waved his hand, saying,
"Thank you Madame for your kindness, Ben Hou and Prime Minister have something important to rush back now. "
"Let's skip the meal. "
After that, ignoring Dongmei's slightly disappointed expression, she walked quickly to the outside of the factory.
As soon as the two got in the car, they went straight to the scientific research institute.
Before leaving, he also specially instructed the messenger to go to the palace quickly, inform His Majesty that the telephone had been made, and tell His Majesty that the Marquis of Dingguo and the Prime Minister were waiting for him at the Academy of Sciences.
At this time, Ying Zheng was seriously reviewing the folds in the palace.
When he was tired, a eunuch walked in quickly with broken steps, and said,
"Your Majesty, there is news from Hou Ye's side, saying that the Academy of Sciences has made the call!"
"And I would like to ask Your Majesty to come to the Academy of Sciences. "
"Phone?"
Ying Zheng raised his head, a look of confusion on his face.
What is a telephone?
Ying Zheng frowned slightly, thinking about it for a long time, in an instant!
It seems that he finally thought of it, and Ying Zheng's frowning brows immediately relaxed!
The face that was originally full of tiredness suddenly showed a look of surprise and excitement!
Immediately stood up energetically and said with great interest,
"Hurry, hurry up and get me the car!"
"I'm going to the Academy of Sciences soon!"
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