Spring is coming.

It's a new year in the Otherworld.

There is also a custom for eagles, so on this sunny spring day, the whole palace begins to carry out a big cleaning.

The area of the palace is pitiful compared to the deep buildings of the Forbidden City, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is terrifyingly large.

The young palace man was busy, and set fire to a strange grass, and it would rise up with blue smoke, but there was hardly a flame, and he ran around with these lit grasses, incense the palace.

Zhang Xun was very sensitive to this smell, so he could only go out and sit in a carriage and cruise along the avenue of the royal capital.

Although the otherworldly scenery is novel, the city is really not beautiful, and he is too lazy to go out for a walk.

While walking down a street, he stopped, and from here he could see a small chimney in one of the institute's newly expanded courtyards.

Looking through the small chimneys, looking up, looking into the distance, you can see other taller chimneys outside the city, like a gray forest.

Zhang Xun clearly knew which one belonged to the arsenal, which one belonged to the steam engine manufacturing plant, and which one belonged to the steel refining plant.

It was the rudiments of industry.

Throughout the winter, nothing major was done anyway.

Several experiments in research institutes and laboratories have really made great progress.

For example, the manufacture of railroad tracks is almost usable, and it will take some years for trains to become popular.

In the laboratory, the fertilizer belonging to Yingyang can already be produced on a large scale, and it will be put into use in this spring, Zhang Xun decided to use it in the bridgehead area, as well as the rented land in the east, from the test results, the effect of the fertilizer is good, but the laboratory is a laboratory after all, and he can't guarantee the effect when it is put into large-scale planting.

But how can there be a perfect way in this world?

The research and development of pesticides is in full swing, mainly because there are several plants that have not been produced in winter, and they have not thought of keeping them before, so they can only be delayed, and pesticides may not be able to catch up with the first season of planting this year, but it is not surprising that they can be put into use in the second season.

"For the land, we also lack technical personnel, and after the past, our task is mainly to popularize planting science, the use of agricultural tools, as for fertilizer, it will be transported later, if someone asks, there is no need to hide it, anyway, when they react, want to invest in research and development in fertilizer, can not catch up with our progress. ”

Coming to the Prime Minister's Mansion again, Zhang Xun said slowly to Levi.

"Well, I see. Levi nodded.

"As for the major lords, there haven't been any problems recently, have they?" asked Zhang Xun again, he was always worried about the outbreak of domestic contradictions.

"There is nothing wrong with that. ”

"Good. Zhang Xun nodded, thinking about it, the steam engine promised to be delivered to them in the spring, and now it has not left the factory, so they don't dare to anger the royal family at this time.

"What about the West, is there any East?"

"Fortunately, there are occasional frictions, but according to our intelligence, the western frontier has not recovered for the time being, and it should not be able to start a war again, but for the bridgehead area, they still don't give up. The prime minister said.

"It's normal not to give up, but it's strange if you're really willing. Zhang Xun said with a smile.

"But...... I have one concern. The prime minister suddenly stopped talking.

Zhang Xun looked at him a little strangely and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Levi hesitated before saying, "This is just a concern, and there is no evidence, but as a prince, I think it is necessary to remind you to pay attention." ”

"What the hell is worried?" Zhang Xun looked at him in confusion.

Levi sighed, looked directly into Zhang Xun's eyes, and said: "It's also about the bridgehead, there are not many standing troops in Yingyang, after that war, the soldiers went home one after another, and the remaining main army was placed in the bridgehead to guard to prevent the westerners from counterattacking...... This concern may be offensive, but ...... In the long run, there will be a certain danger after all......"

What the prime minister said was very vague and refused to point it out, Zhang Xun didn't understand it at first, and then suddenly woke up.

Levi's meaning is very simple, that is, in the current situation, he is very worried that the army in the bridgehead will have some disobedience, and it is not possible to stand up as the king, but it is not impossible to support the army and dominate the party.

If you speculate with the greatest malice, once General Simon has some other ideas, he can completely occupy the bridgehead, but the royal family has nothing to do with him, because the main army is in Simon's hands, if it is said to be controlled from the supply of money and food, due to the characteristics of the current theater of operations, it can be self-sufficient from the bridgehead.

The most important thing is that if this is the case, the royal family will not dare to force Simon to be in a hurry, if it is urgent, Simon can surrender to the king of the west, and give the bridgehead that he has already controlled as a gift, this gift can definitely allow him to get the support of the west, as for the long-cherished wish of the two armies fighting...... This kind of thing, if it is regulated from above, it will not be a matter for a few years.

"Well......" After Zhang Xun realized this, he also frowned.

He had to admit that at this point, he was negligent.

Or that he still lacks some political sensitivity.

Much of the energy was devoted to building reforms, and the main focus of the domestic forces was also on the church and the aristocracy, trying to slowly weaken the theocracy and stabilize the aristocracy, so it was natural to ignore the military side.

He immediately reflected on it, and sincerely thought that it was his own problem.

He trusted Simon too much, or rather the army.

Although Simon is a confidant of the former king in Luke's memory, time can change a person, and if he governs the country with emotion, it will end sooner or later.

In addition, Zhang Xun was also influenced by his own petty people's ideology, and his impression of his country's army was too good, causing him to almost forget that the army was a violent machine to maintain the stability of the regime.

And the machine itself is devoid of morality.

After all, even the most simple and backward people from other worlds have long realized the necessity of instilling a similar idea that obedience to orders and listening to commands is the duty of a soldier.

"I was negligent. Zhang Xun couldn't help sighing, his breathing tight.

Levi comforted him and said: "Your Majesty, don't think too much, General Simon has always been loyal, and Ying Yang is now in a good situation and thriving, as long as his mind is not dim, he naturally understands which choice is better." ”

Zhang Xun nodded and smiled reluctantly: "I know, I'm also very confident in this, it's just ...... Forget it, let's change the subject. ”

He felt that this hidden danger could go back to someone to discuss, but he didn't have to show too much in front of the prime minister, after all, ......

Prime Minister Levi is only an important minister, and he may not be able to believe it all, if it is a conspiracy theory, he raises this issue, and it is also suspected of splitting the monarch and ministers.

"Yes. Levi wisely did not continue.

The two were about to talk about the rest of the matter, when someone suddenly reported it outside the door.

Luo Ning came to visit.