Although Zhu Zhanji wants to strictly prohibit the planting of cotton in Daming, this matter cannot be implemented this year, because it is now August, and this year's cotton has already been planted.

Moreover, before the large-scale planting of cotton in the northwest region and becoming a substitute for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty could not directly terminate the cultivation of cotton.

Although Chen Cheng returned from the mission, he did not directly return to the Ministry of Officials to inspect the seal department and resume his life. After the mission accepted the assessment of the officials and evaluated the work of the envoy, Zhu Di rewarded the mission personnel according to the usual practice.

The reward Chen Cheng received at this time was no special for others, and even because he had written two books introducing the Western Regions, the reward was relatively light.

But then, Chen Cheng was transferred from a foreigner from Wupin to Ren Lang, the official of the Ministry of Industry.

From the Ministry of Officials at the head of the six departments, he was transferred to the Ministry of Engineering at the end of the six departments, and although he was promoted by one level, it cannot be said that this is a promotion. After all, the officials are noble and in charge of the promotion of hundreds of officials, while the Ministry of Industry has to work with their heads buried.

But Chen Cheng, a Langzhong, only went to the Ministry of Industry to order a mao, and was arranged by the Ministry of Industry to Zhu Zhanji's Xiamaqiao Farm, and he was in charge of everything in the farm.

In addition to the young military camp, all the power of the Xiamaqiao Farm is in his hands.

The Department of Metropolitan Water Officials is the department in charge of estimating the cost of the project and in charge of the production of edicts and official documents. Chen Cheng's transfer made ordinary people a little confused, but in the upper echelons of the sixth department, it caused a burst of envy.

Everyone knows that today's Taisun's Xiamaqiao Farm is the most potential development department of the Ministry of Industry in addition to the Jiajiang Industrial Zone.

Although most people still can't figure out what Taisun set up ten research institutes at once, what exactly is being studied. But just by becoming Taisun's closest minister, it is enough to make everyone envious.

In today's court, even the crown prince does not have such great influence as the grandson. In addition to being in charge of the navy and the world's naval divisions, the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, including the Xiamaqiao Research Institute, which entered the gold today, was all set up by Taisun.

What's more, today's grandson is equivalent to taking over the Ningbo City Bo Division, in charge of the trade between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea and Dongying, with money, power, people, and power in his hands.

If it weren't for the fact that Taisun had been outside the management system of the imperial court, I don't know how many ministers would want to hug Taisun's thick thighs.

Many people don't understand why Zhu Di would rather give his grandson so much power, but be stingy with some power for his son.

But as long as you think about it, whether it is the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, or the Xiamaqiao Research Institute, including the Ningbo Bosi with an annual income of one million taels, they have all developed under the hands of Taisun, and everyone can understand a little.

In the past few years, the ministers distributed the money, and they also needed to send their families and drive the cart to get the money, most of which were cloth and grain, and they had to worry about selling.

But since the beginning of this year, in addition to the emperor's rewards, officials' salaries have begun to be paid in cash and copper coins, saving most of the officials' energy.

Based on this alone, we can know how great Zhu Zhanji's contribution is.

Of course, it is not without officials who have repeatedly played the game, believing that the internal supervision force is too great and the profits are too great, and this is a competition for profits with the people and is not conducive to development.

Now the emperor's inner treasury is abundant, but the treasury has not improved, which is really putting the cart before the horse.

But these movements don't do much.

Zhu Di is not a monarch who is popular with everyone, he has now tasted the sweetness of exclusive management, he has plenty of money, and the internal supervisor can let him not worry about financial pressure just by collecting tariffs, and it is impossible to let him loosen control.

Although Chen Cheng was transferred to Xiamaqiao Farm, he actually didn't know what he was going to do.

Xiamaqiao Farm is located here, the Institute of Geography, the Institute of Mineral Resources, the Research Institute of Iron and Steel Foundry, the Research Institute of Gewu Foundation, the Institute of Machinery, the Institute of Chemistry, the Institute of Medicine, the Institute of Textile Technology, the Institute of Shipbuilding Technology, and the Institute of Building and Water Conservancy.

At present, these ten research institutes have only set up a framework, and most of the craftsmen and managers who have been transferred from the Ministry of Industry are also working in the Jiajiang Industrial Zone and researching.

Moreover, he only stayed at Xiamaqiao for a day, and before the situation was clearly understood, he was sent by Zhu Di to Honglu Temple to receive the envoys of the Seventeen Kingdoms who came to Yingtianfu with the delegation.

Chen Cheng is not a foolish person, if he is really stupid, he will not be able to go from a poor student to a foreigner from the fifth grade, and he can achieve good results in Annan and the Western Regions.

He simply recalled everything he had experienced since he returned to the capital, and when he connected them together, he somewhat understood the position of the emperor and his grandson towards him.

He can be appreciated because he has a better understanding of the situation in the Western Regions, and both books are highly valued by the emperor and the grandson.

And Taisun brought him to the front of the world map, and wanted to add to his book the description of the Western Regions suitable for cotton planting, from his point of view, to make the countries of the Western Regions pay attention to cotton cultivation and guide them to develop cotton cultivation.

This was not a difficult task, because he had traveled to the Western Regions, and he knew very well that cotton had been cultivated in the southwestern part of the present-day country of Timur at the earliest. Cotton was already grown there in the Han Dynasty, but cotton was gradually grown in China from the Song Dynasty.

As long as the Ming can promise to buy the cotton they produce, and then sell them all kinds of materials they need, this matter is easy to operate.

But from the perspective of the emperor and the grandson, of course, it is not only for this purpose. Although Chen Cheng has not fully figured out their thoughts yet, he has already understood that what he has to do will be part of a huge plan.

Therefore, he showed great enthusiasm and carried out all-round exchanges and communication with the envoys of these seventeen countries, trying to persuade them to take the initiative to plant cotton.

Compared with Chen Cheng, who quickly understood the intentions of the upper echelons, Liu Jie, a member of the Yu Heng Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Industry, has been busy and confused so far.

As the great-grandson of Liu Bowen, because his great-grandfather and grandfather were killed by Hu Weiyong, the family title was also deprived eighteen years ago, and his father Liu Qian has lived in seclusion in his hometown Qingtian since then, and has no intention of pursuing a career.

Liu Jie is unwilling to be so, he has been carefully taught by his father since he was a child, and he became famous as a young man.

However, as a descendant of Chengyi Bo, he has been squeezed out in the officialdom more or less explicitly, and for more than ten years, he is still only a marginal figure in the Ministry of Industry.

Yu Hengqing set up a new patent department, and no one knew whether this department would be able to rise up in the future, but everyone knew that this department would inevitably fight lawsuits in the future, so he was assigned to this new department.

The first lawsuit of the patent department was the lawsuit between his own department and the internal supervisor, although the thunder was loud and the rain was small, but his position was also like a volcanic crater.

But no one expected that after the lawsuit ended, the Patent Department immediately became one of the most lively yamen in Yingtianfu, and businessmen and craftsmen from all over the country did not care about the cost of applying for patents at all, and began to apply for patents on a large scale.

As long as someone asks for it, this yamen will rise to the top. Liu Jie suddenly became a celebrity from a marginal figure who was excluded from the Qingshui Yamen, and he didn't expect this to change so fast.

However, he has always been a little confused about the purpose of setting up such a department.

Although he is rich and thinks that he is not a degenerate, he has never been told in the Four Books and Five Classics what is the meaning of the existence of this department!

Although patents can protect the unique skills of craftsmen and promote the rapid development of various technologies in the Ministry of Industry, it seems that it has increasingly become a way for wealthy businessmen to use the law to monopolize technology.

So now the more sought after he is, the more frightened he becomes, and in just a few months, he feels that he is ten years older.

He didn't know how to untie the knot, and he had no doubt that if this trend continued, he would become more and more dangerous.

Although his great-grandfather and grandfather were persecuted by Hu Weiyong, they were not guilty of their families, but now they seem to be even more dangerous than them.

After months of thinking about it in his heart, he finally couldn't help it. He knew that on this day, Zhu Zhanji was going to Jiajiang Industrial Zone to inspect the purification of molten steel, so he specially waited at the gate of the molten iron smelting yard of the internal prison.

Although this molten steel smelter is under the management of the Ministry of Industry, it is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. All the data of the various experiments carried out by the officials of the Ministry of Works every day were collected by the internal supervisors, and no one could bring out a single word.

However, in addition to the supervision of Jinyiwei and the internal supervisor, the personnel of the Ministry of Industry still have some privileges here, so his appearance did not make the personnel of Jinyiwei too nervous, and even if the grandson was coming, he and the two attachés were not investigated.

At the right time, Zhu Zhanji led more than 100 of his guards to ride to the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, and when he reached the gate of the courtyard of the smelter, he was stopped by Liu Jie, who was guarding the door.

"Your Royal Highness, the minister is Liu Jie, a member of the Ministry of Industry Yu Hengqing, please ask Your Highness to spend some time with the minister, and the minister has something to do."

Zhu Zhanji restrained the horse under his crotch, repelled Yang Zhangde and the others, and asked condescendingly: "Since you are a member of the Ministry of Works, why did you stop Lone here?" The Ministry of Industry has its own channel for speaking......"

"The minister didn't know that this matter was public or private, so he didn't dare to abolish the public because of his private affairs, so he made this decision."

Hearing his answer, Zhu Zhanji had a trace of curiosity. It's not a small courage to dare to stop yourself from speaking out like this if you can't tell whether it's a business or a private matter.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know, and Liu Jie had no choice, because his concerns couldn't be clearly stated, and without a suitable reason, his recital couldn't reach Zhu Zhanji at all.

At this time, a small eunuch subordinate to Sun Lin came to Zhu Zhanji with a roster, handed it to Zhu Zhanji and said: "Your Highness, this person is Liu Jie, a member of the Ministry of Industry Yu Hengqing Officials, and there is no doubt that this person is Liu Qingtian and is now in charge of the Patent Department. ”

As soon as he heard that it was Liu Bowen, a trace of dissatisfaction in Zhu Zhanji's heart dissipated, turned over and dismounted, and said, "Come to the living room with the orphan." ”

(Shaking his head, the brother's reward of 30,000 yuan is now full of three alliance leaders, although it is updated every day, there are more and more debts now.) The anguish of happiness...... Now I still owe seven chapters of the brothers who shook their heads, three chapters of the Huyansheng brothers, and one chapter of the monthly pass, a total of eleven chapters, and let me pay it back slowly...... Today is still three watches)