"Isn't it to show your strength to us?" Hearing the Emperor's words, the Great Prince couldn't help but ask

"Definitely not!" the Emperor nodded and said, "If it was before, he would have made me jealous and would not dare to do anything to him...... But now, when I have compromised, he is provocative and irritating me to play this hand again...... Don't say he has no ambitions, and even if he had, he wouldn't be stupid enough to do such a thing?"

"What is the father's intention in saying that he has two intentions?" the eldest prince asked again.

"His first intention in sending demon beast meat was to make offerings! Let me rest assured that he is still a subject of the empire and will not betray him! He also agreed to the request I made when I promoted him to the second-rank marquis...... The second intention is to tell me about his character, you respect me, I respect you!" the emperor explained.

The eldest prince exhaled when he heard this, his expression was a little unnatural, and he said in a low voice: "This kid is really crazy!"

"When he was nothing, he was so rebellious, I heard that he dared to make a bet in the face of Tang Chuxue at that time...... Such a person cannot be subdued!......" the Emperor said, sighing.

The eldest prince frowned and said: "Father, but his approach is like this, and anyone who sees it is suspected of demonstrating his strength, he is not afraid that we will think the same!"

"He knows I won't!" said in a deep voice, "If I can't even analyze this little thing, I don't have to sit in this seat...... Actually, not only me, if this matter spreads, it is estimated that more than half of the people in the court will be able to see Jiang Xingchen's intentions!"

This sentence made the eldest prince blush a little, and most of the people in the court could see it. But I don't see it. This prince is too unqualified.

Seeing the eldest prince like this, the emperor got up and walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "You don't have to be presumptuous, after all, you are in the game." It's normal not to see it...... Jiang Xingchen is there, just ignore it in the future!"

"Thank you, father, I understand!" the eldest prince bowed and said, "Erchen has retired first!" There was a flood in Heluoling, the embankment was damaged, and hundreds of villages and towns on both sides of the Dahong River were flooded, and now nearly 10,000 people have died. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless, and the Imperial Monthly is ready to report on it!"

"Go!" the Emperor waved his hand.

After the prince left, the emperor slowly sat down. He whispered, "This kid is getting worse and worse now...... Twenty-Seventh Level Demon Beast ......"

On February 15, the Imperial Monthly was released, which made a large report on Ling Xun in Heluoling.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately shocked the whole country. The celebratory events of the Star Collar have just subsided. This topic suddenly sparked heated discussions again. The demand for the Imperial Monthly has also increased dramatically.

Knowing of this situation, Imperial Monthly sold a total of 860,000 copies in two consecutive supplements, the highest since the monthly's inception. Although the more you sell, the more money you lose, the eldest prince is still very happy, the sales have increased significantly, and the advertising revenue in the future will be enough to make up for the loss.

The power of these 860,000 monthly magazines was powerful, and the news of Heluoling soon spread throughout the country. There was a lot of talk about it.

"Good fellow, nearly 100 villages and towns have been flooded. This flood is too powerful, isn't it?"

"It's not that Ling Xun is powerful, it's that the people are powerful! The flood control levees have been washed out, is this possible...... It must have been a bad dam that was built to cause this to happen!"

"Yes, if there is a big flood, will our levee here also be washed away......

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused panic among many people. You must know that almost all villages and towns are built on the banks of rivers, and the more than a dozen large rivers of the empire have quite a large amount of water.

As a result, even greater fluctuations arose, and many lords made the decision to repair the flood control levees due to this pressure. Originally, some of the dikes were used for seven or eight years, and they were fine for more than ten years, but at this time, they did not dare to be careless, even if some of them were renovated less than five years ago, they all brought in the family who had built the dam and rebuilt it.

This time, Ling Xun of Heluo Territory really scared the lords. Because there has never been a comparison, many people only know that Heluoling's Lingxun this year is bigger than in previous years, but it is not clear how big it is. In addition, many people rumored that this was a man-made disaster and a problem with the construction of the embankment, so the lords made the decision to rebuild the embankment.

Of course, the businessmen and families who were engaged in construction were the happiest in this situation. The renovation of dikes in so many territories has made the construction industry boom all at once...... In addition, there is another happy thing that the Duan family is unlucky.

The Duan family was originally the leader of the construction industry, and they usually received the most jobs. In the past two years, they have managed the construction of the star collar alone, and they have made a lot of money, which has made many people jealous. Therefore, with such an opportunity, they will definitely not spare the time to step on the Duan family.

As the influence of this issue of the Imperial Monthly grew, some people began to stand up and attack the Duan family. Words such as cutting corners, bullying and dominating the market, and disregard for human life can be vigorously pushed out.

Ordinary people don't care what is going on, there are more and more voices accusing the Duan family, and there are even people in the imperial capital who still have stones or something in the courtyard of the Duan family.

However, the Duan family is the most famous architectural family in the empire, and they usually have a good reputation, and many people do not believe those vicious rumors, saying that it may be caused by the flood being too big and exceeding the capacity of the embankment.

I don't know if it was because some people in the construction industry were leading, and slowly, people's talk changed from the loss caused by Ling Xun to the controversy about the Duan family, which was mixed......

The Duan family is not to mention how depressed they are now, speaking of which, this incident really has nothing to do with them, such a big flood in Heluo Ling has never been seen in history, and it exceeds the bearing of the flood control embankment.

However, it was because they hadn't done it before, so no one thought about the problem of Ling Xun's scale, and they couldn't refute Grand Duke Heluo. Because there is no clause related to the scale of Lingxun in the contract, it only emphasizes the number of years.

At that time, the Duan family was very confident that the embankment they built was the best, and they won the project by beating out many competitors...... But who knew that the result would be like this, and all the money earned in Xingchen for two years was put into it at once.

How much money is not the main thing, because they rebuilt the Heluo Ling flood control dam, now people outside say that this is a man-made disaster, which has a great impact on the reputation of the Duan family. Although there are still many people who believe in the Duan family, there are more doubts, which can be said to be fatal to the development of the Duan family in the future.

On the embankment of the Great Red River, Duan Qingshi frowned, looking at the Great Red River below.

"Father!" Duan Tiehammer walked over from behind and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to urge Jiang Xingchen again, it's already mid-February, if the embankment doesn't start construction again, I'm afraid it won't be repaired when the rainy season comes!"

"Huh~" Duan Qingshi let out a long sigh and sighed: "Jiang Xingchen has already sent us a letter, saying that he is stepping up research, and we can't urge it anymore!"

Duan Tiezhu's brows furrowed, and he said in a low voice: "However, Grand Duke Heluo sends people to urge him every day!"

"Grand Duke Heluo!" Duan Qingshi gritted his teeth, this beam is finished. In order not to take responsibility for yourself, you put all the responsibility on our Duan family, don't you know how big the scale of the flood is, and don't you know if there is a problem with the embankment built by our Duan family.

"Ignore him, wait!" Duan Qingshi said with a wave of his hand.

Duan Tiehammer said: "Father, if it really doesn't work, let's build it according to the original method...... It is impossible to have such a large-scale flood every year, and a super-large-scale flood is not seen for many years......"

"No!" Duan Qingshi shook his head and said, "Now more than half of the people in the entire empire are questioning us, if something happens again, the reputation of the Duan family will be completely ruined, we can't take this risk...... In addition, did you find that there have been a lot of extreme weather in the past two or three years, heavy snowstorms, severe winters, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no heavy rainstorms in this year's rainy season!"

"But we don't know when Jiang Xingchen will be able to get the new material out, if we delay the time, the result will not be worse!" Duan Tie Hammer spoke quickly, looking a little anxious.

As if afraid that Duan Qingshi would not agree, Duan Tiehammer said again: "We can spread the news of extreme weather in advance, so that people can be mentally prepared! And the focus of our work in the next few years is on Xingchen Ling, don't worry about money, and our reputation can be saved little by little......"

Duan Qingshi frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "That's it, let's wait for another five days, if Jiang Xingchen hasn't studied it by then, we won't wait!"

"Okay!" Duan Tiehammer nodded vigorously and let out a long sigh, he was really afraid that his father's stubborn temper would come up, and he would have to wait for new materials, which would be troublesome.

"Father, is there another matter? Do you think we should mention it to Lord Jiang and ask him to help us talk in the Xingchen Monthly...... Star Monthly has a greater impact than Imperial Monthly, so it should be able to recover some of our losses!"

"That's right!" Duan Qingshi's eyes lit up, and he slapped his hand suddenly: "Why didn't I think of it...... Hurry up and send a letter to Jiang Xingchen!"

"I'll do it!" Duan Tiehammer replied, turned around and left.

"Wait!" Duan Qingshi called out to his son and asked, "Did Jiang Xingchen ask the group of craftsmen to go to the Great Departure Kingdom?"

"I've already left, the day before yesterday!"

Duan Qingshi nodded and said, "Don't forget to tell Jiang Xingchen about this, and then talk about Xingchen Monthly...... Forget it, I'll write to him myself to ......"

Not long after, when a speed eagle flew from Heluo Ling to the northwest, at the foot of the mountain behind Qingshan Village, Xingchen Ling, burst out with a laugh like a silver bell: "Success, Xingchen, we succeeded!"

Jiang Xingchen looked at Xian Ning, who was as excited as a little girl, and also smiled, first using the temperature control pressure array to establish the kiln mouth, and then the ratio of various raw materials, after several days of trying, the cement was finally developed. (To be continued......)