Chapter 75: First, arrange a reserve cadre position for Lu Yuan

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, officials generally have two sets of clothing.

One set is the official uniform.

Worn on formal occasions.

For example, when some leaders hold formal meetings and many people gather to discuss matters, they wear the official uniform.

And there is another set, which is the court uniform.

What is this court uniform for…… It is worn when entering the palace to see the emperor, such as attending court or being summoned by the emperor.

Generally speaking, this court uniform is not something just anyone can wear.

Even exaggeratingly speaking, even if it's the chief of the Forging Bureau, if they won't be promoted further or won't do something very major, they will never wear the court uniform in their lifetime.

Simply put, it means they never get to see the emperor.

For the vast majority of officials, their court uniform basically just gathers dust at home, and they never get to wear it once in their lives.

And yet this leader can wear the court uniform—what status is that?

They come from the Ministry of Works, impressive!

Although this big shot's cuffs are also white, they have three gold trims added; although they are white cuffs, they are different.

This is a super high-ranking leader of the Ministry of Works.

And the Ministry of Works is one of the six ministries of the Imperial Court, and the Forging Bureau falls under its management.

At this moment, everyone was looking at Director Xu ahead.

Now somewhat excited Director Xu, after others poured corn into the hand-cranked thresher, began to shake it.

Soon, the people in the conference hall seeing this scene before them became a bit uneasy.

Great!!

Good stuff!!

The people here are all leaders, the lowest being deputy factory chiefs; how could they not understand its value?

The Ministry of Works leader wearing the court uniform, after seeing this scene, was somewhat surprised and clapped repeatedly.

And when this leader clapped, the people in the conference hall immediately followed suit and clapped as well.

After the applause stopped, Director Xu excitedly looked at the Ministry of Works leader and said:

"This is just a small model; according to this artisan, he also has a large thresher driven by spirit-power cores, with efficiency more than ten times this one—one unit can meet the needs of a large granary in each province!"

"And tomorrow I can go to his place to get the blueprints for that spirit-power-core-driven thresher!"

"As long as our Ministry of Works issues an order, the Forging Bureau can immediately start factory construction!"

The Ministry of Works leader, hearing Director Xu's words, nodded repeatedly in amazement and said:

"Good, good!!"

"I didn't expect our Forging Bureau to have such a talented person!"

Having said that, the Ministry of Works leader suddenly thought of something and then said:

"Tomorrow, after you get the blueprints, immediately go to the Agriculture Bureau of the Household Ministry; this thing belongs to agriculture, so find the people from the Agriculture Bureau to take a look."

"Once this thing is built, the Agriculture Bureau will definitely want to purchase a large batch first; incidentally, we'll also let those money-grubbing bastards of the Household Ministry have a look, because we are the ones who actually do real work!"

"That way, we won't have to, every time we take a note to the Household Ministry to request budget approval, first endure the sour faces of those money-grubbing bastards!"

The many leaders present nodded deeply in feeling.

Meanwhile, Director Xu, after a moment of hesitation, said somewhat awkwardly:

"I'm afraid tomorrow won't work; I need to go to that artisan's house for a meal."

Huh?

The Ministry of Works leader looked at Director Xu somewhat strangely—this… won't do?

The Imperial Court has strictly ordered five times that no accepting of meals is allowed, especially for such high-ranking leaders, and it is enforced very strictly.

Immediately, Director Xu also hurriedly said:

"Leader, you don't know the actual situation of this artisan; this artisan is truly a super talent, only twenty-one years old."

"His parents are gone, he has no relatives left at home; to serve the country and the court, he scrimped and saved to buy various artisan books to study, and ended up giving himself a stomach illness from hunger."

"Not long ago this artisan got married and took a wife; such a talent actually doesn't even have the money to hold a wedding feast."

"Only after receiving the Snow Dragon Sunlight Armor as a reward last time did he have money to hold a feast for his wife."

The Ministry of Works leader, hearing this, was somewhat dazed and said:

"That Snow Dragon Sunlight Armor… is it also his?!"

Director Xu immediately nodded and said:

"Yes, this child really is not easy; he is also enterprising, and his heart toward the country and the court is that of a loyal child."

"You say it's so hard to arrange a meal, with no adults at home, pitiful; so I thought I would do this as representing the state, to act as a witness for him."

The Ministry of Works leader, hearing this, also nodded slightly and said:

"You handled this correctly; I will report it to my superiors later—such talent cannot be treated ordinarily."

"As for rewarding this child, our Ministry of Works really isn't wealthy; reward money and such will come normally, and after this thresher is mass-produced and sold, we can give him some extra bonus—it won't be too late."

The many leaders of the Forging Bureau also nodded in agreement.

Afterward, the Ministry of Works leader then said:

"The money matter can be delayed, but other things need to be followed up immediately—first give him a reserve cadre position."

"In the future, whenever a workshop chief in the Forging Bureau retires, or whoever retires, let him take over."

"For such a talent, we cannot let their heart grow cold."

The Forging Bureau chief sitting beside the Ministry of Works leader immediately nodded and said:

"I'll have someone take care of it shortly."

The Agriculture Bureau leader nodded, then finally stood up and said:

"Alright, today's matter ends here. Xiao Xu, you go to the feast tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow find people from the Agriculture Bureau.

I'll go upstairs to apply for the factory funds, striving to have it settled after the big New Year.

This way, adding two more factories will also create more positions for Huangcheng, and Huangcheng's population is growing more and more."

…………

At night, Lu Yuan draped in a coat, hunched over the desk, drawing the blueprints of a large thresher driven by spirit power cores.

This coat was something Su Liyan insisted on putting on Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan had a perfect physique and wasn't cold at all, but Su Liyan felt he was cold, with no choice, so she just put the coat on him.

After Lu Yuan lowered his head to look for a while, he slightly raised his head and gazed at Su Liyan, who was lying on the desk, her delicate chin resting on her jade hand, staring at him, and smiled:

"You go to sleep first; I still need to wait a bit here."

The blueprint of this thing isn't the Snow Dragon Sunlight Armor's blueprint; it's troublesome, and I can't finish it in a short while.

Su Liyan hurriedly shook her head and said in a coquettish voice:

"No~ I want to sleep together with Brother~"

Lu Yuan was startled, then solemnly said:

"Tonight won't do; I'll be very late finishing this, and tomorrow we still have to prepare the feast, I need to get up early, so tonight I can't indulge."

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, Su Liyan blushed deeply, her face full of shy charm under the Spirit Power Lamp's glow, appearing even more mature and alluring, extremely beautiful.

Immediately Su Liyan put on a coquettish expression and said:

"I won't mention that matter~ I just want to sleep hugging Brother~

Brother not in the blanket, I feel the blanket is chilly, I can't sleep~"

Seeing his wife's adorable appearance, Lu Yuan couldn't help but burst into laughter, then seriously nodded and said:

"Alright, then I'll hurry up."

Late at night, when Lu Yuan had finished everything, he saw his wife somehow already lying asleep on the desk.

Lu Yuan placed the blueprints properly, then carefully held Su Liyan and walked toward the bed.

……

The next morning, when Lu Yuan opened his eyes, he saw his wife had already pasted the double happiness character on the wall at home.

Outside it was lively and bustling, the people in the courtyard were busy.

Lu Yuan blinked his eyes.

Mmm~ Let's have a big feast~

(End of chapter)