Chapter 347 Underground Fire
Many times, Lu Shiyan was obviously paving the way for Jiang Tangtang to ascend the throne in the future.
Lin Jingyue couldn't recover for a long time, muttering: "How could it be..."
He wanted to say that Jiang Tangtang was a woman after all. Even if she was a disciple of a god, she was still a woman after all. How could he let her become emperor?
Also, Lu Shiyan helped conquer the world, but in the end he handed it over to others. Was he really willing to accept this?
Zhuang Zilin was not surprised by his old friend's shock. To be honest, when these old ministers first learned of Lu Shiyan's thoughts, their performance was not much better than his.
But the longer he spent in Lingnan, the more convinced he became of Jiang Tangtang.
Now I feel that it is only natural for Jiang Tangtang to become emperor.
Seeing his old friend's inexperienced look, Zhuang Zilin patted his old friend on the shoulder and said, "You will understand slowly."
The next day, when Lin Jingyue met Jiang Tangtang, she was nervous and curious.
What kind of woman could be unanimously praised by the ministers who defected from the capital and be worthy of being an empress?
He originally thought that he would meet a very majestic person.
They might even give him a warning.
But Jiang Tangtang treated him very gently, which was something Lin Jingyue had never expected. He couldn't help but wonder, how could such a woman control the ministers below?
Although he was full of doubts in his heart, Lin Jingyue had been the Shangshu of the Great Zhou for many years.
He is quite patient.
He suppressed his doubts and started his new job for the day.
He had just arrived, and Jiang Tangtang would not assign him any important work. His main task was to understand Lingnan's household registration system.
He was startled by the contact.
How could anyone come up with such a perfect system?
In the following days, Lin Jingyue was basically in shock and sighing all the time.
A large number of officials in the capital fled to Bohai County with their soldiers, which put unprecedented pressure on all aspects of Bohai County and also led it into a period of rapid development.
Bohai County changes almost every day, with new houses, wide streets, and newly planted cacti in the fields...
This city, which had just experienced war, drought and locust plague, and had become lifeless and desolate, slowly came back to life.
The defection of these officials also added a lot of fresh blood to the leadership of Lingnan and Bohai County.
These officials selected by Lu Shiyan and sent to Lingnan, like Lin Jingyue, were all very shocked by Lingnan. They were puzzled by many of Lingnan's systems, or even questioned them. But in the end, they all turned to admiration and worship.
On the other hand, Xiao Ye's health finally improved after the careful care of the imperial physician.
As soon as he recovered, Xiao Ye announced that he would lead his troops to war in person.
The ministers and several princes who stayed in the capital almost all thought he was crazy.
Several old ministers who were loyal to the Great Zhou Dynasty even risked their lives to persuade the emperor not to take risks.
But Xiao Ye had made up his mind and refused to listen to advice. He insisted on leading a large army and marching out of the capital.
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Jiang Tangtang has been traveling quite frequently between Lingnan and Bohai County recently.
She had originally only set her sights on the tidal flats near the sea in several places in Bohai County, hoping to plant more sea rice to alleviate the food crisis caused by the drought.
As for other developments, she is not in a hurry.
However, they did not expect that a large number of officials in the capital would defect and come to Bohai County with soldiers and civilians, forcing Bohai County to move forward.
Not only that, when Lu Shiyan came back riding Gugu that day, he actually told her a strange phenomenon.
Lu Shiyan said that some common people accidentally discovered a natural forest fire underground when they were planting cacti.
The common people were terrified and said they had encountered an unclean thing.
No one dared to go to that cactus field to grow crops anymore.
He went to see it himself and found that the wildfire was burning spontaneously without any firewood, as if there was something underground.
Jiang Tangtang's heart suddenly jumped, "Could it be that natural gas has been discovered?"
"You mean like the gas thing under the stove in your kitchen?"
Lu Shiyan has always been very curious about the kitchen in the villa and also knows something about natural gas.
But his understanding of natural gas mostly came from books and Jiang Tangtang's explanations, but he only had a superficial understanding, not a deep one.
"Yes." Jiang Tangtang was excited and couldn't help but think about how to use natural gas if it was discovered.
If it is really natural gas, then the workshop that extracts fresh water will no longer have to spend a lot of effort to chop wood in the mountains.
It can not only improve efficiency, but also reduce waste of manpower and energy and reduce pollution to the environment.
In short, there are many benefits.
She was a little impatient and wanted to go over and confirm it immediately. "Let's go and see if it's natural gas."
"Let's go tomorrow." Lu Shiyan said helplessly, "That wasteland is not safe at night."
Jiang Tangtang glanced at him. "What's unsafe about that? Don't tell me you also believe in ghost stories?"
Lu Shiyan raised his hand and pulled the person over, holding her in his arms and kissing her, his voice hoarse and low: "I miss you."
Jiang Tangtang felt so weak from his kiss that she had to hug his neck to support her body which was as soft as water.
She was a little annoyed, but she ultimately failed to rush to Bohai County overnight. The next day, after dawn, the two of them went to Bohai County.
The underground fire was discovered at the foot of Boshan Mountain. Some common people accidentally discovered that the land here was relatively moist, so they came here to plant cacti, thinking that they would survive better.
When Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan arrived, several frightened commoners had already been moved to another place. The place where the fire was dug was guarded by several soldiers.
When Jiang Tangtang arrived in Boshan, he found that the vegetation there grew better than anywhere else.
Due to the two-year drought, many mountains have dried up.
But not only did the vegetation in Boshan not die, but what was rare was that the grass here grew younger than elsewhere.
Jiang Tangtang suspected that there was groundwater here.
But this time she came for the underground fire, so she temporarily put aside her doubts and went to see the underground fire.
She confirmed that the underground fire discovered by the common people was indeed natural gas.
And she guessed correctly, there was indeed groundwater here.
What's even more amazing is that the groundwater here is warm. If developed, it could become hot springs.
However, given the current severe water shortage situation across the country, she has no plans to develop hot springs for the time being.
It is mainly regarded as a drinking water resource.
She put the matter of natural gas extraction aside for the time being and focused all her energy on digging wells and delivering water.
Recently, a large number of officials in the capital have defected with their soldiers and traveled back and forth to Bohai County. Now the number of soldiers in Bohai County has more than doubled than before.
With so many people, not only does food consumption increase, but water also becomes a major problem.
If used properly, the water resources here can solve the current severe water shortage problem in Bohai County.
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