How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

第234章 1山怎能容2虎，除非1猫和1虎

Sheng Shihuai looked at Liang Wanda for a long time, then suddenly laughed, and said with an ambiguous look in his eyes, "I thought you were in the same group as the Second Prince."

Liang Wanda looked up in confusion, “Why do you say that, sir?”

"Nothing." Sheng Shihuai played with the teacup in his hand, the green tea swaying along the edge of the cup, but not a single drop of tea spilled out. He said in a light tone, "Then I wonder what position Governor Liang wants?"

Liang Wanda quickly smiled and said, “It’s up to you, sir.”

"The Crown Prince has just handed over the management rights of Liaozhou's Coal Mountain to me. Why don't you join the Salt and Iron Department and become a case manager?" Sheng Shihuai put down his teacup. "What about the gunpowder formula?"

Liang Wanda paused for a moment, then smiled apologetically, "My Lord, you are joking. How would I know the formula of this gunpowder? I am only in charge of the gunpowder factory. There is the Second Prince's confidant in Yizhou. Even if I have tried countless methods, I cannot find the formula. I can only show my good will to my Lord with the ready-made gunpowder!"

"So you're kidding us?" The confidant immediately shouted. Without the formula for gunpowder, he wanted to be a police officer? And he could even be in charge of the coal yard?

"I dare not! I am sincere!" Liang Wanda hurriedly leaned over to show his intentions, "It doesn't matter if there is a formula for gunpowder or not, as long as you can get the gunpowder, isn't it?"

"That's enough." Sheng Shihuai raised his hand to stop the two noisy people, "Did you bring the gunpowder?"

"I've got it!" Liang Wanda quickly took out a small box from his sleeve, "But sir, please don't open it. If it goes off accidentally, people will die!"

"Heh! Our Lord Wu--" the confidant spoke again with disdain, but was interrupted by Sheng Shihuai's cold words the next second.

"Bi Han!" Sheng Shihuai looked at his confidant Bi Han with a warning look. Bi Han was startled and quickly lowered his head. "I made a mistake and I am willing to accept the punishment."

"Go down and receive your punishment." Sheng Shihuai said indifferently, then took the box and put it on the tea table.

"I will naturally give you what I promised you. Tomorrow I will report to the regent. I believe he will be willing to give you this position." Sheng Shihuai picked up the teacup again, and this time he drank the tea in one gulp, his eyes becoming more meaningful.

Liang Wanda disagreed.

The Second Prince would never let him enter the Salt and Iron Bureau. After all, the project in Yizhou has not been completed yet and he needs to go back and take a look!

What's a mere chief of the Salt and Iron Bureau?

The founder of the Land of Abundance, that sounds so cool!

……

"Master Liang, congratulations!"

Eunuch Zhao placed the imperial edict in Liang Wanda's hand and said with a smile, "Not only did he personally supervise the construction of the Tianfu Field, but now he is going to Liaozhou to build the first coal yard in Jian'an. Only the founding heroes can match such achievements!"

Liang Wanda: ...

No! ! !

As a genuine southerner, he doesn't want to go to the freezing cold Liaozhou!

He wants to go home and farm, not dig coal!

Unfortunately, Xie Chengze could not hear his wailing. As soon as the imperial edict arrived, Liang Wanda set off for Liaozhou, took over the Liaozhou coal yard, and began to fight wits and courage with the bandit army and the Cao family.

In Cheng Huan Palace, Xie Chengze was writing a textbook when he suddenly sneezed. Sheng Shihuai walked in and kindly handed him a handkerchief. "Your Highness is weak, so you should wear more clothes on weekdays. It just so happens that there is a piece of thin flannel in my house, which is just right for this season. I will have someone send it to you after I return home."

"No thanks." Xie Chengze declined his offer, "Someone has already sent it, and Shangyiku is rushing to make it."

Sheng Shihuai raised his eyebrows. "This flannel is a new product in Yangzhou. The production is very small. The Sheng family bought it by chance. I wonder where Your Highness got it from?"

"Xiao Miao sent it." Xie Chengze sniffed, held the small hand warmer that Sheng Yiren had sent him, and continued to write the textbook with the charcoal pencil in his small and cool hands.

Sheng Shihuai nodded. The Fourth Prince's uncle, Jiang Henan, was the richest man in Yangzhou. Presumably, when the Fourth Prince was delivering cloth to his sister, Concubine Rou, he gave it to Xie Chengze. After all, the Fourth Prince was very kind to Xie Chengze.

"But why did you come here suddenly? Is there something wrong?" Xie Chengze raised his eyes slightly and looked at him puzzledly.

In the past two days, Sheng Shihuai seemed to be particularly fond of going to Chenghuan Palace.

"The mansion is empty and uninteresting. Your Highness's place is more interesting." Sheng Shihuai smiled and looked at his side. "Your Highness, can you please give me a seat? I can continue to copy for you."

Xie Chengze used charcoal pencil to write, but charcoal pencil writing was always dirty, so yesterday, Sheng Shihuai came to the hall and copied it for him in the form of brush calligraphy.

Xie Chengze nodded and patted the seat next to him.

He was reluctant in his heart, but Sheng Shihuai was a sharp and suspicious person, so he needed to create a strong psychological suggestion, suggesting that he and Sheng Shihuai were monarch and minister who could trust each other, so as to ensure that he would not show any deliberate or suspicious actions or looks in front of Sheng Shihuai.

However, sometimes, when something fake pretends to be real for too long, it can easily confuse people.

Xie Chengze tilted his head slightly, Sheng Shihuai was looking down and carefully copying his draft, his handwriting was domineering and extroverted, but the tail of his words was a bit restrained. He would stop writing and think from time to time, carefully studying the knowledge on paper. Occasionally, his pair of eyebrows like willow knives would raise slightly, as if he understood something, and then a proud smile would appear in his eyes that was worthy of me.

Noticing Xie Chengze's gaze, Sheng Shihuai raised his eyes to meet his, his brows slightly relaxed, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Xie Chengze hastily retracted his gaze, "It's okay, I just think your handwriting is very beautiful."

Sheng Shihuai laughed inexplicably, but instead of stopping talking, he asked, "Compared to Lord Shen?"

Why did you suddenly mention Shen Yuan... Xie Chengze thought about it seriously, then shook his head, "Same here, neither of them is as good as my penmanship."

He is not bragging, the fountain pen calligraphy he practiced in modern times is simply amazing.

"Fountain pen writing?" This was the first time Sheng Shihuai had heard this term. "Your Highness's chemistry textbook mentioned the composition of steel. Does this fountain pen have anything to do with steel? A pen made of steel?"

Xie Chengze didn't expect Sheng Shihuai to look so carefully and even noticed Gang. He nodded, then shook his head, "About the same."

I won't say more.

Sheng Shihuai did not ask any more questions and stayed beside him, quietly copying the characters. Because Xie Chengze still had to think while writing the textbook, Sheng Shihuai quickly caught up with him in copying. He spread out the paper covered with ink to dry, and his eyes could not help but fall on Xie Chengze's face.

The young man was writing down a formula seriously, his brows slightly furrowed, because he occasionally raised his hand to think, his fair skin was stained with a light charcoal ash, like a little white cat with dirty fur, trying hard to think about how to catch the little mouse that accidentally escaped during the day at night.

Sheng Shihuai had not paid much attention to this young man before. His impression of the Second Prince was that he was stupid and noisy. He was even annoyed that this idiot who could only roar incompetently was the best choice to become the puppet emperor he supported.

The perfect puppet emperor in his mind would be a weak, mediocre, useless person who only relied on him.

But later, after in-depth contact with Xie Chengze, his mind changed.

A knowledgeable but unambitious kitten is the best candidate for a puppet emperor.

Sheng Shihuai knew very well that he could only use dirty means to make money. He was good at scheming and understanding people's hearts, but he knew nothing about how to make clean money or how to take the dynasty to a higher level through reform.

Because he felt that the emperor did not need to learn these things, there were plenty of people who would give him advice, so he did not learn them.

Therefore, when he discovered that although Xie Chengze had no strategy, he was quite talented in making money and bringing about change, he felt that this was a gift from God.

Xie Chengze is like the white that can fill the gap in his black face. He can give him advice and strategies, assist him in creating a peaceful and prosperous era, and help him earn money for the treasury in a way that is easier to pass on to future generations. He is like a single-edged sword that can split the old dynasty and bring countless innovations.

How can a weak, incompetent and boring bug compare to a cute and good jugglery kitten?

Especially this kitten, it has no ambition yet.

I even naively thought I disguised myself well.

Sheng Shihuai curled the corners of his lips almost imperceptibly. The kitten loved to play, and he didn't mind playing with it a little, as long as the kitten was willing to sit on the throne as he wished.

As for Shen Yuan...

He will get rid of him sooner or later. After all, there can't be two tigers in one mountain.