The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 92

[Chapter 92 Weighing Instruments]

After coming back to his senses, Fang Xiu looked at Liang Hu in front of him and asked, “What’s the matter?”

Liang Hu bowed and said, “I was ordered to investigate the Wu Bei Ku case.”

Hearing this, Fang Xiu frowned. A wrinkle.

Under orders?

On whose orders?

It has long been obvious that this guy has been trying to drag himself into the water, which is really good.

Although he thought so in his heart, his face remained calm as he continued: “I asked the soldiers and the chief clerk on duty in the Arms Library and found that this case is inseparable from the Ministry of Works!”

Liang Hu said At this, there was a hint of ferocity on his face, which made people feel a little frightened.

Fang Xiu instantly understood that the word ‘asking’ was not as understatement as he said.

Of course, as a man of two generations, he would not be intimidated by a small captain. He just said calmly: “Continue.”

Liang Hu cupped his hands and said: “I have something in my humble position. Please take a look at it, general.”

Before he finished speaking, He was interrupted by Fang Xiu: “Go.”

“Yes!”

Liang Hu saluted again and walked out of the tent. After a while, he took back two things that looked like scales.

Said: “General, this is a weighing instrument.”

A weighing instrument, as the name suggests, is an instrument for measuring the mass of objects.

If you have not read history books, you may mistakenly think that the balance is a modern product.

But in fact, at the end of primitive society, when items were exchanged, there were already weighing instruments.

After hundreds of years of development, it has become quite perfect, and the items weighed are almost the same as the actual ones.

Looking at the two scales, Fang Xiu frowned slightly.

Immediately, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he understood immediately.

Could it be that someone had tampered with the scale?

Sure enough, this was the first thing Liang Hu said after putting down the scale.

“General, this weighing instrument was sent by the Ministry of Works,”

he said, pointing to the weighing instrument on the left.

He added: “This weighing instrument was found by a humble trustee.”

Pointing to the right side.

Immediately afterwards, Liang Hu pulled out the saber from his waist, first placed it on the scale on the left, and then placed it on the right.

Fang Xiu couldn’t understand this ancient scale. He just glanced at it and then focused on Liang Hu, wanting to hear his explanation.

After some operations, Liang Hu looked at Fang Xiu and said, “The weight of the same knife weighed by the scale on the left is 50% more than that on the right!”

Fang Xiu heard this and felt in his heart I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Fifty percent?

He raised his eyes, looked at Liang Hu, and asked, “Can you confirm?”

I had asked him this question half a month ago.

Now, he asked the same question again, but his tone was a little more confident.

Liang Hu obviously understood that His Majesty’s request to improve military discipline and conduct a thorough investigation into the weapons library case must be related to General Fang.

Therefore, after discovering this secret, the first thing that came to mind was General Fang.

“Confirmation of humble position!”

Liang Hu’s expression was as firm as it was half a month ago.

Fang Xiu took a deep breath and said, “I understand, General. You can go down.”

Liang Hu cupped his hands and said, “Yes, General.”

After saying that, he picked up two scales and walked out of the camp.

Suddenly, the entire camp seemed empty again.

However, Fang Xiu’s heart was not like this camp.

I can’t sleep anymore.

Sitting in front of the case, Fang Xiu began to think about what this matter meant.

He knew that Liang Hu was very trustworthy.

Even if the weighing instrument he found was not as accurate as the court’s, thinking about it, it wouldn’t be too different.

But compared with the scale sent by the Ministry of Industry, the measured weight was a full 50% less,

which was a bit shocking.

Originally, the case of the arsenal was limited to pro-military forces and garrisons in various places, and beyond that, it only involved the Ministry of War.

But things are different now. There is something wrong with the scales of the Ministry of Industry.

What does this mean?

It was not just military attachés who were involved in this case.

Thinking more deeply, there is something wrong with the scales sent to the pro-military forces by the Ministry of Industry, but what about the ones sent to saltworks and mines?

A single move affects the whole body, and there is a problem in the Ministry of Industry.

The entire Chu State, various industries, especially the salt and iron controlled by the imperial court, are the foundation of the country. What should we do if something goes wrong?

Fang Xiu could imagine how furious Emperor Chu would be when he found out about this.

Now, all the civil and military officials in the court may be in trouble.

Thinking of this, Fang Xiu couldn’t help but sigh, raised his eyes, and looked forward.

In the hazy moment, it seemed that a bloody storm was taking place in the capital.

Yangxin Hall, Nuan Pavilion.

The Emperor of Chu was sitting on the dragon throne, reviewing the memorial in front of him.

He was a hard-working man and spent nearly half of his day in the bowl.

Throughout the ages, diligent emperors like him either overworked and died early, or the harem was at odds and failed to produce heirs.

All in all, no emperor who was too diligent ended up well in the end.

However, the contemporary Emperor Chu seems to be an exception. He is now in his forties, but his body is still very strong.

In addition, the family is full of descendants and the harem is also very harmonious.

All the civil and military officials in the DPRK regard the emperor as the King of ZTE, and hope to follow him to do something great and make his name go down in history.

Of course, the eunuch Liu Cheng who was serving on the side didn’t think so.

He was a eunuch, and everything came from the emperor.

He didn’t care whether the emperor was diligent and wise, he just wanted the dragon to be healthy.

Therefore, Liu Cheng was very anxious when he saw Emperor Chu reviewing the memorials all the time.

He stepped forward and persuaded: “Your Majesty, you have been reviewing the memorial for more than an hour. It’s time to take a rest.”

“An hour?”

Emperor Chu was slightly startled, then frowned, put down the memorial in his hand, and sighed. When

I am really old,

I remember that when I was young, I could review memorials for three or four hours in a row without stopping.

Now, just an hour later, I feel pain in my waist and back, as if I have been fighting on the battlefield for a long time.

“Pour tea.”

Emperor Chu sighed and ordered.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Liu Cheng walked out of the Nuan Pavilion and came back a moment later carrying a pot of warm tea.

Emperor Chu picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said, “Remind me to take a break after half an hour.”

Liu Cheng opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he still didn’t say it. He just said, “It’s your Majesty.”

After reviewing all the memorials on the desk, it was already dark.

Emperor Chu put down the memorial and felt that there was no part of his body that was not tired.

Liu Cheng had been serving him for many years. When Emperor Chu moved, he knew what to do. He hurriedly took two steps forward and gently rubbed Emperor Chu’s shoulders.

Emperor Chu closed his eyes for a long time and suddenly asked, “What is that boy Fang Xiu doing recently?”

Is it Fang Xiu again?

In the past half month, His Majesty has mentioned General Fang Zhonglang more times than Prince Ning and Prince Kang.

While Liu Cheng was surprised, he couldn’t help but pay more attention to Fang Xiu.

I was thinking whether I should send some young eunuchs to the Fang Mansion some other day to deliver gifts.

After all, he always felt that Fang Zhonglang would have some objections to our family.

(End of chapter)