After receiving the memorial yesterday, the emperor had been deeply uneasy. He had never expected to hear thoughts like these from Song Yaoyao at Morning Court today!
This truly was a pillow delivered just as he was getting sleepy. If they could obtain the modern formulas for cement and concrete, what would there be left to worry about?
The emperor pricked up his ears and listened closely too.
He continued pretending to discuss matters with the officials, afraid that Song Yaoyao might notice something.
Guagua: [Host, your thinking is sound.
But the prerequisite is that the emperor must send trustworthy people to handle this. The appointed officials can take the silver directly with them, rather than having it allocated through the Ministry of Revenue, level by level, until it reaches the local authorities. That would prevent embezzlement at every level. Once they reach Jiangnan, they can build the levees with concrete, and then nothing can go wrong.]
Song Yaoyao: [Of course I know that.
I've thought it over. After court, I'll write down the formulas for concrete and cement, along with how to use them and what they're used for, and have my father give them to the emperor. As for how to put it all into practice, that's the emperor's business. This is all we can do!]
Guagua wholeheartedly agreed: [Yes, we'll do our part. As for the rest, even if we wanted to interfere, we couldn't!]
With that promise from Song Yaoyao, the matter seemed as good as settled!
Once court ended, he would have a Shadow Guard follow her to the Song Residence. They had already done this once before; they knew the drill!
Now that there was a solution, the atmosphere in court instantly lightened.
Song Yaoyao sensed it too:
[Guagua, why do I feel like