Du Yu had been very busy lately.
The Shu lands and the Wu Kingdom had both been added to Great Wei's construction list.
This had undoubtedly increased Du Yu's workload, especially since conditions in both regions were far from promising. Hanzhong and other parts of the Shu Kingdom had practically been reduced to rubble, though Chengdu was a little better off.
As for the Wu Kingdom, there were Jingnan, Jiaozhou, Lujiang, Wuchang...
There were simply too many places that had been reduced to rubble and ravaged by war.
As head of the Ministry of Works, Du Yu felt his ears buzzing whenever he saw the memorials from all these places requesting construction and repairs.
The various regions within Great Wei were not letting up either, all submitting memorials requesting every sort of construction.
Yet Du Yu dared not approve them.
He had an enormous amount of work, and on top of that, he had to visit Ma Jun from time to time.
Thanks to His Majesty's regard, Ma Jun's residence had long since undergone tremendous changes. It kept expanding, almost reaching the size of the residences of ministers ranked among the Three Excellencies.
And more and more people were working within it.
Cao Mao deliberately sent everyone engaged in scientific research to Ma Jun, and had Du Yu select some bright young people to study under them and help them with their work.
Ma Jun was quite happy about this.
He had never received such regard in his life. He spent every day doing what he loved most, with plenty of people at his side. Whatever ideas he had, the Ministry of Works supported them wholeheartedly, not daring to neglect them in the slightest.
Du Yu stood to one side with a furrowed brow, watching Ma Jun show off his