Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Yong Cong, Yong Lian, Jing Se and others heard Xiang Nan's words and immediately walked into the hall to see E Niang.

Seeing that E Niang had now changed into the queen's attire, she obviously knew that she was about to die soon, so she couldn't help but burst into tears.

After all, the connection between mother and son is not an empty talk.

Xiang Nan couldn't bear to see this scene, so he withdrew from the hall and let the mother and son talk. Then he heard the crying in the room gradually stopped, and there was a faint sound.

Xiang Nan couldn't bear to hear it and stood outside Changchun Palace.

At this time, the eldest brother Yonghuang rushed over in a dusty state.

"My son, I pay my respects to Emperor Ama." When he saw Xiang Nan, he immediately bowed down and said.

"Stop worshiping me and go see your mother-in-law." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "The one she worries about the most is you."

Yonghuang nodded with tears in his eyes and walked into the Changchun Palace.

After a while, Yong Huang, Yong Cong, Yong Lian, Jing Se and others were heard crying loudly.

When Xiang Nan heard this, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Humans are not like vegetation, so how can they be ruthless, let alone a couple who have lived together for decades. Now that she was dead, how could he remain indifferent.

"Li Yu, please inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs that the queen's funeral must be solemn." Xiang Nan then announced the decree.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Yu nodded immediately.

At this time, Ruyi, Hailan, Zhuying, Wanyin and others also came over. When they heard the loud mourning in Changchun Palace, many people also had red eyes and shed tears.

Many of them are old sisters who came out of Qiandi together. Although there have been unpleasant moments between them, after so many years of getting along, it is impossible to say that they have no feelings.

In particular, Gao Xiyue, Ji Lan, Fuling and others who were good friends with the Queen were crying with tears in their eyes and were extremely sad.

"You all go in and see her off for the last time." Xiang Nan said.

The concubines nodded, and then they all went in and took one last look at Lang Hua.

…

Langya's funeral was then held grandly.

Although she fell out of favor and was imprisoned in Changchun Palace during her lifetime, she reconciled with Xiang Nan when she was dying, so the funeral ceremony arranged by Xiang Nan for her was still very grand.

1. The emperor will stay out of court for nine days, but still follow the system of changing the day and month, and serve for twenty-seven days; 2. Concubines, princes, and princesses will wear white cloth mourning clothes, princes will have their hair braided, and princes will have their hair cut; 3. Princes and below, All Manchu and Han civil and military ministers who wear crowns will be allowed to have their heads shaved after a hundred days; 4. Marriage and entertainment will be stopped for 27 days; 5. All soldiers and civilians in the capital will have their crowns and tassels removed for men and their earrings for women.

Langya's funeral ceremony was considered to be the most solemn among the funeral ceremonies of queens in the past dynasties. Xiang Nan personally dressed Lang Hua in mourning clothes, served as the chief priest at her funeral, and led all the concubines, elder brothers, princesses, etc. to keep watch for Lang Hua.

She also asked the cabinet to draft a posthumous title, and Xiang Nanqin finally designated her as Queen Xiaoxian.

…

With the death of Queen Xiaoxian, undercurrents began to surge in the harem.

After all, there is only one queen, and everyone wants to take it. Although Ruyi was an imperial concubine, she had a childhood friendship back then. But after getting along with each other for so many years, the emperor actually treats all of his concubines well.

As a result, many people began to have unwanted thoughts, wanting to compete for the position of queen, and deliberately trying to show off in front of Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan is such a smart person, he can see through their thoughts at a glance, and then told Ruyi, "Queen Xiaoxian passed away and the position of queen was vacant, which made some people unable to sit still.

Ruyi, beat them for me, don't have these inappropriate ideas. The position of my next queen can only be yours, not anyone else's, so don't make the mistake of planning. "

"Actually, I don't care if I can be the queen, as long as the emperor treats me well." Ruyi waved her hand and said.

"Idiot." When Xiang Nan heard this, he smiled and shook his head, "You don't have to be disdainful to do things like jealousy between men and women, and invite favors and flattery, and you can stay out of it.

But the position of queen is of vital importance, related to the country and the country. If the harem is unstable, the front dynasty will be unstable. The harem is ready to move, and there will be people in the previous dynasty who will follow the trend.

This is a struggle for power and interests, and it will be bloody. Queen Xiaoxian was so virtuous, but it was all because of Yonghuang's missteps, which shows how difficult it is to sit in this position.

Although there are many concubines in my harem, and they all have a lot of affection for me, they are not as deep and loving as you and my childhood sweetheart. So I feel most at ease when you are by my side.

And among all the concubines, you are the smartest. If someone in the harem is restless, they can't be hidden from you. "

After hearing this, Ruyi nodded.

In the next few days, Xiang Nan changed from the usual practice of drinking a bowl of water and rested in Ruyi Palace, so that the concubines who wanted to invite favors and vie for supremacy knew who would be the next queen. A strong candidate.

Coupled with Ruyi's subsequent silent beatings, some restless people in the harem behaved themselves again.

…

Xiang Nan actually didn't care much about the harem.

He believed that Ruyi's intelligence and skills were enough to overwhelm the harem. It’s not that she doesn’t want to fight, it’s not that she can’t fight, it’s not that she doesn’t dare to fight.

He is now thinking about building the first oil refinery in Qing Dynasty.

Oil is a good thing, and it can be used in military, industrial, civilian... it is used in everything.

Diesel, kerosene, and gasoline can all be used as fuel, and their thermal energy is twice that of coal. More importantly, fuel can be used as an internal combustion engine, which is more efficient, smaller and faster.

With the internal combustion engine, a series of machines such as cars, motorcycles, tractors, harvesters, etc. can be developed, and production efficiency will be greatly improved.

Moreover, military weapons such as tanks, aircraft, and armored vehicles can also be developed. The bulky steam engine obviously couldn't do this.

Petroleum can also be used to refine benzene, ethylene, propylene, aromatics and other chemical raw materials, which are used to produce plastics, synthetic rubber, synthetic fibers, drugs, paints, lubricants and so on.

In addition, petroleum can also be used to produce fertilizers. Urea, ammonium nitrate, phosphate fertilizers and potassium fertilizers can all be refined from petroleum. All in all, oil is good stuff.

Xiang Nan has studied energy engineering and knows how to refine oil. Therefore, under his leadership, the first oil refinery in Qing Dynasty was officially built.

This refinery is located in northern Beijing, and the crude oil is taken from Sanqin.

Oil has been produced there since ancient times. Shen Kuo, a scientist from the Song Dynasty, recorded in "Mengxi Bi Tan" that "there is oil in the territory of Yan and Yan. The natives used pheasant tails to scoop it up and then collected it into a can. It looked like pure lacquer and burned like hemp." , but the smoke was so thick that all the curtains it touched were black. This thing will become popular in the world, and it will be done from the beginning."

In the Yuan Dynasty, the first oil well was drilled there, but it was mainly used for heating, lighting, and treating skin diseases of livestock.

During the Guangxu period, China's first modern oil well was drilled there. To this day, this oil well is still producing oil, with a daily output of more than one ton.

Although it sounds incomparable to the large oil fields in the Middle East, it is enough for the time being.