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The second job is garment factory trade.

Now that thousands of cotton padded clothes have been produced, and the weather is getting colder, Wang Zhong thinks that they can almost sell them.

Wang Zhong handed over this job to Zhao Luan, she has a lot of experience in clothes.

The third job is to train female slaves.

The family members of those arrested ministers were slaves. These men were easy to deal with, and they were all taken to the mining area to dig iron ore.

Although this era is backward, ironware has already been produced. With these free labors, the speed of iron ore mining is faster.

Most of the women were sent to brothels, but before that, Wang Zhong set up the training and sanitation system.

In Shuiyuedongtian, there must be a doctor, who will check the body regularly, isolate infectious diseases in time, and even close the business if it is serious.

The fourth job is to train troops.

In the camp outside the capital, when Meng Ti was training soldiers, He Taigao came here with a few young eunuchs.

"Eunuch He is here, you have worked hard, and you are welcome from afar, please come inside!"

Seeing He Taigao, Meng Ti hurriedly invited him into the house.

Now that the emperor is gaining power, He Taigao, as Wang Zhong's closest companion, naturally has a higher status. Countless people are trying to please him, and they only hope that he can speak well in front of Wang Zhong.

However, He Taigao is also very polite about Meng mentioning.

It's very simple, Wang Zhong said repeatedly in front of him that Mengti was good, and also that Mengti was a former member of Queen Zhao Jiajun, so he naturally had to be polite.

"It's too polite to mention the general, our family is working for the emperor, how dare we say it's hard work."

He Taigao laughed and said, but still followed Mengti into the camp, praising him as he walked: "As expected of the great general praised by the empress, our family sees that in just a few days, the sergeant in the general's tent They are all fierce and mighty, much stronger than before."

"Eunuch He was joking. All this is thanks to the emperor. If he hadn't killed so many corrupt officials, we wouldn't be where we are today."

"It's natural, but you don't have to be humble when you mention the general, otherwise the emperor won't let our family come over and give you a reward."

Only then did He Taigao express the reason for his visit.

Speaking of this, He Taigao carefully took out the imperial decree from his sleeve: "Mengti General, accept the decree."

"Vigorously welcome the imperial decree."

Meng Ti didn't dare to neglect, and quickly knelt down.

He Taigao opened the imperial decree and read aloud: "Following the heavens, the emperor said, Mengti has done military training, and he has done a great job in rescuing him. I am very pleased. I specially bestow a set of houses in the capital city, and seal Mengti as the general who protects the country. I appreciate this. "

The general who protects the country can command an army, and this number is much better than the position of the city defense army.

Meng raised his heart and was overjoyed: "I thank the emperor for his kindness, long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

"My lord, the emperor has treated you very well. I hope you will not disappoint the emperor's expectations in the future. By the way, the emperor still has an oral order."

"Eunuch He, please tell me."

"Recently, the emperor will allocate a sum of military funds. He hopes that you can recruit a group of recruits."

"The minister obeys the order."

Meng Ti nodded vigorously. This was the first task the emperor gave him, and he must do it well.

Chapter 634 Going out of the palace to see (seeking subscription)

These days, Wang Zhong lived very leisurely.

Every morning, I listen to the reports of the ministers, and then I deal with the government affairs and read the memorials.

As the weather gets colder, the cotton-padded clothes produced in the garment factory are officially sold to the outside world.

These matters are all under the control of the queen, and what Wang Zhong is developing now is a musket.

Although there is no war at present, according to the past situation, the northern nomads will come to the border to plunder every winter.

Wang Zhong didn't expect to have no hole cards in his hand.

Fortunately, now that he is the emperor, he can immediately call the best blacksmiths in the country to make weapons for him.

In a short period of time, he has produced ten musket samples.

But what makes Wang Zhong frown is that these muskets are not very good.

The reason is simple, the quality of ironmaking in this world is relatively backward.

In the past, I was able to manufacture qualified muskets by relying on good ironmaking technology, but here is too backward. Iron is not only a high-grade metal here, but many soldiers even use weapons made of bronze.

Due to the poor quality of the iron, the chamber exploded from time to time when shooting, which made Wang Zhong very distressed.

"In the future, you will specialize in smelting iron for me. You must remove the impurities in it to produce qualified ironware."

Wang Zhong gave orders to dozens of blacksmiths, and then left the blacksmith shop in the palace.

After leaving the blacksmithing place, Wang Zhong suddenly felt that the weather outside was a bit cold.

"Your Majesty, it's cold, be careful of catching cold."

Not far away, Zhao Luan came over, holding a coat in his hand, and put it on for Wang Zhong.

"Your Majesty, this is a padded coat that the empress sewed by herself." Ning'er interjected beside Zhao Luan.

"Ning'er, I didn't tell you to stop talking." Zhao Luan scolded.

"I'm sorry, ma'am." Ning'er stuck out her tongue.

Wang Zhong smiled: "Thanks for your hard work, queen, this dress is very warm."

"And it's very beautiful. It's the first time this old slave has seen such a beautiful cotton padded jacket. The lady's craftsmanship is really good."

He Taigao flattered him inadvertently.

"As long as the emperor likes it, the snow season is coming soon, the emperor pays attention to keeping warm, it will be bad if the body is frozen." Zhao Luan said.

"Yeah." Wang Zhong sighed for a long time, he suddenly thought, even his place is so cold, what about those common people?

Although, in the memorials sent by the ministers, it is said that the common people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no problem.

But Wang Zhong felt that the so-called seeing is believing, it might be better to go out to see the sufferings of ordinary people in such a cold winter month.

"Your Majesty, I don't know why you are sighing, can you tell me, let the concubines share the worries of the Emperor?"

Zhao Luan asked from the side.

"Queen, I suddenly want to go out of the palace to have a look."

"Out of the palace?"

"Well, in such a cold winter and twelfth lunar month, I don't know how the people outside are doing? If I can know a thing or two, I will be able to treat the symptoms in the future."

"The emperor is sympathetic to the sufferings of the people. This old slave really admires it. However, there are many dangers outside. If the emperor wants to leave the palace, please think twice." He Taigao persuaded.

"Queen, what do you think?" Wang Zhong asked.

"The concubine listens to the emperor."

"Well, I'm going out for a few days today, buddy, let's go get ready."

Generally no one can change Wang Zhong's decision, and He Taigao didn't dare to say it again, so he nodded helplessly: "The old slave will make arrangements now."

Afterwards, Wang Zhong dressed up as a noble son, and He Taigao and the other two masters dressed up as servants.

To Wang Zhong's surprise, Zhao Luan also followed.

In her words, she knows kung fu and can follow Wang Zhong to protect him.

Thinking of chatting with more than one person is good, so I took Zhao Luan with me.

Wang Zhong is now more and more like an emperor, even if he is wearing casual clothes, he can feel the opulence from a distance.

"Listen to our family. The emperor and the empress are going out of the palace together. There are many thieves outside. Please keep your eyes open for our family. If you see someone approaching the emperor and empress without eyes, you don't have to talk to others. You're welcome. If the emperor and the empress are missing a single hair, you don't have to work anymore, do you understand?"

Before leaving, He Taigao talked with a group of guards.

It can be seen from this that He Taigao is very loyal to Wang Zhong.

After the lecture, He Taigao led the crowd and followed Wang Chong out of the palace.

This time he left the palace quietly, no one knew.

When he was leaving, He Taigao told a few of his cronies that the emperor had been feeling unwell for the past few days, and he was staying in the queen's bedroom to rest for a while.

In this way, it can be regarded as an explanation to the outside world.

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"Steamed buns, hot steamed buns."

"Seed cakes, my family's sesame cakes are big and sweet."

"Great cucumbers, big crunchy and sour cucumbers."

The streets of the capital are very bustling with commerce, and there are vendors on both sides, all shouting for their own goods.

Wang Zhong held Zhao Luan's hand and enjoyed the scenery along the street as he walked.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Wang Zhong wandered around so slowly.

In the past, he always went out of the palace to run errands, but this time he decided to walk slowly.

"Man, how much is this candied haws?"

Walking to a stall selling candied haws, Wang Zhong asked.

The small vendor saw that Wang Zhong was a rich man, and said with a respectful attitude: "This man is a bunch of candied haws."

"Well, let's have three skewers."

After Wang Zhong finished speaking, He Taigao took out the money in a very sensible way.

"Thank you, Grandpa."

Wang Zhong bought candied haws and said to Zhao Luan, "Here you are, Luan'er."

"Thank you sir."

Before they came out, they agreed to call each other Luan'er and Xianggong. As for He Taigao and the others, they were called Wang Chongye directly.

Zhao Luan took the candied haws, found that Wang Zhong hadn't eaten, and asked curiously, "Sir, don't you eat?"

"I don't like sweets."

"Pfft!" Zhao Luan said with a charming smile, "Actually, I don't like sweets either, but my husband gave them to me, and I love them."

Wang Zhong couldn't help laughing: "Since you don't like food, don't force yourself."

As he spoke, Wang Zhong found several children playing by the side of the road.

These children were all wearing shabby clothes, and in front of them were some potatoes, carrots and other vegetables that were easy to preserve.

At this moment, they are looking forward to the passers-by, hoping that the passers-by will buy their things.

Seeing Wang Zhong looking towards them, the children looked expectantly at the candied haws in Zhao Luan's hand.

"Master, there are delicious potatoes here, do you want to buy some?"

An older child bravely came over and asked.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Wang Zhong could tell that these children were wearing thin clothes, their little hands were red from the cold, especially their feet, they were actually wearing straw sandals that let in the wind.

Wang Zhong thought of the children in the modern society. Such a big child should be sitting in a warm classroom and receiving education.

It seems that compulsory education should be popularized as soon as possible.

If a country wants to be strong, young people are the key.

If young people want to be strong, education is the key.

At present, the education in the Yan Dynasty has many disadvantages. The imperial examinations here are all about calligraphy, poetry, and sentence making.

May I ask, what is the use of learning these?

I still remember the stereotyped essays learned during the Ming Dynasty. After countless candidates learned these, their thoughts were imprisoned.

Although this Great Yan Dynasty is not stereotyped, they are all similar, and it will be useless to manage the government and society in the future.

Wang Zhong thinks that the best education is not only literacy, but mathematics is the most important thing.