[Comprehensive] Feasibility report on the restoration of the country

In May of the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Bao BuTong rushed back to Yanziwu with his high-quality wine making skills.Deng Baichuan and Gongyeqian's two crafts of tile and cement brought back by the turmoil years ago have opened the eyes of Deng Baichuan and Gongyeqian. Deng Baichuan, who has been in the business field for many years, even went to Huangzhou to discuss with Murongfu himself.Unexpectedly, before Deng Baichuan came back, Bao BuTong actually brought back the "Dongpo Wine" production process known as three-cup pour.

Seeing Bao BuTong came back, the two maids, Azhu and Abi, were the happiest, serving him tea and water, pinching his back and beating his shoulders graciously to inquire about Murong Fu's news.As for Gongyegan, he was obviously more concerned about the distillation blueprints brought back by Bao Differing.Distilling low-alcohol wine to remove part of the water to obtain high-alcohol wine is a common wine-making process in later generations.But in an age when physics is still in its infancy, that's clearly an innovation.Gong Yeqian lacked physical knowledge, so he turned over the blueprint for a long time but couldn't find any way out, so he asked Bao Tongtong, "Is this method really effective? The brewed wine can be poured in three cups?"

Bao BuTong waved his fan quickly, and said triumphantly, "If this wine is brewed by the old Bao, it will naturally be poured in three cups; if you let the young master do it... then it will be swill!"

As soon as Bao Budong said this, everyone in the hall burst into laughter.Murong Fu's glass was burned for more than half a year, but it still hasn't been fired. On the contrary, Deng Baichuan installed glass windows for Su Shi's new house soon after he went to Huangzhou to take over.It's interesting to say that in the eyes of everyone, Murong Fu knows everything about astronomy and geography, but his hands-on ability really makes people can't help but shed tears of sympathy.After laughing for a while, Mrs. Deng sighed full of sorrow: "Young master has been keeping a filial piety for three years and hasn't learned how to make a fire...Thanks to his talent in martial arts."

The only one who didn't smile, Gong Ye, asked plainly, "Young Master, do you think the brewing is for Xueshi Su?"

Bao BuTong nodded and said with a smile: "The scholar is good at wine but has no money left, and he is too embarrassed to mention it to the young master, so he makes wine by himself according to the ancient recipe in the book, but in the end only vinegar is produced. After the young master knew it, he drew it This blueprint improves the craftsmanship. What a pity! After all, it is the master and the apprentice, the master can only brew slop, and the old bag can brew wine!" Bao Budong shook the fan to fill the room, and said again. "My lord ordered this wine to be called 'Dongpo wine'. Since I borrowed the name of Su Xueshi, the profit should be distributed to the scholar. He asked me to find a craftsman in Gusu City to make this distillation tool so that it can be sold as wine. , This is another big fortune, don't take it lightly!"

Bao BuTong's words were true. The tiles and cement had already made them a lot of money.Nowadays, everyone loves wine, once this "Dongpo wine" is launched, as long as the distillation tools are kept secret, it will monopolize the high-grade wine business in the Song Dynasty.Thinking of this, Mrs. Deng immediately took the blueprint from Gongyegan's hand, stuffed it carefully into her sleeve, and said seriously: "This blueprint must be kept secret, and the craftsman has to sign the contract." Her husband's letter, she added. "And that glass..."

Bao BuTong smiled slyly, took out another piece of paper and handed it to Mrs. Deng. "Prefect Xu has come to see the glass window of the scholar's house three times. The rich man in Huangzhou asked for a price of [-] guan. The elder brother said, don't wait for the son. The son will burn it for another ten years, and he will not be able to burn it out." !"

After getting the formula for glass again, Mrs. Deng breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help saying: "There is a specialization in art, and my son's talent was originally his whimsy. I will take care of the errands. The third child , why don't you persuade the young master more?"

Bao BuTong also had a look of helplessness, and called Qu: "Young master, I can't think about it, what can I do with old Bao?" He glanced at the two girls, Azhu and Abi, and hurriedly changed the subject. "Ahzhu, Abi, my son ordered Laobao to go to Huangzhou this time to bring the two of you with me, as companions for Miss Biao."

Azhu Abi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said cheerfully: "Let's go pack up now." After speaking, he ran out excitedly.

But Gongye Gan turned his eyes and said suddenly: "Master, are you going to leave Huangzhou?"

Bao BuTong was taken aback by the question, and replied: "I've never heard the son mention it, why did the second brother say that?" In Bao BuTong's view, Murong Fu and Su Shi got together every day in Huangzhou to make some weird things. The thing is clearly that he is reluctant to leave, how could he be willing to leave.

"Young Master has always loved Miss Biao. If you want two maids to accompany you, you would have picked them up long ago. How can you wait until today? You must have plans to travel, and it is not convenient to take Miss Biao with you." Speaking of this, the public Ye Qian immediately stood up and said decisively. "Third brother, you stay and help sister-in-law, I'll take two girls to Huangzhou!" Murong Fu said that in order to restore the country, he must first make money, but he has been in mourning for three years, and he has never cared about the candy business of "Splendid Hall".After worshiping Su Shi as a teacher, he has a novel method of making money every few days, and now he is not even ready to go out to let their retainers know. Gong Yeqian always feels that Murong Fu has something on his mind to hide from them, so he has to figure it out himself. .

Gong Yeqian's guess was not wrong, Murong Fu did have a travel plan, and the reason why he hadn't left Huangzhou was because he hadn't made up his mind yet.The cause of the whole incident has to start with Song Shenzong, the current sage.Emperor Shenzong had just turned 20 years old when he came to the throne. There were old courtiers left by Emperor Renzong in the court, and there were two big mountains in the harem, the Empress Dowager Cao and the Empress Dowager Gao.The young Shenzong couldn't even measure the land in the suburbs of the capital.Emperor Shenzong was ambitious to change the impoverished situation of the imperial court, so he was ashamed for several generations and ordered Wang Anshi to carry out reforms.However, the Xining reform did not make the country rich and the people strong as he hoped. The corruption of officials and Wang Anshi's improper employment made the new law a bad law, and the people's lives became more poor.In the end, Emperor Shenzong had to surrender to the government and dismissed Wang Anshi.

After the reform failed, Emperor Shenzong's only gain was that Wang Anshi's years of hard work filled the treasury for him.He knew that in order to maintain his authority as an official, he had to make other achievements after the reform failed.So, he set his sights on Xixia.

In June of the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty invaded the frontiers of the Song Dynasty under the pretext of confinement by the Liang family, and decided to use the army and civilians of the Xia State to investigate the crime and ordered a five-way attack on Xia.In the Song Dynasty, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had no sense of secrecy, and the content of the court's political discussions could be heard in the brothel that night by those young censors.Therefore, before the imperial decree of "Five Ways to Attack Xia" was finally announced, Su Shi, who was exiled to Huangzhou, had repeatedly discussed with Murong Fu.The final conclusion is that both of them are not optimistic about the decision of Emperor Shenzong.Murong Fu peeked at the historical script, and knew that this massive battle would end in a disastrous defeat. There were about 20 soldiers of the Song Army who would never have the chance to return to their homeland.As for Su Shi, he was worried that the army would go deep into the barren land and the logistics would not be guaranteed.And history also proves that Su Shi's worries were indeed fulfilled in the war, and became one of the main reasons for the Song Army's disastrous defeat.

When the news of Song Shenzong's imperial decree reached Huangzhou, Su Shigang, with the assistance of Murong Fu, made reference to the method of using a pump to suck brine to the ground in Sichuan salt wells, and made a siphon tool to solve the problem of farmland irrigation.However, the promulgation of the imperial decree made Su Shi too late to be happy with his invention. He stared at the siphon for a long time before sighing in a low voice: "If this siphon can be popularized, how much more food can we harvest every year? How much food can be sent to the military?" middle?"

Murong Fu didn't make a sound at first, until the master and apprentice returned to the "Dongpo Snow Hall", he finally asked: "Teacher, when General Di worshiped the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, did you ever suspect that he would make trouble?"

Su Shi was startled when he was asked, for a moment he didn't know how to answer.When Di Qing passed away, Su Shi had not yet set foot in the political arena. However, Di Qing made great achievements in the military.

Murong Fu didn't need his answer either, he just smiled with an unpredictable expression, and said a very nonsensical sentence: "Emperor Taizu broke the rules... If he comes out to mess around, he will have to pay it back sooner or later."

Su Shi had been with Murong Fu for more than half a year, and he was used to his occasional witty remarks.Only this time, Su Shi, who was optimistic and cheerful by nature, couldn't laugh. Murong Fu's words pointed to the real reason why the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military affairs, and even expressed the selfishness of Emperor Taizu in a disrespectful manner.

Su Shi knew that his disciple was different from the previous ones. Although this well-behaved and caring disciple was also a scholar, his heart was a martial heart.Su Shi was hesitating how to describe his disciple, but Wang Yuyan, dressed in men's attire, rushed out from the room, pouting and complaining to Murong Fu: "Cousin, Uncle sent you to hide chess pieces while playing chess, really shameless!"

The young man called "Shuji" came out slowly behind Wang Yuyan. When he saw Wang Yuyan shaving his cheeks, his face flushed red, and he stammered out a few words for a long time. : "Junior Sister, I...I..." The uncle gave his nickname Su Shi, the second son of Su Shi.In order to impress Su Shi and agree to accept him as an apprentice, Murong Fu had planned to dress Wang Yuyan as a man and ask Su Mai to enlighten her.In this way, Murong Fu also had a legitimate excuse to send money to Su Shi.Afterwards, although Su Shi was easily moved by Murong Fu to accept him as a disciple, Murong Fu still succeeded in entrusting Wang Yuyan to Su Mai to teach.Su Shi now has three sons, the eldest son Su Mai is twenty-one, the second son Su Ni is eleven years old, and the third son Su Guonian is nine years old. The elder brother is in charge of enlightening the two children. Wang Yuyan, the youngest, has become their junior sister.

When Wang Yuyan came out and filed a complaint, the master-student relationship between Su Shi and Murong Fu became peers again.Su Shi is really an honest man, seeing his son blushing and unable to utter a single word, he himself felt embarrassed.It was Murong Fu who habitually bent down and looked Wang Yuyan in the eyes, said in a deep voice: "Yuyan, my cousin taught you to observe his words and watch his actions. Is your brother Shuji the kind of person who steals chess pieces and cheats? "

Wang Yuyan's eyes widened in disbelief, and she said angrily, "I've seen it all!"

"What did you see?" Murong Fu asked again.

"Of course I saw him..." Wang Yuyan was stunned in the middle of speaking, "No! I was playing chess just now, and I held the white brother and the black, and the brother stole the sunspot!... So the brother is letting me!" Finally, she suddenly realized.

Murong Fu patted the top of Wang Yuyan's head in satisfaction, then looked at Su Ni and smiled lightly. "Yuyan, your brother Shuji is afraid that you will always lose, so he doesn't want to learn chess anymore. Shuji, is that so?"

Su Ni gave a vague "huh", then lowered her head with a blushing face.He couldn't honestly say that he stole the chess because he saw his junior sister was innocent and cute, and hoped that this game of chess would never be finished.

Wang Yuyan and Su Xi quickly reconciled as before, and the two happily went back to play chess again.Su Shi suddenly said at this time: "Returning to the official, as a teacher, please ask Taishou Xu to write a letter on your behalf, and present this siphon method to the Holy One, so that the Holy Majesty can grant you a half-official position. Would you like to enter the court as an official as soon as possible?"

Murong Fu couldn't help raising his eyebrows in surprise when he heard the words, and said: "This method of siphoning was originally created by the teacher."

"Without your reminder, I would never have thought of this as a teacher." Su Shi shook his head, not taking credit for it. "Being a teacher has been rejected by the Holy One, and the important task of making the country rich and the people safe can only depend on you."

Murong Fu turned his face to the side and couldn't help heaving a long sigh.Su Shi is a rare genius, how could he not understand that if the five-way attack on the Xia and Song army wins this time, then he will never be able to get rid of the name of "criminal official" throughout his life.However, a scholar-bureaucrat like Su Shi, who is upright and upright to the world, has ever considered his own safety?Murong Fu's throat rolled twice, and Fang slowly said: "Teacher, the officials... are impatient and competitive, they won't listen to persuasion."

Su Shi had worked under Song Shenzong for so many years, how could he not understand his character, he sighed sadly when he heard what Murong Fu said.

Murong Fu saw that Su Shi was still smiling even though he was down to the point of working hard to make ends meet, but at this time he was so miserable for the people of the world, so he couldn't help muttering: "Teacher, it's better to go back, it's better to go back..."

Su Shi glanced at Murong Fu in surprise, and said helplessly after a long time: "Returning to an official is the same as being a teacher... Yu Xin is kind, even though he died nine times, he has no regrets."

Murong Fu burst into tears.During the five-way campaign against Xia, 20 Song soldiers died; when the Jin invaded, another 20 people were exiled from outside the customs; when Mongolia rose, tens of thousands of Han people died under Temujin’s horseshoe; The little emperor committed suicide by crossing the sea, and hundreds of thousands of Han people died with them.So what if he died nine times?It's just that I took a long breath to cover my tears, mourning the hardships of people's lives.

At the end of August in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the eunuch Li Xian led the seven armies of Xi Qin to take the lead in the expedition, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xishi City, thus kicking off the five-way expedition to Xia, which is rich in history.At the same time, Gongyegan finally rushed to Huangzhou with the two maids, Azhu and Abi.

The author has something to say:

Su Shi: I am good at what I have in mind, even though I have died nine times, I have never regretted it.

Murong: Take a long breath to cover your tears, mourning the hardships of people's lives.

Su Shi: Apprentice!

Murong: Master!

Wang Yuyan: It's okay, I'm used to it!

Four Great Ministers: Yes, we are all used to it...TT