Go to ancient times and engage in construction

The distance from Qucheng to Yanhoukou is not too long, and it only takes more than two hours to ride a horse.The four-wheeled carriage that Zheng Yuming took was a little slower, and it took half an hour longer.Huo Sizhong accompanied him from Qucheng to Yanhoukou. As the head of Northwest County, Huo Sizhong spent more than half of his time in this border city.

Wei Qing had long been waiting for the mission outside the city gate of the throat, and when the spies reported that the mission team had reached Sanli Road, Wei Qing rode a steed from the gate of the city to greet him, leaving behind the officials and nobles of the throat city to stare. Eye.

"Wei Qing sees the foster father!" Wei Qing beat his horse and ran to Zheng Yuming's carriage, got off his horse and knelt down to pay respects, making a loud voice.

"Eh! Wei Qing'er get up, my family shouldn't be too polite." Zheng Yuming staggered down from the car, and Wei Qing's adoptive father yelled loudly, so uncomfortable.

"Yes! My foster father!" Wei Qing replied loudly.

When Wei was a teenager, he exercised with Chu Chaohui, and his body developed very well in all aspects. He is 1.7 meters four, with handsome features, strong but not stout, and his strength is hidden under a suit of armor.

When Wei Qing took the initiative to go to the valley, he was not tall, very thin, and his body was extremely agile because of his survival. He gave Zheng Yuming the impression that he was an elusive rat.Now that the mouse has turned into a dragon, why doesn't Zheng Yuming sigh.

"Father? Why didn't the eldest father come?" Wei Qing searched Chu Chaohui with his eyes, and he said that the eldest father was referring to Chu Chaohui.

"Your elder father is dealing with some matters in Qucheng, and he will come to the throat tomorrow."

The muscles on Zheng Yuming's face were stiff. He was not ready to be a father at all, especially the father of a 21-year-old boy.Zheng Yuming was not used to Wei Qing's loud and crisp address, especially when Wei Qing divided him and Chu Chaohui's size.

Wei Qing's wish for eight or nine years suddenly came true at the beginning of the year, and he was already beaming with joy. Wei Qing wished that everyone in Wu could hear him call Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui his father.

"Father, when you go to the city, go to Haier's Mansion to rest first, and then go to the market in the afternoon, how about?"

With Wei Qing taking the lead, Huo Sizhong dawdled for a while, and then changed his address to Zheng Yuming.Zheng and Chu suddenly publicly accepted the three of them as adopted sons. Huo Sizhong was also very happy. At this time, Huo Sizhong didn't know that it was his sister's marriage that caused this.

Zheng Yuming rested on the four-wheeled carriage for more than two hours, and his body was a little weaker. Hearing Huo Sizhong's proposal, he immediately nodded in agreement, feeling happy that Huo Sizhong was considerate.

At this moment, Zheng Yuming didn't think much about why a young man who hadn't married yet could see his physical discomfort from his walking posture.Another thing Zheng Yuming didn't notice was that the mansion Huo Sizhong was talking about was actually a property bought by Wei Qing, and Huo Sizhong's own house was in Qucheng.

The pilgrimage mission will stay in the city of Yanhoukou for two days, and will leave for Zhao Guo in the morning of the day after tomorrow. There are two days of free time, which is enough for Zheng Yuming to get a good understanding of the wholesale market in Yanhoukou...

Chu Chaohui did not go with Zheng Yuming, he stayed in Qucheng to deal with matters mainly because of Zeng You's transfer.

After Chu Chaohui reprimanded Zeng You, he issued a transfer order to Zeng You the next day. Zeng You left Qucheng with his wife and rushed to Su Plain that day.General Wei Qing will be in charge of the Northwest County Army. In addition, Chu Chaohui brought two officers from the capital to the Northwest Army as senior commanders.Chu Chaohui will take three thousand cavalry to the throat after finishing the matter.

After Zeng You left, his father-in-law was arrested by the Qucheng Criminal Court on the charge of forcibly occupying and buying the land of the people. He sued the people and recorded a statement in the criminal court. It is to compensate the oppressed farmers.

Mr. Zeng You was brought to justice by the Criminal Court, which touched the nobles of Northwest County very much. Many nobles read the laws of Wu Kingdom carefully to prevent themselves from inadvertently violating them. After all, four or five years ago, the annexation of civilian land was nothing to the nobles at all. crime.

When Chu Chaohui rushed to Yanhoukou City, Zheng Yuming took Gongsun Pan and Wu Mu, and Wei Qing and Huo Sizhong led them to inspect outside Yanhoukou City.Instead of looking for Zheng Yuming, Chu Chaohui summoned the leader in charge of Zhao Guo's intelligence.There is a Wu State Intelligence Disciplinary Bureau at the throat.

"Zhao Xuan also wants to reform?" Chu Zhaohui raised his eyebrows after flipping through the information.

"Yes, the king of Zhao wants to learn from Wu's way of selecting talents, and select talents by learning. According to the news sent back by several spies, half of the nobles of King Zhao's family have opinions on Wang's reform."

The throat intelligence leader is responsible for guiding the spy activities of Zhao Guo.

"It's better to be unstable! Order the informant to secretly provoke more, so that Zhao Guo's reform will come to an end without a problem."

Chu Chaohui wished that Zhao Guo would be in chaos immediately.The state of Zhao was in chaos, so Zhao Xuan wouldn't think wildly.

The leader is a bit in a dilemma: "General, this may be difficult. Most of Zhao's military power is controlled by the king's confidant Boyao, and Zhao's highly respected veterans are loyal to the Zhao family's royal family. The king's regime is very stable."

Chu Chaohui disagreed: "King Zhao has just succeeded to the throne. Even if he was in power, his position will not be very strong. As long as there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, we have to seize it and use it. Our efforts now may not be effective for a while, and it will be hard to say for a long time."

The leader suddenly thought of sending back a message: "General, King Zhao has a gossip saying that Queen Zhao was reprimanded by King Zhao and fell ill because she was not satisfied with King Zhao because she arranged a courtyard for the prime minister."

When Chu Chaohui heard this, the veins on his forehead twitched, and he asked the intelligence leader to explain the details in detail.

"So, Zhao Xuan's harem is not peaceful!" Chu Chaohui gritted his teeth for a while, and suddenly laughed: "Did the queen who was married to the country of Yan ever ask Zhao Xuan for food for her mother country?"

"Yes! It is said that the King of Yan State wrote a letter to Queen Zhao to ask for it. Because of this, Queen Zhao was hated by King Zhao, and she almost failed to be granted the posthumous position."

The matter of Zhao Xuan's secret proposal to Huo Sihua, on the one hand to save face, on the other hand to protect Huo Sihua's reputation, both Zhao and Wu chose to keep it secret.The news inquired by the intelligence chief of Zhao State is just speculation between the Zhao Palace and the nobles of Zhao State.

Chu Zhaohui stared at the oil lamp in thought for a long time, beckoned the intelligence leader to come forward, and gave detailed instructions, the intelligence leader's eyes straightened and his mouth opened wide.

After Zheng Yuming came back from inspection, he saw Chu Chaohui when he returned to Wei Qing's mansion. "Is it done?"

Chu Chaohui nodded: "Zeng You has already left for Su Pingyuan. Fortunately, his father-in-law's accident is not particularly serious."

Huo Sizhong, a senior official in Northwest County, was a very clean official. Mr. Zeng You had scruples when he merged the land. He only dared to lower the price and sell the land to the farmers by force, and he never dared to commit any crimes against human life.

"It's not serious at the beginning, but it will become uncontrollable in the future!" Zheng Yuming sighed.

Regarding the issue of official corruption, Zheng Yuming has been thinking about this issue on his way from Qucheng to Yanhoukou.Corruption is a phenomenon that occurs when power is not checked.

In ancient times, what kind of sword or tiger head was used to intimidate is useless, and the modern discipline inspection committee seems to be unable to deter the determination of corrupt officials.

To fundamentally curb corruption, we have to start from two aspects, one is the legal system, and the other is supervision by public opinion, and property registration must be done before an official takes office.

"When you come back from your mission, let's discuss the plan to curb corruption."

"I'm leaving for Zhao tomorrow morning!"

"Be careful on your way." Chu Zhaohui reached out and pressed Zheng Yuming's thigh, where his Type 92 pistol was pinned.

"If you don't believe me, you have to trust the Dragon and Tiger Army! They are all warriors selected from a hundred miles. With their protection, I will be fine." Zheng Yuming was a little helpless. He was 180 centimeters tall, and because of the assassination incident, he was killed by the Chu Dynasty. Hui protects him like a fragile object.

"The Dragon and Tiger Army are very brave, but you still have to be careful of plots and tricks." Chu Chaohui was still worried, and some young people had to be careful: "I told Daniel that every night from now on, Daniel and Wood will sleep next to you .”

Zheng Yuming looked at Chu Zhaohui's expression, and wisely did not choose to object. Chu Zhaohui had a big opinion on Zhao Xuan going to worship with him.With Daniel and Wood following him like shadows, Zhao Xuan had no chance to get along with him alone.

"During your mission, I will stay in the throat city."

There are [-] garrisons in the Throat City, and Chu Chaohui is here to deter Zhao Xuan, in case Zhao Guo does something that hurts Zheng Yuming. Although the current relationship between Zhao and Wu, the chance of Zhao Xuan hurting Zheng Yuming is quite small.

While talking, Chu Chaohui changed direction while pressing the gunman, and skillfully moved between Zheng Yuming's legs.

"My waist is still sore!!!" Zheng Yuming protested.

"We're going to be separated for more than a month!!" Chu Zhaohui's voice was as plaintive as the night before.

"Doing too much is bad for your health!" Zheng Yuming reminded.

"Who said that? Life lies in exercise!!" Chu Zhaohui retorted panting.

"If you do this, you will die"

"Then I'll die first!" Chu Zhaohui was brave and not afraid of sacrifice.

"..." Zheng Yuming's voice disappeared.

In the early morning of the next day, the missionaries waited for Wei Qing's mansion for a long time before they saw Zheng Yuming's four-wheeled carriage driving out of the mansion. Chu Chaohui, who was always full of blood, turned pale.However, the general is a general after all, and he rode steadily all night in the fierce battle, and he kept sending the mission team to the throat checkpoint. Seeing that the mission entered the country of Zhao and saw no dust from the horses, the general turned back listlessly.

The area adjacent to the throat of Zhao State was originally the land of Wei State, and the people in the two areas had relatives to each other.Because of the close relationship, the exchanges between the common people are frequent.The Yanhoukou city of Wu State promoted the planting of corn, pumpkins, potatoes and sweet potatoes. In less than two years, the people of Zhao State who came to Yanhoukou to visit relatives took them back and planted them in their own farmland.

After the mission crossed the border, the crops planted on both sides of Zhao Guoguan Road were almost the same as those of farmers at the throat.Farmers on both sides live a good life because they harvest more fields.However, these people are still envious of the people at the throat of Wu, because the people there pay less taxes and more benefits, and they can go to factories and workshops to earn wages during the slack.

After passing the original land of Wei State, the unique crops of Wu State began to decrease, but large cotton and linen crops began to appear, and the large cotton and linen crops were owned by the nobles of Zhao State.All the cotton and hemp crops in Zhao State are supplied to Wu State’s textile factories and workshops, and the income from growing these cash crops is twice as high as that from growing grain.

The official road of Zhao State is not as wide and flat as that of Wu State. From the throat to the official road of Zhao Wangdu, it is a busy road in Zhao State. The road surface was originally rough.After the spring of this year, Zhao Xuan ordered the people on both sides of the official road to be recruited to build the road, just to make Zheng Yuming's visit to Zhao country more comfortable.

Now that the road has just been leveled, Zheng Yuming's four-wheeled carriage has tires made of resin, and copper springs are added to the bottom of the carriage, which absorbs a lot of shock, and walking on the official road is not too bumpy.

Zheng Yuming lay on the carriage for a long time, regained his strength, and was free to care about the situation on both sides of the road.Gongsun Pan and Wu Mu crowded onto Zheng Yuming's carriage, and the three of them discussed while staring at the scene outside the window.

During this trip, the German Shepherd's big wolf dog, Mu Mu, was happy. After leaving Cannes, Mu Mu became very wild. He never sat in a carriage and just ran with the team.Sometimes they are nosy and go to the fields to drive away birds.Always frightened, flocks of birds fly to the sky.The mounts of the good guard and the dragon and tiger soldiers are well-trained war horses, and they were not startled by the disturbance of the wood.

"The land of Zhao State is better than that of Wu State! They are all plains!" Zheng Yuming looked at the endless fertile fields on both sides of the road with envy. Only one-third of Wu State is plains, and the rest are hills and mountains. Ulsan Mountain and Qimen Mountain alone are two The large mountains accounted for one-third of Wu's land.

"Among the six great powers, Zhao Guo has a lot of good land." Gongsun Pan also nodded in agreement.

"Hey! The waterwheels repaired by Zhao Ren, haha! The waterwheels repaired are all Gongsun waterwheels." Wu Mu shouted pointing out the window. Zhao Guo's waterwheels were built according to the blueprints sent by Zheng Yuming.

Gongsun Pan tilted his head out of the car window to see clearly, then retracted his head and questioned Zheng Yuming: "My lord is benevolent, I don't know if Zhao Guo will be a threat to Wu after he becomes strong."

Although Gongsun Pan is a native of the capital of the emperor, he has been in the state of Wu for nearly ten years, especially after he became the director of education in the state of Wu, he has already integrated himself into the state of Wu.

Zheng Yuming smiled slightly, and before he could answer Gongsun Pan, Wu Mu yelled, "Why should my country be afraid of Zhao? As long as we close the throats and borders and stop buying Zhao's cotton and hemp, Zhao's country will be in chaos!"

Wu Guo closed the throat gate, and Zhao Guo had to face a lack of salt, daily necessities, and less taxation.The aristocrats of the Zhao State would have rotten manors if they planted cotton and hemp. The cash crops planted in Zhao State accounted for one-third of the total good land.

When Zhao and Wu turned against each other, the nobles who planted cash crops in Zhao State would not agree first.

After thinking about it, Gongsun Pan shook his head: "The industry and commerce are as fierce as a tiger!"

Zheng Yuming bowed to Gongsun Pan and said, "It's all thanks to Mr. He has manufactured and improved many machines!" Gongsun Pan made tools for drawing brine from brine wells in the salt field on the coast of the East China Sea, and the output of the salt field doubled because of this.

Zheng Yuming provided the theory, Gongsun Pan had strong hands-on ability, and Gongsun Pan led his disciples to invent and improve factories and workshop tools.Gongsun Pan is not so much the director of the Education Department as the chief mechanical engineer.

"My lord, when it comes to improving and manufacturing tools, Pan has too few disciples to use them!" Gongsun Pan complained.

Zheng Yuming thought about it for a while, and felt that Wu Guo had reached the point where it was necessary to establish a specialized technical college to train engineers.

"Mr. Gongsun, Wu will set up a specialized technical college in the future."

Gongsun Pan's eyes lit up. "Pan to be the principal!"

"Not only will there be a craftsman technical college, but also a medical college and a science college. Can Mr. Gongsun be the dean of these many colleges?"

Gongsun Pan will only be the dean of the Academy of Sciences in the future, specializing in invention research.

At this time, witches and doctors are not separated, and most of Jiang Gui's old doctors are witch doctors.Jiang Gui himself is a pure healer, he is very annoying talking about witchcraft, and he doesn't communicate well with those witch doctors, Jiang Gui always guides his disciples.

Jiang Gui alone has limited energy and can't lead many apprentices. Most of his apprentices are accepted in Minghui Valley.

These apprentices have been with Jiang Gui for seven years, and for five years.Some of them are already available.

Jiang Gui wanted to develop his medical skills, so he thought about opening a college to recruit apprentices, and he had already mentioned it to Zheng Yuming several times.

Zheng Yuming did not bring Jiang Gui, who is a superb medical expert, with him when he went to Haojing this time, but brought one of Jiang Gui's outstanding apprentices as the mission doctor.

Queen Tian is going to give birth in May. Without caesarean surgery and antibiotics, it is very dangerous for a woman to give birth to her first child. Zheng Yuming kept Jiang Gui in Cannes for the smooth delivery of Queen Tian.

Regarding Zheng Yuming's intentions, how could Queen Tian, ​​who has a delicate mind, not understand, because she was grateful in her heart, Queen Tian was eight months pregnant, and she still insisted on following Wu Wangsheng to the outside of Kangcheng to practice for Zheng Yuming.

It would take three days to ride a carriage from Throat to King Zhao. When Zheng Yuming arrived in Qucheng, Zhao Guo's spies sent the news to Zhao Xuan.As Zheng Yuming set off, Zhao Xuan already knew that Zheng Yuming would arrive in King Zhao's capital in three days.

"Prepare the horse, I'm going to the palace alone." Zhao Xuan was very excited after hearing the news that Zheng Yuming was coming, and wanted to go to the palace again to see if there was any negligence in the layout of the palace.

"No!" The waiter hurried to carry out the order.

"Your Majesty! The Eldest Prince has come to greet you!" The attendant on duty lowered his head and reported.

"Oh, Rui'er is here, let him in." Zhao Xuan stopped in his tracks.

Zhao Rui, who was already four years old, was led into Zhao Xuan's palace by a maid.

"Father, father!" Zhao Rui was a little afraid of his father, and stuttered.

Zhao Xuan frowned when his son stuttered: "What did the master teach today?"

Zhao Xuan himself has learned six arts since he was four years old. When Zhao Rui was four years old, Zhao Xuan assigned his son an enlightenment mentor.Zhao Rui has been studying with the first teacher for more than a month.

"Mr. Xian taught five or five scriptures." Zhao Rui answered with a sweat, and Zhao Xuan also felt sweat.

Zhao Xuan silently looked at his son speechless, Zhao Rui lowered his head, suddenly raised his head and said fluently: "The queen mother is in poor health, how about the father to visit today?"

Hearing his son's fluent words, Zhao Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly: "Come here, take the eldest son to the palace, and stay in the palace to study with the tutor. If you have nothing to do, don't come here to pay your respects!"

Zhao Xuan paused and added: "Except for the mentor, the people in the harem should not bother you in the future."

Zhao Xuan didn't even think about it with his head. His stuttering son suddenly spoke fluently. He must have recited that sentence countless times.Zhao Xuan hated women's scheming very much, and it was Zhao's future heir who was being used.

The maid who took care of Zhao Rui turned pale, and hastily led Zhao Rui, who was still ignorant, to salute and exit.

Zhao Xuan's happy mood was interrupted, and when he walked out of the palace, he met his concubine Ai Ji and his youngest son Zhao Jing.

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Ai, dressed in elegant clothes, led her youngest son to salute Zhao Xuan.

"Hold me, father!" Zhao Jing was less than three years old, and he was not afraid of Zhao Xuan, so he opened his little hands when he saw Zhao Xuan.

"Good boy Jinger!" Seeing the lively and cute little son, Zhao Xuan had a smile on his face. Zhao Rui looked like his mother, and Zhao Jing looked almost the same as Zhao Xuan when he was a child. He was a beautiful little boy.

"Your Majesty! Young Master Ming is coming to the capital soon, should the concubine ask the cook to prepare the ingredients for the banquet first?"

Zhao Xuan hugged his son and teased for a while, seeing the neatly dressed Concubine Ji getting more and more pleasing to the eye.

"Guzheng is going to the Xinggong, Aifei should also go together."

"No!" Ai Ji burst into a smile on her face, sure enough, her husband would like her if she dressed like Young Master Ming.

In a magnificent palace, there was a smell of medicine wafting in the palace. Queen Zhao lay on the bed and looked at the palace gate expectantly. Seeing the personal maid coming in, Queen Zhao's eyes shone with hope.

"Ma'am!" The maid kept her head down after entering.

"Where is your son? Have you seen the king?" Queen Zhao looked behind the maid with her head hooked.

"Ma'am! The young master has met the king!"

"What about the young master?" The maid kept bowing her head, which made Queen Zhao's heart feel ominous.

"My lord has returned to the bedroom." After Zhao Rui enlightened, he had his own separate palace, living separately from Queen Zhao.

"Young master, didn't you tell the king?" Queen Zhao was anxious. For the sake of her son, Queen Zhao made Zhao Rui recite all afternoon, and she didn't go to study that day.

"said!"

"Did you say it? The king didn't come after you said it?" Queen Zhao felt depressed.

"Your Majesty has an order. From now on, the young master will study with the tutor in the bedroom, and he is not allowed to go anywhere." The personal maid fell to her knees.Zhao Xuan wanted to separate Zhao Rui from Queen Zhao.

"Boom!" As expected by the maid, Queen Zhao threw a white porcelain bowl containing tonic decoction from her head to the ground.

"Get out!" Queen Zhao said hoarsely. "You all get out, no one is allowed in!"

The attendants in the palace hurried out of the palace.The personal maid hesitated for a moment, but she didn't dare to tell the master about Zhao Xuan's meeting with Ai Ji's mother and son.

Queen Zhao lay down on the pillow with tears streaming down her face. In this magnificent palace, Queen Zhao suddenly felt so lonely and helpless.