The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

"Dai Wang is a smart and foolish person." Zhi Du commented in this way.

It had been three days since the messenger was dispatched, and it was the season for the fragrance of osmanthus. The rich and sweet scent of osmanthus blossoms in the air came and went. The king of Zhongshan Kingdom and the top leaders of the government were sitting and chatting with each other in the hall under the scent.

Facing the puzzled eyes delivered by Anran last summer, the Prime Minister of Zhongshan State pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "The Dai Wang is talented and pure and kind, but his mistake is to delegate power to the Dai Wang Xiang."

Hearing this, Xia Anran couldn't help frowning, "On behalf of the king?"

"He is a retainer of the Hou family of Yingyin, named Guanfu."

"Guan Fu?"

Upon hearing this name, Xia Anran was even more taken aback, "When did he become the country's prime minister?"

This name can be described as thunderous. This is the "hero" who directly killed Dou Ying. During the ups and downs of his life, he always pulled others up and down together.

To be able to rank among the top ten shit stirrers in the Han Dynasty, there must be a share of Guan Fu.

"It happened last year, when the previous prime minister resigned due to illness, His Majesty pointed out Guan Fu to join him." Seeing the little king's attitude, Zhidu said again, "Tan Fu has been born since he entered the throne. Sang, I only want to make money..."

He sighed, "Since the beginning of last year, Daiguo has favored business and neglected agriculture, and bought more grain from outside. They even bought grain from Yanmen."

As a vassal state Daijun with the duty to assist Yanmen County, it is too exaggerated to buy food from those who need it!Xia Anran's eyes widened in astonishment, "What does the country do for a living?"

"Ironware." Zhidu said, "Daiguo has a lot of iron and coal, and iron and coal can be used to cast good iron. These ironware are exchanged with Yanmen."

Xia Anran frowned tightly. Is Dai Guo going to give up agriculture and completely take the road of economic industry?But he could understand why Dai Guo made this choice.

There was a very special system in the Han Dynasty, which was to encourage the people to transport grain to the border.When the people have transported a certain amount of food, they can accumulate meritorious deeds in exchange for the nobility.The people's lord is not supported by the state, and there is no benefit on weekdays, but if he commits a crime, the people's lord can be used to make up for the crime.This is equivalent to one more chance for everyone to make a mistake.

At the same time, when there is a lack of low-level bureaucrats in the local area, these people with nobles will be recruited first.If you do well, you will soon be able to turn from a temporary worker to a regular worker, and embark on the road of a big man civil servant.

This can also be regarded as a kind of talent reserve, which was very useful before the promotion of Xiaolian and Xiucai became the system.

Under such a system, people who have surplus food in their families will take the initiative to transport food to the frontier, and if they have accumulated enough meritorious service, they will save it for their children and relatives.

Generally, most of the families who do this are merchant families. Therefore, in the Jingdi Dynasty, Yanmen, Daijun Yuyang and other places had enough food at the border, but they could feed back to the surroundings.

Moreover, if these people want to send grain to Yanmen, they must go through the country of Dai. At the same time, they sell some grain and rice to the country of Dai, which can be regarded as recovering some losses. Logically speaking, there is no problem at all.

"Dai's own agricultural production is acceptable, but there are not many fertile fields." Zhidu said, "Dai's situation is different from that of Zhongshan. If it relies on grain production, it is difficult to develop. And I heard that Dai's purchase of grain before , there is plenty of food in stock, thinking about it, this is also an attempt by His Royal Highness Daiwang."

Xia Anran smiled, Daiguo's situation is not a way of rapid development in peacetime, but it will definitely suffer in times of war.After thinking for a while, he said, "The environment like Daiguo is suitable for raising livestock."

"Oh?" Zhi Du's tea-drinking hands stopped, he gently dropped the teacup on the table, and cupped his hands at the little king, "I will listen attentively."

After recalling the operation of the modern animal industry, Xia Anran said: "Daijun is the most suitable for raising sheep, but it is best to raise them in captivity. In fact, it is to raise pigs. To raise pigs, you only need to build a house and put some piglets in it. Then give some food for a day, and the children will be able to shoot some pig grass...but pigs only eat grass and don’t grow fat, and they need some grains.”

He thought for a while, and thought that this could be possible. As a friendly country, Zhongshan would not be able to sell animal feed to this cousin. "I started to raise animal feed in spring, and it happened to be the best time to eat in autumn and winter. The skin is thin and tender. Put it on the fire and roast it on a low heat, then spread some honey water on it, and cut it evenly after it is roasted until it is browned, it is very delicious when dipped in sugar and sauce..."

"Crack-"

Just when Xia Anran was talking, the sound of a melon breaking suddenly resounded in the silent room.Liu Zhi gnawed on the melon and watched his brother describe how delicious the roasted pork was in front of him with a very serious expression on his face.

Xia Anran paused, and returned to the topic without any trace, "Since Dai Guo lives on mining and iron, he might not be able to tend the fields, but raising some livestock is something that women and children can take care of."

He rubbed his chin, "So, I should suggest to my next cousin to raise livestock. At that time, in addition to buying sheep fat, can we also buy pork fat?"

That's right, the letter the little king wrote to his brother asked him frankly if he had any extra suet that Daiguo could sell to him.

Of course, sheep oil can also be used to make soap, and the decontamination ability of sheep oil is stronger than that of lard, and it also has the effect of beauty and whitening. The only disadvantage is the smell of mutton.

And this smell is definitely not the smell of mutton skewers, but a deeper, subtle fishy smell.Although it can be used to make household soap, if it is not put on for a few months first, people can't bear it at all.

But as far as the prerequisite of letting go for a few months, Xia Anran can afford to wait.

This year, Zhongshan's feather products are mainly duck down and chicken down. However, due to the production environment and disease prevention, it has not yet reached the scale of breeding down products that can be mass-produced.

Another batch of poultry has been slaughtered, and he has no plan to slaughter again in a short time, but fortunately, birds have the habit of moulting in spring and summer, and some feathers can be collected at that time.

After a winter and spring, the soap evaporates, and the smell should be almost gone.And it was with this in mind that he thought of changing to the sheep oil that few people eat and is useless, just for cleaning. Naturally, the cheaper the better, after all, the sheep oil also moisturizes the skin.

Zhi was speechless, he let out a dry cough, and changed the subject again, "Your Highness, I have recently discovered that the number of rangers in Zhongshan Kingdom has increased, and I think we should intervene."

Xia Anran's expression turned serious.

Rangers... This does not refer to knights in martial arts dramas. In the Han Dynasty, their identities were almost equivalent to villainous youths, that is, gangsters and hooligans.

They are all socially unstable elements.

After the founding of the Zhongshan Kingdom, after hearing that Yu Zhidu had come to serve as the prime minister of the Zhongshan Kingdom, the unstable elements in the country who had some connections at home hurriedly fled Zhongshan.There's no way, this guy picks up the butcher's knife, but he doesn't care what family you belong to. If you break the law and do evil, just one word--punishment.

If punishment is not enough, then kill.

The place where Qilu aristocratic families lined up was the kind where he killed a bloody road, and no one dared to retaliate after killing him. This is definitely the big boss among the big bosses.

Therefore, in addition to the clean government of Zhongshan, another advantage is that there are almost no people walking with swords that are common in other counties and counties on the street.

But now Zhidu suddenly told him about this situation, the implication was definitely not simply to inform him, but the deeper meaning was—do you want to investigate?

Do you want to deal with it after checking?

Xia Anran thought for a moment, personally speaking, he does not welcome such social idlers.Most of these rangers are real and fake.Except for a very small number of people, it is their life goal to work as thugs under various forces to eat and drink.

If you really want to realize your ambitions, then join the army. Now the frontier troops everywhere come and go, and they don't pick anyone at all.

If you want to help the safety of the country, then go to be an official.Even if you become a cruel official like Zhidu and Chen Tang, you can still leave a good reputation of "being a clean official". What's the matter with swinging around with a sword?

If another ten or so years pass, Xia Anran will definitely put a label on her forehead that rangers are not welcome, but now...cough.

He leaned slightly, and asked in a whispering manner: "But the Mohist knight?"

That's right, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, Mohists mostly roamed the streets as rangers, and of course they were similar in the former Qin Dynasty.

The rapid increase in the number of rangers in Zhongshan made Xia Anran couldn't help but guess whether it was someone from the Mohist family who came to investigate.

However, Zhi didn't know this.

"Everything is business as usual." He pondered for a while, but still said firmly, "Strengthen patrolling, and if there are private fights, deal with them according to law."

The corners of Zhidu's lips raised slightly, and he bowed to promise.

On the contrary, Liu Zhi was a little puzzled. After he had said goodbye, he walked up to his elder brother, raised his face and asked with a serious look: "Brother, isn't the Mo family the one that Brother is waiting for? Take care of those rangers?"

Xia Anran, who was flipping through the scroll, was a little surprised that his younger brother would ask this question. He put down the bamboo scroll, looked into a pair of big serious eyes, and replied seriously: "Well... because brother feels that since the system and laws are established, , cannot be changed.”

"If brother has changed the system and laws to achieve a certain purpose, then he must consider whether the purpose is worthwhile and whether it is correct."

"Brother is looking forward to good talents from the Mohist family, but if this good talent can't even abide by the basic laws of our great Han, and can't even accept the basic system of Zhongshan Kingdom...then they may not be suitable for Zhongshan Kingdom."

The child tilted his head and thought for a while, "But my brother also said before that a thousand gold is easy to get, but a good talent is hard to find..."

"But you need to know, son of a bitch, the reason we are looking for talented people is to build the Zhongshan Kingdom," Xia Anran said with a smile, "This matter seems to be contradictory, but if we grasp the essence of the contradiction and make a choice It's very simple."

"Because my brother is looking for talents for the Zhongshan country, so if there is a conflict between talents and the stability of the Zhongshan country, then I choose Zhongshan country."

"If it's another situation, then maybe I will choose talents." The little king shook his head slightly. "The situation is different, and the answer is also different."

Xiao Douding put his hands in his sleeves, and his small face was very serious, "That's why Brother asked to post the laws and rules quickly? Is this to show Zhongshan Kingdom's attitude?"

Xia Anran nodded, "They are all smart people, and they will know our attitude when they see the notice. If they can accept and abide by this law, then they will naturally stay. If not, then we can also understand each other. There is room for maneuver.”

"But, so what if they really leave?" Liu Zhi looked very worried.

"Then wait a few more years." The client was very concerned, "The laws of the big man are becoming more and more perfect, and the local control is becoming stricter. Under such an environment, no matter where they usually stay, they will always be restrained. Now they I feel that the management of our Zhongshan country is strict, but it may not be so in a few years."

"If I haven't found a good talent by then, they will naturally come if they are interested in this project." It's okay if they don't come, although Xia Anran is extremely curious about this most mysterious existence among the schools of thought, but he Personally, I also feel that if these people really arrive in Zhongshan, it will be very troublesome.

Because they are a large armed gang with their own leader.

In addition to inventing, don't forget that these people are also advocates of "democracy", and many of their ideas are actually different from the direction of Zhongshan and even Dahan today.

At that time, it doesn't matter if there are one or two people, if there are too many people, it will definitely have an impact on the existing system of Zhongshan Kingdom.Considering who are the upper echelons of Zhongshan Kingdom today, Xia Anran still wants to set up a circle with each other, lest there will be a result of fighting in battle.

This circle is the law of Zhongshan Kingdom.

The little king said this to his younger brother, who frowned, "What if they don't want to follow the rules?"

"Then... lure them with benevolence and righteousness, and restrain them with criminal laws."

The child was stunned, he savored for a while, then sighed, "Brother, does it have to be so complicated to govern a country?"

"Pfft——" Xia Anran was amused by his younger brother's deep look, and Xiao Douding in front of him would encounter hundreds of times and thousands of times more complicated problems in the future.

Xia Anran simply stood up and hugged her younger brother, the latter's small arms skillfully wrapped around his elder brother's neck, rubbing his little head in dissatisfaction, "Brother, I think it's better to be a general, I don't want to be a king. "

"But you, the general can defeat the Xiongnu, but only by becoming a king can the relationship between Han and Huns be completely governed."

Xiao Douding propped his head on his elder brother's shoulder blades, his face was serious, "I still want to beat the Huns."

"What about after the fight?"

"..."

"Don't you want to try to keep the Xiongnu in captivity? Only one fist and one sweet date can enclose people. Sweet date is to educate." He paced back and forth in the yard with his younger brother in his arms. Peace, but behind the peace are the blood, tears and resources of the people. Brother, violence and violence are different."

"Stop fighting for martial arts, raise troops for violence, and the measure depends entirely on the emperor's control."

"But, but..." Liu Zhi couldn't turn his little head out of this circle, he pouted, feeling a little unhappy.

The little king didn't continue talking, he walked back and forth in the courtyard with his younger brother in his arms, coaxing his younger brother until he was drowsy before being taken back to sleep.

Xia Anran sighed. Thinking of the current situation, he suddenly felt a throbbing pain in his head. Not only did he have a headache, but also his heart ached at the thought of possibly abandoning the Mo family.

"So, Your Highness talked well with His Highness Jiaodong King...but I also have doubts in my heart?" Dou Wan couldn't help laughing when the little king told the story of the future.

Xia Anran leaned limply on the top of her head, covered her eyes with a hot handkerchief, and felt bitter when she heard her friend's ridicule, "It's the first time this is the king, so am I."

"Whether this is the right thing to do, I can't confirm."

He turned over and sat up, just met the smiling eyes of the young man, and was stunned. Dou Wan sat beside him at some point, and said in a warm voice: "Your Highness is right, but there is a premise for all of this."

"What, what?" Xia Anran looked into his eyes, a little dazed, and saw the young man bent down, his eyes were as sharp as a knife's edge, "The whip has to be whipped viciously for the sweet dates to be effective."

Xia Anran was silent.Just when he was silent, Dou Wan said softly again, "What's more, for His Royal Highness King Jiaodong, whether to be a general or king of Jiaodong really can conform to his heart."

That's right, the little prince is destined to be the future Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, not a general nor King Jiaodong.Xia Anran lay down again, and then put the veil over her eyes, she just felt that she would be a bit stupid to discuss this with her younger brother, he was not suitable for such a philosophical topic at all.

Dou Wan blocked the slanting sunlight for him, and said softly: "Your Highness, don't worry,"

"Your Highness wants to use a whip, so Wan will be the one holding the whip. If His Highness wants to feed dates, Wan will be the picker of dates, so..." He paused, swallowed the last words, and suddenly changed the subject, "Your Highness It's time to practice martial arts, the general is waiting for you."

The little king jumped up suddenly, his fair little face was already flushed red.He looked at Dou Wan in disbelief, why, how could there be such a bad person?I really misread you!

The boy sat there with a calm expression on his face, as if he didn't know how nasty words he had just said.When he met last Xia Anran's eyes full of strong condemnation, he tilted his head slightly, seemingly puzzled.

...By the way, this is the Western Han Dynasty after all.

Realizing that the young king of today's dynasty suddenly woke up, he looked at Dou Wan's expression without any trace, and thought... well, is this just an ordinary declaration of surrender?Is it similar to the Western Han-style allegiance of "you are the only one I am loyal to" and "the only one I can entrust to my back"?

That's right, how old is Dou Wan, and he's still a junior high school student, how can he have so many ideas, probably because he imitated his predecessor and played house with him here?

In this way, the only person he can learn from is Dou Ying... Hey——Cousin, I didn't expect you to be such a cousin!

The little king ran the horse in his mind for a while, and when he was dizzy, he asked someone to prepare the horse and go to the school grounds.It is said that he had not gone to the martial arts class for a long time after he had deployed troops to garrison the northern defense line of Zhongshan Kingdom before he was not familiar with the journey, and he was just doing daily physical training on weekdays.

Well!Thinking of the torrential rain that he was about to face next, the hairs on the back of the little king, who had been lazy for a long time, blew quietly.

And Dou Wan, who didn't need to go to class with him, was left in place by the little king who left in a gust of wind. He slowly turned his head to look at the porch where the little king rushed away. red frost.

In fact, what Xia Anran was worried about didn't happen because he was stopped halfway.

The attendants came to report that someone had revealed the list and went to the Shaofu to deal with it.

So fast? !

This was Xia Anran's first thought, and her second thought was - such a coincidence?

Just in the morning when he ordered counties and counties to post lists to popularize the law, someone came to countermeasures and reveal the list in the afternoon?This timing is really too coincidental, if the people who take countermeasures are the Mo family, then he will fall into a passive position.

But after thinking about it, he immediately turned around and went to the Shaofu location, and at the same time sent someone to Tong Cheng Bushi to inform him.

Cough, as for how Cheng Bushi will treat the problem of students skipping classes... we will talk about it later.

To his surprise, the person who came to offer advice was a man who looked extremely elegant.This person stood upright, with black hair tied into a crown, and he looked upright. When he heard the movement and stood up to salute, he was tall, but a bit thin. He didn't look like the Mohist he imagined, but more like a Confucian scholar .

However, his waist hanging is equipped with a buckle for hanging a sword.Of course, his sword had been taken off because of meeting the prince, but Xia Anran still noticed this sensitively.

The emotions in the little king's heart were not shown on the surface. He strode in with an extremely eager and enthusiastic attitude. When he saw the scholar, he even showed the standard action of eagerness for talent - bowing his hands and saluting first.

The young scribe hurriedly avoided the salute and returned the salute. After a while, he saw the hem of his front clothes moved away, and when he got up, he saw the young boy staring at him with a pair of apricot eyes.The scribe let the little king look up and down, and after Xia Anran took his seat, he bowed and saluted, "Zhai Xin of Qinghe County has met His Highness, Your Highness will always be happy without worry."

Zhai...?

Xia Anran's eyelashes trembled slightly, raising his hand made people feel unnecessary politeness, then he cut straight to the point, curious about what strategy this man named Zhai Xin was up to.

"Returning to Your Highness, a certain two strategies can be correct." The man said, "And a certain one wants to use one method to deal with two strategies."

Although he said something that could be called arrogant, his expression was still humble and polite, without a hint of arrogance.The young king smiled slightly and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

"To answer this question, please ask Your Highness to bring something invented..."

Xia Anran naturally agreed to this request.After a while, the guards carried into a large wooden box. This box was about as long as an adult man's outstretched arms and about the same width, but judging by the posture of the guards, it shouldn't be very heavy.

After Zhai Xin stepped forward to operate, all the boards around the wooden box fell down, revealing a small space in a small space supported by the wooden frame.

Xia Anran showed a look of surprise, and he walked slowly to the front of the wooden box.

What he saw was a rail car.

Wooden rails, sleepers, and a four-wheeled cart pulled by a model pony in front... This is the image of a mine cart that appeared in many early British programs in later generations.Before the advent of railways, the railcars largely contributed to the mining and metallurgy industries in Europe.

He never expected that someone would be able to give him this answer...

The little king took a deep breath, and then he looked at the student with sparkling eyes, "Can this one move?"

"Return to Your Highness, yes." Zhai Xin went to the young boy and showed him how the truck could move forward with the goods under the traction of the "horse", and even turn around.

"Just laying such a track can greatly increase the transportation speed of goods, and it does not consume a lot of manpower during use. After the goods are loaded on the vehicle, only one person needs to lead the horse."

Zhai Xin said: "Xin thought that one horse can transport the three strengths mentioned on the list."

Indeed, as long as the track is used, after the horse initially exerts power to move the cargo, the cargo itself can be accelerated by the inertial belt, and even in the end, the horse will run more and more easily like a bicycle.

Xia Anran suddenly remembered a "joke" about the Qin Dynasty. It was actually a flawed April Fool's Day joke deliberately made by a history lover, but it was taken as a new historical discovery and circulated wildly in major online media.Even before Xia Anran crossed over, he could occasionally see this news being circulated on the Internet.

The joke is that there was a railway in the Qin Dynasty, but it was just a wooden track made of wood. The firm basis was a reasonable guess about "cars on the same track".

Because in the eyes of many modern people, there is no need to adjust the distance between the wheels and the height, just like modern vehicles have different widths and heights. not necessary.

But they overlooked an important issue. The roads of the Qin Dynasty were compacted dirt roads, not cement or gravel roads.

If the vehicle carrying heavy objects is pressed on the wet road, it is very easy to rut.Even modern people have the trouble of getting their car stuck in the mud, not to mention the lack of traction of the Qin Dynasty.

The significance of the cars on the same track is that if there are ruts on the road, you can continue to move forward along the front marks, so that you can avoid the bumps caused by the different gauges shuttle back and forth from each other's ruts, and at the same time It saves the horse some energy.

Of course, these rut marks will be re-tamped by the officials who maintain the road after the weather or the army, and they will not always exist, but some stone roads will inevitably leave some rut marks, especially when the road is mainly paved with stone slabs and stones. Song Dynasty.

Therefore, there are idioms called "changing the ruts" and "repeating the same mistakes".

Qin Shihuang's "railway" is a fake news, but I didn't expect... He actually wanted to build a railway in the Western Han Dynasty.

Xia Anran rubbed her hands hidden under her sleeves involuntarily.

Yes, a little excited.

The author has something to say:

Rubbing your hands, no, it’s not building a railway, don’t worry.

Why did the Mo family disappear in the background...

because……

They are materialists.

(not quite)

Their thinking is: how well you live has nothing to do with God, and whoever is the emperor has nothing to do with God.

The reasoning is correct, but at that time Emperor Wu was about to advocate the divine right of kings, do you think it is inappropriate for you to do so?Moreover, after Confucianism is used to select scholars, all schools of thought have to bow their heads to their jobs.

Speaking of that "joke", poof, you can still find it when you search for Qin Shihuang and the railway, and it was published in 18 and 19. Has any baby been deceived?

In fact, that joke is very bad, if you look carefully, you will find that it is full of loopholes (the author himself is also joking, I didn’t expect this to become the joke of H2O and spread like crazy)

Are you interested?I'm interested and I'll tell you tomorrow.

Slapping the table, what the hell?Who said I made ordinary soap?

The author has an overview of YY novels, all soap is made of plant ash!

The author put lime to make a strong alkali!Our process is different!I'm already an upgraded version!

It is not impossible to make soap with plant ash, but the premise is that your plant ash must contain more potassium elements. It seems that the one at the seaside has an advantage.

I googled it, and plant ash contains 6-12% potassium, 90% of which is soluble in water, but it is carbonate, and you all know that carbonate can only be regarded as a weak base, after all, it can be used directly Fertilizer, it can be mild, at most adjust the pH, and kill some relatively young insects and bacteria.

The author, I made him KOH!Potassium hydroxide, strong alkali, highly toxic, just ask if you are afraid!

akimbo!

YY novels kill people, the author made soap with plant ashes! !That process... Hehehe, wiping away tears, it’s too miserable, potassium carbonate is super difficult to saponify! ! !

If you have to keep heating and stirring, it will be smelly (feed) and there is no way to control the amount of plant ash.

There are a lot of babies who answered the chemical formula yesterday!Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack. (posted this evening)

Calcium carbonate is calcined to produce calcium oxide, and calcium oxide is added with water to produce calcium hydroxide.

Plant ash water is potassium carbonate. After potassium carbonate and calcium hydroxide exchange partners, it becomes potassium hydroxide (strong alkali) and calcium oxide precipitates.

At the same time, calcium oxide will react with water to form calcium hydroxide.So in theory, the bucket of water is actually a mixture of calcium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide (after filtering)

Cough, so this involves a problem. Calcium ions cannot be used to make soap, because calcium stearate salts that are insoluble in water will be produced. This is soap scum, which is a kind of... um~~~Baby in hard water areas Something that you may have seen, the kind that would be covered in soap and then salad salad.

Therefore, it is not recommended to use soap drops in hard water areas.You have to use shower gel, of course the shower gel will actually react, but it doesn't matter because the shower gel washes away after washing.

Yesterday, a baby asked why soap bubbles are added with sugar... because adding sugar to soap bubbles can make bigger bubbles, you can try it~

Life tips are coming (chest out)