In May of the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Bao Wei rushed back to Swallow Dock with the high-grade liquor making process. The two crafts of ceramic tiles and cement brought back by the turmoil a few years ago have opened the eyes of Deng Baichuan and Gongye Qian, and Deng Baichuan, who has been rolling in the business for many years, even went to Huangzhou to negotiate with Murong Fu in person. Unexpectedly, Deng Baichuan hadn't come back yet, and Bao Wei actually brought back the "Dongpo Wine" making process known as three cups of pouring.

Seeing Bao Wei come back, Azhu and Abi were the happiest, and diligently brought him tea and water, pinched his back and shoulders to inquire about Murong Fu's news. As for Gongye Qian, he was obviously more concerned about the distillation drawings that Bao Wei brought back. Distilling low-alcohol liquor to remove part of the water to obtain high-grade liquor is a common liquor making process in later generations. But in an age when physics is still in obscurantism, it is clearly an innovation. Gong Yeqian lacked knowledge of physics, so he couldn't see anything after flipping through the drawings for a long time, so he asked Bao Wei: "Is this method really effective?" Pour three glasses of wine? ”

Bao Wei shook his fan quickly, and said proudly: "If this wine is brewed by an old bag, it will naturally be poured after three cups; If you let the prince do it...... That's swill! ”

As soon as Bao Wei said this, everyone in the hall immediately burst into laughter. Murong Fu's glass burned for more than half a year, but it still hasn't burned out, but Deng Baichuan went to Huangzhou to take over and quickly installed glass windows in Su Shi's new house. It's funny, in the eyes of everyone, Murong Fu knows everything about astronomy and geography, but his hands-on ability is really teaching people to can't help but tear a handful of sympathy. After laughing for a while, Sister-in-law Deng sighed with sorrow: "The son has not learned to make a fire for three years...... Thanks to his talent in martial arts. ”

Gongye, the only one who didn't laugh, asked: "Gongzi Ye wants to make wine for Master Su?" ”

Bao Wei nodded and said with a smile: "The bachelor has good wine but no money left, and he is embarrassed to mention it to his son, so he made wine according to the ancient recipe in the book, but only vinegar was brewed." The prince knew about it, so he drew this drawing to improve the process. What a pity! In the end, it is the master and apprentice, the prince can only brew swill, and the old bag can brew wine! Bao Wei shook the fan to the ground and filled the room with wind, and said. The prince ordered this wine to be called 'Dongpo wine', and since he borrowed the name of Master Su, the profits must be given to the bachelor. He asked me to find a craftsman in Gusu City to make zuò this distillation tool so that it can be made and sold, which is another big fortune and should not be neglected! ”

It is true that Bao is different, and the previous tiles and cement have made them a lot of money. Nowadays, everyone is a good wine, and once this "Dongpo wine" is launched, as long as the distillation tools are kept secret, it is a monopoly on the high liquor trade in the Great Song Dynasty. Thinking of this, Sister-in-law Deng immediately took the drawing in Gongyeqian's hand, carefully stuffed it into her sleeve, and said: "This drawing must be kept secret, and the craftsman must sign the deed." Remembering her husband's letter from before, she added another sentence. And the glass ......."

Bao Wei smiled slyly, and took out another piece of paper and handed it to Sister-in-law Deng. "Xu Taishou has come to see the glass window of the bachelor's house three times, and the rich people in Huangzhou have asked for a hundred yuan. The eldest brother said, don't wait for the son. Gongzi is to burn it for another ten years, and he has no ability to burn it out! ”

After getting the formula of the glass again, Sister-in-law Deng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but say: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and the talent of the prince is his whimsy, and I have the equivalent of this errand work." Third, why don't you persuade your son? ”

Bao is also helpless, and he exclaimed: "The prince can't think about it, what can the old bag do?" Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the two girls of Azhu and Abi, and hurriedly changed the topic. Azhu Abi, the prince ordered Lao Bao to go to Huangzhou this time to bring the two of you with you, and to be Miss Biao's companion. ”

Azhu Abi was overjoyed when she heard this, and said happily: "Let's go and pack up." With that, he ran out in a hurry.

But Gongye Qian's eyes turned, and he suddenly said: "Gongzi is leaving Huangzhou?" ”

Bao Wei was stunned for a moment, and replied: "I have never heard the prince mention it, why did the second brother say this?" In Bao Wei's opinion, Murong Fu and Su Shi worked together every day in Huangzhou to make some strange things, obviously he was not happy, how could he be willing to leave.

"Childe has always loved Miss Cousin, if you want two girls to be companions, you would have picked them up a long time ago, how could you wait until today? There must be plans to travel, and it is not convenient to take Miss Biao with you. Speaking of this, Gongye Qian immediately stood up and said categorically. The third child, you stay to help the sister-in-law, and I will take the two girls to Huangzhou! Murong Fuming said that if he wanted to restore the country, he had to make money first, but he kept filial piety for three years, and the candy trading of "Jinxiutang" has never been intentional. After worshipping Su Shi as a teacher, he had a novel way to make money in three days, and now he didn't even plan to let a few of his retainers know about it, Gongye Qian always felt that Murong Fu was hiding something from them, and he had to find out in person.

Gongye Qian's guess was not wrong, Murong Fu did have a plan to travel, and the reason why he hadn't left Huangzhou was just because he hadn't made up his mind yet. The cause of the whole thing has to start from the current saint Song Shenzong. Emperor Shenzong had just turned 20 years old when he ascended the throne, and there were old courtiers left by Emperor Renzong in the court, and there were two mountains in the harem, the Empress Dowager Cao and the Empress Dowager Gao. The young Divine Sect couldn't even measure the land on the outskirts of the capital. Emperor Shenzong was ambitious to change the difficult situation of the imperial court, and he vigorously put the shame of snow for several generations and enabled Wang Anshi to strictly change the law. However, Xining's reform of the law did not make the country rich and the people strong as he wished, and the corruption of the rule of officials and Wang Anshi's misuse of people made the new law become a bad law, and the people's lives became even poorer. In the end, Emperor Shenzong had to give in to the government and the opposition and depose Wang Anshi.

After the failure of the reform, 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 the authority of the official family, he had to make other achievements after the failure of the reform. So, he set his sights on Western Xia.

In June of the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Song Shenzong used the Liang family's seclusion to invade the Song frontier, and decided to ask the guilty master and Xia * people, and ordered a large-scale attack on Xia in five ways, which was known as "Five Roads in Xia" in history. In the Song Dynasty, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had no sense of secrecy, and the content of the court's deliberations could be heard in the Qinglou that night. Therefore, before the final announcement of the holy decree of the "Five Roads to Summer", Su Shi, who lived in Huangzhou, had repeatedly discussed with Murong Fu. The final conclusion was that neither of them was optimistic about Emperor Shenzong's decision. Murong Fu had peeked at the historical script and knew that this huge battle would eventually end in a fiasco, and about 200,000 soldiers of the Song army would never have a 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 has also proved that Su Shi's worries were fulfilled in the war and became one of the main reasons for the disastrous defeat of the Song army.

When the news of Song Shenzong's decree reached Huangzhou, Su Shigang, with the assistance of Murong Fu, made a siphon tool to solve the problem of irrigation of farmland by referring to the method of sucking salt water to the ground with a pump in the salt well in Sichuan. However, the promulgation of the holy decree made Su Shi too late to be happy about his invention, he looked at the siphon in a daze for a long time before sighing in a low voice: "If this siphon can be popularized, how much more grain can we harvest every year?" How much food can be sent to the army? ”

Murong Fu was silent at first, and it wasn't until the master and apprentice returned to the "Dongpo Snow Hall" that he finally spoke up and asked: "Teacher, back then, General Di was an officer who worshiped the Privy Councillor, did you ever doubt that he would commit rebellion?" ”

Su Shi was stunned by the question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. When Di Qing died, Su Shi had not yet stepped into the political arena, but Di Qing had great achievements, not only failed to get honor, but was suspicious and excluded by civil officials, even if he was courteous after death, it finally made the generals cold.

Murong Fu didn't need his answer, I saw him smile inexplicably, and said very nonsensically: "Emperor Tai/Zu has broken the rules...... If you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back. ”

Su Shi has been with Murong Fu for more than half a year, and he has long been accustomed to his occasional funny words. It's just that this time, Su Shi, who is optimistic and cheerful by nature, really can't laugh, Murong Fu's words have pointed to the real reason why the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, and even disrespectfully expressed the selfishness of Emperor Tai/Zu.

Su Shi knew that his disciple was different from the previous ones, although this well-behaved and caring disciple was also a scholar, but his heart was a martial heart. Su Shi was hesitating about how to phrase this disciple of his, but Wang Yuyan, who was dressed in men's clothes, pounced out of the room and pouted and complained to Murong Fu: "Cousin, Uncle Ji secretly hid chess pieces when he was playing chess, it's really a shame!" ”

The young man known as "Shuji" walked out behind Wang Yuyan, and when he saw Wang Yuyan shaving his cheeks towards him, his little face suddenly flushed, and he only stammered a few words for a long time: "Senior sister, I ...... I ......, "Uncle sent his name Su Yu, who is Su Shi's second son." In order to impress Su Shi and agree to accept him as an apprentice, Murong Fu was ready to dress Wang Yuyan as a man and ask Su Mai to enlighten her. In this way, Murong Fu had a legitimate excuse to send money to Su Shi. Later, although Su Shi was moved by Murong Fu to accept him as a disciple, Murong Fu still succeeded in handing over Wang Yuyan to Su Mai to teach. Su Shi now has three sons, the eldest son Su Mai has twenty-one sons, the second son Su Yu is eleven years old, and the third son Su is nine years old.

Wang Yuyan broke out like this, and the master-apprentice relationship between Su Shi and Murong Fu became equal again. Su Shi is really an honest man, and seeing that his son was red-faced and couldn't say a word, he himself was embarrassed. But it was Murong Fu who habitually bent down and looked at Wang Yuyan's eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Yuyan, my cousin taught you, observe his words and deeds." Is your uncle the kind of person who steals chess pieces and cheats? ”

Wang Yuyan's eyes widened unconvinced, and she said angrily: "I've seen it all!" ”

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

"Naturally, I saw him......" Wang Yuyan was suddenly stunned for a moment when she said something, "No! Just playing chess, I am in charge of white, and my brother is black, and my brother is stealing sunspots! …… It turns out that Senior Brother is letting me! "It finally dawned on me.

Murong Fu stroked the top of Wang Yuyan's head with satisfaction, and looked at Su Yu and smiled lightly. "Yu Yan, your uncle sent senior brother because he was afraid that you would always lose chess, so he didn't want to learn anymore. Uncle send, isn't that so? ”

Su Yu let out a vague "hmm", and lowered his head with a red face. He can't always admit that he stole chess because he saw that his junior sister was innocent and cute, and he hoped that this game of chess would never be finished.

Wang Yuyan and Su Yu quickly reconciled, and the two happily went back to play chess. Su Shi suddenly said at this time: "Reinstate, please ask Xu Taishou to write on behalf of the teacher, and present this siphon method to the saint, so that the saint can give you an official and a half-position, and you can enter the court as an official as soon as possible?" ”

Murong Fu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise when he heard this, and only said: "This siphon method was originally created by the teacher. ”

"If it weren't for your reminder, I wouldn't have thought of these things." Su Shi shook his head, not taking credit. "Being a teacher has been rejected by the saints, and the heavy responsibility of enriching the country and the people can only depend on you."

Murong Fu turned his face sideways and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Su Shi is a genius of the world, how could he not understand that if the Xia and Song armies of the Five Roads Expedition won a big victory, then he would not be able to get rid of the name of this "criminal official" for the rest of his life. However, a scholar like Su Shi, who is upright and public, when did he consider his own safety? Murong Fu's throat rolled twice, and Fang said slowly: "Teacher, the official family...... Impatient and competitive, he will not listen to persuasion. ”

Su Shi has been mixed under Song Shenzong for so many years, how can he not understand his character, and he sighed gloomily when he heard Murong Fu say this.

Murong Fu saw that Su Shi was still smiling even if he was so down-and-out that he was ploughing and making a living, but at this time, he was so sad for the people of the world, and 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 for a long time: "Reinstatement, as a teacher, is also ...... The rest of his heart is good, although he has not regretted nine deaths. ”

Murong Fu burst into tears. In the Five Roads Expedition, the Song army lost 200,000 people; The Jin invaded, and another 200,000 people were taken out of the pass; The Mongols rose, and tens of millions of Han Chinese died under the hooves of Temujin's horse; Until the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Xiufu committed suicide by taking the little emperor into the sea, and hundreds of thousands of Han people were martyred. What if nine die? It's just that the long wife rested to cover up her tears, mourning the difficulties of people's livelihood.

At the end of August of the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the eunuch Li Xian led the Xiqin Seventh Army to take the lead in the expedition, and the troops pointed directly at the West Envoy City, and the five-way summer in history kicked off. At the same time, Gongye Qian finally rushed to Huangzhou with Azhu and Abi.