Chapter 747: The Closing of the Year (I)
The hot pot in the box was still churning, but Cai Boli was falling into an ice cave in this warm room, not because of fear, but because of the open and secret battle in the capital of the Liao Dynasty, and the blood relatives killed each other too appallingly.
Even if you are thousands of miles away, you can see the treacherous situation in Shangjing from Song Xiaoyi's newspaper, and the internal struggle is always much more tragic than fighting against external threats, Zhang Jian and Xiao Hui returned to Shangjing with 100,000 elites of the Liao Dynasty, and Yelu Chongyuan and others at this time have occupied the city defense of Shangjing.
100,000 elites came to King Qin, which made Yelu Chongyuan dare not act rashly, you must know that at this time, although he took the defense of Shangjing, but did not take the palace, once he moved, the 100,000 army could completely bulldoze Shangjing!
So Yelu Chongyuan advanced by retreating, serving the emperor's eldest son Yelu Hongji as the emperor and the imperial concubine Xiao Tzuli as the queen mother, but he still controlled the defense of the capital in his own hands, and he still had the capital to turn over.
Yelu Hongji succeeded to the throne, changed the Yuan Qingning, and succeeded to the throne in order to stabilize the situation, Fengxingzong's younger brother Yelu Chongyuan was the emperor's uncle, and he was called the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses. Although this title is noble, it has no real military power, only the power of Shangjing in the hands of Yelu Chongyuan, but it is insignificant in front of the 100,000 army.
The first thing Xiao Tzuli did when he became the queen was to marry the emperor, so that Yelu Hongji married Xiao Hui's daughter Xiao Guanyin, and Xiao Hui, the general of the Liao Dynasty, was more loyal.
The current Liao Dynasty Shangjing presents a wonderful balance, although the emperor and the imperial uncle are tense, but on the surface there is a harmonious atmosphere, and the same is true of the court situation in Shangjing, the courtiers who support the emperor and the imperial uncle are hostile to each other but have never moved.
After Chen Lin finished saying all the information, he added: "Official, this is the information from three months ago, and now the inside and outside of the capital are vigilant, and the investigation of my big Song businessmen is extremely strict, Song Xiaoyi plans to be silent for a period of time, and the black hand will not be used for non-major events, and the black hand will only listen and collect information, and then pass it on when Song Xiaoyi wants to play." ”
Zhao Zhen nodded: "This is very good, they are already walking on the tip of the knife, I naturally won't put too much pressure on them, but I must pass on the book to Song Xiaoyi, and let him be careful of Xiao Tart, the queen of the Liao Dynasty, she is not a simple woman!" Just winning over Xiao Hui is extremely beautiful, and he can't do such a beautiful game without certain means and intelligence! ”
Old Chen Lin nodded and said, "The slave knows about it, and will let the businessmen who go to the capital bring the words." After speaking, he glanced at Cai Boyu: "You kid is getting fatter and fatter, and I don't know what kind of belly he gave birth to!" How did the matter of Western Xia wool go? The old man's people have already begun to deploy in Western Xia, just waiting for your Cai Ji's things! ”
Cai Boyu scooped up the chopsticks that fell into the hot pot, and said with a consistent smile: "Don't worry, our Cai Ji people have begun to make intensive arrangements, those instruments about wool have been formed, and now they are improving, Cai Ji's factory has begun to try, once it can be mass-produced, the wool plan can be implemented to Xixia, you don't know that I have lost weight during this time!" ”
Zhao Zhen and Chen Lin pursed their lips at the same time, no matter how much they looked at it, they couldn't see how much weight Cai Boyu had lost, but felt that this product was fatter again.
"Well, the New Year is approaching, the matter of moving the capital has subsided, and the people have settled, I am relieved, and the city of Tokyo has returned to its former appearance. The turmoil in the capital of the Liao Dynasty brought time for our Great Song Dynasty to digest and develop Yanyun, and I can have a good year, right? Raise your glass and celebrate with me! ”
Cai Boyu and Chen Lin toasted together, and handed a glass of wine to a group of Sancai by the way, Zhao Zhen drank it and felt very relaxed in his heart, at this time he let go of the constraints of the king, let go of national affairs, and only enjoyed the prosperity he created as an ordinary person.
The streets of Tokyo are full of happy people, who have forgotten their confusion and become more confident in the future after learning that their future is in place.
In Zhao Zhen's view, the city of Tokyo in winter is the most vibrant, because the popularity of cement, not only makes the cement factory make a lot of money, but also makes the price of cement drop rapidly, become people's reach of daily necessities, every household is used to pave the road with cement, and even the path of the courtyard is used, the health problem has been solved, even if it is the next moon day, there will not be much mud in the city of Tokyo, and the strong underground drainage system makes the waterlogging problem solved.
Since knocking out the ghost fan tower in the sewers of Tokyo City, Kaifeng Prefecture has sorted out the underground pipe network system several times, after all, Tokyo City is on the edge of the Yellow River, once it comes to the season when there is abundant water, waterlogging and backfilling are more serious.
Now the city of Tokyo is very clean, it can be said that the cleanest city in the world, even public toilets have begun to appear, Kaifeng Prefecture hired people to clean these places, so that the slums have become much cleaner, and the most important thing is that the quality of life of the people in Tokyo has been improved.
The emergence and increase of factories provided a lot of jobs for the city of Tokyo and the entire Gyeonggi land of Kaifeng Province, solving the problem of poor people not having enough to eat.
At that time, Tokyo City is likely to become the largest industrial city in the Great Song Dynasty, and the people in the city will also become the first batch of workers in the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen is confident, because the power of the industrial age of the steam engine appeared in the Great Song Dynasty!
Zhao Xiaowu's steam engine was very successful, since it could drive trains, it could also drive equipment, but most of them were wooden instruments, and the steel of the Great Song Dynasty was used where it was more needed.
Armament is a matter that Zhao Zhen has always been concerned about, he is secretly advancing the advance of gunpowder weapons, and one of the troops in the forbidden army was secretly dispatched by Zhao Zhen to the vicinity of Baigangpo outside the gate of Chenzhou, they are responsible for the defense of the Great Song Dynasty Firearms Division, and they are also responsible for the equipment and testing of firearms.
The laughter of the children downstairs pulled Zhao Zhen back from his thoughts, and the hot pot in front of him was tumbling with various ingredients, but compared with the hot pot in later generations, Zhao Zhen was a little regretful, and couldn't help but ask Cai Boyu: "There is no news of the fleet yet?" ”
Cai Boyu's fat hand stiffened slightly, he knew what the fleet in the mouth of the official family meant, a group of the most popular pro-army, craftsmen, scholars, and doctors of the Great Song Dynasty composed of the eastbound fleet, along the route drawn by the official family all the way along the coast to the east, but the entire twenty sea ships, which lasted three years and have not been heard from so far......
"Official, maybe they're on their way home...... Maybe I'll come back suddenly that day......"
Zhao Zhen sighed slightly: "After so long, there is still no news, I'm afraid it's ...... I can't come back, these people are all heroes of my Great Song Dynasty, and the monthly allowance is still distributed to their families, as long as my Great Song Dynasty does not die one day, this money will be distributed! No matter how long it takes, you have to wait! ”
Cai Boyu turned his head and forgot to glance at Chen Lin, and when he saw him nodding slightly, he said: "Don't worry, the officials will do it, and the money will definitely be delivered, and there will be no discount!" ”