In the sixth year of Yonghui (655 AD), May 21, five quarters.

Chang'an East Yongxing Fang, outside the gate of Wufu, Xue Li led Qianniuwei to patrol, and Chu Shenke guarded the gate. The courtyard was full of people, the Wu family was headed by the Yang family, and the rest of the people were honored by the yellow robe. On the left of the yellow robe is a beautiful young woman, on the right is a giant man in the iron tower, and on the opposite side are five old purple foxes.

The earthy yellow robe is Li Jiu, the young woman is Wu Meiniang, and the big man is Wu Kang. The volcanic eruption caused a hundred miles, and the forces of the Three Kingdoms withdrew from Silla, ending the war in Goguryeo. After escaping death, he took Qian Shun and Lin Pinglang and hurried back to Chang'an. Cameo again as a stagecoach, riding a stagecoach along the way, arrived three days ago.

The five purple robes on the opposite side, about sixty years old, are all genuine bosses. Taiwei, Governor of Yangzhou, Zhao Guogong, eldest grandson Wuji; Shangshu's right servant, Henan County Gong, Chu Suiliang; Zhongshu Ling, the founding prince of Gu'an County, Cui Dunli; Shizhong, the founding prince of Yingchuan County, Han Ying; The book order, the school official department, the book, come to Ji.

The original Zhongshu Ling Liu Zheng is also a capable person, but unfortunately he was cheated by Mei Niang. In the political turmoil a few years ago, Mei Niang sued the queen and practiced witchcraft to win. Liu Zheng is the uncle of Queen Wang, and because his niece worships the Chinese order, he hurriedly resigned. Furious, Li Jiu did not let him go, and directly drove him out of Chang'an and was demoted to Suizhou Assassin Shi (Suining City, Sichuan Province).

Compared with the transfer of Zhongshu Ling, Wu Kang pays more attention to the Zhongshu Sheren, the Li Yifu who is about to lose his position. This time I returned to Chang'an City, and I had to complete three things: first, I would offer an architectural artifact to increase my political strength for Mei Niang; 2. Find a mistress Xincheng to chat, hug an illegitimate child or illegitimate daughter; 3. Visit Li Yifu and start the storm of "abolishing Wang Liwu".

Complete the first one first, obtain Li Jiu's consent, and look at Qian Shun and Pinglang. The two came to the middle and uncovered the linen cloth on the ground, revealing a two-meter-square cement slab. As a building material, cement became a household name in later generations, and it is also the first choice for home improvement.

The show worked very well, and the bigwigs were dumbfounded, their eyes focused on the cement board, both shocked and disdainful. Shocked by the flat stone, despised the words on it: Long live my emperor, long live, Mei Niang will always be young. is such a shameless sycophant, only the "Wu Yu" family, and others can't shoot their faces.

Mei Niang's heart was full of joy and she gave her praise to Kang Lang; Li Jiu's face was slightly red, and he covered his mouth and coughed dryly. Squat down slowly, caress the cement slab, and study carefully; The big guy's face was full of disdain, and he found a place to squat, reaching out or knocking or picking.

I have been studying for a long time, and everyone is puzzled, is this cement? Li Jiu asked everyone to dodge and ordered Xue Rengui to do it. Lao Xue didn't let go, pulled out the steel knife on his waist, and split the stone slab with all his might. For a time, the electric flint was left, leaving only a light white mark, and the slate was as hard as iron.

The blade of the hundred refining steel blade rolled up, Xue Li's flesh was distressed, and he threw it on the ground casually. Spit on the palms of his hands, keep rubbing his hands, take more than 20 pounds of hammers, and move his muscles and bones to open up the posture. Wu Kang's footsteps moved, blocking in front of Mei Niang; Qianniuwei protected Li Jiu, but was pushed away by Li Jiu; Brother Wuji waved his hand and led the little brother to retreat.

Hammers slammed into concrete, the noise was deafening, and debris flew everywhere. Looking at the cyan slate again, there are only shallow dents, and the deepest is no more than half an inch. Wu Kangjue's Coke is ten centimeters thick, even if Xiang Yu is alive, it is estimated that it will not be broken.

The scene was silent, and the bigwigs had their own ghosts, and they exchanged heads and ears. After about half an hour, Li Jiu turned around, pointed to the powder in the basin, and asked tentatively: "This concrete slab is made of cement, sediment, and gravel?" ”

There should be a pretense here, Wu Kang glanced at everyone, and replied cautiously: "Your Majesty Shengming, it is a mixture, and it is called concrete. This pot of gray powder is pozzolana cement, according to the appropriate formula, lime doped with pozzolacan. ”

Pointing to building materials, continue popular science: "Coarse sand, gravel and cement, mixed with water, are called cement slurry. The wooden planks are nailed into a mold, and some iron bars are placed in it, or they can be left out. The mud is poured into a mold, compacted and smoothed with wooden boards, and solidified into concrete. It is resistant to rain erosion, does not rot for 100 years, and is used for construction and road construction. ”

Seeing their strange faces, he emphasized again: "Actually, it's very simple, as long as there is volcanic ash, fools can make cement." Last month, he attacked Goguryeo, but by chance of a volcanic eruption, he was almost buried alive by volcanic ash. I brought back a few packets and mixed them into cement for testing, and it was successful. ”

The courtyard was quiet again, Brother Wuji's face sank like water, and the disdain of the bigwigs decreased slightly. Especially Chu Suiliang, he also showed a few hints of approval. The volcanic eruption rescues the wounded, similar to Zhuji's anti-plague and conforms to Wu Yu's style.

This little rabbit cub, although he has no backbone, although he is not a thing, can calmly command the wounded to retreat at a critical moment. Three people and three horses risked their lives to rescue the wounded who could not escape, a total of 115 people. This really can't be black, but that doesn't mean I'll let you go.

Thinking of this, he took two steps forward, coughed dryly and said, "Dare to ask the history of martial arts... Oh no, it should be called the Governor of Wudu. lime mixed with volcanic ash to turn into cement; mixed with sand and gravel and water to turn into cement slurry; After a few days solidified, indestructible concrete. Where do you know this, which classic records the old man has never heard of. ”

You've never heard of it, don't hear too much, have you ever heard of the gray wolf? Troublesome you! Wu Kang rolled his eyes and began to make up lies, and soon there was a statement. His eyes rolled, and he smiled wickedly, ready to disgust them.

coughed dryly twice, and saluted with fists: "Back to Chu Gong, he was slandered by demons and forced to run away from home." On the way to Wuzhou, I came across an ancient book with a few words on it. On the way, he relied on lotus seeds to satisfy his hunger, and although he filled his stomach, he also ate bad stomach. If you don't have a toilet, just use that book... When I arrived in Wuzhou City, I ran out of books. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chu Suiliang's face was black, and his chest rose and fell violently. Brother Wuji snorted coldly, the bigwigs were disdainful, and Li Jiu also frowned. Mei Niang immediately decided to strictly discipline her afterwards. The embarrassment of using paper to make a compliment has been spurned by scholars, and the ancient secretaries dare to use it, which is simply dead.

Wu Kang lowered his eyebrows and didn't look at their faces, as a young man with hemorrhoids, he was fatal. The storm hit, Chu Suiliang sprayed, Han Ying, Laiji helped, Cui Dunli commented. Li Jiu stayed out of the matter, Mei Niang was not easy to answer, so she could only be secretly anxious.

These are pediatrics, and the football field is scolded by 10,000 people, and I don't feel at ease. His thoughts were decisively empty, thinking of the border of Hangzhou and Wu, the small shack in the pear orchard. Be honest with Cui Xiaoqing and complain about parting sorrows. The petty official fan opened his mouth and closed his mouth, he was the governor of Yuezhou, and now she agreed.

In the Battle of Guiduanshui, the logistics were well managed, and eighty percent of the wounded soldiers were healed. What happened after that, it was very joyful: Guiduanshui in Liaodong is the Hacksaw Ridge of the Tang Dynasty, and I am the Tang version of Desmond. Rescuing more than 100 wounded people, the political significance is of great significance, Li Jiu talked about meritorious deeds, removed the word "school inspection", and added the title of governor of Yuezhou.

As the assassin of Wuzhou, and concurrently the governor of Yuezhou, there is no problem at all. The great Wuji brother is also the governor of Yangzhou, and Fang Renyu is just a thorn in history. Yuezhou is the central governor's office, which is in charge of Yuezhou, Hangzhou, Kuozhou, Wuzhou, and Taizhou.

However, there is no use, there are no government soldiers in the five states, and only the Wuzhou militia can be mobilized now. If the militia of the other four states is transferred, there must be a holy decree of the imperial court, and it depends on the face of the assassin history of each state. So it is basically impossible, to sum it up in one sentence, the commander of the Mongolian Navy.

The advantage is that the official rank has been promoted, and the governor of the central capital worships the three products, which is two levels higher than the Wuzhou Thorn History. Officially become a member of the three grades, wearing a purple robe and wearing a goldfish bag around his waist. The name of Wukang is officially located in Wuzhou Chronicles, as well as Jinhua County Chronicles.

In fact, it is not a two-level official promotion, but a step by step promotion. On the eighth day of the fifth month, the imperial court approved the upgrade of Wuzhou, and Wuzhou was officially promoted to Shangzhou. Wuzhou Assassin Shi was promoted from the third rank, and then the governor of Yuezhou, but the official was promoted by one level.

suddenly felt pain in the brain, and instantly returned to the shell, and saw Mei Niang's bared teeth and glaring. I feel very aggrieved, sister, you are funny, what are you doing by cutting my ears?

Mei Niang hated that iron could not become steel, and glared at the deer and reprimanded: "Tomorrow, I will ask the imperial doctor to consult and cure your hysteria." Your Majesty asked, can you only use volcanic ash cement? ”

Douda's cold sweat slipped down, and this situation was distracted, making the rhythm of death. Quickly looked up, and saw Mr. Li smiling lightly, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Lao Chu, Lao Han and Lao Lai, the wheel war sprays me, I can only spit on my face, I can't spray them.

Thinking about Mei Niang's question, she showed a faint wry smile, quite helpless. There are many kinds of cement, and the only thing that can be done now is pozzolansic cement. So he told the truth: "Back to Your Majesty, volcanic ash is irreplaceable." But don't worry, when they came back from the front, Cheng Dudu and General Su were collecting volcanic ash and transporting it back to Chang'an in the near future. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Jiu was very disappointed, and Han Ying sighed: "Although this thing is good, the raw materials are hard to find. The collection of the two generals is a drop in the bucket for Datang. The need to strengthen the city walls and palaces and repair the roads of the country was too great. ”

You're right, but you can't help it. After rolling his eyes a few times, he decided to lead the trouble: "What Han Xianggong said is extremely true, if this thing is to be promoted, there must be a large amount of volcanic ash. There are no volcanoes in Datang, so you can only look for them from the outside. ”

Brother Wuji's pupils constricted, and the bigwigs felt bad, Wu Kang continued to seduce: "As far as I know, the nearest volcanic group is in Changbai Mountain and Daxing'an Mountains in the northeast of the Yan Dynasty. The other is the Wa Kingdom, which is full of volcanoes, and there are more of them than the Ori Ta. We can buy it, or send troops to fight and loot the volcanic group. ”

Everyone was noncommittal, Wu Kang thought about it for a moment, and then threw a bombshell: "Volcanic ash can make cement, and it is also the best fertilizer, which can turn bad fields into good fields, and greatly increase the yield of good fields." According to ancient records, it is at least fifty percent, and I don't know whether it's true or not. "I love

Everyone was shocked, the most important thing was to increase production, and Brother Wuji was not calm. Mei Niang was very excited and looked approvingly, but Wu Kang was a little flustered. Fifty percent is nonsense, volcanic ash has phosphorus and potassium, similar to later fertilizers, which should improve the soil.

Li Jiu realized the importance and decided to summon the ministers to discuss, turned to look at Wu Kang, and put on a warm smile: "Whether it is cement or fertilizer, it is beneficial to the country and the people, and Aiqing will make new contributions... Tell me, what reward do you want? ”

It's not interesting, I don't want to reward it, and of course I can't ask for it. has just been promoted to the governor of Yuezhou, although it is useless, and he can't get an inch. So he brewed emotions, put on a solemn and solemn posture, and was ready to politely decline, and by the way showed his loyalty.

Mei Niang stepped forward and proposed softly: "If Your Majesty wants to reward him, give him a robe." The reward of the scarlet robe, he fought with the rebels, and was cut down with thousands of holes; The purple robe of the reward, who rescued the wounded soldiers in the volcano, was ruined by the volcanic ash. ”

Virtuous help, this is, Li Jiumei smiled: "Mei Niang is reasonable, Aiqing is too expensive to dress, let's reward a purple robe." Recently, the inner library has been nervous, so why don't you do this... When I was the king and prince of Jin, the robes I wore were stored in the Shangyi Bureau. Take it all out and change it to a purple robe for Aiqing, what does Mei Niang think? ”

Mei Niang was overjoyed, feeling that Lawu Kang was grateful, and after singing the praises of virtue, she swore and promised: "Don't work for the clothing bureau, the concubine will do it herself, and give Erlang a tailor's robe." Anyway, I want to make clothes for Xian'er, so I did it together, please ask Your Majesty for permission. ”

Li Jiu applauded repeatedly, the bigwigs looked weird, and Wu Kang almost climaxed. The world is too beautiful, the emperor's clothes, the queen sews them by herself. This has to be worn on the body, and it has a lot of face, and the beauty of the moment cannot be found in the north. It's a pity that he didn't know that it was this robe that brought him a catastrophe.

Li Jiu was very satisfied with the reward, which showed the emperor's grace and didn't cost a few dollars. Immediately drive back to the palace, go back to study cement and fertilizer, and leave Mei Niang to accompany Wukang, your sisters and brothers should catch up with the old days.

The sisters and brothers sent them away, chatted with Yang and Wushun, and Mei Niang proposed to go shopping. This must be agreed, and when she changes into men's clothes, the two go shopping in the East Market. Chu Shenke, Lin Langping and Qian Shun led Qianniu to guard and followed far behind.

Out of Yongxing Fang, past Chongren Fang, come to the lively East Market. The business is extremely prosperous, and the selling is endless, which is much stronger than Wuzhou Dongming Road. Just buy some things, Mei Niang wants to visit Pingkangfang, engage in Wukang Mengquan, is it appropriate for you to go to the red light district when you are old?

Ignoring the coquettishness of the girls and walking into a secluded alley, Mei Niang finally spoke: "On the ninth day of the fourth month, Xincheng gave birth to a baby girl, and her eyes are very similar to yours. He is also a blessed man, he is all over his body, and only his eyes are beautiful. ”

Piercing Lao Tie's heart, Wu Kang scratched his head with an embarrassed smile. Thinking of Li Chunfeng's criticism, he was a little slightly entangled, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Li Taishi gave me a face, saying that my heir is difficult, it seems that what he said is true." Xiaoqing gave birth to a daughter, and Xincheng also gave birth to a daughter, can't she give birth to a son? ”

Mei Niang frowned slightly, and shook her head after a while: "He said that the heir is difficult, but he didn't say that there will be no heirs, so you can rest assured." On the twenty-ninth day of the first month, I gave birth to a virtuous child. The marriage of the two children should also be confirmed, Kang Lang, what do you say? ”

Say a fart, it's not good to order a doll, Wu Kang coughed dryly, and smiled with a smile on his face: "Otherwise, let my second girl be Li Xian's princess." Xincheng is the eldest princess, her identity is more noble than Cui Xiaoqing, and the second girl is the best. ”

After that, I apologized secretly, Erya is sorry, don't blame my father for being biased. Li Xian didn't end well, in order to protect your sister, I gave it up. Mei Niang sneered, stopped in front of the small courtyard, knocked on the door three times in a hurry, and then knocked slowly twice, three long and two short.

The good guy's scalp is numb, and if he doesn't agree, he will be three long and two short. The small door soon opened, the two old women saluted, and Mei Niang slowly entered. Wu Kang stiff-scalped to follow, and prayed to the gods and Buddhas to make this girl amnesiac.

Qian Shun and Lin Pinglang wanted to enter the door, but they were stopped by Chu Shenke and smiled at them: "The big guys are whispering, let's not disturb." I said Shunzi, Lao Lin, and the foolish brother, the story of the volcano adventure. ”

The two of them are not worried, the big guy will not be in danger, and Zhaoyi will not embarrass him. However, the big guy didn't think so, and looked at Mei Niang's slow grinding of ink, as well as the tiled white paper, tears fell. This is Wang Ba, who eats scales, and has an iron heart to set up a marriage letter, and he can't escape.

Grinding the ink, he said lightly: "No matter how noble the identity of Xincheng is, Erya is also an illegitimate daughter, and she is not worthy of a virtuous child." Trouble must become, my daughter-in-law. Either Li Hong, or Li Xian, look at the selection yourself. ”

"The child is still young, and I will do it later..."

"Choose!"

"Li Xian..."

This is helpless, what she decides, she really can't refuse. If you don't agree now, Li Jiu's holy decree will come down, and the result will be the same. Let's take one step at a time, do your best to protect the trouble, and don't be involved by Li Xian.

Mei Niang personally wrote the eight characters of the two children's birthdays and covered the handprints of the two adults. The marriage is decided, in duplicate, and one copy is kept. The old woman brought hot tea. The two sat opposite each other, Mei Niang dismissed the maidservant and tasted tea elegantly.

After a few minutes, he spoke again: "I have prepared a house for you in the West Xiuzhen Workshop of the Imperial City, and I will live there when I come to Chang'an in the future." In the future, in the Yongxingfang martial arts, you must not drink alcohol, and you are not allowed to stay overnight. ”

Wu Kangmengquan, what's wrong with this? I didn't bother to ask the reason, I just nodded and agreed, and I didn't drink or stay overnight. Mei Niang was very satisfied, put down the teacup in her hand, and bent down to pull a stool. Put your feet on and say to yourself: "When a woman gives birth to a child, her body can't bear it, and she only walks a few steps, and her back and legs hurt." ”

You're old, I'm waiting. Wu Kang pouted, pulled a stool and sat down, and gave her a calf massage.

Mei Niang narrowed her eyes slightly, and said after a few minutes: "Last time you were drunk and stayed in Yongxingfang, something bad happened." I don't want it to happen again, so there is this arrangement, and Kang Lang has to understand. ”

When Wu Kang heard this, he was very inexplicable, something bad... After pondering for a moment, he asked tentatively: "You won't be drunk, Qian Shun was also there at the time, and he would definitely stop it." Mei Niang, are you, suspicious of Junzi? ”

Mei Niang shook her head: "Shunzi is your henchman, and like Chu Shenke, he can be trusted." But there are some things that he won't care about, and even add fuel to the fire. At the beginning in Zhuji, if Xincheng was poisoned, they would definitely stop it; If it's a drug, they won't care. ”

Embarrassed and helpless, Wu Kang pouted and complained: "You always know such a private thing, how many eyeliners are placed by my side?" I feel so hurt, dearest sister, you don't trust me! ”

"That's for your good, save you to make trouble", Mei Niang rolled her eyes, snorted twice and said: "It's because of muddy, how many disasters have you caused?" The volcano saves people, Zhuji fights the plague, and intends to beat Chu Suiliang, which is not a trivial matter. Don't keep rubbing your calves, your thighs are also sore, hurry up and massage me. ”

It's not good, I feel like I've crossed the line, I receive an affirmative look, and I choose to give in to the obscenity. Mei Niang was very satisfied, and closed her eyes comfortably: "You were drunk last time and did something foolish, don't you have an impression?" To be honest with me, are you really impressed, or are you pretending to be stupid? ”

Wu Kang tried hard to recall, playing backgammon with Minyue, and it seemed that he was directly drunk. I didn't have the slightest impression, and after a while, I definitely shook my head, and I had time to ask Qian Shun.

Mei Niang knew what he thought, waved her hand and said, "Forget it if you don't have an impression, don't ask Shunzi, just treat it as if it didn't happen." ”

With his hands folded on his lower abdomen, the corners of his mouth pulled and smiling, and he was in a pretty good mood. You can only be faithful to me, you can only do things for me, and you are not allowed to be distracted by anyone, not even my sister. Thinking of this, he opened his eyes, and said with a few breaths: "Before leaving the day after tomorrow, I will visit Uncle Cui." His Majesty wanted to make me the queen, but no one dared to mention it. ”

Surely no one dared to mention it, and they didn't dare to offend Brother Wuji. Your meaning is obvious, let me convince Cui Yixuan to make you the queen in the book. However, there are better candidates, Wu Kang is confident, and swears: "Don't worry, before you leave Chang'an, I will arrange it for you..."