The power of example is infinite, Liu Shu, as an official turned official, was originally difficult to break through the six-mouth barrier in his life, but with the help of Li Zhang, he became a five-grade firearms supervisor, the key is that he has real power in his hands, and he is directly in charge of the affairs inside and outside the prison.

As an aspiring young man, Zhang Lang immediately became enthusiastic when he heard that Li Zhang wanted him to be the second Liu Shu, not only immediately agreed, but also expressed his loyalty one after another.

Early the next morning, Zhang Lang did not go to the Shaofu Prison Ying Mao, but came directly to Li Zhang's house, and the seven old carpenters also came by appointment, not only brought the guys who worked, but also each brought two three young people, either apprentices or their sons, anyway, the craft of carpentry is the same as other crafts are passed on to men but not women, of course, women generally do not have this strength.

Zhang Lang took these carpenters to the manor outside the city, and Li Zhang also sent someone to the Shaofu Supervisor to say it, after all, Zhang Lang was an official of the Shaofu Supervisor, but he didn't say why Zhang Lang didn't come, but just said that he sent him to have a business trip to do, so he would not come to the Shaofu Supervisor in a short time.

Although Li Zhang has no real power in the Shaofu Prison, he is a nominal young eunuch after all, he said that let Zhang Lang go out, and ordinary people dare not question it, but his boss, that is, Xiao Quanjian who has always looked down on him unpleasantly, but has never seen it, was very annoyed by this, and even sued Li Zhang in front of Liu E, but unfortunately Liu E only reprimanded Li Zhang a few words on the surface, and then did not take it to heart at all.

The growth of cotton in the manor is very good, and now it has produced green cotton peaches, and it has grown to the size of walnuts, and it looks like it is about to bloom, and it will be picked at that time, and then it will be deseeded and spinned, and Li Zhang also goes to the manor from time to time, mainly to see the progress of the carpenters, and he can also correct any problems in person, after all, although these craftsmen are experienced, they do not have a deep understanding of cotton, and sometimes there are some errors in what they make.

But these are small problems, anyway, there is not much cotton planted this year, and the whole manor is only planted in one-third, which seems to be a large area, but in fact, it is mainly used by Li Zhang to experiment with those ginning machines and textile machines, and when these machines are improved, the woven cotton cloth will be put in front of Liu E, plus the problem that growing grain is worthless now, needless to say, Liu E will definitely send someone to promote it.

A month passed in a blink of an eye, seeing the weather slowly getting colder, the cotton leaves also fell, the green cotton peach also lost its moisture and deepened in color, and then burst open, revealing the snow-white cotton inside, and the old carpenters lived up to expectations, and finally built a prototype, but these prototypes still need to be tested in practice.

For the sake of cotton, Li Zhang temporarily handed over the affairs of the money store to Huozi and them to take care of, and they ate and lived in the manor, but today he had to go back to the city, because he had promised Zhao Zhen before that he would accompany him out of the palace to Cixiao Temple, to be precise, he and Zhao Zhen would accompany Liu E together.

After returning to the capital, Li Zhang rested for a night, and rushed to the palace early the next morning, and at this time Zhao Zhen also got up early, and Li Zhang also saw Miao Yuan, who was also dressed up.

"Miao Yuan, you're going too?" Li Zhang couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw Miaoyuan's appearance, Miaoyuan has grown up now, and she is no longer the little girl she was at the beginning, but it is precisely like this, she is usually more constrained, for example, in the past, she could come to Zhao Zhen if she wanted to see Li Zhang, but now unless there is a legitimate reason, the female officials in the palace will prevent her from coming to Zhao Zhen.

"Of course, it's rare to have a chance to leave the palace, I don't want to stay in the palace alone, and there is a big brother and cousin walking with you, it must be very interesting!" Miao Yuan said happily at this time, she is even worse than Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen has also been out of the palace, but Miao Yuan has never been out of the inner palace since he was born.

"Originally, the eldest lady only wanted to take me and the queen, as well as the two concubines, but I saw that Miaoyuan was too pitiful, so I begged the eldest lady for a long time, so that the eldest lady nodded and took her with me." At this time, Zhao Zhen explained with a smile.

"The eldest lady said that she gave birth to her eldest brother after making a wish in Cixiao Temple, so she wanted the imperial sisters-in-law to make a wish too, maybe I will be able to become an aunt after a while." Miao Yuan also clapped his hands and laughed at this time, but for her words, Zhao Zhen also shook his head and smiled bitterly, he has been childless after marriage, which is about to become Zhao Zhen's heart disease.

Li Zhang also knows Zhao Zhen's distress, but he can't help it now, but Zhao Zhen in history has not always had no sons, but most of the children born have died, which should be related to heavy metal poisoning, because if nothing else, the set of gold tableware used by Zhao Heng is likely to be passed on to Zhao Zhen, and if Zhao Zhen continues to use it, it is not impossible to damage his reproductive system.

It's just that the set of utensils has long been thrown away now, and Zhao Zhen's usual diet is also very careful, and the imperial doctor has also diagnosed and treated him, saying that his body is very healthy, plus he has a queen and two concubines, he can't be pregnant with either of them, right?

Soon Liu E's side was also prepared with the help of the queen, so the group drove out of the palace by car, and the queen mother and the emperor went out of the palace together, which is not a trivial matter, in fact, the reason why it takes a month is mainly that it takes time to arrange, such as the need for each yamen to clear the road, the forbidden army needs to guard both sides to prevent someone from colliding with the car, and there are also ministers to accompany and so on.

Li Zhang, as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, rode a horse to accompany Zhao Zhen's car, in addition to Zhao Zhen, accompanied by Queen Zhang, it was just right for the two of them to ride in the same car, but Miao Yuan had to squeeze in, and as a result, there were three people in the car.

On the other side of Zhao Zhen's car, it was Liu E's car, which made many of the accompanying ministers frown secretly, because according to the rules, the Son of Heaven's car is the most noble, even the Queen Mother can't drive in parallel with the Son of Heaven, but now Liu E is doing this, is this a hint that her status is comparable to the Son of Heaven?

However, Liu E does have such confidence, she is now in power, and she is no different from the emperor, but the real emperor Zhao Zhen is more like a puppet, and what makes them even more helpless is that Zhao Zhen did not show the slightest intention of seizing power, as the so-called emperor is not anxious and the eunuch is in a hurry, but if the emperor does not move, it is useless for the eunuch to be in a hurry.

Li Zhang also noticed that Liu E's car was driving parallel to Zhao Zhen, and he also found that several ministers behind him were also annoyed, especially Lu Zongdao, who was the official and the governor of the government, an old face was about to smoke, Li Zhang was really afraid that this old man would have a seizure on the spot, and everyone would not look good.

The emperor's car drove out of the palace, and then walked along the royal street, and finally turned east near Quyuan Street, and then walked forward for several miles, and the front was the location of Cixiao Temple.

Compared with the temples of Daxiangguo Temple and Xingguo Temple, the temple of Cixiao Temple is much smaller, and it is also a little inferior in fame, but Cixiao Temple also has a very famous place, that is, it is extremely effective in seeking children, so the incense of the temple is also extremely vigorous, and countless women come to ask for children every day, of course, in order to welcome Liu E and their arrival, Cixiao Temple has long been cleared by the forbidden army, and the monks in the temple are also concentrating on receiving Liu E and Zhao Zhen's mother and son.

On a dirt hill built by Cixiao Temple, it is said to be a dirt mountain, in fact, it is a large mound of dozens of meters, a temple is built on it, and the surrounding trees are planted, but it is also very quiet, and the road up the mountain is also full of guards, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to approach.

However, when Zhao Zhen and Liu E's car came here, they encountered a problem, when they were in the royal street before, because the street was wide, there was no problem with the two cars driving in parallel, but now when they arrived here, the road was suddenly narrow, and only one car could be allowed to pass, in fact, the previous pilgrims had to get off the car and walk up the mountain to burn incense when they arrived here, of course, Zhao Zhen, who was the son of heaven, definitely did not need to do this, after all, the Central Plains has always been more imperial power than divine power, and even the gods have to be canonized by the emperor to count.

With such a narrow road, Liu E and Zhao Zhen must not go hand in hand, so they must be separated, but Liu E directly ordered someone to drive to the front of Zhao Zhen's car, and it seemed that he wanted to go first.

At this time, the minister's side finally couldn't help it, and Lu Zongdao directly fried the pot, and immediately stepped forward to stop Liu E's car and said loudly: "The husband dies and obeys the son, and the way of the woman is also!" ”

Lu Zongdao's words are really ruthless, directly use the three from the four virtues to pressure Liu E, if Liu E insists on walking in front of Zhao Zhen, it is against the moral code set by Confucianism, and he will definitely be accused by countless people at that time.

Liu E's car was stopped by Lu Zongdao, and when he heard his words again, Liu E in the car was also silent for a long time, and after a while, he said in a calm voice: "What Aiqing said is extremely true, it is rude to mourn the family, it should be Your Majesty's car first!" ”

Liu E said and let his car retreat, Zhao Zhen's car walked in front, but Li Zhang could hear it at this time, although Liu E's voice was calm on the surface, but it suppressed incomparable anger, which is also Lu Zongdao is not easy to provoke, if it is another person, I am afraid it will be difficult for her to back down.

Lu Zongdao's behavior has also been appreciated by many ministers, and even Li Zhang admires the fish-headed prime minister, not everyone has the courage to stop Liu E's car, and they dare to accuse her in person, and it is precisely because of people like Lu Zongdao that Liu E does not dare to go too far.

Zhao Zhen's chariot was the first to go up the mountain, and Li Zhang followed closely behind, and when the chariot came to the top of the mountain, he immediately saw a small but elegant temple appear in front of everyone.