The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, this is Li Zhang's first impression of the current situation in Tokyo, with the end of the farce of the birthday, the whole capital is circulating Liu E to be the emperor rumors, what is even more strange is that Liu E did not say anything about this kind of rumors about the royal family, and did not order the spread of rumors, which also confirmed the conjecture of many people.

Zhao Zhen, as one of the parties involved in this matter, seemed very calm, even if he heard the rumors outside, there was no abnormality, anyway, what should he do as usual, which made Li Zhang also very surprised, it seems that Zhao Zhen has finally grown up, at least now he has a bit of an emperor.

In contrast, there is nothing abnormal on Liu E's side, and after her birthday, she is still dealing with government affairs every day as usual, and there is no performance to usurp the throne and become the emperor, which makes the ministers in the court also puzzled, and they don't understand what Liu E is doing.

Others don't understand, but Li Zhang vaguely guessed Liu E's thoughts, in fact, Liu E didn't want to be the emperor, but she didn't dare, or she didn't have Wu Zetian's courage and courage, plus she felt guilty about Zhao Zhen in her heart, these conditions together also temporarily restrained Liu E's ambitions.

Of course, Liu E only temporarily restrained her ambitions, and as time goes by, her ambitions will be exposed again, after all, power is a kind of addictive drug, and few people can resist this temptation, even Liu E is no exception.

In the blink of an eye, it is the month of this year, and many families have begun to prepare for the New Year, but the martial arts side has also begun to get busy, because this is the first year after the establishment of martial arts, everyone does not know how to live, the most important thing is whether to have a holiday for the New Year, the holiday should be, but among the students, except for the children of the generals, the rest are selected from the army, and most of their homes are in the northwest and Hebei, far away from the capital, even if it is a holiday, they do not plan to go back.

But if you let these long-distance students go, it can't be done, after all, these people are all from the army, and if they leave the martial arts to cause trouble in the capital, it will not be easy to deal with at that time, so in the end, Cao Wei discussed it with Li Zhang and others, and finally decided that there will be no holiday for martial arts this year, and the students are not allowed to go out at will, but during the Chinese New Year and the Shangyuan Festival, the martial arts society organizes the students to go out, which is mainly because of the beginning of martial arts, and I am afraid that these students will bring trouble to martial arts after they go out.

For the matter of not having a holiday in martial arts, those generals were naturally dissatisfied, but unfortunately this was Cao Wei's decision, and they also set up a name, that is, to pull them to practice outside the city, and when the field training is over, it will be almost the New Year.

Field training was not proposed by Li Zhang, in fact, this matter has nothing to do with him, mainly Cao Wei's idea, in the past few months, the students in the martial arts in addition to physical training, but also began to learn the art of war, of course, at the beginning of many soldiers selected in the army are illiterate, so they were trained in the early days, although it is still a little difficult to read and write, but martial arts also make them into separate classes, and the teaching progress is also slower.

It can be said that martial arts is now slowly on the right track, and Li Zhang is only in charge of logistics and rarely interferes in teaching, so after the students go to the field training, he also becomes idle all of a sudden, so he stays at home to rest during this time.

However, this kind of leisurely days did not last long, the Liu family suddenly sent someone to discuss the matter of getting married next year, and then Li Yonghe also rushed back from other places, and the two families began to discuss the specific date of marriage, as well as the bride price, wedding and other matters, because there were few people in the family, and Lu Wu and Li Yonghe alone could not be busy, so Li Zhang, the prospective groom, could only go into battle in person.

There are too many things about the wedding, even Li Zhang is busy and dizzy, the ugly lady is busy with the affairs of the money bank, and now the New Year is about to be celebrated, and the money bank is also the busiest time, so Li Zhang did not let them come back to help him, and finally prepared the preliminary affairs of the wedding, and the date of marriage was also set, in March of the next year.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and when you calculate the time, there are only three months left in the divorce period, which can be regarded as leaving enough time for both families to prepare, Li Zhang's side is preparing for the bride price and wedding, and the Liu family is also preparing for the dowry.

It is said that before getting married, Li Zhang and Qingori, the newcomers, could not meet again, but on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Li Zhang still secretly asked Qingori out to play for one night, and did not send her back until early in the morning.

It's just that Qingzhi gave him a spring shirt that was about to be used when he left, which made Li Zhang cry and laugh, but he didn't expect this girl's vinegar strength to be not small, until this time, he hadn't forgotten the last time Miaoyuan, but Miaoyuan gave him another dress during the New Year, and it is estimated that when she gets married, she won't send it again, right?

In the blink of an eye, another month has passed, and it looks like the day of Li Zhang's marriage will come next month, but because the previous preparations are sufficient, the closer to the wedding date, the more idle Li Zhang is, but on this day, he was suddenly caught by Zhao Zhen.

"You're going to get married next month, and you even asked me to accompany you to visit the grave?" Li Zhang rode on the horse and muttered with some dissatisfaction, he was going to sleep at home today, but Zhao Zhen came to find him in person, and then the two went out of the city together.

"It's been eight years, and my father has been dead for so long in the blink of an eye, thinking about the days when my father was there, it's really like a world away." At this time, Zhao Zhen in the carriage said with great emotion. Two days will be the death day of his father Zhao Heng, and at this time of year, he will find time to go to the imperial tomb to worship in person, and Li Zhang except for the fact that he went to the northwest that year and failed to accompany him, he accompanied Zhao Zhen to the imperial tomb several times.

Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard Zhao Zhen's emotion, eight years have passed in the blink of an eye, sometimes think about how fast time flies, it is now the eighth year of Tiansheng, calculate the time, Liu E's life seems to be coming to an end, thinking that Liu E may die in a few years, Li Zhang can't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart, although Liu E's ambition in recent years is difficult to suppress, but in Li Zhang's heart, the other party is still a respectable elder.

Although February is still relatively cold, the fields have also appeared a light green, the wheat seedlings in the fields have turned from dark green to verdant green, looking a little more vibrant, some hard-working farmers have also begun to divert water to irrigate the fields, and many people are planting new crops in the spare fields.

Looking at this wonderful scenery outside the city, Zhao Zhen also showed a somewhat intoxicated look, so Li Zhang instructed the convoy to slow down, and when it was evening, they were still some distance away from the imperial tomb, so they went to Li Zhang's manor to rest, preparing to go to the imperial tomb the next day, anyway, there were still two days before Zhao Heng's death day.

Li Zhang has not been to the manor for a long time, cotton after last year's promotion, the planting area has also expanded a lot, especially in the northwest is relatively arid, but also more suitable for cotton planting, and the last harvest of cotton was also purchased by Li Zhang, and then transported to the textile workshop in the capital to weave cotton cloth, with the foundation laid the year before last, so this year's cotton cloth is also very popular.

There was originally a textile workshop built by Li Zhang in the manor, but because there was no water source here, he moved the workshop to a nearby river, which was not very far from the manor, and the scale was several times larger than at the beginning, and almost all the women in the nearby villages came here to earn money to subsidize the family.

"Cotton is woven from these things?" Zhao Zhen was idle, so he visited the textile workshop with Li Zhang, and when he saw the waterwheels set up by the river, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression, he naturally recognized the waterwheels, but he didn't want to know what these things had to do with cotton?

"These waterwheels are only used to power the weaving machines, and after the cotton is sent here, it must first go through deseeding, then spinning, and finally it will be woven into cotton cloth, and the cotton cloth will go through dyeing and other processes before it becomes the cloth sold in the shops in the capital." Li Zhang said and led Zhao Zhen into the workshop, now it is late, and it is the busy spring season, so the workers in the workshop have gone home, and only a few stewards are in charge.

The textile workshop has begun to take shape in the factory of later generations, inside row after row of textile machines are neatly arranged, during the day, the waterwheel outside drives the machine here to rotate, and the cotton cloth is also produced from here, and then sent to the printing and dyeing workshop for dyeing, and finally sent to various places for sale, it can be said that the current cotton textile industry has initially formed a scale, and has formed a certain threat to linen and silk, it is estimated that in a few years, after the output of cotton goes up, the cotton textile industry will definitely be more prosperous.

After resting in the manor for a night, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen continued to hurry the next day, which was only ten miles away from the imperial mausoleum, so they soon came to the imperial mausoleum, compared to a few years ago, the imperial mausoleum is still majestic and extraordinary, in fact, there are a large number of craftsmen stationed here all year round, specifically responsible for repairing the imperial mausoleum.

After Zhao Zhen came to the imperial mausoleum with this huge sacrificial team, he immediately began to prepare for the memorial service, and Li Zhang came here and immediately thought of his aunt who was staying here, saying that since the last time he took Zhao Zhen to see each other, he never dared to see her again, after all, just that time, Liu E drove him to the northwest for nearly a year, that was already a warning to him, if he dared to go again, the consequences might be unimaginable.

However, although Li Zhang made up his mind not to see his aunt, but the so-called plan could not catch up with the change, just when he arrived at the imperial mausoleum, he suddenly heard a very bad news, his aunt was seriously ill, even after the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, it did not improve, and Li Zhang suddenly fell into a dilemma.