Chapter 40: Face Saint (1)
"Poppies?" Wu Zhi's head was like being electrified, and he was a little sluggish for a while. Is it a poppy that can make drugs? "What does this flower look like?" Wu Zhi hurriedly asked. He had been to the Golden Triangle and had seen large expanses of poppies.
Long Wu scratched his head and said: "The gardener said that this flower is not branched, with few leaves, the pinnate leaves are deeply lobed, the flowers are scarlet, and there are different shades of color such as rose red, light pink, pink and white, and the base of its petals has purple and black patches, which are very gorgeous...... Just as he was about to recite it, Wu Zhi was already happy to exclaim: "It's the poppy!" ”
At this time, Wu Zhi's heart was like a wave rolling, poppy, I couldn't imagine that I would see it one day, how should I use it?
Wu Zhi pondered for a long time, and said to Long Wu: "From tomorrow, you will mobilize people for me to buy poppy seeds in various places, well, you shouldn't be able to buy much now, let's do it when the flowers bloom, remember!" Dare you forget this, I peeled your skin! Long Wu hurriedly agreed.
Wu Zhi didn't have the leisure to enjoy the flowers anymore, sat on the stone bench next to him and thought, although this era can't refine ****** or anything, but it doesn't take any technology to make opium, as long as the poppy fruit is ripe, use a knife to scrape out the milk, and after drying it will become raw opium, and then after cooking and fermentation, it will become edible cooked opium. Opium? Wasn't the Qing Dynasty greatly damaged by the use of opium? It's a very sharp weapon! But right, bring opium into the world yourself? Thinking about it, I am not a superman who maintains world peace, as long as I find a way not to let opium harm my people in the Great Song Dynasty, and as long as I make it in small batches and take good confidentiality measures, who will know that opium is made from opium poppy? And the problem of getting rich in the samurai seems to have been solved by the way. Although opium poppy is certainly not as abundant in the north as it is in the south, it does not matter for its own small-scale production.
By the time Wu Zhi returned to the dormitory, it was already midnight, and Jin Lian had already fallen asleep, driving away the palace maid who was going to serve him in wide clothes again, and lay on the bed with excitement in his head, tossing and turning for a long time before slowly falling asleep.
Early the next morning, Wu Zhi put on the royal clothes under the service of Jin Lian, and wore a soft gauze Tang scarf on his head; Wearing a purple embroidered robe; The waist is a double spike strip of civil and military affairs; Wearing a pair of flying phoenix boots with gold threads, and taking a picture of the brass mirror in front of him, which is more than one person high, it is really extravagant! Wu Zhi nodded in satisfaction.
At the dinner table, Qiqiao naturally sneered at his clothes, which roughly meant that he didn't look like a prince when he wore a dragon robe. Wu Zhi has always ignored her words directly. teased Zhu'er's new clothes a few times, and ran away directly in shame, attracting Qiqiao's fierce eyes and words. Wu Zhixin said that you have to force this little girl to sit here and eat together, but look at how restrained she is, she didn't take a few bites of food at all, so it's better to wait and ask her to eat by herself. I was very proud of my empathy. and Jin Lian, Xuan Jing chatted while eating, and Xuan Jing suddenly said: "Teacher, Qiqiao and I will go back to Jiangnan in a few days." ”
Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment, Qiqiao was originally attacking Wu Zhi endlessly, but he sighed after listening to Xuan Jing's words, and stopped talking.
Wu Zhi thought about it carefully, it was impossible for the two little girls to wander outside all the time, and they would always have to go home. Speaking of which, Qiqiao and the two of them didn't go home for the New Year, so it's time to go back and see.
Seeing that their expressions were a little gloomy, Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Do you want this king to send guards to escort you two back to your hometown?" I thought that Qiqiao would definitely make sarcastic remarks about himself, but everyone was relieved when they laughed.
Qiqiao and Xuan Jing didn't speak, Jin Lian seemed to have just learned the news, and her eyes turned red, Wu Zhi was not there these days thanks to these two sisters to accompany her to solve her worries, the three of them have long been like sisters, and when they heard that the second daughter was leaving, where would they be willing to do it.
Wu Zhi saw the appearance of the three of them, and there was a possibility of hugging each other and crying bitterly at any time, and he was horrified, thinking that when Jin Lian cried alone, he would let himself use all his tricks to get it, and this would make the three girls cry together, how could he parry? Hurriedly persuaded: "This ...... There is no banquet in the world, well, people have joys and sorrows, what is the moon, why are you so sad? It's not like you won't see you again! Although he was a little stunned in his heart, it was nothing, after all, it was common for friends to get together and disperse, and it was better to go see them when he wanted to meet, so why make him so sad. He naturally didn't understand for a while, the transportation in this era is inconvenient, and it takes more than half a month to walk from the capital to the south of the Yangtze River. The road is far away, and how can the family rest assured that the next two girls will always run out so far, so Qiqiao and they may not be able to come to the capital again this time.
As Wu Zhi expected, after a while, Jin Lian first shed tears, and then Qiqiao and Xuan Jing's eyes gradually turned red, Wu Zhi was helpless, Zhu'er ran in, and said, "Master, the hour is coming, don't you want to see the emperor...... Madame, what's wrong with you? ”
Wu Zhixin said that you are really good to come, and said hurriedly: "I will go to see the saint, and you persuade the three of them." Saying that, he stood up, walked out in a hurry, and accidentally saw that Zhu'er's eyes seemed to have tears, and he screamed for help in his heart, and quickened his pace and escaped.
Qionglin Garden is ***, located in the west of the city to protect the dragon river Shuntian Gate outside five miles, covers an area of about 100 hectares, north of Jinming Pond, each other mirrors, Xiang Village shines. In Qionglin Garden, the tooth road is staggered, the stream is vertical and horizontal, the stream bank next to the road, the ancient pine and strange cypress branches cover the sun, and the green is lush. Among the surrounding fruit trees, the pavilions are scattered, the secluded path is tortuous, the building is shining, the moon pool is rising, the willow blows the rainbow bridge, and the wind caresses the phoenix. Shuxin Pavilion stands on the shore of the moon pond, carved beams and painted buildings, stacked three layers, the golden wall shoots at each other, and the eaves are volleyed.
Huizong and Wu Zhi sat opposite each other at the small stone table in the middle of the Shuxin Pavilion, talking and laughing.
"Second brother, the ancient wood you found is really wonderful, I don't know where you found it?" Zhao Ji mentioned the "Three Books of Huangyang" in a few words. He likes to call Wu Zhi's second brother the most, he feels very cordial like this, as if chatting with his family, and Wu Zhi is not as submissive in front of him as others. Zhao Ji likes this feeling of relaxation very much.
Wu Zhi had already thought about the response, "I knew that the imperial brother loved strange flowers and stones, and he sent people to look for them everywhere, but this wood was offered by an old man in Lushan, and he also gave his brother a sentence 'Once the fog is cleared, the dead wood will see the flowers in spring'." Then I never saw the old man again. ”
Huizong's eyes lit up when he heard this, he leaned forward, his hand tapped lightly on the stone table, and murmured: "Once the fog is cleared, the dead wood will see the ......flowers in spring."