Feng was silent for a moment, and at this time, Li Qingzhao quietly pushed the door in, and after hitting Zhao Xing, she sat down next to Zhao Feng, grabbed her husband's hand, looked at the other party's palm prints carefully, and did not speak. After being so warm for a while, Zhao Feng replied: "My father often says that everything depends on the cost-effectiveness, I think that group of Yiwu people dare to work so hard, because the benefits are too great, they invest in a bad life, but the income is far more than the family wealth that can be earned in a lifetime of digging in the soil." ”

Li Qingzhao's eyes widened, and she wanted to open her mouth to ask the reason, but Zhao Feng made a gesture waiting for an explanation to comfort her. Zhao Xing stood up, turned around and took out a book from the bookshelf behind him, handed it to Zhao Feng, and said slowly: "The Art of War: The same sentence from top to bottom makes me suddenly enlightened, do you understand this truth?!" ”

Zhao Feng thought for a while and understood, the profits of Yiwu mining were given to the local government, and the local government could get benefits from the development of the mining industry, which everyone had a share, so they dared to work hard, and they also had the capital to work hard. ”

Li Qingzhao had heard about the conscription, and Zhao Feng's words made her understand what the father and son were talking about. She nodded vigorously in agreement. Zhao Xing continued: "Yes, although this sentence is about the art of war, but it is also very useful in the company's operation, when a company starts, everyone is in the same boat, and so it \ exhibition, you must let the people who followed you to start a business, all of them share the dividends of the company's \ exhibition, only in this way, it is called 'up and down the same desire', if you go the opposite way, when you work hard to start a business, you are required to work together, and so the cause is prosperous, you are required to selfless dedication, the entire \ exhibition of the dividend by their own own, who will work for you? ”

Zhao Feng immediately replied: "Will the defense of Xuzhou be like this?" What did the father use to make them have the same desires? ”

Zhao Xing avoided answering, he continued his topic and said: "The same is true of the country's \ exhibition, and the same is true of governing a county, the tax in the county has increased, and you must let all the people in the county share the dividends of growth - every time your father governs a place, the people cheer and cheer, and this is the method used, which may also be called 'team spirit'." ”

Zhao Feng immediately thought again: "Ah Ye! Is it the same attitude towards friends? For example, I didn't understand why my father was so generous to his friends, and why Uncle Wan Qi and Uncle Shuai would rather not be promoted than leave my father's side...... It turns out that they shared the dividends of their father's exhibition, and they felt that they were in a group with their father, so they would rather continue to stay in this group than go out and work alone, because the benefits of going alone may not be stronger than that of their father. ”

Zhao Xing stood up with relief and continued to add: "Actually, managing a family is the same, you are the eldest son, your father's family will be in charge of you sooner or later, although my father and I have arranged both children overseas, but you must know that if my Zhao clan wants to prosper, it must be the same desire, and everyone in the clan must feel the dividends brought to them by our exhibition, so that the Zhao clan can be strong." ”

Li Qingzhao, a clever ghost, immediately added: "Ah Ye, when Ah Weng got up to deal with Cai Jing, I was still sweating in my heart, but I didn't expect Cai Jing to fall so quickly. Now that I think about it, Cai Jing's defeat is due to the different desires of the upper and lower levels, he has to be a high-ranking official, but he only trusts his relatives and children, so that everyone looks at him proudly and will only hope to replace him, so Ah Weng shouted, Cai Jing fell in response, because Ah Weng wanted to deal with the centrifugal and detached from the top, so he won all battles. ”

Zhao Feng just talked about the southward movement of the Iron Cavalry Army, and talked about the problem of the Xuzhou Defense Group, he was actually raising his worries to Zhao Xing: If the imperial court is ready to solve Zhao Xing, then can Zhao Xing hold on?

Zhao Xing replied to Zhao Feng with the words "the same desire from top to bottom", telling the child: I am here a monolithic community of interests, my soldiers are fed by continuous conquests, and others want to win over, but they may not be able to succeed, so I am neither afraid of the blow of the imperial court, nor of the division and collapse of the imperial court.

Li Qingzhao's words are also full of metaphors. She had fully understood the father-son conversation. Therefore. She added that she was actually comforting Zhao Feng. She talked about Cai Jing. In fact, the land refers to Song Huizong. The absurdity of the Song Hui sect has made the ministers of the imperial court unbearable. Now there is a party dispute in the court. But all the vested interests of all lands are the same in preventing Song Huizong from returning to power. According to the thoughts of the ministers of the imperial court. Now Song Huizong, you can rest assured to be your own art emperor. We have the final say on national affairs. All you need to do is nod your head.

In this case. A few clans played small tricks and couldn't set off any big storms at all. What's more, the Iron Cavalry is not monolithic. In the past, the Dihu Jiejun and Xuanyi Army were reorganized by Zhao Xing. All brainwashed. This time the Iron Cavalry marched south. I don't know that it was not the new meat bun sent by the imperial court.

Zhao Feng stood up with satisfaction. pinched Li Qingzhao's hand. Fawningly reported: "Father-in-law." Uncle Ma Mengde said that Zheng Juzhong had wanted to call me as a colt. Said that this is the plan of the clan. Let me block this move with clear words. This time, he escorted the princess of Changguo south. I don't know whose idea to fight again. I remember my father saying that. The most unsuccessful thing to do as a man is to be a colt. A few younger brothers in our family. Father still hurried to set a family affair for them. ”

Zhao Xing shook his head: "Zheng Juzhong knows that you are running all the way. If we prey to him and marry all the children. It's too obvious. Right now. I'm not afraid of the imperial court. It's the court that is afraid of me. He refused stubbornly."

Zhao Feng was baring his teeth there. It is estimated that he was pinched by Li Qingzhao. Zhao Xing is not good at continuing to flirt with the little two. He stood up and went to your mother to say goodbye. I still have something. We are receiving sponsored students from all over the world. Wait until you're done with your mother. Bring a piece of the photo. Meet the students. ”

When Zhao Xing returned to the reception room, he heard Zhang Yile say, "No problem, the library of Wansong Academy is open to you... He has a larger library building on the other side of the river, in which thousands of Luzhi slaves are translating tens of thousands of books, and there are no less than a million books in it, which can be said to be all-encompassing. ”

Zhao Xing replied casually: "Books are for people to see, and it is my honor to have someone come to me to ask for books to read, but the books in my library are all unique, so they can't be lent." Only everyone is allowed to see in the museum, and there are more rules, in order to prevent fire, no candles are allowed inside; In order to prevent insects, no food is allowed inside......"

A student replied loudly: "Since even Zhang Shanchang praised the vastness of the books inside, we are willing to abide by the rules, but, Lord Xianggong, can we be allowed to transcribe?" ”

"You can copy it, there is a catalog of the books in the library, I will ask my sister-in-law to give you a copy ......when I go back, you study it carefully, and each one takes what you need."

The students immediately turned around and asked their new teachers, all of whom had been in the library, and asked them for experience and what books were worth reading. Zhao Xing pulled out, went to An Sida again, and asked quietly: "Are these students religious?" ”

Ansida shook his head: "You said, don't be reluctant to believe in this thing, the people we sponsor, we don't require them to be religious, among these people, more than seventy percent have accepted our faith, and I am very satisfied with this data...... By the way, after you left just now, scholars from all over the world came to us to inform us about our funding program, and they were very happy with us, thinking that we were very tolerant. There are also many people who have also expressed their willingness to provide us with some of the funding to help us expand our funding program. ”

Zhao Xing was just about to answer, Shuai Fan pushed the door and walked in, he walked through the noisy crowd without squinting, approached Zhao Xing's side and whispered: "Hou Meng is making trouble again, he has to ask us to allocate three thousand new guns...... To give or not to give? ”

Zhao Xing choked for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Please let him in!" ”

When Hou Meng was invited in, Zhao Xing had already changed a room, this room was the banquet living room in the building, which should be arranged like a modern small dance hall, paved with various female dancers, and the echo effect was excellent.

Facing the door is a small stage, Zhao Xing sits on a recliner in the middle of the stage, a small low table in front of the recliner, and a screen stands on the left and right sides of the table.

In one corner of the hall stands an instrument of unknown purpose, which is covered with red silk.

I saw a woman standing in front of the left screen, behind the table, and on the side of the right screen, with the left woman holding a saucer and a teacup, and the right woman holding a plate with both hands. A woman at the table, holding a roller with both hands, grinds tea powder in the trough. In front of the screen on the right side and behind the table, a woman holds a bowl with both hands, and a woman stands opposite the woman with a wine glass, and a woman in front of the table holds a disc with both hands, and a note (a hot-wine utensil) is placed on the plate.

In addition, Zhao Xing sat down and played all kinds of blowing, playing, singing and entertaining maids, and the maids also came up, in addition to the two women kneeling in front of their knees, there are also the so-called people around them, capable people, people who have been served, people in front of the hall, people who dismantle and wash, needlework......

Under Zhao Xing's seat, the women wore brocade robes and embroidered clothes, beat drums and blow flutes, and played kites and stroked their palms. The silk tube is leisurely, the dancing posture is wonderful, Zhao Xing reclining on the recliner (called the gum in the Song Dynasty, that is, similar to the Windsor-style sand \ Zizi appreciation music, "people around" holding the wine glass in his hand, handed it to his lips, and someone held the peeled grapes in mid-air and waited for him to open his mouth, the maid Yizhang Qingzheng sandwiched a chopstick dish, smiling and ready to feed, and the maid Qiuri sat at his feet, lightly and heavily massaging his toes.

The dancer dancing in front of the seat is the dancer at home, Zhao Xing is behind the screen, and on one side is Mei Sanniang who is chopping, called "the ability person". The word "ability" originated in the Song Dynasty, and it refers to a person who has the skills to make a living. As for the "offering to people", it also refers to the later "compradors" who specialize in purchasing goods for large families, and also refers to the servant girls who deliver food and wine.

As for the "needlemen", that is, the servants and embroiderers who were responsible for sewing the master's clothes. The "needlemen" of the large families in the Song Dynasty stayed by the master's side when the host was feasting, and from time to time stretched out their hands to arrange the master's clothes, because of the etiquette of Confucianism, the so-called "if the seat is not right, you will not eat, and if the clothes are not right, you will not drink...... At this time, the needleman was kneeling beside Zhao Xing, and after Zhao Xing bent down and got up to eat once, she reached out to tidy up the skirt corners of Zhao Xing's messy clothes - especially the skirt corners, for the rich and noble, his feet could not be exposed to the outside of the skirt for the guests to see, which was considered indecent by Confucianism.

What was shown in front of Hou Meng was a full set of luxurious life for the wealthy people of the Song Dynasty, and this full set of female attendants was collectively called "female envoys", and they were all hired servants, who were responsible for serving the master's food, clothing, housing and transportation to the teeth.

This set of pomp and circumstance cannot be tossed with Hou Meng's net worth, and only a few large landlords and almost all maritime merchants in the Great Song Dynasty are qualified to play these pomp...... Of course, Cai Jing has also fiddled with this set. When Zhao Xingchu was at home, he never fiddled with this set of things.

When Hou Meng saw Zhao Xing's pomp, he was not worried but happy. He had met Zhao Xing more than once before, but Zhao Xing did not give him the opportunity to meet alone. whereas

There are countless states and counties under his jurisdiction, plus the trading territory of the Great Song Dynasty overseas and wider than the Song Dynasty itself, so he is always surrounded by a group of flattering people, as well as countless state and county officials waiting to meet and ask for official duties.

In this case, Hou Meng couldn't say a few words, and was disturbed by the official's report, and a private meeting like today was exactly what Hou Meng was looking forward to. So, he sat down beside Zhao Xing unceremoniously. Immediately, a group of female envoys came up to serve, and Hou Meng unceremoniously enjoyed all this, leisurely waiting for Zhao Xing to speak.

Zhao Xing was more patient than him, and after listening to the singers' singing of "Wrong Chop Cui Ning, he summoned another group of female musicians with great interest, and said: "I have just got a new set of musical instruments, called the organ... Open the silk cloth and let Lord Hou listen to Western music. ”

As soon as the silk cloth was uncovered, Hou Meng couldn't help but sigh and said: "Where is this new musical instrument, what kind of pipe organ, obviously from the 'Huiguo (Khorezm in Central Asia) Longsheng', Shaanxi has long been circulated, not a new thing... The accompaniment is not new, not like'......

I heard that when the Taiwei building was completed, Hu Niangke once danced a kick dance, which shocked the audience. It is said that all the people who were there at that time were a generation of celebrities, but unfortunately I can't see them now. ”

Another name for "unlike" is "Huo Busi", which is a Turkic transliteration; It is a "seventy-stringed lyre", the cannon. The Song people thought that this kind of qin came from India from the "Baoda country (a princely state in eastern Arabia, which in modern times may be the Budador of Persia)" and "Longsheng" was the Song Dynasty's name for the pipe organ.

Hou Meng said "kick dance", is the Song people's name for flamenco dance, this dance is the ancestor of the later tap dance, in the process of dancing, there is a rhythm of the foot action, there is also a cheerful and moving skirt movement, if this dance is placed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it may be considered to be the first, is prostitution and theft, but in the "strict feudal etiquette of the Song Dynasty", its free, unrestrained, bright rhythm is deeply loved by the Song people.

Hou Meng's emotion is not to say that he longs to enjoy flamenco. This dance, now accompanied by the continuous success of Zhao Xing's overseas conquest, has become popular in the Great Song Dynasty along with many overseas customs. Hou Meng really wanted to appreciate this kind of dance, so he walked out of the gate of the castle of Liyuan and turned left, and he could enjoy it in the small shop on the side of the road - he said this to tell Zhao Xing: The dance in front of him is not interesting, let's talk about business.

Zhao Xing was unconscious, he shook his head with a smile: "Hu Jike is receiving the Arab mission, and she has already said that she doesn't plan to dance for others in the future, but only for me, so others will never see her dance again...... Brother Shaoyou (Qin Guan) also said that he wanted to arrange this dance into the drama, and begged me many times, but I didn't agree to him. ”

Zhao Xing's "begged me many times, but I didn't agree to him" is implying that Hou Meng's request is difficult for him to accept.

But Hou Meng consciously cooperated well with Zhao Xing in Yangzhou, no matter what, in the war that Zhao Xing moved, the whole Great Song Dynasty knew it, but the courtiers refused to admit it, he Hou Meng and Zhao Xing were action, which made Hou Meng enjoy a great reputation in Shilin, and for a while, people thought he was Zhao Xing's sworn friend. If he doesn't even go back with a few guns this time, it will be very shameless.

In the interval between the sounds of silk and bamboo, Hou Meng sighed and said bluntly: "Everyone thinks that Zhao Xianggong has the heart of separation, but I think no." But now that the Nanyang Ordnance Bureau has researched a new weapon, the minister is unwilling to share it with us, why? ”

Hou Meng's accusation is very serious, of course, if he really thinks that Zhao Xing has the heart of separation, he will not raise this question in person, because the warlord who really has the heart of division is the most taboo for others to ask this question, once someone uncovers the dragon scales of the warlord, it will be a loss of life.

Zhao Xing smiled disapprovingly: "I received the Western envoy not long ago, and through talking to the Western envoy, I already know the secret of our gunpowder—at least the secret of our black powder." Because this gunpowder formula is recorded in the "Wujing General Essentials", foreigners only need to do a few experiments to eliminate irrelevant substances, and the real formula can be obtained.

We have developed three types of gunpowder, but our craftsmanship is not up to the mark, and we cannot produce a better quality barrel to replace it with a more powerful and larger gunpowder. Therefore, I estimate that in the next few hundred years, the Xuanhe rifle we use now will be irreplaceable, and once this rifle leaks out, the loss will be immeasurable.

What I'm worried about now is that this gun was given to the Northern Affairs Bureau, can the Northern Affairs Bureau guarantee that it will not leak secrets? Can there be a guarantee that there will be no thieves in the military? Is there any guarantee that no one will smuggle away with a gun? Is there a guarantee that our enemies will not use such guns against us in the near future? ”

Hou Meng was stunned for a moment, he thought seriously for a moment, and replied: "I really can't guarantee that it will not be stolen and sold at all - the imperial court prohibits the sale of military rations, but there are still people who sell military rations privately, and the imperial court prohibits tea, salt and copper coins from being sold privately, but there are still people who sell them privately. ......" (to be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to 6 sections more, support for \, support genuine reading!) )