Before he finished speaking, An Sida turned around and said goodbye: "Captain, I'll go first."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but thank An Sida for coming at the right time for his interruption, and he bowed to An Sida diligently: "Da Mu, the room has been arranged, you invite first." ”

Zhao Xing beckoned a few servants to come and lead An Sida as he spoke, and watched him walk all the way to his room. After An Sida left, Zhao Xing straightened up and now Zheng Juzhong also bent down to send off the Nestorian High Priest, and Zheng Juzhong, who straightened up, first asked an inconsequential question: "Zhao Xiang, this person is obviously a Nestorian priest, sacrificial wine, how do you call him the Great Priest?" ”

Zhao Xing saw that Zheng Juzhong's train of thought had diverged to inconsequential trivial matters, and he hurriedly introduced: "That's right, in the Tang Dynasty, the official position obtained by the Jingjiao was to sacrifice wine, but their sect liked to call their followers 'lambs', and thought that they were grazing these lambs instead of the gods, so their sect members like to call the sect leader 'pastor', which translates into our words, that is, the high priest, the pope, or similar to the self-title of the Daojun Emperor: the sect leader." ”

After Zhao Xing finished introducing, he hurriedly took Zheng Juzhong's hand and invited him to the castle, and at the same time glanced at Li Qingzhao, and snorted at the county lord of Changguo. Li Qingzhao was as smart as anything, and immediately took the hand of Princess Changguo, and said happily: "County Lord, come on, today Ah Weng allowed me to play horse hanging, I have collected a lot of horse tags, come on, I will teach you how to play this thing." ”

Li Qingzhao cheered, and Tang Di, who was invited, also glanced at the five female envoys of the clan beside him, and these five clan girls hurriedly stepped forward and greeted the county lord of Changguo, and they took the little girl's hand and talked about the blood of the clan and the distance with the emperor's bloodline.

Zhao Xing invited a lot of guests to the house today, not only Tang Di and Yang Chong, but also some local officials in Hangzhou, the officials of Hangzhou Mansion and the Cheng surname Zongzhi in Hangzhou, there were many guests, so that Zhao Xing held an ancient version of the Spring Festival Gala here. He stood at the door and kept greeting guests, Zheng Juzhong couldn't interject, so he had to stand beside Zhao Xing and nod absentmindedly at the officials who came to the door.

Deng Yufu put on a new suit today, he was wearing a light blue woolen robe, and the robe was not covered with fur, but with soft down. This kind of down sweater is different from modern times where even the feather rod is crushed and mixed into the clothes, it is pure and pure down rain, and it is as light as nothing when you grab it with one hand, without a little feather feeling.

Zhao Xing is interested in the other party's woolen wool, this woolen wool is obviously not Zhao Xing's original weaving method with Deng Yufu in Mizhou Ming, its color is very pure, the texture is very soft, and it feels silky and smooth to the touch.

On the occasion of the handshake, Zhao Xing got the other party's clothes, after he pinched it, he was immediately reluctant to let go, stroking for a moment, he asked curiously: "Have you innovated the technology of wool weaving one step further, it's really amazing, how long have you been back, and you have created a new technology." ”

"It's not me!" Deng Yufu shook the clothes on his body with a smile, and asked proudly: "How is it, it's not bad?" I mean, it's not bad? This is a Western craft, I think at first I thought that this wool weaving technology was known to you and me, but after I came into contact with Westerners, I heard that there is a city of Lucca in the Sicilian Peninsula, which has become a woolen trading center a hundred years ago.

I asked them about the process. I even bought a few copies of this. When I got home, I rearranged our wool weaving techniques. The original seven processes were increased to twenty-three. The screening, rinsing and decolorization processes are intensified. Look at. Now the spinning is very delicate. Softly like silk. ”

Zhao Xing frowned. With a wry smile, he said, "My biggest concern right now is apples." At the beginning, I was with you in Mizhou Ming wool manufacturing technology. For the land is to fetter the Liao country. But now. The Yellow River issue is what worries me the most. The weather has been getting colder and colder in recent years. Climate change is getting bigger. Spring floods in the Yellow River are becoming more frequent. In winter, it is dry and dry.

The reason why Bianliang City became the center of the world in the past. It's because it reaches by water. But now. The upper reaches of the Yellow River have been deforested. Rain and sediment fell heavily. Frequent blockage of river channels.

A few years ago. I planted apple groves in Huanqing. But the Yellow River is not in good waterways. so that the apples can't be shipped. Grain can't get in. The apple-for-grain plan could not be implemented. This also led to an increase in the liquor tax at the imperial court. But Shaanxi people do not grow apple fields strongly.

Now is the best time to plant fruit trees. I'm worried that this time has passed. Shaanxi has irreversibly changed back to its original forest. Once it became a bare piece of loess. Then we have to govern it. I'm afraid it will take a thousand years.

Righteousness. You are familiar with agronomy and land affairs. You're back. And help me with that. How to think of a way. Let Shaanxi restore forests and grasslands. This is the great cause for the benefit of future generations. Don't just think about your own real estate. ”

Deng Yufu grinned: "Why did you marry Fan Zhongyan, and even Fan Zhongyan's tone was learned: is it because of this, you are worried about retreating and worrying...... Therefore, it is said that the worries of the world first, the joy of the world after the world, and the joy of leaving people, I think your efforts are in vain, why the people of Shaanxi are unwilling to plant apples again, isn't it that the law has changed and increased the tax on salt, wine and tea, the new party will not be removed, Wang Anshi will not be completely denied, and there will always be some officials who will think of imposing heavy taxes on the people's daily consumer goods to facilitate themselves.

That's right, I'm talking about convenience for yourself. I have heard what you said to the little emperor in the capital, and I think what you said is right, the purpose of the new law officials being so conscientious and making it inconvenient for the people is that they can use their power to blackmail the people to pay the price when they are making it convenient for the people. ”

Zheng Juzhong smiled a little embarrassed, and just as he wanted to explain a few words, Zhao Xing had already walked down the steps and opened his hands to a young man who came over.

This young man is Su Dun, and the girl next to him is Fan Chun's granddaughter. Because Su Dun grew up beside Cheng Azhu since he was a child, after his mother Wang Chaoyun passed away, he returned to Cheng Azhu, and after his father Su Shi passed away, he recognized Cheng Azhu as his stepmother. Because of his marital relationship, there was Deng Yufu's gossip about "forming a family with Fan Zhongyan" just now.

Su Dun is a servant son, and his mother Wang Chaoyun finally died as a concubine, so his status as a servant son was very low in ancient times, and Su Shi could still take care of one or two when he was there, after Su Shi went, if the brothers did not recognize him, it was also in line with the patriarchal law at that time.

After Su Shi's death, Zhao Xing arranged for Su Ding and Su Dun to live in Changzhou, and left them a large piece of land as a family property.

Su Dun was not happy in Changzhou, he always felt that he was not comfortable with Zhao Xing, by Zhao Xing's side, he was the head of Zhao Xing's family, the servants at his disposal, and everyone who went out treated him as a big ya, spoiled and let go, and by the side of his brother in Changzhou, as a concubine, he had the limelight to let his brother picture, and he was just an inconsequential clansman in the family.

Fan Chun's granddaughter Fan Hui got married at the beginning of the year, and after getting married, he never looked for his 7th brother, and this time he rushed to Hangzhou in the name of paying New Year's greetings to his father-in-law, and by the way, he sought the opportunity to live in Hangzhou.

The Su brothers also hope to use Su Dun as a bridge to have a good relationship with Zhao Xing, because Su Shi will be dead for three years, and the Su family brothers will be able to go out of office after the expiration of their filial piety period. Now that the period of filial piety has expired, the brothers can appear in public, so Su Dun came here with the intention of listening to Zhao Xing's arrangements and seeking his support.

Before Su Shi's death, Zhao Xing always respected him as a teacher, and Su Guo was older than him, and Zhao Xing often regarded him as a brother, but in the Song Dynasty, the relationship between the "apprentice" and the master was also a teacher and a friend, and the word "apprentice" had not yet appeared, so after Su Shi's death, the isolated Su brothers resolutely refused to call themselves "brothers".

Zhao Xing took Su Dun's hand, inquired about the other party's physical condition, and introduced Zheng Juzhong and Deng Yufu to him, and then personally led Su Dun into the building...... When he entered the building, the building presented a common scene in a modern teahouse: a table for four people, all with the sound of rubbing hemp.

Li Qingzhao, the female gambler, was still shouting loudly, and her voice was loud: "Be careful, mother, be light, don't spoil my baby...... No, play cards with my baby, how can every note be consistent! Consistent money is not collected, and the smallest bet must be hundred. ”

Deng Yufu walked to Li Qingzhao's table, picked up two sets of white and black cards from Li Qingzhao's table, and said in a deep voice: "Liren, when I arrived in Guangzhou, I happened to encounter an incident, someone weighed the present, these two metals are different from silver, the same volume it is far heavier than silver, everyone is pondering its ......."

"Specific gravity!" Zhao Xing blurted out: "Different metals of the same volume have different weights, why don't we set a standard to measure these metals, such as calling this standard 'specific gravity'!" Different metals have different specific gravity...... I believe that with careful measurement, people will identify more new metal ......"

The concept of specific gravity was born with Zhao Xing's re-delineation of weights and measures, and of course, this concept was also born from the smooth manufacture of glass metrics. Glass is known as the "mother of chemistry", while logic is known as the "father of science". When a person who has mastered the ability of logical deduction weighs the volume of metal in glassware, a new scientific concept will inevitably be born: specific gravity.

Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief, he now seems to have seen the light of day in the rifle problem that he has been worried about, the emergence of different metals will inevitably bring about the study of alloy materials, and then, the barrel and barrel will inevitably bear higher and higher pressure, and the power of firearms will become greater and greater. And the birth of firearms completely buried the opportunity for nomads to come to the Central Plains to rob, because a brave soldier armed with a gun could resist a small group of robbers armed with bows and arrows.

When Li Qingzhao heard this, he hurriedly snatched the two mahjong tiles from Deng Yufu's hand, glanced at Zhao Xing, and said cautiously: "Ah Weng said that these two metals are different from the new metals in the present world, this black steel mother is called '', and this white metal is not 'Mithril', it is platinum...... It turned out that Aung already knew at that time that they were two different metals from iron and silver. ”

Zhao Xing smiled awkwardly, and was about to find a topic to diverge, when someone in the hall shouted: "The dragon has gone down the mountain!" ”

The lantern dragon has descended, which means that Chinese New Year's Eve has begun.

All the people rushed to the window when they heard the sound, and watched a long dragon of lights flowing down the mountain, and this dragon became bigger and bigger, and when it reached the foot of the mountain, the dragon had multiplied into an ocean, and then the ocean turned into pervasive mercury, illuminating the whole city.

This is the City of Light.

Almost when the sea of lights arrived at the foot of the mountain, the sound of firecrackers sounded all over the city, the choking smoke was pervasive, the smoke was swirling, and a few two kicks came out from time to time, and there were also some new fireworks bombs flying into the air, blooming a magnificent image in the night sky.

The whole city was jubilant, the children in the castle couldn't sit still, Zhao Feng still maintained that wooden image, Zhao Hai wanted to stand up, but was pulled by his mother Chen Yiyi and sat down again. Zhao Yun has always been bold, he jumped up and greeted his peers: "Let's go, we will also set off fireworks in the courtyard, my grandfather has prepared several large cars of fireworks, we will put them on the top of the wall, and we will definitely let the whole city see it." ”

As soon as Zhao Yun finished shouting, now Zhao Jie was tiptoeing and leading a few girls out, and he shouted: "Girl, don't move my artillery." ”

The children were in a mess and ran towards the courtyard in chase, when a gong sounded in the castle hall and several entertainers came on the stage and began to perform for everyone.

The first performance is the lively Joe Sumo, the so-called "Joe Sumo" is the performance hidden in the clothes of two puppets made of straw and cotton, the performance is bent over and on all fours, carrying a pair of hands connected into a mutual holding posture of the puppet, the performance of the hands under the wearing of a pair of boots, as a puppet's legs, their own pair of real legs as the feet of another puppet, for each other's hugging, twisting, front captivity, back hanging, hugging the waist, cross-legged postures, to show the various solutions of sumo, look the same as the truth flutter. And when performing sumo wrestling, there are naturally playful moves that make people laugh.

Joe's antics performance in sumo wrestling led the atmosphere on the field, and the ladies couldn't stand up with laughter, and in the midst of laughter, they also heard Li Qingzhao's clear voice shouting: "It's your turn, it's your turn, don't be stunned, fight quickly." ”

Zhao Xing looked at the only remaining Zhao Feng and Zhao Hai around him in a happy atmosphere, and he suddenly saw Changguo staring at Zhao Hai, and Zhao Hai was trying to put on a solemn appearance, but anyone could see that he was imitating his brother.

Zhao Hai and Zhao Feng followed two paths, after Zhao Hai was born, he didn't stay by Zhao Xing's side for a long time, and most of the time he returned to his territory Jinlan City as a lord. is used to being revered, he has a little more majesty that Zhao Feng does not have, in addition, because he often makes decisions about his ideas, he seems more tangible than Zhao Feng, and Zhao Feng always makes a silly appearance in front of people In fact, Zhao Xing knows that this successor he has cultivated since childhood is rare among the Song people in terms of intelligence.

At this moment, Su Dun and his daughter-in-law Fan Hui were led by Cheng Azhu, one by one to the relatives to salute the New Year, everywhere they went, the relatives sent a red envelope, and after a while, Fan Hui's hands were already full, and he had to call a few servants to help.

Zhao Xingzheng was looking at him in a trance, and Zheng Juzhong leaned into his ear and whispered, "It seems that Xiao Su Gongzi is going to settle in Hangzhou...... I don't know what Xianggong plans to do next year? ”

Zheng Juzhong's previous sentence had no connection with the next sentence at all, Zhao Xing glanced at Zheng Juzhong in wonder, now Princess Changguo was retracting her hand into her sleeve, presumably she gently tugged Zheng Juzhong's sleeve just now, making Zheng Juzhong change the topic.

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