Although Han Zhongyan likes to work against Zeng Bu, he also had to praise at this time: "If the imperial court wants to go on a northern expedition, it must raise a strong naval army, I know that the cost of shipbuilding is very large, and I also know that it costs a lot of money to maintain a ship. ”

The little emperor immediately added gently: "Zhao Qing still has a few musketeers in his hands, these musketeers will enter the palace in two days, I have often heard that the muskets are very powerful, I have time today, why don't I wait to see their training?" ”

Han Zhongyan and Zeng Bu responded one after another, and the little emperor set up the palace school, where several demon army soldiers were teaching the guards of the palace to train muskets, and the muskets they used were still the weapons left by the Vermilion Bird Army. The Suzaku army who mutinied at the beginning left the camp with their bare hands, and the weapons left in the palace were taken over by the little emperor, and under Zhang Tian's strong recommendation, the little emperor began to equip the palace guards with some muskets.

It is not permissible to make a loud noise in the palace, so in the past few days, the soldiers of the front division of the palace have only trained the operation of using muskets under the instructors of the demon army, but they have not fired specific shots, the little emperor wants to see, of course, these guards of the front division of the palace who are in a hurry can not be allowed to do it, several soldiers of the demon army stood in a row, and began to charge the muskets under the command of the officer.

After a busy time, the musketeers stood upright with their guns, and the demon army officers looked at the little emperor, then at Zhao Xing, and asked with their eyes, Zhao Xing bowed down to the little emperor and asked for instructions: "Please give an order." ”

The little emperor waved his hand: "Let the sons and daughters begin." ”

Zhao Xing took a step forward, raised his throat and ordered: "Raise your gun--- aim, release!" ”

After a rumbling musket, the grass mark that was the target of the arrow was shattered, and several of the grass marks were ignited by the hot bullets, and they burned brightly, Han Zhongyan was slightly surprised, Zeng Bu heard the report of the people in the Privy Council, and he beckoned the soldiers to present the arrow target. To the little emperor---- without exception, the arrow target was scorched black, and even if there was no burning grass mark, there were traces of fire burning on it.

The little emperor looked at the grass mark and said to himself in astonishment: "The power is so huge, it is like a fire burning." No wonder it's called firearms. ”

Zeng Bu nodded: "People say that the Guangnan Thunder Musket is far superior to the Thunder Whip, sure enough, no wonder Taiwei dares to face the Liao soldiers with such a force, if my Great Song Dynasty prepares 100,000 such musketeers and recovers Youyan, it is just around the corner." ”

The little emperor looked at the musket in the soldier's hand worriedly, and Zhao Xing hurriedly explained: "The musketeer is more dependent on supplies, and without the replenishment of gunpowder, this musket is inferior to a burning stick." Moreover, the maintenance of muskets is very troublesome, and the court is afraid that the court will not be able to do it for a while and a half with 100,000 musketeers. ”

The little emperor nodded. Suggestion: "Since the demon exterminator army wants to enter the palace." The Privy Council also has to come up with a proper plan. In order to control the loss of gunpowder. ”

The little emperor is worried that this weapon will endanger himself. However. The power of this weapon made him unwilling to leave it outside the palace. So he finally accepted Zhao Xingdi's suggestion. It is not the seizure of guns from soldiers. Instead, it was used to control the supply of gunpowder.

Zhao Xing tried to add: "When I was in Guangnan. Emphasis was placed on strengthening the building of non-commissioned officers. These soldiers all have the title of general. According to the regulations. When they went out of the barracks. Muskets need to be placed in the dormitory. It is under the unified supervision of the team leader. The usual supply of gunpowder is also controlled by the head of the team...... There's a tightly guarded set of controls here. Since the establishment of the musketeers. Under this set of controls. Nothing has happened so far. ”

The little emperor pondered for a moment. He asked again: "The Suzaku Army in the mutiny is still in the camp." What does Zhao Qing plan to do? ”

"Distribution. I'm going to send them all to overseas trade posts. They were sentenced to serve overseas for ten years. Fang Zhun returned to the mainland. The Minister's Decree has been presented to the Privy Council. Two in power. What else do the officials have to say? ”

The little emperor nodded. Twisting his face and asking the two consuls, "What do I mean by letting the demon slayer army enter the palace." Gradually rotate the palace guards. By the way, all the former divisions of the Imperial Palace were firearmed. What do the two ministers think? ”

Han Zhongyan nodded: "The practice of the imperial court is that all armies move to the grain land policy, and Guangdong points to the land. Although there was little rotation in previous years, since a strong army has been developed, it should also participate in rotation. Your Majesty can gradually move the 36th Army of the 36th Division of the 3rd Division in front of the palace to Guangdong, and transfer the Guangdong troops to the capital. When the forbidden army arrived in Guangdong, Lord Zhao was responsible for equipment training, and the Guangdong troops in the capital were responsible for training the guards of the capital, so that in just ten years, the palace guards could replace most of them. Zeng Bu added: "Lord Zhao just said, the cost of firearms soldiers is huge, I think this firearms soldiers are one top ten, the 36th army in the capital does not need to be equipped with all firearms, Your Majesty only needs to choose its elite, equipped with one-tenth, it is enough, as for the rest of the troops, half of them can be retained and still carry knives and guns, and the rest will be put back to the people, in order to save financial resources for the imperial court, how?" ”

Zhao Xing suddenly remembered something, he continued: "There are also artillery, I Guangnan invented the big gun, artillery, not only can be used to siege the city, with it to defend the city, a cannon out, can also erode two miles, but I look at the Bianliang city wall, are rammed earth preparation, when the cannon is fired, the vibration is very strong, I am afraid that the outer city can not withstand a few rounds of firing, the minister suggested, in the inner city of the palace to build a fort, set up cannons, in addition, in the outer city of Bianliang should also be dangerous, build a fort, in order to strengthen the garrison of the Beijing Division. I'm just worried that I won't have the financial resources to rebuild the façade with solid concrete. ”

Bianliang City is a large city with a population of 2 million, such a city, let alone building a concrete city wall in the Song Dynasty to surround the whole city, even now can not be done, it will need cement and steel will be a clumsy number, so Zhao Xing suggested building a fort.

Zhao Xing's reminder, Zeng Bu was sweating in a hurry, he had already heard someone report, Zhao Xing had used artillery to attack the city, but he didn't expect that this artillery could be set up at the head of the city for defense, he immediately worried: "However, now that the treasury is empty, I thought there was still time to slow down the financial resources, but I didn't expect to leave the people, everywhere needs to be spended, the Yellow River, now it's spring, the Yellow River affairs should be implemented quickly, what should I do?" ”

Han Zhongyan immediately replied: "The matter of the Yellow River is urgent, I will go back to draw up the decree, reiterate the apple order, order Shaanxi to plant apple trees extensively, and the imperial court will compensate for each tree, Taiwei, please urge Guangdong to charge money as soon as possible!" ”

The little emperor was silent for a moment. couldn't help but show a reluctant look: "I originally planned to let the Taiwei stay in the capital for a few more days to recount the scene after the farewell, but now it seems that I have to let the Taiwei return as soon as possible...... On March 3, the Jinming Pond opened, and I had heard that Quang Nam opera was full of tricks. Lord Taiwei can recruit a Guangnan concert to perform in Beijing, and after Jin Mingchi sings and harmonizes, Lord Taiwei will leave as soon as possible. Fortunately, Lord Taiwei stayed in Hangzhou this time, and he could go to Beijing at any time. ”

Zhao Xing arched his hand: "The minister obeys the order." ”

After a pause, Zhao Xing pleaded again: "The minister went to Beijing this time, there is another matter---- Guangnan has been planning to go deep into the Indian Ocean for many years, and the minister implores the Privy Council to give a command to send troops, allowing the minister to make every effort to set up the Guangnan fleet and open up the sea areas between Tianzhu and Arabia. ”

Zhao Ji wanted to reach out and pat Zhao Xing. to show his favor, but Zhao Xing was big, and he stretched out his hand and gestured for a long time. couldn't reach Zhao Xingdi's shoulder, so he had to pat Zhao Xing's hand and said: "Qing has the rank of lieutenant and the deputy privy envoy to send him, and he has jurisdiction over all the navies in the south of the Great Song Dynasty, and the affairs of Nanyang have the right to play exclusively and independently, and the affairs of Nanyang can be autonomous." ”

Han Zhongyan had a bitter face, hesitated for a moment, and nodded in favor of the little emperor's statement. Zeng Bu is a sycophant, and Zhao Xingdi's position is stable, which can allow him to get more help from this big warlord, so he hurriedly finalized the matter: "The minister will go back to draft the decree and make the world clear!" ”

The reason why the little emperor let Zhao Xing stay until after the opening of Jinmingchi was because due to the dedication of several vassal kings, the little emperor had the merit of opening up the territory, and he received Enke Jinshi on this day, and at the same time added a new honorific title to himself. The Xinzun number was smelly and long, and Zhao Xing couldn't remember it at all.

It was also because of the fact that this celebration of all countries coming to the court also emptied the treasury of the imperial court and the treasury of the stolen goods, so the little emperor had to let Zhao Xing, a hero who pioneered Xinjiang, return as soon as possible after the opening of Jinmingchi, in order to urge Guangdong's money gang. Zhao Xing controlled Guangdong for two terms, and now the ministers of the court know that without Zhao Xing's nod, the court will not let Zhao Xing go back, don't want to get a copper plate from Guangdong. Guangdong officials were also reluctant to resist. took a soft wrist, so that the court had to bow to Zhao Xing.

There is nothing worth describing about the entrance ceremony of the demon army. In this era, in terms of performance, no army can compare to the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, although the Demon Removal Army is far superior to the Forbidden Army in terms of tactical quality, let them go out to fight with the Forbidden Army, it is estimated that half of the 36th Army in the capital is not their opponent, but in the performance, they fell into the disadvantage, in the contemptuous eyes of the Forbidden Army in the capital, they entered the palace in a hurry, a little depressed.

Zhao Xing didn't care about this, he didn't even go to comfort the demon army, these days he just rode a horse to wander around the palace, kept running the door to find someone to chat, others scattered to him and he went home on time, and when he came home, he discussed the design of the Guangnan Hall with Guangnan businessmen, and sent a letter to Guangzhou by the way, so that his family could leave for Hangzhou.

On the first day of the first month of March, the imperial court issued Zhao Xing's new appointment with a clear decree, and Zhao Xing went to the household department to receive a new official gentry proclamation, as well as a guard of honor and official cards in line with his rank, and so on. According to the rules, the three generations of Zhao Xing's ancestors will also be rewarded for their merits. As a result, the "ancestors" of Zhao Xing during the imperial examination were honored one by one---- which is what ancient China often said "glorious ancestors".

After receiving this reward, Zhao Xing missed his parents a little, and then rushed to the Xiangguo Temple pier to welcome the music performance team sent by Guangnan.

The leader of Guangnan Lingle was Liu Jingniang, accompanied by Cheng Azhu and Zhao Xing's children, who heard that Zhao Xing had returned to Hangzhou, so they took the opportunity to come to the capital to visit in order to return with Zhao Xing.

As soon as Liu Jingniang saw Zhao Xing, she worshipped coquettishly, sang a slogan poem, and praised and said: "Taiwei is really extraordinary, when the slave passed through Hangzhou, the people of Hangzhou heard that the adult returned to his hometown to serve as an official, and the whole city set off firecrackers to show welcome, and the slave saw the ecstatic scene of the whole city of Hangzhou, and couldn't help but burst into tears. ”

Zhao Xing replied with a smile: "Jing Niang, Cai Yuanchang is in Hangzhou, you passed by Hangzhou, and you didn't stop?" ”

Jing Niang shook her head lightly: "The slave heard in Hangzhou that Cai Yuanchang recently chased behind the eunuch Tong Guan, and his behavior was quite shameful. ”

Zhao Xing chuckled and shook his head.

In ancient China, once a person in a high position retired, it was difficult to maintain a calm mood, because no matter how prominent your position was in the past, when you return to your hometown now, a small county magistrate can kill you, and this is especially true of criminal officials, which makes the county magistrates have no scruples. Therefore. In ancient China, people like Su Shi who have been repeatedly degraded and still maintain an open-minded mood are not unique, at least very rare.

Cai Yuanchang Cai Jing once served by the emperor's side and wrote edicts for the emperor. The fate of all officials in the world is decided by his pen, what a glory it is. He also served as the Yin of Chifu, and in the Song Dynasty, he was a Kaifeng Mansion, what a glory, and Bao Zheng became famous for it......

Such a person who has enjoyed the position of power, is exempted from office for his crimes, and when he returns to the township, he has to please even a lizheng. It can be imagined how frustrated he is, and in order to regain power, Cai Jing must of course do whatever it takes. After gaining power by unscrupulous means, in order to keep this power, he can only be more unscrupulous.

Since then, the poet Cai Jing, the writer Cai Jing, and the artist Cai Jing have died, and the only thing left is the corrupt official Cai Jing, and it is no wonder that even Jing Niang is reluctant to associate with him.

Seeing that Zhao Xing didn't listen, Jing Niang made a gesture and replied, "Taiwei." I heard that the performance of Quang Nam Theatre is scheduled for the 10th day of March, so why not the first day of the opening of Kim Myeong Pond on March 3? ”

Zhao Xing waved his hand and motioned to Jingniang to stop dwelling on this issue. He knew that what he brought this time was a large-scale opera performance that combined with a costume show, in which the protagonist had to change a new set of clothes every time he appeared, and there were more than 30 people in the whole play, and a total of more than 400 sets of clothes had to be displayed. Each outfit is as bright as a cloud, and the beauty is extraordinary.

In recent years, Guangzhou has often been called a strange place, and there are many debates about whether it is a demon or not. However, Guangzhou's textile industry has been further developed with the support of Zhao Xingdi. A large number of textile machines similar to Huangdaopodi were introduced from Hainan in advance, which made the small-scale peasant economy of male farmers and female weavers present a perfect scene. At the same time, the water conservancy weaving mills and steam weaving workshops set up by big businessmen in various places quickly occupied sixty percent of the textile industry in the Great Song Dynasty by taking advantage of the abundant water resources in the Pearl River Basin, while the remaining two percent were occupied by Huanqing.

Zhao Xing is a man with an active brain, and the output of cotton cloth in Guangzhou is huge, in order to increase the price of cotton cloth. He began to support cotton printing and dyeing again. Thereafter. Because he advocated "practical skills" in Guangzhou, he worshiped the influence of the commercial atmosphere of the Song Dynasty. The reader quickly agreed that doing business is not a despised and lowly behavior, but the same "standing" act as cultivating and reading heirlooms. Therefore, Guangdong's garment industry can be described as a deformed development.

The invention of the button made the clothing tighter and more fit---- thinking that back then, in the time and space where Zhao Xing was, the invention of the button led to the birth of a new word, which is called: "fashion".

The process of chasing fashion is a process of stimulating consumption, in the Great Song Dynasty, where hedonism prevailed, this proposition was welcomed by the people of the Great Song Dynasty, so a group of painters changed careers one after another, becoming the so-called "fashion designers" rare in this era, of course, they are also the world's first batch of fashion designers.

Once the creativity of this group of fashion designers bursts out, the products they design, even Zhao Xing sometimes feels incredible, such as emphasizing the Tang style, highlighting the figure of the delicate tights, low-cut tops, highlighting the magnificent pleated skirts, and even the clothes inlaid with several kilograms of gold leaf nouveau riche clothing, these clothes are launched in hundreds of sets every day, in order to promote their own clothing, those designers spare no effort to come up with the most gorgeous words to recommend to the outside, their efforts are not in vain, In this almost blank field, Quang Nam clothing immediately became a fashion icon---- although there were many apologists who thought Quang Nam's clothing was bewitching, but women didn't care about it, they appreciated the effect of wearing Quang Nam clothing to bring them a lot of attention.

Li Shishi is one of them, she has long heard that Guangnan clothing has a unique pattern, and it has been limited to financial resources before, and she can't enjoy the pleasure of shopaholics. Now, her good friend has become the first person in the world, and she has also become the "first second wife in the world", with the ability, qualifications, time, and power to enjoy and chase the latest fashion trends, so she entrusted the little emperor to come forward to invite Guangnan Lingle and arrange them a few days after the opening of Jinmingchi. At this time, the little emperor can just say goodbye to the tight defense of the hundred officials, and accompany his beloved woman to appreciate those strange clothes, but on the first day of the opening of Jin Mingchi, the little emperor has to be surrounded by hundreds of officials, according to the cumbersome etiquette node of the new science and jinshi, to deal with the various ceremonies of the imperial court.

The little emperor had explained to Zhao Xing in advance, and Zhao Xing knew the inside story, so he stopped Liu Jingniang's complaints, and turned around to explain to his wife and children: "Son, there is still a baby, I finally came to the capital, you go around, don't worry about money, see what is good, move home quickly." ”

Zhao Feng had the opportunity to come to the capital and enter the imperial court's Taixue, but the imperial court wanted to control the hostages that time, so Zhao Xing refused, and at this moment he stepped on the land of the capital, which was the first time he was sensible, he looked around, looking at the noise and turmoil of this city of two million people, while steadily refuting his father's words: "Father, I look at Xuande Lou well, but can I buy Xuande Lou home?" ”

Zhao Xing was angry and funny: "Feng'er, I remember that you are a very stable person, why did you start to drill the horns?" No, where is the girl of the Li family, she taught my son badly, I have to settle accounts with her father. ”

Zhao Xing was purely ridiculing, Cheng Azhu took the child's hand, pulled the child behind him, glanced at Zhao Xing dissatisfiedly, and said: "Xianggong is also a captain, why is he so unstable in public?" ”

Chen Yiyi jumped almost all the way to the shore, and the child she held was as unsteady as her, and as soon as she got ashore, she chirped: "Good people, good ...... Rich Great Song! Father-in-law, isn't it a great evil for a farmer to tiptoe on silk, how come the farmer who comes and goes doesn't wear bad shoes. ”

Zhao Hai's question just interrupted Cheng Azhu's complaint, and Zhao Xing touched his beard and replied: "Great Song, this is the capital of your home country, but your words and tone seem to be not a Song person." This shouldn't be, this is where your blood is, this city has two million people, dozens of times more than the population of your territory, this is the apex of ancient Chinese civilization, and your territory is just a group of followers who admire the Great Song Dynasty culture and follow this culture. ”

As she spoke, Orchid Kasli led her son, the youngest of whom was named Zhao Shan, and the name of the four children happened to be "Feng Hai Yun Tian". He had a high nose, deep eyes, a face as clear as a Greek statue, and he was curious about everything as a child, looking curiously around in his mother's arms, and occasionally silly at the people on the shore.

Zhao Shan's appearance, if it appeared in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it would be thought that it was immoral, and even there was a scene of 10,000 people besieging it, but this was in the Song Dynasty, and the purely white Israelites in the Song Dynasty could be officials in the six ministries and become the backbone of the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty.

After appeasing his wife and children, Zhao Xing turned his head and instructed Liu Jingniang: "The Guangzhou Merchant House has also prepared some clothes, you go back and see which ones can be used, as for the musicians, don't let them come forward, so as not to cause a siege." I have prepared a carriage on the docks, and you will first go to my garden, which also has a place for rehearsals...... It's up to you to arrange this, I'll go first. ”

Without waiting for Liu Jingniang to answer, Zhao Xing led his wife and children to Xiangguosi East Street, and followed the crowd all the way to enjoy the scenery of the capital.

More than ten years later, revisiting their hometown made the three wives and concubines seem to be sleepwalking, they walked all the way, pointing out the scenery on the side of the road all the way, Cheng Azhu was still arguing with Chen Yiyi, where was the ring that Li Ying set up at the beginning.

The four sons are accompanied by domestic servants, the only daughter was held in Zhao Xing's arms, the younger daughter whispered to Zhao Xing all the way, Zhao Xing placed everywhere, like a modern tour guide to explain the allusions to some historical sites to his daughter, this special treatment made her daughter very happy, she almost showed off laughing loudly, from time to time to her brother and younger brother to make a look, reminding them of their special treatment.

Back in the house, Shuai Fan, who had not been seen for many days, appeared like a wandering spirit, and after a long time of looking for flowers and asking Liu, he didn't let him describe the witheredness, and the ruddy Shuai Fan was sighing, looking at the official proclamation in his hand.