In the past few months, the city of Tokyo has slowly returned to its former prosperity. Many officials above the court have also slowly entered a normal state, and Zhao Huan's emperor is getting smoother and smoother.

Especially when Zhao Huan received the secret letter from the seed master, his mood became more relaxed and comfortable, and he even had the leisure to go out of the palace for a walk, and the Dasheng Mansion without Zhou Bangyan also began to get busy, preparing new programs that were different from the past, and searching for new lyrics everywhere.

Zhao Huan even held a ceremony to worship the heavens, although it was to pray for the peace of the country and the people, and the wind and rain were smooth, the deep-seated meaning was of course to swear that Zhao Huan was the orthodox status of China, a reasonable and legitimate son of heaven.

But a piece of news broke all this tranquility, when Geng Nanzhong took the military intelligence report from the north and rushed into the palace quickly, it was like a huge stone thrown into the water, setting off another round of stormy waves.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong, the army of anti-Wang Zheng Zhi attacked Qingzhou City, killed the Qingzhou prefect, occupied Qingzhou Qingchi, Jingdong Road is in an emergency, within Shandong, I'm afraid it is..." Geng Nanzhong looked worried, and bowed down with both hands to present the report.

Zhao Huan, who was still smiling just now, turned pale when he heard this, and he didn't reach out to pick up the report, but stood up and scolded in his mouth: "Shameless, shameless, repeated thief, backtracking... ”

"Your Majesty, that anti-thief Zheng Zhi is only afraid that he is already plotting against Jingdong East Road in his heart, and he must take countermeasures as soon as possible, and he must not let the anti-thief succeed." Geng Nanzhong is also loyal.

I saw Zhao Huan raise his arm, stretched out two fingers to point forward, and scolded in his mouth: "This thief must be punished, this thief must be punished." Quickly adjust the seed master Dao to lead the troops into Beijing, go to the north, and kill this thief! ”

Zhao Huan said very excitedly, foaming at the mouth. Fear in the heart is often expressed through external agitation.

"Yes! The minister went to send an urgent document and summoned the planter back. Geng Nanzhong also knew that the armament of the Great Song Dynasty could only rely on the Dao of the Seed Master, and at this time, it was even more necessary to race against time, if Zheng Zhi went south, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The time for the great war seems to have come to an imminent point again.

Zheng Zhi's actions are obviously also far-sighted, that is, to disrupt the rhythm of Tokyo. At this time, the master led the troops into Beijing, not to mention the number of soldiers, that is, these soldiers who were not even trained in the queue had to go north to organize defense after entering Tokyo, so they must lack training time.

In this way, the way of the teacher is also passive, and he can't safely do what he has planned.

Zheng Zhi never intended to maintain peace with Tokyo for a period of time, although the Great Song Dynasty was extremely vast, Zheng Zhi would not waste any opportunity, and he could not swallow it in one bite, so he would take it step by step and eat it in small bites.

Ruda has also just received an official letter, and the iron armor along the Daimyo's Mansion and Xiangzhou should also go south, march towards the Amway Army and Weizhou and other places, encroach on the territory, and slowly approach Tokyo.

Once again, Tokyo is in a tense mood.

Zheng Zhi made up his mind to move the palace to Hejian Mansion, and the first work has been carried out, first moving the yamen, the treasury, the factory, then the army, and finally the family members in the army.

Zheng Zhi also has a new plan for the resettlement of his family, and he is not ready to buy a private house to live in the city, but directly rebuild it outside the city, and build a unified resettlement place for military dependents, a unified house, and a unified street.

Even the royal palace was rebuilt, and it was built in the center of these military houses. This project is also extremely heavy, but fortunately, Zheng Zhi is not short of manpower now, and there is a lot of manpower that does not cost money, and many things are much easier to do.

For Zheng Zhi, the city is beyond the scope of the city. For a grand plan, the city's position in Zheng Zhi's heart gradually became smaller.

At this time, the power of King Yan was no longer maintained by a city, and Zheng Zhi dared to put the palace in a place without the protection of the city wall, which was a kind of self-confidence in itself, and it was also a mode of thinking beyond this era.

Bringing together the families of all military officers and placing the core central organs in one place is also conducive to management and security. The chaotic city cannot provide such a simple environment, and Zheng Zhi's own safety is not guarded by high walls. As long as the grasslands can be controlled, the significance of the city will only become less and less for the Han people internally.

It is hoped that this newly built wallless settlement will be the real capital in the future, and there will be major yamen, military camps, factories, martial arts schools and so on around it.

It is like a brand-new city-building plan, relying on Hejian Fucheng, there will be ready-made service personnel and service organizations, which will drag this huge city in the future.

Zheng Zhi was already riding a horse and walking on the huge field south of Hejian Fu City, and the planters followed on the side, and there were countless craftsmen measuring the land in the distance.

"Lord, this new palace will inevitably be built into a majestic palace, and this will be the land of dragons in the future!" The seed master said, obviously knowing that Zheng Zhi had the heart of the capital.

Hejian Mansion is on the side of the canal, and it is the land of the Central Plains, it is very convenient to enter the Yanyun grassland to the north, and there is a canal to the south of the Yangtze River to the south, and it is not far to the east to go to the sea, which is really a good place. To go west to the land of Qin Feng, there is no need to detour, but go straight to the west, saving a lot of travel.

Another benefit is the abundance of water in the land between the rivers. Further afield, there are also large reserves of oil and natural gas buried underneath Hejian Province. Shanxi's coal-producing land is not far away. If Zheng Zhi lived for another thirty or fifty years, this place would really become the center of the world, and this center would no longer need to be surrounded by city walls.

"It doesn't have to be so, but now when we start a business, everything is simple, everything is function-oriented, there is no need to waste manpower and material resources on the majestic and magnificent, each yamen does not need to be built too gorgeously, and the military housing is also built from simplicity. In the future, if you have more money and food, you will think about these things again. But there is one thing that must be emphasized, that is, the underground sewer system must be built, as large as it can be built, and the streets must be extremely wide, and for the future, the streets must be at least 100 paces wide. Zheng Zhi said slowly, already having a blueprint in his heart.

Hearing this, the seed master nodded and said: "The prince is so pragmatic, great things will be done." ”

The seed master said from the bottom of his heart, since ancient times, princes and generals, which mansion and palace are not majestic, only Zheng Zhi does not pursue these superficial things.

In fact, the majesty of the court itself is not meaningless, it is also a sense of ritual, and the supremacy of power is implied from the psychology of people. When you see a majestic building, you will feel a sense of worship in your heart. This is majesty, and it is also good for domination. It is also the bearing and façade of a country.

It's just that Zheng Zhi is too pragmatic, and the actual conditions can't allow it. He also said that he would talk about it later when there was a surplus of money and food.

Zheng Zhi said what he said just now, and suddenly remembered something in his heart, and ordered left and right: "Call Ling Zhen over." ”

Now Ling Zhen is the head of the Ministry of Engineering, so it is natural to go to the scene to personally supervise the basic work, so he is also busy on the spot.

Zheng Zhi summoned him, and Ling Zhen galloped from a distance to meet him.

I heard Zheng Zhi speak: "Ling Zhen, there is an extremely important thing, using this thing as a building material, it can ensure the immortality of the building for a hundred years, it can be bonded with masonry, and it can be directly mixed with sand and stone as the main body of the building." It's so easy to use that it can even block cannon bombardment, and it's easy to use, and it can greatly speed up construction, so you need to research it, so it's not a hassle to make. ”

Ling Zhen was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked, "I don't know what His Highness said?" ”

"This thing is called cement, and I haven't made it myself, but I probably know how to make it, and I write it down in detail on paper, and you can try it a few times." Zheng Zhi said while thinking, recalling the method of making cement in his mind.

When Ling Zhen heard this, he asked again: "Your Highness, this cement, but it is dirt and the like?" Earth... ”

Ling Zhen was obviously a little worried, because the name of this cement sounded a little ambiguous, and it was not as Zheng Zhi said.

"No, no, after this thing is made, it is a powder, and when water is added, it is like wet soil, and when the water dries, it is as hard as a stone, and it is very cohesive, and it is very easy to use." Zheng Zhi explained again.

When Ling Zhen heard this, he also understood a rough idea, with gunpowder in front of him, Ling Zhen didn't need to say much about Zheng Zhi's trust in this regard, he only said: "Your Highness, rest assured, as long as there is a way to make it, the lower officials will definitely make it." ”

"That's very good, you go and get busy first, and when you go back later, I'll ask someone to give you the method of making it." Zheng Zhi smiled, that is, he knew that this matter was not difficult to do, if the cement was produced, it would definitely be extremely helpful to many things, and even the progress of the grassland city construction would be greatly accelerated.

Ling Zhen turned his head away and went busy, Zheng Zhi was already thinking carefully in his mind.

The process of cement is not complicated, the raw materials are limestone and clay, calcined, then gypsum, and then milled. The ratio of limestone to clay is about three to one. The performance of ordinary cement made in this way is already quite good.

In later generations, there were many types of cement, and the specifications and standards were getting higher and higher, and there were naturally many improvements and innovations in the production process. At this time, Zheng Zhi does not need those extremely demanding cements, the first step is to produce cement, and the performance is good to meet the demand.

Zheng Zhi never thought about inventing anything himself, nor did he have time to study science or anything like that. It is Zheng Zhi who believes in human wisdom even more.

The IQ of the ancients has never been much worse than that of modern people, and Zheng Zhi does not think that the progress of science needs to invent anything by himself, Zheng Zhi cannot invent anything by himself, and the changes that Zheng Zhi has brought to this era are only in concept and consciousness.

Once the meaning of science is generated, Zheng Zhi will help some empirical solutions, and the big explosion of science and technology in this era will not be far off, only in a generation, within 20 years, the real industry will come.

With real industrial progress, the world is just waiting to be conquered.

On Zheng Zhi's case, the most conspicuous thing is still the "Reform Law of Government-run Schools", which has been changed and changed, and there is also a "Law on the Selection of Subordinate Officials of Yanwangfu" that is cooperating with the "Reform Law of Government-run Schools". The method of electing officials is to cooperate with the education reform, slowly let science enter the classroom, and also let science become a channel for officials, so that the reform can be truly carried out.

As for the basic textbooks of science, it is not that there is no such thing in this era, but no one pays attention to it. From geometry Pythagorean, to arithmetic, to the calculation of simple mechanics.

If you are a little more advanced, you need Zheng Zhi to put some thought into it, how electricity comes from, what is going on with magnetism, what can a magnet do, and why can a compass accurately guide the direction. The basics of chemistry, the theory of the composition of matter. The basics of medicine, people's basic understanding of themselves. These don't need any research, they are mostly conceptual, even if some people don't believe it, some people will criticize it, it doesn't matter, as long as there is an understanding, one person out of ten people believes, then this one person will play a big role.

One of the most important concepts is that the earth is round, the world is big, there are many places, and there are several continents.

There is a long way to go, but it is something that Zheng Zhi has to do, and there are ready-made things in basic science. In the future, it will be up to Zheng Zhi to personally compile some conceptual teaching materials, which will also cause an uproar.

At this juncture, Zheng Zhi and his military power are the best moments to truly carry out change. At the vacuum node of the transfer of social rights, when Zheng Zhi said that the people under his command will definitely implement it meticulously, it is the best time for Zheng Zhi to really carry out reforms.

If the transfer of power is stable, the society is also stable, and the intricate relations between local forces are formed, the difficulty of Zheng Zhi's reform will increase dramatically. Zheng Zhi is always just one person, not an order can change the world, the executor of the order is the main thing, and the consistency of the entire system is what Zheng Zhi relies on.

But the consistency of the system is always influenced by interests. At this time, Zheng Zhi represents all the interests of this system, and it may not be possible in the future.

Nothing can wait, nothing can be delayed. It's imperative to race against time. The sooner you do these things, the more success you will be.

Zheng Zhi can't drag on for dozens or hundreds of years to slowly change the society itself, but to make a push to push the society forward and shorten the time of this process. Let everything come faster, so that Zheng Zhi can see a real start before he is alive, and he can also leave a more ambitious blueprint.

Zheng Zhi's words about fighting a hundred years of war are obviously not a joke. Even if Zheng Zhi is gone, the country still has to move forward according to Zheng Zhi's blueprint, and only by doing what needs to be done now can this blueprint be carried out smoothly without Zheng Zhi.

Back in Hejian City, Zheng Zhi couldn't wait to take a pen and write, writing about the method of making cement and the ratio of limestone and clay. During this period, there are two crushing and grinding processes, one is the crushing of raw meal, and the other is the grinding of finished products.

Writing this, Zheng Zhi also made a difficulty.

Instead, a huge hydraulically driven grinding disc is molded on paper.

Then, a rough sketch of a hydro-powered spinning machine came out, along with a conceptual explanation. Although Zheng Zhi didn't know how to design the water-powered spinning machine and how to arrange the power transmission for reasonable operation.

However, under Ling Zhen's command, there are countless craftsmen, and the sketches and conceptual explanations drawn by Zheng Zhi will inevitably become real objects. There is no doubt about it.

Finally, add another order, be sure to make the water-spinning thing, and it will be enough. This will be an epochal change. It's not just about the changes in silk production.

Nowadays, a lot of cotton has been planted in Hebei. The first time cotton arrives in the Central Plains, and another year, cotton will inevitably bloom all over Hebei.

Whether it is clothes or bedding, in terms of practicality, cotton is more suitable than silk, and it is more comfortable and easy to use than linen. Cotton is more effective at keeping out the cold, and even makes armor against muskets and feathered arrows.

This era, because of Zheng Zhi, has changed imperceptibly.