Winter has finally arrived.

Two cold snaps in a row, snow fell in the north of the Gyeonggi River, and it rained for two days and one night, and the streets of Baekba County were covered with snow as thick as three feet.

There were no ordinary cars and horses on the road, but sleigh cars were running. Standing on the side of the road, you can see cars one after another, long wooden strips sliding through the snow. In just one year, Han Gang's original invention has been popularized in Gyeonggi. Although the cattle and horses pulling the sleigh struggled to walk, the carts that could carry the goods were much better than in the winter, when the snow arrived, when commercial traffic was completely suspended.

The pond in the backyard of the Yamen was also frozen at this time. Han Gang asked the craftsman to chisel a small ice sled and threw it to the children in the house to play with. It happened to be a sunny day, and not only was the backyard full of bedding, but the ladies and maids of the family came out to watch the children play together.

The pair of children born to him by Zhou Nan and Su Xin are already three years old, which is the age of being lively and active. And there are also sons of the king's side. Three little guys, just in the backyard to build a snowman, have a snowball fight, and then run around the pond on an ice sled.

Stepping on the chaotic jade in the garden, the three little faces were red from the cold, running and jumping, laughing and screaming.

The screams and laughter of the children came through the propped up windows of the study, so loud that they could not hear the words in the room. Wang Bei, who was talking to Han Gang, couldn't help frowning, and the conversation stopped.

Han Gang stood up and raised his hand to open the wooden brace supporting the window, snapped it shut towards the open window, turned back to Wang and smiled: "It's really noisy." ”

Wang Bi shook his head: "Yukun, you also spoil them too much, you should take care of them." ”

Han Gang doesn't care, children should be lively, make trouble, it's not a big deal: "Just let them make trouble." The three of my family and yours are not even ten years old combined, so it would be nice to be older. ”

"You're idle too." Wang was not polite to his brother-in-law, "Sleds and ice sleds are used in places, and they are all military instruments, but you use them for children to play." ”

Han Gang smiled, he has been really idle recently, the prison has been reviewed, and the list of amnesty has been submitted. For the rest of the displaced people, Han Gang's letter has also received a reply from the Son of Heaven, agreeing to his proposal to recruit people among the displaced people to go to Shibian on Xihe Road, or to Tuntian on Jinghu South Road. Han Gang sent someone down to inquire, but if he really wants to act, he will have to wait until after the New Year's Festival next year.

"Don't you see a child riding a bamboo horse and carrying a wooden knife? Toys and utensils are of the same kind, I played with them when I was a child, and I won't be rusty when I grow up. Han Gang pointed out the window, "Your eldest brother is much more energetic than my son." ”

Wang Bi shook his head, not reacting much to Han Gang's words. However, this attitude has already made Han Gang very satisfied.

Xiao Biesheng's newlywed sentence still makes sense. After a few months of separation, the relationship between Wang and his wife has eased a lot. At least Wang Fang can't see anything unusual on the surface now, and although he doesn't know whether the mustard in his heart has been eliminated or not, his attitude towards his wife and children is much better than in the past.

On Han Gang's side, there was no longer a letter from his mother-in-law Wu in the past, complaining about the restlessness of the chickens and dogs at home, although it can't be described as harmony and happiness, but at least it can be done in a literal sense of respect.

Wang Bi suspected that his son was not his own, but he was just suspicious, and no one could say that his son must be like Lao Tzu. And Pang Zi is from a big family, even if she is called Han Gang, she is indeed a well-behaved lady. At the beginning, he was in the Prime Minister's Mansion again, how many pairs of eyes were staring, how could there be a chance to make something ugly? Wang Yi's suspicions were unfounded, Wang Yi had told Han Gang several times in private, and he was upset for her second sister-in-law.

However, if it weren't for Wang Yi, Han Gang would not have been involved in other people's family affairs. At least after a thousand years, even relatives and friends have to keep a certain distance, and it is difficult to meddle in things similar to the king.

It was only because of Wang Yi that Han Gang intervened in this matter. Although it violates his habit of being a man, but now that he has obtained a fairly good result, it doesn't matter.

When the windows were closed, the room was quiet.

The official affairs in the yamen were finished in a few words, and the topic turned to the affairs of the court. Wang Bi continued the previous topic: "Han Jiang has arrived in the capital, I don't know if he can control the overall situation in the Lu Dao Political Affairs Hall." ”

"It's up to him."

Han Gang is not very optimistic about Han Jiang. Han Jiang's performance in Hengshan, in the eyes of Han Gang, was unqualified. And from the tone, I can't help but bring out the heart.

Wang also heard it and said, "It seems that most of the time Lu Huiqing is still in charge of the new law, and Han Jiang is just in the center." ”

"That's not for sure, Han Jiang and Lu Huiqing may not be as harmonious as Du Zhengxian [Du Yan] and Fan Wenzheng [Fan Zhongyan]." Han Gang didn't believe that Han Jiang could be willing to be an ornament in the political hall.

Han Gang did not tell anyone the content of his conversation with Lu Huiqing in Beijing after he came back. However, his attitude has already made several of his staff, and even Wang Bei see it: "That situation is not bad, Yukun, what do you say?" ”

"It's still uncertain what will happen in the end. It's too early to say that, just wait and see...... You'll soon find out. Han Gang said a few empty words with no content, and he intended to perfunctory the past.

Wang Bei smiled: "Brother Yu thinks that Yukun, you had better be able to take the position of Zhongshu inspector, with your material, you should not let Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu, and Zhang Dian specialize in beauty." ”

Han Gang knew that the king would say so. With Lu Huiqing and Zeng Bu in front as examples, it is obvious that the Zhongshu inspection is a step of rapid promotion, if you really sit on it, as long as things are done well, it will be a blink of an eye.

Just like the Imperial History, the Hanlin Scholar and the Three Envoys, it is a shortcut to the promotion of the Political Hall and the Privy Council, and many people who sit in these positions are directly promoted to the Governor.

But Han Gang smiled indifferently and said: "I don't have to fight for the middle book inspection, and it is impossible for me to sit on it and go straight to Hanlin and Sansi like Zeng and Lu." Speaking of the position of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, I thought that I could be in charge of the ordnance superintendent, and I should be able to handle it handy. ”

The layout of the past, now it's almost time to close the line. The trees that were planted were also used to collect fruit. Now is the right time to take up the post of Arms Superintendent.

It happened that Zhao Ji gave his face to the Khitan people to beat, and the ground was also cut, and his face was lost. Now turning back, it must be biting your fingers and devouring your heart, either regretting or resentment, and definitely wanting to get your face back in the military - about this, Emperor Zhenzong is the best example.

After signing the alliance of the Yuanyuan, Emperor Zhenzong felt that he had lost face in front of his subjects in front of the world because of the alliance under the city, and he tried every possible means to redeem it. In the future, the forgery of the Book of Heaven, the sealing of Mount Tai, and the overhaul of the Shangqing Induction Palace, all kinds of farces that made future generations laugh and laugh were all because of the heart disease of the Yuanyuan Alliance. The queen was so troubled that even his queen Zhang Xian Liu couldn't look at it, so she threw the forged book of heaven into his coffin and buried it together, saving future generations from laughing.

Zhao Ji is very similar to Emperor Zhenzong in terms of personality, since he has lost face, he must find a way back. And things such as the Book of Heaven and the Sealing of Zen, the True Sect has already done it, so it is impossible for Zhao Ji to follow it again, which would be even more embarrassing. So only military! Use brilliant martial arts to save face.

The position of the ordnance supervisor is now a treasure land, and it is by no means worse than the Zhongshu inspection.

Wang Bian didn't think as deeply as Han Gang, but he also knew that Han Gang was indeed suitable for this position: "Yukun made a thunderbolt cannon in the old years, and the military chess sand table is also your invention Yukun, you went to the ordnance prison to build a good bow and crossbow, and the ironclad elite soldiers, when you can overwhelm Lu Jifu." ”

Han Gang shook his head, he had his own opinion on this.

Han Gang didn't go to the ordnance superintendent to improve the weapon—or he wouldn't do it right away—who said that if you are in charge of the manufacture of weapons, you must follow Lu Huiqing's example and build weapons?

After all, Lu Huiqing has just stepped down, and Zeng Xiaokuan is just being promoted. If he changes Lu Huiqing's already effective law as soon as he comes up, he will fall into the inferior ranks, and in the eyes of outsiders, he will be a villain who wants to belittle the merits of his predecessor and show his talents. Xiao Gui Cao Sui, praised by the world for thousands of years, there is a precedent for Cao Shen, Han Gang will not be willing to be a villain.

Even the manufacture of firearms must be put aside for a while. We have to come up with theories first, and then we have to prove them empirically. You can't be wrong about this order!

The four words of Gewu Zhizhi, because of Han Gang, are now preemptively registered by Guan Xue. Since he has opened a window for the world, if other schools of thought want to refute his theory, they must give a reasonable explanation for the movement of all things in the world. And Han Gang has the memories of later generations, although it is superficial, but relying on those theories that have been tempered by thousands of people, it is much easier than letting him debate Confucianism with others.

Now that science and Guan Xue have been linked, Han Gang can come up with scientific theories without too many scruples. As for the connection between the two, let the members of Guan Xue think of ways to explain and defend him, and he no longer needs to do it himself.

Han Gang roughly told Wang Jian his thoughts, and did not elaborate, but only said that he would put more effort into the knowledge of things and use them in the ordnance prison. Wang Fang could only smile bitterly, he couldn't imagine that after his father and brother went south, Han Gang would talk about Guan Xue again without delay.

"Then the foolish brother will wait and see." Wang sighed, he was not Wang Anshi and Wang Yan, and there was nothing he could do about it. After a pause, he said, "No wonder Yukun you don't want to have anything to do with Lu Huiqing, it turns out that it's because of this matter." ”