On this day, Zhengde still let Jiang Bin accompany him to fight in the martial arts arena for a long time as usual, and now he is not as easy to be defeated by Jiang Bin as before, and sometimes he can even knock Jiang Bin off the horse, which can be described as a rapid progress. This is also in response to that sentence, God is always fair, Zhengde can't be an emperor, and he can't have children, but he has superhuman physical fitness, and it is estimated that there is a martial arts wizard in the legend who refers to people like him.

In the afternoon, Zhengde and Jiang Bin fought inextricably again, and in the end, both of them were a little exhausted, so this game was a draw, and then the two returned to the sidelines, Gu Dayong had already prepared towels and sugar water for them, and both of them were sweating, and they wiped it indiscriminately and drank the sugar water.

Just as Zhengde finished drinking the sugar water to replenish his strength, Gu Dayong suddenly came up and reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhao sent someone from the capital, saying that he has something important to ask to see His Majesty, I don't know when His Majesty will summon him?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was waiting for Zhou Chong's reply to him, and when he heard Gu Dayong's report, he immediately put down the water cup and said, "What are you waiting for, hurry up and let the second brother's people go to the Zhenguo Mansion, and I will go back!" ”

"Whoa!" Gu Dayong agreed, and immediately turned around to inform the people sent by Zhou Chong, and Zhengde no longer competed with Jiang Bin, turned over and rushed to the Zhenguo Mansion.

When Zhengde came to the Zhenguo Mansion, he saw a row of vehicles parked in front of the mansion, which seemed to be sent by Zhou Zhong, which made Zhengde's heart warm, and when he entered the living room of the mansion, he saw a long black and ugly guy standing there, and when he saw Zhengde coming in, he immediately knelt down and saluted: "The steward of Zhao Wangfu's rich and noble knocks to see Your Majesty!" ”

Seeing this strange-looking wealth in front of him, Zhengde also smiled and said, "Flat." What did your prince ask you to send to me? ”

"Hey, hey. Your Majesty. The prince was worried that His Majesty was not used to it in Xuanfu, so he asked the villain to send His Majesty some food, and there were also a few very special gifts, these gifts were specially told by the prince to the villain, so that the villain must personally give them to His Majesty, according to the prince, these are what His Majesty urgently needs! Fugui stood up and replied with a smile, he used to be an old man in Zhou's mansion, and later became Zhou Chong's henchman. Over the years, he has been running around with Zhou Chong, and Zhou Chong originally wanted to let Fugui go out as an official, but Fugui insisted on refusing, so he has been doing things in Zhou Chong's mansion all these years, and he has seen Zhengde many times, so he didn't seem too restrained when he saw Zhengde this time.

"What kind of gifts are they, bring them up and let me see!" Zhengde didn't care too much about what he ate, when he heard that Zhou Chong had sent some special gifts, he couldn't wait to say at the moment, he didn't think that Zhou Chong would only send people to give him gifts. There must be a reply to the creation of cavalry on its own.

Fugui agreed, and immediately asked people to send a few gifts from Zhou Chong. As a result, after a while, I saw a few servants outside bring up a few trays, and the trays were covered with red cloths, so that people couldn't see what these people were carrying, which made Zhengde even more anxious, and he stepped forward to remove the red cloth on the tray.

"Your Majesty is slow, these things are more special, and you need to explain them to Your Majesty like a villain!" Fugui suddenly spoke up at this time to stop.

Zhengde was also stunned when he heard this, and immediately stopped his hand and smiled: "Second brother is really interesting, it is so ingenious to give a few gifts, so it's up to you to explain to me what these gifts are!" ”

Fugui should snort, walked to the first servant at the moment, reached out and took off the red cloth on the tray, but Zhengde saw at this time that there was a piece of clothing on the tray, and there was nothing special about the style, but the fabric seemed to be very thick, and it was estimated that it could only be worn in spring and autumn, but now that the summer has not passed, why did the second brother give himself such a thick dress?

Thinking of this, Zhengde looked at Fugui with a puzzled gaze, but Fugui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate this dress, you will find it different when you hold it in your hand!" ”

When Zhengde heard Fugui's words, he immediately asked Gu Dayong to bring the clothes over, only to see Gu Dayong come over and pick up the clothes, his face couldn't help but show surprise, and he quickly sent it to Zhengde, but as soon as Zhengde came into contact, he immediately found that the clothes were different, because the fabric of this dress was not silk or cotton, and the fabric was also very thick and warm, and it was very comfortable to touch.

"What kind of fabric is this clothes, could it be the fabric that the second brother shipped from overseas?" Zhengde was also very surprised, because of the relationship between maritime trade, Zhou Zhong will send a batch of overseas treasures to Zhengde every year, including some strange fabrics or animal skins, so after Zhengde saw this strange dress, the first thing that came to mind was overseas.

However, Fugui smiled and bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, this is not a cloth shipped from overseas, but a cloth produced by our Ming Dynasty, and the raw material for making this cloth is the wool discarded by most herdsmen on the grassland!" ”

"Wool! You say it's a cloth made of wool? Not only Zhengde couldn't believe it, but even Gu Dayong next to him was wide-eyed. They have come to Xuanfu for a long time, not far from the north of Xuanfu is the grassland, you can often see the herdsmen on the grassland, these shepherds are mainly to raise sheep, and the wool on the sheep is of no great use to them, at most it is to make some felt, but these felts are thick and hard, can only be used to make tents or carpets, it is impossible to be as soft and elastic as the clothes in Zhengde's hands.

"Your Majesty does not have to doubt that the fabric of this dress is indeed made of wool, presumably Your Majesty also knows that our Ming cotton cloth is very popular overseas, but the cotton production of Daming has not been able to go up, so the output of cotton cloth is also limited, so my prince put forward the idea of making cloth with wool, and finally through the joint efforts of our Ming craftsmen and European craftsmen, the wool is treated with a special method to make it very soft, and then this wool is spun to make cloth, In the end, this dress was formed in the hands of His Majesty. Fugui is the manager of Zhao Wangfu, and he is mainly responsible for some of the industries outside the palace, among which the wool textile industry is a new industry that he is responsible for supervising, so he is very clear about this matter.

"I see, the second brother is really a talented person, and even wool can be used, although this is just a small piece of clothing, but when the whole industry is developed in the future, it will definitely provide a lot of taxes for my Daming!" After all, Zhengde is the person who is the emperor, and he has been carefully edified, so he can see at a glance the huge benefits behind this dress.

However, soon Zhengde was a little puzzled, because in his opinion, although this dress can bring a lot of taxes to the Ming Dynasty, it does not have much to do with his own cavalry.

For Zhengde's doubts, Fugui did not rush to explain, but came to the second tray again, reached out to remove the red cloth on it, but this time appeared in front of Zhengde, but it was a glass bottle, glass was still a rare object in Daming, but with Zhou Zhong to get the technology of firing glass, Daming's glass products began to flood, and now the price of glass has fallen to the bottom, and two pennies can buy a glass bottle.

However, this glass bottle is obviously different, because there is something in the bottle, which looks like meat, and the mouth of the bottle is also tightly corked with a cork, and there is nothing special about it, Zhengde looked at it for a long time, and finally looked at Fugui in confusion.

I saw Fugui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this thing is called canned, and it is also made by my lord, the function of this kind of canned food is to keep the food from deteriorating for a long time, for example, Your Majesty, the bottle of canned food in front of you was made four months ago, with a fire paint printed with the date on it, and the mutton inside has not spoiled until now!" ”

Fugui said as he took the can, used a special tool to remove the cork on it, and then took out a piece of meat from it and ate it, and it was still very fragrant, and it seemed that the meat in the can was still very delicious.

Zhengde also wanted to taste it, but was stopped by Gu Dayong, and then tasted it by a small eunuch next to him, and after finding that it was okay, Gu Dayong personally ate a piece, and found that it was indeed not spoiled, so Zhengde tasted it, and Zhengde found that it was indeed like Fugui said, although the mutton in it was cold, but it was very delicious and did not deteriorate at all.

"Sure enough, it's a good thing, with this canned food, the beef and mutton on the grassland can be transported to China for sale very conveniently, hey......" Zhengde said this, and suddenly seemed to understand something? The second brother first brought himself clothes made of wool, and then canned food for easy storage of food, which vaguely seemed to have some key, but if you think about it carefully, you can't grasp it.

However, Fugui still didn't explain at this time, and then walked to the third tray, and then took the red cloth on it, and the things on it surprised Zhengde even more, because there was a stone and a small bowl on the tray, and there was a bunch of gray powder in the bowl, which looked like flour, but the taste was very strong, and I don't know what it was?

"Your Majesty, please see, this thing is called cement, although it looks like two things now, but in fact they are cement, after this powdery cement is added with water, it will soon condense into the stone-like cement next to it, and the condensed cement not only looks like a stone, but also has a texture that is about the same as a stone, not afraid of water immersion and fire, it can be used to build roads and build fortresses, and the cost of cement is not high, with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it can be fired on a large scale!" Fugui smiled again and said, these three things are offered, presumably Your Majesty will know what the prince means, if Your Majesty agrees with the prince's opinion, then you can dedicate the last thing to Your Majesty. (To be continued......)