The fourth volume of the waves and the sand chapter 1 is the beginning of spring

No matter how heavy the wind and snow are, it will eventually stop.

After the wax moon is the New Year, and the first solar term of the year, the beginning of spring, always arrives around the New Year. The sun and the sting, the spring began to build, and the temperature, sunshine, and rainfall gradually began to increase. The cold air moved north, the stinging began to vibrate, and the grass, winter wheat and flowers began to recover.

At this time of year, it is also the busiest time for Timur, the son of the Great Yuan Emperor. As the darling of the immortal heavens and an important passage connecting the secular and the gods, he must get up early in the morning and lead the Manchu civil and military to the eastern suburbs to welcome the spring and hold sacrificial ceremonies. Then he personally held the plough stick, followed a yellow ox and walked a few steps in the field, announcing that spring had returned to the earth, and the world could resume production and farming. Next, I will return to the palace and accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials on the Daming Palace. Then he gave hundreds of officials, gold, silver, silk and other things, as a reward to encourage them to continue to bow down in the new year and try their best to corrupt the law, so as not to lose the emperor's favor. Then he had to go to the monastery to send several carts of gold and silver to the lamas, and ordered them to pray to the Buddha on their behalf. Let the Buddha bless the Great Yuan Dynasty and bless himself with a long life.

But this year, all the etiquette has been actively compressed to the shortest time, and the expenses have also been reduced to the lowest since the pro-government of Tuhuan Timur, except for the last merit money dedicated to the monastery is roughly the same as last year, many other expenses are saved if they can be saved, and they stop abruptly if they are a little meaningful.

There was no way, last year's war, which lasted more than six months, wiped out the state treasury. In the past, Liang Huai and Wu Song, who could send a large amount of gold and silver to the imperial court, were stolen by Zhu Butcher and Zhang Thief Shicheng, and they could not collect half a penny. If it weren't for the Quanzhou Road Daluhua Chi Yuli and Sun Wenying, the general manager of Quanzhou Road, to put pressure on the city's shipping department. The Pujia fleet was forced to transport a batch of this year's ships from the sea to Zhigu Port, and I am afraid that the imperial court will not even be able to come up with the money to honor the Buddha. In that case, Emperor Tuhuan Timur really doesn't have the confidence to do it anymore...

Tuhuan Timur believed in Buddhism and was a devout Lamaist. From being placed in Goryeo when he was a child, to being regarded as a puppet by Boyan when he was a teenager, to his death of Yan Timur and the defeat of Boyan, Lamaism has given him great encouragement. Although after taking the money, he will be full of auspicious words, which is a consistent trick of most lamas. But if it weren't for the support of those auspicious numbers, perhaps Timur's mind would have collapsed halfway through, and it would have been impossible to hold out to the end.

And now, Lamaism has given him not only spiritual comfort, but also great physical relaxation. After practicing the secret method of acting as a butterfly with the national teacher Jia Xuanzhen, and absorbing the original yin of four young women, the youth who died early seemed to return to his body in an instant, and his mind seemed extremely clear at this moment.

"The national teacher will return to the temple for the time being, and wait for me to be summoned tomorrow..." After his mind was restored, Tuhuan Timur felt a little guilty about his behavior just now. Waving his hand, he signaled that Jia Xuan, who had tutored him in cultivating the secret method of acting in a butterfly, could really retire first. (Note 1)

That national teacher Jia Xuan Zhen has been swaggering and deceiving in the market for many years, and he has a very measured grasp of people's hearts. Seeing Tuhuan Timur's dodgy eyes, he guessed the latter's inner uneasiness. With a smile, he recited the Buddha's name, and left the dormitory solemnly with a precious face.

"Go down and rest, you guys. Go to Pu Buhua first to write down the name, and when I am free, I will summon again..."Turning his head to look at the palace maids who were all over the body, Tuhuan Timur continued. The secret method of playing a butterfly pays attention to chance, and does not force a virgin. Therefore, after these palace maids have been used once, they can be used again in the future according to the feeling they leave on the main cultivator, and there is no need to "dispose of" them immediately.

It's just that the rank and reputation in the harem can never be given. It's not that Timur is unkind, but in his eyes, cultivating the secret method is not a husband and wife. What's more, when cultivating the secret method, he has to often do it with the lamas in order to obtain the latter's mana "blessing", and no matter how bad he is, the Great Yuan Emperor, he has to retain some royal face. You can't seal a woman who has been shared with others as a concubine. (Note 2)

"Xie Majesty Xià Longen..."The four girls who were regarded as cultivation materials had never experienced anything. Although he hazyly felt that the approach of His Majesty the Emperor and the monks just now was very different from what the female elders of the family had quietly taught before he was elected to the harem. For a while, there was no way to prove which was the correct behavior of husband and wife. I had to drag my sour body to give a salute, and then at the urging of a large group of Goryeo eunuchs who rushed in, I got dressed and left in a hurry.

"Buddha, please use ginseng soup..."As soon as the girls left on the front foot, Pu Buhua ran in with a lacquer plate in both hands. In the center of the lacquer plate is a pinched silver porcelain bowl with a lid. From afar, it exudes a rich flavor of Korean ginseng, goji berries and other herbs mixed together.

"Uh-huh........." Tuhuan Timur picked up the tea bowl, took a big sip, and then exhaled a long Buddha breath. There was a gentle flow of heat, which quickly went straight down the throat to the dantian. Then he jumped up from the dantian again, and the blood gushed all over his body. The feeling of comfort in the limbs and bones quickly increased several times on the basis of the original. It made him feel more and more deaf and energetic.

"If the Buddha thinks it's still palatable, drink more..."Pu Buhua handed the tray to the hand of the little eunuch who accompanied him, and then took out a towel from his arms that was warm with his body temperature, and gently wiped the dark yellow sweat beads from his forehead for Tuhuan Timur. This is the second queen according to the secret recipe offered by the national teacher, and personally boiled it for His Majesty. It took six or seven hours to boil out all the essence of the plants and trees..."

"Well, the second queen has a heart..."Tuhuan Timur smiled and picked up the tea bowl and savored it. Park Buhua is inviting favor for the second queen Qi, who is also from Korea, and he knows this. But he still found it very useful, after all, it was a satisfaction for any man to be able to call the goal of all-out competition for multiple women. Besides, Qi's has been competing with others for so many years, from childhood sweethearts to the present.

"This sweat towel is also woven by the second queen herself. In terms of texture, it is no worse than that of the south..."Pu Buhua is very good at seizing the opportunity, looking at Tuhuan Timur's face, and continuing to smile to ask for credit for the second queen Qi.

"Yes, show it to me..."Tuhuan Timur's attention was really attracted to the towel, snatched it from Pu Buhua's hand, and looked at the light carefully.

The pattern on it is very simple, but it is a common mandarin duck playing in the water. However, the thickness and softness of the sweat towel itself are not much different from the sweat towel secretly smuggled by the nobles from Huaiyang. In particular, the muslin jacquard on the front is dense and soft, as neat as the fur of a newborn lamb. At first glance, it is the work of a female celebrity connoisseur, which is by no means comparable to ordinary village women.

"Did you buy the machine from the south? Zhu butcher, has he already started to take out the machine? As a wise emperor, Tuhuan Timur soon realized that this sweat towel was spun with the same skills as Huaiyang's. That means that Qi's hands have at least got a complete set of textile equipment. This is a rare piece of good news, and it is a resounding slap in the face to the Zhu butcher who has blocked all kinds of organs and equipment. It's enough to get back some of the face of last year's laborless work for the imperial court...

"Not only did I get a set of spinning, weaving and jacquard machines, but I also made two sets of similar ones by myself from the Inner Court Manufacturing Bureau. This sweat towel was spun by the second queen with the machine made by the manufacturing bureau. It took less than an hour to finish..."Park smiled smugly and announced loudly.

Being able to completely imitate the textile machine qì in Huaiyang means that other things can also be imitated. When Timur heard this, his mood was immediately more comfortable than doing the secret method of "playing butterflies" twice in a row. Holding a sweat towel, he looked at it three times before he got up from the bed, laughed and ordered, "Come, change my clothes." Go to the second queen and see what the machine that Zhu Butcher regards as a treasure looks like..."

"The slave obeys the order..."Pu Buhua responded in a long voice very appropriately. Then he led a group of little eunuchs, dressed up Tuhuan Timur, wrapped him in a thick mink coat, and walked towards the temple gate.

The night breeze outside still carried a thick chill, but Tuhuan Timur's mind was hot. According to the conclusion he summed up from many discussions with civil and military officials, the reason why Zhu Butcher was able to cause disaster was because of those strange skills. And once those strange tricks and tricks were mastered by the imperial court. The balance that was previously lost will be tilted back towards the royal family. After a period of recuperation, the new army can rush to Yidu again with new firearms. First deal with the minions of the Zhu butchers on the peninsula, and then kill Xuzhou with the power of a big victory...

"Ji Qì was a Goryeo merchant sent by the second empress and purchased it from Huaiyang Firm at a great cost. After seeing the real thing, Mr. Guo of the Manufacturing Bureau immediately led the skilled craftsmen to disassemble, measure, and imitate it without sleep, and it took two or three months before finally cracking all its mysteries. With a bit of heartfelt excitement, Pu Buhua reported in a low voice while carrying a lantern to Tuhuan Timur to guide the way. The second queen said that as long as Her Majesty allowed it, she would immediately let this thing be sold all over the streets. Deal a blow to the arrogance of the Huai people..."

"It's been two or three months, why don't you tell me sooner? Unexpectedly, Tuhuan Timur keenly found a detail in his words, frowned, and asked loudly.

"Majesty, Majesty forgiveness..."Pu Buhua shuddered in fright, and hurriedly remedied, "It's the second queen and the eldest queen who discussed that they should wait for the machine to be imitated, and then give your majesty a surprise." At that time, Master Guo made a military order, saying that if he couldn't imitate it, he would let the slave cut off his sixth finger..."

"He would have said," Timur immediately laughed at amusement, spat on the ground, and scolded in a low voice.

Since the dismissal of his confidant Li Hanqing from the military department, the errands of the Ordnance Superintendent and the Inner Court Manufacturing Bureau have all been concurrently served by Guo Shu, a six-fingered prodigy who is deeply favored by Tuhuan Timur. The latter, on the other hand, was born with six fingers, and cutting off the excess one had no effect on it at all.

"He didn't tell the slave maid at that time, where to start with..."Intending to amuse Timur happy, Pu Buhua stuck out his tongue and added carefully.

The six fingers are usually born next to the thumb, and from the small thumb index, it is exactly the sixth. But if you count from the side of the thumb, the sixth finger is the normal little finger. After cutting it off, Guo Shu will definitely not be able to do any decent work again.

is also a lover of the way of making instruments, Tuhuan Timur certainly knows what this means for the "six-fingered prodigy" Guo Shulai? So he smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't dig traps for him all day." That kid is a genius, as long as he thinks about it with his heart, there is no reason why he can't finish it... Even if it's a little bit backward in time, there's no need to blame... On the side of Zhu Butcher, I am willing to make an unknown handyman a master craftsman, and I will not even be inferior to his bearing..."

"His Majesty is the true Buddha, of course, his magnanimity robbed him of a hundred times that of the fake Buddha..."

"Well, I don't compare with him, I'm the Great Yuan Emperor, he's just a grass coward..." When he was first called the reincarnation of the true Buddha by the lamas, he did have the idea of taking advantage of the Zhu butcher in terms of seniority. And as time passed, this kind of thinking slowly faded. refuses to let the latter be his junior...

The master and servant picked up the happy things and talked about them, and after a while, they came to the residence of the second queen Qi, which was located at the gate of the Guanghan Hall on the lake in the imperial city.

Naqi originally lived in Yanchun Pavilion, but recently because he suddenly liked an excerpt about Chang'e in the Moon Palace, he asked Tuhuan Timur for his will and moved to the Guanghan Palace. As for the reason why she really moved out of Yanchun Pavilion, whether she admired Chang'e's beauty, or whether she couldn't stand the movement of the secret method of "acting as a butterfly", no one dared to delve into it. Tuhuan Timur himself, thinking about it, also felt weak and tight, and did not want to ask at all.

I had already discussed with Pu Buhua that I wanted to offer a treasure to Tuhuan Timur at the beginning of the new year. So Qi's is well prepared. Hearing the footsteps coming from the door, he immediately stepped forward with the palace maid and the eunuch, Ying Ying knelt down, and said: "Congratulations to His Majesty, congratulations to His Majesty... Congratulations to Your Majesty for getting another town and a national weapon for the benefit of thousands of people. May Your Majesty rectify the soldiers and horses as soon as possible, cleanse the ugliness of the crowd, and restore peace in the United States..."

"Huh? Haha, hahahahaha..."Tuhuan Timur was amused by the fresh words created by Qi's zào, walked a few steps quickly, and grabbed Qi's fingers, "Get up, get up, the queen get up." With you by my side, what other hurdles do I have to overcome? Come on, let me see if you've been tired and thin lately..."

"As long as His Majesty is happy, what does it mean for the concubine to lose weight? Even if you give up this shell, you will be willing to eat it..."Qi Shi followed the support of Tuhuan Timur and slowly stood up. There was a hint of resentment in his smart eyes.

Tuhuan Timur's heart immediately felt like a bee had been lightly stung, itchy and painful. He knew that he had been practicing the secret method frequently recently, and he had snubbed the two queens, so he felt very guilty. But those two cultivation methods also provided him with both spiritual and physical pleasures, and it was impossible for him to make up his mind to give up.

"I, I will always remember your friendship..."It is no different from most of the husbands who have done bad things in the people, and Timur's response is sweet words." Just like when we were children in Goryeo, you helped me sew and mend clothes, and I still remember what you looked like at that time. I will never forget in this life..."

Speaking of the days when he was a child, he couldn't help but feel his true feelings again, and tears faintly lit up in his dim eyes. When Qi Shi saw it, his nose immediately became sour, he lowered his head, and took Tuhuan Timur's hand and sneered, "Majesty, what are you talking about?" Isn't it true that a concubine should do anything as a majesty? Please come with the concubine, and the machine imitated by Lord Guo is in the concubine's bedroom. If you can promote the world, not only can you hit the Zhu butchers, but it will also be a supreme merit to the people under your rule..."

"Huh?" Although Tuhuan Timur was very pleased that Guo Shu was able to imitate Huaiyang's entire set of weaving and spinning utensils, he did not attach importance to it to such an extent. Hearing Qi Shi's exaggeration, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

"The concubine heard that under the rule of the Zhu butcher, he had already begun to sell this thing to the people in Yangzhou City..."Knowing that he must have confusion in his heart, the second queen Qi continued to add in a low voice. Ordinary people, as long as they buy a complete set of machines and go home, they can let women sit at home spinning, weaving cloth, sweat towels, and even brocade. It's at least five times faster. If the women in the family are willing to be diligent, spinning and weaving alone is enough to feed the whole family with old snacks..."

"Ahh So powerful? Tuhuan Timur never imagined that a complete set of textile equipment could actually involve the lives of thousands of families. Quicken your pace and follow the Qi Clan's stride towards the dormitory.

What catches the eye is three sets of objects of different styles, with handles, shuttles, belts and round wheels. The most bizarre one is a half-height box with a beam in the middle and a pedal underneath. It looks mysterious.

"This is a hand spinning machine, which can spin twelve yarns at the same time. Which one in the middle is a foot jacquard machine, which can be crocheted on the cloth and wool, and a whole horse can be crocheted in an hour. The largest one is the horizontal waist machine, which is also moved by the foot, and is specially used to spin yarn into cloth. The concubine tried it herself, and the speed was very fast. If an ordinary person has three concubines, just one person is responsible for one. Two nights of work is enough for the whole family to wear for a whole year. No matter how much extra cloth there is, the man can pick it out for money and rice..."

Note 1: The Butterfly Secret Method is a dual cultivation technique founded by some evil sects in Lamaism, which pays attention to collecting yin and supplementing yang. Emperor Yuan Shun was once obsessed with this way, so that a large number of lamas could enter and leave the harem at will, and "cultivate" with him with the women from all over the world. Later, the head of the army, Polo Timur, raised troops on the side of the Qing monarch and washed the temples in the capital. The cultivation of this secret art was forced to stop.

Note 2: The harem women of the Yuan Dynasty only had two ranks: queen and concubine. And the queen can be sorted by number, divided into first, second, third and even infinite queen.

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