After the court, I first took the dragon to the queen mother's mother to ask her old man to say goodbye, and then took a plate of rice cakes and snacks from her with a tribute from Dali, and finally walked to the imperial study

When I arrived at the Imperial Study, all four of them were already waiting for me

"The ministers knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." When they saw me come in, the four ministers quickly knelt down and saluted

"Get up, sit down, little bean, and watch tea."

"Long live thanks."

He picked up the green tea of the royal family and brought it to the four of them and said, "Elders, try it, this is the latest Ming Qian tea this year, I went out some time ago, I didn't taste it, and it happened that the four Aiqing came to taste this tea with me today." ”

"Thank you for the emperor's reward, this tea is really fragrant and soft, and the fragrance between the teeth, follow the emperor to drink this tea, and then drink the tea leaves in the minister's own house in the future, it is just like Jue wax, drinking it tasteless haha." Liu Shihai immediately slapped a sycophant, patted me this is called a comfortable ah, although I don't like the flattery of my subordinates, but I still feel very interesting about the joke-style horses

"Yes, what Lord Liu said is yes, the minister will have to let the emperor want to die with this tea in the future." Ling Zhen also slapped up with Liu Shihai's sycophant. As for Xu Liang and Gong Yi, naturally forget it, a Muna, a big vernacular, I don't expect them to have any humorous bacteria on them

"Hahaha, the four Aiqing are excited, Xiaodouzi, write it down, and I will bring two catties of this year's tribute tea to each of the four Aiqing." I even included Xu Liang and Gong Yi naturally and said

"Then the ministers will thank the emperor for the reward, haha." Liu Shihai took the lead in thanking me and said, and then said to me: "I just don't know what the emperor ordered when he summoned his ministers and others this time?" ”

"There are a few things I want to tell you, Lao Liu, let's talk about your affairs first, this year, during my expedition, how is the development of the Royal Commercial Bank and the Royal Post Station Transportation, and the dividends should also be sent to the hands of the ministers." I asked Liu Shihai

"Back to the emperor, due to the war, the business of the original Western Xia has all stopped, and at present, the land of the three roads is still in the recovery stage, so the trade and transportation of the three roads are almost in a state of stagnation, although it is currently slowly recovering, so not only is there no profit on this side, but we have also lost more than four million yuan."

"Oh, huh? What about the others? How about trade with the two countries of Jin Liao, Fuso, Goryeo, Nanyang, Dali and Tubo. I asked

"Jin Liao and Liao because of our country's supply of a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance, so that the people of the two countries into the war, the economy of the two countries has been completely dependent on our country, almost all of their entire country is sold and purchased, all need to depend on our country, the minister now dares to say that the current Jin Liao and Liao can almost become our country's vassal states hahaha." Speaking of this, Liu Shihai said excitedly

"Pay attention to your mentality, Liu Shihai, don't be deceived by the superficial phenomena of people, although there are few people in Jinliao and Liao, they will also have smart people. Continue to increase the price of what is sold to them, giving them the illusion that we are cheating their money and not destroying their country. This kind of game between countries related to the fortunes of the country, you had better give me a clear head, if because of your improper manipulation, pull down the spearhead of the two countries, let us break out in advance, I will take your head to sacrifice the flag. "I looked at the fluttering willow stone sea, and a basin of cold water was poured on his head

"Yes, yes, yes, the minister is impetuous, the minister must get rid of this problem, and seriously serve the emperor and the Great Song Dynasty." Liu Shihai said in a cold sweat

It seems that my words seem to have scared Liu Shihai a lot, don't be scared, and quickly comfort him with a few words: "You did very well before, and I won't forget your achievements there, but this impetuousness may be the reason why your recent achievements are too prominent, this kind of mentality is unacceptable, and you should pay attention not to make such low-level mistakes again in the future." ”

"Yes, the minister remembers the emperor's teachings." After Liu Shihai finished speaking, he shivered and took out the handkerchief in his sleeve to wipe the sweat off his forehead. Am I that scary, I thought to myself

"Old Xu, I called you here to build a few special new buildings, come up, see if this is the drawing I made." I said

Xu Liang confessed, walked to my side, looked at a drawing of a shower room I made, in the previous life were drawn with CAD drawings, this is the first time to draw drawings by hand, according to the drawings I said to Xu Liang: "Use bricks and stones to erect a high platform, about two meters high, a pool on the high platform, the bottom of the pool is heated, in the base to build a water channel connected to the bath, access to the bath, the bottom of the bath is also built a drainage channel, the high platform pool and the water supply waterway contact, All the connections between the bath and the drainage channel are equipped with sluices, so that the water discharged is not wasted, and you can find a way to connect it to the Imperial Garden and build an underground cistern to water the garden. ”

"Yes, the minister has written it down, and I will study it with my colleagues when I go back today." Xu Liang arched his hand and said

"Also, this is a flush toilet...... I showed Xu Liang the drawings of the toilet, automatic flushing system, sewage system and sprayer, and explained to him one by one, especially the important component of the artificial water pressure to Xu Liang very carefully

"After I go back, your Ministry of Engineering will make a construction plan well, and if you don't understand, you can come to me at any time."

"Yes, Your Majesty, these are not very difficult to understand, and the money will not be too much, mainly because the time spent on digging pits and on-site measurements will be slightly more, but the emperor can rest assured, the minister will complete this matter as soon as possible." Xu Liang said. After listening to it, my head was full of the word "slot", I only told him once, Xu Liang understood, and he already had a construction plan in his head, if he was put in the 21st century, what first-class builder, what registered architect, what registered equipment engineer, what senior engineer, all have to stand aside, and Lao Xu is a scholar

"Okay, Liu Aiqing, Xu Aiqing, you two can step down." I said to Liu Shihai and Xu Liang

"Yes, Weichen retired, long live my emperor, long live, long live." After speaking, the two bowed and exited the imperial study

"Gong loses Aiqing, Ling Aiqing."

"The minister is here." The two of them immediately stood up and bowed in reply

"Through this war, the power of artillery has been recognized to a great extent in the army, but the lack of the number of artillery and the lack of gunpowder power is particularly obvious in this war, the number of artillery can be made up for with time, but the power of gunpowder, which requires you to continue to explore, what I said below, you have all given me to remember, I don't know what the proportion of gunpowder you are now, but write down what I said, go back and test and innovate, the standard ratio of a gunpowder is 7 into 5 saltpeter, Charcoal into one, sulfur into five, and you can try willow charcoal when you go back, using willow charcoal should produce a gray-brown gunpowder, and then there are soldiers when filling the gunpowder will be different in many cases, you can consider the gunpowder in advance to be packed into a tool exactly the same as the gunpowder compacted, the outside is done moisture-proof treatment, storage, and then when the sub-gun is filled, is it more convenient, and the time between two shots will become shorter. ”

"What the emperor said is very reasonable, after the minister returns to this matter, he will immediately conduct experiments and improvements with Lord Gongyi." Ling Zhen said

"Go back and study it quickly, and you have to hurry up with Aiqing's bow and crossbow."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I remember." Gong Yi said naturally

"Alright, you two should step aside."

"The ministers are retiring, long live my emperor, long live, long live."