In the eighth year of the Great Song Dynasty, perhaps because of the Taixue turmoil at the end of last year, the court and the outside court felt that the name "Zhenghe" was really a bit inappropriate, or it may be because of the decisive victory in the battle to pacify the Western Xia, so the court was brewing to change the Yuan, but what to change it to is still being discussed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is a "big event" for the country, and everyone seems to have forgotten last year's dispute and began to discuss it. In such a "relaxed" atmosphere, Zhao Gou and his entourage, as a consolation envoy, arrived in Xuzhou.

The Xuan Comfort Envoy was set up in the Tang Dynasty, but it was completely different from the responsibilities of Zhao Gou. On the day Zhao Gou was in Xuzhou, Zhou Fu rushed from Diqiu to meet him, this is his own intention, if according to Zhou Quan's idea, he has to hang this guy for a few days, so that the court knows that he is very angry.

After taking over the promotion of the Ministry of Labor and the official affairs of Changping on Jingxi and West East Road, it also means that the position of the governor of Li Guojian will be dismissed, and Zhou Fu is very reluctant in his heart. He knows very well that after he leaves, the successor will definitely not follow the rules, so it is doubtful whether Li Guojian can maintain the current momentum.

As for the newly acquired position, Zhou Fu was happy, but he didn't take it too seriously. That's just a false position, and the court won't let him really be a director, so according to Zhou Quan, he just put on a name, just asked for leave to go to sea, and went to Zhou Quan's rest of the foundation.

Speaking of which, Zhou Quan has done a great job in Jeju and Liuqiu, but he has never seen it.

Zhao Gou had a good impression of Zhou Fu, thinking that he was a practical person and very respectful, so after staying in Xuzhou for two days, he proposed to go to Diqiu to have a look.

This was not originally a planned itinerary, but Zhao Gou was very stubborn, and after proposing it, he had to go, and finally made the trip.

The time he spent in Diqiu was longer than the time he spent in Xuzhou, and Zhao Gou did not have much interest in landscapes and the like - in fact, after several years of large-scale development, especially the pollution of heavy industry, even if Zhou Quan paid attention to it, Diqiu's landscapes would have nothing to see.

He was concerned about the chimneys, and when he saw the black smoke rising from it, he froze for most of the day, not saying anything.

It was too shocking, this was a huge impact of industrialization on the consciousness of the agricultural age, and when he learned that it was these chimneys that made the steel output of the Great Song Dynasty increase tenfold in a few years, Zhao Gou couldn't come back to his senses for a while.

After leaving the iron smelting field, he held Zhou Fu's arm tightly: "The virtuous father and son have made great contributions to the country, and this alone shows the heart of loyalty to the country!" ”

This is said sincerely, a steel factory of this scale, after Zhou Fu left, was directly controlled by the imperial court, if there are still people who say that the Zhou family father and son harbor evil intentions, it is either without conscience or with ulterior motives.

Of course, Zhao Gou didn't know that in Liuqiu, a larger, more technologically advanced steel yard had begun to take shape, and in another three or five years, its output would be able to surpass Diqiu's. Otherwise, what he thinks in his heart will be a different taste.

He also went to see the school in Longchuan Annex, because Zhou Quan didn't stay in Diqiu for a long time, so the entire Longchuan Courtyard is now almost a complete school, from the primary school where Fameng is literate to the middle school where he studies intensively.

Due to the limited conditions, the three-year compulsory education is now implemented in the Longchuan Annex, and the children of the people of Xuzhou can apply if they are over ten years old, while the local children of Diqiu can apply as long as they are seven years old. During the whole three years, their room and board expenses were all borne by the other courtyards, and the content they learned was about 1,600 Chinese character reading, simple article writing, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, four operations, and some natural knowledge.

"It's a bit ...... It's weird. Seeing this situation, Zhao Gou faintly felt a little uncomfortable.

On the one hand, this method of compulsory education seems to be competing with the imperial court for talents, but on the other hand, the content taught is inconsistent with the content of the imperial examination.

"What the Nine Kings said is that the most important thing in the academy here is to train the apprentices in the workshop. The operation of a large workshop is different from that of a small workshop, if a worker is illiterate, he cannot read the proclamation, he cannot count the numbers, he cannot count pieces, and he does not know nature, so he does not know how he works. When the courtier proposed to set up this apprenticeship school, the courtier also felt that it was not cost-effective, but the courtier said that the efficiency of the trained workers in the school may be twice as high as that of the uneducated, and this is indeed the case in the past few years of investigation. Zhou Fu said with a smile next to him: "The father and son are all contemptible people, and they dare not be vassals and elegant, so the poetry and songs of the subset of the classics and history are generally not available in the school." ”

This made Zhao Gou's little suspicion disappear immediately.

The Great Song Dynasty attached great importance to scholars, referring to those who read the works of Confucian sages, but the training here was only a workshop apprentice, and they could still be a housekeeper and deacon, and they could not be regarded as scholars at all.

Therefore, Zhou Quan's establishment of a private school and a school cannot be regarded as a competition for talents with the imperial court, it can only be said that this guy will think of ways to make money.

"I heard that there is also a research institute in Longchuan, which is the most heavily guarded place, I wonder if Lone can enter to have a look?" After Zhao Gou finished transferring to the school, he asked Zhou Fu again.

Zhou Fu laughed when he heard this: "What is the most heavily guarded place, here in Longchuan, how can I not be allowed to enter the place where the king of the Great Song County is not allowed to enter!" I watched it more closely before, but some people are too shameless. ”

"Oh?"

"The first is to guard against Liaoxia's fine work, the nine kings don't know, the two countries captured in Diqiu in the past two years have more than this." Zhou Fu gestured.

How could the secret of the surge in iron and steel production in the Great Song Dynasty be concealed from the two countries of Liaoxia, which had been enemies of it for a long time, and they directly or indirectly sent batch after batch of meticulous work. Zhou Fu also added: "This year...... Oh, now it's time to talk about last year, and even a fine work from Goryeo, all of which want to spy on the secrets of my Great Song Dynasty smelting iron and steelmaking. ”

Zhao Gou's face changed: "You really should strengthen your precautions!" ”

"Second, there are some shameless people in our own people, just thinking that our Zhou family must have a secret recipe to make money, and they want to steal the secret recipe. As long as they steal one or two, they will be of no avail...... In fact, the Longchuan Research Institute has some secret recipes for sale every year, and the price is not too high, but these people are so that the price is also saved. The most helpless thing is that someone once bought a servant and brought out a skill, but because the workers in his hands had not gone to school, they could not do it as accurately as ours, and the things they produced went wrong, and several people were disabled, not only did this person not reflect on himself, but also ran here to shout and make a fuss, saying that we deliberately designed to trap him, and asked us to compensate ......"

"What a bold man, he should be severely punished for being so troublesome to the people!" Zhao Gou said indignantly and said a good word that he didn't want money.

"It can't be punished severely." Zhou Fu sighed.

"Why can't he be severely punished, he is so arrogant, maybe he is fornicating with the enemy country and taking the opportunity to steal secrets."

If Zhou Quan was here, he would definitely give Zhao Gou a thumbs up. Don't look at this guy who is still young, but he has mastered the "unwarranted" method of fabricating crimes.

Wu Min next to him was a little embarrassed, and lightly touched Zhao Gou's arm, Zhao Gou suddenly lost his words, and his words changed, and he went to something else: "Then ask Zhou Gong to take me to see the research institute." ”

The research institute is full of weirdos, even if a county king visits, most of them ignore it and focus on their own affairs. These people, some of whom were old craftsmen, some of whom were scholars, and even a few farmers, opened up a grange outside the research institute to grow grain and vegetables, which is said to be a good breed.

Wu Min felt a little bored, but Zhao Gou watched it with relish, but when Zhou Fu left temporarily, he didn't seem to have any interest, and directly pulled the topic back to Fang Cai's matter: "Wu Gong is not allowed to talk about it alone, I don't know why?" ”

"That thing, Wechen happened to hear about it, well, the thief came...... It is a member of the royal concubine's family. ”

"Wang Guifei...... But the mother of the third brother? Zhao Gou's mind turned and he suddenly understood.

Zhao Kai's mother, Wang Guifei, died of illness last year, and when she was in the palace, she was quite favored, and Zhao Kai was able to peek into the position of the prince, a very important reason is this.

The so-called people in Wang Guifei's family, this is a euphemism, but I am afraid that behind it, it is Zhao Kai.

Zhao Gou Huo Ran was shocked to understand why the relationship between Zhao Kai and Zhou Quan was bad, and thinking that this incident was also one of the reasons why the two were at odds with each other.

He had a good relationship with Wu Min along the way, and Zhao Gou was still just a teenager at this time, even if there was a city government, he couldn't help but confide in his heart: "The concubine's family, why don't you have any money, acting like this is inevitably petty." ”

In fact, it means that Zhao Kai is not atmospheric enough, but Wu Min secretly sighed in his heart, it may not be that he is not atmospheric enough, but Zhao Kai's purpose in doing such things may not dare to make it public.

What does he want so much money for a favored prince?

If you want to get an industry from Zhou Quan, it is nothing more than to make more money, and this money is not known to Zhao Ji without going through the imperial court, and it is suitable for buying people and creating popularity. Zhao Kai's reputation as a smart and clever corporal is all helped by people, even if the palace attendants help him preach it, he always has to be rewarded, right?

Of course, he didn't dare to say this kind of thing to Zhao Gou.

It's just that looking at Zhao Gou's expression, he seems to have figured it out, and he didn't dwell on this matter anymore, but greeted Zhou Fu who came back with a smile: "Zhou Gong, it's better to see than to hear, seeing the sages of this research institute, I finally know how the name of Zhou Zhizhi came to be the living God of Wealth. ”

There was a sense of closeness in his words, if it was placed a few years ago, Zhou Fu would not have been flattered, after all, this is the son of today's son, a dignified county king.

But now, Zhou Fu can be regarded as seeing through the Zhao family, even if Zhao Gou is sincere, he can only stay away.

"What the Nine Kings said is that it's just that my son is just taking advantage of the situation, and in fact, the credit is not his, but he inherited this false name."

"Lone has a problem with something, and I have to ask Zhou Gong for advice." Everyone said as they walked, and when they got out of the gate of the research institute, Zhao Gou stood on his feet and said.

"The nine kings just ask, if the minister can't solve it, let my son solve it for the king." Zhou Fu knew that the next question might be the most critical question for Zhao Gou's trip, so he also based himself on the right color road. (To be continued.) )