After the fireworks show is over, it is a grand banquet of bonfire roast whole sheep, the whole square is full of high tables and circle chairs, Wu Qing invited hundreds of officials to eat roast whole sheep, as well as mutton skewers and other relatively novel ways to eat.

Empress Dowager Wu had eaten a lot of things in front of her, and because she was old, she had been carnivaling for so long, and she was already tired, so she rested early in the county office.

Wu Qing is accompanied by hundreds of officials while eating barbecue, while carrying out the wine order, so unhappy, in short, the square is lively, accompanied by enthusiastic Hu Nu, there is a mellow wine belly, such a grand event should be a big white life.

However, hundreds of officials have gradually formed circles, Wu Chenghei circle, Wu Sansi circle, prime minister's circle, and Wuqing's Qingxin Academy circle, no matter what circle, tonight they have all appreciated the customs of Wuqing County, appreciate the difference of Wuqing County, do not worry that they do not publicize, do not worry that Wuqing County will not develop in the future. What's more, Wu Qing has never offended anyone. Even Qiu Shenji, the general of Zuo Jinwu, who has now returned to the imperial court, has also run to the circle of Wuqing, and Qiu Shenji is now regarded as the highest official among the cool officials, and he is also the only general.

Wu Qing naturally won't look the other way, after all, this kind of mad dog may bite you one day, and if you don't die, you will have to be crippled. So he politely exchanged a few words with Qiu Shenji, although Qiu Shenji is a military general, but compared to his father Qiu Xinggong, he is not ordinarily bad. Since returning to Shendu from the Assassin of Diezhou again, he has also learned Suo Yuanli, Zhou Xing and the like, informant and imprisoned according to the shackles, killing and exiled hundreds of people, in short, Qiu Shenji has also become one of the cool officials nowadays.

For these cool officials, Wu Qing likes and hates them. What I like is that these cool officials are like the angry youth of an era, torturing those who are high up and corrupt to death. What I hate is that the implication is so great that even the good people will not let go. For example, the fish protector is this person. It can be said that the structure of the Uobojia is very delicate, and if it is used in the manufacture of mechanisms, will the Uotoke show its amazing talent?

So Wu Qing couldn't wait to scrape Suo Yuanli alive, but fortunately, the family members of the Yu Bao family were saved because their father Yu Chengye was also a cool official, and the heir was a twelve-year-old boy, Yu Chengzhi. Wu Qing let him study mathematics, physics and chemistry at Qingxin Academy, hoping to cultivate a mechanical talent.

In any case, Wuqing County let the officials have fun. It's about forgetting your worries.

The next day, Empress Dowager Wu got up very late, and after washing, she was ready to drive back to the palace.

Wei Tuan'er entered the dormitory and greeted, "Sage." The general personally boiled rock sugar, red dates, and white fungus porridge for you. This porridge has the effect of nourishing blood and qi, nourishing beauty and beauty, and he asked if you would like to taste it. ”

The white fungus of this era was called "white fungus" and was only used in medicine. Wu Qing was fortunate enough to see the real thing in his own medicinal materials, and couldn't help but be very happy, so he ordered people to buy a large number of wild white fungus, and boiled this rock sugar red date white fungus porridge. Now dedicated to the Empress Dowager Wu, let the Empress Dowager taste what will only be available after hundreds of years.

Empress Dowager Wu heard that it has the effect of nourishing blood and qi, nourishing beauty and beauty, why didn't she drink it. He ordered someone to ask Wu Qing to present it.

At this time, the palace maids had already finished dressing up the Empress Dowager Wu, and the loose skin of the Empress Dowager Wu did not look so obvious.

This time. Wu Qing came in in casual clothes with a bowl of warm rock sugar red dates and white fungus porridge, and then bowed down and said, "How is Grandma?" The child cooked white fungus porridge for her grandmother and asked her to taste it. So saying, he put the silver spoon in a delicate bowl and placed it on the table.

Empress Dowager Wu smiled: "Qing'er has a heart. ”

The palace maid beside her was about to test the poison, and the Empress Dowager Wu waved her hand and said, "When I arrived at my own home, were I still afraid that someone would poison me?" Then he picked up a silver spoon and scooped it into his mouth, only feeling as sweet as honey, but pure heart, and the taste was very good. In just a moment, Empress Dowager Wu ate a bowl of white fungus porridge.

"What is your white fungus porridge, why have I never seen it?"

Wu Qing said with a smile: "White fungus is just a nickname for white fungus, and this white fungus is not easy to collect, so it is generally used in medicinal materials." The child collected five catties, and had prepared four catties for his mother, as well as the recipe and cooking methods were written down, and he hoped that his mother would smile. ”

Empress Dowager Wu couldn't help nodding, or Qing'er knew how to be filial, unlike Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, who couldn't do anything except tell right and wrong, compared to Wu Qing, it was really worse than one or two points. "Well, Grandma knows what you want."

So the Empress Dowager Wu drove back to the palace, when in the carriage, ordered someone to bring the white fungus to her to see, when the attendant took the four bags of white fungus to the car, couldn't help but be surprised, asked: "Four catties of white fungus is so much?" ”

The palace man said: "According to the general's recipe, these four catties of white fungus can cook for the Queen Mother for half a year." ”

Only then did Empress Dowager Wu understand that Wu Qing did not have a private collection, and this thing did seem to be relatively expensive. The senses of Wu Qing are even better.

In the blink of an eye, the year has passed, and after internal rectification, the store has almost lost nearly one million yuan. In maritime trade, trade with France, Byzantium, Dashi, Tianzhu and other countries declined slightly. However, trade with Japan and Silla increased, especially after the succession of Emperor Morino Sanara. This Cormorant Sanra is the empress of Emperor Tenmu and is called a concubine. Just like the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Tenmu of this period, like Li Zhi, was also a sick man. The prestige of the queen cormorant is very high, so she came to the court to weigh the system.

In order to strengthen the rule and improve the quality of life of the people in the territory. She reused the prince's letter, or Wu Xin, who had close ties with Datang, to strengthen trade with Datang. At the same time, Takeshin was also preparing to start his second visit to the Tang Dynasty, and began to recruit beautiful women in Japan, ready to dedicate to his respected teacher, which was also his promise back then.

As for Wuqing, almost the entire Wuqing County is now his, just like a country within a country. In particular, after the establishment of the women's escort team was approved by the Empress Dowager Wu, Wuqing handed over the affairs of patrolling during the day to the women's escort team, and the Wuqing County Garrison Department at night.

Of course, more importantly, the women's guards have also become a beautiful scenery in Wuqing County, they do not wear armor, they wear unique uniforms, turquoise uniforms, which make the women of Wuqing County extremely envious. Of course, Wu Qing didn't design a short skirt, otherwise the men of Datang would have spurted blood to death.

For this phenomenon, the rotten Confucians sprayed violently in the newspaper for a while, Wu Qing had no choice but to say, women are also people, men are also people, and women are humbled because of etiquette, but no matter how noble a man is, he is born and raised by a woman, even if it is Confucius and Lao Tzu! Do you rotten Confucians believe that heaven and earth are induced and conceived?

In fact, the reason why Wu Qing's move was supported by the Empress Dowager Wu was that the Empress Dowager Wu had always asked the world to mourn her mother and her father, and she was in charge as a woman, could she still prevent the improvement of women's status? At this point, Wu Qing patted the heart of the Empress Dowager Wu. What's more, Wuqing asked the women's escort team not to wear weapons, so that people with ulterior motives could not say anything. How much fighting power can a group of women without weapons have?

But if you want people to realize that the martial arts practiced by these 5,000 women every day are hand-to-hand combat, I don't know how to feel.

At the same time, Kageji No. 1, which was heading to the Ryukyus, came to return to his life, and after months of planning, he cleared the island of bandits and other forces in one fell swoop last month, and began to build a fortress.

After receiving the secret meeting with Wuqing, he issued an order to turn Ryukyu into a port for the transit of goods as a cover, so as not to attract the prying eyes of the coastal states. Moreover, Wuqing also strictly ordered that the indigenous people of the Ryukyus should not be tortured and killed, but that the young children of the indigenous people should be incorporated into the army. He was well aware of the mountain fighting capabilities of the mountain people. And most of them are unique ethnic groups formed by the ancient Yue people who fled to the island, with their own culture and beliefs. Therefore, Wuqing can only use Huairou's strategy to guide these natives, otherwise it will cause a backlash, which is not conducive to long-term possession of Ryukyu.

Of course, Wuqing will not let the shadow word guard stay in Ryukyu, but let the eagle, meteor, and butterfly Sanwei leave half of the people in charge of various affairs there, and the rest will all be evacuated to Wuqing County, where they are needed even more. Wu Qing had already decided to start working on various technologies, and many of them were military, so someone had to protect them secretly.

Since the formula of black powder was discovered in the posthumous manuscript of Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, this made Wu Qing happy, but also vigilant, after all, this thing is more powerful than the gunpowder formula of the explosive rod, I don't know how many times. Now that the fireworks test has been successful, is black powder still far from being used in the military?

Of course, he can also be handed over to the Empress Dowager Wu, but Wu Qing is not at ease with the Empress Dowager Wu, after all, black powder is of epoch-making significance, if it is developed well, it can be said that the appearance of the red-clothed cannon can be seen in his lifetime. Then I can't say that I still have to be Genghis Khan and become the real emperor of the ages who has never been seen before or since.

So, can he hand it over to the Empress Dowager who only knows how to play with the government and the military?

The Black Powder Laboratory is located in Shouyang Mountain. Construction began after the completion of the house in Wuqing County, and it is expected to be completed in May next year.

The mechanical workshop is in the minting factory, and Wuqing has ordered the persons in charge of several copper, iron and coal mines to transport all three minerals to Wuqing County in order to mint coins with all their might. The construction of a blast furnace in the southeast corner of Wuqing County has also begun, and when it is completed, the number of coins minted will increase several times.

Now in the minting workshop, Empress Dowager Wu allowed Wu Qing to only have one furnace, minting 3,000 coins a day, only 90,000 yuan a month, 90 yuan, the efficiency is very low, mainly the problem of furnace temperature, it takes a lot of time to fire copper juice. If coal is used as fuel, and high-quality copper is added, then the minting speed will be greatly improved. (To be continued......)