"That's Li Yu's ship." Pan Li'er said.

Li Yu and his entourage were looking at the magnificent scenery of Hezhou, and Song Jiu and Pan Li'er were also watching them when they stood at the door of the workshop. Yuping didn't come back, and the couple cherished this hard-won fate even more, wherever Song Jiu went, Pan Li'er went.

The establishment of the copper smelting supervision was very small, and it was only expanded in the original test site and became the so-called production. However, no one thinks that Song Jiu is a false report, not only the sugar prison, but also the steel prison is still continuing to be reformed.

Although Song Jiu handed it over to the imperial court and didn't ask much, there were some small problems occasionally, or Song Jiu went to take a look, or the students continued to observe in the past, and put forward their own ideas for Song Jiu's reference, so they made some small improvements from time to time, but they were all improved from the old steel supervisor first, then observed, and then promoted. The improvement has been modest, and the wind has been a serious constraint. The craftsman said that it was perfect, but Song Jiu said that it was only called improvement, and it was 108,000 miles away from perfection.

How long did it take for the steel superintendent?

Now the cost of research is not high, once it is promoted to the national copper prisons, and then overthrown, the loss will be heavy, so everyone understands Song Jiu's cautious attitude. Some conscientious officials are very much looking forward to the fact that the Northern Army did not have a large copper pit before, and only after getting Bashu did it have a pit in Ziyi, and most of the copper pits in the country were in the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue, such as Rao, Chu, Jian, Ying, Xin, Ting, Zhang, etc., but when Song Jiu asked the officials to send ore, he was lucky to find a medium-sized copper pit in Yuzhou.

As a result, the copper production of the Song Dynasty was very pitiful, and now that the Southern Tang Dynasty has been taken, most of the copper pits belong to the Song Dynasty, and a large amount of gunpowder can also be used to mine, and the output will inevitably surge like iron ore. If there is copper smelting technology, will it solve the problem of money shortage in the Song Dynasty?

They're looking forward to it. Song Jiu was taking precautions and tried the copper alloy technique in the workshop. That is, smelting alloys from copper, lead, and tin, and using it to make copper coins. And other research is also accelerating, this is to prepare for being an official, if he wants to be an official, it is too easy, even if Zhao Da does not have an accident, he can be a great minister sooner or later, at least he can get a deputy prime minister to do.

Hearing that Li Yu's boat had arrived, the husband and wife also came out curiously to see.

There are a lot of people watching the excitement on both sides of the strait, and Li Yu will not notice them. But when they saw Li Yu and his two concubines, Pan Li'er said: "This emperor is not doing well, but the two concubines are so beautiful." ”

In fact, it is still a little far away, and I can't see it clearly, but I can only see two slender shadows, with fluttering clothes, looking like fairies, about very beautiful. Song Jiu shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not a good thing." ”

"Why?"

Song Jiu didn't say much, and he didn't have to. Like Qian Yu, Liu Gang, and Zhou Baoquan, all of them have bad lives. "Died young". That was later, before Meng Chang died, Chai Zongxun died. Gao Jichong, the year after Chai Zongxun's death, died at the age of thirty. I heard that the town of Xuzhou was quite virtuous, but he also died young. Because the local people were grateful, they asked to stay in the local area, but Zhao Kuangyin did not allow it, and then buried it hastily for no reason. There is also a Chen Hongjin, but it is such a big Fujian country, so that all the overhead novels have not mentioned it, and Song Jiu doesn't know what his fate is.

To this day, Song Jiu still has doubts about whether Zhao Kuangyin killed Meng Chang for Mrs. Hua Rui.

In that case, Lady Blossom will have a different ending.

He also had doubts about whether Zhao Kuangyi did it because of Xiao Zhouhou.

The fleet crossed the Baiyu Bridge and could not be seen, Song Jiu said, "Let's go back." ”

Pan Li'er was still tiptoeing to watch, and Song Jiu said: "Don't look at it, the legend of the Xu family is beautiful and fragrant, but in fact, it's not as good as you." ”

"You just say good things." Pan Li'er said angrily, but a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. This is really a good thing, even in Song Jiu's eyes, Mrs. Hua Rui was just thirty when she first came to the Song Dynasty, and her style at that time was no less than that of Pan Li'er, but it was only later that she was about to run four, and her posture was slightly weaker.

On the same day, Li Yu entered Beijing and lived in the luxurious mansion that Zhao Kuangyin had built earlier, but Song Jiu invited three guests. At the end of last year, the three envoys who came to Beijing to celebrate the Zhengdan Festival of the Song Dynasty were Yelu Wuzheng, Xiao Huliguo, and Chen Yanzheng.

Ordering wine and food, the three envoys were also Khitan officials, but they were somewhat dumbfounded when they looked at the magnificence of Shundian.

Song Jiu said: "These are three boxes of ambergris from Dashi, which is my little gift, not a tribute, I hope Sanjun will accept it." ”

The first to discover this thing was the fishermen of the Han Dynasty, they caught some gray-white wax-like drifting things in the sea, the smell was incomparable, so they discarded more, and then I don't know who found a mystery, found that the wet thing stinks, but it is very fragrant after drying, and it is even more fragrant when it is lit. So legend has it that this is the saliva spit out by the dragon in the sea, so it was named ambergris.

Later, there were fewer and fewer in the sea in China, and somehow it spread to the big food, but even the big food side of this thing is very few, in fact, there should be a lot, after all, at this time, people have not killed whales on a large scale, and there are still many sperm whales living in the sea.

It's just that because of the constraints of productivity and ship capacity, it is not easy to get, and you can't get a lot of it a year from the big food, and often you can only export a few hundred taels a year to China. Therefore, the price of this thing is extremely expensive, and for 20 yuan in Guangzhou, you can buy 20 acres of fertile land at this time! It's more expensive on the Khitan side.

There are not many in the three small boxes, only a dozen or two, but the three of them are all people who know the goods, and they say thank you repeatedly.

Before the wine and food came up, Song Jiu began to get down to business: "I have a concubine who went to Youzhou to visit her biological father, and I never thought that the queen of your country thought that she was proficient in physical qualifications. Later, I learned that the Tao was a misunderstanding, so I brought a letter to me through her father, asking for a gunpowder technique in exchange. It seems that the empress of your country misunderstood the effect of gunpowder, it is not of great military use, and I have never used it at all in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and its main use is in mining. However, the mining technology is complicated, and your country is even more backward than our dynasty, and once the mining is carried out with gunpowder, the accident rate is even higher. Even if it is not high, the state strictly prohibits it, and I dare not hand it over to your country. Just a concubine, if you want to learn arithmetic and physical science, I have books here, most of which are written by students from the academy and me, which are easy to understand. ”

Song Jiu took out the academy textbook and said, but this is a publicly circulated textbook, without Song Jiu, the Khitan can get it if he has the heart, Song Jiu continued: "Although she is my concubine, she is also a wife in my heart, and our husband and wife have a deep relationship. She also raised a son and a daughter for me, and now the two countries are on good terms. The queen should be an adult, if the queen of your country is willing to send her back to our court. I hereby pledge to provide you with 100,000 taels of silk. ”

The offer price is 100,000 yuan, as long as Xiao Yanyan agrees, she will definitely increase the size, and she can also add it, Song Jiu is ready to be slaughtered. And Song Jiu had already sent 100,000 yuan to the Yu family before. This is another way for Song Jiu to smash with money. 100,000 yuan is not a small number even in the Song Dynasty, let alone Khitan.

Yelu Wuzheng said: "Song Jiulang, you don't need to say it. Your Emperor has already mentioned this to us at the banquet, so rest assured, we will definitely bring the message to His Majesty and the Empress. ”

Song Jiu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhao Kuangyin to fulfill his promise so quickly, this is probably the thing that Zhao Kuangyin did that made him most grateful, that is the best, with a two-pronged approach, Yuping should be able to send it back. He clapped his hands again, and a supervisor walked in. He took out three more small bottles and said, "There are three distinguished guests." ”

The three bottles contained golden melon seeds, but they were not as big as the one in Qian Yu, and each bottle contained five hundred taels of gold. This is a generous gift that is even more expensive than just now.

The three messengers were overjoyed and beat their chests again and again to make a guarantee.

Song Jiu happily drank with them, at least in the Northern Song Dynasty. The people with the best reputation are not the Song people, let alone the capricious Tangut people. It's the Khitans.

After eating, Song Jiu came out.

Tsing Yi asked, "Jiulang." How is it? ”

"They agreed, and His Majesty told him."

"Your Majesty has a kind heart this time?" Tsing Yi sneered.

"Are you from the Song Dynasty or from the Tang Kingdom?"

"Jiurou......" Tsing Yi didn't know how to answer.

"But whether it's the Song people or the Southern Tang people, if they have the ability, let them live a good life."

That's the problem of perception.

In ancient times, there was loyalty, but this loyalty not only refers to loyalty to the country, but also loyalty to the Lord's family. Most of the time, the state is not a state, but a home country. Just like the Song Dynasty, it can be said that it is China, but it can also be said to be the country of the Zhao family, not the country of all Chinese. It is precisely because of this peculiarity that, despite the long history of Chinese civilization, it has not developed the same loyalty as the Jews.

In the Southern Han Dynasty, several generations of lords were tyrannical to the people, so the Song army was invincible when it came. But if the Song army does not do well, then the mentality of the local people will have serious problems, such as Bashu, if you do a poll, at least sixty percent of the people still think that they are Shu people, not Song people.

Tsing Yi also held this mentality and was wronged, and then Song Jiu's treatment was slightly unfair, so his recognition of the Song Dynasty was not high. Now Song Jiu's Hezhou deed stock industry was handed over to the imperial court, and the imperial court sent officials to come over, Song Jiu asked Tsing Yi to assist, Tsing Yi was not highly motivated, and he wanted not to do it many times. Song Jiu then persuaded him vaguely.

……

Zhao Kuangyin received the Southern Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers in the Qianyuan Palace.

Seeing Xu Xuan, he suddenly became angry and shouted: "Why didn't you persuade Li Yu to return to the dynasty earlier!" ”

The Southern Tang Dynasty was taken, but it took a long time, and a lot of money was spent, not to mention, it was precisely because of Li Yu's stubborn resistance that even if Jinling was taken, there were still some rebellious armies in various places. After Li Yu was captured alive, he asked him to write a letter to recruit these rebels. Some areas are still troublesome though.

If Li Yu had taken the initiative to open the city gate and surrender at that time, instead of the Song army forcibly attacking it, the situation would have been better.

Xu Xuan said: "The minister is the minister of Jiangnan, the country is destroyed, the crime is fixed and deserves death, and it is not appropriate to ask anything else." ”

Die for the record.

Zhao Kuangyin was silent and said: "Loyal ministers, I am like the Li family." ”

Give it a seat.

He also rebuked Zhang Xun: "You have taught Li Yu not to surrender to this day." ”

He also took out Zhang Xun's letter to call for rescuers and showed it to him.

Zhang Xun was very cunning, and after seeing Xu Xuan's results, he boldly said: "The book is written by the minister, the dog barking is not its master, each is its master, and it can get a death, but it is a subordinate to the minister." ”

Zhao Kuangyin was originally going to kill him, but when he heard it, he was surprised and said: "Qing is bold, I don't sin Qing, I am not loyal to the past." ”

His eyes swept over the ministers behind Li Yu, in addition to Xu Xuan and Zhang Xun in Jiangnan, there were also some courtiers with literary talents, so he said: "Qing Bo has talent, but the talented ones are not Qing and Zhujun." ”

With a low voice, the eunuch called Song Jiu from the palace, and Zhao Kuangyin pointed at Song Jiu and said: "In terms of talent, Song Qingfang is a learned person." ”

Song Jiu was at a loss.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Song Jiu, why did I refuse to give you the deputy envoy of the third division and the secretary of the provincial junior eunuch?" ”

Song Jiu was even more at a loss, but had to answer: "Your Majesty, due to the shortage of money, the edict is not allowed to cross the river, and this Cheng country is also in crisis." And the personality is what I am good at, and others can't do it in a short time. There are many people who can be qualified as deputy envoys of the three divisions, but there are not many people who are qualified to provoke copper smelting research. People's energy is limited, and they can't make it here when they use it, so Weichen temporarily thanked him for his official position and solved the money crisis first. Therefore, thank you and hope that your majesty will forgive your sins. ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Qing has merit, what a crime." ”

He looked at Zhang Xun and said, "What is learning, what is learning, what kind of knowledge can be talked about if it cannot be used by the country and used by the people." For example, Li Yu is just good at writing a few small orders, fragrant and low, but this way, drunk to pick up the lamp to see the sword, dream back to blow the horn company camp. Eight hundred miles under the command, fifty strings turned over the outside sound. Autumn soldiers on the battlefield. The horse-made Lu was fast, and the bow was like a thunderbolt. But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. Poor white happens. ”

Li Yu lowered his head, not only Zhao Kuangyin was humiliated at this time, but there was an even greater humiliation, and he was named a disobedient candidate. Zhang Xun, Xu Xuan and others disagreed, is Xiaoling, it is sung, it must be tactful, is this Xiaoling? How to sing?

But thinking that Zhao Kuangyin was born as a soldier, it is normal to like it, and he dare not distinguish it. I also have to admit that Song Jiu has achieved the ultimate in "small way" learning.

Zhao Kuangyin continued: "Why didn't Song Qing do it? ”

"The poetry of the pun style is not the strength of Weichen, and he studies the physicology, where can he still have the ability to do it?"

Zhao Kuangyin was very satisfied with Song Jiu's answer: "Qing has merit, I remember it in my heart, you go down." ”

He continued to glance at the Southern Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers, and said: "There are many talented people among the princes, I hope that the Qing is loyal to me, and I also hope that the Qing will use his knowledge to the country and the people, instead of bewitching the king to be greedy for pleasure and even mislead the country." ”

Song Jiu sighed in his heart, yes, Zhao Da didn't do a good job in some places, but as an emperor, he was at least ten times better than Li Yu! (To be continued......)