Cheerful times always go by quickly.

An hour passed in the cup change, Cuiying and Xiang Tianqi helped clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and He Sheng and Ah Lie sat on the kang in the hall and listened to the two old men chatting, and exchanged a few words from time to time.

Xiaobao and Xiao Zeye were full and played around in the house. Although the two of them are several years apart, they can play together. After a while, the faces of the two of them were red, and there was still a little sweat on their heads.

And grandma let them rest and sweat, otherwise this cold and hot is very easy to typhoid fever.

After packing up their things, Xiang Tianqi, who was carrying an iron kettle full of water, walked in.

The iron kettle was specially bought by Xiang Tianqi when he came back this time. In this era of cold weapons, the management of iron products is very strict, and the iron products purchased by each household must be recorded, and if there are large quantities of purchases, they also need to be audited, in case someone uses them to do something illegal.

Although Xiang Tianqi regarded the iron-making technology of this era as very ordinary, and he was a little scornful of their cautious approach, the superior people valued it very much, after all, with enough weapons and people, it was possible to form an army and fight.

And Xiang Tianqi can't look down on it, it doesn't mean that others can't look down on it either.

So Xiang Tianqi went to the blacksmith shop to buy an iron kettle for boiling water, and was asked by the blacksmith at that time.

By the way, this blacksmith shop is not just a casual one.

This is different from a strong carpenter, as long as you have a carpenter shop and think that your skills are good, and you have money to spare, then you can open a few if you want to, and no one cares. But a blacksmith shop is not as simple as having the money and skills to open it.

First of all, your skills can not be taught by any person, but only by a master who has a certificate of professor issued by the government, just like the current teacher certificate. After all, if this iron-striking technology is spread out and used for bad purposes, the consequences will be very serious.

And the law of Daliang is also very serious for the punishment of this kind of thing, once it happens, the master who teaches the technique will also be affected, and even the nine clans will be affected.

Therefore, the industry of striking iron is very strict in the selection of apprentices, and generally speaking, it is passed down from generation to generation in the family, after all, no one will harm their own family. Only in rare cases will outsiders be accepted.

In addition, if you want to open a blacksmith shop after leaving the school, you also need to go to the official office to register and record, and you can only have a certificate issued by the official office, which is similar to the current business license.

Of course, interpersonal relationships are indispensable in any dynasty, needless to say, everyone knows that the so-called people are easy to do things.

So you go and see, most of the blacksmith shops will have markings, and if you see the same markings, you will know that those blacksmith shops are the same.

And because of the particularity of ironmaking, iron products are very expensive! Therefore, most people do not have any extra iron products except for what they need.

Of course, the imperial court will not be unscrupulous to such a point, considering that the people have to afford it, the price of each household is only a little less hard money on the basis of the cost when buying for the first time, so as to reduce the burden of the people, and the court will not lose money.

But if it's the second purchase, it's not that price, go according to the market price. However, if it is damaged and cannot be used, you can buy it again and exchange it for the old one, which can be used to offset some of the money.

With these regulations, the people can accept a little bit, after all, it is so expensive, although it is said that iron products are not easy to break, but there will always be a day when they cannot be used. The court really thought about them, so the people were very happy with the implementation of this policy, and they were very grateful to the court, so they supported the ruler at that time.

Speaking of this, I have to mention the largest blacksmith shop operator in Liang Kingdom, which is naturally the royal family. How can such a way to make money and control sharp weapons fall into the hands of others.

Therefore, although there are some private blacksmith shops in the market, only a small number of them, and most of them still rely on the royal family.

It is said that the royal family of Liang did not have a blacksmith shop at the beginning, until the sworn brother of the founding emperor, Baili Zhong, dedicated his family's iron-making skills.

It is actually a bit inaccurate to say that it was sacrificed, because at that time, several sworn brothers of the founding emperor had a fateful friendship, and when Bailizhong made this decision, it was for his brothers and for the country.

Naturally, throughout history, the founding emperor did not have one or two sworn brothers, or brothers or supporters who were not sworn but better than brothers.

It's just that kings have always been suspicious, so many times it is the end of rabbits and dead dogs.

It's just that the founding emperor of Daliang changed this law.

The brothers were originally young friends, and later experienced life and death together, and the love during the period is needless to say. And the founding emperor of Liang was a person of love and righteousness, so the situation of rabbits and dead dogs cooking and birds hiding all bows did not appear between them.

Since the overthrow of the rule of the previous dynasty by the Liang State, the country that experienced a great war at the beginning of the founding of the country was in ruins, and at this time, several people who were righteous and married to Jinlan did their best to help their eldest brother, and also sincerely helped the country they fought down with their own hands.

Later, the Baili family, who mastered the art of ironmaking, handed over the skills that their family lived for to the emperor at that time.

When he heard his brother say this, Emperor Zongzheng looked at the other side and he had gone through the wind and rain, but he had lived up to the appearance of a young man back then, but he was still as firm as before, and when he followed it firmly, Emperor Zongzheng's eyes were red, and he opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he just stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder.

As an emperor, he didn't know how much convenience it would bring to having these, but this was the foundation of his brother, and he couldn't do that kind of thing that violated his conscience.

And he knew he would not betray him.

I just didn't expect him to say it personally. And he knew that once he said it, he wouldn't take it back, and that's how he made his decision, and no one could persuade him to change.

knew his character, knew his intentions, knew his feelings, and knew the current situation, so he accepted it.

The priest was established, but he appointed a member of the Baili family as the director.

After accepting the head of the priesthood, Baili Zhong did his best to serve the country, and selected people who were capable and loyal to his family and country to cultivate. And suggested to Emperor Zongzheng that a law and regulations should be formulated according to the situation at that time, after all, a family is not the same as a country. And most of these laws were conceived by Bailizhong.

Later, when the priest was on the right track, although Baili Zhong did not remove the position of the director, he did not interfere much in the affairs of the priest, and only appeared when major events occurred, and then he was at ease to be an idler in the court.

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Later, there were these things that Xiang Tianqi sees now.

At first, Xiang Tianqi didn't know about these, and it was strange that he was just going to buy a kettle for boiling water, but when he came back, he complained to his grandmother, and then he learned from them that there was such a twist and turn.

Grandma's house also has the kind of stove they use in Hutchison, and they have already made it this afternoon, so just put the iron kettle full of water on it and just wait for the water to boil.

Every moment when the fire was blazing, I heard the sound of gurgling water, which was the water boiling.

Before Xiang Tianqi and the others, he got up and picked up the pot, put the tea they brought back this time in the teapot, and poured the water into it.

Ordinary people in the countryside can't even afford to eat, how can they have spare money to buy tea to drink, so naturally there is not so much leisure to study how to drink tea and how to make tea, so they don't pay so much attention to just rough brewing and start drinking.

After all, it tastes better than plain water.

When the boiling water is poured into the teapot and touches the tea leaves, the overflowing aroma suddenly fills the whole room. It makes people shake all over their bodies, feel clear-headed and refreshed.

"Well, fragrant, the water that makes tea is different."

And the patriarch poured a cup for his eldest brother, and then poured another cup for himself.

He Sheng took the teapot and poured a cup for each of the juniors, and the pot of tea was almost at the bottom, so he poured some water into it. Xiaobao and Xiao Zeye were too young to drink tea, so they poured a glass of sugar water for each of them.

"Drink more incense, and come back this time to bring you and your godfather back with a pound of tea. You don't need to save it, we're buying it after drinking. ”

Xiang Tianqi blew the tea leaves floating on the surface of the water and said to the patriarch.

"Haha, that's a good idea. In the future, your godfather and I will go out with a teapot, and we will live a comfortable life like the old lady of the rich family. ”

After saying this, everyone in the room burst out laughing, remembering that scene...... Holding a teapot and humming a little tune, well, it's really a bit interesting.

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A few people were talking and laughing in the house, and before they knew it, it was late at night.

"Look, it's late at night when we're chatting, and these two kids are so sleepy that they can't open their eyes."

Or with the patriarch found that Xiaobao and Xiao Zeye were nested on the side, these two babies sat next to each other, because they were too sleepy, their heads were little by little, and the room was not hot and would not freeze, so the two of them fell asleep like this. But a few of them are still in good spirits.

"Okay, I should go back too, it's not early, you can go to bed early. It's not too late for us to talk tomorrow. ”

looked at the two children, it was indeed not early, and besides, they were not far away, so they couldn't see each other this time, so a few people laughed and left.

He Sheng didn't wake up Xiao Zeye, and with the help of Ale, he carried him on his back, and just carried him home.

Xiaobao followed and rested with his grandmother, so he put Xiaobao aside, made the bed with his grandmother, took off his clothes in Xiaobao's daze, put people in the quilt, and covered the quilt. Then tuck the clothes off between the two layers of quilts, so that not only can you keep warm, but also the clothes will not be too cold when you wake up in the morning.

Then he and his grandmother settled Xiaobao and cleaned up the hall, Xiang Tianqi and the others went back to their own house, cleaned up and went to sleep.