"Second uncle, I don't believe that you haven't bought horses from the Khitans in the past two years?" Wang Ze said with a look of disbelief, "No matter how tight you are in the past few years, you should have forty or fifty thousand war horses in your hands, plus there are many wastelands along the coast of Weihai County where war horses can be raised!" ”

In the past, when there were three large camps in Muping, Weihai and Chengshan in Changguang County, there were many hillside lands and barren lands along the coast that could not be cultivated, so they were used to graze war horses, cattle and sheep, which was also a good choice, and Wang Ze was also very clear about this.

Seeing that Wang Ze was very clear, Cheng Chong smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, it's not that there are no war horses, we still have thirty or forty thousand war horses in Sanqi, but if we start a war with the Qi army, it won't be enough!"

There is no way, at the beginning of the past two years, because of the more than two million people in the six counties of Qidong, a lot of money and grain were used to settle these people, and at that time we couldn't care about buying war horses, and now we have money, but the Khitan, Xi and Turks are going to war with Northern Qi again, and they don't sell it again! ”

Seeing that Wang Ze was still reluctant to agree, Cheng Chong hurriedly said: "This big man, you must know that although the uncle has thirty or forty thousand horses in his hands, nearly half of them are flat horses that are not suitable for war horses, so I want to get some from you, and it is really okay to give 20,000!" ”

Wang Ze actually really didn't want to agree, after all, the war horses needed to fight against Goguryeo in the future were not a small amount.

However, seeing the second uncle's request like this, I thought that my father spared no effort to support him in opening up the East China Sea, and in order to make himself king, he was reluctant to come to the East China Sea for a while, even if he came once, he quickly returned to Sanqi, and every time he moved the people, he did his best.

Now that Daddy Wang Yong is in his forties, Second Uncle Cheng and Third Uncle Zhu are no longer young, there is not much time to make a contribution. The war horse has lost something, and he can slowly cultivate it in the future.

Looking at Cheng Chong's longing eyes, Wang Ze smiled and agreed: "Okay, okay, second uncle, I was joking just now, I'll give you 30,000 war horses, if it's not enough, come to me again, and how many weapons you want from the weapons produced by the various military workshops in the East China Sea!" ”

"Okay, you stinky boy, you pretended to be so similar just now!" Cheng Chong was first surprised and then delighted by Wang Ze's generosity, and praised in his mouth, "Not bad, I know that you kid won't be too stingy, isn't it just tens of thousands of war horses, it's a piece of cake for you!" ”

Wang Ze was almost made to vomit blood by Cheng Chong's words, tens of thousands of war horses also need at least four or five years to cultivate, if you buy it from the Khitan, the price will be even higher, because of the continuous trade from the East China Sea over the years, the appetite of the Khitan people is getting bigger and bigger.

"Now we need a lot of weapons to expand our army, I need weapons to arm 100,000 people, can you provide them?" After Cheng Chong finished being happy, he asked Wang Ze again, after all, the equipment of 100,000 people is not a small number, and it is understandable that he doubts the output of the arsenal in the East China Sea.

Wang Ze knew that this was because Cheng Chong thought that he was deliberately playing him angry just now, so he laughed and said: "Second uncle, don't worry, since there are iron mines on both sides of the Tongjiang River, we have no problem with open use, and the equipment of 100,000 people will be sent to Jiaozhou Port next month!" ”

I have to say that the land of Beji is a heaven-sent treasure land, since the discovery of those big iron mines along the Tongjiang River, Wang Ze has enough confidence to speak, especially after Cao Blacksmith came back and Cao Lei was in charge of the affairs of Sword Casting City at the same time, Donghai no longer had to worry about the lack of iron.

That's not all, in order to meet the increasing amount of iron in various parts of the East China Sea, Cao Blacksmith and Cao Lei also upgraded the small blast furnace when they were in Changguang County, and now the iron output of the entire East China Sea is at least thousands of tons a year, and this number continues to increase.

In ancient times, when there was everything with steel, such a huge steel production could not but bring a considerable sense of security to the people of the East China Sea, with which they could make horse slashing swords, heavy iron armor with superior protection, and any steel products.

Therefore, when Cheng Chong heard Wang Ze's statement, he patted Wang Ze's shoulder very happily and said: "Yes, yes, our old Cheng didn't misunderstand your eldest man, you are busy here, I'll go and see the snow geese, why haven't you come here yet!" ”

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, just when Cheng Chong complained that the two girls didn't want to meet him, Cheng Xueyan and Zhu Qingqing walked in happily and happily, and both of them were already graceful and luxurious ladies in two years, Cheng Xueyan was more calm, but Zhu Qingqing still had some youthful energy.

To be honest, Cheng Chong hasn't seen his second daughter much in recent years, and he still misses it very much, but when he saw that Cheng Xueyan and Zhu Qingqing were still very flat in their bellies, his face became embarrassed.

The two daughters married Wang Ze in the past two years, and none of them had children, not even one of them was pregnant, which made Cheng Chong extremely worried, after all, since ancient times, only the concubines who gave birth to children to the king can keep their status! 51 beautiful

Otherwise, no matter how good the relationship was before, there would be some accidents with the loss of time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no guesses with Chen Ajiao, and even made a promise of 'Jinwu Zangjiao', but in the end he fell under the beauty of Wei Zifu.

Therefore, Cheng Chong was very worried about the future of the two daughters, for fear that he would be abandoned by Wang Ze in the future, so he whispered to Cheng Xueyan: "Why hasn't there been any movement in the past two years?" Have you seen it with a doctor? ”

Cheng Xueyan was stunned for a moment at first for such a question, and then she understood, and suddenly her face turned red and she couldn't speak for a long time, but she still calmed down and said to her father: "Da Lang said that you can have children after detoxification in the past two years!" ”

"What detox?" Cheng Chong was very puzzled, at this time Wang Ze also came over and grabbed the hands of Cheng Xueyan and Zhu Qingqing, although Cheng Chong thought his voice was very low just now, but his loud voice was still heard clearly by Wang Ze in such a quiet room.

"Second uncle, don't be in a hurry to listen to me!" Wang Ze took the hands of the two women and said to Cheng Chong, "I didn't pay attention to it before, Xue Yan and Qingqing are using lead powder in makeup, these two things are very harmful to both the two of them and their heirs, so I let them drink the detoxification decoction for the past two years, and now the time is almost the same, and I will definitely let you rest assured when I wait until next year!" ”

When Wang Ze and the two daughters got married, they learned that the cosmetics they had been using were processed after being fired with lead, so Wang Ze immediately resolutely demanded that these cosmetics no longer be used, and at the same time resolutely banned all lead cosmetics in the East China Sea.

Otherwise, according to the amount of heavy metal lead contained in cosmetics at this time, I am afraid that it will not take a few years for the two women to lose their fragrance.

According to the archaeological excavations of later generations, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties until the Sui and Tang dynasties, the average age of royal and noble women in this period was not very old, and most of the bodies were heavy metals lead and mercury seriously exceeded.

In ancient times, there was a word called 'wash away the lead', which means that lead was an important raw material for making cosmetics in ancient times, and the lip paper that dyed the lips also contained a lot of cinnabar and impatiens raw materials, which were extremely harmful to the body.

Fortunately, when Wang Ze found out, the cosmetics used by the two girls were not too long, in order to detoxify the two women, Wang Ze went to find the old fairy Liu Qing again, and prescribed a detoxification prescription for the two girls, and they have been drinking for two years, not only the body has recovered a lot, but also the skin has become much better without makeup.

This is also why the two daughters are willing to accept this way of detoxification, in fact, detoxification itself is a kind of whitening, of course, for the health of future children, Wang Ze discussed with the two daughters at that time, and waited for two years before having children, but in order to prevent the elders from interfering, this was concealed.

Hearing Wang Ze's explanation, Cheng Chong knew the cause and effect of the matter, so he said angrily: "You kid, don't explain such a big thing to us well, if your mother wants to hold her grandson as soon as possible, won't she have to stuff you with a few women!" ”

In the face of Cheng Chong's reproach, Wang Ze is also very apologetic, after all, in ancient times, heirs were very important, especially for a country, if there is no suitable successor, it is easy to cause turmoil in the country, these are not only Wang Ze's family cares, even the minister is also very concerned.

In addition, Wang Ze also figured it out, that is, because Cheng Chong and Zhu Rui have special status, and they have extremely special roles in the army and the government, so no one has come out to make trouble because Zhu Qingqing and Cheng Xueyan have not had children in the past two years.

However, now that there are more and more officials from the East and abroad, if you wait a few more years and have no descendants, I am afraid that there will be some villains who will ask Wang Ze to accept concubines and open a harem under the banner of consolidating the country, which is why Wang Ze apologizes.

Although Cheng Chong was very dissatisfied with Wang Ze's concealment of this matter, he still gently let go of the matter after getting Wang Ze's assurance, after all, Wang Ze was already the king of a country, even if he was an elder, it was not good to stare at this matter all day long.

So Cheng Chong said to Wang Ze: "Then Da Lang, I'll go and see how Bo Fu and Cheng Hu are doing now, the two of them got married later than you, but the children will crawl all over the ground!" Don't be too far behind! He laughed and was about to go out.

"Second uncle, call Brother Bo Fu and Cheng Hu to bring their families to eat together at night! Let's have a family feast! Wang Ze shouted at Cheng Chong's distant back, and Cheng Chong waved his hand without looking back, followed by a "I know, you make more meals!" ”

Watching Cheng Chong's figure disappear at the gate of the palace, Wang Zexiao looked at Cheng Xueyan and Zhu Qingqing, who were flushed, and said: "Two sisters, the second uncle is now starting to worry about us, and no one will come here when you look at it, or let's start making people now!" That's a daunting task! ”

"Phew, just thinking about some mess!" Cheng Xueyan and Zhu Qingqing's faces turned red all of a sudden! Wang Ze actually wanted to come to this tiger's den, but after all, the two of them have been wives for nearly two years, although they were very shy when they heard Wang Ze say this, but looking around the quiet tiger's den, they were still a little cautious!