Zhao Hanzhang looked at the time and went straight back to Zhao's house.

Fu Tinghan really arrived first, and the family was waiting for her in the dining room.

Wang Shizheng was happy, and when he saw her, he said angrily: "You are really, you are so busy, you don't even have time to go home for a meal." ”

Strange and distressed, he asked, "Can you have refreshments in the morning?" ”

Seeing Zhao Hanzhang shaking his head, he immediately turned his head and told Qinggu to call the kitchen to serve food.

Zhao Hanzhang sat next to Fu Tinghan and asked him, "How long have you been here?" ”

Fu Tinghan: "I just arrived. ”

"He's been waiting for you for half an hour," Wang asked, "Can your yamen still be able to rest, you just got married, and you are so busy during the New Year?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang: "After this year, I won't be busy." ”

"You say that every time, do the math, how many years has our family not spent the New Year in one place?"

Zhao Hanzhang: "We can definitely spend it together this year." ”

Zhao Hanzhang invited her: "This year, we are celebrating the New Year in the palace, a large group of people, very lively, doesn't A-Niang like to be lively?" It's fun then. ”

Wang was a little nervous, "Do I want to enter the palace too?" ”

"Come in, don't worry, just sit next to Erlang, close to me, we will take care of you, and no one in the palace dares to bully you."

Zhao Erlang patted his chest and promised, "I will definitely protect A-Niang." ”

Only then did Zhao Hanzhang remember and ask, "Erlang, did you see one when you searched the palace before...... Something like a big copper ball in a hollow outwork? ”

Zhao Erlang shook his head directly, "My brother-in-law asked me just now, I haven't seen a big copper ball." ”

Zhao Hanzhang regretted, turned his head and said to Fu Tinghan: "It's okay, I'll go back and look in the court to see if there will be an artificial armillary sphere, and I will make one for you when the time comes." ”

"But the observatory is damaged, I took a look around today, or the location of the observatory is the best, I will go back and ask the Ministry of Industry to look at the quotation for reconstruction, if the treasury can squeeze out the money, it will be built for you next year."

Wang was puzzled, "What is the purpose of building a stargazing platform?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang: "Look at the stars." ”

Wang hesitated, "Isn't this okay?" Doesn't it mean that the treasury is tight now? Just to build a stargazing platform to see the stars? ”

Zhao Hanzhang explained: "Stargazing is to predict the weather, this year's drought in Youzhou and Jizhou, in fact, the central Qin Tianjian has predicted, but unfortunately the imperial court's control over the local area is not strong, and it has not been able to prepare for the disaster in time, even though the imperial court has notified the states to prepare for disaster prevention, but each place has its own policy, not only the drought can not be suppressed, but also caused a large locust plague later. ”

"After the fall of Yuncheng, the court officials were gone, and the officials of Qin Tianjian ......" Zhao Hanzhang said bitterly: "None of them came back." ”

She is really sad, these are all technical talents, and it takes a long time and material resources to train one.

"In order to prevent natural disasters, the Qintianjian must be rebuilt, and now I have a great talent, even if it is only for the weather, the stargazing observatory has to be built." Not to mention the almanacs.

To write a good almanac, the stargazing platform is also a must.

Only then did Wang understand, she thought for a while and said, "Why don't I give you some?" ”

Seeing them worrying about money every day, the Wang family is not as selfless as the country, but he can't bear the children to be so embarrassed.

Zhao Hanzhang refused, and said with a smile: "A-Niang, keep your money, if I and Erlang's family are short of money in the future, we will definitely come to ask you for help, but the affairs of the treasury should be handed over to the officials of the court." ”

Wang's little money, I'm afraid that he can't afford to build half of the stargazing platform if he hollows out his family's funds.

After eating, the Wang family pulled Zhao Hanzhang and talked for a while, telling them to go back to Fu Mansion to accompany Princess Hongnong and Fu Xuan to have dinner at night, and then let them leave.

Zhao Erlang has nothing to do in the past two days, most of the officials in the county government have taken a break, he is idle, he is sleepy after eating, he is lying on the bed dozing, suddenly jumped up, put on his clothes and ran out.

Lu Hu was startled and hurriedly caught up, "Erlang, Erlang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhao Erlang pedaled and ran away, "I seem to know where the big copper ball is?" ”

Zhao Erlang rode on his horse and ran, and ran to Beigong Chun's mansion in the capital.

Although Beigong Chunren was not in Luoyang, there were more than a dozen disabled soldiers left at home, and he asked them to cultivate his fields and live in his mansion.

These disabled veterans not only farmed, but also dug up his family's flower beds to grow vegetables, planted wheat, and had a paste, and directly diverted water to open a few paddy fields next to it.

There is no tax on the things in this garden, so they can live on these alone, and with the fields outside the city, they still have a small surplus in two years.

This year, because Zhao Hanzhang encouraged marriage, they pooled a sum of money and married daughters-in-law to the two youngest, one of them was missing a hand and the other was missing a leg.

It's hard to talk about a daughter-in-law.

But they are wounded soldiers who have been retired, Zhao Hanzhang has an order, and the wounded soldiers are retired, and they are exempt from labor and taxes, and they can also benefit their families, so although they are disabled, they can still find daughters-in-law, especially widows, which are very popular.

They also love widows, especially those who have given birth.

Zhao Erlang ran to Beigong Chun's house and began to knock on the door, a veteran limped over to open the door, only opened a slit, the original fierce look was stunned after seeing Zhao Erlang, and then the flesh on his face was squeezed away, revealing an ugly smile, and he had a scar on his face.

But Zhao Erlang didn't mind, he felt the kindness of the veteran, so he leaned on the crack he opened and looked in, "Brother, did General Huang pull a big copper lump at home?" ”

The veteran opened the door, "What is the little general looking for a big copper bump?" ”

"That should have come out of the palace, my sister is useful, I vaguely remember that General Huang came to Luoyang later, and sneaked into the palace with me to look for something, and he seemed to have found a big copper bump."

The veteran thought about it, but still let Zhao Erlang in, and then led him limping to the courtyard, "Yes, yes, but without the general's warrant, I can't give it to you easily." ”

He led Zhao Erlang to the back and pushed open a warehouse door, which was piled up with a lot of miscellaneous items, and in one of the corners was a copper body that was nearly as high as a house, deflated a lot, and almost turned into a ball.

I don't know what it was struck by, and it was damaged on all sides, but it could be roughly seen that it was a circle.

Zhao Erlang said excitedly: "Yes, yes, that's it, that's it, I remember, General Huang secretly transported things outside the palace, but I still saw it, I thought he was moving the sculpture." ”

The veteran smiled: "This is copper, it's precious." ”

Zhao Erlang said with a straight face: "My sister is going to do something big with it, you tell General Huang, and I will come and pull it away tomorrow." ”

The veteran immediately waved his hand and refused, "That's not good, we have to get the consent of our general, if the little general can wait, wait for me to write to the general." ”

Good night

(End of chapter)