The exploits of opening up the territory spread, and the lyrics of "Qingyu Case: Yuan Xi" also quickly spread throughout Bianliang City with Wu Zhi's name, and for a time there was no other in the limelight, Wu Zhi's fame and literary brilliance were once again famous in the capital, and everyone was vying to praise and sing.

But what made all the literati and ink writers in the capital sigh was that Liu Susu, the top courtesan of Alum Lou, who composed music and sang the words "Qingyu Case, Yuan Xi", was like a flash in the pan after becoming famous, and suddenly faded out of everyone's field of vision, and disappeared overnight.

Wu Zhi rarely pays attention to these so-called romantic affairs on weekdays, he only knows that the plaque in front of his house should be replaced.

When the plaque of "Qinghe County Founding County Mansion" written by Zhao Xu was hung high, the entire mansion was jubilant, and everyone was happy that the Hou Mansion had become the founding county mansion. Wu Xiu and Feng Niang were even more ecstatic, and they didn't know how many times they had gone to the martial family hall to pay tribute to their ancestors.

As the saying goes, no one asks about the poor in the downtown area, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.

Since Wu Zhi and the others moved into the Hou Mansion, the number of officials who wanted to visit him every day began to increase, especially after the Hou Mansion became the Founding County Mansion, there was an endless stream of officials who wanted to post and visit him every day. At the beginning, Wu Zhi could still receive one or two, but later he was really annoyed and tired of socializing, so he simply closed the door to thank customers. Except for acquaintances, they don't accept irrelevant people, etc., which makes everyone complain, but Wu Zhi doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

The Firearms Bureau began to manufacture bamboo grenades one after another, and Wu Zhi tried it and found that the explosion effect was not bad, so after submitting it to the imperial court for approval, he began to successively install the new army and conduct live-fire training. In addition to the officers and men of the former Red Guard Battalion, the officers and men of the Huaxia Army also felt novel and puzzled when they saw the bamboo grenade for the first time. But after the live-fire training, everyone couldn't help but be stunned by the explosive power of the bamboo grenade, and everyone was terrified until they got used to it.

Craftsmen from the Firearms Bureau found that some bamboo grenades were replaced with small clay pots or small iron cans, filled with new gunpowder, and after explosion tests, it was found that the explosion effect was more violent than that of bamboo grenades. As a result, the Firearms Bureau began to develop clay pot grenades and tin can grenades, and also improved the gunpowder leads. Small clay pots can be fired, while small iron pots can be made by pouring molten iron through molds.

When Wu Zhi got the clay pot grenade and the tin can grenade, he couldn't help but feel a little trance: Isn't this the simple version of the grenade in the later life?

Due to the better sealing of clay pot grenades and iron can grenades, the ceramic and iron pieces that explode can also injure people, which are much more powerful than bamboo grenades, and some more poisonous things can be added to them, such as anesthetic and the like, which will be more powerful when used to kill enemies on the battlefield.

Wu Zhi was quite happy in his heart, so he decisively ordered that bamboo grenades should only be provided to the Huaxia Army for live-fire training, and reduce the production of bamboo grenades, and mass-produce clay pot grenades and iron can grenades.

Wu Zhi made improvements to the shape of the small clay pot and the small iron pot respectively, in addition to the round pot shape (grenade), he also added the handle type (grenade), that is, the handle that can be held on the round pot, the small clay pot is connected to the body of the pot to fire a clay handle that can be held by one hand, and the small iron pot is changed to a cylindrical shape, which can be directly connected to the wooden handle, so as to facilitate throwing, which one is suitable for hand.

At the same time, he asked the Firearms Bureau to further improve the ignition lead, hoping to make it a waterproof and moisture-proof easy-pull lead, and together with the detonation of the detonating gunpowder, it can ensure that the grenade (grenade) can explode on any occasion and will not be dumbfounded. And a reward of 10,000 yuan was offered to encourage everyone to conduct research and development.

Under the heavy reward, the craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau were enthusiastic, and they all used their brains to devote themselves to the research and development of easy-pull gunpowder leads and detonating gunpowder.

Wu Zhi knows the principle of friction fire and impact detonation, but he can't do it himself, he only provides everyone with an idea, that is, friction fire relies on refined saltpeter (potassium nitrate), red phosphorus and sulfur, and impact detonation relies on mercury thunderate. The preparation of mercury thunderate requires three raw materials: nitric acid, alcohol and mercury. The most convenient way to produce nitric acid is sulfuric acid + saltpeter, and sulfuric acid can be prepared by passing the tail gas of the ironmaking plant into water dissolved in excess air, or directly burning sulfur

Sulfuric acid can be prepared by passing the gas after burning sulfur into water dissolved in excess air. And he can provide alcohol himself, but not for free, he has to sign a supply agreement with the imperial court. Military alcohol, he only distilled it from inferior liquor. As for mercury, it is in the hands of various alchemists, and the raw materials are not a problem.

After Wu Zhi explained these ideas in detail to the craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau, it was up to them to tinker. As for whether he can do it, Wu Zhi doesn't have much hope in his heart.

A lot of things are going in a good direction, and Take-sik begins a life of five-point wheel turning.

In addition to going to the morning court every day, he went to the yamen in front of the palace every day, went to the measurement department to ask about the progress of the work of paving the land into the mu, went to the Huaxia Army camp and the mixed brigade camp to check the results of the new army's training, and then meditated and practiced boxing in the Kaiguo County Mansion, and then accompanied Jin Lian, Xiao'e, Su Su and Tianjiao to chat and relax. As soon as they were interested, Wu Zhi sometimes went on to tell them some ghost stories. The series of stories that talk about strange things can often make them tremble, and they wear them into Wu Zhi's arms, and over time, they begin to suspect Wu Zhi's motives, he simply wants to see their jokes and ugliness!

Wu Zhi's series of stories written under the pseudonym of "Pu Songling" in Qiushi Weekly has been serialized for several issues, updating dozens of poignant stories of ghosts, monsters and foxes, and the response is very strong, and everyone began to remember the person "Pu Songling" and bowed and worshipped.

It is said that Pan Wei took office in Yanggu County, and after he took office, he remembered what Wu Zhi said to him, first of all, he firmly grasped the financial and personnel rights of Yanggu County in his own hands, rectified the county government, adjusted some important posts, and controlled the entire Yanggu County government at once, and established his own authority.

Then Pan Wei spent a few months, followed by Wang Er, in a carriage, and the two traveled almost all over Yanggu County, conducting on-the-spot investigation and research to understand the people's feelings and opinions. Then, based on the first-hand materials obtained from the investigation and visits, he formulated some effective measures to pay attention to the people's livelihood and develop the economy, such as setting up private schools, building water conservancy, dredging rivers, increasing the number of docks for berthing and cargo, encouraging the common people to reclaim land for farming, and encouraging business, which immediately revitalized the entire Yanggu County and promoted the economic development of Yanggu County.

At the same time, he also strengthened the crackdown on bandits and road tyrants, rectified the rule of officials, and clarified the rule of law and the environment of rule of man in Yanggu County. Then, he put down his posture and convened all the businessmen in Yanggu County, including the pharmaceutical merchant Ximenda, to exchange and talk, improve the relationship between the government and the businessmen, and optimize the investment and business environment in Yanggu County.

Gradually, the social security environment of Yanggu County is getting better and better, the economic development is becoming smoother and faster, the surrounding county is becoming more and more prosperous, the tax revenue of the county government is also constantly increasing, the cultivated land is becoming more and more, the population is also increasing, and the people's life is getting better and better. Moreover, Pan Wei also listened to Wu Zhi's advice, actively improved the relationship with his superiors, and sent some gifts to the Yunzhou Governor and the general judge from time to time during the New Year's holidays, and contacted and contacted the feelings.

In more than a year, Yanggu County has undergone earth-shaking changes in the hands of Pan Wei, the situation is gratifying, Yanggu County has become a model county of Dongping Mansion on East and West Road in Beijing, and the county lord Pan Wei is also deeply supported and loved by the people of Yanggu County, Yang Zengrui, the governor of Yunzhou, praised him heavily, and his political performance was rated as excellent, and his political achievements were reported to the imperial court, and the officials began to pay attention to Pan Wei, a small county magistrate of Yanggu County.

Pan Wei also remembered Wu Zhi's words, insisted on practicing martial arts and boxing every day, and his physical fitness became better and better, stronger and stronger, energetic, and always maintained a high-spirited state at work.

He still remembered that Wu Zhi said to pay attention to the tigers on the mountain, so he asked someone around, and sure enough, sixteen miles east of Yanggu County, he found a mountain mausoleum called Jingyanggang, which covers an extremely wide area, the forest is deep and the trees are thick, overgrown with weeds, and there are often big insects that infest and hurt people. Therefore, after sighing that Wu Zhi could have a foresight, Pan Wei ordered the officials to set up a lot of warning signs around the foot of Jingyang Gangshan Mountain, warning and reminding pedestrians to pay attention to precautions, thus greatly reducing the incident of tiger infestation and injuring people, so that the people praised each other.

In the first month of the fifth year of Shaosheng (that is, the first year of Yuanfu), Pan Wei returned to Qinghe County, Enzhou on vacation, and found his home

The sister has moved to the capital to live with Wu Zhi, and she is overjoyed, and she is deeply happy that Jin Lian can marry Wu Zhi.

Since October of the first year of Yuan Fu, after the outbreak of the war between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, Pan Wei has also been paying attention to the trend of the war, when at the end of December, Wu Zhi led the Red Guard Battalion to the northwest to build miraculous feats and was named the founding marquis of Qinghe County, and was promoted to the second rank of the palace commander and concurrently served as the third rank of the power of the military department Shangshu when the news reached Yanggu County, Pan Wei couldn't help but be stunned, completely shocked. He has always been very optimistic about Wu Zhi, and feels that Wu Zhi will definitely be able to make great achievements in the future, but he never thought that Wu Zhi could be promoted so quickly in less than two years, and he completed a career that others may not be able to achieve in a lifetime in such a short time, which is indeed beyond imagination and incredible. In addition to being amazed, Pan Wei was really happy for Wu Zhi, and he was also happy for his sister-in-law, and even more admired for his sister-in-law's unique vision to find such an extraordinary husband.

By the beginning of May of the second year of Yuanfu, the spread of the land into the mu began to be implemented in Yanggu County. When Pan Wei heard that Wu Zhi was the envoy of the Measurement Division, and after inquiry, he learned that Wu Zhi was now the founding county prince, the commander of the front division of the palace and the signing of the Privy Council, and he was really a member of the second-grade imperial court, he was even more stunned. The speed at which Wu Zhi was promoted far exceeded his imagination, which was really incredible. At the same time, in addition to being impressed, he keenly sniffed out that there must be Wu Zhi's handwriting in the "Spreading Ding into the Mu", so he actively worked hard to cooperate with the officials of the Measurement Department and the forbidden army, so that the land measurement and field settlement work in Yanggu County was carried out very smoothly, and the county's fields increased by nearly 500,000 mu at once, and the field endowment will increase by 50,000 yuan per year! Pan Wei's active cooperation was well received by the officials of the Measurement Division, so his political achievements were also written into the recital and presented to the imperial court.

Pan Wei's proud political achievements are "excellent" in the annual Quanxu, which has received special attention from the imperial court, and Zhao Xu also began to remember the name "Pan Wei" and put him on the list of candidates for promotion.

So, in the election of Quanquan in July of the second year of Yuanfu, under the care of Wu Zhi and many others, the officials promoted Pan Wei to the county order of Zhengqipin in Songcheng County, Tianfu, and promoted him to three levels.