In July, the sun is blazing, the heat is scorching, and the weather begins to become more unbearable. A variety of chilled fruit cold drinks developed by Wu Zhi, Jin Lian and others have become a cool delicacy loved by everyone in the Kaiguo County Mansion.

Every day, Jin Lian and Xiao'e will follow what they learned from Da Lang's brother, and make all kinds of cold drinks in the kitchen, and they are very happy. Fortunately, the water used for production is cold boiled water, because Wu Zhi specially emphasized the use of cold boiled water in advance, so no one in the house had a bad stomach. The brothers Liu Gang and Liu Zhi were also addicted to such a delicious cold drink at first glance, and they had a happy time in the Kaiguo County Mansion.

Tianjiao is ingenious, and the cold drinks she makes are even better and tastier, but she rarely comes to the kitchen to participate, leaving the opportunity to Jin Lian and Xiao'e, and she focuses on assisting Wu Xiu and Feng Niang in making the champion series of wines.

This season is a critical period for the imperial court officials to evaluate the merits and losses of officials, and to select the best and eliminate the inferior. Wu Juhou, the left servant of the household department, was promoted to the secretary of the household department because of his outstanding achievements in the trial implementation of "paving into the mu", and also served as the deputy envoy of the measurement department, and continued to grasp the matter of "paving the ding into the mu". General Xu was promoted to Zhongshu Shilang (Deputy Minister) and Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and his position as Secretary of the Ministry of War unexpectedly fell on Sun Lu. Because in the war against Western Xia, Sun Lu was decisive and dared to send troops, and also made good feats, which attracted Zhao Xu's attention. When Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu were fighting dog-eat-dog, Zhao Xu was so annoyed that he simply recalled Sun Lu from Huanqing Road and directly promoted and appointed him as the secretary of the military department. Zhang Shangying, who was honest on the surface, also became a big winner in life, and was promoted to Shangshu Zuocheng (deputy minister) and Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. The fat shortage of Kaifeng Mansion Yin fell on Jiang Zhiqi, a straight scholar of Longtu Pavilion, an old man in his sixties, who is more capable, good at financial management, and quite upright.

Sun Lu is familiar with military affairs, and he is also a thorn, and promoting Sun Lu can be regarded as Zhao Xu taking a thorn between Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu. Zhang Chun was extremely powerful after his cousin Zhang Qi joined the center of the imperial court, and Zhao Xu also needed to make some balance, which could be regarded as a wake-up call to Zhang Chun, so as not to lose the tail. Since ancient times, the emperor's art has been like this, and the emperor is the best at balancing and harmonizing.

Therefore, now in the Great Song Dynasty, there are thirteen members of the supreme leadership center. Among them, there are six in power, the prime minister is Zhang Chun, the second minister is Zeng Bu, and the deputy ministers are An Tao (and the servant of the door), Xu Jiang, Zhang Shangying and Huang Lu (Shangshu Youcheng) four people; The next level is Zhang Qi, Wu Zhi, Wu Juhou, Lin Xi, Xing Shu, An Chun, Sun Lu and others, Wu Zhi is the eighth person in the court.

At the end of the day, Wu Zhi was in the study, reading a book while enjoying the sour plum cold drink made by Jin Lian and Xiao'e.

After Wu Zhi came to Xu's house with two bottles of "Zhuangyuanlang" wine, Xu Jiang happily welcomed him into the study, and after Wu Zhi sat down and served good tea, Xu Jiang solemnly took out a document from his body and handed it to Wu Zhi.

Wu Zhi took it with both hands, opened it and looked at it, and was immediately overjoyed, this was the assessment document of Pan Wei, the county magistrate of Yanggu County.

Since Xu Jiang helped get rid of the two brothers Cai Jing and Cai Bian, Wu Zhi has been very close to him, and from time to time, Wu Zhi will come to visit him with "Zhuangyuanlang" wine to discuss life and exchange feelings. At the beginning of May, Wu Zhi had already confessed to General Xu about the relationship between Pan Wei, the county magistrate of Yanggu County, and him, and at the same time asked General Xu to help pay attention to Pan Wei's evaluation. No, as soon as the officials received Pan Wei's evaluation report, Xu Jiang specially took it out and showed it to Wu Zhi. This is a suspicion of violating the law!

In Pan Wei's work report, the work done by Pan Wei over the past two years was recorded in detail and in detail.

Wu Zhi took a serious look, good guy, Pan Wei's assessment indicators are all "excellent", and Xu Jiang has already commented on it: "It is planned to be promoted to the county order of Songcheng County, Tianfu!" Songcheng County is the Chi County of Yingtianfu in Nanjing, and its county order is the seventh grade, which is equivalent to giving Pan Wei a three-level promotion!

"Brother Xu, have you been promoted three levels in a row? Isn't it going too fast?!" Wu Zhi watched it and made a joke.

"How can it? It's all business!" General Xu stroked his beard and said solemnly. He is now the vice minister of the imperial court, and he is already the fourth person in the imperial court, but what is it in front of Wu Zhi

I can't hold up the majesty.

Some time ago, Wu Zhi found the opportunity to solemnly recommend Xu Fen to serve as the trial lecture of the Hanlin Academy of Zhengqipin, and obtained Zhao Xu's approval. It can be regarded as a two-level promotion in a row, and it is also an eye-warming position, and you can often contact the emperor in normal times, and there are many opportunities for promotion!

Now that Pan Weineng has been promoted to three levels in a row, it can be regarded as a return for the peach! Although it is said that "the virtuous do not avoid relatives", as the highest official of the ministry, it is still a bit suspicious and eye-catching if he personally promotes and appoints his own children. Wu Zhi helped him solve this problem and eliminate the hidden worries, and Xu Jiang still understood it.

In this way, Pan Wei also ushered in his highlight moment, and he was promoted to three levels in two years, which can be regarded as an outstanding ability.

In the conversation between the two guests and hosts, Wu Zhi took the opportunity to mention the situation of Liu Gang and Liu Zhi to Xu Jiang, the two conspired, arranged the two of them, and decided to find two idle jobs in the capital for them to do, such as the main book of the city and the master of the horse supervisor, etc., the official is not big, they are all from the ninth grade, but they are better in leisure, and they are still Beijing officials.

On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, the Qiqiao Festival, is also the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Magpie Bridge, and the court has a day off. In the capital, various activities were held to pray for blessings, beggars or pray for marriage, and good men and women all went out to meet privately. Although Wu Zhi doesn't believe this, everyone in the Founding County Mansion believes in it, and he can only follow the customs of the villagers, and let the people in the mansion toss it, and he can come as happy as he wants.

After the seventh day of the seventh month of July, in an early court, Zhao Xu suddenly proposed to personally inspect the new army of the Huaxia Army, and asked Wu Zhi to prepare for it in three days, and review the Huaxia Army three days later.

After Wu Zhi received the order, he returned to the Huaxia Army camp and told everyone the will of the official family, and everyone was excited and nervous. As for how to deal with the emperor's review, Wu Zhi has long been in his mind.

Through the general staff, Wu Zhi convened a meeting of the chief and deputy positions above the battalion level. At the meeting, Wu Zhi put forward three requirements for the preparations for the official inspection of the new army: First, the whole army was required to do a good job in the sanitation work of the entire battalion of the Huaxia Army, carry out a general cleaning, and wipe down the weapons and equipment; Second, all officers and men are required to do a good job of personal hygiene and image, and that clothes, shoes, and hats should be washed and set aside, that hair should be sorted out, and that beards should be shaved and that should be kept neat and tidy as much as possible. Third, the whole army is required to conduct a drill and rehearsal, arrange a good queue, arrange a good flag, and draw up a slogan to be shouted during the review.

Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu carried out the specific preparatory work together with the staff of the General Staff, and the task was divided into various classes, requiring every officer and soldier to participate. Wu Zhi also went to various battalion headquarters and companies from time to time, and he followed the drill rehearsal from beginning to end.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and at the right moment (that is, at eight o'clock in the morning), Zhao Xu sat in a chariot and led all the civil and military officials to the Huaxia Army camp near the Northeast Water Gate outside the city. Wu Zhi led Yan Sheng, Li Tingyu, Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Feng Kun, Guo Cheng, Zeng Kuan and others to line up, wearing green military uniforms and military hats, and welcomed Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials into the Huaxia Army camp at the gate of the camp.

Zhao Xu and the hundreds of civil and military officials couldn't help but be amazed when they saw the new military uniforms on Wu Zhi and the generals.

"Wu Xiaoyou, your military uniform is good!" Zhang Qi took Wu Zhi's hand and exclaimed sincerely, he was an old handsome man and very knowledgeable. Wu Zhi smiled, can it be good? This cost him more than 128,000 yuan to customize!

When everyone stepped into the camp gate, they saw the banner hunting in the camp, the front and back of the camp were clean, and there was a new atmosphere everywhere.

When Zhao Xu and the hundreds of civil and military officials followed Wu Zhi and others to the New Army Training Square, they were immediately stunned, and the scene in front of them made everyone stunned. I saw that: in front of the one-person-high review stand, a tall and towering military flag fluttered in the wind, and the three words "Huaxia Army" on the military flag were very eye-catching. On the wide playground, the military flags of the "First Division", "Second Division", and "Third Division" were lined up in turn, and the ranks were arranged in the order of brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads. In addition to Wu Zhi, Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu, Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Feng Kun, Guo Cheng, Zeng Kuan and others quickly returned to their respective teams and stood up. The neat queue, the one-color green military uniforms, shoes and hats, the bright swords and spears in their hands, and the upright posture of all the officers and soldiers, and the high-spirited momentum, converged into one

The steely torrent is majestic and majestic, and it is very shocking. In particular, the uniform and distinct green uniforms on the officers and soldiers really blinded the eyes of Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials!

It's spectacular!

After being instructed, Wu Zhi spoke first. So, Wu Zhi stepped on the review stand with a loudspeaker in his hand.

"All of them! Attention! Take a break!" Wu Zhi's words spread throughout the playground through the loudspeaker, and the action of standing up and resting with Qi Brushing also sounded, the sound was crisp and the movements were uniform.

"Now for His Majesty the Emperor to review!" After the officers and soldiers finished moving, Wu Zhi announced the start of the review through a loudspeaker. After the announcement, he then walked down the review stand, came to Zhao Xu, and bowed down to invite him to the stage.

After Zhao Xu stepped on the review stand and stood still facing all the officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army, the sound of "brush" sounded, and all the officers and soldiers brushed the ground in unison, holding a big sword and spear in their right hands, kneeling on one knee and half-kneeling, and then shouted in unison: "Long live! Banzai! Hooray!"

This shout, the sound shook the universe, and the mountains and rivers were pneumatically moved, which frightened Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials.

"All the ministers are flat!" After his mind calmed down a little, Zhao Xu took the big horn handed over by Wu Zhi, and shouted loudly according to Wu Zhi's appearance just now.

The sound instantly penetrated the square through the loudspeaker, and the officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army heard it, and stood up with it, standing like a mountain.

Zhao Xu looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction, and then he said an uplifting word of encouragement through the loudspeaker. After he finished speaking, all the officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army shouted again: "The Song Dynasty will win!" The Huaxia army will win!"

The momentum is huge, and it is shocking!

After the emperor lectured, Wu Zhi arranged a queue drill. He asked Zhao Xu to draw nine companies from each of the three divisions and march forward from the review platform in turn. Suo Chao's 1st Battalion, Li Zhenguo's 2nd Battalion, and Si Fangguo's 3rd Battalion each sent a company. The majestic pace, the neat and uniform queue, and the novel and unique way of marching instantly stopped Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials, and they were full of interest.

After the queue drill, it is a real combat drill and a live-fire exercise.

Wu Zhi put Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials in the live-fire training ground near the main square, and asked Zhao Xu to randomly draw a squad to first conduct a one-on-one combat drill, and the wonderful battle won everyone's applause.

This was followed by a live-fire exercise. For safety, Wu Zhi settled Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials behind a wide bunker. Dozens of meters away, dozens of wooden stakes had already been laid on the ground, and a hundred lambs were tied in a circle, becoming imaginary enemies. Suo Chao pulled out a squad from his battalion, and with an order, thirteen soldiers quickly took out the grenades from their bodies under the leadership of the squad leader, blew away the fire fold, lit the fuse, and threw them into the flock almost simultaneously in the sound of "Zizi", and in an instant, fourteen grenades exploded in turn, and a thunderous sound sounded one after another, the ground shook and the mountains shook, deafening, and in an instant the dust flew and the smoke was filled!

Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials were instantly frightened by the shocking explosions, and their expressions were abnormal.

When the smoke cleared, Wu Zhi led Zhao Xu, who was struggling with his legs, and all the civil and military officials out of the bunker, and everyone looked at it, only to see the potholes in front of them, the sheep had been blown apart, the broken limbs and wreckage were scattered all over the ground, and the injured lambs who had not died were lying on the ground in pain, bleating and howling, dying. This messy and bloody scene made Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials shudder and couldn't bear to see it.

This is the new weapon of the Huaxia Army! The power is amazing! It is no wonder that the Red Guard Battalion, which is only more than 1,000 people, can defeat the Western Xia army without any power to fight back, and it seems that it is not all due to luck.

Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials looked at Wu Zhi and all the officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army, and their expressions changed, and they were in awe.

"What a weapon! It's not a small power!" Zhao Xu repeatedly looked at the new grenade in his hand, one was a clay pot and the other was an iron shell, and he was amazed.

"How many such grenades are there in the whole army now?" Zhao Xu looked at Wu Zhi and asked excitedly.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are already more than 300,000 troops in the army." Wu Zhi didn't think twice and immediately responded. He always pays attention to the research and development of new grenades, and he has a clear picture of the production situation.

"Well, the Forces nouvelles are doing a good job

！ The Wu Qing family has worked hard!" Zhao Xu listened to it, and his heart was happy, so many grenades were enough to blow up hundreds of thousands of enemy troops for him a few times, and he saw the hope of the Great Song Dynasty.

After the live-fire exercise, Wu Zhi brought Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials to the command hall of the General Staff Headquarters to show everyone the improved military sand table.

When Zhao Xu and the hundreds of civil and military officials entered the huge command hall of the General Staff, they were immediately attracted by the huge military sand table in front of them, and they were shocked inexplicably. Such a huge, novel, vivid, three-dimensional and realistic military sand table, they have never heard of or seen it! Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials surrounded this giant military sand table, pointing and amazed.

Until now, Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials are really amazed by Wu Zhi's talent and the miracle he has created, and the rise of Wu Zhi is not purely due to luck, and everyone sighs to themselves. Zeng Bu, An Chun, and the people of Torture and Forgiveness, who wanted to pick bones in eggs, were also convinced and did not dare to question it.