In the summer, the swamp house is getting hotter and hotter, and it is getting more and more stuffy. Although there were ice cubes in the palace, Zhao Yao still felt uncomfortable with the heat. He decided to go to the mountains to cool off for a few days.

There is a Zhuangzi in the mountains of the former Marsh Mansion, which is specially used to escape the heat. Last year, after Zhao Yao came, this Zhuangzi naturally became his.

It's much cooler in the mountains, and you don't need ice at all. However, there is a bit of a bad thing in the mountains, that is, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants. However, Zhao Yao had Xiaobai and General Tiger around him, as well as cats and dogs, snakes, insects, rats, ants and beasts in the mountains who did not dare to approach him.

In the past two days, Zhao Yao often went up the mountain, went to the mountains for a walk, and picked them back if he encountered rare flowers and plants. If you see precious medicinal herbs, dig them back.

Early this morning, Zhao Yao took Tongxi and his four brothers up the mountain to play. For the first two days, they had been wandering around the mountain, and had not gone deep into the mountain. Today, they plan to venture deep into the mountains. With the tiger general following them, the fierce beasts in the mountains did not dare to approach them.

There was no fog at the bottom of the mountain, but I didn't expect the mountain to be foggy. Zhao Yao and the others were careful again, but they still got separated. Fortunately, General Tiger has been closely following Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao was worried that Tongxi and them would be in danger, so he asked Xiaobai to find them and take them down the mountain. He took General Tiger and went down the mountain first. Today, the fog in the mountains is heavy, which is not suitable for mountain climbing.

When going down the mountain, Zhao Yao didn't pay attention to his feet for a while, his foot accidentally slipped and rolled down the mountain. It took nearly a quarter of time to stop.

Zhao Yao only felt that Venus was shining in his eyes, and the world was spinning. It took a long time for General Tiger to lick his face before he came back to his senses.

General Tiger put his head on Zhao Yao's stomach and asked with concern: [Yaoyao, are you okay? 】

Zhao Yao reached out and touched General Hu's head, and said to it with a smile, "It's okay, it's just that there is some pain all over my body." After saying that, he raised his eyes and looked around, and found that he was in a mountain depression at the moment. If it weren't for this depression, he wouldn't know how long it would have been.

He was a little dizzy now, he couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and he couldn't figure out where he was for a while. He patted General Tiger lightly on the head, "Big Tiger, it's up to you, the king of the forest, to take me out."

General Tiger proudly raised his big head and said proudly: "Yao Yao, rest assured, I, the king of the forest, will definitely take you out. 】

Zhao Yao held General Hu's back with both hands and slowly stood up. Just the action of standing up made Zhao Yao grin in pain: "Hiss...... Hiss...... Hiss ......"

Hearing Zhao Yao's gasping voice, General Hu asked with concern: [Yaoyao, are you okay?] 】

"It's not a big deal." As soon as Zhao Yao finished speaking, he faintly heard the sound of water, "Is there water around here?"

General Tiger sniffed, smelled the moisture, and turned his head to the east: [Yes, over there. 】

Zhao Yao saw that there were scars on the backs of his hands and faces, and his face was also scratched, so he decided to find the stream first and clean the wound, otherwise the wound would be easily inflamed.

"Take me there."

General Tiger flicked his tail and said to Zhao Yao: [Yaoyao, I'll carry you over. 】

"Okay." Zhao Yao was also not polite and sat on General Hu's back.

General Tiger carried Zhao Yao steadily and slowly walked to the edge of the stream.

When Zhao Yao was cleaning his wounds, General Hu found some herbs to treat his wounds. When they are injured or unwell, they will find herbs. He mashed the herbs that General Tiger had found and applied them to the wound.

After the wound was treated, Zhao Yao observed the surroundings. He noticed that there seemed to be a cave due south, but he could not see clearly because of the distance.

He pointed to the place where there seemed to be a cave in the distance, and asked the tiger general beside him, "Big Tiger, is there a cave there?"

General Tiger looked in the direction Zhao Yao pointed, and then tapped his head at Zhao Yao.

[Well, there is a cave. 】

Zhao Yao was hesitant to go to the cave to have a look. It is often written in the books that there are treasures or precious flowers and medicinal materials hidden in the deep mountains and caves, or there are secret books of peerless martial arts.

[Yaoyao, I'll carry you over. 】

Zhao Yao was still curious and wanted to go over and take a look

Is there any treasure in it.

"Okay."

General Tiger carried Zhao Yao and walked to the entrance of the cave after a while. Zhao Yao did not rush in, but first observed whether there was any wind entering the cave. If the cave is ventilated, it means that there will be no poisonous gases or miasma inside.

Without Zhao Yao's orders, General Hu walked in first to take a look. After a while, it walked out and said to Zhao Yao in surprise: "Yaoyao, there are people living inside. 】

"Someone lives?" Zhao Yao looked surprised and immediately walked into the cave. After walking for a while, I saw a place similar to a room, with a stone bed and a futon on the bed. In addition to the bed, there are stone tables and stools made of stone. Next to the stone table, there is also a stove made of stones. It must have been uninhabited for a long time, and a thick layer of ash had accumulated on the bed and stone table.

Zhao Yao searched around the room to see if there were any treasures, and after looking for a while, he finally found a space under the bed, in which a box was placed, and the box was locked.

The lock on the box is already rusty. Zhao Yao took a stone, knocked it a few times, and knocked the lock open.

When he opened the box and saw what was inside, Zhao Yao was directly stupid.

Isn't it, it's really the same as it was written in the book, there really is a treasure in the cave?!

Also, isn't his luck too good?

General Tiger saw Zhao Yao staring blankly at the contents of the box, and asked curiously: [Yaoyao, what is this, a stone?] 】

"It's a real stone, but it's not an ordinary stone." Zhao Yao stared helplessly at the contents of the box, he was not interested in this thing, but it didn't seem appropriate to leave this thing in this cave. He struggled a bit, but decided to take this thing out.

Zhao Yao took out the contents of the box, put it in his arms, and then put the box back in its place.

"Big Tiger, take me down the mountain." If he doesn't hurry back, they will worry about him.

General Tiger asked, "Yaoyao, what about the people who live here?" Don't look for him? 】

"No need to look for it, the person is already dead." As for where the person died, it is estimated that it was near the cave.

General Tiger carried Zhao Yao down the mountain. On the way down the mountain, Zhao Yao also dug up a few medicinal herbs by the way.

They move relatively quickly. When they returned to Zhuangzi, Tongxi had not yet returned. Just when Zhao Yao was about to send someone to find Tongxi and them, several of them came back safely.

After returning to Zhuangzi, Song Jicai and the others shouted to go fishing. Zhao Yao had no choice but to take them to fishing. They were lucky enough to catch a lot of fish in one afternoon. In the evening, I ate a whole fish feast, boiled fish fillet, braised fish, crucian carp tofu soup, grilled fish, etc.

At dinner, Song Jicai and the others also lit a bonfire. Several people ate and drank and danced at the same time, and only stopped when they tossed and turned.

After Zhao Yao took a bath, he sat on the bed and looked bitterly at the things he had brought back from the cave. This thing is a hot potato for him, and it can't stay in his hands. Also, you can't let anyone know that he has this thing in his hands, especially the second uncle.

It is more appropriate to hand over this thing to the fourth brother, but now is not the time to hand it over to the fourth brother, otherwise the fourth brother will be in danger. This thing is very dangerous, and it is not a good thing to stay in this world, so it is better to destroy it now and save it trouble later.

Zhao Yao raised the thing in his hand and slammed it on the ground. There was a loud bang, and the thing didn't smash, but a corner was broken.

"It's hard, it's not so easy to smash." Zhao Yao picked up the thing he disliked, "Or just throw it into the sea, so no one can find it." The thing in his hand was broken, and Zhao Yao didn't feel distressed at all.

Forget it, he's better to keep it for now, but he'll have to hide it, or he'll be in danger.

Zhao Yao casually found a box and put the things in his hand in the box. Wait two days and take it to the North Mountain Laboratory.

This thing is not safe in the Han Wangfu, but it is safer to put it in the heavily guarded Beishan Laboratory.

Zhao Yao and they rested in the Zhuangzi for a few days before leaving. He and his four brothers were very busy and did not have that much time to stay in Zhuangzi to escape the summer.

After leaving Zhuangzi, Zhao Yao went to the Beishan Laboratory, and then found a random place to bury the things he had brought out of the cave. After that, he didn't care.

After the trade conference, the main task of the Kitayama laboratory was to get the rubber out, but unfortunately it has not succeeded so far. The secondary task is to continue to improve thermal weapons such as guns and cannons.

Zhao Yao stayed in the Beishan laboratory for two days before returning to the Han Palace. He rested in Zhuangzi for a few days, stayed in the Beishan laboratory for two days, and when it came to the day of the last dynasty, he had to go back.

The content of today's morning court is to reward officials who have made political achievements in the first half of the year. Officials with particularly outstanding political performance in the first half of the year were naturally promoted and raised. Other officials with better political performance will receive bonuses. There are three tiers of prizes. First prize, 100 yuan. The second prize is 60 yuan. The third prize is 30 yuan. In addition to the prize money, there are also rewards for things like cloth, meat, and porcelain.

In front of all the ministers, Zhao Yao personally presented awards to the officials who had made political achievements, which was extremely honorable for the award-winning officials. It was an incentive for other officials who were not rewarded.

The award-winning officials can also give their acceptance speeches, and they are also in front of His Royal Highness the King of Han and civil and military officials, which is also an exciting and face-saving thing.

After the award was awarded, Zhao Yao first praised the award-winning officials and asked them to make persistent efforts. Then, he encouraged the officials who did not win the award and let them continue to work hard, maybe they will be the ones who won the award in the second half of the year.

In addition to encouraging officials to make persistent efforts to do their errands, Zhao Yao also encouraged officials to innovate. As long as officials create useful things or useful ways of doing things, there will be a certain reward.

He also said that officials who have made outstanding achievements throughout this year will receive a generous year-end bonus at the end of the year, which may be a mansion.

When the civil and military officials heard that they could get a mansion for the year-end award, their expressions became very excited. Although His Royal Highness the King of Han has allocated them a house, no, it is called a dormitory, but it is not very large. In the case of a mansion, it must be much bigger than a dormitory. They want to live in a grand mansion more than a dormitory.

After the trade conference, Zhao Yao promulgated a law that the residences of officials must be built according to the size of the official position. For an official with a small official position, the size of his residence must not exceed that of an official who is larger than his official position. If officials want to live in a grand mansion, they will find a way to get promoted.

Zhao Yao was still very generous to his officials, in addition to allocating them free dormitories, he also gave them a discount on buying homesteads or residences, with a seven-percent discount. This seven-percent discount is only available to officials, not others. Of course, in order to prevent officials from taking advantage of this seven-fold discount to seek benefits, Zhao Yao stipulated that officials only have one seven-fold discount, and if they use it, they will be gone.

Some time ago, many people, including officials, went to the household department to book homesteads and residences in advance. In addition to the 70% discount benefit, officials can also borrow money from the bank, that is, the bank. Of course, there is interest on taking out a loan to buy a house, but the interest is not high. After the officials have completed the loans, the household department will directly deduct them from the officials' salaries.

At present, borrowing money and loans are only open to officials, and not to others for the time being, because Zhao Yao feels that it is not the right time. He plans to open up borrowing money to everyone in two years.

The mansion rewarded by His Royal Highness the King of Han does not have to worry about the problem of transgression. Naturally, officials want to get it.

In order to obtain the mansion at the end of the year, the officials are gearing up one by one, preparing to show their strength in the second half of the year and make some outstanding political achievements.