Song Beiyun

When he came to his professional field, Director Xiong's emotions were also mobilized, and he also came to the display wall: "Master Zuo, look, there are 37 spindles on this wall from top to bottom. The labels are on it. Every The grades from low to high represent softness and hardness, and wootz steel can only rank ninth."

"Oh?" Zuo Rou curiously picked up the one marked number one: "This number one?"

"Well, this is Mengsteel. It is the special steel that Mr. Song is watching personally."

"What fierce?"

"Brave and fierce."

"Why is it called Menggang?"

Director Xiong didn't talk nonsense, and took out a steel ingot marked [-] from the side, and then took out a forged cutting knife.He tapped the steel ingot with the cutting knife: "This cutting knife is a fierce steel knife."

After that, he chopped down hard, and a corner of the steel ingot was cut off immediately, but the cutting knife was not damaged at all.

"Because cutting iron is like mud, it is mostly used to make tools, and this steel is wasted even if it is used to make swords." Director Xiong threw the cutting knife back to the tool table: "It is steel used to process steel."

Zuo Rou nodded: "Then why is Wootz Steel so expensive?"

"It looks good..." Director Xiong smiled helplessly: "Those people don't know what they don't understand. It needs to be as dazzling as the sun at noon, and then it can be formed after repeated stamping. Princess, please come."

Director Xiong brought Zuo Rou to the foundry workshop, where women are generally not allowed to enter, but it just so happened that it was about to celebrate the New Year, so he shut down the furnace more than a month in advance for major renovations, and will use new ones after the new year. Craftsmanship, so except for a few small furnaces that are still symbolically continuing to fire, the factory has completely shut down.

He brought Zuo Rou in front of a huge steel hammer, and said complacently: "This hammer weighs 450 jin, and a hundred jin of manganese steel needs to be stamped hundreds of times here before it can be formed. Z Steel..."

As he spoke, he brought Zuo Rou to a small hammer: "This small forging hammer weighs forty catties, and two workers can produce two thousand catties of wootz steel a day. Does the princess understand?"

"So it's like this..." Zuo Rou turned her head and glanced at Qiao Yun: "Sister Qiao Yun, those two knives of yours are no longer good, throw them away."

Qiaoyun shook her head desperately, her saber was a gift from Song Beiyun, and she couldn't throw it away even if she died.

"Then I want a fierce steel knife, okay?" Zuo Rou showed her fox tail, and took out a blueprint from her sleeve in a leisurely way: "Just hit this one."

Factory Manager Xiong took a look, and he had figured it out...

Well, anyway, as long as she doesn't pick molten steel for fun, it's fine.It's just a knife, nothing more.

Walking out of the workshop, Zuo Rou stretched her waist, turned her head and said to Qiao Yun: "Jinling is really boring, not as fun as Chang'an."

Qiao Yun just laughed, but didn't speak.After all, Zuo Rou said that Chang'an was fun, but it was just that someone in Chang'an pampered her and let her do whatever she wanted. In order to get her to come back, the other side even promised her to wait for the spring and let him serve as a pawn for the Beihai New Army. Against the generals of the army, but in Jinling, she didn't have this kind of favor, and she was always scolded.

"By the way, Avalokitesvara is going to get married tomorrow. It's all my fault for letting me go back to Jinling!" Zuo Rou suddenly thought of this, and stomped her foot: "Dead dog, go back and kill him."

"Actually, you can drop by Liaoxin Capital on your way back." Qiaoyun smiled and said, "Go and see Buddha Baonu."

"Ah! That's right, I'm going to sleep on the dragon bed for one night." Zuo Rou clapped her hands and laughed: "I haven't slept on the dragon bed in my life."

But after she finished laughing, she began to shake her head again: "No, it's not good if it's too late, I'm going to the Beihai Navy to be the blue army. Think about it, Sister Qiaoyun, there are cavalry from the grassland, and there are cavalry from the Liao Kingdom Tactics, infantry warfare with the weapons and equipment of the Song Dynasty, riding and archery techniques of the Jin Kingdom, and Xixia horses. If I beat them so that they can’t sleep, then I can still be called Zuorou?"

Qiaoyun smiled helplessly. She was dumbfounded when she heard this condition. This is not a team that people can win at all. Although it is a drill, it is... too much.Experts understand it too well. First of all, the 80 troops alone are enough to scare people to death. After that, the "80" people all have the fighting will of the grassland people, the charge tactics of the Liao Kingdom, and the armor and firearm defense tactics of the Song Dynasty. It is also equipped with Xixia's war horse and Jin Guo's archery hit rate.

How does this make people fight?Is there anyone in the world who can beat this kind of team?impossible!Any one of them is top-notch. Putting it together, it has strong firepower, comes and goes like the wind, never retreats in a deadly battle, and is tenacious. If the "80" is not restrained by more than 500 million troops, it will not be enough at all. look.

When the two of them were imagining how to abuse the Song and Liao coalition forces in the next year, suddenly Zuo Fang's carriage came rattling, and then Zuo Fang poked his head out: "Get in the car! The official has announced a new identity for you, hurry back Everyone is at the door."

Zuo Rou hurriedly got into the car, and after sitting in it, she asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

"Princess Feng." Zuo Fang rubbed her hands and said, "People from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have all arrived. I have been looking for you everywhere for more than half an hour at the door."

"Princess named?" Zuo Rou smiled and said, "What kind of princess? Changle is Jin Ling'er, I want Weiyang!"

"Dreaming!" Zuo Fang immediately cut off Zuo Rou's fantasy: "Changle Weiyang is a real royal princess, and if you die, you will be a rewarding princess like Yongshuo Huaxin."

Before the carriage entered the street, people were already watching the fun outside, and the Chuichuidada band was quite impressive.

Zuo Rou hurriedly got out of the carriage and trotted through the crowd all the way to the home. At this moment, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Officials and the Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were all waiting.

Duke Ding was talking with them, and when he saw Zuo Rou coming, he was not in a hurry but said with a smile: "Little Wan'er, where have you gone, hurry up and receive the order."

Because it was the excitement of the Duke's Mansion, the common people came forward and heard that the princess was going to be named, but thinking about it, this princess just donated more than 1000 million guan to the court. With this money, why can't a princess buy it?

"Jiujiang Princess Zuo Rou received the order."

wrong!Duke Dingguo suddenly felt something was wrong. This princess only needs the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He didn't realize it just now, but now when he sees the imperial decree, he feels something is wrong. The three parts are announced at the same time?

"The emperor's imperial edict said: I only use literature to govern the world, and use military force to fight chaos. I can be both civil and military. I can do my best to serve you, but you can lose your achievements and not praise your life. Zuo Rou, the owner of Jiujiang County, is sincerely serving the country and handsome. Shuang, also awarded to Princess Pingyang. In addition, when I visited the border villages, thieves often harassed me in Hexi, so I specially conferred the appointment of the Northwest Observation Envoy, Jiedu imperial order, Wei Zhenyi Di, Qin Zai."

Ok?

Zuo Guogong, Zuo Rou, and even Zuo Fang were stunned.

Duke Zuo blinked his eyes, muttering in his heart, now General Feng doesn't have to go through the Privy Council?Is it such a joke?And Zuo Rou's blank face is because he is actually just a princess of Pingyang?

Where is Pingyang?

"Where is Pingyang? Why Pingyang?" Zuo Rou got up and asked the servant: "Tell me."

The servant looked at Duke Ding with a strange expression, and Duke Ding looked up at the sky, as if he didn't hear it, then coughed twice and said to Zuo Fang: "My mouth is dry, go drink a glass of water."

"Boy and daddy go together..."

"Don't go." Zuo Rou turned around: "Where is Pingyang?"

At this time, the servant was so suppressed that his face was flushed and he came forward and whispered: "The emperor's sister can seal Pingyang..."

Zuo Rou slapped her hands: "Shouldn't it be over if I said it earlier, who is bigger, the Northwest Observer or the Chang'an Supervisor?"

Chapter 630: Sunny December 11, Five Years

"Did you think Song Gou let Brother Yelu go through the back door? Why is it that less than [-]% of my new palace has been built so far, while their palace in Chang'an was built two years ago."

Standing outside the new palace, Zhao Xing looked at the majestic building complex in front of him. It has been four years since construction began. The new urban area outside is almost completed, and many people have already moved in, but the palace doesn't even have a roof. build.

"Don't ask me about this, find someone who knows how to do it." Yan Shu held on to the railing and wore a bamboo helmet on his head, looking quite funny: "Everyone who knows how to do is working, and there are only a few in the engineering team , Didn’t they also repair the imperial palace of the Liao Kingdom?”

Zhao Xing thought for a while, and casually called a knowledgeable person over, and after a while, a man in his 40s trotted all the way to Zhao Xing with his helmet on.

"Don't kneel, don't make fun of this." Zhao Xing waved his hand to stop the man who was about to kneel down: "I will ask you why the Wannian Palace in the Liao Kingdom was built in only one year. My Yuhua Palace But it took four years to dig a foundation?"

That master craftsman is well-known in the industry, and his attainments in building houses are second to none, so he was not ambiguous when faced with Zhao Xing's question: "The officials don't know that the palaces of the Liao Kingdom are mainly built for bricks. The wooden structure is mainly made of wood. The materials are sufficient and the construction progress is very fast. But the Yuhua Palace of the official family is a brick-concrete structure. In addition, the land structure of Chang'an is much different from that of Jinling. The foundation of this Yuhua Palace has to be laid nine meters And because the entire mountain needs to be leveled, the construction progress is quite slow. But if it is completed, even if the earth shakes, you can rest easy. The design life of this Yuhua Palace is 300 years, and it only needs to be rested once every 300 years. And not afraid of fire, not afraid of water, not afraid of tide, not afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants."

"300 years? Only 300 years?" Zhao Xing blinked: "So short?"

Yan Shu approached Zhao Xing and whispered, "Officials...don't show your cowardice."

Zhao Xing glanced back at him, but the master craftsman continued: "300 years is a very long time to return to the official house. If it is not repaired and maintained, the house will collapse in 50 years. In fact, There are few thousand-year-old houses, even the Great Wall and even the pagodas need to be constantly repaired and refurbished by future generations."

"So it's like this..." Zhao Xing mumbled, "After all, I don't understand, so I'll ask you again, how much did the Liao Palace cost?"

"Going back to the official's house, the grassroots don't know about such things, but the villain knows that if money is used as a measure, the Yuhua Palace is probably more than ten times that of the Wannian Palace."

Hearing this, Zhao Xing was satisfied. It seemed that it was not Brother Yelu who went through the back door, but his own palace was better. He designed Nanjing Yuhua Museum...

Compared with the palace in the Liao Kingdom, this museum will become the best-preserved museum with the most collections in the country and even the world in the future. Even Song Beiyun's plan is that the museum itself is a collection.

The palace is a brick-and-concrete structure, and there are secret passages specially set up underground to preserve cultural relics in case of civil strife or war. Some national treasures are moved inside, broken dragon stones, and mercury is poured!Let future generations and grandchildren find a way.

Of course, in addition to functionality, aesthetics is also a major factor.Indeed, houses with brick and wood structure can be beautiful, but how beautiful Chang'an used to be, and then it was burned to the ground. To make the brick-concrete structure beautiful, it must be done slowly. The boys from the design institute racked their brains, and even now Qiaoqiao has to go back to Jinling from time to time to continue her palace design.

As for spending money, that's a waste of time, but this thing represents a symbol of a country, so there's no need to save it, and the money can be recovered from the surrounding new urban areas.

After watching the construction progress of the new palace, Zhao Xing drove back to the palace. On the way, he asked Yan Shu, "Is the immigration plan ready?"

"Well, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs will take the lead, with the assistance of other ministries, and the implementation will begin in the next year." Yan Shu nodded and said, "It is roughly estimated that there will be 30 people, and there may be more, but it is still far from a million."

"Don't care about the many, he really dared to open his mouth and asked me for 100 million people. Even an old hen can't lay so many eggs all day long." Zhao Xing curled his lips: "By the way, Zuo Rou's rewards are all worth it." Are you ready? The matter of the military reform still needs to be led by Ding Guogong. The emperor’s resignation has not yet been approved, and this can only be approved after Ding Guogong straightens things out."

"Aren't the officials afraid of mutiny?" Yan Shu frowned and said, "After all, things like disarmament offend public outrage."

"Don't change it? Don't change it? This group of people eat empty salary every year. The Secretary of the Imperial City reported that [-]% of the whole country's military salary is eaten by people. Who can stand the country in the long run?" Zhao Xing waved his hand: "This When I have made up my mind, if anyone dares to stop, it is now a courtesy, but later it will be a soldier."

Yan Shu nodded lightly: "If we can gather 30 people on the northwest side, there will be no worries about mutiny."

"Yeah." Zhao Xing half-closed his eyes: "30 Northwest Army can keep the Song Dynasty safe for 30 years. No, 50 years. As long as the Song dog doesn't die, the Song Dynasty will be forever. Now I hope he can It doesn't matter who the emperor is, just don't be as turbulent as the end of the Tang Dynasty. By the way, have you found the Empress Tang?"

"Scattered among the people, it's hard to find."

"Oh... what about Zhu Wen's descendants?"

Hearing this question, Yan Shu had a strange expression on his face: "I found it."

"Kill them all, leave no one behind." Zhao Xing whispered, "Keep your hands and feet clean."

"It was all buried a few years ago." Yan Shu laughed, "Hands and feet are very clean, and there is no dead body yet."

"Who did it?" Zhao Xing was quite surprised, and then suddenly patted his thigh: "Song Dog."

"Well..." Yan Shu nodded: "Zhu Wen is in the same vein, there are 190 people in the family, and there is no one left. He didn't report this matter, but he thought it was exactly the same as the official's thinking."

"This kind of bloodline is not worthy of living in the world." Zhao Xing said with a blank expression on his face, "It is best to exterminate all those generals who rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and don't keep people like Huang Chao."

"The minister will do it."

The era of liquidation had begun, and Yan Shu knew it in his heart.It is a tradition for the later dynasty to help the former dynasty to liquidate the sinners. Whether it is sincere or not, it is for a battle of orthodoxy, and the same is true for seeking the descendants of the Li family.

This must be the case for a dynasty with an improper position, otherwise too many excuses will be left to others, from the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.As for those generals who participated in the rebellion and their descendants will definitely be liquidated, this is probably an unwritten rule, especially the descendants of those who insulted the imperial power must not last long.This is also the rule of the past dynasties.

"By the way, send a message to Song Gou in a few days, telling him not to go back to Jinling if he has nothing to do. At this juncture, something will happen to him if he runs around." Zhao Xing put his hands on his knees: "Let the dog be here Northwest manages well, if there is no support from Chang'an, the reform will be fart."

"He should know."

"By the way, what happened to the Japanese girl I talked about last time?"

"Zi Shibu? I'm waiting for a reply from the Yuan family. If there is no reply in the next year, the East China Sea New Army will set off." Yan Shu replied, "Now we can send that girl away."

"Hurry up and send them away." Zhao Xing waved his hand: "It's not her turn to participate here, she doesn't have that status. The suzerain country wants to teach a disobedient son a lesson, a woman's participation in it is nothing, let her go. "

"Official, where do you want her to go?"

"Wherever I want to go, isn't she going to Chang'an? Let her go, Song Dog should not mind eating more pieces of meat." Zhao Xing chuckled: "I will see when his kidneys will be destroyed."

At this time, Zuo Rou was walking around the house in a princess dress, she is considered a serious princess now, after learning that Princess Pingyang is a serious princess and not a princess for marriage, she has been in a state of anxiety for a whole day This is what it looks like.

"I'm the eldest princess right now!" Zuo Rou proudly said to her younger brother, "Jin Ling'er is no longer the eldest princess."

"Yes yes yes, you are the eldest princess." Zuo Fang's head almost exploded: "Sister, don't waver in front of me, it's annoying to watch."

"You're just jealous! How about I go to Zhao Xing and ask him to make you a princess too?"

"Go!" Zuo Fang put her legs on the brazier, raised her head and looked at Zuo Rou: "Sis, when did you become so rich?"

Zuo Fang is actually very envious. Her sister is an idiot. No one can refute this point. Even her father can’t refute it. She has not been so smart since she was a child. God just used her brain to change her face, at least in Zuo Fang's view, she is a very ordinary person regardless of her identity and that face.

And now such an ordinary person can do this step, but what about Zuo Fang?Zuo Fang thinks that he is a dragon and phoenix among people. He has been gifted since he was a child, but his luck is not good. As the son of the prince, it is impossible for him to go to sea to do business.

After going back and forth, he is still a standard gai in his twenties, hanging out with a lot of useless playboys all day long.

He was bored, really bored.Those dudes who open their mouths and shut their mouths are all about women, money, and entertainment.

This is not the life Zuo Fang wants. He knows that he is a capable person, but in Jinling, he will be like this for the rest of his life. In a few years, he will find a dull woman who is trapped at home like him to have a few children. A lifetime passes by.

"Sister, it's settled. I will go to Chang'an with you after the Chinese New Year."

"Are you serious?" Zuo Rou turned his head to the side: "Father can let you go?"

"I have to go if he doesn't let me, or I will enter the barracks sooner or later, but I am not that kind of material. I am greedy for life and afraid of death, and I will become a deserter. With my father's temperament, he will definitely kill me to set the record straight .I don’t want to die and I don’t want to do things I don’t like to do. I want to go to Chang’an.”

"What are you going to do in Chang'an? You can't do anything, you trash."

Zuo Rou's words seriously hurt Zuo Fang's heart, the feeling of being called trash by her really hurts.

"I take refuge with my brother-in-law, can he give me a place!?" Zuo Fang also jumped up: "It's useless to anyone, I will definitely go after the new year, even if I go to Chang'an to be a petty official. Dry!"

Zuo Rou curled her lips: "Then you should convince your father first."

At this moment, Duke Ding came back swaggeringly. He smelled of alcohol and his face was flushed.The expression looked very smug, presumably it must have happened to something happy.

"Xiao Wan'er, have you eaten yet? Didn't daddy order someone to make you something you like?"

Zuo Fang looked at Zuo Rou and then at Duke Ding, summoned up her courage and stood up: "Daddy, my son has something to tell you."

"Say it."

Zuo Fang was silent for a moment and glanced at Zuo Rou again, then pulled Ding Guogong into the side hall.

Not long after, Duke Ding's roar came from the side hall, followed by Zuo Fang's protest, and then a crisp applause came through.

When Zuo Rou saw something bad, she rushed over to stop her younger brother: "What are you doing? Why did you hit someone when you said so well?"

"It's reversed! It's all reversed!" Ding Guogong's beard and hair were all stretched out: "This bastard said he would go to Chang'an with you, but you should ask what your incompetent younger brother would do! I don’t even know how to recite it, will you embarrass my Zuo family in the past?”

"It's not all because of you, Dad. I want to take the imperial examination. You say I'm not suitable for being an official. I say I want to go into business. You say how can your Zuo family produce a businessman. Now I want to say that I will go to the imperial examination." Changan, you said that I am ignorant, so I want to ask you, Dad, how do you know that I am ignorant! Well, even if I am ignorant, it is not because of your old man. , you don’t let me do anything, what can I learn?”

Originally, Zuo Fang was the lubricant between her sister and her father. She had been a middleman for more than ten years, but now even Ding Guogong did not expect that this son, who was always gentle and had no major problems other than being playful, would be so rebellious.