Chapter 57

Chang'an. With the return of businessmen from Qingzhou, Xiao Ming set up a chamber of Commerce, auctioned off soap and perfume in various prefectures and counties, and sold the right to drink in Qingzhou.

also spread the news in Dayu.

As the political center of the great Chongqing state, the dignitaries living here have always been particularly sensitive to this matter.

"Second brother, I didn't see that old seven had this ability before."

Outside Chang'an City, Xiao Ju, the second prince and Xiao Mu, the sixth prince in military uniform, are riding.

Behind them were hundreds of bodyguards, servants and servants. In front of them, dozens of strong hounds ran back and forth in the woods, looking for prey.

Xiao Ju held a bow and arrow in his hand, and his eyes were patrolling the hunting ground. Hunting was always his favorite thing. Hearing the sixth Prince say so, he said with disdain: "it's just some cleverness. It's really a cheap son to hang out with these humble businessmen all day long! "

" hahaha, the second elder brother has a good idea. No matter how hard he tosses, the old seven is just a cheap child. Hahaha, Princess Zhenfei is only the daughter of a seven grade county magistrate. He thinks that he can fly up the branch and become a phoenix after climbing the crown prince. It's really funny. "Xiao Mu laughs.

Xiao Ju sneered, "Gao Zhi? Hehe, the sixth younger brother thinks too well of the queen and the prince. In my opinion, the queen is now in a hurry to go to the doctor. Otherwise, how can she find a vassal who is far away and only give 100000 liang of silver? What's the difference between this and sending beggars? "

"Ah, second brother, the king of Qi is a beggar."

Xiao Mu and Xiao Ju looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Just then, a deer came out of the woods under the encirclement of hounds. Xiao Ju immediately bent his bow and took an arrow and said, "sixth brother, how about chasing deer with me?"

Xiao Mu was stunned. The intention of chasing deer was to fight for the world. He reined in his horse and raised his whip. He said in a high voice, "second brother, when you ascend the throne, you'd better catch that son of a bitch named Lao Qi and throw him in this hunting ground. It's really interesting to hunt at that time."

"Well, yes, and a prince." Xiao Ju's eyes flashed a fierce color, an arrow shot at the fleeing deer, "whoosh", hit the deer's neck, the deer fell in the pool of blood with a sad cry.

The third prince Xiao Zhen is reading a secret letter from Qingzhou.

Standing beside him, Li Zhongzheng, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, also glanced at the contents of the letter. Li Zhong said, "Your Highness, the fourth Prince thinks he is clever. This time, he will not steal the chicken. "

" hum, he deliberately planted the blame on me for the assassination of the king of Qi in Qingzhou. He just wanted to use it to force the king of Qi and him to fight against me. Unfortunately, the king of Qi didn't make it public. It seems that he didn't want to be involved in the fight for the throne like the king of Wei. " Xiao Zhen said.

Li Zhong frowned. "It's strange that the king of Qi would have told the emperor before and investigated the matter thoroughly. This time he was quiet. Now he's mixed up with a lot of merchants. "

" maybe this old seven is a smart man and wants to learn from the king of Wei. "Xiao Zhen said with a smile.

"In this case, why don't your highness write a letter to the king of Qi to explain the matter, so that the king of Qi won't have a grudge against us." Li Zhong said.

"Uncle, from time to time, let's observe the king of Qi for a while. If we can use it, we can seize the opportunity to make use of it again. Besides, the fiefdom of the king of Qi is too far to be near after all. "

Li Zhong nodded," the emperor praised you for your resourcefulness and good judgment, which is not surprising, but you can't rely on it. Now the job of governor of Chang'an is vacant. If you find a way to win it, the hubenwei in Chang'an city will be under your control. "

"I'm afraid it's very difficult. The prince is very close to this one. Besides, there are other princes." Xiao Zhen looks dignified. Mastering hubenwei means adding another army to Chang'an. No prince will give up easily.

In kangwangfu, which is three streets away from taiwangfu, the fourth Prince is also discussing hubenwei's affairs with his counsellors, but he is surrounded by people surnamed Zheng, all of whom are ministers of the humerus in the court.

Like all the princes, they know that the struggle for the throne is just a struggle between the aristocrats behind the prince, the Zhao family of the prince, the Li family of the king of Thailand, and he represents the Zheng family.

"Sa'er, I advised you not to use dangerous tactics. How are you now? Not only did the king of Qi not pursue this matter, but he alienated us and was close to the prince. "

Xiao SA tore the news from Qingzhou to pieces. "Hum, as long as he doesn't let the king of Thailand get cheap, it doesn't matter who Xiao Ming takes refuge with. Besides, Xiao Ming is just an insignificant person, and it doesn't matter if he follows the prince."

”No, no, I have different opinions about Xiao Ming. Since the assassination, Xiao Ming has changed his character and vigorously renovated the fiefdoms. Maybe he will be a good helper in the future. "Zheng Hongwen said that he was the Minister of the Ministry of industry. Unlike other people, he was very interested in Xiao Ming's various crafts.

The fourth Prince suddenly shook his head and sneered: "the future? We can't wait until then. How many years can father's body last? "

Zheng Hongwen was silent.

At this time in Qingzhou, Xiao Ming didn't know the impact he had brought to Chang'an. He just worked step by step to build the industrial and agricultural foundation of Qingzhou.Because Chang'an was just a remote place for him, a place where even riding a carriage would take ten days and a half months.

Since he gave the money to Pang Yukun and others, Xiao Ming has been staring at the governor's office, shipbuilding workshop, workshop area, mine and other places all day.

Pang Yukun took the money, in addition to paying the officials the salary in arrears, the rest was to discuss with Xiao Ming about the construction of the waterwheel in each state.

"Your Highness, what kind of waterwheel is this? How come I've never seen it, and there's no pedal for people to step on it? " When Xiao Ming drew out the structure of a water wheel, Pang Yukun said strangely.

The waterwheel of Dayu country still stays at the level of human powered waterwheel, most of which are bobbins. This kind of bobbin car is similar to the shape of modern Ferris wheel. Only when people step on it, can they draw water from the ground and send it to the cultivated land.

Xiao Ming said: "it's called cattle overturning. It's pulled by cattle. Of course, no one is needed. "

Pang Yukun said with disbelief," I've never seen Niu Lila's car overturn. How did your highness do it? "

”Hehe, that's because I'm much smarter than you. "Xiao Ming ran on Pang Yukun, and Pang Yukun immediately lengthened his face." since your highness says so, it's better to let the craftsmen make it and let the lower officials have a look at it. "

"It's not easy. With the ability of today's equipment department, it can be built in five days." Xiao Ming said confidently.

In fact, this kind of bull tipper has the principle of modern gear movement. The structure is a parallel circular wooden gear plus a vertical circular wooden gear to connect a wooden conveyor belt similar to a crawler.

There is a vertical shaft rod in the middle of the parallel gear. The cow pulls the shaft rod to drive the parallel gear to rotate, and then the vertical gear will also rotate. There is also a shaft rod in the center of the vertical gear. This shaft rod is parallel connected with a small vertical wooden gear, and this gear will drive the transmission of the crawler to continuously irrigate the water source from the canal to the ground.

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