But what made Yuping feel depressed was that Song Jiu then asked his students to return to Beijing, in the name of which was for various research and development, but in fact he brought a letter home.

Song Jiu was not relieved when the postman brought the letter, Yuping didn't dare to say more, and Song Jiu didn't dare to say more. Even if it was a private message, Song Jiu didn't say more, and still didn't say more. He just ordered Yuping to forcibly repair the bridge in a strong tone.

Yuping has been hesitating.

At this time, good news came out of the cement workshop. Qingyi asked Yuping to watch it. After years of research and development, cement was developed. Three models, including the evolution of slag cement, and iron alumina cement, are developing silicate cement.

We have to continue to burn money. The first two cements can be used, and we also need to study evolutionary technology. This is similar to acidic properties. But it can be used widely. And this is the coldest time, and the snow is everywhere, the students still successfully made several models of cement. Qingyi hit it up with a hammer, which shows the strength of Yuping.

The students began to find some ways to test the intensity of primitive degrees.

Yuping may not be able to understand this. She has specialized in her skills. Under Song Jiu's leadership, more than 60 students entered the senior class one after another. They were half-teacher and half-life, and all of them began to become specialized. Song Jiu also encouraged them to do so.

The energy is limited, and it is impossible to be proficient in all subjects. However, the time is still short. If more than ten years later, Song Jiu could only surpass them in theory and vision at that time, and his specific knowledge might not be as good as them.

Qingyi said: "They are some newly built models. They use new cement to successfully solidify the sand and gravel on this cold day. The strength is good and the speed is faster. It only takes four or five days. If it is hot, the solidification time may be only one or two days. And its strength is more than twice the strength of the cement before."

Yuping looked at them and didn't speak.

This is of great significance, and the construction speed is faster. Without long-term maintenance, the construction cost will become cheaper.

Qingyi said again: "If it were earlier, Hezhou would have been better built."

"Without Hezhou, how about the money to develop it?" Yuping whispered.

Everyone was silent for a while. In order to study it, the money was burned too hard and it was not over yet. If they wanted to continue burning, they would probably have to continue burning more than 100,000 yuan before they could stop research and development. But it was not over here. If you want to be better, you must further improve in the future. But if you hand it over to the court or private workshop, the Song family did not need to spend money to smash it down.

Yuping looked at the dense pipes and slowly pulled the rotating large furnace and various complex instruments from the water wheel. She breathed a long sigh in her mouth and said, "Qingyi, prepare five thousand silks for money and silk. Reward all the students, craftsmen and civilians."

"OK."

"Thank me the technology and drawing instructions."

"good."

Yuping returned home with these technical drawings and instructions and presented it to Zhao Kuangyi. There was a reason to offer it to Zhao Kuangyi. It was necessary to build a bridge. Just outside the Dongshui Gate, it must be reviewed by Kaifeng Prefecture. The reason in the dark is simpler, so it is handed over to Zhao Pu. Zhao Pu may not agree, but only to Zhao Kuangyi. Zhao Kuangyi can say a few more words. Both public and private, Zhao Kuangyi hopes that Hezhou is good. At least he can share more money...

Two more requests were asked, and the huge construction was coming to an end. Next year, it must be built and it is in a swaying state. It would be fine. The key to Song Jiu's absence will make people feel unnecessary suspicious. Therefore, the court requested that the court also allow a workshop to set up a workshop to produce cement in Hezhou, and the court can also use its benefits to compare the benefits of the state to hinder the corruption of officials. The second is the bridge.

Liu Hai was handed over to Kaifeng Mansion, and within a few days Zhao Kuangyi sent someone to summon her to Kaifeng Mansion.

There were several people sitting in Kaifeng Mansion, and Yuping knew each other, and Zhao brothers, Zhao Pu, Lu Yuqing, and Yuping immediately bowed.

She was not Song Jiu, and she didn't have the right to sit there. Zhao Kuangyi asked: "Yu Ping, why do you think of building a bridge outside Dongshuimen?"

"Reporting to the two kings, this is the idea of ​​the officials. There are many tourists in Hezhou. Even if tourists from other places come, they will go to the city to see it. Although they have built several bridges, they must enter the city through the corner gate, and they must enter the city from the dragon guarding dike. When the north corner gate is out of the city, they must enter the city from the south corner gate. However, when entering the city, they must enter the city from the south corner gate. The problem is not serious, and there are goods from the imperial warehouses, and some tourists have horse, carriages and ox carriages, which are often blocked. It can be maintained for the time being, but the country is about to open up a thousand years of peace, and the population of the capital will inevitably increase. As I saw, many families in Hezhong and Hebei have lived a good life and raised four or five children. Dozens of states in Guangnan have become the territory of His Majesty, and there are still two remaining countries... Then there will be more taxes in the future, and something will happen sooner or later if the bridge is not built."

"After the bridge is repaired, your house can be sold at a good price."

"Your Majesty, that's...."

"But have you ever thought about how our officers and soldiers guarding Dongshuimen when the bridge is built, if a strong enemy attacks, standing on the bridge?"

"Your Majesty, if a strong enemy invades the capital, the country will be at a critical moment of life and death, and the Hezhou is the focus of their invasion. The country has reached that level, so what else can we talk about? Therefore, under the piers, there are eight holes left behind the bridge deck. First, let a large number of people outside the city enter the city urgently, and then put on gunpowder to destroy the bridge immediately. Although the officials have made preparations, I do not believe that our dynasty can reach that point."

"Second brother, take the bridge drawings."

"Here." Zhao Kuangyi went back and showed the drawings to Zhao Kuangyin.

Yuping said carefully: "After the bridge is completed, the people can directly enter the North Corner Gate from the flybridge without competing with the imperial tribute trucks, and the crowding situation will be immediately alleviated. Furthermore, the new cement has many functions, including the city defense roads, river embankments, fortresses, and bridges. The span of this bridge is better than the Baiyu Bridge, and it is not pulled with steel ropes. If built, other areas can use flybridges instead of flat bridges, which is conducive to the coming of the river and sailing by ships."

"I understand, you go back."

Yuping went home worriedly.

Because communication is inconvenient, Song Jiu did not say much. He just vaguely felt that Zhao Pu was almost done. Zhao Kuangyin now tolerated it. When he could not bear it, he would inevitably be abandoned. However, Zhao Pu was in control of power and was blinded by power. He did not expect it for the time being.

And Zhao Kuangyi was secretly supporting him.

It is also a fact that the Dragon Protection Desert is overcrowded.

Another reason Song Jiu did not expect was that it was the arena, where Zhao Kuangyin would not choose female tennis players or female pouncers to fight. But some heroes made him excited, such as infantry, cavalry, cavalry and archery are all matters of the forbidden soldiers, so the people should not think about it. However, through such elimination, they cannot pass the test in one performance. They must perform well every time to get a good ranking in the end. He knew that those soldiers were used as low-level generals, and there were some talents in the common people, such as archery, running, etc., and football was also good. It could cultivate the soldiers' sense of cooperation in a small range, which allowed Zhao Kuangyin to select real warriors from the people and let them enter the forbidden soldiers.

Several small events and major football events are about to reach the final stage.

Come again next year, the preliminary round will be entered, the knockout round will be entered the year after, once every two years. Many useful low-level generals will be selected for the army.

The quality of the last year was mixed, and it started in the second half of this year. Zhao Kuangyin visited him several times, and of course, he went to the academy to encourage the students.

Song Jiu was interested in national entertainment and the profits of gambling. Zhao Kuangyin was interested in military value and was very important.

But the arena is open again, and there is still a large area in Henan that has not started yet. I don’t know what to do. Could it be that all workshops and houses will be built. Therefore, the number of tourists is indeed increasing every year.

Zhao Pu opposed it, and it seemed that there was a reason to build the bridge. But he felt uneasy, and Lu Yuqing and Zhao Kuangyi agreed. When it comes to public opinion, if there is no bridge construction, it will be great if there is chaos in the future. Moreover, it is now forced to transport goods on the dock on holidays to the city, otherwise the traffic of Hulongdike will collapse completely. With this bridge, all problems will be solved.

Lu Yuqing also valued Hezhou taxation. This year, the total taxation in Hezhou is approaching 500,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the average tax of the five prefectures. Even if it can move towards a million-dollar tax in the future, some convenience should be provided in the process of tax collection in the court.

He has not counted the related joint taxes, otherwise there would be more.

The two of them became arguing that Yu Ping was a concubine and a woman, so she could not enter the palace, so this talks were held in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Zhao Pu was still reluctant, but after Zhao Kuangyin sent a middle-level envoy to Dongshuimen to take a look, he actually agreed. It really doesn't work. In the future, the population will increase. At worst, it will be possible to build another city wall outside. What's the point?

He didn't care about Hezhou, the Southern Han Dynasty was destroyed, so he stared at the south...

Li Yu sent his younger brother Li Congshan to pay tribute. Seeing that something was wrong, he changed the Tang Kingdom to Jiangnan Kingdom. Before Li Congshan arrived, Li Yu wanted Zhao Pu to speak good things for Nan Tang and gave Zhao Pu 50,000 taels of silver. Of course, it was a huge sum of money, but it was not as huge as Zhao Pu was moved.

Now, the Southern Tang and Wu Yue are rich? It is not the Southern Tang, but Wu Yue. In order to be at peace, I have paid tribute over the years, and the territory has shrunk to the south of the Yangtze River, and the country's economy has gradually become in a dilemma. Li Yu could not afford more money.

Zhao Pu told Zhao Kuangyin about this matter, and Zhao Kuangyin said, "This must be accepted, but thank you with a letter and give the messenger a little sweetness."

Zhao Pu kowtowed and refused to give in.

Zhao Kuangyin said a strange reason: "The body of a great country cannot be weakened by itself, and it should be impossible to speculate."

Don’t you want money? All the 50,000 taels of silver that Li Yu bribed you are yours. But Li Congshan came, and Zhao Kuangyin kept rewarding, and the amount of rewards reached exactly the value of 50,000 taels of silver. Whether it was for Li Yu or for Zhao Pu to see, no one guessed it.

The end of the year is here.

More and more people gave gifts to Zhao Pu, including Wu Yue.

Zhao Kuangyin sat in the palace, listening to Wang Jien's report, his face was gloomy and clear, and finally said, "Are you sure?"

"I have confirmed that there are only ten brocade bottles, and the things inside are determined to be very expensive."

"Okay, please accompany me to his house to take a look."

The car arrived at Zhao's house, and the speed was too fast. The servant in front carried the bottle into the living room corridor. Before Zhao Pu could get in, Zhao Kuangyin came in. Zhao Kuangyin looked at the ten bottles, which looked like jars, jars, and bottles, made of clay, but more like bottles, so he asked casually: "What is this?"

Zhao Pu replied: "Your Majesty, King Qian Chu of Wuyue gave the old minister a letter and gave him ten bottles of sea items to the old minister."

The people of the Song Dynasty also liked to eat sea fish, but they were inconvenient to transport and storage. The seafood could not be entered into thousands of households. Or they were dry goods. As Yan Tong said, some pickled products were also more expensive, such as shark fin, sea cucumber, shellfish, abalone, etc.

Because it is dry goods, it is impossible to use bottles to pack them. Use more boxes. The more expensive ones are boxes or other utensils. The cheapest ones even use only one bun. Zhao Pu answered very reluctantly, but how did he answer?

Zhao Kuangyin did not reveal it, and continued to say lightly: "This sea item must be a high-end product, please open it and take a look."

Both Zhao Pu and his wife were a little bit terrified.

Wang Ji'en went up and knocked on the bottle cap. When he opened it, he saw that it was full of gold seeds. Then he hugged it. He didn't hold a bottle of gold. Besides, it was ten bottles. The fatal thing was that gold was very expensive. One or two gold was only about 30 grams, but its value was ten coins. Why did Song Jiu want to trade in sea? The Song Dynasty lacked copper and gold and silver. Although gold and silver were not standard currencies, they could be used as a quasi-currency, and the people also used them as jewelry.

The value of these ten bottles of golden gourd seeds is far greater than that of Li Yu’s fifty thousand taels of silver!

Zhao Pu was frightened. He knew that it was the golden melon seeds. Zhao Kuangyin didn't ask. If he asked, Zhao Pu would definitely not be able to go down the stairs. Maybe he knew, maybe he didn't know, but Zhao Pu must know that it was definitely not a sea object. What kind of sea objects are packed in a bottle? Besides, ten bottles of sea cucumber shark fins can be worth much. Zhao Pu is powerful. Qian Chu wants to make a good deal, but only ten bottles of sea shark fins are used to take action? It would be better not to give it away, so that Zhao Pu would not be furious.

Zhao Pu leaned down and said, "I have not known it before I can open the letter of King Wu Yue. If I know, I will report to thank him."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "You only accept it, it is harmless. He thought that all national affairs were decided by you, the scholar, so he gave it to you."

I don’t know if it’s good words, sarcasm, or harsh words.

Zhao Pu had no choice but to refuse, and Zhao Kuangyin continued to ask him to accept it. There was too much money, and Zhao Pu was nostalgic in his heart and half-rejected it.

After walking out of Zhao Pu's house, Zhao Kuangyin sat on the carriage and looked at the south. At this time, he thought of the two of them. One was Cao Bin and Wu Yue also gave him a heavy gift, and Cao Bin decisively refused. The other was Song Jiu. If Song Jiu had made money, his family property could reach one million yuan and become one of the top wealthiest wealth in the capital. Zhao Kuangyin didn't know much about how much wealth Zhao Pu had now. Zhao Kuangyin couldn't figure out how much wealth he had in Shaanxi. He had a timber business in Shaanxi. He only had to use how much wood he had to build a house in the capital a year. A little proportion would be inside, and he would become a wealthy. There was also the business of Zhao Chengzong, the kings of the vassal states below. Even Zhao Kuangyin dared not imagine Zhao Pu's property. But if Song Jiu was greedy, he would not have less money in his hands, but once forced him to ask his concubine to borrow money to experiment.

Thinking of this, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Wang Jien said on the side: "Your Majesty, the King of Wu Yue also gave gifts to Mr. Zhao in the past, but the situation is different. Now our dynasty is just a light army, that is, to pacify Guangnan. Therefore, the king of Jiangnan and the King of Wu Yue gave generous gifts, which is a special situation."
Chapter completed!