The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Time came to March without knowing it, and Chen Jingke lived an unprecedentedly busy life.

Basically, spend two days in Zixiaoguan, spending time with family members and doing some research on your own.

I ran to the academy for two days, taught students, participated in various projects, went to the factory area to see the construction situation, and worried about repairing the railway.

Not to mention anything else, the horse riding skills have become more proficient, and the physical fitness has also improved significantly.

However, the results of the busy work are very fruitful, the loom is officially finalized, and the speed is tentatively set at [-] times the speed.

Production drawings are being made right now, and production can be organized once the drawings are made.

The progress of the train is very slow, or just started.

The speed of laying the railway is also slow. The problem lies in the gravel, which is too troublesome to mine, smash and transport.

But it's not a big problem, as long as the laying can be completed before the train is built.

The biggest achievement is still in the factory area, and various factories have started work one after another.

Even steam engine workshops have begun to try to make parts.

In particular, the wood factory in Jingyunguan has produced finished manual shuttle looms and spinning wheels.

With the spinning wheel, poverty alleviation programs can naturally begin.

Chen Jingke did not go directly to the slums in the name of Zixiao Temple as before, but gave Niu San and the others two days off.

No matter how good the words are, it is not as good as these workers go home and show off.

Sure enough, when they went home and told about the experiences of these days and the situation at the factory, the slums were boiling.

Then more people began to regret why they didn't go.

Many people knew that Niu San was more valued there, so they came to ask him to intercede, if they could let them go.

After the lesson from last time, Niu and the others calmed down a lot. They only said that they could ask questions for everyone, and they all said they were helpless.

But before they could go back, representatives from the yamen and the factory came the next day, along with thousands of spinning wheels and hemp fibers.

Spinning wheels are leased to various companies, and hemp fibers can be given to them on credit, as long as they spin the hemp fibers into thread balls.

At that time, you only need to give Zixiaoguan the equivalent of thread balls, and sell the excess to the factory at the market price.

How to describe it, it is equivalent to someone else bringing a sheep, and the feed is equivalent to giving it away for free.

You just need to feed the sheep and sell the lambs to the owner of the sheep.

This kind of pie-in-the-sky good thing almost knocked out the people in the slums.

They definitely wouldn't believe it before, but the changes in Niu San and the others are real.

You may not believe in Zixiao Temple, or you may not believe in Yamen, but you have to believe in Niu San and the others.

This time, no one was reserved anymore, and every household came to apply for spinning wheels.

Some families have more members, and even want to have a few more.

However, Chen Jingke's move is to help the poor, so it is natural that the rain and dew should be covered.Only under the condition of ensuring that each family has one, will the family with a large population be given an extra one.

In short, everyone is happy in the end.

The dead silence that had hung over the slums for many years disappeared, and laughter and laughter entered every household.

The humming of the spinning wheel merged into a beautiful note that could be heard from far away. …

Chinese people like to be lively. When the weather is good, everyone will move the spinning wheel to the door, and chat with neighbors while spinning.

There are many topics, and opinions on trivial matters can make everyone chat happily for a long time.

However, the topics that appear most frequently in everyone's mouth are:
If you have money, how should you spend it? All the people living in Zixiao Temple are good people. Sun Immortal and Chen Zhenzhen are living gods. When will the factory recruit workers?

Li Shimin, Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Ma Zhou, Wei Zheng and others walked on the street in casual clothes.

Looking at the spinning wheels, listening to the buzzing and chatting with everyone, I was filled with emotion.

Even though I have never been here before, I have heard of the situation here.

There is no need to doubt whether the rumors are wrong. The potholed streets, wooden houses, and tattered clothes are the best proof.

But this person's face was filled with a smile that didn't fit in with the surrounding environment.

They naturally knew how this change came about, but they were even more shocked just because they knew it.

After walking out of the slums, Li Shimin said to everyone: "What do you think, Zhu Qing?"

Fang Xuanling sighed: "Chen Zhenren's talent makes me ashamed."

Wei Zheng also said: "That's right, the slums, which the imperial court has had a headache for so long and can't do anything about, can be solved so easily in his hands, I feel ashamed."

Changsun Wuji said, "I'm even more curious about the Chen clan, how they did all this."

The others immediately shut up.

Everyone knows that Chen Jingke is from the Chen family, but no one dares to find out where this branch has gone and what it has done.

There used to be rumors that other branches of the Chen family who stayed in the Central Plains wanted to have a relationship with Chen Jingke and gain benefits.

But for some reason, those people did not appear in the capital, and no one brought up such a topic after that.

Everyone is not a fool. Although there is no definite evidence, they all know that the emperor must have made a move.

It's not hard to guess the purpose, it's just that he doesn't want others to get in touch with him, and then inquire about the secrets of their branch.

So everyone tacitly never discussed this matter.

Changsun Wuji has a special status, and he can say with a little emotion, if anyone doesn't know how to answer this sentence, then they will be in bad luck.

Seeing the scene calm down for a while, Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian who had been silent all the time, and said:
"Chengqian, what are you thinking, why don't you speak?"

Li Chengqian pondered for a while, and said: "I was thinking about the few questions Jing Ke told me. I had no idea before, and I was touched by the changes in the slums."

Li Shimin asked curiously: "Oh, I don't know what question he asked you?"

Others also looked over.

Li Chengqian said: "When we talked about slums that day, I said it was the imperial court's dereliction of duty, but Jing Ke said that the whole world has problems."

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Is there a problem in the whole world?"

Others are not much better, if someone else said that, they would have started spraying.

But the other party was Chen Jingke, even if they were not convinced, they wanted to know what the other party had to say.

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Yes, that's what he said, and he asked me a few questions."…

"What is a country? What is a people? How does state power arise?"

"What powers does the state have, and what responsibilities does it assume? What powers do people enjoy, and what obligations do they assume?"

"In the relationship between the state and the people, are the rights and obligations of the people equal?"

"Emperor... Well, what is the government, what are its powers and obligations?"

"What are the military, soldiers, farmers, businessmen, and businesses, and what roles do they play?"

"He told me that if you can figure this out, you know what's wrong with the world."

Everyone was shocked. These questions pointed directly at the core of the country.

Then they also showed a thoughtful expression, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that this question was difficult to answer.

As mentioned earlier, many problems are taken for granted by everyone, and they have never thought about why.

Now that someone suddenly asked this question, they realized that these reasonable answers could not answer these questions.

Naturally, Li Shimin was also thinking, but he also had no answer, so he asked, "Did he tell you the answer?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "No, he told me that there are no fixed answers to these questions, and that people with different identities and periods have different answers."

"His answer is not necessarily correct, it's just that he thinks it is correct."

"So he asked me to find the answer myself, and then he was telling me his answer for comparison."

"I've been thinking about this question these days, but I still haven't found a suitable answer."

"Seeing the changes in the slums today, I feel a little bit."

Li Shimin said with great interest: "What feeling?"

Others also wanted to see what the crown prince had gained.

Li Chengqian said seriously: "Jing Ke is right, there is really a problem in this world."

The others were taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood what he meant, and then everyone fell silent.

Li Chengqian's meaning is very simple, are the slums really so difficult for the court to solve?

In fact, it is not difficult, and there are many ways.

For example, move the people here out of Chang'an, give them a little land, and let them be self-cultivated farmers.

But no one does it, because in the eyes of everyone, these people are superfluous, and their life and death don't matter at all.

No one wants to spend a little thought on these people, thinking it is a waste.

Compared with Chen Jingke's approach, this kind of cognition is really abnormal.

But this idea has existed for thousands of years and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

They were naturally unwilling to admit that there was a problem, but facing what Chen Jingke had done, they didn't know how to refute it, so they could only keep silent.

In the end, Li Shimin broke the silence and said: "These questions Jing Ke asked are very interesting, Zhu Qing may wish to think about it carefully, and go back and write a setback for me."

Others said one after another: "Here."

At this time, Li Shimin asked again: "Where did Chen Jingke go? Why can't I see others recently?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Ms. Wu is about to give birth, so he still has no thoughts to run around. He has never stepped out of the gate of Zixiao Temple these days."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Oh? It's a happy event for Sun Zhenren's grandson to come into the world. Please pay more attention and let me know as soon as you have news."…

Li Chengqian said: "Here."

The others were similar, the birth of Sun Simiao's grandson was a big event, and gifts had to be given as soon as possible.

……

In Zixiao Temple, Chen Jingke carefully walks with Wu Shu by his arm.

"A moderate amount of walking is good for the body, and it is not easy to lose strength during childbirth."

Wu Shu said helplessly: "You have said this countless times, and I can hear cocoons in my ears."

Chen Jingke smiled and said, "Isn't this to express my concern, haha."

Wu Shu couldn't help laughing, and asked after a while: "Should the spinning wheel be sent to the slums? I don't know what's going on now."

Chen Jingke said: "I have been sending people, and the results are very good. The people there are very active in their work."

Wu Shu said: "It must be very positive. You have finally given an opportunity to stand up. How could you not seize it firmly? Your actions are boundless."

Chen Jingke gently touched her swollen belly, and said with a smile, "It's a prayer for our child."

There was a kind smile on Wu Shu's face, and he said: "Based on this, his Aunt and Yeye have accumulated great merit for him."

Chen Jingke said: "These merits are not given to him alone. In the future, he will have younger brothers and sisters, and they will all be divided."

"I don't know if it's a son or a daughter, but I still hope it's a... ouch." Wu Shu was halfway through speaking, and suddenly covered his stomach and cried out:

"It hurts."

Chen Jingke was startled, he quickly supported her, and said, "Are you tired, take it easy first."

Wu Shu said: "No, I have a hunch that he is coming."

Chen Jingke didn't dare to delay when he heard it, and hurriedly said to Daotong who was waiting behind him: "Go and inform the master and the obstetrician, and they say that the lady is about to give birth."

That Daotong didn't dare to delay, so he ran to the hospital.

Chen Jingke asked again with concern: "How is it now, can you walk?"

Wu Shu grabbed his hand nervously and said, "It still hurts, but I can walk."

Chen Jingke said: "Then let's walk over slowly, and I will support you."

It's not that he abused Wu Shu or something, but that when a pregnant woman is about to give birth, walking properly can help open the cervix.

Not long after walking, he saw Sun Simiao rushing over with a group of people, and asked from a long distance, "How is it?"

Chen Jingke replied: "When I was walking, my stomach suddenly hurt. Shu'er said that she had a hunch that the baby was coming."

Sun Simiao hurriedly said: "Come on, let's go to the delivery room for a check...go slowly and don't worry."

A group of people came to the delivery room slowly, and a female obstetrician doctor went in to examine her.

After a while, the female doctor came out with a happy face and said: "Congratulations to the master, it is about to give birth, and the cervix has been opened with two fingers."

Sun Simiao also became happy, and said: "Good, good, good...Ke'er, help Shu'er to walk around quickly."

"Okay." Chen Jingke was also very happy, and went to the delivery room to help Wu Shu to walk slowly in the yard.

Over there, Sun Simiao had sent someone to notify Mrs. Wu to come, and at the same time directed everyone to start preparing for the delivery.

The heir of Zixiaoguan was about to be born, and everyone moved to welcome him into this world.

Wu Shu once again brought up the idea of ​​wanting a son. Chen Jingke is not surprised by this at all. It is strange that he does not want a son in this era.

But in order to relieve her psychological pressure, he comforted her: "As long as it is our child, I like it. In fact, I like my daughter more."

"My daughter is filial and considerate. She is the little padded jacket of her parents. My son is too skinny and can make people's teeth itch."

Wu Shu's mood really eased a lot, but he still said: "But I still want a son, Master also wants a son, and everyone in Zixiao Temple hopes that he is a son."

Chen Jingke said domineeringly: "Whatever they think, this child belongs to both of us, of course our opinions are the most important."

In fact, he has already speculated that there is a high probability that it is a baby boy.

I don't know when the rule was summed up. Generally, boys will be born a few days earlier than the expected date of delivery, and girls will be born a few days later than the expected date of delivery.

Counting the time, Wu Shu was only in her early nine months of pregnancy, so the probability of the baby being a boy is higher.

The reason why I didn't say this guess directly is because this rule is not 100% accurate and can only be used as a reference.

If it is said with great fanfare that it is a boy, if it is a girl, wouldn't that be a joyous occasion.

More and more people come to the delivery room, waiting for the birth of their children.