Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 1095 Big Copper Ball

  Zhao Hanzhang looked at the time and went straight back to Zhao's residence.

  Fu Tinghan arrived first, and her family was waiting for her in the dining room.

  Wang was talking happily, when she saw her, she blamed her and said, "You are so busy, you don't even have time to go home for a meal."

   Strange and distressed, he asked, "Can I have refreshments in the morning?"

  Seeing Zhao Hanzhang shaking his head, he immediately turned his head and told Aunt Qing to go to the kitchen to serve food.

   Zhao Hanzhang sat next to Fu Tinghan and asked him, "How long have you been here?"

  Fu Tinghan: "I just arrived not long ago."

   "He has been waiting for you for half an hour," Wang asked, "Can your yamen take a rest? You just got married, and it's the New Year's Eve, so you're so busy?"

  Zhao Hanzhang: "I won't be busy after this year."

   "You say that every time, do the math, how many years has it been since our family celebrated the New Year together?"

  Zhao Hanzhang: "We can definitely spend this year together."

  Zhao Hanzhang invited her and said: "This year we celebrate the New Year in the palace. There are a lot of people, and it's very lively. Don't you like it, Aniang? It will be fun then."

   Wang was a little nervous, "Am I going to enter the palace too?"

   "Come in, don't worry, just sit next to Erlang, close to me, we will take care of you, and no one in the palace dares to bully you."

  Zhao Erlang patted his chest and promised, "I will definitely protect A Niang."

  Zhao Hanzhang then remembered to ask, "Erlang, did you see something... like a big hollow copper ball when you searched the palace before?"

  Zhao Erlang shook his head directly, "My brother-in-law asked me just now, I haven't seen a big copper ball before."

   Zhao Hanzhang regretted it, turned his head and said to Fu Tinghan: "It's okay, I'll look back in the court to see if there is an artificial armillary sphere, and I will build you one at that time."

"However, the observatory was damaged. I looked around today, and the location of the observatory is still the best. I will ask the Ministry of Industry to look at the quotation for reconstruction. If the treasury can squeeze out money, I will build it for you next year." stand up."

  Wang was puzzled, "Why build an observatory?"

  Zhao Hanzhang: "Look at the stars."

  Wang hesitated, "Isn't this bad? Doesn't it mean that the national treasury is tight now? Just build an observatory for watching the stars?"

Zhao Hanzhang explained: "Stargazing is to predict the weather. The drought in Youzhou and Jizhou this year was actually predicted by the Qin Tianjian in the imperial court. Unfortunately, the imperial court did not have strong control over the local area and failed to prepare for the disaster in time. The imperial court has notified the states to prepare for disaster prevention, but each locality has its own way, not only the drought cannot be suppressed, but it also triggered a large locust plague."

   "After the fall of Yuncheng, the officials of the imperial court went to seven or eight, and the officials of Qintianjian..." Zhao Hanzhang said sadly: "None of them came back."

  She is really sad, these are all technical talents, and it takes a long time and material resources to cultivate one.

   "In order to prevent natural disasters, the Qin Tianjian must be rebuilt. Now I have a great talent. Even if it is only for the weather, the observatory must be built." Not to mention the almanac.

   To write a good almanac, an observatory is also necessary.

   Only then did Wang understand, she thought for a while and said, "How about I give you some?"

   Seeing them worrying about money every day, Mrs. Wang is not as selfless as for the country, but she can't bear the embarrassment of the children.

  Zhao Hanzhang refused, and said with a smile: "Aniang, keep your money. If Erlang and I are short of money in the future, we will definitely come to ask you for help, but the affairs of the treasury should be left to the officials in the court."

  With that little money from Mrs. Wang, I am afraid that even if the family is exhausted, they will not be able to build half of the observatory.

   After dinner, Mrs. Wang took Zhao Hanzhang to talk for a while, and told them to go back to Fu Zhai to accompany Princess Hongnong and Fu Xuan to have dinner at night, and then let them leave.

Zhao Erlang had nothing to do these two days. Most of the officials in the county government had gone to bed. After he was free, he became sleepy after eating. He was lying on the bed and dozed off. Suddenly he jumped up, put on his clothes and run outside.

   Lu Hu was taken aback, and hurried to catch up, "Erlang, Erlang, what's wrong with you?"

  Zhao Erlang ran away, "I seem to know where the big copper ball is?"

  Zhao Erlang got on his horse and ran, and ran to Bei Gongchun's mansion in the capital.

  Although Beigong Junren was not in Luoyang, he left some people at home, a dozen or so disabled soldiers. He asked them to cultivate his fields and live in his house.

  These disabled veterans not only farmed, but also dug their flower beds to grow vegetables and wheat. There was a lake, and water was directly diverted to open several paddy fields nearby.

  There is no tax on the things in this garden, so they can live on these alone, plus the fields outside the city, after two years, they still have a little money to spare.

  Because Zhao Hanzhang encouraged marriage this year, they raised a sum of money and married the two youngest daughters-in-law. One of them lost a hand and the other lost a leg.

   It was hard to be called a daughter-in-law.

   But they are wounded soldiers who have retired from the military. Zhao Hanzhang has an order that the wounded soldiers will be exempted from labor and taxes, and they can benefit their families. Therefore, although they are disabled, they can still find wives, especially widows, who are very popular.

   They also liked widows, especially widows who had children.

Zhao Erlang ran to Bei Gongchun's house and started knocking on the door. An old soldier limped over and opened the door, only opened a crack. After seeing Zhao Erlang with a fierce look on his face, Zhao Erlang froze for a moment, and then the flesh on his face Just squeezed away, showing an ugly smile, he has a scar on his face.

   But Zhao Erlang didn't mind, he felt the kindness of the veteran, so he lay on the seam he opened and looked in, "Brother, did General Huang pull a big copper lump at home?"

  The veteran opened the door, "What is the little general doing with the big copper lump?"

   "It should have come out of the palace. My elder sister is useful. I vaguely remember that General Huang came to Luoyang later and led soldiers with me to sneak into the palace to find something. He seems to have found a big copper bump."

  The veteran thought for a while, and let Zhao Erlang in, and then led him limping into the yard, "Yes, there is, but without the general's warrant, I can't easily give it to you."

  He led Zhao Erlang to the back, pushed open a storeroom door, there were a lot of sundries piled inside, and in one corner was a copper body nearly as high as the room, deflated a lot, almost into a ball.

   It was hit by something, and it was damaged on all sides, but it can be roughly seen that it came from a circle.

  Zhao Erlang said excitedly: "Yes, yes, this is this, this is this. I remember that General Huang secretly transported things out of the palace, but I still saw it. I thought he was moving sculptures."

  The old soldier smiled and said, "This is copper, it's precious."

  Zhao Erlang said seriously: "My elder sister wants to use it to do great things, you tell General Huang, and I will come and take it away tomorrow."

  The veteran immediately shook his hand and refused, "That's not acceptable, we need the general's consent. If the little general can wait, wait until I write to the general."

Good night

  (end of this chapter)