The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 131 Good Mine
Although they are not professionals, there are still people in the Zhongshi Dao Army who know something.

The saltpeter in Bianjing City is boiled, and the cost is very high.

This seems to be directly like boiled saltpeter. In any case, dig some first and transport it to Bianjing. I believe that the weapons supervisor will naturally be able to tell whether the saltpeter is usable and whether it is good or not.

Of course, the current battle is against Hehuang, Cao is rated as commander-in-chief, and reporting is necessary.

In this campaign, I still feel very good about cultivating the teachings. The Cao family is a famous general. In the past, the court would not easily use the Cao family because the Cao family's merits were too high and they did not want to use them.

This time, Cao was rated as the division commander and Division Liang became the supervisor. The cooperation was excellent.

Zhong Shidao also knew that Cao Ping and Liang Shicheng were sons and daughters.

Liang Shicheng only cared about transporting Tao inkstones back to Bianjing and basically didn't care about the rest. The eunuchs who followed Liang Shicheng didn't care about anything except occasionally checking the accounts of the Western Army.

Military affairs, logistics and other matters are managed by Cao Ping, the military Sima, and his staff.

If there is any conflict with the Western Army here.

It was Liang Shicheng who mentioned to himself in private that he should restrain his soldiers and maintain strict military discipline.It seemed that Zhang Shuye mentioned it to Liang Shicheng, and Liang Shicheng came to find him.

Speaking of this matter, Zhong Shidao also knew that the last time he invaded Qingtang City, these soldiers and ruffians under his command did go a bit too far.

I proposed that I should write a letter to plead guilty.Liang Shicheng said no, just a reminder.He also asked Cao Ping for authorization to lead the army to Huizhou himself. Except for Xixia's large-scale attack, he would handle all military affairs by himself without asking for instructions.

For this, Master Zhong was extremely grateful.

In Zhong Shidao's mind, Liang Shicheng, the eunuch, was as handsome as Liu Chenggui, the famous eunuch of Taizu's time.

Is Liang Shicheng a good person?
For the time being, at least he hasn't done anything bad for his son's sake.

Moreover, after capturing Qingtang City, he was very supportive of Zhang Shuye's proposal to relieve the poor villages of Shubo. In Liang Shicheng's view, this was to accumulate blessings for his unborn grandson.

Whether he is a grandson or not, I don’t know yet.

Bianjing City.

Cao Tan has entered the official period of raising a baby. The Cao family has sent five more nuns and 20 more maids. The Grand Shang Palace and six other Shang Palaces have come to congratulate them, and they also sent palace secrets. .

As for Xu Shizhen, she quietly threw these palace secrets into the corner.

Having read books, she knew that few children in the Song Dynasty had an easy life and grew up well, so she still believed that her own medical skills were more reliable.

Where is Liang Xin?

I want to stay with Cao Tan at home.

But Cao Tan was not happy: "A man is a real man. If you stay at home for such a trivial matter as a woman, you won't be laughed at if word spreads about it."

"Yes." Liang Xin was thinking of words to retort.

Cao Tan continued: "Go and do your business, I'm waiting for that day."

Liang Xin: "What day?"

Cao Tan said: "You said that Guan Jia is the god of hundreds of arts. Just wait for the day when he can concentrate on hundreds of arts."

After listening to these aspects, Liang Xin knew that Cao Tan was no longer just supporting her after the wedding. Now Cao Tan began to promote the process of the matter.

Concentrate on all kinds of arts.

Regardless of whether he is an emperor or not, he can concentrate on all kinds of arts.

There is no rush for this matter.

Based on Liang Xin's understanding of history, the late Qin Dynasty was a period of troubled times, and both Overlord and Liu Bang were the emperors who fought for the throne in the troubled times.

It was the Han and Wu dynasties that expanded the territory.

The Sui Dynasty seized power, but the second generation died, and the world was in chaos again.The Tang Dynasty moved from troubled times to a powerful and prosperous age.

And how much smaller was the population of the Tang Dynasty than that of the Sui Dynasty?

In the fifth year of the Sui Dynasty, the population in the Central Plains was 600 million. In the past 17 years, the Central Plains had an average annual decrease of 230 million people. By the early years of Tang Zhenguan, the Central Plains had a population of only more than 800 million.Liang Xin does not want troubled times.

It must be stable, and even within a dozen years, the population of the Central Plains must be increased by no less than 2000 million.

Therefore, there cannot be chaos in this world.

Even if he fails, he cannot cause chaos in the world.

After coming out of Cao Tan's courtyard, Liang Xin planned to go to the palace. She didn't go far when she saw Li Qingzhao walking out of the nearby garden and following behind her.

Liang Xinyou noticed that Li Qingzhao was holding the cloth in his left hand.

Liang Xin: "Did you hurt your hand by playing with rocks?"

Li Qingzhao said in a low voice: "The lady beat me."

"Ah..." Liang Xin made a long sound. He knew that Li Qingzhao was definitely not here to complain. In the mansion, Cao Tan was the loudest one in the backyard. Not to mention hitting Li Qingzhao a few times, he would just press him on the ground and beat him wildly. , I can only pretend that I can’t see it.And Li Qingzhao would definitely not dare to say anything against Cao Tan behind his back.

Li Qingzhao whispered: "Mr. Xin, can you go and see my inkstone?"

Liang Xin stopped and said, "Have you heard about the competition?"

"Yes." Li Qingzhao was indeed interested in participating, and she felt that her level was quite high.

Liang Xin thought for a while: "I will instruct Liang Zhong later to take you to pick rocks."

Li Qingzhao's face clearly showed joy: "Thank you, Mr. Xin."

Liang Xin asked: "That's it?"

Li Qingzhao was a little nervous.She was afraid of being slapped again by Cao Tan. The thug was only a light punishment, but it also made her hands swollen for three days.

Liang Xin asked again: "If you have something to say, just say it. If it doesn't work, I won't agree to it. If it's difficult, I'll ask the lady."

Li Qingzhao then said: "I heard that Mr. Zeng's home has been sealed off, and Jingyu is arranging for people to raid the house."

"Well, it should be so." In fact, Liang Xin didn't know that since Li Qingzhao said this, the information he got from Wang Jingyu should be true.

Liang Xin is no longer involved in Zeng Bu's affairs.

Ren Boyu is the presiding judge. According to Zhang Dun's inference, he will dig out and try all the things that Zeng Bu did that violated Song law, including those from more than ten years ago.

Therefore, Liang Xin avoided it.

He didn't want to have anything to do with it.

Li Qingzhao's voice dropped a little lower at this time: "Xin Lang, that..."

Liang Xin heard: "Well, we have to choose a good day..." After hearing this, Li Qingzhao's face turned red, and he immediately rushed to say: "No, no, can you let me go to the house raid this time?"

"You?" Liang Xin was confused for only a second before she understood: "For Mrs. Wei?"

"Yes."

"Go." Liang Xin agreed.

Zeng Bu's first wife, if we say that among the most talented women in the Song Dynasty, Li Qingzhao ranks first, then the second is undoubtedly Mrs. Wei. Unfortunately, she has passed away.If she were alive, there would be people who would advise Zeng Bu not to be so arrogant.

Zeng Bu's failure was that he thought at this time that he had a chance to become an independent prime minister in the court.

He is so naive.

He thought he knew Zhao Ji, and he thought he knew the court.

Liang Xin did not dare to say that he knew Zhao Ji very well, but he had read a book about Cai Jing.

How Cai Jing came to power.

To sum it up, it’s four words:
The master of confusion has exclusive power.

(End of this chapter)