Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 45

In the end, ordinary people only need four words in their lives: food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The fact that clothes are ranked first is enough to prove the importance of clothes. After all, it represents a person's last act of propriety, justice and integrity.

If you can develop a new spinning wheel and improve the efficiency of spinning, what a huge fortune it will be!
Zhao Kang suppressed his excitement and began to recall the pedal spinning wheel he had seen in the cultural relics museum in his previous life. Soon Zhao Kang drew the prototype of the spinning wheel.

The difference is that the spinning wheels in Qian Kingdom are now hand-cranked, while Zhao Kang's is pedal-operated.

"It should be pretty much the same."

Looking at the pattern on the paper, Zhao Kang hurriedly ran out and spent one tael of silver to buy a spinning wheel. He found a hammer and struck it three times, five by two, and took apart the various parts of the spinning wheel to study them carefully.

a few days.

The court meeting started as usual in the palace hall. The old master, who had already recovered from his illness, had a gloomy face, looking at everyone as if they owed me money.

There was no way, the fact that he fainted due to Zhao Kang's anger in Shangshufang had long been spread. You must know that the old master has always regarded himself as the leader of the literary world of the country, a veteran of the three dynasties.

As a result, Zhao Kang was so angry that he vomited blood in front of all his royal students.

An old face is completely lost!

What's even more irritating is that the bastard who knocked him out actually took over the magpie's nest and replaced him as the Sixth Rank Shicheng.

No one can bear this!
However, this matter was finalized by His Majesty, and the old master had no choice but to hope in his heart that Zhao Kang would make a mistake.

"Do you have anything to report, sir?" Xiao Linglong asked from the dragon chair.

The Minister of Rites came out and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Guo Jingguo has sent an envoy and will arrive in our territory in Daqian soon to discuss the ownership of the Yunshan Iron Mine outside Youzhou."

Xiao Linglong couldn't help but frown when she heard this, and the ministers below also looked at each other and whispered.

The cause of the melee between the countries five years ago was precisely because of the Yunshan iron mine. The Yunshan mine veins were huge and spanned the borders of the three countries. Iron ore has always been a top priority.

Countries have policies that prohibit the smuggling of salt and iron.

Naturally, everyone wanted such a mine that spanned the three countries, but they also wanted no one else to get it. This led to the start of a war that nearly destroyed the country.

Compared with the three kingdoms of Zhou, Jing, and Qi, the state of Qian was weaker and only had five states, so it became the target of siege.

If she, Xiao Linglong, hadn't turned out to be brave and good at fighting, and led her army to repel the coalition forces of various countries, how would the Qian Kingdom still exist at this moment?
After the war, various countries signed an agreement and set a date to discuss the ownership of this huge iron mine.

Thinking about it, an official came out: "Your Majesty, the Yunshan Iron Mine is of great importance. Once it falls into the hands of other countries, I am afraid that I will lag behind others in terms of weapons and armor from now on. Please be careful, Your Majesty."

This was an official from the Ministry of War who took the lead in considering the impact of iron ore on the war.

Another civil servant came out and also advised Xiao Linglong to think deeply: "Your Majesty, the Yunshan Iron Mine dispute has been going on for a long time. Now Zhou Jing and Zhou are coming together. It is obviously with bad intentions. My big work is now full of waste, and it has been I can't bear the trouble again, so I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

"Is it possible that we have to hand over such a large mineral vein to others?" the military attache, who always had a hot temper, asked directly.

The people next to him immediately retorted, and in an instant the entire court became a noisy mess.

The military attaché said he couldn't let it go, and the civilian officer said what to do if a fight broke out. Xiao Linglong just felt a headache.

Glancing at the old master, the old man looked like he was awake. He was obviously not interested in getting involved. Maybe he was still angry at this moment.

The civil and military officials argued for a long time but failed to come up with a charter. Xiao Linglong shouted: "That's enough!"

All the officials looked over, and Xiao Linglong said angrily: "Let you make up your mind instead of quarreling. What's the use of arguing and spitting and spitting dozens of pounds? Let's discuss this matter later. Dismiss the court!"

After the court meeting, Her Majesty the Empress was still unhappy.

The fact of iron ore is really of great importance, and it can affect the whole body, so don't be careless.In the harem, when the young eunuch came to report that there had been a quarrel in the main hall for a long time, His Majesty was in a very unhappy mood. Xiao Xuance hurriedly asked someone to take out the book and memorize it at the top of his lungs.

The voice was as loud as singing. Xiao Linglong passed by and stood outside the courtyard for a while, then nodded with satisfaction and walked in.

"My brother sees Your Majesty."

Xiao Xuance seemed to have just noticed His Majesty's arrival and saluted quickly.

Xiao Linglong waved her hand: "No need to be polite, get up. What have you learned recently?"

Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao has not come to the study room these days, so we can only study by ourselves."

"What's wrong with him?" Xiao Linglong was stunned for a moment when she heard that Zhao Kang didn't come to work without saying hello.

Xiao Xuance shook his head: "We don't know either. It's been three or four days. When someone asked, he just said he was sick and couldn't come."

"What a shame. He thinks this is the government office of Yuanjiang County. He won't come if he can't! Green Mandarin." Her Majesty the Empress wanted a punching bag at this moment.

Green Mandarin: "Your Majesty."

"Go and call Zhao Kang over."

……

After a while, he heard that Xiao Linglong had summoned him. Zhao Kang, who was busy with carpentry research, quickly put down what he was doing and hurried over. He also suspected that he had done something wrong along the way.

When Lu Yuan said this, he suddenly realized that he had been busy studying the spinning wheel these days and didn't go to class. What a careless thing!
When you come to the harem, you should salute as usual.

I took a look at Her Majesty the Empress. She was fine. She didn't bring a sword. It seemed like there wasn't much of a problem today.

Xiao Linglong said solemnly: "I heard that you have been ill recently?"

"Ahem, cough, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I just felt cold occasionally, and I'm much better now." After pretending to cough twice, Zhao Kang hesitated in his heart whether to tell the story about the spinning wheel.

Then I thought about it, damn, this is something I came up with. Why should I let this bitch know about it? If she knew about it, why wouldn't she immediately commandeer it?

He was still muttering in his heart, and Xiao Linglong snorted rudely: "I feel cold in the summer, thank you for speaking out."

Don’t know about fever or cold?

Zhao Kang rolled his eyes but still didn't have the courage to reply, so he could only say: "I understand my guilt."

With a low eyebrow and a submissive look, Xiao Linglong had no place to vent her anger, so she could only scold him a few times and let Zhao Kang reflect.

I went to the Imperial Study Room to think of a solution.

After Her Majesty the Empress left, Zhao Kangcai raised his head and looked at Xiao Xuance, who was gloating about his misfortune. The two of them had already become familiar with each other and had no scruples in their conversation: "What's wrong with her?"

"I heard it was a mine or something. All the officials in the court were quarreling. My sister is so upset that she wants to beat someone up. You are unlucky." Xiao Xuance laughed twice and glanced at Zhao Kang curiously: "You guys What are you doing?"

"None of your business, let's just play!"

"I've rebelled against you. I'm the prince. Believe it or not, I'll have someone beat you up!"

Zhao Kang: "Believe it or not, I'm going to tell your majesty right now how you study these days. Don't think I don't know."

"Brother, I admit that I spoke a bit loudly just now."

(End of this chapter)