There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 77
"You are the daughter of a dignified general, why do you like this kind of folk thing?" Xia Houjue didn't understand this.

Tang Wanning was very heartbroken. The status of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and ancient craftsmen was too low, and the royal family did not pay much attention to it.

Although she is a history scumbag, she also knows that the West is in the industrial revolution, and the East is still busy with the Four Books and Five Classics. No wonder people's planes and cannons are coming here, and poetry, calligraphy and painting are still here.

The astounding wisdom and astonishing exquisite skills of ancient craftsmen have not been developed efficiently because they have not been paid attention to.

That's why they will be trampled on the soles of their feet by the enemy, they will be looted by others, and they will be bullied arbitrarily.

Although the current Great Xia Dynasty is not facing such a situation, if scholars, farmers, commerce and industry can develop, wouldn't it be a higher level?

Wouldn't it be dangerous to live in sorrow and die in peace if you stay in the fantasy of heaven and the kingdom?
"Your Highness, do you know that nearly half of these things are not from the people?" Tang Wanning said lightly.

"Oh?" Xia Houjue casually took a book on the art of war, and lay lazily on the soft couch.

"If it doesn't come from the people, where else can it come from?"

"From a foreign country!" Her eyes were firm.

Xia Houjue still didn't take it seriously, just said 'oh', and didn't continue.

Tang Wanning pulled him up and pulled him to the pond in Chaoluan Hall.

Because it was cold winter, the pond had already been covered with a thick layer of ice, which was half a foot thick. She pointed to the layer of ice and asked, "If you want to dig it open, how long will it take?"

Xia Houjue frowned puzzled, but still replied: "The fastest must be an axe, half an hour should be enough, I have never tried it!"

Tang Wanning couldn't help but pull him aside, picked up a firecracker, filled it with a black ammunition, and aimed at the thickest part of the ice.

"Bang!!"

After a loud noise, a foot-wide hole was blasted into the ice surface. The ice was completely shattered, and some even turned into fine powder and piled up on the edge of the hole.

Xia Houjue's eyes were filled with shock, which lasted for a long time.

"Now Your Highness still thinks it will take half an hour at the fastest?"

Xia Houjue didn't speak for a long time.

Tang Wanning explained with a smile: "Your Highness has never seen it before, and it's normal. It was brought over by a few white-haired and bearded businessmen from the west. Folk hunters use it to hunt. It has a long range, accurate shots, and a fatal blow. It is very popular among hunters." Welcome, the disadvantage is that the bullets inside are not easy to buy!!"

Xia Houjue was shocked.

"Such dangerous items are used for hunting?"

Tang Wanning smiled: "Those who can afford this kind of firecracker are usually big hunters. There are not many around the capital, and there are only twenty households in total. Don't worry about it for now!"

Xia Houjue continued to be astonished: "For the time being? If you attack someone with this thing, wouldn't it be a fatal blow!"

Tang Wanning quickly comforted him: "Hey, don't panic!"

"I only discovered those merchants recently, and they have already been followed by others. Anyone who sells the firecrackers can count them!"

"They're all hunters, they won't be killed for the time being, don't worry!"

Xia Houjue's eyes sparkled, "Don't worry? This thing can hurt people in the blink of an eye. If it falls into the wrong hands, wouldn't the people in the capital be in danger?!"

Tang Wanning looked at him with admiration.

Yes, even though he is an ancient person, his brain is good enough, and he can come up with so many things just by showing him, without her needing to spend more time talking, a child can be taught.

She said earnestly: "I've seen this thing once before. Three years ago, my third brother brought a small one back from a foreign country! At that time, it was not so powerful, and the half-destroyed little thing was far from it. This is very useful..."

She didn't go any further.

Xia Houjue is a smart person, he will think of what should be thought of.

Sure enough, he narrowed his eyes coldly and clenched his fists tightly: "So those foreigners have been making such things all the time! How dare they sell them!"

Tang Wanning sneered: "Man dies for money and birds die for food. There are some things that His Highness may never think of!"

"Our Tang family guards the northwest, and we have seen too many cruel things than this!"

Many people will never see those cruel and heinous things in their lifetime, and they can't imagine them at all.

Silence, a long silence.

After going back that day, Xia Houjue didn't say a word, he went into the study with the firecracker, and didn't come out all day and night.

In the next few days, Xia Houjue not only began to pay attention to these foreigners, but also sent people to inquire about the goods they sold.

The big and heavy globe was finally located in the secret room of his study.

Although it was hard to imagine what the woman said about the round earth, he really couldn't imagine what the vast land under his feet was like, so he might as well just be dubious.

……

Tang Wanning was a little surprised by Xia Houjue's attitude.

She thought about ten thousand kinds of his reactions, but she never expected to attract such attention from him.

After all, he was an ancient person, and he accepted a lot of new things in a short period of time, so it was good for him not to have a mental breakdown. Not only did Xia Houjue not collapse, but he made the most effective decision in the shortest possible time.

If it weren't for the genuine fear of the unknown in his eyes, she would have doubted whether the other party was a pure ancient.

On the heated kang, Tang Wanning asked Bi Yue while flipping through the little yellow book.

"Did you send out all the things in that box for the family?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, there are reliable people along the way. If you want to come to Shangyuan Festival, Mrs. Madam will receive your reply!"

Tang Wanning nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Two days later, Xia Houjue suddenly came looking for her with bloodshot eyes.

"As you said, this item was indeed brought in by a few foreign businessmen with white hair and beard! Gu is tracing their origin!"

Tang Wanning couldn't laugh or cry.

"Your Highness, you made yourself like this just for this matter?"

Xia Houjue looked at him, solemnly said: "As long as the people are safe, everything is worth it!"

Tang Wanning suddenly couldn't laugh. She wanted to tease him, but she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word.

It turned out that Xia Houjue was not really cold-blooded.

He is much better than the emperor who loves the people like a son on the surface, but actually loves the country more than the emperor, and is much better than the fourth son of the emperor who is humble and courteous on the surface, but wants to be superior.

Their Tang family really cares about the common people, but Xia Houjue is not a drunkard!

The spontaneous admiration warmed Tang Wanning's body and mind, and her whole body was full of motivation.

Very good, as expected of the one she married.

Even if there is no relationship between husband and wife, they can always get along. If the day comes when she will risk her life in the future, she should not let him down, and neither will he.

……

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Jingyuan ordered that Miss Yun's family be granted the concubine of the East Palace and officially enter the palace on an auspicious day.

The prince and his wife received the imperial decree in Fengyang Palace and walked back side by side. Along the way, Tang Wanning suddenly asked, "Where can Miss Yun live?"

"Nongcui Residence!" Xia Houjue didn't even think about it.

"Where does Mrs. Meng live?"

"The side hall of Nongcui Residence!"

Tang Wanning: "..."

A while ago, the concubine's room, which was so tender and pampered in his heart, suddenly became worthless. This man is really cold-hearted towards women.

　Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be updated

　　
　
(End of this chapter)