Wei and Jin Cooks

  Ting He and Fu An saw that their master was being dragged out like this, they hurriedly went back to the house, picked up the cloak and chased out, putting clothes on the two of them.

Zhao Erlang diligently pulled them to the gate, pointed at the other two dustpans and said, "Sister, brother-in-law, this is your firecracker, burn it quickly, A-niang said, firecrackers are fired during the Chinese New Year, that year's firecrackers will be fired. The bad luck will be gone, and next year will be prosperous and rising!"

Zhao Erlang also used his limited brain to think for a moment, his eyes lit up immediately, and he said happily: "Sister is already an envoy, a senior official of the border, and if you are promoted, can you be a prince and a chancellor? ,Hurry up."

Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help laughing. After taking a look at Fu Tinghan, the two of them stepped forward together, picked up a handful of bamboo knots and threw them into the brazier. They immediately stepped back, and only two steps back, the bamboo knots in the brazier cracked. ...

   Zhao Erlang jumped up excitedly when he heard the sound, and shouted: "Woo-woo--sister and brother-in-law's firecrackers are very loud, and the new year must be very good!"

   Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but say to him, "You're really getting better at talking."

   Zhao Erlang just laughed.

   "Okay, burn the rest for us."

   This Zhao Erlang was so happy, he immediately rushed forward, took a bunch of bamboo knots and threw them into the brazier, and when the crackling sounded, he jumped up and down excitedly.

   Zhao Hanzhang looked at it with a smile, turned his head and listened to He and said, "Go and burn one too."

   Listening to He happily curtseyed, "Yes!"

   Fu Tinghan also nodded to Fu An, who had bright eyes, and the two rushed to set off firecrackers with Zhao Erlang.

   It was lively for half an hour, and the sound of firecrackers in the city slowly subsided, and only an occasional pop was heard.

   Zhao Erlang and several others also burned all the firecrackers, and he finally felt sleepy, and followed Zhao Hanzhang back honestly.

Zhao Hanzhang saw that he was yawning constantly, but he was still thinking about tomorrow's firecrackers, so he smiled and said: "You can sleep at ease, I will let Qiuwu keep all the firecrackers for you, and you will take them to the alley tomorrow. Burn with the children."

   Zhao Erlang was relieved, and said, "I want to compete with them to see who can burn the loudest and explode the most."

   "Okay, let's go to bed."

   Zhao Erlang yawned and went back to the room to rest.

   Zhao Hanzhang stood in the courtyard and waited for him to walk away. Only then did Ting He and Fu An step back and return to the main courtyard side by side with Fu Tinghan. By the way, he said, "Let's start debugging the gunpowder tomorrow."

   Fu Tinghan nodded, "I have asked Qiu Wu to find the materials."

   He stopped, turned his head and said, "I thought you wouldn't agree."

   Zhao Hanzhang: "Didn't you also change your mind?"

Fu Tinghan was silent for a moment and then said: "They are too hard, quarrying... It's so hard, people will die; if we slow down the construction of houses, people will die; I don't know, it's the quarrying that let them die with one hammer and one hammer. There are more people, or there are more casualties that may occur after the emergence of gunpowder."

He said: "This is one life after another. I can't use them as an experiment and make a decision after collecting the data. I can only follow the trend. I think that when gunpowder appears at this time, it will make their work easier and make less sacrifices. A little bit, it should be fine, right?"

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded, then his face became solemn, "I will ask Qiu Wu to assist you. From now on, this matter will only be handed over to Qiu Wu, and the formula of gunpowder must be kept strictly confidential!"

   Fu Tinghan nodded, he knew that this thing was more valuable than anything before.

  The two returned to the main courtyard, the coldness on Zhao Hanzhang's face dissipated, and he put on a smile again, "Have a good rest tonight, see you tomorrow."

  Fu Tinghan nodded, "See you tomorrow."

   Watching Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan walk side by side, Wang Yan and Xie Shi also turned around and returned to the guest house.

   Wang Zang sighed: "I originally thought that I would be able to drink until dawn tonight, but I didn't expect Shijun to come back so early."

   As soon as Zhao Hanzhang left, it was not easy for them to get together again, so they could only disperse slowly.

  Xie Shi was thinking about another question, "This year, the envoy will show filial piety. Does that mean that he is going to marry Mr. Fu?"

  Wang Zang frowned when he heard the words, "It won't be so soon, will it? Can the envoy still be the envoy after marriage? What if I become pregnant?"

  Xie Shi also has this concern. Now the entire Yuzhou relies on Zhao Hanzhang to exist. She is the one who speaks the word. Although there is a fight, no one dares to offend her.

   But once you get married, or even have children, the situation becomes complicated.

   "Master Fu lives in the main courtyard with the envoy."

  Wang Zang: "But they are separated, although they go in and go out together, but I don't think the two of them have reached that level."

   "I don't think so. When the two of them stand together, they always form a world of their own, and others can't get in at all."

  Wang Zang frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head, "Forget it, it's useless for us to think about this kind of thing, we might as well do our best with our hearts."

   You should go down when you thank you.

   Zhao Hanzhang never thought about getting married at all. This year is the third year of Yongjia, and she will be filial piety by June this year.

   But she forgot about it for a while. She still has a lot of things to do. After the spring, the most important thing is to cultivate and recruit talents in various places.

  The plan of the year lies in the spring. Last year, the spring in northern Yuzhou was destroyed by Gou Xi and Donghaiwang, and the summer and autumn were destroyed by them and Liu Yuan together, so that the entire Yuzhou is now a disaster area.

   This year, everything has to make up for last year's famine, otherwise Yuzhou will get worse and worse.

   Therefore, on the first day of the first lunar month, the people in the city are still resting. Looking back on the New Year last night, Zhao Hanzhang has already talked with the officials who came to pay their respects to the New Year.

Especially in persuading Nongsang, she emphatically urged Yin Sheng, "Let the county magistrates personally go to the countryside to persuade Nongsang, take in all the refugees, divide the land for farming, prepare the seeds they need, and help them as much as possible with farm tools and livestock. "

   added: "Let the people from the Simong Institute go to the countryside for guidance, and let them farm more rationally."

   Zhao Hanzhang said this, turned his head and asked Fan Ying, "I remember that there have been a lot of achievements in the Runan Simong Institute, and two new methods of composting have been researched, right?"

   Fan Ying recalled and nodded: "Yes, there is a method of composting, and some spacing has also been changed. It is said that opening the spacing will help the growth of plants, and the yield per mu will be higher."

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded slightly and asked, "How is the popularity of the new farm tools?"

   "Currently, it is only used more in Runan County, and almost none in other counties."

   Zhao Hanzhang frowned slightly and looked at Yin Sheng, "I remember that when the new farm tools were made, I sent the drawings to the counties and counties, and asked you to prepare for this."

   Yin Sheng sweated on his forehead and explained: "Yes, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. We have no iron and little iron, and we really can't make it."

   Zhao Hanzhang snorted lightly, didn't he think of a way to own it?

   But she didn't bother to ask the guilt now, so she said to Fan Ying directly: "Send a message to Chen County and Runan County. This year, some of the iron produced in Runan County will be used as farm tools and sent to various counties."

   Zhao Hanzhang's face froze, "Tell the counties and counties, if these irons did not appear in the hands of ordinary people in the form of agricultural tools, I would use their heads to plow the fields."

   Everyone's back froze, Fan Ying responded loudly, "Yes!"