Originally, a long-planned criticism meeting allowed two bottles of very poor quality perfume to be mixed, and in the end, the horse was not only innocent but also meritorious, great merit!

The emperor said that he would get more big water and give it to the forbidden army for trial, and if it was really effective, he would be promoted. How do you get rich...... This time, the emperor humbly listened to the opinions of the concubines, and planned to move all the production of Datou water to the workshop in the palace. Some of the perfumes are distributed and sold by officials, and some are used exclusively for export to earn foreign exchange.

Originally, the emperor and Wang Anshi also wanted to give alcohol a proper name, which was originally the essence extracted from wine, and how good it sounded to be alcohol. But Hong Tao adhered to his principles and bit the big head of water. There is also a very strong reason, and that is secrecy!

It's hard for others to imagine what kind of stuff is used to make it, but it's too easy to guess if it's called alcohol. In the end, the emperor and Wang Anshi had to pinch their noses and admit it, and the big head of water should be the big head of water.

"Do you think the dragon boat will win?" The emperor left with a scent of osmanthus flowers, and took all the drawings, and then another scent of osmanthus came over.

"Wang Xiang is planning to ......" Wang Anshi asked about this matter, he must not hold back his fart, since he has a request for himself, he simply took the candy.

"The Water Tiger Wing is the elite of the forbidden army, and a certain plan is to advance and retreat with it!" Wang Anshi said it was called an impassioned one, as if he was betting to donate money to the front-line soldiers.

"The king is righteous! Xia Guan has a book to be printed, and I want to ask Wang Xiang to do the preface, I don't know if it's okay? ”

Since Wang Anshi said it so explicitly, Hong Tao is not welcome, and this kind of person who picks the door can't be too subtle, he must be neat, otherwise they won't recognize people when they turn their faces.

With Wang Anshi's preface, the matter of the horse arithmetic and wanting to be used as a textbook for the academy is basically reliable. The bad guy is also a leader in the literary world, and he even dares to change to his own textbooks for scientific examinations, and it is really not difficult to increase the textbooks of the academy. And it won't attract too much criticism, after all, the academy is not a mainstream university, and it has little influence in the court.

Throwing out a money-making weapon, only in exchange for an official position that has not yet been promoted and the possibility of a textbook, is obviously a big loss, but Hong Tao is very happy.

At least for now, it seems that he is no longer a waste who can only talk about it, and the emperor and the two prime ministers will no longer be suspicious and suspicious of themselves until the flower paste plan is effective. Being believed, especially by leaders, is a big problem.

Anyway, there is no shortage of means to make money, so just give it up, as long as you don't delay the use of new technologies, there is no loss. Besides, it's not like you can't make any money. The emperor had already agreed, and all perfumes in the future would come with a paper manual, and this manual would be printed by Hoedo.

Don't look at the small half sheet of paper, you can't stand the large number, you have to sell as many bottles of perfume as you want, how many years can you sell perfume, and how many years you have to print it. This kind of printing work with a large number and a long span is also the most suitable for the lead typesetting of Hoedo, and there is basically no cost of engraving, and it is all dry money!

"Why is there such a strong fragrance of osmanthus on my husband?" When he returned home, the concubine, who had never used incense, was questioned by the princess, and this fragrance was very special.

"Hey, hey, hey, for the husband, this is called giving people roses, and there is a lingering fragrance in the hand." In a good mood, Hong Tao also began to drag words, or foreign words.

As soon as the Shangyuan Festival passed, Hong Tao fell into busyness again, although the craftsmen have not yet worked, but the dragon boat of the water tiger wing has been transformed, and how to row this thing has to be taught by him himself.

In order to let Wang Anshi write the preface to his book, Hong Tao also worked hard, and personally went into battle as a dragon boat oarsman, training with the soldiers of the Water Tiger Wing for two hours every day.

The effect is naturally too good to be better. In the words of the crown, the dragon boat is no longer rowing, but flying on water. If you can't win the championship like this, it will be unreasonable, so just let the heavenly soldiers and generals come down to compete.

Hong Tao didn't go into battle specifically to teach sailors rowing, this kind of oar only needs to explain the essentials of the action clearly, and normal people can learn it quickly, let alone sailors who row all year round.

In order to make this little plastic physique stronger as soon as possible, this bit of hardship must be eaten, even if he is tired all day long like his grandson, and his hands are still blistered.

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, flags are displayed on the wall of Jinmingchi, thousands of boats compete on the water, the south bank and the east bank are crowded, and the annual dragon boat race begins.

In fact, there were only eight teams participating, but they couldn't stand the fact that the Song people liked to join in the fun too much, and the emperors of the Song Dynasty were too diverse. He not only allowed the people to enter the Jinming Pond and stand on the shore to watch the game, but also allowed the social boats to enter the lake and play in the water with his building boat.

It's good now, almost all the large and small flower boats on the Bianhe River have come in, each boat is not empty, all of them are dressed up in the top brand, a piece of warbler singing and dancing, silk and bamboo playing and singing, making it almost like the water carnival parade.

The emperor's building boat was not idle, and the dance team composed of official prostitutes danced and she appeared on the stage, and actually started a ring with the folk flower boat, and no one obeyed anyone.

The climax of the carnival is the dragon boat race, 8 dragon boats of different lengths, different thicknesses, and different appearances are lined up, the horn is finished, the water splashes, the oars fly, and they rush to the finish line.

Hong Tao didn't show up today, although he has been a dragon boat oarsman for a few days, his physical strength is still too poor, and he can't hold on to the whole journey at all. Since the emperor and the prime minister already knew about this thing, he didn't plan to go to the scene again, and was dragging Shen Kuo on the top floor of Daao to watch the excitement at this time.

In fact, it's not to watch the excitement, Wang Anshi said, it doesn't matter with Shen Kuo to discuss the problem of mathematics, he will also have a private conversation with the imperial historians, don't make a fuss. But it is not suitable for a court official to always drill into the horse mansion when he has nothing to do, and it is best to change to an unremarkable place.

What is not eye-catching, Hong Tao remembered this dock. No one will come here except for the soldiers of the Water Tiger Wing, as long as he doesn't say it, let alone the soldiers, even the crown doesn't know who Shen Kuo is.

"This oar is really strange, if the pulley crossbow can also be like this oar, the soldiers will be blessed......" Shen Kuo has spent almost all the past few days in Da Aoli, and is conducting a feasibility study on the pulley crossbow that the horse said.

As the commander of the first army against Western Xia, equipment improvement is a big deal, but he will give his best whenever possible. It's a pity that no matter how it is designed, it doesn't seem to be very reliable to install a pulley set on the god arm crossbow, which makes him a little helpless and sighing.

"That's it! This thing is indeed not suitable for land warfare, let me think about it for a little more time, and I will definitely relieve the worries of the border soldiers! ”

This time, Hong Tao also had no spell, and the Divine Arm Crossbow could be used after adding pulleys, and the range and muzzle velocity had indeed increased, but the problem was that the bowstring strength of the pulley group was not strong enough, and it often malfunctioned.

If the pulley group gets stuck, it's fine, but if the bowstring is broken, the crossbowman will be miserable. A broken string will pop out backwards, like a small whip, and it will be a big hole when it hits any part of the body, which is very unsafe to use.