"It turned out to be Master Pei, did Your Majesty ever go upstairs?" Seeing this scene, Hong Tao's first thought was not to ask Shen Kuo, but to turn around immediately. Sure enough, the head of the great eunuch was standing behind him, and he was startled by his sudden turn. "Your Majesty has been here for a long time, and before returning to the palace, I want to send a message to Lord Duwei to ask questions......

I can't figure out this old eunuch, and other officials were invited by the emperor to watch the lanterns on the upper floor of Donghua Gate, so they had to get around him, even if there was nothing to talk about, they had to let the emperor take a look.

But the horse actually hid in the corner of the city tower and chatted stupidly for more than an hour, most of the officials went downstairs and left, if it wasn't for the emperor's special order, no one would have noticed that there were two people here.

"I've seen Your Majesty...... Xia Guan and Lord Shen discussed some technical issues, and they didn't admit that they had missed the lantern, and they hoped to atone for their sins......"

Follow Pei Zhonggui into the inside of the city tower, the emperor and Wang Anshi are sitting inside drinking tea, but Sima Guang is missing. Hong Tao don't wait for the emperor to ask, take the initiative to admit his mistake first.

"I'm afraid it's not just a matter of numbers, right?" The emperor waved his hand at Pei Zhonggui, and glanced at the horse again, how do you look like the original brother-in-law, even if his face is still the same, why has his demeanor become so obscene!

“…… It's really a question of the number of techniques......" Hong Tao couldn't answer this question, and peeked at Wang Anshi. found that this pretending grandson who was looking at his nose and nose did not give himself any hints. Then you can only bear it hard, you can't say that you want to upgrade the bow and crossbow for the Great Song Forbidden Army, now is not the time.

"These are also math problems?" The emperor didn't intend to talk nonsense with the colt either, so he picked up a few pieces of paper from the table and shook it.

“…… These are indeed mathematical problems, and they are all questions given by the minister to Lord Shen, and he asked him to go back and show them to the minister after he finishes the calculations. ”

Hong Tao took two steps forward and stretched out his head to look, it turned out to be the drawings of the cast iron furnace and chimney that he had drawn for Shen Kuo. I don't know who copied it, let alone say it, it's true. But at first glance, it is a copy rather than a copy, and there is a problem with the strokes when writing Arabic numerals.

"It's just a math problem?" At this time, Wang Anshi spoke, no wonder the teacher hated interjecting in class very much when he was in school, and this knife was made up steadily and ruthlessly, cutting off all the retreats left behind Hong Tao.

"Nature is not born out of nothing, this thing is a stove for heating, made of iron...... According to Lord Shen's calculations, each body weighs no more than 100 catties. In winter, the internal combustion honeycomb charcoal can be used to heat such a large room, which is smokeless and odorless, and consumes less than using charcoal. ”

In fact, Hong Tao doesn't want to hide from anyone, and there is no need to hide a broken furnace, but he is not used to reporting to others about everything, and when it comes to production, there will naturally be Gao Cuifeng, Wasp, and Zhu Bajin to pass on the news.

"Is it a fire kang again?" This time it was Wang Anshi's turn to speak first, he reached out and picked up the pieces of paper and looked at them carefully, as if he saw some clues.

"This thing is similar to a charcoal basin, you don't need to use a kang and a stove, you can hire a car to accompany you when you move, it is very ......convenient" This sentence is made up by Hong Tao, he himself has not thought about what user group to meet when the cast iron stove comes out, but he has to find out some advantages.

"Tut-tut...... The horse is really an all-rounder, raising insects and making wax, planting flowers and taking ointment, and casting furnaces...... This boat is also the handiwork of the horse, I don't know what I want? After listening to the horse's explanation, Wang Anshi gritted his teeth, turned the papers back, and handed them to Hong Tao.

This time it is a hand-drawn pattern, a dragon boat, with six long oars sticking out on each side like centipedes, and there are actually a few villains on the dragon boat, and even the expressions of their faces can be seen clearly. It seems that this painter also has a similar temper as Peng Da, he doesn't work well, and he has to take care of every detail.

"Hey, hey, hey...... The minister was short of money, and when he heard that the dragon boat race could be bet, he made a small change, planning to win some money and use it...... "This time Hong Tao is not making it up, and nonsense can't be used all the time, especially in the face of an old and slippery politician like Wang Anshi, you must have some dry goods."

"Ridiculous! The Flying Eagle Society and the Treasure Hall are getting dozens of times a day, and even the scriptures of the Xiangguo Temple are also being printed by the Treasure Hall. In time, wouldn't the horse be the richest man in my Great Song Dynasty! Before Wang Anshi could judge whether this answer was true or false, the emperor was in a hurry, slapped the table and glared, and helped the horse calculate an account.

"What about this shochu pot? Don't use the theory of wine as medicine to confuse Your Majesty, it's hard to make a horse want to brew privately in the house! Wang Anshi seemed to think that the emperor was not angry enough, and opened a piece of paper again, which was simply Hong Tao's manuscript.

"Wang Xiang's words are extremely absurd, and it is ...... to brew privately" Hong Tao simply stretched out his hand and snatched all the pieces of paper, turning them back from the beginning to see if there were still coke ovens and bellows, and if so, explain together, don't squeeze out one by one.

"Are you guilty?" Just about to get angry, he was interrupted by Wang Anshi, and Emperor Shenzong seized another opportunity, intending to show the majesty of the emperor again.

The colt's performance these days is very bad, and he is busy with his own business without doing business, and if he does not knock and knock again, he may miss the ointment plan. I was going to ask when I was watching the lanterns, but I couldn't find where the horse had gone, which made the emperor even more angry.

“…… Your Majesty is angry, the king only knows one and doesn't know the other, please open the bottle and smell it! ”

Knowing Mao's sin, Hong Tao also basically figured out the path of his eldest brother. If he wants to punish the crime, he will definitely not bother talking in person, we are prepared, there are just two small porcelain bottles in his arms, one for the emperor and one for Wang Anshi, and smell it himself.

"Huh? This is an osmanthus incense medicine...... Non-also, non-also, the smell is very pungent, but after that, it is much lighter, I don't know why this thing? ”

The actions of the emperor and Wang Anshi were almost identical, first opened the cork and put it in front of his nose, then immediately frowned and dodged, and then couldn't help but lean over, and finally found something.

“…… The name of this thing is perfume, which can be applied to the body or sprayed on clothes and rooms, and the fragrance spreads very quickly. Your Majesty atonements, and the ministers have offended......"

Hong Tao stretched out his hand and snatched the bottle in Wang Anshi's hand, first put a few drops on his clothes, fanned the wind with his hand to let the two of them smell it, and sprinkled a few drops on the ground and table, but the effect was not obvious, so he simply dragged the emperor's sleeve and threw it up a few more times.

"Your Majesty! You can't drink it, you can only smell it...... Perfume is made by burning alcohol in a shochu pot and adding incense. If you are not good at mixing incense, if you find someone who is good at making it, the effect is several times better, and all the fragrances can be entered. The people of our dynasty like incense, but the Khitan, Dangxiang, Tubo, Dali, Goryeo, Japan and Nanyang countries also like incense. If we trade with them with perfume, I will get a lot of money, and the cost will be very small. ”

While the emperor and Wang Anshi were still immersed in the fragrance of osmanthus in a room, Hong Tao hurriedly got down to business. Originally, I was going to report the good news to them this time, but I didn't expect to be addicted to chatting with Shen Kuo, and I almost forgot about the big thing.

"How much does this cost?" It is worthy of being the leader of a group of big profiteers, and the emperor immediately understood the meaning of the horse, and the first problem is the cost!

"Less than a liter of cloudy wine...... The price should be several times that of the incense, and the manufacturing is simple and easy to configure, which can help the new deal...... "Hong Tao simply talked about the production process of alcohol and perfume on the drawings of the distillation kettle, and finally hinted that it could be used to balance the interests of the old and new factions.

"Datou water still has this effect!?" As soon as they heard that alcohol could be diluted and could be used as a healing elixir, the emperor and Wang Anshi reached out to the drawings almost at the same time, obviously this function was more attractive to them than perfume.

"It is indeed usable, but the specific effect needs to be tested slowly, and there are no traumatized people around the minister...... However, the proportion of this substance is only known to the minister, and it will more or less reduce the efficacy. The minister thought that perfume could be sold, and that the bulk of the water needed to be produced by reliable people, and it was more appropriate to keep it secret. ”

At this point, Hong Tao no longer wants to make money with big head water and perfume, this thing involves the military, and it is inconvenient to mix it by himself. And Wu Jinxing will soon show his grandeur, and it is easy to arouse the jealousy of others if he keeps all the good things, so he simply gives it all to the emperor and lets him distribute it. As long as you don't spread it blindly, I don't think he will be stupid to this extent.