Pan Qiaolian was lying on a couch peacefully, holding a bowl of fragrant chicken soup in her hand and drinking it in small sips. There are also two henchmen, Xiao Bottler and Su Ying'er, who are busy serving. It's a good way to eat and drink, and take care of the fetus with peace of mind.

In contrast, Ximen Qing is much more "hard". Since she was pregnant in April, she has only been stable for less than a month, and she is really a little sorry for her.

"Eighteen, how's it going?" Wu Haogu saw Pan Qiaolian's appearance and stepped forward to greet him with interest.

Pan Qiaolian didn't get up, only gave the bowl with chicken soup to the small bottle, and then touched her belly with care, "Well, it seems to be moving, good skin, it should be a boy, right?" ”

Move? Or is it an embryo, how to move? It's the one in Ximenqing's belly who moves very happily, even if it's not a kid, it's a girl as strong as Ximenqing.

Wu Haogu sat down on the edge of Pan Qiaolian's collapse, stretched out his hand and touched Pan Qiaolian's slender and soft abdomen, "Well, it must be a kid...... Eldest sister, you have to take good care of me Eighteen. ”

Let one pregnant woman take care of another...... Sounds like nonsense. But Ximen Qing is a concubine, and it is right to take care of the housewife. And Ximen Qing is still a very good man, especially proficient in gynecology, and taking care of pregnant Pan Qiaolian is the best.

"Whoa." Ximen Qing responded happily, as if she was very happy to see that Pan Qiaolian was pregnant.

Wu Haogu thought for a while, and then said: "Eldest sister, it's a ghost gate for a woman to give birth to a child, right?" ”

"Da Lang ......"

Ximen Qing and Pan Qiaolian were stunned at the same time, and the two women glanced at each other, such as looking at Wu Haogu with a resentful gaze at the same time.

Wu Haogu was looked at by them, and he immediately felt speechless, but he still had to say what he had to say: "Eldest sister, do you have a good midwife in your Ximen family?" ”

In the Song Dynasty, midwives and doctors were two professions. Although many people in the Simon family practiced medicine as a profession and also had ancestral medical skills, no one worked as midwives.

Ximen Qing shook his head, and then said: "But the slave knows a few midwives who are very famous in Xuzhou and Haizhou. ”

Famous...... It means disobedience and self-righteousness! ‘

Wu Haogu thought for a while and said, "Choose two not very famous ones to come to Kaifeng Mansion." ”

"Not very famous?" Pan Qiaolian was surprised, "Dalang, there is the best midwife here in Kaifeng Mansion......"

"Of course, use the best!" Wu Haogu nodded, "But just in case." ”

"Just in case?" Pan Qiaolian asked, "How to prevent it?" ”

Wu Haogu said: "I saw a midwifery thing in a book, called forceps, and I drew it when I turned around and asked someone to make it out of brass. ”

Wu Haogu has never seen what the real forceps are like, he has only seen the pattern of the forceps, but he can still draw a seven, seven, eight, eight.

"Forceps?" Ximen Qing asked, "What is it?" Why hasn't the slave heard of it? ”

"It is a tool that pulls the fetus out of the womb when the fetus is dystocia," Wu Haogu said solemnly, "It was created by a man surnamed Han in Shaanxi during the Shenzong Dynasty."

In addition, this Han Langzhong also created a disinfection method to prevent mothers from contracting diseases after childbirth. ”

Sterilization?

Ximen Qing was stunned, there is still this method? You must learn it, so that you are not afraid that the enemy will poison yourself and Da Lang.

Wu Haogu said: "Eldest sister, you write to your eldest father and ask him to find two young and capable midwives to come to Kaifeng Mansion." When the time comes, I will pass on the forceps and disinfection method to them, and they will be able to go north with peace of mind. ”

"Going north?" As soon as Pan Qiaolian heard this, her cherry mouth pursed, "Where are the officials going?" ”

"Go to Qingzhou," Wu Haogu said, "and it has been decided to negotiate with the Liao people in Qingzhou...... The departure on the fifth day of the first month of September is mostly to talk about for a few months. In the future, my husband can be busy between Kaifeng Mansion, Daimyo Mansion and Jiehe Commercial Market, and I should be able to rush back when you give birth. ”

"Oh." Pan Qiaolian pouted, looking very dissatisfied.

In her ideal, Wu Haogu should be by her side all the time, how can she run around all the time?

Ximen Qing's eyes swam on the two girls, Xiao Bottler and Su Ying'er, now that she and Pan Qiaolian are pregnant, it is impossible to accompany Wu Dalang. But it's not appropriate for Dalang to always have no woman around him, right? Do you want Su Ying'er to follow?

……

"Usable ......"

In Miyagi, in the capital hall of the Eastern Mansion, Prime Minister Zhang Dian was listening to Zhang Shangying's report and heard Wu Haogu's proposal to set up a spy department and send a large number of forbidden spies to Jiehe City, and nodded slightly.

"That's a good idea." Stroked his beard, "Success comes from the many, and so do the prophets...... Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated in a hundred battles! Although Wu Dalang is a merchant and martial artist, he has read through "The Art of War". ”

"Xianggong, do you think this can be done too?" Zhang Shangying asked again, "Then who do you think is better to let you preside over the spy department?" ”

"The Spy Department is not in a hurry, this matter is not trivial," Zhang Dian shook his head, "Let's recruit spies under the name of the Military Science Department first." ”

The Privy Council is now the Twelfth Room and Two Divisions, one of which is the newly opened Military Academy, and if another spy division is added immediately, it would be too much of a reform. And what kind of yamen is the spy department? It is somewhat similar to the Imperial City Division, but the Imperial City Division is internal, mainly active in the Kaifeng Prefecture boundary. But the Espionage Division doesn't necessarily mean that it can't be used within the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, it is very inappropriate for this yamen to be placed under the Privy Council, and the official family may not be at ease......

Zhang Shangying said: "Zhang Rongxi (Zhang Qi)'s grandson Zhang Shuye has just been promoted to Xuanfenglang, and he is going back to Kaifeng Mansion to be elected, so it is better to let him be a doctor of military science and manage the spy in advance." ”

Although Zhang Shuye is an official who has entered the office, he is both civil and military, and he has been on the front line in Shaanxi for many years, accumulating rich military experience, and at the same time, because he is a Kaifeng general, he is also very familiar with the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, and he can completely control them, and he is also a civilian officer, and he is fully qualified to seek a doctor's dispatch in the Privy Council's Military Science Department.

"Well," Zhang Dian nodded, "this Uncle Zhang is good...... That's it, he gave the doctor of the Department of Military Science, and added a mission that was also in charge of espionage. If he can do a good job, he can replace Mr. Murong in the future, and it is also suitable to be the commander of the Northern Expedition. ”

Zhang Dian thought quite far, and was already thinking about the commander of the Northern Expedition! However, he can't look down on eunuchs like Tong Guan, but Zhang Ji's generation of ministers is too old to be in charge after ten or twenty years. And Zhang Shuye, who is thirty-four years old Chinese New Year's Eve, is obviously a suitable candidate, he is also a Wenwu and a Kaifeng general, and his performance in Shaanxi is also good. If he can manage the Military Science Department and the espionage work against Liao, he will be a commander of the Northern Expedition who knows himself and his opponent in the future.

Zhang Dian thought for a while, and then said: "The palace has always interfered in the affairs of the north, so let's let the letter office also intervene in the espionage report." ”

"The Hebei East Road Transit Envoy can also take care of a little espionage," Zhang Shangying said at this time, "Now the Cao Chen of Hebei East Road has the responsibility of collecting espionage reports from Liao. ”

Zhang Dian nodded and said with a smile: "That's natural, when you become the Caochen of Hebei East Road, you will be added to the title of being in charge of espionage, and then let Jiehe City Bo Si also take care of a little espionage...... The cost of the espionage report had to be taken out by the Shippers of Jiehe City. ”

In the eyes of the big spies of later generations, this arrangement is simply nonsense, and the secrecy of espionage work comes first, how can there be so many yamen who are in charge? How can this be kept secret? However, the Song Dynasty was like this, and the important things involving the military state were multi-headed management. Naturally, there can be no exception to external espionage matters.

……

"The date is set?"

"It's set, I will leave on the fifth day of September, and I should be able to return before the end of the year."

Wu Haogu had returned to the martial arts mansion in the west chamber of Kaifeng Mansion at this time, he came to report the good news to his father Wu Chengzhi (Pan Qiaolian was pregnant), and also told Wu Chengzhi the date of his departure from Beijing again.

"Have you arranged everything at home and at the business house?" Wu Cheng asked.

"It's all right." Wu Haogu said, "The reorganization of the commercial bank can be completed before the end of August, and from September onwards, the inner account room will give the family 1,000 taels every month, but is it enough to spend?" ”

This thousand yuan is not used to maintain the Lihua Courtyard outside the city and the "small family" expenses of Wu Haogu, Pan Qiaolian, and Ximen Qing, but for Wu Chengzhi and the martial arts mansion in the city.

"Enough, enough." Wu Chengzhi smiled, "Where can I spend so much at home, besides, your father and I are still the number one calligraphy and painting tooth person in Kaifeng Mansion." ”

Wu Chengzhi's official tooth card has not been lost, and now his son is the "first person in the painting", and he also founded Christie's and Oiran Stores, he naturally followed the light, and there were many customers looking for his palm eyes and buying paintings. There are one or two thousand yuan per month.

"It won't cost much now," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "When the second brother wins the Jinshi, it will cost money like water...... You can't save the money you should spend! ”

After winning the jinshi, you can "earn" or "spend", each has its own way, and the future in the officialdom is different.

If you want to "earn", that is to take the route of catching a son-in-law under the list and marry a rich woman to enter the door. However, the upside-down rich woman generally cannot be a boost to the officialdom of Jinshi's husband.

And if you want to "spend money", of course, you have to go to You Shilin, and then find a big civil official to be the old man. That's a lot of knowledge!

Wu Chengzhi heard the deep meaning of Wu Hao's ancient saying, and immediately asked with interest: "Big brother, do you want to be a matchmaker for the second brother?" ”

"You can't talk about being a matchmaker, so let's try it." Wu Haogu said, "When the second brother comes back from Taixue in a while, I will write a picture for him and take it to the Daimyo's mansion...... This time I went out differently, I followed Zhang Tianjue. There must be too many social drinks and banquets along the way, and the Han envoy of the Daimyo Mansion must be going to meet, he has six sons, and there are more than ten or twenty granddaughters. ”