Wang Ju looked at Shen Kuo while thinking about it.

Shen Kuo is also very interesting, at that time, in order to cooperate with the pickled meat, under the prompting of Wang Ju, a simple pressure cooker was invented. The effect is not as good as the pressure cooker of later generations, but the principle is similar, don't look at this shoddy simple pressure cooker, if it is placed in the Song Dynasty, it is black technology.

A small pot involves all aspects of knowledge.

In fact, it has many uses, not only for cooking corned beef, but also for cooking, boiling bone broth......

Now this small pot is not only sold well in the Song Dynasty, but also in other countries.

Shen Kuo went to Limin Prison, and now Limin Prison's profits have gradually increased a little, but the income ratio is still very poor, so Shen Kuo used the knowledge he learned in Limin Prison and took the craftsmen to finally make a pressure cooker.

It was made and seized the market with the other side.

When Wang Ju learned about it, he laughed and laughed.

However, the pressure cooker was made in the front, and many good things appeared on the other side of the back.

That's glycerin.

It is not an industrial glycerin synthesized from propylene, or it is a raw glycerin made from natural oils.

Why study glycerin, nitroglycerin? Only when yellow powder replaces black powder can a large number of thermal weapons be introduced on a large scale. If there were thermal weapons, would the nomads still be a nightmare for the farming people of the Central Plains?

However, it is too difficult to industrially produce sulfuric acid and nitric acid.

However, glycerin can now be officially produced, although this glycerin is slightly behind.

Glycerin came out, and no doubt all sorts of soaps came out. It can also facilitate the processing of pickled products and fruit feeding. These two are also important for the other side. They are also an important export material on the other side.

In addition, because it is a natural oil glycerin, the harm is very low, and it can be processed into various balms and skin care products.

This is the benefit of technology research and development, although yellow powder is far away, but in this research and development process, as long as Wang Ju can remember, every time a technology appears. can be turned into productivity.

For example, if you want to make sulfuric acid, you must improve the relevant distillation technology, although the sulfuric acid is also far away, but these improved distillation technologies are used in the wine and perfume manufacturing industries, at least so that these two industries can save a lot of costs and improve product quality.

Therefore, all kinds of soaps and cosmetics began to be dumped in the Song Dynasty.

There is no way, who made the Song Dynasty market the largest.

But the other side did not hurt the economic market of the Song Dynasty, on the contrary. Because of the large-scale transit of the fleet on the other side, the import value has always exceeded the export value. In particular, Hangzhou and Quanzhou, driven by the trade on the other side, gradually surpassed Ezhou in commercial taxation and ranked first in the country. Of course, the capital's can't be counted.

Shen Kuo saw that this thing seemed to be more profitable, so he got into it, but where could he understand?

However, this person is really very good at scientific talent, under his leadership, the steam engine technology has been improved several times in a row, although it can't be put in Sanmenxia as a means of transportation, but if you want to put it on the pit mines, make a few small locomotives, and pull ore, it will not be too far away.

But what made Wang Ju speechless was that this person was obviously good at this aspect, but he had always looked down on this knowledge, but had always wanted to use Limin Jian as a tool for him to go out of the mountain again.

Wang Ju had no choice but to say, if one day, you really invented a large steam locomotive and improved the difficulty of Sanmen Caoyun, a certain person will like the emperor recommended you for your merits, and let you serve as the squire of the Ministry of Works.

Shen Kuo said dissatisfiedly, "Return to the Ministry of Industry."

Alas, Wang Juzhong said heavily, now only two of the six ministries have Shangshu, and there is no Shangshu in the Ministry of Industry, only Kumamoto is a squire, think about Kumamoto's contributions. This is public, and the relationship between the two is still very good in private. Otherwise, Shen Kuo would not have said this.

"Cunzhong, you come with me."

Wang Ju whispered.

He brought Shen Kuo to Zhao Ji, who was talking to Lao Wang's old wife.

Wang Ju came to him and said, "Your Majesty, the minister worked very hard when he was young, so his personality is a little extreme. ”

This is not a lie, but it is not that Wang Ju worked very hard when he was a teenager, in fact, in Yanzhou, he did not suffer much, if he said that he endured hardship, it was the hardship that Wang Ju suffered.

The main hardship is that he suffered a lot in his previous life.

On the whole, Wang Ju's heart is not bad, for example, he has always had this country and this nation in his heart, and even the nation is too much, and he is also full of compassion for the poor people.

But because of this experience, his personality has become very tough and ruthless.

For example, if the truth is revealed, it will turn the Song Dynasty upside down, such as his ambiguous relationship with Zhao Niannu, is it really Wen Yanbo's investigation?

However, these truths will never be known to outsiders.

But not only these two things, Guan Jian is that he has judged that history will be re-enacted through the intelligence of the northwest, and the details may be slightly different, but the general direction will not change much, in this case, he secretly sent someone to leak his relationship with Zhao Niannu, so he left the other side.

Of course, if we look at the changes brought about by the current banking department and the Qi business tax, the sacrifice of the 600,000 soldiers and civilians is also worth it.

Wang Ju himself was also very guilty in his heart, but it also showed the dark and vicious degree of his methods.

However, few people really think that Wang Ju's personality is extreme, and with the effect of the banking department becoming more and more obvious, the implementation of various policies to benefit the people, there are more and more ministers who respect Wang Ju.

Wang Ju continued: "Then the minister served as the magistrate of Huachi, and most of the Chenguang was related to the military, so many scholars disdained it, and there were few friends, sometimes the minister thought about it, and the minister was like a wounded wolf in the wilderness, both lonely and confused. ”

"Wang Qing," Zhao Ji's eyes moistened a little when he heard this, don't think that Wang Ju has been happy in the past two years in Zhongshu, but in fact, he is working hard every day and night, and it is not easy. As for the previous ones, they fought in the south and the north, and there was almost no comfortable Chenguang.

But this sentence is not very appropriate, it seems that Wang Juzhi does not have many friends, but with the changes in the past two years, many officials have great admiration for Wang Ju, including Wang Anshi's son-in-law Cai Bian, General Xu of the Ministry of War, Chen Anshi, the head of the household department, and there are many young and middle-aged officials below. became a fan of Wang Ju.

Even if Wang Ju is not perfect in many places. But under his rule. The Song Dynasty really seems to have achieved self-sufficiency for the people without endowment, not to mention perfection, there are a few people who can achieve perfection, with this self-sufficiency of the people without endowment, that is, the ancients have not been seen before, and the people have not been seen after.

What makes them admire and sigh even more is that Wang Ju will only stay in Zhongshu for three years, and I am afraid that it is less than a year now. Then I have to go to Shaanxi to work hard, fight hard, take a boat far overseas, go to the clothes after the incident, and hide my merit and fame!

Even if he has an ambiguous relationship with the eldest princess, even if he has a bad temper, so what!

But Wang Ju is not sensational, indeed, in such a political situation, it is really difficult to do something. Several times he was confused and discouraged.

And don't think it's too peaceful, I can only say that in the past few years. Approximately no longer too much of a problem will occur.

Wang Ju said again: "As for the minister's elders, my father was killed by the Xixia people very early, and my mother was forced to live and remarry to the Jiang family in the security military city, but fortunately, there are two elders who have always cared about me, so the minister wants to take a few days off to preside over the funeral for the prince." ”

"Accurate, quasi," such a affectionate and righteous approach, how could Zhao Ji not be allowed?

"Also, after the death of the prince, it seems that the minister has become the first prime minister, but the minister has not been clear, how to serve as the first prime minister, so the minister proposed to ask Cai Gong to serve as the Zhongshu Order."

It turned out that the Chinese book was Wang Jue, Wang Ju and Zhang Qi, but Lao Wang was ill, and the burden was pressed on Wang Ju and Zhang Qi together, and because of the banking department, there were many affairs, but it was difficult to be difficult in this year or two. But not at the moment, Lao Zhang was so tired that he asked for Zhishi, so Zhao Ji swapped Zhang Qi and Cai Qu, Lao Zhang went to the door, and Cai did come to Zhongshu.

But whether it is Cai Qu or Zhang Qi, they are all under Wang Ju's class.

"This ......" Zhao Ji was a little confused......

Cai is indeed more meng.

"Your Majesty, the minister has made a serious mistake, thanks to Your Majesty's grace, the minister will be reused again, this is already a lot of broken rules, if you serve as the number one prime minister, there is no big problem in the hands of the minister, but future generations will imitate it, what kind of bad consequences will it have."

But no one is a fool, some people immediately realized that Wang Ju let go of this great opportunity, it is nothing more than that he can't stand in the first place, but he does the same thing.

And Cai did cooperate with Wang Ju for a long time, at least Cai did not hinder Wang Ju from doing things.

Wang Ju's former political enemies, coupled with the introduction of the banking department and the Qi business tax, there are many ministers who admire Wang Ju, but there are also many enemies, but these people are hidden in the shadows and can't find a chance to attack. Therefore, Wang Jugao has not been the first prime minister, so many attacks will be reduced invisibly.

The reason is very simple, as long as a little smart people can think of it, the question is how many people can put it down? This is Prime Minister No. 1, alas!

Think about how many dirty things Han Qi did in order to get the No. 1 Prime Minister Fu Bi down?

But then, it didn't make everyone think about it.

Zhao Ji returned from the palace, summoned Fan Chunren to the Yanhe Palace, and said: "I have discussed with Wang Ju the talents of the ministers of the court, and Wang Qing said that when it comes to the talents of the prime minister, he should be the first in Zhang. And he said of thee, that thou art unmatched among thy great ministers. But whether it is integrity or talent, you are not as good as your father. Therefore, a right-hand man is enough, but the talent to serve as prime minister is insufficient. ”

In what he said, there were good evaluations and bad evaluations, Fan Chunren was speechless.

But the prince was seriously ill, Wang Ju suddenly realized the role of the prince, that is the power of adjustment, under the adjustment of the prince, the contradiction between the court has not intensified, although there have been many disputes between the banking department and Qi Shang tax, but it is not as good as in Xining. Wang Ju will go to Shaanxi next year, so he needs to transfer a cadre to Zhongshu. Wang Qing did not recommend Zhang Dian, but recommended you. Any idea why? ”

Fan Chunren was puzzled, he said that he was not suitable for being the prime minister, and why did he recommend himself to Zhongshu as the prime minister.

"Because the banking department has been effective, the country no longer has to worry about finances, and when the time comes, only the court will be quiet, and there will be no disputes among the scholars and doctors, so that the country will not be harmonious and united. Although Zhang Dian is talented, his personality is too strong, so Wang Ju recommended you to me, but he was afraid that you would not be talented. ”

"The minister doesn't dare to do it."

"That's okay, there is still Cai Qing in Zhongshu, and Wang Qing will stay in Zhongshu for nearly a year. You can also run in. But I have summoned you. Just say one thing, Wang Ju recommended you to me, and then said, as the prime minister of the country, you should put the right people in the right position, he also said before, you can do things, not people. Business precedes private ......"

Wang Ju recommended Fan Chunren, and what he was worried about was talent.

However, Zhao Ji thought a lot, Fan Chunren's personality is indeed very gentle, quite similar to Lao Wang. Secondly, if we talk about the old and new parties, Fan Chunren is the old party, not to mention anything about checks and balances, if Fan Chunren and Cai do cooperate happily, and the two prime ministers set an example, then the following contradictions will be reduced a lot.

Wang Ju said several times that the National Party was in the same league and disagreed, and the scholars and doctors were seriously discordant. It also aroused Zhao Ji's vigilance.

But what Zhao Ji is worried about is Fan Chunren, he is indeed Wang Ju's political enemy. If Fan Chunren can't let go of this dispute between the old and the new, and after being transferred to Zhongshu, he continues to oppose Wang Ju, then this candidate is a serious mistake.

So summon Fan Chunren here, and also make the inside story clear, don't continue to hold the mentality of a small family, people say that they have a bad personality and are extreme all day long, but what they do is much more atmospheric than you, a gentle gentleman!

"I'm ashamed."

"Don't say it if you're ashamed, don't do it if you don't do it, if you don't do it in your position, you have to do it, Wang Qing recommended you, and I hired you exceptionally, so you have to serve the Great Song Dynasty well."

Fan Chunren left Yanhe Hall in a daze, he was also at a loss, and thought hard in his heart, why did this kid recommend me, why did this kid recommend me?

Dare to love him, he really thinks that Wang Ju is a chicken intestine.

Wang Ju is a bit of a chicken, but as long as he is not pushed to the extreme, Wang Ju will not fight back.

…………

The other was even more confused.

Wang Ju hugged his daughter-in-law, don't get me wrong, although it is almost his daughter-in-law, this daughter-in-law is too young, and she has just turned one year old.

But the little man looks very delicate.

Wang Ju likes it too.

What Wang Ju likes is not only her talent, but also her backbone, she was very miserable in her later years in history, but even if she fell to such a point, she did not ask her cousin-in-law Qin Hui for help.

Life is a hero, death is also a ghost, so far thinking about Xiang Yu, refusing to cross Jiangdong!

If you don't look at the author, who would have thought that this poem was written by a woman. I don't know if I have seriously tampered with her fate, will I be able to write those extremely graceful orders in the future?

Wang Ju handed the little girl into the hands of her mother.

This woman is the daughter that Lao Wang wanted to marry Wang Ju at the beginning, but not long after Lao Wang died, this little Wang also died soon, so Li Gefei married Wang Gongchen's granddaughter, a talented man, why have no wife.

This Wang Ju doesn't know.

Perhaps because of this, Li Gefei was very dissatisfied with Wang Ju.

Wang Ju said: "This is the relationship between the prince and him before he died, of course, you are her biological parents, and you must ask for your consent." If you agree, then I will send someone to take my wife and youngest son back to the Central Plains, and we will be able to come to the capital at the beginning of next summer, when I have not yet gone to Shaanxi Road, and our two families will negotiate family affairs. ”

"Grandfather, did he agree?" Wang asked.

He was very happy and went away with a smile, but it may not be as good as he thought, if we have negotiated the family affairs, I will send someone to take her to the other side when this woman is twenty-nine years old. Although the other side is not as everyone thinks, many cities are prosperous, no less than some medium-sized states and counties in our dynasty, but they are all overseas, so you have thought clearly. ”

Actually, even overseas, that's good.

Not to mention Wang Ju's status, even if he goes overseas in the future, Wang Ju is also a free king. Guan Jian is at that time, if Wang Ju really goes to the other side, then the entire Great Song Dynasty will feel indebted to Wang Ju, and at that time, as long as Wang Ju can be touched with a little fishy smell, the future will be immeasurable.

"My grandfather is in mourning......"

"That is, the prince is buried, and it is not appropriate to discuss this family matter for the time being, so I said that next year, we will just discuss it."

"You can think slowly," Wang Ju said, returning home.

Han Yun said: "Taibao, I'm going to the northwest." ”

The front line started a war, Han Yun withdrew, not because he was afraid of death, but because the two sides were fighting fiercely, and there was no way to trade, so he had to stop first, and Han Yun also had to come back to discuss with Wang Ju what to do next.

Wang Ju nodded and said, "But don't be too anxious, Zhang Zhifu is building various forts, and the front line is still very tense, so wait until you slow down a little." You can get to the next step. ”

It turned out that Wang Ju gave the bottom to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji ordered Zhang Ji and Liu Changzuo to use the power of the government. Secretly cooperated, this is amazing, in just a few months, Helan stone has been fried to a sky-high price, almost similar to the price of Duan inkstone.

Other Song Dynasty merchants were at a loss, they admitted that the Helan inkstone was indeed very good, and they had underestimated this inkstone before, but it was not as beautiful as the Duan inkstone. But the problem is that they don't pay a high price. There is a neuropathy that is selling high prices, so they have to raise the price bit by bit.

However, the merchants of Western Xia were not happy, and it rose too fast, and many powerful people in Western Xia thought it was a business opportunity, and some people officially began to hoard Juqi. Therefore, what Han Yun had to do after returning to the northwest was to secretly transport the large number of Helan stones he had hoarded back to Western Xia in exchange for their livestock, furs, and silver and jade.

However, how much role it can play depends on how many powerful people in Western Xia and the common people participate in this crazy hoarding of stones.

Han Yun asked again: "Taibao, when do you plan to go to Shaanxi?" ”

"The year after tomorrow will be the end of the summer. It is no longer possible to delay the dispatch of troops until the end of summer, as was the case with the previous stage. Then at most the end of spring will have to send troops, so the sooner you go, the better. But there are two more important things that I can't leave with, so I won't be able to go to the northwest until next summer. ”

Han Yun knows these two things, one thing Wang Ju may be about to implement, and if this matter is done well, it will further improve the fate of many extremely poor people, or in Wang Ju's profound words, let more people have spare money in their hands to facilitate further economic development.

But this matter is not a small controversy......

There is another thing, when Zhang Ji negotiated the battle of Pingxia City with Wang Ju, he said three steps, the first step was to use the importance of Pingxia City to attract the Western Xia army and annihilate it in one fell swoop. This step has already been achieved. The second step is to build more than a dozen forts in a row, move the battle line to Xiao Pass, and lay the most solid foundation for the future dispatch of troops to Western Xia.

But there is a third step, which is a battle full of imagination, but it depends on the situation, but this battle is fought so smoothly, and the third step of the battle will definitely be raised.

The problem is that Jingyuan Road has to use more money, not only this money, once the Pingxia War starts, it can be described as a real cannon, gold ten thousand taels, so Wang Ju can only use some unconventional means to collect money.

However, Han Yun said worriedly: "Will it make people suspicious?" ”

"What if you have doubts, my dynasty is not the previous dynasty after all, the Western Xia affair, I brushed off my clothes and left, didn't the court let me go to the other side, and beheaded me?" But when Wang Ju said this, his face changed slightly. Zhao Ji continues to live, that is not a big problem.

In fact, Zhao Ji is alive, and its significance is unimaginable.

As long as Zhao Xu continues to live, I believe that no one dares to abuse Zhao Xu, let alone the story that Zhao Xu is sick and Gao Tao will not let the doctor see it.

And Wang Ju is also planning to get Xiao Cheng to the other side in the future, but remember, it is really to get to the other side, and if he goes, he will not let Xiao Cheng come back. Without this guy acting as a tiger, I believe that even if Gao Tao "strictly" requires Zhao Xu, he will not go too far.

Otherwise, don't say anything else, at least Zhao Xu doesn't expect to be able to exercise in the palace in the future.

The longer Zhao Ji lives, the more beneficial it will be to Zhao Xu's body, even if Zhao Xu lives for four or five more years, he will collapse to the queen, then no matter how the Song Dynasty turns, it will not be Zhao Ji's turn to be the emperor. Without Zhao Ji, could the Song Dynasty still destroy the country? Moreover, he also has some arrangements on the Jurchen side......

But Wang Ju is really worried, this is a stroke, saying that the attack will occur, and the current medical conditions are very backward, as long as the attack is serious, there is no cure. I was desperate on the front line, and the news of the emperor's death came from the rear, which made people want to die......

Thinking of this, Wang Ju muttered: "It seems that it has to be advanced, and I have to let it go to Cai Gong." ”

Early, is the first of the two things Wang Ju said, originally Wang Ju planned to wait for a stable one, to the end of the year to see the income of the banking department, the second is just the household department will count the number of new households, take advantage of the momentum to launch this initiative.

But in that case, there will be a long controversy next year, and even after he leaves, Cai Cheng and Fan Chunren will inevitably share the controversy.

The second is that from now on, the affairs will gradually be transferred to Cai Qu's hands, not to be afraid of Cai Qu, but to let Cai Qu officially take charge of Zhongshu.

These two things are combined, that is, before he leaves the capital, all the big troubles will be solved together, and when he leaves, Zhongshu can smoothly transition into Cai Qu's hands.

Then Zhao Ji doesn't need to worry about it anymore.

You really can't it...... Now that Yuanfeng is eight years old, is Zhao Ji still alive in history in the eighth year of Yuanfeng? Wang Ju doesn't remember clearly, but he definitely doesn't have Yuanfeng's ten-year magic horse, so when Wang Ju thinks of this section, his heart is a little hairy. (To be continued.) )