Wei and Jin cooks

Zhao Hanzhang scanned everyone's feet and clothes and found that few people could wear shoes and socks. He couldn't help but feel distressed and told them: "When you go back, you should pay attention to keep warm and take care of your body. Next year, plant more mulberry and hemp, and strive to have all the people." Put on new clothes, new shoes and socks.”

Everyone responded loudly.

Zhao Hanzhang invited Li Xiang and Li Ban to see the operation of the water mill. The two were shocked when they saw the beans poured into the millstone. The millstone was ground into fine bean powder without any help.

"This is……"

"This is water power and water conservancy," Zhao Hanzhang said: "I know that Shu also has a lot of water, and people live along the water. If this is the case, why not also build water mills to save the people's effort?"

Li Ban immediately knelt down and said, "General, please reward the Shu craftsmen."

Zhao Hanzhang supported the man with one hand and said with a smile: "This matter is not urgent. We will discuss it later. This water power can not only benefit the people, but also the army."

Zhao Hanzhang took him out of this water mill and went to another one. There were no people there, but soldiers were still guarding it, and there was a lot of tinkling noise inside.

Walking inside, a wave of heat rushed over the shop floor, and Li Ban saw that they were using the bar they just saw to drive the hammer to strike iron...

Li Xiang's eyes were bright, and he wanted to rush up and take a closer look, "I have long heard that the Zhao family's army has excellent weapons. Among them, the Zhao family's spear heads, broadswords and long swords are rare in the world."

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "That's how it was done."

Li Xiang pulled Li Ban's sleeves and motioned for him to kneel down again.

Li Ban became entangled. If this was about people's livelihood, he might kneel down and Zhao Hanzhang would agree. But this was related to important military and political matters, could she agree?

But Li Ban still gritted his teeth, turned around and knelt down towards Zhao Hanzhang again, and just as he was about to speak, Zhao Hanzhang still reached out to grab him, pulled him up, and said with a smile: "I know what your highness means, let's go back and talk in detail."

Since she brought them to see it, it was certainly not in vain.

In fact, Shu is also a borderland for the current Jin Dynasty.

After they surrendered, they also had to undertake border defense tasks. The areas they headed west to were formerly Tibet and western Sichuan, currently belong to the Qiang ethnic group.

The Qiang people are not unified within themselves, and each tribe is now independent. But from her perspective, they will definitely erode eastwards in the future, so they must be prepared in advance.

Moreover, Li Xiong's clan is also Qiang.

With such favorable conditions, how could Zhao Hanzhang not want them to take back that large piece of land eastward?

So Zhao Hanzhang wants to cooperate with them in depth.

This recipe for water mills and iron smelting is her sincerity.

There is no need to think about the recipe for making steel, and it is impossible to completely copy their iron tools, but giving a new recipe to further develop their iron tools will not only benefit the military, but also benefit agriculture.

Li Xiang was silent for a moment, knowing that the main event was coming.

They talked for a long time yesterday and had initially agreed that Chengguo should submit to the Jin Dynasty, but they had not yet reached an agreement on some details.

Zhao Hanzhang took them to see salt and iron-making in a water mill today. It was obviously an inducement. If they still didn't agree, would it be a threat?

Li Xiang naturally didn't want to come to this point, and neither did Li Ban.

The two discussed it and sat down with Zhao Hanzhang to have a good talk.

Because Li Ban is the prince, Li Xiong gives him great decision-making power, so he can make decisions on the spot.

Not to mention Zhao Hanzhang, as long as the two of them reach an agreement, the matter will basically be settled.

Both of them were cheerful people. Zhao Hanzhang had already shown his sincerity, and Li Ban was unequivocal and immediately settled the matters that had not been discussed yesterday.

Li Ban said that he could submit his credentials to the emperor tomorrow.

Zhao Hanzhang burst out laughing and said cheerfully: "The imperial court will prepare the rewards for King Cheng and the Crown Prince before tomorrow."

The matter was settled and everyone returned to the city happily.

Ji Yuan had received the news in advance and specially met Li Ban at the post station to finalize the details of going to court with him tomorrow.

Li Xiang looked at the proud Ji Yuan, but still felt a little uneasy. He turned to ask Zhao Hanzhang: "General Zhao, craftsman..."

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "Three days before the envoys return to Shu, I will give you the list. They can say goodbye to their families. The prince and envoy Li can also choose again. If there are any unsuitable ones, they will be replaced."

Li Xiang was stunned, "Won't their family members follow them?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "I will not force their family. Of course, if the conditions provided by Shu are favorable and the craftsmen are treated well, I think they will be willing to migrate."

Li Xiang's eyes were bright and his degree of freedom was so high, which meant that Zhao Hanzhang had no intention of controlling those craftsmen.

"My lord, no, I will bow down and thank you, General."

Zhao Hanzhang raised his hand, said goodbye to them and looked at the time. Seeing that it was late, he hurriedly said: "I made an appointment with Princess Hongnong at noon. Let's go back quickly."

Zhao Hanzhang took Fu Tinghan and rushed back to Zhao's house. Princess Hongnong had been sitting and chatting with Wang for half an hour, while Fu Xuan stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking at the half-dried plum tree in a daze.

He couldn't get involved in the conversation in the room, so he might as well come and have some fun.

Wang and Princess Hongnong had a great chat. They communicated in detail about the details of the wedding. The night before yesterday, Fu Tinghan only gave a general outline, and the details still had to be communicated with the in-laws.

Wang has money, people, and resources, because Zhao Hanzhang said that weddings should be frugal, so her main focus is low-key luxury;

Princess Hongnong lacked everything now, but her knowledge was here, so she hit it off with Mr. Wang, and the more they talked, the more they agreed.

Princess Hongnong sighed in her heart, it has been many years since she said so many words in one day. Sure enough, men are far less attentive than women. She has nothing to say to her consort, and women still understand women;

Wang also sighed in her heart, the princess was worthy of being a princess, she was knowledgeable and she dared to speak up, unlike others who flattered her too much and talked too much which was boring.

In the past, Wang was often isolated and ridiculed because of Ke Fu and Zhao Erlang. She had a little inferiority in her heart. As a result, after Zhao Hanzhang became powerful, everyone in the clan fawned over her, going from one extreme to the other.

To be honest, Wang enjoyed it very much at first.

After all, those who once ridiculed and scolded her, as well as those who ignored her, are now as diligent as bees around her.

But no matter how much she enjoyed it, she was tired of it after so many years.

She only has one son and one daughter, and this wedding is the first one she has hosted. She naturally wants to make it perfect, but when it comes to her sisters-in-law in Luoyang, they only flatter her;

When talking to people like Zhao Song, they won't agree with her, they will just look down on her and look down on that, which is very annoying.

What she wants is a friend who can agree with her but also offer different opinions so that she can make progress.

Looking at the serious Princess Hongnong, Wang's eyes were starry-eyed, and she thought she had found it.

Sure enough, the wedding had to be discussed with the in-laws. Why didn't anyone remind her of this crucial point before?

Zhao Hanzhang: "My mother will definitely take the princess to discuss the wedding. Generally speaking, if two mothers have different aesthetics, it is easy to have disagreements. We have to go there quickly, otherwise it will be bad if they quarrel."

The two hurriedly stepped into the yard, and as soon as they crossed the threshold, they saw Fu Xuan standing under the plum tree with his head raised in a daze.

Zhao Hanzhang: It's over, it's over. Two people were quarreling. Fu Xuan couldn't bear it and ran out to hide in peace?

Fu Xuan came to his senses when he heard the noise and smiled when he saw them, "Are you back?"

Good night