The emperor's funeral was extremely complicated. Fortunately, Li Zhang was not in Tokyo in the imperial village, and with his identity, he was not qualified to attend the emperor's funeral, so he didn't know the situation in Tokyo City, but when the funeral procession passed by the imperial village, he went out to watch it himself.

The funeral procession was very long, with large troops guarding it in front and behind, and Zhao Heng's coffin was also closely behind the army. The funeral procession was behind the coffin, crying while walking, but the funeral procession was very slow. It was only a day and a half from the capital to the imperial city, but they walked on the road for a few days. At this time, many people were exhausted and their crying became much less.

Liu E and Zhao Zhen must have been in the funeral procession, but there were guards around him, and there were too many people, so Li Zhang did not see it either. However, the funeral procession was too long. Li Zhang was in front of the door for nearly two hours before the team completely walked over.

As far as Li Zhang knows, Zhao Heng's official burial date should be tomorrow, so Liu E and Zhao Zhen must live in the imperial tomb for one to two days. After all, after Zhao Heng was buried, the mother and son may not be willing to leave. It is normal to live in the imperial tomb for a few days.

The imperial tomb was not related to Li Zhang's business, the imperial village was his sphere of influence. Since Liu E's imperial edict came out, Li Zhang also assigned his respective tasks. The next day, Liu Shu ran back to the capital and selected hundreds of skilled craftsmen from the Zhou case in his new identity. These Zhou case craftsmen are specialized in making weapons. They are not only skilled, but also more experienced.

Hu Yan Shouxin also changed the method of training, but replaced it with a wooden musket. Li Zhang added a bayonet to the musket. Although it was not as easy as a spear to use, it at least gave the musket the ability to fight melee, so that he would not have no counterattack when he was killed by the enemy. Hu Yan Shouxin also found a set of methods to fight bayonets, and is now urging his subordinates to practice.

As for the real musket shooting training, there is no way to do it yet, because only a few muskets were tried, which was not enough. Although Liu Shu had found craftsmen, these craftsmen still needed to familiarize themselves with the process of making muskets, and even during mass production, some processes need to be improved. After all, these craftsmen are not just a good meal, and their experience and skills are far from comparable to Li Zhang and Liu Shu.

However, on the morning of the third day when Zhao Heng was buried, Liu E was escorted to the imperial village by an army, which surprised Li Zhang and immediately ran out to greet him. Liu E was wearing a veil and made people unable to see her face. When she saw Li Zhang, she said in a hoarse voice: "Take me in and have a look!"

Li Zhang immediately agreed, and then took Liu E into the imperial village in person. After passing through the military camp in front and the village behind, there was also a flat fertile field in front of him. The surrounding fields were all wheat, but the middle fields were only green potatoes.

Liu E asked the maids and guards around her to retreat, then lifted up the veil, and then Li Zhang personally helped her, stepped on the ridge and came to the field where potatoes were planted. She even bent down to check the growth of the potatoes, and now she showed a satisfied expression: "It's not bad, I'm talking about potatoes when the emperor passed away. When the harvest this year, don't forget to pick a few and send them to the imperial tomb to worship!"

"Yes!" Li Zhang agreed immediately, and then introduced the planting of this potato. Now there are more than 200 acres of potatoes. Although they look a lot, they only occupy a small part of the imperial farm. The potatoes are mainly planted by tenants in several nearby farms. By the beginning of spring next year, not only will the entire imperial farm be planted with potatoes, but there will be a part of them left.

"Grandma, in addition to the planting of the imperial village next year, the remaining potatoes may be tens of thousands of kilograms. I was thinking that these potatoes don't need to be planted again for the time being, but take them out for everyone to taste the taste. This will lay a foundation for future consumption of potatoes?" Li Zhang suddenly spoke and suggested.

"This is a good idea. It's not okay to just plant it but not eat it. This way, I have harvested potatoes this year. In addition to the potatoes left next year, the remaining potatoes will be transported to the palace. I'm going to reward them to the ministers to taste!" Liu E thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

"Master, I think it's a waste to reward the ministers, because ordinary people don't know how to make potatoes delicious. If they are just treated as ordinary food or vegetables, the taste of them is not as good as what you usually eat. So I think it's better to sell them to restaurants and make a batch of potato dishes from the restaurants. This will allow more people to taste the flavor of potatoes and also be more likely to accept potatoes." Li Zhang suggested again immediately.

Liu E finally understood what Li Zhang meant when she heard this. She couldn't help but look at him and smiled, "After talking for a long time, don't you just want to send potatoes to your Huiweizhai? After all, other restaurants don't know how to make potatoes, and only you know the whole Song Dynasty best."

"Hehe, the aunt said that, it's right. I'm not saying that. In fact, potatoes are new crops after all, and the taste may not be easy to accept. However, I know some ways to cook potatoes. If you can start a dish with a potato, it will be more convenient to accept. Moreover, about ten thousand pounds of potatoes sounds like a lot, but in fact it's nothing to a restaurant. If the business is good, it may be sold out in less than a month, so there is no need to sell them separately." Li Zhang did not deny it, and explained with a smile.

"Forget it, it's just some potatoes, and the potatoes were discovered by you. Since you want them, I'll give them to you. But next year the imperial house must be full of potatoes!" Liu E agreed very readily, but in the end she gave Li Zhang a shot to prevent Li Zhang from getting more potatoes because of making money.

"Don't worry, aunt, I know the importance!" Li Zhang immediately agreed happily. The yield of potatoes is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no need to keep it confidential anymore. I will promote it this winter with potato dishes and it will be planted on a large scale in the second half of next year.

Liu E walked around the potato field, then went to the workshop where the muskets were built. This iron scrambler was originally prepared for the imperial tomb. Now that the imperial tomb has been built, the blacksmiths before either returned to Beijing or went to the imperial tomb to maintain it, so the blacksmiths' workshop was empty, and Liu Shu directly changed the place into a musket workshop.

When Liu Shu learned about Liu E's arrival, he was shocked and hurriedly ran out to greet her. However, he did not dare to take Liu E in because when the blacksmith inside made a blacksmith, many people were naked because they were close to the stove, so it was natural that Liu E was inconvenient to go in as the empress dowager.

Liu E also knew that it was inconvenient for her to go in, but she still listened to Liu Shu’s report outside, such as how many craftsmen are in the musket workshop, whether the muskets are now mass-produced, etc. Liu Shu also answered one by one.

In fact, there is another reason why Liu Shu didn't let Liu E in, that is, in the core area of ​​the musket workshop, there is a gunpowder workshop, which is a place that specializes in making gunpowder. However, because gunpowder is too dangerous and the craftsmen before have no experience, there have been several gunpowder explosions recently, and several craftsmen died. So he dare not let Liu E get involved in such a dangerous place.

After listening to Liu Shu's report, Liu E went to Huyan's trustworthy military camp under Li Zhang's leadership. Compared with the blacksmith shop, the military camp could enter. Five hundred musketeers were also training under Huyan's trusty leadership. Compared with the original training, Li Zhang has added some new content to the training of the muskete camp, mainly to train these soldiers to obey orders, and other military training is still under our responsibility.

After watching the training of the Musket Battalion, Liu E nodded with satisfaction. The only thing that made her a little regretful was that the muskets had not been mass-produced, so she could not see the actual training effect. However, under the training of Li Zhang and Hu Yan Shuixun, the Musket Battalion was much more energetic than that of ordinary troops, which she could still feel.

"I was worried that you were young and could not do these things, but I didn't expect that both potatoes and muskets were arranged in an orderly manner!" Liu E finally looked at Li Zhang with great appreciation and said.

"Thank you for your praise, but this is not my own credit. Liu Shu and Hu Yan Shouxin have also put a lot of effort into it!" Li Zhang first said a few modesty, and then he did not forget to ask for the credit of Liu Shu and Hu Yan Shouxin. Liu Shu and Hu Yan Shouxin were also behind Li Zhang at this time, and they all showed an excited expression when they heard his words. After all, following a boss who did not forget to show their credit to them, this is something that no one can ask for.

"Well, you have worked hard, too. If the Musket performs well in the future, the court will naturally promote it vigorously. The court will definitely not forget your contributions at that time!" Liu E looked at Liu Shu and Hu Yan Shouxin and nodded. As soon as she said that, Hu Yan Shouxin and the two of them were excited and hurriedly saluted. The empress dowager's personal praise was enough to make them brag for the rest of their lives.

"Okay, I'm going back too. Ding Wei was killed before, and the court was in vain. No one in charge of the court, so the pressure on me was getting stronger and stronger!" Liu E patted Li Zhang's shoulder at this time and said, but Li Zhang always felt that Liu E's tone was a bit proud. After all, Ding Wei was killed by her. Now that she has monopolized the power in the court, no one can restrain the power in her hands anymore.

"Great send to the Grand Empress!" Li Zhang immediately bowed again, and then personally sent Liu E out of the imperial village.

However, just as Liu E was about to get on her chasing cart, she suddenly stopped and looked at Li Zhang and asked, "Zhang'er, the phase is empty now. The ministers in the court are quarreling endlessly about who will take over the phase. Who do you think is suitable to take over the phase?"
Chapter completed!