The storm was about to come and the wind filled the building. This was Li Zhang's first impression of the current situation in Tokyo. After the farce of his birthday, rumors of Liu E wanting to be emperor were circulating in the entire capital. What's even more strange is that Liu E didn't express any expression of this kind of rumors about the royal family, nor did she order the spread of rumors to be banned, which further confirmed many people's guesses.

As one of the parties involved in this matter, Zhao Zhen seemed very calm. Even though he heard the rumors outside, there was no abnormality. Anyway, he did whatever he should do as usual, which surprised Li Zhang. It seemed that Zhao Zhen had finally grown up, and at least he had a bit of an emperor now.

In contrast, there was nothing unusual about Liu E. After her birthday, she still handled government affairs every day as usual, and she did not show any signs of usurping the throne and becoming emperor. This made the ministers in the court puzzled and puzzled. They didn't understand what Liu E was doing. They had already accepted congratulations from all officials in Daqing Hall, but why did they not take action?

Others don’t understand, but Li Zhang vaguely guessed Liu E’s thoughts. In fact, Liu E didn’t want to be emperor, but she didn’t dare, or she didn’t have Wu Zetian’s courage and courage. In addition, she felt guilty towards Zhao Zhen. These conditions combined, temporarily suppressed Liu E’s ambitions.

Of course, Liu E only temporarily gathered her ambitions. As time goes by, her ambitions will be exposed again. After all, power is a seductive drug, and few people can block this temptation, even Liu E is no exception.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twelfth month of this year again. Many families began to prepare for the New Year, but the martial arts side also became busy, because this was the first year since the founding of martial arts. Everyone didn't know how to spend it. The most important thing was whether to have a holiday during the New Year. It was originally a holiday, but except for the children of the generals, the rest of the students were soldiers selected from the army. Most of their families were in the northwest and Hebei, and they were far away from the capital. Even if it was a holiday, they didn't plan to go back.

But it wouldn't be allowed to let these long-distance students go. After all, these people are from the army. If they leave Wuxue and cause trouble in the capital, it will be difficult to deal with it. So in the end, Cao Wei and Li Zhang and others discussed it, and finally decided that the martial arts school will not be on holiday this year, and the students are not allowed to go out at will. However, during the Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival, the Wuxue Society organized the students to go out. This was mainly because the martial arts school was first established, and they were afraid that these students would cause trouble to the martial arts school after they went out.

The generals were naturally dissatisfied with the fact that martial arts was not on holiday. Unfortunately, this was Cao Wei's decision, and he also set up a name, which was to take them to the outside of the city to practice. When the field practice was over, the Chinese New Year would be almost over.

The wild training was not proposed by Li Zhang. In fact, this matter has nothing to do with him. It is mainly Cao Wei's idea. Over the past few months, in addition to practicing physical fitness in martial arts, the students have also started to learn military tactics. Of course, at the beginning, many soldiers selected from the army were illiterate, so they were trained in the early stages. Although it is still a bit difficult to read and write, martial arts also compiled them into classes separately, and the teaching progress was slower.

It can be said that martial arts is slowly getting on track now, and Li Zhang is only in charge of logistics and rarely interferes in teaching. So when the students go to the wild practice, he suddenly becomes idle, so he stays lazy at home to rest during this period.

However, this leisurely day did not last long. The Liu family suddenly sent someone to discuss the marriage next year. Now Li Yonghe also rushed back from another place. The two families began to discuss the specific date of marriage, as well as the bride price, wedding and other matters. Because there were few people in the family, Lu Wu and Li Yonghe alone could not be busy, so Li Zhang, the prospective groom, had to go on the battlefield in person.

There were too many things to do at the wedding, and even Li Zhang was so busy that he was dizzy. The Ugly Mother and the others were busy with money. Now the Chinese New Year is about to be celebrated, and the money is at its busiest time, so Li Zhang did not ask them to come back to help him. In the end, he finally prepared the preliminary affairs of the wedding, and the date of marriage was also set, in March next year.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Calculate the time, and there is only three months left for the divorce period, which can be regarded as leaving enough preparation time for both families. Li Zhang prepares the dowry and wedding, and the Liu family is also preparing dowry.

It is said that before getting married, the newlyweds Li Zhang and Qingzhi could not meet again, but on the day of the Lantern Festival, Li Zhang secretly made Qingzhi come out for a night of fun, and did not send her back until early in the morning.

But when Qingzhi left, he gave him another spring shirt that was about to be used, which made Li Zhang laugh and cry. Unexpectedly, this girl was very jealous. Until this time, she had not forgotten about Miaoyuan's last incident. However, Miaoyuan gave him another piece of clothes during the Chinese New Year. I guess she would not give it to her again after she got married, right?

In the blink of an eye, another month passed, and it was almost time for Li Zhang to get married next month. However, because he had done enough preparations before, the closer the wedding date, the more leisurely Li Zhang became. As a result, he was suddenly arrested by Zhao Zhen on that day.

"I'll get married next month, and I'll ask me to accompany you to visit the grave?" Li Zhang riding on the horse muttered with dissatisfaction. He planned to sleep in at home today, but Zhao Zhen came to find him in person, and then the two left the city together.

"It's been eight years, and in the blink of an eye, my father has passed away for so long. Thinking about the days when my father was there, it really seemed like a different life." Zhao Zhen in the carriage said with emotion. In two days, his father Zhao Heng's death day will be the day of his father Zhao Heng. Every year, he would take time to go to the imperial tomb in person. Except for Li Zhang who went to the northwest that year, he accompanied Zhao Zhen to the imperial tomb several times.

Li Zhang was stunned when he heard Zhao Zhen's feelings. In the blink of an eye, eight years passed. Sometimes, thinking about it, time really passed quickly. Now it is the eight years of Tiansheng. Calculate the time, Liu E's lifespan seems to be coming to an end. When he thought that Liu E might die in a few years, Li Zhang couldn't help feeling lost. Although Liu E's ambitions in the past few years are uncontrollable, in Li Zhang's heart, the other party is still a respectable elder.

Although it was still relatively cold in February, light green appeared in the fields, and the wheat seedlings in the fields changed from dark green to emerald green, which looked a little more vitality. Some hard-working farmers have also begun to divert water to irrigate the fields, and many people sow new crops in the spare fields.

Looking at the wonderful scenery outside the city, Zhao Zhen also showed a bit of intoxication, so Li Zhang ordered the convoy to slow down. By the evening, they were still a little far from the imperial tomb, so they went to Li Zhang's manor to rest and prepare to go to the imperial tomb the next day. Anyway, there were two days left before Zhao Heng's death day.

Li Zhang hasn't been to the manor for a long time. After last year's promotion, the planting area of ​​cotton has also expanded a lot, especially the northwest area is relatively arid and is more suitable for cotton planting. The cotton that was harvested was also purchased by Li Zhang and then transported to the textile workshop in Beijing to wove it into cotton cloth. With the foundation laid the year before, this year's cotton cloth is also very popular.

There was originally a textile workshop built by Li Zhang in the manor, but because there was no water source, he moved the workshop to a nearby river. It was not very far from the manor, and the scale was several times larger than before. Almost all women in nearby villages came here to earn money to subsidize their families.

"Is cotton cloth weaving these things?" Zhao Zhen was idle and visited the textile workshop with Li Zhang. When he saw the water wheels erected by the river, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression. He naturally recognized the water wheels, but he didn't know what these things had to do with cotton cloth?

"These water wheels are only used to power textile machines. After the cotton is sent here, it must be deseeded, then spinned, and finally weaved into cotton cloth. The cotton cloth must undergo dyeing and other processes, and finally becomes the cloth sold in the shops in Beijing." Li Zhang said and led Zhao Zhen into the workshop. It was getting late now and it was busy in spring, so all the workers in the workshop went home, and only a few managers were in charge.

Textile workshops have begun to take the prototype of later factories, with rows of textile machines inside neatly discharged. During the day, water trucks outside drive the machines here to rotate, and one piece of cotton after another is also produced from here, and then sent to the printing and dyeing workshop to dye, and finally sent to various places for sale. It can be said that the cotton textile industry has initially formed a scale and has also posed a certain threat to linen and silk. It is estimated that in a few years, when the cotton production increases, the cotton textile industry will definitely flourish.

After resting in the manor for one night, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen continued on the road the next day. It was only ten miles away from the imperial tomb, so they soon arrived at the imperial tomb. Compared with a few years ago, the imperial tomb is still majestic. In fact, a large number of craftsmen stationed here all year round, specializing in repairing the imperial tomb.

After Zhao Zhen brought this huge sacrificial team to the imperial tomb, he immediately began to prepare for the memorial service. When Li Zhang came here, he immediately thought of his aunt who was struggling to stay here. Speaking of which, since he took Zhao Zhen to meet the other party last time, he never dared to see her again. After all, that time alone, Liu E drove him to the northwest for nearly a year, which was a warning to him. If he dared to go again, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Chapter completed!