Chapter 33
Xiao Chen was naturally not interested in wipes, but he couldn't refuse Zhang Cheng's enthusiasm, so he reluctantly accompanied him around for a while.
When I walked to a workshop, I saw that the straw paper made there seemed to be different. The material used was cloth and satin?
He stopped and asked, "What is this?"
"Uh... this? This, this, it is this..." Zhang Cheng looked a little weird, he hesitated to speak.
"Why can't you say it, it's a confidential item?" Xiao Chen said in his heart that he couldn't, what secrets can you have as a treasurer?
"What kind of secret is it? Even if it's a secret, is there anything that can't be told to your Eunuch Xiao? This is what, the sanitary belt used by women's menstruation is originally the job of the Shangyi Supervisor, but someone thought it was dirty. Just turn it over to me..."
When Zhang Cheng mentioned this matter, he was still a little bit annoyed.
"So that's how it is, hahaha!" Xiao Chen suddenly realized and laughed out loud.
"Eunuch, you see you are making fun of us too!" Zhang Cheng sighed helplessly.
"No matter what errand you do, it is to be loyal to the emperor, you must do your best, but you can't complain." Xiao Chen restrained his smile and began to speak in an official tone.
"I can hold my breath enough, if you don't complain to Eunuch Xiao, who should you send it to?" Zhang Cheng smiled hippiely.
In the concept of this era, the sanitary belt used by women is considered to be very unclean, even the eunuchs who make butt wipes are disgusted.
Those who work in this workshop are all those who have been punished, and they have made atonement for their sins.
Xiao Chen is a modern person, so he has no taboos about it.
He was even inspired, could he rely on his own scientific knowledge to research and invent some modern tampons and sanitary napkins?
Not only to please the queen and concubine, but also to make a contribution to many contemporary female friends.
It's a little effort.
But this is women's products after all, and there are many taboos in the palace, so it can't be done with great fanfare, so I can only study it secretly.
It's not too late to wait until the research is successful.
Immediately asked Zhang Cheng to prepare some high-quality cotton, satin, finely sifted plant ash, etc., and sent them to his residence, and then made a list, and sent Xiao Lizi to the Imperial Treasure Supervisor, the Needlework Bureau, and the Shangyi Supervisor to get some needed Raw tools go back.
Everyone didn't know what Xiao Chen was going to do, but naturally no one dared to ask.
He won't say even if asked!
After clearing out all the memorials in the Juantang, Xiao Chen asked Yu Baojian to make a batch of new wooden bookshelves, which were neatly arranged by category.
They also created a detailed catalog of several thick books, which are clearly listed according to time, place name, person's name, and position. No matter what year, month, day, or person's memorials you are looking for, just follow the map and find them quickly. .
Gong Shouli came over to check it himself, and left without even letting go of a fart, because Xiao Chen's job was ten times better than he imagined!
Can't fault it at all.
Xiao Chen is also a bit restrained, since you let me take care of the archives hall, I will work here from now on, don't bother with me for other things, but I am happy to be free.
Having nothing to do, I flipped through those memorials, at first I was just curious, but later I became more and more fascinated.
There are simply too many things contained in these memorials!
People's livelihood and economy, local customs and customs in all parts of the country; major national events above the court, information about ministers; military deployment in the four frontiers, the number of soldiers, and various information about neighboring countries... everything is there!
There are also some excerpts that play with each other that are also very interesting. Most of the officials have a high level of education, and all the articles they write are in the Spring and Autumn style, that is, swearing without dirty words, killing people without blood.
It is obvious that you are suing ginseng, but if you only read superficial articles, it feels like you are praising people.
For example, when a magistrate attends a pusher, he says that the pusher has always been "good-natured" and "educated without distinction" and is very kind to those robbers who murder and set fires and commit heinous crimes.
Not only did he not kill them, but he sent them to his torture hall as a fast catcher.
Another governor participated in the performance of a general, saying that this general was "brave and good at fighting" and "not afraid of death". The people are 'quite critical'
But there are also uneducated ones. The things written are really straightforward, and even the vulgar words such as "dog", "bastard" and even "Japanese mother" are vivid on the paper. I really don't know that Li Wanjiang read this. How do you feel after playing the memorial?
Is it outraged by the crime, or is it a smile?
Because it has only been more than a year since the world was settled down, many officials are now promoted temporarily.
And those bandits and robbers who recruited security became even more exaggerated after they became officials, openly declaring that I have joined you, Da Zhou, for the sake of prosperity, wealth, money and beautiful women!
Is it a fart to rob a few civilian girls and kill a few gentry?
I did this before!
Now that you have helped the Li family win the country, why don't you let us have fun?
The struggle in the court is even more complicated, and there are thousands of notes for mutual participation!
Among them, there are more than 100 letters that participated in the performance of Chen Jisheng, who participated in everything, and some people even said that he was rebellious, and that there was some kind of ulterior secret between him and his concubine Ji who died of his father...
But there is no reference to his greed for money, which shows that this person is really a breeze in his sleeves.
Xiao Chen also found a few memorials from Xijiang, which were submitted by the General Town Xigong Murong Heng, the contents were similar, they were all from the imperial court to urge the payment of food and salaries.
Murong Heng is the father of Empress Murong Danqiu. He has one hundred thousand soldiers under his command and guards Luomachuan, the northwest border pass.
In the previous dynasty, he also guarded this place, and he was honored and honored, and he was awarded the first-class Marquis of Zhenxi for his accumulation of military exploits.
After Li Wanjiang pacified the Central Plains, he was the only army out there, but he did not surrender.
Li Wanjiang knew that this man was brave and good at fighting, so he personally led an army to conquer him, but after fighting for several months, he was unable to defeat him, and he was almost cut off from food supply.
Later, at the suggestion of their younger brother Li Wanyun, the two brothers went into Luomachuan without a single soldier, and tried to persuade Murong Heng to surrender.
Murong Heng didn't expect Li Wanjiang to have such courage, and he admired him deeply.
Moreover, what Li Wanjiang said was also reasonable. Now that the previous dynasty had perished, the two armies fought, no matter whether they won or lost, they could not change the overall situation. Apart from heavy casualties, it was meaningless.
But it will let the Western Xinjiang countries that have always coveted the Central Plains reap the benefits of fishermen. If they take advantage of it, the world will be in chaos, and the people who will suffer in the end will be the common people!
Only then did he agree to submit to the Great Zhou Dynasty, be enfeoffed as Duke Xi, and still lead his former subordinates to guard the border.
In order to appease and win over the old general, Li Wanjiang welcomed his only daughter Murong Danqiu back to Fengyang and made him queen.
In this way, Murong Heng will be the head of the country, and he will not have any second thoughts.