Wang Chong lived a leisurely life these days.

Every morning, I listen to the ministers’ reports, and then I handle the government affairs and read the memorials.

As the weather gets colder, cotton coats produced in clothing factories are officially sold to the public.

All these things are under the control of the queen, and Wang Chong is now developing muskets.

Although there is no war at present, according to the past situation, every twelfth month of winter, nomadic peoples from the north will come to the border to rob.

Wang Chong didn't expect that he would not have a trump card in his hand.

Fortunately, now because it is the emperor, he can summon the best blacksmith in the country to build weapons for him.

In a short time, he had made ten musket samples.

However, what made Wang Chong frown was that these muskets were not very good.

The reason is very simple, the quality of iron smelting in this world is relatively backward.

In the past, I was able to make qualified muskets by good iron smelting skills, but it was too backward here. Iron is not only a high-end metal, but many soldiers even used bronze weapons.

Because the iron is not of good quality, it explodes from time to time when shooting, which makes Wang Chong very upset.

"You will make iron for me in the future. You must remove impurities and create qualified iron tools."

Wang Chong ordered dozens of blacksmiths, and then left the blacksmith shop in the palace.

After leaving the iron-shot place, Wang Chong suddenly felt that the weather was a little cold outside.

"Your Majesty, it's cold, be careful of catching a cold."

Not far away, Zhao Luan came over, holding a coat in his hand, and put it on Wang Chong.

"Emperor, this is a cotton coat sewn by the Empress himself." Ning'er interrupted beside Zhao Luan.

"Ning'er, I didn't let you interrupt less." Zhao Luan scolded.

"I'm sorry, Empress." Ning'er stuck out her tongue.

Wang Chong smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, the dress is very warm."

"And it's very beautiful. This is the first time that I've seen such a beautiful cotton coat. The empress's craftsmanship is really good."

He Taigao inadvertently flattered.

"It's good that the emperor likes it. It's snow season soon. The emperor is paying attention to keeping warm. It's not good if the cold is broken." Zhao Luan said.

"Yeah." Wang Chong sighed long. He suddenly thought that even he was so cold here, what about the people?

Although the memorials sent by the ministers all said that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there was no problem.

But Wang Chong felt that it might be better to go out to see the sufferings of ordinary people in such a cold winter.

"Your Majesty, I sigh for some reason. Can you tell me to share my worries for the emperor?"

Zhao Luan asked from the side.

"Queen, I suddenly want to go out of the palace to see."

"Out of the palace?"

"Well, in this cold winter, I don't know how the people outside are doing? If I can know one or two, I can also do the right way to govern in the future."

"The emperor is sympathetic to the sufferings of the people. I really admire him, but there are many dangers outside. If the emperor wants to leave the palace, please think twice." He Taigao persuaded him.

"Queen, what do you think?" Wang Chong asked.

"I listen to the emperor."

"Well, I'll go out for a few days today, my companion, go and prepare."

No one can change Wang Chong's decision, and He Taigao dared not say anything again, nodded helplessly: "I'll make arrangements now."

Then, Wang Chong dressed up as a noble young man, and He Taigao and two other big internal masters dressed up as servants.

What surprised Wang Chong was that Zhao Luan also wanted to follow him.

In her words, she knows how to do kung fu, and following Wang Chong can protect him.

Thinking about chatting with multiple people, I took Zhao Luan with me.

Wang Chong is becoming more and more emperor-like now. Even if he is wearing casual clothes, he can feel the nobleness from a distance.

"Let's hear it all for our family. The emperor and the empress leave the palace together. There are many thieves outside. Let's lighten our family's eyes. If you see someone who is blind and close to the empress, don't be polite to others. If the emperor and the empress lose a hair, you won't have to live anymore. Do you understand?"

Before leaving, He Taigao taunted his conversation with a group of guards.

From this we can see that He Taigao was very loyal to Wang Chong.

After the lecture, He Taigao led everyone to follow Wang Chong out of the palace.

This time I left the palace quietly, no one knew.

When he left, He Taigao reminded several of his confidants and claimed that the emperor was feeling uncomfortable in the past few days and lived in the queen's bedroom for a while.

In this way, it can be considered an explanation to the outside world.

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"Butterbread, hot steamed bun."

"Shaobian, my sesame cake is big and sweet."

"Big cucumber, crisp and sour big cucumber."

The streets of the capital are very prosperous, with vendors on both sides shouting for their own goods.

Wang Chong held Zhao Luan's hand and enjoyed the scenery along the street while walking.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Wang Chong is wandering around so slowly.

In the past, he would leave the palace to do business, but this time he decided to walk slowly.

"Man, how much is this candied haw?"

When he walked to a stall selling candied haws, Wang Chong asked.

The vendor saw that Wang Chong had a great identity and said respectfully: "This guy is a string of candied haws."

"Well, let's have three strings."

After Wang Chong finished speaking, He Taigao took out the money very sensible.

"Thank you, my sir."

Wang Chong bought candied haws and said to Zhao Luan: "Luan'er, I'll give it to you."

"Thank you, my husband."

Before they came out, they all agreed to call each other Luaner and Xianggong. As for He Taigao and others, they called him Wang Chongye directly.

Zhao Luan took the candied haws and found that Wang Chong had not eaten them. He said curiously: "My husband, don't you eat them?"

“I don’t like sweet food.”

"Puchi!" Zhao Luanjiao laughed and said, "Actually, I don't like sweets either. It's just given to me by my husband, and I love it."

Wang Chong laughed silently: "Since you don't like to eat, don't force yourself."

As he said that, Wang Chong found several children playing on the roadside.

These children were wearing shabby clothes and placed some easy-to-preserve vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, etc. in front of them.

At this moment, they were looking forward to the passing pedestrians, hoping that passers-by could buy their things.

Seeing Wang Chong looking at them, the children looked at the candied haws in Zhao Luan's hands with anticipation.

"Master, there are delicious potatoes here. Do you want to buy some?"

An older child came over and asked with courage.

In the cold winter, Wang Chong could see that these children were dressed thinly and their hands were red from cold, especially their feet, and they were wearing air-permeable straw sandals.

Wang Chong remembered the children in modern society. Such a young child should be sitting in a warm classroom and receiving education.

It seems that compulsory education needs to be popularized as soon as possible.

If a country wants to be strong, young people are the key.

Education is the key to young people's strength.

At present, the education of the Great Yan Dynasty has many disadvantages. The imperial examinations here tests the calligraphy, poetry, and sentences.

What is the use of learning these?

I still remember that I learned eight-legged essays in the Ming Dynasty. After countless candidates learned these, their thoughts were confined. Even if they were top scholars, they knew nothing about management after becoming officials and were not suitable for being officials.

Although this Da Yan Dynasty is not a eight-part essay, it is almost the same and is useless to manage the government and society in the future.

Wang Chong felt that in addition to recognizing words, mathematics is the most important thing in the best education.

Looking at the history of all powerful countries, no country was established when mathematics was not good.

First there were excellent mathematicians, and then there were physics, chemistry, and various scientists.
To be continued...