Zhao Zheng carried Zhao Gao back to his room, carefully removed his shoes and socks, and then gently placed him on the bed. Novel www.しwxs.com He knew that Zhao Gao always loved cleanliness, and if he let him sleep like this, he would feel uncomfortable when he woke up tomorrow smelling of alcohol, so he turned around and went out and asked the guards to bring a basin of warm water and soaked the water with a handkerchief. Wring it out, then return to the bed.
During the entire process of wiping Zhao Gao's body, Zhao Zheng was extremely meticulous. He even had large beads of sweat on his forehead because he was too careful and nervous. This matter lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour. Zhao Zheng was preoccupied with it and didn't think anything else. Unexpectedly, just as he breathed a sigh of relief and sighed that it was done, when Zhao Zheng looked at the "results" of his hard work with satisfaction, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the room was... Becoming a little ambiguous.
No matter how he warned himself not to think wildly, he still couldn't help but have those charming thoughts arise in his heart. Zhao Gao's chest looked resolute yet elegant, and the color was a healthy honey color. Although it did not have the graceful figure of a woman, to Zhao Zheng, it was another kind of vigorous beauty. His chest vibrated slightly when he breathed, and now his master was lying quietly on the bed with his upper body clothes removed, seducing Zhao Zheng nakedly.
He suddenly felt lucky: Fortunately, he had not chosen to bathe him before, but only wiped his body... Zhao Zheng's mind swayed, his Adam's apple twitched slightly, and his heart was restless. But for Zhao Gao, he valued him, respected and loved him, so he didn't want to offend him while he was sleeping. After much effort, Zhao Zheng finally managed to suppress the sudden heat in his heart, and Zhao Zheng took out another piece of clean clothes from the cabinet to put on for him.
No matter how agitated he was before, when his eyes fell on Zhao Gao's peaceful face, he felt guilty again. He once again pushed back those unwanted thoughts in a panic, and reached out his hand to help Zhao Gao in confusion. Put on some clothes and tie the belt around your waist. It was only because of a guilty conscience that I tied it three times before it was loosely tied.
After doing all this, Zhao Zheng was finally able to exhale a long breath. Letting him lie there for the time being, he went behind the screen, took off his clothes, and got into the bathtub that the guards had prepared for him early in the morning, intending to use the cold water to cool down his anger. After a while, he washed and changed his clothes and came out again. As expected, he felt much calmer. Seeing that Zhao Gao was sleeping soundly, he also lay down next to him.
It's just that Zhao Zheng couldn't fall asleep after turning left and right for a long time, so he simply sat up, lit a lamp and looked at Zhao Gao with bated breath in the dim light. After understanding his own feelings, when he looked at Zhao Gao like this again, he felt that something was different from before. In the past, Zhao Gao gave him peace of mind, but now it turned into a sultry heartbeat.
The more he looked at it, the more beautiful he felt, and he couldn't help but reach out to touch his face. He reached halfway, but he was afraid of disturbing his dream, so he made an arc and touched his face. There were some messy hair on the bed. Just touching it, sleep came over him unconsciously, and he fell into a drowsy sleep.
The next day, Zhao Gao woke up hazy and saw Zhao Zheng's sleeping face close at hand. He looked at him in surprise. After a while, he came back to his senses and remembered that he seemed to be drunk last night. Later, he came to catch him. Then……
Zhao Gao lowered his head to check his hands, but saw that his hands were under the quilt and nothing could be seen. Remembering that today happened to be the day after work on the 10th, Zhao Gao also knew that it was rare for him to sleep in, so he did not wake him up immediately. Moreover, Zhao Zheng always slept lightly. If Zhao Gao got up like this, he would definitely wake up, so he simply closed his eyes and slept again.
It didn't matter that the two of them fell asleep, but it was a pain for the guards who followed Zhao Zheng. Everyone knows that Zhao Zheng has always been diligent in his work. Even on the days when he is out of office, he rarely sleeps, and he only sleeps for half an hour longer. If you count the days that go by like this without getting up at noon, you don’t even have to lift your fingers, because you haven’t done it at all. It’s not known outside whether something happened.
When Zhao Zhengkankan woke up, he noticed that someone had grabbed his wrist through the quilt. He subconsciously wanted to shake it off, but suddenly remembered who was next to him. He quickly put away his thoughts and hurriedly opened his eyes to look at Zhao Gao, but Unexpectedly, Zhao Gao's eyelids moved at almost the same time, and he opened his eyes immediately.
Zhao Zheng didn't dare to show his anger, and watched Zhao Gao's movements carefully through the sunlight falling in from outside the house. Their eyes met, Zhao Zheng's eyes were full of surprise, but Zhao Gao was a little confused, and no one was in a hurry to speak. Perhaps Zhao Gao was feeling uncomfortable lying like this all the time. He moved slightly and found that he had grabbed the wrist that Zhao Zheng had unconsciously stretched out while he was asleep. Zhao Gao rarely felt embarrassed.
Zhao Zheng saw that his expression was a bit unnatural, and he relaxed his grip following the force on his wrist. Zhao Gao opened his mouth to speak, but his mouth was extremely dry due to the hangover, so he only made a hoarse sound. When Zhao Zheng saw this, he got up and poured water for him. Unexpectedly, he forgot that the bed was not spacious and rolled down with a "bang".
The guard waiting outside the house heard a strange noise and wanted to break in. Fortunately, he shouted back in time, otherwise the majesty of King Qin would have been lost. Getting up from the ground, Zhao Zheng saw Zhao Gao's teasing expression, and immediately felt a little embarrassed. He turned his head to one side and handed over the water. Unexpectedly, the other party didn't move for a long time, and then turned his head suspiciously.
Facing Zhao Gao's innocent look, Zhao Zheng was suddenly stunned. Being brought back to reality by Zhao Gao's dry cough, seeing that it was extremely difficult for him to sit up while holding his head, Zhao Zheng just remembered that Zhao Gao was hungover and his head was probably still groggy, so based on the habits he had brought with him as a king over the years, he used He ordered in an almost commanding tone: "Xiao Gao, don't move."
After saying that, he sat back again, lifted Zhao Gao up as gently as possible, let him lean on his chest, and carefully handed over the water. Zhao Gao used his strength to sit up and then realized that he seemed to be wearing a different inner garment. He took a sip of water from his hand to moisten his throat and then asked doubtfully: "Did the king change these clothes?"
Although Zhao Zheng felt guilty, he had a calm expression on his face. Even Zhao Gao couldn't see any flaws in it, so he nodded matter-of-factly. After all, it was a change. Zhao Gao didn't take it to heart. Instead, he thought of another experience and couldn't help but take his hand and look through it. He didn't have his left hand, so he switched to his right hand. As expected, Zhao Gao saw bruises on it, so he frowned, calmed down his emotions, and after a while he said absently: "Why does the king treat his ministers like this?"
Zhao Zheng interrupted him and asked in a low voice: "Why does Xiao Gao treat me like this?" At this time, the monarch and the minister seemed to have a spiritual connection. It would be meaningless to say more, so they both tacitly agreed not to speak.
The two of them got up at noon. Zhao Zheng used the excuse of "understanding the sentiments of the people" to trick Zhao Gao into going to the streets with him. How could Zhao Gao not know that he was clinging and didn't want to leave? It took him a long time before he finally nodded and agreed not to chase people away. Before leaving the Wei Mansion, Wei Liao had disappeared. Zhao Gao knew that he must have gone to Qin Feng Pavilion to find someone because he was itching, so he ignored it and applied concoction on his and Zhao Zheng's faces before inviting them out of the Imperial Palace.
Speaking of which, Zhao Gao has never visited Xianyang City. He followed Zhao Zheng into the palace when he arrived, and then moved directly into the Guowei Mansion when he came out. Later, he became a guest guest and used the land of Taishi Mansion to work as a guest. The work of creating new characters has arrived now. Zhao Zheng also knew this, so he spontaneously acted as a free tour guide.
"Baozi, fresh buns, ten yuan each."
Hearing the cries of sales from the shops on the roadside, Zhao Gao looked at Zhao Zheng suspiciously, and the latter smiled knowingly... uh... "flattery". An out-of-towner happened to be passing by, glanced at the steamer, and asked rudely: "Isn't it just a white-flour steamed bun? Why do you sell it so expensive?"
The shopkeeper said "Hey": "Listen to the guest's accent, is he from the Yan country? I'm a newbie here and don't know that these are called 'baozi', but our king's favorite food is white flour on the outside, but actually it's bread inside." The rice dumplings boiled in the oil pan are delicious. Can you buy one and try it?"
Seeing that he looked a little relaxed, the shopkeeper spared no effort to introduce it. In the end, the Yan man who passed by actually took out ten coins and bought him one. After taking a few bites, he realized that the bun was not in vain. The skin was soft and thin, and the glutinous rice inside tasted good, and it was enough in one sitting. "How about it? What Qin people value is honesty. As long as the customer spends money, there will never be any reason for the customer to regret it."
After leaving the bun shop, Zhao Gao couldn't help but ask: "Why did the king think of letting people do this?" Zhao Zheng joked: "Isn't it that I have been looking forward to the teacher joining the Qin Dynasty, but the teacher has not come yet? The students are idle When I had nothing to do, I remembered what the teacher had mentioned before and found someone to try it a few times. Later, I don’t know why it spread outside the palace." Hearing that he deliberately changed the title, Zhao Gao smiled helplessly: "That’s it. .”
However, Zhao Zheng thought of a serious question and asked solemnly: "Is Xiao Gao married?" Zhao Gao laughed in his heart when he heard this: the marriageable age advocated during this period was actually different from what later generations thought. There is a saying that "men marry when they are thirty, and women marry when they are twenty." Although people often do not strictly abide by this rule, no one would comment on Zhao Gaofei's decision to wait until he was thirty before starting a family.
Seeing his serious look, he subconsciously shook his head and said, "No." Zhao Zheng was happy and worried when he heard this. Just because even if he didn't marry the queen, he had no position to prevent Zhao Gao from marrying her. What's more, now that he had a wife, it was even less possible for him to restrain Zhao Gao.
Zhao Zheng asked tentatively: "Hasn't Xiao Gao considered it?" Zhao Gao shook his head and said indifferently: "I just let it go. If I don't see someone I like, I can't just marry someone who has wronged me." After hearing what Zhao Gao said, Zhao Gao said Zheng felt a little relieved in his heart, but after thinking about it, he felt that this thought was really disgusting. What qualifications did he have to ask Xiao Gao for something?
Zhao Gao didn't know what was going on in his mind. Seeing that he was depressed, he thought the topic just now aroused his thoughts. He guessed that Zhao Zheng was not going well with the queen these days because of Xiong Qi's incident. But after all, it was a family matter, and Zhao Gao had no idea what to say, so he simply changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, something seems to have happened in front of you, do you want to go take a look?"
"Oh, look, another cow has been exhausted. What a pity. This is already the tenth cow this month."
"Brother, you don't know that even cattle can't bear to carry this salt every day, let alone people. A few days ago, we had a brother over there who had to carry salt for half a month. He was stunned. I’m exhausted from all the work. Hey, just relying on the backs of cows, camels, and people is not the answer.”
"Who says it's not the case? But if we want to eat salt, we have to ask the officials to find someone to get it from the salt pool. If we don't allow people and cattle to do salt service, what will we eat? You said if private trading is allowed..."
"Tsk, brother, what you said is so ridiculous. This thing is the lifeblood of a person. If the government doesn't hold it in its hands, wouldn't it be a mess if someone takes advantage of it?"
Because of the exhaustion of transporting salt, people and cattle died. Zhao Gao had seen it with his own eyes when he traveled around the country, and he didn't want it to happen again in Xianyang City today. He and Zhao Zheng walked so far away, they were still thinking about this matter in their hearts, and didn't speak for a long time.
The salt affairs were a big deal, affecting the entire Qin state at every turn. Zhao Zheng felt very sad every time he received reports of how many manpower and cattle were exhausted. He asked people to come up with ideas several times at the court meeting, but none of the reports presented had any feasible value. There were even indifferent ministers who asked him to impose a ban on salt. At that time, Zhao Zheng was already very angry. When he saw the memorial written without thinking, he immediately punished the person without giving him a lesson. Demoted from Xianyang.
"Your Majesty, I have traveled around the country over the years and have investigated this matter. Plus, I remembered the record in a book, and I always had a prototype in my mind..." Zhao Gao said, and Zhao Zheng's eyes also lit up, his gaze shining brightly. He looked at Zhao Gao and asked: "Xiao Gao, do you have a way?" Zhao Gao looked at him with the expression of a child who got a toy, and couldn't help but smile and nodded: "Yes." After a pause, he said thoughtfully: "It's just this way. It involves a lot and it’s not easy to implement.”
As soon as Zhao Zheng was happy, he immediately waved his hands and said: "No hurry, no hurry, Xiao Gao, come back to the palace with me first." After saying that, he made a gesture to the side, and soon someone came with two horses. Zhao Gao asked in a funny way: "Why did the king become so happy before I even said anything about it?"
Zhao Zheng stood up on his horse and looked at him and said: "In all the years that students and teachers have been together, I have never seen the teacher say or do anything that he was not sure of. Since the teacher dares to mention it, it must be useful. It has troubled the students for a long time. I'm naturally happy that things have come to an end. But I'm afraid that the book the teacher mentioned is just to frustrate the students?"
The excuse was exposed, and Zhao Gao didn't care. He smiled and didn't answer. He turned to look at the horse beside him and saw that there were no stirrups on it. He hesitated for a moment. Just because I heard Wei Liao say before that he was already training the cavalry to use stirrups, but Zhao Zheng was still using horses without stirrups. I was still confused at first, but after a little thought, I figured out the connection.
The stirrup is easy to imitate. If someone knew about it in advance, they would imitate the Qin State and use it. At that time, both sides of the war could use the stirrup as a focal point to fight with others on horseback. Qin State would undoubtedly lose the advantage of the first. machine. Good steel must be used on the blade, which is Qin's biggest bargaining chip, and must be used at the end, so the best way at the moment is to leave no trace.
On the way, Zhao Zheng asked him: "Is Xiao Gao Shi thinking about the stirrups?" Zhao Gao nodded. "The Qin State can have such a bargaining chip, thanks to Xiao Gao." Zhao Gao slowly shook his head and said, "I really didn't think of it. I will tell the king about the twists and turns in this process later." Zhao Zheng did not force him, and did not say anything. Mention this matter.
When Zhou Wu saw Zhao Zheng personally bringing Zhao Gao into the palace, he did not dare to show off his face like before. For the first time, he took the initiative to say hello to Zhao Gao: "Sir." In fact, in terms of official position, it should be Zhao Gao, a young man. It was only for the young guest to salute him, but Zhao Gao also knew his temperament, so he did not hold back on his identity and simply greeted him with a smile: "Weiwei."
Shen Yu heard that the king's teacher was here and was very curious. That time Zhao Gao came, she went to the Queen's Palace and saw no one. She regretted for a long time. This time when she saw the real person, she found that she was unexpectedly young and handsome. She stared at it for a long time, and she didn't even hear Zhao Zheng asking her to bring some milk. …
