At this time, the wedding also started bustling early in the morning.

  For example, Zhao Xi, early in the morning, during his usual exercise time, had officials from the Ministry of Rites accompanying him to pay respects.

  From the Temple of Heaven to the Ancestral Temple, and then to the parents' home, after going through the whole process of announcing to the people that the crown prince had become an adult, by the time the crown princess was brought back, it was already dusk, which truly embodied the character 'marriage'.

  Zhao Xi felt a bit dizzy. A little girl who had been playing with him since she was three or four years old, grew up to be his wife from now on, the princess of the Great Song Empire, and the future empress.

  The four female officials originally assigned to the palace, as well as the maidservants brought over from the Gao family, including Tao Nian and Tong Fang Yatou, plus some crippled people, these are all the people in Zhao Xie's main bedroom now... they are all byproducts.

  At that time, the wedding day also had a nuptial chamber, and the meaning of this nuptial chamber was only to let the princess change out of that phoenix coronet and ceremonial dress that even Zhao Xi felt tired of wearing, not that they consummated the marriage on the wedding day itself.

  Zhao Xī tài xǐ huān zhè guī jué le, bù shuō lèi yī tiān de zhuàng tài wèn tí, jiù shuō zhè wò fáng lǐ de yì qún rén…… xiǎng xiǎng tóu pí fā má.

  Finally able to drag on for another day... Now Zhao Xi only has this thought, being able to drag on for a day is a day.

  Pay respects to aunt and uncle... This term is meaningful, early in the morning to greet the public, the term is pay respects to aunt and uncle, but coincidentally, the daughter-in-law is calling out "dad and mom" together with her own...

  It always means that the crown prince has become an adult when he marries his princess and brings her home.

  This process has always been focused on by special people and will continue until the crown princess is pregnant.

  Especially the rumors of the crown prince's hidden illness made the palace and the imperial court pay close attention to the crown prince at all times.

  It wasn't a big deal originally, and Father and Mother understood the situation, but the rumors in the city were too much, even Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao were worried that Xi'er might have some hidden illness, which would make it difficult for her to produce an heir.

  So Zhao Xi proved the rumor was wrong, and Zhao Xi did just that.

  After getting married, Zhao Xi still got up on time at 3 am and was served by palace maids as she left the palace.

  Every day I encounter the old eunuchs waiting outside the door and examining me... Let's not bother with these things, I hope to only record the affairs of Empress Dowager Cixi.

  One month after the crown prince's wedding, the crown princess became pregnant, and the rumors turned out to be true.

  The following days passed normally, after all, Zhao Xi was not a young man who only knew the taste of food, and his mood could easily control his desires.

  ……

  Zhao Xi can now openly and freely go back and forth between the East Palace and the Imperial Guard Camp.

  The civil and military officials of the Imperial Guard, Zhao Xi originally wanted to be a seed, but the seeds not only sprouted, they have already grown into trees, and are still in the Imperial Guard.

  "Your Highness, your guard corps, although the name has been changed, but in essence it is a restoration of the Eastern Palace system. Whether it's Liu Lu or Shu Guan, the civil and military officials of the current guard corps are just like the officials of the Eastern Palace."

  This is Teacher Pang's announcement to Zhao Xi.

  Zhao Xi suddenly understood why the scholars didn't fight to be taught by the Imperial Guards back then, and it was clear that over the years, the teachings of the Imperial Guards had improved in quality, but were still stuck within the Imperial Guards.

  Even civil officials are like this, let alone military generals.

  Reality never goes as planned, Zhao Xi felt helpless.

  Wait, there will be a day when the imperial court opens a path for the Imperial Guard! On this point, Zhao Xi is certain that it won't have to wait until he ascends to the throne.

  Su Song is indeed an interesting person, and in recent years, all his leisure time has been spent in the workshop, constantly changing and making useful or useless things based on the principle of that hand-held sprayer.

  The great master did not dare say that Su Song was instructing, he was a jinshi, a civil official, and he was just a craftsman, how could he interfere with others' affairs.

  Watching such waste, Da Jiang had privately told Zhao Xi that he thought Su's guidance was too expensive.

  Zhao Xi highly agrees with Su Song's approach. Whether it is technology or craftsmanship, including the progress of practical items, none of them have not gone through thousands of experiments.

  As for the income of the guards, it can support Su Cong's extravagance.

  For the current level of craftsmanship, Zhao Xi is not very clear, but Su Song is clear. He himself says some concepts or has some ideas, and when he says them out loud, no one understands, and he also worries that they are too surprising.

  It's good this way, having such a subordinate who is so interested in the so-called technology can save a lot of trouble and achieve his own goals on the basis of reality.

  Just like today, Su Song finally completed the casting of the iron cannon and tested it more than ten times without bursting or cracking.

  The Qing dynasty was short of copper, and even the casting of coins was adjusted again and again to increase the proportion of lead in the alloy, until after each casting, it would be discarded on the market within a year or two.

  Su Song has been looking for ways to reduce the cost of fire unity, continuously improving the steelmaking process, and constantly adding some miscellaneous minerals to pig iron.

  "Your Highness, add this when tempering steel..."

  Isn't this... isn't this just black tungsten ore?

  Chromium ore Zhao Xi still knows that this is the main raw material for steel industry in later generations, it can improve the ductility, extensibility, toughness and abrasion resistance of steel.

  "Where is this thing produced?"

  Now that it's confirmed to be manganese ore, Su Song has again made a mistake about the method of adding manganese to change the properties of steel. Next, naturally... at least in the Guard Camp, it will be promoted.

  "My uncle was working in Guangnan and knew I liked this kind of thing, so he had someone bring it over."

  Alas! Zhao Xi understood that Su Song had been making a fuss just to get himself through the imperial court, and make large purchases of manganese ore...

  This old man is too self-important. Just because he's an adult, he thinks he can point fingers and draw pictures on the imperial court... So far, he's still in a state of listening to politics and doesn't have any specific duties.

  It's hard to say, but since the founding of our dynasty by Taizu, and especially after Taizong took the throne, there have been all sorts of rumors.

  Next was his own grandfather, Emperor Zhenzong, who ascended to the throne hastily and succeeded in the same month as the establishment of the heir. By the time it came to his father's generation, from childhood succession...

  This resulted in no precedent for a crown prince taking office after coming of age, and it became a complicated topic on the imperial court.

  These days, the Crown Prince's affairs have almost all been exposed.

  Following the example of Tang, some people listed the bloody palace of the previous dynasty, and it was suggested to establish new rules, which would be even more chaotic. There were those who advocated for restoring the old system of Taizong, while others believed that the focus should be on the imperial court, and that one city's governance should not be taken into account. Some even proposed to take control of the Imperial Academy and the imperial examination system...

  In the end, there was no conclusion, and they got tired of arguing, so they took a break and would continue arguing when someone else brought it up again.

  Zhao Xi went to discuss this with Chao Tang at this time? Forget it.

  The matter of the manganese mine is really very important for the Guards Regiment, and even more so for the entire imperial court.

  This really put Zhao Xi in a difficult position.

  "Your Highness..."

  How could he have forgotten this. When Cao Lin called Zhao Xi, he remembered that in his childhood, he used to make a living by selling food. Since biscuits can be sold to all military states of the country, it means that they already have a sales network covering all military states.

  "Su, I'll take care of the ore matter. You can extend the use of this steel, for example, armor..."