Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

When it comes to a matter, everyone has a different perspective, and the opinions they have will be seriously biased.

Zhao Hengzhen invited them to drink sweet soup and chatted about random things. After a while, everyone dispersed without saying anything specific. This made the two prime ministers have their own thoughts after returning home.

Fan Wenyuan knew that his son had obtained the candy when passing through Dingzhou and presented it to the emperor, but there was no need for the emperor to make a big fuss about such a thing. What was implied here?

Thinking about what the third prince had told him about protecting the emperor, he thought to himself: Could it be that the emperor is telling me that the people in Dingzhou are his wings?

Wei Rong was very depressed when he got home. First of all, the sugar was donated by the prince consort and came from Dingzhou. This was a blatant question of the right prime minister's stance.

Secondly, was he trying to tell himself that he only paid a pound of icing sugar as tribute every year, and the profits behind it were embezzled by his Wei family? Or was it that this icing sugar was a common thing, and he was exaggerating it as a miracle?

No matter what happens, Wei Rong must find out what is going on in Dingzhou.

In this way, both prime ministers sent their own people to investigate Dingzhou again.

It’s not that Dingzhou County didn’t send people in the past, but Dingzhou in the Zhou Dynasty was divided into two parts, one was the Dingzhou camp and the other was the Prince’s Palace, and now there is also Luancheng.

In fact, Dingzhou Camp was called Zhongshan in the past, and was also called Zhongshan County before. Later in the Zhou Dynasty, the previous emperor gave Zhongshan to Li Xin's father and asked him to garrison Zhongshan County.

But Zhongshan County used to be a country, also called Zhongshan State. Li Xin's father felt that if he was the county seat here, people would inevitably be reminded of his former country, so he retreated eighty miles and found an inconspicuous small county town on the north bank of Tuohe River.

He also requested an imperial decree to re-establish the Prince's Mansion and renamed Zhongshan to Dingzhou. Because the army was here, people were accustomed to calling it Dingzhou Camp, and no one dared to call it Zhongshan County.

The old emperor knew that Li Xin's father was loyal to him, so he built his own prince's mansion on the north bank of Tuohe River to show that he would not offend the Zhou Dynasty and to permanently consolidate the border.

The old Prince of Dingzhou was the old emperor's childhood playmate. How could he not know who his friend was? He would never believe that his old brother would rebel.

Therefore, the area south of Tuohe River to Zhaoxian and Gaoyi, and the surrounding counties to the west were connected as the boundary to form the circuitous boundary of Dingzhou.

In ancient times, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and due to natural conditions, the grain yield was not high. Although Dingzhou was given so much land, its actual population was less than 100,000.

It is really impossible to keep people here. It is too poor. If the Zhaojun Li family had not taken root here, it would be difficult for Li Xin to support the border troops.

It was also for this reason that the Li family of Zhaojun and some of the surrounding aristocratic families also appeared weak, and opened their own territories to allow merchants from other places to come and develop, so that the people of Dingzhou could survive longer.

Zhao Sheng went back to Shigang Village, took the five younger boys to Luancheng, said goodbye to Li Shuyan, and even did not see Zhao Ying, and went to find the rumored blacksmith.

The blacksmith's surname was Lu, and he was not a local. According to legend, he followed his master to develop in Taiyuan, and later settled in Zhongshan, making a living by blacksmithing. After the Broken Knife Incident, he felt ashamed and came to live in Changqing Mountain on the south bank of Tuohe River.

No one knows the real name of Blacksmith Lu, but many people know him. He occasionally helps some craftsmen in exchange for some wages to make a living.

He is old and naturally very famous. Every time he goes out to work for others, they provide him with food and accommodation, pay him the highest wages, and even give him a few extra days. They hope that he can help in time if he needs help next time.

Zhao Sheng found out the residence of this strange man after asking around. He came to the foot of Changqing Mountain and saw a stone house in the distance. It was past dinner time, but he saw smoke rising from the house.

When they arrived at the door of the house, no one said a word. Zhao Sheng also looked at the half-open door quietly, as if he could hear the sound of hammering.

"Since you are a visitor, I will not ask your name. If you have anything to say, please tell me. If not, please leave."

The blacksmith spoke to the outside of the room in a deep and powerful voice.

"I have a method. One day I obtained fine steel. There is also a rumor that fine steel daggers are sharp and difficult to break. Today I would like to ask Master for advice. I don't know if my method is true or not."

Mr. Zhao didn't waste any time and just changed the way he said what he was going to do.

For a long time, there was no knocking or other noise in the house. Only the sound of the wind outside and the heavy breathing inside the house could be heard, until a cough was heard, and then the sound of someone falling.

Fu Gang was in a good mood that day. Just then, a villager brought him some meat and wine, and he knew that he would have guests visiting him today.

After cooking the food, setting out four sets of bowls and chopsticks, we waited for the guests to arrive.

"Bang..." Two paper bags fell on the stone table outside the house, and then the sound of a person flying over the roof was heard.

I won’t drink any wine available on the market today. An old friend of mine brought me a jar of good wine from Dingzhou. I think it’s boring to drink alone, so I want to share it with you.

The person who came was the man in black, but today he was wearing a long blue gown with dark embroidery and he did not carry any weapons.

He held a wine jar in one hand and the other was empty. He probably had been holding food there just now, but it was inconvenient to climb over the eaves, so he threw the food in.

"It seems like this is my honor." Fu Gang wanted to tease him, but suddenly felt a little proud again, and hurriedly added: "I just feel that I am completely useless, but I can be taken care of by you, Your Excellency."

"Sometimes it's fun to just have a drink and chat with someone. Why not worry about it too much?"

After that, the visitor knocked off the seal and opened the oil paper, and immediately the aroma of wine filled the air.

He poured wine into each person's bowl, then raised the bowl and said, "Drink some wine today and don't think about other things."

Upon hearing this, Fu Gang and others drank the whole bottle without hesitation, showing their heroism.

"Cough cough~cough cough cough..." He had the heroic spirit, and the rest was just panting.

The visitor originally wanted to take a sip, but before the wine even reached his lips, the other party's abnormality made him alert. Could it be that the wine was poisonous?

When you are in the world, you will inevitably get hurt. Don’t complain about the difficulties in the journey, as the villains are even more insidious.

He was gasping for breath and coughing, and before he could react, Fu Gang yelled, "This wine is damn delicious."

Liu Meng said: "Yes, yes, I drank too much just now and couldn't taste it."

Zheng Jun echoed, reaching for the wine jar: "I've been drinking wine all my life, but today I finally understand what nectar is."

"Isn't it just wine? Is it that exaggerated?" Before he could fully react, Fu Gang and others raised their bowls and said, "Brothers, thank you for drinking your wine!"

After that, they started drinking.

Only then did he realize that this wine was not the same as the one he usually drank.

The pure aroma of the wine is like nectar, exuding a rich and charming fragrance.

Take a sip, and the rich fragrance instantly blooms in your mouth. The mellow taste is as smooth as silk, spreading from the tip of your tongue to your throat, with a long aftertaste that will make you intoxicated.

However, when he thought about giving it to himself, he found that he could only pour out half a bowl of wine from the jar.

In an instant, the friendship boat ran aground, and the good mood became more and more irritable.

Then I drank the wine I brought from the market today. It was sour, pale, bitter, and bland. I didn't even feel like wine.

Sun Tiebiao looked at Fu Gang and the others and said with a wry smile: "Next time if there is good wine, I must drink it alone. I wanted to taste it with you, but you drank more than me."

Liu Meng looked at Sun Tiebiao, then at Zheng Jun, and embarrassedly dug holes in the ground with his toes.