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

Jing County is just an appearance. It seems to be tightly blocked, but in fact, spies from the imperial court and other countries are omnipresent. How can the secrets of Jing County be covered up by a simple blockade to the outside world?

Therefore, the greater the noise Luancheng makes, the less attention Jing County receives.

It’s no wonder that Zhao Sheng lacks a sense of security. As soon as he traveled through time, he was trapped in a coffin. No one wants to experience that again.

Li Shuya was quite concerned about Zhao Sheng. She knew some secrets of the royal family. As for Zhao Sheng's existence, several people in the palace were still unaware of it.

Li Xin also warned his daughter to try not to let the palace's tentacles reach in.

Zhao Sheng has been busy with the situations in Jing County, Luancheng and Shigang Village. He is not suitable for riding a horse and being exposed in the open air, so he always travels back and forth in a carriage.

Although the ancient horse-drawn carriages may seem luxurious and high-end, they are actually useless things. The roads themselves are bumpy, and the wheels are made of solid wood and iron rims. The bumps on the road are as exciting as riding a roller coaster.

In Zhao Sheng's mind, the entire weight of a two-wheeled carriage is concentrated on the wheels, so the vibration will inevitably be borne by the two axles.

In ancient times, there were no advanced wheels like rubber, so he was thinking about whether he could improve the bumpy conditions of the vehicle through multi-level shock absorption.

After he invented the bearing, it was already used in rolling stock. The undercarriage was supported by hardwood and lacked the shock-absorbing measures of later vehicles.

He first considered making a four-wheeled carriage, and then used the spring steel principle to weigh the wheels. Of course, Luancheng currently did not have the ability to produce spring steel, so he needed to find other materials as alternatives.

Secondly, the supporting parts also need some shock-absorbing treatment, such as the suspension shock absorption of later generations. He also wanted to try it, but unfortunately the conditions did not allow it. When he was thinking hard, he found that the reverse bending bidirectional tension was also a better way of shock absorption.

He told his idea to Lu the Blacksmith, and with the help of their existing team, they conducted research on issues such as material durability and load-bearing capacity.

Lu the blacksmith's team not only conducts research on metallurgy, searches for new materials and manufactures them, but is now able to manufacture large crossbows and a rear-loading smoothbore rifle.

The combat power of the Great Zhou still remained at the infantry level, and cavalry was simply a luxury for the Zhou army.

It can be said that the cost of a horse is higher than the cost of two soldiers. For an army of 10,000 people, the number of war horses basically remains at around 1,000.

If Dingzhou were not located in a mountainous area and far away from the Xiongnu's power center, its defense could be described as weak.

There were 300,000 border troops in Yanzhou, 200,000 soldiers from the Yan King's household, and an additional 100,000 dragon cavalry, for a total of 600,000 troops to guard against the attacks of the Huns.

The Dragon Cavalry is equivalent to the emperor's personal army. Its troops only obey the emperor's orders. If there is a battle on the border, they will not attack rashly unless they are attacked close to them.

At the same time, the Dragon Cavalry also balanced the border troops and the vassal kings' palace troops. Once there was any change on one side, they would send troops to stop the rebellion at any time.

Therefore, there were 100,000 troops stationed in the Dingzhou camp. Compared with the Huns in the north, the number was really small, and it was also to reassure the emperor.

Of course, if the entire Dingzhou County Prince’s household soldiers and personal guards were added together, the total number would be 200,000.

Now that Zhao Sheng has done this in Jing County, the number of people has increased by another 50,000, not to mention the total number of troops that Luancheng can muster.

The subtle changes in Dingzhou did not actually attract the attention of Shangjing. Instead, the commotion caused by Zhao Heng made Zhao Wei and even the people of the Wei family very angry.

The control of Chuzhou Salt Market is not only held by Zhao Wei and several major salt merchants, but the Wei family has already had its hand in it.

Everyone has always maintained a balance in their dealings, and no one has complained for many years. However, with the arrival of Zhao Heng, the Cao Gang first took away some small profits.

Now, on the contrary, the remnants of the Salt Gang have reached out again. Originally, the Cui family of Boling could hardly obtain even 10% of the benefits. Now that Zhao Heng has taken the initiative to invite them, no one can predict how to control the subsequent situation.

The five surnames and seven clans all participated in the Chuzhou Salt Market to some extent, but they were just participants. None of them had ever really thought of monopolizing the market here.

If the Cui family gets involved at this time, it is very likely to send a dangerous signal.

The Salt Market is about to begin a major purge.

All the Cui families in the world were originally one family. Whether it was the Qinghe Cui family or the Boling Cui family, there were more than a dozen officials above the fifth rank in the Zhou Dynasty.

The Minister of Revenue Cui Bingzhong, the Vice Minister of Personnel Cui Mingyi, and even the great Confucian scholars in the Imperial College have relatives of the Cui family, not to mention other officials. If they want to take action, they have to unite horizontally to tilt the court.

Fortunately, there are not many people from the Cui family in the south, and their influence is concentrated in Shangjing and some big cities.

The Cui family of Chuzhou has actually coveted it for a long time, but has never had the chance to get involved. Now that Zhao Heng has put such a great opportunity in front of them, how could they not get involved?

"Is your fifth son a fool? If he makes such a fuss, the entire salt market and even the imperial court will be shaken. This will shake the foundation."

Wei Rong called Zhao Wei to his house. He could not suppress his anger. Why did Zhao Heng, who had always been well-behaved, start acting so recklessly after going to Chuzhou?

In fact, Zhao Wei knew in his heart that Zhao Heng's move was to show his strength to him, and he just wanted to become more powerful.

Moreover, at this moment, Zhao Wei could not fight to the death with his younger brother, otherwise the ones who benefited in the end would definitely not be the two brothers.

If anyone tries to dissuade Zhao Heng at this moment, Zhao Wei's shameful thoughts will be exposed, and his dream of inheriting the throne will be shattered.

"Old Five probably wants to take control of Chuzhou. We've been helping him manage it all these years, and he just went there and doesn't understand some of the situation."

Zhao Wei hurriedly covered up for Zhao Heng to prevent the matter from becoming too big and being disadvantageous to him.

"Then you have to send someone to persuade them. If they continue like this, it will not only harm the interests of my Wei family, but also the royal family."

The power of the five major families also needs to be balanced internally. In recent years, the Cui family has grown extremely strong and controls two of the three major granaries.

In addition, most of the officials in the court came from Qi and Lu, and the Zhou Dynasty was an era that valued literature. Often, behind these great scholars, there was a group of students.

Zhao Wei also understood that if the Cui family continued like this, the royal family might be subordinated to this big family, and everything would have to depend on their wishes. It would be hard to say what the Great Zhou would be called in the future.

Thinking of this, he decided to send someone to transfer Zhao Heng back, or ask the emperor to issue an imperial decree to let his younger brother return to Beijing so that he could give him a proper lesson.

Sometimes, although the idea is good, it is extremely difficult to implement it.

First, he sent a white-faced man with him to Chuzhou with his intentions.

On the other hand, he met with Emperor Zhao Hengzhen and told him about the recent events in Chuzhou.

"Wei'er, this was not my father's original intention. It was simply because the Cao and Yan Gangs were in turmoil at the time, and the local prefect was incompetent and unable to quell the rebellion. That's why Heng'er led his troops there, and I haven't seen you come to dissuade us."

The emperor's tone was calm, but with a hint of anger. He was obviously dissatisfied with Zhao Wei's words. At the same time, he was also hinting to Zhao Wei that there were some problems here, which were also related to him.

Zhao Wei, who was in an anxious mood at the moment, did not understand the emperor's meaning at all. He just felt that if Zhao Heng continued like this, everything he did might become a wedding dress for others.