Of course she still didn't switch to an oven and yeast right away.
Sophia only had one oven at home, so she asked her mother to make her another one immediately and exchange it for a piece of gold at this time tomorrow.
Of course, a baking oven wouldn't cost a piece of gold, but she was so poor that gold was all she had left.
Oh, no, it was Ying Zheng who was so poor that he only had gold left.
She was still penniless, a poor soul who needed to ask her boss for an advance!
After a while, the King of Zhao arrived at the front hall, where Ying Zheng worked.
"Ms. Zhao, why don't you take a rest for a while and officially go to the front hall to work tomorrow." The person who spoke to her was Sun Cheng, whom she had met in the morning.
"Hello, Eunuch Sun. I have something to report to the King." She looked at Sun Cheng standing at the door and the closed palace door and said, "Is the King in a meeting?"
"Lord Li Si is in the palace. If it's something urgent, I'll let him know for you."
"Okay, thank you."
Sun Cheng walked into a door in the side hall, from where he could walk directly to Ying Zheng's side.
Li Si?
Zhao Jun silently recalled this man, the prime minister of Qin State, who was also a brilliant man with outstanding political talent and vision. During the reign of Qin Shihuang, he assisted Qin Shihuang in completing the great cause of unifying the six countries. After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, he assisted Qin Shihuang in maintaining national stability and promoting development in politics, economy and culture.
Although Li Si later assisted Zhao Gao in launching the Shaqiu Rebellion, abolishing Crown Prince Fusu and enthroning Qin II as king, that was also a choice he had to make based on history.
From the perspective of later generations, Li Si's contributions to the Qin State definitely outweighed his faults.
"Ms. Zhao, Ms. Zhao, the king invites you in." Sun Cheng smiled and led her into the side hall next to it.
As soon as Zhao Jun walked in, he heard the noise from next door. He knew everything that was happening next door even though there was a wall between them. It was really a good design for peeping.
"Your Majesty, please wait here for a moment. I will leave first."
Sun Cheng quietly left the room.
Who exactly is this Ms. Zhao? The king never allows irrelevant people to be present when he discusses government affairs, but now he allows her to sit in?
"Your Majesty, Prince Dan's envoys will soon arrive in Xianyang. I wonder what they will do this time. It would be safer to wait until this matter is resolved before sending troops to attack Wei."
"Okay, you just take care of arranging the meeting. Go ahead." Ying Zheng glanced at the small door of the side hall next door and let Li Si go down first.
"What's wrong? You've figured out how to build an empire so quickly." He was about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a black robe and a jade bead on his head. He walked through the small door and into the side hall.
"It's not that kind of thing for now. I came to you, Your Majesty, hoping that you could give me a piece of gold. I certainly don't want to keep it for myself. You'll know if it's useful in a few days." Zhao Jun said happily and kept the question in suspense. Now she was no longer so afraid of Ying Zheng.
"Okay." Ying Zheng walked to the table next to him and sat down.
"There is one more thing. I would like the king to ask the utensils department to make me two iron pots." Zhao Jun also followed Ying Zheng's steps and half-knelt in front of the table.
Ying Zheng glanced at her silently
"Iron pot? What is that?"
"This is a kind of cooking utensil, it is very important to me, please help me, Your Majesty." Zhao Jun raised his hands and prayed.
"Alright, it's no big deal. Draw the pattern and I'll send someone to fight."
Hearing this, Zhao Jun laughed and looked for paper and pen on Ying Zheng's desk to draw it down. She looked around for a long time but didn't find anything like paper or pen. No way, Ying Zheng didn't use paper and pen when working?
"My lord, where are the paper and pen?"
Ying Zheng had been staring at her silently for a long time. The bamboo slips were right on the table, but she was jumping up and down looking for something.
"What about paper and pen? Aren't the bamboo slips here?"
Oh! She's stupid! Zhao Jun slapped himself on the forehead.
At that time, papermaking had not yet been invented, and writing still relied on bamboo slips!
"I forgot, you don't have it here. Never mind, I will definitely figure out the papermaking technique later."
Ying Zheng was very interested in the papermaking technique she mentioned, but since he had not seen the real thing, he calmed down.
Zhao Jun carved a picture of an iron pot on the bamboo slips with great difficulty. Fortunately, the shape of the pot was not complicated, but even so, her drawing was still crooked.
"Okay, my lord, once the food is ready, just have it delivered to the kitchen."
Ying Zheng looked at the picture she drew and didn't think it was anything new, but he began to question Zhao Jun's cultural level.
Has this person been to school?
"By the way, Your Majesty, I just heard from Li Si that Prince Dan is going to send an envoy to meet you. Could it be Jing Ke?" She asked carefully. This was a major historical event, Jing Ke's assassination of Qin Shi Huang!
"How could I know the name of a small envoy?" Ying Zheng said in a sarcastic tone.
"Then let me ask this, is the reason for their audience to present the head of the defeated general Fan Yuqi?" This seemed to be the reason in her memory.
"Indeed, how did you know?" Ying Zheng thought about it carefully. When she came in, Li Si did not tell her the reason for Prince Dan's audience this time. How did she know? Ying Zheng stared at her with sharp eyes.
However, Zhao Jun seemed not to notice. After all, she was immersed in the shock of witnessing history and the fantasy of the famous King of Qin walking around her.
The thought of this calm, majestic, and stern-faced man in front of him making Jing Ke run around the pillar with a sword in hand made him want to leave.
Even the ministers below were just shocked and stared in amazement.
In the end, he was hit by a medicine bag thrown by an imperial physician, which saved Ying Zheng.
The mere thought of the scene made her feel it was full of drama, and she even had a picture in her mind.
No, I can’t think about it anymore. Zhao Jun held back his smile, restrained his expression and coughed lightly a few times.
"What happened?" Ying Zheng looked at the person who was laughing in front of him and couldn't help but feel angry. What on earth could make her laugh so happily? Could there be some problem with this audience?
Although Zhao Jun regretted that he could not see this historic moment, he still honestly recounted what had happened, including the names of Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang.
After a moment, the hall was dead silent. Ying Zheng's expression, which had always remained calm, began to show cracks. Veins bulged and his eyes were bloodshot. Anyone who saw him could tell that he was extremely angry.
Zhao Jun silently took two steps back. It seemed that this incident really made him angry. He couldn't blame her. That was history.
"I know about it. I will send someone to investigate this matter, but what you said about walking around the pillar is probably not true." Zhao Jun only said that she had predicted this matter and did not talk about history.
Ying Zheng gradually calmed down, if you ignore his tightly clenched hands.
"You'd better tell the truth, otherwise I will definitely take your life." He hadn't been provoked like this in many years.
Zhao Jun nodded immediately, indicating that he didn't dare to talk nonsense.
She glanced at him secretly a few times, and was definitely taking out her anger!
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