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There is a bridge above the Ba River, called Ba Bridge.

Ba Bridge was first built in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Qin Mu Gong dominated Xirong. Therefore, Zishui was changed to Ba River and the bridge was built.

Wang Mang stood on the grassland by the Ba River and looked at the scenery around Ba Bridge. It was indeed the early spring when the grass was growing and the orioles were flying. The cool spring breeze was blowing in the bright sunshine, and there was still a trace of light in the air before he realized it.

The slight chill makes people have to tighten their clothes to resist the early spring wind.

Wang Kuang directed his servants and retinues to spread blankets, set up the stove, and light up the charcoal fire. He leaned comfortably on a wooden backrest and looked at Wang Mang not far away.

At this moment, in Wang Kuang's heart, he felt that his brother had changed, as if what he was looking at now was not the scenery, but the group of young ladies and women playing near Baqiao in the distance.

"Brother, if you don't bully me, he is really lustful."

Wang Kuang looked at Wang Mang, then looked at the direction Wang Mang was looking at, looked at the women on the Ba Bridge, and expressed such emotion.

Wang Mang looked at the scenery of Baqiao from a distance and was filled with emotion, "Why did Wang Mang change the name of such a good bridge?"

What Wang Mang lamented is a small story in the history that Wang Mang knew.

In the original history, the name of Baqiao was changed to Changcun Bridge by Wang Mang in the third year of the reign of the Emperor of the New Dynasty.

The reason why it was renamed in this way was because in the third year of Emperor Di Huang's reign, there was a flood in Baqiao. Wang Mang thought this was an ominous sign, so he activated the big name change skill and changed Baqiao to Changcun Bridge.<

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Speaking of Wang Mang's name changes in history, it's really hard to describe the current Wang Mang. Not only did he change the names of official positions that had been fixed since the Western Han Dynasty, but he also randomly changed the names of local places that had been popular for hundreds of thousands of years.

For example, Chang'an was changed to Chang'an, Nanyang was the front team, Hanoi was the rear team, Yingchuan was the left team, Hongnong was the right team, Hedong was the Zhao team, Xingyang was the Qi team, etc.

Of course, what’s the point of just changing the place names within the Xin Dynasty?

As a result, Wang Mang in history had a greater need to change his name, and he directly changed the names of the Siyi countries surrounding the New Dynasty at that time.

It can be said that this operation is simply incomprehensible.

But it happened that this person took the blame for the two hundred years of the Western Han Dynasty.

This shows how paranoid and unlucky the original Wang Mang was.

It’s not surprising that he was treated like that by Xiu’er.

After lamenting Baqiao and Wang Mang's mysterious operation in history, Wang Mang also recovered his thoughts and returned to Wang Kuang.

Wang Kuang looked at Wang Mang coming over, he showed a mean smile and asked quietly: "Brother, can you see the beauty?"

Wang Mang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "No."

Wang Kuang sighed and said, "My brother's vision is really high. I just followed my brother's gaze and saw several pretty and lovely people. But I never expected that my brother didn't fall in love with one of them."

Wang Mang smiled and said: "What I like is that I am beautiful. It is not good if you don't have a graceful demeanor, and you are not good if you don't have a charming appearance."

After Wang Kuang heard this, he sighed again: "How many beauties are there in the world?"

Wang Mang smiled and said: "There are countless beauties in the world, but the fate has not come, and we have never seen them today."

Wang Kuang felt resentful. He felt that Wang Mang's vision was too picky. A beautiful woman is beautiful if she is pleasing to the eye. Is there any talk about fate or not?

But precisely because of this, Wang Kuang was even more certain that Wang Mang was really lustful.

Otherwise, how could you say such a thing?

Therefore, Wang Kuang's mood immediately improved.

Wang Kuang said: "Brother, let's taste this piece of venison. It was just roasted by Yudi, and supplemented with Western spices. The taste is extremely fragrant, and it is a masterpiece."

Wang Mang took the roasted venison from Wang Kuang and tasted it. It tasted really good. Although there was no chili pepper to enhance the flavor, the taste of dogwood powder was just right, adding a lot of flavor to the piece of venison.

Wang Mang boasted: "Your craftsmanship is comparable to that of a cook in ancient times."

Wang Kuang was even more excited by Wang Mang's side and began to introduce other new barbecues one after another and let Wang Mang try them.

These meats include bear meat, tiger meat, rhinoceros meat, wild boar meat and other kinds of meat from rare and protected animals.

If it were placed in later generations, eating this meal would definitely lead to imprisonment, but in the Han Dynasty, it was a unique enjoyment for nobles. They could eat whatever they wanted without having to worry about anything going wrong.

After all, these animals were still very common in the Han Dynasty. In order to protect the crops they planted, ordinary people had to fight with these ferocious birds and beasts. Otherwise, the harvest of the year would be ruined by these ferocious birds and beasts.

Therefore, these animals were protected animals in later generations, but in the Han Dynasty they were a pest and could be killed no matter how you killed them.

Not only will the government not investigate, but sometimes they may reward you.

After enjoying the delicious food, Wang Mang lay comfortably on the brocade blanket on the grass, enjoying the bright spring sunshine and relaxing comfortably.

And at this time, another more noble guard of honor arrived at the bank of Baqiao.

This guard of honor arrived at the royal forbidden area not far from Baqiao - the Palace of Cocoon Pavilion.

With their appearance, they immediately attracted everyone's attention, and Wang Mang and Wang Kuang were no exception.

Wang Kuang looked at the rules of the ceremony and said happily: "It's the Queen Mother's aunt."

After hearing Wang Kuang's voice, Wang Mang couldn't help but stand up and followed Wang Kuang with his eyes.

After Wang Mang saw this magnificent guard of honor, he immediately recognized that it was Wang Zhengjun's guard of honor.

Because, except for her, no one can open the way with such a huge guard of honor.

Although Liu Ao often went out of the palace, Liu Ao liked to go on patrol incognito, which was completely different from Wang Zhengjun's grand style.

Wang Kuang pulled Wang Mang and said, "Let's go and say hello to the Queen Mother's aunt."

After Wang Mang heard Wang Kuang's words, he didn't refute at all.

After all, in Wang Mang's character, he is such a courteous character. When he sees the elders' honor guard, he would be damned if he doesn't actively show it.

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Therefore, after Wang Mang and Wang Kuang saw Wang Zhengjun's guard of honor arriving at the Cocoon Pavilion on the bank of the Ba River, they immediately got up and headed towards the Cocoon Pavilion.

The Cocoon Pavilion was one of the royal palaces in the Han Dynasty. Its main function was to raise silkworms. Every spring, the empress dowager or empress would lead the clan ladies and princes’ wives in Chang’an City to the Cocoon Pavilion to have a kiss.

Mulberry and silkworm rearing are common practice in the world.

It can be said that the behavior of the queen mother and queen raising silkworms was also a very important political activity in ancient times.

Of course, they went to raise silkworms to feed them. In fact, they were just like the idle urban white-collar workers of later generations who went to farmhouses to spend money to work. They were just doing it for a fresh idea. It’s really allowed for such noble ladies to feed silkworms here, strip silk cocoons, and weave silkworms.

They must not be able to stand making clothes out of cloth.

After all, textile technology in this era is still very backward. To put it bluntly, all textile processes are made by manpower, and there is nothing easy about it.

Wang Mang and Wang Kuang walked very quickly and arrived at the Cocoon Hall in a short time.

After the two people reported their identities, the guards guarding the Cocoon Hall came to the hall to report.

After a while, an eunuch came out of the pavilion and took Wang Mang and Wang Kuang into the cocoon pavilion.

When they arrived at the Cocoon Pavilion, they saw Wang Zhengjun, who was feeding spring silkworms with mulberry leaves in the Cocoon Pavilion, and Queen Xu behind her. They immediately saluted and said: "I see the Supreme, and see the Queen."

After Wang Zhengjun put a piece of mulberry leaf into the silkworm tray, he turned around and looked at Wang Mang and Wang Kuang, and said with a smile: "How did you two know that I am here?"

Wang Mang replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, my nephew and brother Kuang came here for a spring outing. Fortunately, they saw the Supreme Honor Guard coming to the Cocoon Pavilion, so they were very happy. Therefore, the two of us came to pay homage to His Majesty."

Wang Zhengjun looked at Wang Mang kindly, then at Wang Kuang, and said, "You two have a heart."

Wang Mang and Wang Kuang were standing in front of Wang Zhengjun respectfully, listening to Wang Zhengjun's words and looking very well-behaved.

Queen Xiao Xu was also looking at Wang Mang and Wang Kuang at this moment, but her eyes were more focused on Wang Mang.

In Queen Xu's impression, Wang Mang is much better than Wang Kuang.

And at the last family dinner in Changxin Palace, Wang Mang's bold confession to Ban Shu still shocked Queen Xu to this day.

She has never seen a man express his love to the woman he likes so openly.

Therefore, Queen Xu naturally had a deep impression on Wang Mang.

Wang Mang seemed to have felt Queen Xiao Xu's gaze observing him, and couldn't help but glance at Queen Xiao Xu.

Wang Mang saw that Queen Xu's brows seemed to be filled with more sorrow than the last time he saw her.

Seeing this situation, Wang Mang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Liu Ao was somewhat ignorant. How could such a beautiful woman with such an excellent temperament be so neglected?

Although Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede are both naturally charming and stunning enchantresses, their graceful temperament is still far inferior to that of Queen Xiao Xu.

Therefore, in Wang Mang's heart, Wang Mang really couldn't understand why Liu Ao would abolish Queen Xiao Xu because of Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede?

Is it just because of so-called disasters such as lunar eclipses?

Wang Zhengjun looked at Wang Mang and Wang Kuang and said: "You two don't have to be formal, just be natural. The Queen and I came to the cocoon pavilion to see the mulberry trees in person, which is also an example for the world and an act of kindness to the people. Since you two are my fault,

Dear, I am a citizen of the Han Dynasty, so you should follow my heart of being close to the people."

Wang Mang and Wang Kuang bowed and said, "Here."

Then the two of them naturally followed behind Wang Zhengjun.

Wang Zhengjun was in a better mood at this moment, so he said: "Do you two know the difficulties of spring silkworms?"

When Wang Mang and Wang Kuang heard this, they both looked thoughtful.

Wang Kuang was a wealthy young man who grew up in fine clothes and fine food. Although he always wore silk and silk as a lining, he still never really understood much about the life journey of a small animal like silkworm.
To be continued...