After Changsun Wuji left, silence returned to the Ganlu Palace. Li Shimin sat alone in the palace. He recalled his heroic words from back then, "All the heroes in the world are in my palace."
The little eunuch took a booklet and handed it to Li Shimin.
Looking at the contents of the booklet, Li Shimin smiled disdainfully. What was recorded on it were all what Zhang Yang had done these days.
Zhang Yang is not a hero, nor is he a gentleman. He can be a good whetstone.
Outside the Zhuque Gate, Xu Jingzong watched King Wei and Zhang Shilang leave.
Counting the current time, Shangguan Yi should have just finished today's proofreading from Hongwen Hall.
Sure enough, after waiting for a short while, he came out.
"But Shangguan Yi?"
Shangguan Yi knew Xu Jingzong, and the three lunatics in the Ministry of Rites were known to everyone in the government and the public.
"Shilang Xu." Shangguan Yi bowed slightly.
"Are you going to teach?"
"Shilang Zhang indeed invited me to teach here."
"Walking and talking?"
Shangguan Yi looked at Xu Jingzong's expression carefully, his expression was a little wavering, he stood still for a while and then took steps.
"Shilang Zhang and General Cheng gave me a lot of money and were generous. I am living in a difficult situation. Now, thanks to Shilang Zhang, I can save some money now."
Xu Jingzong smiled and said, "You are a talented and learned person."
While talking, Xu Jingzong couldn't understand why Zhang Yang fell in love with Shangguan Yi. Since he was working for Zhang Yang, they might get together in the future.
"I ask myself that I am familiar with the Three Treatises, dabble in classics and history, can also write articles, and like to read books."
The two of them were similar in age, so Xu Jingzong asked again: "I've heard about your past affairs, and I can see that you don't want to live in a small Hongwen Hall."
Shangguan Yi's face showed confidence, "It doesn't matter what Hongwen Hall is, I can also use my talents and knowledge."
After saying this, Shangguan Yi slowed down and said, "Shilang Xu has worked with Shilang Zhang in the Ministry of Rites for a long time."
Xu Jingzong nodded, "It's been a while."
"I would like to ask, how is Mr. Zhang doing?"
Hearing his question, Xu Jingzong laughed.
"Why is Mr. Xu laughing?" Shangguan Yi became more and more puzzled.
"It's bad to criticize Mr. Zhang behind his back."
"I'm just being presumptuous."
Xu Jingzong took a deep breath and sighed, "Shilang Zhang is a very special person. He behaves in an unorganized manner. If you really want to tell me what kind of person he is, I think he is nothing more than a man-eating tiger compared to Shilang Zhang."
"Is Minister Zhang worse than a tiger?"
Xu Jingzong did not answer and just whispered, "You will understand once we get to know each other."
Shangguan Yi was confused by these incomprehensible words. Is this a man-eating tiger?
Zhang Shilang obviously seems to be a very philistine and cheerful person, and his conversation is also very easy-going.
Originally, my wife and I had decided to visit the village today.
This little fat guy kept pestering me to go with him.
After looking at Li Tai's escort, Zhang Yang got on the carriage and the little fat man sat on the shaft, looking very happy.
The two aunts escorted him to the side, and Li Tai's bodyguard followed behind.
The carriage was moving, and Li Yue was sitting in the sedan eating dried fruit, "I heard that your husband went to see the Khan today?"
Zhang Yang nodded rudely, he was extremely tired today.
"Sister Huang, that Khan Xue Yantuo is very interesting. My brother-in-law defended him until he was speechless."
"Really?"
Seeing that his wife was also interested, Zhang Yang helplessly talked about what happened in the Ministry of Etiquette. He and his wife had originally gone to the village for a walk to see the scenery. What a wonderful plan.
This little fat guy insists on making light bulbs, which is a bit disappointing.
It's a headache to meet a brother-in-law who has such a headache. His father is still the emperor, which makes it even more headache.
"So, this barbarian Khan has no intelligence. He is still fighting at the back. He gave away all the rations of the army just to get a wife."
"Pfft..." Li Tai couldn't hold it back anymore.
Zhang Yang said with emotion: "Some people go ahead with food and fodder before their soldiers and horses are moved, but he moves his soldiers and horses and draws fuel from the bottom of the cauldron."
"Ahahaha..." Li Tai couldn't hold it back any longer. He held his belly in one hand and laughed, while patting the carriage with the other hand, until he burst into tears.
"Your Highness, King Wei, can you calm down?" Zhang Yang looked at him numbly.
"Okay, calm down, calm down..." Li Tai suppressed his laughter, "Taking the fire under the cauldron... Hahaha!"
He couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed wildly again.
Zhang Yang raised his head and sighed, "Oh my God."
The houses at the foot of Lishan Mountain were so neat that it was pleasing to the eye. Li Tai jumped out of the carriage and said, "When I get back, I will also tell my father and mother."
"It's up to you." Zhang Yang helped Li Yue get out of the carriage, and sooner or later he would hang his brother-in-law on a tree and whip him.
Li Tai worked hard as a coolie when he arrived in the village, and he was also diligent in moving stones and mud.
Follow Niu Chuang to the Weishui River, which is a tributary of the Weishui River.
The entire village's fields are irrigated by this river.
A waterwheel as tall as a person was erected, and one-third of it was lowered into the water.
The waterwheel rotates with the water flow.
Li Yue also asked Niu Chuang to build a shelf through which the water brought by the waterwheel could flow to the ditches in the fields.
"In this way, the fields at higher places can also be irrigated." Li Yue recorded while holding a booklet.
This time the waterwheel renovation was very successful.
This water wheel is lighter than the ordinary water wheel, carries more water, and rotates faster.
A scraper is installed at the end of the spoke, and there is an equally spaced inclined rectangular water bucket between the scrapers.
Nowadays, the water flow is abundant, and it can be used to irrigate the fields in high places.
When the dry season comes, cofferdams can be constructed to divert water.
Li Yue knew very well that there was surplus water power in this transmission process.
There is still a lot of wood placed behind the waterwheel, which is an unfinished waterwheel.
Utilizing the abundant water power now, we can build a waterwheel that works day and night.
It can save a lot of manpower.
A semi-automated assembly line can be made.
These are still in Li Yue's design. What she wants to achieve depends on what is written in her notebook.
Li Yue covered her little notebook and said, "My husband wants to take a peek again."
Zhang Yang withdrew his eyes and said, "I think your waterwheel should be made larger. It would be better if it is built facing the wind."
After hearing this, Li Yue thought about it and wrote it down in a small notebook.
After doing this, Zhang Yang took Li Yue on the trail. A huge open road had been paved.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Today I found a teacher in Chang'an City." Zhang Yang touched his nose, "To be precise, I should have been assigned a teacher. Your father
Arranged by the emperor."
Li Yue's expression was solemn, "Taoist Master Li Chunfeng said he was coming to teach my husband the art of numerology."
Zhang Yang nodded, "Yeah."
Li Yue frowned and said, "Then he went crazy."
"This teacher is a little different."
"How different."
"He is Duke Zou, Zhang Gongjin who went to conquer the Turks in the north with General Li Jing."
"That must be awesome." Li Yue thought.
The two walked aimlessly in the village. Li Yue liked the plants and trees here very much. In some ways, everything here belonged to her.
The magistrate of Lantian County came to see me before, but I don't know what's going on now.
What is the population of Lantian County as a whole?
How many restaurants are there?
Returning to the village, he took out a large number of land and people registers.
Li Yue flipped through the pages carefully and finally concluded, "There are a total of 643 households in Lantian County, 16 of which are unregistered, and a total of 463 acres of land including the current village.
, you can get more than one hundred and seventy shi from the food every year."
Land in Lantian County is also tight, with more than 600 households only having 400 acres of land.
There is also very little arable land per capita.
With these food estates, even if the couple does nothing, they will still have a lot of surplus every year just from eating these food estates.
A life with only food is not considered a well-off life, and the economic conditions are too simple to prevent a natural disaster from causing a loss of harvest.
If the economy wants to develop, construction cannot stop.
Seeing that Li Tai was still working as a coolie here, he left these matters to Niu Chuang, and the couple returned to Chang'an City.
Yinan Khan was still under house arrest in the post house.
Zhang Yang does not plan to continue seeing him in the near future. As for what Li Shimin wants to do to them, that is his business.
Maybe Li Shimin wanted to play with him slowly or torture him slowly?
Or just chop him with a knife and give him a happy life.
After returning home, Li Yue was still studying her waterwheel, and Zhang Yang gave her a pattern of changing the gears.
The gear is first made of wood into a circle, and then there are dense wooden strips extending outward on the outer circle of the circle.
The picture of this gear inspired her.
Li Yue thought, "This transmission will indeed be better."
Then she began to revise the drawings.
Often late at night, when she was so sleepy, she would go to sleep.
Zhang Yang looked at the empty night outside the house for a long time, closed the door and went to sleep.
After a dreamless night, Zhang Yang was woken up by his wife.
She has a very magical ability. No matter how late she slept the day before, she would always get up on time.
This biological clock is admirable.
I rely too much on her biological clock, and I might oversleep without her.
After washing up, Zhang Yang's mind was still empty. He ate breakfast without a bite and had to get up before dawn. This kind of thing is so inhumane. He got up earlier than when he went to the market before.
Going to court early can indeed cultivate the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.
Zhang Yang couldn't understand why it was me who went to the morning court, and why his wife's habit of sleeping was cured. Instead, she developed a good habit of getting up early.
"Husband, the official uniforms are ready." Li Yue came out holding the official uniforms.
Zhang Yang stood weakly, letting her dress him and adjust his clothes.
After taking another careful look to make sure there was nothing wrong, she nodded.
When I walked out of the house, my mind was still a little confused. When I burped, I could feel the porridge in my stomach churning.
Arriving at Chengtianmen, Zhang Yang yawned.
Li Xiaogong strode over, "I heard that Zhang Gongjin accepted you as his disciple?"
Zhang Yang nodded feebly.
Then Li Xiaogong slapped him on the shoulder. Zhang Yang almost fell down due to the slap. Li Xiaogong's palm must have been very effective, and it refreshed him a lot.
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"From now on, follow Zhang Gongjin and study hard, and earn a reputation for our Ministry of Etiquette." Li Xiaogong's voice was still loud.
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Definitely."
There was another discussion among the officials around him.
Xu Jingzong felt a little more melancholy. Zhang Gongjin had now accepted Zhang Gongjin as his disciple, and his popularity was unbelievable.
The palace door opened and everyone went to court as usual.
I stood there pretentiously for two hours, which was enough to catch up on my sleep.
I walked into the Tai Chi Hall when it was still dark. When I walked out of the Tai Chi Hall, the sun was already shining in the sky.
Xu Jingzong listened to Li Xiaogong's snoring and read the news sent by the Turks one after another.
Today, Shilang Zhang did not come to the Ministry of Etiquette either.
The snores came one after another, causing Xu Jingzong to yawn again and again, especially when he looked at the eucalyptus in front of him, he felt even sleepier now.
Simply use these eucalyptus rolls as a cushion, and Xu Jingzong fell asleep on the table eucalyptus for the first time.
Zhang Yang returned home, and under Li Yue's dissatisfied eyes, he took six salted duck eggs from her bamboo basket and brought some tea leaves.
"Today is a meeting with the teacher. You can come with me."
Li Yue looked at her dress and said, "Husband, please wait until I change."
We still don’t know what Zhang Gongjin’s condition is. At present, it seems that he is not only suffering from a loss of Qi and blood, but also has a constant cough.
Li Yue changed into a blue dress.
Her hair is also tied up like other women, which makes her look more formal.
Li Yue hugged Zhang Yang's arm and said, "Go see the teacher."
The couple walked out of the house, followed yesterday's route, passed the first intersection of Zhuque Street, and came to an alley.
It's still this old-looking house.
The front door is deserted and the door is old. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the home of a prince.
Knocked three times.
With a squeaking sound, the door opened.
It was Zhang Gongjin's wife who opened the door, "It's Mr. Zhang, please come in."
Zhang Yang took Li Yue into the courtyard.
The couple saluted Zhang Gongjin, "Teacher, this is the student's wife."
Zhang Gongjin nodded and said, "Sit down."
Zhang Yang handed over the food box, "This is some food made at home. I hope the teacher won't dislike it."
Zhang Gongjin's wife first saluted Li Yue, "Your Highness the Princess."
Li Yue returned the favor politely, "This is the salted duck egg made by your husband. How would my teacher mother make this?"
"OK"
The two walked to the other side of the yard, and Li Yue patiently washed the salted duck eggs while explaining.
"Sit down." Zhang Gongjin put down the book in his hand.
Zhang Yang sat down aside and observed his complexion.
"I heard that you asked for power from Zhongshu Province?"
"There is such a thing."
"Why"
"Students think..." Zhang Yang looked at his expression again, thought for a while and said, "Students think that a strong country must not cede territory, make peace, or surrender to its subjects!"
Zhang Gongjin smiled silently, "Oh, His Majesty is now in the prime of life. He has great ambitions, but little ability. He is also very ambitious. He doesn't understand his steps. How many of the world's heroes from back then are left now? That's all he has left.
Well, don’t think too highly of him, let alone teach him how to be an emperor.”
After hearing this, Zhang Yang was stunned. He was a little confused on the spot and didn't know what expression to put on.
It's obviously a feudal dynasty that relies on salary and salary to obey orders, but Zhang Gongjin treats the emperor as insignificant. What kind of three views are these?
"Teacher, is there something going on with His Majesty?"
"There are no festivals, just enjoy the emperor's grace and spend the rest of your life."
"Is that because you are dissatisfied with His Majesty?"
“No dissatisfaction.”
That leaves arrogance, a very arrogant teacher.
"This old fox, Changsun Wuji, refused to take you on, so he passed it on to me. Your Majesty is just happy to see it happen."