"Why should we add such a house rule?" Li Yue walked to the house and complained.
Zhang Yang hung the leaking bamboo pipe aside and replaced it with a new one. "This is also for our future life. Husband and wife should talk to each other and not slam the door and leave."
"It seems like I'm being unreasonable." Li Yue raised her chin with a look of disdain.
Put two bowls of porridge on the table and fry three poached eggs.
Zhang Yang said: "Eat."
Li Yue washed her hands and nodded, "Yeah."
Putting a poached egg into Li Yue's bowl, Zhang Yang whispered: "Eat more meat, eggs and milk this season. I'll buy two fish on the way home this afternoon."
Li Yue was holding a slender tachyon. The tachyon at home was particularly long. If she didn't pay attention, the tachyon would poke her in the face.
"The court has heard about Gaochang. My husband hopes that Gaochang can develop steadily. Now it seems that Gaochang's pace is a bit too fast."
Zhang Yang swallowed a mouthful of porridge and said, "It does seem like this now."
"Is there any harm?"
"I don't know. They can only make their own decisions on the specific situation. But he is already helping me grab the land. April to May is a good time to grow cotton. Gaochang will send troops to grab the land at this time. I think it is also to grab the land."
Get enough land to grow cotton before this season passes."
"So Gao Chang is still working for her husband."
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "This Adalan was taught by Xu Jingzong. As for what he has become, I have no idea."
Li Yue became quiet again, finished the porridge in the bowl, then slowly put the bowl down and asked, "Are the people in Gaochang reliable?"
"His whole family is in Chang'an City, in the hands of Xu Jingzong, and they are living peacefully now."
"A hostage?"
"It's cooperation."
Li Yue smiled softly and helped Zhang Yang tidy up his clothes, "Husband, be a good official and return to the position of Minister of Rites as soon as possible. This is very important to our family property."
After pinching his wife's little face, Zhang Yang walked out of the house contentedly under Li Yue's rebellious gaze.
In the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin listened to the reports from various ministries in the court. On the other side of the imperial city, Li Junxian found Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng.
The three of them stood in front of the Qintian Prison. Li Junxian said respectfully: "Do you two Taoist priests know about saltpeter?"
Yuan Tiangang was wearing a thin robe, "I just know that saltpeter is used by doctors to treat illnesses."
Li Chunfeng replied: "I have been studying the art of numerology recently and have never been exposed to saltpeter."
Yuan Tiangang asked in confusion: "What do you do with saltpeter?"
Since His Majesty had ordered it to be kept secret, Li Junxian couldn't explain it. He just smiled awkwardly and said, "We found that some alchemists used saltpeter to make elixirs."
Yuan Tiangang said disdainfully: "Elixirs are harmful to wealth and life, and poor people have always disdained this."
"Both of you are quite famous among Taoist priests. There are many Taoist priests in Chang'an City. I wonder if you can help me find out who in Chang'an City has a large amount of saltpeter."
Yuan Tiangang nodded, "It's possible, but Pindao advises you not to indulge in this method because pills can harm people."
Li Junxian cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Taoist Priest Yuan, and don't worry, Taoist Priest Li. I will investigate some matters according to His Majesty's order."
I don’t know what happened to the list Cheng Chumo prepared.
As soon as he reached the Zhuque Gate to enter the imperial city, Zhang Yang saw Li Junxian quickly walking out of the Zhuque Gate.
"General Li Junxian." Zhang Yang stopped and called.
"I wonder what's wrong with the consort?" Li Junxian turned around and asked.
Seeing the anxious look on his face, Zhang Yang smiled politely and said, "Send greetings."
Li Junxian nodded and turned to leave.
He was really busy. After watching his back for a while, Zhang Yang walked towards the East Palace.
Let Li Chengqian impeach Li Shimin. Given the prince's character, he simply did not have the courage to do such a thing.
Provide guidance and take it step by step slowly, so that at least the prince can have more courage.
Think of it as a way to accumulate virtue for him, Li Shimin.
When they arrived at the East Palace, Wei Zheng was already giving lectures to the prince.
Zhang Yang stood aside quietly. It seemed that Wei Zheng was in a good mood today, even smiling during the lecture.
Judging from Li Chengqian's state of listening to the lecture, his eyes were still dull. To say it had no effect, the prince listened anyway.
Do you think you understand it? Zhang Yang asked himself, but he didn’t understand it anyway.
After finishing an article, Wei Zheng said with a smile: "I read the poem written by the prince and reviewed the virtuous country and family in the past. Success was caused by diligence and frugality, but failure was caused by extravagance. I didn't expect that the prince could write such poems. I thought Li Gang was in Jiuquan.
I’m relieved now.”
"solitary……"
Before Li Chengqian could say anything, Wei Zheng said again: "I hope the prince will remember the poems he has written and keep them in mind in the future."
"Gu...Gu understands."
Wei Zheng looked at Zhang Yang again, "Old minister, please retire."
When Wei Zheng left, Li Chengqian mechanically turned to look at Zhang Yang with a dull look on his face, "What's going on?"
Zhang Yang grinned and said, "What's going on?"
"Why do you need amber to be a pillow? How can a true pearl be used as a cart? There is no Qinghai horse to transport it, and it is difficult to pull out the Shushan snake if you are poor. Are these poems really written by Gu?"
"Yes." Zhang Yang smiled, "His Royal Highness was drunk yesterday, so he thought of reciting a poem, and I copied it."
Li Chengqian grabbed Zhang Yang's shoulder with one hand, his eyes still bloodshot, "Did you really write it alone?"
"That's right." Zhang Yang smiled and nodded.
Li Chengqian looked outside the hall and shouted: "Zhang Daan!"
Zhang Daan, who was standing outside the palace, took a step into the palace and said, "I'm here."
Li Chengqian shouted and asked: "I was drunk yesterday. Did I really write such a poem?"
Zhang Daan lowered his head and said nothing. It seemed that he would not lie, even if it was a white lie.
Seeing his innocent look for help, Zhang Yang explained: "Let me tell His Highness what happened yesterday?"
Li Chengqian calmed down his expression and said, "Okay, you say."
Zhang Yang cleared his throat and organized his words, "At that time, we looked at His Majesty's expenses. The prince was drunk and said that His Majesty's expenses were too extravagant and he should be more frugal, so he wrote such a poem."
Li Chengqian frowned and took a breath.
Zhang Yang nodded solemnly.
"Then why don't you remember anything?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "That's because they drank too much. Some people can't remember their words and deeds after they are drunk. This kind of situation exists, and they are the kind of people who can't remember anything they think about.
The kind that can’t get up.”
"I have never thought about going to remonstrate with my father, let alone impeach my father for his arrogance."
As Li Chengqian spoke, he sat down feebly and scratched his head regretfully.
Zhang Yang consoled him: "As the old saying goes, good wine makes people brave."
"Drinking makes everyone weak?" Li Chengqian slowly raised his head, "Is there such an old saying?"
Zhang Yang put his hands in his hands and said, "Yes."
Li Chengqian suddenly became energetic, "Do you think I can write another poem if I get drunk again?"
"this……"
Zhang Yang smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, you can't write poems just by drinking, otherwise we will have poets in the Tang Dynasty."
Li Chengqian sat cross-legged and put his hands on his knees, "What you said makes sense. Why would I have such a ridiculous idea?"
Ode to History is a poem Li Shangyin used to persuade him to be frugal.
It's just that the great poet Li Shangyin's old age was not very good, and he was depressed throughout his life.
Having said this, Li Chengqian still asked his servants to bring him drinks. Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "If nothing happens, I will leave first."
"You won't drink with me?"
Zhang Yang clasped his hands and said melancholy: "Next time, I have something to do at home. I'm afraid I won't be able to stay long today."
"Forget it, let's do it tomorrow."
"I'll take my leave now."
Li Chengqian stared at the pot of wine in front of him and nodded.
Lucky things only happen once or twice. The prince wrote a poem this time. Li Shimin didn't care, maybe he was a little happy.
But if it happened too many times, Li Shimin would probably become suspicious given his character. It might not be a big deal if you scolded the emperor, but at most the emperor would put you in a bad position.
If you bewitch the prince, you might become fertilizer in the emperor's garden.
Who knows how many people in the backyard of Manlu Palace have become human fertilizer on the ground.
Zhang Yang had just walked out of the East Palace and bumped into Changsun Chong who was about to meet the prince.
"It turns out that the consort is here." Changsun Chong smiled and saluted.
Zhang Yang returned the greeting and said, "Master Changsun is here to see the crown prince?"
Changsun Chong cupped his hands and said: "I heard that the prince wrote a poem yesterday to advise your majesty to be thrifty. I came here to ask the prince how he felt when he wrote the poem. Now it has been spread throughout the government and the public. He advises your majesty to be thrifty. The prince is so satisfied.
All the ministers are pleased."
"Yes, I think so too." Zhang Yang put his hands on his hands and smiled, "Master Changsun, please go to the East Palace and ask questions carefully."
Changsun Chong politely bowed his hands and walked towards the East Palace.
The prince must be very doubtful about life now. Doubting about life is not necessarily a bad thing. It would be better to doubt more often.
Zhang Yang left the East Palace quickly. Who asked you, Li Shimin, to spend hundreds of dollars on a meal? As an emperor, you can't take care of yourself, and you will have a bad influence on your son and daughter.
My fifty cents!
Annoyed in his heart, he walked to the Suzaku Gate, turned around and looked at the Tai Chi Hall he was heading towards, and Zhang Yang let out a long sigh.
"Why did Mr. Zhang sigh?"
Zhang Yang heard the sound and looked sideways. Isn't the person in front of him Tang Guan, the secretary supervisor?
"Brother Tang!" Zhang Yang took a step back, "The second half of The Red Mansion will be out soon, don't worry yet."
Tang Guan said happily: "Seriously?"
"Brother Tang, why are you standing in front of the Suzaku Gate?"
"Waiting for father to show off."
"Then I won't disturb you and I'll take my leave first."
After leaving the imperial city and walking out of the Suzaku Gate a few steps away, Zhang Yang looked back and saw that Tang Guan was still standing in front of the Suzaku Gate, watching dreamily.
Feeling a chill in his heart, Zhang Yang took a deep breath and quickened his pace.
I walked all the way to the door of my house and checked again to see if I was following.
"What are you looking at, husband?" Li Yue also poked her head out of the yard and looked around.
"I don't know what's going on, but I always feel a chill on my back lately. I'm either being missed or hated by others."
Zhang Yang stepped into the home.
Li Yue was in a happy mood, humming an unknown tune while putting piles of cut papers on the trolley.
"This paper is enough to print the Red Mansion." Li Yue wiped his sweat.
After tidying up, they covered the paper on the trolley with a piece of cloth, and the couple pushed it out of the door.
After leaving the city gate, Zhang Yang tied the cart with a rope and tied the other end to the carriage, so that the carriage could carry the cart with it.
Aunt Wang rode a horse to guard in front, and Aunt Yang also rode a horse to guard behind.
As the carriage moved, Li Yue whispered: "I still don't think the price should be increased."
Zhang Yang waved his riding whip to make the horse run faster, "Why did you change your mind again?"
Li Yue narrowed her eyes and smiled: "In the long run, it will be better for us not to increase the price, and it will not be difficult to block the public opinion."
It seems that my wife is quite concerned about reputation.
The little bear sat on the shaft of the car, with his two paws resting on his belly, looking at the scenery along the way with his dark eyes.
The bear is getting fatter and fatter, and its belly is bulging.
When they arrived at the village, the little bear plunged into Lishan Mountain.
Li Yue didn't bother to care about it anymore. She couldn't hold the little bear now and let it run wild in the mountains. Every time it came to evening, it would return to the carriage by itself.
Small animals also have ideals, especially after they have their own ideal territory. They need to conquer, defeat all opponents in their territory, and expand this territory.
The couple came to the laboratory, but Niu Chuang was not here either. The little girl who followed Li Yue explained that Niu Chuang had arranged for the villagers to grow food.
During the busy farming season, the village seems clean, even the children go to work in the fields, and they will not come back until evening.
Li Yue tried the prepared ink and asked, "Is it a little too thick?"
Zhang Yang observed the color of the ink, "I think it can be thicker. The printing ink is different from the ink we usually use to write books. The ink marks on the Red Mansion printed before were bland. That's because ordinary ink has different coagulation properties."
good."
Burn the rosin, then add two drops to the ink, dip the pen in the ink, hold the brush vertically and let the ink drip onto the paper.
Li Yue frowned and observed the ink, "Well, it won't melt."
Looking at Niu Chuang's experimental records, this guy's handwriting is very poor, and the entire experimental records were messed up by him.
Zhang Yang picked up a clean wooden board again.
The couple compared the previous experimental records and rewrote the experimental ratios for each experiment.
After finishing writing a long list of experimental records, Li Yue relaxed her sore arms and said, "Auntie, put all the papers in the warehouse. The proportion of ink has been adjusted."
"Your Highness, I can prepare the ink." The little girl standing aside said timidly with her head lowered.
This surprised Li Yue. This was the first time she took the initiative to do something.
"Then give it a try and ask Aunt Yang if you don't understand anything."
"Here."
The girl carried a bucket of ink and left with Aunt Yang.
Noticing her husband's gaze, Li Yue asked in surprise: "Why are you looking at me like this?"
Zhang Yang smiled calmly: "So that day you not only talked with your mother about having children, but also how to manage the house?"
Li Yue looked stubborn, "Now that we have a family business and so much property, we naturally have to learn more from our mother. In fact, our mother is a very powerful person. She controls so many concubines in the harem and thousands of maids.
, it’s amazing.”
"Do you regard the queen as your idol?"
Li Yue shook her head and said: "That's wrong. I don't just regard my mother as an idol. I need to regard my mother as a teacher. I have a lot to learn from my husband and my family business."
I used to think it was not easy for my daughter-in-law to learn mathematics and science well, but now she still wants to learn how to run a family. Although this is the only way for a girl to become a woman, is it a little too early for Li Yue? There are many bad people in the court, and there are many bad people in the harem.
There are more bad guys in there.
I am still worried whether Li Yue will learn bad things.