Li Yue had already packed up and was waiting outside the door.
"Sister Huang!" Li Lizhi was the first to run up.
Li Yue smiled and said, "Why didn't the queen come?"
Li Lizhi pulled Li Zhi, who was only four years old, and said, "Son Si is less than one year old and cannot live without his mother. The father has to stay in the palace to handle state affairs, and the queen naturally has to take care of him."
Li Yue looked at the children following him again. As soon as Gao Yang saw the little bear, he rushed towards him and wanted to fight with the little bear.
However, the little bear did not dare to resist under Li Yue's gaze and allowed Princess Gaoyang to bully her.
A group of naughty children walked into the house, and it seemed that the little bear's hard days were coming.
After settling the children, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief. These children will be taken care of by you and your wife.
Zhang Yang said: "It doesn't matter, just treat it as a nursery."
Li Chengqian smiled awkwardly.
There are also maids in charge of aunt’s arrangements for the room at home. There are a large group of naughty children. This scene is really terrible.
Zhang Yang saw Li Ke who was still on the spot again, "Is this His Highness the King of Shu?"
Li Ke nodded with a straight face.
Li Chengqian explained: "Li Ke and Gu live together, it's up to you to arrange it."
"That would be easier." Lan
I found an empty house in the village and asked Li Chengqian's guards to clean it up and move in.
Walking in the village with the prince and the king of Shu.
When there is a prince, Li Tai is naturally indispensable.
With the intention of not losing to the prince, Li Tai casually introduced the situation in the village.
"When I came here last year, I still remembered it, but I didn't expect that there have been so many changes now."
Zhang Yang explained: "We have built several more waterwheels than before, also to expand production capacity, and more will be built in the future."
Looking south from the Weishui River, there is a neat wheat field.
Li Chengqian thought about it, "I also considered it at the beginning. It is indeed more suitable to grow wheat."
Zhang Yang nodded, "After all the wheat is harvested, I plan to make a wine made from wheat."
Li Tai slowly raised his head and asked, "Does it taste good?"
"It's a very refreshing drink, but it's not easy to store. It's best to drink it freshly."
"I must try it too."
Li Ke just followed with a straight face. Li Chengqian whispered: "Li Ke, go and see if the house is ready. I'm afraid those guards are so arrogant that they won't make arrangements."
"Here!" Li Ke saluted with a horizontal knife and turned around to leave.
"He is used to it in the military and has always been like this. He doesn't understand etiquette very well."
Zhang Yang nodded, "That's good."
Seeing that the people left, there were only three people left here. Li Chengqian looked at Li Tai again, "There are only three of us now, so I won't hide something. This time I came to escape the summer heat alone. Last night, my father summoned me. In fact, there are others
One thing to explain."
"Your Highness, please speak."
"My father and I wanted to see Lishan's printing and papermaking technology."
Li Tai snorted coldly: "I knew there was such an arrangement."
Lishan's factory is built on the east side of the village. There is a factory half a mile away from the village. There is a trail leading to it. Zhang Yang leads the way.
After stopping for a moment, Zhang Yang pointed to a hillside of Lishan Mountain, "Has His Highness the Crown Prince seen that hillside?"
Li Chengqian nodded.
Li Tai explained: "According to my brother-in-law's arrangement, we leveled the hillside so that we can use it to dry paper. We can dry more than a hundred rolls of paper every day."
Walking closer, Li Chengqian continued to ask, "Is it only possible to do this much in a day?"
Li Tai said, "Lishan can not produce much now. It depends on whether the population can be increased in the future. With such a shortage of people, it is already good to be able to do this."
The prince probably said this with Li Shimin's intention.
Now Li Shimin is concerned about Sheji and the construction of Lishan. The better Lishan is built, the more benefits he will get and the more taxes he will receive from the government.
Secondly, Lishan now has papermaking and movable type printing, which is a secret weapon for Li Shimin. As the technology becomes more and more mature, the output increases, and the more scholars are produced, the more scholars will be able to read in the DPRK and China.
more.
Popularizing books was an important part of Li Shimin's career for the imperial examination and talent selection.
Perhaps even he himself, as the emperor, has never thought about how many things Lishan possesses can influence.
Lishan's interests are aligned with those of the country. As long as this remains unchanged, Lishan will become richer and richer.
Taking Li Chengqian for a walk around the factory, he was shocked when he saw the huge roller for movable type printing.
Seeing the surprised expression on the prince's face, Li Tai snorted disdainfully, as if Li Chengqian was just a country boy who had never seen the world.
At present, the papermaking workshop is just an open-air workshop, and there is nothing we can do about it. Both bamboo and asparagus are soaked in alkali solution in an open-air environment, and the waste water used in making soap can be reused.
Let Li Chengqian wander around the village by himself. The prince will be here for the next month to increase his knowledge that he has never had before.
As summer begins in June, the scent of wheat will fill the village every morning and evening, indicating that the grain is about to mature.
With several more children in the family, Zhang Yang needs to cook more dishes himself and have balanced nutrition.
Li Yue likes children very much. She is leading the children in the palace to play the game of eagle acting as chicken, and Aunt Yang will be the eagle.
A game filled the yard with laughter.
When the food was served, they were all hungry.
They are all children who came out of the palace. They are all well-educated. They don't talk or make trouble when eating.
After the children finished eating, Zhang Yang cleaned up the somewhat messy dining table.
It was at this time that Li Yuan came. He said with a smile, "Boy Zhang, there is still food to eat. I'm hungry."
First, after clearing the messy dining table, Zhang Yang brought him a bowl of rice, so that the Supreme Emperor could eat it deliciously.
"I can't get tired of eating this scallion oil chicken. The people in the palace just can't cook it well and can't make this kind of smooth and tender chicken."
"You're welcome. I wanted to bring one over specially. Now that you're here, it saves me the trouble."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Yuan looked to the other side of the yard and saw a group of children doing their homework neatly.
"When will you and Yue'er have a child?" Lan
"Right now, Yue'er's body is not suitable for giving birth and needs to be nursed back to health. I want her to exercise more recently."
Li Yuan nodded, "Yue'er has been in poor health since she was a child, and you are the only one who can be so patient in taking care of her."
Zhang Yang poured him a bowl of tea and faced Li Yuan much better than Li Shimin.
As the emperor, Li Shimin often spoke and acted with purpose. After all, Li Shimin did not want to be a foolish king. He was now the Khan of Heaven and wanted to be a wise king.
Li Yuan is different, he is a grandfather to the children in the palace.
When it comes to Li Shimin's education of children, for example, the conflict between the crown prince and the King of Wei is more like forcing Li Chengqian and Li Tai to make choices again and again in order to train successors.
But as a grandfather, Li Yuan really does it for the good of the children. After stepping down from the throne, in addition to being the Supreme Emperor, he is also the elder of the children, and the grandfather who cares most about the growth of these children.
After dinner, Li Yuan was satisfied after finishing a whole scallion chicken by himself.
He is already very old, but Zhang Yang is still worried about his digestion.
"You always walk a few more steps after meals, drink more tea and have trouble digesting after eating so much. Your intestines and stomach are not as good as those of young people."
Li Yuan didn't care, "It's hard for me to leave the palace for once, so naturally I want to eat to my heart's content."
With the addition of these children, the family has become more lively.
Li Yue kept playing with her children until it was late at night before they were willing to sleep.
"You must be tired." Zhang Yang looked at her and said.
"Yes." Li Yue agreed in a low voice, "Take a shower and then go to bed. My husband will also go to bed early."
Zhang Yang shook his fan and nodded.
In the seventh year of Zhenguan, half a month after June of this year, all villages and counties have begun to prepare for the summer harvest.
In the Guanzhong Plain, all cultivated land is used for food.
This is the confidence of the army and the court. With food and food reserves, they will not be afraid even if there is another natural disaster.
To the west of Chang'an City, at the end of the fields.
It was in the direction of Longyou, and a group of soldiers and horses passed by the official road, kicking up a large amount of dust.
Passers-by on the official road ducked and stood on the roadside to watch the soldiers and horses running by. When the dust cleared, the villagers who were rushing to Chang'an City picked up their luggage and bamboo baskets again and continued walking.
Chang'an City was right in front of us, so the troops and horses slowed down.
One after another, the war horses stopped in front of Chang'an City. Niu Jinda turned over and dismounted and shouted loudly. All the soldiers dismounted neatly, took off their armor and put down their weapons.
There was an official standing in front of the city. They were holding documents in their hands and wanted to pay the soldiers who were guarding the border.
Niu Jinda walked to the front of the city and first said to the officials of the Ministry of War in front of him: "All the soldiers are here. The last general has been guarding the Hexi Corridor for three years. I came here to report."
The Minister of War said loudly: "It's time for the morning court. Please go and wait in front of Chengtian Gate, General."
"Here!" Lan
Niu Jinda responded loudly, his voice full of energy, and the momentum honed during the march was inspiring.
The sound echoed in front of the city for a long time.
Then he ran all the way to Chengtianmen.
Taiji Hall, it is the morning dynasty.
Li Shimin looked at the officials in the palace. All the officials from the three provinces and six ministries were there. He scanned the palace and found that there was one person missing in the position of the Ministry of Rites.
The guy who was standing at the front was that kid.
"Has Niu Jin reached it?" Li Shimin said slowly.
Li Daoyan ran all the way to the front of the palace and said, "Your Majesty, General Niu Jinda is outside Chengtian Gate, waiting to be summoned."
Li Shimin nodded: "Invite him into the palace."
"Here."
At this moment, Niu Jinda had taken off his armor and clothes and was wearing civilian clothes. When he heard the guard's order, he stepped into the Chengtian Gate.
After trotting all the way to the front of the palace, Niu Jinda bowed and saluted, "Greetings to Your Majesty!"
"We have been guarding the border for three years. It's been hard work in Jinda."
"Your Majesty pointed out that the general will definitely wipe it out in the end. It will only take three years, so why not ten years!" Lan
Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, "Guarding the border for three years, keeping an eye on Tubo will yield some results."
Niu Jinda saluted again, "Your Majesty, Songtsen Gampo is indeed very ambitious. After Ludongtsen returned to Tubo in May this year, he began to gather troops. There were even many Tibetans who appeared in the Hexi Corridor, and they seemed to be investigating
Explore the military situation."
After speaking, Niu Jinda handed over a memorial.
Li Shimin asked again: "How many soldiers and horses do Tubo have?"
"Your Majesty, I have ten thousand horses and more than fifty thousand soldiers."
Everyone in the hall started talking again. Songtsen Gampo had gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses. It is said that the bitter cold land of Tubo could pull out tens of thousands of horses. It is indeed incredible to have tens of thousands of soldiers and armors.
Throughout the history of the dynasties, this should be the most prosperous time for Tubo.
Li Shimin became more energetic, "Where are the Tibetan soldiers and horses now?"
Niu Jinda replied: "There are soldiers and horses ten miles west of the Qilian Mountains. Most of the soldiers and horses are still deep in Tubo. Since Ludongzan returned to Tubo, soldiers and horses have come to investigate every day, and there has been no interruption."
At this moment, there were more discussions in the court, and the smell of war was getting stronger.
"When the last general handed over to General Li, the Grand Governor, he was also asked to be on guard against Tibet. When the Tibetans knew that more troops and horses had been sent out due to the change of defense, more Tibetans came to investigate."
Li Shimin breathed heavily, "Our Tang soldiers and horses are stationed in the Hexi Corridor, and Songtsen Gampo also wants to plot it?"
Niu Jinda lowered his head, "The general thought that Songtsen Gampo really had the intention to plot the Hexi Corridor, and there were also Tibetans who bypassed the Hexi Corridor to inspect Songzhou soldiers and horses, but they were captured by the general's spies."
Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think I should write to ask Songtsen Gampo what he meant."
Li Shimin glanced at the court class again and saw the team of the Ministry of Rites. The seat of the Minister of Rites was empty. If Zhang Yang were standing here at this time, he might have a different view.
This guy said he was grounded for a month, but he is quite free. Do you really plan not to come to Chang'an City for a month?
Living happily in his fiefdom?
After another tense discussion in the court, Li Shimin decided to ask the Ministry of Rites to draft a letter and send it to Tibet to see what Songtsen Gampo meant.
After going down to court, he summoned Yuchi Gong, Niu Jinda, Qin Qiong, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others to go to Ganlu Hall to continue the discussion.
The DPRK and the Central Government naturally had to respond to such provocations from Tibet. As the Khan of Heaven, it was also time for Li Shimin to establish his authority.
Such a big matter cannot but be discussed with the Minister of Rites.
Xu Jingzong visited the Diplomatic Academy and then hurried to Lishan. As soon as he reached the city gate, he bumped into Li Daoyan and Su Dingfang.
"Two generals, this is..."
"Let's take a trip to Lishan Mountain with you."
The matter is urgent. Regarding sending a letter to Tibet, I need to ask Zhang Shangshu before replying to His Majesty.
I went to Lishan to meet Zhang Yang. It should be evening when I returned to Chang'an City. It was still too late to rush back to report to His Majesty.
After some calculations in his mind, Xu Jingzong stamped his foot and said, "You two will follow if you want."
Lishan an hour later...Lan
Zhang Yang sat at the foot of Lishan Mountain, shaking his fan, enjoying the coolness here, with Xu Jingzong's chattering in his ears.
In addition to Xu Jingzong, there were two other guys in front of him: Li Daoyan and Su Dingfang.
Hearing Xu Jingzong talk about Tubo, Zhang Yang was upset and changed his sitting position again.
"If I had known that letting Lu Dongzan go back was a way of letting the tiger return to the mountain, I should have let His Highness the King of Wei beat him to death on the way."
Li Tai immediately stood up and said again: "Xu Jingzong, you are speaking lightly. If you say I will kill him, I will kill him. You will be responsible for killing the envoy, right?"
Xu Jingzong quickly calmed down again, "Xiaoguan is a man of temperament. He made a faux pas at the moment. Don't be offended by His Highness the King of Wei. Besides, there are senior officials and subordinates..."
"Okay, okay!" Zhang Yang interrupted him. These words made his ears prick.