The two blankets are not big and can be used to cover the knees.
Li Tai put away the blanket and said, "I'll give it to my mother now."
Having this bear blanket in his hand shows that wool can indeed be made into fabrics. This made Li Tai realize the value of wool again and became more confident in the development of Turkic grassland pastures.
The Turks did not realize how much the value of wool could be increased.
Under such conditions of backward knowledge and technology, Lishan can take advantage of it and gain huge benefits.
Seeing the little fat man leaving with the blanket, Zhang Yang took a sip of tea and said, "This is the power of knowledge."
Li Yue poured tea again, "Knowledge is wealth."
With more expectations, the daughter-in-law is in a good mood these days. Zhang Yang emphasized: "Knowledge can change production, and production can create wealth."
"But can our current production in Lishan be even better?"
Hearing this question, Zhang Yang shook his head helplessly, "Improving manufacturing level is a very difficult road to take, and many people don't want to take this road. When I think of improving from the basics, I feel like I'm going to get angry.
"
Li Yue chuckled lightly, "Husband, you can crack some firewood. There is not enough firewood at home, so I will lose my temper."
Looking up to the sky, the morning sun shines on my face.
"Those guys always know how to deprive people of their creativity for their own benefit. I sneer at this. I prefer our Lishan to be a creative place, rather than letting scholars live like those who are still living in the world.
How it looks in the eyes of the ancestors of the world."
This is a very difficult problem. Li Yue knows very well that even his father has encountered many difficulties in breaking this shackles, let alone his husband. All he has now is a piece of Lishan Mountain.
"It's okay, husband is already working hard."
Li Yue smiled softly
In Chang'an City, Li Tai gave two blankets to his mother. Queen Changsun liked this blanket very much. Such smooth blankets are rare.
"This is made by my brother-in-law and the emperor's sister. I hope my mother likes it."
After hearing this, Empress Changsun looked at Li Tai and said, "Qingque, you also need to eat in moderation. Why do you look fatter recently?"
Li Tai smiled awkwardly, "I will pay attention to it."
"Your father often talks about your compilation of geographical records. Please go to Ganlu Hall to talk about the progress of the matter."
"My child understands."
Empress Changsun still nodded, "You are a good child. You can just play around and don't waste your talents. Remember Zhang Yang once said in the East Palace that you should be diligent in your work and play in waste."
"You must remember your mother's advice."
Before leaving the Li Zheng Hall, Li Tai went to see his younger brothers and sisters. There was a war horse outside the hall. Seeing Li Zhi looking at the war horse in a daze, he asked: "Zhinu, what are you doing?"
Li Zhi sat at the door and looked up at the war horse in front of him, "Brother Emperor, tell me how to weigh a war horse."
Li Tai asked in surprise: "What are you doing by weighing the war horses?"
"This is my brother-in-law's question. I wanted to cut the war horse into eight pieces and weigh it, but my brother-in-law said not to kill the horse."
Li Tai looked at this docile war horse. To be precise, this was not a war horse but a spring horse. It could not run fast and had poor physical strength. The way the horse's hooves stepped down had also been trained.
After thinking for a moment, Li Tai frowned, "Why is there such a tricky question?"
"Brother, does your Majesty have a way to crack it?"
Li Tai walked back and forth, "Your brother-in-law has something called a seesaw. Place the stone and the horse on both sides of the seesaw. After maintaining balance, the stone on the other end is the weight of the horse."
Li Zhi thought sadly: "I have already tried it. Because the force is different, the weight obtained after repeated weighing is different every time."
This made Li Tai scratch his head in distress.
Li Zhi blinked cutely, "The method of counting beans was also told by the emperor. Everyone in the palace said that the emperor is very clever and quick, so he will definitely be able to solve it, right?"
Noticing his brother's admiring eyes, Li Tai nodded awkwardly, "Brother Huang, please go back and think about it."
As I said this, I was already wondering in my heart, what kind of tricky questions are these? It is too much of a test of wisdom.
"Brother, the emperor has to go to see the emperor, so it is inconvenient to stay for a long time."
Li Zhi stood up and saluted, "Brother, please walk slowly."
Leaving the Li Zheng Hall quickly, Li Tai felt that something was wrong no matter what he thought. He was still counting beans the way he had done before. This kind of problem often cannot be solved by normal people.
According to the previous question, the method must be a very simple one, and it cannot be weighed in an ordinary way.
As he walked and thought about it, Li Tai realized that he had reached the front of the Manna Hall.
The old eunuch in front of the palace smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, are you here to meet His Majesty?"
Li Tai nodded, "Father, is he in the palace?"
"Yes, His Majesty the King of Wei can just enter the palace."
After adjusting his clothes, Li Tai took a deep breath and walked into the palace. As soon as he entered the Ganlu Palace, a coldness hit his face.
This is unlike Lishan, where every house faces south, which makes those houses warm during the day.
Feeling the coldness in the palace, Li Tai looked at his father, bowed and saluted, "Father."
Li Shimin looked at the book in his hand, "What are you doing here?"
Li Tai explained the reason, "I sent two blankets to my brother-in-law and gave them to my mother. My mother mentioned that my father had asked Kuo Dizhi about it, so she came to report it."
Seeing that his father's eyes were still on the scroll, Li Tai said curiously: "I don't know what classics my father was looking for. If you have any doubts, I may be able to solve them."
"No need." Li Shimin raised his gaze, "Someone said that I should study more, and also said that I am short-sighted and uneducated."
Li Tai took a breath, "Who dares to talk to my father like this?"
Li Shimin added: "He also said that it's okay if he doesn't understand anything. If this spreads out, even I, the Heavenly Khan, will be laughed at."
After hurriedly saluting, Li Tai spoke again: "Whoever dares to laugh at my father, I will kill him right now."
Li Shimin grinned, "Okay, he is indeed my good son."
"I wonder who it is?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Your brother-in-law, my good son-in-law Zhang Yang."
After the words fell, Li Tai hesitated again.
Seeing that Qingque was stunned for a long time without speaking, Li Shimin drank tea and said, "What? You didn't say you were going to kill him just now, why are you silent now?"
Li Tai lowered his head and bowed in salute, "Father, I think my brother-in-law is right."
A kind of loneliness arose in Li Shimin's heart. He drank tea and said, "Even you think that I have no knowledge or experience?"
After the words passed through his mind, Li Tai frowned and thought for a moment before saying: "My son, I think that everyone has his own strengths. In terms of foresight, perhaps my father is not as good as his brother-in-law, but in terms of knowledge and writing, Zhang Yang is not as good as his father. My father is the Khan of Heaven."
Naturally, we need ministers with foresight. If your ministers don’t have such insight and insight, what use will your Majesty have for such ministers?”
What you say is to the point, and neither side will be offended.
Only Li Tai is better at talking. If he were to ask Li Chengqian like this, he might not be able to say a word for a long time.
In dealing with these things, Qingque is smarter and better at talking.
Li Shimin let out a long sigh, "I heard that in addition to asking Cen Wenwen and others to compile topography, you also compile geography?"
"Father, since Zhang Dashu traveled to the Western Regions and to Tubo, everything he saw and heard is precious. The records in the past books are also based on rumors or ancient books. These books are old and lack of research. My son,
I thought I should add more and arrange it again.”
Li Shimin nodded, "Is geography the same as geography?"
Li Tai shook his head, "Father, the difference is like a cook cooking. A cook who knows how to cook livestock can make it taste better. The same is true with the difference between geography and topography. Topography records mountains and landforms, while geography records
What’s more important is the terroir and mineral deposits, as well as the changes and causes of water flow in the north and south mountain ranges.”
"Geography pays more attention to the causal relationship formed by terrain. This is the difference, including the sand table that Daochang Yuan is working on. Once the results are achieved, it can complement geography."
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Do you know about the three major salt lakes in Tubo?"
Li Tai nodded, "Since Zhang Dashu came back from Tubo, he not only saw the landforms of Tubo, but also talked with the Tubo people and learned about the customs of Tubo. I can know a lot by referring to the classics."
"You have to write all this in geography?"
"My son has such a plan."
It's a good thing that his son has a promising future. Li Shimin also hopes that Qingque can achieve something. As an emperor, he still feels a little awkward. Whether it's the queen or these sons and daughters, these children seem to be thinking about Zhang Yang's good things.
On the contrary, they did not notice my painstaking efforts.
With food, toys, and some strange questions, Li Shimin found that he understood less and less what these children were thinking.
They just went to Lishan to live for a month, and what Zhang Yang taught them was all.
Seeing that his father was silent, Li Tai then spoke: "My son also found in the records of the Foreign Affairs Council that the four towns of Anxi have many merits besides being deserted. Some wealthy places in the Western Regions are rich in gold and copper mines, and
Gaochang has fragrant pear fruit wine and jujube, which is related to the geography and climate of the Western Regions, and is also where Erchen is researching."
These words surprised Li Shimin. It seemed that it didn't matter that Tubo had salt lakes, but there were gold and copper mines in the Western Regions.
Geography is like a huge treasure.
Li Shimin became more and more curious, "You asked Cen Wenwen to bring you the outline of the recent compilation. I want to take a look at it."
"My son, I will make arrangements now."
Li Tai left quickly, and an hour later asked several bachelors from the Literature Museum to take the scrolls, and also called Cen Wenwen to go with him to see his father.
A huge map was hung up. Li Shimin frowned and looked at it, "What is the difference between this map and our ordinary maps?"
Cen Wenwen stepped forward in red robe official uniform and explained: "Your Majesty, the location of this map is more detailed and the boundaries of each territory are clearer. It also contains instructions from His Highness the King of Wei. After our review, there are some discrepancies, but generally there are no
Incorrect."
Li Tai stood aside and said nothing, because he had seen the map that Zhang Yang had drawn, and that map was now in Sister Huang's accounting room. He had also heard about it from Yu Yi in the village.
But ordinary people cannot enter this accounting room at all.
When listening to her story, Li Tai remembered some of it and told it to Cen Wenwen, but he didn't expect that the gap between before and after was quite big.
Li Shimin looked at a mountain range on the map and asked, "Is this the Qilian Mountains?"
Cen Wenwen nodded and said: "The road between the mountains is the Hexi Corridor. His Royal Highness the King of Wei previously said that as long as a pass is built at the end of the Hexi Corridor, that is, around Jiayu Mountain, to station troops and farmland, the Hexi Corridor in the rear can be protected.
The land of four counties can also be restored to the horse farm built by Huo Qubing during the Han Dynasty."
Li Shimin looked back at Li Tai.
Li Tai explained: "Father, this is what my brother-in-law said."
"Jiayu Mountain?" Li Shimin looked at the end of the Hexi Corridor to the west, "Can building a pass here really protect the four counties of Hexi?"
Cen Wenwen preached again: "Han Shu records that Huo Qubing said at that time that Jiayu Mountain is the first pass in Hexi. Jiayu Mountain has a natural terrain and is capable of both offense and defense. If a pass can be built, it will indeed have the effect of once and for all."
Li Shimin asked again: "Then why has no one mentioned it?"
Looking at the map, Cen Wenwen still sighed, "The city outline seen from the pass of Jiayu Mountain is huge, stretching more than ten miles from north to south. There is a river valley that can serve as a natural barrier. However, if the construction area is to be at least ten hectares, the depth
More than three hundred feet long, its fortifications are huge."
Li Shimin took a deep breath, "In other words, this idea has not existed in all dynasties, but it was just because the fortifications were too huge?"
"It is recorded in the classics that this place is the throat of Hexi. City walls have been built here, but none of them are so huge. I also asked General Yuchi Gong and said that there is a city wall for ten miles. If you want to build fortifications, it will be a majestic pass.
To determine the west of the river."
His eyes were fixed on the long and narrow Hexi Corridor, which has always been a battleground for military strategists. Whoever can capture the Hexi Corridor can contain the Turks in the short distance and conquer the Western Regions in the far distance.
Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "How much money, money and manpower are needed to build this place?"
Seeing Cen Wenwen looking at him, Li Tai stepped forward and said: "This idea is also based on my brother-in-law. I don't know it. Now that Gaochang and Tubo have been decided, it is a critical time to build the land of Hexi."
Li Shimin was very excited. The construction of Hexi was of course a huge achievement. Such an important throat has always been a battleground for military strategists.
In the words of Cen Wenwen, this will be a majestic pass, a huge pass.
"What is Zhang Yang doing these days?"
Li Tai replied: "Brother-in-law is still the same as before. He is either at home with the emperor or building a new home in Lishan."
In the palace, Li Shimin had an idea about Jiayuguan. If the pass could be built, for him, the great cause of the country would be one step closer.
However, I have calculated in my mind that building a grand pass in the Hexi Corridor, and one that will rise from the ground, will require countless money and manpower.
Zhang Yang sold Gaochang to Li Shimin for 30 million yuan.
After years of recuperating his energy and the war against Tibet, Li Shimin was surprised to find that he, the Heavenly Khan, was very short of money.
Building the country and building lasting achievements is basically a bottomless pit.
Not to mention that I want to build myself a Taiye Pool to relax and enjoy the scenery.
There are still several palaces in the palace that have not been repaired. Money is needed everywhere now, and every time the money comes into your hands, you have to spend it.
If it hadn't been for Qingque's continuous support, the palace would not have enough meat to eat.