Sometimes Li Yue likes this stubble, and sometimes she hates it. She must shave it off carefully.
In the evening, every household was busy cooking, and some adults were searching for their children in the village, yelling and scolding them and dragging them home for dinner.
At the foot of Mount Li, very close to his father's residence, Li Tai was living in a room here. He was holding a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, not knowing how to eat.
"Your Highness, King Wei, is this not to your liking?" the guard on the side asked in a low voice.
Li Tai stared at the bowl with a dark face, "Teach me how to eat. Do you have an appetite for something like this?"
"But this is what I did according to the method taught by the county marquis. Knowing that His Highness the King of Wei might not be able to swallow it, I even mixed some hot lard into it to make it easier to eat."
Li Tai picked up a vegetable leaf and said, "Have you ever eaten this?"
The guard shook his head, "I have never tasted this salad before, and I don't know how the magistrate came up with it."
Li Tai put the bowl on the table, put down his chopsticks, took a deep breath, and his fat face lit up with anger, "What salad? This is obviously a pot of vegetable leaves!"
The guard hurriedly bowed and said: "Those who are humble enough to be cut into pieces."
Li Tai pointed at the bowl and cursed loudly: "If it's chopped up, wouldn't it be vegetable leaves? Damn it! Do you think I am a three-year-old child?!"
"This is all ordered by the county magistrate."
"How about raising this king like a sheep?"
"But……"
Li Tai raised his foot and kicked him out, "Get out! Serve meat to me."
"His Royal Highness King Wei wants to lose weight..."
"Give me some meat! Hurry up!"
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei, this is the order of the County Marquis."
"It's your mother's fault!" Li Tai raised the stick, "Don't leave! I will fight with you!"
The days of summer vacation were wonderful. Li Shimin had lived in Lishan for two months. On this day in September, he was ready to return to Chang'an City.
Zhang Yang and Li Yue personally stood at the entrance of the village to see each other off, "Your Majesty, won't you stay for a few more days?"
Li Shimin saw a group of children also getting on the carriage. He looked back at the village and said, "This is a paradise on earth. If I stay here for a long time..."
"Your Majesty has been working hard to govern the country. After living here for a long time, are you worried about being corrupted by such a leisurely life?"
"Yes, corruption." Li Shimin nodded seriously.
"The affairs of the Western Regions are the most important moment. Your Majesty should indeed be diligent in your work. This time you go back and take a good look at this year's taxes. You must also remember to be diligent and frugal. You still owe me so much money that you have not paid back."
I was originally in a good mood and planned to return to Chang'an City to handle the government affairs and make some achievements that would be praised by future generations.
"You brat has no good words to say. My good mood has been ruined by your unpleasant words."
"I am guilty." Zhang Yang bowed and said solemnly.
Li Shimin looked at him again, "Seeing that Yue'er is pregnant, I will bear with you for another month. In October, you must come to court, otherwise..."
Zhang Yang raised his head and said, "What else?"
"If not, let Shangguan Yi govern the Western Regions."
"This is a great move to remove the firepower from the bottom of the cauldron, so that my village will no longer be governed by anyone. Your Majesty has a vicious vision and ruthless methods. He is worthy of the throne and I admire you."
Li Shimin snorted coldly, "You're not a good guy either."
Why is this emperor still cursing people?
Li Shimin left, and after two months of free eating and drinking in Lishan, he finally left.
Li Yue whispered: "Aren't you happy, husband?"
Zhang Yang lowered his head, "How much money did your father spend on us eating and drinking for nothing in Lishan Mountain?"
"When I was doing my accounting last month, I spent three thousand dollars a month."
Zhang Yang felt dizzy, "A month's expenses are three thousand dollars, and I only spend 450 dollars a month! It's so bullying."
After the emperor left, the soldiers and horses surrounding the village also left, as if the stone weighing on everyone's hearts had also left.
The smiles of the villagers were also very comfortable.
Zhang Yang sat at the door of the courtyard, mixing the yellow mud, and then smearing the yellow mud on the washed duck eggs.
These children are also very good at eating. In two months, they ate more than a hundred salted duck eggs in the village, and some even left without finishing.
"Salt doesn't cost money!" Zhang Yang looked frustrated.
A basket of duck eggs was placed in front of him. Li Tai wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat down beside him. "Brother-in-law, these are the duck eggs that I have saved in the past two days. There are sixty eggs in total."
Zhang Yang smeared yellow mud on the salted duck eggs with a sad look on his face.
"Brother-in-law, I don't want to eat vegetable leaves."
"Vegetable leaves are good and can help you lose weight."
"Don't eat!"
"If you want to eat meat, exercise more every day. Moving bricks every day will increase your weight by 300 yuan."
"good!"
I would rather be tired than stop me from eating meat.
The weather in September was still a bit hot. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Zhang Yang took another basket of salted duck eggs and continued to smear them with yellow mud.
Li Yue is learning to draw longitude and latitude lines these days, and a huge piece of paper is placed on the crime scene.
First, draw two circles on paper, and draw a straight line through the center of the circle along the center point. This straight line represents the equator.
The latitude lines were distributed in the two polar directions. After Li Yue drew these, he asked: "What will my husband draw next?"
Zhang Yang was still applying yellow mud to the eggs and said feebly: "After determining the pole, measure the radius, which is the distance from the center of the circle to the equator."
In the quiet courtyard, Li Yue started to write and continued to calculate the radius, "It's done."
"Then use the radius to divide it into equal parts and connect each point."
Every time Zhang Yang said something, Li Yue patiently painted.
"Confirm one of the points again and calculate its latitude and longitude."
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With the previous mathematical foundation, Li Yue mastered the calculation of longitude and latitude very smoothly. Except for the time-consuming calculation of trigonometric functions, there were generally no major problems.
As long as there is a reference point, Li Yue can draw other longitudes and latitudes with just a cup of tea.
Of course, it is not difficult to calculate latitude and longitude on a map, because it involves geometric calculations and trigonometric functions.
The most difficult thing is to calculate the longitude and latitude of Chang'an City. For her, field measurement is the most challenging.
Zhang Yang rubbed a magnet against an iron needle and tried to make a compass. Without a compass, his wife's longitude and latitude calculations would be impossible.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Yue's lower abdomen is becoming more and more obvious, and she can only wear a skirt, which can cover it and make it looser.
Seeing her husband rubbing an iron needle with a magnet, she watched intently.
Place the needle on the chopsticks with both ends hanging in the air.
Zhang Yang sat cross-legged, frowning and watching the changes in the iron needle.
“Can this needle point to the poles?”
"Mostly it's ok."
Li Yue looked sideways and tilted her head to observe the motionless needle, "Why doesn't it move?"
"I'll rub it again."
Zhang Yang picked up the magnet and rubbed the needle vigorously.
Looking at her husband's appearance, Li Yue held her chin with one hand and asked suspiciously: "Is the needle not thin enough?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yang stopped immediately and said, "Well, that's a good question."
Seeing her husband go to the yard to grind needles again, Li Yue shook his head and said: "Actually, I met Si Nan when I went to Qintian Prison. The compass my husband wants to make is probably the same thing."
"The compass has a greater meaning." Zhang Yang stepped on the bench and continued polishing.
Li Yue was a little worried.
Aunt Yang looked at this scene and said, "Why can't the county prince get away with a needle?"
Li Yue said sadly: "The devil is stunned."
Aunt Yang whispered: "Do you want to persuade the county prince?"
"No need." Li Yue supported her lower abdomen, "I know your husband. After a while, your husband will lose his temper. Once he loses his temper, it will be fine."
Aunt Yang nodded slightly.
Half an hour later, Zhang Yang yelled and cursed loudly, "You guys only know how to read poems and essays, and the technology tree is stagnant! It's bad luck. I'm tired of grinding needles now, damn it!"
As the princess expected, the county prince really started to lose his temper. Finally, Zhang Yang handed over the grinding of the needle to Niu Chuang and asked the blacksmith sent by the Ministry of Industry to grind the needle into a paper-thin piece and as fine as a bud.
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If he continued grinding, Zhang Yang felt that he was going crazy.
It's better to let those blacksmiths go crazy first.
The family packed their luggage and returned to Chang'an City.
When Xiao Wu walks, the little bear will naturally follow behind him and will not let Xiao Wu go too far alone.
As if it knew it was going home, it climbed onto the shaft of the car in a very humane manner.
Zhang Yang put his foot on the bear's back and waved his riding whip lazily.
Chang'an City is as lively as ever. People didn't care before because the bear was still small at that time.
Now that it has grown into shape, it attracts a lot of attention as soon as it enters the city.
There is a little girl sitting on the back of this bear. The little girl's eyes are moving and she doesn't care about the gazes around her.
Just walking on flat ground, it is higher than an adult man's knees.
Even though it is not an adult bear yet, passers-by will take a detour when they see it. If it stands up and goes crazy, ordinary men may not be its opponents.
The family walked into the alley with the little bear, and then disappeared from everyone's sight.
Before reaching the door of the house, the little bear ran towards the house like a joy, knocked open the door, and smelled everywhere in the familiar yard.
Aunt Wang has always taken care of the house, and the family only needs to move the furniture down.
Listening to their aunt's story, the couple realized that a lot of things had happened in Chang'an City these days.
When Prince Li Chengqian stayed in Chang'an City, Yan Shigu had conflicts with many new officials in the court, and there was endless quarrels during this period.
Ouyang Xun wrote the Eight Judgments and the Thirty-six Methods have been completed, leaving them for future generations to study calligraphy.
When Ashinadur came to Chang'an City, he had a conflict with the Ministry of Rites, and learned that a large area of grassland pasture had been contracted by Lishan. During this period, he asked the court many times, but received no reply.
Lishan still uses Mr. Ouyang Xun's copybooks to copy and engrave characters for printing.
The sales of Lishan books are inseparable from these copybooks.
"Would you like to meet Mr. Ouyang?"
Li Yue thought about it, "We should indeed meet his old man. It's just that he sent us away last time and intended not to interact with him again. Due to his status in Shilin, it might not be appropriate for us to come rashly."
"Auntie, please give Mr. Ouyang Xun a message. When the students asked him to meet him at Qujiang Pool, he said that the student's surname was Zhang. We will meet him at Qujiang Pool in three days."
Aunt Wang nodded and went to do the work.
Ouyang Xun's status in the scholarly community and his reputation among the gentry, whoever he met and what he did would attract the attention of many people.
"Although I call myself a gentleman, in their eyes I am just a fanatic. If the old gentleman meets me rashly, it will definitely cause criticism and controversy." Zhang Yang looked up to the sky with his hands in his arms and sighed.
Li Yue sorted out the official uniforms at home again, "Will your husband go to court tomorrow?"
"Go ahead. If you don't go to Shangguan Yi, you won't be able to keep it."
"Well, let's wash the official uniforms today."
In the palace, Li Shimin listened to Li Chengqian's story. For the past two months, the prince had been taking over the government affairs and was the assistant minister of Zhongshu Province.
Li Chengqian stood aside with an upright attitude. His father's expression did not change, neither praising nor scolding.
As long as there is no blame, it is the best result for Li Chengqian.
"I heard that you often send letters to the Su family?"
"I sent a letter a few days ago."
Li Shimin frowned and said, "What are you doing sending a letter?"
Li Chengqian bowed again and explained: "My son often wants to ask Secret Supervisor Su about something he doesn't understand, but he is not often in the palace, and summoning him would be too offensive, so he sent a letter to him."
After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian closed his eyes and swallowed, waiting for his father's reaction.
Be quiet for a long time...
"You go back to the East Palace, and I will discuss the next matter with the Prime Minister and the others."
"My son has resigned."
When he walked out of the Manlu Palace, Li Chengqian almost fell to the ground with weak legs. This was the first time since childhood that he had concealed this matter from his father. It was the first time he had concealed it from his father.
At least with Zhang Yang's advice, Li Chengqian believed that there was no problem in doing this. As long as the letter was not opened and read by anyone, and Su Dan did not speak, no one else would know about it.
Just like Zhang Yang said, Su Dan hopes that his daughter can marry an orphan.
After returning to the East Palace, Li Chengqian took out the letters between himself and the Su family and burned them with the fire of an oil lamp.
I can't say that I am a stranger to Su Dan's daughter, and I have been exchanging letters for some time.
I must stop this kind of behavior these days. It is rare that the other party's daughter and I can still have a happy conversation in the letter, and I don't want to be self-defeating because of this matter.
As the crown prince, I should be more cautious in everything.
Li Chengqian's eyes looked a little firmer as he watched the flames devour these letters.
"Has Zhang Yang returned to Chang'an?"
Xu Changli, who was dozing off, immediately woke up and bowed: "I went back to Chang'an early in the morning, and I'm probably cleaning up at home now."
Li Chengqian stood up again, "I want to see him."
Da'an and Zhang Yang were not in the East Palace. Li Chengqian felt that the place was deserted and he wanted to see Zhang Yang no matter what.
For the first time since he grew up, Li Chengqian felt this kind of emotion. There were still many variables about who the future crown princess would be.
It was not because of his father's instructions, nor because of the advice of the civil servants in the court. This was the first time, the first time that Gu wanted to accomplish something, and wanted to marry her.
Let Xu Xiaode sort it out, and Li Chengqian brought a piece of silver cake and scattered copper coins. These were the only assets in the East Palace and they were saved by frugality.
Knowing that the prince had left the East Palace in a hurry, Li Shimin walked to the Li Zheng Hall and told the queen about it.
After all, the fact that lovers finally get married is just in the story. Whoever the emperor wants the prince to marry is just a matter of will.
After listening to Li Shimin's words, Empress Changsun looked solemn, "I thought this matter was not that simple, but if it is really what Erlang thinks, Cheng Qian has been sensible since he was a child, and I know my children well, so he shouldn't behave like this