Chapter 514: Son-in-law always brings disgrace to the scene
The monarch and his ministers stood in the waterside pavilion of Qujiang Pond. Li Shimin frowned, "The battle report came from Mobei. Li Ji defeated Xue Yantuo's front army and attacked Xue Yantuo's tent."
"The great general has triumphed. I congratulate Your Majesty."
Li Shimin added: "In addition to Li Ji's report, there are also letters from Yi Nan Khan."
Zhang Yang thought about it and said, "Really?"
"I'll tell you about this later, so I'm not in a hurry." Li Shimin looked at the scenery in front of him, "I never thought the scenery of Qujiang Pool was so beautiful before."
"No one has set foot here for a long time. The natural scenery is pleasant, and the fish in Qujiang Pond are even fatter."
"Killing fish would spoil the scenery."
"This is my backyard, I can kill if I want."
The bleak autumn wind blew by, and Li Shimin shook his head and sighed, "Someone will come to decorate it early tomorrow morning. I hope you can come tomorrow too."
"I'm not good at banquets."
"If you don't come, I will demote Li Xiaogong to Lingnan." Li Shimin left with these words.
Zhang Yang held his breath and resisted the urge to curse. The vicious Tian Khan actually threatened me.
Facts have proved that it is possible to talk about peace with the emperor over money, but it is definitely not possible to talk about face with the emperor.
Zhang Yang washed his face with pool water and continued to look at the scenery without any thought.
At the Dongshi market, people were coming and going. Zhang Yang bought some meat and vegetables, and Cheng Chumo came.
"I knew you had returned to Chang'an City, so I came to see you."
Zhang Yang handed him a radish and asked, "How's the matter?"
Cheng Chumo took a bite of white radish and chewed it in his mouth. "The matter at Dali Temple has been settled. It was all arranged by Xu Jingzong."
Zhang Yang nodded as he walked.
"The matter has been settled. Sun Shaoqing is not that easy to deal with. He smells something wrong and is holding on to the eucalyptus."
"It's a good thing that Dali Temple has such a person presiding over it." Zhang Yang looked back at him again, "Are you going to visit the Qujiang Pond tomorrow?"
Cheng Chu nodded silently, "The old man at home said that if he doesn't go, he will be beaten severely, and I can't beat him."
How shameful are the father and son still fighting?
The family tradition of his old Cheng family is really strong.
Zhang Yang bought some more persimmons and continued to warn: "We should keep an eye on things in Luoyang. There may be some movement in a few days."
The two sat down on the roadside, Cheng Chumo was still chewing radish, "How should we start?"
Zhang Yang poured out some copper coins from the cloth bag, counted them silently, and said with his tongue: "If they are just doing normal business, we can't do anything to them, but if they do something extraordinary because they don't have enough money, we will not deal with it."
Brother Mo can take action."
"Can the city of Chang'an intervene in the affairs of Luoyang? If the affairs of Luoyang are under the control of Luoyang, wouldn't it be impossible to do so given the collusion between the children of these aristocratic families and the local government?" Cheng Chumo said with worries in his heart.
Zhang Yang looked solemn, "If something goes wrong, maybe even our personnel will be implicated by them, and these lunatics will do something outrageous if they can't protect us."
Listening to the hawking in the market and the passers-by in front of me.
"Don't we have a dedicated Sun Shaoqing? It's very difficult to deal with people like him. If there are some big things that can distract his attention, wouldn't we be able to let go?"
Cheng Chumo slapped his thigh, "Sure enough, you still need to use more wisdom when talking to others."
Zhang Yang nodded slightly, "If we want to move the children of Luoyang, we must be fully prepared and need a lot of manpower. You can ask Shangguan Yi to make arrangements first. If necessary, we can mobilize all our manpower."
"Got it, string these people together like beads."
Zhang Yang nodded, "It's not easy to catch them all in one go. You can take a part first and go deeper step by step."
Because the weather in Lingnan is good this year, sugarcane is growing well, and there is a good harvest along Lingnan. Li Tai spent a lot of money to go to Lingnan to purchase sucrose. Counting last year, the stock of sucrose is only a hundred stones, and currently there is still sucrose from Lingnan going to Lishan.
Send it.
The amount of sugar sent to Luoyang now totals 200 shi. Once the remaining sugar is sent to Luoyang, the price will inevitably fall.
On the other hand, in Lishan, due to the current slow transportation capacity, transportation can only be carried slowly by batches of people. It may not be possible until the porters who have traveled long distances from Lingnan in late autumn and winter to complete the delivery of sucrose.
Sucrose is not that expensive in the first place, but the cost of transporting it by manpower has doubled several times.
If you buy a bucket of cane sugar in Lingnan for only sixty yuan, the price of cane sugar sent to Lishan will be five times higher.
If it hadn't been refined into white sugar and carried by those guys in Luoyang to a bucket or two hundred pounds, it would have been a loss just by ordinary selling.
This year's business is good, so refining three hundred stones of white sugar will probably not be a problem.
The business scope of white sugar is not big, and the amount of white sugar in stock is not large either.
Zhang Yang also wanted to ask what happened to the girl Chu Mo had fallen in love with before, but when he looked back, he saw that this guy was already gone.
Because of the influx of Liaozhai, Chang'an City once again set off a craze for reading.
Even people who were originally illiterate began to learn to read, and they would gather in small groups and spend a few dollars to hire a literate person to tell the stories in the book.
The power of books is so powerful that even if aristocratic families spend huge efforts to resist, they cannot stop the spread of these stories.
Li Yue was explaining sequence operations to two girls at home.
Zhang Yang washed the meat and vegetables he bought and listened carefully. After a while, they will learn formula calculations, and then word problems and geometry problems.
After teaching a class, Zhang Yang also prepared lunch.
Sitting around the dining table, Li Yue held a bowl and whispered: "Husband, I heard that my father has arranged a lot of honors for this garden visit."
"Anyway, your father paid the money." Zhang Yang said and took out the IOU.
"Sixty guan of money?" Li Yue looked at the calligraphy of his father on the painting, nodded and said, "That's not bad."
"After the garden tour is over, your father will arrange for someone to clean it up."
After the meal, Zhang Yang continued to work on his workbench. The vernier caliper Lishan used now did not have a compass, and the reading of the measuring tape determined the accuracy of manufacturing.
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It is very nerve-wracking to make a micrometer.
Zhang Yang searched for memories in his mind. In the past, the family was very difficult, and even if the ruler broke, he would repair it himself.
The vernier caliper also increases the measurement range, and depth, width, and diameter can all be measured.
This is the case in the foundry industry. Basic casting and tools are inseparable from technology.
Zhang Yang looked up at the design drawing on the wall. This was a huge furnace that could calcine the current iron ingots in Lishan Mountain and then run them over on a huge wheel.
It can be regarded as a small hot rolling process. Because the temperature cannot meet the requirements, we can only copy the gourd and try to complete it as well as possible.
Li Yue came with the account book and said, "Husband, this is the tax we have to pay this year."
Zhang Yang opened the book and looked at it, "Eight thousand strings... so many?"
"Well, because the fabrics made from our wool sold well at the beginning of the year, and the wool sent from the Turks this year was 300 shi more than in previous years, we can earn even more this year."
【In view of the general environment,
She was still a little proud.
"Will the Minister here in Chang'an City come to Lishan to purchase goods this year?"
"Of course, Xiao Yu said that many people are already inquiring about the construction status of our new workshop in Lishan, especially some traders who come from afar. They plan to sell the cloth to further places, so that we can
You can make more money."
While talking, Li Yue opened another account book, "Ten thousand shi of old grain has been delivered to the Hexi Corridor. Many people from the Western Regions want to buy our grain from Guanzhong. It was extremely cold in the northwest at the beginning of the year, and everyone's life was difficult.
, in order to survive this year, they must buy food."
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Make plans, anticipate things in advance, and sell whatever is out of stock. With you as our mistress in Lishan, we can make a fortune wherever we are."
Listening to her husband's words, Li Yue raised her chin, "In this way, even if my father doesn't pay back the money, we can recover all the costs we paid in less than three years."
Zhang Yang held her hand and said, "What if your father doesn't pay back the money?"
Li Yue smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, we can use land and resources to pay off the debt, but we have to consider the value of the mortgage separately."
"You still have to pay it back. If your father doesn't pay it back, let your father's son pay it back. We still have a notary here."
Noticing that her husband's hands were acting dishonest again, the couple started to fight.
When it comes to using colored glass to install windows, Li Yue has a firm attitude, "No matter how much money our family has, we can't waste it like this."
"This is not a waste, this is making the best use of it."
After making a fuss, I went back to the room, trying to persuade my wife to agree with the idea of installing windows with glazed glass, and I had to figure it out slowly.
"Daughter-in-law, how about we use colored glaze to decorate the door?"
Li Yue gritted her teeth and raised her foot.
Zhang Yang was kicked under the bed along with his blanket.
Climbing back into bed in embarrassment, my wife became more and more assertive.
If you want to realize glass doors and windows, you will have to coax her carefully in the future.
The emperor will hold a garden tour in Qujiang Pool before the start of the imperial court in the late autumn. At this time, there are many honorable persons coming and going in Qujiang Pool.
Many people arrived early.
At home, Li Yue changed clothes for two little girls. They were the same height and wore exactly the same clothes, so they looked like twin sisters.
After taking care of them, Li Yue took out a new piece of clothing from the box, "The weather is hot and cold now, husband, it's better not to wear too thin clothes."
Put some clothes on your husband and put on a belt, "Well, this makes you look more energetic."
She wore a red dress, tied up her hair and put on a hairpin in front of the mirror. She was dressed in a womanly manner.
Even after so many years, her eyes are still as bright as ever.
The couple are only over 20 years old, which is when they are most energetic and beautiful.
"This hairpin has been used for many years. Didn't your mother give you a lot of decorations?" Zhang Yang struggled to put on his boots.
"The hairpin given by my mother can only be worn on solemn occasions, but you don't need to be too deliberate when visiting the garden." As he was talking, Li Yue turned around and saw a hairpin handed over by her husband.
"Huh? Where did this hairpin come from?"
A hairpin is silver-white, heavy in the hand, very smooth, and somewhat reflective.
Walking behind her, Zhang Yang put it on her and then hung a small string of beads on it, "How do you look now?"
Li Yue looked at it with satisfaction, "Well, it looks good."
"I polished it myself when I had nothing to do."
If you don't look carefully, it looks like it's made of silver.
It's not as noble as the hosta, but it still looks rich.
"Sister Huang!" Li Lizhi's voice came from outside the hospital. She ran into the house and took Dong Yang and Gao Yang with her.
Li Yue dressed up and walked out of the house, "Why are you here?"
Li Lizhi held the emperor's sister's arm playfully, "The queen mother is outside the hospital and said we would go to Qujiang Courtyard together."
"Xiao Wu Xiaohui, let's go together."
Li Yue picked up the child and walked out of the house together.
Aunt Yang stayed at home to watch the bear. Zhang Yang made sure and then followed the Queen's car.
The daughter-in-law, Princess Changle and the Queen were sitting in the car, and Zhang Yang could hear their words while walking aside.
Walking to Qujiang Pool, what you can see are the nobles and clan members coming and going.
The queen's car entered through the entrance, bypassed everyone, and went to the courtyard at the back.
Li Shimin is here, and he is still holding the Luban lock that he used before in Lishan Mountain. "I studied it for several days and finally unlocked it."
The prince stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, everything is ready."
Li Shimin nodded
"Then go and meet them."
Walking out of the pavilion, the palace attendants rang the bell, and everyone saw His Majesty and the Queen.
Li Shimin said his congratulations on this visit to the garden and the grand harvest this year. The emperor was in a good mood.
The people surrounding Qujiang Pool were all paying attention to this Heavenly Khan.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, many of them have been heroes who fought together on the battlefield. Today's Tang Dynasty is at its strongest cohesion.
"The Great Tang is victorious! The Great Tang is victorious! The Great Tang is victorious..."
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For the Tang Dynasty, which is not very powerful now, it has passed through the most difficult early years of Zhenguan. Every year's food harvest is a matter worth celebrating for the Tang Dynasty.
The maikos from Taichang Temple walked into the water pavilion in the center of Qujiang Pond. The drums sounded and they danced in the water pavilion.
Li Shimin sat down again and said, "Zhang Yang, look at this beautiful scenery, why can't my Tang Dynasty be strong?"
"Yes, the Tang Dynasty is very powerful." Zhang Yang said melancholy: "But the salary for the coming year has not been received yet."
Li Shimin held his forehead with a sullen face, "I find that talking to you is very tiring and distracting."
Li Chengqian walked over quickly, "Father, Duke Xu and his uncle are right under the stage. They want to discuss something with Zhang Yang."
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Then please come up and listen to me together."
"Here."
Li Yue's expression became more solemn as soon as he heard about Xu Guogong Gao Shilian and the current uncle Changsun Wuji.
She retreated behind the curtain with the queen, and consulted with her mother about the things she needed to pay attention to when raising children.
Qujiang Pond was very lively. Changsun Wuji helped Gao Shilian to the high platform, and a middle-aged man followed behind them.
Li Shimin stepped forward to help Gao Shilian, "How is your uncle's health these days?"
Gao Shilian leaned on crutches and saluted, "I'm sorry for Your Majesty's concern. I'm in good health."
Li Shimin said loudly: "Give me a seat."
Three or two tables were brought up, and several people took their seats. Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji congratulated Li Shimin on this year's harvest.
The Tang Dynasty was in a period of agricultural recovery, and farming in the Central Plains had not yet returned to its peak. It was the same throughout the ages. Both emperors and local gentry would hold banquets to celebrate the harvest. After all, it was a large agricultural country, and the stability of the country depended on farming and people's livelihood.