Handing over the vegetable basket, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I hope you don't dislike these vegetables."
The prince excused himself and said: "The salted duck eggs that the county prince sent last time have not been eaten yet. Now these old slaves really don't dare to accept them."
"I'll treat it like it's for you and the people in the palace to eat. I'll express my feelings for you and then send some to His Majesty."
Now Eunuch Wang's expression has softened.
"The old slave came this time and brought His Majesty's oral instructions. His Royal Highness the King of Wei and Yan Liben's daughter Yan will be married in November this year. As the Duke of Lu, he should set an example and order his son to marry the girl from the restaurant."
Zhang Yang accepted the order and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, Eunuch Wang."
He whispered: "There is also the matter of firearms. Your Majesty asked the old slave to ask about it. I don't know the county prince..."
Zhang Yang said quickly: "It will be sent in two days."
"Well, I can report it to Your Majesty."
Every time the prince comes, he never goes back empty-handed. This time he left with a cart of vegetables and a basket in his hand.
Don't think too much, there are so many dishes that can't be eaten in the palace, and most of them will be given to His Majesty as New Year's gifts to the ministers.
The people in Guanzhong are hard-working, and spring and summer are busy farming seasons, so many things will be arranged after autumn or winter.
The prince's wedding must also be arranged during the leisure time.
Busy farming and slack farming are equally important to Taifu Temple. Only during the slack farming season can the court and the shops allocate manpower to prepare and arrange matters.
Therefore, Li Tai's marriage was arranged for this winter.
Zhang Yang handed him the decree in his hand, "Your father agreed, and on the day you get married, Chu Mo will also get married together, and it will be done in Lishan."
Li Tai smiled and said, "Thank you, brother-in-law."
"What are Chumo doing these days?"
"What else can he do? Let's go and see him."
Zhang Yang nodded, "That's fine."
The business at the wine shop on the edge of Lishan Mountain has always been very good. Before he could reach the door of the wine shop, he saw Chu Mo sitting alone outside the wine shop with his head hanging down, wondering what he was thinking.
It wasn't until the two of them came closer, blocking the sunlight that he was snoring from, that Cheng Chumo slowly raised his head. He had now grown a beard and had a few scars on his face.
Seeing this, he saw that it was a woman who was scratching him. Li Tai also squatted down and whispered: "Brother Chu Mo, you have been beaten again."
Cheng Chumo nodded sadly, "Someone talked about me and her being a couple. A certain family nodded and she beat her up."
Li Tai laughed, took out the decree and handed it to him, "Father has decreed that you marry this restaurant girl. From now on, she will be your wife, and she will not dare to hit you."
Hearing this, he quickly took over the order, opened it, and Huang Juan stared at it for a long time.
Cheng Chumo then put away the decree with a solemn expression, "A certain family forgot."
Li Tai asked curiously: "What did you forget?"
He held his forehead in pain, "I can't read."
Zhang Yang also sat down beside him with his hands folded. The three of them faced the sun together, looking at the flat Guanzhong Qinchuan in the distance.
The three of them sighed together, none of them had a few bad friends, and none of them had a few dead friends.
Cheng Chu said worriedly: "It's because she doesn't dare to hit a certain family, but it's because a certain family can't beat her. She's very skilled and her whip moves like thunder."
Hearing this, Li Tai patted his shoulder and said, "Chu Mo, you have been beaten since childhood, why do you still get beaten after you get married?"
Cheng Chu remained silent, and the three of them fell into silence.
It is obviously a great joyous event. Even if Cheng Yaojin wants to challenge Kong Yingda's granddaughter this time, he cannot go against His Majesty's will.
However, Chu Mo was not too happy because of this. Instead, he became more anxious and his legs kept shaking.
Li Tai held down his shaking legs and continued to remain silent.
In the end, both of their eyes fell on Zhang Yang, the only person with experience.
"What are you two watching me do?" Zhang Yang awkwardly moved his position to keep distance from this fat man.
Li Tai asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, what will it be like after getting married?"
Cheng Chumo couldn't help but nod, nodding like he was pounding garlic, with a look of dementia on his face.
First he coughed, then Zhang Yang took a sip of tea and said, "After you get married, it's life. Life is nothing more than those things. It's very simple."
"Really?" Cheng Chumo frowned and said nothing.
Seeing the two people struggling, Zhang Yang unconsciously became entangled, and then stood up again.
Li Tai raised his eyes and said, "What does brother-in-law want to do?"
Zhang Yang said distressedly: "Grow vegetables!"
"Brother-in-law, won't you prepare the marriage for me and Chumo?"
"Ask Shangguan Yi to help you make arrangements."
Li Tai still smiled after hearing this.
One is fat and the other is strong, one is different than the other.
To say that Li Tai is smart, he is usually very smart. To say that he is not smart, he will get confused sometimes.
Forget about being silent, his growth genes are all focused on muscles and strength.
The two of them were still sitting in front of the wine shop. Li Tai whispered: "Chu Mo, do you know? My brother-in-law has created something."
Chu Mo disagreed. He felt that Zhang Yang was capable of making many novel things. If there were too many novel things, they would become stale.
Li Tai added: "That thing can level mountains and rivers and destroy cities."
Chu Mo snorted coldly: "A certain family can level mountains and rivers and destroy cities, but it just wastes some strength."
Thinking about it again, Li Tai recalled the bursts of noise when his brother-in-law on Lishan Mountain was demolishing the palace. He thought thoughtfully and thought carefully: "Could it be that time..."
The vegetable plot in the village was already quite big after being cultivated several times, but Li Xiaogong still looked dejectedly at the patch of courgettes behind his house.
Ignoring the prince of Hejian County, Zhang Yang came to the office in the village. There were many files here, and Shangguan Yi was immersed in writing in a pile of files.
When he saw someone coming in, he raised his head and said, "It turns out to be the county prince."
Zhang Yang helped him tidy up his desk, which was in a mess, and put away a few scrapped writing brushes.
Seeing the county prince taking such initiative to help him clean up, Shangguan Yi also felt that the place was in a mess, so he started to clean it up as well.
Put the unnecessary waste paper away for storage and put other useful files on the bookshelf, which makes the place look much more spacious.
The two sat down again, and Zhang Yang asked: "How is the recruitment process going?"
Shangguan Yi took out a file and opened it, revealing the names one by one, "This is the list drawn up by Xiaguan. Among them are famous old farmers from various places, but most of them are old and unwilling to stay in Chang'an. Xiaguan also plans to stay in Chang'an."
Next year’s imperial examination will include agricultural policy.”
He planned to give it a try and ask the court to add some farming strategies to the examination paper, such as how to farm and how to fertilize.
Select suitable talents for Taifu Temple.
Fortunately, Li Shimin had maliciously targeted him at the beginning, so in his heart, only he and Shangguan Yi were left in Taifu Temple.
Zhang Yang thought, "It can be used as a policy test question, but it cannot be listed as a condition for imperial examination. I still prefer these old farmers."
"The county magistrate doesn't know something." Shangguan Yi added: "It's not easy to hire these old farmers. Every township and county treats them as treasures. These old farmers are rich in experience. They only need to look at the water, soil and spring climate to predict this year's harvest."
You can guess the harvest by 80%, and you can know the weather in the coming days just by looking at the clouds."
Zhang Yang nodded as he listened, "You are a talented person, so you should hurry up."
Knowing that it was a difficult job, Shangguan Yi gritted his teeth and agreed, "I understand, please give me some time."
"It doesn't matter, I'm not in a hurry."
Inviting these old farmers here can help Lishan's experimental fields. The most important thing is the climate, water and soil. These are all based on experience. It depends entirely on the experience of the old farmers to judge what is suitable for planting in the fields.
If these old farmers can be recruited, they will be the most precious treasure of Taifu Temple.
When the time comes, they can be harvested and taught to cultivate experts from generation to generation.
After all, there are no books related to farming strategies in the Tang Dynasty. However, since the days of Wei and Wu, there have been more and more theories about saints.
On the contrary, there are not many books about actual production.
Saints are indeed damned.
It has been thousands of years, but the materials in the Central Plains are still so scarce.
As for some people who say that substances can only corrode people's hearts, this is true to a certain extent, but there are also environmental factors.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he wanted to unify scholars and realize the concept of unifying scholars, so he conducted the so-called Three Questions between Heaven and Man by Dong Zhongshu.
But that was also forced by the situation and the emperor's power needs.
In the days after the prince returned to the palace, the court sent people several times to inquire about the progress of the firearms.
The emperor felt that he had ordered Chu Mo to get married, and he still had to face Cheng Yaojin's complaints.
Tian Khan interfered in other people's family affairs and lost his face. Lishan would be shameless if he didn't take out the firearm.
Zhang Yang really wanted to be a shameless person. In the past, he would have done such a thing as letting the emperor's pigeons go.
But things are different now. Now I have a daughter and a son.
I must have a role model in front of my children, lest this emperor criticize me in front of my children in the future.
It's already a headache to have a Supreme Emperor impart the experience of Xiao Qingqing's rebellion, let alone have a Tian Khan who says every day that the child's father is nothing.
That is to say, he couldn't bear the emperor's repeated inquiries, so he simply made a big firecracker and had people send it to the palace.
It's very troublesome to forge earth mines, let alone a flintlock gun. Now he only has one, and the emperor just wants it, without considering the cost and time required for manufacturing.
The emperor is like this, he has no care, only calculations and tactics.
In the palace, the originally cold Ganlu Hall lit up the stove early.
The emperor was heating himself on the stove, reviewing memorials, and taking a sip of tea from time to time. His expression was full of concern for the country and the people.
Li Junxian came holding a medicine bag and said, "Your Majesty, this is the firearm that Lishan asked for."
Hearing this, Li Shimin finally put down the pen in his hand. He stood up and walked closer, looking at this square thing wrapped in wood and cloth. "Is this the weapon that Zhang Daan used to destroy the city and Pei Xingjian to defeat the cannibals?"
Li Junxian replied: "Lishan didn't say that, it's just that the county prince explained how to use this thing, and people need to keep a certain distance."
"Well, let's find a palace wall in the palace and try it."
"Here."
Li Junxian took his Majesty to a dilapidated palace wall, which was originally planned to be demolished and rebuilt.
Moreover, this place is now overgrown with weeds, and there are many wild cats. Some palace officials even said that they would see palace maids and eunuchs killed here every few days.
Li Junxian placed the medicine bag under the palace wall, holding the lead with one hand and retreating step by step, until he was three feet away and still looking for cover.
"Your Majesty, please step back behind the wall."
"Can't I just stand here?"
Li Junxian added: "The Marquis of Lishan County has explained that when using this thing, you need to find a bunker and keep a distance of three feet before it can be ignited, otherwise your life will be in danger."
"If I stand behind the wall, how can I see it destroying the city?"
After that, Li Shimin saw Li Junxian's troubled expression and had no choice but to retreat behind the wall.
In this way, Li Junxian lit the fire.
Seeing the lead burning towards the medicine bag, he hid behind the wall.
Li Shimin took the chair handed by the prince, sat down and drank tea, waiting for any movement. After a sip of tea, there was still no movement.
Li Shimin, who was impatient, looked sideways at the dilapidated palace wall and saw thick white smoke coming from the medicine bag next to the palace wall, as well as the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke.
I was just thinking that this thing would fool me...
There was an explosion, like thunder, which made everyone present tremble.
The emperor who had just poked his head out was shocked. The entire palace wall collapsed. The dust and gunpowder smoke mixed together. The smell was pungent and unpleasant. The dust and gunpowder smoke filled the air, making it difficult to open one's eyes.
When everything calmed down and the dust dispersed, the smell of gunpowder smoke was still lingering in the air. Without the smoke and dust, everyone finally saw the situation in front of them clearly. The palace wall had collapsed.
Li Junxian was shocked when he saw this scene, and three or five eunuchs knelt down on the spot.
Looking at Tian Khan again, although his expression was calm, the hand holding the tea bowl was still shaking.
Everyone's ears rang for a while before they could hear each other's voices.
Li Shimin shook his head, dropped the tea bowl in his hand, calmed down from his trance, walked forward quickly, looked at the pile of broken bricks in front of him, and then looked at the wild cats that had been blown to pieces.
It's enough to see what would happen if you stood close at that time.
"A weapon that can destroy a city, it really is a weapon that can destroy a city." Li Shimin raised his hands and laughed loudly: "Hahaha! God bless the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty will be victorious!"
"The Tang Dynasty will be victorious, the Tang Dynasty will be victorious, the Tang Dynasty will be victorious!" All the guards shouted in unison.
When the cheers stopped, Li Shimin suddenly felt lonely in his heart. This loneliness was caused by the impact of such city-breaking weapons.
That is the pride of his Tiance Admiral.
The moment the medicine packet exploded through the palace wall, Li Shimin's pride as a top general was instantly shattered.
He is well versed in the art of war, besieging a city and recruiting reinforcements, attacking the enemy's mind, and planning strategies...
All the military skills he had learned throughout his life seemed to be completely useless under this explosion.
Lishan mastered such sharp weapons, and the city wall of Chang'an City was like a piece of paper to Zhang Yang. When Li Shimin calmed down, he became the cold emperor again.
The Heavenly Khan began to worry, and began to really fear the county prince of Lishan.
If such a sharp weapon were in the hands of Datang's army, it would be invincible.
But if it is in the hands of troublemakers, it will be a disaster.
He is right, if this thing cannot be controlled and restrained, it would be better that such sharp weapons never appeared in the world.