The rain was pouring down, and the rain continued for a long time. Li Yue was sitting under the eaves, with a pot of porridge simmering on the stove, and a plate of beef with soy sauce on the side.
She said calmly: "Your master doesn't like wine, so there is no need to prepare wine."
Xiaohui nodded when she heard the words, put away the bowls and chopsticks, and waited for the master to come back to eat.
The princes and princesses were taking a nap, and the house was quiet at the moment, except for the sound of rain.
Heavy rain fell, and the entire Lishan Mountain was shrouded in hazy water vapor.
At this moment, at the entrance of Lishan Village, Cheng Chumo heard this and asked curiously: "So the Lu family is finished?"
Zhang Yang straightened his bamboo hat and shook his head: "It's hard to say. It depends on what Your Majesty will do."
It sounds a little discouraging to say that the life and death of the aristocratic family has always been in the hands of the emperor.
"Is there any news about the bearded guest?"
Hearing this question, Cheng Chumo was also a little annoyed, "It's too difficult to check one person in such a big country. Our manpower is limited."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Is there any other information?"
"It's true, it's information from Nanzhao." Cheng Chumo whispered: "The imperial court seems to not care about Nanzhao anymore, and His Majesty is a little indulgent, but as far as we know, Changsun Wuji sent a team of troops to Jiannan
He said, the leader of the troops is a man named Li Dewu."
"This Li Dewu married Pei Ju's daughter back then, but she has never made any achievements. This time, he was entrusted by Changsun Wuji to go to Jiannan Road to investigate. This matter was probably ordered by His Majesty."
Zhang Yang asked again, "How do you know it was His Majesty's order?"
"Li Dewu was still a small county magistrate before, with about ten soldiers in his hands. Later, he was recommended by Sun Li from Hongwen Hall and he joined Changsun Wuji."
"Later, His Majesty summoned Changsun Wuji, and Li Dewu went to Jiannan Road to serve as the governor of Yizhou."
Listening to Cheng Chumo's analysis, it seemed that he said a lot, but in fact he left out many details. For example, how many soldiers and horses did Li Dewu bring to Jiannan Road? Were there any civil servants accompanying him? Or what did Changsun Wuji do afterward?
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Forget it if the information is incomplete, Cheng Chumo is a rough and tumble person, and we don't expect him to be able to do everything comprehensively.
Li Jing led the horse and Li Xiaogong were walking in the rain, and both of them noticed the other two people in the distance.
"Who is Zhang Yang negotiating with?"
Seeing the two people standing in the rain, talking in low voices, Li Jing asked curiously.
Li Xiaogong explained: "That's a boy from Cheng Yaojin's family. What the pharmacist doesn't know is that Qingque, the boy from Cheng's family, and Zhang Yang have a life-long friendship. They often get together to discuss."
Li Jing took another look curiously.
In the rain, Zhang Yang suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that His Majesty doesn't care about this matter on the surface, but secretly he is still keeping an eye on Nanzhao."
Cheng Chumo nodded heavily and agreed with this statement.
To put it bluntly, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Zheng Gong are all such figures.
Not to mention Cen Wenwen, Liu Jie, Zhang Xingcheng and others.
If the cooked duck flies away, it must be chased back. This is what Li Shimin meant.
Zhang Yang sighed in frustration and asked again: "Are you still short of soy sauce recently?"
Cheng Chumo shook his head and said: "There are still two large tanks ready. These things are not used much, but they are enough for now."
Zhang Yang whispered: "Brother He and the others are probably on their way to Guanzhong."
Why should he be a reliable person? He is a man of promises. Back then, he helped take care of Paoze's wife and children until the child, Paoze, grew up.
After fulfilling his promise, he left Guanzhong.
People who do what they promise are trustworthy.
Seeing that the person was about to leave, Cheng Chumo asked again: "Why don't we have a drink with His Majesty the King of Wei?"
Zhang Yang waved his hands and said, "No, I still have something to do at home."
"Huh? It's already autumn. What else do you have to do?"
Having said this, Zhang Yang turned his back to him and said melancholy: "My wife asked me to practice calligraphy."
Cheng Chu smiled innocently, gave up and walked back to his wine shop.
Even though he was wearing a bamboo hat, his clothes were already soaked. Zhang Yang walked home, took off the bamboo hat and said, "Everything has been explained."
Li Yue stepped forward, reached out and pinched her husband's clothes, and sighed: "Prepare hot water, let's wash it off."
"Um."
After taking a bath at home, Zhang Yang changed into clean clothes and sat under the eaves.
Li Yue filled a bowl of porridge and said in a low voice: "My husband has been busy with these things all day long. He doesn't even have time to eat quietly. This porridge has been cooked for a long time and is mushy."
"It's still quite fragrant. It must be cooked with the leftover rice at home."
"Well, I only have this rice left at home. I can't eat it until the rice in the village is harvested after this autumn."
As Li Yue spoke, she looked at her husband who was devouring the food.
After the meal, Zhang Yang came to the study to prepare for writing.
Li Yue helped grind the ink and said: "Writing can make people calm."
"It's finished. How do you write the word "天"?"
Hearing this, she frowned and said, "Talking to my husband about this is like a cow chewing peonies. Do you know why my husband feels that things are not going well lately and he is being targeted by the court everywhere?"
Seeing his wife talking and hanging up the copybook she had written, Zhang Yang took a sip of tea and said, "Bad luck?"
Li Yue shook her head and said: "My husband is in the middle of the situation and doesn't realize it. Could it be that he doesn't notice it? I have become more and more eager for quick success recently."
"Have it?"
Zhang Yang still looked confused.
Li Yue sighed: "This family still depends on the mistress."
"I think the writing is pretty good." Zhang Yang looked at his handwriting and admired it.
"Husband, please calm down." Li Yue said, picked up the cup on the side and said: "Practice for an hour, and you can't drink tea."
After that, she took the teacup and strode out of the study.
Seeing this, Zhang Yang took a deep breath, tried to calm down his emotions, tried to clear his mind, and started writing.
First, I took a look at Li Yue's handwriting. Her regular script is very beautiful and has some of her own style. Juanxiu's handwriting is a bit sharp in the traces.
Her handwriting is not considered a famous calligraphy, but her calligraphy is somewhat in the style of a famous calligrapher.
Zhang Yang then erased her handwriting from his mind, looked for his own handwriting, moved his arms and started writing.
The handwriting was a bit sloppy. Zhang Yang took a closer look and felt dissatisfied.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! There was laughter from the window, and my daughter was riding on the back of a bear, playing with the bear and clapping her hands.
Looking again, he noticed his wife's glare, so Zhang Yang had to regain his composure and continue practicing calligraphy.
"Husband, practicing calligraphy is second. The most important thing is to train your mind. People who are almost thirty are still so eager for quick success."
Hearing his wife's scolding, Zhang Yang once again wanted to put down his writing and go out to use his family methods on her.
When I opened the study door, I found it was locked.
After giving up, I had to sit down again and write one word after another out of boredom.
As he was writing, he felt a chill again, and Zhang Yang sneezed loudly.
After a long time, the door of the study room was opened, and Li Yue came over with the scroll in her arms. She glanced at the handwriting and frowned, "Looking at my husband's handwriting, my thoughts are still very confused."
"Yeah?"
"Yes, I can see that." Li Yue placed a volume of books on the desk and nodded heavily.
"Rest first and practice again tomorrow."
The next day, after being caught in the rain yesterday and practicing calligraphy again, Zhang Yang found that he had caught a cold. He sat under the eaves with his coat wrapped around him, blowing his nose.
Next to me are the words of my daughter-in-law to her daughter.
"Your father is too busy these days, so he catches a cold." Li Yue put her coat on and talked.
"It's time for daddy to take a rest."
Li Yue looked at her and let her daughter go, and then said: "My daughter has said so. Don't do anything these days. Take good care of your body. Even if the family loses money again, it won't be a loss."
"Yeah?"
Seeing that her husband was puzzled, Li Yue said again: "Well, Xiaohui and the others have calculated that we will lose a few dozen guan at most a year, and since more cotton is produced this year, we will probably be able to make some profit this year."
Zhang Yang looked away, feeling his throat itchy and wanting to cough, so he poured hot water into his mouth again.
The son staggered over and wanted to hug him. Zhang Yang picked him up and threw him to Xiong Da.
Xiong Da took one look at it and had no choice but to pick up the child and put the little doll into his arms.
One person and one bear just sat under the eaves, silent, and it was still raining continuously between heaven and earth.
Zhang Yang sneezed again and whispered: "Why have you grown so big?"
The bear opened his mouth wide, but also sat silently.
Zhang Yang found that the height of the small bench he was sitting on was not as high as the bear squatting on the ground.
Zhang Yang reached out and patted it, feeling the thick feel, and said again: "You have been exhausted from farming recently."
Xiong Da hooked his paws on Xin An's back collar, so that the naughty kid could only stay in place no matter how he crawled.
A cold autumn wind blew by, Zhang Yang tightened his clothes again, picked up the small kettle on the stove nearby, and poured some tea.
When the warm tea entered my throat, I felt more comfortable.
After a while, his wife, Xiaohui, Xiaowu, and Li Lizhi walked past him. They were going to teach their younger siblings.
Zhang Yang hugged the teapot and gradually fell asleep, chanting: "Young people don't know the feeling of sadness. They fall in love with the upper floors. They fall in love with the upper floors. In order to compose new words, they forcefully express their sorrow."
The tone of the lazy voice was very long, and he could only hear it said very expressively: "Now that I have experienced all the sorrow, I want to say it, but I don't want to say it, I want to say it, but I don't want it..."
After a pause, he added: "But it's been a cool autumn."
After saying this, the sound of children reading came from the library. Zhang Yang took the bench under him and fell asleep with his back against Xiong Da.
Li Lizhi stood in front of the library, secretly noted in her mind, and whispered: "It's a cool autumn day, eh! A very good sentence."
Xu Hui whispered: "Master's brilliant literary talent is never revealed to others."
Xiao Wu said helplessly: "Teacher often says that Master is not so talented in literature, but he just borrows other people's poems."
Xu Hui said again: "Master often says this, who can express it like this?"
Li Lizhi sighed.
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In Chang'an City, Li Shimin looked through the memorials from various places in Jiannan Road and said solemnly: "Nanzhao's soldiers and horses have annexed the surrounding two Zhaos and become the most powerful force in the south?"
Yuchi Gong replied: "The general did not expect that the war would end so quickly. I think the unification of Nanzhao is not far away."
"A group of soldiers and horses set out from Lingnan, conquered a large area of land in Nanzhao, made the old Nanzhao king abdicate, and even won the hearts of the people in Nanzhao?"
Li Shimin muttered to himself and smiled coldly: "It's really interesting. Where did that person come from?"
Yuchi Gong handed over another memorial and whispered: "Your Majesty, this person took Yangbi, Binchuan, and Dengchuan in only two months."
Li Shimin put his weight on the backrest behind him, rubbed the bridge of his nose with one hand, closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Then what is the Nanzhao envoy doing?"
Cen Wenwen, who was standing aside, replied: "Your Majesty, Nanzhao's envoy Duluo has followed the instructions of the Marquis of Lishan County and is now studying at Sifangguan. He is the most diligent among the envoys from other countries. The Prime Minister has also adopted the wishes of the Marquis of Lishan County.
, we must establish our moral character and reputation in Sifangguan, and make all foreign students studying in Sifangguan loyal to the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin kept nodding, "Where's Zhang Yang?"
It was the prince's turn to answer. He bowed beside his majesty and said, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Lishan County has caught wind and cold and is recovering from illness."
"recuperate?"
Li Shimin murmured to himself, sometimes thinking that he was over forty, how could he have time to recuperate? This man was really pampered in Lishan. What did he want to live long?
After thinking for a long time, Li Shimin kept shaking his head. He should have been hanged at Chengtianmen.
Now it seems that I missed the opportunity and regretted it.
Slowly putting down the memorial in his hand, he added: "Then let's talk about the origins of Nanzhao's troops. Tell it in detail."
"Here."
Yu Chigong replied: "The official documents between the various states in Lingnan revealed that there was indeed a ranger who had attracted many ruffians and strongmen. This group of people looked like bandits, but they were not capable of banditry..."
Li Shimin listened patiently as Yuchi Gong slowly explained the reason for his visit.
"I just know that the ranger has weird weapons. From the first few dozen people who arrived in Lingnan, he gathered hundreds of idle people. After entering the territory of Nanzhao, he conquered several villages. After arriving at a village, he never killed anyone indiscriminately.
The general thought that their goal from the beginning was to capture Nanzhao."
Li Shimin nodded to continue.
"Judging from the various reports recorded in Lingnan, after they captured the city, they began to gather their troops and let the local strong men go to take down Nanzhao. I just don't know what methods they used to recruit people."
Cen Wenwen whispered: "Your Majesty, the government has sent many people to find out the news."
After that, he added: "This matter has not gone through the Ministry of Rites."
Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded, "Well, Jingde is going to prepare the baggage for people from the Hexi Corridor to transport it to the Anxi Protectorate."
"Here."
The power of the Tang Dynasty made the Hexi Corridor more and more prosperous. The powerful army was the most solid support, allowing more people to trade with each other here with peace of mind.
Di Zhisun did not allow these officers and soldiers to enter Jiayuguan City. If there were a large army in the westernmost part of the Hexi Corridor, foreigners would be wary.
Except for teams transporting baggage, no soldiers can enter Jiayuguan together.
Today, a batch of baggage was sent to the Anxi Protectorate. It was a cartload of grain and grass. The long grain transport team was very spectacular.
These are all grains, and the Tang Dynasty had so much grain that it was impossible to eat them all.
These grains look so dazzling that it is difficult to look directly at them.
The land in the Western Region is barren, and nowhere have we seen so much food.