The steam locomotive was broken into pieces all over the ground. People near the official road looked over. Because there were officers and soldiers there, they did not dare to get too close and could only watch from a distance.
Pei Xingjian asked the clerk on the side to take notes, and then said: "The creation of Lishan is really miraculous."
Li Tai said with regret: "It still failed and made Chang'an Ling laugh."
Pei Xingjian nodded and said, "What a joke. If there are such rare things that I want to use in the future, I hope I can inform someone in advance."
"That's what the Chang'an Order said."
Li Tai saluted again and asked people to pack up and leave.
This time the steam engine traveled ten miles, which was better than expected, but the load inside the furnace was still a problem.
Otherwise, the steam engine furnace will face the risk of exploding at any time when it is overloaded.
Li Tai was thinking about taking people back to Lishan.
Pei Xingjian asked the passers-by to disperse and take notes.
Niu Jinda's son, Niu Chao, had only been working in Jingzhao Mansion for half a year. He had been appointed Shaoyin as soon as he arrived in Jingzhao Mansion.
"Did King Wei just leave like this?" Niu Chao asked curiously.
"Well, what else do you want to ask?"
It is said that Pei Xingjian worshiped Lishan. It was rumored that Pei Xingjian was a disciple of Lishan. This young man could rule the Western Regions, level the Tianshan Mountains, and conquer Persia.
Later they found out that he was a disciple of Lishan, and everyone suddenly figured out that only Lishan could teach such an outstanding person.
Niu Chao was full of questions and didn't know where to start.
Only Pei Xingjian himself knew that he had never truly visited the gate of Lishan Mountain and had only met the Marquis of Lishan County once.
Pei Xingjian didn't think there was anything bad about him entering Chang'an with such a high profile. On the contrary, it had many benefits for him to gain a foothold in the officialdom.
After taking out the memorial from the official office of Jingzhao Mansion, he straightened his official uniform and left for Zhuque Gate.
Pei Xingjian was only fourteen years old when he first entered Chang'an City, and now he is eighteen years old.
Wearing an official uniform, he looked like a high-spirited scholar.
After entering the Zhuque Gate, the officers and soldiers here did not dare to regard this person as an ordinary scholar.
This young man fought many victorious battles in Persia.
After returning to Chang'an City, he served as the Chang'an Order and killed a big cannibal without saying a few words. This young man was appointed as the Chang'an Order Commander-in-Chief of the twelve counties surrounding Chang'an City. No one dared to offend him and no one dared to provoke him.
When Pei Xingjian walked to his door, a clerk came hurriedly, "I wonder if the Chang'an order is here to submit a memorial?"
"Yeah." He handed over the memorial.
Su Dingfang had just come out of the door. When he saw the visitor, he smiled and said, "It turns out to be Pei Duhu."
Pei Xingjian gave the memorial in his hand to the clerk and warned: "This is a record of Lishan's journey today."
"Here."
After the minor official left, Pei Xingjian replied: "I am now the commander of Chang'an and serve in Jingzhao Mansion."
Su Dingfang looked Pei Xingjian up and down, and felt that this young man was very good, so he asked, "Do you have any free time?"
"I will have plenty of free time after returning to Chang'an City."
Su Dingfang stroked his beard and smiled, "Looking for a wine shop to have a drink?"
Pei Xingjian nodded, "Here."
Su Dingfang is now General Zuo Xiaowei and the right-hand man of General Yuchi Gong. In terms of military merit, Su Dingfang followed General Li Jing to capture Jieli Khan. After his meritorious service, he became Zuo Wuwei's Zhonglang General.
He also put down the Tubo rebellion and has been serving as a general in Zuo Xiaowei, a third-grade official.
Pei Xingjian followed up and asked, "Does General Su also often submit memorials?"
Su Dingfang smiled and said: "Resign."
"Resign?" Pei Xingjian looked at Su Dingfang again, looked him up and down and said, "General Su is in his prime."
Su Dingfang sighed: "I resigned when I had nothing to do. I resigned more than ten times this year."
"Yes...really?"
"I don't know if His Majesty will agree."
It was a bit hot today. Pei Xingjian wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Resigning from office so many times in a year?"
Su Dingfang smiled and explained calmly: "There are too many people in the government who want to resign. We are used to resigning after making meritorious services."
"ah……"
Pei Xingjian was silent.
I think this court is quite interesting, everyone is a sweetheart.
Unexpectedly, there is still a trend of resignation in the court.
Su Dingfang walked along and said again: "Look at how many times Zhao Guogong has resigned. A few days ago, he even wanted to resign from the post of Zhongshu Ling."
"Yeah?"
"Yes."
"I understand."
The two of them walked into a tavern, ordered some food, and ate while they were there.
At this time, Pei Xingjian asked cautiously with the mentality of learning from experience: "General Su has resigned so many times, and your Majesty is not angry?"
"That's not true."
Pei Xingjian sighed: "Your Majesty is so kind."
After saying that, Su Dingfang bowed towards Chang'an City.
Seeing this, Pei Xingjian also bowed.
After the food and wine were served, the two of them ate happily. They heard some people talking about what happened outside the city today. It was indeed Lishan. In the past, Lishan only made firearms, but now they have started to make monsters that spit out black smoke.
The eye-opening incident left endless aftertaste. Not many people saw it at that time, but many people discussed it in Chang'an City.
"Are you a disciple of Lishan?"
Pei Xingjian nodded, "Outer disciples are taught by the Marquis of Lishan County, but the Marquis of Lishan County has never said that I am a disciple."
Su Dingfang nodded and said: "It turns out to be a fake."
"What is false can also be true."
"That's right, Zhang Yang doesn't care about such things."
Pei Xingjian added: "If anyone wants to make profits by using Lishan's name, I will never let them go."
Su Dingfang took a sip of wine and frowned: "Did Zhang Yang arrange your trip to the Western Regions?"
"Exactly."
"The same goes for you going to Persia..."
"Yes, it's all arranged by the county prince."
Su Dingfang nodded clearly, "I also received guidance from Li Shan back then. Zhang Yang is a very weird person."
"I heard that General Su fell out with the county prince after he put down the Tubo rebellion?"
Su Dingfang waved his hand and said, "Those are all rumors from outside."
Pei Xingjian nodded in understanding.
The young general and the middle-aged general sat together and chatted happily. Several officers and soldiers passing by took a second look at them.
Su Dingfang asked again: "You said you don't serve in the army, why did you go to Jingzhao Mansion?"
Pei Xingjian put down the chopsticks in his hands and whispered: "It's your Majesty's wish, and it's also the county prince's wish."
"Most likely, His Majesty has discussed your future with the county prince."
Pei Xingjian suddenly understood. He smiled with relief and saluted again: "Thank you, General Su, for your advice. I'll take a lesson from you."
Su Dingfang added: "If you think about it carefully, Lishan has been building roads recently, and has also cooperated with several villages and counties around Chang'an City. Jingzhao Prefecture has always been the official government office of the twelve counties of Chang'an, including Lantian, Gaoling, Jingyang, and Longshouyuan.
Since all the other places are under your jurisdiction, Lishan will probably have to rely more on you to handle affairs in the future."
Pei Xingjian understood the relationship immediately and whispered: "Since I returned to Chang'an next time, I have never seen the Marquis of Lishan County, let alone exchanged letters."
"Of course I won't have any correspondence with you."
"General Su means..."
Su Dingfang lowered his voice and said, "Everything I can think of can be thought of by others. You should be careful and cautious when doing things in the future to avoid being caught."
"But Your Majesty clearly knows that the County Marquis intends to arrange it, why do you still put your subordinates in such an important position?"
Su Dingfang nodded and said: "The relationship between your Majesty and the county princes is very complicated. The county princes are determined to build Guanzhong and make Guanzhong prosperous and strong. Don't you think so? Your Majesty just wants to borrow the hands of the county princes to build the twelve counties of Chang'an City."
"It doesn't matter whether you are in the position of Chang'an Order or not. What matters is how much convenience you can give Lishan and how much benefit your Majesty can get."
Pei Xingjian wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's really hot today."
After finishing his meal, Su Dingfang stood up and patted his shoulder, "If you have anything you don't understand in the future, you can come to me. You are a general, so don't be delayed by civil servants."
After General Su finished speaking, he left. Pei Xingjian realized that he had not paid for the food and wine, so he took out the money and settled the bill with the boy.
"I am a general and I should not be delayed by civil servants." Pei Xingjian thought to himself.
After Brother Xue and his wife returned to Chang'an City, they have been leaving late and returning early.
Now that Brother Xue's wife, Mrs. Liu, was pregnant, Pei Xingjian didn't want to disturb others, so he walked to Qianniu Guard.
Qian Niuwei's Wei Mansion is not big. It is said that there are more than 5,000 people, but in fact, there are only more than a hundred people staying in the Wei Mansion.
Pei Xingjian explained his identity to the guard in front of the door, and he was let through.
At a glance, he saw Wang Xuance under the eaves.
This guy was still acting out of tune, and now he was holding a volume of Liaozhai and reading it.
"Is this the Liaozhai in Lishan?"
After hearing the question, Wang Xuance spoke up and said: "Pei Duhu."
"I am no longer Pei Duhu."
"This chat room is very interesting. You can take it and have a look."
Pei Xingjian took the scroll and sat down without much energy. "When I was in Persia, I knew what to do and how to do it. But when I returned to Chang'an City, I didn't know what to do?"
Wang Xuance shook his head and said: "A certain family is different. I don't want to go to the west to eat sand anymore. Isn't this Chang'an City bad?"
Everyone has suffered together in Persia for so many years, and they all know their own temperaments.
Wang Xuance was such a person. Pei Xingjian knew that this guy was more talented than himself. If this guy made more progress, he might be ranked in Lingyan Pavilion.
Now Wang Xuance just wants to live quietly in Chang'an City.
No matter how lazy he behaves, Pei Xingjian doesn't dare to look down on him. People like him just don't work hard.
As long as you work hard, even yourself will fall behind.
He is obviously a one-of-a-kind genius.
Pei Xingjian asked: "Brother Wang, haven't you ever thought about getting married and having children?"
Wang Xuance frowned and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."
"I have considered it."
"When I was fighting in Tianzhu, I found a man who said he lived to be two hundred years old."
"really?"
"Later a certain family killed him." Wang Xuance said this matter with a calm expression.
"Why?"
"The evil talk deceives the public."
This court is not like what is written in the history books. There are many strange people in this court. Today I met General Su Dingfang and learned that it is common for officials in the court to resign.
Pei Xingjian initially wondered if it was because of Huang Lao's studies.
When I thought about it again, I felt something was wrong. Tian Khan didn't like Huang Lao's learning.
There were many talented people in the Tang Dynasty. Even people like the Marquis of Lishan County wanted to retire early. It seemed that everyone was waiting for the day when the horse would be released to Nanshan.
The court of the Tang Dynasty did not become involuntarily involuntarily. Since the emperor sent troops to conquer the west, the Tang Dynasty became more and more martial.
After the fall of the aristocratic family, more and more literati also joined the imperial examination.
On the one hand, we want to expand, and on the other hand, we work hard to support education.
Under the diligent administration of Tian Khan, the court was not so involved. Everyone rested when they could, unless the decree came down to let someone do a big thing.
This is also due to the fact that there were too many talented people in the Tang Dynasty. Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Cen Wenwen and others had outstanding abilities.
The people below can't compete at all.
Pei Xingjian actually felt aggrieved by Wang Xuance, but he was very satisfied with his majesty's arrangements.
This kind of talent only wants to live in peace and quiet for a long time. God is blind.
God is indeed blind. For example, the Marquis of Lishan County can obviously be a very popular minister. As long as he dedicates everything to the Khan of Heaven and is ranked in Lingyan Pavilion, it is no problem to become the Duke of the country.
But now on Lishan Mountain, Zhang Yang was observing a few stones with a magnifying glass.
"Dad, what are you looking at these rocks for?"
"This is an ore, an unusual stone."
"What's so special about stones?"
Zhang Yang picked up a piece and explained: "When Jiayuguan was first built, Di Zhisun discovered a very hard ore in the Yema River area of the Qilian Mountains."
"This is called tungsten ore. It is extremely difficult to mine this material. It is occasionally available in the open air. This material is used to make tungsten steel. Tungsten steel is the best for calcining and casting knives. It is a steel material that cannot be matched by the Tang Dynasty's horizontal knives today.
"
Xiao Qingqing didn't understand these principles. She just thought this thing was very powerful, so she wrote it down in her mind.
Zhang Yang put down the magnifying glass in his hand and added: "It is very difficult to forge tungsten steel. If it can be burned out, I can use it to make a blade and install it on the lathe."
Seeing his father's frown, Xiao Qingqing asked: "Then burn it and cast it."
"Now the productivity of the Lishan Iron Works is placed on the railway. We cannot delay the progress of the entire fortification project just because of me. Besides, our furnace may not necessarily have the conditions to cast it."
"Oh." Xiao Qingqing responded.
"Dad!" Xiao An came riding on Xiong Er. He spoke a little slurred, "Aunt Dongyang is crying."
Zhang Yang said in a deep voice: "What's wrong?"
Xin An shook her head in confusion, and looked back to see that Aunt Li Zhi had already arrived with someone.
Dongyang wiped his tears and didn't say anything when he came to the scene.
Li Lizhi whispered: "Dongyang wrote an article on dialectics to demonstrate the relationship between the concept of matter and natural science. As soon as the article came out of Lishan, it was sent to the Imperial College. After the students of Chongdefang learned about it, they were criticized verbally and written by those literati.
"
Dongyang nodded and said: "Brother-in-law is right, materialistic nature is the true meaning, but they said..."
As she spoke, she sobbed again.
Lishan's theory has always been full of criticism, but Lishan has never cared about it, and the truth will only become clearer with more arguments.
Zhang Yang whispered: "Dongyang, you are the most proud disciple of our Lishan Mountain. Among the younger brothers and sisters, your understanding ability is the best."
Dongyang then put away his crying face and had an innocent smile again after receiving encouragement.
It's not easy to be a royal brother-in-law. Having younger brothers and sisters in such a big family brings a lot of troubles.
Zhang Yang walked to the study, wrote a letter, and asked his aunt to give it to Cheng Chumo.