In mid-May in the Northland, the coldness of late spring has dispersed early. Although it is already summer, the scorching summer heat has not yet condensed, and the climate is pleasant.
The valley is shady and green, and occasionally birds chirp and fly through the air, brushing against the wild grass on the mountain, causing a patch of blue-white wildflowers to sway.
The scenery is quite beautiful, but Li Shan's face is not good-looking, and his frowning and thinking look makes Zhang Wenguan opposite him burst into laughter.
Two days ago, a batch of goods was delivered from Huating County, and Zhang Wenguan ran over and refused to leave. In name, he was learning arithmetic from Li Shan... Li Shan was recognized as a leader in Beijing in this regard, but in fact, Zhang Wenguan unexpectedly discovered
Li Shan is not omnipotent.
The old man Hou Chen went to Chang'an a few days ago. When he returned, he brought a set of chess equipment. Li Shan can also play chess... and he can also bully Hou Chen. Although this guy was born in the Sanshui Hou family, he has been in the family for a long time.
I have fallen behind in the Tao, and I am not good at these things either.
But Zhang Wenguan was good at it. After watching a game, he happily killed Li Shan. The latter was forced to play backgammon in desperation. As a result, he won the first game, barely won the second game, and now is the third game.
Three games... people are already dead or alive.
Throwing the chess piece back into the jar with a snap, Li Shan cursed a few times in a low voice, "It's unreasonable!"
Forget it, those mahjong, poker, Three Kingdoms and the like are better not to come out... Li Shan sighed: "Everything in life is always related to love, and elegant and elegant games are all about it. It's not that I am afraid of difficulties and I don't want to do anything, because I think he is too clear about black and white."
"You think he is too clear-eyed about black and white?" Zhang Wenguan laughed and said, "I just found out today that Brother Huairen doesn't understand everything at all."
"It's time for you to go back to Huating County." Li Shan said coldly: "Take out the poems you have written in the past few months and look at them..."
In fact, asking Li Shan to comment was completely embarrassing, but he knew that the other party was unwilling to show it... There was one time at the end of last year, and Li Shan did not comment, but only copied a song with a similar theme and sent it over.
Zhang Wenguan spread his hands and said: "Father has already replied to the letter. He will not take the exam to be a scholar or a Jinshi. He will only take the Mingjing Economics exam."
Li Shan's lips trembled. He remembered that before leaving Beijing, Li Zhaode also talked about abandoning the Jinshi examination and preparing to take the Ming Dynasty economics examination in a few years.
It has to be said that Li Shan's time travel has brought a series of changes to this era. It is difficult to say whether these changes are good or bad. For example, because of the stain of last year's World War I, Li Jing will probably no longer be worshiped by future generations...
The victory in destroying the Eastern Turks may not necessarily fall into his hands.
There are many similar changes, but there is one thing that Li Shan did not expect... It was not until the end of last year that he discovered it after Ling Jing reminded him and made a statistics.
In the sixth year of Wude and the seventh year of Wude, the number of new poems and essays appearing in Chang'an City in these two years dropped by 60% and 70% respectively compared with the previous years.
In other words, many descendants of aristocratic families and scribes and poets stopped writing because of Li Shan... On the one hand, they were frightened by the poems copied by Li Shan, and on the other hand, it was widely circulated that the Handan King was not famous for his masterpieces.
Yin.
Li Shan also complained endlessly. He didn't recite the masterpieces unless they were handed down from generation to generation. On the one hand, he didn't have much inventory, and on the other hand, he only remembered those masterpieces that were handed down from generation to generation.
In particular, the children of the aristocratic families around Li Shan have basically had no new works in recent years, not to mention people like Li Kai, Li Zhaode, Wang Renbiao, Fang Yizhi, and even Lu Chengji... Among the most powerful and aristocratic families in the world, Fan Yang is the only one
Mr. Lu is the best at reciting poems.
Li Shan has thought about hiding from the Lu family in the future... don't leave a psychological shadow on the young version of Lu Zhaolin. By the way, there is also King Luo Bin, who is also one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty. Don't make all the trouble.
Should I, the crowned Prince of Handan, be asked to chant "Goose, goose, song to the sky, white hair floats on the green water, and anthurium stirs the clear waves"?
Therefore, although Li Shan no longer chants (chao) poems (xi) very much, Zhang Wenguan, who is preparing to enter the imperial examination and become an official, is determined to pass the imperial examination.
Zhang Wenguan's original plan was to have the best subject in the Xiucai subject, followed by the Jinshi subject. Now the best is in the Mingjing subject, with the Mingshu subject as an alternative.
Ignoring Zhang Wenguan's strong request to play another game, Li Shan strolled out. Except for a few personal guards, no one could be seen in sight. Most of the two thousand people, young and strong, went to farm in the fields not far away.
Women and some young men were in the newly established workshop.
After more than two months of repeated experiments, Li Shancai came up with something that was roughly similar to later generations of soap. Its decontamination ability was incomparable to that of real soap, but it was much stronger than soap and plant ash.
The key is that the cost is very low. Firewood, lime, and water are all expensive. In other words, alkali and oil need to be purchased. Although the selling price is not high, the profit margin is not small.
Purchasing channels and sales channels have also been established. Some time ago, Hou Chen brought a thousand pieces of soap to Jingzhao Mansion for trial sale, but they were all sold out in half a day.
After going for a walk outside, Li Shan felt a little lazy. This period of time was the most relaxing time for him since he traveled to the early Tang Dynasty. He didn't need to think about so many trivial things, weigh the pros and cons, or play both sides. Whichever day he was in the mood
If things get bad, you can still go to Liyuan County to look for trouble with Changda.
Regarding this matter, Li Shan wrote to Princess Pingyang, and the reply mentioned that Li Yuan's evaluation of Li Shan was that he was quite peaceful.
Yes, as long as there are no more continuous wars, everything will be considered peaceful.
As for the grievances Chang Da suffered, it was just a trivial matter.
Today, Longzhou has finally settled down a little after more than two months of chaos. Chang Da, the general manager of Longzhou, has lost his authority and can no longer monopolize power. Several subordinate officers have been more or less divided.
Run.
As for Pei Xuanji, who was involved in recording affairs and serving in the military affairs... his relationship with Li Shan was getting closer and closer, well, at least in the former's view.
Pei Xuanji also specifically told Li Shan that he mentioned it frequently in letters home to his father Pei Shiju, and Li Shan was speechless... To be honest, Pei Xuanji and his father are really different. They can't be said to be pure, but they are relatively simple.
, I can’t say how capable I am in handling things, but at least I’m very fair.
Contrary to what Pei Shiju thought, Li Shan couldn't stand Pei Shiju himself, but he really didn't have any intention of killing them all. After all, it was the Wenxi Pei family, but if he suppressed it, it would be certain that within a few decades, the Western Household House would inevitably decline.
After chatting with Zhang Wenguan for a few words, Li Shan drove his horse out of the valley and drove all the way to the south. More than 100 acres of official land had been planted with various crops, and cotton had sprouted early and was growing luxuriantly.
Li Shan asked Zhu Ba and several farm boys to fertilize the crops... From the current point of view, the effect is very good, but too much fertilizer will burn the crops. Li Shan has to come here every day to feel at ease.
"Not bad." Li Shan nodded with satisfaction and pointed at a stout middle-aged man, "I want you to recuperate. Why are you here?"
The middle-aged man is Hou Hongbin, the eldest son of Hou Chen. He was imprisoned by Huai'an King Li Shentong late last year. It was not until Hou Chen met Li Shan in March that he was rescued.
For this matter, Li Shan invited Princess Pingyang and the King of Huaiyang to write letters. Li Shentong was quite polite and sent them over quickly, but declined Li Shan's thank you gift.
It is said that brothers Li Shentong and Li Shenfu had their parents die early when they were young, and the brothers depended on each other for life.