Daochang Zhao felt guilty and could only follow Li Siye's words and said: "Yes, it's too casual."
They came to the door of an empty monastery behind the alchemy room. Zhao Zheng raised a palm with one hand, put a fly whisk on his sleeve, lowered his head and recited silently: "Infinite Heavenly Lord, General, please take a look."
He pushed open the separate door of the monastery with a crash. Li Siye lowered his head and saw that the ground was covered with black iron balls, and the medicine twister was exposed outside. His hair suddenly stood up, and if there was any open flame falling on his body,
This monastery and the entire Thunder Temple will be destroyed in one fell swoop.
"It's too unstable to store it like this." Li Siye took back his foot.
"Please rest assured, general." Zhao Zhengyi said: "Pindao inspects this house three times a day, and no idlers are allowed to come near. Sometimes he comes over with a light at night to have a look."
Are you still here with a light to look at?
His safety awareness was so weak that he had almost no idea. How could he not know the dangers of this thing? He was too careless.
He raised his head and glanced at the Taoist priest, shook his head and said: "Whether you call it palm thunder or thunder, it must not be stored like this. Even if you take strict precautions and do not bring open flames, it will easily become damp and ineffective if it is left on the floor for a long time."
"Listen to what I'm telling you and take note of it. First, make a box of uniform specifications, one foot high, two feet wide, and three feet long. The inside is spread with hay and quicklime to prevent moisture. After it is made, put all these mines in the box for me.
Seal it with nails or mortises. Secondly, build a yard behind the yard and build a separate room to serve as a warehouse. The warehouse is assigned a designated person to guard it strictly for 12 hours. The walls and exterior walls of the warehouse are uniformly painted with the words "No Open Fire".
warning sign. Finally, don’t make this mine for the time being. If you have plenty of time, just ask the blacksmith shop to find a way to cast some iron pipes or copper pipes to make me a musket."
"The musket, what is that?" Zhao Daochang asked.
"Of course it's less dangerous than thunder. I'll draw a picture for you when I get back, and you can try it out then."
After giving instructions to Taoist priest Zhao, he was about to leave again. Taoist priest Zhao hurriedly sent him respectfully outside the courtyard gate.
Li Siye took two steps and suddenly turned back, as if he had figured out something: "Since he only knows you are a Taoist priest, why would he give you the formula of Fierce Fire Thunder? Huh?"
Zhao Zheng was shocked and opened his mouth, unable to speak.
…
Winter in Shule came earlier than usual, the sky was still empty and lonely, and the vast pastures were full of herdsmen and soldiers harvesting grass. People bundled autumn grass into rolls and loaded them on oxcarts with forks. Not far away, a group of
Large vehicles drove towards the city.
Li Siye personally supervised the harvesting of military forage. Nearly 10 million kilograms of fodder were stored in the military forage yard in Shule Town. After counting the forage by the junior staff and the veteran military leaders, they believed that the forage harvested this year would not only satisfy the needs of the army.
If it is used by the army and horses, there will still be a surplus next year.
Li Siye repeatedly ordered them to do a good job in fire prevention and not to take their own heads seriously.
Seeing that November was coming, it was also put on the agenda to accompany Meng Lingcha, the Jiedu envoy, to Chang'an to express his merits. Every long journey in life may be an accident, and Li Siye took this sentence seriously.
A lot of news from Chang'an, the people and things that happened, all told Li Siye in a subtle way that Chang'an today is no longer the Chang'an of the past. He needs to be cautious in his words and deeds, and make decisions at all times.
Don't look at him as a fourth-grade military envoy, a loyal military general or a light-carrying captain. In the whirlpool of officialdom in Chang'an, he is just a big bug, a little better than an ant official. For this kind of grade distinction,
Li Siye weighed this in his heart. For an ant-level official, it would cost nothing for the superiors to get rid of you. At most, it would only be a matter of words, so he was called an ant.
If it's a big bug, he can crush you to death, which will not only stain his fingers, but also cause a bad odor and pollute the air. This is a little self-protection method that bug-level officials have. As long as this kind of official is impractical,
If you offend the powerful people in the capital, he will not touch you, because he will have to pay a slight price for dealing with you. Although the price is not huge, it is enough to make him feel sick for a while.
Li Siye thought that with his current ability to protect himself, he should be regarded as a bed bug, the kind that doesn't really stink.
Because he was going to Beijing, Twelve Niang prepared his luggage more than ten days in advance, including rotating clothes, Liuhe boots, court clothes and a few pieces of veil, as well as transportation expenses. Although Alang was not a romantic, he could not avoid socializing with friends.
If he went to a place like Pingkangfang and couldn't pay, he would be looked down upon and laughed at by his colleagues. So she specially sewed a money bag for him and hung it on his belt, and put four eight-liang coins and four four-taels coins in it.
The two taels of silver were worth a total of forty-eight guan. With today's prices, it was enough for him to spend a while in Chang'an City.
When Li Meier heard that her brother was going back to Chang'an, she also tried to go back with him because she had lived in Chang'an for several years and her memory of Chang'an was deeper than that of Li Siye. She missed the yard of the old house in Xinchangfang.
Sang Mu also misses her former mentor Gao Shi, her guardian Zhang Xiaojing for a while, and her sister Wen Ran who brought her enlightenment in Chang'an.
But Li Siye flatly rejected his sister's request. Firstly, it was inconvenient to travel long distances with women. Secondly, he had some premonitions, like a mysterious induction, that his personal trajectory would undergo some changes that would affect his destiny. Maybe he would
It may get better, or it may get worse. Even if you have a soul in the future, you still dare not say that you have complete control over your destiny.
Three days before departure, Li Siye entrusted the affairs of Shule and Khotan to Zhao Chongxun and Li Zan respectively. It is estimated that it would take four or five months to go back and forth. Sure enough, in the past, the traffic and horses were slow, and even the pace of life was
They are also relatively slow. No matter how efficient someone is, it is procrastination for him, and even he himself is falling into this process of procrastination.
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In a narrow adobe house in the south of the city, Dai Wang, the left brigade and right brigade of the third regiment of the Shule Army Cavalry Battalion, was lying on his back on the earth couch, looking up at the cracks on the roof of the mud. He was in a daze.
It took a long time until a voice came from outside Chaifei: "Is Dai Duizheng in the house?"
He turned over from the couch, touched the wooden stick on the ground, propped his right leg under his armpit and limped on tiptoe, pushed open the door and walked out, saying: "Come in! The broken door will open as soon as you push it.
"
When he came to the yard, he looked slightly surprised. There were three uninvited guests today.
One is his team deputy, Yan Laoan, who will soon take over as team leader, and the other two are his brigade commander and the third regiment captain.
Dai Wang was somewhat flattered. Since he was recruited to Qixi, he had never received such courtesy. He could have the brigade commander and the school captain come to visit him at the same time.
"Dai Dui, Brigadier Zhang and Captain Tian are here to see you."
He hurriedly stepped forward on crutches, and just as he was about to bow and cross his hands, Lieutenant Tian quickly stepped forward and helped him up and said: "Dai Liulang, this is not in the army. Why should you and I be so formal in our robes?"
"Captain, I didn't expect you to come. This room is too shabby... How about you two sit in the courtyard?"
"No problem." The two of them nodded. Seeing a few sandstone blocks for sitting on in the yard, they each lifted up their robes and sat on them.
Tian Xiaowei said regretfully: "Dai Liulang, as a cavalryman, you are the best in our army whether it is a horn bow or a foot bow. Although it is a pity that you have injured your tendon and can no longer go into battle to kill the enemy. But you can stay here."
You can serve as an instructor in the army, or you can work as a small official in charge of warehouses in the governor's mansion. Why do you have to abandon your brothers and go back to your hometown?"
Dai Wang lowered his head and said in a carefree but astringent tone: "Dai Wang knows his abilities. Teaching is a bit redundant. Being a warehouse official but not knowing how to settle accounts, it is better not to cause trouble for the governor's office and our general. Besides, I
Since I obeyed the conscription and joined the army in Anxi in the 23rd year of the lunar calendar, I have been fighting in the army for nine years. Half my life has passed, and I am a little tired. It is better to return to my hometown of Changsong County, Wuwei County while my arms and legs can still move.
Brother and sister-in-law, just buy a few acres of land and live a relaxed and peaceful life for a few days."