Li Siye is still arranging the preparations before the trip. Eggs cannot be put in one basket, and his sister cannot be entrusted to one person to take care of. Zhang Xiaojing is reliable enough, but his profession is dangerous. While the bad handsome man is responsible for the security of Wannian County,
He also had to face threats to his life. If one day he provoked some evil force and got himself trapped, Mei'er would have no one to take care of him. So he arranged for Mei'er's teacher Gao Shi to take care of Li Mei'er.
In addition to her studies, she also takes care of her life a little bit.
This was double insurance, but it was not enough. He also made a special trip to find Wen Wuji's daughter, Wen Ran, and asked her to visit Mei'er every once in a while. The psychological problems girls encountered while growing up,
A grown man can't understand, so Li Siye can rest assured that Wenran is by his side to supervise her growth.
One is a martial artist, one is a scholar, and the other is a daughter. She arranges three sets of teams for her sister to take care of her growth. The influence of the three people blends and complements each other. Only in this way can the child who grows up in this environment be considered perfect and healthy.
This is still not reassuring enough. He has secretly vowed to go to Anxi and grow up within a year. At least by this time the year after next, he can be promoted to a school captain or a lieutenant general, and he will be qualified enough to buy a house in Anxi.
Industry, so that we can safely take her over.
My brother is still too cruel.
He set up a target in the yard and painted circles on it with cinnabar. It was almost thirty steps from the steps of the main hall to the target. The Tang Army standard individual crossbow he purchased from the Yin market had an effective killing range of
At about fifty steps. He did not have high requirements for himself. As long as he could shoot the enemy within thirty steps, he would be considered a small success.
Zhang Xiaojing is an expert in using crossbows. He comes to teach him when he has free time. He also constantly adjusts the crossbow according to Li Siye's personal habits. In five or six days, there won't be much progress, but shooting skills require a lot of effort.
time to practice.
Since shooting skills cannot be mastered quickly, adjustments can be made in other aspects, such as adding a crosshair and other sights above the crossbow. Li Siye directly did it in one step, hollowing out a bamboo tube and using two pipa strings on the mouth of the bamboo tube.
They were staggered into a cross, and then fixed on the crossbow with tenons. The front sight was constantly adjusted, and they continued to explore and improve during shooting. Finally, the target was determined to the front sight, and then the bamboo tube cross was aimed at three points and one line and hit the target.
The improved crossbow is indeed much more accurate, but it can only guarantee accuracy within 30 steps without wind. Beyond 30 steps, the parabola of the crossbow cannot be judged.
While Zhang Xiaojing admired his ingenuity, he also thought it was just useless.
Li Siye didn't think so. He felt that he was in a hurry. If he was given some time, he would be able to make a telescope, so why bother with a parabola?
Under the guidance of this thought of being prepared, the items in Li Siye's backpack increased day by day, including sewing needles, silk threads, and oil-paper umbrellas used to collect rainwater. Due to various considerations after the injury, there were three small bottles of external medicinal powder used only to disinfect and apply wounds.
Not only that, he also bought various clay pots and several liters of wine at home, and used distillation to extract the alcohol.
The day before his departure, Prince Li Ying paid a sudden visit, which surprised Li Siye. He originally thought that there would be nothing more to do after he left, but he didn't expect that he would come to see him off in person.
To be honest, Li Ying is indeed a good person. Under his rule, officials in the East Palace do not feel the pressure of the workplace, but such a person cannot be a good leader after all.
He specially brought a horse from the stables of the East Palace. The horse had a full set of saddles, stirrups, bridles, reins, long whips, and a long weapon wrapped in linen.
Li Ying stood in Li Siye's yard, smelling a strong smell of alcohol, and frowned slightly, looking sad.
Li Siye still couldn't let go of Gu and the East Palace. After only leaving for a few days, he started drinking to drown his sorrows. But there is no such thing as a banquet in the world, so I had no other choice. I could only recruit Siye back when I come to the world in the future.
Promise a heavy responsibility.
"Farewell is the normal state of life. There is no need to be sad, Si Ye. We will meet again one day." Li Ying patted him on the shoulder and said sincerely.
Li Siye didn't care about his sadness. It took a lot of time just to prepare the items for the long journey. Since the prince said so, he had to pretend to sigh, otherwise he would appear too ruthless?
"This horse comes from Anxi. I bought it from a Hu merchant from the Western Regions. I will give it to you so that you can take it back to your hometown and prevent it from dying in Chang'an."
Li Ying took off the long weapon wrapped in cloth from the horse, shook the rope buckle with a light hand, and the three-foot blade was exposed, with a cold light flashing. This double-edged blade with a diamond-shaped cross-section gave people a deterrent effect.
It is a long and warm pole that feels very comfortable to the touch.
"This can be regarded as a farewell gift from Cao Jue, the leader of You Nei Zheng. They all said that you like this Mo Dao. When I first became the crown prince, I liked to collect all kinds of weapons, so I put this object in Bing Cao's treasury. It
Different from other Mo Dao, the long handle is strictly made using the method of making a pole, and the sword is tough and durable. Hold it and regard it as the foundation of your life."
Li Siye never expected that this weapon would come to him in this way. What else could he say? Did he have to say "This is the weapon of my destiny"?
Li Ying's move did make him a little touched, and he felt a little sorry for leaving him at this juncture.
After he bowed and crossed his hands in thanks, he said to him in a low voice: "Your Highness, please come to the inner hall to have tea. Siye has two important pieces of advice to tell you."
Li Ying understood in his heart and ordered several Qianniu followers to wait in the courtyard. He and Li Siye entered the hall together, and they knelt down in front of the banzu table.
Li Meier knelt down and sat on the mat, which was filled with utensils to make tea. The tea in the tea pot had already boiled, and he was about to save it from boiling for the third time.
After waiting for a while, Li Meier served the fragrant tea. After Li Ying tasted it, she felt that the fragrance lingered in her mouth and she felt refreshed.
Li Siye sat upright, put his hands on his knees and straightened his back and asked: "Has your Highness ever heard that before you think about victory, think about defeat first?"
Li Ying thought for a moment and said, "This statement seems to come from Sun Tzu's Art of War?"
"I have my own understanding of this statement. My master once taught me that before doing something, I must first estimate the worst possible consequences of the matter, and then ask myself, can I bear it?
If you can bear the worst consequences, then do it; if you can't bear it, then don't do it."
"You are the prince. Even if you do nothing, you will get better results than if you make mistakes."
Li Siye didn't need to continue talking. The prince was smart enough to understand the meaning.
What is novel to Li Ying is that this unique way of thinking about problems has never been seen in the books he has read in the past.
But after careful consideration, this rule can be applied to almost anything. Even if he can rule the world in the future and face his inner desires and impatience, asking himself this sentence can still save the situation.
The truth of this sentence is very simple, but there are still many people who cannot do it, especially those entrepreneurs who are good at taking risks. They once stood at the top of the pyramid and enjoyed great glory, but in an instant they fell from the altar and went to jail.
"Once you have been taught, one sentence of inheritance is better than ten years of studying alone."