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 lush, 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 pretty, 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. Zhang Wenguan ran over and stayed away. 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. If you fall in the middle of the road, you are 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 sets... I'm already dead.
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, it’s better not to have those mahjong, poker, and Three Kingdoms games come out... Li Shan sighed: "Everything in life is always about love, and the elegant ones are all in trouble. It's not that I am afraid of difficulties and I don't want to do anything, because I think he is too clear-cut between 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."
"It's time for you to go back to Huating County." Li Shan said coldly: "Take out the poems 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 that he will not take the exam to be a scholar or a Jinshi, but only take the Ming Jing subject."
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 over the Eastern Turks may not 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 children 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, there were rumors that the King of Handan could not write unless he was a masterpiece. groan.
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, and Fang Yizhi, and even Lu Chengji is the same... Among the most powerful and aristocratic families in the world, Fan Yang Mr. Lu is the best at reciting poems. ….
Li Shan has thought about avoiding the Lu family in the future... don't leave a psychological shadow on the young version of Lu Zhaolin, and by the way, there is also King Luo Bin, who is also one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty.
Should I, the crowned Prince of Handan, be asked to sing "Goose, goose, goose, singing to the sky, white hair floating on the green water, anthurium stirring the clear waves"?
Therefore, although Li Shan no longer chants hao) poems (xi) very much, Zhang Wenguan, who is preparing to enter the officialdom from the imperial examination, is determined to pass the economics 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 adults have just been established
in the 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 actually 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 not expensive, so 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. Hou Chen brought a thousand pieces of soap to Jingzhao Mansion for a trial sale some time ago, 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 go wrong, you can still go to Liyuan County to look for trouble with Chang Da.
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 is considered peaceful.
As for the grievances Chang Da suffered, it was just a trivial matter.
Nowadays, 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. Run.
As for Pei Xuanji, who serves as the recorder and military officer... his relationship with Li Shan is 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 of 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 it was certain to suppress it. 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 a hundred 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 farmers to fertilize... So far, the effect is very good, but too much fertilizer will burn the crops. Li Shan has to come here every day to feel relieved.
"Not bad." Li Shan nodded with satisfaction and pointed at a stout middle-aged man, "I want you to recuperate. What are you doing 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 King Huaiyang to send 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.
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The wind is blowing slowly
