Changsun Wuji liked fried tea very much, and would brew a cup from time to time. He always had boiling water at home, and he was also used to burning the clay stove at home and boiling the water when he got home.
Drinking fried tea has become a habit. Every day after dinner, after busying with government affairs, I brew a bowl and drink three or two sips to refresh myself and relieve fatigue.
At least it's better than drinking.
Changsun Chong sat down slowly, "So Zhang Yang wants to be the Minister of Rites again, so the Prince of Hejian County..."
"It is naturally impossible for Li Xiaogong to go back like this, and Zhang Yang will not return to the Ministry of Rites so easily."
"It all depends on His Majesty's wishes?" Changsun Chong asked puzzledly.
Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "The court is no longer what it used to be, and your majesty is not what it was back then. He still has to face some hurdles if he wants to come back."
"I heard that many female members of wealthy families will come to the Autumn Hunt recently. It is said that it is because the prince will choose a concubine in the future. Many people also send gifts to the mansion, saying that they hope that father can bring their female members to the Autumn Hunt. , as long as you appear in front of His Majesty."
Changsun Wuji put down the tea bowl in his hand, "Send all the gifts back, and spread the word to the Changsun family that they will not accept such gifts."
Changsun Chong hesitated for a moment before speaking hesitantly, "But those people have always been good friends with our Changsun family, and some of them are old friends of my father's."
Changsun Wuji sighed solemnly, "Don't get involved in the prince's selection of concubines. Your Majesty and the Queen have their own plans. If the Crown Prince is involved, be careful."
Hearing his father's words of "eternal disaster" being serious, Changsun Chong finally realized that the prince was the crown prince.
The crown prince's marriage is related to the next queen.
Can your Majesty tolerate other people's thoughts on this matter today?
"Children, remember your father's words."
"Be cautious in what you do."
"My child understands."
A group of guardsmen and horses came out of Chang'an City and rode across the Weishui River. From a distance, this group of more than a thousand people looked like a brush, sweeping across the plain and kicking up a cloud of dust.
Cheng Chumo led people to the foot of Lishan Mountain, "Here comes someone."
Zhang Yang stood at the entrance of the village with his hands folded and hesitated to speak.
Li Tai waved his sleeves with a distressed look on his face, trying to wave away the disturbing dust, "Chu Mo, come as soon as you come. Why do you bring so many troops?"
Cheng Chumo patted the armor on his chest and said, "This time, I have been ordered to come to Lishan to inspect the hunting grounds and see what's different about me."
The big copper bell-like eyes were full of confidence. Zhang Yang put his hands in his hands and hesitated to speak.
Li Tai smiled and glanced at the team of thousands of people, "I also want to lead the troops and gallop like this. This is what a man should do."
Cheng Chumo grinned and said, "I will take people to inspect the hunting grounds right now."
Cheng Chumo is just here to play for a while.
Taking a deep breath of the late autumn air, which was still a little cold, Zhang Yang walked back to the village, "I thought a large group of soldiers and horses were coming towards the village. I thought they were trying to capture me."
Li Tai looked a little embarrassed and wanted to laugh but couldn't. "Have you committed anything? Why are we here to arrest you?"
Zhang Yang smiled and cupped his hands and said: "I thought I was helping His Highness the King of Wei draw up the outline of the land plan, but Emperor Qin found out about it, and then he took me into the palace and locked me up in a dark corner. He asked me to study all day long. knowledge."
Li Tai blinked in shock, "How can my father be as scary as you say?"
"His Royal Highness King Wei must understand very well."
Hearing Zhang Yang's whisper, Li Tai thought of his father putting Grandpa Huang under house arrest, eradicating dissidents, and eradicating Li Jiancheng and other old forces...
Li Tai shook his head vigorously. He was still ignorant and didn't know how terrible these things were before. Until later, no one dared to mention them anymore. They had all been forgotten at first, but now when he thinks about them, he can't help but feel a chill in his back.
"Today's father is still very kind."
Li Tai's words were decisive and could not be refuted.
Zhang Yang shook his head and murmured: "In order to seize the achievements of the Ministry of Rites, your father crossed the river and burned bridges. He kicked me out of the court but left behind my diplomatic strategy. When your father joined forces with Yinan Khan, we were barely brothers. Now, What will happen to Yi Nan Khan? Tian Khan is wise and powerful, so he probably doesn’t care if I say bad things about him behind his back."
After saying that, he handed over to Chang'an City, and Zhang Yang said helplessly: "I'm sorry to offend you."
Talking about his father's fault in front of the child is most likely to cause a blow to the child.
Especially at Li Tai's age.
Seeing that the little fat man looked like he was about to cry, Zhang Yang added: "Perhaps I am still a little resentful towards His Majesty, and I said some nonsense. Your Highness, King Wei, please don't mind."
Li Tai was still standing there, suddenly feeling that the air around him was so cold.
Li Yue cleaned the little bear's wounds while frowning and saying, "If I wasn't careful, it ran into the mountains, and now it's come back with injuries."
The little bear lay listlessly on the ground, and Li Yue used alcohol to clean its wounds.
The alcohol was poured on the wound, causing it to struggle twice in pain and then calm down again.
After raising it for so many years, it became more and more obedient.
There were injuries on his paws, back, and near his forehead, as if he had had a fight with some animal on the mountain.
Li Yue wrapped his paws with his own clean silk cloth. The wounds on the paws were particularly serious.
Is it not difficult for those two geese to satisfy it?
Zhang Yang looked at Lishan Mountain behind the village. Could it be that he had a new opponent in this mountain?
After being bandaged, the little bear regained his energy and wandered around the village.
The villagers all knew this bear and let it enter their homes, letting it take a piece of cake or some food without saying anything.
The little bear is becoming more and more unscrupulous. The whole village is his home and he can go wherever he wants.
After that, it lay down at Li Yue's feet and basked in the sun, still looking at Lishan.
Li Xiaogong, why are you discussing with Niu Chuang and Shangguan Yi?
Since Li Xiaogong stopped returning to Chang'an City, he had been idle all day and joined in the construction of the village.
A map was laid out in front of him, Shangguan Yi said tangledly: "There will be a lot of people then. Once the autumn hunting starts, a lot of people will flock to Lishan. Our commercial street is so small, there will be trouble."
The beginning of autumn hunting is indeed the busiest time in Lishan, and the people who come to autumn hunting are either dignitaries or relatives of the clan. These people also have the most spending power, and they are all rich people of the Tang Dynasty.
The commercial street is just to the north of the village, downstream of the Weishui River. Thirty acres of the extra 100 acres of land are used as a commercial street. Today, there are only one medical clinic and one selling furniture and flush toilets. Why should one family have to deal with it? Ding Liuguanshi Tavern, and a milk tea shop and cake shop that Li Tai moved to.
The commercial street is pitifully small.
Originally there was not enough land, and Datang's commercial development was not so prosperous.
Everything is still in its infancy.
The village and the commercial street are relatively independent, separated by ten acres of land, so even if the commercial street is busy, the village will remain quiet.
Because the Supreme Emperor is here, outsiders cannot enter the village at will without leaving the villagers here.
Li Xiaogong touched the stubble on his chin, "Based on my many years of experience in leading troops, as long as one scout team is deployed to the south and west of the commercial street, order here can be maintained. Once something happens, the scout team can also Rush for help from the flanks in time."
A security job was arranged by Li Xiaogong like a march to a war.
Shangguan Yi looked at the map and asked doubtfully: "Should we also arrange for people to be stationed in the street?"
Li Xiaogong said confidently: "More than ten people are enough."
After taking a look at the map, Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "Arrange an exit and an entrance at the entrance and end of the street. Enter in an orderly manner and leave in an orderly manner. It flows smoothly like a river. It is better to open up than to block it. Prince Hejian also thinks so. Bar."
As if suddenly enlightened, Li Xiaogong laughed loudly and said: "Sure enough, a hero emerges from a young man, just like me."
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "I'm ashamed."
Li Tai scratched his head when he heard this. Zhang Yang looked like someone who was trying his best to give away benefits. He made Li Xiaogong feel a little complacent. The more he looked at him, the more he looked like a philistine. Instead, he looked like he was succeeding in his evil plan. Not to mention how much he felt in his heart. Not happy anymore.
Li Tai chewed a sausage fiercely.
Looking at my own territory, I feel quite comfortable, especially when I look at my own territory with my wife, but this fiefdom is a bit smaller.
It would be nice if it could be bigger in the future.
Li Yue glanced at the two old carving craftsmen who now lived in the village. According to their progress of carving about a hundred characters a day, it would take at least another month to carve out the words on Ouyang Xun's copybook. .
Because the words have to be placed one by one in the small grids of the template, working so hard for a long time is very tiring for the eyes. In the past, if one wrong stroke was engraved, the entire engraving would be scrapped.
Movable type printing does not have such a high cost. Even if you engrave a wrong word, you only need to take out the bad piece and replace it with a good one.
The two craftsmen have also become long-term workers in the village. Keep these two old craftsmen. In the future, printing may need to be used for a long time, and someone will always need to maintain it and have someone to engrave it for a long time.
The couple walked aimlessly for a while, and it was already dusk when they returned home.
During these days of Qiu Lie, I don’t plan to go out again, and I have to concentrate on studying the pulp recipe at home.
Li Yue watched her husband repeatedly using the movable type printing fixture without changing the paper, and asked curiously: "Husband, what are you doing?"
Pull the lever and the clamp closes.
Zhang Yang tried again and again, "The iron fixture made by the Ministry of Industry is quite strong. I don't know how many times it can be printed."
"Should be able to be used many times."
"We will make a few more in the future. We need to know the usage limit of this thing, how many can be printed in a day, and how long such a fixture can be used. We must also be aware of it."
Li Yue squinted and smiled. Sometimes it was difficult to understand some of her husband's behaviors. What her husband meant was whether this thing would break and how long it would take before it breaks.
In fact, you won’t know until when this kind of thing breaks down.
The husband just can try it out.
Rather than trying to understand this weird behavior, it's better to accept it first.
Li Yue has gotten used to it and doesn't want to think about it anymore. In her understanding, no matter how bizarre her husband does, he will give a reasonable explanation in the end.
Many times, Li Yue gave up thinking about this kind of thing, because her husband had a very special ability. No matter how complicated or difficult to repair things, he could easily repair them in his hands.
So much so that the furniture in the house was made by her husband, and even her bed was designed by her husband.
In life, the husband has the absolute right to speak, and he can live a comfortable life by being obedient. Reading and thinking about problems is so tiring on weekdays, and it feels really good to give up thinking.
Autumn hunting has begun. Most people's autumn hunting goes deep into the mountains, and most of them are in the Mang Mountain area.
Li Shimin's autumn hunting scene was much grander, with a mighty escort team of tens of thousands of people just outside the city.
It was rare that Li Chengqian came to visit today. Li Yue held a bowl of hot tea and said, "Today is the day for my father's autumn hunting. Why is my brother here?"
Looking at Zhang Yang, he was humming a tune and tinkering with a bucket of indescribable paste.
Li Chengqian withdrew his eyes, "In an hour, my father will go with the army to the autumn hunt, and my father will also live in the Lishan Palace. Aren't you two prepared?"
Zhang Yang was still humming a tune, and this humming tune sounded very energetic.
Li Yue stood aside sensibly, "We have no plans to go to Autumn Hunting, and we have no plans to leave Chang'an City these days."
Looking at Zhang Yang's absent-minded look and the mush in the bucket, Li Chengqian couldn't help but be curious, "Shilang Zhang, what are you doing?"
Zhang Yang stopped stirring and said, "Stir and stir as you like."
Li Chengqian smiled in surprise, "Is this your hobby?"
"So be it."
"Sure enough, since ancient times, strange people and strangers have always behaved in ways that are incomprehensible to ordinary people."
I consider myself not to be a strange person. I was just born more than a thousand years later than you, and I have experienced a good and fulfilling study life for more than ten years.
Li Chengqian raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Yang, "This time, I still have to stay in Chang'an City. It's a pity that I can't go hunting with my father in the autumn. Tens of thousands of troops have already gathered outside the city. How about we go and see it together?"
A trip to Renshou Palace to escape the summer heat had opened my eyes to Li Shimin's accompanying team. Li Shimin's autumn hunting team must be quite large.
The couple looked at each other, and Zhang Yang understood what his wife meant, "Then let's go and see it together."
The little bear stayed at home and was taken care of by Aunt Wang.
The couple followed Li Chengqian out of the house and went all the way to the south gate of Chang'an City. When they walked all the way to the city wall, they could see a huge army gathered here. Looking down from the city wall, they could see neatly arranged squares. The formation is very spectacular.
Li Chengqian took a deep breath, "One day I will command thousands of troops."
Young people's blood always boils in such scenes, and Li Chengqian is no exception.
I heard that Li Chengqian fell ill a few days ago. The prince's health is not very good. Just looking at his complexion, he seems to be suffering from poor detoxification. The color of his mouth is very dark and his complexion also looks dull.
Zhang Yang looked at his daughter-in-law's rosy face again, making people want to squeeze it for an hour.
"Actually, I invite you to come out this time. There is something very important that I need to discuss with you."
Listening to his words, I thought that if I came to the door so early in the morning, you, Li Chengqian, are definitely not someone who is looking for trouble.
(End of chapter)
