Lu Dongzan pointed to the mutton stall in the distance, "The broth is delicious. I came here early specifically."
Zhang Yang frowned and said, "That's a coincidence. I came here early to buy groceries and then went back."
"There is a saying in the Central Plains that heroes think alike."
Hearing what he said, Zhang Yang smiled and said: "There is also a saying in the Central Plains that people who are different in their ways do not work together."
Lu Dongzan frowned and said, "What do you mean by this?"
"It means you are here to drink mutton soup, and I am here to buy vegetables. We have different tastes."
Lu Dongzan stood there stunned for a long time.
Zhang Yang said goodbye.
The situation at the border is tense. Sending Lu Dongzan to Chang'an at this time also shows that Songtsen Gampo wants to compete with Li Shimin.
Including the natural disasters and the Yinshan War, the Turks have been in a state of decline. Li Shimin has too many capable people, and the Turks have been humbled in the past two years.
Not to mention Xue Yantuo, who was thrown aside and ignored after being used by Li Shimin.
The Western Turks were in civil strife and had no time to take care of themselves.
Looking around the world, the speed of the rise of Tubo and Tang Dynasty is obvious to many surrounding small countries.
In terms of age, Songtsen Gampo is younger than Li Shimin.
Speaking of ambition, there is Songtsen Gampo, an unparalleled Zampu who brought many tribes of Tibet together, and Li Shimin, who suppressed the arrogance of the Turks and was revered as the Khan of Heaven.
In a certain sense, Tubo occupies the geographical advantage of the plateau, which makes Songtsen Gampo emboldened.
Li Shimin had many capable ministers and generals, so he was naturally not afraid.
Which of the two parties is strong and weak? The young and energetic Songtsen Gampo wants to compete with Tian Khan. Naturally, so many small countries want to watch the excitement.
Zhang Yang went home with the vegetable basket, and his wife and Xiao Wu helped arrange the firewood, wash and chop vegetables.
The house was very busy.
"This bear really can't find a place to stay warm." Zhang Yang looked helplessly at the bear lying on the stove. Every time he drove it away, it crawled back again.
Dishes were fried one after another, especially the braised pork ribs, which was very tempting. Xiao Wu and Li Yue stole a few pieces.
I cooked ten dishes and put the fragrant rice just out of the pot in the food box.
It was almost noon when I prepared these.
In time for lunch, the couple hurried to the palace.
Zhang Yang was carrying stacks of food boxes, Li Yue was also carrying one, and Xiao Wu was holding a smaller one.
While the food was still hot, he showed the token to the guards at Chengtianmen and then hurried to the Lizheng Hall.
If you want to go to Rishoden Hall, you must pass by Butokuden Hall.
Li Yuan, who had just returned to the palace, came out after smelling the smell, followed by Li Chengqian.
"Hahaha! I'm just hungry, so I smell the delicious food."
Li Yue carried the food box and said, "Grandpa Huang, let's go to the Lizheng Hall to have dinner together."
"Very good." Li Yuan responded loudly and followed him towards the Li Zheng Hall.
Zhang Yang arrived at just the right time, and Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, after the emperor learned that his father had smashed Wude Hall, he was going to argue with his father.
Seeing Zhang Yang and Yue'er arriving, Grandpa Huang's original anger dissipated immediately.
When we reached the Li Zheng Hall, a group of children also gathered around us.
Li Yue looked at the queen, "I wonder if the queen has used food?"
Empress Changsun hugged little Sizi and said, "We haven't eaten yet."
"The daughter and her husband bring food together, and the mother eats together later."
Empress Changsun smiled and nodded, "That's fine."
Let the children in the hall put the tables and chairs together to form a large square table, and then take out the basins of dishes.
The maids in the palace had never seen a group of princes, princesses and queens sitting together for dinner.
In the past, we would eat at separate tables. The food was very tempting, especially the big box of rice. Just smelling it made people feel hungry.
Li Yue held the queen's arm and said, "This year, my husband and I have decided to go to Lishan to celebrate New Year's Eve. Now we are planning to come to the palace to have dinner with my father and mother."
Empress Changsun nodded and said, "I understand what you mean."
Li Yue smiled and said, "Father is still busy with political affairs."
"Prepare some of the food here and send it to the Manna Palace."
"Here." Following the queen's instructions, the palace maid put some into each dish, decorated it and left the Li Zheng Hall.
When the children all sat down, Li Yuan clapped his hands and said, "How can we have food without drinks?"
Empress Changsun asked the palace maid to take out the wine stored in Zhengzheng Palace.
Li Yuan first took a sip of wine, then picked up a piece of pork ribs, "Well, the taste is not heavy and the meat is cooked just right. I can tell it is your craftsmanship as soon as I taste it."
Seeing Li Yuan moving quickly, the children in the palace also started to eat happily.
Zhang Yang drank with Li Yuan, "How is your health lately?"
Li Yuan chuckled and said, "Is that the blood pressure you mentioned?"
"You should still pay attention to your blood pressure and drink less alcohol. Come and stay in Lishan more often when you have time."
"Grandpa Huang became an old drunkard as soon as he returned to the palace." Li Lizhi said something inappropriate.
After the words fell, all the children paused for a moment and looked at Li Yuan.
Li Lizhi added: "Father said so."
"Hahaha! This boy Erlang is really..." Li Yuan picked up the wine bowl and said: "Before I returned to the palace, I heard that the Wude Palace was smashed, and I was just going to talk to him about it."
Li Yuan didn't care too much about his granddaughter, but he was more concerned about Li Shimin's smashing of Wude Hall.
A group of children then continued to eat their food quickly.
Zhang Yang whispered, "After the New Year, you will continue to live in Lishan and keep the house."
Seeing Li Yuan take a bite of rice and drink wine, Zhang Yang continued: "I can improve the food for you in the village, at least eat more food that lowers blood pressure."
Whether Li Yuan can go to Lishan depends on Li Shimin's permission.
Queen Changsun is naturally not in a position to make the decision.
Seeing that the old man couldn't make up his mind, Zhang Yang whispered to him: "Don't worry, I will advise your majesty. If your majesty doesn't agree, I will go and remonstrate him every day, annoying him to death."
Li Yuan suppressed a smile and nodded.
It is inevitable that the elderly will be neglected when they have been living in the palace, especially in terms of dietary balance.
When you reach Li Yuan's age, you need to eat less of some things, and drink less alcohol.
The ancient people’s health care concepts were not very good.
Judging from Li Yuan's current physical condition, it shouldn't be difficult to catch him from now on.
"On New Year's Eve this year, we will not come to the Tai Chi Hall for the banquet. We have prepared meals for the Queen and a group of younger brothers. We all have a meal together as a way to make up for our absence on New Year's Eve."
The queen and Li Yue whispered.
There was very little food left on the table by these children.
Zhang Yang noticed a gaze looking at him, and the owner who confirmed the gaze said solemnly: "Your Highness, Prince Jin, what can I do for you?"
Li Zhi walked over quickly and pointed to the door frame, "Brother-in-law said that fog condenses water at low temperatures."
Seeing the water drops on the door frame, Zhang Yang nodded.
"Try exhaling into your hands in the cold air. Your hands will get wet."
Li Yuan was snoring like thunder, and the old guy fell asleep after eating and drinking.
Li Zhi's behavior is no different from spitting on his own hands. A naughty kid will always do some incredible things on the road to seeking knowledge.
"What's with the water drops on the door frame?"
Zhang Yang explained: "Because the air outside is very cold, but the inside of the house is warm, when the warm air in the temple meets the cold door frame, it will naturally condense into water droplets."
Li Zhi nodded thoughtfully.
After Li Yue finished talking with the queen, the family left.
Before leaving, Zhang Yang left a question for the children. Prepare a watertight iron basin and several buckets of different sizes. Invert the iron basin into the bucket filled with water to determine the relationship between variables.
The question is not complicated and it is also an interesting little experiment.
After writing down the methods of this experiment, the family left.
It started to snow again in Chang'an City, and the wind became stronger and stronger.
Li Shimin sat by the stove holding a memorial in his hand, which was sent by the Foreign Affairs Academy. The memorial contained the words of the Prince of Persia, and the people from the Foreign Affairs Academy recorded it.
Persia is far away from the Tang Dynasty, and it is the boundary west of Tubo.
Perhaps Zuozangku will have some records about Persia.
Zhang Yang and his diplomatic corps should know better.
No matter how bizarre the Persian prince Belus was about the things in the West, the court had no interest in Persia at the moment.
The eunuch bowed and came over, "Your Majesty, Order Lishan and Her Royal Highness the Princess have returned."
Li Shimin looked through the memorial and asked, "What did they say?"
The eunuch replied in a low voice: "It is said that Her Royal Highness Princess Lishan will not be coming to the palace on New Year's Eve this year. She said she will spend New Year's Eve in Lishan."
Li Shimin frowned and said, "The Queen agreed?"
"The Queen said that she understands the couple's feelings and will report it to Your Majesty."
"Then let them spend New Year's Eve in Lishan, and I will visit them after the New Year."
Yue'er and Zhang Yang were already estranged from the clan, and many people in the clan formed cliques, which Li Shimin also had a headache about.
They naturally isolated the couple who had always been estranged from the clan.
That's good, at least the couple are not affected by the clan.
Li Shimin dislikes the current style of the clan members. The extravagant style of these clan nobles has been frequently impeached.
"Your Majesty." The eunuch whispered again: "This time the Lishan Order once again mentioned that the Supreme Emperor should go to Lishan to recuperate."
Thinking of his father's physical condition, Li Shimin put down the memorial in his hand. People from the Imperial Medical Office had said that his father's body could no longer tolerate excessive drinking.
My father in Lishan will still control it, and Dr. Sun will take care of it.
After returning to the palace, my father started drinking again.
I hope my father can stay with me, and I hope my father can take care of his health.
After some calculations in his mind, Li Shimin sighed: "After New Year's Eve, I will ask my father to go to Lishan Mountain to recuperate."
Chang'an City is celebrating the New Year, and this year is a bumper year.
Zhang Yang took his wife and Xiao Wu through the crowd and walked into the deserted alley.
No matter how busy Zhuque Street is, my alley has always been so secluded.
After entering the home, Li Yue and Xiao Wu lit the stove to keep warm.
Zhang Yang was holding firewood in his mouth. Every time he took out wood from the woodshed at home, the little bear would spin around in a show of resistance.
Taking away the wood from the woodshed is like taking away its family property.
Firewood is used for burning, not to mention that in winter, the consumption of firewood is also increasing.
Li Yue listened to her aunt's story about Chang'an City and asked curiously: "Husband, did any Persians come to sell things at the beginning of this year?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "I bought some olives, and now we have cabbage growing in our village, which was also brought by the Persians."
"I heard that the Prince of Persia is also here this time."
At the beginning of the year, Persian businessmen came to Chang'an City. After they returned to Persia, they learned about the peace and prosperity in the Central Plains. This news would definitely be known to the Persian royal family.
Li Yue sat on the recliner and asked, "What kind of place is Persia?"
"That place occupies the pass of the ancient road to the Western Regions. It is true that this place is barren, but it is also a rich country. Its geographical advantage makes Persia richer than any other."
I was telling my daughter-in-law about the history of Persia. The history of the West is very confusing. When the Central Plains was still in the Han Dynasty, there were four very powerful countries in the world, Rome, Anxi and Kushan, and then the Han Dynasty.
At that time, Persia did not exist as a small country, but after the division of Rome, the prototype of Persia emerged.
After several years of war and peace, Persia had already risen before the former Sui Dynasty had truly established its footing.
While Zhang Yang was telling Li Yue, he used the wooden stick in his hand to mark the territory on the ground.
"This is the Central Plains, and it goes all the way west past Tubo. After passing the Tianshan Mountains, there is another place. That is the west."
Li Yue asked curiously: "Is the west a desert?"
In many people's perception, the Central Plains is desert to the west.
Zhang Yang explained: "Actually, what we know now is not the whole world. The higher-dimensional West is also a very wealthy place. Of course, it is very barbaric there now."
Looking at the huge territory drawn by her husband, Li Yue frowned and said: "Logically speaking, Persia should be a very powerful and wealthy country."
The power of Persia was not strong because of the emergence of a guy named Muhammad.
Probably during the reign of Yang Jian of the former Sui Dynasty, Muhammad had been expanding his strength as an adult. According to current calculations, Muhammad should have just defeated the Eastern Romans a few years ago.
And this large force led by Muhammad has even endangered the survival of Persia.
Zhang Yang whispered: "In our current terms, the power that Muhammad has is a name that appears in our Central Plains classics, called Dashi."
Li Yue heard it half-understood. She was still digesting the information, which made her silent for a long time.
After taking a sip of tea, Li Yue said in a deep voice: "It is said that my father was a wise king, and my father also wanted to open up the career of his predecessors. Now there is Songtsen Gampo who also led Tubo to endanger the Tang Dynasty. "
Xiao Wu had already refilled the kettle with water, and she put the kettle on the stove with difficulty.
Then he sat aside obediently and continued to do the questions.
Li Yue again focused on the territory drawn by her husband, "Now another Muhammad has appeared. How does he compare with his father and Songtsen Gampo?"
"Not very good." Zhang Yang shook his head.
"But Dashi's territory is also very large. The territory painted by my husband is almost the same as the Central Plains. They have captured large areas of western territory as far as the eye can see."
