Zhang Yang denied: "Actually, there is. It can be written in the outline of air pressure." In the past, I always felt that I could keep up with my husband's knowledge, especially in mathematics.
Now she continued to listen and looked up at the stars. She smiled and said, "My husband's teacher is so amazing." After dinner, the couple put their bowls aside and sat next to each other.
Zhang Yang stopped her shoulder and whispered: "My teacher is indeed very powerful. He always says that he is an ordinary teacher among thousands of teachers. He does not feel that he is doing a good job in teaching and educating people. .”
"But my husband is very powerful."
"I am also a poor student in the eyes of the teacher." Li Yue looked up at the stars.
"Knowledge is like the vast sea of stars. You can never finish learning, even in your lifetime." Late at night, the children all fell asleep.
The little bear was sleeping. When he heard the sound of water, he looked up and saw the voice of his master in the moonlight. Then he lowered his head and continued sleeping.
Zhang Yang swam to the shore, holding a rope in his hand. When he pulled the rope, the water valve on the side opened. The water in Huaqing Pool flowed out along the ditch. When the water passed through the main ditch, it would flow separately to several other waterways.
The moonlight is reflected in the pool, and the moon in the water is very beautiful. When you loosen the rope, the valve will automatically close along with the water flow, which is very convenient.
The mountain breeze at night was a bit cold, and when it blew, Zhang Yang, who had just come out of the pool, shuddered and hurried back to the house.
The next day, groups of soldiers and horses stood neatly outside Chang'an City. Half an hour later, the soldiers and horses headed west. They were going to Tibet.
Li Shimin sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to Tubo. Among these soldiers were many veterans who had followed Li Daliang and others in the campaign against Tubo.
It is a good idea for veterans to lead new recruits to adapt to the plateau. After the discussion at the Xiaoxing Palace, Zhang Yang did not go to the Xiaoxing Palace again. The Minister of Rites in charge of diplomatic affairs did not come forward, and His Majesty did not summon him. Instead, he appointed people to make arrangements.
The monarch and his ministers reached a tacit understanding, and Zhang Yang left all matters to Xu Jingzong and Zhang Xiangxiang to arrange.
His Majesty was happy to see the success and ignored the indifference of the Minister of Rites. I don’t know since when, Zhang Yang rarely appeared in front of people and rarely participated in government affairs.
Except for approving the distribution of money in the court from time to time, he never entered Chang'an City or the court again.
Some people strive for progress at this age, but there are also ministers of the Ministry of Rites who retreat bravely at this time and evacuate the center of power.
Even if Zhang Yang is not in the court, the Foreign Affairs Academy headed by Zhang Elephant and Xu Jingzong still continues the tough style of the Minister of Rites.
He bluntly rejected Nanzhao's request for help. Moreover, the Foreign Affairs Commission of Japan, which is far to the east and across the sea, even rejected the other party's request for a country title.
He refused on the grounds that the Japanese country was too small and there was no way to get a country name from an island. Some things can be done in front of others, and some things can be done behind the scenes. In addition to these, Xu Jingzong and Zhang Xiangxiang also planned another thing, which was to let the Fujiwara clan set off a rebellion in the Japanese country and overthrow the Soga clan.
This matter is carried out secretly and cannot be known to outsiders. It was the Soga clan who requested the title of the country, but it was the Fujiwara clan, now the Minister of Japan, who came to envoy it.
They didn't send any cronies to the Tang Dynasty, but they sent such ministers. They had seen the prosperity and power of the Tang Dynasty. How could these envoys not rebel after they returned?
This is a plan set by Zhang Shangshu three years ago, and it is closely related to the construction of Liaodong. Regarding the future of the entire East China Sea, it will be a drastic change.
In Chang'an City, Xu Jingzong took Zhang Xiangxiang to a wine shop, where they could have a bowl of wine during their busy schedule.
"Zhang Shangshu is getting further and further away from the court." Xu Jingzong nodded,
"This time His Majesty went to Tubo to place many people from the Ministry of War and Zhongshu Province. This shows his distrust of us and Zhang Shangshu."
"Let's get busy with the Uighur affairs first." At first, Zhang Elephant was dissatisfied with Zhang Yang's indifferent attitude, but now he is used to it and is used to the absence of this minister.
Others don't know about the current situation in Tubo. Xu Jingzong knows it very well. The Foreign Affairs Academy has been training Tubo people and training them to be people close to the Tang Dynasty. Most of the targets are young people and even children. .
After these three to five years of arrangements, good results have been achieved. We didn't want Tubo to have civil strife so quickly, but Songtsen Gampo was so eager for success, which led to backlash.
If you want to say that he deserves the blame, it really has nothing to do with the Foreign Affairs Council. If you want to say that he stirred up civil strife, those Tibetans who yearned for the Tang Dynasty have long since become Tang Chuan.
It really wasn’t intentional, and I don’t know if Songtsen Gampo will listen to Zhang Shangshu’s explanation. How can those Tubo people who have become Tang Chui control so much? The Foreign Affairs Council cannot control their radical words and deeds at all.
In the hearts of those young Tubo people, the Tang Dynasty has become a blessed place on earth. Only by believing in Tian Khan can the Tubo people have a good life.
As for Songtsen Gampo...as long as he does something detrimental to the Tibetan herdsmen, this kind of anger will become more intense.
A revolution is taking place in Tubo. Lishan, a batch of money from the Western Regions was delivered to Lishan, and this time the emperor came to see it in person.
He looked at the coins with burning eyes, as if he had seen the completion of the Taiye Pool. Look at Zhang Yang holding the abacus to divide the money. Three large boxes were sent to the warehouse, leaving only such a small box in front of him.
Seeing that Zhang Yang was about to lock the warehouse, Li Shimin quickly said: "Wait a minute!"
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"Why do I only have so much in my hands?" Seeing those boxes of gold and silver, anyone would be jealous, let alone today's Khan. He said with red eyes: "This is wrong! Why is my money so bad?" Less?" Zhang Yang took out the accounts and explained: "Your Majesty, did we tell you about the purchase and sale of grain? I split the accounts 50-50." Li Shimin nodded...
"And there are also tariffs, of which 70% of the tariffs on the Hexi Corridor belong to us, which means that your Majesty needs to deduct 50% of the taxes from 50%, and then deduct 20% of them, which is the thousand dollars." Look. His Majesty's face looked ugly, and Zhang Yang explained: "If Your Majesty feels that there is less money, it is because there is no shortage of food in the Western Regions. But after the war in Persia, there will be a great need for food. By then we will make a lot of money." pen, there will be more money." Li Shimin grabbed the door of the warehouse and said,
"No, it's Lishan who earns more, not me! I only get this little." Zhang Yang took a step back first, his eyes alert.
"Your Majesty signed and wrote the document at the beginning. Could it be that he wants to regret it? A true man speaks every word and it is difficult to follow up!" Li Shimin breathed heavily, and finally opened the door of the warehouse and sat on the box of money that belonged to him. ,
"When can you turn grain into wine and sell it outside the customs?" Brothers still have to settle accounts, not to mention their father-in-law.
The accounts must be clearly stated one by one. Seeing that Zhang Yang locked the warehouse and refused to answer, Li Shimin said again: "I don't think Gaochang is so valuable anymore." Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Why did your majesty say this? Gaochang is an important place in the Western Regions. Gaochang has been conquered since the Han Dynasty. , can we pacify the four towns of Anxi, how can we say it is not worth it." Li Shimin wanted to refute these words, and when he thought about it carefully, it was true both from military experience and from the records of past dynasties.
Gaochang's position is indeed very important, but I feel uncomfortable being held by this kid. Fortunately, there was only one place in Gaochang. Li Shimin felt that he could live a little longer without hanging in front of Chengtian Gate so quickly.
The monarch and his ministers sat down again, and the prince smiled and poured tea. Zhang Yang was in a good mood, but His Majesty was in a bad mood. He felt that this son-in-law was extremely rich.
It is wrong for a person from a rural background to have such a family fortune. It is unreasonable and cannot be tolerated by heaven.
Zhang Yang put down his tea bowl and asked, "Just to ask, does your Majesty plan to continue to imprison the children of those aristocratic families recently?" Li Shimin nodded and said, "You don't need to ask more about this matter, I will handle it myself."
"Do you want to be a hostage, constantly blackmailing the family and making them give in step by step?"
"I told you that you don't need to ask any more questions." Li Shimin took a sip of tea and put the tea bowl down heavily. The older His Majesty is, the more temperamental he becomes.
Everyone is very busy, so busy that His Majesty has no time to relax during these days of summer vacation, and is also busy dealing with various matters in the court. Cen Wenwen sent tutors to support teachings in remote places, and the Zhongshu Ministry also had to write documents to State capitals everywhere.
Li Shimin sat on the chair and held his temples in distress, leaning back with his eyes closed and said, "I will go back in August."
"So early?"
"There are still many things to be arranged in the DPRK."
"I thought His Majesty would stay here until September." After noon, the factory in Lishan was about to start work again. Li Shimin stood up and said,
"I'm going to take a look at the factory." Zhang Yang raised his head and said, "There is one more thing I hope your majesty will allow."
"you say."
"Now the Western Regions and even the countries in the northern and southern Mobei are building the Tiankhan Avenue. We at the Diplomatic Academy are calling on all countries to arrest the monk named Tang Xuanzang."
"I'm just a monk, you don't need to tell me more." Wang Gonggong followed and smiled apologetically at Zhang Yang, who was still standing there.
Sitting down with his hands folded, Zhang Yang thought in his mind that he didn't know where Tang Xuanzang was. He should have returned from Tianzhu.
A fat figure appeared in front of him. Li Tai put down a strange-shaped pot.
"Brother-in-law, please take a look." Zhang Yang's eyes were blank.
"Why did His Highness King Wei turn a good pot into a box?" Li Tai stared at the pot.
"This is a pressure cooker that I had someone cast. The pressure cooker my brother-in-law said, I made this pressure cooker after thinking about it for a long time." If you want to make a steam engine, you must start with a pressure cooker.
Zhang Yang nodded heavily,
"It's great. Our Tang Dynasty now has a pressure cooker. It's gratifying, but it's a pity."
"What's a pity?"
"It's a pity that the soldiers on the plateau can no longer use this pot." Zhang Yang shook his head and sighed,
"It came too late, and its flaws make me very uncomfortable." Li Tai first put water in the pot, then covered the strange pot and put it on the fire to bake.
He also said that it looked decent, and there was an air hole on the cover. After about a moment, steam came out of his breath, and Li Tai looked solemn.
"Is that all?"
"Your Highness, King Wei, is too eager to get things done." Li Tai cupped his hands and said, "Please give me some advice from my brother-in-law." Zhang Yang grabbed a water bag from the waist of the guard beside him, pulled out the cork, and carved out a water bag. A hole about the same size as a blowhole.
Cover the hole over the air hole. As the pressure in the pot increased, the steam from the pores continued to come out, and the wooden plug tried to jump up and cover it again and again.
It kept vibrating on the air port, and steam leaked out from the bottom of the wooden plug. Zhang Yang shook the cattail leaf fan in his hand,
"What did His Highness King Wei think of now?" Li Tai thought,
"In this way, as long as a wheel is installed on top, the wheel can rotate with the steam?"
"That's it. It doesn't require manpower, as long as there is enough pressure, it can be achieved. This will be a big step for us in Lishan." Staring at the wooden stopper, Li Tai fell into deep thought again.
If you need to continue to increase the pressure of the pressure cooker, then the pressure cooker cannot be so small, and the fire needs to be larger and burn for a longer time.
After the firewood was burned, the pressure in the pot also weakened, and the cork soon stopped moving. Zhang Yang was confused when he saw this: "It seems that the pressure is not high enough. There is a lot of steam leaking from the edge of the lid, and the sealing is not good."
"Brother-in-law, don't worry, I have already gained a lot of enlightenment. Please give me more time." Zhang Yang sighed: "If those sages did not use their wisdom to figure out people's hearts and use it more in improving people's livelihood, the wisdom of Zhang Heng and others alone would be , can create the Armillary Sphere, why can’t there be more such great men who have never been born in the world, and why do they all write sage books in the future to show their sage in front of people?”
"Yeah." Li Tai nodded heavily.
"They are all bastards! They are all damned." Zhang Yang clapped his hands and said, "Well said."
"Those old Confucian scholars should be buried."
"Well..." Li Tai's tone became a little more serious.
"A noble family brings disaster to the country and the people!" Zhang Yang admired this fat man more and more. His ideas and realm were a little higher. It turned out that he was not wrong at first. He was a talent that could be created.
When Li Tai left, Zhang Yang also warned: "Your Highness, King Wei, don't rush for success, take your time, safety first." However, the fat man's pace became faster and faster.
It is easy to build a pressure cooker, difficult to build a steam engine, and even harder to build a steam turbine. Production is always the focus of Lishan. Without production, there is no wealth. Solving the problem of food and eradicating poverty. After eliminating poverty, we will move towards production and prosperity.
In the blacksmith shop in Lishan, Master Jiang was sitting in front of the blacksmith shop, watching His Majesty come out of one factory and enter another.
He lowered his head and did not dare to speak. When His Majesty came to him, he bowed and saluted, thinking that Zhang Yang, the child, had not come back for a long time.
I don’t know what he is doing. If he comes now, he might be lucky enough to meet His Majesty.
This is an opportunity that ordinary people will never get in their lifetime. Thinking about Master Jiang, he is even more anxious. I was also worried about whether Zhang Yang would get into trouble while working under His Majesty the King of Wei.
His Majesty left after looking at the blacksmith shop. He was very dissatisfied with the hematite stock here and it was used up so quickly.
