Zhang Yang also stood up and took a step back, "So I always practice Haoran's righteousness, keep my heart clear, and not be affected by complicated worldly things."
"If you love money, you can't become a saint."
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. I don't want to become a saint."
Li Shimin walked back and glanced at the children who were playing and playing, "I want to drink today."
It is not easy to be an emperor, but the most difficult thing is to be a wise king.
Now is the peak of Khan's career.
Not to mention whether what you say can change the emperor's perception of the people, just say something as much as possible.
The views of people who are emperors are more or less abnormal. This can be seen from the fact that he enters other people's houses to eat and drink for no reason.
After pouring the emperor some wine, Yuchi Gong put down the burden on his shoulders again.
The baggage fell to the ground, and there was a sound of metal clanging.
Seeing Zhang Yang looking sideways, Li Shimin held the wine bowl and said in a deep voice: "Qingque sent me a message. He said that he wanted to create an unprecedented creation. I am curious and want to see it. , this is the fine copper from the palace."
Zhang Yang opened the bag and picked up a palm-sized piece of refined copper. It was quite heavy and he counted nine pieces in total.
"Are these enough?"
"That's enough, thank you for the reward, Your Majesty."
Li Shimin took a sip of wine, picked up some shepherd's purse with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, "It's really rare to be able to eat fresh vegetables in this season. How can you still be poor when you live such a life."
This boy is still checking these fine copper blocks, as if he is checking the authenticity.
This made Yu Chigong look embarrassed. Such a look of distrust made people feel very uncomfortable.
After a long while, Zhang Yang finally finished the inspection, "These are all fine copper."
"snort!"
Yuchi Gong snorted coldly.
Zhang Yang said with a smile and cupped his hands: "If you ask about the donation from the Central Government to Lishan, we will erect a monument in front of the village to record your Majesty's gift today, all for the construction of Lishan."
Li Shimin said solemnly: "No need to thank you. These fine coppers can be minted for more than a thousand coins. Just keep them. The children will also eat and drink in Lishan."
Has the emperor grown a conscience?
Zhang Yang was wary, but when he thought about it again, these refined coppers were calcined from copper ores, and the best refined coppers had the least impurities. If these copper blocks could be made into a thousand coins, judging from the weight, it would be enough. Today, there are many impurities in Tongbao copper coins.
Secretly surprised, he poured tea for Li Shimin again, "Your Majesty, don't you need meat to drink?"
"These dishes are enough. I have been eating meat these days, so it would be nice to have vegetables today."
Feelings, do you, the emperor, want to come and eat fresh vegetables?
The emperor brought a few pieces of fine copper when he came, and before leaving, he also brought a basket full of vegetables, including radishes that had not grown yet.
He didn't even spare the radish leaves, waiting for the Sky Khan to leave.
Zhang Yang looked at the vegetable patch in his greenhouse, which was in a mess. The originally lush scene now became extremely miserable.
The land full of vegetable seedlings is missing a piece in the east and a piece in the west, like...
Just after seeing his father off, Li Yue saw her husband stroking his chest with a pained look on his face, and asked curiously: "What's wrong with your husband?"
Zhang Yang held the door with one hand and said painfully: "My vegetable patch! Heavenly Khan! You are so vicious. You didn't even spare the vegetable seedlings. You pulled out the radishes that were only as big as your thumb!"
Listening to her husband's wailing, Li Yue and her two aunts walked into the greenhouse again and tidied up the vegetable plots to make them look more comfortable at least.
Li Yue comforted him again: "It doesn't matter, I can plant it back."
The emperor's trip to Lishan was very fruitful. At the beginning of winter, people were preparing for winter, and the dishes in every household were very good.
The emperor got a lot of green vegetables and summoned his ministers to hold a banquet in Taiji Hall.
It didn't matter if he got the green vegetables. The emperor couldn't finish it all by himself, and he had to entertain all the officials to show off.
That night, the banquet was laid. After winter, the fields had already lost their green color. When they saw a table full of green vegetables, their eyes widened.
Cheng Yaojin didn't come back to his senses for a while, "Green vegetables?"
Niu Jinda said with a straight face, "Someone saw it."
"Green vegetables!"
Cheng Yaojin said again.
Qin Qiong took a bite and nodded: "It's really green vegetables."
During the Beginning of Winter, the emperor invited his ministers to eat fresh green vegetables, which was very honorable. You should know that even wealthy people ate lotus vegetables that were difficult to swallow.
Now that there are fresh green vegetables, everyone is eating happily.
On the side of the civil servants, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Cen Wenwen, Chu Suiliang and others ate the green vegetables with suspicion and did not know where the green vegetables came from.
"Your Majesty, it would be a great blessing if everyone could grow these green vegetables."
Li Shimin looked worried, "Assistant machine, it's easy for you to say. I get these green vegetables from Lishan Mountain. You can see how Zhang Yang grows them."
His Majesty's face showed a profound expression, which caused the civil and military ministers below to talk about it. Li Chengqian ate the green vegetables without saying a word, curious in his heart.
As we all know, it is difficult to see green vegetables in the Guanlong area during winter.
Li Chengqian thought of the bean sprouts that Xu Jingzong presented to the East Palace. The bean sprouts were good, but the bean sprouts produced from beans were not green.
After hearing Xu Jingzong's explanation that the bean sprouts were used to alleviate the difficulties of going to the toilet for Hejian County Prince, Zhang Yang explained how to cultivate them.
Planting is simple and convenient, just cut off a crop every time you want to eat.
Li Chengqian did not want to refuse Xu Jingzong's kindness to the East Palace. Although he was from Zhang Yang, perhaps he felt that since the establishment of the Diplomatic Academy and the construction of the Anxi Protectorate, Zhang Yang had rarely interfered with the government's affairs.
From then on, Zhang Yang had the intention to retire, and now he has gone to Lishan, which is further away from the court.
Xu Jingzong is indeed a capable official. Li Chengqian was eating green vegetables and already had a plan in mind to bring him under the command of the East Palace.
In fact, these are just Li Chengqian's overthinking. The reason why Xu Jingzong sent bean sprouts to the East Palace was entirely because Zhang Yang cared about Li Chengqian's physical condition. He knew that the prince's health was weak when he was in the East Palace many years ago.
Xu Jingzong's spies had already entered the East Palace and had been observing the physical condition of His Highness the Prince. When they learned that the Prince had also had difficulty going to the toilet recently, they also offered bean sprouts.
It was not the surrender that Li Chengqian had in mind at the moment.
A misunderstanding is a misunderstanding. If the explanation is not clear, just don’t explain it.
Look back at the banquet in Tai Chi Hall in front of you.
Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and sighed: "He introduced the hot spring water from Lishan Mountain into the fields, and the small field was filled with these green vegetables."
Changsun Wuji said in confusion: "Your Majesty, I often talk to farmers, but even with hot spring water, when the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, all the vegetable seedlings will freeze to death."
"That's right." Li Shimin put his hands on the case and said solemnly: "He built a greenhouse, and built a glazed roof above the greenhouse that can transmit light, and the green vegetables were planted under the glazed roof."
Glazed roof? This is such a luxurious item. There were many princes in the dynasty, and the civil and military ministers who followed His Majesty to pacify the world have now become the new rich in Chang'an.
These people can't even get the glass creation in their hands.
However, I heard that there was a greenhouse with a glazed roof in Lishan Mountain, which was used to grow green vegetables. This can only be described as appalling.
Changsun Wuji lamented, "The Marquis of Lishan County had such a wonderful idea to grow green vegetables in winter, but with such a style, like changing the land to change the day, not everyone can grow green vegetables."
Everyone nodded and agreed with what Duke Zhao Guogong said.
Just the harsh conditions of hot springs will stump many people.
"The hot springs, the glazed roof, and the green vegetables in the greenhouse are frightening." Wei Zheng closed his eyes and said loudly: "Your Majesty has always been frugal, and he even set an example by setting an example for all his subjects to be frugal. The veteran thought that Lishan's style should not be imitated. Lishan's extravagant order People point fingers.”
At that time, Zhang Yang won Gaochang and dedicated Gaochang to the Khan of Heaven. Such great achievements allowed him to obtain the Lishan Palace.
In Lishan Mountain today, Zhang Yang built a hot spring area and built a glazed roof to grow green vegetables.
Having said that, thinking that the Uyghurs would become vassals and there would be no more wars in the north of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin raised his glass and said, "Drink in victory, everyone."
All the civil and military ministers stood up, saluted, and drank all the wine in their cups.
Zhang Yang, who was in Lishan Mountain, didn't know what kind of impact the greenhouse of green vegetables and colored glaze had on Chang'an City.
Just early in the morning, when Zhang Yang was discussing the next step of the steam engine with Li Tai, someone came to the entrance of the village and wanted to buy green vegetables from Lishan.
Zhang Yang listened to Shangguan Yi's words and waved his hands: "I don't have enough green vegetables to eat at home, how can I sell them?"
Shangguan Yi whispered about the current rumors in Chang'an City.
Forget it outside Lishan, in Lishan Village, Li Tai, Shangguan Yi, and Li Yuan all knew about the living conditions of Zhang Yang's family.
To be rich, one does have money, but the money is rarely used, and the money in the bank is kept and rarely withdrawn.
Most of the money is used to run businesses in the village.
Wherever he has the money to live a luxurious life, Zhang Yang himself has not made a new piece of clothing for a long time.
Li Tai suppressed a smile and said, "I have known for a long time that this matter will definitely cause a disturbance, but I didn't expect it to come so soon."
Zhang Yang looked at the copper pipe in his hand and said: "Your father must have added fuel to the fire. He also used the hot springs and the glazed roof to really describe me as a person who has been corroded by substances? Don't you know that I have a firm heart? How could I Those substances corroded my simple and hard-working heart."
"A hard and simple life can strengthen one's mind, and His Highness the King of Wei must also maintain a simple heart."
Li Tai looked at the clothes on his body and said, "I'm already in a very difficult situation. Now I only eat five ducks a month. I haven't worn my fine clothes for many years."
After a pause, Li Tai whispered: "Would you like to go to Chang'an City and explain it to the court?"
Shangguan Yi replied: "Absolutely not, otherwise you will only be targeted by the public."
"Brother Shangguan, please go to Chang'an City to find a few families who have good relations with us, Lishan, and send someone to tell them that from now on, we, Lishan, will send fresh vegetables to their families every few days."
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yi smiled brightly and understood the intention, and hurriedly went to make arrangements.
Outside the door of the blacksmith workshop, Zhang Yang and Li Tai sat opposite each other. In front of them were several newly cast copper pipes. Looking at the one Li Tai had just bent, the bend had become flat.
Zhang Yang found a broken spring from the scrap wooden box nearby.
Wrap the spring in the opposite direction, straighten it, and wrap it around the copper pipe.
"Brother-in-law, what are you doing?"
Zhang Yang explained: "When bending copper pipes, once the bend becomes flat and the ventilation is not blocked, it is very likely that the flat part will break."
"I didn't understand it for a while."
Li Tai scratched his head, looking troubled.
After Zhang Yang pulled the spring, he wrapped it around the middle of the copper pipe. The winding part served as a bend and he slowly bent it.
After passing 90 degrees, remove the wrapped wire.
Li Tai looked at the bent copper pipe, which was still intact and not flat, and couldn't help but ask, "Why is this?"
"The principle is very simple. The angle of stress is different. When we bend the copper pipe, the stress points are different. The wrapped iron wire resolves the stress points and distributes the pressure, so it can be done like this."
Li Tai also tried it himself and repeated it several times. "It's really like this."
Another technical difficulty was solved, and King Wei finally had a smile on his face.
Zhang Yang took out the refined copper and said, "Try these."
Li Tai walked quickly back to the blacksmith's workshop, took these fine coppers and began to cast them.
Master Jiang turned back and looked outside the blacksmith workshop. Zhang Yang had already left.
"Your Highness, King Wei, is this Yang still good at doing things?"
"Sister..." Li Tai cleared his throat and smiled awkwardly: "He can often inspire me. He is a person with many wonderful ideas."
Master Jiang's expression of worry became even more serious. This boy was so relied upon by King Wei, how could he escape?
"Master, it would be great if I came here." Li Tai took the basket of coal and stones in his hand and poured them into the stove.
Master Jiang whispered: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, the old man has a merciless request."
"That's what you say."
Li Tai spoke heartlessly and nonchalantly.
Master Jiang bent down and said, "The old man has discussed with Zhang Yang to let him leave Lishan and set up his own business. The old man's craftsmanship is one of the best in Chang'an. If His Highness the King of Wei allows him to leave, the old man will work for the King of Wei in the future. Just let them be."
Li Tai stopped smiling and thought to himself, what is this and what day is it today?
This old master was an old friend of my brother-in-law, so it was hard to offend him.
He scratched his head in confusion and could only advise: "Old gentleman, don't worry about him. He...he is much more comfortable than me, and my father also relies on him very much."
"What?" Master Jiang was stunned, "He is still working for His Majesty?"
"Ah?" Li Tai suddenly came back to his senses, and now he didn't know how to explain it. He scratched the back of his head and forced a smile, "How about we talk to him after the current steam creation is successful? ?”
Master Jiang bowed and saluted, "This makes His Royal Highness the King of Wei worried."
Li Tai quickly helped him up and said, "Master, don't salute. Don't salute again."
"It's time to salute." Master Jiang bent down again stubbornly.
"What's going on today? It's so bullying!"
"Your Highness, King Wei, what do you mean by this?"
"Zhang Yang..." Li Tai stamped his feet and said helplessly, "He lives a much better life than me."
