It took four years to build the new home in Lishan, and two years after the air pressure was confirmed, it took Li Tai another three years to build the steam engine.
Zhang Yang carried a hoe to the hollow land on the west side of Lishan Mountain, turned over the soil here, and soiled it again before starting construction.
After the steam engine was built, the theory needed to be supplemented, and it is now in a period of digestion.
Development is not too slow, and the foundation must be solid to withstand the storm.
Zhang Yang even felt that Lishan's development was already very fast. The successful casting of the steam engine was only possible by feeding Li Tai little by little tips to overcome technical difficulties.
At that time, I felt a little eager for success, but now it is better to slow down.
While the Hou Xiu of Lishan County was recuperating, the owner of Lishan began to live in seclusion, and Lishan also slowed down.
Zhang Yang occasionally met Cen Wenwen to discuss official matters, and then returned to the mountain.
No one knew what the magistrate was doing on the mountain, but he saw a lot of bricks, tiles and wood being sent up, probably building a house.
The Lishan villagers were puzzled that the county magistrate never hired anyone to build houses.
Chang'an City, in a street.
Zhang Gongjin came to Chang'an City to celebrate the New Year. Today, His Majesty came to visit in person. He sat in a wheelchair and bowed his head slightly to salute, "Your Majesty, it is really difficult for me to be physically inconvenient..."
Li Shimin, wearing black casual clothes, waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite."
Looking at Zhang Gongjin's complexion and the way he was sitting in a wheelchair, Li Shimin couldn't bear to say: "I still vaguely remember the way you scolded Fang Qiu in Prince Qin's palace."
Zhang Gongjin whispered: "I can still walk two steps now. Being able to sit in a wheelchair is better than lying on a bed all day."
On the side, Zhang Gongjin’s wife wiped her tears silently.
"This is what the DPRK and China have agreed upon, take a look."
Taking the memorial with both hands, Zhang Gongjin frowned and looked at the contents of the memorial.
Li Shimin explained: "I have considered granting rewards according to merit, and changing it to the title of Duke of Tan, with a settlement of 2,000 households, which can also leave some wealth for the descendants of the family."
Zhang Gongjin lowered his head again and said quickly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Shimin sat aside and whispered: "The prince went to Lishan Mountain and got Zhang Yang's advice. He wants to open a school in Chongdefang to give lectures to students who are preparing to take the imperial examination. Is this training?"
Zhang Gongjin smiled and said nothing.
"I think it would be good for the imperial examination students who come from all over the Central Plains to be familiar with the imperial examination policy. There is talk in the court that the prince has done this, and other cities in Chang'an will follow suit."
Zhang Gongjin stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty is right to worry. If this happens, the price will get higher and higher, which will become a burden."
Looking at His Majesty's expression, Zhang Gongjin thought that this strategy was given to the Prince by Zhang Yang, and he whispered: "Your Majesty, I thought that the Prince could not make a profit. As long as the Prince sets an example, all the cities and towns will not dare to make mistakes."
"Well, apart from Xuan Ling, I can only rely on you to discuss matters."
Zhang Gongjin added: "How can I compare with Fang Xiang? At that time, Fang Xiang followed Your Majesty through life and death, and recruited talents for His Majesty, generals and ministers. Many capable people in the court were recommended by Fang Xiang. Back then, Fang Xiang went to Zhongnan Mountain to invite Wang Gui to come out of the mountain. The snare is like Zhang Liang, Xi Junmai, Li Daliang."
"The prime minister pays attention to the administration of officials, which is the best choice for the prime minister. Now there are a total of 640 civil and military officials in the court of Chang'an City. It is the fault of the prime minister that the official administration is clear and the current situation is stable."
Li Shimin patted his shoulder.
Zhang Gongjin sighed and said again: "I hate that I am seriously ill and cannot be by your Majesty's side."
"Back then, you followed Li Jing to conquer the Turks, but you fell ill as soon as you came back."
"Your Majesty, as long as the country is stable and the Tang Dynasty is prosperous and strong, my grievances will not matter."
Speaking of Fu Qiang, Li Shimin thought of Zhang Yang, with a smile on his face, and said: "I heard that since last autumn, he has been living in seclusion and has been tempering his character at home. I saw him in winter."
"This child is still the same rude and arrogant person, no change from before."
Zhang Gongjin played with the Rubik's Cube brought from Lishan Mountain and whispered: "This disciple is naughty and makes Your Majesty laugh."
"Young people are often impatient. I can't figure out what they want."
"Your Majesty, this child is hiding something on his mind."
Li Shimin nodded heavily, "I think so too."
Seeing more and more people walking on the street, Li Shimin turned around and continued: "I will hang your portrait in Lingyan Pavilion, and I hope you can live longer."
Hearing this, Zhang Gongjin coughed twice and whispered: "Birth, old age, illness and death have their own destiny."
Li Shimin closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Old friends and colleagues from back then passed away one after another. I always feel sorry for the heroes of the world back then."
Dai Zhou is gone, Wen Yanbo is gone, and Yu Shinan is gone.
Now even Wang Gui has passed away.
Zhang Gongjin's expression was a little more forlorn, and his eyes were a little numb.
The monarch and his ministers looked at each other in silence for a long time. Li Shimin sighed: "I will go back to the palace first. You must take good care of yourself."
"I send you to Your Majesty."
Zhang Gongjin pushed the wheel of the wheel with both hands and escorted the emperor out of the house.
"Does your Majesty have a profound meaning in what he said?"
After hearing his wife's question, Zhang Gongjin closed the door and whispered: "Your Majesty wants me to persuade Zhang Yang to do more work in government affairs instead of thinking about making money all day long."
"Zhang Yang and Yue'er are such sensible children. How could your Majesty criticize them so much?"
Zhang Gongjin was silent and looked at the Rubik's Cube in his hand.
"Old guy, let's go to Lishan. Your old friends have been visiting us every day these days. Now that His Majesty has also visited, it's time to go back."
"Well, I'll go back to Lishan tomorrow."
Chang'an City is a lively place. The more lively the place is, the less suitable it is for recuperation.
Because Zhang Gongjin's disciple Zhang Yang became more and more outstanding, there were many rumors in Chang'an City. Whenever people came to visit, they would always talk about his disciple.
Zhang Gongjin's wife took some cured mutton from Zhangye and prepared some astragalus. "These are sent by people from Longyou's hometown. I will also send some to Zhang Yang's family."
The next morning, Lishan.
As soon as the family had breakfast, the library began to get busy. Qinghe and Dongyang also joined in, sorting out charts and rosters.
There are three thousand strong laborers in front of us, including craftsmen who can be assigned to many workshops, and many laborers who can do some hard work.
Aunt Yang hurriedly came to report, "Marquis of the County, Duke Zou and his family are back."
"Well, I'll go right away."
Zhang Yang put a poached egg into his mouth and chewed it before leaving.
Until the person walked away, Xin An was still sitting at the table in a daze. Just now, his father had eaten a poached egg with scallion oil in one bite, and his mind was filled with the scene of the bloody mouth opening just now.
For a while, he looked at the poached eggs in his bowl. He opened his mouth and wanted to eat it in one bite, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only bite off a small piece.
Look at Xiong Da on the side, he is eating a bucket of pasta and enjoying it.
Xing An lost his appetite, so he climbed out of the chair with difficulty and walked around the house with his short legs. He looked left and right with bright eyes but could not see his sister.
Looking behind him, his parents were not there, so he walked into the study, struggled to climb on the chair, looked at the paper on the table with bright eyes, and the paper broke when he grabbed it with his little hand.
"Ha..." He suddenly smiled, thought it was funny, and started tearing up the paper here.
At the foot of Li Mountain, when Zhang Yang walked to the bottom of the mountain, the teacher and his wife had already returned, and Li Yuan asked several eunuchs who were responsible for taking care of them to take care of them.
"Why are you here?"
"If Gongjin doesn't want to disturb me, I'll ask someone to help me clean it up."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Simiao also came, followed by several equally old doctors behind the old miracle doctor.
Several doctors examined Zhang Gongjin's pulse in turn.
In the past, Sun Simiao would come to check Zhang Gongjin's pulse every month, but now it has been shortened to once every half month, and now it is once every ten days.
This also shows that the teacher's condition is getting more serious.
During the New Year days, the teacher never checked my pulse again. This time, these doctors came.
After diagnosing the pulse, Sun Simiao discussed quietly with several doctors for a while and then walked out.
Zhang Yang asked: "Doctor Sun, how is the teacher's condition?"
Sun Simiao stroked his beard and said, "It's hard to control the poor Taoist and all the doctors. From now on, they will come every three days."
"Here comes the miracle doctor Lao Sun."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yang quickly made a big salute.
Sun Simiao comforted him: "The county prince can't come back to life. Lishan is already very good. Don't be too persistent."
Li Yuan also understood the meaning, and Zhang Gongjin's condition became more serious.
Walking into the teacher's house, Zhang Yang took the package and said with a smile: "Thank you, Master."
The teacher's wife now has white hair and looks much older. She smiled and said: "These people from my hometown in Longxi brought them to us. Since our husband and wife can't eat them, we will give a lot to our three sons, and the rest will be given to you and your wife." They both arrived."
"Master, you're welcome."
"Tell me, how is my condition?"
Zhang Yang looked at the teacher who had been in the room all day, frowned and said, "It's not easy to be sure about Divine Doctor Sun. He didn't say much. He just said that he would come every three days to check his pulse from now on."
The teacher’s wife sighed: “If you were in good health, why would you need to check your pulse so many times?”
After that, the teacher's wife continued: "Da'an, this kid has been stupid since he was a child. Thanks to your care in the past, I know that Wei Zheng's family also has a daughter who is waiting for marriage. Although she is a few years older than Da'an, she is also a good match. .”
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "The disciples entrusted by Master Mother understand."
"The three brothers will need you to take care of them from now on." The teacher came out of the house at some point and whispered.
Zhang Yang sat beside the wheelchair and looked at the teacher, "Have you gained anything from going to Chang'an?"
Zhang Gongjin smiled and said: "I am very happy to meet many old friends. I just met His Majesty yesterday."
"What is your Majesty's instruction?"
"I know that you have no intention of attending court. Your Majesty hopes that you can focus more on court affairs."
"What does the teacher mean?"
Zhang Gongjin shook his head and said: "No, no, if you go to the court, Chang Sun Wuji will die at your hands."
Zhang Yang clicked his tongue and said, "Why do you say this?"
"Humph." Zhang Gongjin snorted coldly: "The family has finally fallen. You have worked hard for many years and now you are in vain. But Zhao Guogong has not made any progress for several years. You are very young, and you have many young talents in your hands. Looking forward to the court." , in comparison with this, if Changsun Wuji does not die in your hands, I feel that I am blind."
Zhang Yang smiled heartily and said: "Teacher, the emergence of a figure like me in the Tang Dynasty is a great blessing from God to the Tang Dynasty."
"Blessing, what a blessing."
Zhang Gongjin also laughed, very heartily, and then stopped laughing and said: "If Changsun Wuji makes no big mistake, he will not die. At least he is doing things for the country now, unless..."
Zhang Yang took over the words and said: "He is the first person to follow Tian Khan, and now Xu Guogong is still alive, unless the emperor is changed."
Zhang Gongjin nodded, "You can live a long, long, long time."
"Daddy!" A childish voice came from outside the door.
Xiao Qingqing rode a bear into the courtyard gate. She pointed at Lishan and said, "Daddy is not good. My brother tore up the calligraphy and paintings in the study."
"What!" Zhang Yang stood up with eyes wide open, saluted hastily to the teacher and his wife, and left quickly.
Seeing the disciple leave, Zhang Gongjin smiled again, this time he smiled really happily.
After hurriedly returning home, Zhang Yang saw the papers in the study were in a mess, and Xiao An was still smiling heartlessly.
How could a two-year-old know so much? Everything he could catch was basically torn clean.
Zhang Yang looked at the messy papers on the desk. They were all papers he used to practice calligraphy.
Looking at the wall again, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy hanging on the wall has been torn off, but fortunately the handwriting has not been damaged.
Xiao Qingqing whispered: "My mother and aunts are busy, and my daughter doesn't dare to disturb them, so I'll tell my father first."
Zhang Yang picked up his son, looked at the smile on his face, and then opened his mouth to make sure that he had not eaten the paper and that the gaps between his teeth were clean, so he felt relieved.
Feeling her father's anger, Xin An angrily shed two tears.
Asking his daughter to take care of him, Zhang Yang packed up the study and whispered: "This place will be locked in the future."
He also put away Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. If there is not one copy of this original work in the world, there really is no copy.
Zhang Yang quickly put it away and placed it high.
When he turned around, he found that the flintlock gun on the bookshelf was missing.
Looking out the window, I saw Xiao Qingqing riding on the back of a bear, holding a gun and pointing everywhere. Fortunately, the gun was empty.
Neither son nor daughter has anything to worry about.
My daughter thinks about bombing Chang'an City all day long, and is also obsessed with firearms.
My son is already so destructive at the age of two, and I can’t imagine what he will do in the future.
The daughter-in-law is very busy, and she, the man of the house, has to take care of all the things in the house.
Zhang Yang came to the workshop, installed all his tools, and continued to build the house.
Xiao Qingqing came over with a flintlock gun in hand and asked: "Dad, are you going to live here for your daughter?"
"Well, you should have a room of your own. From now on, you have to do all the washing, laundry, and cleaning of the house by yourself. Don't bother the two aunts at home."
"Will my younger brother also have one in the future?"
"There will be. It will be built at the other end of Huaqing Pool."
Xiao Qingqing nodded and said: "That's fine, my daughter will be upset when she sees her brother."
"What do you want your room to look like?"
"It needs to be nice and have lots of flowers and plants."
Zhang Yang shook his head and said: "Flowers and grass are not good, they can easily attract insects." (End of Chapter)
