After being quiet for a long time, Li Yue stood up slowly, lowered his head, and clenched his hands into fists.
Seeing her walking towards him, Zhang Yang sighed: "Don't be too sad, there will always be ups and downs in life."
Li Yue raised her fist and hit Zhang Yang on the shoulder.
Her husband's shoulders were very strong, and her hands felt a little painful after beating them for a while. She lowered her head and returned to her room, closing the door heavily.
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Aunt Wang killed the rabbit and handed it to Zhang Yang, "Why is Her Royal Highness so angry?"
Zhang Yang took the rabbit and said, "Being angry can make her blood surge, which is also good for her condition."
"So that's it."
Aunt Wang nodded.
After preparing salt and pepper, Zhang Yang used a wooden frame to spread the rabbit, then fixed the legs of the rabbit and placed them next to the fire for roasting.
Let your wife get out of chess first.
Playing chess all the time makes me worried about her.
Sprinkle some salt and pepper and let the aroma spread.
Put the roasted rabbit on the dining table and cut it with a knife.
Li Yue walked out of the room after smelling the smell, picked up a little rabbit leg and chewed it fiercely, "I will not play chess for a month as promised."
"Well, it's not good to be too obsessed."
Li Yue bit into the roasted rabbit meat to vent her unhappiness.
After eating a little rabbit, Li Yue took a sip of wine with satisfaction and let out a sigh of relief.
She quickly put the chess matter behind her mind and sat leisurely in the rocking chair, enjoying the warmth of the sun and taking a nap.
Zhang Yang took a sip of the goat milk he bought. The milk flavor was not strong, maybe because it had been left for a long time and the taste had become very poor.
When she woke up from her nap, Li Yue had put all the worries of chess behind her and devoted her body and mind to the transformation of the hot air balloon.
Because the heat was not enough, she had replaced the charcoal fire with more durable coal.
Solving the problem of insufficient heat power from the perspective of fuel is indeed a good direction.
Coal can indeed burn at a higher temperature and burn for a longer time.
Li Yue looked at the flames of coal burning, "It doesn't seem to be much different from charcoal fire."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "That's true."
The direction of the experiment was once again established, and Li Yue had a new goal.
Datang coal still contains a lot of impurities and is not fully burned, so it can be used for now.
If an air box is added, the combustion temperature of this coal can reach thousands of degrees.
The dream of overlooking the entire Chang'an City is getting closer and closer.
By changing the fuel to increase the temperature, she was one step closer to success.
Zhang Yang patiently said to her, "If it is a rectangular lantern, it will have poor stability in the air. It will easily tilt this way and that, and it will easily overturn when it encounters the wind."
Li Yue modified the drawing, "What shape can make the hot air balloon more stable?"
"The ball shape, a lot of times the stability of the ball is the best."
Li Yue has a thoughtful look on her little face, and she always purses her lips when she thinks.
Zhang Yang drew a tumbler and then turned the entire drawing board upside down. "This shape will be more stable."
Li Yue leaned against Zhang Yang's body, their shoulders touching.
"I have tried it with a lantern before. It is also a similar sphere, and the height it floats is not too high. Well... your husband is right, stability is more important."
After thinking for a while, Li Yue continued: "I can do an experiment with each shape to find out which shape is more suitable."
After saying this, the couple looked at each other and smiled.
Li Yue hugged Zhang Yang's arm and looked up at the sky, "It will succeed, and it won't take long."
On the road to pursuing romance, Li Yue relies on her talent as a top student, which is really a different kind of thing.
Zhang Yang frowned and said in a low voice: "I think the economic construction of our fiefdom is on the way, and the cultural construction should also be improved."
Li Yue asked doubtfully: "Do you mean to invite a wife?"
Zhang Yang pondered, "Would it be too expensive to hire a wife?"
Li Yue raised her fist and hit Zhang Yang twice on the shoulder, "We are already so rich, and you still care about the money."
Zhang Yang frowned and thought, "It would be great if there was a free husband willing to teach. At least he could make them literate."
With some minor worries, the couple chatted for a while about the construction of the fiefdom.
In the morning of the second day, I finally got enough sleep without playing chess. The days when my wife was addicted to playing chess were really hard.
Zhang Yang had a good sleep.
Li Yue was having breakfast with her two aunts.
Zhang Yang had a full breakfast and walked out of the house.
We went all the way to Chengtianmen. We arrived early today and there were not many people in front of Chengtianmen.
Li Xiaogong came over while nibbling a piece of cake.
Xu Jingzong still stepped in front of Chengtian Gate.
After eating the cake in his hand, Li Xiaogong said, "Who put the package of herbs in yesterday's bag?"
Xu Jingzong looked at Zhang Yang in confusion.
Zhang Yang also looked at Xu Jingzong and said to Li Xiaogong: "What's wrong?"
Li Xiaogong whispered: "That herbal medicine is good. After taking it, I feel very energetic today."
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "That actually belongs to Brother Xu."
Xu Jingzong replied: "This is a folk remedy from Xiaguan's hometown. It can replenish vitality."
Li Xiaogong nodded slightly, "It's indeed good."
Zhang Yang looked at Xu Jingzong in confusion.
Xu Jingzong smiled awkwardly, "Does Minister Zhang also need to prepare some?"
Finally understanding what Xu Jingzong meant by giving those medicinal materials, Zhang Yang watched the Chengtian Gate open and said, "I don't need it."
Xu Jingzong whispered: "Young man Zhang Shilang, of course he recovered quickly, and he looks much better today."
Everyone walked into Tai Chi Hall.
The government affairs began normally. In addition to the normal reports on the situation in various places, the recent morning discussions also focused on the war in Tuyuhun.
The war between Tuyuhun and Tubo is still going on.
Now that Tuyuhun has been defeated all the way, it has lost most of its land, and many Tuyuhun people have fled to the Western Turks.
Many people also fled to the Eastern Turks.
Tuyuhun was not a very strong small country to begin with, but when the world was in chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Tuyuhun felt that he was capable again and began to drift.
He even provoked Datang from time to time.
Tuyuhun never tired of seeking death.
At first Tuyuhun did not take Tubo seriously, and even thought that the young Songtsen Gampo could not fight against Tuyuhun with a group of Tibetan natives.
Tuyuhun was indeed very strong back then, and his own strength was also constantly rising.
He did not realize that Tubo was actually not weak, until now a very capable monarch Songtsen Gampo appeared in Tubo.
The young and ambitious Songtsan cadre did not want to conflict with Tuyuhun too early.
Unexpectedly, Tuyuhun wanted to die himself, which angered Tubo.
The Tubo tribe led by Songtsen Gampo had a strong cohesion. After a fight, Tuyuhun was a little confused. How could the Tubo army be so powerful?
Now Tuyuhun is no longer doomed, but a matter of life and death.
Zhang Yang listened quietly to the courtiers' stories, saying that Tuyuhun was not far away from being annexed by Tubo.
Everyone understands the principle of losing one's lips and teeth. If Tubo really annexes Tuyuhun, Tubo's next target will be the prosperous Central Plains.
The cost of war must be recovered, and Songtsen Gampo would not get better benefits by taking Tuyuhun.
Not to mention going north to attack the Western Turks. How much wealth the Western Turks would have in that ruined country was simply not enough for Songtsen Gampo to return to his roots.
After going to court, the three of them returned to the government office.
Apart from the normal morning service, I am quite free at other times.
Zhang Yang looked at some Turkic scrolls and asked, "Are there any scrolls about Turkic tribal divisions?"
Xu Jingzong took out a few scrolls and said, "That's all there is. These are all from the Wude period."
The intelligence is backward, the manpower is insufficient, and the resources are not provided.
The diplomatic work of the Ministry of Rites is really difficult to handle, and it is almost starting from scratch.
Wudedu has been in the past few years, and the Turkic tribes do not have the habit of living in one place for a long time. They tend to move back and forth between several places, living indefinitely.
Tribal migrations happened from time to time.
Zhang Yang lamented, "We have a blind eye on the current situation of the Turks and don't know anything."
Xu Jingzong stood aside quietly, feeling very troubled.
Zhang Yang threw away the eucalyptus roll in his hand and said, "Go out for a walk."
"okay."
The two left the government office, leaving Li Xiaogong sleeping here.
There are also many foreigners in the west market of Chang'an City, including people from the Western Regions and Turks who come to do business.
They must also master the Guanzhong dialect, otherwise they will not be able to do business in Guanzhong.
Xu Jingzong asked some Turks for news.
In the West Market, you can see some weird things outside the customs, such as strange wine glasses made of animal bones.
There are also necklaces made of animal teeth.
There is also a whole tiger skull in the distance.
I don’t know, but I thought this area was an animal bones convention.
The West Market is a mixed place, where you can get news from outside the customs.
Zhang Yang stood at the entrance of the Xishi alley and saw a kind of rope.
Some clay jars were tied to this rope. Zhang Yang tested its toughness and found it to be quite good.
The Westerner selling clay jars smiled and showed his black teeth, "Three yuan a jar."
Zhang Yang took out three cents and said, "I don't want the jar, I want these ropes. What kind of rope is this?"
The man from the Western Regions described it in jerky Guanzhong dialect, and for a long time he said that it was a kind of rope made from plants from the Western Regions.
This man spoke Guanzhong with difficulty, and Zhang Yang listened with difficulty, so he paid three cents to buy all the ropes, three balls of thread as big as a fist.
Xu Jingzong would also come. He took out a picture and said, "Let's ask clearly."
While looking at the picture, Zhang Yang walked out of West Market, "This picture is really simple."
Xu Jingzong explained: "This picture is already very good. Sir Zhang, look at the triangle as the mountain, the line as the river, and the cattle and sheep as the pasture. The more you draw, the greater the number."
Returning the picture to Xu Jingzong, Zhang Yang whispered: "Old Xu."
"The official is here."
"Where have all those heinous people arrested by the government gone?"
"Of course the heinous ones will be killed," Xu Jingzong continued to say.
"Is there anyone alive?" Zhang Yang was walking on Zhuque Street. Although the official uniform he was wearing was old, he was still an official and people on the street took the initiative to give way.
"Probably not, why do you ask this?" Xu Jingzong said with a frown.
"I think we can cooperate with Dali Temple."
"cooperate?"
"Send all those bad guys to the Turks to find out information for us and draw topographic maps."
"This is a good idea to prevent them from having to eat and drink for free in the cell."
The two of them let out a long sigh and parted at a street entrance.
Sun Wuji, a senior official in Zhongshu, finished his work for the day. He asked the clerk beside him, "What has the Ministry of Rites been busy with recently?"
"Same as usual, nothing happened." the clerk replied.
It has been several days since I handed over the Turkic affairs to the Ministry of Rites and there has been no movement.
After seeing Zhang Yang talking so much, I thought he was going to do something big, but I didn't expect that he is still the same now.
Seeing Fang Xuanling relaxing his back, he stepped forward after hearing these words, "Mr. Zhao Guo, do you want to send the imperial memorial to the Turks?"
Changsun Wuji took out the memorial of the previous resolution and said, "Then send it over. I'm still worried about the Ministry of Rites."
Fang Xuanling took the memorial and said, "I think Tuli Khan must have set off for Chang'an after receiving the memorial."
You can’t just look at what the Ministry of Rites can do.
Fang Xuanling knew that Changsun Wuji was a person who took the overall situation into consideration, and also understood His Majesty's intentions, "The Ministry of Education cannot just wait for the Ministry of Rites to do things, we must also be prepared. Zhao Guogong also wants to see Zhang Yang's ability
how?"
Changsun Wuji nodded, "His Majesty still cares about these young men in the court."
Fang Xuanling also smiled.
The people who followed Li Shimin at the beginning are now in their thirties.
The memorial from Zhongshu Province was hurriedly sent away from Chang'an City.
By the Qujiang Pond, Zhang Yang was tinkering with tea and goat milk.
Cheng Chumo looked at the water surface of Qujiang Pool with no expression on his face.
Zhang Yang made a cup of milk tea, then added some dried fruit pellets and some crushed mint leaves into it.
"Can you drink it?" Li Tai was waiting anxiously.
Pouring out a bowl of the prepared milk tea, Zhang Yang handed it to him, "His Royal Highness, King Wei, have a taste."
Li Tai took a sip first to test the taste, and then drank all the milk tea in the bowl with another sip, still biting some fruit pieces in his mouth.
"Delicious! Have another bowl!"
Zhang Yang poured him another bowl, "If you don't put sugar, it means it doesn't have any sweetness."
Li Tai drank another bowl and asked curiously: "Why don't you drink?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "How do I know if I can drink it? What if I have a bad stomach after drinking it?"
The smile on Li Taipang's face slowly disappeared.
"Judging from the materials I put here, there shouldn't be any big problems. His Highness, King Wei, may have a stomachache later."
Li Tai clicked his tongue and drank another bowl. "It tastes so good. How come you can always make so many novel ways to eat it?"
"It's just a hobby. In fact, tea and milk are a good combination. I call this milk tea."
"Milk tea? Well, what a good name. You asked me to buy these teas just for the milk tea, right?" The little fat man raised his chin, as if he took great credit for buying the tea.
Li Tai took out another small cake and ate it. He unexpectedly discovered that milk tea and cake had a unique flavor when eaten together.
"I plan to hand over this business to Chu Mo."
When Cheng Chumo heard this, he turned around and looked at it. He didn't like the taste of goat's milk, "Just leave it to so-and-so. Anyway, so-and-so doesn't know how to drink it."
Li Tai burped, and his mouth smelled like milk.
Zhang Yang pondered and said, "There is still a big problem right now."