Let's say that now is the fourteenth year of Zhenguan. According to people's rumors, Lishan Mountain has become a fairy mountain that has been criticized by the world. This criticism comes from Lishan's understanding of the world. Since the theory of longitude and latitude came into being, there has been a lot of discussion among the world.
The demonstration of the sand table iron pendulum experiment set off a wave of discussion in the Central Plains.
What makes Lishan a fairy mountain is that Lishan produces pumpkins, which are so auspicious, and Lishan cultivates grapes that can be grown in Guanzhong.
Most people in this world have simple ideas.
As long as Lishan can do things that ordinary people cannot do, it is a fairy mountain.
Today, Zhang Yang and Xiong Da walked in the mountains and forests, observing the condition of several fruit trees in Lishan Mountain. The apple trees grew very slowly, and last year's fruits were so sour that they were difficult to swallow.
Look at the olives on the side. The fruit they produced last year was very small.
"These fruit trees are also your hard work?"
Hearing the words behind him, Zhang Yang saw Li Shimin. This emperor liked to walk around Lishan Mountain when he had nothing to do.
"I didn't see artillery in your iron factory in Lishan."
"Soon."
Zhang Yang gave the same answer as a few days ago, and his words were still calm and unhurried.
"Soon? Soon? You don't even want to change your words to deal with me."
"Who said I was perfunctory Your Majesty?"
A whistle sounded in the forest. The bear, who was originally depressed in the cold early spring, immediately became energetic when he heard the whistle and ran away to find the sound.
That was the little master calling him.
Standing on the mountainside, you can see in the distance. There are now workshops in Lantian County. You can see villagers walking around and busy in a workshop covering an area of more than ten acres.
Li Shimin frowned and said, "Some people say you are an immortal."
Zhang Yang clasped his hands and said melancholy: "Your Majesty, sometimes I feel that people are unprepared for living to the age of thirty-four. I feel that I am still that young boy at heart."
"But now everyone in the world has rumored that Mount Li is an immortal mountain, and you are an immortal."
"Those are rumors about me from the outside world and have nothing to do with Lishan." Zhang Yang sighed, "While facing the boring laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, and trying to survive at the same time, it is better to be an immortal and avoid the secular world.
, live more comfortably.”
These words sounded very profound. If this boy hadn't been shaken by the cold wind, would you really have thought that he had become a saint or an immortal?
At the foot of Lishan Mountain, a childish voice is still reciting the poem, "In the past, it was not enough to boast about being dirty, but now there is no limit to the dissolute thoughts."
The elder sister recited a sentence, and Xiao An also recited it. The two siblings each rode a bear and walked one behind the other.
"The spring breeze brings joy to the horse's hooves, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day."
Xiao Qingqing recited another sentence.
Be careful and read the same sentence.
The voices full of childlike innocence are particularly beautiful in this cold early spring. The little princess and the little marquis of Lishan are also the treasures of the whole village.
Whenever these two siblings pass by every house, they are always greeted with the greatest respect from the elders in the village.
"The children of the County Marquis and His Highness the Princess are the most precious people in the world."
This is the perception of the villagers.
Until more and more children of the same age followed Xiao Qingqing and Xing Xingan, and they were also reading poems.
"The bright moon of the Qin Dynasty passed the Han Dynasty, and the people who marched thousands of miles have not yet returned..."
The sixteen children followed and read out the words.
At this moment, it seems that the children of Lishan have also become poetry immortals, and every poem they recite is enough to be passed down to the world.
The children of Lishan have a book in their hands, which is full of poems.
Youdao is the county prince of Lishan and Princess Runan who became an immortal.
The book "Red Mansions" has spread throughout the Central Plains and has become the most widely circulated and discussed book. The characters in the book are like the epitome of the human world, describing the warmth and warmth of the human heart and the impermanence of the human heart.
When Ouyang Xun had nothing to do, he would write down the poems recited by the children, and then he would be deeply moved by the artistic conception of the poems.
These poems also left Lishan and were introduced to Chang'an City.
"An immortal appeared in the Tang Dynasty!" Zhang Jianzhi said excitedly.
"It's not surprising that the guy from Lishan could write Red Mansions." Qin Huaidao said.
When he said this, Zhang Jianzhi looked disappointed. He held a piece of paper with poems written on them.
Suddenly, Zhang Jianzhi cried, crying very sadly.
Di Renjie asked: "Jianzhi, why are you crying?"
"I think I have great talent. Only when I saw Lishan's poems did I realize that there is a poet in this world who can teach us how to write poems in the future."
Wei Zheng's son, Wei Shuyu, came again with a stack of paper. He said: "Here it comes again, here it comes again, the poems of Lishan are here again."
"When I was drunk, I lit up the lamp and read the sword, and I dreamed of the trumpet-playing camp." Zhang Jianzhi said infatuatedly: "The sound of fifty strings beating outside the Great Wall is the autumn order of troops on the battlefield."
"..."
The wine shop here was quiet for a long time, and suddenly he said: "Cambodia! Cambodia!"
Di Renjie pulled him and said, "Why did you jump out of the window?"
Zhang Jianzhi wailed in a tearful voice: "Whoever dares to write poetry in the future will not want to live anymore!"
In the end, Zhang Jianzhi still did not jump out of the window. He drank alone and became extremely drunk.
There is a saying that it is a good thing to have poems handed down from the Tang Dynasty. The scholars of the Tang Dynasty went crazy again. Some people in Chongde Square were cheering and some were crying.
Yan Liben is very busy these days. He has just completed the construction of Taiye Pool recently, and His Majesty has sent a decree to rebuild Qujiang Pool.
Qujiang Pool used to be in the hands of the Marquis of Lishan County, but not many people knew about it.
At this moment, the important task of transforming Qujiang Pool into a city falls on the Ministry of Industry. As more and more people move into Chang'an City, Chang'an City will become very crowded in the future.
It is necessary to plan more places to live in Qujiangchi.
These two years have also been the most difficult years for Yan Liben since he became Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Just three or two days later, Yan Liben fell ill again.
Li Tai arranged for the guards to come and visit.
Not sure what he said at the end, Yan Liben handed over the fortifications to his younger brother Yan Lide and went to Lishan to recuperate.
Because His Majesty is recuperating in Lishan Mountain, many things in the court have also slowed down.
"Recently in early spring, the weather is suddenly warm and then cold, and many people catch cold." Zhang Yang sat by the Weishui River and whispered.
Li Shimin frowned and looked at Lishan's medical clinic. At this moment, there was a long queue in front of the medical clinic, and there were many people treating patients.
Even Yan Liben fell ill.
Zhang Yang added: "The fish in the Weishui River are the freshest in early spring and the fattest in summer. The way to eat them is different in autumn and winter."
"Why?"
"Because the fish will become very fatty."
After that, Zhang Yang caught a fish, put it in the bamboo basket, and said: "I used to think that the fish here are the same as other places, but later I realized that the same water and soil support one person, and different water and soil raise fish."
It’s also different.”
"A place where water and soil support a person?" Li Shimin frowned.
Zhang Yang put the fish he caught in the bamboo basket on Xiong Er's back, and Xiong Er would carry the fish home.
Life in Lishan was very slow, and he was rushing to deal with various political affairs every day when he was not in the palace.
Since he had nothing to do, Li Shimin also began to do some things that only villagers would do.
When Zhang Yang went to plant trees, the emperor also planted trees.
Li Shimin is already over 40 years old. In ancient times, turning 50 was regarded as entering old age.
After all, the artillery had an impact on the emperor's state of mind. The aristocratic family was destroyed. The seven surnames and ten families that once existed became a sigh in the history books.
The aristocratic family has been entrenched in the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and they are the oldest group of people in the Central Plains.
But they are becoming more and more rotten, and even their roots are corroded.
Their destruction was also destined, and the Zhenguan Dynasty only made their destruction come early.
In recent years, more and more people have paid tribute to Chang'an City, and many small countries whose names I have never heard of have also come.
For example, the Gauls, this is the collective name for the ancient Romans.
They live in Western Europe. After the ancient Rome fell apart, it was like a family divided into one party, and one small country after another was born there.
Li Shimin listened to Zhang Yang's explanation to the Gauls and asked again, holding the cards in his hand: "Is there anything else you don't know?"
"Yes? There are some things I have been thinking about for a long, long time."
"Really? If you tell me, I can send someone to help you find out."
Zhang Yang frowned and thought: "There is a place in the west of Dashi, where pyramids are used to bury people. There is a pyramid called Khufu's Pyramid. I want to know who designed it."
Li Shimin's eyes indicated that he asked the young eunuch on the side to write down these words.
"A huge skeleton was found in Tubo. The skeleton was in the rock formations. The Tubo people drew it. It was a very huge beast. I was thinking that they must have dominated this land during their lifetime, but why?
Suddenly they all disappeared."
Zhang Yang continued: "Since they are so huge, their lifespan should be very long, but they are still extinct."
Li Shimin became more and more surprised and suspicious as he listened, and said curiously: "I will ask someone to investigate."
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Your Majesty, you lost again."
Li Shimin, who finally became interested, lost the cards in his hand and said disappointedly: "I won't play anymore."
Zhang Yang smiled and put away the contract, "Your Majesty just lost another hundred years of taxes on the Hexi Corridor."
"Silla people sent news that the Silla people are going on an expedition."
"Well, I understand."
"Do the Japanese slaves really have so many silver mines?"
Zhang Yang checked each contract and said: "In fact, the Central Plains is in short supply of silver and gold. If the stock is insufficient, external inflows will have to be considered, which will restrict the Central Plains' economy."
"Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty is still the most primitive form of farming. This kind of influence has not yet come. Some things should be done sooner rather than later."
It was very difficult to discuss these avant-garde concepts with the emperor.
After clicking the button, he said a few words. Whether Khan could understand it all depends on his own understanding.
Spring in Guanzhong has arrived in March. Recently, the Marquis of Lishan County often talks to Tian Khan.
Tian Khan became interested in the Gauls, so Zhang Yang spread out a map and began to talk about world geography.
"The geographical features, water and soil of Gaul are different from those of the Central Plains, but now the Gauls are also facing a dilemma."
Zhang Yang took a sip of tea and said: "The big landowners of the Gauls have begun to threaten the royal power. This is the same thing as the aristocratic families in the Central Plains. Unfortunately, they do not have Tiankhan. If my calculation is correct, under the current situation where the royal power is showing weakness,
, they are not far from falling apart.”
Li Shimin smiled disdainfully.
"Your Majesty, these are all matters in the far west. We don't need to think about them for the time being. Between the Tang Dynasty and Gaul, there are still great cannibals who can't take Musab and the Holy City. We don't need to think about them for the time being."
Zhang Yang asked again: "Your Majesty, do you still want to know about the deeds in other places?"
Li Shimin first glanced at Zhang Yang suspiciously, and then looked at the map with doubtful eyes, "Sooner or later, the Tang Dynasty will conquer these places."
"Well, sooner or later."
Zhang Yang did not want Western monasteries and the Old Testament to enter the Tang Dynasty prematurely.
Li Shimin suddenly said: "Monk Xuanzang is still in the grotto dojo in Shazhou. You still don't want him to enter, do you?"
Zhang Yang nodded melancholy and said: "Does your Majesty hope that he will come back?"
Li Shimin said seriously: "If Xuanzang is willing to return to secular life."
Xuanzang refused to return to secular life, and Xu Jingzong could not make this monk become a mortal even with hard and soft tactics.
The military has begun to adapt to firearms. They will put all kinds of things into heartless cannons, and they can fire and explode anyway.
At first, Li Shimin fired cannons all day long in Fanyang's territory, which caused panic among the people in Fanyang's territory.
Li Junxian didn't come back until March this year, and when he came back he brought a lot of money.
Lishan no longer disdains these copper coins. To be precise, Lishan disdains how many copper coins there are.
Now that the family property has reached this stage, more emphasis is placed on resources.
At night, Li Shimin listened to Li Junxian's report. His Majesty wore a wooden frame on the bridge of his nose, and there were two transparent pieces of colored glass on the wooden frame.
Looking curious, Li Junxian bowed and took another look, lowered his head and remained silent.
Li Shimin slowly put down the memorial and said: "You can go back to Chang'an City."
"Here."
After putting on the glasses, Li Shimin felt much better physically and mentally, and he didn't have to be so tired when reading memorials and files.
The next day, Li Shimin was used to getting up before dawn, because he usually had to deal with government affairs, so he was used to this kind of schedule.
The sound of a cannon was heard. When I listened carefully, the sound of the cannon was not right. It didn't sound like the iron cannon currently used in the army.
Li Shimin put on his coat and hurried out of the small palace.
Another cannon shot came, and after confirming the direction of the sound, they went away in search of it.
Walking to the east of Lishan Mountain, Zhang Yang and Li Tai were here. Before dawn, Xiao Qingqing lit the fuse of the cannon and ran away quickly.
Her eyes were full of excitement.
Another burst of explosive shells came out and fell in the distance.
Gun smoke filled the air, and Zhang Yang and Li Tai couldn't help coughing.
Li Shimin came closer and saw this slender cannon. The barrel was more than ten feet long. The inner diameter was not wide, but the inner wall was very thick.
"Is this the new artillery you're talking about?"
"Your Majesty, please rest."
"Father."
Li Shimin walked around the cannon and found that there were two wheels under the cannon that could be used to push it. This made it very convenient to transport the cannon.
"How does this compare to that heartless cannon?"
"It's not perfect, I still need to improve."
"When will the army be equipped with it?"
The emperor doesn't care if this thing needs improvement, as long as it can be used in the army.
It is a weapon of the military and the country, but staying in Lishan for one more day will only delay the development of the country.
Li Shimin asked again: "Can the general be cast?"
"Yes, but it's quite difficult to cast, I don't know..."