Seeing the unconvinced look in Li Yue's eyes, Zhang Yang touched her head and messed up her combed hair, "Be good, let's play with some firecrackers."
Reluctantly, Li Yue placed the small firecracker under the tree, lit the firecracker, and there was a loud bang, which was not as loud as the big firecracker.
"Bang...bang!"
There were two more explosions on Zhang Yang's end.
Li Yue looked sideways and saw an unknown object shot out of the bamboo tube, and then exploded in mid-air.
"Yeah! It can fly!" Li Yue looked surprised.
Zhang Yang wrote down the test record and found that the height was only two meters.
This height is much lower than I expected.
Zhang Yang took out another bamboo tube, filled the bottom with soil and sealed it, and lit the fuse again. The firecracker emitted white smoke and soon stopped burning, becoming a misfire.
These bamboo tubes are made with different proportions.
to eliminate some wrong solutions.
This is a relatively stupid method, and there is no reference. You can only cross the river by feeling the stones and experiment again and again.
Li Yue is no longer interested in small firecrackers, and is thinking about when she can play with big firecrackers.
After seven or eight experiments, only one proportioning plan was considered reliable, but the height was too low.
Increase the power of the primer's gunpowder and try again.
After writing down the experimental conclusions, Zhang Yang got back on the carriage.
Li Yue pursed her lips and said, "When can I play with the big firecrackers?"
Zhang Yang drove the carriage and said, "Come on, my experiment is almost finished. I will show you the fireworks then."
"Does it look good?"
"It's beautiful, very gorgeous, very beautiful."
The two of them wandered outside for a while. Li Yue usually didn't go out.
Zhang Yang didn't want her to be at home all the time.
You should also come out more often to see the scenery outside.
As the horse was driving slowly and leisurely, he saw a large group of soldiers and horses in the distance heading towards Chang'an City.
The team looked to be as many as 20,000 people.
Li Yue also looked at the soldiers and horses.
Zhang Yang observed and said: "With such a large scale, the people escorted by this team of soldiers and horses should be very important."
Li Yue saw that the person leading the escort was Yuchi Gong, "This should be His Majesty's return from hunting."
"How do you know?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.
Li Yue said nonchalantly: "Who else could be involved in such a big battle but Your Majesty?"
It may be that it is really Li Shimin. Historical records record that Li Shimin did go hunting several times at the end of the fourth year of Zhenguan.
The two of them looked at each other from a distance, and saw a person walking out of the carriage. The man looked to be in his early thirties, and he was too far away to see the other person's expression clearly.
The horse stepped on its hooves, speeding up a bit, pulling the carriage farther and farther.
Zhang Yang didn't bother to pull the reins and let the horse go further and further.
Li Shimin came back from winter hunting with a load of prey.
Li Chengqian greeted him at the city gate.
"Father."
Li Shimin was in a good mood after returning from winter hunting.
Li Chengqian walked aside and told about the situation in Chang'an City in the past two days.
The team headed towards the palace gate.
As he walked, Li Chengqian whispered: "My father is out of the palace to hunt this time. I heard that many officials in the court are preparing to remonstrate."
Hearing the civil servants' remonstrance, Li Shimin's original good mood was mostly wiped away, "These civil servants are really..."
In order to avoid being impeached by civil officials, Li Shimin directly sacrificed all his prey to Li Yuan in Da'an Palace.
I don’t know whether His Majesty did this himself or who gave His Majesty the idea, which made the civil servants who had originally planned to remonstrate collectively become silent.
It was originally intended to be impeached, but when he thought that the Emperor was too old to go hunting, His Majesty offered prey as a token of comfort to the Emperor.
This can be regarded as filial piety.
It is not easy to continue to blame the current His Majesty.
After returning to the palace, Li Shimin quickly threw himself into handling political affairs. After going hunting for so many days, the court left a lot of things behind.
Both the palace and the court were very busy.
Li Shimin reviewed each memorial, especially those sent by envoys from various countries.
Most of them praised the Tang Dynasty for how good they were, how loyal they were, and were willing to regard the Tang Dynasty as their suzerain state. They also expressed their best wishes for the Tang Dynasty in the new year.
These are nice words to say.
Li Shimin sneered disdainfully, how many people wanted to get some benefit from this.
After reading these memorials, Li Shimin relaxed his eyes, closed his eyes and said, "Unknowingly, it will be the fifth year of Zhenguan."
Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, walked into the palace and reported: "Your Majesty, I have seen the envoys from various countries in the post office. Although there was friction between the Tubo people and Tuyuhun, they have all calmed down."
Li Shimin whispered: "Is there no other situation?"
Li Xiaogong replied: "No."
"Then prepare for the envoys from various countries to come to the DPRK to worship at the beginning of next year."
Hearing this, Li Xiaogong was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty... that..."
Li Shimin frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
Li Xiaogong took a step forward and said: "Because the court spent a lot of money on several festivals this year, the court can't get much money out. There are still a lot of things to do in the coming year. Liangzhou spent a lot of money to increase troops. Zhongshu Sheng said
I really don’t have much money to prepare for the court meeting, so I asked if I could do it more frugally.”
"You don't have enough money to hold a court meeting?"
"Your Majesty, it's not that you don't have money, it's that the conditions have become a bit more difficult recently."
Li Shimin sneered: "Aren't those people very generous when buying soap?"
Li Xiaogong lowered his head in embarrassment.
It is also strange that when Li Yuan was in power, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was very generous in spending money. He even awarded a lot of money to many heroes.
After everything was settled and Li Shimin sat on the throne, he found that all the money in the palace had been spent. He had to save money to cope with several big battles.
It's a pity that the treasury is now empty.
I don’t have much money to hold a big court meeting.
Li Shimin thought that the soap business had also made the Queen a lot of money. If there was no money in the Chinese treasury, the Queen might be able to make an emergency call if she also had money.
The dignified Khan has no money to hold a New Year's party. This Khan is too embarrassed.
Li Shimin said in a loud voice: "How much is still missing?"
Li Xiaogong said: "Roughly 60,000 guan of silver is still needed, and this does not include the rewards to be given to envoys from various countries."
Hearing this, Li Shimin felt a headache, waved his hand again and said, "Please step aside first, I will think about it carefully."
Li Xiaogong just took a few steps and came back again, "Your Majesty."
"Anything else?"
It has indeed been difficult since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he suppressed civil strife and conquered the Turks in the north. Life in the court was difficult, and Li Xiaogong naturally understood.
Li Xiaogong whispered: "Your Majesty, the wives and concubines in my family are obsessed with soap these days. In fact, my family doesn't have much money."
Li Shimin snorted coldly: "You think I will ask you for money?"
"No, I don't mean that." Li Xiaogong looked troubled, "I am the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Zongzheng Temple. I have been handling the affairs of the clan recently. It is almost the Chinese New Year, and the clan has not paid this year's salary yet."