Li Lizhi opened the book with some doubts. When she saw the content in the book, Xiafei's cheeks rose.
It turns out that there are many little people drawn in the book, which look like martial arts secret books.
But if you look closely, you can see that there are two little people in a group, doing various postures.
No matter how simple Li Lizhi is, she still knows what is drawn in the book.
"What...what is...this?" Li Lizhi closed the book and said incoherently.
Mammy smiled and said: "This is the husband and wife etiquette that the queen asked her slave to teach the princess."
"This...there's no need to learn this."
"Oh princess, husband and wife etiquette is a normal human relationship, there is nothing to be ashamed of." Mammy said with a smile.
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Lin Xuan didn't know that Li Lizhi was reading a villain's book and learning about husband and wife.
After leaving the palace, he returned home directly.
As soon as I got home, I saw several soldiers and the concierge standing guard at the door of my house gathered together and talking about it.
"Have you seen those two strange beasts? They are so scary."
"Yeah, I don't know if it can eat people."
"Probably not, this is a gift from the King of Shu."
"What are you talking about?"
"I've met the Marquis!"
Several people were startled by the sudden sound, and when they saw it was Lin Xuan, they quickly saluted.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and asked: "What were you talking about just now?"
"Back to the Marquis, His Highness the King of Shu has just sent two black and white exotic beasts."
Lin Xuan was stunned, did Li Ke send the pandas here?
"Where are the alien beasts?"
"Back to the Marquis, the housekeeper and his men carried the strange beast to the backyard garden."
Lin Xuan nodded and walked in.
All the way to the backyard garden, I saw many people gathered in a circle, pointing in the middle.
Lin Xuan stepped forward and took a look, only to see two cages placed in the open space among the crowd. In the cages, two cute giant pandas were holding bamboo and gnawing, without being affected by the people around them at all.
"I've met the Marquis."
When a maid saw Lin Xuan, she saluted in a panic.
"I've met the Marquis."
The maid's voice woke up the rest of the servants, and they all quickly saluted.
Lin Xuan waved his hand, and everyone quickly bowed and retreated.
"Master Marquis, this is Steward Yang from Prince Shu's Mansion." Steward Lin introduced Lin Xuan with a bow.
"I have seen the Marquis. This is the iron-eating beast that His Highness the King of Shu asked the old slave to send. Congratulations to the Marquis and Princess Changle on their wedding. Because the vassal prince cannot return to the capital without summons, His Highness the King of Shu cannot come to personally attend the wedding of the Marquis and the Princess.
It's a wedding, please don't blame me, Lord Marquis." Butler Yang saluted and said.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, King of Shu, you are so polite. I am very honored that people from the King of Shu can remember me here in Shu."
"This is the character and habits of the iron-eating beasts. All you need to do is raise them as mentioned above. These two iron-eating beasts are a male and a female," Butler Yang said.
"Thank you so much, Butler Yang."
Although Lin Xuan has the skill of taming animals, there is no reason to refuse someone else's preparation.
"Uncle Lin, Butler Yang has worked hard all the way. Please prepare some tea money for Butler Yang." Lin Xuan said.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for the reward, and say goodbye." Butler Yang bowed and left with Butler Lin.
Lin Xuan looked at the giant panda in the cage and opened the cage.
He stretched out his hand and touched the panda's head.
The giant panda showed no resistance to Lin Xuan's touch and continued to chew on the bamboo.
But when Lin Xuan's hand touched it, it stopped eating bamboo and looked at Lin Xuan doubtfully.
For some reason, it felt a friendly aura from Lin Xuan.
The cute look of the giant panda made Lin Xuan laugh.
Lin Xuan patted its head and said, "Remember not to hurt anyone."
The giant panda looked at Lin Xuan confusedly, and after a while, he waved his paw at Lin Xuan, as if to make it clear.
Lin Xuan didn't know if it really understood it, or if it didn't understand it at all.
"Come out." Lin Xuan said tentatively.
He remembered that the IQs of tigers and giant pandas were similar, and even the IQ of giant pandas was slightly higher than that of tigers.
It stands to reason that tigers can understand his general meaning, and so should giant pandas.
The giant panda looked at Lin Xuan doubtfully.
Lin Xuan waved and said, "Come out."
The two giant pandas moved their eyes and crawled out.
Lin Xuan pointed to the bamboo forest not far away and said: "You will live there from now on, and I will have someone build a wooden house for you later."
Because Li Lizhi has asthma, Lin Xuan did not plant flowers and plants in the garden, but planting bamboo would not affect her.
So Lin Xuan had someone build a large bamboo forest in the garden.
This bamboo forest should be enough trouble for two pandas.
The two pandas didn't know whether they understood what Lin Xuan meant or were attracted by the bamboo forest. They twisted their buttocks and lay down towards the bamboo forest.
Lin Xuan found the carpenter at home and asked him to build two wooden houses for the two pandas, and then returned to the yard.
"Sir, I heard that His Highness the King of Shu sent two strange beasts." Chunyue said with some curiosity.
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "That is the wedding gift from the King of Shu to me."
"There is no one who would send gifts to exotic animals. Your Highness the King of Shu is too stingy." Chunyue said with some disgust.
Lin Xuan smiled and didn't explain much. He didn't dare to accept anything else Li Ke gave him. Li Ke also understood this, because he didn't dare to give it away either.
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The cold wind howled in the evening grassland, and Nishu was sitting in the warm tent, his face full of loneliness.
Just then, someone walked in.
When Nishu heard the footsteps, the lonely look on his face disappeared.
"Join the Great Khan."
Everyone saluted Nishu respectfully.
Nishu waved his hand and said, "Let's all sit down."
After everyone sat down, Nishu looked at everyone and said, "I am going to launch an army against Xue Yantuo in half a month and unify the grassland!"
"Great Khan, the weather is cold now. Is it inappropriate to send troops at this time?" Tong'eshe asked.
Tong'eshe was Nishu's younger brother, and he had coveted the position of Great Khan for a long time.
Now that Nishu is about to launch troops against Xue Yantuo in cold weather, he naturally wants to stop him and undermine Nishu's prestige.
"Profuse sweat, the weather is cold, it is really not suitable to use troops."
"Yes, Khan."
As soon as Tong'eshe finished speaking, many people echoed her words.
Some of these people support Tong'e She, while others simply disapprove of sending troops at this time.
Cattle and sheep are the food of the nomads. When the nomads go to war, they will drive the cattle and sheep together.
This is also the reason why Genghis Khan was able to take his iron cavalry to Europe.
No matter how strong the Central Plains dynasty was, it did not have that capability. It was not that the army was not strong, but that the supply line was too long.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's attack on Goguryeo was a sign that millions of people would transport food. If he went to fight farther away, there would be no need to fight at all. Just transporting food and grass would bring down the Central Plains dynasty.
The nomadic people's fighting method has advantages and disadvantages.
The disadvantage is that it is not suitable for combat during cold weather.
Because of the cold weather, not only will the cattle and sheep freeze to death, but more importantly, the cattle and sheep will have no fodder, so they will have to carry fodder.
The nomadic people's battles come and go like the wind because they do not have the encumbrance of food and fodder. If they carry fodder, it is not in line with their fighting style.
However, this does not mean that nomads cannot fight in cold weather, but they are not suitable for protracted wars.
The conquest of Xue Yantuo must be a protracted war, so everyone will oppose this and send troops.