Datang: An eight-year-old master of the bar, he gave everyone a blow at the beginning

Chapter 458 Empress Changsun is Very Satisfied with the Water Tank

The purpose of Li Er's expansion of the Royal Academy is to personally cultivate the talents needed by Datang!

Instead of begging for talents from aristocratic families to become officials as before!

The reason why the five surnames and Qiwang have their current status is because the aristocratic family has monopolized all the talents in Datang!
Li Er didn't want to rely on the aristocratic family to train officials of the Tang Dynasty, so the Royal Academy came into being!

The most important thing is that Li Er is still the dean of the Royal Academy, and all the students of the Royal Academy will be disciples of the Emperor.

This ensures the loyalty of the Royal Academy students to Li Er!

Li Er put away Yuchi Huan's memorial, and Long Yan said joyfully, "You send someone to monitor the construction site of the Royal Academy, to prevent the aristocratic families from destroying the construction of the Royal Academy!"

"Slaves follow orders!"

The prince didn't dare to be negligent, so he went to arrange the matter right away!
Soon, the prince sent a Royal Forest Army to Shanglin Garden to guard the construction site of the Royal Academy.

What Li Er did was not aimless!

The closer the Royal Academy was to completion, the more dangerous it became.

Because the development of the Royal Academy seriously threatened the interests of the aristocratic families.

These aristocratic families will definitely not be reconciled.

Li Er did this just in case.

After taking a bath, Li Er went to the bedroom to rest.

Wang Gonggong then helped Li Er summon his concubine to come to the Ganlu Hall to serve her bed.

"Which noble concubine is coming to Ganlu Hall tonight?"

Li Er sat in the main hall of Ganlu Hall and asked the prince and his father-in-law condescendingly.

Wang Gonggong replied without hesitation: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yang Guifei is here to attend the bedchamber at Ganlu Palace today!"

Concubine Yang is Li Ke's mother. She was a princess of the Sui Dynasty, and now she is favored by Li Er and canonized as a noble concubine.

In the entire harem of Taiji Palace, only Empress Changsun can suppress Concubine Yang Gui.

Li Er frowned and said: "Today, you summon the Guanyin maidservant to come to Ganlu Hall to accompany me!"

"Slaves follow orders!"

The prince did not dare to be negligent, and immediately went to change the schedule of Li Er's concubine.

Soon, Concubine Yang's brand was swapped with that of Empress Changsun.

The eunuch who delivered the decree then went to the Lizheng Hall to deliver the decree.

When Empress Changsun learned that Li Er had summoned her, she didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately handed Li Zhi to the nanny, and hurried to see Li Er in the Ganlu Hall.

When they arrived at the Ganlu Hall, Empress Changsun asked Li Erdao: "Your Majesty, today is not the day for me to sleep with my concubine, why did you summon me to the Ganlu Hall?"

Li Er said with a smile on his face: "Guanyin maidservant, I want to show you the water tank designed by Xiao Yuchi today, so I summoned you to Ganlu Hall!"

Empress Changsun said in surprise, "Your Majesty, what if the Yang family is jealous?"

Li Er said indifferently: "Mr. Yang doesn't dare to be jealous, otherwise I will halve her tribute!"

Empress Changsun couldn't laugh or cry: "Your Majesty, although the Yang family is jealous, it is not enough to cause trouble. You don't have to reduce Yang's tribute!"

Li Er nodded and said in agreement: "Guanyin maidservant, don't worry, I will not punish Yang Shi for no reason!"

Empress Changsun smiled sweetly and said: "Your Majesty, I have a water tank in the Lizheng Hall, so there is no need to come to the Ganlu Hall to see your water tank!"

Li Er shook his head and said, "Guanyin maidservant, although your Lizheng Hall has a water tank, it's filled with cold water haha, it's different from mine!"

Empress Changsun's eyes lit up and said: "I want to see what's different about Your Majesty's water tank!"

"Mr. Guanyin, come with me!"

Li Er immediately took Empress Changsun to visit the shower room of Ganlu Hall.

Empress Changsun also wanted to see the difference in the water tank of Ganlu Hall, so she followed Li Er to the back garden of Ganlu Hall.

When she arrived in the back garden, Empress Changsun found that it was steaming around the water tank!
Empress Changsun was surprised: "Your Majesty, are you pouring hot water into the water tank?"

Li Er snorted: "Maid Guanyin, you guessed it right, I learned from one example and changed the cold water of the water tank into hot water, which can be used for bathing and washing face, killing two birds with one stone!"

Empress Changsun turned on the faucet of the water tank to test the water temperature, and found that the temperature of the hot water was moderate, she immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will also transform the water tank of the Lizheng Palace tomorrow!"

"I'm ready to play!"

Li Er agreed to Queen Changsun's request without hesitation.

Next, Empress Changsun visited the bathing pool under the leadership of Li Er.

When the steaming hot bath appeared in front of Empress Changsun, she thought she had come to a hot spring pool!
Empress Sun, Li Erjiao, began to use showers and faucets.

Empress Changsun never tires of it.

So Empress Changsun simply cleaned herself in the bathing pool of Ganlu Palace.

Li Er also happily returned to the palace of Ganlu Palace to wait for the eldest grandson empress.

Half an hour later, Empress Changsun arrived at Li Er's bedroom belatedly.

Li Er asked: "Guanyin maidservant, what do you think of my water tank?"

Empress Changsun was full of praise: "Your Majesty, the water tank can store hot and cold water. It is indeed a good thing that kills two birds with one stone."

Li Er regretted: "It's a pity that the water tank needs to be heated by a coal stove, otherwise it can popularize the people of the Tang Dynasty and let them take a hot bath in winter!"

Empress Changsun had an idea: "Your Majesty, the Loess Plateau in Guanzhong is short of water. If water tanks are designed in low-lying areas to collect rainwater, it can solve the urgent needs of the people!"

Li Er's eyes lit up and said: "Guanyin servant girl, you are right, I will immediately order the supervisor to make a water tank and give it to the people on the Loess Plateau to collect rainwater!"

Li Er acted swiftly and resolutely, and he immediately ordered the prince to draw up an order.

Before half a stick of incense was available, Li Er's imperial decree left the Ganlu Hall.

Empress Changsun unintentionally helped the common people a lot, and she felt a sense of accomplishment, so she was in a good mood!
After Li Er and Empress Changsun finished talking about family matters, they turned off the lights and took a rest.

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The Ministry of Industry will be the supervisor!

In the evening, the master craftsman Yan Liben was inspecting the workshop of the master craftsman!
Yan Liben was startled by the sudden decree that the eunuch came to be the prisoner.

Yan Liben didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately ran out of the supervisor's workshop to receive the order.

The eunuch who passed the decree immediately conveyed Li Er's will.

After Yan Liben heard the eunuch's edict, he realized that the water tank was used by Li Er as a tool to fight drought.

The eunuch who delivered the decree then handed over the imperial decree to Yan Liben and returned to the Ganlu Hall.

Yan Liben held Li Er's imperial decree, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Your Majesty only ordered the supervisor to make a water tank, but he didn't say the size of the water tank. This is a bit embarrassing for me!"

After some consideration, Yan Liben decided to build a large water tank for the collective use of the villages in Guanzhong!

If every household installs a small water tank, the construction cost will increase greatly, which is not in the interests of the Tang court.

So Yan Liben designed the water tank and the gutter for collecting rainwater overnight!
On the Loess Plateau, not only low-lying areas can collect rainwater, but roof tiles can also be equipped with water pipes to collect rainwater.

Early the next morning, Yan Liben played Li Er on his design drawing of the water tank.

After reading Yan Liben's memorial, Li Er nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yan Liben's idea is good, I will play it!"

Wang Gonggong immediately drafted the decree, and then sent Li Er's decree to the general prison.

That morning, Yan Liben, a master craftsman, received the memorial from Li Er, and immediately made a large water tank according to the design drawing!
(End of this chapter)