Tang Dynasty Never Night

Li Xian was in a daze. As an only child, Zheng Qi was already 21 years old and had multiple younger brothers or sisters. He really couldn't accept it.

But this kind of thing is still very common in this day and age, but Li Xian is a little worried. If he remembers correctly, Mrs. Yang will be 37 years old this year, and she is a very old woman at this age.

After Li Xian heard this, he began to wring his fingers and wanted to give something away. Zheng Qi couldn't laugh or cry at the side: "Why are you in such a hurry? Is there any shortage of food for my family?"

Li Xian thought about it too, but he still said unwillingly: "But the knowledge of obstetric care in this era is too backward."

"Ah?" Zheng Qi looked at Li Xian with a strange face: "You...you know?"

Li Xian choked suddenly. He is an otaku and a crook. Who would have time to study this? The only thing he knows is: "Uh, I can't say anything else, but if you want your child to be smart and good-looking, eat more." Let’s order walnuts, especially walnuts, oh, they are walnuts. They nourish the brain, but they are only useful during the formation of the brain, and they are not very useful after that, so the mother’s absorption should be useful. The skin of the fruit is good, hey, If it weren't for the county lady's inability to move now, I think it would be good to let her go to the south, where there are many fruits."

Zheng Qi was confused when he heard it, and said simply: "I'll ask someone to tell Auntie later, is there anything else?"

Li Xian thought about it carefully and couldn't think of anything, so he could only say: "We still don't understand, let's find a professional."

After finishing speaking, Li Xian felt a little embarrassed again. The two big men discussed how awkward they thought about this, not to mention him, even Zheng Qi felt awkward, so he directly changed the subject: "I heard that you have been talking about it lately. You don't go out of the house very much, what are you busy with?"

Li Xian waved his hand: "If you have nothing to do, write some stories for Yue'er to read."

"Writing a story?" Zheng Qi was slightly curious: "What is it?"

Li Xian hesitated for a moment and directly gave the manuscript to Zheng Qi and said, "It's just that you can help me polish it, anyway, I'm illiterate, you understand."

Zheng Qi accepted the manuscript helplessly. If Li Xian dared to say that he was illiterate a few years ago, he would have given Li Xian homework. But now...forget it, everyone is too busy, and Li Xian has his own Anyway, he is not good at writing, so he can barely cope with writing official documents.

Zheng Qi felt that his requirements for Li Xian were getting lower and lower. He thought that when he first came to be King Fu of Zhou, he still insisted on cultivating an excellent emperor with both civil and military skills. .

Li Xian no longer has a swollen face in front of Zheng Qi. To be honest, the story of The Legend of the White Snake itself is not long. If Li Xian had written it in vernacular, he would have finished it long ago. It's been almost a month, it should be... almost, right?

Li Xian was thinking about this, when he saw Zheng Qi put it on the table for a while after reading two pages, and then said: "Tell me the story, and I'll write a copy for you."

It's just horrible!What Zheng Qi didn't have the nerve to say was that if you read this article as a ghost novel, it's simply...too boring. There are no pictographic metaphors and allusions. It's just a dry narrative, which doesn't make people feel immersive.

From Zheng Qi's expression, Li Xian knew that Zheng Qi was dissatisfied, but he didn't care much: "Forget it, it's fine if you can watch it, anyway, I'm just telling a story."

"The story also needs to be read by people. If you want to write a book, this is not acceptable."

"Wait...wait." Li Xian held Zheng Qi decisively: "Who is going to write a book?"

Zheng Qi looked down at the pile of manuscripts, and Li Xian said dumbfoundedly: "I didn't want to write a book, I just wanted to write it for Yue'er to read. I don't want to publish a book. Let me tell you that the original author of this story is not me. Don't mess around."

Li Xian was really afraid that Zheng Qi would get excited and print this book. Movable type printing already existed at this time. If he didn't declare in advance that this was not a story written by him, what if it was actually printed?

Zheng Qi was a little strange: "Didn't you write it?" Impossible?The choice of words and sentences is very characteristic of His Royal Highness Shou Wang. It is estimated that there is no such a distinctive... story in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Li carded the shell, he knew where Zheng Qi was strange, so he wiped his face and said: "Then what... this story is strictly a folk tale, there is no specific author, er, even if there is, I didn't read it I have read the original work, but only watched... operas, and I know such a story, so I wrote it myself."

After Zheng Qi heard this, he didn't say anything, and he didn't feel that Li Xian had to hide it to be hypocritical. He was a literati, although Li Xian was not strictly a literati.

But even if he knew that Li Xian didn't want to publish Zheng Qi, he didn't care, because Li Xian wanted to show it to Princess Taiping, and Princess Taiping's age is just the time to learn cultural knowledge, so Li Xian can't take her into the ditch, otherwise It is estimated that Tianhou will be able to skin Li Xian.

Zheng Qi's speed is not comparable to Li Xian's. He writes well, from the beginning to the end, he doesn't change much, and Li Xian sees all kinds of envy and hatred.So this book can be regarded as a New Year gift for Princess Taiping.

What surprised Li Xian was that he didn't want to publicize it, but he couldn't stop it. After all, there are too few entertainments in life these days. A gossip can be told for many days, and a good story can be told for a long time. Princess Taiping The lonely copy in her hand will definitely not be given to others, but she is rich, so she can have someone print it, and it would be great to give it away after printing.

After Li Xian found out, his whole body collapsed. If he did not die, he would not die. Although he did not write his signature on the book under his strict precautions, he told Princess Taiping that it was written by a scholar, probably a girl of this age. She always likes talented scholars, and Princess Taiping also has a heart of admiration for the person who wrote the book.

So Princess Taiping started chasing Li Xian to ask who wrote it, Li Xian... Li Xian wanted to die already.To be honest, Empress Wu and Li Zhi know who wrote this book. It’s not that they haven’t read Zheng Qi’s poems, but Princess Taiping hasn’t. So she wants to see it. In the end, Empress Wu forced Taiping to suppress The princess stopped.

Li Xian was not relieved, what should he say?Is the royal princess high cultural literacy?Written by the Jinshi back then, and Zheng Qi has never slacked off over the years, can the literary talent be worse?It's just that Taiping's appreciation brought the little girl's love for the first time.

Princess Taiping is already ten years old, and she was fifteen years old. In history, Princess Taiping got married at sixteen. Now she looks young at this age, but she still understands the relationship between men and women.And Zheng Qi...Zheng Qi is 21 this year, and she will be less than [-] when Princess Taiping gets married, which is the golden age of a man. No matter in terms of appearance, ability or status, he is enough to be a consort.

Li Xian felt that he was thinking a little too much. According to common sense, knowing the relationship between Zheng Qi and him, neither Li Zhi nor Empress Wu could push their daughter into the pit of fire. I feel that we should not have too much hope for the integrity of Li Tang's royal family.

Li Xian is a person who can't hide his thoughts. He is like a transparent person in front of Zheng Qi. Zheng Qi knows what this guy is thinking as soon as he sees him anxious. He has no choice but to sigh and say: "Don't If you think about it, it is impossible for the Emperor and Empress to let me be her son-in-law."

Li Xian didn't say a word, Zheng Qi's excellence is obvious to all, how could he not think too much?If it were another person, Li Xian would still be able to boast that he was better than those people, but if it was Princess Taiping, he felt that he would have no way to compare.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zheng Qi continued, "For the sake of the princess's life, I guess they won't do this."

Huh?Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered, Nima, if Zheng Qi could get married, he probably wouldn't be able to get married, isn't it because Zheng Qi is obsessed with his wife?Thinking about it this way, it turns out that he has always been mediocre before?

But dating is probably like this, especially since he and Zheng Qi cannot get married, but even if they get married, the feeling of worrying about gains and losses will probably not disappear.

Li Xian is a little embarrassed, but Zheng Qi is very useful. The meaning behind jealousy is probably to value it. If he doesn't care, then no matter who Zheng Qi admires, Li Xian probably won't care, just like his mother treated him before. Like her father, Yang Shi was already desperate for Zheng Linjiang, so she treated her son better than her husband, but now Zheng Linjiang is much more reliable than when she was young, and now Yang Shi and Zheng Linjiang are more or less tender, so... as Zheng Qi, the son who has grown up and is often away from home, also has a feeling that he is redundant.

Li Xian's jealousy came at the right time, Zheng Qi's most hope now is to be needed.

However, even if the two of them are sweet for a while, they always encounter troubles. For example, a certain white fat man. The white fat man has been particularly sad recently. Its toothache is so bad that it can't eat, and then it is eaten by Li Xian three times a day. call it a dog.

Li Xian is also depressed, a good tiger made him grow into a tooth-cavity tiger, isn't this teasing him?The cruelty index released is not as good as that of a local dog!What a shame!And... this white tiger was about to come into estrus, and Li Xian was still worrying about where to find him a tigress.

Speaking of which, the female tiger is not difficult to find, the problem is that the white tiger looks like this, the female tiger may not be willing to mate, and Li Zhi and Empress Wu may not be willing to let the white tiger mate with a tiger casually.

Now there are three possibilities waiting for the white tiger, one is to live with an ordinary tiger, and the second is to wait for a female white tiger.

In fact, Li Xian prefers the third option, which saves trouble, and he remembers that cats will live longer if they have to be neutered. I don't know if it is a tiger, but I think cats should be similar, right?

Probably because he was keenly aware of Li Xian's ulterior motives, the white tiger didn't come to play with Li Xian very much these days, but when it had no snacks to eat, it would still send it to Li Xian to ravage.

Zheng Qi always felt that Li Xian paid more attention to this tiger than to him. Although he knew it was impossible intellectually, but emotionally... plus the fat man was not as cute as he was when he was a child, so Zheng Qi always You can lure it away with a few bangs.

It's just that Baihu's IQ is obviously relatively high, and he won't be fooled if he uses the same trick more times. Zheng Qi often needs to fight wits and courage with Baihu in order to hold Li Xian to do something unscrupulous.

But today he turned a blind eye to it, because he wanted to discuss a very serious issue with Li Xian: whether the firecracker could be improved.

"Improvements must be improved, but you also know that the forging bureau is too busy, how about this, you want to tell me what's not working, and then I'll take a look." Li Xian felt that he was about to become a data collector. No, there is no way, tens of thousands of experiments can't highlight the problem more than the actual battlefield.

"There is no big problem. The stability is much better than that of iron, but it deteriorates too quickly." Zheng Qi said, feeling a little distressed: "Many of the first batches I brought over are no longer usable."

After asking carefully, Li Xian sighed: "Actually, bronze is not as good as cast iron, but cast iron is not suitable for gun barrels nowadays, the stability is too poor, and... the high scrap rate is not only It’s a matter of materials, and it’s also related to craftsmanship.”

In fact, although it is made of bronze, strictly speaking it is also an alloy. After all, pure copper is slightly soft, and some other metal elements must be added to meet Li Xian's requirements.

However, even if it is produced in the form of cast iron, I am afraid that the scrap rate will be very high. There is no way, the craftsmanship is limited, and the inside of the gun bore is quite uneven, so we must continue to improve on this basis.However, what Li Xian meant was to improve on this basis, then use bronze as an experiment. After all, this material is already very familiar, and metal smelting is not too different in many ways. Bronze can be cast, as long as cast iron can Find the appropriate ratio of iron-carbon and other metal elements, and these experiences can also be used as a reference at that time.

Li Xian felt that his life seemed to be like constantly giving suggestions and then tossing about all kinds of new things.

"The situation over there has stabilized now? Did you get the ocean fire from the Dashi army?"

Zheng Qi shook his head: "No, just like our firecrackers, the secrecy of Ocean Fire over there is also in place."

"Oh, forget it. In fact, it's not that we don't have it here, but the resources are not so rich. This thing is not a secret. Even if you find it, you don't even need to experiment. It is a super resource. There is also coal. Tang’s reserves of various resources are quite rich.” Li Xian thought about the number of people in Datang and compared the per capita, although many places in the 1000 years of vicissitudes may not have those resources, but many things should be formed.

"Can you find it?"

Li Xian felt a little regretful: "It would be great if I could make something like a steam engine, but I don't have the ability anymore, I haven't learned these things before."

Zheng Qi didn't have too many regrets after hearing it. After all, it's something from the future. It's their luck that they got it now. With Li Xian, if they don't get it, they will continue to develop.

"The Dashi side may not last long. The gunpowder and firecrackers are very powerful. They will probably surrender soon."

"Let them cede the land and pay compensation at that time!" Li Xian is still coveting that piece of land, but now it seems that it is probably impossible to directly fight there. There is a chance.

This year's New Year has a more lively atmosphere because of the victory. Li Xian and Zheng Qi, who are newlyweds, stick together every day. Every time Li Xian sees them, his teeth hurt a little.

Then after the government departments resumed work, Lou Shide's great victory memorial came, and almost everyone publicized along the way.

At that time, Li Xian and Zheng Qi were discussing which flavor of Lantern Festival was more delicious, but when they heard the news, let alone Zheng Qi, he was stunned for a moment, didn't they still confront each other before?How did you win so quickly?

At this time, Li Zhi also sent someone to call them into the palace. When they arrived at the Linde Palace, Li Zhi could not suppress the smile on his face. Li Xian arrived in the East Palace earlier than Li Xian, so Li Zhi said: "Let's Liulang talk to Qilang and Zheng Qingcheng."

Li Xian narrated it again, and then Li Xian knew that Lou Shide used tricks to get so fast this time.Dashi is bordered by Datang, and the tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival in Tang Dynasty has an influence on Tubo and Dashi. Both sides also celebrate the Spring Festival with Datang, no matter what time it is, there is a strong mentality.

When your country becomes stronger, neighboring countries or other countries will imitate you unconsciously, so on New Year’s Eve, logically speaking, the armies on both sides will cease fire by default, even if you can’t have a reunion year, Let the soldiers relax for a day, right?

But Lou Shide just doesn't play the cards according to the rules. On the one hand, he asked people to make red lanterns in the barracks, kill pigs and wash vegetables, etc. to create a scene of the Chinese New Year in full swing, and on the other hand, he secretly assembled people to prepare Sneak attack.

To be honest, a surprise attack after everyone has reached a consensus is morally untenable, but Li Xian is not so naive now, this is a war, who wants to talk to you about morality.

Of course, as a general who gave up his pen and joined the army, Lou Shide, as a civil servant, has a lot of minds. He was obviously the one who attacked, but he planted it on Da Shi, saying that the other party did it first, and he had witnesses—— More than a dozen Dashi prisoners.

From Li Xian's point of view, these captives were probably caught at the beginning, but they were not executed. Of course, Datang did not have the habit of executing captives. This is not... This will come in handy. Lou Shide's acting is full, Everything has been thought out, but the other party can't argue with it, and it has reached this level, so what do you say?let's hit.

However, the Tang army came prepared, and the opponent rushed to the battle. After this fight, the opponent was beaten to pieces. Lou Shide beat the Dashi army to the west of Ashgabat in one breath, not only the troops occupied by Dashi Bukhara was taken back, and even the Persian city that was previously occupied by the Dashi army was taken down.

It's just that the supply line for the Tang army going north is too long, and there are no granaries there. Lou Shide thought about it and set up camp on the spot, and then asked for opinions while sending out battle reports.

Needless to say, this must be a great victory, everyone is very happy, but Li Xian feels that Zheng Qi is a bit unlucky, if Zheng Qi is there, he must have contributed to this great victory.

But Zheng Qi doesn't care much, he is already in the limelight. He just turned 21 this year, and if he rises up, except for six ministers, he will be released as a governor. He doesn't need local political achievements or training, so let's just let it go In a few years, when he is about the same age, he will be able to become a minister smoothly.

Now that we have won the battle in the front, those who sit in the rear have to start discussing many things, such as what is our bottom line if the other party wants to negotiate a peace, if the other party still wants to fight, how should we fight, and the rewards for the sergeants also need to be settled. Started to draw.

But now it is just a rough discussion, the real specific work still has to wait for Lou Shide's memorial, and Li Xian has not spoken during the discussion.

After returning home, Li Xian turned his head and wrote a booklet and handed it to Li Zhi. After Li Zhi saw Li Xian's letter, he hesitated for a while. To be honest, every time Li Xian wrote to him, he felt pain and happiness. That said, as a far-sighted emperor, many times Li Xian's suggestions are beneficial to him, but he has to weigh the current situation, and many things can only be left behind if they are not suitable.

But let alone Li Xian, even Li Zhi himself felt unwilling, but there was nothing he could do about it, so Li Zhi was not joking when he asked Li Xian to prepare him mentally that day.

After hesitating for a while, Li Zhi opened the memorial. This time, Li Xian didn't make a long speech, but just put forward an opinion, that is, to set a national boundary with Dashi when negotiating peace.

The so-called national border is this borderline where our country is on this side and your country is on the other side. The two do not invade each other. If ordinary people cross the border, it is regarded as smuggling. If the army crosses the border, it is considered war aggression, so don’t blame us. Hit you.

In fact, there has always been a garrison in the Tang Dynasty on the border, but the national consciousness is not very strong in this era. The so-called national boundaries are generally very imaginary, that is, even the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty may not be very clear about the national boundaries of their own country. Where the boundaries are, let alone boundary markers.

Li Xian wrote this note in order to propose a concept of a country, and then infiltrate it to the people of Tang Dynasty little by little, and send a message to the ethnic minorities by the way: within the protection of the country, you can live well, you If you must be independent, then I'm sorry, if you are beaten, we won't take care of you.

Although it may not be possible to subdue those ethnic minorities, it is not always easy to do a little bit, unify or something.

Li Xian never expected that Dashi was beaten to be honest, and Tubo, who had been honest for several years, suddenly started attacking Datang again as if he had rabies.

In the third year of Shangyuan, Jisishuo in the third month of leap, Tubo entered the four prefectures of Kosha, Su, Gan, and Shan.