Tang Dynasty Never Night

There are two more women in the palace, if it’s just two more people, it’s okay, the problem is that these two people still need to be treated in various ways, such as waiters, monthly bills, and all kinds of troublesome things. The most important thing is that these two women are not ordinary concubines, gifted by the empress, they are noble concubines, and they cannot be assigned casually!

Li Xian was fooled into one head and two big, especially when he knew that one of the concubines was surnamed Wei, he couldn't wait to throw these two women out.

Li Xian didn't want to worry too much about these two women. Fortunately, there were regulations on how the prince's concubines were treated. Li Xian directly chose a relatively remote courtyard and threw them there.

When the two beautiful young girls were carried into the palace, they were full of longing for the future. They had never seen King Zhou, but they had heard that King Zhou was handsome and young, and there was no official The concubine of Zhou, before they were carried into the palace, their family members had mentioned to them in a more or less cryptic manner that they must seize the opportunity to be favored by the king of Zhou, because they have no rank, but are just concubines.

Don't think about the position of the princess, but there is not only one princess in the prince's backyard. According to regulations, there are two children in the prince's rank, five ranks, ten concubines, and six ranks. The rest are ordinary concubines, and the treatment is much worse. !The princess doesn't dare to dream, can't Ruren and his wife dream?

As a result, after entering the palace, a basin of cold water was poured down their heads, and all grades and treatment were thrown aside. They were thrown aside without even seeing King Zhou's face!Originally, as a concubine without a formal wedding ceremony, I would not have thought about it, but... the king of Zhou didn't even see them, so naturally he wouldn't touch them either!

Wronged, naturally very wronged.The two little girls are not very old now, they are two years older than Li Xian, and they are just fifteen this year--there is no way to find someone younger than him, Li Xian is just thirteen this year, and the only way to find someone younger than him is to make a decision first How can you bring it into the palace if it hasn't grown up yet?

The girls in the Tang Dynasty were all tough. Wang and Wei’s backgrounds are not very strong, but they are very strong from the perspective of their families—one is a branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, the other is Wei’s and Jingzhaowei Shi.

It can be said that these two little girls are from aristocratic families. Among them, Jingzhao Webster once gave birth to Taizong Li Shimin's imperial concubine and Zhaorong. Of course, the family background of Webster's and those two sisters in the Zhou Palace is incomparable.

After Li Xian threw people aside, he began to check the background of the two women. It can be said that their two surnames doomed Li Xian not to send people back.This is still on the surface, and after a closer look at the parents of these two women, Li Xian was in a bad mood at the time.

Forget about Mrs. Wang, he doesn't really remember this person, but Wei's father is Wei Xuanzhen.

What the hell!When Li Xian saw the word Wei Xuanzhen, his whole body trembled. Damn, the future Empress Wei and the concubine Wei are already in the backyard of his house. Father, dear father, is there anyone who cheats on your son like you?

What made Li Xian even more distressed was that these two little girls were obviously not of the submissive type, they were of the stubborn fighting type!Li Xian didn't see them, they were honest for two days at the beginning, and after a few days, they also saw that in this palace, concubines like them without rank are not favored by the prince, that is a life of suffocation !

At any rate, they used to be pampered and pampered young ladies at home. After entering the palace, even the servants of the palace dared to show their faces!This precipice won't work. Originally, when Wang Shi and Wei Shi were brought into the mansion together, they first thought about how to compete with each other, but now they began to think about how to fight the boss.

As a result, Li Xian's desk had a few extra copies of all kinds of tricks about these two little girls, not to mention bribing a cook today to cook for Li Xian himself.

Cook: The recipes our majesty studied are much more delicious than the ones you made, so you should give up on it.

Another example is bribing the palace guards to let them tell Li Xian's schedule.

Palace Guard: We still want to die!Don't want to do push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups anymore, okay?Would you rather squat? !

As Li Xian's control over the guards of the palace increased, the entire palace was slowly taken under his control. Li Xian felt that these two concubines were a bit tricky, and he couldn't think of a way to solve them for a while. Can let it go for now—his father has lifted his confinement, and he still needs to wear court clothes to go to court obediently.

As a result, Li Xian, who was one of the first and two big ones made by the concubine here, saw Zheng Qi's beautiful face when he came to the court hall.

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Li Xian was startled at the time, and Li Xian sneaked up to him and said, "Did you see? Zheng Qingcheng wrote a letter to reform the election two days ago, and my father let him be the Chang Bo of Si Lie Shao as soon as he was happy."

So, that is to say... in the future... when he goes to court, he will see Zheng Qi with his head up and his head down?

Li Xian, who just had a dream yesterday and saw the main character in the dream today: I really want to die!

Probably because yesterday's dream was too horrifying, Li Xian was a little dazed all day long standing upright, but fortunately he was used to being the background board, even if he lost his mind, he wouldn't be noticed, but even if no one paid attention to him, Li Xian Also a little uncomfortable.

Because the main thing discussed by the court in the past two days is the election reform, and then Zheng Qi has to speak out from time to time. As soon as he opened his mouth, Li Xian couldn't help pricking up his ears to listen to him carefully, although what the other party said meant nothing to him. He didn't listen to it, but it couldn't stop Li Xian's brain from circulating a thousand times: the ear is going to be pregnant.

Speaking of which, it was not the first time he heard Zheng Qi speak, but it was the first time he could not help but think of the tone and voice of him calling himself Qilang in the dream when he heard the other party's voice, and when he recovered, he secretly spurned himself It's just going crazy.

After finally getting off work, Li Xian didn't even say hello to Zheng Qi, and returned to the Prince Zhou's mansion at a brisk pace all the way, which made Zheng Qi, who was subconsciously looking for Li Xian after greeting his colleagues around him, a bit depressed—what was he in a hurry to do?

Almost immediately, Zheng Qi thought that Li Xian had taken two concubines before. This is not a trivial matter, and almost all the courtiers knew about it. He originally wanted to find a time to remind Li Xian after the court today. , that Wei Shi was Wei Shuren, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye?

Could it be that he was really fascinated by two concubines?This is not a good thing, as for the fact that Li Xian had sworn before that he had a sweetheart, Zheng Qi didn't take it to heart at all.

Li Xian, who was being suspected, was sitting in the study at this time, staring blankly at the book in front of him, his mind had already gone to nowhere.

He felt as if he was sick, and very sick.That disease is commonly known as... lovesickness, and the one who misses is his ghost animal king Fu. Li Xian even wonders if he is shaking.

Nima, he didn't dare to look at him when he was there, for fear of being caught talking, and then fled back to the palace. After returning to the palace, he started to think about food and tea again. His mind was full of Zheng Qi, and there was no cure. up!

Li Xian felt that he was a bit dangerous. Nima, if you like anyone, you can't like Zheng Qi. This is purely self-defeating, okay?In case Zheng Qi finds out... Li Xian trembled, the other party should think that he is a prince and save his life for himself, right?

Life is already too difficult, and he is still trying to kill himself, Li Xian feels... His current state is not suitable for seeing Zheng Qi again and getting in touch with everything related to Zheng Qi.It must be because of yesterday's dream that he is so abnormal today, otherwise why did he never notice it when Zheng Qi was his Wang Fu?

So... It's better to ask for leave and not go to court, anyway, it doesn't matter if you have him or not.

Li Xian decisively decided to ask his parents for leave through the back door. As for the reason, let's just say that he is not feeling well recently!Otherwise, he doesn't know what reason to use.

As a result, Li Xiangang said that he wanted to rest for two days without even giving a reason. Li Zhi and Empress Wu readily agreed. The two couples thought very simply. Although they were not marrying a wife, they were taking a concubine...and giving their son two days. It's a holiday, it's a wedding holiday!

Li Xian: I'm so tired, forget it, it's good to have a vacation, what kind of vacation does he care about.

So Li Xian went on vacation with a heartbeat, and when Zheng Qi went to court the next day, he saw that Li Xian hadn't come, and when he heard the ambiguous expressions on his colleagues' faces that King Zhou was going on a wedding leave, his handsome face... Poker face.

To be honest, when Zheng Qi was perfecting the selection method in the past two days, he suddenly remembered that Li Xian had said that there were various exams in their era, and the regulations were very strict and thorough, so Zheng Qi Originally, I wanted to discuss it with Li Xian, but it turned out... If this brat dares to immerse himself in the beauty town, he might as well find a way to kill him!

King Zhou went on vacation, Zheng Qi was also in charge of Prince Zhan, so time was very tight, and when he finished his work, there would be a curfew soon, and he had no time to find Li Xian, so he had to wait for Li Xian to go to work on leave, anyway. The electoral reform will take a while.

Although there are only a few records of this election reform in history, in fact, once the reform is involved, no matter whether it is a major reform or a minor reform, it will take a long time to discuss it carefully before it can be truly implemented, but when it is implemented, it will be vigorous and resolute Some, after all, many things cannot be delayed.

Zheng Qi was busy at court, and Li Xian was idle at home. Bored, he began to read various mansion newspapers, and found out that Li Zhi sent people to Jizhou to control the water, but it seems that there is no good news yet. .

Li Xian looked at the word water control and felt that he could study it. Anyway...whether it succeeds or not won't affect anything, as long as he doesn't let his mind just think about Zheng Qi.

Li Xian began to look through various books, and found that water control in this era is actually the construction of water conservancy to relieve congestion. However, many technologies in this era are relatively backward, so there will be floods every year.

But let alone the Tang Dynasty, even in the high-tech modern times there will be floods, and there is nothing anyone can do if God doesn't show favor. All people can do is to do their best and obey the destiny.

When Li Xian was reading various water conservancy books, he found that... he couldn't understand == at all. Although he is a science student, he is not familiar with various algorithms of this era, although the final conclusion may be the same , but since Li Xian wants to do it, he wants to come up with some results to present. When he is asked to explain, he will just open his mouth and say a formula, and then when people ask him what he means, he can't tell... This is not Are you kidding me?

Li Xian had no choice but to ask Yan Liben for advice, but Yan Liben...is not familiar with this, okay?They major in calligraphy and painting, strictly speaking, they are liberal arts students. If you ask them for advice with Mingjing, isn't it a joke?

Li Xian and Yan Liben stared at each other for a while. Li Xian was used to going to Wang Fu when he had a problem with his studies. As a result, Zheng Qi was so omnipotent that he thought that all Wang Fu were omnipotent. Yan Liben was so embarrassed.

Li Xian cleared his throat and said, "This...it's just that it's useless for me to bother Wang Fu."

Yan Liben is almost [-] this year. At this age, he would have retired many years ago in future generations. It is too embarrassing for someone to be his teacher here.

Yan Liben looked at Li Xian's fleeing figure and sighed slightly. Although Zhou Wang didn't see any talent in calligraphy and painting, it was true that he was modest and eager to learn. It's a pity that he was old and couldn't teach anymore, so it's better not to take possession of it. This seat is good, let's find a time to become an official.

Yan Liben was a little depressed for a while, even after entering the political arena, he hoped that he could make a difference. Those who are more literary and artistic probably hope that they can do their part for this empire, but thinking and doing are always different. of.He can be regarded as an extremely human minister, but it is a pity that he did not make corresponding contributions, which is also a blow to him.

Li Xian didn't expect that the old man who he just went to ask a question and beat him would resign. He was researching cement.

In fact, Yan Liben was wrong. Li Xian may not have much talent in calligraphy, but he is still good at painting. At least he has learned sketching for a while, but it is not very good, but it is used for painting. A structure diagram or something is more than enough.

There is a map of Jizhou in his Zhou Palace. Although the map of this era is not particularly detailed, the borders of each state and county are still clearly drawn. Li Xian has no experience in water control, but he remembers seeing it on the Internet. Pass a kind of embankment around the city - Yuedi.

The moon embankment is a half-moon structure. This kind of embankment does not require manpower or electricity. It can drain water when it is flooded. If the water level of the moat rises, it can also use water pressure to block the drainage channel, thereby protecting the city. Not to be flooded, but only the towns are protected in this way, and it is difficult for villages.

Li Xian briefly drew the structure of the moon dike. To be honest, he just looked at it in his last life and vaguely remembered the structure. As for the data of various aspects, I'm sorry that he is not a professional, so let a professional do it.

Apart from this, he began to toss the cement. Li Xian did not carefully study the embankment buildings of this era, but judging from the various buildings in Chang'an, they are still dominated by earth and stone structures. Anyway, since cement did not appear, there is no more suitable than cement of the material.

But how to do it still needs to be studied. After much deliberation, Li Xian wanted to do it himself. However, when he was tossing the cement before, Zheng Qi sprayed him like a dog. Li Xian hesitated and decided to find someone else. All right, he is responsible for providing the drawings.

It’s just that the drawings are not easy to provide. Although there are craftsmen in the palace, it’s okay for these craftsmen to make small things. They can’t do things like dikes and dams even if they are scaled down.

There's no way, Li Xian can only specify for them, the thing is just like this, and then specify the size for them - it can't be too big, because it's only used as a model, and he will have to make it for cheap parents when the time comes What about the demo.

It has to be said that there is a specialization in the art industry, and the craftsman is used to making all kinds of things. If Li Xian were to make this model, he might not be able to tinker with it for a year.

Li Xian experimented with water, and made various house shapes with cement. It can be said that this model is still very delicate, but what to use for the plug of the drain made it difficult for the craftsman and Li Xian to use cement. Otherwise, the water pressure was not enough to push it, so Li Xian finally used an iron gate, but the cost was too high, and it was impossible for so many towns across the country to use iron gates, so he made another wooden gate.

The results of the experiment were not bad. Compared with the earth-rock embankment, the benefits of the moon embankment were obvious. Li Xian was satisfied with letting the model go away with his hands—it was too heavy, and his small arms and legs couldn't hold it.

Li Xian took away the size that the craftsman made when he tossed the Yuedi model. This thing... I guess it will be used as a reference for the people in the Ministry of Industry. Anyway, there are so many capable people in the Ministry of Industry. The top students in physics and chemistry all over the country are here The Ministry of Industry, they must be much stronger than craftsmen.

Li Xian asked someone to bring this model into the palace to pay his respects the next day, but he didn't let anyone bring it in at first, so he had to let someone bring it up when the empress wanted to see it.

Because Li Xian was on vacation, he didn't go with his brothers. He went directly to find his cheap parents. At this time, he just came to court, so his parents should be handling government affairs in Zichen Palace.

Empress Wu was a little surprised to see Li Xian coming, and asked with a smile, "Why did Qilang come here suddenly?"

After saluting, Li Xian sat down very naturally and said, "I have something good to show my father and mother."

"Oh?" Li Zhi smiled slightly: "What delicious food did you make again?"

Li Xian is sweating profusely, in your eyes, I am a foodie who knows how to study food?You are really my dear father!

"It's not that..." After a pause, Li Xian suddenly remembered that the Dongpo meat that had been successfully tested two days ago hadn't been presented to his parents yet, so he couldn't help but twitched his mouth and said, "Well, there is, my son was raised in a special way before. I cooked two pigs, and the meat produced has no fishy smell, and the taste is not bad, I will get some for my father and mother to taste later."

After hearing this, Li Zhi had the expression that you said you were not offering recipes, so Li Xian had no choice but to say, "Father, my son has studied water conservancy these past two days and made something that should be useful for water control, but My son has little talent and learning, so please ask my father and mother to take a look."

"Oh? What?" Li Zhi was quite interested after hearing this.

Li Xian first handed the blueprint to Empress Wu—Li Zhi's eyesight had already begun to decline, so he probably couldn't see clearly many parts of this blueprint.

Empress Wu didn't know much about this aspect. After explaining it to Li Zhi, Li Zhi thought for a while and turned to Huang Changshi beside him and said, "Go and general... Zhang Ning, Chu Pei is here."

Zhang Ning is the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Originally, Li Zhi wanted to call Yan Liben. After all, Yan Li himself still has the title of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but he suddenly remembered that Yan Liben was Li Xian's Wangfu. He also knew, and Yan Liben had seldom been in charge of affairs recently, and it seemed that he wanted to retire, but even if he didn't, the work of the Ministry of Industry was basically put in the hands of the two servants.

Li Xian thought for a while and said, "I made a model, just... I made this thing smaller, and then made a demonstration, daddy, would you like to see it?"

Li Zhi immediately made a decision: "Bring it? Then take it!"

Li Xian immediately asked someone to lift the model up - although it is said to be a model, it is actually not small, because if it is too small, many things cannot be displayed, especially the plug is not easy to make and is not good-looking.

And for comparison, Li Xian also asked the craftsmen to build a small dike with a schematic structure, which is the most common type now. By comparing the two, the advantages and disadvantages can be clearly seen. Of course, this is for those who don't understand People who read it, those who really understand the Ministry of Industry probably don't have to make a comparison.

So before the two servants from the Ministry of Industry came over, Li Xian asked people to start the experiment. Halfway through the experiment, the two came over. After saluting, Li Zhi patted the desk and said, "Let's see King Zhou get it out." This... Yuedi."

Both Zhang Ning and Chu Pei are people who know the goods. They don't need to look at the scattered earth and stone embankment that has been washed away. When they saw the moon embankment, their eyes lit up. Li Xian showed them the moon embankment again. How it works, and then...it's time for a hundred thousand whys.

Li Xian found out that inventing a new thing is... quite painful, especially if you borrowed it instead of inventing it, because he couldn't understand any of the technical terms the other party said!He couldn't answer many of the questions asked by the other party!In the end, Li Xian could only throw the blueprint to them and said with a loveless face: "The structure of the moon embankment is all on this picture. Don't ask me about the rest. I don't know if you ask me. I don't know." It was just a sudden whim to come up with such a thing.”

Zhang Ning is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a weathered look on his face. He is a very pragmatic official. He looked at the model of Yuedi, then at the picture in his hand, and said cheerfully: "Your Highness Great talent! Jizhou's water problem has been cured!"

Chu Pei was also very happy. Of course, he also asked directly, "Dare to ask Your Highness... what kind of material is used to make the moon embankment?"

Li Xian belatedly remembered that it was broken. He only cared about the cement being strong, but he forgot that this kind of thing is now only produced by his cement kiln. It is obviously impossible to supply the whole country. Hand over the cement recipe too?Zheng Qi also said before that he was asked to use this to make money, but now he has accidentally tossed out of Yuedi, making money... I guess it's a bit difficult, right?