Tang Dynasty Never Night

During the Chinese New Year, everyone is on a semi-holiday - because the pen is closed, and the government departments are basically closed except for urgent matters. Of course, this urgent matter is an exception because there is a war outside.

This new year is very fresh for Li Xian, but it is cloudy for the court - because there has been no snow in the whole winter!Seeing that spring is about to begin, the weather this year may still not be very good.

As a member of Zhumen, Li Xian still regretted not being able to build a snowman without snow, and the winter in this era is actually not very cold, but he just listened to Zheng Qi sighing that this year's weather is not good. It was only then that I suddenly remembered, Nima... there will be problems if it doesn't snow.

As the saying goes, auspicious snow heralds a good year, and there is enough precipitation in winter, so that all kinds of crops can grow well in spring, but now... God, it doesn't snow!

After the Chinese New Year, he will face all kinds of bad things. Li Xian wonders if he is wearing the wrong clothes—what about the prosperous Tang Dynasty?What about world-class countries?With such a drought in winter, next year's harvest will definitely not be very good, and every year the country's great rivers and coastal areas may suffer from floods, which requires disaster relief, and the country has to fight... All of this requires food.

Li Xian suddenly misses the days when he was a small citizen. It looks good to be in a high position, but he also has to shoulder the corresponding responsibilities. He is really good, at least as a father Li Zhi is very qualified.

The problem of food is difficult to solve. The relatively high-yield crops that Li Xian knows are... all still far away abroad!Finally, Li Xian couldn't sit still anymore. It's almost predictable that next year's wheat harvest will not be very good. If the winter is dry, maybe there won't be too much rain for the whole year. So at this time, a drought-resistant Food crops are very important.

Of course, the more important thing is that such a food crop must have a large yield, and in Li Xian's impression, the only food crop with a large yield and drought tolerance is corn.

Li Xian remembered that corn had been planted in South America a long time ago, so corn was available at this time, but the question now is... how to go to South America to bring back the seeds of this crop?The distance from Datang to South America is not close, and if you want to get there quickly, you have to go by sea.

The Maritime Silk Road, which is famous in later generations, has actually taken shape at this time. Li Xian asked the government officials to find some information. After a closer look, he found that the farthest voyage distance so far is only the Malay Peninsula or Malacca. peninsula.

But even Malacca is almost separated from South America by the Pacific Ocean!According to the current navigation technology, it is almost impossible to cross the entire Pacific Ocean, so they can only travel along the continental plate.

In this way, from Asia to South America, it will take almost half of the world, Li Xian feels...a little headache.First of all, the navigation technology of the Tang Dynasty...well, he really doesn't understand it. The most important thing is whether the ship can hold up. Of course, there are a series of problems besides the ship, such as how to get supplies, although they are all along the continent When sailing, there must be a port in the middle to replenish supplies, but the problem is what country will you encounter, the language will not be fluent, and will there be conflicts with the locals outside? These are all problems.

It is the fault of many people to shrink back when encountering great difficulties. Li Xian also has such a fault. With his IQ that is so drossed by the people around him, he can foresee the difficulty of this matter. This is definitely not good. manage.

But Li Xian was a little reluctant to give up, and finally found a place where he could shine, and fought with Yu Shitai... In fact, in his opinion, there is no difference between arguing with a child, except that the words used seem taller One point, in fact, if you look at the essence through the phenomenon, there is no technical content.

No matter what, try your best. First, collect all kinds of information. Perhaps Li Xian should be thankful that he traveled to the Tang Dynasty. If he went to the closed Qing Dynasty, even if he collected all the information, it would be useless.

In fact, there are quite a few foreigners in Datang, but basically no one from the Americas has come here. The information Li Xian can collect is from places relatively close to Datang.

The people under Li Xian's constant contact with foreigners attracted the attention of many people. Of course, this is also related to Li Xian not wanting to hide it at all. Even if he hides it, can he hide it from his boss parents?

It's just that what he didn't expect was that it was Zheng Qi who came to the door first!

This New Year Li Xian is a bit hectic. Even if he knows more about the customs of the New Year in advance, he will be in a hurry when he does something he has never done before. In addition, it is normal to visit other people's homes during the New Year, but In this highly hierarchical society, Li Xian still doesn't need to pay New Year's greetings to Zheng Qi - he only made Empress Wu cut his meal two days ago, so it's better to be honest when it's New Year's Eve.

Fortunately, Zheng Qi turned around and came to Li Xian after he finished tossing about his own family affairs. The two of them were familiar enough to meet each other so there was no need to be too polite. Zheng Qi directly asked Li Xian what he was up to lately.

Li Xian had prepared for a long time and took out a stack of materials to tell Zheng Qi about the corn. Zheng Qi asked three times after hearing it: "Are you sure?"

Li Xian was a little guilty at the beginning, but when Zheng Qi asked at the end, he nodded with certainty. He clearly remembered that the origin of corn was South America.

Zheng Qi began to ask various questions about corn again, and even Zheng Qi was moved when he learned that the drought-tolerant yield of corn was high.It's just that as Li Xian thought, the difficulty of this matter is not so high, even Zheng Qi can't improve this plan more - because he also doesn't know much about the small countries along the way.

It's just that Zheng Qi also raised a very important point-if the fleet is really sent, it will not only need to send the crew, but even the army to protect the fleet.

As soon as Li Xian slapped his head, he said that something was wrong and that it was necessary to send troops to protect it. After all, this era is not yet the civilized era of later generations. Although many countries in the civilized era are also very hooligan and rude, there are still some constraints. Now many countries may still be in a barbaric period, reasoning is useless and can only be subdued by force.

It's just that if this is the case, the two of them can't handle this matter, and they must report it.

Li Xian was a little worried: "Is Datang's boat really okay?"

Zheng Qi looked sideways, what's the matter with this deep sense of distrust?But when he thought about Li Xian's few words and words that revealed the development of future generations, he didn't want to talk anymore - what's the use of worrying?You can't improve.

In the end, before Zheng Qi complained, Li Xian came up with a sentence: "I don't know much about the design of the hull, but I have played with many models and still remember the various assembly of the model. I don't know if it is useful. Try it later. Try it."

Zheng Qi thought for a while and said, "Well, you should be more honest these two days, and tell your people not to contact those barbarians anymore. I'll ask someone to inquire about it."

Li Xian looked at him blankly: Why?

When Zheng Qi just saw Li Xian's stack of intelligence statistics, he was pleased that this kid had finally improved a lot, but Li Xian showed his true form in minutes.

"Have you forgotten your identity? Dealing with those barbarians... Are you afraid that the imperial censor will be involved with you?"

Little brat, have you forgotten that you just offended most of the censors in the Yushitai Academy?They are waiting to collect your handles, are you going to take the initiative to send them to their door?

Li Xian couldn't sit still when he heard it, and said quickly: "Then don't worry about this matter. Those censors with bad mouths were still joining you some time ago."

Zheng Qi sneered: "You think I'm you?"

Li Xian: Inexplicably... being despised again...

However, Li Xian was used to being despised by Zheng Qi. After Zheng Qi left, Li Xian slapped his head. He originally wanted to ask Zheng Qi how he was doing recently. Heck, why is there a little gossip beside him? Thanks to his slave, Li Xian had also faintly heard all kinds of gossip circulating in the upper class, and the one that caught his attention the most was the rumor of the young and promising Zheng Shaochang's wife.

Of course, from Li Xian's point of view, it's just a rumor, and from many people's point of view, this matter is basically a certainty. After all, two fiancées have already died, and the girl who died in the rumor seems to be... right?So it goes without saying, right?

After Li Xian heard this, he didn't know what mood he was in. He felt aggrieved for Zheng Qi, but also felt happy for himself. If no one married Zheng Qi, would he have a chance?

For this, Li Xian secretly got Zheng Qi's horoscope. Well, we have to start from the beginning. In fact, Li Xian himself doesn't care much about the incompatibility of horoscopes, but after the Spring Festival , Li Xian ran into Zheng's parents by chance when he was wandering outside with nothing to do.

After Zheng Niang arrived in the capital, she hadn't had a good time shopping for the Chinese New Year, and then she was busy visiting various houses, and she was exhausted. It was only now that she had calmed down a bit, and she was in the mood to go shopping.

Li Xian didn't know Zheng Niang at first, but the raccoon slave next to him did. After he was tired from walking and sat on the second floor of the restaurant, it happened that the Zheng family and his wife also came here to rest and eat. Tell Li Xian.

Li Xian had long wanted to visit Zheng Qi's parents. To be honest, he was very curious about what kind of parents could leave Zheng Qi such a monster.What can I say now that I have finally come across it?Come over now please.

The raccoon slave walked over and invited the Zheng family couple over in a soft voice. When the Zheng family couple heard that it was King Zhou, they were startled at first, and then came over a little nervously.

In order to make a good impression on the Zheng family couple, Li Xian increased his pretense index by several percentage points, pretending to be all kinds of luxurious and elegant, in fact, his fox fur suit is already very telling.

As soon as the Zheng family couple came over and Li Xian hadn't spoken, Zheng Qi's father, Zheng Linjiang, came over and saluted slightly, "I've seen Your Highness."

That posture...slightly doggy.

Zheng Qi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Zheng Yang, and happened to see Yang stretch her leg and stomp Zheng Mingshan hard.

Li Xian: ...

#I always feel that something is wrong#

Li Xian cleared his throat and said, "Zheng Mingshan doesn't need to be too polite, this is Lord Cong Sipin, right? Please take a seat."

Zheng Linjiang's name is Mingshan. Under such circumstances, Li Xian still thinks that it is better to call him. Although Zheng Qi's mother, Yang, has been ordered by the county monarch, she has no title and can only be called by her surname.

Yang saluted in a dignified manner. This prince's attitude made Yang a little less nervous. In fact... she was nervous and Li Xian was even more nervous.

It's just that Li Xian is better at pretending. Although he doesn't look like a big deal in his class, it is enough to deal with the Zheng family couple.Because of Li Xian's kind attitude, Yang gradually relaxed and was willing to say a little more.

Li Xian just asked a few random questions without much purpose, but Yang's answer gave him some clues.At least he could tell that the Zheng family was now supported by Yang and Zheng Qi, and Zheng Linjiang wasn't even a mascot.

Sometimes a person's status can really be analyzed from the way he talks. Yang has done the best she can. Even when facing Li Xian, she is respectful and reserved, but Zheng Linjiang... Li Xian couldn't see the shadow of Zheng Qi from him at all. Zheng Linjiang was like the kind of ordinary people who could be picked up casually on the road.

Of course, it’s not to say that this is wrong, most ordinary people are like this, but this ordinary person certainly does not include aristocratic families and scholars. Aristocratic families and scholars all need backbone, even if a sage is right when he is right with the ministers of the court. Will salute each other, the Tang Dynasty is not a whip dynasty where slaves come and go.

To be honest, in Li Xian's opinion, Zheng Linjiang's behavior...was a little pricey. He thought Zheng Qi probably looked more like Yang's.

Yang is a very capable woman, but it only refers to the circle that their family was in at the beginning. These days, even within the aristocratic family, they are divided into ranks and ranks. Such a huge family and relatives are so complicated. You must recognize them all. When you go outside, you will say that they are all from the Zheng family of Xingyang, and you have to count them with your fingers to estimate them.

In this way, even if the aristocratic family has the best resources, they will treat each other more favorably than others. Zheng Qi relied on himself to get to where he is today. He has the experience of his previous life as a base, and he is not uncomfortable when he returns to this class. As for doubts... Dear, People in this class are very busy every day, and they don't have the time to wonder if there is something wrong with the reborn one.

But Yang Shi doesn't have this quality, so it is very hard for her to integrate into this circle - this is because Zheng Qi's current status is not enough to enter the highest circle.In this way, the Yang family can't handle it a bit. I have to say that sometimes the background and the quality actually match, and if you want to integrate into a circle, you must improve your own quality to a level similar to that circle.

In Zheng Qi's previous life, he had a very rough time at the beginning, and he was beaten to death all the way. In this case, Zheng Linjiang's attitude was not only helpful, but not slowing him down.

Li Xian especially wanted to remind Zheng Linjiang that you are the father of an imperial court official, can you have some backbone?And Zheng Linjiang... Zheng Linjiang himself was also very depressed.

His son is very promising, and he has a lot of part-time jobs in the third rank, but the problem is that his father is only a middle doctor from the fourth rank, and he is of the same rank as his wife.

Zheng Linjiang himself is also ambitious, okay?He also wants to be an official and do some practical things, even if he is a small county magistrate?Zheng Linjiang didn't believe that he really accomplished nothing in his life!

In fact, Zheng Linjiang's greatest achievement in this life is probably the birth of such a good son as Zheng Qi. His life was also bad. He and his wife had three sons, but the first two died. He also had one or two beautiful concubines by his side, but those two women didn't even give birth to a daughter for him.

So in the era when family planning was not allowed in the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Qi and Zheng Sanlang became rare only children.

Li Xian and Zheng Linjiang obviously had different brain circuits. If he had just crossed over, he might have been able to talk to Zheng Linjiang. Now... talking to Yang is easier than talking to Zheng Linjiang!In future generations, Zheng Linjiang is basically the kind of cold field master, Master Shen Lou, and sometimes Li Xian doesn't know how to answer what he says!

But he can't always drag Yang Shi to talk, although Yang Shi is Zheng Qi's mother, but this year... she is only in her thirties, she is still very young, and she is also beautiful-I am glad again that Zheng Qi is with her mother .

Zheng Linjiang also noticed that he was not very good at talking, so he simply focused on Zheng Qi. Sure enough, His Royal Highness Zhou Wang was very interested, and then he became a little angry when he talked—everyone said that his son beat his wife, but at the beginning I have already matched my horoscope when I got engaged, so there is no problem at all, okay?Those girls are unlucky!

Li Xian couldn't help but asked a few questions, but Zheng Linjiang accidentally revealed Zheng Qi's birthday horoscope to Tulu, and Li Xian was shocked - he remembered that in this era, birthday horoscopes seemed to be very important, right?Is it really good to say so casually?

Seeing King Zhou's surprised look, Yang Shi who was next to her felt powerless. It would be useless for her to trample her husband's feet. If she had known earlier, she shouldn't have gone out today!She just hoped that His Royal Highness King Zhou would not change her view of her son because of her husband's stupidity - she could see that Li Xian was still very close and respectful to Zheng Qi.

Fortunately, Zheng Qi came to the rescue at this time. He went to a dinner party today, and when he got home, he heard that his parents had been out for almost a day and hadn't come back, so he came here directly.

When he arrived at the restaurant, he saw the expressions of Li Xian and Yang's. Li Xian saw Zheng Qi coming and immediately adjusted, then smiled and said: "Qingcheng came just in time, there are good wine and food here, why don't you have a drink? "

After Zheng Qi said hello, he sat down calmly, and began to...act with Li Xian in front of his parents.

Not to mention the extremely harmonious singing and acting of the two partners, at least it comforted Yang's heart that had just been tortured a lot.

At the last parting, as if Zheng Linjiang had never said those inappropriate words before, Zheng Qi asked his book boy and servant to escort his parents back, and he followed Li Xian to the palace. After sitting down, he began to ask: "Speak, my father." What stupid thing did you say again.

Li Xian felt a little sympathetic to Zheng Qi. After finishing what Zheng Linjiang had said, he said, "Actually, your father just... speaks out a little faster, but... it's nothing."

Zheng Qi sighed inwardly, the problem is that the most feared thing in their circle is to be outspoken, okay?But just as Li Xian said, what Zheng Linjiang said was nothing serious. As for the birth date, Zheng Qi wasn't worried at all—you have to believe that after experiencing such a thing as rebirth, all superstitious thoughts will change.

After Zheng Qi left, Li Xian felt a little guilty. He didn't tell Zheng Qi what Zheng Linjiang said was inappropriate. He only hoped that Yang would save Zheng Linjiang some face and not say it.

But at present, it seems that Li Xian and Yang's basically have no tacit understanding. Yang cried when he returned home, and when Zheng Qi came back, he told his father's great achievements.

Zheng Qi: ... His student's report is so gentle.

At the same time, he felt that Li Xian had a really good temper. If he met such a person who couldn't understand clearly and couldn't speak, he would really want to leave in a minute.

But this person is his father, what can he do?

Li Xian recited Zheng Qi's birthday several times in the Wangfu's heart, and then found that his birthday will be more than a month later, um, what gift should I give Zheng Qi?

In the end, before he could make up his mind, someone came from the East Palace over there—the crown prince wanted to invite everyone to play polo together!

Li Xian: As soon as the weather gets warmer, you have a convulsion. Your Highness, have you forgotten that you are not in good health?

It's just the prince's invitation, even if he's complaining insanely, he still has to accept it with a smile.Playing polo, Li Xian felt that as a frail scholar, he should go and join in the fun. Anyway, he didn't believe that he could play polo with the crown prince's body.

After the days passed, Li Xian keenly found that almost all his brothers and sisters had come, but there was one more person and one person missing, and the one missing was King Pei.

From here, Li Xian can tell that the battle between the crown prince and King Pei has reached a fever pitch, and the crown prince refuses to even act. Li Dan, oh, Li Lun is here, but he didn't call Li Xian, which is obviously wrong.

And the extra person was a woman, who looked about twenty, and was quite good-looking, but Li Xian felt that she was a little bit out of harmony with the weak willow and the white lotus.

The woman was talking to the Crown Princess Fang at this time, and Li Xian walked over to salute the Crown Prince Li Hong and couldn't help asking: "Who is that lady?"

"Why, you don't know this anymore? Our second mother." Li Hong said with a smile.

Our second mother?Li Xian turned around in his mind. What Li Hong said meant that this woman should belong to his family. He only remembered that he had a younger sister, Li Lingyue. There is an older sister waiting to be married, isn't she Princess Xuancheng?

"Princess Xuancheng?" Li Xian looked at Li Hong in surprise.

Li Hong nodded with a smile, Li Xian was suddenly not sure what this person meant. Didn't Princess Xuancheng say... was imprisoned in Yeting?Can she come out casually?Does Empress Wu know?

Li Xian didn't think Empress Wu would let Princess Xuancheng go around, maybe Li Hong did something wrong, he was... looking for death?

Before Li Xian could ask why Princess Xuancheng appeared here, Li Hong introduced another person to him. He was a very handsome young man. After knowing who it was, Li Xian's attention shifted from Princess Xuancheng to this person.

Li Hong said that it was Zhou Guogong Wu Minzhi.

Of course he has another name: He Lanminzhi.