After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Xiao Yansui has always followed his word and done what he says.

After hugging the new beagle and returning to my yard with the three aboriginal dogs at home, considering that I haven't had time to prepare a new kennel here, and the beagle still has some newborns, it's okay Worried that it would be bullied by the aborigines when it was not familiar with it, Xiao Yansui simply carried the little guy to the study and gave it a soft cushion.

It was a hot summer day now, and the beagle was no longer a fragile and immature cub when it was just born. Now it was full of energy, and even if it lay directly on the floor, it didn't have to worry about catching a cold at all.

Xiao Yansui called Axiu to feed the little guy some food. There was ready-made dog food, and it was enough to share a little from the one prepared for the other three dogs. As for herself, she sat directly Before writing the desk, she took out the thick stack of letters written by Wang Sili, just like what she had just promised in front of Xiao Song, for the sake of the beagle, she will definitely not fool Wang Sili this time.

Although Wang Sili's questions were varied, the core content was the same. Basically, they all focused on the design of military equipment, which is worthy of his background in the military camp.

Xiao Yansui herself doesn't have a deep understanding of military machinery, but she is very clear about the most basic forces and arms in those drawings, the use of bearings or pulleys.

What Wang Sili originally wanted to ask Xiao Yansui was actually a part of the blueprints that he could not understand from the collection of books related to Mohist mechanism art. , after all, it was still not a standard drawing at all, but she directly skipped Wang Sili's question, and simply used her own method to draw all the drawings again.

Of course, the drawing style of Xiao Yansui's drawings must belong to later generations. However, she changed the content marked on the drawings according to the customs, and replaced all symbols, letters and Arabic numerals with classical Chinese descriptions as concisely as possible--her literary talent It's a little bit worrying, just use the vernacular directly, the person who writes it clearly, and the person who reads it can know what she is talking about at a glance, it's a win-win!

Holding a ruler, Xiao Yansui, who was completely immersed in redrawing all the drawings in Wang Sili's letters, seemed to have returned to her college career. Mechanical drawing had to be practiced from the most basic level. The drawings she drew by hand were difficult to draw. The amount of information and drawings is just right. After using it for a short time, Xiao Yansui even felt that the feeling of staying up all night to make up for last night was coming back =v=

Xiao Yansui was busy working in a happy mood. Axiu, who had quietly retreated from Xiao Yansui's study room after feeding the beagle, said with a smile, standing next to Xiao Song in the yard After two sentences, he came back quickly.

The beagle sits obediently on the cushion, and from time to time makes two soft "owwow" sounds. The voice is tender and soft, with the strangeness and novelty of being here for the first time, and it is not annoying. Occasionally barking twice, in fact Quite refreshing.

Although the summer in the south of the Yangtze River is generally hot and humid, Xiao Yansui's house is covered with ice, and the yard is also shaded by trees. In addition, there is Danyang Lake in Shanhai Town, and Xiao's old house is even more secluded and secluded. Interesting, to be honest, the environmental conditions here must be much better than the military camps at the northwest border.

After the initial discomfort passed, the little guy finally slowly climbed down from the cushion, then wagged his tail and started his adventure in Xiao Yansui's study.

At this moment, Axiu knocked on the door and asked softly: "Liu Niang, your books are here, are you putting them all in the study?"

"Come on," Xiao Yansui said casually. She was still holding a pen in her hand and was gesturing with a ruler. After drawing another line and carefully marking the parameters beside her, she raised her eyelids and glanced at the Axiu in front of the door, and the books brought by a few maidservants behind Axiu.

"Is that much?" Seeing this, Xiao Yansui couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly. To be honest, the amount of Mohism mechanism art books she found from Wang Zhongsi somewhat exceeded her expectations.

Hearing what Xiao Yansui said, she didn't see the slightest embarrassment on her face, but her face was full of interest. Axiu was naturally relieved, and directly directed people to collect the books that Xiao Wu had escorted all the way from the northwest border. They were stacked one by one on a relatively empty bookshelf near the museum shelf in Xiao Yansui's study.

Xiao Yansui has a lot of books in her collection. Besides she likes to read books, because there is no computer here, there is no way to quickly consult the book index. Therefore, Xiao Yansui decided to do it by herself and write down a rather simple book index by hand. list.

However, just as everyone has their own different reading habits, Xiao Yansui's book index is basically completed following a pattern that no one but her can understand. Therefore, the bookshelves in the study All the books on display were marked and put away by Xiao Yansui himself. Even A Xiu, when she came here to clean up the dust occasionally, she never dared to mess up the order of Xiao Yansui's book collection.

On the other hand, on the only relatively empty bookshelf, there are all kinds of books that Xiao Yansui found recently, and he hasn't had time to sort them out.

"Aww?" The beagle has a very good nose. Just now because Axiu led a few people in, the little guy hid directly behind Ruanta. However, after the books were piled up, the beagle smelled the familiar smell again. Wang Sili's breath immediately became excited again, and he ran towards Axiu wagging his tail, wagging his tail non-stop, "Wow", as if he wanted to jump directly to the bookshelf.

Axiu immediately looked at Xiao Yansui hesitantly, although Xiao Yansui didn't change his face, he ordered directly: "Give me any book, and bring the little one here too, don't let it jump on the bookshelf. "

Before Xiao Yansui finished speaking, a swift servant had already picked up the beagle in front of the bookshelf, scooped it up and handed it to Xiao Yansui.

Axiu also realized that these brand-new books had obviously been transcribed recently, so she picked one at random and sent it to Xiao Yansui.

Xiao Yansui scratched the beagle's chin to calm him down, flipped through the contents of the book at hand, and recognized it with just one glance, "It's Wang Sili's handwriting."

In the next moment, Xiao Yansui glanced at the books piled up on the bookshelf, pondered for a moment, and out of the idea of ​​reciprocating, he planned to renew some blueprints that he might be interested in when he looked back at those books , and then give it to Wang Sili.

The beagle, who was picked up by Xiao Yansui, also stood up, put its front paws on the table, sniffed at the book in Xiao Yansui's hand, and then gave two happy "barks".

Because this position is just facing the window, the barking of the beagle came out clearly, and in an instant, the three aborigines who were lying in the nest in the yard also came out of the nest, and the voice was obviously a little higher The "woof" came back.

As soon as Xiao Yansui raised her head, she saw that the three fluffy dogs she raised were about to lie on the window.

Xiao Yansui: "..."

Axiu and the other maids and servants: "..."

Xiao Yansui lowered her head and glanced at the beagle with complicated emotions.

She was worried that this little creature was new here, unfamiliar with each other, would be rejected by the three aborigines at home, and might be held down and beaten, so she deliberately locked it in the study.

Moreover, if there is no accident, looking at the skeleton and claws of this beagle, it should be good at fighting when it grows up. At that time, it is estimated that it will fight against the local dog at home again.

Obviously, Xiao Yansui's intentions were good. However, this little guy didn't seem to have any sense of crisis that he was about to be beaten by the three dogs. He smelled the books that Wang Sili had transcribed, and he couldn't help being excited .

Xiao Yansui had no choice but to gently press down the beagle's head that was scurrying around, and put it in the basket that could also serve as a temporary nest. At the same time, he reminded Axiu to be careful about the furnishings in the study. The little guy tore down her study.

As for herself, she got up and went to the yard to play ball throwing with the three aborigines at home, lest they become more hostile to the beagle that attracted the owner's attention.

That night, Xiao Song naturally hosted a banquet for the soldiers sent by Wang Zhongsi to deliver the letter. During the conversation, the two unknowingly talked about the deployment of several border towns, as well as the few powerful Jiedu envoys now. superior.

Although Xiao Yansui sat beside him, he didn't speak much.Xiao Song chatted with the soldier named Xiao Wu, she just listened quietly, and then ate leisurely by herself without expressing any opinions.

Speaking of Wang Zhongsi, due to the previous crisis between Huangfu Weiming and Crown Prince Li Heng, he now holds three important lands in Longyou, Hexi, and Hedong. This is something Xiao Yansui knew before.Although Wang Zhongsi is not in Chang'an City, he can definitely be called a high position and weight.

Then, the two of them talked about the two Jiedu envoys in the southwest and southeast, and naturally they also mentioned the chaos that seemed to be happening in Nanzhao due to the change of the throne.

Although Xiao Yansui listened carefully, she didn't take it too seriously. After all, these things seemed far away from her, until Xiao Wu and Xiao Song were talking, and the topic started from the southeastern border of the Tang Dynasty, It has returned to the dangerous northwest land that borders Tubo and Turks again.

Then, Xiao Yansui heard that grandfather Xiao Song mentioned the term "Anxi Four Towns" very naturally, and a name that made her feel very familiar, Jiedushi "Anlu Mountain".

After all, An Lushan is a historical figure. Although he has a great reputation, for a pure science student like Xiao Yansui, if you talk to her about the periodic table of elements, you will think of a lot of molecular formulas every minute, but, Speaking of famous people in history, even the ones she is familiar with, she is only familiar with the name. She needs to think a little bit about the meaning behind the name before she can make it coherent.

Just like recognizing Li Bai at the Xingqing Palace banquet, after a short pause, Xiao Yansui's eyes suddenly widened, and he almost choked on himself.

"An, An Lushan?" Xiao Yansui raised his voice subconsciously. As another key word "An Shi Rebellion" that appeared in conjunction with An Lushan, Xiao Yansui still knew it.

In fact, as a historical term, "Anshi Rebellion" is a rare and impressive one among the few ancient histories Xiao Yansui learned in junior high school. It is also named "Zhenguan Zhizhi" and "Kaiyuan Prosperous Age" and so on. A few words.

——Of course, Xiao Yansui's deep impression is still limited to the impression of the term "Anshi Rebellion" itself. Turning point from boom to bust".

As for the specific background of the "An-Shi Rebellion", the specific time of occurrence, the direct cause and root cause of this incident, Xiao Yansui has no idea at all.Even in the noun "An Shi Rebellion", "An" is An Lushan, but Xiao Yansui thought about the specific name of "Shi" carefully, and finally pieced together a "Shi Siming" with uncertainty. "name.

As for the specific identities of An Lushan and Shi Siming, Xiao Yansui was completely unclear...

Xiao Wu was completely wrong. Seeing the shocked expression on Xiao Yansui's face, she thought it was because she didn't know enough about the Northwest generation and the "Four Towns of Anxi", so she simply explained: "Xiao Liuniang has something to say. I don't know, the northwest region, far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains, has always been inhabited by various ethnic groups. The Jiedushi guarding the four towns of Anxi are not only Han Chinese, but also other local ethnic groups or Hu people. It is very common for them to join the army. Speaking of it, An Lushan is not Han, but his name was changed later."

Xiao Yansui: "..."

No, she didn't really care about that at all.

She just regretted it a bit. If she had known today, when she was in college, she should have chosen ancient Chinese history as an elective course!

To be more precise, Xiao Yansui vaguely remembered that in the undergraduate course selection system back then, there seemed to be a professor in the history department who specialized in Tang history who taught an elective course on "An-Shi Rebellion". However, Xiao Yansui had no interest in history. I would rather do mathematical models and sand tables than take history as an elective...

Seeing the shocked expression on his granddaughter's face, Xiao Song was also a little curious and puzzled. He scratched his white beard, simply followed Xiao Wu's words, and continued to add: "I remember Shuofang Jun Among them, many generals are foreigners."

Xiao Wu nodded naturally.

The Tang Dynasty was open to the outside world, even in the city of Chang'an, all kinds of Hu people and foreign envoys were always indispensable. In the northwest generation where foreigners and Han people lived together for generations, Shuofang Army, Anlu Mountain, the envoy of the four towns of Anxi Regardless of the army under it, most of the soldiers are from the locals.

Although most of the officials in the Tang Dynasty had no distinction between civil and military families, they had always been civil officials when they entered the court, and military commanders when they got on the horse. People with status and background such as Xiao Song and Wang Zhongsi were naturally more likely to gain a firm foothold in the army. The locals who lived in the Northwest, after making great military exploits in the army, naturally there was no lack of people who could step on the dead bones of the enemy all the way to the position of general in the army.

In this way, the identities of the generals of the Northwest generation are naturally Han, Hu, and other aliens are very common.

After the dinner was over, when Xiao Yansui returned to her yard, she couldn't help but feel a little headache when she thought about the existence of the two terms "Anlu Mountain" and "Anshi Rebellion".

For Xiao Yansui, what she saw and heard tonight seemed to be that after she had finally adapted to the almost zero industrial level of the Tang Dynasty, she finally accepted the current peaceful life. After a few days of leisurely life, I suddenly discovered that there are actually countless landmines and bombs buried under the peaceful life, and the equivalent of these explosives is estimated to be able to instantly shatter all the superficial peace.

What's more, if the matter of the Luoyang Zhao Mansion back then, even if it really exploded, it was just a lively scene among others talking and laughing, then when it came to the "Anshi Rebellion", the mountains and rivers behind these four words were broken, The flames of war, but the flames of war, blood and tears, elegy and separation may last for several years...

The more I think about it, the more headache I get, Xiao Yansui feels that he urgently needs to calm down now.

Axiu, who was following her, saw that Xiao Yansui's blue color was not good at first, but when she was on the way back, she asked softly if she wanted to use some calming soup and rest earlier, but Xiao Yansui shook her head After shaking his head, he went straight to the direction of the study.

Seeing this, Axiu couldn't help being stunned, "Liu Niang?"

Xiao Yansui just waved his hand, but did not answer.

"Wow?" After Xiao Yansui pushed open the door of the study room and came in alone, the beagle, who was already asleep on the soft cushion, pricked up his ears alertly, raised his head with moist eyes, a little dazed. She looked at Xiao Yansui blankly.

Xiao Yansui's ugly face finally showed a little smile. She walked over, picked up the beagle, and sighed softly in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible: "You said, your original master... he was engaged in those ordnance , Is it because he is naturally cautious and an ancient technology nerd, or because he is in the Northwest Military Camp, and he is in it so that he can judge the situation more accurately, so he is planning ahead?"