Datang Institute of Technology

When Li Chengqian returned to the palace, he asked someone to hand over the arithmetic problem he had written on the paper to a servant.

"Tomorrow, you will give it to the doctor of the Imperial College, and say that I have got a wonderful question, and share it with the students of the Imperial College for reference."

After the servant went down, another personal servant was summoned.

After writing down the two poems, he handed them to the servant and said, "Father also likes poetry, you give these two poems to Eunuch Pang De, and ask him to send them to Father."

The servant is the prince's personal attendant, so he couldn't help asking, "Why don't you hand it over to Your Majesty personally, and Your Majesty can also feel the filial piety of His Highness."

Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Father takes care of everything every day, how can I bother him at this time."

The servant was a little dissatisfied, "Your Highness, look at King Wei, who pesters His Majesty every day and is deeply loved."

Li Chengqian looked over, "Qingque is still young, so the emperor will naturally dote on her a bit, so don't say this again in the future."

The servant had no choice but to step down. His Highness the Crown Prince was very talented and skilled in martial arts, but he just didn't know how to please His Majesty. Then look at the other princes, who didn't push their feet towards His Majesty's side, and it was His Highness the Crown Prince who didn't fight or grab them. Looking anxious.

……

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin held the two little poems in his hand, feeling happy, "Is this what Gao Ming got from today's poetry meeting? They are two very good poems."

Eunuch Pound next to him lowered his head, "One of the poems "Plum Blossoms" is indeed obtained from today's poetry society, but I haven't heard of the other one."

Li Shimin paused, and looked at the bottom of another poem, the author Wang Mian?

Such a good poem, I'm afraid it has already been published and made famous. How could it be that he has never heard of the author?

I find it quite interesting.

Of course, it's just quite interesting. As an emperor, it's not enough for him to ask the bottom line of this matter.

"This is Xu Wenyuan written by a child of the Xu family. Is he justifying his name? This girl is indeed righteous and has the integrity of her grandfather. I'm afraid it will be a good story for a while, but I'm afraid I will become that villain. " Li Shimin sighed.

Eunuch Pound next to him laughed and said, "The daughter of the Xu family is indeed very righteous. She said that this poem was written by a man named Wang Anshi, so she dared not sign it."

After finishing speaking, he said, "Since ancient times, in all dynasties, who can open up the way of speaking like His Majesty, and truly do not blame him with words. If it was left in the past, someone like Xu Wenyuan who dared to run against the Holy Majesty would have ransacked his family and wiped out his family long ago."

"You are flattering. I didn't expect to hear his name after so many years, but it was through his descendants. Thinking about it now, it is also hush."

At the beginning, when he had just ascended to the throne, Xu Wenyuan was afraid to speak out when he came to the throne, so Xu Wenyuan directly stabbed at the wound. Although he wanted to speak out widely, once that kind of voice rose up at that time, there would be endless troubles, so he could only turn a blind eye and close it. Watching a generation of great scholars being suppressed out of Chang'an with one eye.

Li Shimin thought for a while, "He can still teach such a junior, it seems that he is living comfortably."

Mr. Pound moved his lips, but finally said nothing.

At this time, a servant from Chuanshan came in.

Pound smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the people in the food shop got a rare vegetable today, and specially made it for Your Majesty to taste."

Rare vegetables?

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, and when he looked over, he saw a plate of freshly fried bean sprouts, which were too tender to be effective.

"The food shop has a heart. Vegetables are rare in winter, and the quantity must be scarce. Send a copy to the queen!"

Pound replied, "Here, I heard from people in the restaurant that they bought it in the West Market. When I went there, it was almost sold out, and buyers couldn't squeeze in."

Li Shimin smiled, "I think some farmer is in the mountains, it's a coincidence."

In the past, there were also precedents for farmers to find vegetables in the mountains and fields in a special environment during the winter. After picking them, they were gone, and he didn't care much.

A handful of fresh bean sprouts in winter, crisp and refreshing, left a big impression on him.

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The next day, the Imperial College.

Those who can enter the Guozijian are all outstanding figures in the Tang Dynasty, and most of the future officials will come from the Guozijian.

Early in the morning, the Guozijian was boiling.

Because His Royal Highness shared an interesting arithmetic problem with the students of the Imperial College.

They are all outstanding. Arithmetic is one of the six arts of a gentleman. Although it is at the bottom, it is somewhat involved.

With a high heart and arrogance, I looked at the questions with excitement on my face.

Then, this was the beginning of the nightmare of the students in the Imperial College.

A day passed.

"This... How can this question be like this?"

"It's even more disgusting than chickens and ducks in the same cage."

"Has anyone made it?"

"No? I heard that even a Ph.D. in mathematics is still thinking behind closed doors."

For a while, the entire Imperial College was shrouded in a strange atmosphere, and there were wailing sounds from time to time in the middle of the night, and those who didn't know thought that something indescribable had happened.

If Xu Changsheng knew, he would definitely laugh out loud, knowing that the pool manager is amazing.

At this time, Xu Changsheng, the instigator, was watching a play.

"This top-quality wolf hair was given to our Wang family by His Royal Highness. It should be placed in my children's study room. If three or four friends come, our Wang family will also have face." Wang's mother-in-law said.

Xu Changying is not a fuel-efficient lamp either, "This was given to me by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, when did you say it was given to the Wang family?"

The mother-in-law of the Wang family was furious, "You... aren't you the daughter-in-law of the Wang family? People have to call you Wang Xushi outside."

Xu Changying thought to herself, you didn't say that before, you always disliked my natal family for being poor, and you even avoided seeing my grandfather when he came.

Xu Changying was also much annoyed, so she only resisted today.

Wang Jieyi dared not speak at the side, kept looking at the pen with a smirk, and said after a while, "Everything is up to Changying."

The mother-in-law of the Wang family stopped in shock. His son dared to refute her.

……

A few days later, Xu Changsheng was taken back to Xujia Village by his great grandfather.

He had no idea how much trouble the arithmetic problem he had left caused the Guozijian. Even the doctor of the Guozijian went to the East Palace in person to ask His Royal Highness the solution to that devil-like arithmetic problem.

However, how could Li Chengqian know the answer, and he muttered with itching teeth, "A little poor boy has stumped the entire Imperial College. If this news gets out, the entire Imperial College will probably be ashamed."

However, he was also curious. As far as he knew, the great Confucian Xu Wenyuan was not good at arithmetic. Such a tricky and weird question should not have been written by the great Confucian Xu Wenyuan. Then where did the little boy come from for this question?

It's as much of a puzzle as that poem.

What's more, the Wang family now has women coming to see Xu Changying every day, and there are not many noble girls among them. The Wang family's mother-in-law is both happy and angry. The joy is that their Wang family has started to contact some meritorious families. The anger is here. They always talk about poetry with her daughter-in-law, but she can't get in the conversation.

Besides, she was afraid that these noble girls would say that she was harsh on her daughter-in-law and that the Wang family's reputation would be bad, so she just spent money to buy jewelry and clothes to send over in distress.

In the Tang Dynasty, it may not matter to small officials, but high officials all depend on their morals and family traditions.

Therefore, Xu Changying's life has become much easier. She used to not have a penny in her hand, and the money was all controlled by her mother-in-law. She didn't even have money to go out to participate in the poetry meeting. Her reputation for talent has faded. Now When going out, her mother-in-law had to take the initiative to pay for it.

When Xu Changsheng returned to Xujia Village, he immediately ran to find Dabai. Dabai had already regarded his thatched hut as his new nest, and would come back by himself after going out every day.

Brother Changbai helped him feed his rabbit every day.

Unexpectedly, after going out for a few days, he actually misses Xujiacun a little bit, which is also strange.

As soon as Xu Changsheng came back, the people in Xujia Village were so enthusiastic, if he had to say hello one by one, he probably wouldn't be too busy.

Although Xujia Village is still poor, everyone has a smile on their faces and is no longer depressed. At least they don't have to worry about starving to death this winter.

The great grandfather used all the money in the village to buy raw soybean sprouts, and went to Chang'an City to sell them every three days, and they were sold out every time.

The people in Xujia Village have hope for the future life, and their mental state is naturally very different from before. Some people can wake up laughing at night when they look at the bean sprouts.

However, Xu Changsheng was not happy, because there were bean sprouts on the table, he almost threw up after eating, and there was no taste in his mouth.

"When will we be able to eat meat!" Xu Changsheng looked at the fried bean sprouts on the table and sighed.

The uncle was funny, "When spring comes, I'll buy a few chickens to raise, and I can eat them when they grow up."

The auntie is pretty good at it. With the speed of selling bean sprouts, she thinks she can buy a few chickens when the spring comes.

Xu Changsheng felt a sense of hopelessness when he heard it, and he had to wait for the chicken to grow up before he could eat meat?God, my uncle can bear it and my sister-in-law can't bear it.

Xu Changsheng started to wander around the village on his big white, not to mention, he really saw a little hope.

So I ran to find Brother Changbai, "Do you want to eat meat?"

Now the adults in the village are busy selling bean sprouts, so they have no time to talk to their children.

Brother Changbai licked his lower lip, "It's winter, where can we get meat? The chickens can't survive, they're all frozen to death, but there is mutton for sale in Chang'an City, but it's too expensive."

mutton?

Xu Changsheng also licked his lower lip, but the eldest grandfather should be reluctant to buy it.

I still had to rely on myself, patted my chest, "Follow me, there is meat to eat, but there is a shortage of manpower, I can't do it alone."

So Brother Changbai ran to call for someone.

As a result, the children in the village heard that there would be meat to eat with him, and the team became very large.

A large group of children walked down the mountain following a child riding a tiger.

After walking for a long time, they came to a river, which surrounded the entire mountain. From this point of view, Xujia Village was quite beautiful and had a good location.

The rivers are covered with ice, and the sound of water flowing under the ice can be vaguely heard.

Xu Changsheng observed it for a while, then waved his small hand, "Boys, make a hole in the ice now, be careful not to fall in."

After shouting, he giggled, he felt like a mountain king leading a group of little demons to patrol the mountain now.

It is not easy to make holes in the ice, but it is not difficult for children who grew up in the countryside.

"Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, smashed a hole the size of a washbasin.

Brother Changbai ran over, "Then what should I do?"

Xu Changsheng only said one word, "Wait!"

Then added, "Don't let the hole freeze."

It's snowing heavily now, if we don't care about it, the hole will be frozen soon.

Brother Changbai thought he had heard wrong, wait?

Just about to ask, I heard a group of screams.

I thought someone accidentally fell down, but when I saw it, I saw a fish jumping out of the hole. Really, it just jumped out of the hole by itself.

"Fish! Fish!"

A group of children exclaimed in excitement.

Brother Changbai's jaw dropped to the ground, "Immortal... Immortal art!"

Xu Changsheng was quite happy at first, but Brother Changbai's words of immortality made him very angry.

What kind of magic is it? It's just that the river has been frozen for a long time, and the bottom is short of oxygen. A hole is suddenly made in this way, and the oxygen-deprived fish will of course jump to the top.

Xu Changsheng thought, no way, the adults in the village have solidified thinking, and no matter what they say, it doesn't make sense. A technique for growing bean sprouts can be linked to some kind of fairy art.

But these children are different, they are the easiest to accept new things, he has to justify his name for science, what kind of magic, it is simply a humiliation to him as a researcher.

But now, he should seize the time to catch fish. There are a lot of people here, so one or two is not enough.