In July, it is hot, but in the Jiucheng Palace of the Tang Dynasty, it is cool and pleasant.

Jiucheng Palace is located in Linyou County, which is a summer palace of the former Sui Dynasty. At that time, the capital of the Sui Dynasty was Chang'an, and Yang Jian ordered the world to offer mountains and rivers in order to avoid the scorching heat of Chang'an, and finally ordered the construction of Renshou Palace, a summer resort in Linyou County. This palace, which took more than two years to build, was named Renshou Palace by Yang Jian, who took the good meaning of "Yao Shun Xingde, and the people live long".

It's a pity that the so-called Renshou is just a sarcasm.

Yang Su, who served as the director, was extremely harsh and brutal, and tens of thousands of people died of exhaustion in order to build Renshou Palace, and the corpses were all pushed into the pit by Yang Su, covered with soil and then paved on the ground! Although Yang Jian was furious when he first heard about it, he turned his anger into joy when the wind blew by the pillow, and rewarded Yang Su with one million gold and three thousand brocades.

Therefore, the so-called Emperor Wen recorded in history is just really better in a certain aspect, if you really use the perspective of the future to measure and judge him, there will definitely be no less black spots. Even Li Shimin, who was blown as the first emperor of the ages, actually didn't dare to dig deep into his life, but the history that ordinary people learn is only their highlight moments......

Far from it.

In September of the fifth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin issued an edict to rename Renshou Palace in the former Sui Dynasty as Jiucheng Palace, and sent people to repair it. It's just that the people sent this time are sympathetic to the people, and they are also very economical, and they didn't cause much movement, so they were also rewarded by Li Shimin.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin stayed in Jiucheng Palace for seven months.

The altitude of this place is relatively high, and the temperature in the dog days is only in the early twenties, which is cool and pleasant, and it is only more than 300 miles away from Chang'an City, and the traffic is also quite convenient. Therefore, at the beginning of May of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin came to Jiucheng Palace again, and will spend a long summer here......

"Your Majesty, two more Quyuan plows have been sent from Luzhou!"

On this day, after dealing with government affairs, Li Shimin was walking in the newly established forbidden garden, and Li Kan suddenly asked to see him. The emperor attached great importance to Quyuan Li, and once ordered that any improvement in Luzhou must be reported immediately, so Li Kan did not dare to slack off.

Sure enough, Li Shimin immediately became interested, and asked with a smile: "What are the improvements this time?" Can you bring the real thing? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I brought one in kind, and it was just sent to the palace."

After hesitating for a moment, Li Kan said respectfully: "However, there is no important improvement in the plow, only the size and position of each part have been improved...... In addition, King Xu also came with a message, that is, the Quyuan plow has been improved, and there will be no new plough sent in the future. ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Huh? In other words, this curved plough has become? ”

In recent months, he has become accustomed to Eleven Lang constantly sending new plows, that kid always sends two new and improved Quyuan plows every other month, each time there will be some changes, and now Li Kan suddenly said that it will be gone in the future, and the emperor is a little unaccustomed to it for a while.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Nodding, Li Kan took a deep breath and fell to the ground: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, my Datang will definitely be able to reclaim more land if I get this artifact, this is the blessing of the world, and my Datang is lucky!" “

"Hahahaha......"

Hearing Li Kan's words, Li Shimin had a big heart and laughed loudly.

Although he was far less excited than when he first saw Qu Yuan Plow, Li Shimin still couldn't stop being excited when he thought of the changes that Qu Yuan Plough could bring to the Tang Dynasty - for a dynasty, what else is more exciting than more food?

So after laughing for a while, Li Shimin immediately ordered: "Send the new plough to the general as a prisoner, and order them to build three ...... for each state No, build five new plows and send them as soon as possible! Remember, there is no room for delay! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After hearing the emperor's order, Li Kan naturally hurriedly answered yes, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you want to send you a new plough now?" “

After hesitating for a moment, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Since the changes are not big, I won't look at it." By the way, you ask them to draw drawings according to the shape of the curved plow, mark them clearly, and let the states build according to the patterns! ”

Hearing this, Li Kan hurriedly raised his head: "Back to Your Majesty, King Xu has already thought of this, and has already ordered someone to send the drawings along with these two ploughs, and according to King Xu, the drawings he drew by himself are very accurate, and there is no need to reproduce them at all." “

"Oh? Painted by Yuan Jia himself? “

After listening to Li Kan's words, the emperor's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Yes, Yuan Jia is one of the best painters in the royal family, and it is naturally easy to draw a drawing with dragons, horses, tigers, leopards, etc...... Can I bring the drawings with me? “

"Yes, right here."

Li Kan hurriedly took out a strange-looking package from the entourage behind him, and explained while offering it: "Your Majesty, this package was also sent by King Xu, and the material seems to be sheepskin. However, the slightly strange thing is that although this object is large, it can't fit too thick objects, and it seems to be ...... It is specially made for the storage of drawings. “

After taking a closer look at the package, Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, pointed to the two handles and a strap on the package and asked, "I know these two, they can be mentioned." But this strap seems to be made of sheepskin, so what is it for? “

"Your Majesty, this is on your shoulder!"

Li Kan, who had already understood, stepped forward and gestured with his hand and shoulder.

The rough version of the "briefcase" that Li Yuanjia asked people to make immediately aroused the emperor's great interest, and he even tried to memorize it himself, and then nodded and smiled after walking a few steps: "Yes, this thing is very wonderful, it can be carried and carried out, and it is very convenient...... Hey? There is more than one drawing? ”

After praising the briefcase, Li Shimin took out a stack of white paper from it.

In the eyes of the emperor, the briefcases of later generations were only exquisitely designed, convenient and practical, and they were left behind in the blink of an eye. But the drawings of the Quyuan plough contained in it surprised him for a moment - he roughly counted them, and at least twenty of them!

Regarding the emperor's question, Li Kan did not answer this time.

There were seals and fire sticks on the briefcase, and no one dared to open them except the emperor, and all Li Shimin took the stack of papers and looked through them without waiting for an answer.

And then, there was a barrage of exclamations!

Looking at the emperor's surprised appearance and listening to his exclamations, Li Kan was really a little itchy for a while, and wanted to lean over to see how exquisite the drawings drawn by King Xu himself were, which could make the emperor so surprised.

However, this thought was suppressed by Li Kan as soon as it rose. If you go over without the emperor's permission, you are really looking for death.

Of course, Li Shimin didn't care about Li Kan's thoughts, he looked at the drawings of Quyuan plough drawn by Li Yuanjia one by one, and he was indeed quite surprised in his heart: the thin lines were straight and accurate, and they looked comfortably tight. And each part is drawn separately, with the length, width, and thickness in detail, as is the final drawing.

These drawings are so beautiful that Li Shimin has been wondering if anyone can copy them perfectly after reading them!

"What, what kind of drawing is this? When did Eleven Lang that kid learn? ”