"Will the new Rome not be able to hold up in the end? *,,......" A young man with blond hair and blue eyes, dressed in Tang costumes, stood in the courtyard, looked up at a bright moon in the sky, and whispered: "Is there no one to resist the iron horsemen of the Arabs......

"King, the temperature outside is too low, so let's go into the house quickly." An old man with blond hair said to the young man in the courtyard.

The young man did not seem to hear the old man's call, but still stood there quietly and distracted, and after a long time he turned around and said, "Positu, you say, can we still return to our homeland?" ”

The old man wanted to say some more words of consolation, but when he heard the king ask, the whole person suddenly froze there, and after the same half a sound, the old man said faintly: "Wang, now we can only believe that the king of the Tang Dynasty is an ambitious monarch, and only then will he be willing to send troops to compete with the Arabs for the land of Europe." ”

The blond-haired and blue-eyed young man looked up at the full moon again, and his voice was so small that he could barely hear it, "The Tang people always miss their hometown when the moon is full, and I miss Cai Mu Country very much now............

Tonight's moon is extraordinarily round, the moonlight is as cold as water, cold sprinkled on the earth, the lights hanging outside Xujiazhuang have also been extinguished, everything has fallen into silence, and even more into darkness.

Xu Yang was lying on the bed, and he was still wearing a close-fitting cashmere jacket, so that he couldn't feel the cold outside.

The lights in the room had not been extinguished, Liu Mengli lay on the bed in front of the account book, happily counting the money in the village.

"The supermarket has a total of 210,000 yuan this month, which is divided equally with the three merchants. Our family will get 70,000 yuan. The shares of the eldest grandson's ironworks also went down. This month's shares are 140,000 guan, as well as the tea shop in Youzhou, this month in addition to the operation, also earned 40,000 guan, the price of glass is now falling too much, although a batch of sales to Quanzhou, but the income is still too little, this month only 17,000 guan. Coupled with bicycles, steam engines, newspapers, papermaking, advertising, etc., this month's income of 350,000 yuan, is really a lot of money~" Liu Mengli said that there were still little stars in her eyes, and she hadn't checked the account books on the village for a long time, but when she checked it today, her heart was full of joy.

Xu Yang just listened silently on the side. There doesn't seem to be much joy on his face.

"Husband, the village has made so much money. Aren't you happy? Seeing Xu Yang's expression, Liu Mengli asked with some concern.

"Happy, very happy." Xu Yang's tone was flat, not at all as happy as he said.

"Husband, what's wrong~" Liu Mengli was like a docile kitten, rubbing her head against Xu Yang's neck.

Xu Yang put his hands on his hands and said in a relaxed tone: "When I first came to Datang two years ago, if I made so much money, I would definitely be happy and couldn't sleep." ”

Liu Mengli heard what Xu Yang said, and hurriedly asked, "Why is that husband unhappy now?" ”

Xu Yang's eyes stared at the ceiling, and he said a little distractedly: "It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just that this money is no longer my goal and motivation, and what I'm thinking about now is the future development of my Datang." ”

Liu Mengli nodded as if she didn't understand.

Xu Yang obviously hasn't talked to anyone for a long time, and now when he meets a listener, he immediately opens the conversation box and chatters: "Mengli, do you know, the Byzantine envoy came to the Tang Dynasty two days ago, and I discussed with His Majesty for a whole day, I don't think you know Byzantium, it is a country with an extremely long history, we all call it Rome, and now, it can't beat the Arabs, in the original history, our Tang Dynasty also sent troops to Arabia once, But in the end, it also ended in a big defeat, the army line was too long, and the supply difficulties were the problems that I had to face when the Tang Dynasty was an enemy of Arabia. ”

Liu Mengli listened carefully, and then said, "Husband, why are we attacking Arabia? ”

Xu Yang's gaze became firm, and he said in a fiery tone: "Maybe you don't understand, but since I'm here, I will never let Datang become a country that compromises at will, my goal is to make it the greatest country in the world, then this Arabia must be fought and defeated." ”

"No matter what your husband does, the concubine will support you~" Although Liu Mengli didn't understand, it didn't affect her to show her heart to Xu Yang.

Xu Yang shook his head, kissed and pecked Liu Mengli's face, and said with a smile: "Girl~"

Liu Mengli's face was a little blushing, and she said to Xu Yang: "The concubine spent 50,000 yuan on her husband to buy a lock for heavenly things at one time, which really shouldn't be, and the concubine plans to save this money, which is also conducive to the development and growth of our Xu family." ”

Xu Yang's face became a little serious when he heard this, and said: "Girl, now money is just a number for me, and for the entire Zhuangzi, it is just a number, and this money is not the foundation of our life." ”

Seeing Xu Yang's rare seriousness, Liu Mengli also listened very attentively, "That husband, what is the foundation of our life?" ”

Xu Yang's face was deep, and he said softly: "This is a feudal era, power and money in a short period of time are not a long-term way to settle down, have you seen that old minister Pei Lin in the court?" Originally, he was a smash hit favorite minister around the emperor, but now he was degraded to Lingnan for development just because he said a few whining words, and now because of a demon monk in the palace who bewitched the public and affected him, His Majesty wanted to kill him regardless of the emperor's feelings, if it weren't for the desperate request of the old ministers in the court, I think this Pei Lin family can't run away, from him it can be seen that the rights of the courtiers are nothing in the eyes of the emperor, and they can be dismissed at any time if they want to, and the family wealth can also be raided in an instant, It's just a snap of a finger that you fall into a place of no return. ”

Liu Mengli obviously hadn't heard of this, she covered her mouth and couldn't speak, and after a long time, she said: "It's terrible, husband, you better withdraw from the court, and accompany the concubine at home to farm and collect rent, so that the concubine doesn't have to worry." ”

Xu Yang shook his head, "Do you really think that I'm the same as Pei Lian's old man, my old eyes are dizzy and I can't see clearly?" His Majesty now needs power, but also needs the impetus for reform, the Tang Dynasty is changing with each passing day, and the principle of being conservative and conservative cannot keep up with the times, like Pei Lian, who has opposed His Majesty's reform many times, will definitely be removed by His Majesty. ”

"But husband, how can you guarantee that you don't have a time of old age~ Future generations can't guarantee that there will be stupid people!" Liu Mengli listened to Xu Yang's introduction and actually began to plan for the worst.

I saw Xu Yang grinning: "The girl thinks the same as her husband, so the husband founded this Nanshan Academy, in fact, not only for the Tang Dynasty, but also for future generations to rely on this wife and son, even if it is not the dragon and phoenix among people, it will not cause any big trouble." ”

When Liu Mengli heard this, she showed a curious look: "Why did the husband say that?" ”

Xu Yang said slyly: "According to the laws drawn by my ghost valley for thousands of years, those who are crawling in the political arena basically rarely end well in the end, unless in the end, retire to the rivers and lakes and don't ask about the world, so that it is the best result, and there is one thing that will not stay with the development of the times, that is, science and technology, although the technology of my ghost valley is a terrible thing in your opinion, but in the eyes of future generations, it may poke its nose, so, I said to His Majesty, Guiguzi's eldest son will take over the post of judge of the Guigu Academy, and at the same time, keep the core secret of the Guigu in his heart, pass it on by word of mouth, and never reveal half a point to the outside world, which is also the most confidential thing of Nanshan Academy, His Majesty also agreed, the academy is far away from the political arena, and the students and gentlemen here only care about the progress of science and technology, although some of them may be engaged in political work after graduation, but this does not affect the essence of the academy, which is the center of scientific and technological research and development, and the forefront of world progress. Future generations are here, and it can be regarded as the safest place in the entire Datang. ”

Liu Mengli showed a happy look, clapped her hands and praised: "What the husband thinks is really seamless!" ”

Xu Yang showed a satisfied expression, and whispered in Liu Mengli's ear: "Is the heavenly thing asleep~"

Liu Mengli snorted and took the initiative to blow out the lights and candles in the house...... (To be continued......)