"Hahaha." Zhang Gongjin laughed loudly; "Seeing that you look difficult, the old man is happy."

"What are you happy about?"

"It's the first time I've seen you look so difficult."

The cotton harvest was not very good, but it was enough.

Shangguan Yi watched Zhang Yang busy in the field from afar, "How long has Brother Niu known Zhang Shilang?" ”

Niu Chuang stood straight and carried his hands behind his back, "It's been two years, when I met him back then, he was just a person who was in a hurry to take out a few dollars, and the small wine shop from the beginning was built by Niu." ”

Shangguan Yi said with emotion: "Zhang Shilang's vision is always very good. ”

"Well, although I don't know, the silver money spent in the village is at least nearly 10,000 yuan, and who knows how much silver Zhang Shilang has for a long time."

Shangguan Yi smiled helplessly, "Even with so much family property, Zhang Shilang's life is still so poor. ”

Niu Chuang nodded, "His Royal Highness King Wei said before that the silver money spent in the village before, even if there was this autumn hunt, did not earn it back. ”

Can't help the question in his heart, Shangguan Yi straightened his clothes and stepped forward to the cotton field, "Zhang Shilang, the family is so rich, dressed like ordinary people?" ”

"This is not picking cotton in the field, this kind of linen clothes is also very good, and it is not distressing when it is torn and dirty."

"That's just as well."

After the cotton in the field was cleaned up, I tried the amount, and it was only about ten catties, and the harvest was a little unsatisfactory.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the village is very lively, and now the villagers have some money, and the children are playing in new clothes.

The first cotton coat made by the master gave it to Zhang Daxiang to wear.

Killing chickens and slaughtering pigs, the whole village is busy for the New Year.

Li Yuan also joined the pig killing team, and the old guy was busy slashing at the fat pig who was at a loss with a knife.

Chang'an City was also lively, and it snowed in the gloomy sky when Zhang Yang returned home.

Li Yue sat by the stove and looked at the book quietly, and whispered: "Auntie went to the Ministry of Industry to inquire, and said that there is no extra iron in the household department now." ”

Zhang Yang put the cotton into the utility room at home, and the bear stepped forward to smell it, and then turned his head away with a disgusted expression.

Before I knew it, it had been December of the fifth year of Zhenguan, and the cold north wind swept through the entire Chang'an City, making people swing straight.

It's cold, but the bear is getting more and more active.

It was originally an animal in the north, and this cold awakened its true nature.

The cotton was harvested before the snow, and the quilt at home could not be made for the time being, and it was necessary to wait for the weather to clear up, and the cotton had to be soaked.

At night, when I was asleep, I saw Li Yue running into the room in her wide pajamas.

Then she got into the bed.

Zhang Yang shook her cold little hand.

Curled up in the quilt, Li Yue grabbed her husband's arm and poked her little head out to look, "Another letter from the Western Regions?" ”

Under the oil lamp, Zhang Yang's expression was indifferent, "Gaochang is about to have an accident, a few days ago, I asked Xu Jingzong to send a letter over and asked Adalan to collect it, but our letter has not been delivered yet, and the letter from the Western Regions has been sent again, and the lag of this information transmission is quite helpless." ”

Li Yue rested her head on her husband's shoulder, and the couple's hair was entangled, "That's helpless." ”

"It is said that the general will not be affected by the foreign monarch's life, and the plan cannot catch up with the changes, and now we can only wait for him to write again, and the poison to Gao Chang has also come to attack."

It is rare to see such a serious expression from her husband, and Li Yue knew that the last time her husband had such a look, Li Yuanchang was unlucky.

Until now, Li Yuanchang is still in his fiefdom and does not dare to return to Chang'an.

Leaning on her husband's shoulder, Li Yue rubbed into her husband's arms again, and a sense of solidity made her fall asleep.

Early the next morning, there was a lot of snow in Chang'an City, and the bear jumped happily in the snow, burying its head in the snow from time to time.

Since the Ministry of Industry could not get out the iron, it could only use its own inventory.

Calcining the iron at home and beating it into rectangular iron bars, the stove at home is equipped with a bellows, and pushing the bellows can make the flame burn up, which is the same principle as a hot air balloon.

The earthen stove is not big, and it is enough for your own use.

The iron pieces are fixed around the barrel and the raw materials are spread in the barrel.

It's the annual Chinese New Year's Eve again, and the curfew in Chang'an City is lifted tonight.

"I won't do small artillery battles this year, I'll make a big one."

Li Yue sat in the carriage and looked at the strange vat in front of him, "This is also too big?" ”

Zhang Yang grinned and said: "Rumors in the rivers and lakes, caliber is the truth. ”

Blinking, Li Yue was puzzled: "Is there such a rumor?" ”

"Of course."

The couple drove the carriage all the way to the Weishui River, and this time they didn't even bring the two aunts.

Zhang Yang lit the fuse of the barrel, and then quickly took Li Yue to hide in the carriage.

"Should you be so cautious?"

"How do I know how powerful the things I have built are, and what if they blow up ourselves."

Hearing this, Li Yue hid in the carriage again, looking at the wooden barrel not far away.

The lead was long enough to be quiet, and the eyes of the two of them were fixed on the small spark that burned into the tube.

"Bang!"

There was an explosion, which scared Li Yue.

A flame shot into the night sky, and a very conspicuous spark appeared in the dark night sky.

Zhang Yang clutched the reins in case the horse was frightened.

"Bang!"

There was an explosion in the night sky, and a huge silver flower bloomed in the night sky, like a fire tree silver flower, Li Yue looked up and saw that it was shrouded in this silver-white firework, which was the largest fireworks she had ever seen in her life.

At the same time, Li Shimin, who was celebrating the New Year with his ministers in front of the Taiji Palace, also saw this huge firework, and looked at the night sky in the distance with a dull gaze, and he whispered in a daze, "Here it is again, here it is again!" ”

Yuan Tiangang looked at the night sky, the wine bowl in his hand fell to the ground and muttered to himself madly.

It was as if the entire Chang'an City was shrouded in this huge firework.

The fireworks are only for a moment, and they are enough to shock the entire Chang'an City.

It was as if at this moment, the city was quiet, and there was one last year, only last year it was more and smaller.

There is only one this year, but this one is very large.

The fireworks were fleeting, and Li Shimin raised his glass and said, "Everyone, you know what these visions mean." ”

Li Chunfeng stood up and said, "This is an auspicious omen. ”

Yuan Tiangang knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, there was this vision last year, and this year's harvest was abundant, and this year's vision is an auspicious omen." ”

In fact, Yuan Tiangang has never seen such movement at all, and Yuan Tiangang has been crazy since last year.

Li Shimin knew very well in his heart that this incident must be man-made.

Last year, Li Junxian took someone to investigate, but the other party walked quickly and left no clues.

This time, everything is going to be caught.

The horse was still frightened after all, Zhang Yang couldn't hold the galloping horse even if he pulled the reins, and ran all the way back to Chang'an City before stopping.

As soon as he arrived at the city gate, he met Li Junxian coming out of the city with soldiers and horses.

Li Junxian saw Zhang Yang and said suspiciously: "Zhang Shilang, who are you?" ”

Zhang Yang got out of the carriage and comforted the horse, but the horse still stepped on the horse's hooves uneasily, and said in the face of Li Junxian's question: "I just came back from the fief with Her Royal Highness the princess." ”

Li Junxian saluted and said: "The last general still has important things to do and is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I will leave." ”

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "This is the New Year, and the army is still training at night?" ”

At this salute, Li Junxian hurried away with this team of soldiers and horses, all the way in the direction of the fireworks.

The barrel of fireworks had long since sunk into the Weishui River, and Li Junxian could not find anything except the saltpeter that had been burned all over the ground.

The couple looked at each other and smiled, and walked into the city together.

The two aunts finally made the quilt at home, and with the experience of making quilts in the village, they made quilts more easily than before.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, this cotton is only enough to make a quilt." Aunt Wang lowered her head and said.

Li Yue squinted and smiled and hugged the soft and somewhat heavy quilt, some couldn't hug it, she put her face on the soft quilt, "I can sleep with my husband." ”

Seeing the happy smile on the princess's face, the two aunts were also happy in their hearts.

The sixth year of Zhenguan, February.

Li Shimin made a decree and sealed a bunch of national princes and nobles, Wei Zheng awarded Zuo Guanglu doctor, prince and prince, Zheng Guogong, Cheng Yanjin named Zuo leading the general, Lu Guogong, and Wei Chigong Wu Guogong.

Li Shimin even gave his eldest grandson Wuji "Wei Feng Fu", reminiscing about the difficulty of pacifying the world back then.

At this point, Li Shimin has gathered most of the military power, and there are Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and the eldest grandson Wuji in the court, and now the power of Tian Khan has reached its peak.

The ministers saluted Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian looked at the happy smile on his father's face, but he didn't expect that the trick of the small people in the market that Zhang Yang said at the beginning could also be used by his father, and the military power that his father had always cared about was also returned to his hands.

All this is the result that the father wants, the Heavenly Khan of Shengming.

The weather in February in Chang'an City was very good, and after another year, Li Yue was already sixteen years old, and she danced the horizontal knife with Aunt Wang's movements.

This horizontal knife was also given by Qin Qiong, and at that time, he had worked hard to forge it and put it in the blacksmith workshop.

I don't know how it fell into the hands of Li Xiaogong.

It changed hands and fell into Qin Qiong's hands, and then fell into his own hands.

Thinking of Li Xiaogong, it is still the same, he still doesn't dare to go back to Chang'an City.

Zhang Yang watched his daughter-in-law dancing with a horizontal knife, her height is almost the same every year, and now her daughter-in-law is sixteen years old, and she is becoming more and more slim, especially her thin waist, the more she looks at it, the more she wants to hug her.

knows that the two aunts served in the army back then, and they were the female generals under Li Xiuning at the beginning.

It's just that Li Xiuning has a bad fate, she is the only princess in Datang who was buried with a military salute.

Mingde has merit and is Zhao, and Princess Pingyang is Zhao.

This is the origin of later generations calling her Princess Pingyang Zhao

Li Yue's body was not good, and after dancing for half an hour, there was fine sweat on her forehead, and her little face was a little pale, so she had to put down the horizontal knife first to relax her arms.

"Today is the time when you lose the most qi and blood every month, and you shouldn't train hard at this time." Zhang Yang drank tea and said calmly.

"I can do it." Li Yue held a horizontal knife in his hand and said unconvinced.

Aunt Yang put the food box aside, "Her Royal Highness the princess is ready." ”

The couple walked all the way down Suzaku Street with the food box and headed towards the imperial city.

Coming to Chongwen Hall again, Zhang Yang pushed open the heavy hall door, and it was still as deserted as usual.

Putting the last borrowed book back in its place, Li Yue picked up another volume and looked at it.

Zhang Yang glanced at the scroll in her hand curiously, "This is a military book?" ”

Li Yue nodded and said, "There are really all kinds of books here, but I didn't expect that there are even military books." ”

After saying that, she sat down against the bookshelf, the sunlight fell from the windowsill and fell on her, and the daughter-in-law read quietly and beautifully.

Especially when she stands in the sun, her skin appears more translucent.

After a while, Wei Zheng came.

On weekdays, in addition to the crown prince Li Chengqian, Wei Zheng came to Chongwen Palace.

"I've seen Gong Zheng." Zhang Yang saluted Wei Zheng.

"The strategy of canonizing the prince of the country is what you dedicated to Your Majesty?" Wei Zheng asked with a fusu.

"What's the strategy?"

"Still pretending to be stupid with the old man?" Wei Zheng snorted coldly: "The prince told the old man, this is all your strategy for Your Majesty, and it also provoked the officials who advised Your Majesty to be less crowned the prince of the country, and they were more or less knighted. ”

"Really?" Zhang Yang looked behind Wei Zheng.

In the distance, the prince also walked towards here, with a smile on his face, as if he didn't feel guilty about such a thing as a small report.

No matter how you say it, he is also a kind prince.

Li Shimin probably won't say the market method he said at the beginning, the queen will not interfere in court politics, and there is only the crown prince.

Li Chengqian stepped forward, "With your strategy, the emperor can let go." ”

Wei Zheng's expression was worried, "It's just that there are too many nobles, and sooner or later there will be chaos." ”

Zhang Yang smiled indifferently: "Gong Zheng is worried and doesn't talk about His Majesty's selfishness, even if he doesn't do it now, will His Majesty stop there?" ”

Wei Zheng whispered, "Do you know why the old man wants to advise? ”

Zhang Yang took two steps back and forth, and arched his hand: "Gong Zheng is now in the position and Doctor Guanglu, he should advise him, since His Majesty has made you the Duke of the Kingdom, you should set an example." ”

"Sometimes if you don't say what you should say, it will become a remorse in your heart, Zheng Gong is different from Fang Xiang, His Majesty left Zheng Gong after the incident of Xuanwumen."

"Gong Zheng knows in his heart that His Majesty appreciates your talent, and he is seeking his position in his position, so he must say what he should say, without regrets, and also give himself peace of mind, worthy of his heart, and worthy of his position."

Wei Zheng's gaze looked at Zhang Yang deeply, and he smiled with relief, "Hahaha." ”

Li Chengqian was puzzled: "Why is Zheng Gong laughing? ”

Wei Zheng said: "They all say that the old man is stubborn, and they all say that the old man is pedantic, but now it seems that the old man's way is not alone." ”

"The husband is shallow, which makes Zheng Gongjian smile."

Li Yue didn't know when she stood behind her, and she saluted Wei Zheng.

Zhang Yang lifted the food box, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Gong Zheng, we eat together, the sun is warm, and it is most comfortable to eat in the sun." ”

Wei Zheng was in a good mood, Li Chengqian was secretly surprised in his heart, he had never seen Wei Zheng laugh so heartily.

Every time I come to Chongwen Palace, I am also used to preparing meals for four people.

It's just two more pairs of chopsticks, and with my current family background, at least I can't eat poorly.

(End of chapter)