Coal and stone have been fed into the steam engine, and black smoke is constantly coming out of the chimney as the coal is burned.

Zhang Yang frowned at the wisps of black smoke and thought about environmental issues.

Although Li Shimin was curious about the steam engine, this was the first time he had seen this thing used in production, and he said: "The court has just rested, and the Ministry of Rites and the eldest grandson Wuji are still arguing, arguing over the affairs of the king of Goguryeo. ”

After being silent for a long time, seeing that Zhang Yang did not answer, Li Shimin sighed impatiently, and said, "Are you listening to me?" ”

Zhang Yang coughed his throat and said, "Listen." ”

Thinking about the things in the court, and feeling bored, Li Shimin smiled and said: "Do you think I should seal Mount Tai?" ”

"That's all Your Majesty's own business, as long as Your Majesty has this will, there will definitely be support from the DPRK and China, and there will definitely be people who oppose it."

The emperor had nothing to say, and he wanted others to take care of him, Zhang Yang looked distressed, and continued to watch the progress in the factory with his hands.

Li Tai and Niu Chuang led a group of craftsmen to hammer and assemble many connected parts.

Then everyone encountered problems again, and after some of the tie rods were assembled, the transmission was more difficult.

Li Tai was talking with everyone.

It snowed again in the cold winter, Li Shimin's face was solemn, and he said: "You don't care about the affairs of the court, you care more about the casting in the village?" ”

Zhang Yang said sadly: "I am now Taifu Siqing, and I don't want to meddle in things that shouldn't be interfered with." ”

"What about the old grudge between Xu Jingzong and the eldest grandson Wuji?"

"Your Majesty laughed, their personal grievances have nothing to do with me, I have lived in Lishan for a long time, and even back then, I have never swayed the decision because of the old grudges between the two of them."

Li Shimin said in a low voice: "You are still the squire of Zhongshu Province, not just Taifu Siqing. ”

The emperor is always full of confidence in Sheji, and the emperor who is full of dedication always hopes that his subordinates will also be ambitious.

In Li Shimin's words, Zhang Yang sighed, watched the snow getting bigger and bigger, and replied: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the court are too difficult. ”

It was rare to hear him say such a thing, Li Shimin sat in the snow, stroked his beard and said: "I thought you would say that you would live up to your hard work, where did the bold words of the year go, this is not what you will say." ”

The connection between the steam engine and the lathe can only be shelved for the time being because of the transmission rod.

Zhang Yang retracted his gaze and remembered the bearing, which is an important part of mechanical equipment, and the two steel rings are inlaid with beads.

Now I understand that on the road of industrial development, it is inseparable from all kinds of parts, for Zhang Yang, every time he has to pick up the original technology, it is like a make-up class, and he has to go through this road again.

In the early stage of industrial development, linear transmission is always limited, and people have higher requirements for the technology and mechanical equipment of the casting process to meet all angles and transmission efficiency.

As a result, more sophisticated instruments appeared.

Now that I think about it, it's not so easy, it's hard.

Facing Li Shimin's questioning, Zhang Yang said melancholy: "I used to think that those things were very simple, but now I think it is too difficult, the court is getting more and more complicated, just like the improvement of technology is becoming more and more complicated, in the end I can only do something simple." ”

"What is simple in this world?"

The two of them sat together in the snow and uttered the same emotion.

Li Shimin said in a low voice: "The achievements of a man in the past generations will no longer be motivated when he is forty years old, and I will also turn forty this year. ”

It was quiet, except for the distant sounds of chatter and metal knocking from the factory.

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Your Majesty thinks that he is over forty, so he went to Mount Tai to celebrate his birthday, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Li Shimin answered, and then fell silent again.

The prince stood in the snow, looking at the two monarchs and ministers in front of him, His Majesty was forty, and the emperor's mind became more and more cautious, and he became more and more like an emperor.

From the time when His Majesty launched a mutiny in Xuanwumen, to the ascension to the throne in the early years of Zhenguan with countless infamy, and then to the drought in the early years of Zhenguan, it was not easy for His Majesty to come along the way, and he tolerated the Turkic soldiers in Chang'an City.

endured the abuse of many scholars, but he also had to smile at these people, and he had to be cautious and careful every step of the way.

In the eyes of the prince, His Majesty is a very powerful figure, how many ordinary people can be strict with themselves when they ascend to the throne.

If it were replaced by Yang Guang, who acted with personality and was wild, under the behavior of Emperor Yang of Sui, I am afraid that many people would die in this world.

Zhang Yang pondered, maybe Li Shimin also felt that he was over forty years old, and his emperor career had passed the most important stage, thinking that in this life, he might no longer be able to seal Mount Tai, and he had passed the hot-blooded age of wanting to seal Zen, but now he just looked at Mount Tai from afar, and he did not climb or seal Zen.

"Zhang Yang, do you think I don't regret that I don't have Mount Tai Feng Zen?"

"Your Majesty laughed, how dare I say regret."

Li Shimin laughed softly, "I don't think I'm qualified to climb Mount Tai to seal the Zen, and you Zhang Yang didn't enter the Lingyan Pavilion, do you have any grievances?" ”

"I have no grievances, Dengling Yange is just a false name, many people regard him as a lifelong glory, I think this kind of glory will only increase the burden."

These words made Li Shimin's expression a little serious, he didn't like Zhang Yang to say this kind of thing, the people who could ascend to the Lingyan Pavilion were all people who were for the country and the society, and were absolutely loyal to His Majesty.

The seriousness on his expression turned into a bit of suspicion, Li Shimin glanced at him sideways, this kid does not surrender to me for a day, and does not give everything to the Tang Dynasty, he will not be allowed to board the Lingyan Pavilion for a day.

In Zhang Yang's opinion, Lingyan Pavilion was just a means for His Majesty to help those ministers of the society.

The two of them were speechless again.

His Majesty is already forty years old, and a man who has passed the age of forty is stepping into his twilight years, and he no longer has the spirit of youth, and he lives more soberly.

What is sober is that Li Shimin feels that he should not go to Mount Tai to seal Zen in his life, once he goes to seal Zen, the emperor may not know what to say about him, the emperor who has not won the throne.

Now that I think about it, Li Shimin clearly realizes that it is not important for Mount Tai to seal Zen.

It is the next generation of leaders in Zhang Yang's hands, Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, Wang Xuance and others, that are important.

The emperor's mind has changed from recovering the lost territory of the Central Plains to expanding the territory, and now he has begun to consider what kind of society should be left behind for future generations.

And Zhang Yang is the most important one among the next generation of young people.

If Zhang Yang can be subdued, he feels that the society can be more stable.

As he said, things in this world are more difficult than one another, Taifu Temple in order to diversify crops, a year has passed, and now it is not difficult, not a sentence in the court, and the townships and counties will respond positively.

After thinking about it carefully, his words are very reasonable, and he has exhausted the open and secret battles between the monarch and the ministers over the years, and the organs have been exhausted.

"Zhang Yang, what kind of person do you think I am?"

Glancing at Li Shimin, Zhang Yang sighed: "Your Majesty is a very realistic person. ”

"Reality?"

"That's right, Your Majesty won't have a lot of delusions about the world, just like Your Majesty won't think that I will willingly hand over Gaochang, so use the power of diplomacy to exchange with me, if I can do a good job in the Ministry of Rites, Your Majesty can also gain, if I don't do well, there will be no loss to Your Majesty."

"So I offered a price of 30 million yuan, and I knew that I couldn't get any benefits from His Majesty, so I asked His Majesty to write an IOU, and then used the entire Lishan Mountain as collateral."

Li Shimin nodded, "In this way, when you asked for a price all over the sky, what you really wanted was not money, but to seek a place to live in peace?" It's good to have grown up now, negotiate terms with me, and deal with me? ”

"If I hadn't handed over Lishan to you, you would still be a person with nothing." Speaking of this, Li Shimin's expression was a little more remorseful, "I was fooled." ”

Zhang Yang smiled knowingly, "Your Majesty still has to repay the money, if Zhenguan can't pay it back, it will be passed on to future generations, I hope that the Tang Dynasty will be forever solid, until the money is repaid." ”

"You are really a vicious person, and you want Datang to be eternal forever, and you want the entire Datang to pay off your debts."

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "The construction of Lishan is for the people's livelihood and social welfare, Your Majesty can rest assured." ”

"Hmm." Li Shimin nodded and patted him on the shoulder, "Now I am the most relieved person is you." ”

……

What a hypocritical emperor.

Zhang Yang couldn't help shaking his head, and he didn't blink when he said the opposite.

The psychology of the emperor is distorted, the three views are reversed, and his values are different from those of normal people.

Then, he got up and said, "I haven't been to see your teacher since I came back from Mount Tai, how is his health?" ”

Seeing Niu Chuang and Li Tai walking towards him, Zhang Yang replied: "Doctor Sun Shen has a team of three doctors, a total of thirty doctors, who will always discuss the condition, but even now they still can't remove the teacher's lesions. ”

"It's like a bucket, there's an extra gap, this drain has been flowing out, and now the water flowing out is getting bigger and bigger, the gap is getting bigger and bigger, and that lesion is the gap."

"As early as three years ago, Doctor Sun said that if the teacher's lesion is not removed, the medicine stone is useless, and now he can only rely on decoction to nourish it, and the burden of this lesion on the body is increasing day by day, and now it is getting more and more serious."

"I'm going to see him."

Li Shimin sighed and left with someone.

When Li Tai and Niu Chuang came closer, Li Shimin had just walked away.

Li Tai was curious: "What is my father going to do?" ”

Zhang Yang glanced back, "I'm going to visit Zou Guogong." ”

When Niu Chuang handed over the drawings, Li Tai immediately turned his face, and now he vomited when he saw the drawings.

The drawings are drawn to connect the various parts of the lathe, and as I thought before, what is missing is the important part of the bearing.

With a conclusion in his heart, Zhang Yang said clearly: "You guys stop for a while, I want to find a way." ”

When I returned to Lishan with the drawings, I saw Li Yue whispering something to Xiaohui and Xiaowu.

Zhang Yang pretended to be casual and walked into his workshop, and when he passed by, he heard his daughter-in-law say that he had mentioned the Jiangnan Wang family, Lishan was rich and powerful, and he could deal with the family, not to mention a few Jiangnan Wang families? It is enough to leave it to the daughter-in-law and Xiaohui to deal with.

Pushing the door of the car, Zhang Yang took out some iron materials and began to ponder the casting of the bearings.

I picked out a few pieces of good quality iron, lit an oil lamp on the side, and began to sketch the drawings.

A beautiful flintlock pistol hung on the wall, the body of the flintlock pistol was shiny silvery-white, with a front sight at the muzzle and gold trimmed on both sides of the handle.

This gold-inlaid flintlock pistol is full of local heroism, this is Datang's first flintlock pistol, even if it looks rustic, it is also a big step forward for Datang.

was busy in the workshop, and saw Li Yue coming with a pot of pastries, "This is brought by Xiaohui's family from Jiangnan, and it is very good to eat." ”

Zhang Yang put down the work in his hand, washed his hands and picked up a piece of hot pastry, took a bite and found that it was made of glutinous rice, which was golden on both sides, and the inside was soft and a little sticky, and he couldn't help but be surprised, "Huh? Isn't this a rice cake? ”

Thinking of the rice cakes, Zhang Yang looked at the heavy snow outside the workshop, "Before I knew it, the New Year was coming." ”

Seeing that her husband's hands were red from the cold because he was busy in the workshop, she frowned distressedly: "It is said that the autumn harvest is hidden in winter, how can anyone be so busy in this winter." ”

Zhang Yang sighed with emotion: "General Li Jing wants to see firearms, and there is a problem with the steam engine in the village again, so I don't need to use wisdom to help them solve the problem." ”

She covered her mouth and smiled, "It's the first time that my husband has prided himself on being a master." ”

Zhang Yang said a little proudly: "My craftsmanship is a big deal for them, and my understanding of hardware craftsmanship casting is several realms ahead of them." ”

The couple ate the rice cake quietly, and felt that it was a little tasteless, Li Yue also took a small dish of salt and sprinkled the fine salt on the rice cake, so that it tasted more delicious.

Zhang Yang said disappointedly: "You should add some chopped green onions." ”

"The green onions in the greenhouse haven't grown well, so I'll pick some in two days, and eat like this first, Xiaohui's family will send a lot."

She chewed on the rice cake in her mouth, and her eyes were full of satisfaction.

Now that Qingque is married, her heart is also over, and she said: "I heard that Yuan Dao is old. ”

Zhang Yang said curiously: "Hasn't he been in the Qin Heavenly Prison all the time?" ”

Li Yue covered her mouth and chuckled, "I think that after this year, I will invite Daoist Yuan and Daoist Li Chunfeng to teach my daughter mathematics and calendar." ”

After eating the rice cake, Zhang Yang took a sip of tea with a grim expression, "Is it possible to let our daughter go to the Tao?" ”

"What's wrong with monasticism?"

I really look for the best in everything, and the teachers who teach my daughter are all first-class.

Everything else is fine, except that you can't teach your daughter to scheming, the child should be innocent, and when she grows up, she will be a straightforward child.

Whether she is messing around or learning well, the child's simplicity is really the best.

"You said that the queen accepted our daughter as a disciple, wouldn't it be better if it was only a nominal disciple?"

Li Yue nodded, "Hmm." ”

The couple reached a consensus that life in the palace was too gloomy, and they didn't want their daughter to calculate all day long in the future.

Li Yuan only told her about the previous rebellion.

My daughter can learn mathematics, learn the art of war, and exercise her skills.

Or follow Mr. Ouyang Xun to learn to write, or you can be a calligrapher.

There is a huge Lishan Mountain, who will dare to bully her daughter in the future?

Learning nothing can't make her learn scheming.

After eating the pastries in the bowl, the couple walked out of the workshop together.