Zhang Yang looked back at his daughter who was playing with the little son, hmm...... She still looks pretty stupid.

snatched the pastry from his daughter-in-law's hand, Zhang Yang continued to be busy with the things in front of him while eating.

Waiting for Lishan's drawings to be sent to the blacksmith's workshop, Master Jiang looked at the drawings with a solemn expression, especially when he saw the two-inch thick cannon barrel, what is the geometry of the fine iron needed for casting?

Niu Chuang is the technical backbone of the village, from the beginning of the flush toilet to the crazy supplement of basic knowledge, becoming the second-in-command of His Royal Highness King Wei, and now becoming the technical backbone of Lishan.

In the past few years, in the related casting, such as the mold, the county marquis provided an idea, and His Royal Highness the King of Wei took the lead in tackling the problem.

Niu Chuang's progress is the greatest, and he is now over forty years old.

Master Jiang looked at the drawings and had some thoughts in his heart, "It seems that the mold still needs to be polished, what about His Royal Highness King Wei?" ”

Niu Chuang said distressedly: "His Royal Highness King Wei will vomit when he looks at the drawings, and he has been busy with the paper mill recently. ”

"Well, in this case, don't disturb King Wei."

As he spoke, Niu Chuang began to prepare the materials for making the mold, and Master Jiang also sketched the drawings of the required mold.

"The county marquis said in the drawing, the specific burr edge can be handed over to him for polishing, when can the lathe be sent down the mountain?"

"The county marquis didn't say it clearly, most of the time there are still many places that need to be improved, and they will be sent down the mountain when the time is ripe."

Niu Chuang didn't want to ask any more questions, busy with the matter at hand.

Ten cannon barrels were to be built in a month's work, and the drawings obtained by the blacksmith were cannon barrels.

It is also nervous, but now the blacksmith workshop has enough manpower, the barrel length is three feet, and the mold must be at least five feet long.

From now on, it can be completed before Qingming.

After recognizing Zhang Yang once before Chinese New Year's Eve and confessing his identity, his suspicions about Lishan were gone, and he had no worries in his heart, and Master Jiang did his best for this blacksmith workshop.

The more Zhang Yang talked about the matter of providing for the elderly, the more reluctant Master Jiang was to step down from the position of chief engineer of the blacksmith workshop, and always felt that he should do more for this child.

The blacksmith burned the furnace and began to cast.

Before the spring ploughing began, the village was already in full swing, and it stands to reason that the time should be spent on the next year's cultivation.

Lishan's situation made the officials in the court hate it so much, and they deceived people too much, and Lishan used the people's power so much that no one complained, and no villager came to Chang'an City to complain.

In the end, the demon Zhang Yang used means to make these villagers happy.

Today, Tang Xuanzang, who was in the Dunhuang dojo, sent another letter, and as soon as the letter arrived in Lishan and was not sent to the village, it was intercepted by His Majesty's people.

As a result, the letter Zhang Yang saw was sent by His Majesty, and His Majesty's monitoring of Lishan was stronger.

"I didn't expect that Lishan and Monk Xuanzang would still have correspondence?"

Li Shimin was surprised and a little surprised, and was pleasantly surprised to find another thing that was hidden from me.

Zhang Yang looked at the content of the letter and explained: "It's just a one-sided connection, Monk Xuanzang felt that I had a causal relationship with him, so he wanted to contact me, and Lishan never wrote back to him." ”

"I don't care if you have a connection with this monk."

"Your Majesty laughed, all the monks in this world are eager to eat me alive."

"I have already seen what I said in the letter, and this monk Xuanzang's words are quite saint-like, what do you think?"

Zhang Yang put down the parchment letter and looked at the Huaqing Pond that was drying, the water of the Huaqing Pond had been emptied, and after two days of cleaning, another day, the water could be re-released at night.

Three or two birds stopped in the empty pool, Zhang Yang frowned suddenly, until the little bear at home drove the birds away, and the pool was empty again, so it was more comfortable to look at it.

Listening to His Majesty's question, Zhang Yang replied: "Xuanzang said in the letter that the clock is against human nature, and it is not right to divide time into minutes and moments, so it will make people in the future more tired and tired of life. ”

"What Xuanzang wants to refute is not the truth of the clock, but Lishan's use of manpower, dividing time into minutes and hours, which is contrary to the concept he adheres to in this life, so Xuanzang will say so."

Li Shimin said in a low voice: "You know Xuanzang very well? ”

Zhang Yang smiled indifferently and replied: "I don't understand, it's just that he has wanted me to take refuge in several letters, and I haven't replied to him." ”

Recalling what he said just now, Li Shimin asked again: "Do you think Xuanzang's words are wrong?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Just like Xuanzang said, Lishan made a pendulum clock and divided the twelve hours into hours, so that the time is more refined, when the concept of time is clearer, people will catch up with time, if there are five hours of work in a day, then he has to do more things in these five hours." ”

"But the monks all feel that people should be free, and the monks take the life of a person as a time node, and they believe that there is an afterlife, so they feel that the scale of life is grand, not just in reality, and it is not right to use a clock to divide time and mark the scale of life."

"This is what Xuanzang wants to explain in his letter, in his words I made a pendulum clock, I am the wicked, I am the one who poisons the world."

Li Shimin chewed the sauced beef in his mouth and did not reply.

Time is a question worth pondering.

"Your pendulum clock was sent to the palace at the beginning, and now it is placed in my manna hall, and it is very beneficial for me to watch it often, and I know what to do at what time and moment, but at that time, many Confucian scholars heard about it, and they also felt that there should not be a clock for this thing, this thing is against the law of all things."

After that, Li Shimin picked up another piece of sauced beef and put it in his mouth, chewed it and continued: "The young slave often says that the knowledge of Lishan Mountain Gate is a system of its own, let's talk about how you look at time. ”

While talking, Gao Yang and Qinghe ran over laughing, and Li Fu and Li Ming competed for toys.

Seeing that Zhang Yang didn't reply for a long time, Li Shimin was also silent, and continued to eat sauced beef, this kind of food is rare, and the chefs in the palace have not yet come up with this refreshing sauced beef recipe.

Although the beef is delicious, I am thirsty when I eat it.

After another sip of tea, Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and burped, there was not much sauce beef left in the jar, and he could save lunch today.

After a long time, Li Shimin stood up, "You are still young, and the foundation of Lishan is still shallow, since I can't answer, I won't embarrass you." ”

Zhang Yang cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, Monk Xuanzang thinks that a person's life is a scale, he thinks that people are free if they don't farm, don't work, and don't produce. ”

"Well, it turns out you're still a little bit of a mustard."

"If it is really as the monk Xuanzang said, this world should also die, and it is against the words of the family and the country, this kind of monk should be killed."

Li Shimin bowed his head and said: "It is said that I am the king of sainthood and benevolence, I can't kill a courtier because of a word, nor can I kill him because of a letter from Xuanzang, how can I kill him without a crime?" ”

Zhang Yang's eyes were a little more annoyed, "Frame him!" ”

"When he went out of the customs to the west, I have already decreed that he will not be allowed to enter the customs, and I have thought about it in the sandbank, so it is enough."

Zhang Yang glanced at the few sauced beef left in the jar and stood aside in disappointment.

Li Shimin left satisfied.

After a while, Li Zhi came happily, he put his little hand into the jar, and picked up the two slices of sauced beef that were left in the jar to eat and drink.

Eating very satisfied, the sauced beef was thin and large, slightly larger than his face.

Li Zhi still tasted after eating......

Zhang Yang whispered: "His Royal Highness King Jin, is it delicious?" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "The sauced beef made by my brother-in-law has always been delicious. ”

Noticing his brother-in-law's gaze, Li Zhi thought that he hadn't been in trouble recently, even if the imperial sister was in trouble, and he complained to his brother-in-law and the imperial sister, he was the most obedient among his brothers and sisters.

Why is my brother-in-law's gaze so fierce.

Zhang Yang said quietly: "Your father and emperor ate and drank for nothing when he came to Lishan, and ate up my can of sauce beef." ”

"Brother-in-law still has sixteen cans of beef in sauce."

"Pack up the workshop with me today."

"Huh?"

Li Zhizheng was surprised, and was about to turn around and run, but the placket behind him had been grabbed by his brother-in-law's big hand, as if his fate was also caught in his brother-in-law's hands.

Because of this year's cold spring, Lishan's cotton cloth is selling better, Li Yue is very satisfied with the accounts, and the inventory of cotton cloth is about to be exhausted.

It is also because of this cold spring, these days it is rainy in Guanzhong, and it is about to enter March, the weather is still cold, and there are not many people working in the fields.

A piece of the recital was sent to Chang'an, and Li Chengqian immediately sent it to Lishan after reading the recital.

This inverted spring cold caused a flash flood to break out in Tiantai Mountain, where Jiucheng Palace is located, and many temples were buried, but fortunately, there were no casualties, that is, many acres of fields were damaged.

The flash flood destroyed more than 300 acres of fields in Tiantai Mountain.

Li Chengqian consulted with the DPRK and China, and soon made a decision and ordered the relocation of the people.

Some people say that this flash flood is that His Majesty built the Jiucheng Palace to disrespect the mountain gods, in short, the emperor's Jiucheng Palace is on Tiantai Mountain, and the emperor should be blamed.

The flash flood caused by the cold spring also made Li Shimin's vacation more troubled this time.

Li Shimin lives in the palace at the foot of Lishan Mountain, and the princesses and princes often leave to visit.

Princess Dongyang is telling Her Majesty about the cause of this flash flood.

"Father, Tiantai Mountain is a strange peak and dangerous place, and the place where it is located is the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, with many streams, waterfalls and ponds."

"In addition, years of felling, since the beginning of the Renshou Palace, which has not been rebuilt into Jiucheng Palace, there is often a large amount of water backflow, and the place where the palace is located is an ocean, which is caused by the water system, coupled with the time and man-made reclamation, will lead to flash floods, not because the father wants to repair Jiucheng Palace, so it will lead to this flash flood."

Hearing this, Li Shimin was interested.

Princess Dongyang continued: "In fact, there are often flash floods in various parts of Guanzhong, such as Xunzhou, Qishan, most of Hanzhong, Chencang, and Longxian in previous years. ”

Li Shimin's eyes fell on the map, listening to his daughter's patient explanation.

"In my daughter's opinion, flash floods are related to geography and vegetation, and have nothing to do with the so-called mountain gods."

"Who's going to hear from that."

Dongyang bowed slightly to his father and said: "Back to my father, my brother-in-law has often specialized in meteorology recently, and my brother-in-law was worried that there would be flash floods in the pass. ”

"It's common to have flash floods in Guan."

Li Shimin seemed to be saying a very ordinary thing.

The eldest grandson queen on the side cried and laughed, and His Majesty really wouldn't say half a good word about Zhang Yang.

Dongyang said again: "Father, brother-in-law has recently specialized in meteorology and fields, and my daughter has seen it in the music of Taifu Temple in her spare time. ”

Li Shimin's brows furrowed slightly, and then he said: "This is all your brother-in-law's business, and it can only be said that he is also a conscientious person." ”

explained the causes of the flash flood to his father, and Dongyang said: "Father, brother-in-law often talks about returning farmland to forests. ”

Grain? Li Shimin ate the meat peeled from the walnuts and said with a straight face: "Guanzhong has been poor and weak for a long time, and it is not enough to reclaim the fields, how to return the farmland!" You usually follow your brother-in-law, and don't listen to him for everything. ”

"The father is right, the daughter is retired."

Before leaving, Empress Eldest Sun asked Dongyang to take away some walnuts, and the girl left happily.

His Majesty and the Queen were left in the house.

Li Shimin still peeled the walnuts by himself, and the prince on the side knocked the walnuts with a small mallet, and after a little cracking, he could hand them over to His Majesty, and His Majesty could peel them off and eat them.

The gavel struck again, and the walnut cracked with a crisp sound.

Li Shimin ate walnuts with satisfaction, "These are all walnuts left over from the winter, and Guanyin also eats more." ”

Empress Eldest Sun sighed discouragedly, handed it to the palace maid on the side, and then looked at the three or five baskets of walnuts, "Is Your Majesty going to eat them all?" ”

After eating too much, he was a little thirsty, Li Shimin took a sip of tea, "Walnuts are rare, do you have to reward them to Lishan?" I ate slowly. ”

What's going on between this son-in-law?

Empress Eldest Sun was eating walnuts thoughtfully, His Majesty couldn't say that her son-in-law was not a little good, let alone give them to Lishan pecans.

In fact, how can there be so many things in Taifu Temple, it is also Zhang Yang spontaneously drafted the file, and I heard Yue'er say that he should often observe the sky and know the climate.

These are all deeds with great merits, there are so many princesses and relatives inside and outside the clan, how can anyone think about the palace like Zhang Yang from time to time.

His Majesty and the Empress were silent, and another little eunuch hurriedly came, "Your Majesty, I heard that Lishan sold another 7,000 feet of cotton cloth this month. ”

"How much is 7,000 feet of cotton?"

Hearing His Majesty ask, the little eunuch bowed and replied, "Now the market price of a foot of cotton cloth outside is six yuan, so it is more than 1,000 yuan, and many merchants have paid 35,000 yuan in advance to ask for cotton cloth in Lishan for the coming year." ”

There is not enough cotton cloth to sell, and even those merchants have to order cotton cloth for the coming year.

Li Shimin wiped his mouth, and then patted off the walnut shell crumbs on his clothes, "This kid has earned so much silver today, five or six thousand yuan a month, and his family property is so much that he can't spend it." ”

After that, Li Shimin lifted his belt and went out of the palace to go to Lishan to eat.

This kid has so much money, who will eat if he doesn't eat him?