Tang Shanzhi stepped into the side room, and Chu Suiliang was standing here, looking at the calligraphy.

Seeing the person coming, he put down the pen in his hand and said, "Brother Tang." ”

sat down first, Tang Shanzhi had a good look on his face, "Is Uncle Chu really unwilling to stay?" ”

Chu Suiliang said with a smile: "Actually, I talked about this three or two years ago, and I have only been prepared recently. ”

Now that everyone has an official position, Chu Suiliang will still stay in Chang'an City.

"Brother Chu, don't you think Zhao Guogong has been getting more and more tired recently?"

"Well, the good sense is aware of it, too?"

Outside the house, there was also the discussion of the servants of the family moving things, and Tang Shanzhi said in a low voice: "Recently, His Majesty also intends to alienate Zhao Guogong, and it is natural for relatives to be estranged, but it is also a foreign relative, and Lishan has withdrawn from the court early. ”

Chu Suiliang replied: "Even if it is a relative, Zhao Guogong is also the most trusted relative of His Majesty. ”

"......"

"Xu Jingzong, Zhang Da'an and his ilk seem to be very valued by His Majesty, these people are too young." Chu Suiliang stood up and took two steps back and forth, and continued: "Besides, Zhao Guogong was one of the first people to follow His Majesty, Zhao Guogong has the ability and prestige, and don't be discouraged if you are good. ”

Tang Shanzhi lowered his voice, "I haven't given up yet, Zhao Guogong is already disheartened. ”

Chu Suiliang said: "The court needs young talents, although Zhang Da'an and Shangguanyi are outstanding, they have not precipitated, and His Majesty will still trust Zhao Guogong more in the future, as for Zhao Guogong now, he only needs to be Taoguang to raise his obscurity, and he can be reused by His Majesty in the future." ”

"Well, it's better to have your opinion." Tang Shanzhi had a plan in his heart.

Chang'an City has begun to intensively rebuild Qujiang Pond, and Chang'an City will have one more square city in the future.

It was not easy to get the emperor to tear down the city wall, and it was a thankless task to convince the emperor.

There needs to be enough interest for the emperor to take the initiative to do so.

Xiao Qingqing said again: "What a character my father is, the cost paid by Lishan has always been recovered, and our family has not done a loss-making business." ”

Li Xiaogong was grilling lamb skewers, and in his ears was the conversation between the prince's son Li Xiang and Xiao Qingqing.

Li Xiang, this kid, is not stupid to say that he is stupid, and he will argue with this little county lord.

But who is Xiao Qingqing? She is Zhang Yang's child.

How could such a child be weak.

At the beginning, Xiao Qingqing suppressed Li Xiang, but now in terms of reason, Li Xiang is a little unspeakable.

This is not to blame him, the knowledge and truth that children can accept are limited.

He can't be compared with Xiao Qingqing, there are more children in other people's schools since elementary school, and the teachers who teach her are all first-class characters.

Other people's children are still naughty at this age, Zhang Yang arranges classes for her children every day, and since she was five years old, she has been attending classes almost every day.

There is also the words and deeds of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Li Xiaogong feels that adults are not necessarily her opponents, and if she is not careful, she will be calculated by this little girl.

At the foot of Lishan Mountain, Zhang Yang and the prince were also talking.

Li Chengqian has changed a lot now, and his whole person seems much calmer.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, what books have you been reading lately?"

"Lone hasn't read a book in a long time." Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Lone is very envious, you can live so leisurely, every time Lone helps his father to deal with state affairs, he must always ask himself, whether this is right and wrong." ”

When the emperor is ambitious, the entire court also follows the blood, and the prince is naturally no exception.

As the crown prince got older, he participated in more state affairs.

Li Tai left Chang'an City, and no one could shake the crown prince's position as the prince.

As long as this prince does things honestly, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, sits firmly on the throne of the prince, and counts the days to ascend the throne.

Li Chengqian drank tea and said: "In the past, my father often punished Lone, and Lone was also thinking about what kind of prince his father wanted. ”

He added: "Back then, Lone felt that he should be a benevolent and filial prince. ”

Zhang Yang nodded.

"But Gu now feels that only benevolence and filial piety are not enough, benevolence and filial piety can be used as an example, and it is useless in national affairs, so you must have the ability, responsibility and bearing."

This eldest brother has changed so much now, and it has something to do with the environment he is in now.

It is said that after leaving the court, the distance between Lishan and the East Palace is too far.

I don't know what the prince's situation is.

I don't know how the East Palace has changed.

Zhang Yang smiled: "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think now?"

Li Chengqian got up and said: "Under the rule of my father, there were many capable ministers, and the generals who followed my father back then emphasized faithfulness and righteousness, and accommodated and helped each other, especially between clans or magnates. ”

"Lone thinks that this kind of atmosphere can't last long, they helped their father revitalize the society, and the father can tolerate them one or two, but Lone doesn't think so, the society has laws, and should be done according to the law, not the so-called human favor and bearing, what do you think?"

Zhang Yang didn't want to answer this, and if he didn't suffer others, don't persuade others to be kind.

What kind of person the prince wants to be has nothing to do with him.

Besides, people are subject to change, and many young emperors worked hard in their early years and were greedy for pleasure in their later years.

Zhang Yang looked at Li Chengqian, his expression was still quite serious.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, how long has it been since you played chess?"

"It's like chatting with you, obviously saying one thing, and you suddenly say another thing, you are the only one who has met you and you have not changed, and it is still the same after so many years."

Zhang Yang picked up the wooden box on the side, the wooden box opened to a chessboard, and he placed the chess pieces with both hands and said: "I haven't played chess for a long time, I am rarely interested, and the prince should not refuse." ”

Li Chengqian looked around, nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Life in Lishan is very warm, there are children playing around, and older children are learning crafts from adults, reading and writing articles.

When the women walk together, there is often some laughter.

The chessboard is laid out and the game begins.

Xiangqi has been around for a long time, but this chess was created by Zhang Yang according to the memories of later generations, and the wood used is also high-quality mahogany.

The chess pieces are engraved with words, written in red and black ink, respectively, and are divided into red and black.

The battle began on the chessboard, as if two armies were fighting.

Li Chengqian's chess move became fierce in the second half, and every move was hidden with killing moves.

Xiao Qingqing watched from the sidelines when she was interested, she knew the rules of chess, but she always couldn't play well, and Aunt Xiaohui usually liked to play against Aunt Xiao Wu.

Li Chengqian found that every killing move he arranged was easily defused by Zhang Yang, and he thought in his heart that he was neither attacking nor aggressive, even if he was given a chance, he still made a defensive posture.

Sinking his face, Li Chengqian moved his horse up.

Zhang Yang moved his pawn and blocked the horse's way.

Li Chengqian put his hands on his knees and fell into deep thought again.

When it comes to chess skills, Zhang Yang remembered that he used to play chess with the old men in the park, and those old masters were all masters in the chess circle.

Ordinary young people are not their opponents, and they are glad that they can also learn some skills after being abused thousands of times by those old men.

From the point of view of chess, don't underestimate the old man sitting in the park, especially those who like to sit on the stone table, don't look at the old age, the hair is all hair, the skill on the chessboard is like the sweeping monk who has swept the ground in front of the temple for a lifetime.

After a while, Li Chengqian closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Lonely lost." ”

Zhang Yang put the chess pieces again, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants another game?" ”

"No, Lone's chess skills are far from being your opponent, no matter how Lone moves, it can be easily resolved by you."

He opened his eyes, his brow furrowed, "How did you do that?" ”

Zhang Yang grinned and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, I often use abandoned sons to attract me into a trap, but I always avoid them?" ”

"Hmm."

"I have the same number of chess pieces as His Royal Highness the Prince, both offensive and defensive sides can stalemate, the prince's attack seems to be very fierce, but the chess pieces are limited, as long as the attack must have chess pieces to cross the river, after crossing the river, you will face the risk of being killed, I stick to one side, the more the prince attacks, the more losses, and then began to lure me in?"

Li Chengqian took another sip of tea, "Obviously, you have many chances to end this game of chess." ”

Zhang Yang raised his head and said: "There are many ways to win chess, but I just chose the one with the lowest cost, but it took some more time." ”

The mountain wind blew at the foot of this mountain, and Li Chengqian bowed his head and said: "Lonely has been taught." ”

Zhang Yang said again: "I haven't played chess for a long time, and I'm rusty. ”

"Lonely listen to the queen mother's meaning, take Li Xiang to Lishan to relax, this child should also come out for a walk after living in the East Palace for a long time."

Zhang Yang said again: "You can let him stay in Lishan for a few more days." ”

"That's not necessary."

Li Chengqian was quick to refuse.

Zhang Yang was no longer reluctant, and when he saw that his aunt brought food, he said, "Let's eat." ”

In the evening, he bid farewell to the prince's family.

Seeing that the car in the East Palace was driving away, Li Tai asked in a low voice, "Brother Huang is unwilling to leave Li Xiang behind?" ”

"He has a problem with Lishan."

"Hehe......" Li Tai snorted coldly: "What does he have?" Lishan didn't do anything to him. ”

"If His Royal Highness King Wei becomes the emperor, he must be a faint monarch."

"No, this king must be Mingjun."

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei is delicious, and he still holds grudges."

"Is there one?"

"Hmm."

Li Tai stood there and stayed there for a while.

Before leaving, Xiao Qingqing said in a low voice: "Daddy means that Uncle Wei is very grudgeful. ”

Only then did Li Tai come back to his senses and shouted towards Lishan: "Can't a person who holds a grudge be a Ming Jun?" ”

Does Li Shimin hold a grudge? Of course, he held a grudge, but he was able to release his previous suspicions,

So as to employ people regardless of the grievances of the year.

Li Tai probably can't do this kind of thing.

"Dad, the prince's family seems to be very poor."

"It doesn't matter if the crown prince is poor, the emperor is very rich."

Xiao Qingqing said in a low voice: "Li Xiang's clothes have been worn several times, and every time he comes, it's that dress, isn't there any other clothes?" ”

Zhang Yang glanced at his daughter and said, "When the family was poor in the past, your mother was still wearing patched old clothes, no matter how Li Xiang was dressing, you couldn't say it." ”

"My daughter understands." She asked again, "Dad, what are we going to eat for the night?" ”

"It depends on what your mother wants to eat."

"My mother must listen to the two grandmothers for whatever she wants to eat, the two grandmothers have always eaten blandly recently, and the daughter wants to eat meat."

Zhang Yang said distressedly: "There is still some mutton in the kitchen at home, and I have marinated it." ”

"Thank you, Dad."

"When you come back, remember to wipe your mouth and rinse your mouth so that you don't get discovered."

"Hmm."

"Take your brother with you, and he'll eat meat too."

"Okay, my daughter understands."

In the evening, the siblings ate a roast lamb meal outside, and when they came back, they burped and pretended to have dinner.

provoked the two aunts to always observe the two siblings, and found no oil stains on their mouths, and there was no flesh between their teeth.

In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, May.

A steam whistle sounded from the village of Lishan, and under the surprised gaze of the villagers, the steam locomotive slowly drove out of the factory workshop.

It was very slow, very large, the front of the car was as huge as a house, and there were more than ten people standing in the car.

There are also people who add coal to the front of the locomotive to make the steam engine burn more vigorously, and the steam locomotive travels faster.

The rear of the steam engine is equipped with wheels, and this steam engine looks simple, like a large hollowed-out iron box, inside which people can sit.

Xiao Qingqing walked behind the steam engine with a large group of children of the same age.

The whistle sounded loudly, and when it reached the entrance of the village, there was a sound of metal colliding in the car.

The car stopped, the steam engine was still running, but the car couldn't move.

Yan Liben and Li Tai walked into the car together, asked the steam engine to stop first, and checked the situation inside.

Li Tai took a magnifying glass and looked at the situation inside carefully, pointed to a broken place and said, "The air pressure is too great, and the air outlet is broken." ”

Yan Liben looked near the hub and said, "There is also a problem with the hub here, and the connection of the gears is loose. ”

Datang's first steam locomotive stopped after three miles, and there were many internal failures in it.

Li Tai was accustomed to this kind of failure, when he first built the steam engine, he failed many times, and now he is used to it.

This difficulty is nothing to him.

Yan Liben recorded the location and cause of the failure, which is Lishan's work habit, and now it has become his habit.

After sorting out and recording, let Xiao Qingqing, who was riding on the back of a bear, send him to the mountain.

This kind of car does not need to be pulled by manpower or livestock, and if you give it coal, it can keep walking, which is of great significance.

Now Lishan plans to build a railway and a car at the same time, which he didn't dare to think about before.

Now there are enough people, and there is a team from the Ministry of Engineering to share the burden.

It is normal for Li Tai to fail a hundred times, but once it succeeds, it can change a lot of things, and the current effort is worth it.

It was the same feeling as when a steam engine was built, and he was very determined at the moment.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, what we can't do, can the county marquis really do it?" Yan Liben said worriedly.

"When building a steam engine at that time, my brother-in-law gave a lot of suggestions, and I guessed at first, but later proved that my brother-in-law's statement was correct again and again."

Lishan is a new world, Yan Liben thinks so.

In the past, his skills were also passed down from his father, but now Yan Liben suddenly found that what he had learned all his life was obviously not enough in Lishan.

When the experience accumulated in the past was not enough to support the current skill demand, Yan Liben entered a state of hard study again when he got older, and lived every day as if he was approaching the college entrance examination. (End of chapter)