The steam locomotive was shattered all over the ground, and the people near the official road looked over, because there were officers and soldiers who did not dare to get too close, so they could only watch from a distance.

Pei Xingjian asked the little officials on the side to make a record, and said: "The creation of Lishan is really magical. ”

Li Tai said with a regretful face: "It's still a failure, let Chang'an Ling smile." ”

Pei Xingjian bowed his head and said: "What do you say, see the joke, there are such strange things to be used in the future, and I hope to inform a certain family in advance." ”

"That's what Chang'an Ling said."

Li Tai saluted again and asked people to pack up and leave.

This time the steam engine traveled ten miles, which was better than expected, but the load inside the furnace was still a problem.

Otherwise, the furnace of the steam engine will face the risk of exploding if it is overloaded.

Li Tai was thinking about taking people back to Lishan.

Pei Xingjian let the passers-by disperse and make a record.

Niu Jinda's son Niu Chao, he has only been serving in Jingzhao Mansion for half a year, and he has just arrived in Jingzhao Mansion and served as Shaoyin.

"Just let King Wei leave like this?" Niu Chao asked curiously.

"Well, what more do you want to ask?"

It is said that Pei Xingjian worshiped in Lishan, and it is rumored that Pei Xingjian is a disciple of Lishan, and this young man can govern the Western Regions, level Tianshan, and conquer Persia.

Later, I learned that he was a disciple of Lishan, and people figured it out at once, only Lishan could teach such outstanding characters.

Niu Chao was full of questions, and he didn't know where to start.

Only Pei Xingjian himself knows that he has never really entered the mountain gate of Lishan, and has only seen the marquis of Lishan County once.

Pei Xingjian didn't feel that there was anything bad about him after entering Chang'an with such a high profile, but he had a lot of benefits for gaining a foothold in officialdom.

After taking out the chapter from the official office of Jingzhao Mansion, he put on his official uniform and left here for the Suzaku Gate.

Pei Xingjian was only fourteen years old when he first entered Chang'an City, and now he is eighteen years old.

Wearing an official uniform, he looks like a high-spirited literati.

After entering the Suzaku Gate, the officers and soldiers here did not dare to regard this person as an ordinary literati.

The young man won several battles in Persia.

After returning to Chang'an City, he didn't say a few words and killed a big cannibal, this young man was appointed as the commander of Chang'an Ling, and no one dared to offend him, and no one dared to provoke him.

Pei Xingjian walked to the door and a small official hurriedly came over, "I don't know if Chang'an ordered this to submit a chapter?" ”

"Hmm." He handed the piece to him.

Su Dingfang had just come out of the door, and when he saw the person coming, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Pei Duhu." ”

Pei Xingjian gave the piece in his hand to the little official and advised: "This is a record of Lishan's behavior today. ”

"Whoa."

Waiting for the little official to leave, Pei Xingjian replied: "Now it is the Chang'an Order, and he is in Jingzhao Mansion." ”

Su Dingfang looked Pei Xingjian up and down, and felt that this young man was very good, so he asked, "Do you have time?" ”

"After returning to Chang'an City, I have some free time."

Su Dingfang stroked his beard and smiled, "Looking for a wine shop and a sip of wine?" ”

Pei Xingjian nodded, "Huh." ”

Su Dingfang is now the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and he is also the right and left hand of General Wei Chigong, in terms of military merits, Su Dingfang followed Li Jing's general to take down Jieli Khan, and after the meritorious service, he was the Zhonglang general of Zuo Wuwei.

He also pacified the Tubo Rebellion, and has been serving as a general in Zuo Xiaowei, which is a third-rank official.

Pei Xingjian followed up and asked, "Does General Su often have to submit a recital?" ”

Su Dingfang smiled: "Resign." ”

"Resigned?" Pei Xingjian looked at Su Dingfang again, looked up and down, and said, "General Su is in the prime of life. ”

Su Dingfang sighed: "I came to resign when I was idle, and I resigned more than ten times this year." ”

"Yes...... Is it? ”

"I don't know if Your Majesty will agree."

It was a little hot today, Pei Xingjian wiped the sweat on his forehead, and asked, "Resign so many times in a year?" ”

Su Dingfang smiled and explained with surprise: "There are too many people in the DPRK who want to resign, and they are used to resigning after meritorious service. ”

"Ah......h

Pei Xingjian was silent.

I think this court is quite interesting, everyone is temperamental.

I don't think about it, there is still a culture of resignation in the court.

Su Dingfang walked all the way and said: "Look at how many times Zhao Guogong has resigned, and he wanted to resign from the post of Zhongshu Ling a few days ago. ”

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Some-and-so got it."

The two of them walked into a tavern, asked for some food, and ate as they ate.

Pei Xingjian held the mentality of learning from experience at this time, and asked cautiously: "General Su has resigned so many times, and His Majesty is not angry?" ”

"Not really."

Pei Xingjian sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty is benevolent." ”

After that, Su Dingfang made a gesture in the direction of Chang'an City.

Seeing this, Pei Xingjian also bowed.

When the wine and food were served, the two of them feasted, and heard that there were still people talking about what happened outside the city today, which was worthy of Lishan, which used to only make firearms in Lishan, but now they have begun to make monsters that spit black smoke.

The eye-opening thing has an endless aftertaste, not many people I saw at that time, and there were many people who discussed this matter in Chang'an City.

"Are you a disciple of Lishan?"

Pei Xingjian nodded, "The outer disciple was instructed by the Marquis of Lishan County, but the Marquis of the county never said that he was a disciple below. ”

Su Dingfang nodded and said, "It turned out to be fake." ”

"Fake can also be true."

"That's right, Zhang Yang doesn't care about this kind of thing."

Pei Xingjian said again: "If someone wants to make a profit in the name of Lishan, the lower officials will never let them go." ”

Su Dingfang took a sip of wine, frowned, and said, "You went to the Western Regions arranged by Zhang Yang?" ”

"Exactly."

"It's also ...... for you to go to Persia"

"Yes, it's all arranged by the county marquis."

Su Dingfang nodded clearly, "The old man was also instructed by Lishan back then, and this Zhang Yang is a very eccentric person. ”

"The lower officials heard that General Su turned against the county marquis after quelling the Tubo Rebellion?"

Su Dingfang waved his hand and said, "That's all rumors outside." ”

Pei Xingjian nodded clearly.

The young general and the middle-aged general sat together and chatted happily, and a few passing officers and soldiers took a second look as they walked by.

Su Dingfang asked again: "You said that you are not serving in the army, why did you go to Jingzhao Mansion?" ”

Pei Xingjian put down the chopsticks in his hand and said in a low voice: "It's Your Majesty's meaning, and it's also the meaning of the county marquis." ”

"Most likely, Your Majesty has discussed your future with the county marquis."

Pei Xingjian suddenly understood, smiled with relief and saluted again: "Thank you General Su for your guidance, I have been taught here." ”

Su Dingfang said again: "Think about it carefully, Lishan has been building roads recently, and has also united several villages and counties around Chang'an City, Jingzhao Mansion has always been the official office of the twelve counties of Chang'an, Lantian, Gaoling, Jingyang, Longshouyuan and other places are under your jurisdiction, and I am afraid that Lishan will have to rely on you more in the future." ”

Pei Xingjian understood the relationship a little, so he said in a low voice: "Since I returned to Chang'an next time, I have never seen the Marquis of Lishan County, let alone exchanged letters. ”

"Of course, I won't have correspondence with you."

"General Su means ......"

Su Dingfang lowered his voice, "What the old man can think of, others can also think of it, in the future, you must be careful and cautious in doing things, so as not to be caught." ”

"But Your Majesty knows that the county marquis intends to arrange it, why do you put the lower officials in such an important position."

Su Dingfang bowed his head and said: "The relationship between Your Majesty and the county marquis is very complicated, the county marquis is determined to build Guanzhong and make Guanzhong rich and strong, doesn't Your Majesty want to?" His Majesty just wants to borrow the hands of the county marquis to build the twelve counties of Chang'an City. ”

"As for whether you are in the position of Chang'an Order, it doesn't matter, what matters is how much convenience you can give to Lishan and how much benefit Your Majesty can get."

Pei Xingjian wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's really hot." ”

After finishing the meal, Su Dingfang stood up and patted him on the shoulder, "If you don't understand anything in the future, you can come to the old man, you are a general, don't be delayed by the civil official." ”

After General Su finished speaking, he left, and Pei Xingjian realized that the wine and food had not been paid, so he took out the silver money and settled the money with the little guy.

"I'm a general, don't be delayed by civil officials." Pei Xingjian secretly read this sentence in his heart.

After Brother Xue and his wife returned to Chang'an City, they have been going out late and returning early.

Now that Brother Xue's wife Liu is pregnant, Pei Xingjian is not good at disturbing others, so he went to Qianniuwei.

Qianniuwei's Weifu is not big, it is said that there are more than 5,000 people, but in fact, there are only more than 100 people who remain in Weifu.

Pei Xingjian explained his identity to the guard in front of the door, and let him go.

At a glance, I saw Wang Xuance who was under the eaves.

This guy is still acting out of tune, and at the moment he is holding a scroll of chatting and watching.

"This is Lishan's Liaozhai?"

Hearing the question, Wang Xuance said in a loud voice: "Pei Duhu." ”

"I'm no longer Pei Duhu."

"It's very interesting, you can take it and see it."

Pei Xingjian took the scroll and sat down without much energy, "I used to know what to do and how to do it when I was in Persia, but I didn't know what to do when I returned to Chang'an City?" ”

Wang Xuance shook his head and said: "A certain family is different, I don't want to go to the west to eat sand anymore, isn't this Chang'an City good?" ”

Everyone who has been suffering together in Persia for so many years knows their own temperament.

Wang Xuance is such a person, Pei Xingjian knows that this guy's talent is stronger than himself, if this person is a little more motivated, maybe he will be ranked in Lingyan Pavilion.

Now Wang Xuance just wants to live quietly in Chang'an City.

No matter how lazy he is, Pei Xingjian doesn't dare to underestimate him, people like him just don't work hard.

If you work hard, even you will be out of reach.

Obviously a one-in-a-million genius.

Pei Xingjian asked, "Didn't Brother Wang think about marrying a wife and having children?" ”

Wang Xuance frowned and said, "I haven't thought about it yet." ”

"Xia Guan has thought about it."

"When I was fighting in Tianzhu, I found a man who said that he lived to be two hundred years old."

"Really?"

"Later, a certain family killed him." Wang Xuance said this with a flat face.

"Why?"

"Lies confuse the public."

This court is not as written in the history books, and there are many strange people in this court, and today I got acquainted with General Su Dingfang, and I also learned that it is common for officials in the court to resign.

Pei Xingjian thought about it at first because of Huang Laozhi's learning.

After thinking about it again, I felt that it was wrong, Tian Khan didn't like Huang Lao's learning.

There are many capable people in the Tang Dynasty, and even characters such as the Marquis of Lishan County want to retire early, as if everyone is waiting for the day when Ma Fang Nanshan.

The court of the Tang Dynasty is not involuted, and since the emperor sent troops to the west, the Tang Dynasty has become more and more martial.

After the fall of the family, more and more literati also joined the imperial examination.

On the one hand, we want to expand, and on the other hand, we are working hard to teach.

Under the diligent administration of Tian Khan, the court is not so involuted, everyone can rest, unless the will comes down to let someone do a big thing.

This is also to blame that there are too many capable people in Datang, Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, Cen Wenwen and others have outstanding abilities.

The people at the bottom can't compete at all.

Pei Xingjian is actually quite upset with Wang Xuance, and he is very satisfied with His Majesty's arrangement.

These people just want the years to be quiet, and God is blind.

God is indeed blind, for example, the Marquis of Lishan County, obviously he can be a very popular minister, as long as he sacrifices everything to Tian Khan, he is ranked in Lingyan Pavilion, and the Duke of Feng Guo is not a problem.

But now on Lishan, Zhang Yang is holding a magnifying glass to observe a few stones.

"Dad, what do you see these stones for?"

"It's ore, unusual stone."

"What's so special about stones."

Zhang Yang picked up a piece and explained: "When Jiayuguan was built, Di Zhixun found a very hard ore in the area of the Yema River in the Qilian Mountains. ”

"This is called tungsten ore, this material is extremely difficult to mine, occasionally the open air can be used, this thing is used to make tungsten steel, tungsten steel is used to calcine casting knives is the best, is the current Datang horizontal knife can not reach the steel."

Xiao Qingqing didn't understand these truths, she just thought that this thing was very powerful, so she wrote it down in her heart.

Zhang Yang put down the magnifying glass in his hand and said: "It is very difficult to forge tungsten steel, if it can be burned, I can use this to make a blade and load it on a lathe." ”

Seeing Daddy's sad appearance, Xiao Qingqing asked, "Then burn it out." ”

"Now the productivity of the Lishan Iron Works is all on the railway, and I can't delay the progress of the entire fortification because of me, and our furnace may not have the conditions to burn it."

"Oh." Xiao Qingqing answered.

"Daddy!" Be careful An came on a bear er, and his speech was a little slurred, "Aunt Dongyang cried. ”

Zhang Yang said in a deep voice: "What's wrong? ”

Careful An shook her head and looked back, and when she looked back, Aunt Lizhi had already brought someone here.

Dongyang wiped his tears and didn't speak when he arrived in front of him.

Li Lizhi said in a low voice: "Dongyang wrote a dialectic, demonstrating the relationship between the concept of matter and natural science, and as soon as the article came out of Lishan, it was sent to Guozijian, and after being learned by the students of Chongdefang, it was criticized by those literati. ”

Dongyang nodded and said: "Brother-in-law is right, materialistic nature is the true meaning, but they say ......"

As she spoke, she sobbed again.

Lishan's doctrine has always been full of criticism, but Lishan has never cared, and the truth will only become clearer and clearer the more it is argued.

Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "Dongyang, you are our most proud protégé in Lishan, and your comprehension ability is the best among your younger brothers and sisters. ”

Dongyang put away his crying face at this time, and after receiving encouragement, he had an innocent smile again.

The royal brother-in-law is not good, and the younger brothers and sisters of such a large family have a lot of troubles.

Zhang Yang walked to the study, wrote a letter, and asked his aunt to hand it to Cheng Chumo. (End of chapter)