Zhang Yang originally wanted to say goodbye and let the prince have a good rest, but when he walked to the door, his words came from inside the house again.

Wang Gonggong held a teacup in his hand, the tea was still warm, and he said in a low voice: "The county marquis is a kind person. ”

"I'm not going to be kind all the time."

"Well, the county marquis has never sympathized with anyone." The prince sighed, "The day the family fell, I didn't sympathize. ”

Zhang Yang looked at the heavy snow outside the house and stood at the door with his hands behind his back.

"In the eyes of His Majesty, the county marquis is still a child, and Her Royal Highness the princess is also a child."

"I don't care what His Majesty thinks."

Wang Gonggong drank a sip of warm tea, looked up at the young man's back, and there was a bit of vigilance in his eyes, "The county marquis got the Nanzhao, which is really a good means." ”

"It's just a coincidence that I got Nanzhao."

"Your Majesty said that the county marquis can build a land, so that the barren village can become the rich place in Guanzhong, then it can also make Nanzhao the richest place in the world." The prince's words paused, and then added: "Yes, this was said by Fang Xiang. ”

Zhang Yang turned around and smiled, "Why does Fang Xiang have such concerns?" ”

The prince laughed and frowned, and he lowered his head to look at the teacup, "There are always a lot of things that Fang Xiang is worried about. ”

Zhang Yang waved his hands and said, "I don't have any plans for Nanzhao. ”

Wang Gonggong said in a low voice: "Will the county marquis let Nanzhao stand on his own?" ”

"Nanzhao needs to be rebuilt."

"When will this reconstruction be waited for in what year and month, Your Majesty often looks at the official documents in the southwest."

"I'm in Lishan, and my family business is also in Lishan, and Nanzhao is still too far away."

"Yes, it's still too far for the county marquis."

Zhang Yang glanced at the wind and snow outside the house again, "The prince came to Lishan with His Majesty's wishes." ”

The prince lowered his head and did not answer.

"Actually, Lishan is very simple, I don't care what Your Majesty explained before you came to Lishan, but you will treat you as an elder when you come to Lishan, you should rest early."

The prince held the warm teacup in his hand, and there was a lot of guilt in his eyes.

Zhang Yang walked out of this warm hut and walked in the wind and snow, the emperor was still afraid of Lishan.

Even this jealousy was placed on Nanzhao.

Walking all the way, the faster he walked, Zhang Yang kicked on a pine tree, and the pine tree only shook three or two times and still stood proudly in the snow.

Careful An rode Xiong Er and happened to be standing not far away, and when he saw his father kicking the pine tree, he also trotted all the way over and kicked it.

The little short legs didn't do much harm to the pine tree, and the kid's cheeks were red from the cold, and he looked very happy.

"Why did Daddy kick the pine tree?"

Zhang Yang said melancholy: "I was angry with the emperor." ”

After looking around, he asked, "What about your sister?" ”

"My sister is making furniture for her new home."

This girl knows how to make furniture? Zhang Yang is relieved that she is sensible?

When I walked up the hill, I saw that she was angry at a pile of wood, smashing the wood over and over again.

The wood at home is all precious mahogany, and it is still a little distressing to be spoiled like this.

Zhang Yang's expression was a little natural, child, on a whim, in the end, he didn't want this father to help her.

It snowed for two days and two nights, and the prince was a person who couldn't be idle, and he slept in Lishan for a day and a night, as if he had emptied all the tiredness accumulated in the palace.

He didn't go to Sun Simiao's side to check the pulse, but walked around the village.

Winter is a time for all things to rest and people to relax.

The village should be quiet.

But Lishan is still lively, and the factory in Lishan is still operating.

The same is true of several villages and counties that work with Lishan, where many people still work in winter.

The prince is over sixty years old, and whenever he squints at something, there is always a lot of thought and observation in his eyes.

Li Tai and his people were sweeping the snow in the village, and they saw that it was an old eunuch who was too old to become a master.

Wang Gonggong walked from one end of Lishan to the other, and now Lishan has been expanded several times and is a large village covering an area of 3,000 acres.

If Lishan can merge with Lantian County, it will be even bigger.

Dressed in black, he walked to the east of Lishan, where the county marquis's family was repairing the bell tower.

"Why is the county marquis building a house again?"

The old voice of the prince spoke.

Neither of the children wanted to go near the old man, because the old man looked scary and not as kind as his grandfather.

Zhang Yang explained with a smile: "I like to build houses, so I also like to take my children to repair houses. ”

Li Yue also stood aside and bowed slightly.

Zhang Yang said again: "My family's parent-child activities. ”

The prince nodded and said, "Yes, what Your Majesty lacks is such leisure, Your Majesty is too busy." ”

It had disturbed the family's leisure, and the prince didn't want to disturb it for too long, so he bowed and left.

Xiao Qingqing glanced at the old eunuch with a sad brow, and there was a lot of confusion in his heart, but he didn't ask much, just kicked the bear next to him.

Xiong Da was kicked awake, looked around in confusion, and saw that the little master was still in the mud, and he fell asleep again.

Today an old monk walked out of Chang'an City in rags, and he was driven to Yizhou by the emperor.

The old monk glanced back at Chang'an City and continued to walk in the direction of Yizhou.

When passing by Lishan, Monk Falin said: "This Lishan looks very beautiful, as if it is not in the world. ”

The monk standing beside Monk Fa Lin also looked up, and the Lishan Mountain was shining in the sun, and the most beautiful light in the world was sprinkled on the Lishan Mountain.

Fa Lin recited the Buddha's name and said in a low voice: "In fact, the mountains and rivers in the world are like this, but the time is just right, and he has built Lishan like a fairyland." ”

The monks also lowered their heads and chanted the Buddha's name.

Fa Lin continued to walk, chanting in her mouth, "Boundless falling trees and Xiao Xiao, endless Yangtze River rolling." ”

The words carry the regret of this dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, and also carry expectations for the future.

He added: "The future of Datang is in the hands of His Majesty, and it has always been in His Majesty's hands. ”

A month later, the bad news came to Chang'an, and the monk Fallin died, died in Yizhou, and wrote an article.

Another month later, Qin Shiying also died, and there was a lot of discussion about the cause of his death.

Dali Temple finally blamed the incident on the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism.

At the time when the countries came to the court, in order to avoid extraneous complications, the DPRK and the central government covered up this matter.

Dali Temple has another unsolved case.

This year, another Gaul came to Chang'an City, and this time the Gauls who came to Chang'an City were different from before.

The Gauls who came to Chang'an this summer are like pathfinders.

The Gauls who came this time had a lot of background, they were Heraclius's courtiers, and they came to make friends with the Tang Dynasty.

Liang Jianfang fought with cannibals in Persia, and the Heraclius dynasty was in the north of the great cannibals, and after Heraclius ascended the throne, he was recovering the land occupied by the cannibals, and went all the way south to defeat the cannibals and regain the lost land.

In the mouths of these Gallic envoys, Heraclius was a great emperor, and his business was also very difficult.

Zhang Da'an put away the letters of state sent by these Gauls, and walked out of the Ministry of Rites to present them to His Majesty.

Xu Jingzong and Di Renjie had just come out of the Hongwen Pavilion, just as the county marquis said back then, the expansion of the Great Food had also laid a curse for themselves, and the Gauls were going to fight back.

The court and the central government are not familiar with the Gauls, and the city of Chang'an, where the snow is beginning to melt, is preparing for the coming year.

As for the death of a monk and the death of a Taoist priest, although it is a rare thing, people have no interest in talking about it after chatting for a few words.

At this moment, in the Ganlu Hall of the Imperial Palace, Li Shimin sat by the fireplace, looking at the scroll in his hand, and the scroll was written in Lishan's poems.

The emperor has watched it many times, and he never gets tired of watching it.

Zhang Da'an walked into the hall, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the Gaul State Book." ”

Li Shimin put away the scroll in his hand and sat up, "Hand it over." ”

The little eunuch hurriedly took the credentials from Zhang Da'an and placed them in front of His Majesty.

One volume of translation, one volume of national letters.

The little eunuch watched His Majesty's actions nervously, and now the trusted chamberlain beside His Majesty also went to Lishan.

The little eunuch secretly said in his heart: "I'm afraid I won't be able to stay with Your Majesty tomorrow." ”

Seeing that His Majesty first picked up the national letter of the Gauls, because the Gauls' writing was not good-looking, His Majesty picked up the translation on the side, and his expression was much soothed.

Zhang Da'an said: "The Gauls offered 3,000 gold coins and grain from the West, hoping that the Heavenly Khan would befriend their king and fight the great cannibals together, and their king was Heraclius, a very wise king." ”

"Take the picture."

"Whoa."

The eunuch spread out a scroll of maps, which was very large, with the territory of the Tang Dynasty and the territory of the Western Regions on it.

Li Shimin said: "Where is the boundary of the Gauls? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Da'an stepped forward and looked at the territory with a frown, "According to the envoy's dictation, their territory is in the north of the Great Cannibal. ”

Looking at the north of the big food, Li Shimin put on his glasses and looked at it for a long time, "Is the Ministry of Rites familiar with this place?"

Zhang Da'an replied: "When the county marquis was still the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he said that the pace of the great cannibals to the north stopped because of the death of the prophet, and the great cannibals were eager to expand, but they never had governance, and the Western forces would also resurge. ”

The dynasties of the Central Plains are very experienced in this regard, and the conquest and governance are inseparable.

The emperor's eyes were still looking at the map, and he just whispered, "You should retreat first." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Da'an frowned, bowed his head and saluted, and withdrew from the hall.

In November of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, it was the deep winter season in Guanzhong, and the emperor once again came to Lishan.

His Majesty will come to Lishan every year, and the Emperor Taishang will live here, and the Heavenly Khan will come to visit every year during the rest time.

If the court is very busy during the break, His Majesty will not come.

In the eyes of the people, Tian Khan was in the palace, and a team of cars drove slowly from the palace, and others did not know that it was the emperor who was sitting in the car.

The first person in the palace came to inform His Majesty that he was going to Lishan.

The prince straightened his robe, combed his gray hair, and stood at the entrance of the village.

It didn't matter how cold it was, he just stood like that.

Li Shimin stepped out of the carriage and walked straight into the village, looking at the mountain, "What is he doing?" ”

The prince replied: "Build a bell tower on the east side, and Your Majesty will come with the old slave." ”

Li Shimin walked to the other side of Lishan Mountain with a picture in hand, and when he saw a few bears walking among the trees, the family was nearby.

As long as there are bears, the family is there.

The bears were like scout guards scattered around, and a dozen bears were scattered around the family.

As the Emperor approached, the bears moved back and forth vigilantly.

He didn't take the initiative to attack people, and the guards around the emperor looked around vigilantly, even if they were small.

Especially the five largest, half a man tall, if these bears really pounced, let alone these guards, the thousand dragon warriors outside rushed up to choke.

The Emperor's footsteps were calm, and he regarded these bears as nothing.

As they approached the family, the bears got closer, and winter was also the time when the bears were at their most ferocious.

"It's time to eat!"

A childish voice came from a short distance, and the bears ran away, and buckets of food were placed not far away, and when they arrived, they sat down in a row, waiting for their aunt to pour the food into their buckets.

Seeing that the bears were gone, the guards around the emperor breathed a sigh of relief, their legs were so weak that they almost sat on the ground, those bears were too scary.

Carefully hugging a milk bear, its black eyes the size of a grain of rice, looked straight at the emperor.

"Knowing that you were coming, Daddy ordered them all to go away."

Li Shimin also said to the guards beside him: "You go to the foot of the mountain and wait." ”

A few guards said, "Whew." ”

Xin Xin'an smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Daddy is over there, come with the kid." ”

Li Shimin only had the prince by his side.

There are more trees in Lishan, and there are still a few squirrels here that stay on the branches, and they don't avoid people, and they don't stay winter.

Zhang Yang beckoned: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Li Shimin stroked his beard and said, "Your bear is really getting bigger and bigger." ”

"The bears at home are not easy to raise, and they have to eat a lot of food every day."

"I told the guards to wait at the bottom of the mountain."

Zhang Yang took the emperor to sit down, held his hands and said wistfully: "Actually, Your Majesty is already an acquaintance of Lishan, and these bears all know Your Majesty." ”

The small building stands on the side, the bell tower is boxy, the bricks and stones are built as high as one person, look at this posture to continue to repair, and there are many bricks and woods piled up on the side.

Look at Zhang Yang wearing a coarse cloth shirt, and there is a water cup hanging from his waist.

Li Shimin asked, "How high do you want to build this bell tower?" ”

Zhang Yang bowed his head and said, "Look at how high my scaffolding can be arranged, and it is on the mountainside." ”

"Time, time? A person who values time very much often has extremely high requirements for doing things, and you want Lishan people to value time. ”

Li Yue, Xiaohui, Xiaowu, and Li Lizhi are preparing meals, and when the bear eats, people also need to eat.

Li Shimin smelled the aroma of the food and said: "There are some things that the people in the court can't understand, and you should know about it." ”

"Father, let's eat first."

Li Lizhen walked over and interrupted the words.

Li Shimin stood up and sat down at the dinner table, while Li Yue, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Hui sat at the other table with the child.

Zhang Yang sat at a table with the emperor, looked up, and felt a little lost when he couldn't sit at the same table with the children.