Look at the emperor with chopsticks and start eating.

Zhang Yang drank tea and looked at the bell tower that had not yet been repaired.

Li Shimin suddenly said: "Your child will also be a civil carpenter in the future?" ”

"Children need hands-on skills, teach them first." Zhang Yang's tone was very flat, "It is good to build up enough hands-on ability when you are a child. ”

"Your child looks like a country child."

"Your Majesty, I am originally a country man, and I am naturally like this with children, I am smiling."

"The children in the countryside are easy to feed, and the prince's children can read, but if you want him to lay bricks and stones, you can't do something, this is not as good as your children, in teaching children, the prince should learn more from you."

The two monarchs and ministers used the meal, and the host of Lishan did not drink, and the emperor did not drink at the dinner table.

After the meal was removed, Li Shimin took out the map and spread it out on the table, which was a small part of the world map.

Zhang Yang remembered that there was a complete world map in the Ministry of Rites, and of course, some people didn't believe that it was a world map.

The emperor divided the map into sections, and now he took a copy, the western part.

"This year the Gauls are here again, and there is a man whose name is Heraclius."

Zhang Yang arranged the chopsticks into a cross and asked, "Are they holding this in their hands?" ”

Li Shimin frowned and said, "I heard that these people have this thing made of silver, so they hung it on their bodies, not in their hands. ”

"That's their faith."

Listening to what Zhang Yang said, I felt that I was not surprised.

Li Shimin smiled: "Your teacher told you? ”

Zhang Yang didn't admit it, frowned and said: "In the West, their hometown is called Rome, this dynasty has a lot to do with the Byzantine war, and their rise is also related to the powerful Persia at the beginning, but the current situation is different. ”

"They miss Rome and compare themselves to Romans to maintain a sense of ethnic identity."

"Are they strong?"

Zhang Yang shook his head, drew a circle on the map, and explained: "Now their territory is only so big. ”

Li Shimin frowned again, "It's too small." ”

"Yes, their territory is too small for Datang."

"This Gaul has given me a lot of gold."

Zhang Yang drank tea, looked at the emperor, and said slowly: "Has Your Majesty accepted it?" ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Chaohe hasn't started yet, and now it's Xiu Mu." ”

"That looks like a confiscation." Zhang Yang said again: "There is gold in the West, there are many, many golds, if Your Majesty is willing to unite with them, it will be difficult for the Tang Dynasty to attack them again, and you will not be able to get more gold, and you can only receive these from them." ”

"Do you want me not to befriend them?"

Zhang Yang scratched the stubble on his chin, a little distressed.

After a long time, Li Shimin snorted and said: "It's not important, it's just a sentence or two to attack the West, and the battle situation of Dashi is undecided." ”

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "I thought that Your Majesty was going to use a cannon to bombard the West." ”

Li Shimin also smiled.

The monarchs and ministers all laughed, and even the princes and princes on the side laughed.

looked at Xiao Qingqing's brows, "It's all fake, it's all hypocritical." ”

Jing Jing'an whispered: "Sister, how did you see it?" ”

Xiao Qingqing glanced at him and replied, "You are a fool, so naturally you can't feel it." ”

"I ......" said indignantly, "I can write, I can write thirty words." ”

"The words you learn are the easiest."

"I'll learn more."

The siblings began to argue again.

At the foot of the mountain, a dozen or so guards stood in the cold wind, and they whispered about the scene on the mountain just now.

The sights of the bears with their heads around are still chilling when I think back to them.

In this way, who dares to approach easily, who dares to go up the mountain.

In particular, the largest of the three stood taller than a grown man.

One of the guards whispered: "I used to know a hunter, and I heard that I encountered a bear in the mountains, and either you hunted the bear or you were eaten by the bear." ”

"Only one?"

"If you can't kill a bear with an arrow, you just wait to be killed by a bear."

The guard gestured to his horizontal sword, "Even if you fight for your life, you may not be able to win." ”

The conversation on the mountain continued, and Li Shimin said again: "There are many powerful characters in Dashi, is there also one in the West?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, there is a man named Aristotle." ”

"Isn't it amazing?"

"He was a wise man, but he was born in the West, and he was expelled by a group of believers because he could not prove the tides, and since then Greece has lost a wise man, and there are people in this world who are rational, and rational people are good at thinking, and people who are good at thinking will guess many things."

"It was also because he had too many guesses, and did not have enough theoretical and practical basis to complete his arguments, that he was valued by Alexander at first, but after Alexander's death, those ignorant people persecuted this wise man."

Zhang Yang sighed: "A ill-fated person, and the story of ignorance and wisdom is repeated in the West, and every time such a character appears, it will not end well." ”

Li Shimin listened carefully, Zhang Yang might not have said so much back then, but now that his situation and status are different, he can tell everything he knows, and he doesn't have to worry about being questioned.

"So the West now is a bunch of people eating scones, they're still thinking about food and clothing, or they're thinking about how to establish their authority, they're stupid and arrogant, they're ignorant, they're also a bunch of rich people."

Zhang Yang grinned, "Your Majesty, they are fat sheep, a group of stupid fat sheep. ”

The Emperor's gaze was still on the map, and he said, "Now that I know what to do, I will have people collect Western classics." ”

"Your Majesty is wise, let the Western classics be collected in the Tang Dynasty, and let their history become a part of the Tang Dynasty."

The prince stood quietly aside, he didn't understand why the county marquis was talking to His Majesty about this.

The county marquis has always agitated His Majesty's ambitions, hoping that His Majesty can expand his territory.

Li Shimin raised his voice and said: "I want 3,000 artillery pieces, and I want new artillery from Lishan, and I will give you 20,000 pieces." ”

"Your Majesty, Lishan doesn't want money."

"Hehehe, you don't even look down on my money now."

"Lishan wants resources, and Your Majesty will exchange copper and iron of the same value." Zhang Yang took another sip of tea, "I want the best copper and iron." ”

"Okay, what I have, I want the best."

"Lishan is a sharp weapon of Sheji, and everything that Lishan casts is for Sheji."

When the emperor left, the family on Lishan continued the bell tower.

Tian Khan returned to Chang'an City and asked the Ministry of Rites to continue questioning the Gauls.

Zhang Da'an was instructed by His Majesty to talk to the Gauls, who could speak the Great Diet and some Guanzhong dialects.

Guanzhong's dialect is very lame, let them speak the language of Dashi, and the Persians in Chang'an City can translate it in general.

Zhang Da'an found his second brother Zhang Dasu to preside over the translation, and a conversation went on very hard.

Afterwards, Zhang Da'an learned that His Majesty had gone to Lishan for these records.

As Zhang Da'an asked one question after another, through Zhang Dasu and a few Persian merchants, the Gauls answered them one by one.

Outside the post house, Pei Xingjian was also sitting here, and Wang Xuance also came.

"Brother Wang, do you also care about the war in the West?"

"A certain family dreams of how the big cannibal will die." Wang Xuance looked a little tired, "I went to Persia and almost lost half my life." ”

Pei Xingjian smiled helplessly, standing at the door and listening carefully.

The Gauls listened to Zhang Da'an's question and said aloud: "Tian Khan is really an all-knowing man. ”

Zhang Dasu gave a look.

Zhang Da'an nodded in confirmation, it seems that the expositions recorded in this booklet are consistent with the history of the Gauls, and they are all Western history.

And Heraclius's experience, Zhang Da'an recounted his doubts, and the Gauls explained.

Pei Xingjian frowned and listened carefully.

Wang Xuance whispered: "Something is wrong. ”

Pei Xingjian suddenly said: "You are also aware of it?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Xuance rubbed his chin and beard, "You and I have been in Persia for many years, and Musababu really hates the Tang Dynasty and the West, but we have never heard of such a wise man in the West. ”

"Not to mention this wise man, even Heraclius is the first time I've heard of it."

Pei Xingjian calculated in his heart, frowned and said: "Brother Wang, it's not that we haven't heard of it, it's that the time is not right, it is said that the recovery of these Gauls should be when the Great Cannibals attacked Persia, and this time is not right." ”

"At that time, we were still confronting the Great Cannibals in Persia, how did the county marquis know about the situation in the West?"

"We sent people to Guanzhong, and all the messages sent to Guanzhong were written by us."

Wang Xuance suddenly slapped his thigh, and seeing that he had overreacted, for fear of disturbing the conversation in the house, he leaned in and whispered: "Brother Pei, a certain family has an idea." ”

Pei Xingjian said: "You say." ”

"It's not Tian Khan who knows everything, it's the Marquis of Lishan County who knows everything."

"The county marquis knows everything?" Pei Xingjian asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty will think so?" ”

"The county marquis can sit with Yuan Daochang in a dream and discuss, what is so strange about knowing some Western things?"

Pei Xingjian smiled with relief, "What Brother Wang said is that there is only one person in this world who knows everything. ”

He is an immortal, and it is not uncommon for an immortal to be able to know everything.

Wang Xuance didn't have the heart to continue eavesdropping, patted Pei Xingjian's shoulder and left.

And Pei Xingjian sat cross-legged and listened for a while, but he didn't hear any valuable news, and left.

After a long time, Zhang Da'an and Zhang Dasu also walked out of the post house with people.

In the post house, the Gauls kept paying homage in the direction of the Tang Palace.

After this conversation, Zhang Daxin was a little annoyed, and he was annoyed that His Majesty did not let the Ministry of Rites inquire about the Gauls, but went to inquire about Lishan.

In the middle of winter, it snowed again, and many people spread the news in Chang'an City, saying that Lishan had created the big guy spitting black smoke again.

Lishan wanted everyone in Chang'an City to go and watch and see the creation of Lishan.

Originally, it was the middle of winter, and there were many people at home during this season.

It is human nature to see the excitement, since Zhang Yang escaped from the world in Lishan, people are curious about Lishan, and they are even more curious about Lishan County.

This listened to Lishan's invitation to the people of Chang'an City to watch, regardless of men, women, old and young, whether they were powerful or Qiantou.

As long as you go to the official road, you can see the monsters created by Lishan.

There were snowflakes floating between the heavens and the earth, and the land of Guanzhong was so silent that only the sound of the wind could be heard.

A whistle sounded at the entrance of the village in Lishan.

The steam locomotive lay on the repaired railway, which stretched for four miles.

The road is not long and there is no way, it can only be repaired little by little, if it is the usual road, it is really time-consuming and laborious to cast the rails, if it is not for the investment of the county marquis regardless of the cost, everyone wants to give up.

Li Tai always felt that the Lishan casting technique was still not perfect enough, and if it was a perfect casting technique, it should be able to make rails faster.

And at the end of the railway, there are many, many people standing on the official road, and they want to see the monsters created by Lishan.

The camp outside Lishan Village, surrounded by the Long Wu army, was a tricky sight for the soldiers, who feared that someone would take the opportunity to break in.

Pei Xingjian also led people to stop on the official road, and he was also worried that these people would pounce on the railroad tracks or break into Lishan.

There was another loud whistle, and Li Tai stood next to the steam locomotive, watching the people in the car still pouring coal into the furnace.

Thinking about the hour in his heart, Li Tai glanced at the sky, picked up the small flag in his hand and waved it.

There was another whistle, and the steam engine finally moved.

Onlookers from afar exclaimed, and the crowd grew more and more crowded.

Li Xiaogong muttered: "Why did Zhang Yang let so many people come to see? ”

Wang Gonggong replied: "Back to the king of Hejian County, the county marquis is declaring the power of knowledge to the world, it should be said that it is the knowledge of Lishan, isn't this what the county marquis has always wanted?" ”

Li Xiaogong leaned to the side, bumped into Li Yuan on the side, and hurriedly supported the emperor.

Then he changed positions with the emperor, and he didn't want to get too close to this eunuch.

The speed of the car was getting faster and faster, and it was moving smoothly on the tracks and much faster than expected.

Li Tai turned over and said to the guards on the side: "Look, don't let the children chase after you." ”

"Whoa!"

The guards were holding out a group of children who were about to rush out, with their arms outstretched.

The four-mile road is not long, but it is not short, and the appearance of a steam locomotive is shown for the first time in front of so many people.

In the eyes of the world, the big guy who spits black smoke is getting faster and faster, like a fierce beast, spitting black smoke as he runs.

This thing doesn't need manpower, it doesn't need livestock to pull, as if it can run endlessly.

It wasn't until the rails came to an end that the steam locomotive came to a slow stop.

Li Tai grabbed the reins of the horse and looked at the position where the car was parked, the position was not good, half of the car was parked outside the tracks, and it would be very troublesome to clean up.

Yan Liben walked briskly with people, and several craftsmen were recording the results of this experiment, and the drive was smooth, but the results were not perfect.

The perfect result would have been that it had stopped at the end of the tracks, not slid out of the rails again.

Yan Liben had to consider remodifying its brake structure, "Don't look at it just such a short distance, it's all cost." ”