Datang Nongwang

Chapter 723 Sending Birds and Eggs
Kong Yingda, in the early years of the great cause of the former dynasty, took part in the scientific examination, was awarded the doctor of Hanoi county studies, and was awarded the Ming Jing.

Afterwards, Kong Yingda filled the vacancy and became the teaching assistant of Taixue.

After Li Shimin pacified Wang Shichong, he became a bachelor of the Qin Palace Literature Museum.

In the ninth year of Wude, that is, the year of the Xuanwu Gate Change, Kong Yingda was awarded the Doctor of Guozi.

In the early years of Zhenguan, Kong Yingda was named male of Qufu County and transferred to Shizhong.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Kong Yingda dismissed her old posts accumulatively and was transferred to be the Secretary of the Imperial Academy.More than a year later, he was promoted to the post of Prince You Shuzi, but he still served as the post of the son of the state, and later added the post of regular servant of Sanqi.

In the 11th year of Zhenguan, he became the son of Jue County because he revised the "Five Rituals" with the officials of the court.

According to the normal historical process, Kong Yingda should have worshiped the son of the state and offered sacrifices in the 12th year of Zhenguan.

But with the arrival of Li Chongyuan, Kong Yingda is still not in charge of offering sacrifices to the Imperial College.

It wasn't until this year, after Kong Yu passed away, that Kong Yingda was finally able to take up the post of offering sacrifices to the Imperial College.

Of course Kong Yingda and Li Chongyuan knew each other.

When this person was in the East Palace, Li Chongyuan was very displeased with him.

As the right concubine of the prince, he was originally teaching the prince Li Chengqian, but this old man would beat the princes and the disciples of the clan from time to time.

And Li Chongyuan is one of them.

Now, after Kong Yu's death, Kong Yingda can finally sit on the position of offering sacrifices to the Imperial College, and his official position has been directly promoted to the third rank.

Second only to the prime minister, ministers, and generals of David.

With such a high position, after Kong Yingda took the seat, he probably will be more reused by Li Shimin.

but.

Li Chongyuan knew that Kong Yingda was getting old.

It is difficult to sit on the Guozijian Jijiu at the age of 60, even if you want to make some achievements.

Li Chongyuan, who quickly recalled Kong Yingda's life experience in his mind, began to frown.

Qi Huo, who was standing by the side, saw Li Chongyuan's expression when he heard the name of Guozijian's new sacrificial wine, and asked cautiously: "Little Lang, are you still afraid of Kong Yingda? Xiao Lang, you are the ambassador of shipbuilding now. , is also this Suzhou Biejia, and even the prince of the county, so there is no need to be afraid of Kong Yingda as before."

"I'm not a student of the Imperial Academy, so how can I know him? He's just a little old man, why should I, Li Chongyuan, be afraid of him. I just wonder if this little old man will pick on me when Shizun is giving a big gift. Think about it, Kong Yu's dead man is Kong Yingda's cousin, and I have a grudge against Kong Yu. I will not participate in Kong Yu's funeral ceremony. When the time comes, when the time comes, when Shakyamuni's ceremony is held, Kong Yingda will definitely be as good as before, trying to ridicule him. Mine. I will even add the death of his cousin Kong Yu to my head." Li Chongyuan shook his head.

What Li Chongyuan said was unreasonable.

after all.

Kong Yu's death was more or less related to him, Li Chongyuan.

Spit blood twice with qi, hurt even if not dead.

Although no one in the Kong family has troubled Li Chongyuan at the moment, Li Chongyuan is a little worried.

The Kong family is very powerful, Li Chongyuan is a small county king, how can he fight against him.

If Kong Yingda really wanted to kill Li Chongyuan, all he needed was a simple sentence. After hearing this, the students of the Imperial College and Kong Yu's former students would definitely surround Li Chongyuan's mansion.

Students or scholars in Chang'an City are really not easy to mess with.

Not to mention the scholars all over the world.

If it really did what Li Chongyuan thought, Li Chongyuan regretted coming back now.

And this time.

It was only in Li Chongyuan's mind that he really realized that Li Shimin sent someone to Xisha Island to call him back to attend Kong Yu's funeral ceremony.

Li Shimin's intention is very simple.

That is to eliminate revenge.

Let Li Chongyuan attend Kong Yu's funeral ceremony as Kong Yu's student, in this way, to eliminate the enmity between Li Chongyuan and the Kong family.

Li Chongyuan understood, and understood.

but.

However, Li Chongyuan still insisted on his own ideas and refused to attend Kong Yu's funeral as I did.

once.

Because Li Chongyuan was expelled from the Imperial College by Kong Yu, everyone in Chang'an City laughed at him. This is a knot.

Kong Yu is not dead, so the joke is over.

But with Kong Yu's death, it is estimated that this joke will continue for several years.

even.

Li Chongyuan was also worried that Kong Yingda would deliberately blame Li Chongyuan for his cousin's death, and let Li Chongyuan bear Kong Yu's death.

Li Chongyuan was worried.

As soon as Li Chongyuan's words fell behind, Qi Huo was also very worried at the moment, "Xiao Langjun, what about this matter? Or, you just listen to the Holy Majesty and how about attending Kong Yu's funeral?"

"Bullshit, I am a majestic man. I can stand upright and sit firmly. Why should I be afraid of them? When the water comes to cover me, and the soldiers come to block me, I still don't believe it. He Kong Yingda dares to tease me. He Kong Yingda really wants to do it for his cousin Kong Yu's revenge, I, Li Chongyuan, are not easy to provoke." Li Chongyuan insisted not to attend Kong Yu's funeral.

I lost all my face, and I still want myself to salute him.

no way.

Li Chongyuan had his own thoughts and ideas, and Qi Huo and the others naturally couldn't persuade them.

Qi Huo, who was worried in his heart, didn't talk to Li Chongyuan any more, and arranged for someone to pick up the things at Bashui Wharf.

Shortly after.

All kinds of carriages returned to the outside of the mansion.

A lot of wooden shelves and various baskets were installed on the carriage.

Of course, these wooden shelves, baskets and other objects were all covered with cloth, and no one knew what was inside Libai.

Li Chongyuan came out of the mansion, and when he came to the gate of the mansion, he looked at the things in front of him and shook his head again, pointing to the two carriageways: "Old Qi, leave these wooden frames, and send the rest to Li Chongyuan." Go to Zhuang. Remember, don’t remove the cloth on these things, I’ll talk about them tomorrow when I go to Lizhuang.”

Inside the wooden shelves are all brought back by Li Chongyuan from the regions of the South China Sea.

There is nothing remarkable about it, there are only two kinds of birds.

As for the baskets, they were naturally the eggs laid by these two kinds of birds.

After Qi Huo was able to speak, he instructed his servants to lead the carriage to Li Zhuang.

But Li Chongyuan escorted two carriages to the palace.

Yes, he went to the palace.

Finally entered the palace.

Indeed.

Getting this thing into the palace is really not easy.

just now.

The shocked and terrified faces of the guards and guards of Miyagi, when they lifted the cloth to check, have not dissipated yet.

even.

After Li Chongyuan entered the palace, whether it was the guard or the imperial army, his head was still looking at Li Chongyuan's carriage which was driving in the palace.

"What is that? Where did King Li get these two things? A chicken or a bird? Or a fetish?"

"Who knows. But it really looks like a bird and a chicken, but it's too big."

"Didn't you see? The eggs in the basket are bigger than my palm. If I boil them and eat them, I'll be full with one."

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People are still discussing.

After hearing the sound, the guard coughed heavily, and all the guards immediately shut up.

In the palace, Li Chongyuan walked in front of the carriage, and whispered proudly: "A group of ignorant people can scare even a bird like this."

Xing Ba, who was following Li Chongyuan, also smiled lightly after hearing Li Chongyuan's whispered words.

As for the cassowary and the emu, in previous lives, no one would say anything.

But at the moment, it can be said that this thing is really a rarity.

If Li Chongyuan could go to Africa, maybe he would bring some ostriches over.

That body is called a big one.

It's a pity that Li Chongyuan has not thought about going to the African continent at present, unless the seeds of various crops are brought back from the other side of the ocean, and if he is free again, Li Chongyuan may go there to explore.

Right now, everything has the goal of sailing to the North and South American continents, and everything else must make way for this goal.

soon.

Li Shimin, who got the news, sent Wang Li over, "Jun Wang Li, who is this?"

Wang Li was surprised.

Before it was time to give gifts to the palace, Li Chongyuan entered the palace with the carriage.

At the end of each year, no matter whether you are a nobleman or a clan, you have to give gifts to the palace.

There are as many as there are.

Those who have more will naturally be sent in a carriage, and those who are less will be sent to the palace with some servants.

At the same time, at the end of each year, the palace will also send out a large number of gifts.

"Hey, Manager Wang, there are good things in here, I'll let you take a good look at them later." Li Chongyuan smiled mysteriously.

Wang Li became even more curious.

After a while, the carriage came to West Inner Court.

Fortunately, Wang Li brought Li Chongyuan here, otherwise Li Chongyuan would not dare to come to this place by himself, this place is Li Shimin's harem, how could Li Chongyuan dare to come alone.

Empress Changsun, who had already received the news, and the princesses including Si Zi, heard that Li Chongyuan had sent a rare item to the palace, and they had been waiting for it for a long time.

Empress Changsun looked at the wooden shelves lifted from the carriage and covered with cloth, she was very curious, "Yuan'er, it's so mysterious, what's inside?"

"Hey, Aunt Tang, look at it." Without saying a word, Li Chongyuan came to a few wooden shelves.

In an instant, Li Chongyuan stretched out his hand and pulled the cloth off.

"what!!!"

"What a big bird!"

"It's not a bird, it's a chicken!"

"It's not a chicken, it's a divine bird, it's a divine bird!"

"No, no, just chickens, they don't have wings."

When the princesses saw the things in the wooden shelves, they exclaimed in surprise, and then they argued endlessly.

Sizi came to Li Chongyuan's side, looked at the things inside curiously, and asked with wide eyes: "Cousin Chongyuan, is this a chicken or a bird? Can they fly?"

"Didn't you just say that they don't have wings, so they can't fly. Sis, look at what my cousin brought you, it's amazing." After Li Chongyuan replied, he tore off another basket of cloth.

When Sizi saw it, he immediately yelled, "Wow, cousin Chongyuan, are these eggs? Why are these eggs so big, and they are dark green, so beautiful. Are these eggs laid by them?"

"That's right, they laid it." Li Chongyuan picked up an egg and handed it to Sizi.

Cassowaries and emus lay eggs that are indeed beautiful in color.

It looks like a work of art.

Empress Changsun was also very curious, she approached Li Chongyuan, looked at the eggs in the basket in front of her, "Yuan'er, where did you get these things? I have never seen these things, even in the Western Regions. something."

"This, Aunt Tang, this is not something from the Western Regions, it is something from some islands in the ocean. Aunt Tang, this slightly beautiful animal is called a cassowary. It has small wings but cannot fly. And the emu is a kind of bird that can't fly. Although these two kinds of birds are birds, they can be raised. Some time ago, I went out to sea, They were found from the islands in the South China Sea." Li Chongyuan replied.

Empress Changsun looked at Li Chongyuan, then at the two kinds of animals, and then at the two baskets of dark green eggs, "You went to sea? You went to the South China Sea? You're going to die!"

Going to sea is really a desperate act at the moment.

At least, in everyone's perception, not everyone can go to the sea.

After all, whether it is the Tang country or other countries, it is good enough for the ships built to be able to go around the coast.

If you want to enter the deep sea, or like Li Chongyuan, go to the South China Sea area, it is really difficult, and it can even be said that you are close to death.

This is why Empress Changsun reacted when Li Chongyuan said that these things were obtained from the islands in the South China Sea.

Li Chongyuan smiled awkwardly, "Auntie Tang, I built a few big ships, which are slightly bigger than my current paddle steamer, and it's fine to go into the sea. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to go to the South China Sea. You can't find anything like this."

"Don't be so reckless in the future. If something happens to you, your mother will be absolutely heartbroken, and even your cousin will probably die of heartbreak." Empress Changsun was still a little worried, and continued to warn her.

but.

Li Chongyuan didn't take it seriously.

What is the purpose of building a ship by yourself, it must not be for fun.

Just as Li Chongyuan was accepting the accusation and instructions from Empress Changsun, Li Shimin came back.

When Li Shimin came back and saw the two animals and the dark green eggs, he looked straight at Li Chongyuan, hoping that Li Chongyuan would explain to him well.

It took Li Chongyuan a long time to explain clearly to Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin understood the benefits of these two things in front of him, he immediately waved his hand and said: "Shande, you have to take good care of it. If you can raise it successfully, I will credit you for it. Such a big chicken, I don't know how the meat tastes."

"My lord, the reason I brought these two animals back is to domesticate them. If they can be domesticated successfully, then by extension, all the farmers and common people in our Tang Dynasty will be able to eat meat." Li Chongyuan responded. Down.

Li Shimin played with a dark green bird's egg, and liked it very much, "It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful egg. Shande, you keep these eggs, and you take those chickens away."

wipe.

It's a bird, not a chicken.

It's a bird, not a chicken.

It's a bird, not a chicken.

Li Chongyuan explained it for a long time and several times, but Li Shimin still called the two kinds of birds chickens.

Forget it.

Li Chongyuan didn't bother to explain anymore.

at this time.

When Sizi heard his father said that he wanted Li Chongyuan to take the birds away, he immediately refused, "Father, you can keep them, I like them very much."

(End of this chapter)