Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 343 Mid-Autumn Festival

It seemed that the alarm clock had been engraved in his mind. When the time came, Li Shan suddenly woke up from his sleep, and uncomfortably broke free from the entanglement of his left and right arms.

Mumbling silently, Li Shan was a little annoyed. On the one hand, it was because Ma Zhou had never expressed any opinion on his plan... After all, he was a famous prime minister during the Zhenguan period, and Li Shan still attached great importance to him, although he felt , Ma Zhou in this life has fallen on his own hands.

On the other hand, no matter what time it is, the weather is still so hot. If we go further north, we will almost reach Inner Mongolia in later generations, and it is still so hot in August.

Of course, the key point is that there is only this main house in the post house, and there is only one bed, and Li Shan is willing to sleep together with the big quilt... But the problem is, he can only sleep in plain sleep!
Two charming beauties are lying on the left and right, one is youthful and beautiful, the other is a gentle young woman, who can only sleep in plain sleep... Who the hell can bear this!
"Your Majesty is awake." Mrs. Zhou got up quickly and helped Li Shan to dress neatly, while Xiaoman turned over and fell asleep again with sleepy eyes.

Pushing open the door, seeing the guards guarding at night, Li Shan urged: "Go to sleep quickly."

Zhu Ba yawned, shook his head and said, "Lang Jun, wait for Zhao Da to come over for his shift."

Now around Li Shan, there are at least four bodyguards at all times, and Zhu Wei specially selects four people from the Zhu clan, all of them are old people who follow Li Shan, and they are dedicated to leading the team in rotation.

Uh, before leaving, Ling Jing specially summoned Wang Junhao, Zhu Shitou, Zhu Ba, Zhao Da and others to give them instructions... After all, that person is a master who can make troubles everywhere.

While washing, Li Shan suddenly remembered that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival!

Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, when the Turks invaded Hedong Pass, Chang'an was shaken, refugees were everywhere, and Zhujiagou was preparing troops to prepare for bandits.

Later, Li Shan specifically inquired that there was already a so-called Mid-Autumn Festival in the early Tang Dynasty, and the customs were almost the same as those of later generations, such as worshiping ancestors, rituals for offering sacrifices to the moon, and moon cakes...but the name is Hubing.

After washing up, seeing that Zhao Dalai had changed shifts, Li Shan called Zhu Ba who was about to go to sleep, "Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, and at night to worship the moon, I will rest in the post house. In the afternoon, we will go to Zhuangzi together and bring some mustard cakes."

"Thank you sir."

"That's right, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival." Ma Zhou got up at some point.

Li Shan was a little surprised. Ma Zhou had always been a sleepy sleeper, and he used to get up only when the sun was high.

After taking a few glances, Li Shan found that his eyes were swollen, and it seemed that he hadn't slept well in the past few days.

After ordering Mrs. Zhou to make Hubing, Li Shan sat down in front of the narrow hall. There were two bowls of steaming soup and cakes on the table, and the spread of mutton was mouth-watering.

Li Shan twitched his nose, sniffed out the strong aroma of wheat, and said with a smile, "It must be the new wheat this year."

At this time, the winter wheat has been harvested, and it should be the flour that has just been ground in Dai County... Li Shan is quite picky about this, and likes to eat noodles and steamed buns the most.

There is no way, in the previous life, I would order a bowl of millet porridge in the cafeteria every now and then, but who could bear to eat millet rice every day... During college, although Li Shan was not rich, he was not short of money for food.

Ma Zhou also sat down, picked up his chopsticks, "It's strange that you were born in Lingnan, but you like wheat."

Li Shan sighed, "I heard about Zhengguo Canal, Longshou Canal, and Bai Canal earlier, and saw that the Eight Rivers surround Chang'an, but after all, it's hard to compare with Jiangnan and Lingnan. I really want to eat rice..."

In fact, Guanzhong also grows rice, but it is very small, and it is basically not seen in the market... Li Shan was once invited to a banquet in Jiang Guogong Chen Shuda's mansion, and only when he saw the long-lost rice, he could not help but burst into tears. .

After finishing a bowl of noodles, Li Shan put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and asked casually, "Have you figured it all out?"

"Even if he has the heart, the road ahead will be bumpy." Ma Zhou was still picking up the noodles slowly, "If one is not good, it will lead to a deep abyss."

Li Shan laughed and said: "It's only natural that the road ahead will be bumpy... If the road is smooth, why did someone come to open the way?"

"The abyss is not enough. If you want to act, you must consider everything."

"We have known each other for several years, brother Bin Wang should know that someone is not Chao Cuo's generation."

Ma Zhou nodded and said: "That's true. Chao Cuo values ​​grains but despises gold and jade. He emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business."

Li Shan rolled his eyes, "It's wrong not to say that he was not good at planning the country, but it could be said that he was not good at planning his own life, and he ended up cutting Dongshi in half."

The rule of Wenjing can be described as a prosperous age. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took this as a basis to promote the glory of the Han family. Among them, Chao Cuo contributed a lot and was honored as a "brain tank" by Emperor Hanjing. Unfortunately, he died because of the cutting of the vassal, and sighed for future generations .

Ma Zhou didn't ask, but continued to eat the noodles slowly. Li Shan didn't bother to wait any longer, so he went out for a run with his bodyguards, and tried riding and shooting on the horse... Unfortunately, none of them hit the target.

Now that he has come to Dai County, the possibility of encountering a war will be greatly increased. Li Shan naturally needs to practice more. Riding and archery is just a test, and the main thing is to practice riding. In case of any trouble, at least he will not fall off his horse when he runs down.

In the afternoon, everyone took their horses to Zhuangzi with big baskets of Hubing. They said it was Zhuangzi, but it was actually just a village, and it was still half-abandoned.

Li Shan first offered the cakes to the elderly, distributed them to the children, and then distributed them one by one to the guards and guards to eat together.

Zhuangzi laughed and laughed inside and outside, Li Shan pointed at Fan Shiyi and joked: "Choose and choose, but you have a high vision. There are many boys and girls here. If you are not satisfied, go back to Chang'an and don't blame someone's assignment!"

Fan Shiyi, who was wearing a leather armor, laughed but didn't speak. Zhou Zhoulang laughed and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know. This fellow hooked up in the neighboring village, or two!"

"Two?" Li Shanxu kicked Fan Shixi, "Still thinking about the blessings of Qi Ren?"

There was a burst of laughter around, Ma Zhou stood outside the crowd, gnawing on the mustard cakes casually, thinking that Li Shan is indeed different from ordinary officials.

After arguing for a long time, Qi Laosan finally got down to business, and led Li Shan, Ma Zhou and others to the side of the village. This is a large open space, which should have been fertile land, but it has been abandoned for many years and is overgrown with weeds.

"A kiln has been built." Qi Laosan introduced: "The villain sent people to investigate, and this piece of soil can be used. There is a large piece of cinder to the west. It is not far from the county town, and the transportation is quite convenient."

After arriving in Dai County, Li Shan knew that the first thing to do was to build a kiln and burn bricks. The county government didn't care, and his own residence was not in a hurry, but the personal guard's residence and the medical office for the guards were imminent, let alone My future plans will use a large number of red bricks.

"At least ten kilns." Li Shan thought for a while and explained: "The embryo making and brick firing are separated, and they should not be in the same place. The former can be hired, and the latter can be done by yourself."

"Yes." Qi Laosan nodded and said: "For the time being, it's my brothers who do it."

The lack of population, although Li Shan has a goal and a plan, it will be difficult to solve for a while...at least until the result of the battle in Mayi.

Li Shan sent someone to buy ten sheep early in the morning, and he simply ate his fill in the Zhuangzi, and sacrificed to the moon together, until the moon reached the top of his head, and then he and Ma Zhou set off on their way home.

In front of the hall of the posthouse, Li Shan drove Mrs. Zhou and Xiaoman to sleep, and asked Zhao Da and others to guard outside the door. Then he sat upright, extended his hand, and sat opposite Ma Zhou.

"If the country has a lot of wealth, those who are far away will come, and if the land is reclaimed, the people will stay." Li Shan said softly: "Brother Bin Wang, if you have any concerns, please come."

(End of this chapter)