Great Tang princess

Chapter 187 New Year's Gift
After aiming at the wild boar in sight, Li Yuechen's expression subconsciously hesitated.

To tell the truth, she had never pointed any weapon at a living thing in two lifetimes.

Don't look at her roasting rabbits and so on, but they are dead, and she has never killed a living being.

However, this hesitation did not last long. After a few seconds, Li Yuechen let out a breath and let go of the arrow.

The special arrow shot out with powerful kinetic energy, pierced the air accurately, and shot at the wild boar's head.

With a sound of "噗嗤", Li Zhi and others could see with their own eyes a cloud of blood erupting from the other side of the wild boar's head, and then the huge body fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

The fallen wild boar didn't even make any cry. After falling down, it just twitched and struggled a few times out of instinct, and then completely quieted down.

"Huh!"

Although I was mentally prepared for the power of this arrow, I was still a little surprised after actually seeing it.

Li Zhi sighed and waved his hands: "Go, go and have a look!"

The two elder brothers also looked at the big bow in Li Yuechen's hand in disbelief, as if they didn't react for a while.

Everyone rode their horses to the place where the wild boar fell, and got off their horses to observe.

The big wild boar fell to the ground, and the blood that was still slowly smearing under the head seemed to be carrying an obvious heat.

Li Xian squatted down and took a closer look: "Oh, where are the arrows?"

"Just now I saw a blood mist burst out, presumably it must have penetrated it?" Li Zhi looked around.

"Forget it, there is no need to look for it." Li Yuechen shook his head, "This bow is too powerful, and it should be difficult to use the arrows that have been shot."

After all, the materials in this era are definitely not as good as those in the future, so Li Yuechen didn't bother to recycle them anymore.

Although the cost of her arrows is not low, as a rich person and a royal princess, she can still be willful occasionally.

Looking at the wild boar lying at his feet, Li Zhi smiled: "Chen'er's bow is extremely powerful, once it is aimed at, it may be..."

Just as he was speaking, a low and hoarse roar suddenly sounded from the side.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw a big black and yellow wild boar jumping out from among the branches and leaves of plants they didn't recognize, coming straight here!

Fuck, this can't be a family, can it?
Li Yuechen was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to shoot the bow and arrow, but it was too late, the wild boar dashed so fast that it was almost in front of him in the blink of an eye.

Before everyone could react, Li Zhi, who was closest to it, rushed over.

"No, escort!" Zhang Chengxin yelled sharply, and rushed to Li Zhi to block him.

Li Zhi also reacted very quickly, he directly reached out and grabbed Wu Zetian's arm and pushed her away from him, for fear that she would be affected.

The Qianniuwei at the back had rushed towards this side as soon as he found out, but because the distance was too short and the speed was too fast, it was too late.

Seeing that the wild boar was about to hit Li Zhi, Li Yuechen threw his bow forward and rushed out.

Li Xian subconsciously reached out and took the bow in his hand.

At the same time that the wild boar came in front of Li Zhi, Li Yuechen also rushed over and bumped into it with his shoulder.

With a muffled "bang", the wild boar that was supposed to hit Li Zhi was hit by Li Yuechen's side.

The trajectory deviated, and the wild boar was knocked into the air more than two meters away, and fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

However, this guy was not only rough-skinned, but also fairly flexible in his reactions. He rolled on the spot and stood up again.

After roaring a few words in a low voice, he rushed towards Li Yuechen again.

"Chen'er be careful!" Wu Zetian next to him reminded.

Seeing the wild boar rushing towards him, Li Yuechen took a sudden step forward, stretched out two seemingly white and tender hands to grab its two exposed fangs.

The moment he grasped it, Li Yuechen took advantage of its rushing power and pulled his hands up abruptly.

The two hundred catties of wild boars flew into the air, and were thrown into the air by Li Yuechen.

Then Li Yuechen pulled down suddenly, and the wild boar's body was thrown behind him, and fell heavily on the ground, making a "crack" sound of bone breaking.

Qian Niuwei, who was behind the incident, finally rushed over and surrounded Li Zhi and others.

"Your subordinate came late to rescue you, and deserves death. Please..."

Before Qian Niuwei finished speaking, Li Zhi had already pushed his shoulder away, and then came to Li Yuechen, gently stroking her shoulder and arm: "How is Chen'er? Is it okay?"

"call--"

Relieved, Li Yuechen grinned: "Don't worry, Grandpa, the baby is fine!"

"Okay, okay, that's good..." Li Zhi also heaved a sigh of relief.

Wu Zetian, who was beside her, also came over and touched her daughter's face: "You did a good job in saving her at a critical moment, Chen'er is good!"

"Speaking of which, are parents okay? Have you been scared?" Li Yuechen asked with some concern.

Li Zhi smiled: "Don't worry, it's okay!"

Li Yuechen nodded, and looked at the wild boar beside him whose spine had been broken and could no longer stand up.

Perhaps a little annoyed by the hoarse growl, Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Go give it a good time!"

Qianniuwei next to him agreed, drew out the horizontal knife he was carrying and walked over to finish it off.

After such an incident, today I was not in the mood for hunting anymore. The family packed up and returned to the camp.

……

In Li Zhi's tent, the whole family was sitting together, Li Xian explained to his two sisters and sister-in-law what happened just now with an exaggerated expression.

Li Lun next to him added a sentence or two from time to time, and the whole family had a new understanding of Li Yuechen's power.

And Wu Zetian suddenly taught from the side: "Your Majesty is really, why did you push me away?"

"If something really happened, can it happen to both of us?" Li Zhi asked with a smile, "Push you away, at least you will be fine."

"How could Your Majesty do this..."

Li Yuechen interrupted: "Oh, isn't it all right? Don't worry about it, Auntie."

Hearing that his daughter had actually taught him a lesson, Wu Zetian stared and wanted to curse, but after thinking about it carefully, he held back without saying anything.

After all, it is also a fact that the daughter saved the emperor today, and she is today's great hero.

Li Zhi also smiled: "There is nothing better than saving someone, what kind of reward does Chen'er want?"

"Let's not mention the rewards, as long as the parents are fine." Li Yuechen smiled.

"That can't be done. If it's not rewarded, where will I put my face when it gets out?" Li Zhi asked rhetorically.

"Then..." Li Yuechen thought about it, and now he really doesn't have anything he wants.

When it comes to rewards, I can't think of anything for a while.

"My child can't figure it out, why don't you remember it first, and talk about it when you think about it." Li Yuechen replied.

"That's good." Li Zhi nodded, the expression of relief on his face remained unchanged, "I will remember!"

……

Nothing else happened in the next few days. It was time to hunt and play.

However, Li Yuechen did not continue to participate in hunting. He was only in charge of barbecue occasionally, and he never shot an arrow with that bow.

As for the matter of rescuing Jia, no one mentioned it again, and it seemed that Li Zhi didn't intend to spread it.

After playing for six or seven days, the event was officially over, and the group returned to the palace.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come, everyone in the palace is busy, and the folks are also in an atmosphere of celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Recently, Li Yuechen didn't go to the Military Weapons Supervision anymore, instead he went to visit the farm from time to time.

At the same time, I also exchanged some breeding experience with those who are responsible for raising pigs and chickens, thinking about publishing a book at that time.

During this period of time, Li Yuechen has already figured it out. Currently, he has no money to carry out compulsory education, so if he takes a step back, he can consider building a library.

For example, my own Taiping Bookstore can be considered as a library in the future.

Anyone is allowed to borrow books for free, and even take them back for copying.

And with the status of a princess here, I am not afraid that someone will dare to borrow it and not return it.

It can be made into a combination of library and publishing house, so that some people should also be able to learn.

After all, if you save the money to buy books, you can have more money to hire teachers.

But this kind of thing is not easy to do. First of all, the collection of books in the palace is of a high level, and it is impossible for outsiders to read many books.

This alone has killed many people, and the remaining books, according to the current progress, will be printed in a few years.

So the first thing to do is to increase the speed of printing books, at least make a few more sets of movable type.

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen couldn't help but feel a little helpless. All walks of life in the future look very simple, but there is a huge industrial system behind them.

But now, I am a little bit blind. No matter what I do, I have to consider the prerequisites, which is really troublesome.

Not to mention anything else, it is simply impossible to equip the entire army with my own mechanical bow. It cannot be mass-produced, and the cost remains high. There is not so much money at all.

After thinking about it, the first thing to do should be to start the industrial revolution.

Let's study the Jenny machine and the shuttle machine after the new year. As long as these two things can be produced, at least the price of cloth can be reduced a lot.

As for whether the market can hold it... Let’s talk about it, anyway, there are a lot of foreign businessmen in Datang now, and the extra ones should be sold abroad.

At that time, the Western Regions should be allowed to grow more cotton, so that mass production of cotton cloth can be realized, and the common people can be guaranteed to spend the winter more comfortably.

At the same time, it can also drive the economy of the Western Regions. As long as the economy is dependent on Datang, it will be easier to completely become the territory of Datang in the future.

The same is true for Tubo in the future. Even if it is defeated in the future, it will not be easy for the people to submit to it. Therefore, it is still necessary to suppress it culturally and economically, so that it can be fully integrated.

What Li Yuechen wanted to do was not simply to knock it down or destroy it, she wanted to make this piece of land a part of the Great Tang.

Of course, this is definitely not something that can be done in a day or two, and it still takes time to grind slowly.

……

A month is fleeting, and the time has come to the end of December.

White snowflakes began to float in the sky, gradually dyeing the entire Dongdu silvery white.

After a night, I got up in the morning, ran to the city wall after practicing, and saw that the entire Eastern Capital was covered in silver, and it became a silver-white time.

"call--"

Li Yuechen exhaled a very obvious white mist, and rode to the prison guard to start daily training.

Today is New Year's Eve, but it's a pity that these professional soldiers have to take turns to be on duty, including Geng Yunqiang.

After finishing today's actual combat training, Li Yuechen took off the rattan armor, turned his head and asked, "Is your hand okay?"

"Thanks to Your Highness, it's all over now." Geng Yunqiang took off his gloves and gave her a look.

Li Yuechen waved his hand and asked Fulai to distribute a golden bean to each of the soldiers who accompanied him in training.

"The one who celebrates Chinese New Year also trains with me, it's hard work! Happy New Year!"

"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness, and wish your Highness a happy New Year!" Geng Yunqiang and several soldiers immediately saluted.

Li Yuechen nodded: "By the way, those captives who are building roads, give them three days off, and give them more meat in these few days."

"Your Highness is merciful!"

kindness?If I do this more than a thousand years later, I will be hung on a street lamp and whipped... Li Yuechen complained in his heart.

After explaining a few more words, Li Yuechen returned to Anfu Hall.

Shangguan Wan'er trotted all the way over: "The raccoon slave's ears and paws that His Highness wants have been delivered by Shangyi Bureau!"

There is actually the term "cat" these days, but it is not commonly used, and there are more "civet slaves".

"Really? Let me see..." Li Yuechen took off his shoes and walked into the inner hall, only to see a pair of hairpins with cat ears and gloves.

Not to mention, the people from the Shangyi Bureau are worthy of being the tailors used by the royal family. Their craftsmanship is quite good, and they completely made the feeling that Li Yuechen wanted.

Especially the cat's paw gloves, which look cute at first glance, and the degree is quite well grasped.

Li Yuechen put the cat ears on his head, then went to the mirror and looked around, not to mention, it felt pretty good.

Then he took two steps back a little to allow himself a wider range in the mirror, and then he casually posed for a few poses while wearing the cat's paw gloves.

Not to mention, it does look cute!
After nodding his head, Li Yuechen went to Jiaofang Division again and asked the musicians to play the piece he taught them two months ago.

The rhythm of music in this era is generally relatively slow, and the fast-paced tunes are somewhat uncomfortable to play.

But after two months of training, they played very smoothly.

Li Yuechen nodded after listening, and asked Fulai to give each of them a small golden bean.

"You have to cooperate with me tonight. If the saint is happy, you will have a good life."

The musicians quickly agreed and said they would cooperate well.

The song that Li Yuechen wants to dance is very simple, it is the one that learns to meow.

However, because this song was originally a love song, it seemed a little awkward to sing it to the old man, so the male part was canceled.

If only the female part is sung, although it sounds a bit nasty, it doesn't matter if it is a daughter's expression of love for her father.

And to be honest, people in this era seem to have a much stronger standard for numbness than later generations.

I heard my father tell a lot about his interactions with Emperor Taizong when he was the crown prince, and that's really disgusting.

At that time, Li Yuechen couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body!

In comparison, singing like meowing like a cat and dancing a cute dance like this is nothing short of insignificant...

(End of this chapter)