Great Tang princess

Chapter 281 Merger of Qianniuwei

The news that Li Yuechen had developed a method to combat smallpox soon appeared in the newspapers, causing a frenzy of public opinion among the people, and almost everyone was discussing this matter.

Smallpox is a natural disaster.

But now this natural disaster has been conquered by the princess, it is unimaginable for anyone.

That is, on the second day after it was published in the newspaper, there were rumors among the people that the princess had made great achievements and would rebel one day.

This rumor appeared extremely quickly, and it had spread all over the streets and alleys almost overnight, which was extremely weird.

Now Shangguan Wan'er, who is in charge of intelligence, noticed the rumor the moment it appeared, and before Li Yuechen left, she immediately went back to Anfu Hall and told her about it.

"Oh, it's okay, let them spread the word." Li Yuechen lay on the floor with his head propped on his hands nonchalantly, "They can't do much except spreading rumors for the time being."

"But Your Highness, in this way, I'm afraid..." Shangguan Wan'er was a little worried.

Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. They will definitely talk about it in court tomorrow, and you will understand then."

Seeing how confident she was, Shangguan Wan'er also nodded in agreement.Then he realized that this incident had not been reported to the emperor, so he immediately ran to the Hall of Renshou.

After listening to her report, Li Zhi didn't speak, but still drank his tea calmly, then he seemed a little sleepy, so he closed his eyes.

Now Li Zhi sleeps more and more every day, and most of the time he lies with his eyes squinted. It is difficult to tell whether he is resting with his eyes closed or falling asleep.

Wu Zetian waved to her, telling her to back down first.

……

When he went to court the next day, the emperor also came. After all, solving smallpox was considered a big deal, and it was fine if he didn’t usually go to court. Today he might have to discuss this matter, so he still had to come.

The emperor who came to the court hall was still sleepy, and even yawned in front of the officials when they took their seats!
However, Li Yuechen didn't come today, and went out early in the morning to be busy. Although it is said that the vaccine has been developed, those who have already had smallpox have not recovered and are still staying in the isolation area.

Without his daughter, Li Zhi also felt that going to court was meaningless, he just sat on the dragon chair and listened to the reports of the ministers below, with an obviously absent-minded expression.

Many ministers have reported that the smallpox can be solved so quickly this time, it must be the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor should sacrifice to the sky to express his gratitude...

Hearing this topic, Li Zhi's originally lazy expression finally regained some energy, and he said slowly: "Everyone is reasonable, but this matter was resolved by the princess alone, so the sacrifice will be avoided..."

Although his tone was lazy, it revealed a firmness.

How could such a big matter be solved with a light sentence of God bless Datang?You are all blind and can’t see the great contribution of co-authoring my daughter, right?
Not surprisingly, this suggestion was rejected by the emperor.

However, there were not many people who supported this proposal. A group of battle veterans headed by Liu Rengui first expressed their opposition.

Although this matter has nothing to do with the war, the princess is also a member of the army, and has a very high prestige among the officials who mainly serve as martial arts.

In addition, they are headed by Liu Rengui, and he is the princess' master... Under such a relationship, the generals group has always stood behind the princess.

During the daily confrontation between the two sides, Shi Yu Shi Di Renjie suddenly stood up and interrupted: "I want to report to the Emperor, there are rumors suddenly appearing among the people, and I think it's a bit strange..."

"Oh? Talk about it."

"It's rumored that the princess is so powerful that she will rebel one day!" Di Renjie didn't seem to know what it means to give the emperor face, so he just said it directly in the court.

However, he immediately added: "I think this rumor is too strange, and it should be strictly investigated..."

Li Zhi nodded and didn't speak. Wu Zetian behind the bead curtain suddenly stood up and said, "Check! Sowing discord with the royal family, this rumor is really despicable!"

Cui Yi, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said, "Emperor, such rumors are not credible, and now that the princess is famous, the rumors may never end, so we should find a way to get the best of both worlds..."

"Who says no..." Li Zhi nodded in agreement, "How could Taiping rebel? A few days ago, I made her sit on the dragon chair and begged her to be the crown prince, but she refused... "

Having said that, he shook his head with regret.

As soon as the words came out, the emperor said it easily, but the ministers below were shocked when they heard it!
WTF?What a big melon!

The emperor actually begged Princess Taiping to be the prince without their knowledge?

And let her sit on the dragon chair?Can you sit anywhere?Not even a princess!
Many ministers raised their heads together and looked at the back of Li Xian who was kneeling at the front, with complicated eyes.

Feeling that your position as the prince was picked for nothing!

Of course, Li Xian could feel countless gazes on his back. At this moment, he also had a helpless expression, his eyelids drooping completely.

Although I am indeed not interested in the position of prince, is it a bit too much to openly slap me in the face in front of so many ministers in the court?
After finishing speaking, Li Zhi looked at the ministers below with a smile that was not a smile, and said in a low voice as if talking to himself: "Speaking of which, the person spreading rumors is stupid enough to not even ask The specific things between Taiping..."

The expressions of the ministers are basically complicated. It is really unexpected that such a thing happened between the father and daughter.

Shangguan Wan'er, who was in charge of taking notes in the passage, was a little surprised at first, but soon continued to write with a smile on her face. Now I understand why His Highness said last night that there is no need to worry.

But at the same time, I also feel a little pity, obviously he can become the prince, and the emperor in the future, why doesn't His Highness do it?

……

On the other side, Li Yuechen was still in the temporary headquarters, dealing with follow-up matters.

The isolation area is almost stabilized now. After all, there is no transmission route, the host is almost dead, and the virus should disappear.

In today's quarantine area, nearly two hundred corpses are placed on the ground.

These corpses were tightly wrapped in thick linen, which looked like mummies.

Li Yuechen looked at these corpses with a seemingly expressionless face, but Geng Yunqiang next to him knew that she was feeling sorry for them.

As of today, everyone who came in after has been vaccinated.

Those who were in the quarantine area before either died of smallpox, or they recovered by carrying it over by themselves.

A lot of family members of these corpses gathered beside them, and they were all sobbing and wiping away their tears.

Looking at these ordinary people, Li Yuechen opened his mouth with a sad expression: "I know that you must be very sad at this time, but I still want to tell you a bad news... In order to prevent the spread of smallpox, these corpses must be cremated ..."

Although the vaccine has been made now, it is still very difficult to vaccinate everyone in the entire Eastern Capital.

In this era, there is no way to preserve the virus at low temperature. We can only inoculate as many people as possible while these infected cows have not recovered.

As for the rest, to put it bluntly, we can only wait for the next smallpox to appear.

Therefore, in order to prevent the spread of the virus as much as possible, Li Yuechen had to cremate these corpses to ensure safety.

Originally, Li Yuechen had already prepared the equipment for the common people to cry and grab the ground, but they didn't expect that after these words were spoken, although they were surprised, they didn't show any objection.

And the old lady standing at the front knelt down directly: "Thank you, Your Highness, for praying for my son..."

Li Yuechen couldn't bear to have an old lady kneel down for him, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help her up: "Old man, this matter..."

Li Yuechen, who wanted to explain, suddenly shut up and didn't continue.

In this day and age, Han people are not cremated, and only Buddhists and some ethnic minorities use cremation as a funeral method.

It stands to reason that if the Han people say that they want to be cremated, it is tantamount to throwing ashes down.

But now it seems that these people took their words as the meaning of burying them in a Buddhist way and then praying for them.

Although I am a Taoist... Li Yuechen added in his heart.

But she didn't point it out, but nodded lightly: "Okay, no courtesy."

……

When leaving the temporary command post, Li Yuechen made a general note of these people, and decided to give some support to the family members who died. At the same time, those who lost their backbone due to the death of a man can also arrange some work for them.

It just so happens that the development of the sewing machine has achieved some results. If some large-scale hot air balloons are to be made in the future, some workers will have to be recruited.

These days, for ordinary women, female red is the most basic craft, and with a little training, they can become qualified tailors.

In the evening, Li Yuechen went back to the palace to have dinner with his parents, chatted along the way, and planned to go back to the barracks tomorrow.

After dinner, it was not too late, and the family of three sat around the table and chatted.

"Chen'er, when will your multi-person flying device be completed?" Wu Zetian asked with some expectation.

"There are too many things to do recently, so I didn't take care of it...but don't worry, Auntie, I will let the people from the engineering institute start making it immediately after the child returns." Li Yuechen made a promise, "Now that the technology is complete, it will be done soon. Made it!"

Since Li Zhi had already flown in the sky once, his sense of anticipation was obviously not as strong as that of Wu Zetian. He asked with a calm smile on his face, "Speaking of which, after this hot air balloon is made, do you plan to distribute it to the army?"

Li Yuechen nodded: "That's natural! When they have the ability to move in the air, they can go deep into the enemy's rear to perform various tasks..."

Speaking of this, Li Yuechen was quite excited.

If the reconnaissance battalion has the capability of air assault, it can become an air assault reconnaissance battalion.

Listening to her exuberant explanation, Li Zhi nodded: "In this case, how about merging the left and right Qianniuwei? In this way, you will have a quota of 2000 people."

"My child is fine, but raising such an army will cost a lot of money... when the time comes..."

Wu Zetian suddenly grinned: "Chen'er became more and more obsessed with money when he grew up. Your business is so big, can't you afford to support an army of 2000 people?"

To be honest, he can barely afford it, after all, Li Yuechen's business is really too big now.

Not to mention conventional products such as moisturizer, glass, toilet paper and soap cans, etc., it can be said that it is making money every day.In addition, there are various other things like roller skates... Li Yuechen is really not short of money.

The most important thing is that there is no commercial tax in this era, and she herself is a princess, so she doesn't have to pay protection fees to anyone, and most of the employees don't have to pay wages... It's even more profitable than robbery!

So raising an army of 2000 people is just a bit difficult for her, not to the point of pain.

But it’s not a problem if it goes on like this. Now she can afford to support 2000 people, and in the future, she can afford to support 5000 people when the business becomes bigger.

But what about 500,000, [-]?

She can't come alone, so the reform of the tax law is a must.

Fortunately, mom and dad now understand the combat effectiveness of this new type of army, so they will definitely consider this issue seriously.

"Left and right Qianniuwei merged, and you will be responsible for the safety of Meiniang and me in the future, is it okay?" Li Zhi asked.

"Don't worry, Grandpa!" Li Yuechen raised his fist and made a gesture to show his muscles.

It is not difficult to train royal bodyguards. The training mode in the new army now, with Wang Xiaojie as the instructor, will definitely be able to train a group of qualified bodyguards.

Among the peers who play extreme sports, there are also many who have worked as professional bodyguards or mercenaries, and even some of them are professional soldiers.

When chatting with them for nothing, Li Yuechen also invisibly understood some corresponding knowledge.

After more than a thousand years, she is definitely an outsider, but in this era when many systems have not yet formed, the things she knows can be of great value.

Not to mention that royal bodyguards are generally not needed, but whenever they can be used, it means that the country is almost about to perish.

But having said that, once the left and right Qianniuwei are merged, can Geng Yunqiang be promoted to brigade commander?Li Yuechen thought in his heart.

……

Another half month passed in a blink of an eye, and the time came to May.

After such a long time, Li Yuechen finally got his first parachute.

The design of each of the components was personally participated and supervised by Li Yuechen, at least it seemed that there should be no problem.

But the problem is... now the hot air balloon has just completed the hanging basket part, and it has not been completely completed. If you want to do skydiving experiments, you still need to wait for a while.

However, this thing is different from a hang glider. The moment the parachute is opened, it will bear a considerable load, so Li Yuechen dare not try it himself... It seems that when the time comes, he will have to find a way to find someone to do the experiment...

Now that the hot air balloon is about to be completed, you can also consider taking your parents to the sky to see the great Tang Dynasty.

　Thank you [Tongzimian] for tipping 500 starting coins!
　　
　
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