Great Tang princess

Chapter 806
"What is that?" Liu Zihe asked the soldier next to him very curiously.

"General Liu hasn't returned for many years, I'm afraid I don't know. This is billiards, also called billiards. It was researched by His Highness a few years ago, and now it is very popular in Dongdu and Chang'an." The soldier replied.

"So that's how it is. Your Highness's whimsical idea is really amazing."

As he said that, he planned to go in and take a look. It's still early for dinner, so it doesn't matter if he goes in and takes a look.

Watching them fight for a while, coupled with the explanation of the soldiers next to him, Liu Zihe quickly figured out the specific rules.

Then I played for a while myself, but my skills were not good, and the soldiers who accompanied me were violent for a while.

Shaking his head quickly: "It seems that if this thing wants to play well, it needs more practice."

After a few rounds, it was almost time to eat, so I hurried to the cafeteria to wait.

Although it was said that it was to welcome him, no matter how I said it, I dared not let the princess and the Supreme Emperor wait for him.

After a while, Li Yuechen and Wu Zetian came to the cafeteria.

After entering the gate, Li Yuechen turned his head and said to Li Shu: "Give Major General Liu a welcome today, drink a little from the bar, and distribute some to the soldiers, not too much."

"Yes!" Li Shu agreed, and asked the people next to him to do it quickly.

The soldiers eating today can have a small jug of wine on each table, and at the same time, they have also issued a notice that the whole army will be on holiday in the afternoon, which caused cheers in the cafeteria.

The small wine jars in the army are not big, one jar per table, and on average, there are only two glasses per person.

And it's still the kind of small glass that is not too big, so you don't have to worry about someone getting drunk and playing crazy.

After saluting, Wu Zetian waved his hands to let everyone sit down, and then officially began to eat.

Although she has retired, after all, the biggest thing here is the Supreme Emperor, so she raised her glass first.

"This time Liu Qing brought back a variety of crops for our country. It can be said that our country's agriculture has developed a lot again. This is a great achievement. It should be rewarded..."

Liu Zihe hastily interrupted: "Your Majesty, you can't. This subordinate made a mistake in making a decision and caused many brothers to die in the sea. How dare you take credit for it? Please forgive me!"

Wu Zetian nodded slightly: "Although this is the case, rewards and punishments should be clearly defined. In any case, Liu Qing has made great contributions to the development of agriculture! Why don't we balance the merits and demerits this time, without rewards or punishments, how about it?"

This decision was the result of Li Yuechen's discussion with her last night.

It is also the best way.

After all, Liu Zihe is indeed a meritorious person, and he is also a great contributor. Now that the agricultural development of Datang has been developed, he also has indelible contributions.

Such a person should never be severely punished.

Moreover, this incident was not his fault. In the final analysis, the tsunami was a natural disaster after all, and it cannot be countered by humans.

So after the discussion, the result is that there is no reward and no punishment, and the merits and demerits are offset. This is the best solution.

After this incident is published in the newspaper, it can be regarded as an explanation to the people of the whole country.

After exchanging a few words of courtesy, the matter was settled, and the banquet officially started after a glass of wine.

Li Yuechen picked up the chopsticks and was about to eat when Liu Zihe suddenly asked: "Your Highness, after all there are more than 100 brothers in South America, when will we pick them up?"

Hearing this sentence, Li Yuechen kept chopsticks, and replied: "We have to wait for this matter. At this time, all the boats have been sent out, and there are no extra boats to go out to save people."

"Have they all been sent out?" Liu Zihe was taken aback, his eyes widened in surprise, "Now there is still a mission to send out all the big ships?"

He subconsciously thought that he was going to perform some military mission, but how could there be such a powerful enemy around Datang?
You know, the queen's ship is quite scary now, and with the artillery, it is an invincible sea fortress in this era, with crushing combat power.

How powerful is the enemy that needs to send all the ships out?
"It's not a war, it's..." Li Yuechen briefly explained the matter.

"I see!" Liu Zihe breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't a war, it would be fine.

Li Yuechen smiled: "You don't have to worry, when the task here is over, I will send a big ship to pick them up immediately. Speaking of which, did you leave a task for them?"

"Return to Your Highness, yes. My subordinates asked them to try their best to help the local tribe who saved me become stronger. They can help them build some cold weapons to make them stronger. At the same time, they also try their best to explore gold, silver and iron ore and find seeds of other crops. ..."

Among the teams going to sea, there are blacksmiths.

After all, there are weapons on board, and maintenance and repairs are often required, so the logistics personnel are well equipped.

If there are blacksmiths around, helping those South American indigenous tribes to expand their territory is a very simple matter.

According to Liu Zihe, those aborigines still use stone tools as their main weapons today, and they don't know the smelting process.

If there is a blacksmith to help them make cold weapons, it can form a dimensionality reduction blow in wars with other tribes.

After confirming that the princess would rescue them, Liu Zihe was completely relieved and began to eat with peace of mind.

At the same time, it also explained a lot of various things encountered in South America, such as some weird dances and totems among the tribes.

Li Yuechen said: "The next time you go there, bring your camera and try to take as many photos as possible. This can be regarded as giving our country a better understanding of overseas."

Before, because the technology of the camera was not mature enough, and the cost was too high, they were not allowed to bring it.

Although the cost is not low now, at least the output has increased a little bit, and they can take it with them next time they go out.

Some time ago, the team that went to Kurt also brought a camera, and later sent back the photos during the correspondence.

At that time, these photos, except those that are particularly confidential, will be exhibited in the Datang Library, so that the citizens can learn about the outside world.

Now that we have decided to open up the wisdom of the people, we must try our best to let the people understand what the structure of the world looks like.

……

After the matter here was finalized, Li Yuechen almost planned to go back.

It's almost July, and I don't know if there is any new progress from the Academy of Engineering.

Liu Zihe wants to go back to Hainan first to see the progress of experiments on various crops.

In the past few years, the per-mu yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes has exceeded the [-]-jin mark, and it has begun to be gradually promoted across the country.

The Northeast has gradually learned to grow potatoes. Although it is still necessary to transport grain from Zhenzhou every year, the demand has begun to decrease.

This is a good thing, which shows that the effect of land reclamation has finally come out.

But it's almost time to talk to Liu Huang about pushing the border further.

After all, according to Li Yuechen's latest plan, he wanted to include Lake Baikal and Sakhalin Island in Datang.

It's just that in this way, the north side will also expand a part.

Although it is said that the poor area of ​​Ulaanbaatar is not very desirable, there is no other way. After all, it is not easy to make a super large concave shape on the border.

After arranging the things in Qingdao, let his mother and fourth brother continue to enjoy life here, Li Yuechen arrived in Dongdu by airship on the first day of July.

……

After landing, Li Chongrun came to greet him.

Seeing her walk out of the cabin door, he immediately trotted over: "Auntie, grandma and uncle, are you okay?"

"It's very good, but you, how have you been with Lu Yao recently?" Li Yuechen had a gossipy expression on his face.

Li Chongrun smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's really good, we often go to watch the ball together."

"If it's almost the same and you think it's suitable, then go propose marriage." Li Yuechen said.

These days don't need to be like 1000 years later, it takes several years to fall in love.

"Well, I also plan to tell her soon." Li Chongrun nodded in agreement.

The aunt and nephew entered the Xuanwu Gate together, intending to enter the Jixian Temple to see the emperor.

Just after entering the Xuanwu Gate, Sun Jingbang was already welcoming him: "Your Highness, the saint said that you can go directly to Jixian Temple when you come back."

"Well, I'm about to go." Li Yuechen agreed, and followed him into the palace.

Along the way, they were basically chatting with Li Chongrun about Lu Yao's affairs, gossiping from time to time.

Although Sun Jingbang walked in front and led the way, his attention was also in the back, listening attentively to the gossip of his aunt and nephew.

As the emperor's personal eunuch, Sun Jingbang knew the inside story of some things in the royal family today.

He is also clear that the possibility of this His Highness inheriting the crown prince in the future is the greatest.

So they are more concerned about these gossips, and even have a few more chats with the court ladies who are in charge of protecting the emperor.

All the way to Jixian Temple, just entered the hall, and saw a harmonious scene.

Wei Lian'er and the other three concubines were sitting together playing mahjong, while Li Xian was drinking tea while twirling health balls, watching their cards back and forth behind them.

After the two came in, Li Chongrun saluted his parents.

Li Xian waved his hand slightly: "Yuechen, is everything alright, Ma'am?"

"Don't worry, eat well and sleep well." Li Yuechen smiled, came to the side and poured himself a cup of tea, "By the way, why don't you ask Dandan how it is?"

"Of course he is the same! Why do I need to ask more." Li Xian shook his head with a smile, "Besides, it is filial piety to ask A Niang. As for the younger brother...he should ask more as a brother."

"Well said!" Li Yuechen picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Oh, what a fool!" Concubine Cui smiled and pushed down the cards in front of her.

Wei Lian'er and the other two concubines also shook their heads with a smile, then took out the money and handed it over.

Looking at the harmonious harem of my elder brother, Li Yuechen also smiled, as expected, fewer people are better.

In fact, according to the system of this era, the number of people in Li Xian's harem is indeed too small.

The emperor's harem is just a group of famous wives and concubines. In addition to the queen, there are four concubines, nine concubines, 27 royal wives and 81 royal wives.

This is already 120 people, but counting those unnamed court ladies, strictly speaking, 3000 beauties in the harem are still at least.

And throughout the ages, the cost of the harem is also extremely huge.

The rank of the queen is above the first rank, and the treatment is almost equal to that of the emperor.

The four concubines enjoy the first-rank treatment, and the nine concubines enjoy the second-rank treatment.

Among the 27 wives, Jieyu, beauty, and talent are treated in the third, fourth, and fifth ranks respectively.

With such a big harem, they don't do anything every day, so they have to spend money to support it.

Coupled with the fact that the emperor is in a good mood, various rewards are indispensable, and after giving birth to a son, the treatment will be improved, so the expenses in the harem are also extremely terrifying.

And Li Xian followed his sister's advice back then and didn't find too many women, so the cost of the harem has been well controlled in recent years.

After playing mahjong, Wei Lian'er also came over to chat with Li Yuechen.

The relationship between the two of them is actually pretty good, and Li Yuechen doesn't hate his sister-in-law either.

Perhaps the scheming is a bit heavy, but at least for now, he has not cheated on his own people, and treats his family members very well.

So I was willing to chat with her more, so I stayed for dinner and chatted for a while before getting up and leaving.

Li Chongrun also stood up and said: "I will leave the palace with my aunt, my mother and father should rest earlier."

……

After the aunt and nephew left, Wei Lian'er turned her head and said, "Speaking of which, Run'er and that Lu Yao got along well recently, shouldn't it be time to propose marriage?"

Li Xian thought for a while: "At this point, let Run'er decide for himself. When the child is older, I don't want to interfere too much."

"Your Majesty is being lazy again." Wei Lian'er smiled angrily.

At this time, Sun Jingbang who was next to him said, "The sage doesn't know something. When I came back today, the eldest princess was still talking about this matter with His Highness."

"Well," Wei Lian'er nodded slightly, "After all, it was introduced by the princess, so I thought it was very thoughtful."

Li Xian smiled and changed the subject: "Okay, Lian'er should rest earlier, I'm going to Concubine Zhang Xian tonight."

Wei Lian'er agreed, and then Li Xian got up and left Jixian Hall.

Arriving at the door of Concubine Zhang Xian's bedroom, Li Xian was about to go in when he suddenly turned his head to look at Sun Jingbang: "Speaking of which, has your tongue grown a little recently?"

Hearing this sentence, Sun Jingbang was taken aback for a moment, and then felt a layer of cold sweat on his back.

Then he quickly knelt down on the ground and said tremblingly: "I know my mistake!"

Li Xian didn't say anything else, he just raised his eyebrows and shook his head, then entered the bedroom.

Hearing the welcome sound from inside, Sun Jingbang opened his mouth wide and took two deep breaths.

Then he calmed down slowly, dared to stand up slowly, turned and left.

At the same time, I couldn't help but think that I seem to have really gotten carried away recently.

The emperor had a good relationship with his younger sister since he was a child, so it was fine to eavesdrop on the princess's conversation, but he dared to speak out, which might really make the emperor a little angry.

In the future, I should pay more attention to this aspect. After all, the emperor is the emperor. Even if I have been serving the prince since I was a child, I should know that there are some things that cannot be said casually, or in other words, should not be said casually in front of outsiders.

There is an old saying that the emperor's heart is like an abyss, and one should not speculate at will. This sentence is really not a joke.

In the future, I must pay more attention to this aspect, otherwise I am afraid that one day I will accidentally say the wrong thing, and I will probably die.

What happened today made Sun Jingbang deeply realize his lesson.

After all, an emperor is an emperor after all, and once he becomes an emperor, he is no longer an ordinary person.

(End of this chapter)