Great Tang princess

Chapter 83 The Tubo Messenger

The next morning, after Li Yuechen finished his exercises, he took a shower and had a casual lunch, then took Fulai to the colored glaze workshop.

At present, most of the work here is firing glazed tiles, which are generally green.

After entering the workshop, Li Yuechen felt a rush of heat. This place was like the blacksmith's workshop in the craftsman's workshop. The temperature was so high that it was like a sauna room.

There are many shirtless craftsmen inside, taking out the burnt colored glaze in front of the red furnace, and gradually turning them into tiles.

The Shaofu Jiancheng who accompanied Li Yuechen in seemed a little uncomfortable: "Your Highness, it's hot here, why don't you stay outside."

"Okay!" Li Yuechen nodded, and after coming in for a while, he felt his body start to sweat.

When he came to the outside room, Li Yuechen sat on a chair: "Can you call some glazers over?"

Jian Cheng saluted: "Here! Your Highness, please stay here for a while."

After a while, several craftsmen in coats were brought over.

Although there had long been rumors among the craftsmen that the princess had a kind temper and was not a difficult person to get along with, but seeing the princess now, they still felt a little reserved.

Li Yuechen smiled: "Don't be cautious, I came here today, just want to ask, can this colored glaze be made into other shapes?"

After thinking about it for a while, the oldest craftsman replied cautiously: "His Royal Highness, if it is a relatively simple shape, it will not be difficult."

"The shape is indeed simple, but the precision is a bit troublesome." Li Yuechen smiled and waved to Fulai.

Fulai nodded, took two steps forward, and placed the bag in his hand in front of the craftsman.

"You can try to see if you can add this thing to the refining of colored glaze, try how much you add, and see if you can make transparent colored glaze." Li Yuechen said.

The craftsmen looked down, and then raised their heads with disbelief: "Dare to ask Your Highness, can you make transparent colored glaze by adding this thing?"

"I don't know either." Li Yuechen shook his head, "You can try it yourself, even if you can't do it, I won't punish you. But if you do it! There will be a big reward!"

……

After walking out of the colored glaze workshop, Fulai asked aside, "Are you sure, Your Highness?"

"If they are sure, they won't be allowed to try on their own." Li Yuechen smiled and shook his head.

She really couldn't help it, and she wasn't even sure if the thing in her hand was manganese ore, but it didn't matter, true knowledge came from practice.

After the experiment, there will naturally be results.

Anyway, there are not many stones in this batch, and it will not take a few days to use up all of them. After three to five days, the results should come out.

Afterwards, Li Yuechen went to the craftsman supervisor to watch them make the carriage. Now this thing is the most important thing, and it must be driven out before Li Zhi's birthday.

What I have to say is that the efficiency of the craftsmen like the craftsman supervisor is still very good. Only two days have passed, and a leaf spring has been made out of bamboo pieces.

When Li Yuechen came over, he saw the leaf spring placed on the two wooden blocks, and couldn't help but nodded.

Then he jumped on the spot and stood firmly on it!

Fulai was startled, and was about to go over to support her, but saw her standing firmly on it, like flat ground.

Seeing this scene, Fu Lai was startled, thinking that it is no wonder His Highness ran so easily that day, he did not expect such a good balance.

The width of this leaf spring is only two or three inches, less than the width of a palm.But for Li Yuechen, it was not too narrow.

When playing parkour, I often need to stand firmly on the circular handrail with a diameter of less than two centimeters in the standing long jump, and I am used to it.

The bend of the leaf spring under his feet was not bad, Li Yuechen's legs were a little bit hard, and they bumped twice.

She can feel some obvious elasticity, but she is still a child after all, and her weight is not too heavy.

How much flexibility the frame will have when it's on the frame...it's hard to say.

"Okay, you can try it on." Li Yuechen jumped off the leaf spring and nodded.

After all, there are four to be installed on the car, and when the time comes to cooperate with the cowhide tires, it may really have a good shock absorption effect.

……

Time passed quickly, and it was April in a blink of an eye. The rice seedlings planted in the yard had grown a lot, and the household department would send people to look at it every day.

In terms of growth alone, it is indeed much better than the rice seedlings outside, but the result is still unclear.

After practicing in the morning, before lunch, Li Yuechen took a bath in the inner hall, and Shangguan Wan'er suddenly trotted in.

"Your Highness, I heard that there are Tubo envoys entering the palace today." Shangguan Wan'er put her arms on the edge of the bathtub and said, "Wan'er is curious about what the Tubo people look like."

"Same as you, with two eyes and one nose." Li Yuechen, who was leaning on the wooden barrel, didn't even open his eyes. "If there is a difference, it may be that most Tibetans have two spots of red on their faces."

Shangguan Wan'er tilted her head in doubt: "Is it Rouge?"

Li Yuechen shook his head lightly, and let Xiao He grab her arm and wipe it with a towel: "If you go to Tubo to stay for a long time, maybe you will have it too. It's caused by the climate."

"Hmm..." Shangguan Wan'er didn't quite understand, she tilted her head and thought for a while, "Your Highness, don't you want to take a look?"

Li Yuechen opened his eyes: "What? Are you curious?"

"En." Shangguan Wan'er nodded.

"Well, I'll take you to have a look after lunch." Li Yuechen smiled.

"Ok!"

Shangguan Wan'er agreed, turned around and ran out.

……

After eating, Li Yuechen brought Shangguan Wan'er, and the two older sisters who were also curious, to the outside of the Xishang Pavilion next to Zhenguan Hall.

Now Li Zhi and his wife must have lunch with a group of ministers accompanying the envoy in the hall, and those who came with them can only stand outside and wait.

When we came to the corner of Xishang Pavilion, we saw two rows of Tubo warriors in armor standing outside the hall waiting in two rows.

Li Yuechen stretched out his hand: "Look, those are Tubo people. Most of them have two blobs of red on their faces, right?"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded: "It feels very different from Rouge."

Princess Yiyang also smiled: "I feel that the man has two blobs of red on his face, which is a bit funny."

"It's just caused by the climate." Li Yuechen replied, "Do you want to take a closer look?"

Princess Xuancheng shook her head: "I'll just forget about it, if I'm found out, I'm afraid I'll be scolded by Grandpa."

Li Yuechen thought about it, so he waved his hands to them: "Okay, Wan'er, you go back with the two elder sisters first, and I'll go and hear what's interesting."

After speaking, it was like walking through the back door of Zhenguan Hall.

The two sisters didn't say anything, Li Yuechen always entered the court as if he entered the vegetable market, he was very free.

But that's not where they can go.

In fact, Li Yuechen was not curious about the Tubo people, he just came here to listen to the news.

The two eunuchs who were in charge of handling the back door saw Li Yuechen greeted with a slight salute, let her enter the side passage, and quietly came behind the screen.

Now Zhenguan Hall is holding a banquet, and Li Zhi and Wu Zetian are sitting behind the table.

Seeing her daughter coming in, she just cast a slight glance and had no other reaction.

It's normal to eat with the envoy for a long time, so Li Yuechen poked out half of his head slightly and looked down the hall.

There are also two rows of tables below, one row is the prince and the ministers, and the other is the Tubo envoy.

The one sitting at the front looked young, but he seemed to have good skin. The two spots of plateau red on his face were very slight, and he didn't look like someone who grew up in the plateau area.

On this occasion, Li Zhi did not choose the chair invented by Li Yuechen, but still sat on his knees.

Now that Jiang Ke passed away and the army of Liangzhou was returning to the court, Tubo sent envoys here at this time. I am afraid that a fight should be inevitable, right?
Li Yuechen now only hopes that if there is a quarrel, Li Zhi can control his emotions, even if he can't vent, he won't make himself sick with anger.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Yuechen secretly made a decision. If Li Zhi couldn't spray it in a while, she would go up to help in person.

Li Yuechen doesn't think that a future person in this era can surpass the ancients in terms of scheming and wisdom.

But when it comes to debate or the amount of knowledge, any junior high school student who comes over after a thousand years will have a crushing advantage over them!
Li Zhi cast a glance at the little daughter behind the screen, put down his wine glass, gently twirled the health ball in his hand and asked, "I just heard what you said, but I'm a little curious. Who is the most virtuous in Tubo today compared to his ancestor?"

Li Yuechen behind the screen had some doubts about this sentence, who is Zanpu's grandfather today?Songtsen Gampo?

She doesn't know much about history, but after coming to this era, she has acquired a lot of knowledge. Songtsan Gampo seems to be indeed a man of great talent and generality.

Princess Wencheng, who was learned in history textbooks before, went to Tibet to get married, which was a matter of the Taizong Dynasty.

Zhong Cong saluted below and replied: "Today, Yu Xiong is praised for being brave and courageous. Although he is not as good as his ancestors in making decisions, he is a country of diligence and government. He dare not bully him, and he is also a wise master!"

After hearing what he said, Li Yuechen was very surprised. Unexpectedly, although Zhong Cong was from Tubo, he could speak fluent Tang dialect.

To be able to speak Datang Mandarin to this point, one must have good reading and writing skills.

Li Zhi nodded slightly, and he knew from his expression that he didn't take this piece of soup seriously at all, and continued to ask: "As far as I know, the land of Tubo is cold and bitter, and the products are barren. The land of Luo Suochuan, Apart from willows, there is no vegetation. How can it develop to where it is today?"

Zhong Cong was silent for two seconds and then replied: "Yes, in the south of Wuhai, even in midsummer there is still snow, and summer wears fur and winter wears fur. In cold winter, they enter the city and live in tents. The utensils and supplies are less than one ten-thousandth of that of Tang Dynasty. ..."

Speaking of this, Li Yuechen behind the screen nodded, and it is indeed the case in Tibet now.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Cong suddenly changed the subject: "However, the whole country is united as one, discussing matters from the bottom up, and doing everything that benefits the people, so the country can last forever..."

Li Yuechen, who heard these words from behind the screen, was almost restrained and fell to the ground. He raised his head in disbelief, and looked at Zhong Cong outside through the fence of the screen.

Can you show some face when you brag?If this is the case, why is it still a slavery-like society?

You are still united, and everything benefits the people first... Hurry up and down a few, if it weren't for Lun Qinling's ability to defeat Xue Rengui, plus Gao Fan and other reasons, you would have been finished.

Thinking about it, Li Yuechen wasn't angry about it, after all, it was always like this in diplomatic occasions.

Li Zhi suddenly raised his voice: "Tuyuhun and Tubo have always been in-laws. However, Su Hegui rebelled against his master. Instead of helping him put down the rebellion, Tubo accepted the rebellion and took away his land! I sent people to appease the Murong family, and so on." They sent troops to ambush and invade Liangzhou, why is that?"

It's started!

Behind the screen, Li Yuechen had a serious face. Seeing that the quarrel was about to start, he was ready.

After a while, Li Zhi would immediately go out to help whenever there was a sign that he couldn't spray him, and he wouldn't even know him unless he sprayed him!

As Li Yuechen thought about it, he began to make a draft in his mind.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Cong said neither humble nor overbearing: "The minister is only ordered to contribute, as for the military affairs, it is really unheard of!"

Li Yuechen in the passage didn't realize it for a while. He thought he had to tear it up, but he didn't expect to dismiss it with such a fluffy sentence that it had nothing to do with me?
But that's okay, for Li Yuechen, it doesn't matter whether they quarrel or not, as long as Li Zhi doesn't get sick.

Their meal didn't end until it was almost time to apply. In the end, they didn't quarrel, but chatted happily in gossip.

In the end, Li Zhi also gave a lot of gifts to the other party's messenger, and the exchange was concluded peacefully.

Seeing this, Li Yuechen also felt relieved, compared his heart to his parents behind the screen, then turned and went back.

Just returned to Anfu Hall, before he had time to sit down and rest for a while, Fulai ran over excitedly: "Your Highness, good news!"

"What's the matter?" Li Yuechen asked while picking up the yogurt on the table to take a sip.

Shangguan Wan'er next to her reminded: "Your Highness, that's what the servants just drank..."

"Just now the Liuli workshop sent someone to report that the transparent glaze has been made!" Fu Lai reported loudly, directly suppressing Shangguan Wan'er's originally modest voice.

"Oh?" Li Yuechen's eyes lit up, and he put down the yogurt he had taken a sip of, "Let's go, let's go and have a look!"

Seeing Li Yuechen leave with Fulai excitedly, Shangguan Wan'er opened her mouth, then turned her head to look at the yogurt on the table, with a troubled expression on her face...

Walking quickly to the glass workshop, the craftsman from last time handed over a square transparent glass in his hand.

There was also a look of disbelief on his face, and even his voice trembled a little: "Please take a look, Your Highness!"

Li Yuechen took it over and took a look. It was a fist-sized piece of square transparent glass.

Although the brightness is not as high as the future glass, it is indeed colorless and transparent. Except for some sporadic small bubbles, no flaws can be seen!

She held up the piece of glass and looked at it in the sunlight, with a smile on her face, subconsciously licked her lips, turned her head and said, "Is it made by adding that stone?"

"Return to Your Highness, that's right!" The craftsman replied respectfully.

Li Yuechen nodded slightly: "Fulai, buy those stones in large quantities! You can decide the price, try to keep it as low as possible."

"Here!" Fu Lai also excitedly agreed, looked at the piece of glass and said, "Your Highness is truly a god!"

(End of this chapter)