Great Tang princess

On the square outside the Qianling Mausoleum, several brothers and sisters of Li Yuechen were sitting in the pavilion, looking at the clouds in the sky, recalling the past.

Behind them were the engineers who were busy resealing the tomb.

Seeing their busy appearance, Li Yuechen couldn't help thinking, since there is a special case of himself, is it possible for my mother to go directly through the wormhole to the world after a thousand years?
Then he shook his head, ended his wild thoughts, and sighed slightly.

Li Xian's eyes were red, and he raised his hand to wipe away his tears: "My parents are gone, what should I do in the future..."

"The way forward, I can only go on my own. After all, parents are still there, and there is still a place to come. Parents are gone, life, there is only the way back..." Li Yuechen said softly.

The other brothers did not speak, still immersed in the grief of their mother's departure.

"I want to stay here for a few more days." Li Xian said.

"Okay, I'll stay with brother!" Li Yuechen nodded, and everyone else expressed no objection.

Anyway, there is a prince overseeing the country in the Eastern Capital, so there is no need to worry about problems.

So the brothers and sisters stayed in the camp at the foot of Qianling Mountain for a few more days.

It wasn't until June [-]th that everyone returned to Dongdu by truck again.

……

When he came back, Li Xian's sad mood had improved a lot.

After all, the mother can be regarded as a natural death after old age. At the age of 82, in this age, there is no suffering from illness before death, which can be regarded as a joyful mourning.

So after the initial grief, I came back in the mood to focus on other things.

For example, the truck itself.

He vaguely remembered that it took more than a month to travel from Chang'an to Dongdu when he was a child, but now, it only took three hours to return from Qianling to Dongdu.

If you go from Chang'an, you may arrive in about an hour.

The truck stopped directly at the square outside the Xuanwu Gate. After getting off the car, he entered the palace. While walking in, Li Xian said, "Yuechen, since this car is so convenient, isn't it..."

"Brother, don't worry, the Academy of Engineering is already researching it. The production line of the engine is also being produced. By then, not only royal family members, but all senior officials will be equipped with special cars!" Li Yuechen replied.

Although the current car cost is high, considering the national power and the sense of belonging of the people, we still need to set the spectrum in this regard.

And not to mention anything else, just talking about senior officials in Dongdu and Chang'an, it is no problem to have a car for each.

But now it is just a plan, and if it is to be implemented, it may take several years to say the least.

But for now, it is no problem to build a fleet of ten cars first, as the exclusive fleet for traveling when the emperor travels.

Considering that the emperor has activities such as the spring plowing ceremony to participate in every year, the emperor's car must be an off-road vehicle.

As for the money, don't worry, the country will soon have a lot of money in the account.

Because the aircraft research is now successful, the airship technology can be sold to other countries. Naturally, this technology cannot be sold too cheaply.

Li Yuechen's current price is 400 million yuan, calculated according to purchasing power, that is, about 1000 million yuan in [-] years.

It sounds like a lot of money, but considering the size of the country, this figure is a bit painful at best, but it is not to the point where it is completely unavailable.

It's just that for the surrounding countries, once the money is paid, life will not be too easy for the next ten years or so.

Especially for countries like Japan and Dashi, 400 million is still achievable.

You know, this is an airship!Things that can fly in the sky!Currently the world's highest crystallization of technology, the price is really not too expensive.

What's more, even if you really can't afford it, it doesn't matter, the technology of the airship sells for 400 million.

But if you don't need the technology and buy the finished product directly from Datang, it will be much cheaper, as long as 50 for one.

50, Datang is responsible for the production, and then drove them there.

As for the pilot of the airship, you can train for free without money, just treat it as a gift.

Moreover, since Li Yuechen dared to sell it to them, he was not afraid that they would use it against Datang.

After all, hydrogen gas is too easy to explode. Foreign airships really dare to fly over, and the plane takes off directly. After getting close, let the pilot take a gun and detonate it on the spot.

……

Li Yuechen wrote a memorial to Li Xian and asked him to sign and seal it.

He didn't even look at it, he signed it directly, and then stamped the emperor's seal to express his agreement.

Afterwards, this memorial was sent to the Ministry of Rites, asking them to tell the group of foreign envoys that the airship can now be sold at a price of 400 million, and those who are interested can bring the money directly.

Now the envoys from various countries have already established embassies in Datang. After receiving the news, they wrote back to China as soon as possible, explaining the situation here.

Li Xian was more concerned about another matter.

In the Hall of Immortals, he held a health ball and said to Li Yuechen in front of him, "My mother has passed away. This year, the Datang Super League will not be held, right?"

"It's okay, I have to do it. After all, this is just my Li family's family affairs, and it doesn't have that much relationship with the people of the world. Just mourn for A Niang at the opening ceremony."

Nowadays, football games are already an important part of Datang's economy, and their sudden suspension may have a bad impact on the economic situation.

"But this is a national funeral after all..." Li Xian instinctively felt something was wrong.

"But we can't cause the domestic economy to decline because of the national mourning. If there is any dissatisfaction among the officials, let him come to me directly!" Li Yuechen replied.

Then he took a sip of tea and continued, "It's still the same sentence, the emperor only needs to ensure that the people live in peace, and the courtiers don't need to take it too seriously."

"Okay..." Li Xian nodded, not to dwell on this question any longer.

"By the way, now that Auntie has passed away, those people who were replaced before can retire and return to their hometowns. Besides, you should probably change your year name too."

"Yeah!" Li Xian nodded in agreement.

At the end of June, at the court meeting, many officials who had been replaced before all asked to resign and return to their hometowns.

Li Xian didn't even put on a show to try to persuade him to stay, he ordered a financial package on the spot and agreed.

All the courtiers present could see that the emperor did this for them.

It means that these people have all left the court, and no one is allowed to make troubles and make troubles, otherwise the emperor will be angry.

This is also done to prevent many innocent officials from losing their lives after the power struggle, which is really not worth it.

Li Yuechen was thinking that among these old ministers, if one of these veterans thinks about contributing to the construction of his hometown after returning home, that would be a good thing.

Then Li Xian announced a new year name - Guangshun.

No one objected to this point, because the new year name came even a bit late.

It stands to reason that, in the first year of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, in order to show respect for the Supreme Emperor, the year name should not be changed, and it should be changed in the second year after he ascended the throne.

However, Li Xian used his previous title, Desheng, until his mother died. This is enough to show his respect for his mother.

……

That afternoon, Li Yuechen and his nephew Li Chongrun were walking in the imperial city, chatting casually.

"Let me tell you, after you ascend the throne in the future, you must set a rule of one yuan for the next life. It is enough for an emperor to use one year name for a lifetime. Don't be like your grandparents, who change the year name more frequently than clothes... ..."

Li Chongrun complained from the side: "Aunt, it's not good to speak ill of the first emperor behind his back like this?"

"Nonsense, if the person is still there, how dare I say it directly?" Li Yuechen said with a smile.

"Okay, nephew remember it!" Li Chongrun nodded and replied, "I also think this is very good. In the future, when people talk about it, they don't have to use the long and hard-to-remember posthumous name. I know which emperor it is."

"That's right!" Li Yuechen nodded in agreement.

On weekdays, Li Chongrun would often come over to chat with Li Yuechen. After all, he was still young and he couldn't make up his mind about many things, so he liked to talk to this aunt whom he admired since childhood.

Li Yuechen happily explained to him, as long as he knew, he would tell him without reservation.

"Auntie, speaking of it, foreigners outside the northern border have a lot of dissatisfaction with Datang recently, do you want to enter a state of combat readiness?"

"Why are you dissatisfied?"

Li Chongrun replied: "In recent years, due to the large amount of wool purchased by our Tang Dynasty, the annexation of land on the grassland has become more and more serious. The conflicts between various tribes have continued, and a large number of people have fled into our Datang. As a result, more and more people have fled. , Those landowners are almost unable to find slaves to herd their sheep..."

"so what?"

"They want me, Datang, to stop accepting refugees, and at the same time send all the refugees I accepted back..."

Listening to his explanation, Li Yuechen nodded, and then asked: "Then what do you think?"

"Of course I can't agree!" Li Chongrun replied, "Anyway, that area will enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Since there will be a battle sooner or later, we should take advantage of this time to weaken their fighting power!"

Li Yuechen said before that the future borders will continue to be pushed outward.

The Northeast wants to include the entire Sakhalin Island, while the North requires all the south of Lake Baikal to enter the territory of Datang.

So sooner or later there will be a fight with the foreigners on the grassland, but by then, the scale of the war may not be too large.

It may not even need to use weapons, as long as economic sanctions are enough!
After all, there are too many cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland now, and they are mainly sold to Datang.

If Datang doesn't buy it at that time, they will immediately fall into economic crisis!

"Very good!" Li Yuechen nodded and praised, "It seems that this supervision of the country has made you grow a lot."

"Don't mention it, if it weren't for Aniang and Yaoyao's help, I would really feel uncomfortable." Li Chongrun shook his head.

"You will have many uncomfortable days in the future..." Li Yuechen patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

The aunt and nephew chatted while walking, invisibly formulating the future direction of Datang.

……

At the end of June, the football match was held normally, and after all the players expressed their condolences to the Supreme Emperor at the opening ceremony, the match began.

However, many people couldn't watch this year's competition at all, especially the envoys from various countries.

Although he was sitting in the court, his mind was always thinking about the airship.

They were thinking about this thing when it first came out, but Datang was unwilling to sell it at that time, and they organized many craftsmen in China to study it.

But just relying on the portraits and their own oral narration, it is impossible for the craftsmen to understand what it is.

Apart from knowing that it can fly in the sky like a big shuttle, there is no useful information.

So nothing has been researched in these years.

But it's different now, Datang let go, and the airship is willing to sell it!
Moreover, two solutions were proposed. Even if you can't afford this technology, you can just buy the finished product.

But to be honest, most people still prefer to buy the finished product.

Because first of all, it seems that it is worth spending 400 million to buy this technology, but even if you have the technology, it is really different from whether you can successfully build an airship.

These foreign envoys now have a broad horizon, and they are very clear that the level of craftsmanship in Datang today is much higher than that of their country.

Therefore, even if it costs 400 million to buy the technology, with the level of domestic craftsmen, it may not be able to be successfully manufactured.

More money may be spent in the follow-up, which is extremely detrimental to the country's economic situation.

On the contrary, you can buy a finished airship for only 50 yuan, and Datang will also train the pilots for free, which is much more cost-effective.

Not only does it cost less money, but it can be put into use directly after buying it, which is simply not too comfortable.

Apart from them, the royal family was not in the mood for football matches, so no one went to watch them.

……

From the beginning of July, Li Yuechen Academy of Engineering went to less, but it did not idle, because there was an extra job, training pilots.

First of all, the pilots of airplanes are different from airships and cars, and they need anti-overload training.

Therefore, Li Yuechen specially asked the supervisor to create a batch of training equipment, such as swivel chairs and big wheels.

Even for aircraft of this era, they may face aerial tactical maneuvers such as dives in the future, and anti-overload training is a must.

At the same time, Li Yuechen did not forget to continue to take this plane for experiments, so that the Engineering Academy could improve and perfect it little by little.

For example, various instruments such as spirit levels.

Fortunately, the spirit level in this era is really simple, just pour some water into a glass bottle.

Of course, it will not be so perfunctory on the plane, but two concave circular glass pieces, which are sealed with water and pasted on the instrument panel.Draw a scale around it and you're good to go.

While perfecting the aircraft, the newly selected pilot students also came to the temporary aviation school.

The selection criteria are relatively strict. First of all, the eyesight must pass the test.

In this era without radar and control tower dispatching, all pilots can rely on is their own eyesight.

Therefore, Li Yuechen set very high vision requirements, and had to review it every three months as a rigid standard.

In addition, there are corresponding requirements for height and weight, not to mention the follow-up anti-overload training...

It can only be said that the training of pilots is actually much higher than the value of the aircraft itself. (end of this chapter)