Great Tang princess

On the third day of February, the emperor went to participate in the spring plowing ceremony.

Li Chongrun, who was the prince, also followed. Rather, since Li Xian was not in good health, the protagonist of the Spring Plowing Ceremony was already the prince.

Instead, the emperor became a role like a foil, but since the emperor himself didn't say anything, other people naturally didn't have any opinions.

Besides, although the news of Li Xian's abdication has not been widely publicized, it has not been deliberately kept secret, and all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty know what they should know.

It's all come to this point, the prince is just a step away from the throne, there is no need to care so much.

During the event, Li Chongrun also followed the household officials to learn about the current overall agricultural level.

At present, there is no shortage of food in the whole Tang Dynasty. Not only the people can eat enough, but also the granaries in various places can be filled.

If there is no shortage of food, the wine industry will flourish.

Nowadays, it is not only the ancient rice wine, but also the beer made of wheat.

If there is too much wine, the price will drop a lot. Nowadays, except for those whose families are relatively poor, it is no problem to buy some drinks occasionally on weekdays.

Even if it is a poor family, at most they just have no money, but they will not starve to death.

The Spring Plowing Ceremony was held perfectly, and in the next few days newspapers reported on it in detail.

And there is a lot less pen and ink about the emperor, and the emphasis is on introducing the prince Li Chongrun.

This was an order given by Li Xian after Li Yuechen reminded him.

He will ascend the throne next year, and it is very necessary to build momentum in advance.

That is to say, the photo printing technology of this era is too backward, and the time requirement is also very high. Otherwise, the photo can be taken on the spot and printed on the newspaper.

Not only the civilians, but also the army has stepped up their propaganda on Li Chongrun during this period.

In particular, his resume is basically placed in the army as learning materials.

A prince born in the army is naturally more respected by the army, especially when many soldiers learned that this prince was the first to rush into the Red Mountain Palace in the war to recover Tubo, they admired him even more.

Under this kind of publicity, people are known to almost the world before they are enthroned.

……

In April, the Academy of Engineering officially started the excavator experiment after conducting detailed research and experiments on the model.

However, the experimental process was not very smooth, especially in the selection of materials.

Many old craftsmen feel that since they want to do it, they should use the best materials to do it.

But this approach was opposed by young craftsmen.

This group of young craftsmen were all apprentices or apprentices of veterans. In the past ten years, most of them have become independent craftsmen.

The young craftsmen believed that this was engineering equipment, so they should not use the thinking of making weapons to make this kind of thing.

Therefore, there is no need to use steel in many places, and it is also possible to use wood, which can save some costs.

Moreover, it will be more convenient to replace the wood when it is broken. If it is all made of steel, it will be troublesome to replace it at that time.

Old craftsmen believe that it is okay to use wood in some places, but it is better to use steel for the parts that involve labor.

This thing itself is not light in weight, if the parts that are difficult are also made of wood, I am afraid it will not take too long.

The two sides quarreled because of this, and Wang Chen, the son of Wang Gangdan, the tycoon of the Academy of Engineering, put forward his own opinions on this.

"The big arm needs to support more weight, so it is no problem to use steel. However, the small arm connected to the bucket will be pulled up with an iron chain, and it will not bear too much weight. At the same time, its toughness is far better than steel... ..."

When Li Yuechen received the news, he heard them arguing about this.

Seeing her coming, everyone fell silent, wanting to see what His Highness had to say.

However, Li Yuechen himself didn't know what to say.

Although future excavators are all made of steel, their structures are different.

The one with the bucket facing down, but the one that the Engineering Institute is going to do now is with the bucket facing up, and there are winches and iron chains to provide power.

She doesn't know much about this kind of thing, so it's really hard to express her opinion.

Seeing a group of craftsmen in front of her looking at her with expectant eyes, she thought for a while and said: "You may have misunderstood a question. The research of technology is essentially a exhaustive method, because this thing has not really come out yet. Who is right and who is wrong, no one knows. So it’s better to do experiments and try, whichever works best will be used in the end.”

"But I have followed His Highness's proposal for many years..." An old craftsman said that he has followed her idea for so many years and has never made a mistake.

"You are wrong. I haven't made mistakes so far, but it doesn't mean I won't make mistakes in the future. It's just my luck..."

Li Yuechen felt that this kind of thinking was very dangerous, and he couldn't just let it go.

"Besides, I'm in my 50s now, and I'm nearly [-] years old. One day I'm going to die. Could it be that after I die, this engineering institute will stop doing research?" She asked rhetorically.

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was slightly taken aback, and immediately understood what she meant.

Now, what the Academy of Engineering means to Datang, and even the whole world, is very clear to each of them.

"I want you to understand that although the Academy of Engineering is at the forefront of the world today, once this road starts, other countries will establish similar institutions in the future, so if you want Datang to always be the number one in the world, then you can't Stop progressing..."

Speaking of this, she smiled slightly: "You have to understand that the future of Datang actually depends on you!"

Now that this point has been said, everyone will not continue to quarrel, and immediately understand what she means.

So we decided to conduct a joint experiment. Anyway, it is just a matter of making an extra set of parts, and then compare the specific data based on the experimental results.

Although doing so may increase the cost of the experiment a lot, as long as they can reverse their thinking, in Li Yuechen's view, it is worth it.

……

After the matter of the Engineering Academy was settled, Li Yuechen's life was temporarily quiet.

Now, her daily life basically consists of waking up in the morning to exercise, drinking tea and fishing after lunch.

The imperial court would not come over to bother her if there was no major matter, and their life was relatively clean.

But this is only before the application time, because every day when the application time arrives, there will always be a lot of children in the princess mansion to come and play.

Of course, the children of the younger generation of the royal family, not only Li Chongrun's children, but also other children will come and visit.

Their education method is the same as that of the school. They leave school as soon as the afternoon is over, leaving them enough time to do their homework.

There wasn't much homework, and basically everything could be done in half an hour, and then I went to the Princess Mansion to play.

Li Longji and his group are not in Chang'an, the children will fly back to see their parents on Friday, and fly back again on Sunday afternoon.

On weekdays, they live in a specially arranged residence for them, and attend classes according to the schedule planned by their own teacher team every day.

Because they are all a group of teachers teaching one child, there are differences in the learning progress.

Those with better brains learn quickly, and those with mediocre brains learn slower.

But the so-called slowness is actually much faster than the progress in school.

The advantage of this kind of education is that different learning methods can be formulated according to the different personalities of the children, which can be regarded as teaching students in accordance with their aptitude.

Li Yuechen prefers children and will take them to play various games.

So although these children are not together when they study, and they don't have the concept of being at the same table or being in the same class, they basically get together to play after school and are inseparable.

The courtyard of the Princess Mansion is also big enough for them to toss around with confidence.

For example, today, Li Yuechen took them to play with words to catch ghosts.

First, the rock-paper-scissors selects the ghost responsible for catching people, and other people can run around, and the ghost is responsible for catching people.

When you are about to be caught, just say a four-character phrase and stand still, the ghost will not be able to catch you, and you must catch another person.

When there is only one person left, he can reach out and touch those who have spoken words to make them move again.

But if he forgets that he is the only one left, and if he doesn't touch other people and say words, it will be invalid, and he will become the one in charge of arresting people.

These children would play various similar games in the princess mansion every day, running wildly all over the yard.

Children are already full of energy, and they are still in the growing period. As long as they can keep up with nutrition and exercise properly, their physical fitness will not be poor when they grow up.

In the process of running around, you can fully move your body and play a role in exercising your body.

Not to mention that there are professional sports courses in the daily classroom, which can ensure that they get the best resources in this regard.

It's the same today, playing games until dusk, seeing that the sun is about to set, and it's time for the children to go back.

The car responsible for picking them up has already arrived at the parking lot outside the Princess Mansion, waiting to take them back.

It wasn't that Li Yuechen didn't want to keep them here to eat, but that it took too long for the Princess Mansion to prepare meals for so many people.

After the children went back, Li Yuechen shook his head helplessly: "Now my place is almost becoming a kindergarten."

Xiaodong next to her said while pouring tea for her, "The little nobles really like Your Highness!"

Xiaodong is not too young now, in fact, Li Yuechen said many years ago that she should retire and get married.

However, Xiaodong also grew up in the palace, and was afraid of life outside.

So I don't plan to get married, but I plan to serve the princess for the rest of my life.

But now the old people beside Li Yuechen are only Xiaodong and Yiluoru, and the other faces have disappeared quite a bit.

The same is true for Yiluoru, who feels that it is more comfortable to live in the princess mansion than to find a man she doesn't know to marry outside, so until now, she still holds the position of captain of the guard.

It's just that the real job has become a driver, and she herself is already training the next generation of guard captains.

After all, when a person is old, his skill is not as good as that of a young man.

Fortunately, there are quite a few good seedlings in the army nowadays, and those who can be selected to be the princess' guards are not bad in skills.

……

The time soon came to March, and with the current strength of the Shangyi Bureau, it took just over a month for Li Chongrun to complete the emperor's military uniform.

After receiving the news, Li Yuechen came to the East Palace to have a look, and then asked him to try it on.

Li Chongrun took the clothes and went in to change, while Li Yuechen was playing with the children in the main hall.

After a while, Li Chongrun came out after getting dressed.

Looking up, let alone, it is really handsome.

Men with short hair in this era are still a minority, and Lee Joong-yoon is the same.

His bangs were short in front and his hair was pulled back in a braid, making him look like an artist.

Because he looks tough, he doesn't have the weakness of Xiao Xianrou.

The military uniform is a black army uniform, but the epaulets are larger than ordinary military uniforms, and there is a pattern of a dragon on it.

There are golden tassels around the epaulets, and there are ribbons hanging underneath, which looks very energetic and capable.

Around his neck was a bolo tie, a priceless black gem, carefully rounded by craftsmen.

It is matched with a big red cloak with a golden dragon embroidered on the back.

Moreover, this dragon is really embroidered with gold, which is extremely three-dimensional, reflecting the superb skills of the craftsmen.

But this cloak is obviously prepared for winter, because it has a pure white fur collar.

"Well, not bad!"

Li Yuechen looked at Li Chongrun in front of him and couldn't help nodding his head in praise, then turned around and asked Lu Yao next to him: "How is it?"

"Yeah, it's so pretty!" Lu Yao, who was originally a uniform control, nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, let's go!" Li Yuechen waved to his nephew.

"Where... is this going?" Li Chongrun asked puzzled.

Li Yuechen picked up the camera: "Go and take pictures! Your photos should be placed in every military camp, so that soldiers all over the country know what the future emperor looks like!"

Hearing her words, Li Chongrun suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "This... let the soldiers all over the country see my appearance, isn't it..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, I'm afraid I can't be the emperor!" Li Yuechen was too lazy to entangle with him, so he pulled him away, and didn't forget to hang the cloak on him.

"Auntie, it's already March, and this fur collar is wearing hot..."

"Take a photo and it's over, bear with it!"

The aunt and nephew walked out while chatting, and then Lu Yao followed, wanting to go together.

It didn't matter, so the group quickly came to the city wall above Danfeng Gate.

Li Yuechen asked him to hold the city wall with one hand and make a good pose: "Okay, that's it, take a few more pictures... Wait, it doesn't feel right, you, come here! Use the horizontal knife!"

The inner guard next to him immediately agreed and handed over his horizontal knife.

Hanging the horizontal knife behind Li Chongrun, Li Yuechen looked through the camera and felt good, so he raised his hand: "Okay, don't move, ready to shoot!"

Listening to the instructions, Li Chongrun quickly put on a pose, controlled his expression, and took a picture of himself.

After all, this is to be sent to various military regions, so the soldiers all over the country cannot see something wrong.

At the same time, I also thought in my heart that after the filming, I had to check it carefully before sending it to various military regions.