The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 843 Want to learn?I teach you
After returning from Shaofu Prison, Yang Tong didn't deal with government affairs, but wandered around the palace city.As far as the eye can see, there are all exquisite palace complexes, with well-arranged artistic ingenuity and no traces of carving, exquisite atmosphere, except for the three main halls, even Ziwei City is not as good.

Naturally, this Daxing Palace was not built by the 'stingy' emperor Yang Jian, but by that prodigal son Li Yuan.

In June of the second year of Kaihuang, Bingshen officially issued an imperial edict to build Daxing City, appointing Zuo Pu She Gao Jiong as the superintendent of the construction of the new capital, Liu Long, the master craftsman, and Yu Wenkai, the son of the prince Zuo Shu, as the deputy superintendent. The pot is the supervisor.By the third month of Kaihuang, the palace had been basically completed.Moved to Xindu in the same month.It only took 10 months from the decision to establish the capital to the relocation of the capital.At that time, except for the Guochengyuan, which had not yet been completed in time, other cities such as Miyagi, Imperial City, palaces, government offices, squares, residences, two cities, temples and Longshou, Qingming, Yong'an and other urban water diversion channels had been completed, and the construction speed was amazing.On the one hand, the planning and construction of the new capital are well-organized; on the other hand, many palaces and government offices in the new capital were relocated from the old city of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty.For example, the Taimiao was built by Fu Jian and moved by Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty.But in any case, such a magnificent masterpiece can be completed in less than a year, which still reflects the genius of the designers and builders.

However, due to the large number of old palaces and mansions used in Daxing Palace, it is far less magnificent than the new Ziwei City in Luoyang and Shenwu Palace in Yecheng, but it also retains its original majesty and majesty.

However, after Li Yuan entered Guanzhong and proclaimed himself emperor, he seemed dissatisfied with the 'old' Daxing Palace. He only considered that the world had not yet been unified, so he stayed there temporarily. The fire burned the palace city where the emperor lived.Li Yuan, who temporarily lived in the Xingqing Palace, went down the donkey and flattened the entire Daxing Palace. He used a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to build this magnificent and extravagant palace complex. Unfortunately, not long after it was completed, the Battle of Guanzhong ended. It broke out, and when Li Yuan left Guanzhong in despair, the new Daxing Palace was also cheaper for Yang Tong.However, with the loss of Xiangyang, Li Yuan's newly built Xiangyang City and Taiji Palace also fell into the hands of the Sui Dynasty, and now he has gone to Chengdu to build a new imperial capital and palace.

Thinking of Li Yuan's outstanding contribution, Yang Tong was a bit reluctant to get rid of this cheap father-in-law.

He even came up with an extremely absurd idea, that is, wait until Chengdu City and Taiji Palace are built, and then send Li Yuan to Nanzhao, where the seasons are like spring, and let him build Kunming City and Taiji Palace there, and then make the vast land sparsely populated. Let him build Jiangyuan... and then let him unify the countries in the Western Regions and build new cities and new palaces.In this way, the reputation of extravagance and extreme desire will definitely fall on Li Yuan's head, and he only needs to sit back and enjoy the success.

"What are you laughing at, Husband?" Just as Yang Tong was laughing silly, Li Xiuning's curious voice came from beside him.

"I thought of something interesting." If it was someone else who asked the question, it would be fine for Yang Tong to say it, but it happened to be Li Xiuning, of course he couldn't say it, so he cleverly changed the subject: "Where is Xiaolu and his son?"

Glancing at her, he found that Li Xiuning was wearing a white male robe today, which added a unique charm to her beautiful face, with a chic and elegant temperament.Although she gave birth to a pair of sons and daughters, she did not discard her martial arts habits, which kept her in a beautiful figure and vigorous vitality, just like the appearance of Zhuojun when they first met.

"Sleep." Speaking of her children, Li Xiuning suddenly sighed, she yearned for a free life, and staying in the palace every day like this made her almost sick.

"You still want to be a general?" Yang Tong understood her sigh.

Like a deflated ball, Li Xiuning shook her head and sighed in frustration: "My daughter is only a little older, and my son is here again. Do you think I can still be a general?"

Yang Tong laughed and said, "We are just the opposite. Actually, I have never liked fighting, and I only like staying at home."

"Are you going to say that others pushed you to this point again?" Li Xiuning gave Yang Tong an angry look.

"Of course not." Yang Tong shook his head and said, "It's because I'm used to seeing too much life and death and experiencing too many battles, so now I enjoy the comfort of being with my family."

"It won't be long before you can't be idle." Li Xiuning said with a smile.

"That's true." Yang Tong didn't deny it either, he had been in a hurry a few days ago, feeling like he had lost his goal.

Li Xiuning bit her lip, but she didn't say what was on her lips after all. She knew that the battle between Sui and Tang could not be avoided, and she also knew that Li and Tang's defeat was an inevitable result.It's just that before the result came out, her heart was always going up and down. As the saying goes, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. She hoped that Yang Tong would finish the war as soon as possible, so that she would not be so up and down all day long.But there are some things that she can't decide. After all, the world still belongs to men, and now, Yang Tong and Li Yuan have no way out. Even if the two reconcile sincerely, their subordinates will not agree, and will push them to bloodshed duel.

In fact, both of them knew this matter well.When Yang Tong saw the cheerful Li Xiuning acting like a girl, he knew that she wanted to bring up the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but she didn't mention it herself, and of course she wouldn't be stupid enough to ask, lest the truth hurt others.Yang Tong doesn't want to talk about this topic, but he knows that it's very simple to attract a woman's attention, that is to confuse with a novelty.

When he said that lard can be used to make soap, candles, and glycerin, and glycerin can make bitter fruit wine delicious, Li Xiuning really became interested and kept asking about the principle of chemical reactions.Especially the pearl soap that Yang Tong said can moisturize the skin, remove freckles and beautify the face, delay aging, and enhance skin luster and elasticity. She is full of expectations and can't wait to use it immediately.

Walking to the Wangyun Pavilion next to the South China Sea, I saw two old plum blossoms in full bloom, one as white as snow and the other as bright red as if two slim girls were competing for beauty in spring.

However, the eyes of the two were attracted by a girl. They saw Yang Xifang standing in front of an easel and drawing meticulously on the red plum tree in the cold of early winter.

"You! I just like to spoil their sisters. When they grow up and get married, I think you, the emperor, will cry." Li Xiuning really couldn't stand Yang Tong's distressed expression.

This guy dotes on these daughters too much, not only her, Wei Fengwu, Changsun Wugou, and Lu Qinghua also feel this way.And ever since he came back from Xihai, his daughter called her father the emperor in her dreams, and her 'strict mother' was about to be abandoned by Yang Lu.

"Daughters are favored." Yang Tong said his mantra, and he himself admitted that he loves his daughters more than his sons, mainly because sons will take on important responsibilities in the future, so they can't be spoiled, and they have to cultivate good habits from an early age. Daughter is different.

"Father, Aunt Li!" Yang Xifang, who was originally quiet, ran over with a brush in her hand after hearing Yang Tong's voice.

"What are you drawing?" Yang Tong smiled and rubbed his daughter's head.

Yang Xifang showed a sweet smile: "Painting red plums."

"It's such a cold day, why don't you draw in the room?" The daughter's little face flushed from the cold hurt the old father Yang Tong, so he quickly opened the cloak and wrapped his daughter in his arms.

"Father, doesn't the sketch pay attention to realism? If it is in the room, how can you draw a real plum blossom?"

"Father, take a look." Yang Tong hugged his daughter and walked slowly towards the easel, and found that the girl had painted a plum blossom, which looked quite similar, not at all like the work of a few-year-old child. But having said that, Yang Guang and Xiao Hou Yimai is indeed talented in art, and couldn't help but praise, "You draw quite well, who taught you how to draw?"

"It's Aunt Xianfei, the thrush she painted, we all thought it was alive." Yang Xifang said.

Li Xiuning testified for Yang Xifang: "The painting of the concubine's sister is indeed the same as life."

Yang Tong naturally knew that Changsun Wugou Danqing's calligraphy was extremely superb, and also knew that she was comparable to female calligraphers such as Wu Cailuan, Hu Huizhai, Zhang Miaojing, Zhu Shuzhen, and Duan Sheng in history, but her sketches had never been seen before. To appreciate her works, by the way, appreciate her parents' masterpieces.

"Father, can you draw a picture of me and Aunt Li?" Yang Xifang blinked her big black eyes and looked at Yang Tong beggingly.

"Okay! You two are in a good position." The sketch was brought to Sui by Yang Tong, how could he not?

"Auntie Li, let's find a good seat." Yang Xifang handed the pencil to Yang Tong, dragged Li Xiuning and ran away.

Pencils were not made by Yang Tong, nor are they the pencils of later generations, but they have their own, because the people of the Central Plains have inherited hard-tipped characters since ancient times.

This is the product of the disadvantages of writing brushes such as slow writing and inconvenient use. As early as the Han Dynasty, bamboo cone pens appeared, which are very similar to the hard pens dipped in ink in the West.

Yang Xifang handed it to Yang Tong, which is a 'lead' pen made of colored ore ground into a round shape, and then sandwiched together with a piece of moso bamboo the size of a little finger. The outside is wrapped with silk thread. Women's thrushes are also mostly pencils of this type. In addition to pencils, "correction fluid" has long been available. Orpiment technology for making correction fluid.

When the 'mother and daughter' took their seats, the pencil in Yang Tong's hand kept shuttling across the white paper, leaving lines of handwriting of appropriate shades, the speed of which was enough to dazzle the eye.

Sketching is the basis of painting in later generations. Anyone who is a beginner in painting will learn sketching first. Yang Tong learned sketching in his previous life just to pick up girls. When he painstakingly drew a 99-page goddess comic strip, he has already exchanged countless BMWs. , became the well-known 312 bus.It's just that the nearly ten thousand pages of comic strips of goddesses have too much shadow, and I haven't drawn people so far. I made an exception today for my precious daughter. Fortunately, I also use sketching techniques in daily life, so the techniques are not unfamiliar, and I have been proficient in martial arts in my life, and my pen control skills and speed are far from Can reach in previous lives.

Half an hour later, a vivid picture scroll appeared on the white paper.

"Without colored pens, this is the only way I can do it." Yang Tong looked at his work and said with regret.

"Let me see." As soon as he said this, the quiet 'mother and daughter' ran over quickly.

When this came close, the 'Mother and Daughter' cried out in surprise

In the picture scroll, a naive and lovely little girl and a chic and elegant heroine are under a plum tree, with the lake as the scenery and the plum blossoms as companions.

Yang Xifang was stunned, who else is the little beauty in the painting?She had never seen herself like this, not even so clearly in the mirror.

This is really me?

And Li Xiuning was also stunned when she saw the sketch image drawn stroke by stroke. She looked at Yang Xifang and then at the portrait, as if it was printed.

At this moment, Yang Xifang also woke up from the shock, looked at Li Xiuning, then at the beauty in the painting, and asked stupidly: "Is the little fairy in this painting really me?"

Yang Tong affirmed: "Isn't Fang'er my little fairy?"

Yang Xifang was so happy that she jumped into her father's arms like a bird, "Father, I like it so much. This is the best and favorite gift I have ever received. Can you give it to me?"

Yang Tong caressed his daughter's ring braid, and said with a smile, "Aren't you going to give it to Auntie?"

Yang Xifang was taken aback.

right!There is also Aunt Li in the painting.

She reluctantly said: "Okay then, Royal Father draw me a picture."

With a 'poof', Li Xiuning smiled, "Silly girl, your father is teasing you, take it."

"Thank you aunt, thank you father, I'll show it to my concubine mother." Yang Xifang was extremely happy, carefully took off the painting, and ran away in a hurry.

Li Xiuning exclaimed: "I used to think that my husband only knew how to draw sketches, and his painting skills were not good. Today, after seeing this painting, I realized that my husband is deeply hidden and proficient in everything."

"Want to learn? I'll teach you."

"Okay."

"I will teach with Wugou at night!"

"..." Li Xiuning's pretty face flushed, but she never refused.

(End of this chapter)