Great Tang princess

Chapter 181 War Report
"Grandpa, don't get excited!" Li Yuechen walked over and smiled, "The dragon's body is important!"

Li Zhi nodded: "Well, not excited!" Then he took a deep breath.

Li Xian and Li Lun didn't think too much about it, they just thought that Li Yuechen was very powerful, and wanted to play with her bow with excitement on their faces.

"Forget about the two elder brothers, they will definitely not be able to pull apart!" Li Yuechen smiled and shook his head.

The bow weighed nearly two hundred catties, let alone one person, even if the two of them worked together, they probably wouldn't be able to pull it apart.

Then Li Yuechen shot a few more arrows, and each time he was able to pass through the target without any pressure, which proved that the first time was not a fluke.

Li Yuechen himself has a certain amount of experience, coupled with the current tyrannical physical strength, it can be said that he can almost hit a hundred shots.

After shooting through five targets, Li Zhi didn't let her continue the test shooting, but returned to the palace with her family.

After returning to the palace, Li Zhi sat down and drank two sips of tea before his flushed face gradually subsided.

There was no other reason, it was just because the surprise this daughter brought him was too great!Although it has been expected for a long time, it is not as powerful as seeing it with your own eyes.

"Don't leave, we will have dinner here tonight." Li Zhi waved his hands and gave the order.

"Yes!"

The children also agreed, and the family had dinner together in Renshou Hall.

Perhaps because he was in a good mood, Li Zhi drank a few more glasses today, which provoked Wu Zetian to teach him a lesson.

……

Two days later, Li Yuechen rode to Mount Mang to check the results of the concrete experiment.

Craftsmen made endless concrete bricks in various proportions, and it is estimated that there are at least a hundred pieces.

The experiment process was also very simple, that is, Li Yuechen took a hammer and smashed them piece by piece with reasonable strength.

Her physical strength is much stronger than these craftsmen, and she can maintain her strength at a similar level for a long time.

"bang bang bang..."

The sound of hammers smashing concrete bricks could be heard continuously on Mangshan Mountain, and a large amount of debris kept flying around.

After about half an hour, Li Yuechen chose a relatively similar piece and asked them to make it according to this ratio.

The next day, the five hundred captives were escorted out of the city, guarded by heavily armed soldiers, and craftsmen beside them taught them how to prepare concrete according to the proportion.

Li Yuechen also told them the general operation method and process...

In this way, the construction of the first expressway in the Tang Empire officially started.

……

At the beginning of August, news came from the front that Tubo had recently been engaged in a small-scale frictional war with the Tang army on the border.

But now there are still other spare powers to attack Diezhou, and the two counties of Migong and Danling have been broken.

In the court hall, Li Yuechen frowned when he heard the news, this Tubo really became more and more rampant.

Wu Zetian behind the bead curtain was also very angry when he heard the news, and ordered a counterattack.

Li Yuechen sighed, it's a pity that her armor hasn't been finished yet, it's impossible for her parents to allow her to go to the battlefield without armor.

Not to mention the armor, even the weapon has just taken shape, except for a bow, there is nothing.

The Fang Tian painting halberd that Li Yuechen wanted had weight requirements, it could not be made of wooden poles, it had to be made of pure metal.

Such a weapon is very difficult to build, and it is impossible to make it into an assembled type. In order to ensure the strength, it must be formed in one piece.

And although Li Yuechen has gloves, the craftsmen also have to consider the anti-slip performance.

During this period of time, I was discussing with Li Yuechen every day what method to use to improve the slip resistance.

Li Yuechen's original plan was to make the shaft into an uneven and undulating pattern, but the craftsmen said that it was too time-consuming and troublesome in terms of working hours.

After a full week of discussion, the craftsmen came up with a good solution.

That is to burn a few relatively small sticks to a soft state that is about to melt, and then twist them together like a twist to make a shaft.

In this way, there will be spiral undulations on the pole, which can prevent slipping to the greatest extent.

And this method can also improve the toughness of the halberd shaft, so it is not easy to bend.

Li Yuechen told them to watch it, as long as they can make it as soon as possible while ensuring the quality.

Then I went to the other side to check what happened to my hammer and knife.

These two things are relatively easy to build, but because of the use of manganese steel, which has high hardness, it is a bit more labor-intensive to build than ordinary weapons.

The twenty-jin hammer was almost as big as Shangguan Wan'er's head.

Such a heavy hammer naturally cannot use a hammer handle that is too thin.

The craftsmen carefully observed the size of Li Yuechen's palm, and made the handle of the hammer into a thick top and a thin bottom like a baseball bat.

The place where it connects with the hammer is almost the same thickness, and then gradually becomes thinner, and at the same time, sticks with thicker and thicker steel bars are pulled out from the four sides, and connected with the front of the handle.

In this way, the handle of the hammer looks like a hollow structure, and it can also ensure that Li Yuechen will not break when swinging the hammer.

Fulai next to him listened to the craftsmen's explanation, and couldn't help curling his lips.

Swinging this kind of hammer on one's body will result in a lifelong disability and being unable to take care of one's own life is considered a fate!Most people must be finished directly, without any hope of survival.

Li Yuechen nodded. In fact, she could handle a hammer of one hundred catties, but it was completely unnecessary.

On the battlefield, you can't just focus on strength, endurance is often more important.

In this day and age, there is no way to accurately measure your own body data, but according to Li Yuechen's own estimation, when he becomes an adult, he will be lower than the American team.

Perhaps it has reached the limit of human beings, but it is still within the scope of human beings in essence, and has not reached the level of "inhuman".

But even so, in this era, it should be able to be said to be number one in the world.

Li Yuechen couldn't help but sighed. Originally, he was thinking about whether his father could give him the nickname "Yuanba" when he became an adult, but it seemed that he had no chance...

Thinking of this, he shook his head with a slightly regretful expression.

……

After the construction of the road started, the captives were very well-behaved. Under the threat of the continuous sitting system, everyone was supervising each other, and there was no such thing as escape or riot.

In addition, Li Yuechen asked them to eat better, and they saw some minced meat in the rice every two days.

Although it’s just minced meat, in Tubo, you can’t eat it a few times a year.

This kind of treatment made these prisoners feel that although working every day is very tiring, such a day seems to be quite good.

However, after only half a month of repairing this road, Li Yuechen encountered something that she couldn't understand.

This afternoon, Princess Yiyang and Shangguan Wan'er didn't have to go to work, and they played chess in the hall.

Princess Xuancheng, Pei Qingwan and Li Yuechen were fighting the landlord next to them. There was a pile of copper coins on the table, and Princess Xuancheng had the most in front of her.

Fulai walked into the hall and signaled with his eyes that Li Yuechen had something to say.

Li Yuechen raised his chin indifferently: "Say it directly."

"Returning to Your Highness, outside the Eastern Capital, many people have come over and said they want to help build the road..." Fulai replied.

"Huh?" Li Yuechen put down the cards in his hand, and raised his head in disbelief: "What are they going to do? There is no wages for road construction!"

Fu Lai nodded: "The servants also said it, but these people said that they saw the road construction and the food is good, and the farming is not busy recently, so..."

Hearing what he said, Li Yuechen understood that although the grain output has increased, for ordinary people, it is still impossible to see meat a few times a year.

The captives who were in charge of building the road could see some meat every two days, which was enough to make these people envious.

But this is also something that can’t be helped. Road construction is heavy physical work. If you want them to work healthy, it is impossible not to eat meat.

Li Yuechen lowered his head and thought for a while: "In this way, the people who are willing to work, let them do some light work, and the standard of food is the same as that of those prisoners. Also, don't restrain them, let them go whenever they want!"

"Here!" Fulai agreed, and turned around to handle it.

That's fine. In this way, it should be able to guarantee about one and a half miles of repairs every day. If calculated in this way, the expressway from Dongdu to Chang'an will be completed in about a year.

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen looked in a good mood and couldn't help grinning.

The dimple at the corner of his mouth flickered slightly, and he threw out a few cards: "Three belts and one pair!"

……

Two days later, Li Yuechen had dinner at noon and went to pay his parents a daily visit.

After the greeting, Li Zhi suddenly asked: "Chen'er, I want to choose the south, what do you think?"

"Very good!" Li Yuechen nodded and replied, "In the future, the main food production will still be placed in the south. As a result, the economic center of gravity will move southwards. Why don't you take this opportunity to develop Lingnan and other places..."

Hearing his daughter's answer, Li Zhi nodded: "It's a good idea, but Lingnan is far away after all, besides..."

"Grandpa, don't worry, you can take your time and develop south bit by bit." Li Yuechen laughed.

In this era, let alone Lingnan, many places in Hubei have not been fully developed, let alone places further south.

Li Yuechen didn't intend to do it overnight, anyway, he took his time, and the development of the country cannot be improved in a day or two.

Hearing his daughter's enlightenment, Li Zhi nodded with a smile: "Yeah, this matter can't be rushed..."

Let's talk, but you can see that there is a little regret in his expression.

Li Yuechen can probably understand, after all, he has been thinking about surpassing the late emperor all his life, and perhaps in some things, he is always honoring because of his instinctive eagerness for success.

But he is definitely not a fool. After reconciling, he can only sigh helplessly, which can be regarded as an acknowledgment of his unwillingness.

Li Yuechen, who was a little padded jacket, immediately poured him tea, massaged his head while comforting him, told him something else, and diverted his attention.

……

On August [-]th, the news of the Mid-Autumn Festival said that the imperial court planned to choose the south, which caused a wave of disturbance among some people.

As in previous years, as long as it is a sacrificial festival, it is always an indispensable tradition to invite officials to drink, drink and play disco.

In the early stage of the banquet, Li Yuechen was quite willing to watch it. After all, the dancers of the Jiaofang Division were all beautiful, and they danced very well. It felt like watching a live broadcast in the future.

But at the back, when a group of old men started to jump up, the feeling changed completely.

It's fine if you really want to dance well, but unfortunately, this kind of rough dance doesn't match Li Yuechen's aesthetics.

Especially the emperor himself, perhaps because he is good at music, so the rhythm is very accurate, and the card is good, but when it comes to the movements... it is really hard to describe.

Li Yuechen was also thinking, should he find a chance to teach his father how to dance the photosensitive wave?
But think about it or forget it, this kind of dance, a woman's dance and a man's dance are two completely different things.

Therefore, it is not without reason that emperors have loved to watch beautiful women dance since ancient times.

……

The next day, after Li Yuechen had lunch, Fulai came in with a porcelain bottle in his arms.

"Your Highness, this is a gift from the sage, where should I put it?" Fulai asked.

Li Yuechen took a closer look, and found that the bottle looked somewhat Indian-style, especially the lid on the top, which looked like a stack of relics.

At a glance, it more or less looks like Tathagata's hairstyle.

The body of the bottle is white, but there is a sky blue pattern on the upper half, which looks like...

Li Yuechen was taken aback for a moment, what the fuck, this can't be the predecessor of blue and white porcelain, right?

But she wasn't sure, it was different from the pictures of blue and white porcelain that she had seen online.

For the blue and white porcelain on the Internet, the sky blue pattern should be all over the entire body of the bottle, not just the upper part.

Most importantly, she vaguely remembered that blue and white porcelain was reflective, as if it had been coated with a layer of transparent paint.

But the bottle in front of me is matte white and does not reflect light. Maybe it is because it has been made for a certain period of time, and it is even a little gray.

But speaking of this... Li Yuechen suddenly thought of something, maybe he can consider trying it when he has a chance in the future.

……

In September, the weather has gradually turned cold, and Li Yuechen's clothes have become thicker.

In order to prevent the captives who built the road from freezing to death, thick linen clothes were also distributed to them. At the same time, the tea leaves that had failed in previous experiments were distributed so that they could drink hot in cold weather.

Although the taste is not very good, at least it can warm the body, right?
The battle situation on the front line is a bit anxious, and Tubo doesn't seem to plan to develop into a large-scale war, and it has always been mainly harassment.

And Datang also knew that he could not go to the plateau, so he focused on defense and did not pursue. The two sides seemed to be in a protracted battle.

Now the weather is about to turn cold, and the form of both sides is not very good.

After all, Datang is still on his own territory. Although he doesn't want to fight in winter, at least he has confidence in his heart.

But Tubo is different. If you can't grab anything, I'm afraid many people will die in winter.

At this time, some ministers in the court said that they should reward Tubo with some supplies for a temporary truce. Anyway, Datang's grain production is quite high now.

Li Yuechen, who was behind the screen, almost came out and punched him when he heard this, now he can't even talk about whether the people in his mother's own territory can eat enough.

It's good for you, I gave it this year, and I will ask for it in the future, will you give it?

So you can't get used to it, some things really have to be persisted to the end.

Fortunately, Tianhou also understood this truth and did not agree.

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