Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

"At the beginning, you were not familiar with the academy, so I had to give you some pointers to urge you on. But now you are basically familiar with the academy. The rest of your training will ultimately depend on you."

"If I were to stay here the whole time, I might even delay your practice, so you just need to practice diligently and let the others check the results."

"Your Majesty, that makes sense!" Xi Junmai scratched his head, "But I still don't quite understand how to make my own arrangements. How should I make my own arrangements?"

"Oh, don't you know? There are 36 people in the academy now. As the academy develops in the future, there will be more and more people."

"I can't teach them all personally. The best way is to select representatives from among them and then have them teach them."

Li Kuan said slowly, "Why do you think I let you live in the Li Mansion?"

"Oh, I understand," Xi Junmai thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me this opportunity."

Li Qiu sighed and finally managed to get away with the matter.

After all, the college has established a complete operating mechanism. As long as nothing serious happens, there will be no problem if he is not present.

I was going to watch this assessment, but I asked Xi Junmai and others to organize it on their own, which was also a chance for him to exercise, so Li Kuan nodded slightly:
"Well, go ahead. You have to understand that there are not many opportunities to exercise yourself."

"Yes, Your Majesty, but there is one thing I don't understand," Xi Junmai turned around and looked at the surrounding environment.

"Your Majesty, why do you insist on sitting here in silence for two days? Is it possible that in this environment, you can better comprehend some military tactics or strategies?"

"Well," Li Kuan felt a little embarrassed for a moment. Helplessly, he could only cough lightly and pretend to be calm and said:

"I can't tell you explicitly yet, but when you march and fight on your own and accumulate some experience, you will naturally understand the deep meaning of it."

"I see. It seems I still have a lot to learn. I'll take my leave then."

Xi Junmai slowly retreated, and Li Kuan quickly stood up and stretched his muscles, which were numb from sitting for so long.

He was thinking about how to make ends meet in the past two days when a clear and familiar laugh came from outside the door.

It turned out to be Xiao Yuanyuan!

With Xiao Yuanyuan around, these two days for Li Kuan would definitely not be so difficult.

He was about to be happy, but the next second he frowned and waved his hand:
"Why are you here if there's nothing wrong? I'm doing something important right now, and I don't allow anyone to disturb me."

Anyway, during the two days of staying in the dilapidated temple, as long as you don't leave the temple, the effect will be almost the same whether no one disturbs you or not.

But the environment here is much worse than that of Li Mansion. Apart from anything else, the mosquitoes that become extremely arrogant at night are enough to give people a headache.

Li Kuan is not like Xiao Yuanyuan, whose fair and rosy skin is covered with lumps from being bitten.

"Humph," Xiao Yuanyuan pursed her lips, looking very unhappy, "You stinky brother-in-law, you lied to me again, believe it or not, I will ignore you from now on!"

"My dear sister Yuan, how could I lie to you?" Li Kuan picked up Yuan Yuan helplessly.

"What Sister Yuan said to me is more useful than my imperial decree. How could I dare to lie to our Sister Yuan?"

"During that ceremony, you told me, brother-in-law, that as long as you were done with your work, you would stay with me and make delicious food for me,"

"But before long, you were still going out early every day, and you could only play with Yuanyuan for a while at noon and in the evening. It was so hard for you, my brother-in-law, to be at home all day."

Xiao Yuanyuan snorted coldly.
"And then you suddenly moved here again, saying you would stay for two days before going back. Didn't my brother-in-law say I was very capable yesterday? Why is it that now that my brother-in-law wants to do something big, he won't allow Yuanyuan to help, and you think I'm here to cause trouble?"

"Ah, this..." Li Kuan was speechless for a moment.

"Brother-in-law, just trust Yuanyuan. I have brought you a surprise this time."

Yuanyuan ran to the door and shouted outside. Suddenly, Qiaoer and her friends came in carrying something. Li Kuan looked up and was immediately surprised.

Isn’t this the rocking chair that I also put in the yard?
Xiao Yuanyuan smiled and said, "I knew you missed this thing, brother-in-law, but I am too weak to do it alone, so I asked them to help."

"And I also told my sister about my coming out. Not only did my sister agree to let me come out to accompany you, but she also said that if you send me back, she would personally deal with you when you return home."

It seemed that there was no way to get Sister Yuan out now, so Li Kuan could only pinch her little face:
"Okay, but you have to promise me that you will go back after dark. Otherwise, you will catch a cold in this shabby temple."

"Okay, brother-in-law." Sister Yuan suddenly smiled and then stuck out her tongue mischievously.

Li Kuan looked at the children who had brought rocking chairs for him:

"Thank you for your help, but you have to go home early."

"Your Majesty is a great hero of our Great Yan. It is our duty to help a great hero," Qiao'er hesitated for a while, but finally said hesitantly,

"By the way, Your Majesty, you said that there is a way to keep us from freezing in winter. Is that true?"

"How could His Majesty lie to you?" a boy jumped out and said, "His Majesty is my hero. He will definitely do what he promised. How could he lie to you?"

"Yes, my brother-in-law never lies," Xiao Yuanyuan, who had just been cursing her brother-in-law and calling Li Kuan a bad guy, suddenly stood up to defend him.

"Brother-in-law told me that the reason he stayed here was so that you could wear warm clothes in winter. Brother-in-law, they don't believe you, you should show them quickly."

Looking at the children's expectant eyes, Li Kuan felt helpless.

After all, cotton seeds and cotton spinning machines would only appear after completing the task, and he couldn't make them appear for a while. It might be easy to fool other people, but this Sister Yuan...
Li Kuan suddenly had an idea, so he pretended to be mysterious and went to a corner of a dilapidated temple. He then used a small wooden stick to push away the weeds on the surface, dug out a small earth pit, and said mysteriously.
"In fact, the secret to keeping you warm in the winter is buried right here!"

"Really?" After hearing what Li Kuan said, the group of children all ran over and stared at the small earth pit curiously. However, no matter from which angle or how long they looked at it, this small earth pit was very ordinary and there was nothing magical about it at all.

Li Kuan continued to make up a story: "Actually, underneath here, I planted a seed that I had worked so hard to get."

"It's just that it takes two days for the seed to grow. After it grows, I will put it in other places and it can be made into a magical textile material. You can use this material to make warm clothes."

"Well, this pit is so big!" Qiao'er quickly squatted down and protected the small pit with her hands: "I want to help too!"

"And me!" When encountering such things, Xiao Yuanyuan is also very positive.

"And us!" The rest of the kids also ran out, filling up the entire small corner.

It was rare to see Sister Yuan so focused, and Li Kuan didn’t have the heart to disturb them.

Besides, the lies have already been brought out. If Li Kuan were to expose his own lies, then he would have no peace for the next two days.

So he had to say that the magical seed was rather fragile and it would be easily damaged if everyone gathered together. Xiao Yuanyuan and the others only needed to take turns on duty, with each one guarding it for a short while.

At the beginning, Sister Yuan and the others were very active, but children's nature is to love playing.

Especially for a girl like Xiao Yuanyuan, if you let them stay in a place like this all the time and basically do nothing, it would be as uncomfortable as asking her to copy 300 texts.

Soon, although they wanted to persevere, they couldn't help but think of the little complaints and sighs of boredom.

"Your Majesty," one of the boys asked with all his courage.

"Can you tell us the story of how you fought in the battlefield and drove away those bad guys? My father and my grandfather admire you very much and say you are a great hero."

"Yes, brother-in-law," Xiao Yuanyuan also encouraged.

"I told them about your heroic deeds, but many of them didn't believe me and said I was bragging. Just tell us about it. You've never told me about your deeds on the battlefield."

Faced with their expectant eyes, Xiao Yuanyuan also really wanted to listen this time.

So Li Kuan thought it was okay to think about it.

So he said with a smile:

"Okay. But which part do you want to hear?"

"I want to listen to the part where my brother-in-law fights the Turks," Xiao Yuanyuan immediately raised her hand!

"That group of bad guys was particularly excessive and bullied many innocent people. In the end, it was my brother-in-law who personally beat them away, and we were all safe."

"Yes, yes, yes. I want to hear it too. Your Majesty, can you tell us?"

Since everyone agreed, Li Kuan quickly agreed.
So he slowly lay down in the rocking chair and began to recount the war.

After all, he was telling a story to Xiao Yuanyuan and the others, so there was no need to be too detailed and serious. In addition, Li Kuan had almost forgotten many of the situations, so there were many exaggerations in the process of telling the story.

But the children not only did not mind, but listened attentively. When the lecture came to the exciting part, they could not help but clap their hands.

Although the weather is getting colder now, it still gives people a cool and comfortable feeling overall. Although the dilapidated temple is remote, it is also very quiet. Xiao Yuanyuan and the others are listening attentively, and the rocking chairs are rocking slowly.

Li Kuan suddenly felt that this kind of life was exactly what he wanted.

Lying on the rocking chair, telling stories to Yuanyuan and the others like an old man, this is much more comfortable than fighting on the battlefield!

During this period, Du Ruyan came personally to deliver a lunch box again. Looking at Li Kuan, who was so leisurely, and Xiao Yuanyuan, who was so comfortable, she couldn't help but smile for a moment. After putting down the lunch box, she turned around and left.

Although Du Ruyan didn't say a word during the whole process, Li Kuan still felt a warm feeling rising in his heart.

Halfway through the story, it was dark without us noticing.

Although he was somewhat reluctant to leave, Xiao Yuanyuan still returned to Li's house as agreed, and his friends also dispersed one by one.

Li Kuan stood up and stretched, then continued to lie on the rocking chair. Although there were still mosquitoes today, it was much better to lie on the rocking chair and be bitten by mosquitoes than to lie on the thatch and be bitten by mosquitoes.

Perhaps they were attracted by yesterday's incident, so one day, as soon as Li Kuan put down the bowl, Xiao Yuanyuan and Qiao'er's friends came over together.

Li Kuan estimated the time and thought that the system would be able to complete the task in two hours. However, it would not be easy to fool Xiao Yuanyuan perfectly by conjuring cotton seeds and cotton spinning machines out of thin air.

So today, when telling them stories in the rocking chair, Li Kuan deliberately dragged out his voice, and his tone was very hypnotic.

Although Xiao Yuanyuan and the others were very focused, they couldn't hold on and fell asleep one by one when the story was almost over.

Li Kuan's eyelids could no longer hold out. After all, the hypnotic tone was really uncomfortable, and the rocking chair could make people relax and get some sleep.

Li Kuan was just taking a break when a sudden voice woke him up instantly:
"Ding Yiyi, time is up. Congratulations on completing the task quickly and receiving the following rewards!"

"One cotton seed can produce a large amount of cotton if it is carefully cultivated."

"The second cotton spinning machine is ingeniously designed and can produce a large amount of cotton cloth in a short time."

"Special reward: culture solution that can promote the rapid growth of cotton seeds!"

Looking at the cotton seeds that suddenly appeared in his hand and the cotton spinning machine beside him, Li Kuan was extremely happy for a moment, feeling that he had really wasted time in the dilapidated temple over the past two days.

First of all, compared with a series of luxury goods such as silk and satin, cotton is cheap and easy to promote, and compared with the linen commonly used by ordinary people today, its quality is a level higher.

As long as cotton branches and leaves can be promoted on a large scale, it will not only improve the lives of the people in Dayan, but also improve their quality of life to a certain extent.

Moreover, once it develops into an industry, it can not only increase fiscal revenue, but also export a large amount of goods. However, Li Kuan still needs to spend time to study this cotton spinning machine.

"Brother-in-law, you haven't finished your story yet. I want to continue listening," Xiao Yuanyuan woke up and rubbed her eyes with her hands. Suddenly, she was startled and pointed at the cotton spinning machine and said loudly,

(End of this chapter)