Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 265 The Starry Sky Is Perfect
This sentence left the princess speechless.

She may not understand others, but doesn't she understand her own brother? He is tolerant, but he tolerates people who are not as good as him, and he cannot tolerate people like Xia Lin.

Because his younger brother Erfeng had said in front of him more than once that he had suffered a loss in Luoyang, and this loss was caused by the man in front of him. After that, he was very concerned about this matter, and it even almost became a heart disease at one point.

Er Feng is not only arrogant, he has never had any rivals among the younger generation. Even when facing the previous generation, he dares to mock Guo Da for being unwise and Li Jing for being cowardly. Now that Xia Lin has suddenly appeared, he really has a knot in his heart that is difficult to resolve.

If the Li family had not planned to conquer the world, they might really have become close friends, because they are equally excellent and capable, but the Li family wanted to conquer the world, and a person like this who the Li family could not control could not be kept.

As for why everyone says he can't control himself, if we just say that he is the son-in-law of Prince Teng, it is actually not enough. The main reason is that Li Shimin couldn't subdue him. Erfeng does not have the breadth of mind and bearing of Emperor Hongbao, nor does he have the talent to overwhelm Xia Lin. So how can such a person follow him wholeheartedly?

So when Xia Lin asked this question, the princess was speechless.

"Right, Your Highness." Xia Lin lay down on the grass by the river. "The Li family can't accommodate me unless you live well and become an empress or something."

Hearing this, Princess Pingyang laughed: "Let's not talk about whether I am the empress or not, how can you be sure that I can tolerate you?"

"Why don't you tolerate me? I'm putting this out there. If you become the empress, I'll even be a county magistrate for you. I guarantee it will be better than Fuliang now. Do you believe it?"

The princess was overjoyed. She propped her knees with her arms and rested her chin on her hands. "Why are you still the county magistrate? Don't you want to climb up a level?"

"My ability is limited. County magistrate is my limit. I can't do anything else. I don't have a big picture view."

"I'm just listening to him fart." The princess muttered to herself, but she still smiled and said, "It's a bit hypocritical to be too modest."

"believe or not."

Xia Lin didn't explain and could only laugh it off.

After a long while, Xia Lin crossed her legs and looked at the stars, and suddenly asked, "Your Highness, if you were not the daughter of the Li family, what would you most want to do?"

"Me?" The princess shook her head. "I don't have any idea. Ever since I can remember, I know that I can't escape the name of Li family in my life. I have never thought about what it would be like without this name. What about you? If you are not who you are now, what would you do?"

"Me? I ate slop, picked up scraps, and followed my young master to cheat people. He pretended to be a fortune teller, and I was beside him giving him banners, saying that he was very accurate in predicting things. Or he would write letters for people on the road, and I would be there to attract business for him. That's probably how I lived." Xia Lin was smiling at the moment: "But in the end, I still had some ambition, and I chose this path to prove myself."

"If I were an ordinary family, what do you think would happen?"

"What can I do? I get married at thirteen, and give birth at fifteen. If I can give birth, I'll give birth. If I can't, I'll die. If I'm happy with my marriage, the man will farm and the woman will weave. If I'm not happy with my marriage, I'll be beaten every day. This is what an ordinary woman's life is like. Even if you are extremely smart, you will eventually spend your time worrying about the gossips of the Zhang and Wang families."

"So miserable?"

"This is not tragic, this is the fate of people in this era. You know fate, right? It's a big hand manipulating you, and you have no way to change it. I don't really believe in fate, but sometimes I think about whether I have changed my own destiny. It's really hard to say."

The princess was spinning a fan in her hand and suddenly laughed: "You are suitable for practicing Buddhism."

After she finished speaking, she stood up, walked to the tree, picked up the basket and dragged the dog with her: "Thanks for helping me win the dog today."

"It's a trivial matter, not respectful."

In fact, it doesn't cost much to buy this thing. No matter how good a dog is, it means nothing in front of the princess. The key is that the emotional value of the process is there. The princess is very happy. She has been depressed for so long, and tonight is the happiest night for her.

This is enough.

As for Xia Lin, it didn't matter. He was happy to eat and play with His Highness. After all, this princess was the least pretentious and least clingy princess he had ever met. It was quite possible for them to get along well and be brothers.

So even though Xia Lin used some shady tricks on her, she didn't push her into a desperate situation, and she really admired this brave sister.

As for whether he had any dirty thoughts towards her, he really didn't. It's not like Xia Lin didn't have little sisters or princesses around him, so he didn't want to stab everyone he saw.

The only reason Xia Lin was close to her was that even if she didn't understand what Xia Lin was saying, she would try hard to understand and communicate, which was a typical male thinking pattern. But Xia Lin couldn't understand why she, who was so easy to communicate with, would end up in such a mess with Chai Shao.

But I don't know what exactly happened between them, and it's hard for me to guess. There's no point in listening to one-sided words. Anyway, let it be. There's nothing to say about the past. We still have to look forward.

Xia Lin's mission here has been basically completed. Now he is just waiting to be notified whether he will return or be punished. It is estimated that there is a big uproar in the court now, and the punishment result for Xia Lin should be announced during this period of time.

However, news from Fuliang had already arrived yesterday that the first batch of officially equipped shotguns had begun to enter the workshop. There were only 3,000 of them. Excluding the faulty and defective ones, there were probably about 2,000 that could be officially put into use.

Two thousand is enough. We still have to eat one bite at a time. We are very satisfied with the development to this point. Before the die-casting method is mastered, the yield rate will not be improved much. In addition, there is no way to guarantee the supply of bullets, so the first batch of two thousand guns is already very good.

The second is that the plate armor has been basically completed, and the only thing left is waiting for the war horses to arrive. But judging from the current situation, this may not be completed in a short period of time, because Wang Shichong destroyed a large number of horse farms as soon as he rebelled, and now war horses can only be purchased from the Western Regions at a high price, but there are not so many horses in the Western Regions, and we have to wait for them to breed. I'm afraid this will take at least three years.

But it didn't matter, because although they were heavy armored soldiers, there was no requirement that they must be cavalry. Xia Lin had plenty of ways to solve this problem. With positional warfare, trench warfare and hot weapons, fighting against cavalry was not a very scary thing.

So the third item is the artillery, the light artillery with wheels and the heavy artillery that can only be towed by the baggage train have all been put into production. Although it has not been tested yet, compared with firearms, the difficulty of artillery is actually lower.

However, for now, only solid projectiles can be used as artillery shells. Grapeshot and chain bullets are used to kill enemy manpower, and solid iron lumps are used for sieges.

The overall process uses the technology of the mid-Qing Dynasty, because later on it involves the issue of industrialization, which is really not easy to do, so we can only take it slowly.

The explosive packs combined with such artillery are at least quite advanced at this point, and they are not without the ability to fight against heavy cavalry. The fourth good news is that the keel of the first sailing warship of Jiujiang Shipyard has begun to be erected. This is a new generation of sea vessels that integrates many new technologies. Although it has not escaped the wooden structure, the tung oil soaking process and corrosion resistance process can be said to be very excellent.

The oversized hull plus the height, coupled with the corresponding cannons and shells, this thing is the battleship of this era. It can be said that it has no rivals on the sea. Now the naval ships of the Ministry of Industry are still fighting in rivers and lakes, and naval battles are indeed inferior. This ship is a redesigned ship specially designed for sea combat based on Your Majesty's dragon boat. Not only can it sail long distances, it also has astonishing firepower.

Of course, good news can never come out in fours and fours. The fifth good news is that after three versions of pesticides, the first batch of non-oil-extracted products have now appeared. Although there is no experimental effect yet, I heard that a cabbage thief died in the test field...

It works on humans, so it's certainly effective on insects.

With this information in hand, Xia Lin could actually rest assured. As long as the fields in Fuliang were still being cultivated, he would feel at ease.

But we really have to thank Xu Jingzong. The old guy is very capable. Putting aside his character, judging from his working style, it is not unfair for this guy to become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

While Xia Lin was still lying by the river looking at the stars, Her Royal Highness the Princess had returned to her resting place, bringing with her a bunch of howling puppies. This was really too eye-catching, but she was happy. No day in these days had been happier than today. Looking at those puppies, she seemed to have returned to her childhood.

But the thought of Xia Lin's question instantly brought her back to reality, and her expression became gloomy again.

Xia Lin was very capable. In just a few words he had revealed the biggest potential problem of the Li family now, which was the discord between the brothers. Erfeng would not listen to anyone else's orders except his own. He was indeed the crown prince in Chang'an now, but the princess believed that as long as her father dared to give his Black Armor Army to others, Erfeng would definitely take action.

Once Er Feng made a move, it would be impossible for the eldest brother Li Jiancheng not to rush to help, and Li Yuanji, who was far away in Yangguan, would inevitably be mobilized synchronously with Li Jiancheng.

If that really happens, one of Erfeng and Li Jiancheng will die.

It is easier to deal with Li Yuanji, after all, they are not born of the same mother, but the eldest brother and Erfeng are brothers from the same mother. For the princess, an older brother and a younger brother are like flesh and blood to each other.

So when she thought of this problem, Sanniang's expression became serious. After she carefully chewed and savored Xia Lin's words, an idea really came to her mind. It was not to become an empress, but to take Erfeng to another place, and her eldest brother would still be his prince and finally inherit the throne.

As for whether he could become emperor in the end, it was Li Jiancheng's fate.

But if you think about it carefully, this idea might be difficult. Now that the eldest brother has temporarily lost power, even if he has nothing to say, his staff and even younger brothers like Li Yuanji will definitely have something to say.

Deposing the eldest son and enthroning the youngest son is extremely unfeasible. With so many brothers in the Li family, who would want to be drawn into the vortex of power struggle because of this?

Li Jiancheng is strong enough as a big brother, but now he has to participate in the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. So which team should he be on?

If you stand with Li Shimin, they will attack Li Jiancheng. If you stand with Li Jiancheng...

Oh, this difficulty is basically equivalent to asking Benboerba to kill Tang Seng and his disciples. The intensity is the same no matter who they face.

So perhaps except Li Shimin, no one else supported deposing the eldest son and enthroning the youngest son.

And if Li Jiancheng really followed his father to obtain the foundation and succeeded to the throne, could he keep Li Shimin?

Maybe it would work, and it wouldn't kill him, but his life would never be easy. He would either guard the graves of his ancestors, or be locked up in a courtyard and die alone.

After much thought, Princess Pingyang was in a dilemma. She finally narrowed down one possibility in her mind - stop making trouble, the throne will be mine.

Only in this way can the Li family survive, and she has a hundred ways to achieve a smooth landing. Even if she also deposed the eldest son and enthroned the youngest son, she has the highest reputation, the best reputation, the most prestige in Pingyang, and the most stable connections in the army.

And if it was her... Erfeng would definitely not go wrong, and if Erfeng didn't go wrong, all the rest of the people would be in her pocket.

In just a moment of trance, the seeds that Xia Lin planted in her heart had already sprouted.

It’s a pity that this seed cannot germinate and produce children.

The next morning, Xia Lin received another letter from Fuliang. This time it was a comprehensive report from Xu Jingzong, which included the products of the three industries of agriculture, fishery and forestry, the exploration of various minerals, the progress of the education sector, the overall situation of various workshops and the progress of the R&D projects when Xia Lin left.

Lao Xu is a very meticulous person. He makes every breakdown in an outrageous way. He even has a booklet for reporting on others, in which he can find out exactly how many kilograms of raw materials a worker at a certain level in a certain workshop has embezzled.

"This is so intimidating..."

Xia Lin laughed out loud when he saw his little report, and at that moment, shouts were heard outside where he lived.

He looked up and said to Narcissus, "Go and see what's going on outside."

Narcissus walked out quickly, took a look, and then her face changed. Then she returned to Xia Lin and said, "Master, there are more than a dozen scholars outside scolding you."

"Scold me? Why?"

"Some say..." Narcissus didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "They say you are a dog official who extorts money from the people."

Xia Lin bared his teeth: "Oh, why are these people so annoying?"

He came outside surrounded by guards and saw at a glance that these people were holding copies of the publication "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" in their hands.

After seeing this, he slapped his forehead and finally understood what a double-edged sword was...
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That’s all. Today I went to see my kids and they had a fight, and my blood pressure spiked.

(End of this chapter)