Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 403

"Keng!"

A crisp lighter sound sounded in Li You's room, followed by the amazed expressions of Quan Zhixi, Xiao Yan, and Yueying, Li You lit the kerosene lamp in front of him with the kerosene lighter in his hand.

Kerosene lamps burn a little slower than candles, and kerosene lamps have glass shades, which can effectively protect the light source both indoors and outdoors.

Around the 70s and [-]s, most rural households used kerosene lamps for lighting.For the simplest kerosene, use a used ink bottle or medicine bottle, first punch a round hole in the cover, then insert a wick mold made of toothpaste or tin sheet into the round hole, use cotton or cloth as a wick, Fill the bottle with kerosene and light it with a match for lighting.

The kerosene lamp can also be adjusted in brightness by twisting the wick. Before we had access to electricity, kerosene lamps were commonly used in rural areas. During the planned economy period, kerosene had to be purchased at the supply and marketing agency according to the ticket, so the careful hostess would adjust it in due course. The brightness of the lamp.Turn on the lights only when the kids are doing their homework.

Even so, the lights that flickered up and down in the breeze still couldn't shine very far, and the children could only sit around the lights.Over time, the eyes will become dark.The thrifty hostess will not let the lights go to waste, and promptly set up splints to store shoe soles or mend clothes.

At that time, the common people were very poor.In order to save money, only one kerosene lamp is often lit in several rooms. When cooking, the lamp is in the main room, and the whole family gathers in the main room.After the meal is ready, bring the meal to the back room and the lamp will follow it to the table.

"Wow!" All three girls showed amazed expressions.

For the kerosene lamp and lighter in Li You's hand, he really admired it very much.

"Li Lang. These things were all sent by your mysterious Hu merchant. How could he have such good things?" Xiao Yan snatched the lighter from Li You's hand, and took it in her hand. Playing carefully in his hands.

"With this lighter, my mother doesn't need to bother to make a fire when cooking in the future. It is so convenient to have it!"

After Xiao Yan finished talking, Quan Zhixi walked to the other side of the table and looked at the Big Ben brought back by Li You and said, "Li Lang, can you tell me why there are birds coming out of it? "

"Li Lang, I also want to know, sister Zhixi and I were almost scared to death just now, a bird suddenly ran out of Big Ben and kept coming out, but after a while, it didn't come out anymore? "Moon Shadow tilted her head.

"Really, why didn't I see it?" Xiao Yan hurried over.

"Hehe!" Li You said with a smile: "This is a device for telling the time, as long as the hour is on, the bird will come out by itself, very interesting.!"

"The whole point. What is the whole point?" Yueying asked with her head tilted.

"Oh, the whole point means that the whole point is when the hour hand on the clock stops on an integer from 1-12, and the minute hand and the second hand stop at 12 o'clock at the same time, which means the "hourly" time."

"Oh!" Li You's explanation made the three little girls nod their heads hastily.

"Li Lang, the hour hand is on the nine, and the minute hand will be twelve in three minutes. Is the bird coming out?" Xiao Yan was pleasantly surprised.

"Ah, that's true!" Li You nodded with a smile, "Wait a little longer, the little bird is about to come out."

Just like that, the three little girls stared at the Big Ben without blinking their eyes. Sure enough, as Li You said, when the second hand reached the number twelve again, the door on the Big Ben was opened, and a small The bird popped out.

The three girls yelled strangely, their cute looks really made Li You laugh out loud, such a life is really beyond what a husband can ask for.

But what is different from the harmony in Chang'an at this time is that in Hong County, Jinzhou, hundreds of miles away, Quan Wanji is leading all the men over 16 years old in the county to climb the city wall.

Quan Wanji told the people in the county that Guo Xinke is going to rebel, and after the rebellion, Guo Xinke will attack Hong County first. If you don't want your wife, daughter, and family members to become the souls of those rebels, Then please go to the county wall.

More importantly, he, the official minister of the Tang Dynasty, will live and die with Hong County.

A very contagious speech, plus his own stay, successfully aroused the blood types of the people in Hong County, and the defense of the city began.

However, fortunately, Guo Xinke, who was about fifty miles ahead at this time, was not so determined about whether to fight Hong County, or whether to fight against it.

Although Guo Xinke has 17 soldiers in his hands, you must know that it has been the 17th year of Zhenguan, and the Tang Dynasty in the [-]th year of Zhenguan has been very stable in terms of military affairs and people's livelihood.

If you rebelled in the early days of Zhenguan, there might still be people who agree, but if you rebel in the 17th year of Zhenguan now, there will be very few people who agree with you.

Why at the end of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how the Ming Dynasty suppressed the bandits, people like Li Zicheng couldn’t be suppressed. The Ming Dynasty had no famous generals, of course not. The army also dares to fight.

Li Zicheng was ambushed by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting in Tongguan Nanyuan, and was completely defeated. Almost all his troops were wiped out. He took only 18 remnants including Liu Zongmin, and hid in Shangluo Mountain in southeast Shaanxi, not daring to come out.

The main reason is that the Ming Dynasty was already suffering from internal and external troubles at this time. There were hungry people outside and seeds of rebellion everywhere. As long as Li Zicheng made his name known, a group of people would follow suit.

This is because the Ming Dynasty could not do it, but looking back at the current Tang Dynasty, I dare not say that everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, but it is much better than the previous Sui Dynasty. The common people have a characteristic, they like comfort, as long as they can Comfortable, the common people are willing to be enslaved.

"Let's talk about it, or not?"

In a side room, Guo Xinke gathered all his confidantes together, and then directly threw out the matters to be discussed today.

After everyone listened to Guo Xinke's words, everyone looked at me and I looked at you.

Then Guo Xinke's nephew shouted passionately: "Of course we have to rebel. We have already been exposed. If we don't rebel, then we will have no way to survive. Do we all want to be beheaded by the court?"

This is also true, Quan Wanji is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Tang Dynasty, he will definitely report the Turkic people on his side when he sees them, and when the imperial court knows that they will definitely send troops to exterminate them, at that time everyone will basically die.

"But...!" The middle-aged man dressed as a scribe on the other side stroked his beard and said, "We only have 3 soldiers, and among the [-] soldiers, there are not many elite soldiers.

In the land of Jinzhou, we may be able to occupy one or two counties, but what should we do after that.

If the imperial court sends troops over, we still have no chance of winning! "

"Mr. Wang, thanks to you being a military adviser, why do we guard the county seat? You must know that we are only less than three hundred miles away from Chang'an. We first captured Hong County, which is closest to us, and then left our foundation in Hong County, and then directly Enter Chang'an and directly capture Li Shimin alive!"

Guo Xinke's nephew thought quite well, but Guo Xinke on the side shook his head and said, "We don't have such strength!"

I still know myself best, Guo Xinke's nephew thinks the same as Quan Wanji, that's because Quan Wanji thinks about the worst, while Guo Xinke thinks about the best.

Two people, one is too pessimistic and the other is too optimistic.

It's just that Guo Xinke knows the shortcomings of his army. It's more or less whimsical to want to invade Chang'an with 3 people and capture Li Shimin alive, but Guo Xinke also knows that his nephew is right. If the Turks are discovered, then there is only rebellion.

If you don't rebel, once the Tang army comes, your side will be very dangerous.

Seeing Guo Xinke's helpless look, Mr. Wang still said slightly: "Guo Shuai. Actually, there is still one road left.!"

"Say...!" Guo Xinke quickly looked at Mr. Wang who was on the side.

"surrender.."

After Mr. Wang finished speaking, everyone frowned slightly. Guo Xinke's nephew said speechlessly: "Mr. Wang, we are already people who have surrendered once. Datang is not a fool. He will accept people who surrendered twice."

"Hehe!" Mr. Wang ignored Guo Xinke's nephew's complaints and smiled, "I know, so we can't surrender directly, we must let the Tang court know that we are still useful.

So now our first priority is to directly capture Hong County to show our strength, and then surrender to Datang, and the condition of surrender is to let us leave Jinzhou and go to the grassland. The people are blackmailed.

I think Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty has always put the people first, so he should agree! "

"Go to the grassland!" Everyone was delighted, but Guo Xinke frowned slightly. You must know that the grassland is not good. The climate on the grassland is changeable, and there is no cultivated land. It is really not easy to get along!

It's just that Mr. Wang seems to know Guo Xinke's thoughts: "There is no other way. Who let us be discovered? We can only survive if we go to the grassland. At that time, Datang is beyond reach. As long as we develop carefully, maybe we can still survive." A self-proclaimed country on the grassland."

"Self-declared a country...?" Guo Xinke was a little tempted by this proposal, after all, who can resist the idea of ​​being an emperor.

Not only Guo Xinke was tempted, in fact, other Guo Xinke's confidantes also expressed their agreement to this idea, especially those descendants of wolf riders. They are grasslanders themselves, and it is their big dream to return to the grassland.

So this idea, these people all agree very much.

With the approval of these people, coupled with Guo Xinke's small idea, the idea was finally approved, and because the idea was not aimed at destroying Hong County, Guo Xinke decided to rest for one night and attack Hong County tomorrow, in order to reduce his momentum. I have done enough.

If one Hong County is not enough, he plans to attack another county other than Hong County, and use Datang's two counties in exchange for his departure. He believes that he can leave.

Because of this, he bought Quan Wanji a breathing time, which became an important opportunity for Quan Wanji to survive.

(End of this chapter)