The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin's eyes were deep, and he happened to look at each other with satisfaction, and the eunuch beside him shouted: "Bold!"

Although there were not so many rules when meeting the emperor in the Tang Dynasty, people were often asked to kneel and kowtow nine times, but such humble people who seemed to be satisfied would naturally kneel when meeting nobles, and they didn't have the face of just bowing and standing.

Li Shimin waved his hand——

"It seems that you are not convinced and have something to say."

The emperor's face and tone made it impossible to see any joy or anger.

"Returning to the sage, although the slave comes from a humble background, just like what the son-in-law said, he also has a sincere heart for the country and the Tang Dynasty to defend the country and expand the territory." Xin Xin said slowly, his voice was soft, but His tone of voice was extremely firm, and his expression was serious and correct.

Li Shimin was silent for a moment after hearing this.

After a long while, he seemed to have some sarcasm in his words, and asked tentatively: "What are your abilities to contribute to Datang?"

When he was talking, he glanced at the expressions of the prince and Fang Yiai, the eunuch master, from the corner of his eye. Fang Yiai turned out to have an air of confidence, a very sympathetic and confident look.

"Saint, Xinxin is not the person who seduces the Lord in the message, not to mention his quality, but his skill, he doesn't need to be charming!" Fang Yiai spoke for the apprentice, and let Xinxin show off his "talent" directly. ".

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Xin Xin's Dali Vajra Finger practiced very well. Although he has been bored waiting in the study these days and has no time to practice according to his suggestion at noon, in fact, Xin Xin is also practicing sooner or later.

Fang Yiai felt guilty for a moment when he thought of the nonsense he had fooled Xinxin before, just to make her tan even darker.

After listening to Fang Yiai's words, Li Shimin asked the eunuch beside him to find a stone.

When the eunuch came back with the things, Fang Yiai gave him a hard look.

The other party actually took a piece of granite, which was extremely hard.

He looked at Xin with a little worry.

He had heard that Yixin had mentioned the development of kungfu by crushing rocks into powder, but Fang Yiai was not very interested in kungfu these days, not to mention he had never liked monk's kung fu, and he did not have good intentions to teach it to him.

It's just that people's feelings come from getting along with each other. After a long time, the child who is satisfied with him treats him firmly and respects him as "father", which makes Fang Yi's heart warmer to be a teacher. Only then does he really worry about this child stand up.

Li Shimin and the others had a good time, holding the stone with their hands, using the inner strength taught by Fang Yiai to exert strength. The rock was really hard, but he also left ten finger marks on it, and inserted it deeply.

Yixin pulled out her finger, and looked at Master in shame——

He still didn't pulverize it.

This rock is too hard!

In the past, he practiced kung fu by randomly picking up a few stones from the small garden or the edge of the pond in the East Palace. Slowly, with the progress of time and kung fu, he changed from pinching small pebbles to pinching bigger pebbles...

Worried and ashamed in her heart, she knelt down and lowered her head, looking depressed, but at this time she was not afraid of the emperor's punishment.

Once some things are done, people will not be afraid of anything when things come to an end.

The house was quiet, and the ground was the rock with ten holes.

Li Shimin was surprised, Prince Li Chengqian understood Aye's thoughts with just one glance, and knew that it should be no problem to keep his life safe.

In both public and private matters, Li Chengqian did not wish that Xinxin would be dealt with in such a "disrepute".

Li Chengqian had a lot of thoughts for a while, and after knowing that nothing happened, he sat and watched the development of the incident.

He is very "interested" in the person who spread the rumors.

Li Shimin took a deep look at Xin Xin, thinking about how to deal with this person.

At this time, Fang Yiai gave Yingxin a wink, and Fang Yiai was about to say "show merit" to Xinxin, when someone from the palace came in to report that General Li Jing was waiting to be summoned.

Li Jing made great achievements in battle. Although he stayed behind closed doors at Xuanwu Gate and never participated in the incident between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin didn't mind and still used him.

It's just that Li Jing is already "old" at this time, and his body has suffered from many illnesses due to many years of fighting, so he gradually stays in the mansion, and rarely goes to court or enters the palace to see the emperor.

This time, Li Jing had something to tell Li Shimin.

It's just that Li Jing didn't expect that after he exhausted the palace, he found that there were many people here, and it was actually very lively.

It seemed that the presiding judge was a little eunuch with dark skin.

It's just that after Li Jing finished his salute, he was watched by the sage. Before he could drink tea, his eyes fell on the square stone on the ground—especially the finger marks on it.

"Saint, this is—" Li Jing asked involuntarily.

Li Shimin's eyes fell on the kneeling Yixin, and he said, "It just so happens that the pharmacist is here... Hehe, there is a little eunuch here who wants to be a general like you, expanding the territory and defending the country!"

Li Shimin's words remained the same, but the sarcasm in his tone was gone.

He has always been a person who loves other people's talents, no matter whether the talents are literary talents or military talents.

Li Jing didn't look down on him when he heard the words, he looked at Xin with an inquiring expression.

Fang Yiai saw the stitches right now, and was about to open her eyes for her apprentice——

He said: "Sage, my apprentice is not only good at martial arts, but also good at bowing horses. It's just that the saint is busy and it's not convenient to test in the palace. In fact, it's not only that, he is also smart and enlightened. I mentioned it to me last time." "Down jacket" is exactly the invention of Xinxin... This down jacket keeps warm, is light, and is just right for Liaodong."

In the land of Liaodong, the sky is cold and the ground is cold. There is no cotton planting in the Tang Dynasty at this time, so heating and clothing in winter have always been a problem.

The nobles have furs to keep warm, and there are earth dragons in their places of residence. The last time they stay at home in winter.

But the poor people in the Tang Dynasty, every winter, there are many people who suffer from frostbite and freeze to death.

Fang Yiai also made a temporary decision when she came here, and wanted to give the credit to Yixin.

Xin Xin was originally an ingenious palace man, last time he saw that he could embroider and sew clothes, it was normal to "invent" a down jacket.

Hearing about Fang Yiai's so-called down jacket, Li Jing was excited.

"In the past, soldiers used 'cotton' to make clothes—it was freezing in Liaodong..." Li Jing recalled the scene of soldiers dying of frostbite in his mind, his eyes turned red, his voice became hoarse, and he couldn't continue. up.

The cotton wool that Li Jing said was made into "cotton clothes" which did not keep warm at all, and sometimes soldiers would not even wear them because they were bulging, so it would be better to wear an extra outer garment...

"Wooden cotton" has always been used as a filling for pillows, but it is not actually a material for keeping warm. It can be made into winter clothes. Before the Song Dynasty, the word "cotton" in the word "cotton" did not exist, and the word "cotton" was always used.

Li Jing's thoughts were racing for a moment, and he couldn't help standing up.

When he looked at Fang Yiai, he realized that this invention was made by the kneeling eunuch... Li Jing couldn't help but looked at Yixin, and the emperor—

For a while, he couldn't figure out what crime this little eunuch had committed. Li Jing was a very self-disciplined and cautious person, so he swallowed the words in his heart, and waited to understand what this eunuch called Xinxin had committed.

What's more, it is a crime, and the assassination goes out, and it happens to serve in the army.

Li Jing sat down slowly with a faint smile on his face.

Li Shimin also thought of the wartime scene when he heard it, and he also felt heartbroken and felt the same.

"Fang Yiai, the idea of ​​making clothes from down is really what you want?" Li Shimin suddenly smiled.

Fang Yi'ai didn't even bat an eye, she replied, "Of course."

Since Yixin "failed" in pinching the stone, she has been bowing her head in shame, so she first heard Fang Yiai's "lie". Except for his body trembling slightly, no one saw the expression on his face afterwards.

At this time, it was time to cover up the past, and the master committed the crime of deceiving the emperor because of him, and Xin Xin was moved in his heart, and his admiration for the master almost overflowed his chest.

The master is not only talented, but also protects such a lowly so-called apprentice like him, and he calls Master Fang Yiai on his lips, and respects him in his heart, but in anyone's eyes, he is not worthy to be the son of the great Tang Prime Minister, the consort of the princess, or the prince. The apprentice of Yiai, the reused servant...

Desired to know his identity.

But at this time, Yixin was moved to give up his life for his master. I am afraid that no parents in this world would treat him with warmth and care from his master.

Xinxin's parents gave up his eldest brother to enter the palace for his marriage. He is not an orphan on the street.

Here, Li Shimin heard Fang Yiai's affirmative answer, but he didn't have any idea. The matter of making down clothes seems very simple, but no one thought of it before.

But Li Shimin still wanted to see the results, and for a moment he completely forgot about the so-called "rumor". It was Li Jing who asked him what crime Xin Xin had committed.

Li Shimin waved his hand, avoiding Xinxin's kneeling, and asked Xinxin to make the down jacket in a deep voice, and then it would depend on whether it can be implemented in the army. If it is suitable, it should be made as a spare for the war in Liaodong next year.

If the down jacket is feasible, they can surprise the army and move out a month or two earlier, so the chance of winning the attack on Goguryeo will increase by [-]%.

Li Shimin eagerly took Li Jing to the inner room to discuss the issue of fighting against Goguryeo. The prince wanted to attend and study with him, but Fang Yiai and Xinxin were sent out.

After leaving the Ganlu Hall, Xin Xin raised her head again, tears streaming down her face.

He shouted softly: "Master! Then..."

Fang Yiai rubbed the other person's head, messed up Xinxin's bun, and said: "Don't think about anything, the down jacket is what you came up with, go back and make one, and I'll leave it to you .”

Along the way, he made a few words of satisfaction. Regarding the selection of fabrics, the biggest problem is the problem of fleece, not the acquisition of down.

Poor people in the Tang Dynasty mostly ate chicken and duck meat, because it was cheap. Nobles and people with a little money from aristocratic families ate beef and mutton. At this time, farming cattle were rare, and the price of beef remained high. Slaughtering cattle requires government approval. Only cattle that died accidentally or were lame and mutilated could be slaughtered.

On the contrary, it is chicken, duck, fish and other things, which are easy to get by the common people and used in a large amount. The pork that was "promoted" by Fang Yiai last time, that is, pork, is only circulated in a small area of ​​the Tang Dynasty for the time being. His cheapness, the delicacies he and the cooks researched and invented were secretly learned by them, which shows the shamelessness of the masters behind it, "Wei Wang" and "Gaoyang Princess".

Fang Yiai and Yixin had just returned to the East Palace, and before Fang Yiai brought her Xinxin to the Crown Prince Zhan Shiyu Zhining, she went to ask for materials for making clothes—all kinds of duck down and goose down, and even duck feathers, goose feathers, and chicken feathers. Can.At this time, Chen Muzhi, the mourner, came again.

Fang Yiai was upset, why did Li Daochang have such an unlovable apprentice, and for nothing he had a face comparable to the charm of a satisfactory face.

"The saint is looking for his son-in-law to go back... It's Duke Wei who has a stomachache—" Chen Muzhi briefly explained the situation.

"Why do you want me for a stomachache?" Fang Yiai didn't react.

"..." Chen Muzhi fixed his eyes on him.

Fang Yiai frowned, and asked, "Could it be that General Li also suffered from intestinal ulcer?"

This is troublesome——

Only then did Fang Yiai remember that the last time he met Li Jingye, what the other party learned when he came out of Wei Guogong Li Jing's mansion, at that time he just listened to it, the founding hero, who went to the battlefield, was him Civil officials like Fang Xuanling also have some old problems, which cannot be cured by treatment.

Li Jing has gone through many battles, and it is normal for him to be injured. Because Li Jing has been in poor health, he seldom goes out. If there are young generals who are less advanced to ask for advice on the art of war, they can only wait for a while. Li Jingye was like that that day.

Could it be that he was "sick" before, not from an old injury, but also suffered from chronic appendicitis?

Recalling Li Jing's expression just now, Fang Yiai's brows were creased into a crease.

Fang Yiai still doesn't know what the condition of the farmer whom he performed the surgery on last time... What he fears most is that the other party will get infected and die of sepsis.