Tang's dining table

Lou Shide was sitting in the side hall of the East Palace, quietly waiting for the prince to return.

"Da, da, da, da..."

He has been sitting here for an hour, but he doesn't look impatient. His eyes have been falling on a strange mechanism in the corner of the side hall.

This is a string of egg-sized round steel balls tied up with silk threads. There are six in total. Whenever a swinging steel ball on the left hits an adjacent steel ball, it will make a "click" sound. , then, the steel balls side by side in the middle will not move, but the steel ball on the far right will be bounced up. When the steel ball on the far right crashes down, the steel ball on the far left will fly up again. In this way, The cycle goes back and forth.

Lou Shide saw this mechanism when he came in. He looked at it for an hour. The mechanism was still moving, and it seemed that it would continue to move like this forever.

When Li Hong came back, Lou Shide looked away from the strange mechanism and saluted Li Hong: "Did it succeed?"

Li Hong pinched the Jingming point between his eyebrows tiredly and said, "You should prepare to lead people into Shu."

Lou Shide said doubtfully: "Isn't it all done?"

Li Hong sighed and said: "Lizhou and Kuizhou fell into the hands of the queen, but Jianmen Pass is still in the hands of the father."

Lou Shide said: "The two exits of water and land are controlled by the queen, and Jianmen Pass is controlled by your majesty. Shuzhong will not be able to form its own entity."

Li Hongdao: "This is the best result. You should enter Shu as soon as possible, take over Chengdu from Guo Ziping, and run Shuzhong while my master is still in Chengdu."

Lou Shide said: "Is there anything else you would like to give your Highness?"

Li Hong shook his head and said: "You are more familiar with handling local government affairs than I am, and you can trust me alone."

Lou Shide pointed to the steel ball mechanism and said, "Can you reward me with this thing?"

Li Hong followed his gaze and asked the eunuch to go to the warehouse to get one. However, this one was much smaller than the one in the corner of the side hall, and could even be held in his hand to play with.

"You'd better take this, it's very similar. Although this thing is very simple, it contains a lot of knowledge. You can intuitively see the behavior of the action force and reaction force, including magnetism... Forget it, you can't tell me. I understand, let’s use it as a decoration to play with.”

Lou Shide said unconvinced: "I am also a person who has read a lot of poetry and books."

Li Hong smiled and said: "This thing has nothing to do with your well-learned poetry and books."

Lou Shide said "Oh" and left the East Palace with the small mechanism given by Li Hong. After getting on the carriage, he used his fingers to lift the small steel ball on the far left side of the mechanism and let it fall naturally. The small steel ball hit the middle hanging On the steel ball, the small steel ball on the far right flew up in response.

Listening to the familiar "dah" sound in the carriage, Lou Shide said softly: "It seems that I have to learn new knowledge again."

Li Hong lay on the brocade for a moment, then turned over and sat up, walked through the palaces, and came to the place where Xu Jingzong lived.

Xu Jingzong was looking around with a magnifying glass. When Li Hong came over, he saw a huge eye through the magnifying glass.

"Don't look at the sun with this thing."

Although he felt there was no need to say this, Li Hong said it anyway.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jingzong put away his magnifying glass and said to Li Hong: "Seeing this thing reminds me of an interesting incident in my youth."

Li Hong saw Xu Jingzong's strong look on his face and said helplessly: "What interesting things can make Taifu so unforgettable?"

Xu Jingzong laughed twice, and then said: "Does Your Highness know Yang Gang?"

Li Hong thought for a moment and then said: "The son of Yang Xiong, the former King of Guande in Sui Dynasty?"

Xu Jingzong chuckled and said: "His Royal Highness You Wenqiang remembers that when Yang Gang was in Taixue, his favorite thing to say on weekdays was that my father is King Guande.

As a result, some meddlesome people compiled a story in the same way that Confucius' students compiled "The Analects of Confucius".

It is said that when Confucius was passing the pass, he suddenly suffered from an eye disease. He looked at small objects as if he saw huge objects. The master could not bear to sit for a long time, so he came to the garden for a walk. There was a white dog sitting on the millstone. The master accidentally fell down, but fortunately he was holding on to the millstone with both hands. So as not to get hurt.

However, when he looked up, he saw a giant red peak standing proudly among the giant white trees, soaring straight into the sky. The master couldn't help but admired and said: This is the only thing he has seen in his life, so he wanted to name it...

Zhu is the yang. It reaches straight into the sky and can be called a hero.

At this time, the master's disciple Yan Hui saw the master lying on the crotch of the white dog and praising the dog whip loudly. He couldn't help but said loudly: Master, this is a dog whip, not Yang Xiong.

It happened that another disciple of the Master, Zi Lu, returned from abroad and heard that Yan Hui was accusing the Master of being wrong.

Then he said angrily: "Zhu Zian dares to be rude. Master said that Yang Xiong is a dog whip, so the dog whip must be Yang Xiong. Why do you blame him?" "

After Xu Jingzong finished speaking, he burst into laughter, and burst into tears. He didn't know whether he was crying or laughing.

Li Hong laughed twice and saw Xu Jingzong crying and laughing while holding a magnifying glass. After thinking for a moment, he helped Xu Jingzong sit down and said softly: "I will never use this magnifying glass to see people in my life."

I will only remember the Tutor's hard work in teaching Li Hong, let alone hold this magnifying glass to look at the Tutor. "

Xu Jingzong stopped smiling bitterly, wiped the tears on his long beard with a handkerchief, raised the magnifying glass in front of his eyes again, looked at Li Hong through the magnifying glass and said: "His Highness is already a giant."

Li Hong said angrily: "I hope the lonely king is not a dog whip."

Xu Jingzong laughed and said, "Why is Your Highness so self-defiled?"

Li Hong said angrily: "The Lone King can also compile such stories. Just move the white dog under the plum tree, and Confucius will immediately say that Li Hong is a dog whip, and the dog whip is Li Hong's bullshit." .”

Xu Jingzong put his hands on his hands and laughed and said: "My name is not easy to compile."

Li Hong laughed and said, "Just move the white dog to the altar table."

Xu Jingzong stopped laughing after hearing this, took a breath and said, "You must be on guard."

Li Hongdao: "Okay, okay, I have accepted Taifu's advice. I still know the truth that no one is perfect. I definitely don't use a magnifying glass to see people, nor do I use Taizong's human mirror to see people. After all, there are only a few people who can compare with Wei Zheng and Wei Xuancheng. Besides, I can't stand those kind of people.

Let’s talk about things in Shu. Nowadays, Lizhou and Kuizhou are controlled by the mother and queen, and Jianmen Pass is owned by the father. The lonely king seems to have obtained almost the entire Shu, but he is controlled by his father, mother and queen. How should the king break the situation? "

Xu Jingzong played with his magnifying glass and said: "Your Highness might as well take a longer view. Lizhou, Kuizhou and Jianmenguan control Shuzhong. So, where can we control Lizhou, Kuizhou and Jianmenguan?"

Li Hong said without even thinking: "Guanzhong, Hanzhong!"

Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "Where can we control Guanzhong and Hanzhong?"

Li Hongdao: "Zhongyuan, eh? Taifu is saying that my father has launched the struggle for power all over the world?"

Xu Jingzong said: "Your Majesty has a broad mind, so he will naturally keep the world at heart. Our country, the Tang Dynasty, spans the four seas and is unprecedentedly large. Your Majesty now entrusts the center of Shu to the prince, but he also controls Lizhou, Kuizhou, and Jianmenguan." , this requires His Highness to continue to compete for Guanzhong and Hanzhong to make up for the shortcomings of Shuzhong.

I don’t know how long it will take after His Highness captures Guanzhong and Hanzhong. How many years will it take for the Central Plains to suppress Guanzhong, Hanzhong and Shuzhong? How many years will it take after His Highness captures the Central Plains?

When all the land in His Majesty's hands is under the control of the Crown Prince, that is the moment when His Majesty ascends the throne and is crowned, but at this time, His Majesty's body must be exhausted.

Therefore, I think it is best for Your Highness to let nature take its course. "

Li Hong took a breath and said, "Master once told me a strategy called exchanging territory for time. Could it be that my father is implementing this strategy?"

Xu Jingzong sighed and said: "Your majesty, the next generation of heroes, naturally cannot bear the humiliation of becoming the Supreme Emperor."

Li Hong then sighed and said: "I have never thought about letting my father become the Supreme Emperor. No matter how many years go by, I will naturally ascend to the position of Ninth Five-Year Plan."

Xu Jingzong frowned and said, "Yes, I am very sure about this. However, Yun Chu seems to be unsure. His march into the southwest this time seems to be planned by someone other than Nanzhao."

Li Hong came to the huge Kan map, looked around at the huge Nanzhao on the map, and finally made some gestures on the map with his hands, and finally said: "Lingnan, Annan, no, it's too far."

Xu Jingzong said: "When Lou Shide comes to Sichuan, he will know after asking."

Li Hong shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, I don't believe that anything else will go wrong."

Xu Jingzong looked up at Li Hong, opened his mouth to speak, but finally swallowed what he wanted to say, because he found that there was no need to say it. It was not that Li Hong didn't know, but that he couldn't say it.

"I am going to Chang'an in three days."

Li Hong said to Xu Jingzong before leaving.

Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "That will be the land of His Highness Longxing."

Compared with the grand plans planned by people like Li Zhi, Li Hong, Wu Mei, and Xu Jingzong, Yun Chu's side is almost overachieving.

During this period of time, Yunchu, the dignified general manager of the Jiannan Road March, was most concerned not with military affairs, but with how much the barbarian tribes near Chengdu had traded with the army.

Moreover, he would check every detail, even the number of iron pots sold, he would keep it in mind.

After Pi Luoge left, there was no news.

Yun Chu didn't seem to care about this young man's life or death, as if this person had never existed in this world.

Huo Cheng, the first-level shopkeeper of the Yun Family, has returned to Chengdu. This time he is planning to reopen the Liushui brand in Chengdu and has taken many of the Yun Family shopkeepers with him.

Li Yuance was as attentive as his hair, and he suddenly discovered that the shopkeeper Yun's shopkeeper and his clerks who could be seen everywhere in the past seemed to have disappeared overnight, and at the same time, the natives of the southwest also disappeared.

When he found out that Yun Jin, the crown prince of the Yun family, had returned and brought a group of dandy boys to take over the border trade market that had been running well, he cautiously said to Jiang Xie, "Have you noticed any changes?"

Jiang Xie, who was sleeping, didn't even want to open his eyes and said lazily: "The army is about to enter the southwest forest."