I am engaged in construction in Datang

"This is!"

Li Shimin held his breath and kept scanning the map with his eyes.

This drawing is really strange. It is different from the maps they draw. Instead, it looks like a large oval ball.

"Zhang Pingzi of the Eastern Han Dynasty said that the universe is like a chicken egg. The celestial body is round like a bullet, and the earth is like the yolk of a chicken egg, which is isolated in the sky. The sky is big and the earth is small!"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, his eyes turned red and his breathing gradually became rapid: "Sister, this is..."

"World map!"

"World map!"

The two spoke in unison, with great force.

"Suddenly I saw a great light spreading all over the world!"

“Haha, hahahaha…”

Li Shimin laughed like a madman, his hands trembling. He wanted to touch the map but was afraid of destroying it.

He saw it. He saw where the Tang Dynasty was, and he also saw a red flag painted on the former Tuyuhun territory.

He heard his sister pointing at Gaochang's land and saying that it was suitable for growing cotton!

He also heard his sister pointing to another continent he had never heard of, and she said -

"Brother, there is a very powerful plant called the rubber tree. The rubber in the rubber tree is an indispensable good thing."

"It's like bicycle tires. The leather we use now is expensive and wears out quickly. If we had rubber, people wouldn't have to change their tires for several years."

"Brother, there is a crop over there that can replace the staple food, and the yield per mu is as high as 2000 kilograms..."

"Brother..."

Li Shimin couldn't hear clearly, and now he just wanted to shout a few times.

"Sister, I want to build a big ship for you!"

Li Yin looked at Li Shimin silently without saying a word.

Even if we build big ships now, we may not be able to reach South America. At most, we can only make small moves in the surrounding areas.

"Erlang!" Empress Changsun couldn't stand it anymore. She pulled Li Shimin and said, "The sea is so dangerous. How can we train a team to sail in such a short time?"

"Besides, large ships are not that easy to build."

Li Shimin calmed down and looked at the map reluctantly.

"Sister, one day, I want to ask you, if it is possible, can the Tang Dynasty conquer so much territory?"

Li Shimin gestured on the map.

The range of the gesture directly included all the continents except Antarctica.

"..."

Li Yin, speechless Bodhisattva face.

"..."

Empress Changsun put on the same speechless face of a Bodhisattva.

The two looked at each other and then laughed.

"Ahem!" Li Shimin was embarrassed: "I just said it casually."

"Shou Yue, Wang De... and Si Zi."

Li Shimin said in a serious tone: "You didn't see anything that happened just now."

"." Pei Xingjian & Wang De.

“?” Sizi, innocent and ignorant.

Those at the bottom of the food chain have no say.

"Well, okay, let's continue discussing the sports meeting." Li Shimin said, finally remembering the purpose of his visit: "No, sister, let's first talk about how to deal with the 100,000 Eastern Turks in Hebei Province?"

The plan has reached a preliminary conclusion, but everyone wants to ask Master Li what he thinks, after all, Master Li is the victim.

"Brother, what is the plan of Duke Liang and his men?"

"What Duke Liang and others mean is..."

……

Xianyang.

Zheng Wen was carrying a cloth bag of luggage, looking shabby.

He walked into a small restaurant and asked: "Boss, how much is the cheapest noodles here?"

Old man Wang came from the backyard and his eyes widened when he saw Zheng Wen.

"Zheng..."

"Shh——" Zheng Wen glanced at the diners in the restaurant and pulled Old Man Wang aside.

"Shopkeeper, do you know me?"

"Master Zheng, you are joking. How could this old man not recognize you?"

"Master Zheng, please come with me to eat somewhere else today. This is just a branch opened by the old man."

Old man Wang's face was wrinkled with laughter. Mr. Zheng actually came to his restaurant, but why did he look like this?

"Master Zheng, why are you...?"

Zheng Wen smiled bitterly, dying before achieving his goal: "Hey, there is a mission here, so I came here."

Who would have thought that by such a coincidence, someone in Xianyang knew him!

How many outsiders know him these days? Not many even know Master Li. Most have only heard of his name.

"ah!"

Old man Wang slapped his head and said, "Am I doing something bad?"

"No!" Zheng Wen said with a smile. It might not be a bad thing to have someone who knew him.

"Then I'll feel relieved."

The old man drove the horse himself, and then took Zheng Wen to his home. Young Master Zheng said that his mission should not be seen by too many people.

"Mr. Zheng, I went to Liuweizhai to buy something the day before yesterday and got two taels of good tea. Let's try it today."

"Manager Wang, just be casual, but don't spend too much."

"I'm happy with it!" Old Man Wang drove the horse and kept saying, "I bought tea from Liuweizhai a long time ago and sold it in the restaurant. Slowly, the business became bigger and I opened a big restaurant in the city."

"I buy yuba, candy, and tea every month..."

"One time I casually said that yuba is not tasty no matter how you cook it, and the lady at the counter immediately brought me a recipe."

"Why didn't Zhuangzi hide it?"

"Shopkeeper Wang, the owner of the manor said that these simple recipes don't need to be hidden." Zheng Wen said happily. The ingredients of many gourmet recipes are not cheap, and ordinary people can't afford them.

For example, one of the steps in cooking bean curd sheets is frying. Which ordinary person would be willing to do that?

Besides, the authentic recipes for the main dishes are not passed on to outsiders in the manor.

Old Man Wang’s home is located in a corner of the city. It is a small courtyard with two entrances. Although his family is not wealthy, they are rich and happy.

"Mr. Zheng, you must stay at my house, otherwise I will be nagged to death by my wife."

"Okay, then I'll bother you." He has been here for half a month. Not only him, but several people from the newspaper are scattered all over the place.

We are investigating the illegal workshop, but there has been no progress and it is very difficult.

Brother Duan and his men went to the government office, but every time they went to investigate a workshop, all operations were stopped. In the end, some people even accused them of deliberately making things difficult for merchants.

Some people pretended to be down-and-out people and looked for work, and they did succeed in infiltrating the inner circle, but then there was no news of them.

I don’t know if those people are safe now.

Old Man Wang's three daughters are all married, leaving only two sons at home.

The eldest son got married, and the youngest son was only 16 years old and was studying in the county school and had not returned home yet.

After everyone had dinner, Zheng Wen was arranged to stay in the youngest son's room.

Feeling embarrassed to waste other people's candles, Zheng Wen washed up and lay down early. Outside the window, the autumn cicadas were struggling with their last bit of strength, and Zheng Wen's thoughts flew far away.

I have been in the village for half a year, and in another half a year it will be the spring examination.

After failing the imperial examination two years ago, he did not dare to return home and had been suffering in the capital until he was taken in by a local farmer and his life became much better.

In fact, people like him who have passed the autumn examination can have a good future if they return to their hometown.

But he always wanted to do something instead of being a bookworm.

In the house next door.

"Don't be confused." The old woman threaded the needle and thread in the candlelight and began to mend the worn parts of her family's clothes.

She continued, "The nobles in Chang'an only stay here for a short time, but our whole family will stay here forever."

"Can……"

Old Man Wang sighed: "That's all."