I am engaged in construction in Datang

Spring is in its third month, and the flowers are half-blooming in the mist. The green willows are brushing against my face, and the pond is filled with green smoke.

Female village.

The black pigs are ready to be slaughtered today.

Li Shimin brought his ministers to join in the fun. They wanted to see how delicious the hybrid pigs that Master Li had been talking about for almost a year were.

"Sister, can piglets really get rid of the fishy smell?"

Li Yin shook her head: "It is impossible to completely remove it. All meat in the world has a fishy smell, some bigger and some smaller."

"You'll know after you try it later."

The big black pig to be slaughtered today was picked out by Li Yin herself from the back mountain. Its biological mother was the beautiful pig number three.

Only a small number of piglets on the farm were castrated, and a large number of breeding pigs were kept in each litter for second-generation hybridization.

Zhao Erniu personally took action and appeared in front of everyone, leading two big wild boars.

Behind him was a group of dusty kids.

The children who tried to test their swords by riding a pig got what they deserved.

Killing a pig is not an easy job. All the men in the village worked together and finally tied a black pig to the slaughtering table.

"Master, Brother Erniu, do you want to have a good start?" Zhao Erniu turned his head and laughed at Li Yin and the others.

"..." Li Yin hurriedly shook her head and stepped back.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, was very interested.

It's a pity that he is now the emperor, and a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. There are so many ministers watching him. I will sneak in next time...

Seeing that the two refused, Zhao Erniu took a huge pig-killing knife and wiped the pig's neck.

"grumble--"

The heart-wrenching scream frightened the other pig so much that its limbs went limp.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to it, it immediately got up and struggled hard to break free from the shackles on its body.

"Bring a basin to collect the pig's blood!"

The villagers began to work, and the smell of blood filled the entire place.

Everyone present had experienced many storms before, so they were not too panicked.

In just one hour, the two big black pigs were dissected one after another.

The canteen immediately lit a fire and started cooking.

Today we have a whole pig feast, including braised spareribs, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, Dongpo pork elbow, preserved vegetable braised pork...

I also want some braised meat, ears, pig face, and braised pig trotters...

"fragrant!"

Li Shimin buried his head in his bowl and had almost no time to speak.

Why is this pork different from the ones he had eaten before?

The plates on the table were cleared extremely quickly, and the meat-loving generals ate even more.

"I want to raise pigs! I want to raise pigs!" When Cheng Yaojin had almost finished eating, he looked up at Li Yin with starry eyes.

This breed was bred on the farm, so of course we have to ask Mr. Li for the piglets.

Li Yin sandwiched a piece of lean meat between the lotus leaf pancakes and said, "We have to keep the cubs from the farm for further hybridization."

"I will write the hybridization method directly in the newspaper in two days."

Matters concerning people's livelihood should not be kept private.

Speaking of newspapers, Li Yin thought of something else: "Brother, those families that make a living from paper have had enough buffer time, and the backlog of stocks must have been cleared out long ago."

"My little sister wants to start selling papermaking technology."

After that, the table fell silent.

Once the papermaking technology is developed, the Tang Dynasty will no longer lack paper.

"And I think the newspaper is too monotonous, we should publish a few more official newspapers."

Today's weekly reports are already bloated with contents covering people's livelihood, agricultural science, society, economy... etc. There are always many important matters that cannot be published.

"Sister, if the papermaking technology is spread, non-government tabloids will emerge in large numbers."

"We can first curb and crack down on non-government newspapers. The village will not easily sell printing presses."

Li Yin took a sip of tea and said, "In fact, if we want to make progress, information dissemination is an inevitable trend."

"And the spread of information is conducive to ..."

She glanced at the ministers who were listening attentively at the table and said, "Break the blockade of the local gentry families."

When the officials are no longer the parents of the people, do they still dare to oppress the people unscrupulously?

There was a moment of silence at the table. None of the braised pork dishes tasted good anymore.

Faced with absolute technological strength, they are simply powerless to reverse the general trend.

Don't think that they are sitting here quietly now. If there is any unusual movement, the secret guards hiding beside Master Li will shoot them to death.

I heard that when His Majesty sent Pei Xingjian to be with Master Li, the highest-level order he issued was to put Master Li's safety first.

Even he himself had to be ranked behind, and once this order was issued, no one in the world could change it.

The trend is irreversible, so we have to find a way to ride on the wind.

……

On Henan Road.

A small road.

Kan Lizhi stopped panting and put his hands on his knees: "Oh no, I can't run anymore."

"Do you think they have any serious illness?"

In the past few days, the two men encountered several waves of horse bandits, but they didn't catch or kill them.

Well, just chasing him for fun.

If they insisted on going west, they would be taken to the east without saying a word and then released.

"Alang, they probably don't want us to go west, but they are afraid of being criticized by Buddhism."

"What should I do?"

The attendant's eyes flickered: "Alang, let's go to Hebei Road, and then enter the former Eastern Turkic garrison."

Ask the East Turkestan people for help.

Although it is said that the Eastern Turks were destroyed, it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to have too much control over them.

The Turks are not the wimps like Tuyuhun!

Thinking of Tuyuhun, the attendant gnashed his teeth in hatred. Tuyuhun, that group of traitors who forgot their ancestors, actually, actually...

Especially Liang Qucong, who sent his child to the No. 1 primary school and kept saying "I love the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty loves me", "People of all ethnic groups in the Tang Dynasty are one family", etc.

Don’t have any shame!

a few days later.

Pingzhou, Hebei Province.

"Alang, after we pass the Great Wall, we will see Yingzhou Madu Mountain ahead."

"Okay!" Kan Lizhi wiped his face, which had been exposed to the wind and rain, and sighed.

After passing Madu Mountain, you will reach the former Turkic base.

The two were just about to take a break when they heard the sound of horse hooves behind them.

Kan Lizhi jumped up and cursed.

Are you still letting people take a rest?

"Let's go up the mountain!" Kan Lizhi gritted his teeth.

They avoided the mountains along the way. After all, if they got lost in the mountains, they would die there.

Madu Mountain is not that dangerous. I heard that there are many villages in it.

Maybe he could get rid of the bandits behind him.

After most of the day, there was really no sound of horse hooves behind me. The mountain road was difficult to walk on and the horses could not get in.

Kan Lizhi and the other man finally took a breath. They looked at each other and laughed.

"Ah Lang, you are still smart."

"No, it's nothing. I'm like this every day." Kan Lizhi kept being modest.

He looked into the distance and saw a little old man squatting by the stream.

"Hey, someone's here!"

Today's accommodation has been found.

Kan Lizhi thought of his own character, and he put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, I am Lizhi, a poor monk, nice to meet this donor."

Erliuzi heard some noise behind him and turned his head.

Oh, fat monk!

His eyes lit up and he thought about how to talk to the other party.

Then he also put his hands together and said kindly: "Greetings, Master."