Volume 1 Princess Taiping Grows Up Chapter 46 Life Crisis
Li Yuechen did think so. Although she was not a scientist, she was a princess after all.
As long as this commitment exists, there will definitely be people willing to study various technologies and delve into this area, at least within our lifetime.
If this idea can be spread, the technological level of the Tang Dynasty will be improved sooner or later.
On the way back, Li Yuechen kept observing with the small incense burner in his hand.
Mechanical gyroscope, in the future, this is nothing new, but in this era, no one knows what it means.
After returning to Anfu Hall, Li Yuechen sat alone in Linbo Pavilion, with one foot on the chair, leaning against the pillar, holding the small silver hollow incense burner and shaking it in front of his eyes.
Shangguan Wan'er was standing at the entrance of the palace, and asked Xiao He beside her with some confusion: "Why does Your Highness look like this as soon as he returned?"
"I don't know either." Xiao He shook her head. "I think he's thinking about some new tools, right?"
In fact, Li Yuechen's attention is all on the small ball in front of her. She still can't believe that such a thing can appear in this era. It seems that the wisdom of the ancient people cannot be underestimated!
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The next day, the Chief Craftsman delivered the square table she asked for, and Xiao He also got the wool felt she asked for from the Clothing Bureau.
After spreading the mahjong on the table, he put the mahjong on the table and shuffled it himself to try it out. It felt really good, so he asked Xiaohe to pack it up.
Then he temporarily grabbed two eunuchs and took the table to Renshou Hall, and asked Xiaohe to send someone to call Princess Qianjin over.
Seeing his daughter bringing a large table over, Li Zhi subconsciously thought it was another thing where they would eat at the same table.
He looked at the sky outside with some doubt: "Has Chen'er not eaten yet?"
"Grandpa misunderstood, this is just a plaything."
As he said that, Li Yuechen asked the eunuch to put the table in place, and he spread the wool felt on it himself: "I have sent someone to invite my aunt, and I will tell her the rules in a while."
Li Yuechen was not quite sure what the playing methods were in , but at least in the palace, most of the gambling games were played between two people.
For example, Go, chess, backgammon and so on.
However, the Go and chess of this era have not yet developed to the future stage, and the rules are also slightly different.
The most popular gambling game at this time is backgammon. From the royal family to the common people, basically everyone, as long as their family conditions are not too bad, will play it.
Not long after, Princess Qianjin arrived at the palace. When she heard that Li Yuechen had researched something new, she immediately came over and sat down with great interest.
The four of them sat at four different sides of the table, and Li Yuechen began to explain to them how to play mahjong.
This kind of four-person game was the first time they had heard of it. Li Yuechen explained it while showing them examples.
Finally, he said directly: "How about we try it out in one go?"
"Come!" Li Zhi was obviously interested and sat directly on the east seat.
Because he just heard Li Yuechen say that it started from the east, and he was the emperor, so he sat over there without any hesitation.
Li Yuechen said it didn't matter, it didn't matter where he sat.
After trying to play a round, I found that all three of them played well and were quite familiar with the rules.
Li Zhi raised his hand to adjust the hairpin on his head, and smiled slightly, "This thing is indeed interesting, and can also be used as a gambling game."
As a wife, Wu Zetian knew her husband very well. She glanced at Princess Qianjin next to her and said with a smile, "In that case, how about adding some color?"
"Okay!" Princess Qianjin said it was no problem.
Li Yuechen didn't care. Anyway, there was a high chance that she would not lose to the three newbies. Even if she lost, would they have the nerve to ask a kid like her for money?
Soon, the four people officially started playing mahjong.
It was quiet at first, but then we started chatting.
Princess Qianjin seemed to be very familiar with her mother Wu Zetian, and the two chatted a lot.
Li Zhi would interject from time to time, but most of his attention was still focused on the mahjong in front of him.
Li Yuechen observed their expressions while playing, as if he wanted to use this to analyze the cards.
Wu Zetian typed out three notes lightly: "Come to think of it, Chen'er is planning to open a shop to sell that canned food."
The princess opposite turned her head and looked at Li Yuechen in surprise: "Why did Chen'er do that business?"
"My parents worry about disaster relief every day, and their hair has turned white. If I can make some money, maybe I can make them stop worrying about this." Li Yuechen answered obediently.
"But you are a princess of the Tang Dynasty, this..." Princess Qianjin said as she turned her head to look at Li Zhi.
It turned out that he was just looking at the cards in front of him with a smile on his face, as if he didn't hear what they were talking about at all.
Princess Qianjin was silent for two seconds, then suddenly grinned: "Chen'er, have you found the store?"
Li Yuechen shook his head and played a two-tube card: "I went to South City a few days ago and it seems that there are no shops for sale. I don't want to sell the shops in good locations anymore."
Hearing her words, Princess Qianjin smiled slightly and said, "One of my family does have a street-side shop in South City. Although it's not in a good location, it's still pretty good. How about giving it to Chen'er as a gift?"
In the Tang Dynasty, people were divided into good and bad classes. The military officers were somewhere in between, neither good nor bad.
Although they belonged to the category of servants, they were not of low status and were considered servants with wages.
Li Yuechen was slightly stunned, and subconsciously said: "This is inappropriate..."
As he spoke, he looked at Li Zhi and Wu Zetian beside him.
However, both of them had mysterious smiles on their faces, as if they didn't care about the conversation here at all.
Wu Zetian fiddled with the cards in her hand while Li Zhi picked up the teacup beside her and took a sip.
After putting down the teacup, he tapped the table gently: "Why are you standing there? Hit me!"
Good boy! Are you playing?
Li Yuechen figured it out. Wu Zetian probably had this purpose in mind when she mentioned this matter just now?
So she smiled immediately, showing a row of neat teeth: "In this case, Yuechen thanks you, aunt!"
Li Yuechen was in a good mood after receiving a gift.
However, the princess did not lose anything, because Li Zhi and Wu Zetian lost a lot of money to her, which was almost enough to buy a shop.
When the battle reached dusk, Li Zhi announced that the battle had stopped only when he saw the palace maids starting to light lamps in the palace.
"This thing is really interesting, and it's not much worse than backgammon!"
Wu Zetian nodded: "Yes, and it will be more lively if four people play together. Your Majesty can also play with the ministers occasionally."
In fact, Li Yuechen should first promote it in the palace, especially among the concubines.
Although Li Zhi did not have many concubines, later emperors might not have had as many.
With this thing, I can avoid palace fighting.
Li Yuechen used to watch some palace fighting dramas and felt that they were just completely idle.
If there were computers and the Internet in this era, the concubines would probably be busy playing online games every day, so who would have time to fight in the palace?
No one among the four said anything more about the store. Anyway, the next day Princess Qianjin delivered the house deed and land deed.
To express his gratitude, Li Yuechen took a few cans of food and asked the servants to take them back.
Then he looked at the few cans of canned food left and couldn't help shaking his head, thinking that he would have to make more this year as it was the fruit season.
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As May is approaching, the weather is getting hotter day by day.
Li Yuechen has completely given up on complicated hairstyles and runs around with a ponytail every day.
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian didn't say anything now, just let her do as she pleases.
On the contrary, Wu Zetian also started to tie her hair into a ponytail when she was not meeting her ministers. It turned out that she felt very comfortable in it.
I still practice in the morning and read in the afternoon.
It’s just that now when I’m studying, because I’ve joined Emperor Fan, I can’t have Shangguan Wan’er accompany me to study, so I can only write book reviews with my two sisters.
It’s true that Li Shimin was an awesome emperor. At least every time Li Yuechen read this book about emperors, he would gain some new insights.
When he has nothing to do, Li Yuechen still goes to the court to listen to the news.
But there doesn't seem to be anything major happening recently, either some minor conflicts on the border or something like that.
These things were resolved as soon as they were reported, and the emperor was simply informed.
There were also some news about the drought that Li Yuechen had always been concerned about. Although timely responses were made at the time, some people still starved to death.
When hearing the news, Li Yuechen couldn't help but sigh.
I hope that this year's soil fertilizer experiment will bear fruit. At least I hope it can enrich the national granary so that we can provide disaster relief grain if such a thing happens again.
From the perspective of Li Yuechen, a man from the future, this country still has many problems.
But the most urgent issue to be resolved is food.
After all, even if you want to develop technology, you have to feed people first.
Some things can be inferred from the news in the court. In some places, floating households have begun to appear.
That is the so-called black household.
This involves the issue of tax law. The tax in the Tang Dynasty was a poll tax, which means that as long as you were alive, you had to pay taxes and bear labor service.
However, many people could not afford to provide food or pay taxes, so they had to flee their registered residence and become illegal residents.
Li Yuechen believed that the emperor would be able to see this problem, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't change it just by saying so.
Firstly, he was an ancient man after all, and his thinking was limited by the times; secondly, if he didn't handle this thing properly, he would be criticized by the censors, or even worse, it might cause chaos in the country.
This is not groundless worry, but it is really possible.
Because the political system of the Tang Dynasty was aristocratic politics, not bureaucratic politics.
Many ministers nowadays derive their power not only from the emperor, but also partly from their own families.
Therefore, in this era, even the emperor would be constrained in many areas.
Thinking of this, Li Yuechen, who was leaning against the wall, shook his head slightly, turned around and left.
In the court, Li Zhi glanced over there when he saw his daughter leaving, but a barely perceptible smile appeared on his face.
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After a few peaceful days, Li Yuechen thought that the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Should he consider inviting Li Zhi and his wife to have some barbecue in the evening?
While thinking about this, I came to Shangshiju to see if there were any seasonings suitable for barbecue.
Cumin already existed in this era, and it is now called Anxi fennel.
Oil is a bit troublesome. In this era, there is only sesame oil, also called sesame oil, or animal oil.
The most important reason is that the soybean oil of that era was smelly and could not be eaten.
As for sesame oil...it's enough for barbecue.
Li Yuechen thought that when he was done, he would ask the foreman to make a barbecue grill, get some charcoal and skewers so that he could make lamb skewers.
Just when I walked out of the Shangshi Bureau and was about to return to Anfu Hall, I suddenly saw Xiaohe coming over.
After taking a small bag from a palace maid, he turned around and was about to go back when he suddenly saw Li Yuechen.
"Your Highness?"
"Yeah." Li Yuechen saw that Xiao He looked normal, looked at the small bag in her hand and asked, "What is this?"
Xiao He opened it and showed it to her, and it turned out to be filled with some burnt carbon ash.
"What do you want these things for?" Li Yuechen asked puzzledly.
"This... my maid's vaginal discharge is coming..."
Sunflower water?
Li Yuechen was a little confused at first, but then he nodded in sudden enlightenment, Oh, that one!
I didn't ask any more questions and was about to walk back, but suddenly I froze in place.
Damn! I am a woman now too! I actually forgot this!
Just as Xiao He was about to follow Li Yuechen back, she suddenly turned around and asked, "How do I use this?"
Hearing her suddenly turn around and ask this, Xiao He was stunned for a moment: "Your Highness, don't worry now, in the future..."
"Stop talking nonsense and speak quickly!" Li Yuechen urged.
Xiao He was startled and quickly explained.
After hearing her explanation, Li Yuechen had a complicated expression and walked back with a strange look on his face. Xiao He followed behind him, not knowing why.
Women of this era used a cloth bag filled with some wood ash or something like that during their menstrual period.
The most important thing is that it is reusable!
As a royal princess, perhaps the only good thing is that you don’t have to wash it yourself...
Depend on!
Thinking of this, Li Yuechen shook his head violently. No! Let's solve this problem first!
Li Yuechen suddenly turned around and asked, "Is there any cotton in the palace? "
"May I ask Your Highness, what is this cotton?" Xiao He asked back.
"Forget it. I'll go to the Clothing Bureau myself tomorrow to ask." Li Yuechen waved his hand and quickly ran back to Anfu Hall.
Speaking of this, there is more than just one problem to be solved, underwear also needs to be reformed.
There were no underwear in this era. Instead, people used something similar to a loincloth. Let’s deal with this first!
If I hadn’t run into Xiao He today, I wouldn’t even have remembered this!
Li Yuechen couldn't help but feel a little scared, feeling that this was the first major crisis in his life.
After all, it was her first time as a woman and she had no experience, so she was careless for a moment.
Fortunately, I am only six years old and have a lot of time to prepare. I should not have to use wood ash to solve the problem like women of this era.
Li Yuechen has already thought it through. If there is no cotton in this era, then silk will be used as the solution!
Anyway, I’m a princess and can afford it!
