Liu Tan didn't explain, but simply said, "Let's put that aside for now. The Taiyuan prefect can't handle it right now. Let's talk about the Imperial Academy first."

Huo Guang replied, "I will look for a candidate."

Liu Tan thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead and arrange a class schedule for me. Oh, leave one class free every day, and I'll arrange for someone to attend it."

Huo Guang's scalp suddenly tightened: "Your Highness, who will you arrange to attend the class?"

Liu Tan said, "He's from Gongshu's family."

Huo Guang was slightly stunned. Not only him, but Zhu Shanfu and others were also a little surprised. They had never thought about this before. For a moment, the three of them couldn't help but exchange glances: To be an official in the Northern Border Kingdom, one must know mechanical skills?

It doesn’t matter whether you know mechanical engineering or not, but at least you have to lay a solid foundation.

Liu Tan had always wanted to sort out a framework for the current scientific and technological system, but he found that he was simply unable to do it. Not to mention anything else, just looking at the mechanical techniques of Gongshujia and Mohism, there was no way to summarize a system.

And he didn't have that much time, so he finally thought about it and decided to train talents, train all the talents, and then let them go to work!

Huo Guang, who had witnessed the power of the crossbow, naturally did not object to Liu Tan's idea. He was just a little worried: "What if the Gongshu family is unwilling to teach?"

It is a very common view nowadays to treasure one's own possessions. After all, teaching an apprentice will only make the master starve to death.

Liu Tan thought seriously for a long time and said, "Those who know how to make mechanical devices may not be good at it, sir. I will go and tell them when the time comes."

Huo Guang was very suspicious that his prince was going to deceive the Gongshu family into destruction again.

But this is not a bad thing.

After arranging the affairs of the academy, Liu Tan said, "Oh, by the way, I will select a few people from the elite group to teach them later. You should arrange them as well."

Huo Guang laughed and said, "Then I'm afraid school won't open until after the New Year."

Liu Tan said, "Yes, we're just letting them get familiar with the environment. The Chinese New Year is almost here, so we need to let them go home for the holiday. You can just go and make the arrangements. Oh, by the way, is there anything I can take care of recently? If so, please send it over."

Huo Guang looked at him suspiciously: "Your Highness, do you have time?"

Liu Tan has been playing with Liu Che these days. Where does he find the time to deal with state affairs?

Those things were not too troublesome, and Huo Guang was not in a hurry to let him deal with them.

Liu Tan said, "The Emperor will be leaving in three days. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to return to Chang'an before the New Year. Please bring the documents here, Zhu Shanfu."

Zhu Shanfu, who was listening in, was startled when his name was suddenly called. He immediately bowed slightly and said, "I am here."

Liu Tan said, "After the documents are delivered, you should sort them out, separate them according to their importance, and then send them to the study."

Zhu Shanfu was immediately very excited after hearing this, and said in a trembling voice, "Yes."

This directly touches upon the core politics of the Northern Territory? For a moment, Zhu Shanfu thought he was dreaming.

Liu Tan didn't care whether he was dreaming or not. After making the arrangements, he patted his butt and left, turning around and taking his son to see Liu Che.

After Liu Che came, he asked about Gun Gun once, but he hadn't had the time to bring Gun Gun to see him these days. Today, he was on vacation, so he let Liu Che see his Gun Gun.

When Liu Tan went there, Liu Che was fishing in the garden.

When Liu Che heard that he was coming, he turned around and saw the black and white ball walking very slowly behind Liu Tan.

Well, now this dumpling has grown from a small dumpling to a big dumpling.

Liu Che looked at Gun Gun and said, "The fur is nice."

GunGun is kept very clean and has a balanced diet, so its growth rate is definitely better than that of wild iron-eating beasts, even those semi-free-range ones in Shanglinyuan cannot compare to it.

Liu Tan touched the baby's head and pushed it towards Liu Che, saying, "Of course. I feed it delicious food and drink every day. If it doesn't grow well, I will cry."

Liu Che had hunted iron-eating beasts before for a sense of accomplishment, after all, they were ferocious beasts. This was the first time he looked at an iron-eating beast as a pet.

I couldn't help but touch Gungun's head and pull its ears.

GunGun is basically a bully in the Northern Border Kingdom. Anyone who sees it and doesn't treat it well will not only have his ears pulled, but only Liu Tan and Lu Xuan can touch its noble body!

Although it didn't hurt to have one's ears pulled, Gungun felt offended and suddenly became unhappy, raising his two claws towards Liu Che.

Liu Tan, who was standing by, was suddenly startled. He remembered the glorious deed of Gungun who killed a wolf with three slaps, and subconsciously wanted to go up and save his father.

However, Liu Che did not seem to be afraid. Even though Gun Gun was much taller than him when he stood up, Liu Che just looked at Gun Gun coldly and snorted, "Rebellion?"

Gungun stood there with his paw raised, looking at Liu Che and thinking for a while, probably remembering that this man had once pried its mouth open.

In my short life, I have had two psychological shadows. One is that I was bitten by someone, and the other is that I was bitten by someone again.

However, it was not the same person who broke its mouth. One of them treats it very well now and often holds it and plays with it, so it is no longer a psychological trauma.

But the other one is still there.

Now this psychological shadow appeared again. After thinking about it, Gungun rushed forward directly.

Then, before Liu Tan could come over and hold it back, the bear pounced in front of Liu Che, hugged his waist, and the whole bear was pressed against Liu Che's back.

Liu Tan: ????

This was probably the first time in Liu Che's life that he was hugged by a bear, and it was a real bear hug.

After being stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but pat the big head of GunGun on his shoulder, signaling the naughty kid to roll the ball quickly, as it was very heavy.

So Gungun readily let go of Liu Che and ran back to Liu Tan, even hiding behind him.

Liu Tan's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but sit next to Liu Che and say, "Is this bloodline suppression? Why isn't it afraid of me?"

Liu Che glanced at Liu Tan and couldn't help but rub his head and said, "Just starve it for two meals."

Liu Tan: ...

It's really simple and crude.

He looked at Liu Che's fishing rod and asked, "Did you catch anything?"

Liu Che said calmly: "Just sat down."

In fact, he had been sitting here for half a day and there was not a single one.

After all, who would have thought that the emperor would fish in the pond? These fish were all chosen to be big and fat for the sake of appearance, and they would never be starved. How could they be easily caught?

Liu Tan glanced at the food box beside him, but he resisted the urge to expose it. He just said, "Speaking of fishing, I suddenly remembered hearing someone talk about ice fishing."

Liu Che asked, "Ice fishing?"

Liu Tan explained, "The Northland is quite cold in the winter, with thick ice. It gets even colder the further north you go. When people want to eat fish, they'll dig a hole in the ice and sit on it to fish. If they have a net, they can catch more fish."

Liu Che asked curiously, "How can we walk on such smooth ice?"

Liu Tan casually said, "Ice sleds or ice skates can be used to travel on the ice."

Liu Che found this interesting and put away his fishing rod, saying, "Let's go."

Liu Tan: "Ah?"

Liu Che said, "You play that ice fishing thing you mentioned."

Liu Tan: Why am I so mean!