So-called soup noodles are just noodles in soup. As the name suggests, mutton soup noodles are mutton soup with noodles.

However, unlike the noodle soup served on Chang'an Avenue, the noodles that Li Shimin ate not only had soup but also mutton.

"Your Majesty, Li Zhi is actually a very good child, and he is quite filial to you."

"I didn't say he was bad, did I?"

Li Shimin retorted to Li Daozong, then kicked the car door open.

"Childhood slave is here!"

"Child, have you eaten?"

"not yet!"

"This is mutton soup with flatbread that the imperial chef just made. Please, Your Majesty, try it!"

Whether it was because he had just eaten instant noodles or because Li Shimin's tastes had changed, he suddenly lost his appetite when he saw the sticky mutton soup with flatbread again.

"Okay, okay!"

"I'm not hungry. Take it away and eat it while it's hot!"

"oh?"

Li Zhi craned his neck to look into the carriage and saw two large bowls on the table. He immediately knew that his father had already eaten, which was why he hadn't eaten the mutton noodles that he had specially brought.

He was already incredibly fast; as soon as the noodles were cooked, he eagerly brought them over. Who could be faster than him?

No matter who cooks, they still have to light a fire, boil water, and then knead and roll out the dough, right?

Little did they know that the greatest advantage of the instant noodles Li Jue gave them was not their taste, but their convenience.

When you're in a rush, just steep it in boiling water and it's ready to eat!

Li Zhi reluctantly carried the noodles back to his carriage, then couldn't help but complain to his older cousin beside him.

"Cousin, Father has already eaten..."

"The food also appears to be soup noodles, but I wonder who served it..."

Changsun Chong was speechless at his sensitive and suspicious cousin. It was just a bowl of noodles, so why was he so unhappy?

"fine!"

"Since His Majesty has already eaten, let's leave this pot of noodles for the two of us!"

"oh……"

Upon returning to Chang'an, Li Shimin immediately embarked on a massive road construction project. Of course, amidst his busy schedule, he did not forget Li Jue, who was far away in Xianyang. He not only ordered renowned scholars in the court to personally annotate the Four Books and Five Classics for him, but also personally visited Yu Shinan's home.

When Yu Shinan's son, Yu Chang, heard that His Majesty was requesting Yu Shinan's calligraphy, he was incredibly excited. However, he searched his entire house but couldn't find many pieces.

It wasn't until his mother reminded him that he suddenly remembered that his manuscripts had been buried with his father when he passed away!

"Your Majesty, it is not that I am making excuses, but many of my father's manuscripts have been buried with him..."

"However, if Your Majesty truly desires it, this humble subject... this humble subject can open the archives and retrieve the manuscript for Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin was very upset when he heard this. Although his grandson's studies were important, it was not right to ask someone to dig up his grave and open his coffin.

"Never mind, since the manuscript has already been buried with your father, let's not disturb him any further."

"I'll go back and look through them. I should be able to find quite a few memorials your father gave me, which can be used as calligraphy practice books!"

Li Shimin went back and searched, and indeed found quite a few memorials. However, these memorials involved a lot of confidential information, which made him hesitate for a moment about whether to give them to his eldest grandson as calligraphy practice books.

Just as Li Shimin was struggling with this, he suddenly looked up and saw the "Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" hanging on the wall, and his eyes lit up immediately.

Yes!

Don't I still have calligraphy copybooks by the Wang Xizhi brothers?

Although it's not the right time to give the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion to my grandson yet, I have a few calligraphy works by Wang Xizhi's son, Wang Xianzhi, in my treasury, which can be used by my grandson!

In fact, Li Shimin did not like Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy, feeling that Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy was too craftsman-like and far less elegant and graceful than that of his father, Wang Xizhi.

But for Li Jue now, what he needs is this meticulous craftsmanship; only by laying a solid foundation can he learn more advanced calligraphy.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately ordered people to find all of Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy works, and then send them all to Li Jue along with Yan Shigu's annotated Four Books.

Of course, when sending the books, he didn't forget to write a threatening letter, specifying the daily learning tasks of how much to memorize and how much to copy.

However, seeing Yuchi Fan's departing figure carrying his bundle, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Is this rebellious grandson going to ignore my words again?"

"well!"

"Once I have dealt with Goguryeo, I will definitely expose the identity of the eldest grandson and reinstate him to the royal family lineage!"

"Then I can keep an eye on my grandson's studies every day!"

In fact, Li Shimin was right; no sooner had he left than Li Jue ignored his words...

Of course, it wasn't that Li Jue deliberately neglected his studies; it was just that the homework assigned by Old Li was too boring, filled with classical Chinese phrases and Confucian sayings.

Moreover, what you learn is of little use; it neither helps in governing the country nor improves people's lives.

Therefore, immediately after seeing Old Li off, he rushed to the irrigation canal construction site and dug the last section of the canal, finally enabling Sanglinzhuang to have free access to water!

Having solved the irrigation problem in Sanglin Village, the next step was to lead the villagers to prosperity.

Li Jue first ordered people to buy chicken, duck and goose eggs, and then put them into incubation pools built using rudimentary methods for incubation.

He also ordered people to buy piglets and breeding pigs, and built a large pig farm outside the village.

It can satisfy the villagers' need for meat, and pig manure is also the best fertilizer for planting, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

But that's not enough; he still needs to explore the potential of Sanglin Village.

Anyway, it's the off-season for farming now, so apart from some of the able-bodied men in the village who continue to burn bricks and lime, the rest all went with him to Chang'an City to set up stalls.

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