168 Chapter 168
◎Father and son. ◎
The next day.
Before he had even washed up in the morning, the children came to greet him one after another. Li Shimin sent away the other children and only kept the few raised by Changsun.
Last night, the couple had discussed secretly investigating the people around their eldest son, and they had to comfort him more recently. Therefore, when they asked about the children's situation today as usual, they rarely started talking about the eldest son instead of the youngest daughter.
Li Yuxiu and Li Lizhi didn't notice anything, as they were whispering to each other. However, Li Tai counted his order today, squinted his eyes and smiled.
Since it was his mother who asked the question, Li Chengqian answered very obediently, "Don't worry, mother. I slept very well."
"Okay." Changsun rubbed his head and then looked at Li Tai. "Qingque, how about you?"
Li Chengqian certainly had no time to spare. Li Shimin took his hand again and said, "You've been late with your studies. Take a day off today and continue your studies tomorrow."
Li Chengqian's current teachers are Lu Yuanlang and Kong Yingda, both of whom are very famous Confucian masters of the time. Kong Yingda is also the 32nd generation grandson of Confucius.
Lu Yuanlang is now an old man in his seventies, but he is in good spirits. Li Chengqian remembers that he will die in a few years.
As for Kong Yingda, he is not young anymore, but this old man can live to over seventy years old. When Li Chengqian died, he was still alive and well. Therefore, his health is simply amazing.
Li Chengqian was a man who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment. He had no grudges against Lu Yuanlang, so he would naturally listen to his lectures carefully. But as for Kong Yingda, if he made his life easier, Li Chengqian himself would not have an easy life.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian nodded again obediently: "I understand, Aye."
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Good boy." He was about to encourage his eldest son a few more words, when a round ball rolled into his arms.
"Yeah yeah!" Li Tai hugged his father's arm and said coquettishly, "Yeah yeah, I only talk to my elder brother and ignore Qingque."
"Yeah, that's not right. How can you neglect us Qingque..." Li Shimin smiled dotingly and hugged his fourth son tightly in his arms.
Li Chengqian turned his head away, not looking at the scene of loving father and filial son. It was really disgusting. Fortunately, he hadn't had breakfast yet.
After the father and son finished their intimate time, and Changsun Shi finished her conversation with her two daughters, she saw her eldest son sitting there staring at the roof in a daze, so she took his hand and said with a smile, "Chengqian is hungry, Erlang, it's time for us to eat."
Li Shimin hugged Li Tai and said with a smile, "Qingque is hungry too. Come on, I made your favorite mutton today."
…
Changsun was still busy today, and her eldest son did not offer to help again, which made her feel relieved. She thought that what her husband said yesterday had worked.
Li Chengqian did want to reassure his mother, but another reason was that he planned to take advantage of his free time today to do something.
--gunpowder.
Fusu and Liu Ju had always been very reluctant to make gunpowder in the era of cold weapons, but Li Chengqian had no such concerns at all, because gunpowder should have appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Chengqian just brought it forward by a few years.
Li Chengqian wanted to make gunpowder in order to deal with the imminent Turkic invasion.
But this was certainly not for the Tang Dynasty, nor to relieve the worries of the Heavenly Khan, but was something he had to do in order to accomplish his goal of making people unhappy.
A prince who does not follow the rules, does not listen to advice, is extravagant and indulges in pleasure will naturally be tolerated by everyone from the emperor to the court officials.
But Li Chengqian has a mobile phone in his hand. Not only can he make gunpowder, but he can also make a curved plow and printing technology in the future. He can also improve papermaking...
Li Chengqian calculated that even if he only lived to the age when he died in his previous life, he could still make these people angry for eighteen years.
This is the meaning of living a new life!
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian, who was sifting charcoal, almost laughed out loud. Li Ying, who was dragged here to do hard labor, asked in confusion, "What are you so happy about?"
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "I was wondering where I should test the gunpowder."
They both wore homemade cloth masks. Li Ying turned her head and coughed, then pulled the mask back on. Fang said, "You'd better make the gunpowder first. This thing is not that easy to make."
Li Chengqian said disdainfully, "Hasn't you ever taken a chemistry class?"
Li Ying was speechless: "We didn't even learn how to make gunpowder in chemistry class."
"Your modern education is really backward. You still have to rely on me." Li Chengqian snorted.
Li Ying rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, your education is advanced. Your chemistry teacher must have taught you how to make gunpowder!"
Li Chengqian snorted, "He did teach me."
"Ah? Where did you get this chemistry teacher?" Li Ying asked in shock.
Li Chengqian said calmly, "Waiting in line to be reincarnated is boring, and you modern people are even more boring, actually opening a class in the underworld."
"If you attend such a boring class, won't you be even more bored?" Li Ying said.
"It's done." Li Chengqian stood up and said, "Clean up here and don't follow me. Making gunpowder is very dangerous. I don't want you to be blown to death."
Li Ying: “…”
Li Ying really didn't follow. The raw materials were not ready yet, and it was impossible for Li Chengqian to start making gunpowder immediately. It was just to scare him.
Making gunpowder is not a one-day job, and before that, Li Chengqian had to attend class the next day.
After enduring the disgusting intimacy between the Heavenly Khan and his beloved son, Li Chengqian had dinner with his mother and then went to the study room in front to attend classes.
Li Shimin went out with him and asked as they walked, "Cheng Qian, have you been reviewing your lessons recently?"
"No." Li Chengqian said, "I don't like reading."
Li Shimin thought there was something wrong with his ears, and asked again: "Cheng Qian, it was you who didn't hear clearly..."
Li Chengqian spoke more slowly. "I said, I don't like studying." He looked up at Tian Khan and asked with a smile, "Did you hear me clearly this time?"
Li Shimin was not angry. He sighed helplessly: "Cheng Qian, you have always been a good boy. Don't be angry with Aye. You will know that Aye is right in the future."
Li Chengqian said, "As long as my uncle is alive, no one in the Prince of Qin's Palace will survive. I understand this. I'm the beneficiary, so I don't think you're doing anything wrong."
"And..." Facing the frown on Tian Khan's face, Li Chengqian continued, "Originally, I could only inherit the title of King of Qin, oh, and even that would have been a downgrade. But now I'm going to be the crown prince, and in the future I can even become the emperor. This is a huge benefit, and I should be deeply grateful."
"Do I need to kneel three times and kowtow nine times to express my gratitude?"
"Cheng Qian, who taught you to say these words?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.
Li Chengqian said, "If you want to investigate the people around me, I suggest you don't. If the people ahead of you find out, they'll be disheartened. They followed you into such a big thing, and now if they find out you're investigating the people in the mansion, they might think you're going to settle accounts. It's not good to have people's hearts unstable right now, is it?"
Li Shimin had certainly thought about this problem, so on the one hand he wanted to investigate secretly, and on the other hand he wanted to leak some information so that nothing would go wrong.
But when his eldest son said these words, Li Shimin didn't know how to react for a moment. If this was his opponent or his subject, Li Shimin would never be speechless.
But this was his son, the son who had spoken to him obediently just now. However, after leaving the main courtyard and taking a few steps, the child seemed like a different person.
Li Shimin couldn't understand it.
Seeing that he was still silent, Li Chengqian glanced at the sun and said, "Don't I have to go to school today? Then I'll go back..."
Before he could finish his words, someone held his shoulders. Li Shimin looked at him intently and said, "I'll take you there."
After giving some instructions to this morning's teacher Lu Yuanlang, Li Shimin turned around and went back to the backyard. Today he had to find out who had bewitched his eldest son!
…
Li Chengqian took an hour-long history class, which was far beyond his current learning progress. Obviously, this was an order from the Khan of Heaven.
Regardless of his purpose, Li Chengqian enjoyed the class very much. Lu Yuanlang was a very knowledgeable teacher, and his lectures were lively and interesting. Kong Yingda's level was not even a hair's breadth better than his.
When returning to the yard for lunch, Li Chengqian found that everyone in the yard was still a little nervous. He ordered the others to leave and only left Li Ying in the room.
"The King of Qin is here, isn't he?" Li Chengqian asked hurriedly. "He's personally interrogating you, isn't he?"
Li Ying nodded and said, "I did as you said."
Since Li Chengqian behaved abnormally in front of the King of Qin, it meant that he would definitely conduct a detailed investigation. It would be fine for other people because they knew nothing in the first place, but Li Ying was different, so Li Chengqian specially taught him a set of rhetoric.
Li Ying truthfully reported everything Li Chengqian did yesterday, but did not tell King Qin that these preparations were for the production of gunpowder later.
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Very good, thank you very much!"
Li Ying waved his hand and said, "Although your father is terrible, I still feel a sense of accomplishment to be able to deceive Emperor Taizong of Tang."
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Of course!"
Li Yingqi asked, "You just want to trick your father? What's the point? In the end, the gunpowder will still be handed over to him."
"Of course I didn't just want to trick him. I was also looking forward to how he would deal with me next." Li Chengqian laughed. "Look, everyone around me is fine, so what's going on with me? This is worth his investigation, right?"
Li Ying opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
Li Chengqian wondered, "What's wrong?"
Li Ying thought for a moment and asked, "If your father were to deal with you, how would you fight back? Don't you want to make your mother sad?"
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes. "I suspect you're not telling the truth, but... never mind. I don't want to make my mother sad, and neither does he."
"So you two are going to fight behind your mother's back?" Li Ying thought about the scene. "Let me be frank. Do you think you can defeat your father?"
"I didn't want to win anyway." Li Chengqian said with a smile.
Li Ying didn't understand what he meant even more, but he still understood one thing: even after more than a thousand years, Li Chengqian had not changed.
He still wants his father's attention and favor.
But……
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