Living Leisurely in Tang Dynasty

Li Yuanying's words were unequivocal, saying that His Majesty Li Er was very busy every day, and she would definitely not know that they went to the "secret base" to play after going to the Sunflower Garden.

The little ones were blindly convinced by Li Yuanying and happily sat in the car to the place where the whole lamb was roasted last time.

Xu is because this "secret base" passed the open road in front of His Majesty Li Er and the ministers. The large oven has survived steadily to this day, and has not been demolished like the previous one.

Li Zhi thought a little bit more than Li Yuanying, feeling that Li Yuanying was a bit naive, and so many of them followed the eldest brother to play, it is impossible for Your Majesty Li Er to not know. He talked to Li Yuanying about his worries and told Li Yuanying to relax and don't overplay.

Gao Yang said: "Just you worry a lot. What are you afraid of? Let's play it first." As for what happens after being discovered, of course it is to think about it after being discovered. Whoever hasn't played has to think about things!

This is where Gao Yang and Li Yuanying share the same foul smell. The two people convinced Sizi and the others with their rich experience of death. They happily jumped out of the carriage to see how the roasted whole beef is cooked.

The cow was very fat and strong. Li Chengqian spent a lot of money when he bought it. The main reason was that people from other families wanted it. The people he sent had to bid with others, and the price was raised.

Li Chengqian was very willing to spend money on eating and playing, and remembered that he and Li Yuanying had agreed to make roasted whole beef, and that was why he spent a lot of money.

Knowing that they were coming over today, the "secret base" was busy opening up early, and the cattle that had been raised for several days were cleanly slaughtered. This cow is much bigger than the last sheep. The number of people who manually turn over and dressing on the side has doubled, all staring at the red-burning stove intently, for fear of roasting such a big cow!

Li Yuanying took Sizi and they looked for a while, and felt that roasted whole beef was not much different than roasted whole lamb. She suddenly lost the interest in waiting for it to be cooked. She pulled Li Chengqian and said that she would go to see the elephant he raised. military".

Li Chengqian led them to a high ground with an excellent view, and gently clapped his hands to the left and right. Leading away from the left and right, people took out two flags and flicked it in the wind, and they saw two teams of people appearing in the mountains on both sides of the wilderness: no more than a dozen people on both sides, the left one is riding a horse, the right one is riding an elephant!

Before the two sides could meet, the Turkic people with high noses and wide eyes had already driven the horses under the hips to a sound.

On the other side, Xu is the elephant who is very tall, so the southerners on the elephant's back appear to be much smaller, but the elephants they are riding also raise their trunks high, flap their huge ears and step forward. Wherever we went, the wild grasses that were growing wildly in the spring of the abundant rain were trampled on, and they were forced to make a way through their thick elephant feet!

Probably because I had never seen an elephant, as the behemoth approached, the Turkic horses suddenly began to call out unwillingly, and screamed in panic. If it hadn't been for these Turkic people to train horses very well, they would have to flee when encountering this kind of battle!

This is so, the situation of these Turkic people is not much better, and they can't make the horse go any further if they try their best!

It is impossible to say that it is impossible to be able to go hunting and having fun with Li Chengqian all day long. At most, it is just that riding skills are better than some people.

Can you really expect them to face the danger and fight to death and death with the other side? Of course it is impossible!

As the "elephant army" composed of nearly ten giant giants approached, the group of Turkic people who were far from being brave cavalry finally collapsed, embarrassed by the thin and weak south riding on the elephant's back. People run away!

If you don't run away, you can't run away. If you don't run away, the horse will really be frightened! When the horse under the crotch throws them off in terror, they are likely to be trampled into meat sauce by the giant elephant hoof!

Li Yuanying stood on a high place and watched it. She felt that the Xiangjun was really energetic. Those Turkic people were embarrassed by it, and they didn't look like usual bravery at all. He was a little bit ready to move, and approached Li Chengqian and asked, "Is this elephant easy to raise?"

Not only was Li Yuanying moved, but Li Chengqian was also a little moved, so he invited a southerner who spoke sharply to come forward and ask in detail.

In the past, he played well with the Turks and felt that the Turks were very comfortable. He liked to take them out to go hunting, sit around and play. Now when I look at it, they are really lost to the Shangxiang people!

A few people sat down on the grass on the high ground and looked at the a little nervous southerner together. The southerner was thin and dark, and he was obviously exposed to the sun and wind all year round.

Under the urging of Li Yuanying, this southerner began to talk about his childhood elephant training career. His name is Yang Liulang. Because of the many elephants in his hometown, his family and ancestors have been elephant training people for generations, so he has adopted a baby elephant since he was a child!

It takes longer than a human to conceive an elephant, and it takes more than ten years to grow up. It can be said that his elephant grew up with him, and he is capable of instructing it like an arm.

If it weren't for this kind of elephant that has been domesticated since childhood, ordinary people would have a headache when they encounter elephants. After all, they are big and like to gather together. If the mountains and grasslands are not enough for them to eat, they will eat crops!

Li Yuanying has never been to the south, so she listened with gusto.

Yang Liulang mentioned to Li Yuanying that it is not easy to raise elephants: an elephant may have to eat hundreds of catties of vegetation in a day. After eating it, it cannot chew all of it, and most of it becomes excrement. Its feces may weigh hundreds of catties a day, the kind that can bury people round and round!

If it weren't for a family of elephants for generations like theirs, it would be really difficult to serve such a big guy, let alone domesticate them.

Li Yuanying's eyes widened when he heard that an elephant could have hundreds of catties of elephant dung a day, and couldn't imagine how high the dung would be if he raised a hundred or so elephants! Li Yuanying and Si Zi sighed with emotion: "Duke Wei Guo is not easy. I am afraid that someone in his family will have to clean elephant dung, or else it will be buried in Duke Wei's mansion in a few days!"

Gao Yang was eager to try to play with an elephant, but when Li Yuanying said this, she dismissed her mind. She was afraid that her mansion would be filled with elephant dung in the future. She is a girl who loves stinky beauty. Even if Yang Liulang says that elephant dung is not stinky, she can still pick it up to spread the fat in the field. She is not happy to raise such a pullable livestock.

Li Yuanying was not as concerned about dung as Gao Yang. He asked curiously: "You brought the elephants to Chang'an, did you let them carry the goods for you?"

Yang Liulang proudly said: "Yes, we were hired by the caravan to help them carry the goods, by the way, to attract the attention of the people. By coincidence, His Royal Highness wanted to find an elephant to fight the Turkic people, so the person who hired us discussed with us. Let's give it a try. Our elephants are still docile, and the more fierce group that once defeated the Tubo army has made them dare not to invade again for more than ten years!"

Li Chengqian also came with interest: "Really so powerful?"

Naturally, Yang Liulang would not tell lies, so he took out the elephant army story he had been used to since he was a child and told Li Chengqian and the others with joy.

The children were all excited about it.

Li Yuanying said, "Although elephants eat a lot and have too much dung, they are really useful if they are used well!"

Li Chengqian and Li Zhi both nodded.

When Wei Shu saw that Li Yuanying was obviously thinking about raising a group of elephants, he thought about it, and said to Li Yuanying, who was sitting next to him, "Although the elephant army is brave and scary, I think it is not unbreakable. "

The eyes of everyone else focused on Wei Shu.

Wei Shu didn't panic, and he still said unhurriedly: "During the Warring States Period, a man named Tian Dan in Qi State once invented a tactic called'Fire Bull Formation'. Tian Dan collected more than a thousand cows in the city and decorated it with Jiang. Dressed in the dragon pattern, tied the oil-soaked reeds to their tails, and lighted the reeds to drive them into the enemy's formation. The enemy saw nearly a thousand "monsters" with fire rushing towards them overnight, and they were terrified. The hands and feet rushed to flee, and was defeated by all the people at once."

Li Yuanying said: "I've also read this, it's written in "Historical Records"." He was a little puzzled, "What does this have to do with the elephant army? Is it also possible to use the Fire Bull Array to deal with the elephant army?"

Wei Shu nodded and said whispered, "Didn't you just say that elephants are afraid of fire? If you use this fire bull formation, when the cattle with fire tails rush into the elephant army, they will vie for avoidance. The situation will not be better. How many people are riding horses just now, and they can even kill their own people under the trampling of elephant feet."

Li Yuanying drew the picture Wei Shu said in his mind, and found that the fire bull formation seemed to be really feasible to deal with the elephant army!

You must know that the battlefield of cavalry or elephant soldiers is not in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but many nomads in the north or west. Their cattle and sheep are not as precious as those in the Tang Dynasty. They can raise land in batches if there is water and grass. I heard that in Tubo There are also many wild yaks. If someone drives the wild yaks into the elephant army in this way, the elephant's original advantages become disadvantages again!

Li Yuanying boasted: "Sister Shu, why are you so smart!"

Yang Liulang said unconvincedly: "The Fire Bull Array is not available to anyone. How can you ensure that the bull will run to the other side instead of falling back and hitting your own person? If the tail is really burning, they can't judge the direction."

Wei Shu said: "There is a method to tame elephants, and naturally there is a method to drive cattle."

Li Yuanying agreed with Wei Shu's words: "This is the truth. You can make elephants listen to you, and others may have ways to make cows listen to them."

Yang Liulang said nothing.

Li Chengqian said this, and they also felt quite touched: "It seems that there is no invincible way in the world. You have Zhang Liangji and I have a wall ladder. It depends on who has the better way to fight." Li Chengqian felt that it is the best way to gallop right away. Chic, the Turkic friends who saw him just now had no power to fight the "elephant army" and fled in embarrassment. Li Chengqian felt that the horse hunting he loved in the past had become dull.

Li Yuanying took the opportunity to say: "Then we have to learn more about the various methods, think about the way to deal with it in advance, so that we will not be in a hurry when we encounter it in the future." He has a very flexible mind, thinking that they may be stunned by Li Er today. His Majesty saw through and began to encourage Li Chengqian, "It's okay for us to secretly come out once or twice. It's still too eye-catching if we come out too many times. Why don't you write another article to tell the emperor about this idea, and let the emperor allow you. Get in touch with these things more. At that time, we will be able to have enough of it!"

Li Chengqian thought about it and thought Li Yuanying's words were feasible. There are so many guards accompanying this time, it is difficult to conceal what he brought Li Yuanying and the others over to play, it is better to write a copy of Zhezi to ask his father for instructions!

Before roasting the whole cow, Li Chengqian was afraid that he would forget about it, so he asked someone to fetch a pen and ink on the spot, and swiped the book under the watchful eyes of Li Yuanying and several younger siblings. Cases are readily available, and so are perceptions. Li Chengqian wrote more neatly than when Li Yuanying was praised last time.

This time there were so many people, Li Yuanying didn't read and praise each paragraph, instead choosing a good sentence and pulling the friends together to tout: "This sentence is so well written, I can't think of it!"

Sizi is very happy to respond to the venue: "Brother is great!"

Li Zhi followed: "It's really good!"

Chengyang and Hengshan nodded straight.

Although Gao Yang didn't like Wu Wen and ink, but he patiently watched it, and from time to time followed the trend and praised it. After all, Li Yuanying said that if this article is well written, not only will their father not scold them, but will also praise them!

On the contrary, Wei Shu, who first proposed the "Fire Bull Array", stood on Li Yuanying's side. He didn't say much, but quietly watched Li Chengqian write an article about "Elephant Horse War" and "Fire Bull Array" under Li Yuanying's encouragement. "From the beginning article.

Seeing that Wei Shu has been silent, Li Yuanying was afraid that she would feel bored, so she could not help but share with her the reason why he likes to encourage Li Chengqian to write articles recently: "I learned this article writing method from Yu Zhanshi. Yu Zhanshi knows not. , The one named Yu Zhining, although not your grandfather, scolded people as much as your grandfather. You don’t know, he wrote 20 volumes of "Admonition Garden" to curse Chengqian a few days ago. It’s terrible. !" He told Wei Shu about the encounter with Yu Zhining that day, and said happily to Wei Shu, "At that time, I thought, if I could change things to the righteousness of the country according to his method. By relying on it, you can pass the imperial brother's imprisonment for everything, maybe they will be praised! It's a pity that I don't know how to write an article, so I have to let Cheng Qian write it."

Wei Shu was dumbfounded.

If Yu Zhining knew about Li Yuanying's thoughts, I was afraid that he would have the thought of killing him!

Li Chengqian finished writing the article and put it away, and the person guarding the stove also searched for it, saying that the roasted beef was already cooked. After playing for a long time, Li Yuanying was hungry. Hearing this, he immediately took Li Chengqian to roast the whole cow. This time His Majesty Li Er and the others did not come, and the hooves were given to the victorious "elephant army."

Li Chengqian was considered the eldest according to his age, and he was duty-bound to shoulder the responsibility of dividing the meat. Li Yuanying took a bunch of small carrot heads and waited one by one, not treating him as a prince at all. Make sure that everyone has a large piece of roast beef that is delicious and delicious.

Seeing that he sent him so smoothly, Li Chengqian deliberately cut a crooked knife. The grilled steak that Li Yuanying got was particularly spectacular. He looked bigger than his face and longer than his arms!

Sizi looked at it and widened her eyes to exclaim, "Uncle Yao, can you eat so much?"

How can a masculine husband say no? Li Yuanying straightened her body and praised Haikou: "Of course we can!"

So when he returned to the palace, Li Yuanying failed to ride his pony with Li Chengqian, but collapsed on the carriage and rubbed his chubby belly to digest.

I can eat it!

He found that his eldest nephew was a bit bad!

The author has something to say:

Little Prince: The son is like a father (pointing)

Your Majesty Li Er:? ? ?

Note:

① Related to the Fire Bull Array comes from "Historical Records. Biographies of Tian Dan

②Elephant-related content, a reference paper such as "Research on Chinese Elephant Culture", but the data has been converted by my superb mathematics, not necessarily correct!