It took a long time to draw a painting. Wu Daozi only drew the general posture of a few people and did not fill in the colors.
In the Tang dynasty, such paintings were painted with colored ink.
Wu Daozi raised his sleeve to wipe his sweat. It was half-finished. The rest was easy. He had an apprentice and usually asked his apprentice to paint.
"No need, just like this," Li Yi said. He did not want color.
Colors were worthless. This painting was an unfinished work of Wu Daozi.
He warmly invited Wu Daozi to eat skewers and drink. Wu Daozi had worked so hard to come here and even vomited in order to drink with him.
Wu Daozi was also very satisfied. He felt that he had outdone himself. This beer was good. In the future, he would drink beer to paint and not wine.
Mosquitoes flew around, but it did not affect everyone's fun.
"The stability of the Tang dynasty is all thanks to Doctor Li's good plan."
Wu Daozi sincerely praised Li Yi. At least he could use more kinds of paint and the paper was cheaper.
"It has nothing to do with me. It is all thanks to His Majesty's kindness to the Tang dynasty. The officials brainstormed, the soldiers risked their lives to guard the border, and the people worked hard.
The prosperity of the imperial government is not the work of one person. The happiness of the people is the virtue of the many. The tall trees are full of shade, and the single tree is not a forest. The reed leaves are luxuriant, and the single tree is not swaying.
The Tang dynasty is a country with hundreds of industries, thousands of roads, and thousands of people working together. Only then can it shake the world and have people come from all directions. "
Li Yi said sincerely. He was very grateful to Li Longji, Li Chengqi, and the prime ministers.
Sometimes these people cooperated with him like idiots. At the same time, they witnessed the rise of the Tang dynasty and put down many power struggles.
Otherwise, he could only usurp the throne. They were all dragging him down. He might as well break through and do it himself. If he was tired, so be it. Otherwise, he would not be able to live.
"Doctor Li, you did the most. I know, His Majesty …" Wu Daozi still wanted to praise him.
"Thank you. Drink up." Li Yi interrupted in time. Don't talk about His Majesty. Why would he talk about His Majesty behind his back? Drink!
"Okay!" Wu Daozi gulped down half a glass of wine and burped. He found that it was not full.
Now he could drink. After vomiting, he drank a lot and his body automatically adjusted.
Today, he felt that he was in a good state and could drink a lot.
Li Yi was normal. He looked at Wu Daozi and thought for a while. "Let's sing. Everyone, take out your instruments."
He had no choice. If he wanted to drink more, the best way was to sing. It would make him excited, and when he sang, his body would move more.
Just like the people back then, when they were already drunk after eating and drinking, they ended up singing after eating. Once they started singing, there was simply not enough alcohol to drink.
"Good, good, good. Sing the Swan Goose. I heard that this song was made by Doctor Li to wear down the enemy's soldiers?"
Wu Daozi relaxed. Li Yi gave off an easy-going feeling, without any sense of pressure.
Of course, he didn't see how Li Yi looked when he was angry with the chancellors. The chancellors were always on tenterhooks when they ate.
The palace maids and eunuchs ran to get musical instruments, which were necessary tools.
Princess Yongmu and Xiaolan also joined in on the fun. One of them played the violin while the other played the xun.
Li Chengqi didn't have a big drum, so he made a small tambourine to try out the sound.
Li Yi took out a harmonica, an accented harmonica. There was no F-sharp or B-flat in the Swan Goose, so there was no need for a chromatic harmonica.
The harmonica itself was an octave apart between the two rows. If one played an octave chord with nine holes, the best effect would be to block the tongue in the middle and add accompaniment, but it would exhaust the lungs.
Fortunately, Li Yi's lung capacity was large, and he didn't play an octave chord the whole time.
Therefore, Wu Daozi sang an off-key song at the top of his voice. "Swan ~ ~ Goose ~ ~ Sky ~ ~ …"
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"Hong ~ ~ Geese ~ ~ Up ~ ~ in ~ Sky ~ ~ Line ~ ~ Line ~ ~ Up ~ ~ River ~ ~ Water ~ ~ Long ~ Autumn ~ Grass ~ ~"
On the Hedong Road, the Heavenly Soldiers cruised three to five miles ahead. In the night, the soldiers were also singing softly.
They had musical instruments, but they didn't dare to use them. Those were all military instruments. Were they going to blow the horn? Or were they going to beat the drum?
They didn't have alcohol to drink, and they didn't eat skewers either. They were afraid that drinking alcohol would cause problems and cause smoke to rise from the bonfire.
However, they had individual self-heating rations, which could be heated by pouring water in. The cost was a little higher, and they didn't have aluminum foil. They used other things as a sandwich.
After pouring water into the outer layer and waiting for a while, the fragrant and hot food would be ready.
It was much simpler than Li Yi's, but it couldn't be compared to that time. At that time, there was no food, and there were drones to deliver it.
The Heavenly Soldiers had several types of individual rations. The soldiers' favorite was braised pork, braised quail eggs, and braised pork with preserved vegetables. They had a lot of oil and were mainly flavorful.
There was no staple food inside. They could bring their own staple food. If they could bring individual rations, why couldn't they bring some fried rice, fried noodles, or dead noodles?
As long as the food was delicious, it was fine. The staple food could be soaked in water and eaten with the food until it was fragrant enough. If there was soup in the food, it wouldn't be a problem to dip it in the soup.
"Here, eat two pieces of jerky. I've soaked it for you."
This time, the battalion commander in charge, Shi Yue, gave the jerky that had been soaked in water for more than ten minutes to the dogs. There was too much salt on the outside of the jerky, so it had to be soaked out.
He was a hunter himself, and he had always kept hunting dogs at home.
He could handle ordinary wild beasts, such as wild boars, which were the most powerful ones he could handle.
If it was tigers, it wouldn't work. His hunting dogs wouldn't dare to charge when they saw a tiger barking with all their might. Some would even be scared to the point of peeing and couldn't stand up.
He had always envied hunters who could raise mountain guard dogs. Their dogs would bite even though they knew they would die.
Soldiers had no will to live, so they became the Formation Breaker. Dogs had the will to die, so they became mountain guard dogs.
Shi Yue envied those who had mountain guard dogs. They didn't despise their own dogs, as long as they didn't go to the tigers! Wild boars weren't a problem.
If their own team encountered a black bear or tiger, would they need their dogs to charge? After the sound of gunshots, they would all become prey.
They quickly dealt with it and sent it back to exchange for money. The extra money could be used to ask others to help bring it back home.
If he took a break, he would help other brothers bring it back.
The three big dogs he brought had always been very obedient. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't bark. If they encountered a rabbit, they would rush up and bring it back. If they were touched on the head by their owner, it would seem that everything was worth it.
If they encountered a pack of wolves, they would run away quickly. There were too many wolves. If the three of them attacked the alpha wolf together, the chances of winning would be lower. Not to mention there were other wolves.
If they ran back to find their owner, their owner would go with others to kill the wolves. Then they could show off their strength.
Now there was dried meat and some salt. It was delicious.
Most animals liked to eat salt. Dogs also liked to eat it, but eating too much would affect their sense of smell. At the same time, they had to drink more water.
"This isn't preserved vegetable braised pork. It's pickled pork. There's a little distiller's grains. The rest are all big pieces of streaky pork. Li Dongzhu is really generous."
A soldier heated up the dish and found that the ingredients were different. It wasn't written on the package.
"Your meat is bad. The color is wrong. Let me try it!" A person beside him came forward.
"No need. I like to eat bad meat. You eat yours."
This person wasn't stupid. What do you mean you'll try it? What will I eat after you try it? Will you let me try your braised pork? I'll take a bite.
"Wu wu wu", "Oh oh oh", "Woof, woof, woof!"
While everyone was joking, Shi Yue's three dogs spat out the food in their mouths and barked softly in a direction.
"Get ready, Di Ting." Shi Yue knew that they had discovered the situation.
His dogs wouldn't bark like that unless it was a special situation.
Someone inserted the end of the bamboo tube into the soil and put his ear on the hole. "Battalion commander, cavalry. There are many."
"The Turks are on the move. Let's finish eating quickly and set off." Shi Yue didn't forget to eat. How could he fight on an empty stomach?
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