On the morning of October 5th, Chang 'an was filled with smoke.
People in Chang 'an didn't cook. They were used to eating out and eating cold food.
The smoke was more for warmth. Without a coal stove, many people couldn't afford a charcoal brazier.
There was no kang or bed in the house, only a mat on the floor.
The better ones had a couch or a long stool, which people could lie down and sleep on. It was similar to a bed.
Therefore, it was normal to wake up in the morning and find someone frozen to death in the winter.
Now, coal was cheap and people knew how to make kang. They could light a fire before going to bed at night to heat up the kang.
People could lie down and sleep with clothes and cloth. Even if the temperature of the kang dropped gradually at night, they wouldn't freeze to death.
In the morning, they lit the fire again and the house was warm.
The smoke was so big that people didn't find it difficult to breathe. It didn't matter if the ash fell on the house or the ground.
Li Yi had a bowl of meat soup and two steamed buns in the morning, then he went to see the big red-breasted parrots.
The big parrots lived next to the square. There was no floor heating in other places, so the pigeons were not afraid of the cold.
"Quack, quack, quack …" The parrots were singing. There was nothing in the trough, so they were hungry.
Li Yi took the mixed ingredients, opened the door and went in to add food to the trough in the small cages.
A group of big red-breasted parrots ran over and looked at Li Yi. When Li Yi just finished adding food to a trough, the other parrots ran away and wanted to eat in other people's homes.
The other party was anxious. One of the two parrots blocked the mouth of the cage, and the other ate quickly. After a few bites, they changed.
Li Yi added food to the cages one by one. When he added food to the cages of the two single parrots, he added food to the male one first.
The female parrots saw this and rushed over from her home as fast as she could. She squeezed the male one and started to eat.
Li Yi didn't put food in the female's cage, but began to add water.
The parrots ate two mouthfuls of food and drank a mouthful of water, looking very satisfied.
"Give more floor heating and raise the temperature to more than 26 degrees." Li Yi asked the onlookers to tell him where to light the fire.
Someone ran away.
Li Yi made further arrangements. "Use a large wooden basin to fill with warm water. Bring it to me. The water should be three inches deep. They should bathe."
It was the first time they had seen parrots, and there were so many of them and so many of them.
"Dongzhu, can parrots repeat?" the farmer asked.
"Them? It's hard to make them talk! They've all grown up, but in theory, they can learn. It's said that they can learn the voices of little girls faster. "
Li Yi looked for information, but he didn't have the slightest bit of farming experience, so he could only do this.
"Dongzhu, our Zhuangzi has a lot of little girls. If we let the little girls teach, how are we going to teach them?" The villager wanted to hear a parrot imitating his words.
They had heard of people raising parrots. According to the church, selling one parrot for ten taels was considered a low price.
If he could say a few more words, Bai Yao would be fine too.
Everything in Zhuangzi was expensive, but the parrot could not be cheap. It had to be able to talk.
"Put them in a quiet room. Use your hands to feed them the food that the parrot likes to eat. Repeat a sentence while feeding …"
Li Yi read according to the information. Let's give it a try. What if it could?
The big parrot could. When there were little parrots, the big parrot would teach the little parrot to talk.
As he spoke, water was brought in. It was warm water.
It was placed in individual cages, and the villager watched.
The temperature in the big cage continued to rise, and the parrots felt it.
After eating, they looked down at the big basin and began to circle it.
They climbed up and down. Finally, a parrot seemed to feel uncomfortable. It jumped to the edge of the basin, threw itself in, and washed inside.
Its partner watched it go down and followed.
The other parrots went to the homes of the two parrots and watched together.
After watching for a while, a parrot ran away. It ran back to its home and jumped into the basin.
This time, everyone knew that it was time to bathe and went home.
When the farmers saw this, they burst into laughter.
They found that parrots were as interesting as pandas. They even learned how to bathe.
…
In Earthly Paradise, Yao Chong was invited to gather with the others.
Zhang Shuo was not here. Zhang Shuo had gone to Henan to be the governor of Henan.
Yuan Qianyao was not here. He did not have much time to interact with others. He was the governor.
Song Jing, Bi Goo, Wei Zhigu, and Lu Huaishen came. The third prime minister, Su Yi, was pulled over by Song Jing and Bi Goo.
Yao Chong was not the prime minister anymore. He was directly in the regiment.
The first inspection regiment of the Tang dynasty did not have the ability to help others. There were too many restrictions, and it was easy to cheat others.
How many of the officials were truly clean?
The person who invited them was Song Jing. He was also tough and inflexible.
He wanted to gather once, and then everyone would not always interact in private. It was not good for the court.
It was arranged a few days ago, and everyone arrived today.
Something unexpected happened. Li Yi became addicted to raising birds.
Previously, he raised pigeons, and now he raised parrots.
Lu Huaishen knew the reason for raising pigeons, but he did not say it. If word got out, Tubo would think of a way to deal with it.
The others did not know. They thought that Li Yi had become unambitious.
He was content with the status quo and did not want to do anything else.
"Li Yi should be focused on the development of the Tang dynasty, but now he wants to raise birds. He is losing his ambition."
Song Jing began to criticize. He did not care about the relationship between Li Yi and Li Longji. Anyway, he wanted Li Yi to continue doing things according to the previous rules.
Before he became the prime minister, he knew that the Ministry of Justice would be tired with too many litigators, but he still supported Li Yi to send people to fight cases for free.
Because he felt that it was right. If the Ministry of Justice was tired, so be it.
Now that he was the prime minister, he thought that Li Yi should continue to come up with good ideas.
The Tang dynasty needed Li Yi. The imperial court also needed him. How could he spend all his time with birds?
"Xiao Yi should have a plan for raising birds," Lu Huaishen said.
"If he has a plan, he should let everyone know. He should not be the only one doing it," Song Jing said.
"He's not even related to you. Why should he tell you?" Lu Huaishen had joined the group. He was no longer as stubborn as before.
When he was the prime minister, he was suppressed by Yao Chong. Who was he afraid of now?
"I am the prime minister. Li Yi is an official. He should prioritize national affairs." Song Jing was so tough.
"You should not be the prime minister." Lu Huaishen refuted Song Jing.
"If Your Majesty does not want me to be the prime minister, I will step down." Song Jing did not hesitate.
"Then you can take down Li Yi's civil and military officials. You are the prime minister." Lu Huaishen said with a smile.
Song Jing was speechless.
He took a deep breath and looked at Lu Huaishen. He suddenly understood something and said, "No rush. There will be a way."
He thought of Lu Huaishen's stubbornness. There was nothing wrong with it. Lu Huaishen was sick a few days ago and went to the Li Family Zhuangzi to see him.
He was hospitalized for three days. If he could be hospitalized at the Li Family Zhuangzi, he must be seriously ill.
Now that there was nothing else to do, he had to support Li Yi.
"Let this old man say a few words." Yao Chong sighed at the side and spoke.
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