Li Tan slept soundly. When he woke up the next morning, his spirit was different from before.
He couldn't smile because of the wound on his face, but his eyes looked brighter.
After eating and changing his dressing, he sat down to read. He read the textbook that Li Yi had written for the children in Zhuangzi.
If he encountered something he didn't know, he would ask the other older children and learn from them.
In the past, he hated it when others looked at his face. He always felt that they were looking at his scar.
Now, when the children in Zhuangzi asked him curiously why there was a gauze on his face, he would tell them generously.
He would say that he was scratched by a monkey while hunting, and the scar was very scary. When he went to Li Dongzhu, Li Dongzhu said that it would be healed in three years.
The children in the manor assured him that Dongzhu was right and that it would be better to wait.
Li Dan and Noble Consort Lu saw this and smiled.
"Xiao Yi's medical skills can not only cure diseases, but also the heart. Tan 'er, this is good. The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace will be beaten less. "
Noble Consort Lu sighed. The people who served Li Tan would always be beaten.
After being beaten, they could only endure it. Who could they complain to?
Everyone knew that the eldest son was in a bad mood, but the beatings were usually very light.
When he said that he would beat them dozens of times, the people who were beaten understood and would gesture.
If Li Tan said to beat them to death, they would go work elsewhere. If they couldn't be beaten to death, who would be willing to serve him in the future?
For example, some eunuchs who had lost their family members wanted to live and be promoted.
If they were beaten to death, they would rather do it first and kill Li Tan first, then commit suicide.
Now, Li Tan had changed. He was no longer impatient when he spoke and didn't care if others stared at his face. Just look, he would get better.
More importantly, Li Tan wanted to be stronger than others in a certain aspect. This strengthened his confidence.
Li Dan smiled and nodded. "Yuanshu will have a better life in the future. She won't be bullied by Li Yi."
"Yuanshu hasn't been here for the past few days. What is she doing?" Noble Consort Lu missed Princess Yongmu.
"Raising insects." Li Dan knew.
…
"Bring this leaf over and put it in front. There are fewer insects in front, so the moths will lay their eggs here."
In Zhuangzi, Princess Yongmu was looking for insects with a magnifying glass.
The Heavenly Bean Moth had already laid eggs. Then, a little bug appeared. It was like a silkworm, very small.
Some bean sprouts had a lot of worms, while some had none at all.
He needed to pluck the leaves and place them on the leaves over there. As he ate, the worms would settle down.
The neighbors watched and learned. They did not have a magnifying glass, so they could only look carefully.
They didn't have any outside land at home, so they would ask their neighbors for insects. When they got home, they would pick cowpea leaves from the yard and feed them to them. Then, they would go and pick their neighbors' cowpea leaves.
The Li Family Zhuangzi had quoted the price in the newspaper. It was 30 yuan per catty of bean worms.
For the people, it was a sky-high price. They needed to raise them well and more.
Earthly Paradise also quoted the price. They asked for bean worms, one yuan per catty, the kind that had 50 heads.
Bean worms were generally about 10 grams. One catty was 660 grams, so 60 bean worms were enough.
50 for a catty, which was bigger than other bean worms.
Earthly Paradise pursued a gimmick. They wanted to tell others that their worms were the best. They wanted to sell them to them at a price …
Other restaurants also advertised in advance that they wanted to buy worms. It was at least 5 yuan more expensive than the Li Family Zhuangzi.
If it was only 1 yuan more expensive, the people would not sell to the restaurants. They would sell to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
The people would rather earn less and go to the Li Family Zhuangzi to sell a batch. They would also drink some soup and chat with the farmers of the Li Family Zhuangzi.
The people were not stupid. They knew why the current price was set. If the Li Family Zhuangzi did not offer a price, others would not raise the price.
"Everyone, look. We have found the natural enemy of the bean worms. We have to deal with it in time. Sprinkle some quicklime in the furrows. Also, there are birds. It's best to use them as scarecrows.
Also, take a bamboo ring to catch spiders. Spiders also eat bean worms, especially big spiders.
It's the kind of ring we use to catch dragonflies. Take the spiders away and throw them into the water or trample them to death. "
Princess Yongmu took a small snail from a bean leaf. This snail secreted something that was harmful to the bean worms. She put it in a small basket to feed the chickens.
The neighbors saw it in the newspaper. Now they were looking at the actual operation to avoid mistakes.
For them, the most difficult thing to guard against were birds, especially sparrows. Sparrows ate a lot of worms.
The newspaper introduced the nets used to hang sparrows and asked the people to use the nets to catch sparrows.
There were so many sparrows that they would not be caught. They were only used to protect the fields.
In the Tang Dynasty, who dared to say that sparrows were protected birds? The people could beat them to death.
If you want to protect them, you can protect them. You can come to my field and help me chase the sparrows away.
The people also caught the sparrows and then … ate them!
In the past, the people did not know how to make nets to catch sparrows. It cost too much to make nets for sparrows.
Now, there were water nets. When they were not catching sparrows, they could use them to catch fish.
If the net was smaller, it could be used as a net bag.
Princess Yongmu walked in the bean field. She was wearing a bamboo hat. The back of her hand was scratched, but she was very happy.
… …
Some people weren't just happy now, but shocked and pleasantly surprised.
Guo Zhiyun got up early in the morning and walked around the military camps to check on the construction progress.
The main thing was to dig the trenches deeper and wider so that the enemy would not fill them up easily.
With the trenches, the horses could not charge over and the infantrymen could not jump so far.
As for jumping into the trenches and then climbing up, they would know the result after trying it.
The people on the trenches would hold shields and use their spears to stab the trenches.
"Tomorrow, open up the place by the river and let the water out. Then, the brothers can rest for a few days. Tubo can't attack and their morale is too low."
Guo Zhiyun said to the soldiers digging the trenches and building the trenches.
As he spoke, the hot air balloons in the sky signaled that they had discovered the situation.
Twenty-five miles to the east, their troops had appeared. They were about two thousand people and each person was riding three horses.
The scout's horse ran out. In less than an hour, the scout and the other party came back together.
The nearby soldiers stood on the top of the military camp and watched. Those who had binoculars were using them.
There was a flag raised. Feather, flying.
Feather naturally meant Yulin. It meant that they were the wings of the country, as flourishing as the forest.
Flying represented speed and willpower. It was fast. The definition of a soldier was light cavalry.
Seeing the Winged Knights coming over, the soldiers were excited. His Majesty had sent people over! There should be two thousand people.
If the two thousand Winged Knights were used well, they could become the Tubo people's nightmare.
They had long known that the Winged Knights were the best at shooting. They were accurate and far.
Guo Zhiyun and Wang Junkui stepped forward to welcome them as the sound of horses galloping could be heard.
The group of people slowly stopped their horses. Two of them stepped out of the stirrups and pressed their hands on the horse's back. Their bodies floated to the ground.
This was less of a burden on the horse than stepping on the stirrups and landing on the ground. The Winged Knights also needed to use this.
The leader of the Winged Knights saw Guo Zhiyun's clothes and walked over. He saluted, "Fan Fan, commander of the Winged Knights, has delivered two thousand packs of explosives and fifty thousand kilograms of diesel oil to General Guo."
The soldiers, led by Guo Zhiyun, immediately fell silent. They stared blankly at the horses and the things on their backs.
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