After searching for a long time, the arrow that Your Majesty shot was lost and found.

After looking around again, Lao Wang scratched his head and asked the young eunuch beside him, "Have you found the missing arrow shot by the magistrate?"

Several young eunuchs shook their heads.

Lao Wang searched again and finally found two missing arrows shot by the county lord on the edge of the field farther away.

He raised his head again and looked at the place where he had just shot the arrow, which was nearly 300 steps away.

Following His Majesty, Lao Wang was also familiar with the skills of cavalry and archery, and he also knew the archery skills of various generals.

Your Majesty uses a stone bow, which is relatively light to use.

It's good to be able to shoot two hundred paces, but it's even better to hit the target three points into the wood.

I saw that the arrow in front of me was five inches into the soil, and the soil on the edge of the field was so solid that it was difficult to pull it out even if it was inserted into it.

What kind of strange power is this?

Lao Wang returned to His Majesty's residence with the lost arrow and talked about it.

Li Shimin was a little surprised at first, "Three hundred steps away?"

The prince bowed and said: "It's not bad."

Li Shimin drank the tea to sober up and said, "I only have so much energy. This child was not properly disciplined when he was young. He was a country boy at the beginning. He was not taught how to ride, shoot, read or play. Look at the bad habits in him, including his dishonorable clothes and conversation."

You are so arrogant, you have missed the best age to practice archery when you are over 20 years old."

The prince also let out a long sigh. In His Majesty's words, the county prince was so unworthy of social status, but he was still very good at treating others with humility.

When His Majesty spoke ill of the county prince, the eunuch couldn't interrupt him, so he could only deal with it quietly.

The children were taking a nap, and Li Yuezheng was talking to Queen Changsun.

"How can a husband and his mother say such things?" She whispered: "If my daughter hadn't argued so hard, my husband would have installed the toilet next to the bedroom."

Seeing the queen smiling, Li Yue felt indignant, "I want to make a statue of the little bear and put it in the Huaqing Pool. How can anyone make a statue of a bear and put it in their own yard?"

Zhang Yang walked to the door of his house and saw his wife and the queen talking in a low voice. After bowing for a moment, he went home alone.

Empress Changsun whispered: "As long as he treats you well, my mother will be relieved. Which man doesn't have some bad habits?"

"It is not a bad habit to place the toilet next to the bedroom."

When Zhang Yang walked into his home, a group of children fell asleep leaning on the little bear, and he himself was sleeping soundly.

The maids themselves were sweating profusely and even wanted to fan the princesses and princes.

The little bear seems to have reached a condition of living in harmony with the children. It is a beautiful thing to be fanned in this hot summer. It is enjoying it at the moment, regardless of the group of children sleeping on its belly and back.

Little Sizi even lay on the bear's head, holding the bear's nose with one hand and sleeping soundly.

Walking back to the bedroom, there are two tables in the bedroom, one is Li Yue's and the other is his.

Smelling a hint of fruity aroma, Zhang Yang walked to her table and placed a bowl of cream on the table with various dried fruits and a lot of smoothies in it.

Although my wife's cooking skills are not very good, she does have a lot of wonderful ideas for making this kind of snack.

Zhang Yang picked up the small wooden spoon on the side and finished the bowl of smoothie in one go. He returned to his desk with satisfaction and started drawing.

After a while, the children also woke up.

Li Yue walked back to the bedroom and looked at the empty bowl on her desk without speaking for a long time.

Looking at the man who was making a small model, she walked forward with an empty bowl.

Noticing the resentful gaze, Zhang Yang raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Seeing her empty bowl again, she cleared her throat again and explained, "I tasted it and it tasted pretty good."

Li Yue pursed her lips, "I wanted to keep it to drink."

Zhang Yang added: "If you have nothing to do, make one more bowl. We have plenty of dried fruits at home."

Because there are so many children at home, there is a lot of food prepared, including dried meat, dried fruits, and some melons.

I thought I would finish talking with my mother and then taste it by myself, so I left for a long time, but when I came back, I was drunk by my husband.

Zhang Yang added: "Don't put so many raisins next time, it's too sweet."

Li Yue took a deep breath and said, "My husband just drinks my stuff secretly, why are you so picky?"

"Give you some pertinent suggestions for improvement."

Li Lizhi came quickly and said, "Sister Huang, it's time for class."

After calming down her emotions, Li Yue walked out of the room in frustration.

Zhang Yang was trying out his own small model of an earth mine. He pressed the trigger point on the top, then released the trigger to expand the machine and sink it, and the yellow spring bounced it away.

The model is correct, but whether it will be so good in actual operation is another matter.

Zhang Yang packed up the drawings and walked out of the house. At this moment, the blacksmith shop was preparing to move, and the work for these days had stopped.

Master Jiang smiled and said: "Xiao Zhang, where have you been these days?"

Zhang Yang cleared his throat and explained: "I have been helping His Royal Highness the King of Wei in Chang'an for the past few days."

"You have to serve His Highness the King of Wei well. The old man has some dirty work here. You have to become an official." Master Jiang warned, "Only when you enter the official career can you truly stand out."

"My master used to ask me to work as a blacksmith."

"What's the point of being a blacksmith?"

Zhang Yang walked into the blacksmith shop and asked, "How are you doing with the drawings you gave to the master before?"

Master Jiang heard this and opened a box, which contained several discs, which were parts for making earth mines.

Nowadays, the casting technology is not advanced, so we can only make this simple earth mine.

I have seen related technologies in museums before, but the development in some remote places has not been so fast, and there are still many earth mines in the fields.

At that time, I carefully observed the structure of earth mines.

I don't know if what I think is right.

You have to try it carefully to know.

Master He Jiang took out this heavy box. The shell of the clay pot-sized earth mine was made of thin, polished iron sheets, and now it looked shiny.

Master Jiang sat aside and watched the splicing process, "It turns out they can be put together."

Zhang Yang assembled it in sequence according to the drawings, "Huh? This edge is too big, it seems the size is wrong."

"Old man, I'm going to polish it."

Master Jiang was diligent in his work. He took the outer edge of the disc and polished it for a long time, then carefully wiped it clean and handed it over.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhang Yang tried again, "Well, it's much better this time."

Master Lao Jiang sat down cross-legged again and suddenly smiled.

Zhang Yang was surprised and said: "Master, why are you laughing?"

Master Jiang added: "When I first met you in Chang'an City, a clean young man came to work. Now I see you are still so clean."

Zhang Yang looked at the old master's hands, which were covered with calluses. There were also a lot of dirt on the fingerprints and ravines.

"I haven't asked you in all these years, have you ever gotten married and started a family?"

Zhang Yang kept assembling it with his hands, "I'm married and have a daughter who is seven months old."

The old master asked again: "Where are your parents?"

He asked in a low voice, but when Zhang Yang was silent and didn't answer, Master Jiang understood clearly, "The war back then left too many orphans and widows. It must have been difficult for you when you were a child."

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "It was okay when I was a child. I met many good people."

"I used to go around looking for places where the government distributed porridge, eating and drinking, but I couldn't get hungry."

"Then I followed a Taoist priest, and he was very kind to me. Later, he found a sweetheart, and the sweetheart gave birth to a child for him. He said it would be difficult to raise a child, so he kicked me out."

"Then there was a severe drought in Guanzhong. I stayed alone on a mountain for half a year, with nothing to eat or drink."

"...After that, a bunch of gangsters came to the mountain. They were not smart. I followed them and ate and drank freely for more than half a year. If the government hadn't been chasing them, I would have fooled them and made them willing to worship me.

The leader, became the bandit leader of a local bandit."

"It's a pity that the world is not good. The government is suppressing rebellions everywhere. When I reached the mountain, I found that people were not old. The bandits abandoned me and ran away. Originally, I was going to be punished with hard labor, so I sent these bandits to the place where they fled.

I sold it to the government and they exempted me from hard labor."

"After that, there was still a severe drought in Guanzhong. I followed a group of refugees to Chang'an City, eating and drinking under the escort of the government."

Listening to this boy's experience, Master Jiang took a breath and said, "You just came here like this?"

Zhang Yang took out a bag of gunpowder and poured it into it, and carefully installed the trigger primer. "You see, I lived quite well during the years I was in exile."

"What about before?" Master Jiang asked again.

"What happened before..." Zhang Yang hesitated for a while and said, "That's it, it's the same as everyone else."

Master Jiang patted him on the shoulder, "It's easy to hear you say, but it's difficult to reach Chang'an City alive."
To be continued...