Chapter 204 The saddest thing in the world is that women and men fight over men (asking for monthly tickets)
From a distance, Li Shimin saw his eldest grandson, followed by several people, carrying a huge box and rushing towards the Lizheng Hall.

Although they were far away, Lao Li could also see how cautious the person carrying the box was.

Could it be that what was carried was a treasure? A question mark rose in Lao Li's mind.

When he got closer, Lao Li suppressed his inner expectation and asked calmly, "What is this thing?"

"This is the New Year's gift from my grandson to my grandfather." Li Xiang patted the big box and introduced it to Old Li.

Ah, it is true!

Xiang'er is truly a kind and filial child!

Li Shimin became more and more expectant, wanting to know what good things his eldest grandson had prepared for him.

Li Chengqian secretly curled his lips aside, preparing to hold back a big grudge.

"Well, that's thoughtful." Li Shimin said calmly to Li Xiang, "Bring it in so your aunt can see it."

"Okay." Li Xiang called Fubao and others and carried the box into the Lizheng Hall.

Hearing the banging sound outside, Li Mingda also walked out of his bedroom.

"What is this, Xiang'er?" Li Mingda walked to Li Xiang and looked at the big box curiously.

"Here, this is my New Year's gift to Grandpa." Li Xiang replied.

As he spoke, he took out the glass chessboard that he had prepared long ago from the bag on the box and handed it to Li Mingda: "Here, this is a gift for aunt."

Xiaoxiang has a good grasp of his emotional intelligence and did not leave Li Mingda out.

"Hey, what kind of chess is this?" Li Mingda looked at the chess set with interest.

"Military chess." Li Xiang said with a smile, "I'll teach you how to play it later. First, look at the gift for Grandpa."

"Oh." Li Mingda nodded and looked up at the big box. "What's in it? It looks so heavy..."

"It's not heavy, but it's big." Li Xiang turned his head with a smile and said to Li Shimin: "Aunt, can you open it and take a look yourself?"

"Yes." Li Shimin nodded calmly, walked forward and opened the box.

Then, he froze in place.

"This……"

Old Li stared at the glittering glazed phoenix in the box in fascination, and for a moment he even forgot to breathe.

"How is it, old man? Doesn't it look good?" Li Xiang asked with a smile.

Old Li did not answer, but continued to look at the phoenix in fascination.

After a while, Lao Li finally came back to his senses. He cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment, then stood up and turned around to say to Wang De, "Wang De, go get someone to carry this phoenix inside and put it in a more conspicuous place. Take good care of it."

Li Chengqian was also puzzled. Could it be that his father really didn't care about this Phoenix?

To be honest, even he would be envious when he saw it, let alone Aye who particularly likes birds?
Just as he was wondering, a yellow bird head suddenly jumped out from behind Li Shimin and made a whimpering sound at Li Chengqian.

The Moon Parrot is a crying monster.

"Banana, come here." Li Xiang waved at Banana.

The banana flew over obediently and landed in Li Xiang's hand.

Although the Moon Ring Parrot is a well-known ungrateful person, it still behaves very friendly towards Li Xiang.

I don’t know if it’s because Li Xiang subdued it, or maybe it’s also because Li Xiang always feeds it fruits by hand.

Li Xiang took out a hazelnut and stuffed it into the hands of Banana, who nimbly grabbed the hazelnut with his claws and began to eat it.

"Xiang'er is thoughtful." Li Shimin said with a lonely demeanor of a master: "I like this gift you gave me very much."

"I'm glad you like it." Li Xiang handed the banana to Li Mingda. The banana took a step forward obediently and stood on Li Mingda's shoulder. "Auntie, remember this. Never let the banana stand on your head."

"Why?" Not only Li Mingda, but Li Shimin also became interested.

"Birds, like dogs, are social animals." Li Xiang began to talk nonsense in a serious tone: "If you often pay attention to the flock of birds, you will find that the bird standing at the highest point is the king of them. If you let a bird stand higher than you, it will ignore you. The same is true if it stands on its head."

"I see." Li Mingda took a hazelnut from Li Xiang's hand and handed it to Banana.

"Actually, I also have a gift for Father." Li Chengqian winked at Old Li.

"Hmm?" Li Shimin asked absentmindedly with a nasal tone.

Li Chengqian turned around and asked Meng Shu to bring up the box, which contained the two glass phoenixes that Li Xiang had given him that morning.

To be honest, Li Xiang really didn't expect to be stabbed in the back by Aye.

When the box was opened, Li Xiang looked at Li Chengqian with a complicated expression, and his face clearly meant "Aye, you are a real dog..."

After seeing the two identical phoenixes, Li Shimin looked at Li Xiang again, saw the complicated expression on his face, and began to understand that there might be some story behind it.

"This..." Li Mingda walked over and took out the Mi Ni Phoenix from the box. He looked at Li Xiang and then at Li Chengqian, "Brother, Xiang'er, why are there two smaller phoenixes?"

"You don't know this, Sizi." Li Chengqian put his hands on his waist and said proudly, "This phoenix originally has one big, one medium and one small. Xiang'er told me that if Aye's reward satisfies him, he will give him the extra-large one; if he is not so satisfactory, he will give him the medium-sized one; if he is too stingy, he will give him this small one..."

"!"

Old Li looked up and glanced in astonishment at Li Xiang, who was grinning with his teeth bared.

"You, you really don't want to suffer any loss." Li Shimin took a deep breath, still smiling: "And you, Gao Ming, Xiang'er is your son, how could you betray him like this?"

Who would have thought that Li Chengqian curled his lips and said, "It turns out that the person who threw these two unwanted phoenixes like garbage to him this morning was not you!"

Oh, now I understand.

I thought something was wrong with Gao Ming, but it turned out to be because of these two little phoenixes.

"Look at you, you are such a grown man, but you still have the same ideas as a child." Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian with disdain: "Aren't they just two phoenixes? Look at Aye, you are not happy with things, nor sad with yourself..."

How can one have such awareness?

Li Chengqian stood in awe, he really is worthy of being called Aye!

However, what he didn't know was that after he and Li Xiang left the Lizheng Hall, Li Shimin moved a small stool and sat in front of the phoenix sculpture. He wiped the glazed phoenix with tenderness in his eyes as if he was touching a peerless beauty.

You can see that he really likes it.

Li Mingda stood behind, covering her mouth and laughing. The parrot on her shoulder also imitated her and laughed softly.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Xiang officially moved to the Wude Hall.

He packed up all the things in the house, had someone take them away, and left the bedroom where he had lived for several years.

To be honest, although his original body before traveling through time was mediocre, Li Chengqian and Su Yi did not lack for his food, clothing and daily necessities, and they also had their own independent palace with a very good environment.

Li Chengqian put his arm around Su Yi's shoulders, stood at the door of Lizheng Hall, and sighed as he looked at Li Xiang's back.

"Alas, the child has finally grown up." Li Chengqian said with emotion.

"Yes." Su Yi also felt a little nostalgic: "In the blink of an eye, Xiang'er is about to get married. I have also seen the Pei girl and the Feng girl. They are both very suitable for Xiang'er, but the Lanling Xiao girl..."

"Whatever the Lanling Xiao Clan is, is the Hedong Pei Clan inferior to them?" Li Chengqian was a little unhappy: "This is the Tang Dynasty's world now, they should stop dreaming of returning to the Southern Dynasty."

"Da Lang is right." Su Yi smiled softly with her hands covering her lips.

She understood this principle best. What did it matter if she was from a high family background? If she was not favored, even if she was the Crown Princess, her status would not be as high as that of a little boy.

Thinking about those days, Su Yi really felt that he had had enough.

Fortunately, the prince changed his mind and was no longer the same as before.

Sometimes when she had a nightmare at midnight, she would dream about the past and dream about Chengxin, the little boy, showing off with her.

The saddest thing in the world is not women fighting over men, but women fighting over men.

Li Jue followed behind Li Xiang, wiping his tears as he followed, sobbing from time to time.

Sometimes he swallows his snot back, making a "gurgling" sound.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Xiang smiled and picked him up, carrying him on his shoulders to sit.

Li Xiang is now tall and it is not difficult for him to carry the six or seven-year-old boy Li Jue.

"My elder brother doesn't want me anymore and doesn't want to be with me anymore!" Li Jue said aggrievedly, "No one will tell me stories anymore!"

"Look at what you said, why don't you stay in Wude Hall and live with me?" Li Xiang said with a smile: "I still have the final say here, and besides, your mother won't worry if you stay with me for a while."

"Really?" Li Jue's eyes lit up: "Then I will sleep with you tonight, okay?"

"Okay, okay, okay." Li Xiang had no choice but to agree to Li Jue's request.

Fortunately, Li Jue is older now and no longer has the habit of wetting the bed.

When Li Jue was always wetting the bed, he was only about three years old. Now he is six or seven years old, so he can naturally control it.

It is natural to eat dumplings on the fifth day of the New Year, and it is impossible to eat dumplings without drinking dumpling soup. Once he started drinking this, he couldn't stop. Under the effect of the original soup turning into the original food, Li Jue actually drank three big bowls.

Before going to bed, Li Jue insisted on drinking some orange juice and slept well that night.

Li Xiang was awakened by his sleep in the middle of the night. He subconsciously touched the bed and found that it was not wet. He felt a little uncomfortable.

What a jerk... Li Xiang smiled self-deprecatingly.

I was used to Li Jue's bed-wetting, but now he suddenly gets better. It's a little hard to accept.

Jingzhao Prefecture officially started work on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and Li Xiang had already assigned the plan.

With the permission of Li Shimin, Li Xiang once again formulated a series of decrees. Those who littered would be punished with ten strokes of the cane, and the punishment would be cumulative depending on the severity of the offense. If the officials failed to supervise properly, they would also be punished.

The disposal of domestic waste is the most serious problem facing a city.

If garbage is not handled in time and is piled together, it will easily breed insects such as mosquitoes and flies, which are carriers of many pathogens.

Although this job may seem insignificant, it is related to the life, health and safety of nearly one million people in the entire Chang'an city.

When the citizens of Chang'an woke up early in the morning, they discovered that Chang'an City was different.

There were many more people responsible for cleaning the streets. Those who were more trustworthy went over to ask and found out that they were cleaners from the newly established "Health Management Institute" of Jingzhao Prefecture.

After hearing that they were all disabled veterans who retired from the Liaodong battlefield, everyone paid them the highest respect.

The Tang people were warlike people, and in their view, supporting and protecting the army was the most normal thing.

In addition, the military merit system was implemented very well these days, so the status of soldiers was also very high.

The cleaners from the Health Administration Institute worked quickly. They packed the garbage into different categories and then drove trucks to transport the garbage out of the city for centralized treatment.

Some of it is used as fertilizer, while the rest that is difficult to degrade is buried or burned at a distant place.

Anyway, the environment is good these days, so it can withstand the test.

It’s not that Li Xiang is exaggerating. Protecting the environment is something that must be done. Times are different, and the Central Plains are also different from other regions. This is where the Chinese people’s roots are.

What's more, there is no Loess Plateau yet, and northern Shaanxi still has dense virgin forests.

If anyone really disregards the environment and cuts down trees indiscriminately, causing soil erosion, vegetation destruction, and land desertification, then he will be a sinner for all eternity.

Today, the Tang Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, without a doubt. Whether you admit it or not, the facts are here.

If the capital really had to be moved, Li Xiang would have preferred that it be done because of a strategic change rather than because the environment in Chang'an was badly damaged.

Therefore, development must be gradual and we cannot try to do everything at once.

Taking advantage of the winter, Li Xiang took people to repair the seepage wells and sewers in Chang'an.

The so-called infiltration well is similar to the current sewer outlet. People living in rural areas should have seen it. It is a deep well dug next to the vegetable garden. Generally speaking, it is independent and is used to dump domestic sewage into the infiltration well.

Some of the seepage wells in Chang'an City are independent, while others are connected to the sewers.

Li Xiang ordered people to connect the large and small infiltration wells in Chang'an City to the sewers, and temporarily place broken bricks and tiles at the bottom of the infiltration wells to roughly filter domestic sewage to prevent it from polluting the groundwater.

He was also thinking that it was time to get the cement, which would be used first to repair the drainage system and then to build roads.

Li Xiang has poured all his efforts into this capital city where he will live for the rest of his life.

In addition, Li Xiang also transferred a group of medical officers from the Imperial Medical Bureau to Jingzhao Prefecture, and built a shelter on the south side of Jingzhao Prefecture. He again promulgated regulations, this time targeting beggars who could cause infectious diseases.

Beggars in Chang'an City, if diagnosed as sick, would be sent to a shelter for treatment.

In this way, not only can the appearance of Chang'an city be improved, but beggars can also be prevented from becoming the source of infectious diseases, thus eliminating one source of infectious diseases on another level.

(My friend is getting married tomorrow, and I just went to decorate her wedding room...)
(End of this chapter)