"Okay, Xiaoya and Hen'er, you guys continue to study. Qi Niang, I'll learn about the transformation issues between various energy!" In the back garden in the villa, Li Xiu smiled and gave lectures to Qi Niang and others in front of him.

Ma Ye and the others have been away for two days. According to the news from time to time, they were very smooth along the way. Li Shimin also kept his promise and did not make things difficult for them. In addition, Li Xiu also found out that the Turks were indeed preparing to go south and could even send troops at any time. Therefore, Li Shimin's current energy is all focused on dealing with the Turks.

"Brother, I don't want to learn, you'd better teach me how to build a ship!" Qi Niang said with one hand holding off the horse and frowned. Since Li Chengdao left, she has been talking about wanting to learn how to build a ship. What's even more helpless is that Princess Pingyang is very supportive of Qi Niang's idea. After all, she also hopes to visit Li Chengdao and the others often.

"Qianniang, didn't I say that I really don't know how to build a ship!" Li Xiu said helplessly at this time. Although he knew a little more, he was not a good idea of ​​everything. Especially, shipbuilding is a very complex and systematic knowledge. How could he understand this?

"Brother, please help me find a gentleman who knows how to build a ship? I swear that I will never delay my daily study!" Qi Niang begged again, and it seemed that she was determined to learn shipbuilding technology.

"Okay, when the situation stabilizes, I will definitely find a good gentleman for you!" Li Xiu had no choice but to promise that there should be talents in this area in the Ministry of Works, but now the Tang Dynasty is in chaos, and the Turks are about to go south, so even if he wants to find it, he may not be able to find it.

After hearing Li Xiu say this, Qi Niang finally nodded obediently and then began to listen to the class seriously. However, just as Li Xiu was giving a lecture, she suddenly saw Princess Pingyang holding a baby girl who was just one year old, and walked over with four little girls around her. Li Xiu knew these girls, and they were the five daughters left by Li Jiancheng.

"Princess, why are you here?" Li Xiu immediately threw down his book and asked with concern. Princess Pingyang is pregnant now. Although she can't see it yet, the first three months of pregnancy are the most critical period and the time when the child is most likely to get into trouble. At that time, the mother-in-law was lying on the bed to recuperate almost every day, for fear of an accident in the child in her belly. On the contrary, Princess Pingyang has been working hard for the time being, which has always made Li Xiu very worried.

"You mom and the others can't stay at home every day, so I want them to study together with Qi Niang." Princess Pingyang also smiled and suggested to Li Xiu, and the little girls beside her were staring at him with big eyes open, which made him suddenly have an illusion that he felt like he was about to become the principal of a girl's school.

"Okay, but is this little guy going to come to learn too?" Li Xiu naturally could not refuse Princess Pingyang's request, but he still deliberately looked at the little baby girl in Princess Pingyang's arms with some embarrassment and said.

The little baby girl is only about one year old and can't even speak. Her mother is a concubine of Li Jiancheng. She gave birth to two sons and one daughter. Because both brothers went to America, her mother also went with Zheng Guanyin, leaving the little guy to be taken care of by Princess Pingyang. Now Princess Pingyang has almost become a mother in advance.

"Hello~, of course Mian Niang can't learn from you. She just learned to call her mother, come and listen!" Princess Pingyang was also amused by Li Xiu's words.

However, when she talked about Mian's mother in her arms, she became very excited. She hugged her to Li Xiu and taught the little guy to call her mother. As a result, the little guy actually started to scream "Mom~Mom~Mom...", which made Princess Pingyang laugh happily. It seemed that after she became pregnant, her motherhood suddenly burst out. It was hard to imagine that she was the same person as the third lady on the battlefield before.

She accompanied Princess Pingyang to tease Mian's mother for a while. She was worried that she would disturb Li Xiu's class, so she left quickly. The four sisters, including the mother, were the oldest, one year older than Qi Niang. The remaining three were about the same age as Qi Niang, and the two behind were twins, so Li Xiu couldn't tell the difference between the two for a while.

"See... I've seen sir!" The four sisters of the genius were obviously a little restrained. After watching Princess Pingyang leave, they bowed to Li Xiushen.

"No need to be polite. Although you are women, you must study hard in the future. The biggest role of learning is to understand the truth and thus resolve some doubts in life. You may not be able to understand these words now, but when you grow up in the future, you will naturally understand!" Li Xiu said with a gentle smile to his mother and others.

Then Teacher Li Xiu took some basics of the four girls, and found that they actually knew arithmetic and some basic knowledge of various subjects, which surprised him. However, his wife then told him that these things were taught to them by their brother Li Chengdao, which made Li Xiu shook his head and sigh. Although he had missed his student a little in just a few days.

In the next few days, Li Xiu stayed in the other courtyard to teach and educate people almost every day. When he had time, he would visit Princess Pingyang and Niang Yi. In addition, Zhang Shiyi also left, and Qu Yi simply brought her daughter to live in, so that the three of them would have a companion, and by the way, they could teach Princess Pingyang and the others the experience of giving birth and taking care of children.

It is also worth mentioning that Li Xiu has also convinced Princess Pingyang that as long as the situation stabilizes, she will move directly to Li Xiu's house. Although Li Xiu's house is a little smaller, it doesn't matter. Li Xiu has already found craftsmen in the other yard and is preparing to double the house on the original basis, so that she can live more relaxedly.

But on that night, Li Xiuzheng was sleeping in a daze and suddenly was called by Yue Chan, and then she reported: "Master, someone outside reported that the seventh son next to Ma Master asked to see you!"

As soon as he heard that Lao Qi was about to see him, Li Xiu jumped up and put on his clothes, and then hurried out. Ma Ye had an intelligence agency in his hand. However, with Li Shimin's seizure of the throne, the court was in chaos. In addition, Li Shimin also wanted to master this intelligence agency, which made the intelligence agency semi-paralyzed. However, with his previous connections and power, Ma Ye could still find out some news. After he left, Lao Qi often reported some news to Li Xiu on his behalf.

When Li Xiu came to the front hall, he saw Lao Qi sitting there drinking tea. Li Xiu said, "Lao Qi, is there any urgent news?"

"Yes, the Turks have gone south!" Lao Qi said with that cool expression, and his speech was very brief.

"I really went south. When did this happen? What's the war ahead?" Li Xiu couldn't help but show a solemn expression when he heard this. Although Li Shimin had known this news for a long time and had made some preparations for response in advance, it was not easy for him to seize the power of such a large empire. All regions need to be stationed, otherwise civil strife will occur. Therefore, he did not believe that Li Shimin could use how much troops to resist the Turks.

"Just ten days ago, the Turks organized large forces to move south, claiming to be an army of 200,000. Although it was a bit exaggerated, there were still 140,000 to 150,000. Moreover, they went south to attack Jingzhou. With the troops of Jingzhou, it was probably difficult to defend. I am afraid that Jingzhou has fallen now. In this way, the Turks are likely to advance into martial arts, thus threatening the safety of Chang'an!" Lao Qi also reported the report seriously at this time, and his words were no longer as brief as before.

"Twenty-hundred thousand army! Jingzhou has also been lost! This... is really not good!" Li Xiu couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Although Li Shimin had organized 40,000 troops to surround them, he later realized that only half of the 40,000 troops were elites of the Tiance Mansion, and the other 20,000 were temporary recruitment of the government soldiers. But these government soldiers were hidden behind them, so they did not find it at all. It is probably one of the reasons why Li Shimin was not sure to destroy them in one fell swoop.

In addition to the 20,000 elite troops, the entire Chang'an can mobilize no more than 10,000 troops. In other words, there are less than 30,000 defenders in Chang'an. It is extremely difficult to fight against the 200,000 Turkic army. If you are not careful, you may put the Tang Dynasty in the situation of destroying the country.

"Lao Qi, I understand, you go down and rest first!" Li Xiu asked Lao Qi to retreat first. After the other party left, he sat on the chair again to consider this matter. He originally promised Li Shimin to give him the formula of gunpowder. The Turks came too quickly, and he didn't have time to give the formula of gunpowder to Li Shimin. Now even if he was offered it immediately and made it day and night, he probably wouldn't be able to produce much gunpowder. How could this little gunpowder affect the overall situation?

Just as Li Xiu was thinking, he suddenly saw a servant coming out to report again: "You reported to Li Jijiu, and there was a general named Cheng outside asking for a meeting, saying that he was coming on behalf of the King of Qin!"

"Oh? Please come in!" Li Xiu immediately spoke when he heard this. He didn't have to guess that he knew that the person named Cheng must be Cheng Yaojin.

Sure enough, in a short while, Cheng Yaojin strode in. When he saw Li Xiushi, he immediately laughed and went forward to salute, "Li Jijiu has always been good. Before, everyone was his master, and Cheng couldn't help but ask Li Jijiu to blame everything, just ask Li Jijiu not to blame him!"

Otherwise, people like Cheng Yaojin can make a living. They had previously commanded the army to surround Li Xiu and the others, but now as soon as they met, they immediately admitted their mistakes without any hesitation, which made Li Xiu unable to blame him. In desperation, he had to say reluctantly: "General Cheng is polite, I would like to thank you for your mercy before!"

"Haha~, Li Jijiu is really a generous person. Cheng has been entrusted by His Highness to come here before and specially invited you to the palace, saying that there is something important to discuss!" Cheng Yaojin laughed again. Although he didn't say anything, Li Xiu knew without guessing that he must have consulted him to deal with the Turks.

"Okay! Let's go now!" The military situation was urgent, and Li Xiu nodded immediately to agree, and then left the Princess Villa with Cheng Yaojin. When he left the door, he found that there was a carriage outside the door. It seemed that Cheng Yaojin was really thoughtful.

Li Xiu got on the carriage. What he didn't expect was that Cheng Yaojin, who had always been riding horses, also boarded the carriage, and then sat opposite Li Xiu. After the carriage started, Cheng Yaojin suddenly turned his face and said to Li Xiu: "Li Jijiu, you have harmed Uncle Bao!"

"Uh? General Qin? Why did I harm him badly?" Li Xiu said in surprise when he heard this. He still didn't know Qin Qiong's negative performance in Xuanwu Sect.

"While Shubao was also present at Xuanwu Gate that day, he did not provide any effort. Otherwise, the King of Qi might not have been able to hold on to Ma Sanbao to rescue him. This annoyed the King of Qin and he ignored Shubao afterwards. Shubao was also a donkey-tempered person and kept his temper. He kept his door shut and said that it was an old injury attack, which made the King of Qin even more angry. He did not participate in everything during this period." When he said this, Cheng Yaojin was also staring at Li Xiu.

"This... what does this matter to me? General Qin is unparalleled and does not like Qin's king's killing brother and imprisoning his father, so he is unwilling to interfere. This kind of thing can't be blamed on me, right?" Li Xiu said a little embarrassedly when he heard this. Although he said this, he was actually wondering if what he said that day made Qin Qiong make such a choice?

"Haha, don't rush to deny Li Jijiu. Although I asked Shubao, he had never been willing to say more about what happened that day, when he arrived at Xuanwu Gate drunk that day, I smelled the wine on him. I once drank this wine, which was Li Jijiu who had already drunk. He would not deny this amount of wine, right?" Cheng Yaojin stared at Li Xiu again with a smile. He had confidence in his nose, especially the smell of the distilled wine, he would never admit his mistake.

Hearing this, Li Xiu couldn't help but curse Cheng Yaojin in his heart, but he couldn't deny it anymore. He had to admit helplessly: "Okay, I admit that General Qin did find me that day, and asked me for wine as soon as he met, so I gave him the last jar of strong wine. As a result, he left without looking back after drinking, but nothing else said!"

"How could Li Jijiu know about the Xuanwu Sect after that, and sent someone to save the family of King Qi and the prince? Do you know that if the King of Qin knew about this, even Shubao would have a catastrophe!" Cheng Yaojin's face changed at this time, and then lowered his voice. This was also the main reason why he specially asked Li Xiu to talk about Qin Qiong.
Chapter completed!