Xia Hongsheng didn't go to the army again, there was Duan Zan there to take care of, Xia Hongsheng was completely relieved, Xia Hongsheng had never avoided him in terms of training, and he intended to train Duan Zan secretly, and now he is already familiar with training these things.

Li Shimin's words yesterday made Xia Hongsheng ring the alarm in his heart, he has indeed been a little too showy for a while, and almost all of the great credits in the court are closely related to himself, which is enough to make people notice, and guard himself, and even make his own idea.

Attention to reputation, Xia Hongsheng is not only not afraid, but feels that the more the better, after understanding the habits of the Tang Dynasty, Xia Hongsheng no longer resists the matter of reputation, in the era of Datang, reputation is like a cheat, having a good and wide reputation can bring countless benefits, Xia Hongsheng has already experienced.

But what Xia Hongsheng is worried about is the reputation in the officialdom. Officialdom is not like the people, who are too square in the officialdom and will make a big splash.

Therefore, Xia Hongsheng also intended to hand over the training to Duan Zan to do, he just supervised from the side, pointed out some points that needed attention, and at the same time ran around Chang'an City all day long, so that Duan Zan could also share some of the pressure on himself in the officialdom.

Li Shimin rewarded Xia Hongsheng with a few hundred taels of gold, which was regarded as not compensating Xia Hongsheng for his successive great achievements. Xia Hongsheng is so happy, it's not a side thing, but gold! Xia Hongsheng swore that he had never seen so much gold in his two lives, the golden light, Xia Hongsheng wanted to pounce on it and take a bite, and when he calmed down, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly, it seems that he is indeed an ordinary man. To tell the truth, the largest piece of gold Xia Hongsheng has ever seen in his later life is the gold watch on the neck of an upstart man.

Look at the No. 30 special combat team, although Li Laoer's reward is really not small, and they were all directly promoted to captain. And there are a lot of money and rewards, but Xia Hongsheng feels that there is still something missing. The honor of a soldier comes from the respect of others, none of which is there. It's just like you're making a deal, and you've helped me complete the task, and I'll give you a half-official position, and I'll give you some money. Soldiers were not respected in ancient times, even in dynasties where military merit was great. Those low-level soldiers are also far from receiving the respect they deserve, and the honor they deserve. However, in the face of the iron hooves of foreign races, it is often these that make the head spill blood and forge the standing of China for thousands of years.

These middle- and lower-class soldiers can't write the poem "Sacrifice your life to go to the country, and you may not be able to understand it", but what they did vividly interpreted the meaning of this poem.

Only this society respects the military and gives them the honor they deserve. Only then will soldiers feel that they are guarding the country, and they will be more loyal to the country and the nation.

Therefore, Xia Hongsheng was ready to melt a part of the one hundred taels of gold that the emperor rewarded him, make a military merit medal, and then propose to Li Shimin with a military merit medal that in the future, those who have made great contributions in the army will be awarded military merit medals according to their merits, so as to commend military merits and honor soldiers.

Xia Hongsheng didn't go out of his head at home all day, and he didn't think about what to design the military medal. It is not unheard of in later generations to see military medals. But the key is that it can't be copied, at least, the image above has to be changed, and the overall pentagonal layout looks particularly tall. Very handsome, Xia Hongsheng is not ready to replace it, mainly the pattern in the middle, Datang said that there is no national emblem and no national flag, what to put in the middle? After thinking about it, I felt that if I only put one Tang character. It is inevitable that he will look lonely, but if he is replaced with Li Shimin's avatar, he will not have it. In the end, Xia Hongsheng still decided to put Li Laoer's avatar on the military merit medal, because first, he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and has absolute prestige in the Tang Dynasty.

But the problem came again, Xia Hongsheng didn't have the head of Li Lao Er here, so he couldn't let the goldsmith carve it up.

Yes, I can only go to Li Shimin first. It's a pity that there is no camera at the moment, so you can only rely on painting, but in ancient times, it is not that you have not seen it, and the landscape is beautiful, but this portrait painting cannot be said to be bad, but the style and thinking are different, so the portrait painting does not focus on the real reflection of the person's face and demeanor. However, a portrait like this that needs to be carved on the military medal must be clear and recognizable. To achieve this level, the only way to do this is to use the techniques of Western figure painting. But Xia Hongsheng can only sketch, and after he arrived at school in later life, he went to learn from others in order to chase the beautiful teachers who taught art, and he was just at the entry level, and then the beautiful art teacher was chased by the rich and handsome, and Xia Hongsheng was embarrassed to go again. I haven't drawn much since then, and now my hands are more raw, and I don't know if I still have this ability.

Sighing, Xia Hongsheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, took out a stack of papers, found a quill, thought about it, went to cut a few more charcoals, and went out of the study with them.

Who is better at drawing?

As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw a little guy walking far from the front, so he immediately shouted loudly: "Xiao Zhao, come here!" ”

The little guy heard Xia Hongsheng's shout and hurriedly ran over: "Childe, what do you command?" ”

"Sit there!" Xia Hongsheng pointed to the stone table in the pavilion and said, "Let you be a model today!" ”

"Models?" The little guy was confused, but he still sat down obediently.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "Okay, from now on, you will treat yourself as a stone and don't move." When he was done, he went to Mr. Xu to order fifty wen to reward money. ”

"Gongzi Xie!" The little guy suddenly smiled, and quickly sat down honestly, and kept it motionless.

Xia Hongsheng sat down opposite, padded paper, picked up a pen and began to draw on the paper.

The little guy couldn't understand what Xia Hongsheng was doing, he just watched Xia Hongsheng staring at himself for a while, and then hurriedly drew a few strokes on the paper, picked up the paper and made a few gestures to his face, and after a while, he held a charcoal strip in his hand and stretched out his arm to compare left and right on his face, lowered his head and continued to draw on the paper. When the sun was shining, it was okay to sit there and not feel cold. But until the sun was in the west, Xia Hongsheng still didn't end.

The little guy really couldn't stand it anymore, he was sore, his legs were cramping, and the cold wind poured straight into the pavilion, and his nose was about to run down from the cold. But Xia Hongsheng just didn't say to let him end, so he could only grit his teeth and endure himself.

After a while, the boss passed, and the little guy finally couldn't bear it anymore, his nose itched, and he sneezed loudly.

Xia Hongsheng was suddenly startled, put down the pen and paper in his hand, looked up, and saw that the little guy on the opposite side was blue, and then he realized that the sun was about to set, and he was surprised that he was also cold.

"Look at me, I'm so engrossed, I've forgotten it, I'm sorry!" Xia Hongsheng said to the little guy: "Thank you today, and hurry up to the cook to ask for a bowl of ginger soup to drink, sit on the coal stove to warm up for a while, and go to Mr. Xu tomorrow to pay a hundred Wen reward." ”

"For, for the public, the son's service, is small, the small deserves, how can you afford the son's thanks!" The little guy didn't dare to move all afternoon, sleepy and frozen, and couldn't speak.

Xia Hongsheng shook his head: "Hurry up!" “

He is the head of the family in the end, and he wears thick clothes, but he is not as serious as the little girl, but he also feels a cold feeling that goes straight to his heart.

The little guy hurriedly got up, but his legs were weak, and he quickly held on to the pillar - his legs were numb!

Seeing that Xia Hongsheng was going over to help him, the little guy didn't dare to deserve this, so he gritted his teeth and endured a salute and hurriedly ran away. But I was very happy in my heart, a hundred wen! Haha, you don't have to work for an afternoon, you have a hundred Wen for nothing! I couldn't help but be grateful, the son is so good, he still cares about himself so much, let him drink ginger soup to warm his body, apologize to himself, and give a reward of 100 Wen. In Chang'an City, no, let's say the entire Chang'an City, that is, the entire Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid there is no more owner who is so good to his subordinates!

Xia Hongsheng didn't know what the little guy was thinking, and after seeing the little guy leave, he lowered his head and flipped through the few pieces of paper in his hand, fortunately, although the hand was raw, he didn't completely forget it at that time, after an afternoon of practice, it was already much better.

Rubbing his hands, Xia Hongsheng picked up his things and hurried back to the house, he was too involved and didn't realize it, and now he suddenly felt that his body was very cold.

When I went back to the house, I quickly sat down next to the coal stove, and asked someone to pour a cup of hot tea and drink a few sips, so that I finally felt warm.

Arrange the papers in his hand in the order in which they were drawn, compare them one by one, and see that in the end, Xia Hongsheng put down the paper and nodded, quite satisfied with his level. After a few more days of practice, you should be able to paint a portrait of Li Shimin. Come to think of it, if the pros and cons can be clarified, so that Li Shiming can understand the meaning of the military merit medal, and with Li Shimin's mind and strategy, he should not refuse.

"Hongsheng, what are you doing?" Sister-in-law's voice sounded from behind her. Xia Lin walked into the hall and saw Xia Hongsheng climbing on the edge of the coal stove, with paper in front of him, so he asked.

Xia Hongsheng looked back and grinned: "I'm practicing drawing things." Sister-in-law, come and sit down, I'll paint your portrait! (To be continued.) )