I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 116 We brothers, don't be so polite

Respectfully sent Shen Tujia away, and beat the teacher Chao Cuo in a subtle way, and when he was left alone in the announcement room, Emperor Qicai finally relaxed his tense face;
Sitting lightly on the couch, he pulled open the skirt of his clothes casually, and while his body was gently floating backwards, he only looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh...

"Hu~~~~~~"

"Finally, I know why my father was so wary of Beiping Marquis Zhang Cang back then..."

"Even after the prime minister was dismissed, the emperor still treated Zhang Cang with the utmost courtesy and kindness..."

At this moment, the emperor Qi, who was over thirty years old, finally realized belatedly: What is a country with an old man is like a treasure.

I finally understood why Shen Tujia was selected by the late emperor as the successor of the prime minister after Beiping Marquis Zhang Cang;
I understand why Shen Tujia became the old minister of the late emperor when the late emperor passed away...
"I'm afraid that at that time, my father had already expected that I would make such a mistake because of the "Strategy to Cut Fans"..."

"That's why I left Shen Tujia for me, so that I can dissuade him..."

Said full of self-deprecating, Tianzi Qi also shook his head with a wry smile, only thinking that the past self was innocent and cute;
Especially when he thought about how he almost plotted Shen Tujia to death in order to promote the "Strategy to Cut Fans" a while ago, Tianzi Qi felt even more bitter.

"If it wasn't for winning that kid, I would have almost lost a minister of the Zhu Kingdom?"

"Hey······"

Shaking his head with a wry smile, he adjusted his lying position a little bit, and after a long pause, Tianzi Qi raised his hand, motioning for the eunuch to come forward.

"That bastard, what are you doing now?"

"He brought the queen mother's words and invited the prime minister into the palace. Why didn't that kid come here by himself?"

Hearing Liu Qi's words, a smile subconsciously appeared on Eunuch Ling's face;
——You don’t even need Tianziqi to say the latter sentence, just the three words “bastard” in the previous sentence are enough for eunuch Ling to understand: Who is it that Tianziqi asked… ···
"Your Majesty..."

"Bringing the words of the queen mother, and leading the prime minister outside the palace, Young Master Sheng went straight to the studio of the Shaofu..."

"—Studio?"

The eunuch Ling spoke softly, but it made the emperor Qi raise his eyebrows.

"What are you doing in the studio?"

However, seeing the eunuch Ling heard the words, the smile on his face became even bigger, and his tone of voice was full of banter.

"Just now, news came from the Shaofu that Young Master Sheng took away fifty catties of fried steel from the Shaofu on the grounds of 'Your Majesty's grace'..."

"--How many?!!"

"—Fifty catties!!!!!!"

Unexpectedly, the eunuch Ling whispered a word, but it provoked the emperor Qi to jump up from the imperial couch!

Looking at the eunuch Ling's gaze, it was full of horror!
"Fifty catties of steel!"

"Is he going to rebel!!!"

With a roar full of astonishment, Tianzi Qi stood up with a face of astonishment, and looked straight at the eunuch Ling who had been stunned in place.

Fifty catties of fried steel, what is the concept?
——Today's Shaofu mobilizes all its forces to work at full capacity for a year, and the income of fried steel is only more than 2000 catties!

That is to say, these more than 2000 catties of fried steel can be turned into tens of thousands, or even 10,000+ arrowheads in the hands of those skilled craftsmen in Shaofu!

In today's Han Dynasty, steel and iron smelting technology has just started, and most civilian metals are still in the Bronze Age. Steel and iron are all military controlled products in the absolute sense.

As a result, Liu Sheng took away a full fifty catties from the Shaofu with a word of "the emperor's grace"...
Seeing Tianzi Qi's increasingly astonished face, the eunuch Ling was obviously panicked;
Subconsciously knelt down on the ground, only to 'remind' Liu Qi in a low voice with a little surprise.

"this matter······"

"When I went to Linyuan that day, Young Master Sheng said that to build a suit of armor for Young Master Fei, I need to take some steel from Shaofu..."

"I remember that at that time, His Majesty said: Yes?"

Pretending to be lonely and suspicious, he saw the eunuch order and hurriedly knocked his head again.

"Your Majesty's redemption!"

"The old slave will go to the Guangming Hall, get back the fifty kilograms of steel, and send it back to the Shaofu intact!"

Hearing the eunuch Ling's reminder, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but froze;
Recalling the promise I personally made in Shanglin Garden a few days ago, and today, the sentence that Liu Sheng brought back from the Changle Palace, "In the face of the national crisis, the family's shortcoming should be put aside first", the emperor Qicai sullenly sullenly , waved his hand irritably.

"Forget it!"

"You go and send someone to watch over it, don't let that kid give Huo Huo the steel from Shaofu!"

An irritated order, Tianzi Qi still didn't feel that the anger in his chest subsided a little, so he flicked his sleeves suddenly, put his hands behind his back, walked towards the rear of the hall with a gloomy face.

While walking, he did not forget to complain in a low voice.

"Damn things!"

"I really haven't learned anything about the simplicity of the late emperor's temperament!"

"—What kind of battle armor can use fifty pounds of steel?!"

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"Fifty catties?!"

Weiyang Palace, Guangming Palace.

In the Weiyang Palace, the emperor Qi said, "What kind of armor can use fifty catties of steel?" ' When he exclaimed, in the back hall of the Guangming Hall, looking at the steel bars that Liu Sheng was holding in his arms, the face of the fifth son Liu Fei also showed a look of astonishment.

"Little Nine!"

"This is, you want to make me a pair of armor made of pure steel?"

"no!"

"—Fifty catties of steel, the emperor said he would give it, did he really give it?!"

Hearing Liu Feiman's horrified tone, Liu Sheng just nodded nonchalantly, went to his recliner and sat down.

It's just that Liu Sheng didn't intend to answer the question raised by Liu Fei.

——Fifty catties of steel are indeed extremely valuable in this era.

Leaving aside the factor of metals controlled by the military, in terms of market price alone, the sale of the [-] catties of super steel is enough for Liu Sheng to accumulate tens of thousands of fortunes at an early age.

But compared to this time, Liu Sheng helped Tian Ziqi to persuade Empress Dowager Dou, and the risk he brought to himself, this mere [-] catties of steel, is not worth mentioning at all.

"I'm afraid that my father will take me to Shanglin and make the person in the Phoenix Palace really angry?"

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile, and immediately resigned himself to his fate, and lay down on the recliner.

And Liu Fei's focus is obviously not on other things, he only looks straight at the bag of steel bars in Liu Sheng's arms, and greedily licks his lips from time to time.

Seeing this, Liu Sheng immediately shook his head and smiled, turned his head to look at the expectant Fifth Brother Liu Fei.

"What kind of battle armor do I make? Brother Wu, don't ask too much. I won't be able to tell for a while."

"Anyway, it won't be a pair of pure steel armor. If Brother Wu wears it, he won't be able to move at all."

He said softly, and when Liu Sheng sat down with a smile full of anticipation, Liu Sheng turned his eyes away from Liu Fei, looked at the fifty catties of steel in his hand, and secretly thought about what he was going to make for Liu Fei next. Peerless Armor'.

Just now, the Zhajia mentioned by Liu Fei is actually the armor of most middle and senior officers in the Han Dynasty today;

The whole is composed of front chest, back, side ribs, shoulders, and hem in front of thighs.

And the defensive power of such a armor is all based on the pieces of leather armor that are two inches wide and three inches long, neatly arranged vertically on each side of the armor, and connected in series by needles and threads.

Wearing such a pair of armor can indeed increase the survival rate a lot on the battlefield.

——At least the cold arrows flying around on the battlefield can't penetrate such a pair of leather armor that is 'closely seamed'.

The bad luck came to an end, that is, the arrow just shot at the intersection of the nails, and the line connecting the nails was cut off;
In the same battle, it was unlucky several times in succession, and the line around the same piece of armor was cut by multiple arrows, so that it was possible for this piece of armor to fall off from the armor, revealing a two-inch wide, three-inch wide long hole.

But such a considerable defensive power naturally means that the armor pieces that are closely connected to each other will greatly restrict the wearer's activities.

And Liu Sheng's next step is to use these [-] catties of steel to make a "super armor" for his fifth brother Liu Fei, which is not weaker than Zhajia in defense, but will not restrict the wearer's activities at all. .

"Hmm~"

"Wear the chain armor inside, and put on a pair of mail armor outside;"

"No matter how unlucky you are, there will always be no accidents..."

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng smiled slightly, and secretly thought about how to beat these steel materials into steel wires.

——The chain armor needs to be made into small rings with steel wires, and then connected together in series.

For Liu Sheng now, making steel into wire is the biggest problem.

Fortunately, there is plenty of time;
Liu Sheng, there is still a long time, slowly find a way...
Thinking about this, temporarily hiding the 'mail' in his heart, Liu Sheng turned his head and looked at Liu Fei with some amusement.

"Fifth brother came to me, didn't he come to see for himself and supervise the 'process' of making this armor?"

"Since you have something to say, why don't you just speak up?"

Seeing Liu Sheng speak out what was in his heart, Liu Fei couldn't help becoming a little flustered;

He thought for a while in secret, but finally calmed down with a silly smile.

Then, Liu Fei looked towards Liu Sheng with a look of gratitude quietly.

"We brothers, although we were all born to the same father, because we were born in the deep palace, we can't become close brothers and sisters like ordinary people."

"From childhood to adulthood, besides my elder brother Lao Si, my dear brother Lao Ba, and Lao Liu, the one who plays with me the best is Xiao Jiu."

"Xiaojiu is kind to me, brother, I see it in my eyes and remember it in my heart."

Speaking sincerely, Liu Fei couldn't help stretching out his hand again, pointing to the cloth bag holding the steel bars in Liu Sheng's hand.

"I said I was going to go out to fight, so Xiao Jiu and my father asked for these steel materials that are enough to kill my head, and made me a battle armor;"

"He even took me to Shanglinyuan to intercede with the emperor himself, and asked the emperor to promise to give me the general seal in the future and allow me to lead the army."

"And the imperial grandmother;"

"—From childhood to adulthood, in more than ten years, the things I have said to the emperor's grandmother are not as many as that day in Shanglinyuan."

"As for Shanglinyuan, it was Xiaojiu who took me there..."

As Liu Fei's tone became more gentle, a faint smile appeared on Liu Sheng's face.

But the gaze that looked at Liu Fei became more open-minded.

"Fifth brother, you don't know how to treat the imperial grandmother, so you came to me?"

"Hmm~"

"——If I'm not wrong, it should be after Madam Cheng reminded me that Fifth Brother came to me and wanted to ask me?"

Seeing that Liu Sheng brought the topic on the right track without beating around the bush, Liu Fei also bowed his head with a smile full of embarrassment;
After moaning to himself for a while, Liu Feicai looked at Liu Sheng with a calm face, and then nodded heavily.

"It is indeed mother who asked me to find Xiaojiu;"

"—Fourth Brother also means the same thing."

"My mother said that the favor of the emperor's grandmother is not something that anyone can have, and anyone can have it safely;"

"Especially on the side of the Phoenix Hall, it is very likely that because of this incident, they will be dissatisfied with the two wives and four sons of my Xuanming Hall."

"That's why my mother asked me to come to ask Xiaojiu: How should I treat the imperial grandmother and how she loves me in the future."

"Do I need to decline the imperial grandmother's love for me in order to avoid the hostility of the Phoenix Hall..."

Hearing Liu Sheng's worried words and the lingering embarrassment in his tone of voice, Liu Sheng couldn't help feeling helpless while smiling bitterly.

In the homes of ordinary people, it is very common for a grandmother to dote on her grandson;

Even if there are more grandchildren, a bowl of water is not easy to level, but there will always be a limit, and one will not be too indifferent to one of the grandchildren.

But for Liu Sheng, Liu Fei, and several other brothers who were born in the royal family, the favor of the grandmother, Queen Mother Dou, is so precious, and it is so 'flattering'...

Even now, at the age of fourteen or fifteen, Liu Fei finally got a little favor from his grandmother, so he immediately worried about whether the eldest brother in the house would feel dissatisfied because of it...
"Ugh······"

"Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite~"

"The suffering of being born in the royal family is not necessarily less than that of the folks. Those children who were born in peasant households and lacked food and clothing suffered less suffering..."

Secretly sighed, Liu Sheng couldn't help but shook his head with a smile;

After thinking for a while, he finally took a long breath, clapped his hands on his thighs, and sat up straight from the reclining chair.

When he looked at Fifth Brother Liu Fei again, Liu Sheng looked at Liu Fei with a gaze that was spotless and candid, with a sense of intimacy without the slightest hypocrisy.

"Fifth Brother's worry, I understand."

"Mrs. Cheng and Fourth Brother's doubts, my brother and I have experienced it personally;"

"—Even until now, I still feel it all the time..."

Said in a self-deprecating tone, Liu Sheng did not forget to raise his head with a wry smile, and slightly raised his hands in the direction of the Phoenix Hall;
Then, Liu Sheng smiled gently, stretched out his hand, and patted Liu Fei's thigh lightly.

"But I think Fifth Brother doesn't need to have too many doubts because of this matter."

"—Because the emperor's grandmother only loves those who are honest, honest, and don't have too many small thoughts."

"Whether it's us princes, or those officials and meritorious officials inside and outside the court;"

"As long as anyone can get close to the emperor's mother, they are all gentlemen who are open and frank."

"So, the emperor's grandmother's love for the fifth brother is not because of me, but because of the fifth brother's straightforward and straightforward temperament, which makes the emperor's grandmother feel loved."

Saying so, Liu Sheng nodded slightly to Liu Fei again, and took his hand away from Liu Fei's thigh until Liu Fei put on that iconic simple and honest smile again.

Afterwards, Liu Sheng lazily stretched his waist and raised his hands behind his head;
He made a gesture to lean back on the reclining chair, but the hand behind his head pointed indistinctly outside the palace wall, in the direction of the Phoenix Palace.

"As for the 'over there' family~"

"Hi······"

"—Brother, I also thought that we have to be honest and responsible in order not to be hated."

"But my experience is probably enough to prove that no matter what we do, there will be no change in the character of 'that'?"

"No matter what we do, I'm afraid we won't be able to hinder 'that', because his son and mother are more expensive than their children, and they have inexplicable anger to blame us?"

"Since this is the case, instead of being cautious, we might as well go with the situation;"

"If she is annoyed, let her be annoyed;"

"Anyway, in a few years, we will all go to Kanto to become a feudal clan;"

"Even if 'that' wants to settle accounts after the fall, he has to weigh himself, whether he has the skills of the Empress Dowager Lu..."

Hearing this, Liu Fei's slightly anxious face gradually calmed down;
After Liu Sheng uttered the last sentence, Liu Fei had a strange understanding smile on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Liu Fei's reaction, Liu Sheng also let out a long breath with a smile, and lay down on the recliner again.

"——Furthermore, I said;"

"Compared to 'that' erratic temperament, I am afraid that the favor of the emperor's grandmother is the talisman that we brothers can really trust?"

"One day when the imperial grandmother is alive, she will definitely protect us for one day;"

"It's that jealous woman who angrily smashed the Phoenix Hall to the ground. With the emperor's grandmother doting on her, we don't have to worry too much..."

Liu Sheng's last words finally made Liu Fei completely calm down. After pondering for a moment, he tentatively asked: "The pair of imperial grandmothers..."

"——in front of the imperial grandmother, Fifth Brother should just be the truest self;"

"Fifth brother's temperament, I can't understand it very well."

"As long as Fifth Brother can be as straightforward and honest as before, and never forget to be filial and respectful, then the imperial grandmother's favor will not be a disaster for you Xuanming Palace."

"Not only is it not a disaster, but it will even be an unexpected blessing."

"After all, compared to the 'that' who hasn't lived in the Jiaofang Palace, the imperial grandmother is the current empress dowager who actually lives in Changle Palace..."

Before the probing words could be uttered, Liu Sheng gave all the answers, and Liu Fei's previously suspended heart was finally put back in his stomach at this moment.

In the past, the frank smile that always hung on his face finally returned to Liu Fei's face at this moment.

"Understood!"

"In a few days, I will go to Changle Palace to greet the emperor's grandmother!"

"When the time comes, will Xiao Jiu have to go with me?"

Unexpectedly, Liu Fei's words only caused Liu Sheng to smile wryly and shook his head;

After Liu Fei showed a disturbed expression again, Liu Sheng took a deep breath and smiled gently at Liu Fei.

"In the recent period of time, there may be many things happening inside and outside the government and the opposition."

"It's not a bad thing;"

"It's just that the emperor and the emperor's grandmother will be very busy."

"So, if Fifth Brother wants to find the emperor's grandmother, he has to wait for this period of time, when the emperor's grandmother is free..."

"—After all, the Xiongnu Mission is about to arrive in Chang'an;"

"As soon as the Xiongnu mission leaves, Uncle Liang Wang will probably return to Liang Kingdom..."

(End of this chapter)