I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 117: Emperor Enlightenment?Bandit Kai!
The sudden outbreak of war at the border undoubtedly accelerated the process of many things.

For example: after the outbreak of war at the border, just over 20 days later, the Xiongnu mission quietly appeared in the city of Chang'an;
However, due to internal hidden dangers, Rao was furious about this. The Chang'an court under the leadership of Tianzi Qi could only humiliately agree to most of the Huns' demands when the Huns came to blackmail them again.

Huge supplies, including grain, rice, salt, tea, and cloth, were taken away by the smiling Xiongnu mission in the name of "a gift from the emperor to Shan Yu, in the hope of reconciliation".

But fortunately, the Huns put forward a proposal of "remarrying again", but the emperor sternly rejected it.

During this Han-Hungarian diplomatic process, the Han Dynasty finally saved the last bit of face...

After the Xiongnu mission left, the process of another matter was also forcibly accelerated by Emperor Qi.

——Cutting down the feudal clan!
Almost as soon as the Huns left, Tianzi Qi began to run between the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle, emotionally moved to his mother, Empress Dowager Dou, and persuaded him with reason;
After a few days like this, when rumors began to spread that "the king of Liang is attached to Chang'an, which violates the rules of the emperor Gao", both inside and outside the court, Empress Dowager Dou finally nodded.

In the summer and March of the second year of Emperor Qi Xinyuan (155 BC), Liang Wang Liu Wu, who had stayed in Chang'an for more than half a year, finally embarked on a long journey back to Suiyang.

What set off together with Liang Wang Liu Wu was batch after batch of military supplies, one after another, dubbed "the empress dowager's gift of wealth".

The Huns were sent away, and King Liang also embarked on a long journey back to the Kanto. Next, of course, the long-standing, but repeatedly delayed "Strategy to Cut Fans" was officially put on the court's agenda.

But just like when Liang Wang Liu Wu came, he personally drove the chariot and saw him off twenty miles east of Chang'an, but the figure of the emperor Qi did not return to the Xuanshi Hall;

Instead, she quietly appeared in the Guangming Hall where Mrs. Jia, Liu Pengzu, and Liu Sheng were located...
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At the turn of spring and summer, inside the Guangming Hall, there is naturally a joyful and relaxed atmosphere.

It's just the apse where the two sons Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng lived. The small courtyard, which is only a few feet long and wide, has already been fully occupied by various tools Liu Sheng found, as well as a stove and a forging platform. .

The seventh prince, Liu Pengzu, was naturally holding a bowl of freshly made tofu nao, sitting on the recliner outside the bedroom door, enjoying the deliciousness;

Liu Sheng, on the other hand, shuttled among the various tools in the courtyard.

After a while, pick up the steel bar with tweezers and take out the steel bar in the furnace;

After a while, the bright red hot steel bar was placed on the forging table, and the steel bar was knocked up and down with a stone hammer.

Tired from knocking, or being overheated by the heat from the stove, Liu Sheng would wipe off his sweat again and walk to the recliner beside Liu Pengzu;
Sit down on the recliner, pick up some steel wires that have been hammered into shape, and start to work on your own things again.

"Hey, Xiao Jiu;"

"The chain armor you mentioned is really a net made of steel wire, and then put on the body, it can resist the enemy's attack on the battlefield?"

Watching Liu Sheng bend the steel wire into fingernail-sized steel rings one after another, and then string these steel rings together, Liu Pengzu beside him couldn't help being a little curious.

Can't blame Liu Pengzu for being ignorant;
In fact, in the past thousands of years, armor that has appeared or is only legendary has never had a 'network' shape similar to chain armor.

That is to say, in the Han Dynasty, the leather armor that is often used in nobles and military officers is made of clips and stitched, which is already considered very precious;

Even for some elite troops, what the Shaofu can equip for them is nothing more than a whole piece, or a few pieces of tanned leather, which are directly stitched together.

In addition to Zhajia and leather armor, there are also rattan armor that occasionally appear in the land of Jingchu in the south and the Bashu area.

As for armor made of metal like what Liu Sheng did, it is not to say that there were no such things in the past.

——It is said that in the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor Yingzheng ordered the Qin Shaofu to make a kind of armor with two bronze heart mirrors on the left and right on the front chest;

Supplemented with a ghost-head mask, this troop was once called by the world: Ghost-faced Qin Qi.

It is said that the ghost-faced Qin rides on the grassland, and is called by the nomads: Bronze Armored Ghost Rider.

And the word "bronze armor" in the "Bronze Armored Ghost Cavalry" refers to the two copper breastplates that protect the chest on those Qin cavalry...
"In the past, the reason why no one used copper and iron as armor was because copper and iron were too brittle;"

"Although they are hard enough, if they are hacked or smashed, they are likely to have cracks or even break directly."

"What's more, the copper and iron are too heavy. No one can carry the armor made out of it."

While Liu Pengzu was thinking, Liu Sheng who was on the side also took over the conversation, and when Liu Pengzu turned his head, he lifted the net made of steel wires in his hand and saluted Liu Pengzu.

"Look, brother;"

"Compared to iron, the best thing about steel is its toughness;"

"Being hacked or smashed will only leave marks instead of breaking directly."

"And with this kind of mesh, the wearer can move freely without being restricted at all."

"Although the net-shaped mail armor is not very good at resisting blunt attacks, it can protect some vital parts enough to resist cold arrows, cutting and stabbing with sharp weapons."

"—That's the weight~"

"After all, it is made of steel, which is still relatively heavy, and the cost is a bit high..."

He was talking to Liu Pengzu, but Liu Sheng's attention was always on his hand, the piece of 'steel wire mesh' about the size of a palm.

After working for most of the winter, Liu Sheng only made such a small piece of wire mesh, which is still far away from a whole set of chain mail.

Fortunately, the fifty catties of fried steel that Liu Sheng brought from the Shaofu had basically been forged into steel wires, and the most time-consuming and labor-intensive process was basically completed.

In the next few months, Liu Sheng only needs to make all the prepared steel wires into fingernail-sized steel rings, and then string them together like the "steel wire mesh" in his hand...

"Sigh~"

"Should I ask Brother Wu to come over and measure the size..."

"After all, it's a close-fitting armor. If it's too small, it won't fit in. If it's too big, it's not very comfortable to wear..."

Talking to himself, he looked at the steel wire mesh in his hand for a long time, only to find that his brother Liu Pengzu's expected answer had not rang in his ears for a long time;

Subconsciously glanced at it, Liu Sheng found that the one who was supposed to be sitting on the reclining chair of his elder brother Liu Pengzu was the emperor Qi...

"The fifty catties of steel I gave you..."

"You're going to make a wire mesh like this?"

"——Do you want that kid to go fishing on the battlefield?!"

With a low growl of anger, Tianzi Qi suddenly stretched out his hand and snatched the wire mesh from Liu Sheng's hand;
But now, the seventh brother, Liu Pengzu, who was sitting next to Liu Sheng, stood aside with a worried face, and was startled by Liu Qi's low growl, and even lowered his head quietly...
"Well······"

"Steel wires form a loop, and then connect into a network..."

Seeing Tianzi Qi lowered his head and looked carefully at the barbed wire fence in his hand, most of the anger on his face had dissipated;
Turning around, he waved to the eunuch behind him, and when the eunuch hurriedly handed over the Emperor's Sword, Liu Qicai drew the sword out of its sheath, spread the steel wire mesh on the palm of his hand, and swiped lightly with the sword.

"Hey;"

"It's really good at defending against sharp weapons."

After speaking, Tian Ziqi swiped hard again to make sure that the steel wire mesh in his hand was not cut, and then he turned his anger into joy, and casually threw the piece of steel wire mesh back to Liu Sheng.

Afterwards, Tianzi Qi tried to lie flat on the recliner, and while experiencing the unprecedented comfort, he kept muttering: "I have such a good thing, but I don't know how to send two... ..."

Seeing Tian Ziqi's rascal appearance, Liu Sheng just lowered his head, carefully put away the steel wire mesh, and said casually: "The emperor's grandmother has already had it;"

"It's the Jiaofang Palace, and my son also sent one."

The sleepy voice made Tianzi Qi stunned for a moment, and then he became angry, and looked at Liu Sheng with full of resentment.

Liu Sheng didn't pay much attention to Tianzi Qi's resentful gaze, he just stood up as if nothing had happened, and took the wire mesh back into the house.

After Liu Sheng walked out of the bedroom again and sat down on his reclining chair, the emperor Qicai shook the reclining chair he gave birth to indignantly;

While shaking, he didn't forget to say something with a gun and a stick.

"Young Master Sheng, you have such a big face~"

"I want to see my mother, and I want my son to be a bridge between them;"

"If the prime minister wants to enter the palace, he has to be led by Young Master Sheng himself."

"—Even my young mansion, can you just say 'Your Majesty's permission', and watch you take away fifty catties of fried steel?"

The sarcasm in the voice caused Liu Shengman to raise his head calmly, bowing his hands to the emperor Qi sternly.

"Let's not talk about these things, how long has passed;"

"It's just a case-by-case basis: Invite the emperor's grandmother to Shanglinyuan, it was the emperor's father who ordered his son to go;"

"The steel in the Shaofu was also obtained by the father and the emperor with permission."

"As for the prime minister..."

"——If the emperor thinks it's inappropriate, then after a while, the minister will go to Shangguanli;"

"It's better to tell the teacher: From now on, father and emperor don't want to see the prime minister enter the palace again?"

It was another calm word, but it caused Tianzi Qi to get angry again, but he couldn't find an angle to fight back;

In desperation, Tianzi Qi finally just let out a muffled snort, and began to mutter about the recliner under him again.

"The queen mother has it, and the queen has it;"

"Only I don't have..."

"—Cooperating with this palace, it belongs to me alone, so I can't get into the eyes of Mr. Sheng?"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng was finally exhausted by the inexplicable Emperor Qi, and adjusted his sitting posture a little depressed.

"Father, what are you doing here?"

"If you send Uncle Liang away, there will be no one for the father to entertain?"

"It's still in the middle of the court, there is really nothing to worry about the father, and this is the time to go to Guangming Palace to have fun with the children???"

He asked three more questions in succession, causing Tianzi Qi to be completely stunned, wishing he could slap Liu Sheng to death immediately!

But I can't find a good reason...
"Humph!"

With a muffled snort full of anger, Tianzi Qi stood up with flick of his sleeves, and suddenly turned his body on his back;

After a while, he said in a stiff tone: "Yuan Gu, I have driven him back to Kanto!"

"I'm afraid I have to bother you, son, to report to the queen mother;"

"In case the Empress Dowager thinks that as a son, I can really make my own mother be bullied by outsiders."

Pretending to be calm and saying something, Tianzi Qi made a gesture to leave, but Liu Sheng muttered again intentionally or unintentionally, and 'fixed' him in place again.

"Just ask for help..."

"Such a big detour..."

Then he said something that made Tianzi Qiqi express his internal injuries, and Liu Shengman stood up easily, clapped his hands pretending to be casual, walked to the edge of the stove, and took out another steel bar;
Put the steel bar on the forging platform, while forging, he replied casually: "The emperor's grandmother already knows;"

"——Father has been dragging this matter for several months, but Grandmother has been sending people to keep an eye on it."

"It wasn't until yesterday, when the sent people watched Yuan Gu leave Hangu Pass and report back to Chang'an, that the emperor's grandmother finally calmed down."

"If the royal father delays for another two days, maybe in the future, even if there are sons and ministers who 'match up', the royal father will not be able to see the face of the imperial grandmother..."

The indifferent voice caused Tianzi Qi to turn around suddenly, and was about to start yelling, but saw Liu Sheng at this time, frowning in front of the forging platform, his eyes slightly narrowed, and using the stone hammer in his hand , and knocked on the steel bar in front of him.

That focused appearance made Tian Ziqi feel dazed for a while, and even saw something extremely familiar from Liu Sheng...

"Back then, the royal father consulted the case..."

After saying a word, Tian Ziqi's anger was also fleeting, so he quietly sat back on the reclining chair, silently watching the back of Liu Sheng forging the steel bars.

Just stared like this for a long time, when the bright yellow steel bar was slightly deformed by Liu Sheng's forging, and then completely dimmed, and then thrown into the stove again by Liu Sheng, the emperor opened his eyes , and then refocused on Liu Sheng.

12 years old, in future generations, maybe still at the age of school.

But in this generation, a 12-year-old man is already half a husband;

At this time, Liu Sheng, although his body had not yet grown, and his face was still full of innocence, but the resoluteness between his brows and the integrity in his temperament also reminded Tianzi Qi that when he was a child, he was still young. The years experienced by the Jinyang Dynasty Palace.

There, Liu Qi spent the most difficult and darkest period of his life.

At that time, the Jinyang Dynasty Palace was short of clothes and food, and was so dilapidated that it was ventilated on all sides;

Every autumn and winter, the northern Xiongnu would go to Yanmen County in Daibei to plunder the local people.

At that time, Liu Qi was not yet the acting crown prince.

——Not even a legitimate son!

As a concubine prince, Liu Qi could only curl up in that gloomy side hall with his sister Liu Piao and younger brother Liu Wu who were also concubines;

In order to allow the siblings to wear thicker winter clothes, mother Dou was busy raising silkworms, spinning silk, and fiddling with needlework all day long.

Even Liu Heng, the acting king's father, was always busy with domestic affairs. Occasionally, he was busy with crops in the open space of the palace.

In this way, until the age of eight, Liu Qi, the concubine son of the king, went to Chang'an with his father Liu Heng;
Later, due to some unspeakable changes, his mother Dou was able to become the queen of the palace, and Liu Qi was also established as the crown prince.

In the past 30 years of life, Liu Qi only lived through the hard life in the royal palace for only eight years;
If you count from the age of three when you started to remember things, it has only been a short five years.

But Liu Qi still can't forget the dark years he spent in the Dai Palace.

It was also the experience of those few years in Daiwang Palace that made Liu Qi, a son of a dragon and a phoenix who was born with a golden key, personally experience the hardships of life and the value of labor...

"Hey·······"

"Compared to me, this kid is nothing like him at all."

"It's with my father..."

While thinking about it, he sighed secretly again, only to find that Liu Sheng returned to the reclining chair beside him at some point.

Then I saw Liu Sheng picked up a bowl of water, poured it down with a grin, and asked casually, "Father, is there anything else?"

After saying that, Liu Sheng couldn't help turning his head, looked at the reclining chair under Liu Qi, and added: "If Father wants to, then wait a few days;"

"When it's ready, I will personally send it to Father Emperor."

Those indifferent words shattered all the memories in Tian Ziqi's heart and the warmth towards Liu Sheng;
Frowning and getting up, he walked angrily towards the gate of the palace. Tianzi Qi turned his head as if remembering something, and pointed at the recliner beside Liu Sheng.

"Move, move, move!"

The slightly resentful words only attracted the eunuchs on the side to rush forward, and just as he was about to grab the reclining chair, Tianzi Qi's low growl came from behind him.

"—Two! Move them away!!!"

The emperor had an order, and the eunuch did not dare to disobey, so he could only cast his begging eyes on Liu Sheng who was still sitting on the reclining chair.

Seeing this, Liu Sheng had no choice but to get up indifferently, and let Emperor Qi, like a bandit, order his subordinates to "thieves" to snatch away the reclining chairs of himself and his brother Liu Pengzu.

After the eunuch greeted another Lang Guan and each of them carried away the two reclining chairs, Emperor Qi nodded in satisfaction.

Turning around with a normal expression, he did not forget to tell Liu Sheng: "What is that, lock armor;"

"—make a set for me too."

"When I turn back, I will ask the Shaofu to send another fifty catties of steel over."

Leaving such a sentence behind, I saw Tian Zi Qi leisurely turned his back, put his hands behind his back, and left Guangming Hall full of satisfaction (bowl).

But behind Liu Qi, looking at the back of the bandits returning home with a full load, Liu Sheng crossed his hands in front of his chest in amazement, and put them under his armpits respectively.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

"The dignified body of the emperor lives in his own imperial city and palace;"

"—but still need chain mail for protection?"

"How many bad things have you done..."

(End of this chapter)