Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

Royal Palace, Royal Stud Farm.

As soon as Zheng Zhengjin, Li Shimin and Li Jing arrived, the Minister of Works rushed over.

You know, Zheng Zhengjin gave Duan Lun a lot of inspiration, such as the kang, coal stove, honeycomb coal, and cotton spinning factory. Each of these was a great achievement. This visit to the horse farm must have been related to the loss of war horses.

"Your Majesty, your Highness Prince Xian." He then nodded to Li Jing. After all, both of them were ministers of the six ministries and held equivalent positions.

"No need to be so polite." Li Shimin gestured to Zheng Zhengjin: "Tell me, how are you going to solve the problem of the loss of war horses?"

Zheng Zhengjin said to Wang De: "Eunuch Wang, please have someone bring a war horse over."

Wang De was flattered. He turned around and said to the eunuchs and grooms who followed him, "His Royal Highness Prince Xian has given the order, so why don't you just do it?" He knew that Zheng Zhengjin was not an ordinary person and that the current emperor doted on him very much.

Soon, a fat and strong horse appeared in front of Zheng Zhengjin and his companions.

Zheng Zhengjin said to the men who were leading the horses, "Nail these iron pieces into the horseshoes. This way, the horseshoes will not wear out at all." Zheng Zhengjin took out four small iron pieces from his pocket, which were about the same size as the horseshoes, and a few short nails.

Wang De took the iron sheet and looked at Li Shimin.
Li Shimin rolled his eyes, meaning just do as you are told.

Li Jing asked worriedly, "Prince Xian, won't this hurt the horses?"

Zheng Zhengjin asked back: "Duke Weiguo sometimes trims his nails, and the cuticle of the horse's hoof is equivalent to our nails. Don't worry, the horse will not be hurt."

Soon, the horseshoes were nailed on.

As the emperor of the world on horseback, Li Shimin immediately jumped on his horse and galloped wildly in the stable.

This move surprised both Zheng Zhengjin and Li Jing. They had never expected that Li Shimin's move would be so bold.

After Li Shimin returned, he dismounted from his horse in a handsome manner, which scared Wang De greatly.

I thought to myself: "My dear, if you make a mistake, I won't be able to chop off my head even if I have a hundred."

"Haha, with these horseshoes, the horse's grip is even better. It's not afraid of gravel roads at all. It's really a good thing." Li Shimin praised Zheng Zhengjin.

Li Jing came back to his senses from the shock and asked, "Your Majesty, can I ride for a while?"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."

Li Jing immediately jumped over and rode around in the arena. He simply loved the horse with horseshoes.

After Li Jing came back, he immediately saluted Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, horseshoes not only reduce the wear and tear on horses, but also increase the flexibility and mobility of war horses. If the war horses of my Tang army have such combat effectiveness, then my Tang army will be invincible."

"Hahaha, you really are my good son-in-law. Tell me, what reward do you want?" Li Shimin laughed, patted Zheng Zhengjin on the shoulder, and said,

Zheng Zhengjin smiled and shook his head, saying, "This was not designed by me. It was designed by my wife Yu Youwei. If Your Majesty wants to reward her, it should be her."

Everyone present was not stupid. Li Shimin was also happy after hearing this. If others would like to have more merits, Zheng Zhengjin would give such a great achievement to his wife. Zheng Zhengjin took out an A4 paper from his trouser pocket and handed it to Duan Lun, saying: "This is the blueprint of the three treasures of horses, the saddle, stirrup, and horseshoe. The Minister asked his subordinates to keep the production secret. This set of equipment can increase the combat effectiveness of my Tang cavalry by %."

Li Jing, Duan Lun, and Li Shimin couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Good, good, good, haha, my good son-in-law." Li Shimin said happily.

Zheng Zhengjin wanted to reply, "I am your brother-in-law." But after thinking about it, he decided not to do so, lest he make Li Shimin angry and hurt himself.

Li Jing also thought Zheng Zhengjin was very smart. As for whether he was deceiving the emperor, Li Shimin was smiling like a fox at this moment. He didn't care about that. It was a good deed to present treasures, and it was a good idea to give such a great deed to his wife. It would avoid the situation where his achievements were too great to shock the emperor.

Then everyone returned to the imperial study.
Li Shimin said to Zheng Zhengjin, "Let your wife Yu Youwei accompany you to court tomorrow, and I will personally reward her." He said with a smile.

"Then thank you very much, Your Majesty." Zheng Zhengjin was not vague. Yu Youwei was originally from a brothel and her status was quite poor, so many times when she was serving him with Li Leyan and others, she was a little timid. The purpose of Zheng Zhengjin doing this was nothing more than to let her not feel inferior.

Duan Lun then said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

This confused Li Shimin. It was not the time for the court session, but the court session had already ended. The imperial study was for discussion, not for reporting to the court.

Li Shimin asked: "Is it urgent?"

"It's not urgent." Duan Lun said.

"Since it's not urgent, let's report it at the court tomorrow. What do you think?" Li Shimin felt that it was not an urgent matter, and it was definitely not a rebellion somewhere. Besides, the matter of the Minister of Works would not have any impact if it was delayed for one day.

"Okay." Duan Lun said without hesitation.

"Pharmacist, Duan Lun, you must keep the three treasures of horses secret as much as possible, especially the horseshoes. Don't let anyone out. After all, if the enemy knows about it, and they also have it, we will have no advantage." Li Shimin placed his fingers on the dragon table.

"Your Majesty, I obey your order. Your Majesty, I'll take my leave." Duan Lun and Li Jing bowed from a distance, then left the imperial study.

When Zheng Zhengjin was the only one left in Li Shimin's imperial study,
Zheng Zhengjin was not polite and found a seat to sit down.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "You are a man of love and righteousness. Your wife, Yu Youwei, is the most beautiful woman in the brothel, Jinse, right?"

Zheng Zhengjin nodded: "Yes,"

"You're just going to give such a great credit to your wife? Aren't you afraid that your other wives will have other ideas?" Li Shimin said jokingly with a frivolous look in his eyes.

“Le Yan, Xue Yan and Chen Xia are all princesses. It is impossible for them to have other ideas. Besides, my backyard will not do everything to win favor like your majesty’s harem.” In fact, Zheng Zhengjin knew that as long as he fed his wives well, he would not gain favor at all.

Li Shimin pointed at Zheng Zhengjin and scolded him with a smile: "You bastard, you actually spoke to your father-in-law like this."

Zheng Zhengjin seemed to say to him, "I'm your brother-in-law," but he finally endured it.

Li Shimin stood up from the dragon chair and said, "Let's go to Lizheng Hall to see Guanyin." He had already learned from Le Yan that his Guanyin was pregnant with a fairy baby.
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(End of this chapter)