Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 49 Chapter 49

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's that your statement has already involved the means of the gods. It's really hard for me to determine whether you are bragging or you have real abilities! Let's do this! I will give you some copper mines, and you can make a sample first Let me see, and I will decide whether I really want to hand over the right to mine copper mines to you!"

Li Shimin said slowly after his expression changed several times.

"It should be so. This matter has too much to do with it. If His Majesty grants you the right to purchase copper mines rashly, you will definitely be questioned by the officials."

Empress Changsun also said that she was obviously worried about Zuo Ming's child's temper, and because of this matter, she was too angry to make the big killer, so she explained it.

In fact, Zuo Ming was already very satisfied with this result, and Li Shimin was not at fault for being cautious.In fact, he didn't have to directly build a fort at all. If he wanted Li Shimin to believe in himself, he only needed a small can of black powder.

"Your Majesty's worry, Cao Min understands! In fact, Cao Min wants copper mines just to make a lot of things called forts, because without this thing, Cao Min's thunder is like a bow and arrow, which cannot be fired from a long distance!
Your Majesty wants to see the power of Caomin Leifa, and he doesn't need any copper mines. He can make it at any time after Caomin gets married and has time.

However, Caomin still said that this thing is too lethal. From research and development to production, His Majesty must arrange some reliable and capable people. Once it is leaked, there will be endless troubles! "

Zuo Ming emphasized again.

It's just that as soon as he said this, the faces of the imperial cooks and servants turned ugly.

What Zuo Ming said is no different from encouraging Li Shimin to kill them to silence them.
Looking at their pale faces, how could Li Shimin not know what they were thinking?Immediately he said in a funny way, "Everyone thinks I'm so dark! What an idiot! I haven't written the horoscope yet! What are you doing? As for being so scared? Even if Zuo Ming really made that thing, It’s always going to be taken out to meet people, and you just knew it in advance, what’s the difference? It’s not through your hands!”

After hearing this, everyone thought about it for the same reason, and they all smiled embarrassingly at the moment.

After reassuring everyone, Li Shimin turned to Zuo Ming again, "Don't talk too much, as if I have already sent someone to develop something before it's finished, you won't be able to make something satisfactory later, Watch out for your ass!"

"Your Majesty! You have said this eighty times, if not a hundred times. You have never beaten Cao Min's ass!"

After the important matter was settled, Zuo Ming's tail also cocked up.

Seeing his confident and arrogant appearance, Li Shimin was really angry and funny.

"Your Majesty, ignore this monkey! Let him play tricks alone! Our dinner is very expensive! A full shipbuilding right and a copper mining right are worth tens of millions. It would be a pity if it gets cold!"

At this time, Empress Changsun also spoke teasingly.

However, Zuo Ming was too thick-skinned after all, and he was at ease after being ridiculed like this. He even picked up the chopsticks and ate without waiting for the emperor to speak.

After talking so much, he was also a little hungry, and judging by the situation of the couple, he would definitely not be invited to eat, so he could only do it himself.

This scene really made Mr. Qian's white eyebrows tremble. If His Majesty was not by his side, he would have killed Zuo's life with a palm.

"Eunuch Zhao, I forgot to bring the rice just now, please do me a favor and bring it!"

Biting a piece of chicken until it squeaked, Zuo Ming turned to Zhao Sidao who was at the side.

Zhao Si was also spineless, he seemed to be used to being instructed by Zuo Ming, so he let out a reflex, and then walked out.

Seeing that Zuo Ming instructed Zhao Si to get up so smoothly, Li Shimin was really tired to the extreme, and said very displeasedly, "You don't know how to be polite at all!"

Hearing the emperor's words, Zhao Si woke up suddenly, and his face was red to the bottom of his ears.

Seeing Zhao Si's expression of shame and indignation, Empress Changsun smiled slightly, "Zhao Si, what are you still doing? Your majesty and this palace are still hungry! Why don't you go soon?"

Empress Changsun spoke, and Zhao Si immediately took action again, and this time, Li Shimin didn't stop him, but turned to the imperial chefs, "Go down, all of you! Come back and practice these few dishes more ! Especially the pepper chicken and carp soup, I like it very much!"

"Follow the emperor's order! I will retire!"

Not long after the imperial cooks left, Zhao Si returned with several court ladies carrying glass basins filled with rice.

These few dishes of Zuo Ming were really good for dinner, even the Empress Changsun, who had always had a bad appetite, ate three big bowls.Not to mention Li Shimin, he ate five bowls of rice cleanly!Really frightened Zuo Ming a lot.

Zuo Ming's appetite is not so good, three bowls of rice is already the limit, but this should also be related to the age of his body.After all, in his previous life, he was also an idiot with four bowls per meal.

After dinner, Li Shimin asked Eunuch Qian to take Zuo Ming to the Ganlu Hall to rest.This kind of treatment is not to say that there will be no one in the future, but it is certain that there will be no one before.

Since the Han Dynasty, no emperor has ever given up his bedroom for others to live in.

Zuo Ming moved into the Ganlu Hall, and Li Shimin naturally slept in the Lizheng Hall.But as soon as he lay down, he found something wrong with the bedding underneath.

"Hey! Why is this mattress so comfortable to sleep on today?"

Touching the soft cotton wool, Li Shimin said in surprise.He was busy with official duties yesterday, so he didn't know about Li Tai sending cotton wool into the palace, and Empress Changsun didn't have time to tell him.

"Hehe! This is a good thing! It was sent to the palace by Qingque yesterday. It is said that Zuo Ming made some white folds. It is economical and affordable! Although it is not as light as goose down, it is not bad at keeping warm. !"

Empress Changsun smiled lightly.

"Oh? Those white stacks can actually make this kind of thing? How did he do it? It's not easy to tear it all apart! I'm afraid it will take a lot of manpower!"

Li Shimin's first thought was that Zuo Ming must have hired a lot of people to help him dismantle the cotton and mix it by hand. If this is the case, this is not a small project. Even if it is useful, its value must be limited.

"Your Majesty, you are thinking wrong! Zuo Ming didn't use handwork to make this, but a set of wooden equipment. It is said that he did it himself, and it took only two hours to make such a set of mattresses. .That child has endured hardships, which is much better than Chengqian and Qingque."

Empress Changsun smiled gently again.

"Hmph! If you don't read any books, you can play with fancy things! Now you are becoming more and more like a craftsman and businessman, how will you become an official in the future!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin was naturally amazed at Zuo Ming's methods, but he was a little upset in his heart.

Zuo Ming is obsessed with all kinds of strange skills and tricks, and merchants and businessmen have always been Li Shimin's heart disease.In his original intention, he wanted Zuo Ming to become an official directly, but this guy always messed around here and there, but he didn't read the Four Books and Five Classics!

You can say that he is a white man, and his knowledge is so earth-shattering, but if you say that he is a genius, he really knows nothing except reciting poems, composing ditties, and all kinds of classic allusions!But it is such a person who can casually say such extremely elegant sentences as "people have joys and sorrows, and the moon has cloudy and sunny waxes and wanes"!
This made Li Shimin feel like a failure!Therefore, he once doubted whether Confucianism is really so useless.

"Oh! Your Majesty! In my opinion, you should let him go! He is an unrestrained character, and he can't be restrained. It's not a bad thing not to be an official. Besides, what he pursues is different from us. All we care about is this palm-sized piece, but he and Qingque look at the whole world! Your Majesty, Datang is too small to contain their ambitions!"

Sighing softly, Empress Changsun lay in Li Shimin's arms and said.

In the past, she was always worried about the safety and future of Li Chengqian and Li Tai, but now that the two brothers seem to be reconciled, she has new worries.

Ever since seeing the picture album sent by Zuo Ming, many princes and princesses in the palace have developed a strong curiosity about the outside world, and Li Tai has long been preparing for the so-called "Great Navigation Era". This is something that cannot be concealed.

Empress Changsun knew that Li Tai would leave Datang sooner or later, and this day must not be too far away, but she really couldn't bear it.How much she hopes that Li Tai can stay by her side for the rest of her life like Li Chengqian!Although it is a bit self-defeating, isn't that what mother's love is all about?

But Li Tai has grown up!The moment he met Zuo Ming, his life has undergone earth-shaking changes!His ambition is no longer to be a great emperor, his dream is to be in the sea of ​​stars!

"Hmph! What a great age of voyages! What stars and seas! Is there no one in my Tang Dynasty? Even if it is to develop a new continent, why would a prince go to sea with his Zuo Ming! Don't worry about this, Avalokitesvara! I'm here, right? They will be allowed to mess around! It’s okay to build ships, and it’s okay to make lightning weapons! But they must not be the ones who go to sea! I don’t believe it, I can’t find a few trustworthy ones to go to sea!”

Empress Changsun's thoughts Li Shimin naturally understood, she was reluctant to part with Li Tai, so how could Li Shimin be willing?In fact, he had already had people secretly support Li Tai and Zuo Ming. As soon as these two people boarded the boat, they would be brought back to the palace by his spies.

Li Shimin had also seen the sea when he fought in the world. In the face of that kind of wind and waves, no matter how big a ship is, it is just a joke!How can mortals be able to resist the power of this world?Even if it is Zuo Ming, it will definitely not work!
However, our wise and mighty His Majesty Li Er didn't know that the masters he sent were actually discovered by Wu Dazhu and Shen Ding early on, just for fear of scaring the snake, so Zuo Ming didn't expose it.

Of course, this is also an important reason for Zuo Ming and Li Tai to successfully go to sea in the future.

(End of this chapter)