Ming Dynasty: I am truly not the Emperor of Longevity

"Commander Gao is absolutely right!"

Shen Xuan nodded repeatedly.

"What Shen Zhui and Gao Ruopu have to do is to lead their men to stop this notorious bandit while sending someone to ask His Highness for help as he is on his way!"

The real danger lies in this period of time: neither allowing the notorious bandits to break through, nor allowing yourself to be injured by them.

If we hold out until His Highness arrives, both groups of men can then focus their efforts on killing this fiend.

If His Highness could personally rescue Gao Ruopu, Shen Zhui, and the others, that would be even better.

Your Highness's archery skills are now so advanced that you could easily kill this man with your bow and arrows without even having to risk getting close!

"In this way, Shen Zhui, Gao Ruopu, and their men were saved by His Highness."

Gao Mingqian laughed.

"The little bit of knowledge Qin Fang knew was only what his father told him in his spare time."

I personally led the men to subdue his father back then.

After Lao Qin became a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and married my cousin, he desperately tried to sever ties with his past relationships in the martial arts world. He probably won't tell his son much.

I'm afraid Qin Fang knows more about the affairs of the martial world than I do. Finding a notorious bandit who has been famous in the martial world for a long time will probably not be easy.

I'll still use my connections to help him.

"I heard that His Highness wants to set up a glass workshop along the Wei Canal?"

After finalizing the important plan, Shen Xuan picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"That's right, His Highness entrusted it to Gao Ruopu."

Gao Mingqian had obviously already heard about this from his youngest son.

"He has already gone to Yanshen Town and hired dozens of glass artisans. A few days ago, he and His Highness were selecting a site along the Wei Canal."

We've all seen Western glassware; it's indeed crystal clear and quite valuable.

According to Gao Ruopu, His Highness possesses a secret Taoist alchemy recipe that can produce a crystal-clear glass, even more translucent than genuine Western glass.

Your Highness intends to replicate Western glassware in this glass workshop.

"More crystal clear than Western glass? That's unlikely, isn't it?"

Shen Xuan could hardly believe it.

"If such things could be made within the Ming Dynasty, why would Western glassware be so scarce?"

Just because it didn't exist before doesn't mean it doesn't exist now.

Gao Mingqian waved his hand.

"We all know that His Majesty is a devout Taoist and is quite interested in Taoist alchemy. He has also bestowed many good things upon those Taoist priests."

If these scoundrels don't produce something, how can they maintain the emperor's favor?

We also have Taoist temples in Linqing Prefecture, and we've seen those Taoist alchemy furnaces before.

It's just throwing in some things we don't understand and then refining them over a fire.

Each time they change to a new recipe, they probably don't even know what they can make!

The elixir formula that Your Highness mentioned, which can produce crystal-clear glass, may well be true.

Of course, whether it can be successfully refined depends on the completion of the workshop's glass kiln and the successful firing of a batch.

"If we could truly produce the crystal-clear glass that Your Highness described, even if its quality was only comparable to Western glassware, it would still be an incredible source of wealth."

Shen Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

"According to Gao Ruopu, His Highness plans to take half of the profits from the glass workshop and distribute them to our entire thousand-household garrison, so that all of the more than one thousand people will receive a share."

Gao Mingqian also showed an expression of admiration.

"He wants to turn our entire Thousand Households into his secret base for his future residence."

Our initial judgment may have been somewhat flawed. Although this eldest prince has not yet returned to the royal family, he may not be completely unaware of his own origins.

Although Your Highness is the Emperor's eldest son, he has not yet been formally recognized as a member of the imperial clan, nor has he been recorded in the imperial genealogy.

Compared to the three princes raised in the palace, they were still at a disadvantage.

This is taking advantage of the current lack of oversight to win over supporters and develop their own faction.

Your Highness is exceptionally gifted. At such a young age, you are already far-sighted and insightful, much like the Emperor when he entered the capital from Chengtian Prefecture to inherit the throne.

We placed our bets heavily on this prince, and we were right to have chosen him.

It could even be said that they hit it off immediately!

His Highness originally intended to win us over, and after personally rescuing Shen Zhui and Gao Ruopu, he will surely consider them his confidants.

. . .

Several days later, at Lanyue Tower.

"I am really not a good drinker, please forgive me, Uncle Gao."

Lu Chen, his face flushed, put down his wine glass and waved to Gao Mingqian.

"Uncle Gao, you're too kind. Today is just my 19th birthday, not even a full number yet. I didn't originally intend to hold any birthday banquet."

More than three months after arriving in this world, Lu Chen finally celebrated his nineteenth birthday, as recorded on the true "Lu Chen" road pass, in late August of the seventeenth year of the Jiajing reign.

This day was certainly not Lu Chen's birthday before he transmigrated, nor was it even the birthday of the unknown boy he possessed after transmigrating.

The travel guide for "Lu Chen" was something he found in a shady inn after walking for three days in the deep mountains of western Hubei using the boy's body.

The real "Lu Chen" should have been killed long ago.

Therefore, Lu Chen originally had no intention of celebrating this "birthday" that had nothing to do with him.

Lu Chen himself might not want to, but Gao Mingqian and the others certainly wouldn't dare to ignore this day.

Even though they also felt that Lu Chen's age was wrong and his birthday was probably not on this day, since they were going to pretend they didn't notice, they had to keep up the act.

Therefore, Gao Mingqian once again booked the entire Lanyue Tower to celebrate Lu Chen's birthday.

This time, it wasn't just the same group of people from last time who were present; five junior officers under Lu Chen, along with their centurion fathers, also came.

These people took turns toasting Lu Chen, and unable to refuse their hospitality, Lu Chen drank himself into a flushed state for the first time in this world.

However, this also led to the discovery of something I had never noticed before.

Lu Chen had too many secrets in his heart, so he naturally didn't dare to get really drunk. He originally planned to stop as soon as he was slightly drunk.

However, after several rounds of drinking, Lu Chen found that his mind was completely unaffected and he remained highly clear-headed.

At first, Lu Chen thought that the young man's body he had possessed had a high alcohol tolerance and that the amount of alcohol was not enough to make him drunk.

But when he got up to urinate, he found that his hands and feet were weak and he could not even stand up.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly and immediately used my mental power to stabilize my body, thus avoiding losing my composure.

Before his transmigration, Lu Chen had naturally attended some social events and had even gotten completely drunk.

The state of the body after drinking alcohol is not unfamiliar.

This body was actually extremely drunk.

If it were my pre-time travel self, my body would already be in this state, and my brain would long have been unable to maintain its rationality.

At this moment, Lu Chen suddenly realized that even though his body was so drunk that it was difficult to control, his mind was still completely unaffected.

Moreover, the feeling when using telekinesis is no different from when the body is in perfect condition!

Does this mean that even if the body suffers severe damage, or even if the limbs have lost the ability to move,

He can still stay conscious and use his telekinesis as usual?!