handed over this finger to Zhang Yun for safekeeping, and instructed Zhang Yun to take him to clean the wound.

walked up to Ashina Xue and handed her the handkerchief: "Why don't you stop him?" ”

Ashina Xue took the handkerchief, wiped her tears and said: "The man of the Ashina family should be like this, he can refuse my proposal, in my opinion, he is truly mature." I didn't worry about it before, but I don't have to worry about him from today on. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, a person who is ruthless to himself can overcome all the bad environments, and He Lu has done this.

"Since you're out of the palace today, let's talk to your brother more, if you're still not at ease, it's okay to go with him. At most, I will find a female corpse and say that you have a sudden illness and died. ”

This sentence was not a temporary idea, although keeping her could form an effective bond on Helu, but he really didn't want to have a complaining woman, and his life couldn't pass.

Ashina Xue was just surprised, then shook her head and got up to find Helu.

After leaving a few people to send Ashina Xue back, Li Chengqian got into the carriage again and prepared to go to Li Tai to have a look.

The production of gunpowder is completely sufficient for more than a dozen people, but if the production of weapons is also handed over to them, it is estimated that it will take the year of the monkey to complete the assembly. As a result, he could only hand over the assembly of the weapon to Li Tai and Yan Liben. The craftsmen on the assembly line do not need to be free, they only need to sign a confidentiality agreement.

"How many brain-dead people would put the location of the workshop behind the academy? Qingque, don't say that you did the job of selecting the site. ”

Li Tai pouted and said, "You can't blame me for this, it was Yan Liben who did it, saying that he could centrally manage those craftsmen here, and he would not leak secrets." ”

"Centralized management is very good, but how to ensure security? Besides, in front is Wenhua Baodi, who teaches and educates people, and in the back is a workshop for making murder weapons, if Mr. Yang knows, it is estimated that he will go to the palace to find me trouble. Come on, move it quickly, when this thing is not made into a weapon, as long as it is not sealed and stored, even if it is not sealed, its power is limited? But not necessarily weapons. Will you expand in the future? If you're not careful, it's okay if the academy blows up? I don't know how much human life will be lost. ”

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief? Fortunately, I thought of it myself, otherwise I would regret it if something happened.

Hurried over to see Yan Liben, who had begun to relocate the workshop? As soon as they met, they were scolded by Li Chengqian, which made Li Tai, who was hiding behind, laugh.

Finally waited until Li Tai left? Yan Li originally said, "Your Highness? The location of the workshop is here in the academy, and it is deliberately made, just waiting for you to find out. The subordinate officials of the Wei Wangfu sent people to monitor the lower officials on the grounds that the heavy weapons of the military state could not be relaxed. Your Highness? Isn't that okay? How could the workshop for the manufacture of gunpowder weapons be supervised by the people of the Wei Palace? Why do they have such power? ”

Listening to Yan Liben's words, Li Chengqian smiled dumbly. He didn't order the appointment of the managers of the workshop, in fact, he wanted to test the officials of the Wei Palace, and see what they would do. There was something about Hibiscus Garden before, facing a big pie like a gunpowder weapon making workshop? They can hold back, which means that there is still some quality? can't help it, it can only mean that they are just a bunch of idiots who want to go crazy and want to get on top.

"Stupid? Are you the son of Yangshan County, Viscount? One level higher than the baron? Already have a knighthood? Why are you still so weak? A few subordinate officials of the Wei Wangfu scared you? Your Majesty has no way, and before you deal with those few people, the first thing you have to deal with is you! ”

Yan Liben arched his hand in shame, and suddenly became a viscount, but he did not have the consciousness of a viscount. When encountering such a thing, you will habitually feel that the people of Wei Wangfu can't afford to mess with it.

Li Chengqian was not interested in continuing to count Yan Liben, so he turned around and ordered Zhang Yun to inform the Hundred Cavalry Division to arrest the officials of the Wei Palace.

Rubbing his face, Li Chengqian sighed, if you want to arrest someone, you still have to tell Li Tai. In the final analysis, taking out the gunpowder weapon workshop to test it is also a denial to Li Tai.

In front of the main entrance of the college, the pillars of the cement bridge have been erected to the end, and all that remains is to build the bridge body on these pillars.

Li Tai sat on the shore and watched the craftsmen work, and from time to time he imagined what the bridge would look like when it was completed.

"Brother Huang, you can kill or chop those people casually, and the people who pry me and you for the throne all day long will eat for nothing if you keep them."

Li Chengqian sat next to Li Tai, put his arm around Li Tai's shoulders and said: "When this matter was brought up by Kong Yingda, I actually refused it too, but I couldn't resist him, so I could only do it." Qingque, my brother knows that you don't have the idea of rebellion, but others will still doubt you, your subordinates want to bring me down, and my subordinates don't also expect you to be finished? Let's take it, brothers.

However, it's better not to touch this thing as a gunpowder weapon, not to be wary of you, but because it's not a good thing. If something really happens, my father and queen mother will have to hammer me to death. After the construction of the bridge is completed, why don't you study the improvement of the smelting process with the craftsmen of the engineering college? ”

Li Tai shook his head: "The improvement of smelting will be handed over to those craftsmen themselves, I am going to go back and study the wheel set and make a thing that lifts heavy objects, the gantry crane is still too bulky." ”

Li Chengqian smiled, being able to find what he wanted to do by himself is to make progress. Li Tai, who has really taken this step, can be regarded as growing up.

Patting Li Tai on the shoulder, Li Chengqian got up and prepared to go to the new stronghold of the Hundred Cavalry Division.

It's about gunpowder weapons, even if he doesn't give the order, I'm afraid Duan Yunzhi will do it directly.

The heavy weapons of the military state cannot be touched by leisure, this is the consensus of everyone, even if a prince like Cheng Yanjin and others will not take the initiative to study what the Eight Bull Crossbow is all about. Zhang Gongjin just accepted a horse farm, and he had to find a way to send it out quickly. Zhang Xiao, the long history of the Wei Palace, why did he dare to stuff the people of the Wei Palace, or a large number of them, into the weapon workshop? Who does he think he is? Emperor?

No one knows how many secret strongholds the Hundred Cavalry Division has, at least Li Chengqian would never have imagined that the backyard cellar of the teahouse outside Chang'an City turned out to be one of the strongholds of the Hundred Cavalry Division.

In the dungeon, Zhang Xiao and the others had already been arrested, as calm as Zhang Xiao, just sitting on the bed in the cell, and the rest of the subordinate officials were all screaming at the prison door. What the dungeon of the Hundred Riders is, no one wants to know.

Seeing a pale yellow color appearing from the light, the subordinate officials suddenly shouted as if they saw hope: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the humble duty is wronged, the humble duty is just an order!" ”

Ignoring those subordinate officials, after the jailer opened the prison door, Li Chengqian entered Zhang Xiao's cell.

It's not bad, except for being a little stuffy, the Baiqi Division didn't persecute these arrested people too much, and even there was tea on the table.

Zhang Yun moved out a stool, and Li Chengqian sat on the bench and looked at Zhang Xiao.

Big-eyed staring small....

After a long time, Zhang Xiaocai laughed self-deprecatingly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally interrogated the lower officials, but it is the honor of the lower officials, but I don't know how His Royal Highness is going to deal with the lower officials?" Maybe leave a whole corpse? ”

Li Chengqian smiled: "Lone doesn't have the idea of killing people yet, the trap set for you this time was also proposed by the people who belong to the East Palace, if possible, Lone never wants to test people, because temptation means distrust." Being in the royal family, Lone knows how difficult it is to believe in someone. Now, our brother has finally reached a trust, and it is not worth it to be destroyed by you. ”

After listening to Li Chengqian's words, Zhang Xiao laughed: "Trust? So what does the bureau say this time? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so calculating! The complete lack of defense of the weapons workshop made me think about it, and finally I didn't know it, and even when I was caught, I personally tested the power of gunpowder weapons, and no one stopped me at all! ”

Zhang Xiaoji sat on the bed, clutching the sheets, although he laughed, his expression was very much like a ghost.

Zhang Yun hesitated again and again, but he couldn't help but twist this person's head off. Dare to humiliate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this, this person is really tired of being crooked!

Li Chengqian doesn't care, it's just a sitting, what about the exposed cock? After all, this is just a prisoner.

Knocking on the table, Li Chengqian said: "I still trust these two words, if it's just Qingque's curiosity about gunpowder weapons, I won't stop him, if he wants to, even if he tells him the formula of gunpowder, it's not a big deal." However, it would be different if it were you.

Don't be in a hurry to scold Lonely, do you dare to say that you have a noble purpose in attacking the weapon workshop? Isn't it just that you want to control the key departments and improve your own status? Gu is sure that if anyone attacks Qingque, you will definitely threaten the weapon workshop, heh, you are the head of the Wei Palace, if it weren't for this, why would you condescend to manage a workshop? Coupled with the previous incident of the Furong Garden, you look forward to the father's desire to abolish the emperor's heart!

In the final analysis, you are all just for the sake of the top, and you can't figure it out, so why don't you know contentment? You Zhang Xiao can also be regarded as meritorious, Qingque has fiefs in sixteen states, in fact, it is you who handle the government affairs of these places and serve as the governor of the capital, such power, even if it is Shangshu, you still want to go further? I can't figure it out, why did I provoke you? Or am I, the prince, too wasteful? ”

This is where Li Chengqian is most angry, if he is incompetent, then how Li Tai's people toss, they should be, now he thinks that he is not stupid, even excellent, these people are still thinking, it can only show that they are outright careerists.

Seeing that Zhang Xiao opened his mouth, but couldn't speak, Zhang Yun smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are either a waste, or you are too merciful." Other princes, always have to suppress their brothers, not only did you not suppress it, but supported King Wei and King Wu, it will give people the impression of being weak and bulliful, as far as the slave and maid are concerned, as long as these people are all finished, the remaining ambitious ones will definitely be honest! ”

After a long time, Zhang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is right, I, Zhang Xiao, really want to go further, for myself." The matter has come to this point, and the lower officials have nothing to say, so they just ask His Royal Highness to give the lower officials a good time, and don't embarrass the family. ”

"At this point, you still don't give up, and you still want to be alone?"

With a sneer, Li Chengqian got up and kicked down the stool, and left the cell with Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun glanced back at Zhang Xiao in confusion, just looking at his face like ashes, he knew that what the prince said was right, this person really wanted to pit His Highness.

It's just, what's wrong?

Before he got out of the dungeon of the Hundred Cavalry Division, Zhang Yun couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, why did he want to pit you?" ”

Li Chengqian stopped his pace and explained to Zhang Yun: "Zhang Xiao is not an ordinary official, and he can become the governor of the Wei Palace, either he is talented or meritorious, no matter which one he has, Gu does not have the power to dispose of him without authorization, at most he is imprisoned and waiting for his father to fall." As long as Gu disposes of him without authorization, he will not bear any responsibility, but it is certain that he will be disgusted by his father. ”

Zhang Yun reacted at this time, and couldn't help but secretly scold himself for being stupid, he didn't see such an obvious pit, and during this time by the emperor's side, he was in vain!

When I came out of the dungeon, it was noon, I touched my belly, and when I saw the cold powder stall on the side of the road, I strode over.

Chang He finally couldn't help it and stopped in front of Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, let's go back to the palace for lunch, eat here, once you eat your stomach, it is not something that the lower officials can afford." ”

No wonder people are suspicious, the guy who is always suspicious of others must have something wrong with himself.

After slandering Chang He, Li Chengqian ignored it and still walked into the cold powder stall.

The dignified prince personally patronized the cold powder stall, and both the stall owner and the guests were so frightened that their legs trembled. After all, the guards with knives have already surrounded the cold powder stalls, especially the commanders who are the leader, and it seems that everyone is looking at where to stab.

"Temple.... Your Highness, are you going to stop at the shop? ”

The stall owner is an old man, estimated to be seventy or eighty years old, at such an age, seeing that officials do not need to salute, but at this time he just bowed down and wanted to kneel.

The feudal mentality, which has been poisoned for thousands of years, has long been deeply rooted in the people, and it cannot be overcome by the so-called "filial piety" in the official face.

Stretching out his hand to support the old man, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Lonely is hungry, I want to find a place to eat, I see that there are a lot of people here, I want to come over and try it, don't say anything Your Highness is not Your Highness, you just treat me as an ordinary diner." ”

After pacifying the old man, Li Chengqian glared at him again. Chang He sighed, waved his hand, and the guards put their swords into their sheaths, no longer as fierce as before.

Seeing that the diners had dropped half of their jelly and run away, and that there were no new guests, he knew that he had become a plague-like figure.

Glancing at the old man who was mixing cold noodles, Li Chengqian said: "Old man, you make a few more servings, we have a lot of people." ”

After speaking, he looked at Chang He again: "If you don't dare to sit down with Lone, find a place to sit down, call the brothers outside to come in and eat, and Lone will pay for you." ”

Chang He had no choice but to bow down and thank the prince for his reward, and arranged for the guards outside to take turns to come in and eat cold noodles.

There is actually no difficulty in making the cold powder, but the old man made it for a long time, and ate a big bite in front of Zhang Yun before he was respectfully served to the prince.

After only taking one bite, Li Chengqian nodded, the taste is really good, I don't know what wild vegetables are embellished, a little sweet, but not strong, the spicy taste of the shallots makes up for the lack of chili oil, and the cold noodles in the East Palace, compared with this, there is really not much superiority. It's no wonder that this stall is so popular, it is indeed a good thing to fill your stomach in the summer.

Compared with the prince's cold powder, the cold powder of other sergeants is easy to make, and it didn't take long for the old man to finish making it, and he smiled and watched His Royal Highness the prince feast.

The prince loves my jelly! This awesome is enough for the old man to blow until he breathes!

Swallowing a mouthful of cold powder, Li Chengqian patted the stool next to him and said, "Old man, what are you doing standing, sitting, at your age, you don't need to salute when you see your father, why are you so restrained in front of me?" Oh, by the way, and I haven't asked you your last name yet? ”

The old man waved his hand again and again: "You can't be a noble surname, a cheap surname is Liu, and the villagers in Zhuangzi call Liu Laohan." ”

After speaking, Liu Laohan sat on the stool tremblingly, and smiled at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince eating cold noodles.

I had only heard of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's name before, but it was the first time I saw it with my own eyes. Speaking of which, although my family does not live in Chang'an City, I was able to come back well in the cold winter last year because I bought the prince's briquettes.

Thinking of this, Liu Laohan asked cautiously: "Your Highness, the Wang family's broken family has gotten out, and now your family is selling coal, will the price of this year's briquettes rise?" ”

Li Chengqian smiled: "Whether the price rises or not depends on the year, to be honest, in order to sell your cinder and briquettes, it took a lot of effort, and I had to send someone to inspect the people's conditions and set a price that made you feel a little more expensive, but you were willing to buy it." If it is set too low, it will make you feel that you are being chared, you say, don't bother. ”

Li Chengqian said funny, Liu Laohan laughed, and only after laughing did he say: "Your Highness must know that although we are small commoners, we don't have the cheekiness to accept alms, if we are affected, there is nothing to say, in a good year, the imperial court also reduces taxes, if you are cheeky and white-skinned, it will be shameless." Last year's severe cold, but this year brought a good year, Your Highness might as well raise the price of coal a little, you sell so cheaply, in order to drive the Wang family away, we all know, don't lose because of this. ”

Li Chengqian laughed, where are there so many stupid people in this world, just such an old man who is a general, he knows his purpose of selling coal at a low price.

"Don't worry, in fact, there is also a profit at this price, but it is not as profitable as the Wang family."

Liu Laohan opened his toothless mouth and smiled: "That's good, that's good, if you sell at a loss, we'll be embarrassed...."

It may be that seeing that Liu Laohan didn't have any trouble, but chatted happily with the prince, many people who were watching couldn't help but get closer, and a few elderly people, relying on their own age, approached the prince directly....