After two bites, I felt that something was wrong, I obviously came to this guy to ask for a new knife, why did I eat chicken wings.

Handing over the chicken wings to Wang Ding, Li Shimin sat at the stone table and said, "Li Zheng, do you think I can't do anything about you." ”

"How so?" Li Zheng continued to roast the pheasant and said, "Your Majesty is benevolent, but the method of forging that new knife must not be difficult for Your Majesty. ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a while, who else could make such a knife except Li Zheng.

This kid was really thinking that there was nothing I could do with him.

Li Shimin picked up the chicken wings and bit them fiercely, Li Zheng seemed to really say that as long as he didn't want to make it, there would only be one new knife, and there would be no more.

"Wronged you by letting you make a knife?" Li Shimin asked again.

Wang Ding felt that Li Shimin's tone was very wrong, and gave Li Zheng a look, Li Zheng was on the verge of death and tried frantically, and when His Majesty really couldn't bear it anymore, maybe he would really want Li Zheng's life.

It seems that Li Zheng dares to argue with His Majesty like this.

Li Zheng added firewood to the fire and said, "Your Majesty, my original intention of building a blacksmith shop was not actually to make weapons. ”

Li Shimin asked, "What is that for?" Is it to make money? ”

Li Zheng sighed: "The world thinks that iron should be used to make weapons, and in the following opinion, iron tools can also be used for production and benefit all people." ”

"For the benefit of all peoples?"

"Yes, you can make some production tools."

Li Shimin smiled coldly, obviously not believing Li Zheng's words, the biggest use of iron tools is to make weapons, it is impossible for Li Zheng to use iron tools to make night pots.

After thinking about it, it was a bit too wasteful to give Li Zheng the right to supervise the manufacture of weapons.

However, after his compound bow and three-edged thorn were sent to the Hexi corridor, Wei Chigong sent a note saying that these two new weapons were very useful.

"What if I told you to only make weapons and nothing else?"

Li Zheng put down the sauce in his hand and said, "Then I had to dismantle the blacksmith shop." ”

"You!" Li Shimin's eyes stared at Li Zheng, "Do you think I won't dare to kill you!" ”

"If Your Majesty kills me, you can only get a cold corpse, and as for the other Your Majesty, you will get nothing."

That's right, if you kill Li Zhengzhen, you won't get anything.

Looking at Li Zheng's expression, Li Shimin gradually felt jealous in his heart, and the first feeling in his heart was that this child had grown up.

"There are not many people who dare to argue with me, and even if there are most of them, it will not end well."

Li Zheng said with a smile: "I think Your Majesty is praising me." ”

"I think you don't want to live anymore."

"Of course, if Your Majesty doesn't want me to live, an order can let the army set foot in Jingyang and break my body into ten thousand pieces."

"Then you don't make weapons?" Li Shimin said coldly.

Li Zheng smiled dumbly, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I can't make it, if I continue to make a new sword, Your Majesty will definitely kill me, if a person masters the sharpest weapon in the world, such a person will threaten Your Majesty's country." ”

Li Shimin's expression was a little stunned.

Li Zheng continued: "The gentleman is not guilty, but he is guilty, if Your Majesty can let Zai not make such weapons, it is to thank Your Majesty for not killing them, if Your Majesty lets Zai continue to cast those weapons, I would rather go away from the customs and never return to the Central Plains." ”

Li Shimin looked Li Zheng up and down, and his words hit the nail on the head.

Indeed, if Li Zheng could not only manufacture a large number of weapons and have enough manpower, as long as Li Zheng was given time, Li Zheng might be able to pull up an army of tens of thousands of people in less than half a year.

At that time, I had to kill Li Zheng.

Now Li Zheng's idea of not casting new knives is also very correct.

In the end, what can a child go through to have such a city?

At least he thinks farther than ordinary people, if it were a different person, maybe he would be desperately trying to make weapons for my credit, and the more he was known, the more dangerous he became.

Li Zheng continued: "The purpose of opening a blacksmith shop in Xia is to make tools that can make everyone's life better, and the ideal in Xia is world peace, well! It is world peace. ”

Most of the anger in Li Shimin's heart was dispelled, at least it could be seen that Li Zheng had no ambition at all, he just wanted to be a rich man, and even if he wanted to be a rich man, Li Zheng was lazy and lazy.

"Peace? The arms trade between you and me and the Turkic merchant is not for peace. Li Shimin said in a low voice: "According to your thoughts, the Western Desert area will be even more chaotic in the future." ”

"You want peace? Someone like you who talks nonsense and doesn't blush, no one I've ever seen has the same level as you. ”

"Your Majesty has won the prize."

Li Shimin smiled and said to Wang Ding: "Look at it, this kid is still praising him." ”

Wang Ding barely squeezed out a smile, and couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, as if His Majesty's previous murderous aura had been swept away under Li Zheng's few words.

Li Zheng continued: "Your Majesty, I just want to make some tools, and it has nothing to do with me as for what Your Majesty wants to make. ”

Li Shimin somewhat understood what Li Zheng meant.

Li Zheng said again: "Your Majesty, I want land." ”

"How much?" Li Shimin asked.

"Not much, give me another 10,000 acres."

"Ten thousand acres? Your tone is not small, 10,000 acres is a thousand dumps of land. ”

Li Zheng brought the roast chicken to Li Shimin and said: "I just want to farm, as long as I give me 10,000 acres of land south of Jingyang, as for the method of wrought iron, Your Majesty can call the craftsmen in the court to learn, after all, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish." ”

Li Shimin thought for a while and then said: "Li Zheng, I now think that you will definitely be able to make a fortune, and you can also make a lot of money. ”

"Then borrow Your Majesty's auspicious words and let you make a fortune."

Li Shimin stood up and said: "Li Zheng, I want your escort team to never exceed 2,000 people, and the weapons produced by the blacksmith shop must not exceed 2,000. ”

"Fall to the ground under the head." Li Zheng bowed and said.

Li Shimin continued: "Your printing shop is so busy, I will send a few people to help you, and I will reward you with the 10,000 acres of land, waiting for my edict." ”

Li Zheng nodded, raised the teacup and said, "I am also waiting for His Majesty's craftsmen to come and learn the method of forging iron." ”

"I'm gone." Li Shimin turned around and said, "Wang Ding brings the roast chicken." ”

Only then did Wang Ding react, smiled awkwardly at Li Zheng, and brought this roast chicken.

After returning to the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin asked Wang Ding to talk about the conversation in the horse circle with Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, of course, he didn't talk about selling weapons.