"Tables and chairs? Coal stoves? ”

After listening to Chen Zhi's request, Li Yuanjia immediately understood the other party's intention today - he wanted to ask the blacksmiths of the palace to help the Chen family build five coal stoves, and allowed him to have people imitate several sets of tables and chairs as a gift for his 50th birthday to his father Chen Lin.

For Li Yuanjia, this is really not even a gesture.

He was not surprised that Chen Zhihui knew about the existence of tables, chairs and coal stoves, and those things had never been covered up by Li Yuanjia, and they were basically displayed generously in front of others. Even after Chen Qian and Huang Licheng met, Li Yuanjia gave each of them a set.

However, except for Li Shimin, who quietly got two sets, there is really no one else who can use them.

The coal stove looks simple on the outside, but there is a lot on the inside, and it is not so easy to build, but it looks useless. As for the tables and chairs that look simple and are not complicated to make, who dares to imitate them indiscriminately without the permission of King Xu? Although there is no patent law these days, the prince's guards will not reason with you, will they?

So taking advantage of his father's birthday, Chen Zhi gave it a try.

As the blacksmiths became more and more proficient, it didn't take much effort to build, if it weren't for the fear of ginseng himself, Li Yuanjia would even want to make a special one and sell it.

Chen Zhi wanted to honor his father, but of course he had no reason to refuse.

So without much hesitation, Li Yuanjia nodded and said with a smile: "No problem, I'll let them build a few sets for you...... Well, this coal stove can't be used there, and it needs to be installed carefully to avoid charcoal poisoning, and when it's built, I'll let them go to your house and install it. ”

"Thank you, King!"

Seeing that Li Yuanjia agreed so easily, Chen Zhi was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly bent down to give a salute.

I wanted to wave my hand and say a kind word, but looking at Chen Zhi's happy appearance, Li Yuanjia's heart suddenly moved, and a pair of eyes quickly narrowed. Then without waiting for Chen Zhi to say anything more, Li Yuanjia's eyes opened again, and he smiled faintly: "However, Chen Senjun, since you know about the coal stove, you should naturally understand that there are a lot of iron materials needed to build one, right?" ”

After hearing this, Chen Zhi nodded hurriedly and said, "Of course, of course Zhi knows!" But I don't know how much iron is needed to build five coal furnaces? ”

King Xu's advantage, of course he didn't dare to take advantage of it.

"Five words...... Well, just give a thousand pounds so-so! ”

"One, a thousand pounds?"

After hearing this number spit out of Li Yuanjia's mouth, Chen Zhi's eyes almost popped out of their sockets!

Although I don't know how much iron is needed to build a coal furnace, Chen Zhi, who has seen it twice, knows that it can't exceed twenty catties at most, right? Even if you build five, it's a hundred pounds, right?

But how much did the king say just now? A thousand pounds?!

Seeing that although Chen Zhi still had a reluctant smile on his face, his eyes were obviously wrong, as if he had just eaten a fly, Li Yuanjia smiled: "Yes, a thousand catties!" In addition to the five coal furnaces, installation services are also available...... Oh, and I'll have them teach your people how to make briquettes, otherwise they won't be able to use a coal stove alone. ”

"Uh......"

And looking at Li Yuanjia's light and breezy face, as if a thousand catties of iron was just an insignificant number, Chen Zhi was suddenly dumbfounded.

A thousand pounds of iron, that's quite a lot of money!

But knowing that King Xu's words must have a lot of moisture in them, Chen Zhi still didn't have the courage to open his mouth to refute - he joined the army with a small seven-rank rank, but he didn't have the courage to say that a prince was talking nonsense!

Even if he retracted what he had just said, he didn't want tables, chairs and coal stoves, Chen Zhi couldn't say anything.

He didn't know if this was a test that Li Yuanjia deliberately gave him, or if he just wanted to take the opportunity to knock on a stroke so that he could get more iron materials. The only thing Chen Zhi knows is that if he refuses the other party's offer, let's not say whether King Xu will be furious because of this, but one thing he can be sure of is that everything he did before to befriend the other party will probably be in vain!

So even if his heart was like a knife, Chen Zhi could only smile dryly and nodded: "Yes, king, I will definitely prepare a thousand catties of iron as soon as possible, and then send you ......"

……

Seeing Chen Zhi leave behind a subordinate, Han Shan finally couldn't help it a little and asked, "King, why did you ask Chen for a thousand catties of iron just now?" I'm afraid we won't need that many to build five coal furnaces, right? “

"Haha, how much does a coal stove need, can you not know?"

After listening to Han Shan's words, Li Yuanjia was immediately happy.

He knew that his housekeeper was saving face for him, or that Han Shan didn't dare to ask directly, and asked himself why he was blackmailing Chen Zhi, who was obviously asking for a reward of 1,000 catties for something that could be done with less than 100 catties.

So after laughing, Li Yuanjia shook his head and said leisurely: "Old Han, do you think our coal stove and tables and chairs are worth it?" ”

"This ......"

After hearing this question, Han Shan was stunned for a moment.

Of course, he knew whether this thing was worth anything or not, after all, the table and chair were made of wood, and the phone bill was just a carpenter's effort, how much could it be worth? As for the coal stove dialogue, it's okay, after all, iron is used, and the technical requirements for blacksmiths are relatively high, but to say that a coal stove can sell two hundred catties of iron......

Tsk, can the little time spent by the blacksmiths refer to a hundred and eighty pounds of iron?

However, after opening his mouth, Han Shan swallowed back what he thought of. The king just asked for a thousand catties of iron from Chen Shenjun, and he turned his head and said that that thing was actually worthless, didn't it slap the king in the face? Although Han Shan knew that Li Yuanjia had a good temper, he didn't have the courage to look for a pump!

"Hahaha......"

Seeing the embarrassment on Han Shan's face, Li Yuanjia knew what he was thinking, and immediately laughed and said, "Why, do you think that how many catties of iron we use to make a coal stove can only ask Chen Zhi for how many catties of iron?" Hehe, if there really is such a good thing in this world, why do I bother to think about this? Okay, that's it, go back and ask someone to make him five coal stoves, and give it to him when a thousand catties of iron are delivered! “

"Yes, King!"

After hesitating for a moment, Han Shan didn't dare to refute, but nodded respectfully.

Of course, there must be some disapproval in my heart, after all, what Li Yuanjia said is fundamentally different from Han Shan's way of thinking, and it is difficult to make anyone understand whom. However, Han Shan still felt a little strange, because he always felt that his king should not be the kind of person who was scheming, or stingy, and there was a trace of weirdness in today's affairs......

……

"Huh, weird?"

After taking a sip of warm goat's milk, Chen Lin smiled disapprenously.

Seeing Chen Lin's expression, Chen Zhi was a little puzzled: "What, doesn't my father think it's strange?" I always think that the king should not be such a stingy person, for example, the horseshoe last time, he was very generous to let us use it at will, but today it is ...... Isn't it weird? ”

"No, I don't think it's weird at all!"

Shaking his head, a flash of disappointment flashed in Chen Lin's eyes, and he looked at his son and sighed, "Do you remember what I said to you last time?" The king has chosen his own path, of course, he has to follow it all the way......"