Just when Gao Shilian was savoring life, Li Mu had already welcomed several waves of guests, but they were all some 'petty officials' of four or five grades, and they were not qualified to go upstairs, but they were only arranged to sit on the first floor. These people also don't have any temper, and everyone understands that the lineup of guests who come here today is even more luxurious than that of the previous dynasty. The last dynasty was just an official, and today's princes and nobles, representatives of all the gate valves, all have to come, and the petty officials of the fourth or fifth grades can have a place on the first floor, which is not bad, less than the marquis, and is not qualified to step on the stairs at all.

The sky is getting dark, and some heavyweights are gradually coming, such as Wei Ting, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, Lu Zhaoling, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Li Daliang, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Yu Shinan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, all of whom are from the six ministries. This time, Li Mu did not arrange an independent private room like Gao Shilian. There are only a few private rooms, all of which are arranged independently, so naturally they can't be arranged, one for each of the six departments, all of them are from the yamen, and it is not very embarrassing to be together.

And the princes of the country will arrange it according to the distance between relatives and relatives. These are not Li Muding's, they were decided by Xiao Chen's father-in-law after asking Li Yuan's meaning. Only those who Li Yuan thinks of are qualified to be alone in a private room, as for those who can't remember, I'm sorry, just sit on the first floor.

From this point of view, Gao Shilian is still a little face-saving.

After receiving Yu Shinan, Li Shimin's family arrived, Gao Gonggong first sent someone to inform, Li Mu naturally wanted to greet him, just Xiao Chen's father-in-law was also busy, so he took over his work, Li Mu came to the door and waited, and after a while, three carriages came one after another, accompanied by many guards. Li Mu nodded to Gonggong Gao, and came to the first car to greet the holy driver, but it turned out to be not, and when the curtain was lifted, it was Li Tai, the little fat man.

Li Mu ignored him, and then went to the second carriage, and ended up being a tall and thin boy about the same age as Li Tai. Li Muleng paused for a moment and remembered who this was. This is Li Chengqian, the prince of the East Palace, who he saw once when he was offering sacrifices to the Taimiao that day.

The prince, the prince of the country, must not be neglected. Even if Li Mu knew in his heart that the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li Zhi, who was still breastfeeding, but when he saw Li Chengqian at this time, he still had to salute.

"The minister has seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

"You are the Hou Li Mu?" Li Chengqian glanced at Li Mu, his tone was quite suspicious, he looked him up and down, and said, "Isn't there anything unusual...... I heard Qingque say that you have an eight-foot tall guard who can make a giant axe of 100 catties, is it true? Can you give me this guard......"

"Brother Huang, I told you everything, it's impossible. Why do you still have to ask, Li Chongyi is the brother of the elder brother! ”

"Hmph, I almost forgot, you also entered the clan." Li Chengqian's chin raised slightly, and said: "This king will not be like Qingque, who casually recognizes people as brothers, if you want me to call you brother, you have to show your real skills...... Or if you give me that guard, I can call you brother. ”

Bear kids!

After listening to a few words, Li Mu made an accurate evaluation of Li Chengqian. Lao Tzu II is a human being, will you be deceived? Li Mu glanced at the third car, lowered his voice and said to Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if you call me big brother, I will build you a weapon to take advantage of." To put it mildly, now in Chang'an City, I am the most powerful in building weapons. My guard's giant axe, hundreds of pounds, was made by my own hands, how about it? Is it a deal? ”

"Really?" Li Chengqian's eyes widened, and the voice of 'big brother' almost blurted out. But when the words came to his mouth, he held back again, and said vigilantly: "You build it first, and then you can talk about it, Hugh has to fool me, I'm not as easy to fool as Qingque." ”

"Brother Huang, how can I be fooled." Li Taidao: "I was impressed by my brother's arithmetic method, you forgot what I told you, I used the algorithm taught by my brother to solve the problem of chickens and rabbits in the same cage." As he spoke, Li Tai couldn't help but glance at Li Mu, wanting to see some shock in his expression. Because the question of chickens and rabbits in the same cage is the same difficulty as the question of a hundred chickens, he thought that Li Mu would be surprised.

Unexpectedly, Li Mu was indifferent, Li Tai couldn't help but be a little frustrated, could it be that this level of question, is it not worth it in his brother's heart?

"What are you talking about?"

Li Shimin got off the carriage, stretched out his hand to help Empress Changsun, and when he saw the three of them talking, he couldn't help but ask.

Li Mu hurriedly said: "The minister is saluting the prince. ”

"What kind of salute to him, the prince is still underage, and you have entered the clan again, but you are his cousin, you don't need to salute, and you will be exempted in the future." Li Shimin helped Empress Changsun get out of the car, and the two came to the front, Li Mu gave Li Shimin and Empress Changsun a salute, and Li Shimin said: "Today's matter, tomorrow you will come to Chongwen Hall to study." Cheng Qian and Qingque are also studying in Chongwen Pavilion, you are their brother, you should set an example and learn from the masters the subtle words of the sage. ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he almost didn't make a sound, and gloated: "Tomorrow is Master Kong's class, and it will take three hours to talk about it, prepare a few more mats, otherwise your ass won't be able to stand it." ”

"Cheng Qian!" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and Li Chengqian immediately became honest and didn't dare to speak.

Li Mu heard something and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I don't know ...... Master Kong?"

This time it was Li Shimin's turn to gloat: "It's Kong Yingda." ”

“……”

Li Mu was very embarrassed for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it seems okay not to take the top prize, and if the minister loses the bet, he will send money to Wei Zheng tomorrow." ”

"No way!" Li Shimin said with a straight face: "My husband will do what he says, I have persuaded you, you don't listen, there is no turning back now, tomorrow I will go to Chongwen Hall to study, if you don't go, you will resist the decree!" ”

"Alas......" Mu Chang Li sighed, he glanced behind Li Shimin and asked, "Why didn't the Emperor come with him?" ”

"The things haven't been packed yet, and it's about an hour in time." Li Shimin looked up at the heaven and earth in front of him, this place was the first time he came, seeing that the appearance of this building was different from the buildings of Chang'an City, he was also very curious, and said: "This heaven and earth, but your design?" ”

Li Mu hurriedly said: "The minister didn't dare to take credit, the minister just made a little suggestion, and the specific construction was in the hands of Sun Kang, a member of the Ministry of Works." The Gongsun family is a family of craftsmen, with an orderly inheritance in architecture, and many ingenuity makes the ministers breathtaking. ”

Li Shimin took a closer look and said, "Is this building a four-storey?" ”

"It's the fifth floor."

When Li Chengqian heard this, he stretched out his hand to count and said, "One, two, three, four, four layers, where did the fifth layer come from?" Don't lie. ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this fifth layer is above the fourth floor, but the scope is much smaller than the four floors below. In fact, if you look closely, you can find that the first floor of these five floors is a little smaller than the first floor, but the fifth floor is much smaller. There are two considerations for this design, one is to stabilize the center of gravity, the heaven and earth buildings are huge, if the center of gravity is not stable, the floor will be tilted as soon as it is high. The second is also for the sake of the safety of the emperor, this building in heaven and earth is one zhang and five feet high on each floor, and the fourth floor is six zhang. There are also specially designed eaves corners, so that flying claws and other non-powerful places can not be climbed. Therefore, the Emperor Taishang lives on the fifth floor, which is very safe. ”

Li Shimin snorted and said, "I thought about it enough, it was really your father who left the palace!" I would like to ask you, this building is built with a lot of wood, what should I do if there is a fire? ”

"There are slides on the fifth floor, and if there is danger, you can slide down from the fifth floor in the blink of an eye, but from the ground, you can't climb up."

"And the slide?" Li Chengqian was happy and said, "I'm going to take a look!" ”

Empress Eldest Sun smiled: "Zhuluhou is really thoughtful. ”

Li Mu's face was full of seriousness, and he said: "The safety of the emperor is like the life of the minister...... No, it is more important than the life of the minister, how dare the minister be negligent. The slide is just a measure to ensure the safety of the Emperor, on the fifth floor, there are as many as fifteen similar mechanisms, even if an assassin gets mixed with the side of the Emperor and wants to assassinate, it is impossible! ”

"I hope it's as you say."

Li Shimin said nonchalantly, but Li Mu's words undoubtedly reassured him a lot.

Li Mu led Li Shimin's family in, and the people sitting on the first floor saw Li Shimin, and they all got up and wanted to salute, Li Shimin said: "I am also a guest today, the same as you, no need to be formal, just sit down." ”

Everyone gave up, but when they saw that Li Shimin's family was here, some people couldn't help whispering.

Li Shimin didn't care, and followed Li Mu to the second floor. Li Mu explained the role of the second floor, Li Shimin bowed slightly, he is the emperor, so he naturally wants to go to the next level, but when he went up the stairs, Li Shimin found that he went directly to the fourth floor, and wondered: "Why did you go directly to the fourth floor and the third floor?" ”

"The third floor is the auction hall, and there is another entrance." Li Mu explained, and said: "Your Majesty, this staircase is considered to be the top when it reaches the fourth floor, if you want to go to the fifth floor, you have to go downstairs first and take another way." ”

"Trouble!" Li Shimin said, he was about to turn around and go downstairs, he was going to go to the fifth floor to have a look, if nothing else, he had to know where Li Yuan would live in the future.

Going upstairs in the east and downstairs in the west, Li Mu took Li Shimin's family around in a circle, came to the north, and entered a room. There was a wooden cage in the house, Li Mu opened the cage door and got in first, signaling Li Shimin to come in as well.

Li Shimin frowned and said, "What is this, how can you set up a cage here?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is for security." Li Mu got out of the cage, pointed to the thick cable above the cage, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the best craftsman in the Ministry of Industry, woven with hemp and iron wire, and it is the toughest rope in the world. Your Majesty looked at it again, above, this is a device designed by the minister, called the pulley. There is one on top of this pulley and one set below, in the next room. When a person enters the cage and pulls this rope, the rope is tied to the bell in the room next to Qiandong, and someone will hear it, and they will step on the pedal and pull the rope to lift the person up. ”