Chapter 30—The Revolution of the Carriage (2)

"Hahaha......" Li Yuan was satisfied, Li Shimin was even more satisfied, and turned around and patted Li Zhen's shoulder vigorously: "Zhen'er, you gave your father a big gift, it is not an exaggeration to say that with this four-wheeled carriage, my Datang will play a broader territory than previous dynasties and open a real foundation for all generations." ”

"Father's award." Li Zhen said modestly, but thought in his heart, today is the New Year, so I won't pour cold water on you, and we will talk about the conditions after the New Year.

"How can this be a prize?" Hearing Li Zhen's modesty, Li Yuan shook his head: "Xiaoba, you are still young, and you haven't realized how much significance the four-wheeled carriage has to Datang. Let me tell you this, with the four-wheeled carriage, in the future, our Datang's foreign conquest will reduce at least thirty percent of the war loss, you must know that a war to destroy the country will cost at least tens of millions, if someone can reduce the budget by thirty percent, such a credit is enough even if it is crowned king. ”

"That's amazing, huh?" Li Zhen said in amazement, and he didn't dare to pour out his cold water in his heart - just thinking about the capacity of the four-wheeled carriage, didn't you expect that while the capacity increased, there would be more horses needed? How do you solve so many large numbers of horses? Horses are not like cows, they can be fed with a little hay, so they have to use concentrate feed, and ordinary people can't afford it?

"Of course, Zhen'er, you have given your father a big gift." Li Shimin praised Li Zhen, and then turned to the onlookers and said, "Now do you know why I don't like what you sent?" The things you gave are indeed more precious than the other, and my father likes them very much, and I am very pleased. It's just that although the gift is precious, it is not beneficial to the country, and my father wants to see you like Zhen'er, giving something that can be useful to the country. My father didn't care whether this thing was precious or not, as long as it was useful to the country, he would be very happy. Forget it this time, there are more than 20 days to go before my father's birthday, and I hope you can come up with something that satisfies your father. ”

"Yes, Erchen understands." The brothers said yes in unison, and then respectfully followed Li Shimin back to the hall.

"......" Everyone went back, only Li Zhen stood at the end of the wind and messed - father, you are cheating on me, you just hinted that I was low-key, why did you hold me up to the sky in a blink of an eye, and then stomped on the brothers fiercely? Isn't this hell-bent on hating me?

"Zhen'er, why didn't you come in?" Li Shimin is calling.

"Yes, the boy is coming." Li Zhen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed in.

After giving the gifts, the rest is not interesting, nothing more than watching singing and dancing or something - just a room full of children, is it really suitable for belly dancing?

After the Chinese New Year, Li Zhen finally lived a lazy pig life where she slept until she woke up naturally, counting money and counting her hands with cramps.

Because of Li Shimin's warning, Li Zhen didn't even go out of the palace much, but only occasionally went to Yue Wangfu to talk about life and ideals with Miss Mei Niang, and some personnel arrangements would appear, and he didn't move much the rest of the time.

However, although Li Zhen is missing, there is no shortage of rare things in Chang'an City in the New Year:

For example, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Cui Changdao, the son of the Boling Cui family, was hit by the fallen spiritual position because of disrespect when he was sacrificing to the ancestors, which was almost an unforgivable crime in the eyes of the Cui family, and he was directly expelled from the house, and the next day he was broken by the enemy, and he is still lying on the bed.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Zhengyun, a disciple of the Wang family in Taiyuan, gathered with friends in the Zuihualou, but he had a stroke and died suddenly under the peony flowers.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the former King of Han and now the King of Boling, Li Yuanchang (did not explain the fate of this goods before, because this goods were paraded by Li Zhen, and later found out that he had committed several serious crimes before by Zongzheng Mansion, and directly reduced the throne of the King of Han, demoted him from a first-class prince to a third-class county king, and was strictly guarded, and he was not allowed to leave Beijing easily; On the contrary, Li Zhen did not suffer much punishment because of the protection of Li Shimin and Li Yuan, but was only fined for one year) argued with someone in the restaurant, was pushed off the stairs, broke three ribs and a calf, and it seems that he doesn't want to get out of bed for three or five months.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Dou Xing, the second son of the Dou family, was patronized by thieves while shopping, and stole all the money, not to mention, he hit a pillar on the side of the street while chasing the murderer, and had a severe concussion.

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So there are all kinds of things, from the first to the fifteenth day of the new year, Chang'an City is full of news of the unlucky accidents of the children of the family, there is no lack of a day, and then there are even gambling houses to open Zhuangzi, betting on who is the next unlucky person, it is said to be very popular......

So many things are happening together, even ordinary people with little political consciousness can see that things are unusual, not to mention the officials whose noses are more sensitive than dogs, but even they don't know who did it, and they can only speculate like the people on the streets.

Among the many sayings, one is the most popular, the legend is that an unknown hero, who can't see the bullying of the good, and the government ignores it, so he can't help but punish the evil and promote the good.

After hearing this, Li Zhen, who was hidden in the palace, smiled darkly, in fact, everyone guessed about the same, these things were indeed arranged by him, but they were not his hands.

These are all people who have spied on Li Zhen's industry, and the forces behind them are all over the sky. Li Zhen thought that with Li Yuanchang's example, it was enough to scare them, and he didn't pursue their trouble because of the blast furnace, but he didn't expect that killing monkeys and chickens did work, but he obviously underestimated the urging of wealth and silk to people's hearts, but within a few months, these people had a trend of solid germination, this time Li Zhen would not be polite, and directly applied a hot hand, although it did not kill them, but it was enough to deter them.

"Your Highness, there are six more next, do you want to continue?" In a dark hut, a man in a dark red hat asked in a hoarse voice, and it was Li Zhen who was sitting in front of him.

Li Zhen smiled and shook her head: "No need, my father just gave me an order, before the expedition, no small movements are allowed, let's stop for the time being." ”

"Yes, the subordinates retired." The man in red said that he was about to step back.

"Wait a minute." Li Zhen hurriedly stopped him: "How is the matter I asked you to investigate?" Are there any results? ”

"Your Highness, there is already a little news, but it will take a few days to have specific results, because there may still be hidden hidden routes, which needs to be analyzed in detail, and please atone for your sins." The man in red replied with a bow.

"That's it......" Li Zhen waved her hand indifferently: "It's okay, just give me accurate news before April, you can go down." ”

"Yes."

The man in red retreated, and Li Zhen was the only one left in the hut, the candle was reflected on his uncertain face, slightly eerie, and after a long time, I don't know what he remembered, he suddenly laughed, and then muttered to himself: "Hey, hey, buddy, I'm sorry, I may have to snatch your credit." ”

After laughing, Li Zhen flashed out of the small black house, and the dark hut was quiet again......