After the next morning, Tang Gaozong summoned Cheng Zhijie alone in the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace.

Cheng Zhijie followed the guidance of the eunuch, lowered his head and slowly walked into the hall, and when he saw Li Zhi sitting in the hall, he hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

"Weichen, Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie has seen the saint."

"Cheng Laoguogong, please get up." After Li Zhi finished speaking, he asked the eunuch to give Cheng Zhijie a seat.

Cheng Zhijie hurriedly knelt down to thank him, and then knelt on the soft couch uprightly.

Li Zhi said with a smile: "This morning, the old prince of the dynasty Cheng didn't say a word, but after the dynasty dispersed, he wanted to see me alone, why?" ”

"Wechen found a thing yesterday that can stabilize the country and deter the four things, so the thing is too sharp, and there are also envoys in the court, Wechen is afraid of many people, this thing leaks out, which is not good for my Tang Dynasty, so I ask to see the saint alone."

This thing is high-sounding, but in fact, he wants to take the credit for this discovery as his own, so as not to make the ministers laugh at him and the Duke of Luguo, who will only provoke right and wrong in the court, and will be full of wine bags and rice bags in government affairs.

Otherwise, when I saw Li Ji in Xiahe Village yesterday, this old thing would not have been bent on escaping, and he wouldn't even fight.

Li Ji chased him to the Lu Guogong Mansion, but he also closed the door, and let Li Ji call in front of the mansion, thinking about telling Li Zhi about the discovery of Haogang, and also letting those officials and imperial historians see that in addition to leading troops and provoking right and wrong, the Lu Guogong Mansion still contributed to the Tang Dynasty.

When Li Zhi heard what he said, his expression immediately froze, and he became interested, and asked, "What did Cheng Lao Guogong find yesterday?" ”

Cheng Zhijie looked smug and said busily: "A kitchen knife." ”

"Kitchen knives?" Li Zhi was a little dumbfounded.

Cheng Zhijie knew that he was speechless, and hurriedly explained: "In fact, Weichen has found someone who can forge good steel, and the kitchen knife forged by this person can easily cut off my Tang Mansion soldier Tang knife, and his own blade is still sharp, and the divine blade is nothing more than that." ”

In order to determine the ability of Gao Sheng's kitchen knife, yesterday when Li Ji couldn't bear to finally leave, this goods asked Fu Zhongqu to bring the Tang knives they were wearing, and tried them one by one, but they didn't go to the kitchen knife and Tang knife to cut off, and they cut off the kitchen knives, this result made him overjoyed, and he didn't wait for Gao Sheng to forge a Xuanhua axe for him, and immediately decided to report to Li Zhi early this morning in the early dynasty.

But this goods is shrewd, seeing that the foreign envoys in the court are in the ranks, and there are many people, for fear that as soon as he talks about the kitchen knife, Li Zhi has not yet made a decision, and there are people with different intentions who take the lead.

This is a good steel that can bring the quality of Datang ordnance, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a strategic weapon, how can you easily treat people?

Even veterans like Cheng Zhijie admired this good steel so much, Li Zhi immediately made a decision and said, "Cheng Lao Guogong, can you bring that kitchen knife?" ”

With a kitchen knife to the early dynasty, I'm afraid only Cheng Zhijie dared to bring it, but when he entered the palace, he had already received it from the forbidden army.

As soon as Cheng Zhijie said, Li Zhi immediately asked the eunuch to go to the forbidden army to bring it.

When the kitchen knife was placed in front of Li Zhi, Li Zhi saw the slightly curled blade on the kitchen knife, so he asked: "This kitchen knife is no different from an ordinary kitchen knife, and it has a curled blade, how can Cheng Lao Guogong say that it is sharp?" ”

Cheng Zhijie hurriedly said: "Last night in the mansion, Weichen let the middle of the mansion bend the Tang knife to cut, a full nine Tang knives to this kitchen knife cut off, and Weichen's Xuanhua axe was also cut by this kitchen knife at the edge of a half inch deep, this kitchen knife is only slightly curled, it is really tight." ”

Although Li Zhi did not fight all his life like his father, he also had a lot of experience in military affairs, even if he was a white man, he knew what kind of changes high-quality blades would bring to the Tang Dynasty army.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing, even if he knows that Cheng Zhijie does not dare to bully the king, he wants to see if the steel used in this kitchen knife is what Cheng Zhijie boasted.

Li Zhi said to the eunuch in a loud voice: "The guards outside the Xuanmen enter the palace, and I want to see how this kitchen knife cuts off the blades used by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Cheng Zhijie hurriedly said: "Holy and sage." ”

I saw the guards outside the hall hurriedly entering the hall, and then knelt on the ground, waiting for Li Zhi's order.

Li Zhi said: "You wait for a person to hold this kitchen knife, and you wait for the Tang knife to slash, as much as possible, whoever can cut this kitchen knife, I will be rewarded." ”

A group of guards received orders one after another, one of them held a kitchen knife, one of the guards drew the Tang knife in the sheath, and the two of them struggled to slash and collide, only to hear the sound of gold and iron, and the Tang knife in the hand of the guard was broken.

In the hall, only Cheng Zhijie, an old man, had expected this result, and his face was proud, and the others, including Gaozong Li Zhi, had changed their faces.

Li Zhi's expression was serious, and he said loudly: "My Great Tang Blade, how can it be so unbearable, come again." ”

These guards used the best Tang knives of the Weapons Supervisor, but they didn't expect it to be so unbearable under this kitchen knife, which made Li Zhi, the emperor, very faceless.

The guards tried again, but the kitchen knife cut the Tang knife, and the kitchen knife was only slightly curled, which still did not have much impact on the cutting and chopping of the blade.

Until the Tang knives worn by the three guards were broken, Li Zhi didn't want to try it, he felt that if he tried again, he was afraid that the palace guards would have to defend the palace Ouchi with the Tang knives that were broken in two.

Li Zhi asked the guards to retreat, and then said happily to Cheng Zhijie: "Cheng Laoguo is really a pillar of the Tang Dynasty, and such a good steel will also let Er find dedication and me." ”

Cheng Zhijie's face was pale, and he hurriedly replied: "I found this steel, it is the outstanding spirit of the Tang Dynasty, and Weichen does not dare to be greedy for this heavenly achievement." ”

Li Zhi said again: "Who made this kitchen knife?" ”

Cheng Zhijie replied: "It is the promotion of the villagers in Xiahe Village." ”

"Ascension?" Li Zhi immediately fell into petrification.

Cheng Zhijie was afraid that Li Zhi would have doubts, so with a look of pride, he continued with Gao Sheng's introduction at that time: "Gao is happy, and the promotion of officials and fortunes means that they are happy to be promoted and make a fortune. ”

Regarding Cheng Zhijie's explanation, Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect that this rural villager was actually a very person, not only did the poems excellently, but also forged such good steel." ”

Cheng Zhijie suddenly realized, how did he say that when Li Mingyue introduced Gao Sheng, why did he feel so familiar with it, he could make poems, that is, after the first month of the third autumn, Li Zhi talked about the lyrics with Guozi Xuejiu, and he was still listening to it, and he also praised this guy's poems well, what is the poem Lao Cheng can't remember if he doesn't learn and can't remember.

I only heard Li Zhi smile more bitterly, and sighed: "However, this Gao Sheng's eyes are illiterate, I want to reward him with an official and a half-position, so that he can forge this good steel for the Tang Dynasty Army, but I can't help it." ”

Cheng Zhijie was slightly stunned, he understood Li Zhi's intentions, this kind of talent who can forge good steel must be used by Datang, and the good steel forged by Gao Sheng must not be spread.

Cheng Zhijie hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, it is easy to want this high ascension to guard himself and serve the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Zhi was slightly stunned and said, "What does Aiqing mean?" ”

Cheng Zhijie said with a smile on his face as an old fox: "Holy Lord, Weichen was illiterate at the beginning. ”

Li Zhi instantly understood the meaning of Cheng Zhijie's words, and said with a smile: "Aiqing is really a pillar of the Tang Dynasty, and I am even lucky." ”

Li Zhi almost didn't say in his heart that this old man was as cunning as an old fox......