After separating from Ma Qi, Li Yuntian wanted to go home and have a reunion dinner with his wife and children, but he was stopped by the attendant sent by the Empress Dowager Zhang at the palace gate.

Empress Dowager Zhang set up a dinner party in Cining Palace, and passed down a decree for Li Yuntian to go to the banquet, Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin had already been ordered to enter the palace in the afternoon to chat with Empress Dowager Zhang.

In addition to Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin, Empress Hu and Empress Sun were also accompanying in Cining Palace, Li Yuntian paid attention to it, as he had learned before, Empress Hu's seat was indeed above Empress Sun,

Empress Dowager Zhang summoned Li Yuntian, Zhou Yuting, and Zhu Yuxin to Cining Palace for a banquet, which was naturally to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Li Yuntian.

In addition, Li Yuntian also opened up a wide range of financial routes, and the overseas trade through Guò Jiaozhi filled the inner treasury of Emperor Xuande, and also sent a lot of overseas rare objects to the harem.

Empress Dowager Zhang was very pleased with this, believing that Li Yuntian was a rare talent left by Emperor Yongle and Emperor Hongxi to Emperor Xuande, so she naturally had to be favored by him.

When Li Yuntian left Cining Palace, it was already dark at night, and he talked a lot about Jiaozhi and Zhancheng in Cining Palace, which made Empress Dowager Zhang and others listen with great interest, and the atmosphere was very harmonious and harmonious.

"Xianggong, is the matter of the Metropolitan Procuratorate tricky?" On the way home, Zhou Yuting, who was chatting and laughing with Li Yuntian in the carriage, remembered something and couldn't help asking.

Although Li Yuntian did not mention to Zhou Yuting that he went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to deal with the aftermath, the removal of more than 30 imperial histories of the Metropolitan Procuratorate had already caused a sensation in the capital, and the first thing Li Yuntian did after returning to Beijing was to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so how could she not know that things in the Metropolitan Procuratorate were very troublesome.

Hearing Zhou Yuting's question, Zhu Yuxin, who was sitting next to her, looked at Li Yuntian with concern, the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate involved too many entanglements of interests, and once Li Yuntian was not careful, he would be deeply involved.

"If you go out of business, no matter how tricky the trouble is, you can easily solve it." Li Yuntian saw that there was a trace of worry in the expressions of the two wives, so he replied with a disapproving smile, comforting the two of them, "Xianggong has already thought of a way to deal with it, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will definitely be calm within this month." ”

"Xianggong, you are wearing many hats now, shouldn't you let the emperor give you a salary?" Seeing Li Yuntian's confident appearance, Zhou Yuting smiled and quipped.

Although Li Yuntian is now holding positions in the Hanlin Academy, the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, Jiangwutang, Jiaozhi, and Guangxi, and they are all real positions, he has only one salary since he was named Zhenwubo, that is, Zhenwubo's annual salary.

Originally, Li Yuntian's Yulu was withdrawn in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, after all, he served in the Metropolitan Procuratorate after entering Beijing, and later although he became a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, but considering that he had already withdrawn the Fortune in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty who held several positions could only withdraw one of them without the emperor's favor, so he did not receive the Fortune of the Hanlin Academy, including the Fortune of the Wutang later.

Later, Li Yuntian was able to enter the town of Wubo, and the imperial court routinely wanted to give him a salary according to the title, because the honorable salary was much higher than that of the civil and military officials, and he was not short of money, so Li Yuntian stopped his share of the capital procuratorate.

Strictly speaking, Li Yuntian's current salary does not belong to the salary of the official position, but the salary of the title, and the two salary systems are different.

Although Emperor Hongwu gave the officials a very low salary, he treated those nobles well, which made the nobles very high, which is understandable, after all, those nobles were brothers who followed him to the battlefield and died, and they deserved this kind of preferential treatment.

Li Yuntian suddenly smiled when he heard this, and naturally knew that Zhou Yuting was joking, not only he, Zhou Yuting, and Zhu Yuxin all had a lot of money because of their titles, but Lu Cao, Chen Ningning, and Zheng Wanrou also had a wife, and even Li Anbang and Li Anguo, Li Anmin, Li Anming and other sons also had honors.

Therefore, for the Li family, they have already received too much money from the imperial court, and they will not care about the affairs of Yu Lu at all.

"Do you think that the carriage of the carriage is a little smaller, and it is a little stuffy to sit in it, and it can only carry a few of us, which is too wasteful."

Then, Li Yuntian remembered something, so he reached out and patted the wall of the carriage on the side, and said to Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin with a smile.

"Aren't all carriages like this? Our carriage is big enough. Zhou Yuting suddenly felt a little strange when she heard this, and she didn't know why Li Yuntian suddenly said this, according to the Ming Dynasty's customized carriage, it was second only to the vassal king.

"It's big enough for a two-wheeled carriage, but it's a lot smaller for a four-wheeled carriage." Li Yuntian saw a puzzled look on Zhou Yuting's face, so he smiled slightly and said.

"Master Hou, why did you remember that the four-wheeled carriage is coming?" At this time, Zhu Yuxin on the side asked curiously.

Although the four-wheeled carriage existed in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was a burden when marching and fighting because it did not have the ability of the two-wheeled carriage to adapt to the terrain, and its speed was slower than that of the two-wheeled carriage.

Moreover, in ancient China, civil officials sat in sedan chairs and military generals rode horses, and dignitaries preferred sedan chairs more than carriages, so the four-wheeled carriage declined over time.

It is worth mentioning that in ancient China's wars, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses fought at every turn, attacking cities and plundering land, and the lives were devastated.

In addition, the four-wheeled carriage was mainly used for transportation, or for both passengers and goods, and the European four-wheeled carriage could place many salutes on it even if it carried people.

It is particularly important to note that Europe is the flattest of the five continents, with an average altitude of less than 300 meters, at least 60% of the area is plain, and all but the Alps are low mountains and hills, which are very suitable for carriages.

China's topography is extremely complex, the plains only occupy a small part, the area is surrounded and divided by mountains, plateaus, deserts, lakes, and a considerable amount of plains are paddy fields, which makes the four-wheeled carriage comfortable but inconvenient, especially on the Loess Plateau, the wheels will be very deep ruts, and the wheels are more unstable, and there are many swamps and forests and lakes in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which are also not suitable for the four-wheeled carriage.

Therefore, the only place in China that is really suitable for four-wheeled carriages is the North China Plain in the north, which is not suitable for national promotion, and is naturally replaced by more convenient two-wheeled carriages.

Therefore, as soon as Li Yuntian proposed the four-wheeled carriage, Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin were very surprised, because in the impression of the two, this kind of carriage did not seem to be of any use.

"The terrain around Nanzhili is flat, and if you use a four-wheeled carriage to pull goods, it is undoubtedly more practical than a two-wheeled carriage, and you can get twice the result with half the effort." Seeing Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin's puzzled expressions, Li Yuntian smiled slightly and explained methodically.

In fact, Li Yuntian did not think of taking a four-wheeled carriage because of comfort, but in order to improve transportation efficiency, the transportation capacity will be greatly improved after using a four-wheeled carriage, which is his main purpose, which can be promoted in the North China Plain.

Of course, the people who can sit in the four-wheeled carriage are of course high-ranking officials and nobles, although the merchants in the capital are rich but they are not qualified to ride the four-wheeled carriage, this is the ancient hierarchy of strictness, but if it is used to pull goods, there are not those many scruples.

"Xianggong, have you already built a four-wheeled carriage?" Zhou Yuting's eyes flickered when she heard this, and she looked at Li Yuntian with a smile, she has lived with Li Yuntian for so many years, she already knows Li Yuntian very well, Li Yuntian will not propose a four-wheeled carriage for no reason.

"Tomorrow, the Wutang will send five newly-made four-wheeled carriages, and you will send one each to the palace and the Guogong mansion, and you will take it when you go out in the future." Li Yuntian nodded to Zhou Yuting with a smile and said to her and Zhu Yuxin.

The Academy of Sciences of Jiangwutang has already built a batch of four-wheeled carriages, and Li Yuntian plans to let his family use them first, which can be regarded as advertising, and then launch them to the market.

"Xianggong, there are not enough cars for three cars at home, and there are Miss Lei, Miss Lianxiang and Miss Liu." Zhou Yuting suddenly thought of something when she heard this, and couldn't help but laugh out loud, looking at Li Yuntian slyly.

"Why are you making a joke about your husband?" Li Yuntian's face suddenly showed an embarrassed look, and he reached out and gently scraped the tip of Zhou Yuting's nose.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Yuxin couldn't help but smile when she covered her mouth, Li Yuntian and Zhou Yuting were still like a high-powered marquis and county lord at this time, they were completely flirtatious little couples.

"The emperor has given you permission to do things with Miss Naliu, Miss Lei and Miss Lianxiang have been in love with you all these years, you can't let them down." Zhou Yuting first touched the tip of her nose, then looked at Li Yuntian with a smile and said, "I will handle your marriage this month, our Hou Mansion has not been so lively for a long time." ”

"This ......" Li Yuntian never expected Zhou Yuting to give him a marriage, and his heart was suddenly warm, and he didn't know what to say for a while, as Zhou Yuting said, Lei Ting and Lian Xiang have been waiting for him for so many years, how could he live up to the hearts of the two?

"Sister Yuxin and Sister Lucalyx and I have already arranged a qiē, and you will wait to be the groom official at that time." Zhou Yuting saw that Li Yuntian's expression was a little excited, so she smiled, but felt a gloom in her heart.

As a woman, how could Zhou Yuting be willing to see Li Yuntian take a concubine, but Liu Wenqing, Lei Ting and Lian Xiang have a deep affection for Li Yuntian, and she is not the kind of hard-hearted person who naturally will not watch the three of them waste their youth, in that case, wouldn't Li Yuntian become a person who is unkind?

Besides, Li Yuntian is busy with official business, and she can't stay by Li Yuntian's side, and she can rest assured that a few more women take care of Li Yuntian.

Therefore, Zhou Yuting took the initiative to take the initiative to get busy with Li Yuntian's marriage, anyway, this kind of concubine matter does not need Li Yuntian to come forward, it is enough for her to come forward in the main room.

"If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for!" The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth squirmed, and he wanted to say something of thanks to Zhou Yuting, but in the end he didn't say it, but smiled slightly and reached out to hold Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin in his arms.

The carriage immediately fell silent, and Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin snuggled in Li Yuntian's arms with their eyes closed, quietly enjoying this rare warm time.