"General Liu, we haven't seen you in a while, have you been busy lately?" It was still an old acquaintance Huang Gonggong who came, and as soon as he saw Liu Yuan, he immediately said with a smile.

That old face is almost smiling like a flower.

Liu Yuan said politely: "I am busy with the paving project of Chang'an City, and I have been busy for almost a year, that is, I only stole half a day of leisure for the rest of my life today, but no matter how I say it, it is finally completed, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the emperor and the people of Chang'an City." ”

"General Liu is really a man of God" Huang Gonggong stretched out his thumb and said: "Chang'an City is a loess road, either muddy or dusty, it can be said that it is miserable, the general changed to a cement road, and suddenly solved this big problem, which Chang'an City is not praised, which is not praised?" When it comes to the general, they are all praised, that is, the palace maids purchased in the palace, and they also say that it is much better to go after repairing, although our family is just a eunuch, but we still admire the general very much. ”

Everyone loves to listen to good words, although it is said from Huang Gonggong's mouth, Liu Yuan also sounds very pleasant, and the smile on his face when he hears Yan is really two: "Huang Gonggong is really polite, Liu has done a little insignificant thing, it is not enough, it is not enough." ”

"No, no, the emperor said the same thing."

As soon as he heard Li Er, Liu Yuan immediately became interested, and he wanted to know what Li Er said about him, so he hurriedly asked, "Oh, what did the emperor say?" ”

"The king of Qi wants to expand his mansion, and he asked the emperor to allocate funds, and was reprimanded by the emperor, and after he left, the emperor also said to the queen that now they all want to stretch out their hands to ask for silver, as if they owe them, if they can be like the general, they have the ability to share the worries of the country, then why not worry about the Tang Dynasty." After speaking, Gonggong Huang said with a flattering face: "General." The emperor rarely praises others in front of the queen, and it can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to you. ”

Liu Yuan was humble on his lips, but he was secretly smiling in his heart, this King of Qi really didn't know how to advance or retreat, even if he asked Lao Tzu for silver, he also scored time, remediated the Yellow River, built Daming Palace and started a war against Tubo, which is not a bottomless pit. For the sake of his reputation as an emperor through the ages, Tubo must fight, otherwise he will be accused of incompetence, a good emperor, without a number of outstanding achievements, and without expanding the territory. Do you dare to say that you are the first emperor of the ages? Second, the suffering of the people cannot be ignored, and the cause of repairing the Yellow River and benefiting the people must continue; The last is filial piety. Especially when there was the killing of brothers and brothers. It is even more important to set an example, the old palace is cloudy, which is not conducive to Li Yuan's condition, and the construction of Daming Palace for the emperor Li Yuan to live in is also regarded as a filial piety, so. Three major events are carried out at the same time, and the pressure on the treasury may not be known, otherwise, it will not "pit" itself to transform the rational system of Chang'an City.

With Li Er's personality. As long as you can fill the treasury with a large sum of money and silver, he will treat you as a brother.

By the way, you have to buy land as soon as possible, too much cash is stored in the warehouse, so it's not good for Li Er to keep an eye on it, otherwise, it's not bad to buy some land with Yin Liang and Li Er, anyway, he is the emperor, and there are countless lands in his hands, and they can be regarded as having their own place, everyone is happy, maybe they can get a preferential price.

Liu Yuan thought about it while getting back to the point: "By the way, I heard that Gonggong Huang brought the emperor's message, I don't know what the emperor commanded?" ”

"Ouch" Huang Gonggong patted his head again and again and said: "Look at our family's memory, I almost forgot about the business, General Liu, the emperor said"

Liu Yuan was about to salute, but Gonggong Huang helped him and said, "No need to salute, just stand and listen, the emperor asked our family to bring a word to the general." ”

"Okay, Huang Gonggong, you go on." Liu Yuan was just pretending, and he didn't really salute, as soon as Huang Gonggong said, he immediately went down the steps.

[Jun wants this minister to die, the minister has to die] is just a joke for Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan will not be blindly loyal to a certain person, let people regard themselves as dispensable outcasts, Liu Yuan is loyal to only the happy life in his mind, and Li Er is just a reliable, tolerant and can give himself this kind of life "boss", if one day this boss can't tolerate himself, Liu Yuan will not sit still.

Huang Gonggong said with a smile: "The emperor asked the general to go to the research institute of Xiangrenfang immediately, and he didn't explain anything. ”

Institute?

Liu Yuan's heart was shocked, and he almost forgot the research institute he founded, at that time, he had collected a lot of talents in this area, and he was specially designed to work for himself, and the gunpowder was made there, but as soon as the gunpowder came out, Li Er keenly saw its importance, and without saying a word, he immediately took over, saying that cooperation, in fact, it was taken up domineeringly, and there has been no movement recently, and now Li Er suddenly called himself to go, nine times out of ten, it should be a shocking breakthrough in gunpowder.

However, for the sake of prudence, Liu Yuan asked in a low voice: "Gonggong Huang, how is the emperor feeling today?" ”

As he spoke, he stuffed a piece of beautiful jade into Huang Gonggong's hand.

"When the emperor got up, his mood was only average, but then he received a secret letter, and he was so happy that he took a few shots, and then he ordered our family to inform the general." Huang Gonggong said as he stuffed the piece of beautiful jade into his arms, with a satisfied look on his face.

"There is a public announcement of Lao Huang."

"Hey, the general treats our family well, and our family can't forget the kindness, right? If the general has any orders, just give them. ”

This is a nice thing to say, but Liu Yuan knew that the relationship between the two was based on the exchange of interests, and one day he lost his position, and a person like him would be benevolent if he didn't fall into the ground, and he said politely: "Okay, it's still Huang Gonggong's righteousness." ”

The two exchanged two more pleasantries, and Huang Gonggong reminded Liu Yuan not to miss the time, and then retreated very interestingly.

"Senior brother" At this time, the little lady came over and asked in a low voice, "What is the emperor looking for you?" ”

"It's a little thing, it's nothing, okay, I'll go out for a while, you can eat slowly."

"Senior brother, don't eat more? You haven't finished your meal yet. ”

Liu Yuan waved his hand and said, "No, the emperor is waiting, and he has almost eaten again." ”

"Well, senior brother will go early and return early."

Li Er was still waiting, and Liu Yuan didn't want him to wait too much, so he didn't say goodbye to the girls, jumped on the horse directly, and rushed straight to Xiangrenfang with the wild wolf and a few private guards.

Before arriving at the research institute, Liu Yuan saw that the forbidden army was heavily guarded, and there were many people who were similar to secret agents in their activities, which may be because Li Er came to strengthen the defense, but Li Er did not come, the defense here has always been very strict, and now in this area, in addition to Liu Yuan's Moyun and Chang'an Newspaper, those ordinary people have moved away.

"Slow, the emperor has decreed that no one except General Liu will be allowed to enter." The wild wolf just wanted to enter, but he didn't expect the guards of the forbidden army guarding the door to stop him at once and prevent him from entering.

"You" Wild Wolf didn't know what to do all of a sudden, as Liu Yuan's personal guard, naturally Liu Yuan followed wherever he went, and protected Liu Yuan's safety at any time, this institute is not unin, and now he says that he will not let him in, he will not let him in, what does this mean? ”

This is the uncle in the palace, Liu Yuan knows that Li Er must attach great importance to this thing, and he also wants to keep it strictly secret, so that as few people as possible know about it, so he is not allowed to enter, and it is also reasonable, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said to the wild wolf: "Brother wild wolf, there is nothing to do, the emperor is inside, it is estimated that some very private things, you just wait here, I will come when I go." ”

"Okay, be careful."

Liu Yuan smiled, turned around and walked in.

As soon as the "young master" entered the research institute, Liu Yuan saw Tang Jin saluting respectfully to him.

"Old Tang, it's okay lately, I've eaten out of my stomach." Liu Yuan patted Tang Jin on the shoulder and said.

Tang Jin was a slave bought by himself, his deed of sale, still in his own hands, at that time he was thin, quite a bit of a fairy style, I didn't expect to see him for a while, not only did he eat ruddy face, but also raised a belly, the original "fairy energy" became "cheesy".

"Hehe, back to the young master, after the imperial court took over here, although it was much stricter, the puppet was still very good, and the emperor also sent a royal chef to open a small stove for us.

Liu Yuan turned his head to look, but he didn't see Li Er's figure, and couldn't help but ask strangely, "Isn't the emperor here?" Is there still his guard outside, but what about the people? ”

"The owner, the emperor is underground."

"What? Ground floor? Liu Yuan suddenly exclaimed: "What did you do?" ”

Liu Yuan's attitude was that Tang Jin was also taken aback, but he quickly understood what Liu Yuan meant, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, how can a small one have such courage?" The small thing is to say that the emperor is testing our newly developed fire system in the underground secret room, and the young master must not be crooked. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Liu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, just now he thought that Tang Jin was bold enough to kill Li Er.

"Underground vaults? When did it happen? Why don't I know anything about it? ”

Tang Jin said helplessly: "Young master, you haven't been here for a long time, it's not strange if you don't know the road, in fact, it was built in late July, and it was officially opened in early August, mainly because when the gunpowder is tested, there will be a loud noise, which is not conducive to secrecy, and finally thought of a way, that is, to dig an underground secret room for testing, in fact, it has been used for less than two months." ”

It makes sense, after all, this is Chang'an City, there are so many people, and I don't know how many neighboring foreign races are lurking, if they want to be used as a secret weapon, they naturally have to be kept secret, and they thought of using the trick of the underground secret room, which shows that this Tang Jin is still very brainy.

"Young master, let's go quickly, the emperor is still waiting for you in the secret cave, don't let him wait." Tang Jin hurriedly said.

"Okay, lead the way."

"Yes, young master, please here, the entrance is inside." (To be continued......)

PS: There is one more chapter, I want to work hard, work hard!!