"Father, father." The little princess's milky cry melted Li Xingchen's heart.

"Obedient, little obedient, my father loves you!" Li Xingchen pinched her face.

Chu Li on the side had a lot of opinions, "Your Majesty, I've said it many times, don't always pinch your face, otherwise the child will grow up and drool unconsciously." ”

Thinking about the little princess who grew up with a face that captivated the country and the city, and the corners of her mouth were raging, Chu Li trembled.

Li Xingchen smiled, "Superstition! ”

More than two years have passed, and during this period, Chu Li still wants to conceive a little prince again, but unfortunately her stomach is not angry, and there is no movement at all.

Dugu Ling has two princes, and she has only one daughter, and she is uncomfortable after all.

Feeling her emotional loss, Li Xingchen sighed. , and then insight into everything, "Queen, let it be." ”

Chu Li nodded slightly, "Got it, Your Majesty." The concubine just felt that Moonlight was too lonely and wanted to give her a companion. ”

When the words fell, Chu Li realized that he was wrong, these words were obviously separating each other with Dugu Ling, aren't the two princes the companions of the little princess?

A touch of displeasure flashed in Li Xingchen's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "The queen is the mother of a country, be cautious in her words and deeds. ”

Chu Li stiffened, looked at Li Xingchen nervously, and saw that his expression softened again, "Silly girl, they are all my children, just be happy, safe and happy." ”

He doesn't have the concept of patriarchy, and Chu Li didn't have it originally, but in this era, only men inherit the position.

He knew what Chu Li was worried about.

But to tell the truth, he prefers his daughter, who can satisfy many of his father's fantasies, and the daughter is the father's little padded jacket, bringing happiness and warmth.

"Queen Mother, hungry and hungry..."At this moment, Li Yueguang said in a milky voice.

Chu Li hugged the child, "Your Majesty, the concubine will follow the teachings, and the concubine will take the baby to the palace to eat something first." ”

Li Xingchen nodded, "Go ahead." ”

After the man left, the secret guard hurried in.

"Your Majesty, Wang Dashan sent someone to secretly convene the blacksmiths, and applied for tungsten ore resources with the Ministry of Mines."

"The tungsten ore applied for according to the process, of course, you have to give him something." Li Xingchen nodded.

Not only tungsten ore, but also gold, silver, copper, iron and other ores are managed by the Ministry of Mines, and as long as the audit is passed, it will be allocated.

"Okay, the lowly will be informed. Zhang Tian was already preparing for salt, and received half of the money from the other party to convert the materials, but did not determine the final transaction time. ”

The spies of the Eight-Nation Alliance are monitored by the Secret Guard and the intelligence department, and most of the things cannot escape the eyes of the Dark Guard.

"Okay, keep watching, don't give away any clues. When encountering difficulties, it is better not to investigate than to expose. When their men and horses enter the border of Great Wei, we will cut off their retreat. Li Xingchen said coldly.

He is ready for the storm, as long as the money and goods are finally left in the capital, even if he is a bird, he can directly collect the net when the time is right.

Don't you want to deal with Da Wei? Then beat the Eight Nations to a great injury.

This side of Leng Tongxiang.

It's been many days since they captured the Black River bandit cottage.

There are several rooms under the tower, where the bandits usually rest, and now they are the dormitories of the women's army.

After all, the news of the masked people has not yet been investigated, and they can't always live in tents, and they don't want to burden the cliffs, so the bandits' den has become the best choice.

Leng Tongxiang lives in the best room, but the so-called best room is also very simple, and there is black dust floating everywhere.

The big girl wiped the stool with her sleeve and sat down, "General Leng, why is this ghost place so dirty everywhere, clean it today, and black ash will fall tomorrow, I don't know where it came from, and if I don't care, I will get it all over my body." ”

Leng Tongxiang felt that this was strange, stretched out his fingers and pinched some black ash, and looked carefully, although he couldn't see why, but these black ashes were not like ashes floating from the burning garbage of the nearby people.

"Have you investigated the source?" Leng Tongxiang asked.

The big girl said helplessly: "It's been investigated." Outside, the mountain bags and stones, including the soil on which the feet are stepped, are all blackened. It's good that it's not windy, otherwise it will be uncomfortable for the black ash to inhale into the nose.

By the way, there is a river not far from the cottage, and the water is also dark, and we haven't bathed for a long time. Why don't you get out of here? I'd rather go back to the open space in front of the county government and live in a tent. ”

The big girl is dissatisfied and complains.

Leng Tongxiang suddenly picked up a small stone on the table and asked, "Is there all this kind of stone on that mountain bag?" ”

"Yes!" The big girl glanced at it, "This is the first time I've led the recruits to dig rocks in the mountains to replenish the catapult ammunition, and I don't know who brought it out, so I'll show it to you, it's the first time I've seen these weird stones." ”

Leng Tongxiang smiled.

Black River, Black River! It turns out that black means this.

Maybe it's some kind of mineral.

Immediately, Leng Tongxiang did not delay, wrote down the situation here in detail in the letter, and sent people to send it back to the capital in an expedited manner for 800 miles.

It was also seven days after Li Xingchen received the things, when he was in the imperial study and had a meeting with the six ministries of the three provinces.

After reading the letter, they were excited, but the prime minister and others were full of confusion.

"Your Majesty, what do you have in your hand?"

"Stones." Li Xingchen said casually, "As long as this kind of stone appears, dig deeper, and you can dig out the carbon." ”

He speculated that the reason why the water near the Heihe River is black is most likely due to the fact that the open-pit coal mine encounters rainy days, and the rainwater seeps inward, and then collects in the river, and the river water is naturally black.

Dawei coal resources are extremely scarce, and I never wanted to find one by mistake!

Li Xingchen Longyan Dayue, charcoal and charcoal are not the same, the current smelting of black blades is charcoal, and the firepower is not as good as charcoal.

Although the black blade forged by wood charcoal can be as iron as clay, it is also unused, and the wear degree is very high, which is caused by insufficient heat.

If it is forged with stone charcoal, the quality of the black blade will be qualitatively improved.

Immediately, Li Xingchen decided to go to the mountain bandit village in Haohan Village, which was too big to find and had to be confirmed in person.

"Adjournment!" Li Xingchen got up excitedly, sent the prime minister and others out, and then said a few words to the Grand Duke bus, and then rode a BMW to Heihe Cottage alone.

The eight-hundred-mile expedited fast horse is a pure-blooded thousand-mile horse, and it can be reached in seven days, excluding night rest.

But Li Xingchen's BMW is several times faster than ordinary Maxima, and he traveled day and night, and arrived at his destination in a day and a half.

Leng Tongxiang and others were surprised and delighted when they learned that he was coming, and hurriedly sent people out of the mountain to greet him.

"Meet Your Majesty."

"No courtesy, no courtesy." Li Xingchen held a false hand, "Take me to the mountain." ”

Leng Tongxiang didn't dare to delay and took people there.

On the top of the mountain, Li Xingchen held a torch and directly lay down to observe carefully.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Leng Tongxiang was taken aback.

"Don't talk."

Li Xingchen observed a stick of incense on the ground before getting up.