"No big deal, I'll just go find Mr. Changsun."
Li Ke shook his head and said.
"The Changsun family has a great business. Faced with such a profitable business, they have no reason to refuse."
Li Xiaogong smiled and said meaningfully.
"Does His Highness King Wu not know that he is your enemy?"
Li Ke glanced at the old blacksmith.
"Old Wu has been with me for thirty years, and there is nothing he doesn't know."
Li Xiaogong waved his hand and said.
"Just because we are enemies, he will not cut my price."
Li Ke said this.
"Uncle, do you believe that even if I increase my share to 55% or even 60%, Master Changsun will still agree without hesitation?"
"Are you really not an adult yet?"
Li Xiaogong looked at him with interest.
"If I could have such a city at your age, my final achievement might be more than just a Hejian County King."
Damn it, old guy, you really dare to say that!
He is his mother, a minister of a country, a high-ranking official, but you are too young, what else do you want to do!
But Li Ke was not stupid enough to say this.
"Uncle, I don't know what you are talking about. If there is nothing else, I will leave first. I still have a military order with me."
"Go away, go away."
Li Xiaogong waved his hand impatiently.
As if he remembered something, he added.
"Also, the shock absorbers are also placed in the 50%. Don't cut corners."
"knew--"
Li Ke said angrily.
He is such an old man. With his wealth, even a little bit of it is enough to feed and clothe Prince Wu's family for a year.
It's suffocating to do business but worry about the eight cents.
Looking at Li Ke's retreating figure, Li Xiaogong said to the old blacksmith beside him.
"Did he really make that thing?"
"pretty close."
The old blacksmith affirmed.
"If it had been done by someone else, he wouldn't have been able to explain it in such detail, and he wouldn't have refused to give in even a step when you were bargaining."
"That makes sense."
Li Xiaogong nodded.
After a long time, he said again.
"Isn't he taking advantage of the Mo family?"
"How can it be."
Lao Wu couldn't laugh or cry.
"The Mohists are all focused on attacking cities and forts. These little things are called uncanny and cunning. It is possible that they are public losers. After all, their ancestor Lu Ban was born in this field."
"As long as it's not the Mo family."
Li Xiaogong sighed.
"If the Mo family really comes out, the world will be in chaos again. Not long after I retired, I still want to live a stable life for a few days."
…
In the end, Li Ke failed to find a useful weapon for Huo Qubing.
There are too many blacksmith shops in Chang'an City, and half a day is not enough for him to turn around.
There is a blacksmith who said that it can be customized, but it will take less than half a month to make it.
Li Ke was not in a hurry to make a decision, and planned to study it again after coming back this time.
In the Manna Palace.
"What has the boy been doing today?"
Li Shimin threw down the memorial and asked casually.
"Back to Your Majesty, His Highness King Wu was waiting in the palace in the morning. When the eight hundred elite soldiers were in place, he led his men to the blacksmith shop."
Wang Meng came over, poured out the herbal tea for Li Shimin, and replaced it with a new one.
"Blacksmith shop?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.
"Aren't the elite soldiers I gave him equipped with equipment?"
"This, of course, is worthy."
Wang Meng said respectfully.
"According to the information received by the spies, His Highness King Wu went to the blacksmith shop mainly for something called a bearing."
"Bearing, what is that?"
Li Shimin became interested.
"I... I'm not very sure."
Wang Meng was a little ashamed.
"Is this how your intelligence office works?"
Li Shimin suddenly became dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, you misunderstood."
Wang Meng smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty, Prince Wu, went to the shop of Prince Hejian."
"Li Xiaogong? I understand."
Li Shimin frowned.
His attitude towards this cousin is actually very complicated.
The other party actually made a great contribution to the Tang Dynasty, and after he ascended the throne, he resigned not long after.
It can be said that he is very sensible.
It would be so chilling to use spies to inquire about him again.
In history, Li Shiming was still a very emotional king.
Except for the rebel group, most of the brothers who fought against him met a happy death.
Compared with Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, he is indeed so good that I don’t know where he is.
"Go and find Fang Xuanling. Tell me that I have something important to discuss with you."
Li Shimin waved his hand.
"yes."
A moment later, Fang Xuanling came over panting.
"His Majesty."
"sit."
Li Shimin didn't say much.
"I have asked Qin Tianjian to set a date. When the boy comes back, the affairs with your girl will be held immediately."
"So urgent?"
Fang Xuanling was a little surprised.
It was not that he objected. In fact, he was not qualified to object to the decision made by Li Shimin.
"That boy is a restless master."
Li Shimin felt helpless and stretched out his hand to rub his eyebrows.
"He follows me in this regard, but after I married my eldest grandson, I gradually stabilized. I hope he will do the same."
"Then, about the military order..."
Fang Xuanling asked tentatively.
"This kid rarely does anything he's not sure about. He has no friendship with Zhang Liang. A navy admiral is not worthy of his military order to win over."
Li Shimin said lightly.
"I estimate that he said 100,000, but he can bring back 40,000 to 50,000. If he saves a little, it will be enough to meet the urgent need. After all, he is my son. Can Hou Junji really beheaded by him? "
"I know."
Fang Xuanling nodded and said nothing more.
It seems that my family has made a profit from this marriage.
Your Majesty attaches much more importance to King Wu than is evident.
With Princess Gaoyang and His Highness King Wu.
As long as the Fang family doesn't do stupid things like rebellion, they will always be rich and prosperous.
…
To the west of Chang'an City, above Ba Bridge.
Breaking off a willow branch, Li Ke shouted.
"Set off!"
Eight hundred elite soldiers marched out of the city in a mighty manner.
"Why bamboo flute complain willow, spring is not degree Pass."
On the carriage, Li Ke read poetry boredly.
The custom of breaking willows in Baqiao has already begun.
But there are not many intellectuals at present, so the willow trees near Baqiao are still relatively intact.
After Wang Changling wrote this popular poem, almost all the willow trees in Chang'an City escaped the fate of being plucked out.
Later Li Ke visited Xi'an several times, and the willow trees near Baqiao were all surrounded by protective measures. He was afraid that this would happen.
"Your Highness is very talented in literature."
A centurion next to him complimented.
Li Ke glanced at him and smiled.
