"Is it difficult to buy this thing? Who made it?" Cui Renxuan asked a little strangely as he smoothed a strand of hair hanging from his forehead.
The steward turned sideways slightly, and the servant next to him immediately replied: "It's hard to buy it when you return home. According to them, those who make cement now use it for their own use, and they will not sell it to outsiders until they have used it, so the outside world takes it." Not available!”
After the servant finished speaking, the steward continued: "As far as the old slave knows, this cement was made by the Marquis of Sanyuan County. For some reason, he sold the recipe to several acquaintances. Our family is the same as his. I have no friendship and no contact with the emerging nobles who have prescriptions, so I didn’t come to buy them.”
Cui Renxuan's face was neither sad nor happy. He was just a building material, with or without it. It had been thousands of years. A mere recipe could not catch his eye, but he didn't even give the Cui family face. How could he, the young head of the family, Can't ignore it!
"It doesn't matter, it's just a prescription. We came to ask for it and we were at a disadvantage. Hum, my Cui family wants what others have, so there's no need to bother! Take care of it!"
"exist……"
"Send someone to inform Jin Fujun, Haozhe, Han Xinpeng and others that I have something to discuss!"
"yes!"
The housekeeper hurriedly got up and went out, then ordered a few people to go out to deliver the letter. The people mentioned by the young master were all the children of several well-known old families. After ordering the people who delivered the letter, he hesitated for a moment and still did not inform the head of the family. , when he thought about it, this was just a temporary dispute of temper between the young master, just like the random fights in the past, and it couldn't be considered a big deal.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen. What can happen?..."
The moon sets and the sun rises, and it is a brand new day. Above the majestic court of the Tang Dynasty, perhaps because of the successive victories in the past few days, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty are in a happy atmosphere. Even the party of the Communist Party of China and the King of Qin, who had been tit-for-tat before, were rarely clean. After a few days, since no one can do anything to anyone, it’s really tiring to argue every day...
Nothing major happened recently, so after Xiao Yu and Pei Ji, who were at the head of the queue, talked about a few insignificant matters, the court fell into silence. Seeing this, Li Yuan, who had already lost his energy, prepared to leave the court.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
An official wearing the robes of a seventh-grade imperial censor came out of the queue with Beban in his arms and shouted, breaking the temporary silence in the court.
Li Yuan looked up at this person and raised his hand casually: "Speak!"
After the censor bent down to salute, he coughed lightly and then said: "Your Majesty, I heard that a man said that cement has become popular in Chang'an recently. This thing is extremely miraculous, and its role in consolidating the city and building border defenses cannot be ignored. , I think that in order to prevent this thing from being obtained by the enemy, I would like to ask the emperor to take back the right to make this thing to the state, so that it can be used by our country, the Tang Dynasty! To avoid future troubles!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several more people walked out of the crowd on both sides. They were ranked as seventh-rank officials and said in unison: "I second the proposal!"
At this moment, Changsun Wuji, who was in the court, immediately felt his heart skip a beat and glanced around. Sure enough, several people with cement kilns in their homes were staring at these small officials with anger on their faces, wishing they could kick them one by one. These people were kicked out of the court, but these people came with great righteousness, and the suppressed people did not dare to come out, for fear that if they stood up to refute, they would be regarded as villains who competed with the country.
Li Yuan had obviously never heard of the name Cement, and it was impossible for the king of a country to know everything under his feet. Hearing this, he also became interested, held up the dragon case, and said to the people below: "Oh? Is there such a strange thing? Who made it? How come I haven’t heard of it before?”
"Hui Sheng said that it was made by Xiao Han, the Marquis of Sanyuan County!" someone from below replied.
"Xiao Han..." Li Yuan muttered something in his mouth, and immediately remembered the young figure in the palace that day, and he was in a trance for a moment.
Changsun Wuji's ability to observe words and emotions has long been perfected. When he saw the emperor's thinking look, he knew that he still remembered Xiao Han, and the memory was very deep. Otherwise, he would have made it right at this time. He only gained it by grabbing the territory. What does it matter if someone on the throne grabs something? !
So Changsun Wuji took advantage of the group of people not continuing to ask questions, hurriedly stepped out of the queue, and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, I know a thing or two about this! In fact, when the cement developed by Hou Xiaohan of Sanyuan County was successful, Fang Zi It was given to the King of Qin to consolidate the city in the northwest, and it was stated early on that it would be used by the country and no money would be taken from it. Such righteousness really moved us. If we forcibly take the cement cubes, it would be tantamount to breaking the hearts of loyal people. I am very afraid. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, benevolence and righteousness should be the basis, but doing so is really killing the goose that lays the egg, and it will cause serious consequences!"
"Nonsense, I think you have a cement workshop at home, and you are reluctant to go out to foreign affairs. What you are saying here is so righteous!"
Someone from the prince's faction had long been unhappy with the fact that King Qin had gotten cement here. How could he not jump out and say a few words at this time?
Changsun Wuji pointed at the person who was speaking and laughed loudly. After laughing, he said: "No wonder some people say that the most indispensable thing in this world is idiots who make people angry and laugh at others. Although this cement kiln is magical, but I The Changsun family didn’t build a kiln, I’m afraid I’m going to disappoint you!”
What Changsun Wuji said is indeed true. Although he also has a prescription in his hand, it is only locked in a secret room. Compared with the big things he is doing now, a mere piece of cement is not enough to distract him.
After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, several people on King Qin's side immediately sneered. This angered the people on the prince's side even more. Seeing that the two factions were about to clash again, Li Yuan who was sitting on the dragon throne slammed the table: " All of you have to withdraw. How can a powerful minister of a country have to disregard his face for these little things? This matter will be discussed tomorrow. Withdraw from the court, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry will stay... Huangfu Qi will also stay!"
Seeing the emperor's anger, both factions felt helpless and hurriedly apologized and retreated. However, the few officials who came out at the beginning discovered that their status was only a little bit different from those who came later. Among these people, They have no place in the human world to speak! As a result, except for the first few words, they all just watched from the sidelines. In the end, the emperor slapped the table, and they could only follow the ministers out of the palace in confusion.
"How can this be good? Why is it completely different from what I thought at the beginning?" As soon as they left the palace, they immediately gathered together in panic to discuss countermeasures.
And this scene happened to be accidentally caught by Changsun Wuji, who was walking out of the palace with the crowd. Changsun Wuji always had a sharp eye, and with just one glance, he recognized that these people were the same people who came out at the beginning. Don't know what you are talking about.
I took a deep look at a few people and remembered their names in my mind. When I got home, I wrote a letter and sent it to Sanyuan County.
"Bastard thing!"
"Master, please calm down. Master, please calm down. Ren Xuan is doing this for our Cui family..."
In the Cui family courtyard, the current head of the family slammed several letters on the head of Cui Renxuan, who was kneeling on the ground. A bejeweled lady hurriedly knelt next to Cui Renxuan to plead for him.
The head of the Cui family was a tall, middle-aged man. His elegant and luxurious robes were a little scattered at the moment. He pointed at the two people on the ground with trembling fingers and said angrily: "For the Cui family? It's okay to do nothing all day long. How dare you today? Go ahead and go directly to borrow those fawning officials and petty officials to deal with a person who has never had any dealings with you? If you don't have a better memory today, you may cause a lot of trouble in the future!"
After saying that, the middle-aged man shook his sleeves fiercely and shouted toward the door: "Cui Wen and Cui Wu! Take this traitor to the ancestral hall and ask for justice!"
Cui Renxuan, who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word, trembled all over when he heard the word "family law", and his eyes suddenly changed, as if he had heard the most terrifying thing.
When the lady next to her heard this, her face turned pale in an instant. She cried and hugged the middle-aged man's leg and said, "Master, no, Master, Ren Xuan is weak and cannot bear the power of the family. How many times can you beat him?" Just scold him a few times to vent your anger, don't use family methods!! Ren Xuan, you should say sorry to dad!"
Cui Renxuan's lips trembled slightly. He didn't know why his father was so angry today, just for a mere county prince? The last time he whipped the viscount who bumped into his carriage in the street, he just closed his door and thought about it for three days. Why did he need to ask for help today?
Seeing that Cui Renxuan was holding on without speaking, the noble lady immediately became anxious. She stood up and slapped Cui Renxuan hard on the face. Cui Renxuan's eyes were filled with stars. She subconsciously touched her face, her hands were sticky. Yes, something suddenly dripped from my nose!
The middle-aged man couldn't bear hearing this clear slap. Although he had several sons, the others were all concubines. Only Ren Xuan was the eldest son. Because of this status, he had been favored since he was a child. , but apart from developing a bit of arrogance, there is really nothing too out of the ordinary.
Waving Cui Wen and Cui Wu, who were standing aside, to go out, the middle-aged man sighed and sat down on the low couch. Although tall imperial chairs have been extremely popular in Chang'an recently, the head of the Cui family of a thousand-year-old family still insists on using the one handed down from his ancestors. thing.
"You're not convinced, right..."
"No!"
Looking at his eldest son who was scratching his neck, the middle-aged man suddenly recalled his time when he was young. At that time, he was even more unruly than him. He always thought that the world was big and I was the biggest, but until he met that person, he ate After suffering the biggest loss in my life, I realized that I really am nothing in this world.
He took out a silk brocade square handkerchief from his sleeve, crumpled it into a ball and threw it in front of his son. Watching his son pick it up and slowly wipe the blood left at the corner of his mouth, the middle-aged man slowly looked at the lady again.
"Master, I take leave of you..."
With one look, the lady knew that the master had something to say to his son. In a big family, women were not allowed to listen to conversations between men, even if one of them was her husband and the other was her son.
