Li Shimin nodded slightly when he saw this.
"Okay, now tell me what this coal mine and coal furnace are all about."
Qin Ming thought for a while after hearing this, and then told Li Shimin in detail why he wanted to find a coal mine in the first place and how he invented the coal stove and briquettes.
Li Shimin nodded frequently after hearing this.
After a while, Li Shimin finally figured out the whole story.
He looked at Qin Ming and said:
"Because this coal stove is useful to our country, I will spare you this time. But you have to promise me to make this coal stove and coal available to the people of my country as soon as possible."
Qin Ming bowed and said:
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will start working on this matter after I return, and I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations."
...
It was not until noon that Qin Ming walked out of the palace.
As soon as Qin Ming's figure appeared at Zhuque Gate, Zi Shu came to greet him.
"Sir, are you okay?"
Qin Ming nodded slightly and said to Zishu:
"It's okay, let's go back home first."
"It's young master."
After saying that, Qin Ming got on the carriage.
Qin Ming sat in the carriage and let out a long sigh of relief.
"I finally came out. This palace is really grand. It's really not a place for people to stay. Fortunately, I only need to come to court on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Otherwise, I really can't live this day."
...
Not long after Qin Ming left, a middle-aged handsome man wearing a purple official robe and holding a wat board walked out of the Zhuque Gate with a smile on his face.
A middle-aged strong man walked up to the old handsome guy, bowed and said:
"Alang."
The handsome old man nodded slightly and got straight into the carriage. Seeing this, the strong man quickly raised the curtain for him.
"Go home."
After saying that, the old handsome guy got into the car. Seeing this, the strong man quickly lowered the car curtain.
The moment the car curtain fell, the handsome old man, who had been so cheerful just now, suddenly fell down.
He put the wat board aside, closed his eyes, took out a crystal clear jade plaque from his arms, and kept playing with it in his hand.
This handsome middle-aged man is none other than Sun Wuji, the eldest uncle of the state of Qi.
After going to court today, he was stopped by the maid of Queen Changsun, saying that the Queen had summoned him.
He originally thought that the queen summoned him to discuss Chong'er's marriage, so he happily followed her to the Li Zheng Hall.
But who knew that things turned out to be far beyond his expectation.
When his sister finished explaining everything, he was almost furious.
He had forgotten how many years he had not been teased like this.
What made him even more unbearable was that the two people playing tricks on him this time were a reckless man whom he had always looked down upon, and the other was a young man who had just entered the officialdom.
How could he endure this?
What he couldn't accept even more was that the girl who had been dependent on him since childhood actually ignored the interests of the eldest son's family and kept speaking for Qin Ming, an outsider.
This made it even more unbearable for him.
Fortunately, he usually prides himself on being a wise man, but if Empress Changsun hadn't revealed the truth, he would still have been kept in the dark by these two bastards.
Fortunately, his years of practicing Qi-nurturing skills were not in vain. In front of his sister in the Lizheng Hall, he still looked ecstatic.
After thanking the Queen for her help again and again.
Only then did he leave the Li Zheng Hall in the name of raising money.
On the way out of the palace, in order not to let the eyes and ears of the palace see his true thoughts, he deliberately showed a happy look.
It wasn't until he entered the carriage that Changsun Wuji put down all pretense.
I don't know how long it took, but after hearing a squeaking sound, Changsun Wuji suddenly opened his eyes.
He glanced at the broken jade token in his hand and sneered:
"You don't know how to live or die, is it so easy to get the property of my eldest grandson's family?"
After saying that, he reached out and threw the jade token out of the window and closed his eyes again.
.......
At the end of noon, East Market, Ximeng Tower
In a private room on the second floor of Ximeng Tower.
Princess Yuzhang tugged on Princess Changle's sleeves, pointed at the two figures downstairs and said with a smile:
"Fifth sister, look over there. One of those two people is so black and the other is so white. It's really interesting for them to stand together."
Upon hearing this, Princess Changle reached out and patted Princess Yuzhang's hand and said:
"Sixth sister, as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, we can't make fun of the people. Besides, it's just a different skin color. There's nothing strange about it."
Princess Yuzhang was beaten, but she didn't care. She continued to point at the two people downstairs and said:
"Fifth sister, please take a look first."
Princess Danyang, who was listening to the story and eating tea, heard Princess Yuzhang's words and looked in the direction pointed by Princess Yuzhang.
I saw a strong man with a dark face and a sinewy face, standing at the stairs of the hall. Next to him was a young man with fair skin, red lips and white teeth.
This combination of black and white, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin became the focus as soon as they entered Ximeng Tower. Many people stopped eating and drinking and looked at these two people.
When Li Xianzhi saw this scene, the tea he just drank in his mouth suddenly sprayed onto the ground.
When Princess Changle heard the commotion, she frowned and looked at Danyang and said:
"Cousin, why are you following..."
Princess Danyang waved her hand, pointed to the stairs and said:
"No, that's not pretty. Take a look. It seems to be General Yuchi."
Princess Changle heard this and immediately looked towards the stairs.
He immediately recognized the person who came, it was Chi Jingde, the Duke of E State.
And the young man beside Yuchi Jingde is naturally Yuchi Wanning in disguise.
She was wearing men's clothing today and even put on makeup.
Not only did the eyebrows, which were originally like willow leaves, be drawn thicker, but something was also attached to the neck, which looked exactly like a man's Adam's apple.
Coupled with her delicate face, no one can tell she is a girl now.
From her appearance, it can be seen that this is definitely not the first time that she has disguised herself as a man.
Just when Princess Changle was hesitating whether to go out and say hello to Yuchi Gong.
Princess Yuzhang on the side pointed downstairs and shouted:
"Fifth sister, look quickly, are those Wan'er and Brother Ming?"
Upon hearing this, Princess Changle and Princess Danyang immediately looked away from Yuchi Gong and others and looked downstairs.
Princess Danyang looked at the stairs, curled her lips and said:
"It's really him, but why did this brat go towards Uncle Yuchi?"
Princess Changle also frowned and said:
"Brother Ming seems to know General Yuchi."
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