When Qin Ming led Qin Da and Li Chun into the front hall, Li Tai, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
He jumped off the chair, grabbed Qin Ming's arm and said:
"Brother-in-law, you are finally here! I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
Prince Li Chengqian glanced at Duan Lun, who looked stunned, coughed and said:
"Qingque, stop talking nonsense!"
Li Tai also realized his recklessness, but still curled his lips and whispered:
"I am not talking nonsense. My father and mother have agreed to the marriage between brother Ming and my sister."
Li Chengqian glared at his fourth brother, then smiled helplessly at Duan Lun and said:
"My uncle (Duan Lun is married to Princess Langya and is Li Yuan's son-in-law) and my fourth brother speak freely. I also asked my uncle not to spread the word about this, so as not to ruin the reputation of the men and royal sisters of Lantian County."
Duan Lun smiled slightly when he heard this and said:
"Don't worry, Your Highness, my ears have not been working well lately. I didn't hear anything just now."
Li Chengqian smiled and nodded when he heard this, obviously very satisfied with Duan Lun's answer.
At this time, Qin Ming finally had a chance to intervene. He quickly saluted several people and said:
"I, Qin Ming, have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and Mr. Duan."
Qin Da and Li Chun, who were following Qin Ming, also saluted and greeted him.
Li Chengqian coughed, stood up and straightened his clothes, and then said with a serious face:
"Your Majesty orally."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming immediately bowed and saluted Li Chengqian.
"I order you to send a doctor tomorrow to the Zuo Lingjunwei camp at this time to teach the military doctors the wound suturing technique. There must be no mistakes. I appreciate this."
"promise."
When Qin Ming took the order, Duan Lun couldn't wait any longer. He walked quickly to Qin Ming and said:
"Mr. Qin County, it's getting late. Please take me to see the cement road quickly."
Qin Ming glanced at Li Chengqian and saw him nodding, so he smiled and said:
"Shang Zhuangzi, there happens to be a cement road being built at the moment. I will take you to see it."
A few moments,
Qin Ming and his party left the Qin Mansion.
On the way, Qin Ming pointed at Li Chun who was one position behind him and said:
"By the way, I haven't introduced you yet. This is Manager Li in my house. He is now in charge of the cement workshop and cement road."
Duan Lun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, immediately became interested when he heard this. He took a closer look at Li Chun, who looked unattractive, and said with a smile:
"Hello, Manager Li."
Li Chun bowed his hands towards Duan Lun and said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone:
"A certain family has met Duan Shangshu."
At this moment, Qin Ming felt his sleeve being pulled by the person next to him. He turned around and saw Li Chengqian looking at him, hesitant to speak.
Qin Ming leaned towards Li Chengqian and said doubtfully:
"Gao Ming, what's wrong?"
Li Chengqian glanced at Duan Lun and Li Tai who were talking to Li Chun behind him, hesitated for a moment and asked softly:
"Brother Ming, I just saw that the maid in your house has a special hairstyle. I wonder where she learned it from?"
Qin Ming raised his eyebrows and said secretly
【That's it? You're so mysterious, if I hadn't known you were the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, I would have thought you were a spy? 】
"Oh, you're talking about the ponytail? That's a hairstyle I came up with by accident. How about it? Isn't it simple and beautiful?"
Li Chengqian looked surprised when he heard this.
"Brother Ming, do you even understand this? Tell me honestly, is there nothing in this world that you don't understand?"
Qin Ming thought for a moment and said:
"Roughly the same."
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said using the colloquial language he learned from Qin Ming last time:
"Can you pretend!"
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a smile:
"Gao Ming, you are very good at learning and applying it immediately!"
After speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed.
Soon a few people were chatting and arrived at the nearest construction site on Zhuangzi.
Qin Ming pointed to an eight-meter-wide cement road in the distance and said:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and Shangshu Duan, you see, that is the repaired cement road."
Several people looked in the direction Qin Ming pointed, and saw a very smooth gray road in the distance.
Both Li Chengqian and the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry brought by Duan Lun opened their mouths with incredible expressions.
Duan Lun was the first to react. He waved to several craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and said:
"Quick, follow me to take a closer look."
After saying that, Duan Lun trotted towards the cement road, followed closely by several craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry.
Qin Ming shook his head when he saw this, and walked over leisurely with Li Chengqian and Li Tai.
When Qin Ming and his party walked to the cement road, Duan Lun and several craftsmen were already a little crazy.
A few of them were lying on the cement road, each one stroking the cement road with their hands, as if they were caressing their beloved girl, their eyes full of intoxication.
The craziest one among them was the Minister of Industry of the Tang Dynasty. He was seen kneeling on the cement road, looking up to the sky and laughing.
"Hahaha, God bless the Tang Dynasty, God bless the Tang Dynasty. With this cement road, why should we, the Tang Dynasty, not worry about the prosperous times coming!"
After laughing, Duan Lun was already in tears.
When Qin Ming saw this scene, his mood was indescribably complicated. Looking at Duan Lun's appearance, he knew that Duan Lun was a good official who cared about the Tang Dynasty.
After all, this is the Qin Family Village, not a court. Even if the prince and the King of Yue are here, Duan Lun will not pretend to be like this due to his status.
At this time, Li Chengqian on the side hurriedly ran over, helped Duan Lun up and said:
"Uncle, the road is hard, please get up quickly."
After Duan Lun stood up and thanked Li Chengqian, he walked up to Qin Ming, saluted him with red eyes, and then said word by word:
"On behalf of the Tang Dynasty and the people of the world, I would like to thank the man from Qin County for creating this cement road!"
Qin Ming turned sideways to avoid the gift, then helped Duan Lun up and said:
"Mr. Ji, I don't dare to grant you a gift. Why are you doing this?"
Duan Lun let out a sigh of relief, took Qin Ming's arm and said:
"My dear nephew, you don't know something. Since I took charge of the Ministry of Industry at the beginning of Zhenguan, I have been mediocre in these years, without much merit, and I have not done any good or big things for the people."
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. Over the years, I've wanted to resign from your position as Minister of Industry with Your Majesty more than once. Now that I've seen your concrete road, I finally know my next mission."
At this time, Li Tai suddenly appeared and was praised. He blinked and said curiously:
"Uncle, what is your mission?"
Duan Lun stroked his long beard, cast a satisfied look at Li Tai, and then said leisurely:
"I will devote the rest of my life to the construction of cement roads in the Tang Dynasty. If I am lucky, I hope to build all the main official roads from Chang'an to various counties in the Tang Dynasty into cement roads in my lifetime!"
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