At three quarters of the hour,
At the door of Qin Mansion, Xiao Changxi saluted Qin Ming and said:
"Sir, please come back. I will arrange everything in the house in the past two days."
Qin Ming nodded and motioned for Xiao Changxi and the three girls to get in the car.
Yang Zijun and Mao Tu turned to look at Qin Ming, then reluctantly got into the carriage.
"Shui Yi, protect Butler Xiao on the way."
"Here."
After Xiao Changxi and the others left in the carriage, Qin Ming turned around and returned to the Qin Mansion.
"Ada, have you sorted out all the things I asked you to prepare last night?"
Qin Da cupped his hands and said:
"Everything has been loaded onto the carriage as you ordered."
Qin Ming nodded and said:
"Okay, it's almost time. Let's enter the palace now."
"Here."
…
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Ming's carriage slowly stopped outside the Zhuque Gate.
The eunuch Xiaodongzi received the emperor's order and waited for Qin Ming at the palace gate early in the morning.
Now all the eunuchs and maids with some connections in the palace know that the man from Lantian County sent several carriages like this into the palace.
Your Majesty, the Queen, His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and Princess Jinyang each have one.
He heard from colleagues in the harem that among these carriages, Princess Jinyang's carriage was the largest and had the most beautiful interior.
The two cars with the worst interiors were the Prince's and His Majesty's.
Many palace maids and eunuchs were secretly very happy when they learned about this.
This proves that their current emperor and prince are not extravagant and lustful people.
For Datang, this is simply the greatest blessing!
Xiao Dongzi walked quickly to Qin Ming, bowed respectfully, and said:
"This slave has met the man from Qin County."
When Qin Ming saw that he was an acquaintance, he quickly returned the salute and said:
"I met my father-in-law."
Xiao Dongzi smiled, nodded and said:
"Mr. Qin County, this servant has been waiting for you for a long time. Please follow me into the palace quickly."
Qin Ming nodded and said:
"Father-in-law, please wait a moment. I will have a few words with the guard."
After speaking, Qin Ming turned his head and said to Qin Da:
"Ada, you first go to Ximeng Tower to inform shopkeeper Guo and ask him to purchase a shop in the West Market as soon as possible."
"Then you go to the vegetable shop and inform Huang Hu that he will also serve as the shopkeeper of the Zhenguan Plow Shop."
Qin Da nodded and said:
"Yes, sir."
At the beginning of Sishi
Qin Ming, led by eunuch Xiaodongzi, came to a side hall of Ganlu Palace.
There were more than a dozen eunuchs standing in the side hall, who were specially arranged by Li Shimin to help Qin Ming.
Regardless of their physical disabilities, they are all skilled craftsmen in the palace.
In a short time, Xiao Dongzi explained the origin of these eunuchs to Qin Ming.
Qin Ming nodded slightly.
The eunuchs and maids waiting outside the palace moved the materials prepared by Qin Ming into the back hall.
Qin Ming took out the sand table drawings drawn on the road from his sleeve, and then began to assign tasks to these skilled craftsmen.
This was the first time for these eunuchs in the palace to see such realistic and detailed drawings, coupled with Qin Ming's detailed explanation and various materials neatly placed on the ground.
Every one of them was astonished.
Following Qin Ming's order, these sixteen eunuchs performed their duties and immediately began to build various parts of the sand table.
Someone who is a skilled carpenter will be responsible for building the chassis and base;
Someone who is proficient in paper cutting is responsible for cutting turf of different sizes and making models of trees;
Someone who is good at building houses is responsible for building a smaller version of the city;
Someone who is good at needlework is responsible for making little people with different clothes.
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Because there were too many things to discuss, today's court meeting lasted until three quarters past noon.
Li Shimin brought the Duke of Wei Li Jing, the Duke of Qi Sun Wuji, the Duke of E Wei Chi Jingde, the Duke of Fan Duan Zhixuan, the king of Rencheng Li Daozong, the crazy critic Xue Wanche and other generals to the Manlu Hall.
Xue Wanche, who was walking at the end of the crowd, curled his lips and glanced at Yuchi Jingde who was following Li Shimin.
My teeth hurt so much!
[This damn black charcoal head is really not a thing, and he is competing with me for the position of vanguard general! 】
[Alas, the date for dispatching the troops has been decided, and I don’t know what your Majesty will do by convening this small court meeting. 】
Thinking like this, Xue Wanche saw Li Shimin leading Duke Wei and Duke Qi into a side hall.
As soon as Li Shimin crossed the threshold, he saw at a glance the semi-finished sand table placed in the center of the side hall.
In order to better demonstrate the role of the sand table, Qin Ming.
He directly asked these dozen eunuchs to build a huge sand table with a length of two feet and a width of two feet.
After more than an hour of hard work, the prototype of this sand table has now been completed.
Qin and Ming Dynasties laid out and built three cities on the sand table according to the scale of the map: Yuzhong County, Lintao County and Lanzhou City.
As well as the rivers and official roads between the three cities, it can be said that except for the mountains and trees between the three places, everything else has been completed.
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, patted the shoulder of Chang Sun Wuji beside him, and said with a smile:
"Auxiliary machine, pharmacist, look, this sand table is so realistic."
"As Qin Aiqing said, standing on the edge of this sand table is like a god looking over the mountains and rivers."
Changsun Wuji twirled his long beard, cupped his hands towards Li Shimin and said:
"Old minister, congratulations to Your Majesty, you have obtained another weapon of war."
Qin Ming, who was directing the eunuchs to work, saw Li Shimin and others arriving and hurried forward to salute:
"I am here to see you, Your Majesty."
Li Shimin laughed and helped Qin Ming up with his own hands.
"Qin Qing's family, please get up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Qin Ming stood up and glanced at the people behind Li Er.
When he saw Yu Chigong and Xue Wanche in the crowd, he was slightly stunned.
[Why are these two crazy batches here too? 】
[Yes, they are also going to lead the army this time. 】
Thinking like this, Yuchi Jingde had already walked to Qin Ming's side.
"My nephew, why are you here? And what is this big guy behind you?"
Qin Ming bent down and saluted:
"Uncle Yuchi."
While speaking, Qin Ming raised his head and glanced at Li Shimin.
Upon seeing this, Li Shimin waved his hand and said with a smile:
"Qin Qing, you and the generals should explain the functions of these sand tables."
Qin Ming bowed and responded.
So he explained the function of the sand table in detail to these fierce generals in the early Tang Dynasty.
After hearing this, all the generals were amazed.
Like children who got a new toy, they were all excited, spinning around the huge sand table.
At this moment, Li Jing walked up to Qin Ming and said:
"Mr. Qin County, I think your sand table is only missing the surrounding mountains, rivers and fields. Why don't I tell you about the terrain, and we can complete the sand table now?"
Qin Ming smiled and nodded.
Xue Wanche, who was standing upright, heard Li Jinghua, glanced around and rolled his eyes.
[It’s time to show the true value of old Xue! 】
Thinking like this, Xue Wanche patted Qin Ming on the shoulder and said:
"My dear nephew, a certain family once went to Lanzhou to seek refuge, and they are very familiar with that area. I can help you."
Qin Ming smiled and nodded.
"Thank you, Uncle Xue."
Then Li Shimin and others saw that Qin Ming was under the guidance of Li Jing and Xue Wanche.
He began to instruct the little eunuch to build mountains and trees on the sand table.
Li Shimin and others immediately understood Qin Ming's intention.
So they all gathered in front of a few people and talked about the topography and landforms near Lanzhou City.
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