After Qin Ming and Li Tai finished talking, they walked straight to the second floor.
On the way, many children from aristocratic families or officials from the court saw Qin Ming going upstairs and came up to talk to him.
More or less, he expressed his desire to make friends with him.
Among them, Cui Xin of the Cui family in Qinghe and Liu Yiliang of the Liu family in Hedong were the most enthusiastic about him and insisted on dragging him to Pingkangfang for drinking.
Although Qin Ming was interested, thinking that he would go out with the army tomorrow, he had no choice but to politely refuse.
Cui Xin and Liu Yiliang were also helpless and had no choice but to make an agreement with Qin Ming that when he came back from Lanzhou, they would be the host and have a good meal.
Just like this, Qin Ming walked and stopped.
I silently recorded the names and origins of many people.
I plan to wait until I come back from Lanzhou before slowly getting in touch with him.
After a while,
Xiao Qingwan, who was standing at the door of the box, welcomed Qin Ming into the box with a smile.
After entering the house, Wan'er approached Qin Ming and asked with a smile:
"Sir, are we going back home?"
All the women in the room stood up when they saw Qin Ming come in.
Before they could make any move, Qin Ming waved his hand and said:
"Everyone, please sit down. I have to meet someone later. You guys sit here for a while and we will go back to Lantian together later."
The girls nodded and sat back down.
At this time, Sishe held a cup of tea in both hands, handed it to Qin Ming, and said with a smile:
"Sir, take a sip of tea to moisten your throat."
Qin Ming smiled slightly, and when he took the tea cup, he deliberately scratched the palm of Sishe's hand.
When Qin Ming finished drinking the tea, Sishe took the tea cup from Qin Ming's hand with a pretty face.
At this time Wan'er walked to Qin Ming and said softly:
"Sir, before the bidding meeting started, His Highness the King of Shu brought Princess Changle and Princess Yuzhang to the private room to see you."
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, reached out and touched Wan'er's head, and said with a smile:
"knew."
After Qin Ming chatted with the girls for a few words, he went out again and arrived at the door of Li Shimin's box.
When Xiao Dongzi saw Qin Ming coming, he quickly bowed and said:
"Slave, I have seen the man from Qin County."
Qin Ming cupped his hands and said:
"I've met my little father-in-law."
Qin Ming had just stood up when the door of the box was opened from the inside.
Yuechan gave Qin Ming a blessing and said:
"Mr. Qin County, Your Majesty invites you."
Qin Ming nodded and walked in.
At this time, in the box, Li Shimin and Queen Changsun were sitting on chairs.
Next to them stood the King of Shu Li Ke, the Princess of Changle Li Lizhi and the Princess of Yuzhang Li Xiyao.
Qin Ming searched around the room, but didn't see Xiao Sizi, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said angrily:
"Hey, isn't this a kind man from our court who cares about the people?"
"What kind of wind brings you here?"
Empress Changsun was helpless. She couldn't help but stretched out her hand and gently tugged on Li Shimin's sleeve.
I thought, [What happened to Erlang today? Why bother with this kid? ]
Qin Ming twitched the corner of his mouth and thought:
[Li Er, you’ve had enough! If you hadn't summoned me, who would have come to see you at this point? ]
However, Qin Ming could only think about this in his heart.
Sensing Li Er's displeasure, Qin Ming hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and said:
"I, Qin Ming, from Lantian County, see Your Majesty, see the Queen, His Highness the King of Shu, His Highness Princess Changle, and Her Highness Princess Yuzhang."
Li Shimin gently patted Changsun's little hand, telling her not to worry.
Then he turned his head and his eyes fell on Qin Ming again.
Thinking that if his father hadn't reminded him today, he would have almost been deceived by Qin Ming and lost his entire family.
Li Shimin's eyes were a little dark, he curled his lips and asked in a low voice:
"Qin Qing's family, there's nothing you want to tell me?"
Qin Ming didn't know at this moment that there was a spy in his family.
Combining Li Shimin's saying about a great philanthropist, he guessed that Li Shimin was angry because he took it upon himself to change the auction into a charity auction.
So Qin Ming pretended to be scared and said:
"Your Majesty, I am guilty."
"I should not make arbitrary decisions and donate the proceeds from the auction to the court without His Majesty's consent."
"However, I can guarantee that I hold this auction entirely out of public interest."
"I definitely have no intention of winning over people's hearts. Please be clear to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin felt angry when he heard this and thought to himself.
[I'm not an old fool. Can't I tell if you have selfish motives? I want to know what happened to those colored glazes. ]
Although Li Shimin was complaining crazily in his heart, these words obviously could not be asked directly. After all, his source of information was not formal.
Furthermore, although Qin Ming almost killed him and bankrupted his family today, as far as the court was concerned, he had made great contributions.
After all, after Qin Ming's operation, in just one hour, more than one million yuan of money was added to the household department.
This money is enough for him to launch a war to destroy the country.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin's expression softened, he raised his hand and said:
"Get up."
As he spoke, Li Shimin said to Yuechan on the side:
"Give me a seat."
Qin Ming was a little puzzled. He didn't know which show Li Er was acting in!
He raised his head, glanced at the two slim future wives standing next to Li Ke and Changsun, and said:
"I dare not, I am afraid."
Li Shimin snorted coldly and said:
"I asked you to sit down, just sit down. Why is there all this nonsense?"
Qin Ming smiled bitterly, cupped his hands towards Li Shimin and said:
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
When Qin Ming sat down, Li Shimin pursed his lips and said:
"This time you raised millions of dollars for the imperial court, which is a great achievement."
"I have always made clear rewards and punishments, but tell me, what reward do you want?"
"As long as I can give it, I will never be stingy."
Qin Ming thought about it for a while, stood up and worshiped:
"Now that the Road and Bridge Department is on the right track, and I will go on an expedition with the army next time, I would like to implore Your Majesty to remove me from the post of Director of the Road and Bridge Department and appoint another capable person."
When Li Shimin heard this, he subconsciously thought that Qin Ming wanted to rise to a higher level with today's achievements.
He tapped the armrest of the chair a few times with his fingers and said:
"With your merits, you can indeed wear the scarlet official robe."
"Let me think about it carefully these days. When you come back from Lanzhou, I will arrange a new position for you."
Qin Ming shook his head when he heard this, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. What I mean is that I want to resign."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.
After all, in this era, there are basically no people who don’t want to be officials.
Li Ke looked at Qin Ming like a monster. After all, anyone could see how much Li Shimin valued Qin Ming.
After these days, his men investigated Qin Ming.
Qin Ming has long been regarded as the most talented and capable person of the younger generation.
He even felt that as long as Qin Ming stayed in the court and hung out for more than twenty years, he would have a great chance of becoming the first civil servant in the court and the backbone of the court in the future.
Princess Changle and Princess Yuzhang looked at each other after hearing Qin Ming's words, and both saw a hint of worry in each other's eyes.
