"Isn't this my fault?" Li Yuan didn't feel dissatisfied with Lu Chen's slap in the face. Instead, he replied to Lu Chen in a semi-ridiculous tone.
As Li Yuan said these words, all the civil and military ministers were stunned. You must know that the imperial power is granted by heaven. It is the emperor, and the words he speaks are golden words and golden rules. Lu Chen actually dared to say something wrong with Li Yuan in front of so many people. ? Isn't this a bit audacious?
"I don't mean this!" Lu Chen saluted directly to Li Yuan and said, "Although I can't leave Lujiazhuang, I still gave this iron stove to Princess Pingyang and Chai Consort, and told Chai Consort that I would donate it to Your Majesty. Something!" Lu Chen said, turning to look at Chai Shao, had Lu Chen mentioned this matter to Chai Shao? It was completely untrue, but Lu Chen had mentioned to Chai Shao about selling this kind of iron stove. But at that time, Lu Chen was still "contemplating his mistakes behind closed doors" in Lujiazhuang, so the matter was shelved. If it weren't for Wang Gui is impeaching Lu Chen today. It will probably take a month before iron stoves appear in Chang'an City.
On the other hand, Wang Gui can be regarded as helping Lu Chen publicize.
"Chai Prince Consort? Is this true?" After hearing Lu Chen's explanation, Li Yuan also turned to look at Chai Shao. Now everyone knows that apart from Lu Chen's Lujiazhuang, Chai Shao owns the iron stove. There is a Duke's Mansion, and of course Li Xiuning's Princess Mansion should also be there, but these people probably dare to go to Chai Shao, but they don't dare to disturb Li Xiuning.
"It's true!" Chai Shao saluted Li Yuan directly. Although Chai Shao said "It's true", he secretly said in his heart: "What the hell, this kid said that this thing will be sold by then. Who said I would offer it to Your Majesty!" But Chai Shao didn't dare to say this. If he did, then Lu Chen wouldn't be convicted of deceiving the emperor?
"Since Lu Aiqing has discussed the donation with you, why did I only learn about it today?" Li Yuan looked at Chai Shao with a stern face and asked, obviously feeling a little bit that Chai Shao did not donate this "heating artifact" to him earlier. Not happy!
"No, my father-in-law has a bit of a double standard, right? This thing was invented by Lu Chen. He didn't contribute anything. If you don't talk about him, why are you going to attack me directly?" After hearing Li Yuan's words, Chai Shao couldn't help but feel in his heart. He secretly slandered, but on the surface he still replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, my son-in-law was originally going to talk about the donation of iron stoves to the court this morning, but Wang Zhongyun impeached the Marquis of Lu County first, so the son-in-law had no chance to present the iron stove. I will inform your majesty about the donation!" Chai Shao would not take the blame for "donating everything privately", and he even put the responsibility for delaying his dedication of the "sacred weapon" directly on Wang Gui's head.
Chai Shao directly glared at Wang Gui. The meaning was very obvious. If you, an old guy, hadn't been looking for trouble and impeached Lu Chen, would your Majesty have reprimanded me?
Seeing Chai Shao's somewhat resentful eyes, Wang Gui unconsciously smacked his lips, not knowing what to say. Now that the iron stove was in front of him, it was indeed proved that Lu Chen could make the charcoal The toxins will be discharged and will not harm people's lives, which means that he and Wei Ting have to donate 15,000 acres of fertile land as written on the note.
At this time, Wei Ting looked at Wang Gui with a rather unkind look. Although it was Wei Ting who gave Wang Gui the trick of impeaching Lu Chen, Wei Ting never thought that he would be given 5,000 acres of fertile land, so naturally Wei Ting It was Wang Gui who remembered that he had lost five thousand acres of fertile land.
The most important thing is that with the capital established as a basis, these five thousand acres of fertile land can no longer be relied on.
"That's it!" After hearing Chai Shao's explanation, Li Yuan didn't say much. He just looked at Wang Gui deeply. Wang Gui, who was glanced at by Li Yuan, could only lower his head in fear. He knew very well that The fact that he is still standing here is entirely because of his merits as a dragon, and even more so because he has the responsibility of assisting the prince Li Jiancheng. Obviously Li Yuan is already a little dissatisfied with himself.
"So, Lu Aiqing is planning to dedicate this thing to the imperial court?" Li Yuan's originally gloomy expression turned into a smile when he turned to Lu Chen.
"This is natural!" Lu Chen nodded directly, "However, Your Majesty, this thing actually consumes quite a lot of iron, and the method of making it is only known by the blacksmiths in Weichen Zhuangzi, so I want to vigorously promote it. If so..." Lu Chen did not continue speaking, but looked in the direction of the front row of civil servants.
"Warrior Yu!" How could Li Yuan not understand what Lu Chen meant? Before Lu Chen finished speaking, he obviously wanted craftsmen and iron materials from him, and these things were naturally under the control of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. At this stage, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry It is Ying Guogong's warrior Xun.
Hearing the name of the warrior Xun, Lu Chen felt excited in his heart. Although this man did not have many deeds recorded in history, not to mention that this dear man was the only one who was named the Duke of the country without fighting a battle since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. And the reason why he is famous is because of his daughter, his second daughter is the only female emperor in history, Wu Zhao and Wu Zetian.
Of course, Wu Zetian, the empress, has not yet been born. As for whether Warrior Xun’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rongguo Yang, is pregnant with Wu Zetian at this time, Lu Chen doesn’t know, but it does not prevent Lu Chen from wanting to take a good look at what this Warrior Xun is like. She looks like she can raise the only female emperor in the ages.
"Your Majesty, I'm here!" As Li Yuan called out Samurai Yu's name, Samurai Yu stood up from his duties and saluted Li Yuan. The relationship between Li Yuan and Samurai Yu was also extraordinary. You must know that although the relationship between Samurai Yu and Samurai Yu was historically negative. There is not much writing and ink. Of course, the records about the warrior Yu that Xu Jingzong beautified are not included here, but the title of "Taiyuan Yuanmou Hero" is enough to explain the relationship between the warrior Yu and Li Yuan.
As the warrior Xun came out of duty, Lu Chen finally met the father of the empress. He saw that the warrior Xun was in his forties, dressed in a purple royal palace, with a gold and jade belt across his waist, and a goldfish charm hanging on it. He had a handsome appearance. The black beard, which is about a foot long under his chin, floats on his chest, and his elegant appearance gives people the feeling of a humble scholar.
"No wonder he could raise a beautiful daughter like Wu Zhao. With his father's appearance, he can be called a handsome man! He is a proper ascetic uncle for future generations!" Lu Chen couldn't help but praise the warrior Yu secretly in his heart. Ichiban.
"This is Warrior Xun, the Minister of Industry. If Lu Aiqing needs help in making iron stoves, he can ask Warrior Xun to help you!" Li Yuan called Warrior Xun closer and introduced to Lu Chen.
"I obey your Majesty's will!" Warrior Xun said directly to Li Yuan.
"Ying Guogong, we will have to deal with each other more often in the future!" Lu Chen cupped his hands at the warrior Yu and smiled.
"Marquis Lu is so polite! Since His Majesty has issued the decree, I will definitely try my best to assist Marquis Lu in doing something that benefits the country and the people!" Warrior Xun rushed to Lu Chen and returned the courtesy.
"Since Duke Ying has said this, I will not be polite when the time comes!" After speaking, Lu Chen raised his hands to the warrior Xun again and smiled.
"That's how it should be!" Samurai Yu smiled and nodded, "But there aren't many iron workers in the Ministry of Industry!" As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Samurai Yu actually has a headache now, that is, ever since Lu Chen made the iron harness. , the entire Tang army was replacing horse gear. The Tang Dynasty had just been established, and it was full of waste. Now the Ministry of Works was also a little short on iron materials. Qu Tutong, the minister of the Ministry of War, came to him from time to time to ask for iron materials. Now Lu Chen wanted to build it. For the iron stove, he had to ask for iron materials, so he had to make this clear to Lu Chen in advance.
"I have a way to solve the problem of iron materials. It's just a problem with the blacksmith. I'll have to ask the Duke to help me!" Lu Chen is not worried about making raw materials. He built the blast furnace just to solve the problem of iron materials. The question is, Lu Chen not only needs to make iron but also steel. How can he make a gun without making steel?
"Oh? Lu County Marquis still has a way to solve the problem of iron materials? I wonder if you can tell me about it?" As soon as he heard that Lu Chen could solve the problem of iron materials, Warrior Xun's eyes suddenly lit up. He must know that this iron material The matter has been giving him a headache for some time, and now that he heard Lu Chen say there was a way to solve it, he immediately became more energetic.
"How do you say this!" Lu Chen pondered for a moment. In fact, for Lu Chen, the infrastructure he built in Lujiazhuang will be used by Datang in the future. Now he is just doing preliminary work in his own village. It's just a test, "I do have a way to increase iron-making production, but it's hard to say what I want to say. If Duke Ying has time, why not go to Lujiazhuang and have a look!" Lu Chen did not tell him about the blast furnace immediately, but Invite the warrior Xun to visit Lujiazhuang because Lu Chen felt that there were some things that he should change. Of course, this matter would only be done after he determined some things after the Xuanwu Gate incident.
"Okay!" Warrior Xun simply agreed to Lu Chen's invitation.
"Hmph! Do you really think you are omnipotent?" Just when the warrior Yu agreed to Lu Chen's invitation, a discordant voice came from the side. Lu Chen looked around and saw that the person speaking this time was neither Wang Gui nor Wang Gui. It wasn't Wei Ting. After all, these two people had already suffered losses from Lu Chen, and now they still owed Lu Chen fifteen thousand acres of fertile land. They pretended not to hear what Lu Chen said.
"Who are you?" Lu Chen never looked down upon a stranger who interrupted casually.
"I am the Minister of Rites, Zheng Shanguo!" The speaker reported directly to his family.
Lu Chen frowned when he heard the words "Zheng Shanguo, Minister of Rites". Listening to this name, Lu Chen knew that this "Zheng Shanguo" was probably a member of the Zheng family in Xingyang in "Five Surnames and Seven Hopes". It can be said that Zheng Shanguo He is currently the highest-ranking person in the family who has come out to confront Lu Chen.
