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"Passing the story to Duke Cao Li Jinglong!"
After the eunuch's words at the entrance of the palace fell, Li Jinglong hurriedly straightened his clothes, then turned back to straighten his son's clothes, and said seriously, "See the emperor immediately, kowtow more and talk less. If the performance is inappropriate, go home and interrupt."
Your leg!"
He said, with an emphasis on tone, "Break your legs!"
When Li Qi saw his father's stern eyes, he felt bitter and muttered, "I can't say it, you have to let me come. Why do you want me to come? I already agreed to take Qiu Ju Meixiang and the two of them with me."
I'll go with the kite in the next half hour. You didn't want to drag me into the palace, but broke my legs. I'm your biological child. If you break my legs and give birth to a lame son, are you happy?"
"What the hell..." Li Jinglong's eyes were twitching wildly, and black lines appeared on his forehead, "Why am I so angry with you? Sooner or later, the old Li family will be defeated by you!" As he said this, he looked at it.
The eunuch leading the way glared at his son again and said in a low voice, "Remember, if you disobey me, I will risk my life and beat you to death!"
When Li Qi saw his father like that, he shrank his neck and didn't dare to say anything.
As the two men were walking in, suddenly a man on the opposite side just exited the hall.
Li Jinglong looked at it and said in shock, "Brother Jingqing, why are you here?"
The one who came over was Jing Qing, who had just delivered his speech. He cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I have met Lord Cao Guo!"
"What are the two of us doing with these false gifts?" Li Jinglong held the other's arm and laughed, "Have you just met the emperor?"
Jing Qing smiled and said, "Yes, I just told the emperor about some local matters!"
Li Jinglong suddenly took a step closer and whispered, "The emperor is not very happy?"
After all, Jing Qing has only been an official for a short time. Even if he has some talent and learning, unlike Li Jinglong, every word he says is full of traps and traps.
At that moment, he said directly, "Yes, the emperor was not very happy after hearing this!"
Li Jinglong's expression changed twice, and he continued to smile, "When did you come back to Beijing and you didn't even say hello to me? So, I'll be the host tonight, and we'll have a pee and we'll get drunk before we retire!"
"Thank you so much, Duke, for your kindness. I appreciate it. But there are still important things to do, so I have to rush back!"
"In such a hurry? I still want to get together with you. We are close friends from all over the world. How difficult is it to meet?" Li Jinglong regretted, and then kicked his son behind him, "Call me uncle!"
"Uncle!" Li Qi didn't care, just bowed his head and shouted.
Jing Qing hurriedly avoided half of his body, "How does this happen?" He said, looking at Li Qi, "The young master of Cao Guogong has a talented appearance and a face like a crown jewel!"
"You just have a good skin!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "Follow me!"
At this time, the eunuch at the door had already begun to urge me, his eyes constantly drifting towards me.
"I'll go see the emperor first!" Li Jinglong said with cupped hands.
"Your Majesty, please!"
Li Jinglong took his son and walked into the palace. When he passed the eunuch who opened the door curtain, he smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, father-in-law!" He said, his hands shaking slightly.
The eunuch's eyes were dazzled, and several heavy golden beans had been stuffed into his hand.
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In the palace, Zhu Yunxi was sitting on a soft couch by the window, holding a small copper pot in his hand and slowly watering several pots of orchids on the windowsill.
"Your Majesty Li Jinglong, long live my emperor!"
As soon as he stepped in, Li Jinglong bowed and bowed. His son, seeing me like this, hurriedly followed him. Although the boy was talking about it, he was so panicked in his heart that his body was trembling.
Zhu Yunxi glanced at the father and son and continued to water the flowers, "You handed over the sign three times in one day. Do you have anything important to see me?"
"Go back to the emperor!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "I will soon enter the East Palace to guard the prince. I will bring him here to see the emperor and listen to the holy teachings!"
As he said that, he elbowed his son calmly.
"Your Majesty, Li Qi, long live my emperor!" Li Qi was quite calm, suppressing the fear in his heart, and kowtowed respectfully.
"Working as a servant in the palace is just a job. Just go to the inner guard office and register your name and receive a coat of armor. What kind of holy teachings are you listening to?"
Zhu Yunxi was well aware of Li Jinglong's little thoughts, and he seized every opportunity to show his face. For Li Jinglong, not seeing the emperor for two days meant falling out of favor.
Zhu Yunxi said something, then looked at Li Qi, "I went to the East Palace and stayed with the prince. Everything must be steady. The prince is young and often acts up. You have to stop him. You can't follow him, let alone encourage him. Do you understand?"
"Your Majesty, I obey the order!" As soon as Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth, Li Qi's back was covered in cold sweat.
In fact, Zhu Yunxi didn't quite agree with Li Jinglong's son entering the palace to work as an errand around Jin. It wasn't that he had any objections to Li Qi, the key was that he had an undistinguished father!
As long as Li Qi has three-thirds of Li Jinglong's skills, wouldn't he be surrounded by flattery all day long?
But now it seems that this kid Li Qi is far less clever than his father!
Zhu Yunxi turned his eyes to Li Jinglong, put down the copper pot in his hand, and said, "You are in charge of the Firearms Foundry Bureau. Since the New Year, I haven't seen you submit a memorial or write a memorandum. Are you here?"
Is that where you are supposed to be the shopkeeper?"
"How can I dare to neglect the errands assigned by the emperor?" Li Jinglong said anxiously, "I didn't give in, because I keep my head down and do things!" He said with a smile, "The emperor asked me to go, not to do things.
Do you want me to find out what's wrong and report it to your Majesty?"
"Oh? Keep your head down and do things?" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "What did you do?"
"Since I took over the Foundry Bureau, a total of one hundred large and small artillery pieces have been produced, of which two hundred and twelve were given to Jing Haijun, three hundred to Ningbo, Guangzhou, and Quanzhou's coastal defense guns, and the rest were distributed to King Han of Lelang County.
, Liaodong Dusi, and the Yunnan frontier army!"
"In addition, Hongwu made one hundred and ninety-two fire blunderbuss. The original number was 1,300. However, because the work was rushed too fast and some craftsmen were unskilled, the caliber of the fire blunderbuss was wrong. Therefore, I did not ask the emperor for instructions and directly made the decision to make a new one.
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"All the muskets made will be delivered to the Beijing Camp Musketeers!"
Zhu Yunxi listened with no expression on his face, but he was approving in his heart. He knew these data, and what Li Jinglong said was accurate. Li Jinglong was a utilitarian person, and he was good at flattering others, but when it came time to do things, he could still be trusted.
Especially the defective muskets made by Hongwu. If they were ordinary officials, they would not dare to deal with them at will. They must ask for instructions before asking for instructions. Only he handled the matter directly, with responsibility and determination.
However, Zhu Yunxi had no intention of giving him a good face, "What he said is true, but how come I heard that you are in charge of the shop, and you don't care about it? I heard that you have never entered the foundry bureau once!"
Li Jinglong kowtowed, "Back to the emperor, I only have two rules for managing the foundry. The first is to focus on quality. After all, firearms are military weapons. The second is to know people and use them well!"
"I am a layman when it comes to forging. So let me leave it to my subordinates. If I, a layman, pretend to be an expert and point fingers, that is putting the cart before the horse!"
"I will ensure quality, manage logistics well, make good use of available people, promote useful people, and live up to the Emperor's painstaking efforts!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "You have such a mouth!" He said, waving his hands lightly, "Get up and answer, don't kneel down. Wang Shamei, bring two stools and let the father and son sit and talk to me.
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"There is no room for ministers in front of the emperor!" Li Jinglong laughed, then looked at his son who was stunned like a wooden pile, and secretly sneered at him.
Li Qi's brain was in a state of confusion. When he saw the emperor, he looked like a puppet.
My heart is filled with panic, fear, and a bit of excitement. That is the emperor, that is the emperor!
At this time, he was scolded by his father, and his heart regained some clarity.
At this time, Wang Shai came over with a stool.
Li Qi quickly took it and said, "Thank you, Uncle Wang!"
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