"Is it difficult to buy this thing? Who made it?" Cui Renxuan smoothed a strand of hair hanging from his forehead and asked a little strangely.
The steward turned sideways slightly, and the servant next to him immediately replied: "It's hard to buy it when you return home. According to them, those who make cement now use it for their own use, and they will not sell it to outsiders until they have used it, so the outside world takes it."
Not available!”
After the servant finished speaking, the steward continued: "As far as the old slave knows, this cement was made by the Marquis of Sanyuan County. For some reason, he sold the recipe to several acquaintances. Our family is the same as his.
I have no friendship and no contact with the emerging nobles who have prescriptions, so I didn’t come to buy them."
Cui Renxuan's face was neither sad nor happy. He was just a building material, with or without it. After thousands of years, a mere recipe could not catch his eye, but he did not even give the Cui family face. How could he, the young head of the family,
Can't ignore it!
"It doesn't matter, it's just a prescription. If we come to ask for it, we'll be at a disadvantage. Hum, my Cui family wants what others have, so there's no need to bother! Take care!"
"exist……"
"Send someone to inform Jin Fujun, Haozhe, Han Xinpeng and others that I have something to discuss!"
"yes!"
The housekeeper hurriedly got up and went out, and then ordered a few people to go out to deliver the letter. The people mentioned by the young master were all the children of several well-known old families. After ordering the people who delivered the letter, he hesitated for a moment and still did not inform the head of the family.
, when he thought about it, this was just a temporary dispute of temper among the young masters, just like the random fights in the past, and it could not be considered a big deal.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen. What can happen?..."
The moon sets and the sun rises, and it is a brand new day. Above the majestic court of the Tang Dynasty, perhaps because of the successive victories in the past few days, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty are in a happy atmosphere. Even the party of the Communist Party of China and the King of Qin, who had been tit-for-tat before, were rarely clean.
After a few days, since no one can do anything to anyone, it’s really tiring to argue every day...
Nothing major happened recently, so after Xiao Yu and Pei Ji, who were at the front of the queue, talked about a few insignificant matters, the court fell into silence. Seeing this, Li Yuan, who had already lost his energy, prepared to leave the court.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
An official wearing the robe of a seventh-grade imperial censor came out of the queue with a ban in his arms and shouted, breaking the temporary silence in the court.
Li Yuan looked up at this person and raised his hand casually: "Speak!"
After the censor bent down to salute, he coughed lightly and then said: "Your Majesty, I heard that recently there was a man who said cement was popular in Chang'an. This thing is extremely miraculous and plays an important role in consolidating the city and building border defenses.
, I think that in order to prevent this thing from being obtained by the enemy, I would like to ask the emperor to take back the right to make this thing to the state, so that it can be used by our country, the Tang Dynasty! To avoid future troubles!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several more people walked out of the crowd on both sides. They were ranked as seventh-rank officials and said in unison: "I second the proposal!"
At this moment, Changsun Wuji in the court immediately felt his heart skip a beat and glanced around. Sure enough, several people with cement kilns in their homes were staring at these small officials with anger on their faces, wishing they could kick them one by one.
These people were kicked out of the court, but these people came now with great righteousness, and the suppressed people did not dare to stand out, for fear that if they stood up to refute, they would be regarded as villains who competed with the country.
Li Yuan had obviously never heard of the name Cement, and it was impossible for the king of a country to know everything under his feet. At this time, he also became interested when he heard this. He held up the dragon case and said to the people listed below: "Oh?
Is there such a strange thing? Who made it? How come I haven’t heard of it before?”
"Hui Sheng said, it was made by Xiao Han, the Marquis of Sanyuan County!" Someone from below replied.
"Xiao Han..." Li Yuan muttered something in his mouth, and immediately remembered the young figure in the palace that day, and he was in a trance for a moment.
Changsun Wuji's ability to observe words and emotions has long been perfected. When he saw the emperor's thinking look, he knew that he still remembered Xiao Han, and the memory was very deep. Otherwise, he would have made it right at this time. He only gained it by grabbing the territory.
What does it matter if someone who holds the throne grabs something?
So Changsun Wuji took advantage of the group of people not continuing to ask questions, hurriedly stepped out of the queue, and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, I know a thing or two about this! In fact, when the cement developed by Hou Xiaohan of Sanyuan County was successful, the formula was
It was given to the King of Qin to consolidate the city in the northwest, and it was stated early on that it would be used by the country without taking any money. Such righteousness really moved us. If we forcibly take the cement cubes, it would be tantamount to breaking the hearts of loyal people. I am very afraid.
At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, benevolence and righteousness should be the foundation, but doing so is really killing the goose to obtain the egg, which will cause serious consequences!"
"Nonsense, I think you have a cement workshop at home, and you are just reluctant to go out to foreign affairs. What you are saying here is so righteous!"
Someone from the prince's faction had long been unhappy with the fact that King Qin had gotten cement here. How could he not jump out and say a few words at this time?
Changsun Wuji pointed at the person who was speaking and laughed loudly. After laughing, he said: "No wonder some people say that the most indispensable thing in this world is idiots who make people angry and laugh at others. Although this cement kiln is magical, but I
The Changsun family didn’t build a kiln, I’m afraid I’m going to disappoint you!”
What Changsun Wuji said is indeed true. Although he also has a prescription in his hand, it is only locked in a secret room. Compared with the big things he is doing now, a piece of cement is not enough to distract him.
After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, several people on King Qin's side immediately sneered. This angered the people on the Prince's side even more. Seeing that the two factions were about to clash again, Li Yuan who was sitting on the dragon throne slammed the table: "
All of you have to withdraw. How can a powerful minister of a country not care about his face just for these little things? This matter will be discussed tomorrow. We will withdraw from the court. The Minister of the Ministry of Industry will stay... Huangfu Qi will also stay!"
Seeing the emperor's anger, both factions felt helpless and hurriedly apologized and retreated. Only then did the few officials who came out at the beginning realize that their status was only a little bit different from those who came after them.
They had no place in the world to speak! As a result, except for the first few words, they all just watched from the sidelines. In the end, the emperor slapped the table, and they could only follow the ministers out of the palace in confusion.
"How can this be so good? Why is it completely different from what we thought at the beginning?" As soon as they left the palace, they immediately gathered together in panic to discuss countermeasures.
And this scene happened to be accidentally caught by Changsun Wuji, who was walking out of the palace with the crowd. Changsun Wuji always had a sharp eye, and with just one glance, he recognized that these people were the same people who came out at the beginning.
Don't know what you are talking about.
I took a deep look at a few people and remembered their names in my mind. When I got home, I wrote a letter and sent it to Sanyuan County.
"Bastard thing!"
"Master, please calm down. Master, please calm down. Ren Xuan is doing it for our Cui family..."
In the Cui family courtyard, the current head of the family slammed several letters on the head of Cui Renxuan who was kneeling on the ground. A bejeweled lady hurriedly knelt down next to Cui Renxuan to plead for him.
The head of the Cui family was a tall, middle-aged man. His elegant and luxurious robes were a little scattered at the moment. He pointed at the two people on the ground with trembling fingers and said angrily: "For the Cui family? It's okay to do nothing all day long. How dare you today?
Go ahead and go directly to borrow those fawning officials and petty officials to deal with someone who has never had any contact with you? If you don't have a better memory today, you may cause a lot of trouble in the future!"
After saying that, the middle-aged man shook his sleeves fiercely and shouted toward the door: "Cui Wen and Cui Wu! Take this traitor to the ancestral hall and ask for justice!"
Cui Renxuan, who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word, trembled all over when he heard the word "family law", and his eyes suddenly changed, as if he had heard the most terrifying thing.
When the lady next to her heard this, her face instantly turned pale, she cried and hugged the middle-aged man's leg and said: "Master, no way, Master, Ren Xuan is weak and can't bear the family power, how many times do you beat him?"
Just scold him a few times to vent your anger, don't use family methods!! Ren Xuan, you should say sorry to dad!"
Cui Renxuan's lips trembled slightly. He didn't know why his father was so angry today, just because of a mere county prince? Last time he whipped the viscount who bumped into his carriage in the street, and he just closed his door and thought about it for three days. Why is he so angry today?
Do you still want to ask for family law?
Seeing that Cui Renxuan was holding on without saying a word, the noble lady immediately became anxious. She stood up and slapped Cui Renxuan hard on the face. Cui Renxuan's eyes were filled with stars as she slapped her. She subconsciously touched her face and her hands were sticky.
Yes, something suddenly dripped from my nose!
The middle-aged man couldn't bear hearing this clear slap. Although he had several sons, the others were all concubines. Only Ren Xuan was the eldest son. Because of this status, he had been favored since he was a child.
, but apart from developing a bit of arrogance, there is really nothing too out of the ordinary.
Waving Cui Wen and Cui Wu, who were standing aside, to go out, the middle-aged man sighed and sat down on the low couch. Although tall imperial chairs have been extremely popular in Chang'an recently, the head of the Cui family of a thousand-year-old family still insists on using the one handed down from his ancestors.
thing.
"You're not convinced, right..."
"No!"
Looking at his eldest son who was scratching his neck, the middle-aged man suddenly recalled his time when he was young. At that time, he was even more unruly than him. He always thought that the world was big and I was the biggest, but until he met that person, he ate
After suffering the biggest loss in my life, I realized that I really am nothing in this world.
He took out a silk brocade square handkerchief from his sleeve, crumpled it into a ball and threw it in front of his son. Watching his son pick it up and slowly wipe the blood left at the corner of his mouth, the middle-aged man slowly looked at the lady again.
"Master, I take my leave..."
With one look, the lady knew that the master had something to say to his son. In a big family, women were not allowed to listen to conversations between men, even if one of them was her husband and the other was her son.
