Domineering husband

Chapter 181-185

Chapter 181 Li Qiao took the imperial decree of appreciation and asked Tao Zhu for an errand

The sixth prince's question was a bit sharp.

But Li Qiao's expression turned serious, and he answered without hesitation: "In reply to the sixth prince, even if the sage doesn't mention the name of the lower official, the lower official will still say it." "The reason why I didn't mention it to the sage before is because the lower

official The experiment has not been completed, and there are still a few days before the deadline given by the Holy One, so the lower official originally planned to speak to the Holy One on the last day." "In any case, the lower official will definitely present

this new object to the Holy One Yes, although the research on this new object is not thorough enough, but in terms of paving roads and building houses, this new object is no worse than adobe bricks." "Since that is the case, for the sake of great prosperity and the

sake of the people, the next official today must be What to say."

Actually, he was hesitant at the time.

But of course I can't admit it now.

Moreover, weighing the pros and cons, he had to stand up and tell Sheng Hong about the cement today.

If Sheng Hong held a banquet to congratulate, the courtiers unanimously approved, and he moved out the cement after the imperial decree of appreciation fell into the hands of the sixth prince, then the sixth prince would be disheartened, and he might want to ruin him.

Therefore, what he said is not a lie.

Li Qiao's righteous remarks caused the smile on the corner of the sixth prince's mouth to spread all over his face: "Lord Li, if you say that, aren't you competing with me on behalf of the seventh younger brother?" "It's really flattering of you to say

that I've been dismissed from office, the sage wants to choose a crown prince, and my surname is Li, where do I have the qualifications to compete with you?" "The next

official is doing things for the sage, and he eats the king's salary, so naturally he must be loyal to the king."

Li Qiao still had a look on his face . positive color.

Although he really wanted the Seventh Prince to be on the throne, but when Sheng Hong was around, he was only loyal to Sheng Hong.

"Then you are not from the seventh brother?" The sixth prince's smile deepened, and he asked the soul again.

"The lower official is closer to the Seventh Prince, because the Seventh Prince has helped the lower official many times. The Holy One once said that gratitude is the greatest virtue. The lower official is not an ungrateful person. Naturally, there are many contacts with the Seventh Prince. More."

"But this does not mean that the lower officials belong to the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince never engages in clique formation, and the lower officials are only the courtiers of the Holy Majesty. The lower officials will not stand in line with any prince." Li

Qiao Strictly speaking.

"Very good."

After hearing this, the sixth prince gave Li Qiao a thumbs up, and then looked at Sheng Hong who was still playing with the scooter.

"Father, Lord Li won this game, but Lord Li is not from the seventh brother, so the imperial decree of appreciation cannot be given to the seventh brother." "

Then should it be given to Lord Li?"

The fourth prince couldn't help asking.

"Of course it must be given to Lord Li. Although Lord Li is not a prince, according to the rules, he deserves this imperial decree of appreciation." The

Seventh Prince immediately said.

Li Qiao: "..."

His eyes widened instantly.

ah?

He is not a prince.

All eyes were on Sheng Hong.

Sheng Hong, who had been silent for a long time, finally let go of the children's scooter in his hand. With his hands behind his back, he raised his foot and stomped heavily on the concrete floor twice before looking at the sixth prince.

"Xu'er, do you think Li Aiqing won this game?"

"Naturally. In terms of road construction, this new object is better than adobe bricks. As the second brother said, this new object can make money, but adobe bricks can only be spent. Money."

"Lord Li won this round without a doubt."

The sixth prince admitted frankly.

Sheng Hong smiled when he heard this, it's true that his six sons also have the heart to maintain their dignity even if they lose.

"Since you say so, then the first imperial decree of appreciation should be given to Li Aiqing." "

Although he is a courtier, he has performed outstandingly, and he deserves such an imperial decree."

Li Qiao: "?"

Really give it to him?

"Lord Li, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and kneel down to thank you."

Seeing that Li Qiao seemed to be stunned, the Seventh Prince urged him.

Li Qiao still couldn't believe it, and raised his finger to his nose: "Your Majesty, do you really want to give this imperial decree to my humble minister?

"

As far as you are a subject, it seems a little weak. Then I will add another use." "

A letter of appreciation can be exchanged for an iron coupon of the alchemy. One day, the direct descendants of this person will share the wealth and honor of the world with the Sheng family."

"Li Aiqing, why don't you kneel down to thank me?"

Li Qiao: "...!"

Without any hesitation, he quickly lifted up his clothes and knelt down.

An imperial decree of appreciation is an iron certificate of alchemy. If he wants it, no one can snatch it from him. This imperial decree of appreciation must fall into his house!

"Your Majesty's kindness, I will never forget it."

"Okay, get up." Sheng Hong raised his hand to signal him to get up: "You show me how to make this new object in person." "

Yes!"

Li Qiao immediately stood up He got up and ordered someone to go to the kitchen to bring some plant ashes.

As for the other princes, they were also shocked by this function suddenly added by Sheng Hong, but the most important thing right now is to make this new object, so they didn't say anything, just watched Li Qiao busy.

This process is quite simple, that is, the process of burning with a big fire is a bit more complicated. After a month of trial and error, Li Qiao built a simple small kiln in the Kuayuan. He used this small brick kiln to quickly burn the ash balls Out.

Let the plant ash balls cool down, throw them into water and disperse them, and get a pot of plant mortar.

Mix the plant mortar and sand together, and then spread it evenly on the ground with a scraper. After one to two days of hardening, the cement road will be considered complete.

It will take a day or two for the specific results, so Sheng Hong let Li Qiao enter the palace again, and demonstrate it again in the palace.

So Li Qiao became a tinkerer, and went to the palace to repair some walls that had been eroded by wind and rain but had not had time to repair them.

A cobblestone path in the imperial garden was also paved into a concrete path.

Li Qiao worked hard for two or three days, and Sheng Hong witnessed the magic of cement with his own eyes, and was overjoyed.

He stepped on a scooter in the shape of a tiger, and slid a few times on this concrete road slowly, with a smile on his face that never broke.

When he went to court again, he led his courtiers to the imperial garden to see the cement path, and then led the courtiers to see the base of the palace wall that had been repaired by cement.

Although the color doesn't match well, the hardness is very good.

The courtier was stunned.

What is this?

They already knew about the Sixth Prince's proposal before, and the other princes did not give any useful suggestions, so they felt that the Sixth Prince would probably win this game.

But now Li Qiao has come up with a new thing?

And it has a wide range of uses, not only can it be used to build roads, but it can also be used to build houses?

This...

the courtiers walked back and forth curiously on the cement path. Compared with the adobe brick road, green brick road, and bluestone road with gaps, this path is not only flat, but also seamless.

Although it doesn't match the scenery of the Royal Garden, I still have to praise the ingenious workmanship.

Such a road, I really can't imagine that it was built by manpower!

And the material used is simple, is it plant ash?

In addition to admiration, or admiration.

Just as the fourth prince thought, the food, scooters and other toys that Li Qiao tossed out before were all trivial and could not be put on the table.

Li Qiao was able to live in the third rank of the official residence. It was a piece of shit luck that he met Sheng Hong, a good emperor.

If the previous dynasty was put aside, or Sheng Jun was in power, the imperial examination questions were well-regulated, and only revolved around the four books, five classics, three histories and three biographies, then how could Li Qiao, a young man who had studied seriously for only a few years, compare with other people who had read poetry and books? fight?

Li Qiao was able to be what he is today, thanks to Sheng Hong, an emperor who did not follow the usual path, and because of opportunism.

But the concrete road trail in front of them, everyone can no longer say that it is opportunistic.

Good luck every time, this is also a kind of strength.

Many people stood by Li Qiao's side, including several cabinet scholars, who praised him highly.

Looking at this scene, Sheng Hong announced with satisfaction that the first imperial decree of appreciation belonged to Li Qiao, and he added a new function to the imperial decree of appreciation:

each imperial decree of appreciation can be exchanged for a Danshu iron coupon.

As soon as this remark came out, all the courtiers were astonished.

To give Li Qiao an outsider?

Li Qiao is not a prince!

As far as Li Qiao's shit luck is concerned, if Li Qiao wins every time and takes away the imperial decree of appreciation, should Li Qiao be chosen as the crown prince?

What's the point of this competition?

Immediately, someone raised an objection. This game was indeed won by Li Qiao, but Li Qiao is not the prince. In order to prevent the game from becoming meaningless, Li Qiao can be allowed to participate, but Li Qiao cannot be ranked.

Li Qiao's grades should be eliminated, and only the most outstanding one should be selected from the few princes.

This proposal actually makes sense.

This is a competition to choose the prince, how can Li Qiao win the imperial decree of appreciation?

Additional rewards can be given to Li Qiao, but the imperial decree of appreciation must be given to the prince.

Moreover, those who praised Li Qiao just now were stimulated by the imperial decree of appreciation, and some jealousy was born in their hearts. Dan Shu iron coupon, who wouldn't be jealous?

Therefore, many courtiers echoed their words one after another, persuading Sheng Hong to change his mind.

But Sheng Hong didn't speak, just the audience and the courtiers expressed their opinions.

Li Qiao didn't speak either.

Just standing behind Sheng Hong.

But the sixth prince spoke.

"My lords, although this competition is for the selection of the crown prince, but Master Li's performance is too outstanding, it doesn't hurt to give a decree of appreciation." "For a talent

like Master Li, he should give a few decrees of appreciation to protect his body."

" As for whether the prince can be selected in the end, it is naturally possible. Because the performance of our brothers in each round, the father and everyone are watching, and the father and everyone will choose the most outstanding prince. "

"Do you think this is the reason?"

"This...you are right."

Cao Taizhuo, Minister of the Household Department, Li Qiao's immediate boss, spoke first.

Yan Anbang stroked his beard, and said: "In the final analysis, when the prince was finally selected, Lord Xiao Li must be excluded. In this case, whether Lord Xiao Li accepts the imperial decree of appreciation is only related to Lord Xiao Li. It's not the final big picture."

"Yes, Mr. Xiao Li will not influence the princes, and the prince will ultimately be determined based on the performance of the princes."

Wang Dewei, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, also said.

The remaining cabinet scholars and colleagues who often sorted out the papers with Li Qiao also agreed with the sixth prince's words.

The seven cabinet scholars hold a lot of weight, and what they said is also reasonable. Moreover, the six princes who were robbed of appreciating the imperial decree all agreed with Sheng Hong's decision. If some courtiers objected, they would be asking for trouble.

The bosses all nodded, the opinions of these courtiers are no longer important.

Thus, the imperial decree of appreciation fell into Li Qiao's hands smoothly.

There is really only one imperial decree, and no other rewards at all.

After get off work in the afternoon, Li Qiao returned home with the imperial decree in his hands, and respectfully offered it to the main courtyard. The crowd watched it lively for a while, and soon dispersed. This was not the first time an imperial decree appeared at home, so it was not surprising.

But Tao Zhu and Li Qiao didn't leave.

Looking at the lonely edict on the incense table, Tao Zhu couldn't help leaning into Li Qiao's ear and whispering, "Did the Holy Majesty not reward you with any gold, silver, or cloth?" When he said this, Li Qiao couldn't help laughing

. Turning his head to look at his clear eyes, nodded and said: "No."

If Sheng Hong hadn't added a function of exchanging iron coupons for Danshu to this imperial decree of appreciation, then this imperial decree really has no purpose other than running for the crown prince. use.

"Admiration is appreciation, and it doesn't mean rewarding. Besides, we don't lack that gold and silver cloth." "Indeed, there is

no shortage, I'm a little surprised."

Tao Zhu nodded. In the past, when Sheng Hong rewarded people, it was never true. Really gave something, only this time, only one imperial decree.

But he was only puzzled for a moment, and quickly threw it aside. The meaning of this imperial decree of appreciation is that it can be exchanged for iron coupons of Danshu!

With the Danshu iron coupon, it is equivalent to an extra life!

peace of mind.

Unprecedented peace of mind.

"Your Majesty is so kind, you actually gave us such an amulet."

"No, it was added temporarily, one of the purposes is to protect me as a subject."

Li Qiao was really touched.

At that time, Sheng Hong was willing to give him the imperial decree of appreciation, which was already beyond his expectation. As a result, Sheng Hong added another function to the imperial decree.

This is to protect him, so as not to provoke the hatred of other princes.

How could he not be moved?

Of course, Sheng Hong's move was not to protect him alone, but also to protect the prince who received the imperial decree of appreciation but failed to ascend the throne in the end.

But Sheng Hong's intention of protecting him is also clear.

To meet this Mingjun, he is lucky!

However, the behavior of the sixth prince today...

the sixth prince seemed to be trying to win him over.

He couldn't find any flaws in the performance of the second prince and the fourth prince in the first round. The two seemed to be really not interested in this round.

The sixth prince took an active part in solving problems, and he pretended to win him over. So, the person who wanted to kill the seventh prince was the sixth prince?

However, looking at the performance of the sixth prince this time, it doesn't look like it.

He moved out the cement that day, although the Sixth Prince stared at him complicatedly, he didn't notice any killing intent.

His sixth sense has always been very accurate. At that time, he really didn't feel the killing intent on the sixth prince. Even though he was snatched away by him in public to appreciate the imperial decree, the sixth prince's mood has always been quite stable.

Unless the acting skills are superb, otherwise, with the kindness shown by the sixth prince, he doesn't seem like someone who would kill the seventh prince.

According to the Seventh Prince, it doesn't matter whether it's the Eldest Prince or the Seventh Prince himself, he has no grievances with the Sixth Prince.

The Seventh Prince was stern and selfless, and offended most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, but the Seventh Prince really did not offend anyone who was close to the Sixth Prince on the surface.

The Xu family, the mother's family of the sixth prince, has a good reputation.

The mother concubine of the sixth prince is also a gentle person.

At least the Seventh Prince didn't find anything too dirty.

...

Forget it, let's take a step at a time.

Holding Tao Zhu's hand, he said as he walked towards the East Kuayuan, "The Holy Majesty named this new object today, called plaster, and he decided to make plaster in large quantities." "I took the opportunity to mention it to him.

" Your thoughts."

"My thoughts?" Tao Zhu looked at him puzzled.

"Don't you want to help others? Making plaster requires a lot of hands, so I asked the Holy Majesty to ask you for an errand, and let you be responsible for the recruitment of the plaster workshop, how about it?" Li Qiao said with a smile

.

"...You asked me for an errand?"

Tao Zhushui's eyes widened instantly, with an expression of disbelief.

He is Fu Lang, Li Qiao actually asked him a serious job in front of the Holy Majesty?

"Yes, you are only responsible for recruitment, not daily management. You are so busy on weekdays that you don't have time to go to the plaster workshop every day.

" Now, I'll ask you for other errands."

After Li Qiao said, seeing Tao Zhu maintain a state of shock with watery eyes, the more he looked at it, the more cute he felt, and he couldn't help but leaned over and kissed him on the lips.

This kiss brought Tao Zhu back from the state of shock.

He immediately grabbed Li Qiao's shoulders with both hands, his handsome face was full of excitement: "Then when will I go to work?"

After finishing speaking, before Li Qiao could answer, he immediately held Li Qiao's cheeks and held them against Li Qiao's lips. kiss hard.

How much he loved the man!

Tao Zhu hadn't been this excited for a long time, Li Qiaole had to go back and kiss, anyway, there were only the two of them left in the main courtyard.

You kissed me and I kissed you for a long time, and the two finally thought about talking about business.

Tao Zhu will be able to go to work two days later.

Sheng Hong has always been vigorous and resolute in his work. He wants to repair the road from Shengjing to Dingchun Garden first. Summer is coming and he can't stand the heat. He wants to move to Dingchun Garden.

After finishing this road, repair the big and small roads in Shengjing City.

Shengjing can be regarded as his home. Many small roads and alleys in Shengjing City are dirt roads. When it rains, water will accumulate, making it difficult to walk in mud.

Although he doesn't travel in low clothes on rainy days, he knows the situation.

If every road in Shengjing City becomes flat and water-free from now on, then maybe he will go out for a walk on rainy days in the future.

The cement alarmed Sheng Jun, and Sheng Jun, who had already moved to Dingchun Garden for the summer, made a special trip back to the palace.

Sheng Jun rode his scooter back and forth on the cement path of the Royal Garden twice, with a look of satisfaction on his face: "As you said, there is no feeling of bumps." "No, if the official roads are paved in the

future If you put on the plaster, even if you are eighty years old, you can still visit our Dasheng Jiangshan."

Sheng Hong said with a smile.

"I'm looking forward to that day. But, you just gave Li Qiao an imperial decree?" "

The imperial decree of appreciation was originally intended to be given to your grandchildren. If you want to be emperor, you have to pay but you can't get material rewards." I lost money to support Dasheng Jiangshan's consciousness, so I only praised and didn't give other rewards." "

Although Li Qiao accidentally won the first game, we can't change our original intention."

Sheng Hong explained.

"That's right. Then Li Qiao won't get a share of the plaster workshop?" Sheng Jun asked again.

"Here, he is a hero, so don't let him feel cold. As always, give him half of the profit." "

However, it will definitely not be profitable in the early stage. We must first build the roads in Shengjing City, conduct a large-scale inspection, and confirm If there is no problem, then sell it to the common people."

"Okay." Sheng Jun nodded, and said again: "You have added a power of exchanging the iron certificate of the alchemy to the imperial decree of appreciation, which is very good." After saying this, Sheng Hong couldn't help

but With a wry smile: "At that time, I also saw that Xu'er's question to Li Qiao was rather sharp, and I was afraid that the brothers would kill each other in the future, so I added such a power." "The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, I have to try my best to protect them

. "

"I hope they can understand my painstaking efforts."

"However, judging from Xu'er's performance, I should appreciate Li Aiqing very much." "

It's good. From this point of view, the young man Li Qiao got along very well with them, and none of them left because of Li Qiao and Xiao Qi. What kind of gap is created by the closeness."

Sheng Jun looked satisfied.

In fact, he only believed that the Seventh Prince really admired Li Qiao at this moment.

But let's see.

As time goes by, people with malicious intentions will always show their tails.

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