"Tomorrow, His Majesty will take all the officials to the Chang'an Academy branch outside the city to inspect the power of the eight ox crossbows."

"If my father-in-law is free, he can go with him."

How powerful is the Baniu Crossbow? It is useless to just say with your own mouth.

It is convincing that Li Jing and the others have seen it with their own eyes.

Moreover, tomorrow Zhao Chen is preparing to bargain with the ministers.

Things that have been researched with great effort must be sold at a good price.

That guy, Old Li, is still waiting for the money to pay New Year’s money!

Li Jing has always been reluctant to attend any court meeting, not to mention that it is still snowing heavily now.

The road to the city tomorrow will definitely not be easy to walk.

But when he thought of the magical Baniu Crossbow that was rumored to be, he couldn't help but be curious.

What's more, Xu Shiji also needs accurate information.

"What you said is reasonable. So, I will take a look tomorrow, hoping that the Baniu Crossbow will not disappoint me." Li Jing nodded.

...

Because he was worried that Empress Changsun was inconvenient, the emperor stayed in the Lizheng Hall.

The hand warmer sent by Zhao Chen was kept in his arms by the emperor.

When the water is cold, let the water change immediately.

The emperor felt that he had never enjoyed such warmth in winter.

"You can't tell me what Guanyin maid is. These little things that Zhao Chen made are really useful."

"I don't want to let go if I hold this hand warmer."

"By the way, are your gloves warm? "The emperor looked at Empress Changsun's hands, wearing gloves sewn with cotton.

"Your Majesty, I feel that if you have the chance tomorrow, you can ask Zhao Chen the origin of this cotton."

"I don't know how to describe it, but I just feel that if I could get a lot of this cotton in the Tang Dynasty, I would never be frozen to death by the cold." Empress Changsun's expression was quite serious.

Although I didn't say whether these cotton gloves were warm or not.

But with these two sentences, the emperor knew whether the cotton was good or not.

"This thing is really as good as Guanyin maid said?" The emperor smiled, with a little suspicious in his tone.

He just grabbed it with his hands twice before, and apart from feeling it was lighter, he didn't think anything special.

"Your Majesty put down the handwarmer and try this glove." Empress Changsun knew that he would definitely not believe it if he did not let the emperor try it himself.

But the importance of this cotton is comparable to that of the rice that yielded 3,000 kilograms per mu.

The emperor has to take this matter to heart.

The emperor hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took off his gloves for Queen Changsun.

"Your Majesty, don't put your hands on it first, wait a moment." Empress Changsun stopped the emperor from putting on his hands and gloves immediately.

The emperor was stunned for a moment, nodded, and looked at the pair of gloves on the table.

"Guanyin Maid, if this cotton is as warm as you said, I will give up my face tomorrow and have to ask about it clearly." The emperor and Empress Changsun said.

Li Shimin has been on the throne for ten years.

Even before, he could often see ordinary people frozen to death on the streets.

Ordinary people keep warm in winter, except for the slightly richer families who burn firewood, other people can only rely on hard work.

Not everyone can survive.

In addition, there were constant wars at that time, and countless people died.

Even last year, Li Shimin also received reports from other states, and the problem of people freezing to death on the streets.

The people freeze to death on the streets, and the emperor has no good solution.

It is impossible for the emperor to distribute firewood and charcoal to every household.

If the treasury had so much money, he, the emperor, would not have lived in such a difficult life.

"Zhao Chen only said that this is cotton. As for how it came about, he didn't say that if Your Majesty asks about cotton tomorrow, he can tell him his feelings and move him with reason."

"That child is soft or hard. The more you force him, the more he will fight you." Empress Changsun and the emperor advised.

She was worried about Zhao Chen and the emperor every day, and the two might have to fight in public one day.

In addition, the emperor beat Zhao Chen up without saying anything today, and Zhao Chen is afraid that it will make things difficult for the emperor tomorrow.

When the emperor was anxious, this matter would not be possible!

"Guanyin maid, I beat up Boy Zhao today. That boy can't suffer any loss. He will definitely find a way to deal with me."

"I'm afraid I'm not having a good time tomorrow." The emperor felt a little guilty.

If he didn't ask Zhao Chen for work, he would never worry, and he would even be proud.

But I just beat Zhao Chen up today and went to ask him for help the next day.

Isn’t this delivered to the door to find embarrassment?

"Your Majesty will be worried?" Empress Changsun smiled.

The emperor was thrusting in his face.

If it were someone else, he would definitely not be worried.

But he is about to face Zhao Chen.

He was criticized by Zhao Chen again and again, but he had no confidence.

"I will go with Your Majesty tomorrow. I am there, so Zhao Chen will not make things too difficult for Your Majesty." Empress Changsun smiled.

She also said that Zhao Chen would not make things too difficult for the emperor.

But I dare not say that Zhao Chen will not make things difficult for the emperor.

After all, with Zhao Chen's temperament, no one can let him swallow his anger.

"Then thank you Guanyin maid, you are a little relieved." The emperor then breathed a sigh of relief.

Empress Changsun followed her, which was undoubtedly his most solid backing.

"Your Majesty, I will give the tiger-skinned jacket to Zhao Chen today. You won't blame me, right?" Empress Changsun thought of the tiger-skinned jacket she gave to Zhao Chen today.

After all, it was given by the imperial emperor, and it has a different meaning.

If Zhao Chen knew the meaning of the big jacket, the consequences...

"You gave it to him. What can I say? He doesn't know what the clothes represent anyway."

"I don't care." The emperor waved his hand, looking at him indifferent.

In fact, I was a group of people who were worried.

If some bastard missed this, let Zhao Chen know the meaning of the tiger-skinned jacket.

That boy must have relied on this to exercise his rights on behalf of the late emperor.

If this were in front of all officials, the madman would chase him and beat him up...

When the emperor thought about it, he felt a chill on his back.

Reached to grab the two gloves that had been placed for a while.

...

"Your Highness, this morning, I met the Minister of Revenue on the road. He told me that the weapons research fee applied for by the Ministry of War was rejected by His Majesty." The next morning, Hou Junji and his ministers went to Chang'an Academy outside the city.

Walk to the branch.

One step ahead of him was Prince Li Tai.

Hou Junji knew that the crossbow made by the Ministry of War’s military weapon supervisor had spent 500,000 yuan to make the emperor not very satisfied.

But I have already paid all my money, so it's time to turn over this matter.

Hou Junji did not expect that the emperor would directly reject the Ministry of War’s application for funds.

There is not even an explanation.

Hou Junji felt that the emperor might be preparing to take action against him.

"The place where Father asked us to go today is the experimental base of Chang'an Academy outside the city."

"I heard that the academy has developed a more powerful Eight-Nuo Crossbow there, and my father asked me to wait and see."

"If the matter is true, the Ministry of War will definitely not be able to get another copper plate." Li Tai and Hou Junji whispered.

As the prince, his news is naturally much more informative than Hou Junji.

Even when the emperor went to see the Baniu Crossbow yesterday, Li Tai knew it.

The emperor dared to let all the officials go there, obviously because he was very sure of these eight ox crossbows.
Chapter completed!