Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 157 Is this thing expensive? (The first update, please subscribe!)

On the birthday of the emperor, the etiquette is very cumbersome. After many princes and ministers have given congratulatory gifts, they have to give congratulations. In the table, he read it out in a splendid manner.

   These greetings made Li Xin drowsy, but the emperor of Chengde narrowed his eyes, rather proud.

  People are like this. They like to listen to good words. Those flattering words may even sound a little disgusting to outsiders, but the parties often don't notice it at all. Besides, these scholars are not vulgar.

Those with a lower    culture could not understand what they were saying.

About an hour later, when it was noon, the emperor of Chengde probably got tired of listening to the flattery, and waved his hand: "Okay, it's noon, Zhu Qing will have a meal in the palace first, and I will wait until evening. Have a good drink with Zhu Qing."

   Hundreds of officials bowed their heads one after another, Long live the mountain.

   Li Xin also bowed down.

  The civil and military officials left the main hall, followed behind a few eunuchs, and walked towards the side hall of the banquet guests. Li Xin also followed behind these people, preparing to have a meal.

   He just got up when he saw His Royal Highness King Wei walking towards him.

  Li Xin cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness."

   A smile appeared on the face of the seventh prince, and he said with a smile: "The thing that Brother Xin made is a big show today. Just now, the father has been playing with that object, and he is reluctant to let it go."

  Li Xin bowed his head slightly: "Your Highness, I accidentally discovered that thing a few days ago. It was just a fun object and I made the princess a gift. I never thought that Your Majesty would like it so much."

  The two of them, although they were both smiling, had their own thoughts in their hearts.

  The Seventh Prince was somewhat surprised that Li Xin did not give this good thing to him and asked him to give it to the Emperor Chengde.

   After all, he is the prince, and giving him favorability is much more important than favoring the Nine Princesses.

   It's not that Li Xin didn't understand this, in fact he did it on purpose.

  Since getting along with this pair of brothers and sisters, Li Xin can somewhat see the temperament of this pair of princes and daughters. Although the ninth princess is a bit unruly, she has no scheming. Li Xin can let go of all guards when getting along with her.

   The seventh prince, on the surface, obeyed Li Xinyan, but in fact everyone was using each other. The reason why Li Xin did not hand over the telescope to the seventh prince was to tell His Royal Highness King Wei that he had other options.

   Or, he has more good stuff.

   There is spirits in front, which creates another telescopic mirror. Who knows how many thoughts are hidden in Li Xinxin?

   His Royal Highness King Wei squinted his eyes and showed more affection towards Li Xin: "Brother Xin, what is that thing, how could the father be so concerned about it?"

  Li Xin's face was calm.

   "His Royal Highness, it was originally just a fun thing, and it can be seen farther. The reason why Your Majesty is so concerned is probably because... I want to use it for other things."

  The seventh prince is also a smart person. Hearing this, he immediately understood Guan Qiao, his face became serious, and he said solemnly: "No wonder the father is like this..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Ju, the **** with gray hair, walked slowly to the two of them. Chen Ju bowed to the seventh prince, then turned his head and smiled at Li Xin: "Li Xiaowei, Your Majesty has summoned you."

  Li Xin nodded, turned back to the Seventh Prince and said, "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty summoned me, I'll go here first..."

   His Royal Highness King Wei first returned a salute to Chen Ju, then smiled and said, "Go quickly, don't let the royal father wait."

  Li Xin nodded, glanced at Ji Lingxiu, the ninth princess not far away, followed behind the **** Chen Ju and walked towards the back of the Yongle Palace.

   Behind the Yongle Palace is a garden. At this time, the emperor of Chengde was looking into the distance with the monocular that Li Xin made.

   After trying several times, the Emperor Chengde frowned slightly.

   This thing, although it can be seen farther, but not too far, of course it is useful to put it on the battlefield, but it is far less useful than previously expected.

   In fact, this has a lot to do with the size of the radian of the lens and the length of the lens barrel. In the case of poor conditions, as long as the lens is large enough and the lens barrel is long enough, you can see farther.

   This monocular that Li Xin made for the emperor of Chengde has a lens barrel of only four or five inches, so it is naturally impossible to see too far.

   Just when His Majesty the Emperor was thinking about this, the voice of the **** Chen Ju rang behind him.

   "Your Majesty, Li Xin brought it here."

  Li Xin took a step forward and gestured to kneel down. The Emperor Chengde waved his hand and said lazily, "Forget it, no need to kneel."

   "Thank you, Your Majesty."

   Li Xin, as a modern person, was a bit scornful of the etiquette of kneeling, so naturally he didn’t want to kneel if he could.

  The emperor of Chengde was playing with the binoculars in his hand and looked at Li Xin with squinted eyes: "Is this thing expensive?"

   "It's expensive."

   Li Xin said honestly: "This item is made of two pieces of high-grade water jade from Her Royal Highness the princess. It is estimated that these two pieces of water jade will cost hundreds of dollars on the market."

The two pieces of crystal fish are all high-grade crystals, without the slightest flaw, and they are the size of a palm. It is estimated that it will cost hundreds of dollars to sell the material alone. The finished product that Li Xin destroyed is even more rare. It will be doubled several times.

  The emperor of Chengde frowned again.

   is indeed a bit more expensive.

It's not that he can't afford this thing. As the emperor, he is rich all over the world, and a few hundred dollars is hardly a problem in his eyes, but if this thing needs to be distributed to the military, it needs to be produced on a large scale, and the price will be expensive. too much.

  The Emperor Chengde squinted his eyes and said, "Can it... see further?"

  Li Xin secretly raised his head and glanced at His Majesty the Emperor.

   This emperor, just got his hands and played with it for a while, he can guess that this thing can be done better, and his vision pattern has even exceeded the constraints of this era.

"OK."

Li Xin lowered his head and said, "This object is a reward that the minister took two or three days to create. Originally, I wanted to show your majesty a novelty. Since your majesty wants something better, it is natural for your majesty to spend a little more time. do better."

  The emperor of Chengde put the monocular on his right eye again, looked into the distance, put it away, turned back and said to Li Xin, "Can you double the distance?"

"Can."

   This thing is only about seven or eight times the size at present. As long as you are willing to lengthen the lens barrel, twenty times is still very easy.

The emperor of Chengde put the telescope into his sleeve, smiled at Li Xin and said: "I can't see, you young man still has this ability, I used to underestimate you, so I'll let you in these two days. People collect some high-quality water jade and send them to you, and you can get ten for me first."

   "If you need any help, just say hello to the Ministry of Works and let the Ministry of Works send someone to help you."

   Having said this, the Emperor Chengde glanced at Li Xin with a half-smiling smile: "The Ministry of Works is in charge of Lao Qi. You and Lao Qi are already familiar with each other, so you don't need to give orders to the Ministry of Engineering anymore, right?"

  Li moved in confidence.

   It seems that most of his Majesty the Emperor already knew about his relationship with the Wei Palace.

   "Don't worry, I won't let you do things for nothing. If you do it, I will give you benefits."

  Li Xin bowed his head and said, "It's the responsibility of the ministers to share the worries for Your Majesty..."

   (end of this chapter)