Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 165 Go and see the world

In the next few days, there were no more storms. Ten telescopes were successfully made. After a series of improvements, this long-term telescope is much better than the rough version last time. It is used in the battlefield. It's more than enough.

   After finishing these ten pieces, Li Xin also hired a few goldsmiths from the Ministry of Works and made a few golden dragons on the barrel of another telescope, which looked unparalleled in luxury.

   In addition to these golden dragon patterns, there is actually no practical value, and maybe it will be obtained, but there is no way, in order to flatter the emperor, this kind of scene effort still needs to be done.

   Anyway, the Ministry of Industry provided gold to finance it, but Li Xin didn’t need to pay for it. The public gold was not used for nothing.

   After getting ready to flatter, Li Xin found a good day and auspicious day, and brought ten "Crystal Mirrors" ready to enter the palace.

Most of the credit for the crafting this time should be given to the Ministry of Works, so he entered the palace with Li Xin, as well as a member of the Ministry of Works who was in charge of crafting. You're welcome, I think I know a little about the relationship between Li Xin and the Wei Palace.

  Beijing officials of the fifth rank have already played a pivotal role in the court.

   Li Xin said a few polite words to him, and then handed the wooden box containing ten telescopic mirrors to the hand of the Minister of Industry and asked him to hold it in his hand.

   This is the work of the Ministry of Industry, which should be offered to the emperor by the Ministry of Industry.

  The two waited at the gate of the palace for about half an hour, before the little **** came to salute the two, and then led the way in front of them, leading them to the imperial harem.

   After some tedious procedures, Li Xin met the emperor of Chengde under a pavilion in the back garden of the palace.

   This forty-five-year-old His Majesty the Emperor has a ruddy complexion, his jet-black hair is neatly combed, and there is no sign of short-lived at all.

   Li Xin glanced at him secretly, and then bowed his head respectfully: "Chen Yulin Wei Li Xin, meet your Majesty."

   The Kubu-kun fell to his knees and held up the wooden box in his hand.

   "Zhao Gong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry and Industry, greets His Majesty."

  The emperor of Chengde was resting under the pavilion, flipping through a miscellaneous book. Hearing the words, he closed the book, got up and stretched: "Okay, let's all get up and talk."

After the two stood up, Zhao Gong, the head of the Ministry of Works, held the box to his eyebrows with both hands, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works is fortunate to have survived the humiliation. Yesterday, the ten thousand-mile mirrors ordered by His Majesty were made, and Chen Te came to present them. to Your Majesty."

  The emperor of Chengde glanced at Zhao Gong speechlessly, shook his head and said, "Thanks to your thick skin, you can say such things in front of other people."

   Zhao Gong's expression did not change, and he lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, although Li Xiaowei took the lead in these things, my Ministry of Industry did make a contribution. It is said that it was created by my Ministry of Engineering, and there is no problem."

   "Okay, I will reward the Ministry of Works and bring things up."

A little **** took the wooden box from Zhao Gong's hand and held it up. The emperor of Chengde opened the wooden box and saw ten telescopes about ten inches long lying neatly inside. The last time Li Xin made it by himself, it was so simple. The lens barrels of the ten telescopes were all carved with delicate and simple patterns, which looked very beautiful.

  The Emperor Chengde squinted his eyes, took out one of them, and looked into the distance. The effect was indeed much better than the last mirror. After playing with it for a while, His Majesty the Emperor was delighted.

   "Okay, good stuff!"

  The emperor put down the telephoto mirror in his hand, hehe smiled and said: "The Ministry of Works did a good job this time. The craftsmen who participated in this matter from the Ministry of Works will reward each of them a hundred dollars."

   Having said that, the emperor glanced at Zhao Gong, who was a little pitiful, and shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, I will reward you with 200 coins and 20 stone of polished rice."

   Zhao Gong immediately smiled and knelt down to thank him: "My minister, thank you very much, Your Majesty."

   In fact, he is not short of this money, but what is lacking is the emperor's favor. As long as the emperor is willing to reward things, his future official career will be much easier.

   "Okay, you go down."

   Zhao Gong left happily.

   After Mr. Langzhong had gone away, Li Xin, who had been standing by with his hands down, took out a long and narrow wooden box from his sleeve, and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, there is something else here, I will present it to Your Majesty."

  The emperor of Chengde was playing with the telescopic mirrors. Hearing this, he looked up at Li Xin with a playful expression: "What?"

Li Xin lowered his head and said respectfully: "When the minister was making the telephoto mirror these days, he found that among the water jade sent from the palace, there is an extraordinary piece, which can be crystal clear, and can be seen more clearly. It is far away from other water jades, so the minister picked it out alone, and made a thousand-mile mirror and presented it to Your Majesty."

During the conversation, a young **** had already brought up the wooden box in Li Xin's hand. After the narrow wooden box was opened, there lay a golden telescopic mirror with five golden dragons coiling around it. Said that this one is obviously slender and more beautiful.

   This is the one that Li Xin got out to flatter.

  Because of this long and narrow wooden box, when they entered the palace and searched, those inner guards thought that Li Xin was carrying weapons with him, and almost took Li Xin to prison.

   Fortunately, Li Xin has the identity of a guard, otherwise he would not even have a chance to explain.

  The emperor of Chengde first glanced at the telescopic mirror, then raised his head and glanced at Li Xin with a half-smile.

   "Wang Mo's people were all honest people, but they became a lot more tricky when they followed you to the southern border. It seems that you brought them out."

  Li Xin hurriedly lowered his head: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the ministers did not say anything to Wang Xiaowei and the others..."

The emperor of Chengde ignored Li Xin. He took the dragon-patterned telescopic mirror in his hand, put it in his eyes and glanced into the distance. It was much farther than the ordinary goods just now. His Majesty couldn't help but be amazed, no He glanced at Li Xin lightly: "It seems that you sly boy, you are still hiding in front of the Ministry of Works."

   Li Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty has wronged the minister, but this water jade is indeed of the highest quality, so it can see farther than other telescopic mirrors."

   This thing depends entirely on the length of the lens barrel and the curvature and size of the lens. As long as you put more effort into it, you can always make good things farther away.

After playing with it for a while, the emperor of Chengde put the dragon-patterned telescopic mirror back into the wooden box. Then the emperor of Chengde sat on the stone bench, drank the tea handed by Chen Ju, and squinted at Li Xin: "You little guy, you have a smart mind, and the city is not shallow, but there are still many unexpected means to be a personal guard for Xiaojiu. I have an errand here. Would you like to do it for me alone?"

   nonsense, dare I not?

  Li Xin bowed his head respectfully: "This servant will never quit!"

The emperor of Chengde opened the miscellaneous book again, and while reading the book, he said: "There are dozens of jars of spirits from Lao Qi's side, and when they get a hundred jars, they will be sent to Ye Ming in the north. , you have nothing to do in Beijing, just **** this hundred altars of spirits to the north to see the world."

   Having said that, the emperor of Chengde pointed to the wooden box on the table that Zhao Gong had brought over, and smiled lightly: "By the way, take this telescopic mirror and bring two to the north, and give it to Ye Ming and a kind of Xuantong."

  There are two large armies in the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty.

   (end of this chapter)