Li Shimin

Chapter 219

"Going back to your majesty, there are many good items in the mansion. When you were named Jin Wang, His Majesty bestowed many rare items. The villain brought the list of these items for you to have a look at. You seem to have forgotten !"

Li Chang quickly bowed and said.

"It's good to have it!"

Hearing this, Li Xuan could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It would be a shame if a king of Jin didn't even have something to offer as a betrothal gift!
"Leave a few of those items just in case, and load the rest into the car for Xiang Pei to send!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, a trace of distress flashed in Li Chang's eyes, but he still said hastily.

"Cough cough~"

Now, Li Yuan couldn't bear it anymore and coughed.

"Xuan Ba, the old man has already prepared your dowry, and there is no need to use the treasury of your palace!"

"Ok?"

Li Xuan was stunned, and said affirmatively: "This is my mother-in-law, and the dowry should come from Jinwangfu!"

"Hmph, Erlang's dowry was also given by this old man!"

Li Yuan said, "Your dowry, the old man has already prepared, and the assembly has already started, and it can be finished in two days!"

"Two days?"

Li Xuan was startled, "How much dowry do you get?"

"There are 66 cars in total, but they are all expensive things. They need to be packed carefully, so it will take a little longer!"

Li Yuan said slowly.

"Car 66?"

Li Xuan was shocked again.

"Ok!"

Li Yuan glanced at Li Xuan, "Don't be depressed, you can collect 66 carts of rare treasures from the possessions of the Jin Palace. However, this dowry is the last thing I can do for you!"

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but sighed lightly.

Afterwards, he asked seriously: "Xuanba, once the dowry is over, it's time to ask. How often do you want to marry the princess?"

"After the construction of the other courtyard is completed!"

Li Xuan said directly.

"Why wait for the construction of the other courtyard to be completed?"

Li Yuan was startled.

"It's just right to marry the princess back to the other courtyard!" Li Xuan said.

Li Yuan was taken aback.

Li Chang beside him changed his face slightly, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

"Why?" Li Xuan asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, when a concubine enters the palace, she must either be in Bingzhou's Jinwang Palace or in Chang'an's Jinwang Palace, how can she marry in another courtyard? This kind of behavior is out of etiquette!" Li Chang quickly explained.

"..."

Only then did Li Xuan realize that this was the place where etiquette was the most important in the Tang Dynasty.

The Wangfu is the mansion that represents his King Jin, and no matter how extravagantly built the other courtyards are, they will always be other courtyards, and they cannot be put on the stage. Marrying the Wangfu to the other courtyards, in the eyes of outsiders, is him Jinwang, She looked down on the princess at all, and even outsiders also looked down on the princess.

"So, let's set the date after the autumn harvest!" Li Xuan said.

"good!"

Now, Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

After dinner, head to Chang'an City.

After Li Yuan left, Lijiazhuang welcomed another batch of 'tourists'.

Now, Li Xuan refers to those who come to Lijiazhuang to do nothing but idle around as tourists!
However, although Li Xuan was not interested in these 'tourists', the general supervisor Sun Nian and Jin Wangfu Shi Chu Suiliang and others were overjoyed.

"The minister will serve as a supervisor to pay homage to His Majesty, and to all princes of the Great Kingdom!"

"Shi Chu Suiliang, Chief of the Prince's Mansion, pays my respects to Your Majesty, to the county kings, and to all the princes!"

"The two lovers, hurry up and get rid of the courtesy!"

Li Shimin's face was gentle, and he waited until Gongsun Nian and Chu Suiliang finished their ceremony.

I couldn't help it, and stomped the road under my feet fiercely, with curiosity and surprise on my face.

"I will be a prisoner, but this road is the cement road you mentioned?"

"Return to Your Majesty, this road is a concrete road!"

Gongsun Nian said quickly.

"Okay, it's really a miracle. This time, after a few days of hard work, I was able to build such a wide and flat road in Lijiazhuang!"

On the side, Cheng Zhijie, Li Chongyi and others looked at the gray road leading directly to Lijiazhuang village in amazement.

"Chu Changshi, please tell the old man quickly, what kind of cement is this road really made of, so flat and hard, instead of a boulder moved by the king of Jin with divine power?"

"Old man Cheng is talking nonsense. This road is at least ten feet wide, and the length is unknown. How can there be such a huge boulder in the world?"

Li Xiaogong sneered, and also looked at Chu Suiliang.

"Chu Changshi, I don't know how long it will take to build this road, and how much money will it cost?"

"Back to the king of the county, the cement is made by the king's craftsmen below, and it is not worth much. What consumes most is the wages of the craftsmen and labor!" Chu Suiliang explained.

After listening, Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he quickly looked at Gongsun Nian.

Gongsun Nian nodded repeatedly.

On the side, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others also had joyful expressions on their faces, thoughtful.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Li Shimin and others seemed to hear someone shouting, so they couldn't help but look up.

I vaguely saw that at the end of the same concrete road in front, there was a person shouting at the craftsmen beside him. It looked like Zi Ren!

A trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes.

"Chu Changshi, is a cement road being built over there?"

Before Li Shimin could ask a question, Cheng Zhijie asked curiously.

"Go back to Duke Su, that's right!"

Chu Suiliang hurriedly replied.

"Your Majesty, the cement road is being repaired, can my old Cheng go over and have a look?"

Cheng Zhijie looked happy, said something to Li Shimin, and then dragged Chu Suiliang and ran over there.

"His Majesty?"

Beside him, Li Chongyi, Changsun Wuji and others were also full of anticipation.

"Go, I'll go over and have a look!"

"Yes!"

With that said, the group of people walked towards the place where the road was built.

After walking in, everyone could see a man from Zi, holding an iron gourd-like thing in his hand, shouting loudly.

Around it, a group of craftsmen and servants, just like making mud, mixed a pile of gray soil and some sand with water to mix them evenly.

Afterwards, the two servants pushed a small iron cart, pushed the gray soil, and fell on the road far away.

There, a group of craftsmen were using a scraper to smooth the gray soil, and there were strips of wooden boards on both sides to block it.

"Your Majesty, this gray soil is cement. Mix it with sand and pour it on the road. After it dries, it will be as hard as a boulder. From now on, this cement road will not be afraid of flooding or being crushed by wheels! "

Sun Nian, the general supervisor, quickly explained from the side.

"This thing is so miraculous!"

Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others were shocked.

So like mud, pour the cement on the ground, and when it dries, it will be as hard as a boulder. If it is used to build Datang roads?Just thinking about it, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel excited.

Then, thinking of something, Li Shimin quickly looked at Gongsun Nian: "The general will be a prison, and the same is true for building a house?"

"Return to Your Majesty, building a house is different!"

Gongsun Nian quickly said: "Your Majesty, please come with me. The construction of a house also requires steel and small stones. The house that is poured is hundreds of times stronger than the road!"

"Harder than the road?"

Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others were full of anticipation.

While speaking, Gongsun Nian had brought Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie to a huge pit!

Under the deep pit, there are more than 300 craftsmen, with more than 500 hard labor, doing work in an orderly manner that Li Shimin and others can't understand!
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(End of this chapter)