The birthday of the Son of Heaven, the etiquette is very cumbersome, many princes and ministers have congratulated the gift, but also on the congratulatory table, the so-called congratulatory table is actually a sycophant rhetoric, this time it is time for the civil officials to play, all kinds of gorgeous rhetoric is piled up in the congratulatory table, read out freely.

Li Xin listened to these congratulatory watches drowsily, but the Son of Chengde squinted his eyes and was quite proud.

People are like this, they like to listen to good words, those words that greet the horse, outsiders even sound a little disgusting, but the parties often don't notice it at all, and these readers will not be vulgar and patting horses, they quote scriptures and classics, and their literary brilliance is flying.

The lower literate ones can't understand what they're saying.

About an hour later, when it was noon, the emperor of Chengde was probably tired of hearing these sycophants, and waved his hand: "Okay, it's noon, Zhuqing will have a meal in the palace first, and when it is evening, I will have a good drink with Zhuqing." ”

Hundreds of officials bowed their heads one after another, and the mountains shouted long live.

Li Xin also bowed down.

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

As soon as he got up, he saw His Royal Highness King Wei walking towards him.

Li Xin arched his hand and said, "Your Highness." ”

The Seventh Prince had a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "The thing that Brother Xin made out is in the limelight today, and my father has been playing with that object just now, and he is reluctant to let it go." ”

Li Xin bowed his head slightly: "Your Highness, that thing was accidentally discovered a few days ago, that is, it was brought out as a fun object and let the princess make a congratulatory gift, I never thought that Your Majesty would be so favorable." ”

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

The Seventh Prince somewhat blamed Li Xin for not handing over this good thing to him and asked him to give it to the Son of Chengde.

After all, he is the prince, and it is much more important to brush his favorability than to brush the favorability of the ninth princess.

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

Since getting along with this pair of brothers and sisters, Li Xin can see the temperament of this pair of princes and princesses, although the ninth princess is a little rude, but there is no scheming, Li Xin can get along with her and let go of all his guard.

And the Seven Princes, on the surface, obeyed Li Xin's words, but in fact, everyone used each other, and the reason why Li Xin did not give this telescope to the Seven Princes was to tell His Royal Highness the King of Wei that he had other choices.

Or rather, he has more good stuff.

The front is spirits, which makes another clairvoyant mirror, who knows how many thoughts are hidden in Li Xinxin?

His Royal Highness King Wei narrowed his eyes and showed more affection to Li Xin: "Brother Xin, what is that, how can you make your father so concerned?" ”

Li Xin's face was calm.

"Your Highness, it was originally just a thing to enjoy, which can make people look farther, and the reason why Your Majesty is so concerned is probably because...... Want to do something else with it. ”

The Seventh Prince is also a smart man, and when he heard this, he immediately figured out the trick, his face became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "No wonder my father is so ......"

Before he finished speaking, the big eunuch Chen Ju, whose hair was already a little gray, walked slowly in front of the two people, Chen Ju performed a technique on the Seventh Prince, and then turned his head and smiled at Li Xin: "Captain Li, Your Majesty has something to summon you." ”

Li Xin nodded, turned back to the Seventh Prince, and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has summoned, I will go here first......"

His Royal Highness King Wei first returned the salute to Chen Ju, and then smiled: "You go quickly, don't let your father wait in a hurry." ”

Li Xin nodded, glanced at the Ninth Princess Ji Lingxiu not far away, followed behind the great eunuch Chen Ju, and walked towards the back of the Yongle Palace.

Behind Yongle Palace, there is a garden, and at this time, the emperor of Chengde is holding the monocular that Li Xin made and looking into the distance.

After trying several times, Chengde Tianzi frowned slightly.

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

In fact, this has a lot to do with the size of the lens, the arc and the length of the lens tube, 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.

The monocular that Li Xin got for the Chengde Tianzi had a tube of only four or five inches, so it was naturally impossible to see too far.

Just as His Majesty the Emperor was thinking about this matter, the voice of the great eunuch Chen Ju sounded behind him.

"Your Majesty, Li Xin has brought it."

Li Xin took a step forward and made a gesture to kneel down, but the Son of Chengde waved his hand and said lazily: "That's it, no need to kneel." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

As a modern person, Li Xin has some slander about the etiquette of kneeling, and he naturally doesn't want to kneel if he can't kneel.

Chengde Tianzi played with the telescope in his hand and squinted at Li Xin: "Is this thing expensive?" ”

"It's expensive."

Li Xin said very honestly: "This object is made by the ministers with two pieces of high-grade water jade from Her Royal Highness the Princess, and these two pieces of water jade alone are estimated to cost hundreds of yuan on the market." ”

The two crystal fish are all high-grade crystals, without the slightest flaw, and they are the size of a palm, and it is estimated that it will cost hundreds of dollars to sell the material alone, and the finished product destroyed by Li Xin is a rare carved boutique, and the price will increase several times.

Chengde Tianzi frowned again.

It's a bit more expensive indeed.

It's not that he can't afford this thing, as a son of heaven, he is rich all over the world, and a few hundred yuan is hardly a problem in his eyes, but if this thing needs to be rationed in the army, it needs to be made on a large scale, and the price will be too expensive.

Chengde Tianzi squinted his eyes and said, "It's ...... Can you see farther? ”

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

This son of heaven, just by playing with it for a while, he can guess that this thing can be better, and his vision pattern has even exceeded the shackles of this era.

"Yes."

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "This object is a reward that the subordinates spent two or three days to get out, and originally wanted His Majesty to see a novelty, since His Majesty wants to be better, the subordinates can naturally do better if they spend a little more time." ”

Chengde Tianzi put the monocular on his right eye again, looked into the distance, then put it away, turned back to Li Xin and said, "Can it be twice as farther?" ”

"Yes."

This thing is currently only about seven or eight times the appearance, as long as you are willing to lengthen the barrel, twenty times is still very easy.

The Son of Chengde put the telescope into his sleeve, and smiled at Li Xin: "I can't see it, you young man still have this ability, I used to underestimate you, so in the past two days, I have asked people to collect some high-grade water jade and send them to you, and you will give me ten expenses first." ”

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

Speaking of this, Chengde Tianzi glanced at Li Xin with a smile: "The Ministry of Industry is in charge of the seventh child, and you are familiar with the seventh child, so you don't need me to give orders to the Ministry of Industry anymore, right?" ”

Li was moved.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is probably already aware of his relationship with the Wei Palace.

"Don't worry, I won't let you do things in vain, and if you do it, I will give you benefits."

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "Sharing worries for Your Majesty is a matter within the responsibility of the ministers......"