The clash between the wine glasses and the table was surprisingly loud, and for a moment the whole box fell into complete silence, and the gentlemen who were still making noise all closed their mouths.

Belus and Aro looked around nervously, although they didn't understand the idiom of throwing a cup, but they knew the meaning of this action, and they were nervous for fear that a group of soldiers with swords and swords would suddenly pour in outside, and in that case, it was estimated that their end would come.

But after waiting for a while, it was still very quiet outside, and no one rushed in with a knife, only a young man came in tremblingly and asked what was needed, but was sent away by the guard standing at the door.

"Dear Highness the Crown Prince, please forgive us for the rude we just had." Belus, who breathed a sigh of relief, did not relax until this time, and stood up to apologize to Li Chengqian, although in his heart he still thought that this young crown prince was playing tricks on himself.

"Prince Belus, there is a sentence for you in this palace, maybe you have heard it before, but I hope you will seriously appreciate it." The expression on Li Chengqian's face was still cold, and he stared at Belus as if he was looking at a dead man: "There is no free lunch in this world, if you want to get it, you have to pay, do you understand?" ”

Got it? Of course, Belus understood, but being taught by a young man who was more than ten years younger than himself made his expression a little unnatural, and after licking his lips and suppressing all his anger, he said slowly: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie instructs, Belus understands." ”

"I hope you really get it." Li Chengqian leaned his body back on the back of the chair behind him: "I can give you a month, you can try to find someone you trust, see if they will help you for free, remember, you only have one month, if you haven't found someone who can help you after a month, then you need to take it away." ”

As the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian does have the right to say such things, and Belus can't vent his anger in front of him even if he has a stomach.

And Belus also knows that what Li Chengqian just said is the truth, this world is so realistic, the world will be icing on the cake, and few people will give charcoal in the snow.

For a prince who has died, Belus did not think that there would be anyone to help him, but he really had no money now, and he simply did not have so much money to buy equipment and hire soldiers.

……

Some of them sat in the carriage sent by Li Chengqian to send them back, and Belus and Aro were silent, not knowing what to say.

The excitement at first turned into the wordlessness now, and what happened in one afternoon was like jumping off a cliff, and it was a little indigestible for both of them.

"Your Highness, should we try it tomorrow?" After the carriage left the city, Ah Luo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked.

"It's useless, if we don't follow the Tang Prince this time, we won't even be able to enter the city at all. Without the will of the Tang Emperor, no one would meet us. Belus shook his head slowly.

He used to be the prince of a country, and he was very clear about the routines in this kind of thing, since Li Chengqian dared to give them a month, it means that they will not be able to make a name for themselves in this month.

Even the mere fact that they were not ordered to enter the city could be stopped outside Chang'an City.

……

Things were no different from what was expected, and for a period of time in the future, Belus and the others in the post house outside the city seemed to have been forgotten, and the official of the Honglu Temple never appeared again.

Helplessness, anger, decadence...... All kinds of emotions constantly washed over Belus's nerves, making him more aware of the world.

……

Taiji Palace, Liangyi Palace.

"Prince, what are you going to do with the one from Persia who is called lowly?" His Majesty Li Er criticized the folds in his hand and asked casually.

As early as half a month ago, Li Chengqian took the edict summoning the Persian prince into the city from his hands, but he didn't take it out until now, which made Lao Li a little puzzled, so he called Li Chengqian to ask.

"Erchen thinks that now is not the time, Belus is not exhausted, and Erchen is still planning to keep him to see if he can catch a big fish." Li Chengqian replied calmly.

"Fishing? What fish? Feeling something strange, His Majesty Li Er put down a piece of music in his hand and looked at his son.

As a result, Li Chengqian shook his head: "I don't know, but Erchen always feels that this is an opportunity, and someone should use Belus to do something." ”

The long-term entourage of Li Simo's death last time made Li Chengqian always be vigilant, and he visited the middle-aged man and unknown forces who didn't know his name for a long time, but in the end he found nothing.

So this time he plans to use Belus to fish and see if the unknown force will find him.

Although His Majesty Li Er didn't think that Li Chengqian's trick would be successful, he didn't say anything, and after a faint glance at him, he picked up the fold and looked at it, and said after a long time: "I heard that you plan to sell ordnance again?" And what mercenaries are proposed, tell me what you think. ”

"Whoa!" Li Chengqian, who had long expected that the old man would ask such a question, said without any hesitation: "Father, the reason why the sons and daughters did this is just to find a wronged boss to pay for our equipment, and now the ordnance we are equipped with is facing elimination again, if we don't find the next buyer, I'm afraid these things can only be lost in the warehouse and rust." ”

"What? Eliminated again? How long has this batch of ordnance been equipped? Why do you want to change it again? When Comrade Lao Li heard the obsolete equipment, he immediately exploded, and threw it away in his hand: "Do you think the treasury is rich now?" There's no place to spend money, right? ”

Others may not know, but His Majesty Li Er knows very well that the 16 guards under him were dressed up before the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo.

But now, it has only been a few days since the battle of Goguryeo, and the full battle of the sixteen guards is two or three years after the completion of the outfit change, and those big-headed soldiers may not even be familiar with the equipment, and they even have to be replaced again, isn't this special?

Think about the history before the Tang Dynasty, from the Qin Emperor to the Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the army has not changed its equipment for hundreds of years, the bow is still the previous bow, the sword is still the previous sword, why did the Tang Dynasty have to change the equipment every once in a while, so why do you have to burn more money!

His Majesty Li Er couldn't figure it out, so he thought that Li Chengqian was the big one.

But Li Chengqian also has his own difficulties.

Since the research of the steam engine was developed, whether it will be used as a superintendent or a research department, the speed of research and manufacturing can be described as extremely fast.

This is not because the steam engine really played such a big role, but the things derived from the manufacture of the steam engine are all very practical things, whether it is in manufacturing or thinking, the improvement of craftsmen is obvious to all.

The new way of thinking and new technology have naturally led to the development of the craftsmen's brains, and new processes and new formulas have appeared one after another, which has greatly improved the manufacturing speed.

It used to take seven days to make the barrel of a handcuff, but now it takes seven days to make seventy handguns, and even firearms can make more than thirty.

Under such circumstances, the change of uniforms of the whole army has become an inevitable trend.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian had to sigh, looked at the old man a little helplessly and said, "Father, how long has it been since you went out to see the armaments?" ”

"What's so nice about this, I can't finish my official business every day, where do I have time to look at that, and besides, it's not just plate armor and steel crossbows, it's not like I haven't seen it." His Majesty Li Er said impatiently, and he still didn't approve of Li Chengqian's idea of changing the army's clothes.

"Father, plate armor is already an outdated obsolete product, and now the best armor is plugged in, there is a socket for the guard plate on the outside of the military uniform, and the guard plate is installed on the inside according to the needs of the battle, which can save a lot of steel, and secondly, it can also reduce the burden on the soldiers."

"And now the manufacturing speed of the firecrackers can also meet the needs of the battle, and there are nearly 30,000 firecrackers stored in the general's prison, and there is almost no place to put them."

"Then there is the bed crossbow, that thing can also be eliminated now, and the Zhenguan cannon can now hit more than a thousand steps away, and the bed crossbow ...... I really don't need it. ”

Li Chengqian said with his fingers one piece at a time, His Majesty Li Er's eyes opened wider and wider, and the music in his hand fell to the side without noticing.

After a long time, when Li Chengqian began to feel bored, the old man came back to his senses, frowned and asked, "What you said is true?" Why don't I know? ”

"Father, my son has already written you an excerpt half a year ago, haven't you read it?" Li Chengqian asked suspiciously.

"Half a year ago?" His Majesty Li Er's brows furrowed even tighter, and he turned his head to look at the old eunuch Fang beside him.

"Your Majesty, there is such a thing, but at that time, you only glanced at it, then threw it aside and said: The words are too ugly!"

yes, that's embarrassing! Li Chengqian rubbed his chin a little helplessly.

But it's not his fault that the words are ugly, but he can't practice them at all, and he hasn't practiced hard for so many years, but he can't practice what he can do.

However, although this is a little embarrassing, there is finally a reasonable explanation for the matter, so that the old man no longer has to worry about the problem of knowing or not.

"Father, what do you think is happening, isn't Uncle Daozong coming back, you organize a military parade to see what our new equipment looks like, how about it?" In order to avoid the old man being too embarrassed, Li Chengqian took the initiative to divert the topic.

After all, it doesn't matter if he is embarrassed, if the old man feels embarrassed, he will be annoyed and angry if he doesn't get it right, and it will be him Li Chengqian who will be unlucky at that time.

Comrade Xiao Li has suffered such a loss more than once,

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