Li Hao said casually: "The kid was handsome by Uncle Cheng's wise and martial arts, and suddenly his disappeared. ”

Cheng Biting Jin knew that he was talking nonsense, but he listened very comfortably, alas, damn vanity, Cheng Biting Jin turned over and dismounted, patted the dust off Li Hao's body, and said: "When you see the old man, run away, will the old man eat people?" ”

Li Hao grinned and said, "No, I'm just afraid that Uncle Cheng will whip me." ”

Cheng Yanjin glared at him with two eyes purring when he heard this, and asked: "I usually don't do bad things, and I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, what bad things have you done?" ”

Li Hao had already thought of his rhetoric and said, "Didn't I cooperate with you in that Qibaozhai business, I'm afraid you will be angry......"

"Bastard!" Cheng Yanjin suddenly glared and shouted, "Is Lao Tzu such a stingy person!" He said this, but he was thinking in his heart, why are you cooperating with the emperor, do you dare to rob the emperor?

Li Hao hurriedly followed his words and said: "Yes, yes, uncle, you are bright and bright, and you have a vast sea, except for the emperor, when today, my uncle is the most broad-minded." ”

"Hugh is going to be a sycophant!" Cheng Biting Jin took a sip, but he felt fluttering and couldn't wait to say, "Come, continue to praise, continue to praise." ”

"You're here to give a gift?" Cheng Yanjin turned his head and saw Li Hao's ox cart, and stepped forward to lift the curtain covering the cart.

Li Hao hurriedly stopped: "No...... It's not ......"

However, Cheng Yanjin has lifted the curtain, only to see several wooden boxes, which are filled with all kinds of glasses and glass bottles, as soon as he sees these, his eyes suddenly lit up, glass products are good things, recently in Chang'an it is hot, Qi Bao Zhai is often sold out of stock.

He didn't give Li Hao a chance to speak at all, turned around and slapped Li Hao on the shoulder: "Well, good virtuous nephew, you really have filial piety, although your gift is too heavy, I will reluctantly accept it for my uncle." ”

As he spoke, he waved behind him, and suddenly a part of the song came forward, only to hear him say loudly: "Drag away the ox cart together." ”

"What's that? Don't even leave me with a cow? Li Hao was stunned, he really wanted to report to the official, and then said that he was robbed by the cut path, but he could only think about it, which non-long-eyed official dared to do Cheng Cheng to bite the gold.

Li Hao was still in a daze, Cheng Biting Jin turned over and said, "The old man has an appointment today, so I won't keep you, and I will go to my house to have a few drinks with the old man another day." After speaking, he tugged on the reins and left with a group of parts, leaving Li Hao alone in the wind.

"Your grandma's legs!" Li Hao came to his senses for a long time, scolded depressedly, turned around and walked in the direction of Qibaozhai, no way, it was originally to give a gift, but now the gift is gone, so he can only go to Qibaozhai to get it.

Li Hao had a very unhappy year, because he was robbed on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is not a good sign, everything was given by the old killer of Cheng Biting Jin, so that when he returned home after giving gifts, he was still cursing resentfully that he gave birth to a son without **, and Cheng Chumo was innocently lying on the gun.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Zhi and they finally hurried out of the bed crossbow, exactly the same as the one in the underground secret room, Li Hao pulled the bed crossbow to the special forces training base and tried it, the average range was 440 meters, the accuracy was very high, it stands to reason that the range of the three-bow arm bed crossbow should be between 550 meters and 600 meters, but Li Hao in order to save costs, the crossbow arm material did not use the best wood, and the production process was not so complicated, everything was to save costs, so the range could not reach that far.

Even if it is only 440 meters, it is very scary, much farther than a crossbow, Li Hao is very satisfied with this result, and the next day he went to Taiji Palace in person to report the good news to Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin heard the news, he immediately sent someone to Li Hao's house to pull the bed crossbow to Chang'an, and placed it in the shooting range in the right Wuwei camp, Li Shimin took the right Wuwei general Qin Qiong and Li Hao to personally witness the power of the bed crossbow, in fact, he originally wanted to call the civil and military ministers to visit together, but under Li Hao's persuasion, this plan was canceled.

Li Shimin stood ten meters behind the bed crossbow, Li Hao and Qin Qiong stood on either side of him, and Li Shimin said lightly: "Let's start." ”

Li Hao glanced at Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi stepped forward with five right guards, Lu Zhi gave instructions, and the five Jin Wuwei did it one by one, only to see four people turn the huge wheel axle together, open the crossbow, and the other person raised an arrow bigger than a spear and put it in the crossbow groove.

Lu Zhi ordered: "Raise the hammer!" ”

The right guard with the arrow raised a sledgehammer and kept his eyes fixed on the trigger, which could not be pulled by man, and had to be rammed with a sledgehammer to shoot a crossbow arrow.

"Put!" Lu Zhi shouted suddenly.

The right guard slammed his hammer on the trigger, and with a loud "buzz", the crossbow arrow suddenly flew out, drawing a beautiful arc, and nailed to an earthen wall more than 400 meters away.

"Hit!" Li Shimin couldn't help but cry out in surprise, and then he realized that he was out of shape, coughed lightly, and said, "Uncle Bao, poetry maniac, follow me to have a look." ”

"Yes!" The two bowed their heads, followed behind Li Shimin, and walked towards the low earthen wall.

The closer he got to the earthen wall, the more frightened Li Shimin became, because when he got closer, he found that this earthen wall was not big, the width and height were four feet, and it could shoot such a small target at such a distance, and the accuracy of this crossbow was already quite terrifying.

Finally walking to the side of this earthen wall, Li Shimin looked from the side and was even more shocked, only to see that this earthen wall was nearly a foot thick, but it was pierced by a huge arrow, and the arrow was unabated, piercing the ground more than half a foot deep.

"Good!" Li Shimin couldn't help but clap his hands and praise, "Accurate and domineering, good crossbow!" ”

Li Hao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this crossbow has three crossbow slots, which can fire three arrows at the same time. ”

Li Shimin smiled when he heard this: "Poetry madness, well done, I didn't expect you to make such a sharp weapon, it is really my Tang Dynasty lucky star!" ”

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Serving the Tang Dynasty is the blessing of Weichen, Your Majesty, the sharp weapon of the country, do not show it to others, the less people know about this crossbow, the better." ”

Li Shimin smiled and nodded, and finally knew why Li Hao objected to calling other ministers to watch together, and he found that he had been watching Li Hao more and more recently, because Li Hao's performance had been good recently, not only did he not make trouble, but he also played the right advice, and offered this bed crossbow like a big killer, can he be unhappy.

"Poetic maniac." Li Shimin looked at him with a beard, asked with a smile, "You have made a lot of meritorious service this time, what reward do you want?" ”

It's this routine again, you can reward it if you want it, and you ask people what they want, it's insincere.

Li Hao didn't care so much, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to ask Your Majesty for an official position." ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and looked at him in surprise, he had countless conjectures, but he never thought that Li Hao would ask for an official, and asked curiously, "What official position do you want?" ”

Li Hao said: "The official position sought by Weichen is called the president of Datang Science and Technology Research Institute. ”

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, frowned and said: "Datang does not have such an official position, you made it up." ”

Li Hao said: "Back to Your Majesty, I didn't have it before, but I can have it in the future." ”

Li Shimin looked at him in surprise: "What do you mean...... Open an official office called Datang Science and Technology Research Institute? ”

"Exactly." Li Hao bowed.

"You get up first." Li Shimin asked him to calm down, and then frowned and groaned, "Then this Datang Science and Technology Research Institute...... What are the responsibilities? ”

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the responsibility of the Datang Science and Technology Research Institute is to invent new things for Datang research, either for war or for the people, such as last year's wind-powered waterwheel, Quyuan plow, and this crossbow, all of which belong to the category of scientific and technological research." ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, according to ah, this idea is good, the wind-powered waterwheel, the curved plow, and the bed crossbow are all very satisfactory to Li Shimin, he naturally hopes that Li Hao can get more such things, but he also knows that Li Hao alone can't do it, after all, his energy is limited, but if an official office responsible for research is set up and Li Hao is in charge, then things will be completely different.

Besides, Li Shimin has the intention to make Li Hao an official, but Li Hao is only eighteen years old, and if he enters the court at such an age, he will inevitably be excluded by others, and the position of the research institute is very good, it exists independently, specializing in research and invention, saying that it is an official, he is not like it, saying that it is not, but it is.

Li Shimin thought for a moment, and then said, "You go back and write the letter and submit it." ”

Li Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, knowing that the matter had been done, so he hurriedly thanked him and retired, and went home to write a recital.

Seeing Li Hao walk out of the right Wuwei camp, the smile on Li Shimin's face suddenly dissipated, and he asked Qin Qiong beside him: "Shubao, what do you think of Li Hao's son?" ”

Qin Shubao said: "Li Hao is straightforward, although he is a little greedy for money, but he is a credible person. ”

"Is it really credible?" Li Shimin said leisurely, "You don't want to say good things for him because he saved your life." ”

Qin Qiong hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty is clear, and the minister has no partiality. ”

Li Shimin helped him up, smiled again, and said, "Look at you, what are you anxious about, I will just say it casually, but you take it seriously." ”

Qin Qiong said embarrassedly: "The minister has always been like this, Your Majesty knows best." ”

"yes." Li Shimin said leisurely, "You are a person who loves more truthfully, is loyal, brave and benevolent, so I am most at ease with you......" He paused, and suddenly sighed, "It's just that this Li Hao, I have always been not very at ease with him." ”

Hearing this, Qin Qiong asked puzzledly, "What is Your Majesty worried about?" ”

Li Shimin put his hands behind his back, looked up to the sky, and sighed loudly: "Li Hao's son seems to be a bastard, but he is very measured in dealing with people, and he will never exceed the slightest. ”

Qin Qiong was shocked when he heard this, Li Hao was his life-saving benefactor after all, and he was also a person who attached great importance to affection, seeing that Li Hao was so suspicious of Li Shimin, how could he sit idly by, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Li Hao is indeed talented, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty know it, he is still young, what kind of city can he have, he must be a little clever." ”

"I knew you'd speak for him." Li Shimin said lightly, "Actually, I don't want him to be clever, but recently, he first intervened in court affairs, played the right advice, and then took the initiative to sacrifice this divine crossbow, which is completely inconsistent with his previous lazy nature, all this ...... It's so perverse. ”

Qin Qiong said: "Your Majesty, although Li Hao seems to be a bastard, he is also a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, and he also hopes that the Tang Dynasty will be strong, at his age, he will naturally have a little enthusiasm for serving the country, but he is less than others, since he has the heart to serve the country now, why should Your Majesty be like this." ”

Li Shimin nodded: "I also thought about it like this, but for some reason, I just didn't dare to fully trust Li Hao, maybe ...... It's because I can't control him. ”

Qin Qiong didn't know what to say, but he heard Li Shimin say again: "Although I can't trust him like I trust you, but I am not a faint king, Li Hao has great talent, and his recent performance is also remarkable, if he has been loyal to the country, I will not treat him badly, maybe one day, he can be like you, the marquis and the prime minister, and the third duke may be the same." ”