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Qin Mu returned to the back court from the previous court, and just walked into the Qianqing Palace, when suddenly there was a dog barking by the door, Qin Mu was startled, and then said angrily: "Who is so bold that he dares to bring a dog into the Qianqing Palace?" ”

At this time, Yun Qiao'er flashed out of the hall, dressed in palace clothes, pretty, she smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this dog was given to Mingyue to play with, don't be angry." ”

"Don't make a fuss, Mingyue is still so young, can you get a dog back for her, like talking?"

"What's this, didn't Your Majesty also catch two giant pandas and come back?"

"So what's the same, that's just for her to watch from afar."

Although Qin Mu had a straight face, in the face of this girl, his tone had softened unconsciously.

Yun Qiao'er smiled even more brightly, only to see her squat down and pat the dog's head, and play with the dog again, the dog obediently squatted down and stopped barking loudly.

Qin Mu was a little surprised, and after taking a closer look, he saw the clue.

"Isn't this a real dog?"

"Hee-hee, Your Majesty can see it, I tell you, it's fun, you must not have imagined, this is a wooden dog I bought in the market, put it next to the door, someone comes in, it will stand up and bark, Mingyue likes it, and she won't cry when she hears the wooden dog bark."

"How is this possible?"

"How is it impossible, wait for me to pinch the bright moon and try to show you."

"Pinch? I mean, uh, who made this wooden dog, how could it be possible to find a bark like a real dog? Qin Mu saw that it was not a real dog, but this thing was not easy to make in the later generations, and it was still made of wood, which was not more beneficial than Zhuge Liang's wooden ox and flowing horse.

"Majesty, what are you doing?"

"I'll take it apart."

"Oh, no, no. It's just one, what if you dismantle it, no, no, you can't dismantle it. ”

Yun Qiao'er protected the wonderful wood like a baby, and took a few steps back, far away from him, fire and theft.

At this time, there was a crisp laughter from the side hall, and then I saw my precious daughter running out of the side hall, followed by several palace maids. Even told the princess to be careful.

"Ouch, good daughter, come over and let Daddy hug me."

Qin Mu showed a loving smile, but unfortunately the little girl didn't give him face, and only the wooden dog in Yun Qiao'er's hand was in her eyes.

"Daddy, I'll hold the dog first, and then you hug me."

When Qin Mu heard this, he hurriedly responded, "Alas. Okay, Mingyue, do you like Daddy a little more, or" Halfway through the words. Qin Mu choked, this seems a bit inappropriate, comparing himself with a wooden dog, isn't it worthless.

Yun Qiao'er has seven exquisite hearts. Hearing this, I couldn't stop laughing.

Qin Mu remembered something, so he turned his head and asked her, "Qiao'er, where did you sell this wooden dog?" ”

"Why are you asking this?"

"Say it quickly. Where did you buy it? ”

"Suzhou, a man named Huang Sheng, he made one, and people bought it with great difficulty."

"Huang Sheng?" Qin Mu thought for a moment and said to a palace maid by the door, "Go, call Han Zanzhou to me." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qin Mu teased his daughter in the hall for a while, and Han Zanzhou hurried over, "The slave maid meets His Majesty, meets Concubine Xiang, and meets the princess." ”

As a result, before Qin Mu could speak, Mingyue in his arms said childishly: "Gonggong Han is exempt from courtesy. ”

Qin Mu and Yun Qiao'er looked at each other, and finally couldn't help but laugh, Qin Mu kissed the lovely baby daughter in his arms, and said with a smile: "Mingyue, you are not allowed to steal the limelight of your father in the future, you know?" ”

"Hee-hee" Yun Qiao'er couldn't laugh.

The daughter flashed her eyes and said with a puzzled expression: "Daddy, what does it mean to steal the limelight?" ”

"You just stole the limelight."

The little girl still didn't understand, she looked left and right, and she couldn't help but laugh when she made Qin Mu laugh.

"Mingyue, just now I called Gonggong Han to be exempt, who taught you?"

"Mother, my mother said to be polite to people, and if people give me a salute, I will ask him to be polite."

"Hahaha Mingyue is really good, I have to listen to my mother in the future."

The daughter nodded again and again, and Qin Mu kissed her pink little face again before saying to Han Zanzhou: "Old Han, you sent someone to Suzhou to buy this wooden dog, what about the person named Huang Sheng?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, it was the slave maid who sent someone to buy it, and the man named Huang Sheng lives in Wu County, Suzhou."

"You send someone to invite this Huang Sheng again, remember, to be polite, this should be a capable person, the weaving bureau's textile machine has not made a breakthrough for a long time, let him study it together, maybe there will be a breakthrough."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will send someone to Suzhou."

"By the way, you wait, someone told me that the Internal Supervision R&D Department spent 700,000 dragon coins last year, but is there such a thing?"

Han Zanzhou was shocked in his heart, the emperor's words were already very clear, someone was suing him for a small complaint.

Han Zanzhou stayed in the palace of the former Ming Dynasty, climbed step by step from a small eunuch, and finally achieved the position of a eunuch in Nanjing.

Han Zanzhou slowly knelt down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the slave doesn't know who said this behind your back, but the number he said is not right."

Qin Mu interrupted him lightly and said, "You mean that you didn't spend seven hundred thousand dragon coins?" ”

"No, Your Majesty, the slave maid wants to correct it, last year, the Internal Supervision R&D Department spent more than 700,000 dragon coins, a total of 817,243 dragon coins."

"Eight hundred and one thousand dragon coins?" Qin Mu's voice doubled unconsciously.

Han Zanzhou kowtowed again and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." A full eighty-one thousand two hundred and forty-three dragon coins. ”

"Han Zanzhou, do you know what the concept of 800,000 dragon coins is? I asked the Ordnance Superintendent to make 20,000 or 30,000 flintlock pistols and millions of bullets, but it only cost 700,000 dragon coins, and you spent 810,000 dragon coins, but last year there was no serious research result. Qin Mu's tone became colder and colder.

Han Zanzhou's face changed drastically, and he kowtowed again and again: "Please forgive your majesty, please forgive your majesty, the slave has disappointed your majesty, and the crime deserves death, but please check your majesty, these eight hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and forty-three dragon coins, the slave swears with her head that she is not greedy for ink, please check your majesty, please check your majesty."

"Mingcha?"

"Your Majesty, you heard from the slave maid that the Longmen Shipyard also spent more than 300,000 dragon coins on research and development last year, but their iron-hulled ships did not make much progress, and other textile factories, cement factories, etc., all spent a lot.

The 810,000 dragon coins were mainly spent on more than a dozen scientific research projects such as steam engine transformation, generators, tungsten wire development, aluminum alloy smelting, petroleum refining, and rubber refining.

The slave is incompetent, and he has not been able to make a breakthrough in all aspects, but your Majesty, you are the Holy Ming Monarch, you should know best that not every money invested in scientific research can produce results. ”

Han Zanzhou's last sentence made Qin Mu's anger disappear suddenly, yes, not every money invested in scientific research can produce results. What is certain, however, is that without these inputs, there will never be results.

Han Zanzhou still kowtowed, and begged in a lamented voice: "Your Majesty, the slave knows that Your Majesty cares about these scientific research the most, how dare the slave and the maid do anything with the funds, although you send someone to check, if the slave and maid are greedy for a penny of ink, they would rather be punished by a thousand knives."

"Old Han, get up."

"陛xià"

"Okay, Lao Han doesn't need to say it, I shouldn't listen to the wind or rain, go ahead, do your business. No matter what happens, if you do your best, you'll be fine. ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you for not sinning."

Han Zan Zhou was amnestied and thanked again and again.

After he left the palace, the baby daughter in Qin Mu's arms suddenly said: "Daddy, you are rude, Gonggong Han saluted you, and you didn't tell him to get up."

Qin Mu was petrified in an instant, looking at his daughter like an alien, is this really a little more than two years old?

Yun Qiao'er was very happy, lest the world not mess up and echoed: "Mingyue is really well-behaved, it's so good, your father is just rude, let's not get along with him"

"Go, go, stinky girl, dare to separate the feelings of our father and daughter, be careful to beat you."

"Daddy, my mother said that if people salute, they must ask others to be exempt, otherwise it will be rude Daddy"

"Okay, good, daddy will change it in the future, it will definitely change!"

Qin Mu put her down, and then bowed like a gentleman in the West and said, "Meet Princess Mingyue." ”

The baby girl looked at him with big eyes without blinking, as if to judge whether he was saluting herself, and I had never seen this salute

Yun Qiao'er had a few palace maids, and she was softened with laughter.

Well, Qin Mu had to remind: "Good daughter, Daddy is saluting you." ”

As a result, Xiao Mingyue probably felt that his courtesy was wrong, and insisted on it for a while before she said like a little adult: "Daddy is exempt!" ”

This excuse suddenly seemed like the last straw that overwhelmed the camel, making Yun Qiao'er laugh softly and fall to the ground directly.

Qin Mu couldn't help but laugh out loud.

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