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"Tong Gao, today's imperial banquet, please respect my father. Even if you don't give me the face of the father and son of the Li family, please take into account the face of the emperor!"

Seeing that his father Li Ji was ridiculed and scolded by Gao Mi, Li Suwen immediately stood up to save face for Li Ji.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this said, Gao Mi didn't even look at Li Suwen, and immediately waved her hand and said, "I'm talking to your father, what are you talking to? Do you know etiquette? How did your father teach you?"

When Li Suwen heard this, his face suddenly sank, his fists tightened, his mouth twitched slightly, and he glared for a long time before speaking: "Tong Gao, I advise you to respect yourself. Today is the imperial banquet!"

Li Suwen deliberately made the word "Imperial Banquet" very seriously, as if reminding Gao Mi to pay attention to his own measure.

When Gaomi heard this, he snorted coldly and said to Li Suwen: "Li's children, you don't need to remind me. If you want to say that you can hold an imperial banquet here today, who is the biggest contribution? Without the military governor's power to turn the tide and annihilate Weichang Duan Ni, will there be such a grand occasion today?

After your Li family claimed to be a wealthy family, do you not understand the most basic etiquette and respect of meritorious ministers? Yesterday I saw that you actually hooked up with the wife of the military governor in front of so many people. It turns out that this is the descendant of Li Ye of Zhuyanjun, and he has gained his knowledge!"

As soon as Gao Mi said this, even Wei Zhen frowned, thinking that this prince-consort was too much. Jiang Ruoyan was already Liu Ce's woman. Are you still thinking about her? This is really a bit too much...

"Gaomi, don't swear!" Li Suwen roared angrily.

"Spit off the swearing? Hum..." Gao Mi sneered when she heard this, "I won't say anything else. Just when I entered Yulongxuan just now, you have been staring at the wife of the military governor. The look I've never left for a single step, right? I feel disgusting for you! It's embarrassing, it's so embarrassing!"

“Haodie~”

Li Suwen's face was flushed at this moment, and he shouted fiercely at him, his eyes full of strong murderous intent.

"Enough, today is such a festive event. As the whole country celebrates together, let me give up my grudges for the time being..."

Seeing that the conflict between Gaomi and the father and son of the Li family became increasingly tense, Wei Zhen's timely words would stop them...

Wei Zhen was very good for disagreement among ministers, but sometimes the disputes should not be too much. He had to beat them at any time.

Since Wei Zhen spoke, the dispute between Gaomi and the father and son of the Li family stopped temporarily, and they returned to their own tables, and the scene returned to a pleasant atmosphere again...

After a pause, Wei Zhen asked Liu Ce again: "Liu Aiqing, is this Qi sword so sharp, really a general equipment for the entire army?"

Liu Ce replied: "Report to the emperor, everything that Bei Zhi said is true. If you don't believe it, the two thousand soldiers who were ordered by Bei Zhi near Zhuque Street in the inner city can wait for the emperor to review at any time..."

Wei Zhen was stunned when he heard this, then he asked Liu Ce with his eyes slightly, "Liu Aiqing, did you actually let your army enter the inner city?"

Liu Ce nodded and said calmly: "Report to the emperor, Bei Zhi has ordered the eunuch to inform the emperor half an hour ago. Could it be that the emperor doesn't know?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ji snorted and said sarcastically: "The crime of bringing the army into the city is not light. It is suspected of committing rebellion by the emperor. I wonder what explanation is the Hanling Hou planning to explain?"

Liu Ce snorted lightly and bowed to Wei Zhen and said, "I came here to accept the emperor's inspection. Of course, I have to prevent some villains from having a miserable idea of ​​cum Jing. After all, this military governor is also a man, and he can't stand anything..."

When Liu Ce said the last sentence, it was obvious that he was speaking to Li Suwen, which immediately made Wei Zhen feel a little embarrassed.

Actually, if Liu Ce really wants to be unfavorable to him, he would have sent troops to attack the city long ago, and would he be so peaceful and tell him how many people there are in the inner city?

Although Liu Ce looked very steady, he was only in his early twenties and was very young and energetic. It was understandable to protect Jiang Ruoyan as a beautiful person. After all, in front of the envoy of Xia State yesterday, he had already allowed Wei Zhen to see his arrogant and arrogant side. Now, it is understandable that he was transferred to the city to avoid being harassed by Li Suwen.

After careful consideration, Wei Zhen immediately smiled and changed the subject and said to Liu Ce: "Hahaha, what Liu Aiqing said is very reasonable. I have indeed received your reply. By the way, Liu Aiqing, how much does it cost to manufacture such a Qi sword? It must be a lot?"

Liu Ce thought for a while and replied: "Report to the emperor, a sword, including the scabbard, costs one or five cents of silver..."

In fact, Liu Ce has already said that he has a complete assembly line arsenal underneath. The cost of a Qidao is only five cents. With the improvement of manufacturing process and the popularization of forging technology, this price will drop in the near future, and will eventually be controlled at around three cents.

"One or five cents?"

But what Liu Ce did not expect was that as soon as Liu Ce said this, a huge uproar occurred in the hearts of the ministers in the entire hall.

The cost is only one or five cents? My God, this is too cheap, right?

This is what the ministers really think at the moment, including Wei Zhen, Gao Mi and Li Ji and his son.

You should know that the price of a pound of fine iron now starts at six cents of silver (in-app purchase price), and it is even more expensive in some places. The only material required to make such a knife is more than this price, not to mention the problem of craftsmanship.

"Ask Liu Ce to buy it!"

At this moment, all the bureaucrats from the family family at the banquet made such a decision, intending to ask Liu Ce to purchase this batch of weapons to expand the strength of his family.

The next breath, almost everyone's eyes suddenly became "kind and friendly", which made Liu Ce frown and thought to himself what was wrong with these people...

Later, Liu Ce showed the armor on Huanshou Dao and Jiao Luo, both of which were extremely sophisticated, and he was even more determined to secretly ask Liu Ce to discuss the sale of weapons in private.

On the other side, Li Jie and his son also felt the different atmosphere in the hall, and then the father and son gathered together to discuss in a low voice.

"Su Wen, how is the military preparations of your soldiers compared with those of Liu Ce?" Li Ji asked.

Li Suwen shook his head and said, "Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that Liu Ce's military equipment is far better than my soldiers, especially the sword of the ring, which is a powerful weapon for cavalry military equipment to fight.

As long as we have such a batch of weapons, our Li family army will be one step closer to restoring the glory of our grandfather's era. However, we still need to have war horses..."

Li Ji nodded and said, "Let's do this, my Li family paid a sum of money and asked Liu Ce to buy five thousand ring-headed swords, ten thousand Qi swords, and then buy three thousand sets of armor. As for the horses,

Liu Ce has recovered Jizhou and must have a horse farm under his rule. Let me talk to him again to see if he can buy a few thousand horses and re-establish a geese-taking army!

But you have to promise to be your father and quickly forget Jiang Ruoyan's niece. She is now a woman, so don't worry about her anymore.

Hurry up and destroy the golden cage you have in the mansion, and stop causing trouble. Liu Ce, we really can't afford to offend now. Wait until the father wants to avenge him for you later..."

Li Suwen nodded and whispered: "Don't worry, father, children should focus on revitalizing the Li family business first, and they will not be delayed by their children's affairs..."

"Well, if you say that, I'll feel relieved for my father..." Li Ji nodded, "I'll find an opportunity to talk to Liu Ce about this business. After the first batch of weapons is obtained, see if it can be copied..."

After making up his mind, Li Ji comforted Li Suwen a few more words, and then returned to his serious and upright appearance, and chatted with each other with him...

The king and his subjects spent half an hour in a good atmosphere. At this time, a troupe performing juggling stepped onto the stage in the hall, bowed to Wei Zhen and the officials, and began to perform juggling.

"Okay, not bad!"

The superb acrobatics made everyone present cheer, including the female seat with a screen across the floor...

"Ahem cough cough..."

When Jing Wang Weichi looked at Zhu Zenglin who was walking on the stage, he coughed a few times, then turned around and glanced at Zuo Hengnian beside Prince Wei Ran, subconsciously lightened his eyes, and then continued to observe the performance on the stage...

As the acrobatics became more and more exciting, more and more people cheered. In the end, even Wei Zhen patted his hands and cheered...

Until all the programs ended, Zhu Zenglin and others knelt on the stage and shouted to Wei Zhen in unison: "The emperor is healthy and the country is prosperous..."

Wei Zhen laughed happily and said, "Okay~ OK~ Jinsheng, reward~"

Upon hearing this, Jin Sheng immediately raised his hand and ordered someone to turn a plate of silver onto the stage.

"Thank you for your reward, long live my emperor..."

After Zhu Zenglin took the money, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted long live, and then slowly retreated with everyone.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Seeing this scene, Wei Chi suddenly felt that things were a bit unexpected. Zhu Zenglin did not assassinate Wei Zhen? What was wrong? Could it be that the Mo family secretly revised the plan and did not notify him?

After Zhu Zenglin's juggling team retreated, Liu Yan, led by Gong Jiexin, each entered the hall with musical instruments and began to play the slanderous sound...

After a long time, after the song was played, Gong Jiexin Liuyan also stood up to say goodbye amid the cheers. The assassination part of the plan was not implemented, which made Wei Chi feel uneasy.

"No, what's wrong? Could it be... Huangfu Zhai..."

Wei Chi, who was puzzled, suddenly realized that he might have been fooled by that Huangfu Zhai. His expression suddenly turned cold, and the cold light appeared in his eyes...

"Since you can't get rid of your father, fortunately, Xiao Wang has a backup plan. Ha, Prince, I will feel wronged you this time..."

His conspiracy failed, Wei Chi remained silent, looked at Wei Ran silently, and coughed again pretending to behave...

The banquet was still in the beautiful atmosphere. Zuo Hengnian looked at the prince, tightened his fists, and then prepared to walk towards Wei Zhen.

"Your Majesty, there will be something to report!"

Unexpectedly, Zuo Hengnian had just taken the lead, but Gao Mi took the lead and knelt in front of Wei Zhen on one knee, and had no choice but to retreat temporarily.

"Gao Aiqing, what's the matter with you?"

Wei Zhen said with a smile that Wei Zhen’s relationship with him was like walking on thin ice for this powerful minister who was rumored to seize his throne, and he didn’t want to tear his last face with him.
Chapter completed!