Alien King

Chapter 7
The imperial capital, the early dynasty.

The emperor was in a good mood, and before Eunuch Li could speak, he said, "The first batch of steel crossbows with pulleys have arrived at Beilao Pass. According to the news that came back, the effect is very good. Several attacks by the Eka Seventh Army have suffered heavy casualties. , the chief general Snowlin was also injured, and now the Eka people have retreated ten miles and retreated into Uzterburg. The pressure in the North Prison has been greatly reduced, and I can finally sleep peacefully."

All the ministers below echoed the sound of joy and congratulations.But Ye Tian could tell that the voice of congratulations probably didn't come from the heart in all likelihood, it was just echoing the emperor's mood.

The emperor suddenly changed the subject, and said to Yang Qi'an, Minister of Lizheng, "Qi'an, what did we say when we asked Tianbi?"

As soon as these words came out, Lin Chengzhou and Qin Ruhua coughed at the same time.

Yang Qi’s back turned cold when he heard the case, but facing the emperor’s question, he had no choice but to straighten his hair and say: “Return to the emperor, when we asked Tianbi, we wanted to ask for a son-in-law for Princess Chuyu.”

"En", the emperor nodded, and continued: "Now, everyone has seen it, this son-in-law is here now, Ye Qing, listen to the order."

Ye Tian was caught off guard. He didn't expect the emperor to issue an order to him. Just as he was about to kneel down to accept the order, he heard Lin Chengzhou, the minister of military affairs beside him, say: "Your Majesty, the selection of the son-in-law is related to the rise and fall of the empire. However, other factors must also be taken into consideration.”

The emperor frowned and asked, "What other factors should we consider?"

Minister of Government Affairs Qin Ruhua stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the candidates for the son-in-law of the past dynasties not only have excellent literary skills, but also need to have a certain amount of force or magic power. It is the so-called cultivation of both civil and military skills to be able to conquer the world. Otherwise, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty , how can I be convinced."

The emperor frowned even tighter: "Then what should you two do?"

"Martial arts or magic, if President Ye can use the same, we naturally have nothing to say."

The emperor turned his head and looked at Ye Tian: "Ye Qing, martial arts or magic, which one are you good at?"

"Ah?" Ye Tian said awkwardly: "Martial arts and magic? I, I don't know any of them."

The emperor frowned again: "How can you not know anything? There must be more or less."

Ye Tian shook his head: "Reporting to the emperor, I really can't tell you anything."

The emperor still had an expression of disbelief, and stretched out his finger, only to hear a "bang", a tiny fireball burned out from his fingertips, the emperor shook the fireball on his finger, and asked again: "Ye Qing, this one, isn't it?" can you?"

Ye Tian shook his head nervously.

The ministers laughed a little.

What the emperor used was the simplest magic, fireball, and some children with a slightly higher talent in magic could use it, but President Ye didn't know it.

At this time, the emperor's expression was slightly disappointed, he blew out the fireball on his fingertips, stretched out the fingers of the other hand, and tapped lightly on the table next to him, his fingertips slightly touched the table, only to hear "" With a bang, a finger-thick hole appeared on the table.

The emperor asked again: "This, too?"

Ye Tian shook his head awkwardly again.

Some of the ministers were already laughing out loud, the emperor was almost teasing the children.This is the simplest martial art, hard finger skill, an introductory skill that teenagers must learn, but President Ye still doesn't know it.

The disappointment on the emperor's face became even stronger.

At this time, Lin Chengzhou suddenly said: "Perhaps President Ye has not learned martial arts and magic, so he can't know specific martial arts moves and magic skills, but as long as there is martial or magic power in his body, he can practice it in the future and have the potential to become a real magician." mages and warriors, it is also considered a pass."

The emperor nodded and smiled slightly: "Cheng Zhou, how can I check whether Ye Qing possesses mana or force?"

Lin Chengzhou smiled and said: "The emperor has forgotten that when the military affairs academy recruits troops every year, it will use the spirit stone of the sacred mountain to test the force and magic power of every person who enlists in the army. At this moment, the spirit stone is in the military affairs academy."

"Send someone to fetch it quickly," said the emperor.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Lingshi was delivered.

In order to prove the effect of the spirit stone, Lin Chengzhou took the initiative to stroke the spirit stone with his hands first, and the spirit stone immediately emitted strange splendor.

Zhao Dezhi, Counselor of the Armament Department of the Military Affairs Academy, said happily: "Red and green, with yellow and white inside, congratulations, Mr. Lin, you have reached the level of an intermediate Saint Seiya."

Afterwards, everyone in the Military Affairs Academy stroked the spirit stones one by one. The brilliance was either bright or dark, or single-color or multi-colored, and none of them were the same.Some people are surprised, some are proud, some are embarrassed, and some are disappointed.

When it was the turn of the people in the Government Affairs Council to inspect the spirit stones, the brilliance was generally dim, except for Liu Jinglei, the minister of punishment, whose brilliance was colorful, which made everyone sigh.

In the end, Qin Ruhua, Minister of State Affairs, pressed his hand on the spirit stone, and for a moment, the light shot out, making it impossible to look directly at.Everyone exclaimed, Mr. Qin is already at the level of a high-level magician, and his skill is still higher than that of Lin Chengzhou.

Lin Chengzhou snorted softly and turned his head away in disdain.

After Qin Ruhua took the test, he pushed the tray with the spirit stones in front of Ye Tian.

Ye Tian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and gently put his hand on the spirit stone with a feeling of uneasiness.

Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at Lingshi.

The spirit stone seemed to be dead, without any brilliance shining.

Ye Tian was a little unnatural, he withdrew his hand, changed another hand, and pressed it on the spirit stone again.

The spirit stone still hadn't come alive, and it was all gray and faded.

The emperor was stunned on the dragon platform, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Martial power and magic power are innately possessed when a person is born.

Some people are good at the former and some are good at the latter, but people who can't understand both are very rare. To be exact, even if there are, they belong to the kind of unsound people.

This is like human vision and hearing, normal people have both.If you don't have either function, you will be considered as a disabled person.

But today's Ye Tian, ​​above this court, is clearly a disabled person with disabilities by the standards of this world.

The emperor sat slumped on the dragon chair, his eyes straightened.

The son-in-law descended from Wen Tianbi was actually a useless person.

When he woke up, Ye Tian stretched himself, turned over and sat up.

Looking at the empty room, Ye Tian suddenly felt like a dream.

The farce that happened in the court yesterday has spread throughout the capital, and it has become the talk and laughing stock of the common people after dinner.

The people in the city knew one thing, the son-in-law descended from Wentianbi was a natural craftsman, and he made a pulley-type steel crossbow, which solved the crisis at the border.But this son-in-law is actually a cripple, he really has no strength to restrain a chicken, maybe he can't even use the kung fu in bed.

Ye Tian sat by the bed, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said to himself: No matter what others say, go your own way, let others talk.

After saying this, Ye Tian himself felt a chill.

Just as he was about to get out of bed and put on his shoes, there was a knock on the door.

Song Yuzhe opened the door and entered, pointed to the sky outside, and said with a smile: "Look, the sun is almost noon, you are still sleeping, the emperor granted you three days off yesterday, but you can't waste your time. "

Ye Tian smiled awkwardly: "A few days ago I was rushing to make a bow, and I was really tired, and I couldn't get up when I fell asleep."

Song Yuzhe sat by the bed and looked at Ye Tian: "Are you worrying about what happened in court yesterday?"

Ye Tian shook his head: "It's not enough to be disturbed, but my body is very different from ordinary people. Apart from being a craftsman, I'm afraid I can't do more for the country."

Song Yuzhe patted Ye Tian on the shoulder: "Your current position is very delicate."

Ye Tian looked at Song Yuzhe, and could clearly hear something in Song Yuzhe's words.

"You must remember the words of the old man. As the vice president of the Royal Trade Union, no matter who wins you in the future, you must stand on the position of the emperor."

Ye Tian nodded.

Song Yuzhe took out a few silver bills and handed them to Ye Tian: "This is your salary for this month, and it also includes your reward for supervising the manufacture of the pulley-type steel crossbow, a total of 30 taels of silver."

Ye Tian held the bank note in his hand, but he had no idea about the 30 taels of silver. Ye Tian didn't have an intuitive feeling about the actual purchasing power of one tael of silver in this world.

"Approximately how much rice or flour can you buy for one tael of silver?" Ye Tian asked.

"Food prices in the capital are relatively high. A bag of rice noodles is fifty catties, about two hundred Wen, and one tael of silver is equivalent to one thousand Wen. You can buy five bags of rice noodles." Song Yuzhe explained.

Ye Tian nodded, and had a preliminary estimate of the actual value of the world's currency.

A bag of ordinary rice noodles in later generations weighs about [-] catties and costs [-] yuan.If calculated in this way, one tael of silver is roughly equivalent to five hundred yuan in later generations.

30 taels of silver is 5000 yuan.

The monthly salary of [-] is almost equivalent to the salary of senior white-collar workers and middle-level business managers in later generations.This salary level is quite reasonable for Ye Tian's position.

Song Yuzhe looked at the empty room, and the messy blueprints and drafting equipment in the corner, and said: "The fiscal expenditure of the Ministry of Taxation and Administration is quite strict, and the Royal Trade Union has no extra source of income, so we can only point to this salary .However, as a second-rank official of the imperial court, it is always unreasonable for you to have no maids and servants around you. Although this salary is not much, it is more than enough to buy a housekeeper and a maid."

After a pause, Song Yuzhe said again: "The Flower Street in the south of Beijing is a famous human flesh market. Take some time to go shopping, pick a few smart and hardworking ones back, and buy some belongings to support the family first. "

Hearing Song Yuzhe's words, Ye Tian's ulterior motives flooded again. If there is a girl like Tingxue in this family...

(End of this chapter)