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Li Xin narrowed his eyes and said, "You should be clear that whether it's revenge or national restoration, it's just a slogan used to bluff people. It doesn't matter if you shout it on weekdays, but if you believe it, you're really stupid. "

"In the current situation, you can only live your own life. It is only natural to have enough food and clothing. As for other things..."

"If you have the opportunity, you can plot something. If you don't have the opportunity, be honest and don't joke about your own life with the lives of others."

Mu Ying took it for granted, he took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "Lieutenant Li, the spirit you mentioned earlier... can make money?"

Li Xin smiled confidently.

"You will always be by my side for a while, and when this wine starts selling in a few days, you will know whether you can make money."

Mu Ying nodded thoughtfully.

"Li Xiaowei, don't worry, after this enlightenment, Mu Ying will never do anything in the capital to embarrass Li Xiaowei."

He bowed his head slightly and said: "If this kind of strong wine can make our Mu family live a good life, I will write to the adults in the family after a while, asking them to come to the capital and meet Li Xiaowei."

Li Xinxin let out a long sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this person is not suitable for a fool, and he can still listen to him.

Otherwise, if he still has the idea of ​​assassinating the emperor, Li Xin can only find a way to kill him in advance...

If it is not necessary, Li Xin still does not want to kill this guy. After all, to Li Xin, he is the line of Southern Xinjiang. If he dies, this line will be broken.

Without this thread, it would be extremely difficult to catch the next thread...

Chapter 165 Going to See the World

In the next few days, there were no more storms. Ten telescopes were successfully produced. After a series of improvements, this long-barrel telescope is much better than the rough version last time. It is used in the battlefield. is more than enough.

After finishing these ten telescopes, Li Xin also recruited several goldsmiths from the Ministry of Industry, and made several golden dragons on the lens barrel of another telescope, which looked luxurious and incomparable.

In addition to these golden dragon patterns, there is actually no practical value, and it may be obtained, but there is no way, in order to flatter the emperor, this kind of scene work is still necessary.

Anyway, the Ministry of Industry donated gold to finance it, and Li Xin didn't need to pay for it. The public's gold was useless.

After making preparations for flattering, Li Xin found an auspicious day, took the ten "telescopic mirrors" he had prepared, and prepared to enter the palace to face the saint.

This time, most of the credit for making the utensils will be distributed to the Ministry of Industry, so Li Xin entered the palace with a doctor in charge of the utensils of the Ministry of Industry. You're being polite, I think I know something about the relationship between Li Xin and Wei Wangfu.

A fifth-rank Beijing official already played a pivotal role in the court.

Li Xin had a few polite words with him, and then handed over the wooden box containing ten telescopes to the doctor of the Ministry of Engineering, and asked him to hold it in his hand.

This is the credit of the Ministry of Industry, which should be presented to the emperor by the Ministry of Industry.

The two waited at the gate of the palace for about half an hour before the little eunuch came to salute the two, and then led the way, leading the two to the harem of the imperial city.

After some tedious procedures, Li Xin met the Chengde Emperor under a gazebo in the back garden of the palace.

The 45-year-old His Majesty the Emperor has a ruddy complexion and neatly combed black hair, showing no sign of short life at all.

Li Xin glanced at him secretly, then bowed his head respectfully: "Chen Yu Lin Wei Li Xin, I greet Your Majesty."

The engineer from the Ministry of Industry knelt down on his knees, holding up the wooden box in his hand.

"Zhao Gong, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering, greets His Majesty."

Emperor Chengde was taking a nap under the gazebo, flipping through a miscellaneous book, when he heard this, he closed the book, got up and stretched: "Okay, everyone get up and talk."

After the two stood up, Zhao Gong, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry, held the box up to his eyebrows with both hands, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry was fortunate enough to make the ten binoculars that His Majesty ordered yesterday. To His Majesty."

Emperor Chengde glanced at Zhao Gong speechlessly, shook his head and said: "Thanks to your thick skin, you can say such things in front of the righteous master."

Zhao Gong's expression remained unchanged, and he bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, although Li Xiaowei took the lead in these things, our Ministry of Industry did contribute. It is not a problem to say that our Ministry of Industry made them."

"Okay, I will reward the Ministry of Industry and send the things up."

A little eunuch took the wooden box from Zhao Gong's hand and held it up. Emperor Chengde opened the wooden box and saw ten telescopes about ten inches long lying neatly inside. The last time Li Xin made it so simple, the lens barrels of the ten telescopes were all carved with exquisite and simple patterns, which looked very exquisite.

Emperor Chengde squinted his eyes, took out one of them, and looked into the distance. The effect was indeed much better than that of the last mirror. After playing with it for a while, the Emperor's Majesty Longyan was very happy.

"Okay, good stuff!"

The emperor put down the binoculars in his hand and said with a chuckle: "The Ministry of Industry did a good job this time, and the craftsmen involved in this matter will each be rewarded with a hundred guan."

Speaking of this, the emperor glanced at the pitiful Zhao Gong, and shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, I will reward you with two hundred guan and twenty shi for polished rice."

Zhao Gong suddenly smiled, and knelt down to thank: "Your Majesty, thank you."

In fact, he is not short of this little money, but what he lacks is the favor of the emperor. As long as the emperor is willing to reward things, his future official career will be much easier.

"Okay, you go down."

Zhao Gong left happily.

After the doctor walked away, Li Xin, who had been standing aside with his hands down, took out a long and narrow wooden box from his sleeve, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have something here, and I present it to Your Majesty."

Emperor Chengde was playing with those binoculars, when he heard this, he raised his head and glanced at Li Xin with a playful expression: "What is it?"

Li Xin lowered his head and said respectfully: "When I was making the binoculars these few days, I found that among the water jade sent by the palace, there was an unusual piece, not to mention crystal clear, and even more visible It is far away, completely different from other water jades, so I picked it out alone, made another telescope, and presented it to Your Majesty."

While speaking, a little eunuch had already sent up the wooden box in Li Xin's hand. After the long and narrow wooden box was opened, there lay a shining golden telescope with five golden dragons coiling around it. Said, this one is obviously slender and more aesthetic.

This is the one that Li Xin got out to flatter.

Just because of this long and narrow wooden box, when they entered the palace for a body search, those internal guards thought that Li Xin had a weapon with him, and they almost took Li Xin into prison.

Fortunately, Li Xin has the identity of a guard, otherwise he wouldn't even have a chance to explain.

Emperor Chengde glanced at the binoculars first, then looked up at Li Xin with a half-smile.

"Wang Mo and those people were originally honest people. After following you to the southern border, they became a lot more treacherous. It seems that you brought them out."

Li Xin quickly bowed his head: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the subject did not say anything to Captain Wang..."

The emperor of Chengde ignored Li Xin. He took this dragon-patterned binoculars in his hand, put it in his eyes and glanced at the distance. It was indeed much farther than those ordinary things just now. Slightly glanced at Li Xin: "It seems that you are a treacherous boy, and you are hiding your secrets in front of the Ministry of Industry."

Li Xin said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty has wronged my ministers, but this piece of water jade is indeed of the highest quality, so it can see farther than other binoculars."

This thing depends entirely on the length of the lens barrel and the curvature and size of the lens. As long as you spend a little more effort, you can always make something that is farther away.

Emperor Chengde played with it for a while, and then put the dragon-patterned binoculars back into the wooden box. Then Emperor Chengde sat on the stone bench, drank the tea that Chen Ju handed over, and squinted at Li Xin: "You little guy, you are smart, and the city is not shallow, but you still have a lot of unexpected tricks. You are the personal guard of Xiaojiu. I have an errand here. Would you like to do it for me?"

Nonsense, dare I not?

Li Xin bowed his head respectfully: "This minister will never give up!"