Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Yes, Father."

Old Li nodded.

He didn't make a sound, as if his throat was so tired that he didn't want to make another sound.

"Father, this will be outside, and the military orders are not given, so I don't need to say such common sense. I think that although General Niu Jinda did not actively defeat Tubo after he arrived in Songzhou, he did not lose Songzhou, so he did not make any mistakes. It seems inappropriate to judge General Niu's inaction in the rear." Li Chengqian said.

"What do you think?" Old Li asked, closing his eyes.

Li Chengqian said: "I think Hou Junji is a little more active? Compared to him, he is the Minister of War, and it is not him who wants to lead troops..."

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian stopped and said nothing about it.

Old Li opened his eyes and looked at Li Chengqian with a smile. After a while, he nodded and said, "That's right, Hou Junji is active."

It seems that Li Chengqian doesn't think it's wrong. If Old Li said this, then Li Chengqian will no longer hide it. He asked:

"Then why did you ask Hou Junji to lead his troops out and convict Niu Jinda?"

When all the ministers discussed major issues here before, all the palace maids and eunuchs here were driven out.

Now that the meeting is over, the eunuchs and palace maids have not come in, and the guards have also been swept by Li Chengqian. Only Li Yifeng and Li Chengqian and his son are left here.

Old Li said lightly: "Hou Junji wants to lead his troops out, so he naturally wants to rob the merits. When I let him go out, I naturally believe that Niu Jinda can do what I want him to do at this time. If it cannot be done, then Niu Jinda will be useless. If you let him replace him, you can also protect him!"

Li Chengqian didn't quite understand, but Old Li had calculated everything, so Li Chengqian didn't have to worry anymore.

Old Li seemed very satisfied with Li Chengqian Jinyao's performance and asked, "You should learn more from Confucius and use your brain more in everything. Don't be like before, not going to school or court, or like what you look like."

After he finished teaching the lesson, he asked, "Is there a new clue about Wei Zheng you followed??"

Li Chengqian shook his head.

Old Song seemed to have been calmed down by Wei Zheng, so he did not look for other accomplices during this period.

Of course, Li Chengqian knew that if there were new clues, Old Li would have known it a long time ago and would not ask himself.

He asked himself this now, just because he wanted to have a close relationship with him.

After returning from Ganlu Palace, Su Mi was comparing with two new toothbrushes. She put it down after Li Chengqian came in.

"What's wrong? You have to look at the toothbrush so carefully?" Li Chengqian asked.

While taking a cloth towel to wash Li Chengqian's face and hands, Su Mi asked Xiao Xiami to get the food and said, "Your Highness, this is a new toothbrush that the carpenter said!"

After hearing her words, Li Chengqian picked it up and looked at it. The hair of the toothbrush was very good, and it was not as flat as before. Instead, it was trimmed and made into a wavy shape like the modern one.

Put down one piece and pick up the other one to see. This piece only has one more layer of craftsmanship than the one just now. The hair of the previous piece is slightly cut neatly, while this piece of hair is slightly broken and turned into a broken toothbrush.

Seeing the broken toothbrush, Li Chengqian's eyes lit up. This carpenter is really good at putting his skills. This is just something he said casually before, but he didn't expect that he really made it.

"I heard from the carpenter that these hairs were taken from monkeys and were much more durable than other hairs!" Su Mi said.

Li Chengqian was also hungry at this time, so he sat down and started eating, but he didn't care much about the toothbrush.

Second, when he went to Xiamaling Royal Village, Fatty Zhu found Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, the foreman has been found!"

"Is the technology passing? Is it reliable?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Absolutely pass, absolutely pass. He is a family of craftsmen, and his craft has been passed down from his ancestors. He is the younger brother of the carpenter in the palace, dear!" said Fatty Zhu, "and the Crown Princess even handed over the words, so he used him."

"Crown Princess? Carpenter Lu?" Li Chengqian remembered the toothbrush he had last night, and then he understood a little.

It seems that Carpenter Lu heard some news from here yesterday, and immediately walked in the East Palace. After the consent of the Crown Princess, he gave Fatty Zhu benefits, so Carpenter Lu got the project.

Although Li Chengqian only needs to complete the project and does not care what his subordinates go, he is curious about what benefits Su Mi got, so that she agreed to hand over the phone to Fatty Zhu like so plainly.

You must ask this after you go back.

"You go and find Foreman Lu, I'll see how he wants to build the road!" Li Chengqian said.

Fatty Zhu went down and only took a rough man after half a day. He looked a little like Master Lu, but his body was much stronger than Master Lu.

"Mr. Lu has seen His Highness the Crown Prince." Foreman Lu bowed.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "You know the road construction project I want to do. From Chang'an to Jeju, tell me how you want to build this road!"

From the news that was sent by Yao yesterday to the journey between him and God in the morning last night, it has not been too long now. So it can be seen that the Lu Foreman was not preparing for it.

But after hearing Li Chengqian's words, Lu's eyelids slightly curled, and then opened them, he said: "Your Highness, Lu has not seen the magical part of cement mentioned by Butler Zhu, so he has not been able to say all the arrangements. Now he can only tell you the general route. From Chang'an to Jeju, you have to pass through Shangzhou, Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Huazhou, Yunzhou, and then to Jeju. The specialty of cement is to make the road as hard as stone and flat, so as long as you lay cement on the original official roads of these states!"

"Well, it makes sense." Li Chengqian nodded.

Foreman Lu asked, "But Your Highness, Chang'an to Jeju are more than a thousand miles apart. Not to mention the time it takes to be built, the material resources will be extremely huge, just like Yang Guang built a canal back then, which almost exhausted his national strength! I wonder if Your Highness has any thoughts?"

What he said was because he was afraid that Li Chengqian would only be on a whim and did not consider the issue of money. He also wanted to know whether Li Chengqian had enough financial resources to let him continue to repair this road.

Li Chengqian can only earn money now. Although the papermaking workshop has also opened, there are not many people who buy paper now, so the situation of the papermaking workshop is still very awkward and can only barely maintain it. Sometimes he has to pay for money to enter.

The cement factory has just started production, and I don’t know what the money will be, but in the future, it will be posted on the roads of Chang'an and Jeju.
Chapter completed!