After listening to Li Ke's words, Old Li Tou wanted to give Li Ke a kick.
The bed crossbow that he had spent half a million yuan to get finally turned out to be nothing when it came to Li Ke's mouth?
Didn't he see the power of this crossbow just now?
Even the wall made of blue bricks collapsed, so why is there nothing left?
"Li Ke, let's put it this way, the eight-oxen crossbow and the three-bow crossbow developed by your academy are extremely powerful." The emperor suddenly had an idea.
Since Li Ke knew so clearly, couldn't he ask him to tell him how to make the two bed crossbows?
In this way, I don't have to go to Zhao Chen.
If you go to find Zhao Chen by yourself, in addition to trying to please him, it is certain that you will also spend a lot of money.
Otherwise, with Zhao Chen's temper, he would definitely not let him go easily.
"That's for sure, and the academy's crossbows shoot three arrows at a time. Father, you know how terrifying it is when you think about it." Li Ke nodded, with excitement on his face.
He also participated in the production of bed crossbows in the Academy.
More or less, he has a share of the credit.
"In that case, Ke'er, can you make one yourself? If you can, my father can..."
"No, Father, the bed crossbow in the academy is made according to the drawings given by the teacher."
"We all operate according to the drawings. Unless my father can get the drawings from Mr., we won't be able to build it!" Li Ke shook his head.
His answer disappointed Li Shimin.
If you can get the blueprints from Zhao Chen, you might as well just ask Zhao Chen to do it for you.
"So what you said means nothing at all, right?" The emperor frowned, a trace of annoyance flashing across his face.
"No, the main thing is to let my father know that the five hundred thousand guan you allocated to the Ministry of War was really wasted."
"If you give us the academy..."
"I'll give it to you, sir!" Before Li Ke could finish speaking, the emperor kicked him to the ground in anger.
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Hou Junji hurriedly left the Ordnance Supervision and went straight to the Yamen of the Ministry of War.
It's almost noon now. As one of the six departments of the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of War also eats from the public family.
There is a special dining room in the Yamen.
Military officials will have their lunch in the dining room.
"Mr. Chen, how much did you win or lose in Yingou yesterday? Why did you come to eat at the dining room today?" an official from the Ministry of War and his neighbor asked with a smile.
The so-called Silver Gou is the famous casino in Chang'an City.
From the officials' children to the ordinary people, they all like to go wherever they want to play.
Many officials from the Ministry of War also often gambled.
"Oh, don't mention it. I'm so lucky. I lost thousands of coins in one night." The official named Chen looked annoyed and waved to the official next to him.
"Haha, it's only a thousand guan, it's not a lot of money."
"Anyway, the last time Master Shangshu distributed the winter subsidy to everyone, it was two thousand gu."
"Not bad, not bad. Mr. Chen can go and have fun again today. Maybe he will get his money back!"
"Oh, forget it, Master Shangshu has not been in a good mood recently. If he finds out that I still go to Yingou, he will be furious."
"Yes, yes, it's all the fault of those useless craftsmen in the Ordnance Supervisor. They can't even make a bed crossbow."
"If they hadn't run so fast, I would have given them a hard time."
"Indeed, they can run fast!"
While the officials of the Ministry of War were eating, they talked about the Ordnance Supervision's study of bed crossbows.
But he had already put all the responsibility on the escaped craftsmen of the weapons supervisor.
When Hou Junji arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the officials had already had lunch and were sitting in the sun drinking tea and chatting.
Seeing Hou Junji approaching with a bad look on his face, all the officials quickly stood up and saluted him.
"Officials from all departments and above, all come to my study to discuss matters." Hou Junji glanced at the officials and said coldly.
Everyone was puzzled, but they had time to ask questions and hurriedly followed Hou Junji.
The Ministry of War Yuanwai Lang is an official of the sixth rank of the Ministry of War, and there are two persons.
On top of the Yuan Wai Lang, there are two other men, namely, two men and two ministers.
All six of them were close confidants of Hou Junji.
Of the 500,000 guan allocated by the Ministry of Revenue, Hou Junji took 200,000 guan himself, and 100,000 guan was distributed to these six cronies.
There was also a sum of money distributed to other officials of the Ministry of War.
The research expenses left to the weapons supervisor are less than 30%.
Hou Junji knew that Zhao Chen wanted to ask for the three hundred thousand copper coins from him, so he would definitely come.
If he can't get it out by then, Zhao Chen will never settle down.
On the contrary, it will make everyone aware of it.
If things get serious and the research expenses allocated by the Ministry of Finance are exposed, everything will be over.
"Master Shangshu, what happened? Why does your face look so ugly?" In the study, an official and Hou Junji asked.
"The problem of the bed crossbow's insufficient power has been solved!" Hou Junji said lightly without any joy on his face.
"Is the problem solved? That's a great thing!"
"The problem of bed crossbows has been solved, and we can have an explanation with His Majesty. This is a great thing. Why is Master Shangshu so unhappy?"
"Just now, Your Majesty and Zhao Chen went to the weapons inspection. Zhao Chen solved the problem of insufficient power of the bed crossbow."
"His Majesty has given an order that the weapons inspection will be under the supervision of Zhao Chen in the future!" Hou Junji remained expressionless.
The officials' expressions changed slightly.
The Ordnance Supervision is an important department of the Ministry of War. Hou Junji tried to place his own people in it several times, but was always vetoed by the emperor.
Zhao Chen went to the Ordnance Supervision, which was indeed a constraint for Hou Junji.
But it's not a big problem.
After all, Hou Junji is still the minister and the immediate superior of the Military Supervisor.
"Master Shangshu, there is no need to be embarrassed. So what if Zhao Chen becomes the warden of weapons? How long can he be able to keep up under Master Shangshu?" the Minister of War and Hou Junji consoled him.
"Do you think I am angry about this?" Hou Junji said with a cold look on his face:
"Your Majesty said that the Ministry of War's research on crossbows is ineffective, so I asked the Ministry of War to remove 300,000 guan of silver and hand it over to Wannian County Duke Zhao Chen before the hour tomorrow..."
"What?"
"The Ministry of War moved 300,000 yuan?"
"Why?"
"How can the Ministry of War have so much money?"
"How could your Majesty think that our Ministry of War would give 300,000 yuan to Zhao Chen?"
Hou Junji's words immediately ignited the crowd.
How did they come up with 300,000 yuan?
Isn't this a joke?
"I am not joking with you. At midnight tomorrow, Zhao Chen will go to my residence to get the money."
"You guys also shared a lot of money last time. I won't embarrass you this time. The six of you will collect one hundred thousand guan and deliver it to my palace before midnight tonight, otherwise..." Hou Junji Leng
He said with a gloomy face.
"Lord Shangshu!"
"Master Shangshu, I have lost all the money I distributed last time, and I really can't get it back!"
"I don't care, that's your business. If you don't see one hundred thousand dollars before midnight tonight."
"You can imagine the consequences for yourself." Hou Junji stood up and said in a deep voice.?