"Back to your Majesty, there are many good things in the house. When you were crowned King Jin, His Majesty gave you many rare things. I brought the list of these things for you to take a look at. You seem to have forgotten it.
!”
Li Chang quickly bowed and said.
“It’s good to have it!”
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be really embarrassing for a majestic king of the Jin Dynasty if he didn't even have something to offer as a betrothal gift!
"Leave a few of those items just in case, and load the rest into the truck for Prime Minister Pei to send!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Hearing this, Li Chang's eyes flashed with distress, but he still spoke quickly.
"Ahem~"
At this time, Li Yuan finally couldn't help it and coughed.
"Xuanba, I have already prepared your betrothal gift. There is no need to use the inner treasury of your palace!"
"Um?"
Li Xuan was startled, then said with certainty: "This is my marriage to my mother-in-law, and the betrothal gift will come from the palace of Prince Jin of Jin!"
"Humph, Erlang's betrothal gift was also given by me!"
Li Yuan said, "I have prepared your betrothal gift. I have started loading the car now. It can be loaded in two days!"
"Two days?"
Li Xuan was surprised, "How much is the betrothal gift?"
"There are sixty-six cars in total, but they are all expensive items. They need to be installed very carefully, so it will take a little longer!"
Li Yuan said slowly.
"Sixty-six cars?"
Li Xuan was shocked again.
"Um!"
Li Yuan glanced at Li Xuan and said, "Don't be depressed. The collection of your Jin Prince's possessions is enough for sixty-six carts of rare treasures. However, this betrothal gift is the last thing I can do for you!"
After saying that, I couldn't help but sigh.
Then, he asked with a serious face: "Xuanba, once the betrothal gift is over, it's time for the invitation. How long do you want to marry the princess?"
"After the construction of the villa is completed!"
Li Xuan said directly.
"Why wait until the construction of the other courtyard is completed?"
Li Yuan was startled.
"It's just the right time to marry the princess back to another courtyard!" Li Xuan said.
Li Yuan was stunned.
Li Chang, who was beside him, changed his expression slightly and said quickly: "Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
"Why?" Li Xuan asked doubtfully.
"Your Majesty, when the princess enters the palace, she either stays in the Jin Palace in Bingzhou or in the Jin Palace in Chang'an. How can she go to another palace to marry? Such behavior is not in line with etiquette!" Li Chang explained quickly.
"..."
Only then did Li Xuan realize that this was the most etiquette place in the Tang Dynasty.
The palace is the residence that represents him as the King of the Jin Dynasty, and no matter how extravagantly decorated the other courtyard is, it will always be a separate courtyard and cannot be put on the stage. If you marry the palace to another courtyard, in the eyes of outsiders, you will become the King of the Jin Dynasty.
He looked down upon the princess at all, and even outsiders looked down on the princess.
"In this case, let's keep our eyes on the time after the autumn harvest!" Li Xuan said.
"good!"
At this time, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
After eating, we headed to Chang'an City.
After Li Yuan left, Lijiazhuang welcomed another group of "tourists".
Now, Li Xuan calls those who come to Lijiazhuang and do nothing but idle around as tourists!
However, although Li Xuan was not interested in these 'tourists', Gong Sun Nian, the general prisoner, and Chu Suiliang, the chief minister of the Jin Dynasty, were all overjoyed.
"I will serve as a prisoner to pay homage to His Majesty and all the great princes!"
"I, Shi Chu Suiliang, Chief of the Palace of the Prince of Jin, pay homage to Your Majesty, pay homage to the princes, and pay homage to all the princes!"
"My dear friends, please excuse yourself!"
Li Shimin's face was full of gentleness, and he waited until Gongsun Nian and Chu Suiliang had finished their meeting.
He couldn't help but stomped the road under his feet, his face full of curiosity and surprise.
"I will serve as a prisoner. Is this the concrete road you mentioned?"
"Back to Your Majesty, this road is a cement road!"
Gongsun Nian said quickly.
"Okay, it's really a magical thing. In just a few days, we were able to build such a wide and smooth road in Lijiazhuang!"
On the side, Cheng Zhijie, Li Chongyi and others looked at the gray road leading directly to Lijiazhuang Village in front of them, their faces full of amazement.
"Chu Changshi, tell me quickly, what kind of cement is this road really made of? It's so flat and hard, instead of the huge rocks that the King of Jin moved with his divine power?"
"What nonsense are you talking about, Mr. Cheng? This road is at least ten feet wide and infinitely long. How can there be such a huge stone in the world?"
Li Xiaogong sneered and looked at Chu Suiliang.
"Chu Changshi, I wonder how long it will take to build this road and how much money it will cost?"
"Back to the king, the cement was made by the king asking the craftsmen below to calcine it. It is not valuable. What costs more is the wages of the craftsmen and laborers!" Chu Suiliang explained.
After hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes lit up and he quickly looked at Gongsun Nian.
Gongsun Nian nodded repeatedly.
On the side, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others also looked happy and thoughtful.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Li Shimin and others seemed to hear someone shouting and couldn't help but look up.
I could vaguely see a person at the end of the same concrete road in front of me, shouting to the craftsmen beside him. Judging from his appearance, it should be Zi Ren!
A trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes.
"Chu Changshi, are they building a cement road over there?"
Before Li Shimin could ask the question, Cheng Zhijie on the side had already asked with curiosity on his face.
"Go back to your home, Duke, that's right!"
Chu Suiliang replied quickly.
"Your Majesty, the cement road is being built. Can I, old Cheng, go over and take a look?"
Cheng Zhijie's face lit up, he said something to Li Shimin, then dragged Chu Suiliang and ran over there.
"His Majesty?"
Beside them, Li Chongyi, Changsun Wuji and others also looked forward to it.
"Let's go, I'll go over and take a look!"
"yes!"
With that said, the group of people walked towards the place where the road was being built.
After walking in, everyone could see a Ziren holding something like an iron gourd in his hand and shouting loudly.
And around it, a group of craftsmen and laborers were like mixing mud, using water to mix a pile of gray soil and some sand evenly.
Then, two soldiers pushed a small iron cart and pushed the gray soil towards the road in the distance.
There, a group of craftsmen were using scrapers to smooth out the gray soil, with strips of wooden boards blocking both sides.
"Your Majesty, this gray soil is cement. Mix it with sand evenly, and then pour it on the road. After it dries, it will be as hard as a boulder. From now on, this cement road will not be afraid of flooding or being run over by wheels!
"
General Supervisor Gongsun Nian quickly explained from the side.
"This thing is so magical!"
Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others all had shocked faces.
It was like making clay, so he poured the cement on the ground, and when it dried, it became as hard as a boulder. What if it was used to build roads in the Tang Dynasty? Just thinking about it, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel excited.
Then, when he thought of something, Li Shimin quickly looked at Gongsun Nian: "Is it the same for a prisoner to build a house?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there is a difference in building a house!"
Gongsun Nian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please come with me. Steel and small stones are needed to build a house. The house made of water is hundreds of times harder than the road!"
"Harder than the road?"
Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others were full of expectations.
While he was talking, Gongsun Nian had already led Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie to a huge pit!
Under the deep pit, there are more than 300 craftsmen, with more than 500 laborers, doing work in an orderly manner that Li Shimin and others cannot understand!