"Report to your Majesty that the Arab envoys Faisal and Zaika are asking for an audience." Eunuch Gao received the report from the young eunuch and approached Li Shimin's ear and said.
Originally, it was a good thing to have foreign envoys to visit, and there was no need to be so secretive. But these Arab envoys were different. First of all, they should be regarded as Lin Yi's subordinates. From Lin Yi's point of view, they were much shorter than the emperor.
, In addition, according to their customs, they would rather behead their heads than kneel to Li Shimin, which Li Shimin has already fully understood. During the banquet, they even grabbed food with their hands and refused to change their behavior despite repeated admonitions. Li Shimin almost coaxed them out, and even more
Not to mention their incomprehensible Tang Dynasty dialect, communication was difficult. If it weren't for Lin Yizai, Li Shimin wouldn't be able to understand what they were saying. Anyway, Li Shimin didn't want to see them again. It was because Eunuch Gao knew
This is why I reported it quietly.
"Ask them what's the matter?" Li Shimin's expression did not change, he just gave Gao Yuan instructions.
Lin also heard the conversation between them. Since he drove Feisal away in disgust, he has not had time to pay attention to them these days. However, he heard that these people are quite self-reliant and even learned to speak Tang Dynasty dialect.
But why are these people meeting the emperor? Have you forgotten the embarrassment last time?
After a while, Eunuch Gao came back and reported: "Your Majesty, they said they wanted to participate in the test flight of the airship because it was the invention of King Zhongshan."
It was really difficult for Eunuch Gao to understand their thoughts. It seems that these people still need to practice their Tang dialect.
"Just the two of them? Then let them in." Li Shimin thought it was very interesting that two people from distant countries participated in the test flight of the airship, especially if it was recorded in history books. Then future generations would know about it.
How influential Tang is! This can be regarded as a way for Li Shimin to save face.
"Father, I want to go too." Li Tai, who had been standing obediently behind Li Chengqian just now, suddenly came out and requested.
Li Shimin looked back at him. He didn't want to agree at first, but thinking that Li Tai had completed the integration of the temple almost perfectly some time ago, and he hadn't rewarded him with anything yet, it seemed a bit awkward if he didn't approve of this now.
Too domineering.
"Go, be careful." Li Shimin finally relented, but Li Chengqian was not very happy because his father didn't even tell him to be careful.
He cautiously got under the horns. Li Tai smiled happily, and Empress Changsun shrewdly saw all this.
In fact, Lin Yi should have been able to observe it, if his attention was not attracted by Feisal.
These two people, who refused to salute the emperor even to death, came to the square in front of the Ganlu Palace, but they gave Lin Yi a prostrate salute, leaving everyone stunned.
Then Lin Yi received Li Shimin's unkind look, and he had to smile back awkwardly. Faisal really hurt him. He hadn't given such a gift for a long time. Why is he so crazy today?
"Okay, let me roll the names, Cheng Yaojin, Li Tai, Kong Yingda, Liu Tian... and Xu Da and the two envoys. Just the twelve of you, let's take a test flight now!" It was originally a very happy thing.
, I was put in a bad mood again by these two Arab guys.
After hearing his godfather's order, Lin Yi quickly rushed to the airship as if he was evading it. Cheng Yaojin was also rushing like him. Others walked over steadily, including the Arabs who everyone thought were ignorant of etiquette.
Li Shimin and the ministers were speechless for a while. They really didn't know how to describe this scene.
A burst of joyful and encouraging music sounded, and then Lin Yi saw a dozen people standing silently beside the wall, playing many instruments he didn't recognize, but the music sounded very nice.
He came to the side of the airship, pressed his hand on a formation, and the step-like door gently lowered. At this time, Li Chengqian and others happened to arrive, so everyone filed into the airship.
After entering, everything he saw was red. He didn't know how happy the craftsmen wanted to make the airship. Lin Yi was very unhappy and tore off the two red lanterns. He felt that these craftsmen had really ruined his life.
Airship.
However, Faisal and Zaika picked up the red lantern and looked at it carefully and curiously for a long time before coming over to ask Lin Yi what it was used for.
Lin Yi pulled various kinds of red silk and answered Feisal's questions casually. The others looked around in the airship. They were used to the sofa-like seats. Even Feisal and the others were used to it these days.
I am used to many things in Datang.
So what attracts these people the most is the scenery, which is the scenery seen from the glass window.
The first thing the monarchs and ministers who were waiting for the test flight of the airship outside saw were little heads appearing in the windows of the airship.
Li Shimin only felt the black line at his end. What on earth did these people do when they ran up there? He waited for so long and there was no movement at all. They were still looking down curiously. What are they doing? Do you want to experience the feeling of looking down at people?
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Lin Yi and the others were on the high airship and could overlook everyone, including Li Shimin. This made Li Shimin feel very unhappy.
"Xiao Yi, stop worrying about those red silks and take off quickly." Li Chengqian helped Lin Yi pull the red silks together at first, but those people actually made too much, and they were too tight and difficult to pull.
These things are such a waste of time.
"Yes, Brother Yi, everyone is waiting for us." Li Tai said gently and elegantly.
"Wow, I really like this feeling of being at a high place. I don't want to go down anymore!" Cheng Yaojin shouted loudly, choking Lin Yi who was about to speak.
Lin Yi curled his lips, do you like watching so much? Then let these people watch enough! He started to click on the start button, and some formations on the front platform of the airship lit up, flickered for a while and then went out.
Lin Yi sat on the driver's seat, held the lever and slowly pulled it. The airship shook slightly, and then began to rise slowly.
Li Shimin and the ministers looked at the airship rising little by little in front of them. They were both excited and surprised. It was one thing to imagine, but to think that such a big thing made of steel was like this in front of them.
As they flew straight up into the sky, they all instinctively rubbed their eyes, as if it was hard to believe that this was true.
The airship was getting higher and higher, and in Li Shimin's eyes, it was getting smaller and smaller. Only when it disappeared did Li Shimin remember that he had not set a time for Lin Yi. When could this unreliable boy fly back?
He doesn't know at all.
Does he have to wait here forever? But if he doesn't wait, won't this test flight end in an anticlimax?!
What is this? Li Shimin's expression slowly began to change.
Empress Changsun seemed to know what he was thinking. She gently pulled Li Shimin's clothes from behind and gave him a warm smile.
Li Shimin patted Empress Changsun's hand with some helplessness and comfort, and then decided to wait here for a quarter of an hour to see if that bastard could drive the airship back, or maybe his two sons could remember and remind him to come back.
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Cheng Yaojin was really overly excited. He had already felt very excited when he was on the flying chariot. It was so high! From above, people looked like little ants, but now he couldn't even see the little ants.
Even the imperial city had turned into a small square, and the clouds in the sky were floating in front of him. He wanted to reach out and touch it.
He wasn't the only one who thought so.
"Brother Yi, can this window be opened?" Li Tai asked a particularly silly question. Of course, Li Chengqian had asked this question when he was helping Lin Yi.
"No, it will kill people." Lin Yi replied simply. He didn't want to explain the air pressure problem to Li Tai. Besides, even if he explained it, Li Tai wouldn't understand.
"Why do people die?" Cheng Yaojin asked.
Lin Yi replied without looking back: "Are you ready to spend two hours listening to my explanation?"
"Uh... no, no, forget it." Cheng Yaojin waved his hand. Like his son, he was particularly afraid of Lin Yi's nagging, and it was the kind of nagging that they couldn't understand.
Faisal and Zaika kept kneeling on the ground, mumbling something unknown. Even Lin Yi, who had lived there for a long time, could only understand what they heard.
"Huh? Why does it seem to be getting lower and lower?" Li Chengqian was very sensitive to the fact that the altitude had dropped because he was using his mental power to communicate with the magical elements outside the airship. As a result, he found that Lin was preparing to land.
"That's right! Xiaoyi, fly quickly." Cheng Yaojin hasn't had enough!
Li Tai didn't speak, he just squinted his eyes and stared at the vast land below. This feeling of being high above the ground was so good. Even though it seemed a bit overwhelming, he liked it, very much! His liking was similar to that of Cheng
Biting gold is different.
"Do you know what a test flight is?" Lin Yi asked back, completely ignoring Cheng Yaojin's request.
In fact, Li Shimin was worried for nothing. Lin Yi had participated in the test flight ceremony dozens of times. How could he not understand that the test flight usually only takes a few minutes, and it just means that the machine is easy to use.
Cheng Yaojin stopped saying anything, because he could never beat Lin Yi in this regard, but he was really disappointed that he only flew for such a short time.
"Look... they're back, they're back."
I don't know which minister with sharp eyes first saw a flash of light in the sky. Then everyone raised their heads and squinted their eyes to see that the silver color was getting bigger and flying towards them.
"Xiaoyi is still very good, isn't he? He came back in just ten minutes." Empress Changsun said with a smile.
Li Shimin nodded in agreement. Fortunately, this kid was still strong at the critical moment.
The airship parked steadily in the square of Ganlu Hall. It was in the same position as before, as if it had never flown before.
The door opened, and Li Chengqian was the first to walk out, came to Li Shimin, knelt down respectfully, and said loudly: "Report to the emperor, the first test flight of the airship... was successful!"