20demayo Chapter 833 Finalizing Cooperation
Chapter 833 Finalizing Cooperation
The emperor is actually a very easy to talk to emperor, and can even be called a wise ruler that is rare in a thousand years.
He is broad-minded, kind-hearted and loves his people. He will listen to any advice that is beneficial to the people.
Even officials who were appreciated by him would occasionally receive a joke from him.
However, this does not mean that his nose hair can be looked at casually by officials!
"I'll fine you two months' salary as payment to the Ministry of Revenue!" the emperor said viciously to Lu Butang.
Before Lu Botang could speak, Ji Benchang slid out of the line and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise and merciful! But I think two months is not enough!"
Seeing that he was about to be grabbed by Ji Benchang again, Lu Botang quickly stepped out and said, "I saw the divine object and was very excited. I spoke without restraint. I know I was wrong and I accept the punishment!"
"Tsk——" Ji Benchang replied unhappily.
The emperor took the telescope in his hand and played with it, and asked Lu Botang with a smile: "How about this thing?"
Lu Botang swallowed his saliva, his eyes flashing with excitement, "I didn't see it clearly just now, I want to take another look..."
The emperor smiled and waved at him.
Lu Botang retracted his gaze and looked eagerly at General Lin, "Master..."
General Lin scratched his ears. "Hiss - what did someone tell me last night? Am I possessed? Am I old and blind? No matter who I am, I must get out of this body?"
Lu Botang's neck suddenly turned red, and he stammered, "Wrong, wrong, it was my disciple who was blind and didn't recognize the great man. I mistook the treasure for a blade of grass..."
General Lin raised his telescope and looked at it by himself, saying, "Not enough."
Lu Botang subconsciously looked at Shen Zheng, who was at the rear of the car, and said, "I will definitely treat Master Shen well in the future and will not let her suffer any grievances..."
"A toad wants to eat swan flesh!" General Lin said with disdain, "Little Shen is not going to marry you, so say it again!"
Lu Botang blushed to his ears, "That's not what I meant! From now on, I will never disobey you and will follow Master Xiao Shen's lead!"
"Hmm..." General Lin finally smiled, "That's right, but it's too early for you to say that. Xiao Shen has more than just these in stock."
Lu Botang immediately thought of the bow he had talked about last night.
The wooden tube that can see far is real, so how can the thousand-step aiming bow be fake?
That’s thousands of steps away!
Lu Botang shuddered all over and his heart became extremely hot.
"Man'er, do you still want to watch?" Just as he was thinking, the general standing on his right touched him, his face slightly impatient, "The people behind us are still waiting."
When he turned his head, he saw five pairs of eyes looking at him quietly.
"Look!" Lu Botang took the telescope from General Lin, "Wait a minute!"
"Hurry up, we have a lot to deal with." Several people on the right urged together.
I don't know how long it took, but there were frequent gasps in the hall, and sometimes people screamed, and sometimes people shouted "God bless our Great Zhou", and some generals were panting heavily, saying that they wanted to rush to the battlefield at this moment to get back everything they had lost before.
But the most common action everyone did was to turn their heads frequently and look towards the left rear side of the hall.
Several extremely eager gazes fell on Shen Zheng, and Shen Zheng scratched the side of his face uncomfortably.
Don't listen to the screams of the officials in the palace, but she is the only real monkey in the palace.
After an unknown amount of time, the cheers finally died down. The emperor took in everyone's reactions and asked, "My dear ministers, I would like to ask you, can you sell these glasses to the Xiongnu?"
All the officials looked at the emperor in amazement.
Only at this moment did they finally understand the emperor's subtle expression last night.
No wonder the emperor was not afraid of the Huns coveting the glasses.
No wonder Lord Shen said those ambiguous words.
It turns out that these two are putting on a show for the Hu people!
With this wooden tube that can see far away, glasses that can only correct vision are of no use!
Prime Minister Cui stepped out slowly with a telescope in his hand, and asked with trembling eyes: "Your Majesty, please tell me what this is..."
"It was also made by Lord Shen using colored glaze." This was the emperor's first words.
"Call for a telescope." This was the emperor's second sentence.
"Can see far." This was the emperor's third sentence.
"Minister Shen also said that as technology improves in the future, we can see even further." This was the emperor's last sentence, which was full of boasting.
"As expected..." Prime Minister Cui turned slowly and looked at Shen Zheng with a complicated look. He moved his mouth for a moment and finally said, "On behalf of the Great Zhou court, I would like to thank Lord Shen."
After saying that, he actually bowed and saluted Shen Zheng.
All the officials were shocked and turned to look at Shen Zheng.
Shen Zheng's eyebrows moved slightly, and she responded, "Master Cui, you are too kind to me. As an official appointed by His Majesty, this is my duty."
Her answer made Yu Shizhang very satisfied.
After all the officials turned around, Yu Shizhang whispered, "This old man, he passed the buck everywhere when the wind was unclear, and when the dust settled, he jumped out to make a big show. If we really want to thank him, he doesn't even deserve a name."
Who said no.
Shen Zheng raised the tail of her eyebrows slightly.
This Prime Minister Cui is truly a formalist.
After this incident, all officials had no objection to the joint production of colored glaze with the Huns.
Because Shen Zheng said that a telescope cannot be made just by using glasses lenses.
A telescope made of eyeglass lenses either produces a blurry image or a reduced and inverted image, which is not as clear as what you see with your naked eyes.
Shen Zheng also said that as long as there were no traitors in the imperial court, it would take at least dozens or even hundreds of years for the Huns to learn the technology of making lenses.
All the officials squeezed their buttocks together at the same time and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
A few decades later, the Hu people's territories might all belong to the Great Zhou.
Let’s think about it from another perspective.
Glasses will become popular in the Great Zhou sooner or later. Even if they don't cooperate with the Huns, the Huns will find a way to get them.
Instead of worrying that the other party will go to war with the Great Zhou after gaining the advantage, it would be better to rely on Lord Xiao Shen and create a more powerful telescope. In that way, they can always firmly suppress the Huns.
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After some heated discussions, the cooperation with the Hu people was preliminarily finalized. Ji Benchang and the Honglu Temple, as the main negotiators, would attend the negotiation table after consulting with the Ministry of Works and Shen Zheng.
Ji Benchang was so handsome, and the way he looked at Shen Zheng became even more eager.
He touched the pastries in his arms and was thinking about going home for lunch today when two familiar-looking wooden boxes were moved into the Golden Throne Hall.
The two boxes were not too big, but it was a bit difficult for the palace servants to move them, which meant that the things inside were not light.
Shen Zheng stepped out of the line upon seeing this, but because she was standing at the end of the crowd, she looked a bit like she was guarding the gate of the Golden Palace.
The emperor's mouth twitched slightly, and he waved his hand, "Come forward."
Shen Zheng didn't have a tablet, so she had to walk up with her sleeves rolled up.