Zhenguan ten years, the end of August.
After his mother's condition improved and she was able to get up and move.
All the civil and military officials in the court kept sending memorials to urge him to leave Chang 'an and return to the vassal state.
Li Ke finally began to act.
He had already arranged some matters in Chang 'an after accompanying his mother for a few days.
Early September.
Early morning.
At the west gate of Chang 'an.
Three thousand Black Knights stood in formation.
Li Ke brought his brothers out of the manor.
When he appeared on Vermilion Bird Avenue.
The Emperor and Empress were standing on the walls of the Imperial City.
A carriage came out from the opposite alley. After stopping, Li Tai got out of the carriage."Imperial Brother is about to become a vassal, so Green Sparrow has specially come to send him off.”
He had just finished speaking.
Not far away, the palace gate opposite the moat opened.
"Second Brother, wait…"
"Second brother…"
He saw Li Yin, Li Zhi, Li You, Chang Le, Si Zi, and the other younger brothers and sisters. The older one was riding a pony in front.
The younger ones were followed by the royal guards.
Li Tai couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
He was sure that if he ever went to Juehan, his siblings would never send him off.
He knew very well that his younger siblings did not like him.
Very soon, he felt relieved. In the entire Imperial Family, only this Imperial Brother in front of him had such treatment. Didn't he also come to send him off?
Now that Li Ke was a vassal, he was no longer a competitor for the throne. Moreover, he had been instructed by Li Ke to gamble and had just received unimaginable returns.
Whether it was out of emotion or to rope him in.
He was here to send off his royal brother.
"Brother…"
"Second brother…"
……
After the group of little fellows rushed over, they got off their horses and went in front of Li Ke.
"What? Are you worried that you won't be able to get anything good from me after I leave?" Li Ke joked. Don't worry, when I go to Tuyuhun, I'll find something good and send it to Chang 'an."”
"Second brother, Si Zi heard that Tuyuhun is a barbaric place and is very cold. Si Zi used the mink fur that father gave him and asked the Clothing Bureau to make a scarf for brother.”The rhinoceros was changing its teeth, and two of its front teeth were missing. Its words were a little unclear, and it handed the pure white mink fur scarf to Li Ke.
"Si, be good. Next time when second brother comes back, remember to let your front teeth grow out.”Li Ke patted Si Zi's head. What a joke. He didn't reject his young sister's kindness and accepted this precious gift.
The little girl already knew beauty and ugliness. She shyly covered her mouth with her hands and giggled.
Li Yin held a small, exquisite curved sword with gemstones in both hands."Brother, this is my favorite scimitar. I'll give it to you. I heard that barbarians are very fierce.”
"Really?" Li Ke knew that this bastard brother treasured this knife very much.
"Yes, I'm willing."
Li Ke reached out to take it. The little bastard clenched his hands tightly, unwilling to let go.
In the end, he gritted his teeth and let go.
Li Ke held back his laughter and hung the knife on his waist.
"Second brother, this is my favorite little red horse.”Li Zhi handed the reins of the little red horse beside him to Li Ke."Is this little red horse a Ferghana horse or a female horse?”
Puff!
Haha…
Li Ke listened to the mocking laughter of his brothers behind him, and black lines appeared on his forehead.
What did he mean? Why did Li Zhi, this adorable kid, deliberately mention the mares?
" Ninth Brother, come, come…" Li Ke hugged Xiao Meng's neck and walked to the side. He pretended to be fierce and asked,""What do you mean? It's fine if you gave me a Ferghana horse, but why did you emphasize that it's a female horse?”
What?
Li Zhi's face revealed a bashful and embarrassed expression. He smiled and said,"Royal brother, actually, I'm a little reluctant to give Little Red to you…"
As he spoke, he quickly shook his head." Second Brother, don't misunderstand. I have no intention of coming back. I just heard that Tuyuhun has good horses. Second Brother, you will breed donkeys and horses. After you go to Tuyuhun, when Little Red is older, you can let Little Red breed with the best stallions in Tuyuhun. Just give Little Red's child to me.”
" So that's how it is. Second Brother Xiao Hong accepted it…" Li Ke pinched Li Zhi's cheek.
This little rascal didn't even speak clearly.
……
"Second brother, this is a piece of clothing that Gao Yang and I personally made for you.”In the end, Chang Le sent over the clothes that his older sisters had personally sewn together.
On the Imperial City.
Li Shi Min looked at this scene and sighed.
"Among so many children, only Ke 'er can make these children give away the most precious things," Zhangsun Wugou said with a gentle smile.”
"Yes, although that bastard is unreasonable, he still acts like an elder brother.”The Emperor commented indifferently.
Zhangsun Wugou shook his head and smiled. Her husband always put on airs.
Even if he was satisfied, his mouth would always be very hard and stubborn. He clearly wanted to praise her, but the words would change.
"Green Sparrow, what about you?" After Li Ke received the gift, he turned to Li Tai and asked,"My brothers and sisters know how to give gifts to me at such a young age. Where's your gift?”
Err…
Li Tai rolled his eyes.
However, this feeling seemed quite intimate.
Perhaps it was the aftereffect of the Earth Gate Pass.
Li Tai had always suspected that the reason why he didn't feel disgusted every time he was lectured by Li Ke was because of the aftereffects of being lectured at Tumen Pass.
"Second brother, I'll give you these two carriages.”Li Tai clapped his hands.
Li Tai's steward pulled the carriage over.
Li Ke rolled his eyes and wanted to beat him up.
The little fatty was obviously unprepared.
"Green Sparrow, you're not prepared. Are you trying to act smart in front of me now?”Li Ke said in an unfriendly tone.
He didn't forget to curse Fatty in his heart!
Li Tai seemed to have received a very big wish. He angrily pulled Li Ke's hand to the side and pointed at the wheel."Imperial brother, I know that our relationship isn't that good, but I'm also a person who cares about my face. How can I not prepare anything?”
"Look at this carriage. It was given to me by someone else. It's different from the other carriages. It doesn't jolt when I sit in it. I know that you're a person who likes to enjoy life, so I gave these two carriages to you. You can't bite Lu Dongbin like a dog and not recognize a good person!”
The little fatty was really angry.
Li Ke was mocking him.
Was Li Tai that kind of stingy person?
Li Ke couldn't care less about Li Tai. He squatted in front of the wheel and carefully observed.
F * ck! Bearing? Spring suspension?
Li Ke rubbed his eyes. He really thought that he had seen wrongly!
The connection between the wheel axis and the wheel was different from the fixed method in this era. It was an inner and outer rolling bearing!
Although it was very crude, it was definitely a rolling bearing!
And for the first time, the spring was applied to the suspension under the car!
" Green Sparrow, come here, come here…" Li Ke waved his hand.
Li Tai squatted down beside him with a sullen expression.
"What are they doing?" On the Imperial City, Li Shi Min said with a dark face when he saw his two sons almost crawling under the carriage.
Zhangsun Wugou smiled in relief.
She didn't care what they said.
As long as the brothers did not become enemies, it would be fine.
"What's wrong, Imperial Brother?" Li Tai asked in confusion.
Li Ke pointed at the spring and said with a dark face,""The spring's patent belongs to our old weapon workshop, but this luxurious carriage was given to you by that bastard? Did he pay the patent fee for making the spring?”
"Just this?" "I'll tell him when we get back that he'll have to pay a patent fee to your brother's foundation when he makes springs in the future," Li Tai said helplessly.”
"That's more like it." Li Ke clapped his hands and stood up. He patted Li Tai's white embroidered shoulders with both hands,""Green Sparrow, at least you have some conscience. I like this carriage very much…"
Li Tai looked at the black handprint on his shoulder, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
"I'm in a good mood, so I've decided to give you wealth.”He pointed at the wheel and said,"Do you know the patent law?"”
" The design of the little thing between the wheel and the shaft, I'll call it a bearing for now. It's a good thing. You'd better buy this patent immediately and register it in the imperial court. In the future, you can just sit and wait for the money. Every time someone makes a bearing, they have to give you a patent fee.”
" Also, the design of the spring suspension is also a patent. Think about it, if such comfortable carriages are popularized…"
Li Tai's small eyes suddenly emitted a green light.
He wasn't stupid. He just didn't have the habit of doing this.
With a little guidance, he understood the value of this patent!
He knew that this bastard royal brother who wiped his hands with his embroidered clothes was just sitting there and collecting money!
There was no lack of money in the struggle for the reserve.
"Thank you, Imperial Brother!" Li Tai solemnly bowed and thanked him.
Li Ke kicked Li Tai and said,""What's the use of just thanking him? Find the guy who designed the bearing and protect it. That's a treasure. Let him continue to perfect the bearing. The current one is too rough.”
Bearing.
This was the most indispensable thing for industrial machinery.
He had never thought that someone would actually design this thing.
He realized that he had really underestimated the painstaking efforts of some people in this era to please the powerful.
If he hadn't placed such a toy in front of him, it might have been drowned in the long river of history.
"Alright, all of you can go back. Second Brother is leaving.”
Li Tai suddenly moved to his side and whispered,""Be careful of the Guzang Li Clan."
"Second Brother, we'll meet again."
"Second Brother, take care!"
……
Under the beckoning of his siblings, Li Ke mounted his horse and rode out of the city without looking back.
Outside the city.
Li Ke looked at Qin Huaiyu and the rest of his brothers who had stayed behind and cupped his fists."I'll leave Chang 'an City's business and those old brothers to you.”
"Please rest assured, Big Brother." The brothers said in unison.
Fang Yi walked out and handed a letter to Li Ke,""Big Brother, this is a letter I asked my father to write. The Li family's old head, Li Xingzhi, is my grandmother's biological father, and my father is his nephew. Although the Li family's head has been passed down to Uncle Li Xuandao, Uncle is an official outside, so my great-grandfather still has the final say in the Li family.”
" Then Li Zhengming is you..." Li Ke only felt that he was f * cking screwed.
The Guanlong aristocratic families had become so intertwined through marriage that it was terrifying.
"It's the eldest son of the Li family's second branch in Guzang. Big brother, be careful of him." Fang Yizhi said in a low voice.”
Li Ke glanced at Li Zhengming, who was protected by the royal guards.
This time, it was Li Zhengming who sent him to the vassal states.
He didn't know who told him to be careful anymore.
"Thank you." Li Ke patted Fang Yizhi's shoulder and said in a low voice,"Thank the Prime Minister for me."
In the end, Li Ke mounted his horse.
With a clang, he drew his sword.
"Let's go!"
"Giddyup!"
He, Wei Shuyu, and Cheng Chumo took the lead, followed by three thousand Black Knights. Under the dazzling sun, they formed a black stream and rushed out.
"Mother, can't I go and thank cousin?”In a pavilion on the side of the official road, a little girl asked as she watched the black stream pass by.
The beautiful woman shook her head." It's not easy to meet him. He's already in a bad situation. We'll bring him trouble."”
"Is cousin in danger?"
"It's safer than Chang 'an. Chong' er is safe outside while Shen Sheng dies inside.”
"I know this sentence. It's about…"
On the mountain of Mercy Temple.
Empress Xiao and her brother watched from afar as the black stream surged towards the west. Empress Xiao said worriedly,"I didn't expect Ke 'er to end up in a barbaric place like Tuyuhun. Those people are really ruthless!”
Although a few days ago, when his grandson came to bid farewell, he said that Tuyuhun was a good place.
But the old man never thought so.
It was a land of barbarians.
"Sister, Chong 'er is safe outside, but Shen Sheng will die inside." Xiao Yu comforted her.”
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