It was the first time that Liang Hengchen met Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo, and they really didn’t look like they were from remote places.
He took the initiative to ask, "Father, I am leaving now?"
The emperor raised his hand and said, "No, you continue to grind the ink."
Liang Hengchen's expression remained unchanged, "Yes!"
When Shi Qingluo heard the conversation between the two, he roughly guessed that this person was the low-key prince.
From this we can see that the emperor trusts and values the prince.
Ordering the prince to grind ink seemed like the emperor was showing his affection for him.
The emperor had a good impression of Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo.
So he ordered someone to give the two of them seats.
Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo did not shrink back. Since the emperor had given them seats, they just sat down.
The emperor chatted with the two of them first.
Then he looked at Xiao Hanzheng and asked, "Are you the apprentice of the divine doctor?"
Xiao Hanzheng nodded and replied, "Your Majesty, yes."
"I heard that your medical skills have completely inherited the legacy of the miracle doctor. It was you who cured Mr. Fei's great-grandson."
"Are you okay with taking care of your body?"
Hearing the emperor's question, Xiao Hanzheng immediately realized what this was going to do.
He smiled and replied, "I'm pretty good at this."
The emperor was in his prime and his style of doing things was not conservative.
So he actually prefers people he values to be confident and not to be evasive when answering questions.
Therefore, he was very satisfied with Xiao Hanzheng's answer.
"You should have heard of King Yi, my younger brother. He was born prematurely and had insufficient fetal energy since childhood, so his body has always needed to be nursed back to health."
"When your master was still alive, he prescribed a good prescription, and the effect was indeed very good after taking it."
He got straight to the point and said, "It's a pity that your master is no longer with us, so I want you to help me continue to take care of King Yi's health."
Xiao Hanzheng naturally couldn't refuse, "Yes!"
The emperor thought for a moment and said, "I will let King Yi come to find you in a few days."
Xiao Hanzheng nodded, "Okay."
The emperor knew that Xiao Hanzheng was going to take part in the imperial examination, and casually asked him a few questions on related topics.
Then he looked at Shi Qingluo and asked jokingly, "I heard that you want to go to the palace to present a prescription?"
Shi Qingluo thought to herself that he had indeed come, and fortunately she was prepared.
She smiled and replied, "I do want to present the recipe to the palace."
"It's just that I am of low status, and I can't enter the palace just because I want to, so I plan to ask Xi Rong to help pass a message to the emperor."
"Who would have thought that I would be summoned by the Emperor today."
"Your Majesty is truly a man of foresight." No matter how many holes you pierce, a dragon's fart cannot be pierced.
Sure enough, the smile on the emperor's face grew wider.
"You are such a flatterer, girl."
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "What I said is the truth."
The emperor chuckled and said, "So what recipe do you want to offer this time?"
Shi Qingluo gave Xiao Hanzheng a look and said, "I want to make rubber."
Xiao Hanzheng took out the paper drawn by his young wife from his arms and handed it to the chief eunuch.
The emperor took the paper and looked at it. He only saw a picture of a tree on it, with a detailed introduction to the tree's appearance and habits next to it.
On the second piece of paper, there are instructions on how to cut.
He asked curiously, "What is this rubber used for?"
Liang Hengchen also looked at Shi Qingluo curiously.
Shi Qingluo smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, this rubber has many uses."
"It can be used to make tires, which are the wheels of our carriages now. If we replace them with rubber wheels, they will not only be more wear-resistant, but also increase the speed and make the carriage more stable and comfortable."
"You can also use rubber to make shoe soles, which are not easily soaked by water and damp."
"That is, when you step on water or snow, the soles of your shoes won't get wet like they do now, and they'll be more durable."
"Or you can just make rubber rain boots so you can walk on the ground on rainy days without getting your socks and trouser legs wet."
For example, when making canned food, the bottle cap needs rubber as a sealing gasket to prevent it from leaking and deteriorating.
“Rubber can also be used in some machinery.”
"Rubber may have other uses. People from the Ministry of Industry can try it out then."
After listening to him, the emperor became very interested in rubber-soled shoes and rain boots.
It often snows in the northern border in winter. If a war breaks out in the future, it will be an advantage for the soldiers in Daliang to wear a pair of shoes with soles that will not get wet.
There is also a sealing thing, which should be useful as well.
If modifying the wheels is really as Shi Qingluo said, it can be of great use.
Especially now that the cement floor is paved, it can make the carriage faster and smoother, which has many benefits.
He asked, "Is rubber harvested from this tree?"
Shi Qingluo nodded, "Yes, it needs to be cut directly from this tree, just like cutting lacquer, it also needs to be cut from the lacquer tree."
"Follow the instructions written on the paper by the woman and you can cut out the rubber."
The emperor nodded and asked again: "Then do you know where this rubber tree is found?"
The beam is so large that it takes a lot of time and effort to find this kind of tree without a general direction.
Shi Qingluo smiled and replied, "I have heard from my master that this kind of rubber tree can be found in Qiongzhou, southern Fujian, Lingnan, and Nanzhao."
As soon as the emperor heard this, he knew that Shi Qingluo was indeed well prepared, and he was very satisfied.
Although she was just a little woman, she had her heart set on the court and would offer any prescription she could think of, which was very good.
He also values Xiao Hanzheng a little more.
"Okay, I will send people to Qiongzhou, southern Fujian, and Lingnan to search for it."
Nanzhao is too far away, so I won’t bother going there.
Shi Qingluo smiled and nodded, "I would like to wish the emperor's troops success in bringing back the rubber."
The emperor laughed out loud: "Haha, you little girl really know how to talk."
He is good at speaking nice things and is also good at making sarcastic remarks. He is really eloquent.
He then changed the subject and asked, "What reward do you want this time?"
Shi Qingluo thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the rubber has not been recovered and used yet. I dare not take credit for it and ask for a reward."
"How about we wait until rubber is found, and then make rubber-soled leather shoes, rubber shoes, rubber tires, etc., as the common woman said, and then the emperor will give us rewards?"
The emperor discovered that Shi Qingluo was not only good at speaking, but also knew how to give in.
He asked again: "This is also OK."
"Then tell me what you want first."
Shi Qingluo discovered that being an emperor was a serious matter of suspicion.
Staring at him and asking, most likely he wanted to know whether she was offering the prescription this time to seek justice for her mother-in-law as she said on the street yesterday, or whether she was trying to get a benefit from him.
She smiled and asked tentatively: "I don't want anything else, I just want the emperor to seek justice for my mother-in-law in the future."
This is also what the scumbag father owes his mother-in-law.
The smile in the emperor's eyes deepened, "Okay, I agree."
This girl is as straightforward as ever. He likes people who value feelings and like to tell the truth.
"Today, your former father-in-law was accused by the censor. I am going to remove him from his post in the Ministry of War."
He added meaningfully, "But I'm afraid he will misunderstand you."
Shi Qingluo knew what the emperor meant. If they entered the palace today, tomorrow or in two days, his scumbag father's post in the Ministry of War would be removed.
They would definitely think it was their doing.
The old emperor is quite bad. He actually let them take the blame.
When she presents the recipe for colored glaze, she will try to get more benefits from the emperor, hehe.
However, it would be more beneficial for them to take the blame, as it would have a shocking and deterrent effect on the scumbag father and other people.
She smiled and said, "Your Majesty, we are not afraid of misunderstanding."
The emperor laughed again, "Okay, that's settled then."
He just likes dealing with smart people.
He wanted to make use of Xiao Hanzheng and his wife, so naturally he didn't hope that one day Xiao Hanzheng and Xiao Yuanshi would improve or restore their father-son relationship.
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