Li Junyan took the imperial edict back to the tent, opened it and looked at it again, smiled silently, and then rolled it up.
"Qianqian, the safe you gave me isn't here. I have no place to put the imperial edict. Could you help me put it away?"
Sang Jueqian, "..."
Did Li Junyan really think she was stupid?
No matter how brave a thief is, he would not dare to steal the imperial edict!
Why steal it back? Are you waiting to be beheaded?
Even if Li Junyan placed the imperial edict at the door of the tent, everyone would hide away when they saw it. Why would he need to put it away specifically?
He said this simply because he wanted to talk to her!
She saw through this little trick at a glance!
Li Junyan stared for a while, but still didn't hear Sang Jueqian's voice. He sighed silently, and his voice became lonely. "Qianqian doesn't even want to talk to me now. Does she really hate me?"
Li Junyan looked very haggard now. When he said this, his expression and tone were very lonely and he looked particularly pitiful.
Looking at Li Junyan like this, Sang Jueqian's heart, which was not hard to begin with, softened completely in an instant.
"I don't hate you."
Sang Jueqian had just finished speaking when the curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted and the thunder beast strode in.
"Your Majesty! The future is coming!"
The thunder beast knelt directly on the ground, its face full of excitement, and its eyes were shining when it looked at Li Junyan.
"Your Highness! There are so many magical things in Xizhou! I have never heard of them before, and I have never seen them before!
Lin Qi said that these things were given by the goddess. Is that true?
"Your Majesty, I just heard a woman speaking. Who is that woman? Could she be the future princess?"
Lin Qi and Xu San, who followed in behind, looked at Lei Beast in shock after hearing what Lei Beast said.
They knew that the Thunder Beast had strong limbs and a simple mind, but they never expected that after a while, the Thunder Beast would become even more outrageous than before.
Can you say this casually?
Xu San looked at Lei Beast helplessly and was about to explain something for him when he heard the smiling voice of his own prince.
"Thunder Beast, have you seen the wall built with cement? Have you tried it?"
Thunder Beast instantly became serious, "Yes. I've seen it! This cement is really good stuff! It's really strong!"
"So if we use cement to build a dam, what do you think the effect will be?"
"It must be as strong as iron, and it will never be destroyed by floods again!"
Thunder Beast said this with a thoughtful look on his face, "In a few months, the flood season will arrive. If we rebuild the embankment with cement now, we might be able to avoid flooding this year..."
The more Lei Shou spoke, the more excited he became. "Your Highness, do you want to ship cement to the south? To rebuild the dam?"
"No." Li Junyan shook his head. "Transporting cement from here to the south requires a lot of manpower and resources, and the journey will take too long.
You will lead your people here to learn how to make cement. When you have mastered it, you can leave. After returning to Chang'an, you will meet the emperor alone and tell him that you discovered cement by accident. Tell him about its many benefits. The emperor will surely send you to the south to build dams. As for the rest, I will not need to teach you!"
Upon hearing this, Thunder Beast knelt directly on the ground, looking up at Li Junyan, "Your Highness, I don't understand why you didn't tell the Emperor about this recipe directly?
If His Majesty directly submits the prescription and solves the flood problem, the Emperor will certainly—"
"They will certainly be more wary of me, thinking that my achievements surpass my own, and they will try to win over the people.
For the sake of the stability of imperial power and the well-being of the country, the Emperor will abandon this prescription and would rather allow floods to happen again than give me the opportunity to establish merit and win the hearts of the people."
"Your Highness!" Lei Beast's face turned pale, his eyes filled with shock.
Xu San and Lin Qi had already walked out of the tent at the same time. They walked around the tent and made sure that there was no one outside. Then they stood guard outside, one in front and one behind, to ensure that no one would approach and that no one would hear the conversation in the tent.
In the tent, Li Junyan looked at Lei Beast with deep eyes, "Lei Beast, if you still remember your responsibilities and still care about the people in the south, then do as I say."
The circles around the Thunder Beast's eyes became even redder. After a long time, the Thunder Beast supported itself on the ground with its hands and kowtowed loudly.
"Yes. I will definitely not let your Highness down and will definitely get this done!"
Li Junyan then smiled with satisfaction, "I'm relieved that you can handle the matter. Get up!"
Thunder Beast slowly stood up, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and his eyes became even redder.
Seeing Lei Shou like this, Li Junyan pointed at him and laughed, "You are at least a third-rank general, but you are crying like a child. If your soldiers see this, how can you control them?"
Thunder Beast smiled innocently, "In front of His Majesty, I don't need to hide myself. When we get outside, I will definitely not embarrass His Majesty, and I will shed blood instead of tears.
Your Highness, I heard from Lin Qi that there is a thing called a walkie-talkie that can communicate over a long distance. Could you give me one? This way, I can talk to Your Highness anytime in the future."
Li Junyan shook his head helplessly, "Lin Qi didn't explain it to you clearly. There is a distance limit. If you don't return to Chang'an, you won't be able to receive the signal. Not to mention that you went to the south, the distance is even farther, and it will be even more useless.
And that thing needs electricity, and there is no electricity anywhere except Tingzhou and Xizhou."
Thunder Beast blinked, "If the prince can--"
After saying these few words, Li Junyan stared at him. Lei Shou swallowed the rest of his words in an instant, with a look of fear on his face.
I almost said something extremely treasonous!
It's fine if he said it himself, but if it gets out and ruins the prince's reputation, he will be held responsible for it even if he dies!
Thunder Beast's eyes rolled around, "Your Majesty, is the woman who just spoke really the future princess?"
As he spoke, Thunder Beast blinked again.
I just said the wrong thing, but there's nothing wrong with this topic, right?
"Your Majesty, where is the future princess from? What does her family do? When will the wedding take place? Can I come and have a drink of wedding wine?"
Li Junyan looked at the thunder beast with appreciation and said, "If you can talk, please say more."
"Okay." Li Junyan stopped him gently, "Don't ask so many questions."
Thunder Beast nodded in understanding, "I understand! A girl's reputation is the most important thing. Unless I'm sure of it, I won't say a single word!"
"That's enough. Let Lin Qi take you to rest."
"I'm not tired!" Thunder Beast said excitedly, "I want to help build the house and try using cement myself."
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