A few days later, Yun Zheng rushed to Mayi again.
Zhang Xu had already returned to Mayi. He estimated that the grain merchants should be arriving in Mayi soon.
"Haha, Your Highness, I miss you so much!"
As soon as he saw Yun Zheng, Zhang Xu gave Yun Zheng a bear hug.
As long as there are no outsiders present, Zhang Xu and Yun Zheng are relatively casual.
"Go away, I don't have a hobby of hugging men!"
Yun Zheng smiled and pushed Zhang Xu away. "You seem to be in a good mood. Do you have any good news?"
Zhang Xu showed a sly smile, "One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first, Your Highness?"
Listening to Zhang Xu's words, Yun Zheng wanted to kick this bastard twice.
I hate people asking this kind of question the most!
...
...
However, since Zhang Xu asked him to choose, he might as well make one!
"Let me tell you the bad news first!"
First things get bad, then they get good!
Most people would probably choose this.
Zhang Xu chuckled and whispered, "Your Highness, you don't know how many people in the inner city are scolding you..."
"Scold me?"
Yun Zheng was confused, "Are you scolding me for having my own army?"
At least I have defeated Beihuan, right?
Even if I have my own army and I haven't rebelled, who the hell is scolding me?
"no."
Zhang Xu shook his head and said in a mean way: "Scold you for taking your wife's sister-in-law as your concubine..."
Zhang Xu excitedly told Yun Zheng about what he saw and heard inside the pass.
There were people who criticized Yun Zheng for being arrogant and self-centered, but they were really not many.
Even though he had an army of his own, he was still a national hero after all, as he had defeated Dagan's mortal enemy.
Moreover, Yun Zheng, the Jiedushi of Shuobei, was appointed by Emperor Wen himself.
There's really nothing to complain about at this point.
The main reason he was criticized was because of taking Naye Zi as a concubine.
Now it is widely rumored in the interior that it was Yun Zheng who was shameless and forcibly occupied Ye Zi. For the sake of the royal family's reputation, Emperor Wen had no choice but to deprive Ye Zi of her title and marry Ye Zi to Yun Zheng.
There are even rumors that Yun Zheng did not even let Wei Shuang and Madam Shen go.
It’s almost like Yun Zheng didn’t even let the female mosquito from the Shen family go!
Those who scolded him were basically the Confucian scholars and moralists within the interior.
He just kept saying things like Yun Zheng was extremely lustful, morally corrupt, and corrupt.
After hearing what Zhang Xu said, Yun Zheng couldn't help but feel angry.
If you say that he forcibly took Ye Zi away, he could still accept it.
But what the hell does this have to do with Wei Shuang and Madam Shen?
There really is no price to pay for spreading rumors, right?
Yun Zheng cursed inwardly, and looked at Zhang Xu unhappily, "I said, I was scolded so badly, how the hell are you happy?"
"I'm definitely happy!"
Zhang Xu laughed loudly. "I heard that several great scholars in the interior seem to be calling on their disciples to come to Shuobei to petition. I am now waiting to see how Your Highness will deal with them! How can I not be happy? Haha..."
"petition?"
Yun Zheng's face was dark, "What wish do you want?"
"How should I know?"
Zhang Xu touched his chin and said, "I guess this group of people are using the name of petitioning to criticize your Highness!"
In this world, many things will be different if they are called differently.
If they openly came to Shuobei to curse Yun Zheng, they would be courting death!
But if it is called a petition, it will be different!
Even Emperor Wen could not kill those who petitioned.
Yun Zheng felt numb after listening to Zhang Xu's words.
These idiots!
Call them stupid, they even knew to use the name of a petition.
You say they are not stupid, but they actually want to use the power of an ant to restrain my will?
Do you still want to come to Shuobei to morally criticize yourself?
Damn it!
This guy has simply read too much and made his brain stupid, right?
They don’t think I dare not touch them, do they?
Damn it!
If it weren't for his father granting the marriage, Yun Zheng could still understand why these people did this.
Now, my father has granted the marriage and I have the imperial edict in my hand, why are these people still doing this?
How fucking stupid does one have to be to do such a stupid thing!
Yun Zheng complained madly in his heart, then raised his eyes to look at Zhang Xu, "I guess it was the third brother who pushed it behind the scenes."
If no one pushed them, these people wouldn't be so stupid as to come to Shuobei to petition.
Ye Zi was the marriage that was arranged for me by my father!
It’s none of these stupid birds’ business!
"Most likely!"
Zhang Xu laughed loudly, "You don't know, when I heard about this, I almost laughed to death..."
Those people are more than just stupid!
This guy is totally out of his mind!
Zhang Xu laughed non-stop, and the fat on his face trembled.
Looking at Zhang Xu's appearance, Yun Zheng couldn't help but be speechless.
No wonder this birdman is laughing like this!
It turns out that he is laughing at how stupid those people are.
"Okay, stop laughing."
Yun Zheng gently kicked Zhang Xu and said, "It's good that you know about this. Don't tell Zi'er. Although I don't care about this, she should still care! When those people really come to Shuobei, we can slowly deal with them!"
"well!"
Zhang Xu nodded repeatedly and said expectantly, "I really want those idiots to arrive sooner!"
"this……"
Yun Zheng paused for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "To be honest, I'm looking forward to it too!"
Zhang Xu: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince is so disgusted with you, do you want to cause trouble for him as well?"
Are you going to cause trouble for the third brother?
We can find a way to make things more difficult for the third brother.
However, we can talk about this later.
"Let's ignore this for now and wait until those idiots get here!"
Yun Zheng waved his hand, "What good news are you talking about?"
Zhang Xu smiled and pointed to the box next to him, then brought Yun Zheng to the box.
Yun Zheng immediately ordered someone to open the wooden box.
As the wooden box was opened, the straw in the box came into Yun Zheng's sight.
straw?
Yun Zheng turned his head and glanced at Zhang Xu.
Is this birdman still playing secrets with me?
Without Yun Zheng's orders, the accompanying guards immediately pulled away the straw on the surface of the box.
In an instant, several crystal clear crystals came into Yun Zheng's eyes.
crystal!
Yun Zheng's pupils suddenly shrank, and he hurried forward, picked up a piece, and placed it in front of him to examine it carefully.
This crystal is extremely crystal clear, without any impurities or cracks.
It can simply be described as perfect.
This is really good stuff!
Yun Zheng was extremely excited and quickly checked the other crystals.
Although the pieces of crystal are not very big, their quality is absolutely impeccable.
In the absence of glass, this is the top-quality material for making telescopes!
"Your Highness, these crystals should be able to meet your requirements, right?"
Zhang Xu came close to Yun Zheng and asked with a smile on his face.
"Yes, I can!"
Yun Zheng nodded heavily, "Where did you get these crystals? Can you get more?"
If these crystals are polished well, they should be able to be made into six or seven telescopes.
However, this number is still a bit small.
Yun Zheng hopes to have hundreds of telescopes.
If you have enough materials, you can also make binoculars.
“I really can’t get it for now.”
Zhang Xu shook his head and said bitterly: "Just these few pieces of top-grade crystals cost me a full 100,000 taels of silver..."
These crystals were also bought by Zhang Xu from a wealthy businessman in the interior.
According to the wealthy businessman, these crystals were produced in the western part of the desert.
The rich businessman also got it by chance in his early years.
The reason why the wealthy businessman was willing to sell these top-quality crystals was because Zhang Xu promised to help the wealthy businessman's son get a government position in Shuobei.
If not for this, even if he spent two hundred thousand taels of silver, the wealthy businessman might not be willing to sell these top-quality crystals.
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