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Cai Sidong immediately stood up and said to Zhao Jun, "Lord Zhao, since you've just returned, why don't you take a rest here? I will go to the palace to report to His Majesty."
Zhao Jun also stood up and cupped his fist towards Cai Sidong, saying, "Thank you, Cai Daren."
Cai Sidong turned and left his office, heading straight for the palace. Soon, he arrived outside Severe Winter's study with the guidance of others. At that moment, Severe Winter was sitting in his study reviewing memorials. Upon hearing from the person at the door that Cai Sidong had arrived, he said, "Let him in."
After performing the Ritual of Sovereign and Minister upon entering the study, Cai Sidong said, "I report to Your Majesty that Lord Zhao has returned from Winter City."
"Oh? He has returned? When did he come back?"
"Your Majesty, Lord Zhao just arrived. He is currently resting at the Military Supply Office and arranging for unloading the carts."
"How did the negotiations go this time?"
"According to Lord Zhao, it wasn't very smooth at first, but fortunately, they reached an agreement in the end."
"Will the quantity meet our requirements?"
"Your Majesty, Lord Zhao mentioned that the Chinese Chamber of Commerce can produce about thirty thousand sets of equipment per year."
"The quantity is a bit less, but it's not a big issue. I believe Zhu Yuan Shuai will be quite satisfied with these three Ten Thousand People. Cai Aiqing, please head to the Military Supply Office now and treat Zhao Jun well. Let him rest at home today and have him come to court early tomorrow morning so that Zhu Yuan Shuai can also see the treasures he desires."
"Yes, Your Majesty. This minister takes his leave." Cai Sidong bowed to Severe Winter and then withdrew.
Cai Sidong returned to the Military Supply Office and, following Severe Winter's instructions, gathered all the officials together to hold a small gathering for Zhao Jun.
After dinner, everyone returned home. Since there was an early court session tomorrow, Zhao Jun did not dare to waste time today for fear of delaying matters for tomorrow.
Early the next morning, before dawn, Zhao Jun had already risen. When he arrived outside the palace, the sky was just beginning to brighten. Zhao Jun entered the court with a group of ministers and spotted Cai Sidong and Zhu Xiao upon entering. When Zhu Xiao saw Zhao Jun, he quickly approached him, clapping Zhao Jun on the shoulder. Zhu Xiao said, "Lord Zhao, you really worked hard on your trip to Winter City. I feel bad for troubling you for the sake of our army."
Zhao Jun was somewhat flattered and hurriedly replied, "It is my honor to serve the General. I will certainly work even harder in the future."
"Let's walk together," Zhu Xiao said, throwing an arm around Zhao Jun's shoulder as they chatted and laughed. Everyone knew that Zhu Xiao was a straightforward person, but such brotherly camaraderie had never been seen before, indicating that Zhu Xiao was in an exceptionally good mood today.
Soon it was time for the morning court session. The officials tidied their attire and stepped into the main hall. Due to Zhao Jun's lower rank, he could only wait outside for his summons.
After waiting for about an hour and once most matters inside were settled, Zhao Jun heard someone calling from within: "His Majesty has decreed that Military Supply Office's Zhao Jun from Winter City is to enter the hall."
Upon hearing his name called, Zhao Jun quickly adjusted his attire and approached the entrance of the hall. As he stepped inside, he knelt on both knees and shouted "Long live His Majesty!"
Severe Winter instructed him to rise. After standing up, at Severe Winter's behest, Zhao Jun took a few steps forward to the center of the hall.
At this moment, Severe Winter sat on his dragon throne and said, "This year's Battle has concluded. During this Battle, our Zhu Xiaoyuan Marshal discovered a type of armor and weaponry. The durability of this armor and weaponry is unprecedented; even the weapons held by generals on Said Island cannot easily destroy them. In less than a month during this year's Battle, soldiers wearing such armor achieved remarkable combat statistics: they annihilated ten thousand enemies with zero losses on our side.
After Zhu Yuan Shuai reported this information to me and after discussion, we decided that the Military Supply Office would procure this armor and equipment in preparation for next year's Battle. The Military Supply Office entrusted this challenging task to Lord Zhao Jun. After arduous negotiations, Lord Zhao Jun returned yesterday from Winter City with the first batch of three thousand sets of equipment. I have summoned Lord Zhao Jun to the hall today to reward him for his hard work. Today, I reward Lord Zhao Jun with five thousand gold coins and promote him to Deputy Director of the Military Supply Office, granting him full authority over procurement tasks in Winter City and Autumn City."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun was overjoyed, unable to contain his excitement; managing two cities would surely be lucrative. He immediately knelt again and said, "Thank you for your great kindness." At that moment, Zhao Jun completely forgot that what he had brought back was not genuine armor but counterfeit goods from New Home Chamber of Commerce.
After expressing his gratitude, Severe Winter nodded and instructed an attendant beside him: "Summon two soldiers to enter the hall."
The attendant announced loudly: "His Majesty has decreed that soldiers are to enter the hall."
In a short while, two Imperial Forest Guards entered from outside. One wore standard Imperial Forest Guard armor purchased during Chen Si's reign, while the other soldier wore the counterfeit product that Zhao Jun had brought back from Winter City.
When Zhao Jun saw that one of them was wearing the armor he had brought back, he realized that all of it was fake. Cold sweat broke out on him as he began praying that New Home Chamber of Commerce would provide some decent equipment this time so that he wouldn't be exposed too soon. He also considered how he would explain himself if discovered.
As both Imperial Forest Guards stood in the center of the hall, the surrounding officials instinctively took two steps back to give them enough space to avoid any potential harm.
At this time, Zhu Xiao looked at the two soldiers in the middle with squinted eyes. At the same time, his eyes were more focused on the soldier wearing fakes. Since the styles of the armors were almost the same, they looked completely different from each other in appearance. Can't see any difference. The only thing that can be seen is that there are two words "Chinese" on the soldier's chest in the position of Heart Shield. The two soldiers came to Severe Winter and gave a royal salute. Then they moved to the left and right, standing face to face with their respective weapons in their hands. Severe Winter Sitting on his dragon chair, he said to the soldiers below: "You two should compete here, and let the adults below also see the toughness of this armor and weapons. Let's start now." "Severe Winter gave the order and the two soldiers fought together. Both of them are intermediate Intermediate Knight. In the Imperial Forest Guard, both of them are also Squad Leader, Usually they often spar together and they are very familiar with each other. In order to perform well in front of all the adults, the two of them have exerted their own strength. At this time, the hall is full of swords and swords. There are also sounds and sparks of weapons colliding or hitting the opponent's armor from time to time. The two men fought together for about forty rounds before they separated, each holding a weapon and looking at the other. At this time, a group of ministers led by Severe Winter also applauded to express their gratitude to the two soldiers for their wonderful fight. When both of them stopped, everyone began to observe the armor on the two soldiers. The most exaggerated one was Zhu Xiao. He came to the soldier wearing fake clothing in one step and snatched the Steel Blade from his hand. Come over and look through it in your hand. At this time, there are several gaps on his Steel Blade, and the entire blade has curled up. Zhu Xiao took the Steel Blade and looked at the soldier's armor. At this time, there were obvious knife marks on his Heart Shield, and it had begun to break. Zhu Xiao's originally smiling face froze after seeing Steel Blade and the armor. He turned his head and looked at Zhao Jun who was thinking about countermeasures. "Lord Zhao, are you sure the equipment you brought back this time is the kind I need?" Zhao Jun subconsciously nodded and agreed smoothly: "Of course, these weapons and equipment are all the ones I saw. "Zhao Jun was right, he saw the truck being loaded, but the loading place was in New Home Chamber of Commerce instead of Chinese Chamber of Commerce. "If Zhu Yuan Shuai you don't believe it, you can call your soldiers over and let's take a look together. I guarantee they are exactly the same." Zhu Xiao nodded and looked at Severe Winter with a pleading look. , Severe Winter nodded to Zhu Xiao. Then Zhu Xiao shouted outside, announcing that my guards would come to the palace. After a while, two guards came in from outside, and these two guards were the two people who were originally hit by Liao Shunyu but survived. Now these two people, together with their armor and weapons, now belong to Zhu Xiao. The two people have become Zhu Xiao's personal guards, and the armor and weapons are also given to them as rewards. At this time, the two of them were summoned and came to the main hall, standing next to the two Imperial Forest Guard. Zhu Xiao said to the Cui Wenwu ministers on the left and right: "These two soldiers now are my guards. The armor they wear is exactly what I said. Sir, please come up and take a look." Are these two types of armor the same?" After hearing what Zhu Xiao said, the ministers on the left and right came to the side of the four guards and looked at the armors of the three guards, because the styles of the armors were basically the same. It was the same, so after looking at it for a long time, the only thing everyone could tell was the words "Chinese" on the heart armor. But these two words were also imitated by a group of blacksmiths from New Home Chamber of Commerce, so just from the appearance, you can't tell the difference between the armors. All the ministers couldn't help but look at the almost identical armors. Shaking his head, he said he couldn't find anything different.
When everyone else failed to find any differences, Zhao Jun, who had just been trembling with fear, straightened his back and seemed to say to the crowd, "What do you think? I wasn't wrong, was I?"
To play the part thoroughly, Zhao Jun immediately knelt on the ground and repeatedly bowed his head to Severe Winter, admitting his fault: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I had no idea that the Chinese Chamber of Commerce would use such inferior products as substitutes. I truly had no knowledge of this matter; please spare me."
Although Severe Winter was a tyrant, he was not the kind of foolish ruler who killed indiscriminately. He simply wanted to expand his country's territory. Therefore, when he saw Zhao Jun kneeling and begging for mercy, he felt angry but could not simply kill him: "Zhao Jun, the equipment you brought this time was not inspected properly; this is your dereliction of duty. I hereby announce that I will revoke the reward you just received and impose a fine of ten thousand gold coins. This is a small warning; I hope you will be more careful in your future dealings and not be deceived by unscrupulous individuals."
"Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty. I will certainly work diligently in the future," Zhao Jun thought to himself with a smirk: "However, only a fine of ten thousand gold coins? I embezzled at least sixty thousand during my trip to Winter City. Spending money to avert disaster is worth it."
Then Severe Winter addressed the ministers around him: "All of you may return to your positions; you can leave now." The four guards turned and left upon hearing this.
Severe Winter sat on the dragon throne and said, "My loyal ministers, through this incident, I have realized that many Merchant Guilds are accustomed to using inferior goods in the palace while charging high prices. Therefore, I have decided to intensify the crackdown on these illegal merchants. I will conduct a thorough investigation into this matter. Is Fan Yitian from the Interrogation Office present?"
A middle-aged man stepped forward from the ranks of officials and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I am here."
"I now command you to immediately send someone to apprehend Liu Xin, the President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and investigate the entire situation thoroughly. If proven guilty, he shall be executed without mercy."
"I accept your orders."
"Let us conclude today's matters here; you may disperse."
The official beside him loudly announced, "The Emperor has decreed that court is dismissed." After Severe Winter returned to his study, all the officials followed suit back to their offices or homes.
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