Many people looked at Li Hao, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Hao could only pretend not to see it.

What does this have to do with the Ministry of Industry?

If the Ministry of Industry knew about it in advance, would they not tell you in advance and catch you off guard?

"It's a tribute from Prince Xing's Mansion."

Zhu Houzhao clarified the doubts of the ministers present, "Prince Xing's Mansion has said that if this thing is approved by me and all the ministers, one hundred more can be made. I asked Governor Jiang and he said that this thing costs one hundred taels of silver each, and I am ready to make it."

Make a hundred of them at a time and allocate 10,000 taels of silver. Do you have any objections to it?"

Several ministers present who had seen the function of the telescope were very positive about the practical effect of the telescope.

As Zhu Houzhao said, if this thing is used on the battlefield, it can detect enemy movements in advance, and scouts can spy on enemy camp intelligence from a distance. How valuable is it?

But when I heard the cost...

One hundred taels of silver each?

Are you sure you haven't been tricked?

But if it was Prince Xing's Mansion who paid tribute, then Prince Xing's Mansion would be usually low-key and cautious, so they wouldn't dare to make fun of the imperial court on such a matter, right?

Liang Chu said: "Your Majesty, this thing is still usable, but the manufacturing... still needs to be discussed."

Zhu Houzhao was quite impatient and waved his sleeves and said: "Don't I even have the authority to allocate ten thousand taels of silver? There is no need to discuss this matter again! I just want to show it to you and let you know that I am not messing around. I have made up my mind to build this.

If you want something, I will prepare to personally go to Xuan Mansion to lead the troops and repel the invading Tatars! The emperor is guarding the country and no further discussion is allowed!"

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Chapter completed!