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In order to change the topic before, Mu Yan mysteriously said that the emperor had a surprise for Su Yi.

Not long after, the emperor told Su Yi about the surprise.Su Yi's "piano" is ready.

The scale of the first steelmaking that the emperor asked people to experiment was not large, and the finished product was not made into a weapon, but made into strings for Su Yi.

Su Yi was surprised.

With the blueprints, small-scale experimental steelmaking will indeed not take long.Later generations of pianos have higher requirements for the string production process, but that is only under the premise of high requirements for timbre.The piano was invented in the early eighteenth century, before the first industrial revolution began.Before the beginning of the industrial revolution, its technology could be achieved by hand.So even if it is nearly 2000 years earlier, the piano can be made, but the tone is different.

But the traditional Chinese scale is called "pentatonic scale without semitones", that is, "Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu".The piano is a "natural heptatonic scale", where a chromatic scale is added and then the range is expanded.The piano is composed of 88 keys and has a very wide range.To make it, it takes a long time just to select the strings and tune the range, right?

Su Yi has been prepared to wait for several years.

Su Yi, who did not pay attention to the ancient musical instruments of the Hua Kingdom, did not know that the knowledge of music theory in the ancient Hua Kingdom was actually very developed.

During the archaeological excavation of the Mawangdui Han Tomb, a Guser was unearthed.This Gusser is very well preserved, even the strings are there.The strings that have been immortal for thousands of years are made of silk.

Of course, ordinary animal protein is bound to go rancid after so long.The strings are woven with many fine silks and have been specially treated.Thousands of years later, the strings of this old cymbal are still playable, and its tone is comparable to modern instruments.It can be seen how powerful the music theory knowledge and craftsmanship of the zither makers at that time were.

Mawangdui Han Tomb is the tomb of Changsha Prime Minister Li Cang and his family in the early Western Han Dynasty.After several hundred years now, the knowledge of music theory is only strong but not weak; as an emperor, he can naturally summon craftsmen who are more powerful than making zithers for Li Cang.

In the imperial palace, there were craftsmen who specialized in making musical instruments for the royal family.After the emperor got the blueprint of the piano, he specially went to the folks to gather a group of powerful craftsmen.Nearly a hundred people were selected in the end, and they worked together to make such a piano.

Artisans work together.Each part of the piano will be made many, try one by one when assembling to see which one is more suitable.These craftsmen's hands are very dexterous, even without the assistance of modern instruments, they can still do it right.

The final difficulty is only the strings.However, at this time, metal wire drawing technology was already available, and it was used to make armor or metal utensils.Only the blacksmith and the craftsman who made the piano worked together for a period of time to produce a steel wire that meets the standard.

Craftsmen can use silk to weave thousands of immortal strings, and naturally they can also use steel wire to make strings.

The emperor knew that Su Yi didn't value vulgar things. In order to reward Su Yi's contribution to Yu, he temporarily put aside all steelmaking and weapon making, and asked the craftsmen to devote all their energy to making the piano for Su Yi.

After the craftsman figured out the meaning of the piano manufacturing diagram, he adjusted the chromatic scale.It's just that they haven't heard it after all, and they only use their judgment to adjust the pitch.So the final product still needs to be debugged by Su Yi himself.

The black keys made of ebony, the white keys made of ivory, and the various parts of the piano body, the craftsmen have undergone strict selection of materials, and the precious materials in the emperor's private treasury can be selected by the craftsmen at will.

Su Yi looked at this grand piano, as if he had returned to modern times in an instant, feeling a little bit out of time and space.

His fingers tapped lightly on the keys, listening to the metallic sound of the piano.The sound of this piano is not as good as that of later generations of pianos, but it is already beautiful enough.

Craftsmen have done what they can do to the extreme.

Without the addition of modern technology, it would take a long time for a craftsman to make a piano.But with the wisdom of hundreds of craftsmen, in such a short period of time, the musical instrument after a thousand years was born.

Su Yi was dragged by his elder brother to learn the piano, so he naturally has talent in it.To put it bluntly, he has "absolute pitch"; to put it simply, he has a good sense of pitch.

Even without the help of a tuner, Su Yi can keenly discern the subtle differences in pitch just by listening to it with his ears.

When Su Yi showed his talent, Su Jin was very pleased.He thought that even if his younger brother didn't like going into business and politics, it would be nice to be a pianist.

Who knows that talent does not mean liking.Su Yi only had a passion for piano for 3 minutes, but was forced by Su Jin to learn it.And this kind of learning attitude can at most make him a good pianist, far from a pianist.

Who made Su Yi think "I'm bored to death" when he played the piano, and it was impossible to show any emotion that fit the music.Probably many people who learn musical instruments in modern society can resonate with Su Yi.

Skills can be practiced, but being a pianist is not all about skills.

At this time, when Su Yi heard the sound of the piano, he felt a feeling he had never felt before.

He has done this kind of tuning many times.Only this time, he did it extraordinarily piously.Su Yi's mind has completely discarded all distracting thoughts, leaving only the sound of the piano.

The subtle pitch difference was gradually calibrated in Su Yi's hands. The main craftsmen in charge of making the piano closed their eyes and listened to the difference between the sound of the piano before and after, showing admiration.

With just this hand, one can know Su Tianshi's attainments in "music".

"Do you want to play a piece of music here?" Hearing that the piano was ready, the prince deliberately left everything in his hands and came to see Su Yi receive the piano.Now that the tuning is over, the prince said immediately.

Su Yi glanced at the emperor, and the emperor nodded: "Try it, I also want to listen to the music played by this piano."

Sitting in front of the piano, Su Yi carefully folded up his wide sleeves, exposing his wrists.He played a few pieces first to find out the feeling.

Although he was forced to learn the piano because of his lack of interest, Su Yi didn't like the piano.But playing the piano has become a habit. When Su Yi is bored, he still plays.

After crossing, although I haven't touched the piano for a long time, when my fingers touch the keys, the memory of my body automatically emerges.After a few scattered music clips, the body and consciousness gradually synchronized, and the tune became more and more smooth.

Difficult pieces are currently unplayable, but a few lyrical pieces are still possible.

When Su Yi closed his eyes, a piece of music that he often played before appeared in front of his eyes.That piece is not difficult, even a novice piano player can learn it.Therefore, even though Su Yi has not played the piano for a long time, at his level, it is very easy to play again now.

After he tried a few fragments that he had vague memories of, the whole piece gradually took shape in his mind.

Su Yi took a few deep breaths, and then began to play the song "Memories of Childhood" from the beginning.

"Childhood Memories" is a piece in Richard's piano album.Most of Richard's piano pieces are not written by himself. It is far-fetched to say what kind of emotion the composer wants to express, but the state of mind of the person who plays the piece can be heard from the sound of the piano.

Before his piano sound, at most it was calm.Because of his mood, he couldn't express the emotion of the song.Therefore, no matter how exquisite his skills are, the judges who listened to his music just shook their heads with regret.

Su Yi didn't feel sorry.He is very happy.If he doesn't shake his head, he really has to take the piano path, he doesn't like it.

what about now……

Su Yi flicked and flicked, the black and white keys seemed to disappear from his eyes, he seemed to be standing in a dark void, with only a bright light in front of him.In the bright light, it was him before crossing, following behind the impatient elder brother to make trouble.

I miss it so much.There were times when the eldest brother disliked him.

Then, the scene changed to the elder brother chasing after him who looked impatient.Is this to let yourself do homework or practice the piano?Or catch yourself going to study classes and interest classes?

His mother's dark smile, his father's indulgent smile, and his friend's playful smirk... Many, many smiles gathered into his childhood.

Even in the complex environment of his home, his beloved relatives still gave him the utmost protection, making his childhood as pure and happy as possible.All his troubles at that time were the troubles of ordinary children in that era.

Su Yi closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the child wearing modern and fashionable children's clothes in front of him had turned into an ancient child with two buns.

The child is holding a book in his hand and muttering words.Another child younger than him looked indifferent, playing with the cloth tiger in his hand.But the child playing with the cloth tiger glanced at another child holding a book from time to time, revealing that he was not unresponsive to the outside world.

This is my own childhood in this world.

A smile appeared on Su Yi's mouth.

In this world, I also had a happy childhood.When the emperor's father was still at home, after he found out the emperor's father's temper, he deliberately made mischief around the emperor's father.At that time, the emperor's father was also young, and his temper was very eccentric.The two of them climbed trees to catch birds and went into the water to catch fish, and then they were chased all over the yard by their grandfather carrying thorns.The grandmother was chasing after the grandfather, shouting "They are only children! What are you doing! They are only children!".

Then the grandfather would always throw down the thorns under the offensive of grandmother's tears, and the lesson would be forgotten.

Grandfather always said that this pair of father and son didn't have the slightest tolerance for aristocratic family, it was a shame.

He would always whisper in the ear of the emperor's father and ask, we don't seem to be descendants of aristocratic family, I hate that kind of behavior.

Then the emperor's father would nod and wink at himself.

Later, the grandfather left home, and the emperor's father also left home. The life at home gradually became cautious, without the wantonness before, but most of the time in life, it was still happy.

He watched himself lying on the queen's mother's lap, watched the queen's mother sew him a small jacket for winter, and listened to the queen's mother chattering about some trivial things in life; Pulled into the house, and then handed him a piece of delicate sugar cake; he watched his brother finally able to speak, and then pulled the corner of his clothes as his little tail...

When the last note was pressed, Su Yi felt a coolness on his face.He reached out to touch it, and found that he didn't know when tears were streaming down his face.