The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Xia Anran didn't realize it for a while: If she becomes a meow again after returning home, how can she give gifts?He naturally handed over the home court to professionals, while he himself fell into endless cultural and physical education classes.

After making sure that the little prince had rested well and still had time to play with mud, the Tai Tu respectfully invited King Zhongshan back to the study. ?

As an early coronation, the vassal king who has legally grown up no longer needs to be assigned to study tasks like when he was a little prince.

What's more, the education in the Han Dynasty mostly adopted the nature of stocking, and there were no professional textbooks. At this time, the life of the little prince was still very happy, except for the prince of course.

In addition, the old Liu's family was born at the bottom, so they didn't care too much about education in this area.

However, Xia Anran "begged" for a special treatment by himself, so that he had to accept the soul roasting from the culture class after he took office.

At the same time, he also spontaneously added martial arts lessons to himself.

After discussing with the prime minister, the Taifu, the lieutenant and the prime minister submitted a lesson list. Although the words used seemed to be respectful, they actually filled Xia Anran's spare time mercilessly.The sluggish little prince looked at the flimsy piece of paper handed over by the Tai Tuo and the beautiful official script on the paper, feeling a little uncomfortable all over.

And the most frightening thing is that the Taifu, who was able to chat with him amiably along the way, has changed after picking up the pointer, and Xia Anran, who has already found out the details, can only look at the books piled up on the desk. The unfamiliar book blinked.

The courses that the Taifu arranged for him were all courses that he didn't have the basics in. Xia Anran, who couldn't rest on his laurels, could only obediently pick up the books.

Lieutenant Cheng Buzhi brought his son here in order to make His Royal Highness King Zhongshan's study less boring, and his companion called Cheng Wu.

He has lived up to his father's expectations of him. It is said that this young gentleman is born with great strength, and under his father's systematic education, he has carried forward this advantage.

All the little princes of the Han Dynasty have to learn martial arts, but even so, they are not as good as the son of a general. Xia Anran was shocked to find that this little man already had muscle lines on his body after taking off his clothes!

His Royal Highness touched his soft belly, and left behind a layer of clothes under the warm invitation of his companion to preserve his dignity as "Your Highness".

Xia Anran's body seems to have a buff of swordsmanship proficiency, but it is not very useful, because Cheng Bushi teaches swordsmanship.

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the main weapon began to change from the sword to the sword. On the one hand, due to the advancement of smelting technology, the raw material was changed from copper to harder iron, and the single-edged sword was more forged than the double-edged sword. It can save a lot of time on cutting and sharpening, and is suitable for military equipment.

On the other hand, because the sword's attack method is mainly stabbing, it is inconvenient to chop and easy to break, so the future trend of the country is to popularize Han swords in the whole army.

For the princes, the focus of their studies naturally shifted from stabbing-based swordsmanship to wide-opening and closing swordsmanship.

Of course, he still has to learn swordsmanship, after all, the sword is also a ritual weapon of the royal family.

Standing on the school grounds, Cheng Bushi, who turned into a devil coach, respectfully said to the little prince, "Tianhan, please warm up first, Your Highness."

The warm-up project is-running circles.

Just when Xia Anran had already transformed into a little cat, in the capital city of Han Kingdom thousands of miles away from Zhongshan Kingdom, Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi had just received the first letter from his son who had just died.

When the post envoy arrived, Liu Qi was reading to Empress Dowager Dou in Changxin Palace.

The crisis of the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms has just been resolved, and the new year is coming, the atmosphere of the whole Han court is extremely cheerful and relaxed, and Xia Anran's letter came even more coincidentally, which just interrupted Empress Dowager Dou's commonplace talk about Liu Qi's establishment of the crown prince.

Liu Qiyi heard that the letter was sent by Yuanxing's son, so he naturally interrupted what Empress Dowager Dou had just started with this as an excuse.

Empress Dowager Dou was also very curious about the letter from her little grandson, but she didn't care about her son's subtle way of changing the subject, instead she asked Liu Qi to open it quickly and read aloud to her old lady.

Naturally, Liu Qi would not refuse his mother's request, not to mention he was also a little curious about what Liu Sheng would write in his first letter to his father?

Is it complaining...or...?

He thought of what the kid said to him before he left, and he was really looking forward to it, but who knew that what was passed up layer by layer was actually a bamboo tube.

There is a wax seal on the body of the cylinder, and the seal on the head is the seal of Zhongshan King Liu Sheng to prove his identity, which also proves that it is indeed something sent by Jiuzi.

This is a bit of a novelty.

Princess Guantao at the side also told Empress Dowager Dou that the Ninth Prince had sent a bamboo tube to make a package, and several elders thought it was a bit funny.I have seen it packaged in a brocade box, but I have never seen it packed directly in a bamboo tube.

Empress Dowager Dou smiled and praised her little grandson's frugality, but after a while, the Liu family members discovered the problem. No matter how hard Liu Qi tried, he couldn't separate the bamboo tube from the gap.

Could this... be organically connected?Still using glue?

Liu Qi asked people to call the postmen from Zhongshan Kingdom, and they got the answer.

- use screw.

This is really new.

Modern people have long been accustomed to using the twisting method because the method of opening the spiral pattern was invented, but for a long time before that, the closing method used by Chinese people was mainly "plug".

The production of spiral patterns is not easy, the lower and upper threads must be basically the same, in modern times the width and rotation angle can be controlled mechanically, but in the Han Dynasty, which was entirely manual, it took nearly 30 knots of bamboo tubes to make this thing.

Fortunately, most of these bamboo tubes can barely match, although the result of forced matching is that the waterproof effect is lost.

That's right, the spiral buckle method of making such bamboo joints is for the waterproof and sealing effect.Xia Anran's original idea was: processing it in this way might make a more economical and more convenient kettle, which can be used during the war, but he found that he had made a common sense mistake.

Spiral, does not seal.

In other words, such a rough spiral pattern has no sealing effect.

After searching through the memory with a bitter face, Xia Anran suddenly remembered that when he was a child, when the sealing technology of beverage bottles was not yet mastered, there was actually a rubber cushion inside the bottle cap. The rubber layer ensures that the liquid will not get in and out.

Later, it should be due to technological innovation that the inner and outer helical patterns can be completely engaged, or some other reason has ensured that the beverage bottle cap can be sealed without rubber...but he couldn't do it.

So this can only make a semi-finished product in the end. It has waterproof effect and leak-proof, but it is relatively weak. The final highlight is the strong bite ability.

If you can't make a kettle, you can only use it as a letter box.

Xia Anran can barely comfort herself that this thing is still useful.

Embarrassed by this "black technology", Liu Qi opened the bamboo tube and handed it to Liu Xiaoyu who poked his head curiously to play with it, while he pulled out the letter from it.

As soon as he started, he immediately raised his eyebrows.

Empress Dowager Dou saw that he was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking: "What's the matter? What did Sheng'er write?"

"Mother," Liu Qi read Xia Anran's first few letters at a glance, and he stuffed these papers into the palm of Empress Dowager Dou, "What is this?"

Empress Dowager Dou's well-maintained hands fumbled back and forth on the paper. After she felt it for a while, she immediately frowned: "Is this paper?"

She frowned between her brows, revealing a faint dissatisfaction.In the impression of the Queen Mother, paper is an extremely expensive item.

She had high expectations for this little grandson, but she never thought that the little grandson would develop such a problem of extravagance just after he became a feudal lord.According to the consistent principle of the royal family's thinking, she immediately began to think about who would bring down her good grandson and how to replace her.

When Empress Dowager Dou was brainstorming, she heard Liu Qi say: "Sheng'er said, this is paper, but it is paper made of straw, and the cost is extremely low."

As soon as the words came out, everyone in the venue who knew a little about paper was slightly taken aback.The emperor didn't care about their reaction. Seeing that Jiuzi's letter said that he had asked someone to bring some paper, Liu Qi hurriedly asked someone to present it.

He grinds the ink himself, and puts the pen on the paper. The ink does not disperse when it enters, and the effect is no less than that of the paper made of silk.

No matter how deep Liu Qicheng's mansion was, no matter how calm he was on weekdays, he couldn't help taking a breath at this time.

"Qi'er, how about this paper?" Seeing Liu Qi's silence for a long time, Empress Dowager Dou couldn't help urging.

She was also very concerned about the results of the experiment, but seeing Liu Qi's silence for a long time, Empress Dowager Dou mistakenly thought that her son was dissatisfied with the paper made by her grandson, and quickly comforted her: "Sheng'er is only 11 years old now, so it's hard for him to have a heart." , Just arrived in the fief and vacated this thing. It can be seen that he has been thinking about sharing your worries for a long time, and he has been thinking about it all the way east. Let me tell you, the old woman just thinks it is very good, you Don't scold him."

The old lady's attitude was extremely tough, which made Emperor Jing dumbfounded. He shook his head and explained to Empress Dowager Dou: "You misunderstood, mother, the son is not trying to scold him, but the son is thinking about how to reward him."

Hearing her son's statement, Empress Dowager Dou's complexion immediately softened a lot, and she smiled: "I hear what you mean, Sheng'er brought a good thing this time?"

"Yes." Liu Qi replied after serious thinking.

At this moment, his fingertips were stroking the paper, apparently trying to sort out his caught-off-prepared thoughts: "The paper is not bad, but my son thinks that the biggest value of this thing is that it is cheap. "

What he said made Princess Guantao, who had been listening and never interjected, a little curious. Her eyebrows changed, and she changed her look of avoiding it just now. She was half joking and half puzzled, and asked: "Although I can't do it." business, but also know that the more expensive something is, the more profit it will make, so why is the low cost now its advantage?"

But Liu Qi didn't answer, nor did he look at her, he just patted the youngest son who had been listening with his head tilted. The latter's dark eyes kept staring at them, and he looked at whoever spoke, as if he really understood. like.

Liu Qi was in a very good mood at this moment, and seeing that the child was cute, he deliberately teased him and said, "Hey, can you answer my aunt's question?"

Liu Zhi, who was suddenly named, didn't panic at all. He had long been used to his father taking the school exams when he had nothing to do, and he had rich experience in this.

Little Bean Ding blinked his eyes like black grapes, and he looked at the thick stack of papers written by his ninth brother in his father's hand, and suddenly asked a question: "Daddy usually used it for my son to study. Are books made of this kind of paper?"

After getting an affirmative answer, Xiao Douding tilted his head and said, "Dad said just now that this paper is very cheap, so you can use it for everyone in the future?"

Princess Guantao and Empress Dowager Dou both showed surprise, even Liu Qi who raised this question was a little surprised.

The "books" mentioned by Liu Zhi are actually only for the little prince to study, because the cost of papermaking is too high, even the books that the royal family usually read are mostly bamboo scrolls.But in order to take care of the little princes with small arms and legs, the enlightenment books are made of paper.

However, for the purpose of saving costs, these paper books are also passed on from generation to generation.

What Liu Zhi is reading now is the paper book handed down by Liu Sheng, and there are graffiti drawn by the Ninth Prince when he was not serious in class.

Although it is true that some children are now in contact with such things, Liu Qi was very happy to be able to realize this at the first time.