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

Spring in the north always comes later than in the south, but this time is also extremely late. In order to find a way to catch up with this year's spring plowing, Lu Buwei spent a lot of manpower on the transformation of irrigation facilities.The general craftsman and the young craftsman are also very aware of what it means to them if this whole set of equipment is completed, so they don't spare any effort.

As the official power of the Qin State, they came forward to hire almost all the craftsmen of the Qin State in Xianyang to make and splicing.Because of the high technical requirements of this project, the recruits are basically craftsmen rather than apprentices or ordinary people.

These craftsmen were a little reluctant at the beginning. Due to the tight working hours, these craftsmen were assigned to various links on the assembly line for operation. This kind of soulless operation method was done by apprentices together with craftsmen After being called a craftsman, these craftsmen will no longer accept this kind of mechanical operation, not to mention the requirement that they must use the scale of the Qin State and can only make according to the drawings.

It's just that everyone felt a little itchy after seeing the small model. They really wanted to know whether this whole set of irrigation tools could pump water up from the Jing River below, so it seems that after Qin promised to complete the project, they could be allowed to Under the promise of assembling the finished products, the craftsmen reluctantly endured Qin's unreasonable request.

When Lu Buwei came to the door one by one seriously and sincerely, he explained to these craftsmen that they were hired because the fault tolerance rate of this project was very low, and due to the requirements of the construction period, there was almost no room for modification and reconstruction, and such a high difficulty only believed them. After the flattery and heavy rewards, all kinds of dissatisfaction in the hearts of these old craftsmen were calmed down.

This is a team that can definitely be called a star-studded team in the craftsman industry, covering elite talents from various industries such as carpenters, plasterers, bricklayers, and potters.These talents are all called masters by people in this industry, and it is not easy to enlist this team.

A high status naturally has a bad temper, and they came here with emotions, and within a few days, the short-tempered young craftsman was pissed off a few times.

However, interpersonal communication is Lu Buwei's strong point. He has traveled around the world in business for many years, and has a good understanding of the folk culture of each country, so he can find some common topics with the artisans gathered here.

Especially after Mrs. Lu reminded him, he also specially hired many chefs from foreign countries to ensure that these craftsmen can still eat authentic hometown dishes every few days in Qin.Even if he is a great craftsman, he is still an ordinary old man after all. When he is old, he is often like a child, and he has to be coaxed.

And Lu Buwei is really proficient in coaxing children.

When coaxing these craftsmen, he could even coax his own son along with it.Relatively speaking, Lu Xiaoan is very contented, as long as he huddles next to the artisans and eats special delicacies together, he can be happy for several days.

Until they knew that Lu Xiaoan was the instigator, Xiaowa's presence also softened the tense atmosphere of the entire construction site to some extent.Of course, the situation will be different when we know about it. The relationship between the designer and the craftsman who is forced to rush the construction period has always been more confrontational than a united front.

But in any case, until the dead line of the vernal equinox calculated by Tai Shiling, the upper part of the Xianyang Plain was barely completed, and the waterwheel splicing project on the Jing River was also completed, and it was only about to be placed in the Jing River. up.

It can be said that the whole project is still short of the final finishing and debugging, but there is really no way to complete this part of the process before the spring plowing begins.

The main reason is that the construction of the windmill is too time-consuming. According to Lu An’s plan, he only intends to make a basic part of the windmill that is exposed to the outside, and it can be pumped up. Who knows that the king of Qin came over and walked around and said that this is not suitable for our old Qin people. Since we want to do it, we must make a complete and huge one, and if possible, we want a majestic (golden) one.And it was this vanity project that greatly delayed the entire progress.

For this reason, Lu An and all the craftsmen dared not speak out, and could only temporarily adjust the parameters according to Party A's father's request. Finally, they rushed to finish the main windmill before the spring thunder exploded. Then in the rest of the time, the ditch on the ground is roughly trimmed into a shape that can fool people.

Qin Wang Yingji was quite satisfied with the progress of the project, especially when he heard that when people looked at Xianyang Yuan from a distance, he could see the huge windmill for the first time, so he was even more satisfied.

However, as a strict Party A, he took his great-grandson on horseback to the outskirts of Xianyang to personally confirm the situation.

Xianyang was originally the commanding heights of this plain area, and the windmill is on the edge of Xianyang Plain. It stands before the junction of Jingwei River and looks like a flag firmly planted on this land. It is quiet and beautiful in the sunset. With supreme majesty.

Although Lu An vetoed the copper casting plan due to the load-bearing problem, the top of the windmill was decided by the master craftsman and replaced it with a copper black bird that looked like it was about to fly. Still golden and bright.

Xuanniao is the totem of the old Qin people. According to legend, the mother of the ancestors surnamed Ying swallowed the eggs of Xuanniao and gave birth to them, and the Xuanniao placed on the windmill is watching——Jinghe Weihe, It is also the direction of the six eastern countries.

It is big, bright, unique, and has a good meaning. This windmill completely caught King Qin's aesthetic preferences. Ying Ji expressed his satisfaction, and the little traitor Zhao Zheng told his brother Lu An about his attitude that night. .

Zhao Zheng now lives in Xianyang Palace. The Xianyang Palace where Yingji lives is a group of palaces that began to be built after Duke Xiao moved his capital. It was planned by Shang Yang and expanded and filled by subsequent kings of Qin. The volume is extremely large.

Of course, the construction time was also very long, and the whole was not roughly completed until several years after Yingji ascended the throne.

Because Xianyang Plain itself is a plateau that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, surrounded by the Jinghe River and Weishui River, the mountains and rivers are a natural defense zone, so Xianyang Palace did not set up a city wall, and the old Qin people brutally moved the north bank of the Weihe River. The entire highland is regarded as the scope of Xianyang Palace.

Therefore, the sharp corner where Lu An and others are located is actually within the range of the Xianyang Palace Group. It is quite convenient for Zhao Zheng, who is living and studying here, to sneak over here.So ever since he knew that Lu An was here, Zhao Xiaozheng had been applying to see this elder brother who had lived with him for two years.

Yingji used to excuse the cold weather, fearing that the child would catch a cold, so he didn't raise his hand until now, so the two brothers who had finally met each other were bored for a while, and then Zhao Zheng immediately sold out his great-grandfather, "Great-grandfather is so cute!" , Zheng'er also likes this bright one, if it can be bigger, I like it even more."

Lu An denied without raising his head when he heard the words: "No, this is precious!" If it wasn't for the craftsman's strong request, he wouldn't put the product of this nouveau riche on it!It's ugly.

"You..." Zhao Zheng wrinkled his face and whispered a number, "Is it more than these?"

"Add twenty times more." Lu An wrung his fingers, and made a rough calculation, and then he realized something immediately after making a movement, and quietly leaned over to ask, "Zheng'er, do you have private money?"

Zhao Zheng was still calculating how much twenty times was, but when he heard his brother's question, he habitually covered his pockets, shook his head and said, "Brother, let's stop buying land, we can't grow it!"

The two were taken aback for a moment, and then both laughed again after a while.

When he was still living in Yewang City, Lu An's personal hobby was to buy fancy land, but they were all civilians at the time, and according to their status, they were not allowed to own slaves or tenant farmers, so they could only hire others to help manage the fields.But the money to hire people is very expensive. In order to save money, all the Lu family members went to the fields to help in the early days. Zhao Zheng, who was just able to walk, helped pick ears of corn when he was a child.

At that time, Zhao Zhengzhi tried more than once to stop his elder brother's preference to buy land when he was not optimistic about it. Now it has become a habit, so that after the two haven't seen each other for a long time, they still have an instinctive reaction.

After a smile, the strange feeling of being separated for half a year completely disappeared. Zhao Xiaozheng took the initiative to rub into his brother's arms, and Lu An hugged him very familiarly, then turned upside down, and said with relief: "It's heavy."

Zhao Zheng raised his head proudly, "Zheng'er eats a bowl of rice every day."

"Well, very good." Lu An nodded, "Are you picky about food?"

"No!" Zhao Zhengli was blunt and without hesitation. After he entered the palace, someone came to ask him what he likes to eat, so Zhao Zheng, who only said his favorite dishes, of course would not eat dishes he didn't like. .

Since I haven't eaten it, of course I won't be picky eaters!

"Zheng'er finished all the food."

Lu Xiaoan, who never expected to have such skills, patted his younger brother's head with great satisfaction and praised him several times.The two brothers laughed and talked for a while, then Zhao Zheng leaned into Lu An's ear and said, "Brother, I've been a little weird these days."

"Ok?"

"Zheng'er always feels that the Xianyang Palace is not big enough, so he wants to find a way to make it bigger." The child's expression was full of doubts, "But this is something that only a great-grandfather can do, why would Zheng'er want to do this? As for the matter, I told my father, and my father said that this is a rebellious idea of ​​mine, and I must never tell others..."

After that, he pursed his lips, his expression was very aggrieved and hesitant, and his small eyes fell on Lu An's face again and again, looking at his reaction.

Of course, Lu Xiaoan didn't think there was anything wrong with this idea. For children, their thinking will not have so many twists and turns like adults. They all think in a straight line.The younger brother said to build a house, so let's build a house.

He also patted his younger brother on the shoulder comfortingly, and shared his dream with his younger brother, "What are you, I was thinking two days ago that if I were to be in charge of Qin's farming in the future, I would feed everyone Where's the meal!"

Zhao Zheng paused, in awe.

Compared to him just wanting to build a palace, brother's idea is obviously much more difficult, and people in the world... it's amazing at first glance!So the kind-hearted Zhao Xiaozheng expressed a little shyly that in order to support his brother, if he really took charge of farming one day, then Zheng'er would save half of the money for building the house and use it to cultivate the land for his brother.

Lu An expressed that he was very touched and reciprocated by saying that if one day he can really feed people, then he will fully support his younger brother's house building business!

At that time, Lu An, who didn't know how expensive the house Zhao Zheng wanted to build, and Zhao Zheng, who didn't know how difficult it was to feed the whole world, made the promise very easily, and they have been following Ying Zhao Zheng, who studied next to Ji, followed suit and signed a "gentleman's agreement" with his elder brother.

In order to show that it is more cautious than pressing one finger, the two brothers pressed all ten fingers on the sheepskin.

And this document... In the following decades, it was the black history that the two brothers wanted to destroy the most, but due to various reasons, they could not be destroyed.

This is a later story, let's not mention it for the time being.

After the spring thunder sounded, the temperature rose and the land thawed. The spring plowing day calculated by Tai Shiling came soon.

In order to show his importance to cultivated land, Qin King Yingji led the princes and grandsons of the royal family and officials to hold a grand pro-cultivation ceremony in Xianyangyuan, and took the lead in worshiping the god of mountains, rivers and waters in Qin State, in order to hope that Qin State will be able to weather the storms this year. Shun, Gu Fengmancang.

Qin State is at the forefront of the seven countries in terms of farming technology, which has a lot to do with Qin State's long-term national policy of emphasizing agriculture.Qin Wang Yingji took off his heavy formal clothes with a wave of his hand after the worship ceremony, and only wore a simple short robe to plow the land with his own hands.

Although the land has been thawed, the land is still hardened at this time. If it is done by manpower alone, it usually requires two people to push and pull to complete it.But King Qin has only one brother and no brothers, so of course there is no way to find another person who can help with his status, so in the past, King Qin led the cows to complete the farming.

All the courtiers thought it was strange that they didn't see the cow, but they never expected that it was the king of Qin who kissed him!

But Yingji felt that it was not very strong after pulling two plows. He could pull the plow by himself, but the plow did not go deep into the ground. So King Qin had an idea and hugged Zhao Zheng, who was watching from the side, and made him stand up. Press the plow on the plow.Sure enough, after gaining the weight of a child, the plow went deep into the soil layer and dug out the dark soil underneath.

The emperor's random move was interpreted by countless people, but Ying Ji didn't care about it. After two back and forth, he still felt that it was not enough, so he simply walked a few more rounds.At this time, Zhao Zheng had already adapted to his current position. While holding himself steady with two tendon ropes, he asked Ying Ji in a childlike voice, "Great-grandfather, are you tired? Zheng'er is here to help you." Are you okay?"

"It's okay, I can walk for a while." Yingji responded with a smile, "Great-grandfather still has strength, you just need to eat more now and grow up faster. When great-grandfather can't pull it anymore, you can pull it. "

"Okay!" Zhao Zheng agreed without hesitation, "Then it will be great-grandfather and you stand behind, and Zheng'er will pull you away."

Ying Ji laughed out loud when he heard such childish words, and he walked for another round before stopping amidst the persuasion of the officials.Zhao Zheng nimbly jumped off the plowshare and ran over to help Yingji hold the wooden frame. Yingji didn't need help from others. Now that his great-grandson helped him, he could easily release himself from the straps. out.The old man was holding the plow with one hand, looked down at the baby boy who was helping the plow with his small arms and legs, and said with a smile on his face: "Zheng'er, great-grandfather heard that you made a "gentlemen's agreement" with Lu Xiaolang a few days ago? "

"Great-grandfather, you are amazing, you know all of this." Zhao Zheng didn't think much about how the whispers between himself and brother could reach the ears of his great-grandfather, he puffed out his chest and said with some pride: "Yes, Zheng'er and brother My brother agreed, he will help me build the palace, and I will help him farm."

"Hey—that's such a loud voice." Ying Ji patted the human plow standing on the ground, and said, "Would your great-grandfather give this to you?"

The eyes of the surrounding people staring at this place became hot in an instant, and Qin Gongzi Yiren's whole body froze even more. He wanted to rush over and prostrate himself on the ground to plead guilty, but was stopped by his father.With this delay, he heard his son answer the question: "Can Zheng'er not be?"

"Why?" Ying Ji raised his eyebrows unexpectedly.

The young child glanced at the human-powered plow, then at the old King Qin who was holding the plow, and said, "Because the plow will not be used much in the future, great-grandfather, and now farmers use oxen to plow the fields! Zheng'er thinks , when I grow up enough to use this plow, everyone will be plowing with oxen."

"Ouch!" Yingji was a little surprised when he heard the words, he put his hands behind his back and pretended to be angry, "But you just said that you will drag your great-grandfather down in the future."

"So the plow should be placed on the side of great-grandfather. If it is placed on Zheng'er's side, Zheng'er will definitely transform it into a plow that is pulled by oxen. Then there will be no way to pull great-grandfather."

Ying Ji was taken aback when he heard the words, then he looked up and laughed.

The man stretched out his hand to the little baby, and then squeezed his great-grandson's small palm and walked towards the officials, saying as he walked, "It's okay, I'll give it to you, if you want to change it, you can change it, as long as it's good, it's fine." I'm also very happy that I can't pull my great-grandfather back. The last thing we old Qin people are afraid of is change."

"If you don't have the guts to dig out the meat to decompose—" He tilted his head slightly, looking at the child's eyes with some unclear meaning, "then he will only be eliminated by this era."

"The time is waiting for you. Only by firmly grasping every opportunity can you wait for the opportunity."

His voice was not loud, and these words only fell into Zhao Zheng's ears.The little baby raised his face and looked at the old man, his eyes were shining, as if he understood something but didn't seem to understand it that much.

Ying Ji gently squeezed his hand, "It's okay, just think about it slowly, once you figure it out, you will grow up."

As soon as the two of them approached the crowd, they heard a voice, "Your Majesty, I came from afar, and I saw that golden thing from a long distance away, but I don't know what it is, it's so beautiful."

Ying Ji followed the sound and looked, and when he saw who was coming, although he was still smiling, his voice was slightly lowered, "Ah, this one, it's called a windmill, it's not for watching, it's very useful. Lu Buwei!"

Lu Buwei came out from behind all the officials in response, stepped forward and paid respects, "The minister is here."

"Can you use this windmill today? Give my nephew palm eyes too?"

Lu Buwei was silent for a while, he turned his head to look in the direction of the windmill, and said with a smile, "I will do my best."

After that, he took it under the eyes of everyone and saw that a rope was cut, and the wooden wedge used to fix the windmill's pages fell down.

The surrounding area of ​​Xianyang Plain is empty, with the breeze blowing from the river, the blades of the windmill turn from stationary to fast rotation within a few breaths, and everyone sees that Lu Buwei has moved to give way. Everyone is inexplicably seeing, seeing Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a thin stream slowly flowed out from the bottom of the windmill.

Lu Buwei bowed to the King of Qin and said, "My minister, fortunately I did not disgrace my life."

The author has something to say:

Lu Buwei: Let the old man pretend to be a letter! ! !

(Remember I said that the water wheel was not installed? Then the question comes, where does the water come from?)

Cough

No Responsibility Theater:

Xia Miao: I regret it, I really just talked nonsense when I was young.

Ying Zheng: I regret it too, I was talking nonsense too.

Xia Miao: Can't we give the child a chance to repent?

Ying Zheng: I was still a child at that time!

Xia Miao & Ying Zheng: But! ! ! !I can't say it! !

Xia Miao: If I talk about it first, what about my brother's dignity?

Ying Zheng: As the King of Qin, how can you go back on your word! ! !

If you swell your face, you have to be fat, even if you regret it to death, you must not lose face, duo!

The truth that the monarch and his ministers get each other.

Yesterday, you all pretended that I didn't say rounding, huh.