Great Tang princess

Chapter 604 My Old Lady's Youth Is Over
The door of the workshop opened, perhaps because of the difference in temperature between inside and outside, a gust of wind could be clearly felt blowing from inside.

The hem of Li Yuechen's bright red clothes swayed slightly under the influence of the wind. By the way, he raised his hand to brush the strands of hair flashing in front of his eyes, and followed Pei Bishu and slowly walked in.

"Your Highness is coming, stop!" Pei Bishu shouted and took two steps forward, entered the room, then turned around and bent down to open his arms: "Please, Your Highness!"

When the busy workers in the workshop heard this, they all stopped their work, trotted all the way to the gate, and saluted in unison: "I have seen Your Highness!"

"You are free!"

Li Yuechen raised his hand slightly, with a smile on his face: "I heard that the steam engine has made some progress, and I came here today to take a look."

"Your Highness, please follow me."

Pei Bishu led the way into the workshop and walked towards a large workbench at the back. Li Yuechen followed him with his hands behind his back.

In fact, before I had to go all the way, I could already see two machines working not far in front of me.

Two steam engines made of metal are constantly emitting white hot air around while they are working, driving the gears and connecting rods to rotate rapidly.

These two steam engines are a bit larger than the buckets of the water dispenser. One is connected to a whetstone, and there are a few unsharpened knives beside it, presumably for grinding.

On the other end of the connecting rod is a sawtoothed metal disc, which looks like a saw, but the connecting rod is not connected to the steam engine at present, and it is not known how fast it actually turns.

"Your Highness, please take a look! This is a tool made according to His Highness's suggestion. It has been put into normal use in the Engineering Academy during this period, and it is relatively successful."

During the introduction, Pei Bishu couldn't help but have a confident tone, presumably because he thought his work ability was not bad.

Li Yuechen nodded slightly, and pointed to the steam saw in front of him: "How practical is this thing?"

"Returning to Your Highness, after starting it, it can cut most bamboo and wood, but if it encounters relatively hard materials, it will occasionally get stuck..." Pei Bishu replied.

That is, the speed is not fast enough?Li Yuechen nodded, thinking in his heart.

The saw blade is sharpened. Since it can cut most of the wood, it means that the speed must not be too slow, but if it can't cut hard wood, it may be a problem of strength?
Thinking of this, Li Yuechen turned his head slightly, looking at the machine not far away that kept emitting white steam, feeling a little helpless.

If the seal is tight enough, it should be no problem at all. Now because of the serious air leakage problem, a large part of the power is undoubtedly wasted.

"Regarding the airtightness, have you conducted other experiments?" Li Yuechen turned his head and asked.

Speaking of this, Pei Bishu's expression collapsed in an instant: "Your Highness, I don't know. I have been thinking about this issue since I built the first one. I have tried everything I can think of, but I still can't solve it. , the cost invested in this item alone has exceeded [-] guan, and there is still no progress..."

Having said that, he bowed to Li Yuechen with a guilty face: "I am ashamed of my love and trust for Your Highness, and I really deserve death..."

The other craftsmen also looked guilty and bowed their heads in silence.

Now these craftsmen enjoy extremely high treatment, have military ranks, and have no worries about food and drink. However, they can't even solve the sealing problem after so long, and they really feel ashamed to see His Highness.

The Academy of Engineering in Qingdao has already built huge ships and airships, but here they can only continue to struggle with the issue of sealing, and I really feel ashamed of His Highness.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the entire workshop became a little depressing.

However, Li Yuechen, who was standing among the crowd, smiled slightly: "No progress? Where do you start with this?"

"This..." Pei Bishu raised his head, "I have tried dozens of materials and can't solve it..."

"Well, that is to say, it has been determined that dozens of materials cannot solve the sealing problem!" Li Yuechen turned his head and looked at him with a smile on his face. "How can it be said that there is no progress?"

Pei Bishu raised his head and looked at Li Yuechen in a daze.

His height is only a little over 1.7 meters, while Li Yuechen is 1.7 meters seven, so he needs to look up at her slightly.

What he saw at this moment, the smile on the princess's face, did not contain the slightest bit of blame, nor any dissatisfaction, as long as he affirmed them during this time.

"Your Highness, this..."

Li Yuechen waved his hand slightly: "Research itself is an extremely boring thing. After all, reaching the sky in one step is just a fantasy. In fact, any successful invention contains countless failures behind it. So failure doesn't matter. As long as you are not fooling around, you Gong is willing to give you enough time to study slowly!"

To be honest, if this kind of speech is put in 1000 years, it will not have any effect, and it cannot be called a successful speech at all.

However, in such a feudal era, the princess of the dynasty, who was known as the god of war and known as the number one in the world, said such words to them, which was enough to move everyone present.

Pei Bandit Shu's eyes were red, and he bowed his head respectfully: "Your Majesty, thank you for your kindness!"

"Okay, I'm here this time, not to make daily routines. During this time, pick a few blacksmiths and carpenters, and get a tape measure!" Li Yuechen waved his hand, asked for a pen and paper, and explained to them while drawing pictures .

According to the current strength of the Academy of Engineering, there should be no major problem in making a tape measure. The key is to give them a popular science to understand the problem of this size.

"Look, this is one centimeter! It can be divided into ten millimeters, and then down...you don't need to know for the time being. Ten centimeters are equal to one decimeter, and ten meters are equal to one meter...These numbers must be accurately marked by then. On the tape measure..."

While drawing the picture, Li Yuechen explained to them the issue of the length. It must be absolutely consistent with the female ruler he brought. The other is the internal structure of the tape measure.

As for the material used to make the measuring tape... that's something the blacksmith needs to consider.

With the drawings and Li Yuechen's explanation, the craftsmen immediately agreed that this thing is not difficult.

Li Yuechen shook his head: "It's definitely not difficult to make one or two, but considering that this item will be an indispensable item for every craftsman in the country in the future, you have to think about how to mass-produce it during this period of time. Although this steam engine is now It’s still not perfect, but at least it can replace some tedious work, let’s continue to work hard and think about it.”

"Yes!" Pei Bishu immediately agreed, "I will definitely do my best!"

After reading the results and finishing the work arrangements, Li Yuechen nodded, then turned and left immediately.

It's not that she doesn't want to stay here, but she knows very well that if the leader doesn't leave, the employees will easily tremble. If they don't relax as much as usual, their work will naturally lose efficiency.

This is why some psychopaths who like to torture employees often do so on purpose.

Li Yuechen didn't want to lower the impression of himself as a leader in the hearts of the employees, so he came simply and left as simply.

……

After returning to the palace, Li Yuechen didn't stay idle, but ran to the front gate of the palace, climbed up to the top of the tower with a camera, and began to look for angles to take pictures.

The current imperial palace is mainly made of wooden structures, and it is difficult to preserve it for a long time, so take more photos, so that you can have a corresponding reference when it is damaged or repaired in the future.

At the same time, if these photos sealed in the glass interlayer can be preserved for thousands of years, they can be regarded as precious cultural heritage, serving multiple purposes.

The princess of a country climbed to the top of the tower without any protective measures. If it was someone else, it might have driven the people below crazy. After all, if she fell, she would be crippled for life.

But if it's Princess Taiping... then it's fine.

Li Yuechen set up his camera on the roof, and waved to the inner guards who were following him: "Go and clear out everyone in the square! No walking around!"

"Yes!" The guards on patrol agreed and went to work immediately.

Of course, Li Yuechen didn't completely block it. After all, the angle of the camera is so wide, so as long as no one appears in the camera, he can do whatever else he should.

After taking a panoramic view of the Vientiane Shrine, I didn't immediately go to take other angles. Instead, I ran out of the palace and planned to take a picture of the main gate of the imperial city on the other side of the Luoshui River.

The two teams of internal guards ran out first, making the people on both sides of Luoshui out of the scope of the camera, and then Li Yuechen found a position with the camera and placed it on the opposite bank of Luoshui to start shooting.

Before the filming started, the people around had already stopped, looking cautiously at the busy Miaoman figure over there.

Although in this era, not many people may know the appearance of the royal princess, but the iconic height and ponytail are almost known to everyone.

Li Yuechen didn't have any special feelings about those adoring eyes shot from around him. When he was an athlete, he already had the experience of being surrounded by people.

Even during the interval between fiddling with the camera, he turned his head slightly and blinked his right eye at a little girl who seemed to be only five or six years old.

……

The whole afternoon, Li Yuechen was basically taking pictures around the front of the palace, not because he didn't want to take pictures of other places, but because he didn't have enough time.

The Imperial Palace is really too big. The Daming Palace covers an area of ​​more than three square kilometers, and the Ziwei Palace is a bit bigger than the Daming Palace. It is unrealistic to take pictures of the Imperial Palace in one day.

Speaking of which, there was a meme on the Internet before, and my family is quite big.

Now, Li Yuechen is really qualified to say this, but it's not quite big. It should be said that my house...is very big!
When I returned to Jixian Palace to eat with my mother at night, Li Yuechen said that he planned to go to the palace to take more photos when he was free during this period of time, trying to preserve the current appearance of the palace.

Wu Zetian doesn't care about this, although she thinks it's a bit out of business, but this daughter has been like this since she was a child, so let her play with her when she thinks about it.

On the way back to the Princess Mansion at night, Shangguan Wan'er leaned on the back of the carriage and asked softly, "Wan'er will take a rest tomorrow, can I take pictures with His Highness in the mansion?"

"no problem!"

Li Yuechen nodded, and swayed Erlang's legs slightly: "Tomorrow will be with you all day!"

Hearing this sentence, Shangguan Wan'er smiled softly: "However, didn't your Highness say that the sun is good in the afternoon? How about going to see Wuqiong in the morning."

"No Joan? What happened to her?"

Shangguan Wan'er replied: "Since she came back, she has been wandering in the street every day, saying that His Highness asked her to find a good husband..."

"Hmm...how? Found it?"

"No... After all, at her age..."

Li Yuechen thinks about it too, no matter how you look at a woman who is 30 years old, in this age when the average is [-] or [-] years old, it is already a proper leftover woman who has not run away.

Of course, if you look for it, you can't find it, but the problem is that Wang Wuqiong is not an ordinary person, not to mention the right family, at least you have to find someone who is similar.

Now Wang Xiaojie can be regarded as a military leader, and even holds the position of the vice principal of the military academy. His daughter must be at least at the collateral level of the family to marry.

But the problem is that at this level, at this age, it is basically impossible for her to choose a first marriage, so Wang Xiaojie feels a little entangled recently.

In fact, Wang Wuqiong herself didn't care much about this issue. She followed Li Yuechen all day long and was most influenced by her.

Compared with the first marriage and the second marriage, she cares more about whether the two can have a common language and support each other through the rest of their lives, rather than treating it as a task to be completed after getting married and having children and having little to say.

In this way, the range of choices is much smaller, and it is difficult for Wang Wuqiong to find qualified people.

So last month, I thought of Shangguan Wan'er, the commander of the secret guard, hoping to use the power of the secret guard to help me find qualified people.

If others come to ask for help, Shangguan Wan'er will definitely not care about it. After all, the secret guard is an important intelligence force of the country, how can it be used to help you find a partner?
But Wang Wuqiong is His Highness's personal guard, this small favor is nothing, so he immediately agreed to help her find it in the next few days.

The carriage was driving on the streets of Dongdu at night, and in the carriage, Li Yuechen laughed out loud after listening to the explanation, and then had a sighing expression on his face: "Oh, Wan'er, you finally got out of the court ..."

In the legends of later generations, she seems to be a very pure woman, but if you think about it carefully, how can she be a dull person if she can get the title of Prime Minister?
It is absolutely unworkable to hang on to the so-called "principles" all the time in the imperial court, and the so-called principles will also fluctuate at any time according to different people.

Of course, you know what you know, but after what actually happened in reality, Li Yuechen still couldn't help feeling that the current Shangguan Wan'er seemed to be getting worse and worse from the impression she had in her heart...

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that I also have a large part of the unshirkable responsibility.

"Why does Your Highness keep laughing? Is there something wrong with Wan'er?"

"No, no..." Li Yuechen quickly waved his hand, "It's just a feeling, how should I put it... To describe it in one sentence, it's—my old lady's youth is over!"

"Your Highness is in full bloom now, how can you say it's over?"

Li Yuechen gently took her hand: "It's not age, but the fantasy of the past. You and I, this life will never end!"

(End of this chapter)