The rise of the prince

Chapter 200 Scholars, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce + Pulley Block Lifting

Guan Er was originally unknown, the second eldest in his family, also called Guan Zhong, everyone called him Guan Er in his family, and was also called "Guan Blacksmith" by his neighbors.

In his 30s this year, he is one of the artisans hired by Prince Xiao's Mansion. He has been working in the Palace every day for more than a month.

The palace has always been lax in its requirements, but it is different from the past, he woke up early today, without even bothering to eat breakfast, put on his coir raincoat and went out early to the palace.

The Wangfu deserves to be a famous Wangfu, a royal courtyard, and the monthly money given is also the envy of colleagues. Not to mention, I stand upright at home, and relatives and friends will say good things about him from time to time, which was not the case before.

From childhood to adulthood, year after year, I have heard scholar-bureaucrats often say "scholar, farmer, businessman and commerce".Scholars are the first, farmers are the second, workers are lowly, and businessmen value profits over reputation, so he is often looked down upon before working in the palace.

His farming brothers often look down on him, and they often let him sit at the head of the gathering. After drinking, they also advise him that being a craftsman is a lowly job, and it cannot last long. Identity, so as not to humiliate the ancestors.

Ancestors, although he has never met ancestors, the word ancestors has always occupied a very important position in his heart. When the parents at home mention ancestors, he has no power to resist, as if the biggest sin in the world is "I'm sorry ancestors" "Five words.

Who is the ancestor?Except for the few dry words on the genealogy, he has no impression, and it is even more unimaginable to him than the woman lying beside him every day.

My brother persuaded me that after all, we are a family, and if we don’t go out, it’s for his own good, and he can bear it, but sometimes the neighbor’s children will call him "reek" from a distance, or throw stones at his house, He dared not speak out.

Jing Zhao looked down on craftsmen and merchants. When his father asked him to take over the craftsman, he had solemnly said that he was prepared in his heart, but the preparation was not sufficient.
His wife angered him several times, saying that he didn't dare to fight back, and ran back to his mother's house in anger, but he knew that no one would make decisions for him in this matter. Although his heart was full of anger, he could only endure it.

Since he was a child, he knew what "scholar, farmer, businessman" is, and what the order of superiority and inferiority is. If he plays for a while, no one will speak up for him in the end, neither the neighbors in the neighborhood, nor the judge, because he is an industrial household, under the peasant household. Above the court, there is naturally a dwarf.

The magistrate thinks so, and so do everyone in the capital. If he sues, he will be short first, and it will be no wonder he wins.

This is like everyone thinks that merchants should spend money to avoid disasters, and they are all used to it, but no one has ever thought that merchants’ money is not earned by their own ability?The terrible thing is not that he lost the lawsuit, but the terrible thing is that everyone watched with cold eyes.

In this way, although his family had a better life than ordinary families, he had spent half his life in such a wimpy manner.

Until his friend Zhao Si approached him and recommended him to work in the palace.

In Prince Xiao's Mansion, he still didn't believe it at the beginning, no noble person would want someone like them, with a low status and no reputation.

But I never thought that the palace not only wanted, but also promised a lot of money, and the monthly money given every month was almost comparable to his previous half-year income!
Hearing that he was working in the palace, children didn't dare to scold him behind his back, and no one dared to throw things at home. Even when mother-in-law went to the street to buy vegetables, some people would give a few extra sticks.

When several brothers ate together, no one looked down on him, persuaded him to give up his job and go back to work, and even let him sit at the top.I no longer persuade him to go back to farming, he walks straight, he doesn't need to speak in a low voice, he doesn't need to be shy about his neighbors, and from time to time someone will come to his door and send things to curry favor with him.

Even if you meet in a narrow alley, others will say hello and make way for him, so as not to make it difficult for him to walk.

Now it was his turn to raise his chin and walk in the two of them. These days, the mother-in-law at home is also very happy, walking around from time to time, showing off his work.

What Guan Er cares most is that Li Xingzhou, the eldest son who everyone in Beijing scolds, not only did not look down on these low-status craftsmen, but also treated them with courtesy, and did not put on airs at ordinary times, and even sent them a lot during the New Year. Money, those are not counted in wages.

No one in this world treats him so well except his wife.Therefore, while Guan Er was grateful, he felt like crying, and he didn't know how many lifetimes of blessings he had cultivated to meet his son. He always thought in his heart that no matter what others said, he would always work for his son, as long as his son didn't dislike him.

The reason why I went so early today is because there is a big event in the palace, and the prince's concubine made a magical thing that is said to be able to lift a thousand catties.

As a blacksmith in the palace, although he has seen the magic of the concubine and the beautiful girl, when the foundation in front of the door was built last time, the old cuckoo and other craftsmen only said how deep they were, and she could tell how many cars they needed. The sand and stone were almost the same in the end, and everyone was stunned at once.

After that, she supervised the foundation of the water wheel, and her performance was also admirable. She is not only familiar with the art of planning, but also understands various principles that only experienced craftsmen understand. For example, asphalt tends to swell and crack under the sun. Cracking, if you want asphalt hardening for a long time, you need to add stones for mixing and so on.

Even he and the old cuckoo couldn't believe that she knew so much, after all, she was only a fourteen or fifteen year old child, how did she know so many things, could it be that she was born with it.

But even so, with all kinds of magical legends, he still doesn't believe that the strength of two people can lift a thousand catties. After all, this is too exaggerated, like the theory of strange power and chaos, it is really unbelievable.

The old cuckoos are even more, they are masons, and they are also the oldest people. They want to set up scaffolding to put down the water wheel. This is a job they have done for decades. Practice makes perfect, and they are all proud of it. .

But at this time, Shizi's concubine jumped out and said that there is no need for troublesome scaffolding, she has her own way, and the strength of two people can lift a thousand weights!
Of course how many people don't believe it, if they had a way, they would have been doing this for decades?
In other words, if there is a way, isn't it saying that the old cuckoos are incompetent and stupid, and they have used such stupid methods for decades.

In any case, they will not admit defeat.

So today the craftsmen headed by Old Cuckoo are all waiting to see the jokes, Guan Er is also here to watch the fun, he is a blacksmith, so of course it has nothing to do with him, he is here to watch the fun.

There are already many people surrounded by the river, and the prince's concubine is instructing everyone to set up a strange platform and press down the back end with stones. He can see that a few workers are completely obedient and don't want to contribute at all, so the progress of the work has been very slow. , They probably also think that the girl is just doing something wrong, but it forces them to work hard.

The girl frowned, he was not a prince, but there was nothing he could do about this situation.

At this moment, amidst the noisy whispers, someone suddenly shouted, "Here comes the prince!"

Then someone shouted one after another, Guan Er was excited and wanted to squeeze over to have a look, but just as he wanted to move forward, he was pushed back, and before he knew it, he had reached the river. He was a blacksmith, and he was physically strong. Pushed forward step by step.

That is really the son of the world!

Beside him is an old man in a Chinese robe, and behind him are two girls, one of whom is the prince's personal servant girl, and the other is the prince's fiancée, the future mistress of the palace, and the most talented woman in the capital, and everyone in the palace knows her identity Know.

Seeing Shizi Guan at such a close distance, I was excited, while the workers on the other side saw Shizi coming back, and they worked hard, and they erected the strange shelf in a short while.

Old Cuckoo and other craftsmen stood by and watched coldly, he saw it clearly.

Old Cuckoo didn't even want to move the stone that was half-pressed.

Guan Er saw that the son was there, couldn't help but stepped forward to help, and when he set off, he found that it was not only him, but the servants, nurses, craftsmen and even maids in the mansion all stepped forward to help. The stone moved over and pressed against the back end of the shelf.

He didn't know why, but he thought that everyone didn't know either. Anyway, when the prince was there, everyone couldn't help but stepped forward to help. This might be the unique charm of the prince.

The shelf was erected, the huge water wheel was also pushed down the river bank, and countless eyes were focused on the girl. Moving and lifting something several thousand catties were completely two concepts.

Guan Er still didn't believe it. He saw that Shi Zi personally hung a gourd-like thing on the top of the shelf. The thing was very strange. It was made of iron and wrapped in cowhide.

An iron gourd that fell in the air?
Under the curious eyes of everyone, Shizi tightened the cowhide rope, and then pulled down the other end of the iron lump. There was an iron hook on it, which happened to hang on the top of the water wheel tied with a rope through the center of the fan blade.

Everyone didn't understand what Shizi wanted to do. They saw Shizi started to look around, and then called out a tall nurse. Then he looked over here and pointed at himself: "You also come out to help."

Guan Er was taken aback: "The prince said me?"

"It's you, come out and help." Shizi nodded.

Guan Er was a little nervous: "My son, the villain is a blacksmith."

Shizi shook his head: "It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you have strength, come here."

Guan Er saw that everyone was looking at him, so he had no choice but to get out of the crowd and go to the front to stand with the nursing home.

Shizi handed the end of the cowhide rope to their hands: "Pull hard."

Everyone was stunned. There was a water wheel weighing several thousand catties hanging on the other part of the cowhide rope!

Guan Er was stunned, how could this move.
He exchanged glances with the nurse who was also chosen by the prince, and saw Old Cuckoo looking at him with a sarcasm on the other side.

For some reason, he felt angry and stepped forward to grab the cowhide rope.

The rope is hard and smooth, slightly icy.

Although he didn't believe it in his heart, Guan Er still pulled hard.
As a result, there was no obstruction as imagined, but it was much gentler. He pulled back two steps at once, and then with a creaking sound, the water wheel at the other end began to rise slowly.

The air was suddenly eerily quiet.
The noise around him disappeared, and all eyes were on him and the nurse.

At this moment, Guan Er finally realized that something unbelievable happened.
He and the nurse looked at each other, seeing the surprise and disbelief in each other's eyes, he believed that at this moment, the eyes of both of them were the same.

They coincidentally looked at the giant Qianjin wheel in front at the same time, maybe it was an illusion, but it wasn't. It was real, the huge Qianjin water wheel had left the ground, it felt so unreal!
The power of flesh and blood to lift a thousand catties?
Soon, Guan Er found that not only him, but also the old Cuckoo and the others were stunned. The water wheel weighing more than a thousand catties was indeed off the ground, and it was several feet away!
A few people are afraid of making a mistake, so they throw the dust on the ground to take a closer look, but the water wheel is indeed off the ground.
Guan Er felt that he didn't have to put in much effort, so he glanced at Nuyuan who was also pulling the cowhide rope, and pulled the rope hard again.

Accompanied by the creaking sound, the water wheel was lifted up again, reaching a height of several feet above the ground. In this way, everyone could clearly see that the water wheel had indeed left the ground.
Most of the people stared blankly in the direction of him and the nursing home, as if they were surprised that they had great power, but he and the nursing home really knew that the two looked innocent, and they had no great power at all, and even I haven't exhausted all my strength, but the water wheel, the thousand-jin water wheel just got up like this?

Guan Er couldn't believe his eyes, they pulled him up, he turned his head and saw the frozen smile on Old Cuckoo's face, the prince hugged his concubine intimately, everyone looked closely at him curiously, for a moment he seemed to be the world The focus of everyone's attention is on him.

He couldn't help being proud of the spring breeze, and pulled the cowhide rope together with the nurse, and the water wheel rose again. It was more than five feet above the ground!

It felt like a dream, just like in a dream last night. He obviously didn't have the strength yet, but the thing in front of him was pulled up high. Guan Er was in a trance, like a dream. What did he do, and what did he do? What, he didn't know, he just stared blankly at the weight being lifted in his hands.

He began to be a little confused between dreams and reality, until Shizi ordered two people to be replaced, and those two easily pulled the water wheel off the ground.

Guan Er finally understood that it wasn't him who lifted the heavy weight, nor was it the nurse who was with him, but the little gourd-shaped thing, which was made by the prince's favorite concubine. I thought about explaining half a sentence to them.

Tried two more groups, even a thin person can pull the weight of the weight into the air, that feeling.
God help!

Could it be that the girl is really a god, that's why the prince dotes on her!How else would she do it.

Guan Er was stunned and couldn't calm down for a long time. Most of the people around him were in the same mood. Looking at the old cuckoo, his face was pale and his knees trembled, he almost knelt down
At this time, Shizi suddenly raised his hand to stabilize everyone, then touched the Qianjun water wheel in mid-air and said loudly: "I knew the result of today, the reason why I didn't tell you in advance is to give you all, A word of advice to all the artisans of the palace, all those who work in the palace."

The prince said as he pulled his concubine into his hands, raised her beautiful arms, and said loudly: "The experience of ancestors cannot be a reason to hinder progress. Anyone who uses the experience of ancestors as an excuse to hinder the implementation of new technologies will not be covered by this palace." welcome!"

(I went to banquets everywhere during the Chinese New Year, and I was drunk and dizzy, code words mixed with full attendance, everyone forgive me, I left home on the sixth day, and went to work normally on the seventh day, and I will definitely recover~~~~)

(End of this chapter)