The rise of the prince

Chapter 493 Daily Affairs of the Palace + Shadows in the Ordinary
"Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why don't you sing and walk slowly. Bamboo sticks and mans shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid?

It is expected that the spring breeze blows and wakes up, it is slightly cold, but the hills are slanted to welcome them.Looking back at the place that has always been bleak, when I go back, there will be neither wind nor rain. "A-Jiao read slowly, her tone was up and down, her eyes were shining, she hugged the words to her chest, looking intoxicated.

"Sister Shiyu, I didn't expect the prince to write such a word." Gillian said with admiration, Shiyu was stewing beef in a small stove, adding precious medicinal materials sent by various prefectures, and Yue'er was helping fan fire.

Shiyu snorted: "It's just arrogance, it's not worth mentioning. Don't show it all day long. If you let him know, your tail will go up to the sky."

"No way, this is a masterpiece of the world. If Concubine Tian hadn't invited us to visit a few days ago, I would not have known that the prince had written such a good poem. It is sassy and refined, outstanding, and unrestrained." The little girl said more and more. The more it shines.

"He offended the emperor because of this word. Compared with this, no matter how good the word is." Shiyu retorted, Concubine Tian invited them to be guests, in fact, the main purpose was to teach her some rules and etiquette of rich and noble families. To put it bluntly, Concubine Tian has a sincere temperament and doesn't like those things. That's probably why the emperor dotes on her.

Gillian smiled, took her hand and said: "Sister Shiyu, a person's life is only a few decades, but good poems and lyrics can be passed down through the ages.

Maybe we will not be alive in the future, and many descendants will read the poems of the son of the prince, and they will talk about us, and we will be commemorated by thousands of descendants. Thinking about it, I think it is very interesting, romantic and charming."

Shiyu was stunned for a moment, then laughed, touched the little girl's head, and then shook her head: "I can't enjoy that kind of blessing. If you manage well in this life, you will be exhausted physically and mentally. Who cares about the affairs behind you? Besides, little girl, you are only fifteen years old." Six, I just think about what will happen after the death." She said, smoothing the broken hair on A-Jiao's forehead.

"As long as I can serve the prince in this life, I don't care about anything else." Yue'er interjected.

The girls looked at each other and giggled. The snow outside the house had not yet melted, and their white makeup was all over the ground.

Recently, as things have come to an end, Shiyu is no longer as busy as before, and people who have lost a lot of weight relax.

And after the big turmoil that shook the political arena across the country, what was handed down was not only King Pingnan's selflessness in eliminating harm for the people, but more about the strategizing and ingenious schemes of the woman behind him.

Many bigwigs in the court, up to the deputy prime minister, all fell down, none of them were big shots.

But they did all their calculations, but they didn't expect that their real opponent was not King Pingnan, whom they had been staring at through various channels, but the woman behind him, a poor and humble brothel master. A commoner's daughter is in charge of the house.

This kind of story is more popular with scholars, ladies and beauties than the chaos in the south and the great war.After all, the relationship between men and women has been the most attractive topic since ancient times.

The majestic King Pingnan, the commander of the new army, the envoy of Beijing North Transfer, the minister of Honglu Temple, the great victory of Sulu and so on, is already dazzling, but he entrusts his wealth without reservation to a brothel from a humble background Woman, how touching, romantic and charming.

In addition, before the Shangyuan Poetry Conference, King Pingnan also specially wrote the masterpiece "Sapphire Case. Yuanxi" for it, which is even more legendary. It is difficult for no one to spread such a story.

People spread it everywhere, and from time to time they would secretly go to listen to the poetry, and secretly giggle after listening to it, not letting Gillian and the others see it, lest they make fun of him.

After that, the people who came to visit the palace every day almost broke the lintel, and most of them were rejected. After this incident, many people had to stand in line again.

In addition, Shiyu also arranged for Sun Banzhang to contract labor. After all, although he has a bad reputation, he has done a lot of things for the palace, and Sun Wenyan has also begun to please the palace. Shiyu finally ordered Yan Gu to be in charge of working with Sun Wenyan. , Sun Banzhang and these people are connected.

The palace needs the power on the surface, the influence of the court, and the [-] new troops also need the power on the dark side.

Yesterday, Zhao Si got beef from his relatives, and sent some to the palace. Beef is a rare thing in Jingguo, so the kitchen will naturally ask the manager Shiyu.

Some of the poetry should come over, and the rest should be left to other people in the mansion.

A-Jiao carefully put away the paper, giggled and said, "Sister Shiyu is always like this, with the prince's thorn in her mouth, talking in her sleep at night, hoping that the prince will come back soon."

"Nonsense, I don't have it." Shiyu quickly argued.

"I just heard it last night." A-Jiao said, it's been cold these days, they thought about getting together to sleep warmly, and they could also tell stories, the stories are what the prince said, but not everyone listened , only Yue'er and Gillian listened the most, while Shiyu and Qiu'er listened less.

At night, I was so afraid that I got into the bed and dared not come out, so I had to cover the quilt to listen.

"Don't talk nonsense." Shiyu blushed, "I told him it was because I owed him."

Gillian giggled, and Yue'er also interjected: "When will the prince come back, it's almost New Year's Eve."

"I don't know, hey, it's all his own idea, saying that he wants to go into the mountains to suppress the bandits, otherwise he would have come back early." Dissatisfied with the poem, Wang Tong, the prefect of Ningjiang, sent a letter to explain the situation.

"Is there any danger?" Yue'er asked worriedly.

"No, it's just a few bandits." Shiyu said, he has inexplicable confidence in that guy, but he still has worries in his heart. Regarding Yue'er, she still said, "When he comes back, it's time to prepare for the wedding. I have been to Tianxiang Mansion several times."

When she said this, Gillian blushed. According to what had been agreed in advance, the Prince would come from Jiangzhou for their wedding. Degong was so happy that he even chose the date, but he went to suppress the bandits again.

"What are you being shy about? You're going to get married sooner or later." The poetic language teased her.

Ajiao was extremely ashamed, she blushed and counterattacked: "Sister Shiyu, don't talk about me, you and the prince have been husband and wife for a long time."

Shiyu also blushed, she knew what Gillian was talking about, and reached out to tickle her: "Little girl, you can't learn well at a young age."

"Hehehe, we didn't even know it was Sister Shiyu who took the lead." A-Jiao pulled back and avoided her with a triumphant smile.

Yue'er looked at the two of them and laughed, both of them asked Yue'er to help scratch each other, Yue'er was in a dilemma, so they both scratched each other, and they got into a mess.
After the commotion was about the same, the three little girls collapsed on the ground, out of breath, Shiyu was afraid that they would catch a cold, so he went upstairs to take down the quilts and blankets and let them cushion them.

"Sister Shiyu, I heard that the Jin people took down Shangjing." Gillian asked weakly.

"Yeah." Shiyu nodded, adding charcoal to the small furnace with pliers, "Uncle Ji just told me yesterday that the court is now in shock, and many ministers are at a loss. Those who didn't pay attention to the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin before are now shouting for peace every day." During the peace talks between the Jin people, the threshold of the posthouse has been trampled down in the past few days."

"No wonder grandpa doesn't have time to come to the palace." Gillian sighed.

Shiyu opened the lid of the casserole, checked whether the beef was cooked, and then continued: "It's very chaotic outside now, you don't have to go out if you have nothing to do, in the halls, up and down the streets and alleys, there are some clues, and people are panicking.

After all, thinking about it makes me feel flustered. It has been less than a year since Wanyan Wugu started his army. In this year, he has already destroyed Tokyo, Zhongjing, Shangjing, and many surrounding cities. The more he thinks about it, the more terrifying he feels. "

The poem said and put the lid on: "Furthermore, it is said that when Wan Yan Wu Gu Nai raised his army, he had only a few thousand warriors in his hands, and when Keliao went to Beijing, he only had 5 or [-] horses, but it was so many people who defeated the Liao army one after another. , adding up to hundreds of thousands.

Now the mantra from the Liao Kingdom is being spread outside, 'Jurchen is full of ten thousand, and full of ten thousand is invincible'. "

Speaking of this, Shiyu's voice dropped, the two little girls lost their smiles, and an invisible shadow enveloped everyone's heart.

"This man is truly the hero of his life," Gillian whispered.

"He is definitely not as powerful as the prince." Yue'er whispered.

Shiyu and Gillian glanced at her and laughed, but a little forcedly.

The poem did not go into detail, but Ji Chunsheng actually made it clear that before and after, Wanyan and Wugu defeated the Liao army with more than 3 troops, and he and his elites were only [-] or [-]. She said that [-] refers to the recruitment of Liao The army expanded after the people of the land.
This is bad news that no one wants to hear. She has tried to speak softly, but it is still scary.

She hugged the two little girls lightly, "It's okay, Shangjing is thousands of miles away, besides, there are tens of thousands of forbidden troops in Guanbei, Yang's army in Taiyuan, and hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops in the camp outside the capital."

Gillian and Yue'er nodded.

The poetic language said: "Let's go and ask Qiu'er to come over for dinner. After eating, Yue'er will wash the dishes with me, and A-Jiao will go get the quilt. At night, we will listen to A-Jiao's stories together."

"Okay, okay!" Yue'er jumped up happily.

Gillian also nodded, and Shiyu led them out of the courtyard.

"Sister Qiu'er, it will take a while to heat up to the expected temperature, you should go inside and warm up for a while." Tie Niu rubbed his hands.

Qiu'er shook her head, "It's okay, I'll wait here."

She was followed by a servant girl, Tie Niu's older sister, Tie Hua.

She is just the opposite of Tie Niu. She is tall and strong, even stronger than many men, so everyone jokes that the two siblings, Tie Hua and Tie Niu, were born in the wrong hands. brought.

Qiu'er saw that she was strong and strong, so she took her by her side. She was capable and convenient, and everyone was a daughter.

In fact, Qiu'er is very cold. Every morning in this area, Sister Shiyu will send someone to shovel away all the snow. She knows it's for her own good, so she can't let anyone down.

Especially after hearing the news that Shangjing was compromised recently.

Qiu'er has her own ideas, she doesn't care how powerful the hero is who people say is Wanyan Wugunai, and she doesn't care about the so-called "Jurchen is less than ten thousand and invincible", because no matter how powerful a person is, they are no more than flesh and blood. Enough kinetic energy, no one can resist it.

So she went to Zhao Jishu and Shiyu to ask, and asked a lot of details, paying special attention to how Wanyan Wugunai treated the people of Liao.

Although few people paid attention to it, she still got some news from northern businessmen from Sister Shiyu. Killing and looting, but also lenient treatment, appease the people, reduce corvee.

This made Qiu'er even more frightened.

With Wanyan Wugunai's prestige, coupled with these means, if he wants to go south in a few years, he might have an army of millions under his command!

Qiu'er understands what can stop him - new motivation!
Steam engine, it’s not just as simple as being able to turn. As long as there is a steam engine, they can use iron to build ships, build stronger and longer barrels, increase the production of steel, and arm an army of steel in a short time. , armored fleet, army of firearms.

Built only by manpower and water power, even in a few years, they would not be able to arm an army strong enough to fight the drought of the Kingdom of Jin.

Qiu'er said in a hurry, she wished she could experiment without eating or drinking.

The steam engine can already be used, but the problem is that the forged cylinder will always explode, and it will start to explode when the pressure is high.

Without high pressure, there is no greater power, but the cylinder cannot withstand such a long period of high pressure. She tried many changes, and craftsmen such as Zhao Si, Tieniu, and Zhu Rong also gave her ideas, and tried various solutions hundreds of times. .

Whether it is improving the casting surprise, increasing the volume, changing the shape in order to change the way of force, or even thinking of adding more flexible metals such as copper to the cylinder material, it has no effect.
When the pressure is high and the time is long, the cylinder will start to explode.

It seems that there is a magical force that always pushes the cylinder open at critical moments, no matter how firm it is, it is useless.

Gillian was so busy these days that she felt dizzy and overwhelmed with thoughts, and the news of Jin Guoke's going to Beijing made her even more anxious.

This time, she personally supervised the new plan again. After a while, as the coke added to the furnace burned, the water vapor began to evaporate. Tiehua stepped forward to open the valve under her signal, and the steam began to inject. Slowly, enough Driven by the machine, the huge iron wheel, which weighed about a hundred catties, turned rapidly, and it became faster and faster.

It's not the first time Qiu'er and several palace craftsmen have seen this kind of scene, the key is whether they can sustain it for a long time.

The hundreds of catties of iron wheels whizzed and made the sound of the wind. This kind of strength cannot be achieved by manpower. No matter how brave a person encounters it, he will definitely be torn into pieces of meat.

Time passed slowly, Tieniu added coke several times in the middle, and Zhao Si also came over.
Slowly, half an hour passed, the big iron wheel was still spinning rapidly, and everyone smiled slowly, half an hour later, they were still fine!
"It's done?" Tieniu was dubious, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Zhao Si was also a little excited: "It seems to be okay this time."

The steam engine was turning rapidly, and Tieniu laughed loudly, "I think it will work, this time it really works! Sister Qiu'er, you are amazing!"

Qiu'er couldn't believe it. She was overjoyed and hurried forward to check. Sure enough, the steam engine was still running at a high speed, and there was nothing abnormal. But at this moment, she suddenly found that the cylinder seemed to be "fat".

Qiu'er became alert instantly, and hurriedly greeted everyone: "Quick, get out! Get out of the yard!"

Everyone was puzzled, but hurriedly exited the yard.
After a while, there was a loud noise in the courtyard, and then I went in to see that the cylinder exploded again, and this time it exploded together with the boiler. The milky white water vapor filled the sky like a winter morning fog, fogging up the entire courtyard.

Everyone was frowning. They didn't expect that they could succeed, but they failed again.
After a while, the dejected Tiehua realized, "Where's Qiu'ermei?"

They rushed out of the courtyard to look for it, but found Qiu'er fainted in the snow outside the courtyard. Tiehua exclaimed, and everyone was in a hurry. Tiehua quickly picked up Qiu'er and rushed to the main courtyard. All of a sudden, the entire palace was shattered. Startled, busy up and down.

The fragments of the steam engine were scattered in the courtyard, and the coke began to slowly extinguish in the water vapor.
(End of this chapter)