God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 90 Mahjong
Yan Wentian thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "No, I still want to learn how to make a rotating wooden chair. I want to build a rotating wooden chair for my grandfather."

Du He was taken aback for a moment.

This is Yan Shigu's grandson.

Although Yan Shigu did not publicly support Kong Yingda and others to boycott the revolving wooden chairs, he would never come to the furniture factory to buy revolving wooden chairs.

But now his grandson is going to make him a rotating wooden chair, which is interesting to think about.

Du He then called Zhang Du over: "Zhang Du, I will hand this kid over to you, and you will teach him how to build a rotating wooden chair."

Zhang Du hesitated and said, "Young master, the construction of our rotating wooden chair is all confidential, so leave it all to him, okay?"

The craftsmen in the furniture factory are only responsible for making one kind of parts, so even if they stay here for half a year, they may not be able to make a rotating wooden chair.

Du He waved his hand indifferently: "It's just a chair. Thousands of chairs have been sold now. If someone really wants to imitate it, they can take out the parts one by one and imitate it. It's not a secret at all. Don't worry."

Then Zhang Du took Yan Wentian to the inner room with peace of mind, and arranged for the craftsman to teach him part by part.

It was already dusk.

As soon as Du He turned around, he saw Wen Buren was about to leave.

A lot of time has passed since Wen Buren agreed to train the guards. In three more days, the training of the guards will be completed.

The dozen or so youths recruited from the Lai State Mansion have made great progress after this period of training.

"Mr. Wen stay!"

Du He hurriedly shouted.

Wen Buren stopped, turned around and said politely, "Is Mr. Du okay?"

Others don't know the ins and outs of what happened in the past few days, but Wen Buren, who is a secret guard, knows that Du He has a lot of credit for this matter being resolved so quickly.

Therefore, Wen Buren dared not despise Du He more and more.

In speech and demeanor, he naturally became polite.

What's more, he still wanted to know the whereabouts of his master Qiubeard from Du He.

Du He stepped forward and asked, "How is the Supreme Emperor?"

Wen Buren didn't know why, but he still replied: "The Taishang Huang hasn't been fishing much recently, and often finds others to fight the landlord, but after a long time, he feels bored, and he is still thinking about why you don't go to the palace to see him."

Du He laughed: "Mr. Lao Wen went back and told the Supreme Emperor, saying that I have been entangled in miscellaneous things recently, and I really can't get away. However, I have studied a new game in the past few days. It is more interesting than Fighting the Landlord. If he is interested, you can play it tomorrow." Come to the furniture factory early in the morning, and I will teach him how to play a few times, and I will definitely not let him down."

Wen Buren said: "Okay, I will definitely tell you."

The two exchanged pleasantries before Wen Buren left.

As soon as Wen Buren left, Du He hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Zhang Du!"

"Master, you are looking for me!" Zhang Du appeared running.

Du He said: "Get the tools ready, I'll prepare the drawings, and let's build a new thing."

Less than half an hour later, Du He returned to the furniture factory and threw the drawings to Zhang Du.

Zhang Du picked it up and looked at it, then asked curiously: "Master, what is this mahjong?"

"You will know when the time comes! Hurry up and start working. You must see the finished product tomorrow morning. I don't plan to go to bed tonight. I have to get this thing out."

……

Wen Buren returned to the palace, first went to Li Er to report the usual situation, and then went to Dongneiyuan.

The black slave stood at the door, caught a glimpse of Wen Buren, but said nothing.

Wen Buren stepped forward and asked, "Brother, can the Supreme Emperor go to bed?"

The black slave pointed to the inside, then turned around and disappeared through the door with a swish.

Wen Buren shook his head helplessly, then sighed.

Outsiders don't know at all that he and Hei Nu are brothers and sisters, and they are both Qiubeard's disciples.

However, outsiders only know that the bearded man's proud disciple is Wen Buren, and few people know the name of the black slave. All this is because the choices of the two were different at the beginning.

When Wen Buren walked into the courtyard, he saw Li Yuan talking to Li Ke, king of Shu.

Among Li Er's princes, only Li Ke had a close relationship with Li Yuan. Others, such as Li Chengqian, knew that Li Yuan's status was embarrassing, so they never came to this small courtyard.

Li Ke didn't care about anything, anyway, he is the grandson of Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang, and he has nothing to do with the power of the Tang Dynasty, so he can do things without any scruples.

Wen Buren stepped forward, greeted with a smile, and asked, "Wen Buren sees the Supreme Emperor!"

Li Yuan turned around, waved his hands and said, "It's Xiao Wen, you don't need to be too polite, we can be regarded as comrades-in-arms who have fought against landlords together, too much courtesy will only make us feel different."

Wen Buren smiled and said: "That's true. Your Majesty, when I left Laiguo's mansion today, Du He asked me to tell you that he has prepared a new game, which is more interesting than Fighting the Landlord. Please come to Datang Furniture Factory to play together tomorrow morning." ... If you think of such a trick, the Supreme Emperor, you, the old man, will definitely look down on you, but you didn't refuse him on the spot."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan said, "Go, why not go, there is a new game, of course I should go. During this period of time, Fighting the Landlord every day is fun, but it's not interesting after a long time."

Wen Buren was immediately dumbfounded.

For many years, the Supreme Emperor has never left this East Neiyuan.

Even if it is an important sacrifice of the royal superstar, the old man will not look straight at it.

Now, for an unknown game, the Supreme Emperor is going out of the palace?
The shock in his heart was not insignificant.

……

There are several flowers blooming, just show one branch.

It's just that Du He and Zhang Du worked together all night before making two sets of mahjong tiles.

There is no mahjong in this era, and there are only simple bird tiles, which are simple in form and simple in gameplay, and there is not much fun.

The mahjong made by Du He is based on the mahjong in his memory. Everything is in the north and south, strips, tubes, and Wanzi are all available.

There are several places that make mahjong the most troublesome.

The first is to ensure that each card is the same size and weight, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to play.

The second is to polish the card surface many times. There is no emery cloth in this era, so the difficulty of this work is not ordinary.Only after it is fully polished and smooth can the handle feel good, otherwise it will not be possible to play a few times, and the palm of the hand will probably be blistered.

The third is carving, such as Yaoji and Yitong, which are very troublesome to carve, so Du He simply drew stick figures to minimize the trouble.

Originally, he thought that Zhang Du could do the engraving of patterns, but he didn't know that Zhang Du's carpenter skills were excellent, but his carving skills were not flattering, so he had to call Wang Erniu to help him overnight.

By daybreak, two sets of mahjong tiles have been made.

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