Monument Yangmen

Chapter 915 The Invention Boom Led by Liu Heng
A genius is a madman, a fool is a fool.

However, in this world, there are always more fools than lunatics, so often fools become rulers.

And the madman naturally became the target of being targeted.

They were either strangled or forced to be fools.

Liu Heng is just a lunatic who emerged from the crowd of fools.

Without the existence of Yan State, a lunatic like Liu Heng would probably be forced to become a fool who only understands dogma and sticks to the rules like everyone else, or may become an unknown person under heavy pressure.

The intelligence and wisdom of the ancestors was never weaker than that of others, it was just because there was a group of fools who thought they were smart, and they always criticized, obstructed and strangled them forcefully.

This led to us being bullied thousands of years later.

Yang Qi just doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes, so he has been fighting for the restructuring.

The first half of the road has already been paved with flesh and blood by him, and the second half of the road needs the help of a lunatic like Liu Heng.

After Yang Qi returned to the palace.

The deeds of Liu Heng's leap from a commoner to a fourth-rank master craftsman swept across the land of Yan Kingdom like a spring breeze at dawn.

Many officials jumped out to persuade Yang Qi, saying it was against the rules.

They were right.

Because Yang Qi's actions contradicted the official assessment system of Yan State promulgated by him.

Yang Qiyi sent an edict out of the palace, telling all the subjects of the Yan Kingdom that such positions as master craftsmen were not included in the imperial court, and that they would serve in the four great halls, Yanmen Pass and other places respectively.

Their contributions to the court are enough for the court to support them until they grow old.

After learning about this, those officials who jumped out to persuade Yang Qi waved their flags.

But those lunatics lurking in the folks moved, because in Liu Heng's case, they saw the hope of being recognized.

a time.

The folk lunatics took out the research results that had been hidden for a long time and dedicated them to the court.

Yang Qi did not disappoint him. He personally transferred Tang Gong and other master craftsmen from Yanmen Pass to evaluate the research results presented by the people. Yang Qi gave different craftsmen officials all the research results that benefited the country and the people. At the same time, they were recruited to serve in the four major halls.

During this period, a small group of people were quietly absorbed into Yanmen Pass.

The wisdom of the people is infinite.

Encouraged by promotion and fortune, an upsurge of invention and research was staged everywhere in the country of Yan.

Yang Qi is like a green pine, firmly rooted in the palace, watching all the changes.

In terms of knowledge, the knowledge in his mind should surpass that of anyone else in the world.

In terms of invention and creation, no one can compare with him.

But when manpower was limited, he had already exhausted himself from managing a huge empire, and he would be exhausted to death if he bothered to invent and create.

Moreover, the results of his research alone are far inferior to those of the whole people.

What he can do is to use his huge knowledge reserve at the right time to guide some things that he thinks are useful.

in the palace.

Yang Qi is fiddling with a map of Yanjing City, the map is huge, covering every point of Yanjing City, down to a small horse tethering stone is reflected on the map.

Liu Heng was on the side, writing and drawing with a pen and paper.

"Have you figured it out?"

Yang Qi asked questions without raising his head.

Liu Heng stopped writing, looked at the final figure, and swallowed hard, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

After only saying three words, Liu Heng didn't know how to continue.

Yang Qi raised his head and said with a smile, "Are you afraid?"

Liu Heng nodded, his face turned bitter, "I'm a little whimsical..."

"Hahaha……"

Yang Qilang laughed loudly and reminded: "You are just a great craftsman official, not my household secretary. No matter how much money is needed to build Yanjing City, you should not care about it."

Liu Heng lowered his head and remained silent.

"Tell me, how much."

"To build the avenue connecting the north and the south of Yanjing, the total length is 130 miles, and 350 million copper coins are needed."

Liu Heng murmured the report.

Compared with the gold and silver in stock in Yan State, the 350 million copper coins are just a drop in the bucket.

But whether it is Yang Qi or Liu Heng, their goal is not just to build Yanjing's North-South Road.

Their target is the national territory.

Based on the cost of Yanjing, the construction of roads across the country would require a huge astronomical figure.

"build!"

Yang Qi patted the table to make a final decision.

Liu Heng was a little dumbfounded.

Yang Qi said calmly: "Have you included the wages required for road construction?"

Liu Heng nodded solemnly, "Ever since you made the rule of paying wages to recruited civilian husbands, no matter what the court does, the labor cost has always been a big one.

If you add two meals, it will cost more. "

Yang Qi pondered: "If labor costs are excluded, how much money is needed to build the road?"

"Less than 150 million taels of copper coins."

"Then don't count labor costs."

"Ah? Your Majesty, do you want to impose hard labor?"

"You don't need to worry about this. What you have to do now is to build a cement workshop outside Yanjing City as soon as possible. At present, you are the only one who can burn cement. The cement needed for road construction is huge. You must spread your craftsmanship, Cultivate more cement burners as soon as possible.

I don't hope that when I have all the people who build the road, your cement can't keep up. "

"Where does Your Majesty plan to recruit people?"

Liu Heng asked curiously.

Yang Qi raised his eyes and glanced at him, Liu Heng's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "I made a slip of the tongue..."

"Go down and prepare. Only by building the roads in Yanjing City as soon as possible can the common people see the convenience of cement roads. Only by letting the common people see the convenience can I promote it to the whole country."

"Hey~"

Liu Heng clenched his fists and exited the imperial study.

Yang Qi leaned back on the dragon chair and called out wearily, "Chen Lin..."

Chen Lin bought this small step and appeared beside Yang Qi.

"What's your majesty's order?"

Yang Qi frowned, Chen Lin was taken aback, and hurried forward to help him rub his back and shoulders.

"Your Majesty, you haven't had a good rest for three days, you have to take care of your dragon body."

Yang Qi enjoyed Chen Lin's shoulder rubbing, and hummed comfortably: "Compared with my elder brothers, my tiredness is nothing. By the way, where are my elder brothers?"

While rubbing Yang Qi's shoulders, Chen Lin said: "According to the news from my subordinates, the great prince has already driven the boat to Ryukyu and is resting. After resting, he will set sail for Puluozhong.

The second prince has arrived at the Peacock Dynasty with the soldiers and horses of the Great Shu Kingdom.The Cao family sent someone to say that if His Majesty wants to share the Maurya Dynasty, they will cancel the share given to us Yan. "

Yang Qi frowned and said: "They are just using excuses. They should not be confused with our soldiers and horses entering the Maurya Dynasty. Write back to them. If they are unwilling to hand over our due share, don't blame me for sending people to snatch them."

Chen Lin nodded with a smile, and said: "The third prince has arrived outside the capital, and he has already met with General Shang Qingzi, and is about to discuss with the Liao Kingdom about borrowing the way.

The Fifth Prince has fully controlled Ryukyu and is making plans for the next step.

The Six Princes have conquered Jeju Island and are marching towards the country of Wa. "

Yang Qi breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Jiao Zan and others were promoted to take over the positions of my elder brothers, did they cause any trouble?"

Chen Lin chuckled softly, "Except for that idiot Jiao Zan who wanted to go to the Peacock Dynasty with the Second Prince, everyone else strictly abided by their duties."

Mentioning Jiao Zan, Yang Qi shook his head helplessly, "That's really an idiot. If I ignore him, he won't be able to jump up and down. If I ignore him, he will turn the world upside down."

"I will repair a book later, and you send someone to send it to my brothers. If I want to build roads in the country of Yan, I need a lot of people..."

Chen Lin hesitated: "Is there no specific amount?"

Yang Qi glanced at Chen Lin sideways, and said displeasedly: "For this kind of thing, the more the better, of course, what amount do you want?"

Chen Lin raised her hand and patted her mouth, punishing herself.

"Send someone to send letters to the Great Shu Kingdom and the Great Jin Kingdom, telling them that people they don't need can be sold to me."

"Hey~"

After Chen Lin received the order, she withdrew from the Imperial Study Room to deliver the letter.

When the world is attracted by inventions and creations, the Yang brothers have quietly embarked on the journey.

This kind of thing of building plank roads openly and keeping Chencang secretly, Yang Qi became more and more comfortable with it.

He will always use an eye-catching thing to attract everyone's attention, and then quietly do other big things behind his back.

The reason for doing this is to weaken the resistance inside and outside the government and the opposition to a great extent.

"Father!"

Not long after Chen Lin withdrew, Yang Zongwei dragged his younger brother into the imperial study with an ugly face.

"what happened?"

Yang Qi glanced at their brothers and saw that there seemed to be entanglements between them.

Yang Zongwei complained: "The emperor broke my wooden bird?"

Yang Qi looked at Yang Lezhi.

Yang Lezhi drooped his head, stammering: "I just want to see... can I fly..."

Yang Zongwei shouted angrily: "Are you looking at it? You broke it for me. It's an ancient wooden bird that I worked so hard to make."

Yang Lezhi whispered: "I will compensate you..."

"Can you afford it?"

Yang Zongwei shouted: "Let's not talk about those precious woods, just the few pre-Qin spells on it, you can't find the same ones. Uncle Du Qing helped me get them from some ancient tombs of the Warring States period."

Yang Qi was a little dumbfounded when he heard the words.

Since the wind of creation and invention became popular, Yang Zongwei also participated in it. With his unique advantages, he got a book of Luban's book "Book of Luban" in the pre-Qin period. wooden bird.

Of course, the little guy wasn't obsessed with research.

But to study the wooden bird and please Mu Guiying.

"Book of Luban", especially the pre-Qin bamboo slips, was discovered, and Yang Qi naturally wanted to have a look at it.

However, even though Yang Qi has extensive knowledge, reading "Book of Luban" is like reading a book from heaven.

The first half of "Book of Luban" is quite normal, talking about some carpentry crafts.

But in the second half, there are some gods, all kinds of spells, all kinds of spells.

If it wasn't for the fact that the unearthed bamboo slips couldn't be faked, Yang Qi would have suspected that what he took was a Taoist book.

As for the fact that the wooden bird can fly in the sky for three days without setting, Yang Qi expressed doubts.

However, Yang Zongwei was convinced of this.

"I feel that even if your wooden bird is in good condition, it may not be able to fly. You have been tinkering with it for more than two months, but you still can't fly? My brother broke it, and I will ask the craftsman to give you another one tomorrow." make one."

Yang Qi excused Yang Lezhi.

Yang Zongwei said angrily: "But without the runes, even the best wooden bird can't fly."

"Draw one yourself?"

Yang Qi proposed.

Yang Zongwei gave Yang Qi a look as if you were teasing me.

Yang Qi coughed dryly, curled his lips and said, "I don't know if your wooden bird can fly, but I know there is something that can definitely fly."

When Yang Zongwei heard this, he immediately became interested.

"What is it?"

"Kung Ming Lantern."

Hearing the answer, Yang Zongwei's face instantly collapsed.

He also knows that Kongming Lanterns can fly, but the problem is that they cannot fly with people.

Yang Qi seemed to see what Yang Zongwei was thinking, and said quietly: "A small Kongming lantern can carry a candle to the sky. If it becomes bigger, can it take people to the sky?"

Yang Zongwei was taken aback for a moment, his eyes lit up.

Then without saying a word, he left his brother and ran out of the imperial study.

Yang Qi shook his head dumbfounded, and waved to Yang Lezhi who was standing there in a daze.

Yang Qi hugged him by his side, laughed softly and said, "Have you been wronged?"

Yang Lezhi shook his head.

"My child knows that Brother Huang's wooden bird can't fly. That's why I broke it for him, so that he doesn't waste time on the wooden bird."

Yang Qi was taken aback, and asked: "How do you know, your brother has made a vow."

Yang Lezhi hesitated for a moment, and said frankly: "I have made seven identical wooden birds with Cao Yu, and there is no sign of flying at all."

Yang Qi looked at his son unexpectedly.

He knew that Yang Zongwei begged Cao Lin repeatedly for Yang Zongwei's wooden bird, asking Cao Lin to order the craftsmen in the palace to make it.

But Yang Lezhi never asked for it from the beginning to the end.

Apparently he made those wooden birds himself.

"I didn't expect you to have this talent."

Yang Lezhi lowered his head in embarrassment, and said softly: "My boy's talent is not as high as Cao Yi's. He made five in one go. My boy only made two after studying for a long time."

Although the little guy was praising others, he obviously enjoyed Yang Qi's praise very much, and he was very happy.

Cao Yi is talented in production, this Yang Qi is not surprising.

After all, without Yang Qi, Cao Yi would have become a technical talent.

It's just that his technique is related to alchemy.

Now it is obviously abducted to the manufacturing industry.

Seeing Yang Qi pondering, Yang Lezhi said cautiously: "Father, can you try that big Kongming lantern that you told Brother Huang just now?"

Yang Qi withdrew his thoughts, and pondered: "The road to the Kongming Lantern is too long. Let your brother fiddle with it first, and you can follow him and observe his failure experience. When he loses interest, you can learn from him again." Take it in your hand and get twice the result with half the effort."

(End of this chapter)