Mingshi

Chapter 841

this day.

Luo Xin was lying on a deck chair by the pond, and Dai was lying on another deck chair beside it.Chunhua and Dieer, one on each side, peeled the grapes and sent them to their mouths.Dai'er was looking for words to chat with Luo Xin, trying to pull Luo Xin out of his decadence.

"Msanggong, a few days ago, Daquan bought a little pony, which he said was waiting for our child to ride after it was born."

"Pfft..." Luo Xin couldn't help laughing and said: "Da Daquan is also healed from his body injury, and has nothing to do in his spare time. When our child grows up to be able to ride a horse, the pony he bought will be gone sooner or later." It will grow into a tall horse..."

Having said this, Luo Xin was suddenly taken aback, and was in a daze.

"Sanggong... Xianggong..." Dai'er couldn't help becoming anxious.

"Crack!" Luo Xin slapped his thigh, and said happily, "Dai'er, you are waiting to make something for your husband."

After saying that, he got up and greeted Lu Daqing, left the house, and hurried to the Ministry of Industry.When defending the capital and defending against Huang Taiji, Luo Xin often dealt with the Ministry of Industry, where he had acquaintances everywhere.He easily took away the four craftsmen, and then returned to his mansion.

Back in his mansion, Luo Xin directly pulled the four craftsmen into his study, then threw the four craftsmen aside, spread out the paper, picked up the pen and started to draw.

Those four craftsmen stood weakly aside. When did they ever enter the study of a big man like Luo Xin?Therefore, each of them dare not even breathe out.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Luo Xin drew a few blueprints, then put down the pen, read it again, with a satisfied look on his face, he waved to the four craftsmen and said:
"Come here!"

"Yes, my lord!" The four hurried to the table.

"see this!"

Luo Xin pointed to the drawings on the table, then stepped aside, sat on a chair, and poured a cup of tea.

"This...a car?" The four craftsmen began to discuss in low voices.

"It should be, there are three wheels. But, what is this? And this?"

"This should control the front wheel and control the direction."

"This... should be driving this gear, and there is a chain..."

"What's this? Some beads?"

"........."

"My lord!" The four of them studied for about [-] quarters of an hour, but they still couldn't figure it out, so they turned to Luo Xin and cupped their hands and said, "My lord, please give me some guidance."

Luo Xin stood up and said with a smile, "This is a children's tricycle."

"Children's tricycle?" The four craftsmen were at a loss.

"Well, let me explain to you in detail. This is called the handlebar. As you guessed, it changes direction by controlling the front wheel. This is called the seat, and the child sits on it. This is called the pedal, and the child Step on it with two feet, push hard, and then the gear will turn, and the gear will drive the chain to turn, and the chain will turn, and the two wheels behind will turn, and then the baby car will turn. start running."

The four craftsmen looked at the drawing on the table, dumbfounded.I thought that Luo Xin would ask them to make something magical, but I didn't expect it to be a baby car for children to ride.

"The main body of this children's car is made of wood, which is very easy." Luo Xin continued: "Each wheel is wrapped with a layer of cowhide or tendons to absorb shock. I don’t know if you can forge the bearings and chains out of iron. The outer ring of the bearings should be fine with your craftsmanship, but do you have any problems with these beads? And this chain is very fine.”

The four craftsmen carefully looked at the parts diagram drawn by Luo Xin. Two of the four craftsmen were blacksmiths, and they were master craftsmen.No matter how fine things are, they can create them with their hands.After seeing the structure of the bearing and chain, he nodded and said:

"My lord, these things can be built, but there may be a lot of loss in the process, but it will take a long time. Such a car is built, and the loss in the process may exceed a thousand taels Silver."

"It's okay!" Luo Xin waved his hands and said, "I'll prepare the materials for you right now. You'll be living in the residence from today. Daqing!"

"Master Hou!" Lu Daqing came in in response.

"Go... Forget it, these materials still need to go to the Ministry of Industry, and it's not easy to buy them elsewhere. Let's go, let Daquan prepare a car and take the materials with me."

In less than two hours, Luo Xin pulled back the materials, and then let the four craftsmen start working. He moved a chair and sat there watching, discussing with the four craftsmen from time to time. A few words.

Royal Palace.

Yuxi Palace.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Lu Bing who was sitting opposite him, with a strange look on his face and said:

"You said that Luo Xin took away four craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry? He also took away a cart of materials?"

"En!" Lu Bing nodded.

"Did he say what he was going to do?"

"He said..." Lu Bing said with an amused look on his face, "I want to make a stroller for his unborn child."

Emperor Jiajing looked at the piece of paper in his hand, and said with a gloomy face, "To make a baby carriage, do you need so much iron?"

"This... I don't know."

"Check, check it out for me."

"Follow the order!" Lu Bing was still sitting there after speaking.

Emperor Jiajing stared and said, "Why don't you go soon?"

"This..." Lu Bing is now joining forces with Luo Xin in secret, so he hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to let the minister go and see, what he did with those irons, the minister can clearly see at a glance."

"You go? Is it appropriate?" Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly.

Lu Bing pouted secretly in his heart, and said in his heart: "Do you think Luo Xin doesn't know that you are afraid of him?"

However, he said in his mouth: "Your Majesty, when Luo Xin was in the southeast, he took care of Weichen's family. Weichen just took this opportunity to thank you. It is natural. The most important thing is that Luo Xin also He is a famous general, and there are dozens of veterans in the mansion, I am afraid of sending people to sneak into Luo Xin's mansion, once they are discovered, it will be unsightly."

Lu Bing said without hesitation that Luo Xin took care of his family in the southeast, because he knew that Emperor Jiajing had not only Jinyiwei, but also Dongchang under his command, and Emperor Jiajing couldn't hide those things.It's better to be honest with Emperor Jiajing, who will not doubt him when he returns.Sure enough, Emperor Jiajing showed a smile on his face and said:

"Then Luo Xin can be regarded as a man of strategy. He knows that if you don't win over your Lu family well, it will be very difficult, not to mention difficult, in the southeast."

Lu Bing hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I dare not obstruct Lord Luo, because I know that Lord Luo represents His Majesty. Before Lord Luo went to the southeast, I had already sent a letter to the family, asking them to cooperate with Luo. grown ups."

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