Mingshi

Chapter 848 Bicycles

Back at Zhan Shi's Mansion, Luo Xin's heart has regained his peace.He is actually [-]% ready now.If it doesn't work, he will go to the grasslands, or Taiwan.With a retreat, he was naturally not afraid of Emperor Jiajing.Standing at the gate of Zuo Shuzi's courtyard, he shouted.

"dinner's ready!"

Twenty-five officials came out of the office, bowed their hands to thank Luo Xin, Luo Xin waved his hand, and led them out of the gate, heading straight to the opposite Taibai Residence.

Three tables were set up on the second floor, and everyone was seated. First, everyone toasted Luo Xin, but Luo Xin didn't put on airs. After drinking, he let everyone do whatever he wanted.After drinking for three rounds, Ma Qingshan relied on getting to know Luo Xin first, and said:
"Lord Luo, did you go to Yuxi Palace?"

"Yeah!" Luo Xin nodded.

"Then Master Luo is going to be transferred?" Ma Qingshan's eyes showed a trace of envy.

Luo Xin shook his head, his face became gloomy.Seeing that Luo Xin's expression was not good, the room gradually fell silent, and Ma Qingshan didn't dare to ask any more questions, and lowered his head.

"Ugh……"

After a while, Luo Xin sighed. He knew that today's incident could not be concealed. At this time, many people probably knew it. It would be better to let them know from other people's mouths. So he told the story Say it again.

"Bang!" After hearing this, Ma Qingshan couldn't help but slammed the table and cursed, "Xu Jie, you old man."

The people in Zhan Shifu really didn't have a good impression of Xu Jie. In fact, they didn't have a good impression of Gao Gong either. He didn't have a good impression of those high-ranking officials or people in the Youshui Yamen.

This is envy, jealousy and hatred!

Moreover, regarding Luo Xin, in their opinion, Xu Jie was immoral.

Brother Luo Xin is dead, it is too wicked for you to insult the dead and come to humiliate Luo Xin, a living person.

Therefore, Ma Qingshan cursed without the slightest psychological burden, and the others also cursed out of righteous indignation.Luo Xin waved his hand and said:

"Forget it, I've beaten him already."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and everyone ate happily afterwards.They don't know how long it's been since they had a first-class table, Luo Xin's treat today was really enjoyable, and they have a good impression of Luo Xin, a superior.

Didn't the upper official exploit the lower official?

And Luo Xin not only does not exploit them, nor prevents them from going out to make money, but also pays for the treats himself. Where can I find such a boss?

As a result, everyone was full of wine and food, and returned home with all their heart's content.

Everyone dispersed and went back to their homes, but no one went back to Zhan Shifu.Naturally, Luo Xin didn't go back, and went home directly in the carriage.

Back at the mansion, he took a nap first, got up from the bed until dusk, washed up briefly, and then walked towards the workshop.

As soon as I entered the workshop, I saw that the three wheels of the children's carriage were all ready.The carpenter didn't have anything to do at this time, he was sitting there drinking water, when he saw Luo Xin coming in, he hurriedly stood up and saluted Luo Xin.Luo Xin waved his hand, and went to see two blacksmiths. One of the two blacksmiths was making gears, and the other was making beads in bearings.Judging from this appearance, it will take a long time.

After watching for a while, Luo Xin came out of the blacksmith workshop and came to the carpentry workshop, where the carpenter stood there awkwardly again.Luo Xin sat down, picked up the frame of the baby carriage, looked around, suddenly thought, since this carpenter has nothing to do, he might as well make another bicycle.

"Well, make two and give one to King Yu. Emperor Jiajing... Forget it, don't throw him at that time, if you fall to death, you will have to be beheaded."

Putting down the shelf of the children's bicycle, Luo Xin got up and left, returned to his study, spread out the paper, and began to draw the structure diagram of the bicycle.

At this time, the whole capital city had already started to spread the news about what happened in the imperial court today. Originally, Xu Jie thought that this would discredit Luo Xin, but he did not expect that everyone would unanimously think that Xu Jie was immoral.

It's too wicked to talk about a dead person.

And when they heard that Luo Xin took Xu Hai out to fight back, they all applauded.

Some people even ran to the door of Xu Jie's house to throw dung, rotten eggs, and rotten vegetables, so that no one in Xu Jie's family dared to go out from the door.In just half a day, Xu Jie's reputation was stinking in the capital.

Luo Xin didn't know all this, he was concentrating on drawing the structure diagram of the bicycle.But not long after painting, Zhou Yu and others came, and at the same time brought what happened outside.When Luo Xin heard that many people blocked Xu Jie's house to throw dung, rotten eggs, and rotten vegetables, he was stunned.

Should not be!

It stands to reason that this incident shouldn't have caused such a big commotion!So it developed into this?
But he was very happy in his heart, and he finally let out a sigh of relief.Zhou Yu and others were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to write a bulletin to impeach Xu Jie for his immorality.Luo Xin waved his hand and said:

"It doesn't have to be. I make my own case."

Everyone talked for a while, and after their anger subsided, they saw the picture drawn by Luo Xin on the table.Haizheng looked at the picture and said:

"No, what is this?"

"bike!"

"Bicycle? Is it a kind of car?"

"Ok!"

"Hoohoo!"

Everyone gathered around, looked up and down, left and right, and finally looked at Luo Xin together.Luo Xin picked up the pen again, and explained to them while drawing, and when Luo Xin finished painting, they also understood.Zhou Yu stroked his chin and said:
"Can this car run by pedaling by itself?"

"Yes, yes!" Luo Xin said with a smile.

"I have read books, don't lie to me!"

Luo Xin rolled his eyes and said: "If you don't believe me, pull it down, wait for me to make it, and ride it for you to see."

"How long will it take?" Everyone asked curiously.

"It takes a long time, the key is that the chain and bearings are not easy to make."

"Chains and bearings? What's that?"

"I'll take you to have a look."

Luo Xin brought these people to the workshop, and after some explanations, Zhou Yu said:

"It costs a lot to build a car, right?"

Luo Xin nodded and said: "The main reason is that the chain and the beads in the bearing are too difficult to forge, and there are too many scrapped. It is estimated that it costs a few hundred taels of silver to build a car, maybe more than a thousand taels."

"More than a thousand taels?"

Everyone couldn't help but tsk-tsk, dispelling the idea of ​​asking Luo Xin to build one for them.Everyone watched for a while, and then returned to the lobby. During this period of time, no one had a party, so they ate and drank at Luo Xin's house, and then dispersed.

the next day.
Luo Xin left the gate of the mansion early in the morning, and then walked along the street to Zhan Shi's mansion without taking a vehicle.In any case, since I am the left concubine of Zhan Shifu, I have to give it a try.And he didn't want to do something, but he wanted to see Wang Cuiqiao.

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(End of this chapter)